~ ' trons are dependant upon Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by YER SArIaS SES Tomas to tates .. .... and three months pro rata. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) 3 mall .. 0 00 oi 0 100 One oar % United States .. .. HH Six and three months, pro rata Attacned is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE |. KE. _Smallplece .. .... 33 Church #t U8 REPRESKNTATIVES: Sew York Office 226 Fifth Ave Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chicago vise seis ove» Tribune Bldg "rank R, Northrup, Manager THE USE OF BUNTING. Will the city accept wnd act upon the suggestion of some months ago, name- the they Canadian and British flags, with understanding 'or assurance that will be used as a decoration on every public. holiday.? 'The city has at times spent largely in bunting, buy bunting: that has not been cared for, and that hasinot proven a profitable invetment. 'I'he flag proposition is a new one, and it will stand considera- tion. 'I'he merchants could be induced to throw the national colours to "the breeze, on special 'occasions, and they would do it if the movement in favour of it became .a general one. The Whig has heard of 'a. town in which the coundil made the exhibition of nation; | al colours a conspicuous one, and with a result, in attractiveness, which was very much commented on. The flags could be given to those who consented to use or _rajse them, and the city fem 'registered as loaned purposes. One grand om a public holiday would make the innovation very popu- lar. Sir George said to have written a book "The Senate of Canada."" A lot has been written and _Apoken on the.subject, but it is safe to say that Sir George will brighten up the theme, and put into hook form that which will be (quoted again and again. It is fortunate that he com- pleted 'this work hefore his last ous' illness. Ross is on seri TITLES FOR PUBLIC MEN How are titles conferred ? One gets an answer_by reading the which followed the introduction of Burnham's bill to abolish these titles. The spokesman for the government said they were conférred upon his loy- al subjects the king, "in recogni- tion of public service." Which remark is most ambigious to say the least of it A good many useful public men, and men who have been most loyal to the crown, have been passed over, and there has been no recognition of theif worth, while others, have been highly horored discussion by less deserving, The leader of the opposition, whose | leadership of the government for eigh- | teen years should make him an auth- ority, said the object aimed at by Mr. Buruham could be reached by an ad- dress to with current opinion, the decorations were out of harmony with the ideas and sentiments. of the Canadian people: Sir Wilfrid sudded : "In England, certain recommenda tions are made by the prime ministe and the leader of the opposition. far as Canada goes I never admitt the principle of ministerial responsi- bility of thet honoura conferred upon Candians. Of' course the governor general submita a list to the prime minister, and the prime minister would naturally, confer with other members of the cabinet. But the ques- tion put to me by the member for South York shows how antiquated ti- tles have become, At one time con- ferred by the severeign they have ne- cessarily become largely under politi- cal control, although some titles are no doubt co by his majesty without suggestion or recommendation from the governmeént of the day." Canadians cannot, and do not, long for a wide distribution of these de-] coratians, and they surely hope the day will come when no one can say, as it wis recently said of a public man in England, that he bought his title, and died before it had been paid for on tho installment plan. The complaint in Ottawa is that ai- ter the water supply of the city has been clarified and doped it is only fit. for washing purposes. The hotel pa: y the water of the Taurentian springs, and so are # the people generally who care about . 8! drawn close on the king. He quite agreed that many of | rin England will surely be investigat- The Conservation Commission of New York state proposes to conserve, own and develop, all the water powers in. New York, so that eventually ev- ery factory in the state will be oper ated hy and every house illuminated. It is a great scheme. It involves the further use of | the Niagara Falls, on the American side, the nse of the Long Sault Falls, oh the St. Lawrence, the Ceneses Falls and the surplus water of the barge canal between Troy and Sche- nectady. Power everywhere, on" cvery stream in the state, will be taken over, and connected with the general plant so that in {ime the state, for many purposes, if not for all, will be independent of the coal barons. The proposition is being resisted by the private corporations which see in the scheme the diminition of their profits to the vanishing point. But the commission is most hopeful, and, electric energy what is more, it basis §ts great argu- ment in favour of conservation on the Auccess which has attended the work of