IN KINGSTON HARBOR FOR OV. i d and oy your valuation. Tele- ig McKay, Ltd & Ne ; N 78 ae Po ¥, 0 JAIL) BEC . "finish, beautitl mich Sy ORI 08, g making & per- You'll ike bt. brary suites look» not high, Divans, Davenports and Bed ~ Oouches, good variety, $7.50 to $60. Very convenient. 'all sizes, patterns and rich golor effects, newest 1914 makes; from best European mills. _ Ourtains, lace, Bryssels, Net, Mad- e handsome floral gns, 1-2 to 4 yds. wide. Our U and '&ve at your service to do your old "furniture and make it new. Phone 90 T. . HARRISON CO. Linoleums ' and English Linoleums are arriving every day from the best manufac- turers. These are the new patterns for the | coming spring of 1914. : 3 R MefAlL i l | | | f i Invest in | Tt is safe and sound. Here Is a-good dividend payer: /A four tenement brick row, |. modern improvements, in downtown location, $0 169 Bagot St. Dbe- 5,204 Insured against ,| follows : ~§ BR HALF A CENTURY | They Show That Average Date for the Opening of Nawmigation Was April 3rd and the Average Dat: of Closing January 6th. It may not be generally known, but the records of the Kingston harbor for the last Bity-six yours show that the average date for the opening of navi gation. was April 3rd. | 3 To-day, April 3rd, finds the Kings: ton harbor still frosen over, and with continued cold weather such as pre- { vailed. on Thursday night it will be sonte few days yet before there will he a general break up. It will be three days at least, so mariners say. | he Whig has been furnished with {some data regarding the opening and lelosing of navigation in the Kingston | { harbor, covering a period of fifty-six | vears, and the stafistics are of a most | interesting nature. t The records show that the average number of days f¥r the harbor to be closed for navigation during the fifiy- Six years was eighty-six and a half; the average date of closing, January 6th, and the average date of opening, April 3rd. - The longest period for navigation to be d _gecurred in 1871-2, when it was ¢ for 120 days. The short- est periods -'in which it was closed were "in 1877, 1878, 1881 and 1882, when it was closed forty-two days. I'he longest possible closing is given as December 15th, 1904, and April 25th, 1885, when it was closed for 131" days. The shortest possible closing was Feb- ruary Sth, 1912, and March 5th, 1880, when navigation was closed for twen- ty-eight days. The greatest variation in the clos ing of navigation occurred December 16th: 1904, and February 5th, 1912, for fifty-two days. The greatest vari- ation for opening took place March bth, 1580, and April 25th, 1885, for fifty-one days, he closings per month are given as December, 16; January, 35; The openings per month are give as follows : Mareh 19; April, 37. February 2. Portsmouth Resident Dead Edward Clayton, aged thirty-eight, of Portsmouth, died, on Tuesday, at his home on the Palace Road. He had tuberculosis for quite a length of time and had been at the Mowat hospital. He leaves a widow and several small children. In religion Mr. Clayton was an Anglican. The funeral will take place on Saturday, to Cataraqui ceme tery. » During building alterations, James McParland will temporarily occupy the Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store, on" or about April 6th. 'Phone 274. streets may be all frowns in the home circle. : Easter lilies, lilacs, azealeas. John son Florist, King street. ptok... Lenses may be good, but lab- oratory experiments have prov- en them unscientific. If you want an invisible Bi- focal lense, consult us about the new one-piece Bi-focal, a lenge with ne index of re- fraction and no chromatic ab- erration. J. S. Asselstine, D.0.S. 842 King St. Phone 1019 Kingston's Exclusive Optician. Ru ANNOUNCEMENT REDMOND & ALDERDICE, ' Mason Contractors and Builders. Estimates cheerfully iven on all work, > ® Mullews Marble orks, Cor. Cl and THAT TOBACCO With the "Rooster" on it. is crowing louder as he goes along Only 46c. per pound. For smoking. per po chewing and ow AT A. MACLEAN'S Ontario Street. SE ---------- Earl and William Sts. '89% net on cavh outlay. ) buys a new solid hrick A re. 7 roouns, all ned- furnace, and elactiic on Collingwood St., near Union Bt. 50--Solid brick 7 room dwelling, hall in centre, B. and C. 120 Nelson St, cor- Why Pay High . Prices|? dens i, The Style and Fitting will be The Finsh and Workmanship will be perfect. The price will be from $2.00 to $7.00 LOWER than you have been paying i i | " hy ak | | ] | i | i H | |} | i } | | premises on market square adjoining | .