the' Hydro-Llectrie (Commission in Ontario, "The are project," we told, the lines of that now under way in the province of Ontar- 10, where the Hydro-Flectric (ommis- gion reports ever increasing business, rates and The: commission instead of ) lower increased revenue to the state. that reports also driving private {companies out of business the increase in the se of electricity has proved so profitable the that without i have | The | explain that to private concerns almost exception they increased dividend rates. the Ontario transmits Ni- | agara power more than two hundred | and fifty miles to Windsor, opposite their advocates oi that the dams of Northern New York {can supply the metropolis with cheap power." In one respect the Ontario Commis- mission is at fault--that it has not appropriated all the falls in the pro- vince ip' the name of the people and for: their good. wc -- Prof. John Rennie, of Scotland, wants to scare men intgf being good, {by saying that in time men will be driven off the earth by a smaller and kupposedly | inferior creation. Some small insects have put man to flight, when they have attacked him in force, bat he hds 'no idea of letting them fin- ish his career. Not for the present. . A DETERRENT OF CRIME Hanging, which is the form of capi- | tal punishment" prevailing in Canada | as in the mother country, will remain for the present. of the commons into which Mr, This is the decision Yick- erdike introduced -a bill which aimed to abolish the death sentence. Our members in the debate fairly express- ed the when he said the reripture laid down the law of a life for a life, that gapital punishment did {check crime, situation and that its restraining jeflects were wanted in Canada into foreigners wefe pouring thousands \ which the vearly by At the ent that public opinion agsdinst capital punishment is growing. same tame it 1s very appar- In time some other punishment will have a prefer- ence--say imprisonment . 'under proper conditions, and under the direction of alienists, who know how to curb. a] correct erring humanity. True the { abolition of the guillitine in France did not produce the desired effects, It is the. most repulsive of all forms of capital punishment, and is exceeded in crudeness only by the barbarities of | Chiba and Austria. It {to the criminal system of France, and yet it. is a question whether it does not tend to greater depravity. Capital punishment has been: refered was restored to 'as "judicial murder." It may to being. But the time is surely at hand when one have remain for the {ime a hangman in province cannot give out press' statements and glory lin his calling, while a second, in en- | other province, is fined for drunken- ness when he reported for his most | gruesome task. EDITORIAL NOTES The scandal about the sale of titles jed. If no one else moves, the king {must do so. He cannot allow the honour and dignity of the court to suffer tarnish. "Co-operation . with farmers would jeut the cost of living," it is said. But how is this co-operation to be secured ? That is the question. Fv- ery movement of the Board of Trade, or its officers, towards this end seems to be blocked. Promotions to the high schools of Toronto, without | entrance examina- tions, is 'now permissable. The rule will apply to the high schools gen- erally, it is presumed. Examinations are still in order, for pupils outside of the public and separate schools, and the pupils selected by the princi- pals. It is a pity 'that all examina- tions cannot be abolished. The newspaper, situation in Mont- real is still unsettled. The scandal record was first undertaken by" the Herald, at unlimited expense, and then offered to the Star when the Herald changed ownership. It reacied the Mail eventually, and after about programme prog Rd .., | Detroit, as jistificati ief | 4 ly, that it supply the merchants with | J Seation for the belief $50,050 had been spent upon it. Sir LE 9 Hugh Graham's part in .all this is still a mystery, The income assessments of several cities, in Kingston's class, are much lower than the income of this city, which sets wus thinking. One of two things must be--either the is less exacting, less persistent, less impartial, than our assessor, or the people somehow smother out. the in- formation with regard to théir reve nue. assessor i Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. One . thousand people enjoyed skating at the Royal rink last night, , The fire and 'light committee is starting out this year with an ex- penditure of $5,727 for street lights. Profs. Goodwin and Dupais have purchased three lots on Alice street. MONDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH The Hon. Arthur B: ser of Montrea! member of the Dominion Senate an # man who is deen: art and agr i elebrating gixty-th i He Montreal day 1 govern elevated 12 the for term ex mentioned for A King's Coin Collection. Victor Emmanuel is cousidered, and rightly so, an§exceediugly clever uu- mismatist. A rather interésting story 18 told of the manner in which the king, while still 1ittle more than a child, acquired a taste for the science of numismaties. One day he received # soldo bearing the head of Pope Pius IX. A little jater. finding another, he added it to the first, and in this way he collected fifteen. Meanwhile his father. King Humbert, presented him with about sixty pieces of old copper money, and thos was formed the nu leus of collection.--McClure's \ingnzine his IHiterates In Canada. The iNiteracy of Canadian people, native born and immigrants, is an interesting feature of census statis. ties recently published .n more de tailed form. Of the whole popnlation, includ. ing immigrants New Brunswick leads in illiterates with 14:5 pet thousand of population. St. John City and County 4 percentage of 6.66 illiter Charlotte 5.20, Car- leton 6.05. Gloucester's percentage Kent's 25.06, Victoria and Madawaska's 28.18, Restigouche's 22.31. Saskatchewan follows New Bruns- wick with 13.70; Manitoba third with 13.31, and Alberta feurth with 12.72, The other provinces follow in this order: Quebec, 12.66; British Col- 4 & more strict en'orcement of the law, PUTTING ON THE "LID." Western Cities Are Acquiring the Closed Sabbash Habit. Residents of parts of Ontario ac- customed to extreme limitations in what they may buy on the Sabbath, and to the id-- of possible penalties for'a fragture of the law, in however minor a respect, are sometimes sur- prised when they find that in Winni- pey and'the majority of other places in the Western Provinces it 1s not impossible to secure some of ihe ne- eéssitiés and a few of the luxuries of life during that part of' the week delegated to spiritual pursuits. To be sure, there is now a tendency towards and .in Calgary the other Sunday a young lady with a most unbearable toothache was mightily surprised when she found tha¥ her druggist wouldn't sell her anything for its al- leviation -- he was afraid of prose. | cution. It is probable that the auth- | oritles of the provinces consider th~t they are enforcing the law to as great an extent as is justified by public opinion, for the fact remains that the average western eity is not as | straight-laced in what might be per- | haps termed the minor moralities as | | fost of "the eastern cities. In Winnipeg drug stores it is po sible, for instance, to buy on a Su day that which may be purchased ¢ Monday and no questions though there have been suggestion lately that they be restricted to tif sale of drugs and positive necess§ ties. This proposition met with in mediate opposition from druggist who claimed that they could not af} ford to keep their establishmen open for the sale of 'a few articl only, and the question has not beef settled. No difficulty is ever expers ienced in securing cigarettes or cM gars or candies from most any of th thousand-and-oneé restaurants, bil and little, and the 'family who wal for Sunday before buying their fres fruit are not likely to go fruitless? for their Sunday supper. Instance have even been known where mea and bread and other groceries ha been procured without any subterfu at provision stores out of the centr#s of the city. a good many people, do not involv any slackening in the observance of the Sabbath. Churches are as well attended as in the east, 3 laws are kept, son for believing that Winnipeg Hy not as moral a city--in the sense ig which that word is usually applied--#8 as any other of its size, Some of 'h# entertainments on one Sunds early in the year, the receipts fro:f collections going to the Dayton floc sufferers. The proprietors were prosc: cuted, and the case is still in (h§® courts, with no public interest whaf ever in the outcome. Sunday ever ing band concerts are given in a couy ple of the theatres after the chure hour. > iq The tendency, however, as stated is towards the shutting down of Sur® day buying 'and selling, and in Vig toria, "blue laws" of the time Charles 11. 'hive recently been ih voked In this connection. So it } possible that the Westerner will yet find it as difficult to get his Sunday shoeshine as his eastern brother, and will have to take the precaution of buying his Sunday pa on Satur- day, and will do without bis Sunday smoke unless he remembers it before- hand. Sufficient Unto the Day. Rev. J. E. Starr, the Juvenile Commissioner of Toronto, whose un- timely death will be sincerely mourn- ed by thousands all over Canada, earned his appointment to the official position which he occupied by a life- time of devotion to the working out of the problem of the neglected child. His unvarying kindness to children brought him many interest- umbia; 11.61; Nova Scotia, 10.32; Prince Edward Island, 7.61, while| Ontario has 6.51 per thousand. Montreal has 9.71 illiterates; To- ronto has 3 1-2 per cent. illiterates; Ottawa, 6.26 per cent.; Winnipeg, 9.93 per cent.; Vancouver, 6.11 per; cent, and London 2.64. Of the native born population the number per thousand in the differ! ent provinces who are able to read and write is as follows: British Columbia 868 males, 834 females; Alberta 851 males, 797 females; Saskatchewan 874 males, 22, fe males; Manitoba 885 males, 876 fe- males; Ontario. 926 males, 939 fe- males; Quebec 845 males, 882 fe-| males; New Brunswick 836 males, 861 fpggiales; Nova Scotia 887 males, 890 females; Prince Edward Island 912 males and 914 females: He's Finding Out. Lord Hyde, the son and heir of the Earl of Claredon, who immigrated to Canada with his wife and family 18 months ago, i8 on a brief visit to England, and was eagerly interview- ed in London. "lI do not think I am ashamed to work," said the man who is related by birth or marriage to half the peer- age, and who enjoyed the intimate friendship of King Edward 'and Queen Alexandra. "I bave learned since I went to Canada the meaning of the ten-hour day, and, since you ask me, I did lend @ hand in -building our pig-pen at Pickering, and one or two other structures." Lady Hyde, who is helping Lord Hyde in his venture, apparently shares her husband's liking for work. Greek Catholics' Standing. Proper religious standing is given to Roman Catholics who observe the Greek rite by a special de. creé from Rome that has been receiv- ed in Canada recently. The decree ig from the Holy See and is addressed to the Catholic Hierarchy of Canada. in regard to celibacy, it declared that priests of this rits in Canada may net marry, although the privilege is accorded priests in Europe and Asia. Winnipeg is named as a Ruthenian bishopric and Bishop Budka is men- tioned as the ordinary of the new see. A special department in St. Augustine's Seminary,./Toronte, for Ruthenian ecclesiastics, with the ing experiences, some pathetic and some humorous, of which the follow- ing is an example. One day when driving in a cab through "The Ward" in Toronto, when he was pastor of the Elm Street Methodist Church, Mr. Starr invited several rigged children to ride with him. One of them was a little colored boy, and this lad Mr. Starr placed beside himself. After driving a block or so Mr. Starr asked: ' "Well, my son, are you enjoying this ride?" LOh, yes, sah," answered the child in§Bis soft drawl. Art you a Christian?" was Starr's next question. "Yes, sah; I'se a Christian." "Well, are you a Methodist?" con- 'tinued the minister. "Oh, no, sah; I'se a niggah, and that's bad enough." was the child's unexpected dnswer.--Toronto Satur- day Night. Mz. Convinced His Critie. Arthur Hawkes, of Toronto, who recently contested South Lanark on a Canada-first platform, is telling with considerable satisfaction of an inci- dent in that campaign. It concerns a Canadian voter of the fourth generation who told Hawkes he was a "buitinski" who shouldn't interfere in Canadian affairs. Where- upon the candidate had replied that he had been in Canada since 1885 and had four children, whereas. hls critic had but two children. And while his (Mr. Hawkes') mother had never seen Canada, and is now fu her 88th year, in her Kentish home, yet has contributed 44 children, grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren. to the Dominion. - His critic tendered an apology. Salmon Were Cheap. : During the recent salmon run in British Columbia waters salmon were sold at retail in Vancouver shops for 15 cents apiece, the fish. averaging five pounds dressed. Cows Are Improving. J. A. Ruddick in a recent address declared that the annual production of milk per cow in Canada had m- creased from 2,850 pounds in 1900 ta 3,805 pounds in 1910. , A meddlesome = woman is bad enough, but when the meddling bee gefs into a man's bonnet it is time to stand from under. : Rev. Patter Malouf in charge, has already been opened. Aa ee a bei -- White Rose flour pleases the most These things are taker for granted, and, in the opinion o&h moving-picture shows gdve Sunda 8 R Mocka Glove $1.25 Value OVERCOAT SALE Underwear Sample Reg. $1.00, . $1.95 Values For 59¢ BIBBYS One lot real gos $3.1 Tans, Patents an One lot Men's $5.( Bluchers and Bund PLE OVERCOATS 'ments, new belted backs, semi 1 shield $18, $20 and $22 garments, for 3 linings, silk piped One lot of Wo and Fine Kid Boo ' Sug rye : patterns, $4.75 and winter boots, regul CAMPBELL For ladies and men, goods, for $1.85 each. Suits, hand made garments, ch and English Tweeds, new and salt designs; smart mod- gularly 2.50 $16.50, $18.00 and _.. Amy Sweater Coats regulars $3.00 and $2.75 Plain browns, greys and reds, or fancy trimming as well, BIBBYS, Limited 78, 80, 82 Princess St., Kingston Better Coal Means Smaller Coal Bills That is why it pays to order Coal that suits, PF. WALSH 58-87 Barrack Street . | . | F or Sale 1--A large: well built brick dwelling, Pine St., good cel- lar, B. and C.. gas, deep lot" $2850 | 2--Brick dwelling, Albert St., 4 bedrooms, B. and C., sta- ble, deep lot .......$3200 3---Brick veneer, University Avenue, 5 bed rooms, hot water furnace, B. and C. el- ectric lights, gas, stable I verse $3600 4--New brick dgelling, Fron- temac St. all" modern im- provements ........$4000 T. 1. LOCKHART, Real Estate and Insurance. Clarence and King Sts. Kingston Phone 1033 or 1020 FEBRUARY SALE| Men's Patent Leather Boots In Box Calf and Tan,all Goodyear Welt not the fIatest last, but $2 49 regular $600for . . . \ H. JENNINGS, King Street. RT --. a E WHIG WANT ADS