- iplayers had a second work out [COMMENTS BY ZACCHEUS | 'Who Says Sauce for Goose No Sauce for Gander | A--=""As long ns men live like the . devil 'I will preach like the devil, declares is B--Billy Sunday, the sledge-hammer evangelist to his ] L--CUritics of Gotham where. ' D--Dijable ! * En voila un ministre ! E--lixpounding "straight gaspel" like the old Nick, no wonder he has hearers by the 'tens of thousands.' F--Four-flushers, brothal keepers, blooming boozers are after huni, . he says, but they can © G--Go to hell, for all he cares. H--Haokering for maniacal ravings well served, surely. I-ln "Jean et Marie, ®ve undoubt- edly have sweet names. J--Just'the same we are not going to back on "Patrick and Patri- ca." No, never, pever, K--Kind of th it's about we beard from the robin and babbling brook. L--Long, hard and trying has th rule of that old despot--Hoary Win ter--been. ,,, M--May he soon be deposed. N--Nobody will, regret him. O--Orangemen from London, More | else and ting | the Ont., J to the strength of a baker's dozen, 20nd gravel. are reported as burning to go = and immolate themselves om the altar of Ulster's disloyalty. They will, be very much missed (especially by Bis hop Fallon) if thby never return P--Protestant province ean defy constituted authority, and it's a vis tue with the lodges. Q--Quite a how] would-be raised by the same gents if the Catholic major- ity "dared" break their bondage + force. R--Redmond would now Le in durance vile liad he talked treason half as loudly as Carson has done. S--Sauce for the goose is . no more sause for the gander. > T--Truat British honor aud valor will® yet teach this bloodthirtay breed a lesson. U--Unredressed wrong to a trod- den race and creed: would cry for ven: geance | & | V--VYoice, language, manner, | ing, dress of the:youth of the male and female (with a few rare ex ceptions) appalling in nerve and vul garity. W---Wantonness leads the way X--Xterpals "is" the thing. pretence, presumption, imprudence, ig horance to the fore. Y--You may not have a single right idea in yout head, a word of sense on your lips, nor a single manly throb to your heart, yet be loud angd bold and "rush where angels fear to tread" and 'you will be quite "In fashion. bear day Pose, ZACCHELUS BOY DIES OF LOCKJAW The woman who is all smiles on the | eral Hospital. } | On Thursday evening a sad case was brought to the general hospital {when Gerald Howes, aged seven years, son of George B. Howes, of Parham, was admitted, suffering |from lock-jaw as the result of fall- |ing on the ice and striking his head | heavily upon a stick, receiving a se- ivere gash over the right eye. This accident ~ happened on Tuesday, | March 24th, but at the time nGthing was thought to be serious any more than an ordinary gash, until the day before yesterday, when the lad took on a bad turn which developed into} convulsions and later, lock-jaw. As| the result the unfortunate lad was hurried to Kingston on Thursday af- |ternoon and arrived at the hospital | the same evening. He died on Fri day moming. I The accident happened while the! lad's father was in a store 'at Tich horné doing some business, having driven there from Parham. | eap------ { BOY PLACED IN HOME | Sad Story Revealed Before the Po) | lice Magistrate. | As the result of proceedings taken | before Magistrate. Farrell, on Frida: { morning, Rev. A. E. Smart, inspector {for the Children's Aid Society, | cured possession of a three-year-old {boy and placed him in the home. The mother of the boy is a native ' i-of Kingston and some time ago ma:- riod in a western town.: The twe separated, the husband going to parts unknown and the. wile coming on to Kingston : As the - result of certain things which have occurred since the 'wo- man came to Kingstoir Rev. A. PF. Smast took up the case on hehalf of the Chfldren's Aid Sodety in order fo secure possession of the Loy. There 13 also' a baby girl ten months old, but the Sufant had to be Jeft with the mother. se QUEEN'S RUGBY PLAYERS Workout ir ° Gymnasium Thursday Afternoon A number of Queen's senior rugby in after- Prof. coach inten- Had a j the gymnasium on Thursday noon under the direction of Lindsay Malcolm, who will | the team next fall. Tt is the | tion of the players to have a couple of outdoor practices before they: leave college for vac nm. The rain during the past couple of days made it impossible for the men to hold practice on the lower campus, Intercollegiate Rugby Meeting A meeting of the executive of the i rugby union is to be held" in Kingston on Saturday after- noon to discuss several important matters. , The meeting has been cal- led by "Jack" Hazlett, the presi- dent of the union. ( a : Brought Nephew With Fim. R. F. Filiott has returned from Chicago, where he was called by th- illness of his sister-in-law, Mrs. E. S. Filott. She is improving now. and as soon as she is able t#» travel ; The on i she will come to Kingston. Fx-Afd. Efliott brought his little nephew home with hm. A full line of ferns, palms and plants of all description. Johnson Florist, . King street, [E DAILY BRITISH WHIG FELL . OFF A BUILDING FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1914. LEANDER C. HEGADORN RECEIV- ED TERRIBLE INJURIES $ 4 Arm and motive Wests ~ His 3 Leg Were | Broken, A terrible accident occurred at the Canadian Locomotive works on Fri- day morntmg about 11.20 o'clock when 2 middle-aged™sman, Leander} C. Hegadorn, stepped backwards off the roof of the new erecting shops which is being built, and fell a dis- tance of sixty feet receiving fright- ful injuries which may result in death. The injuries consist of badly broken leg, through which the bone penetrated, a broken arm and a se- vere gash under the chin besides in- ternal injuries. 1 Myr, Hegadorn is a carpenter 'and resides on John street, ~ At the time mentioned above he was plac- ing strip roofing on the building and was walking backwards towards the east end to measure one of the strips Before he noticed how far he was to it he lost his balance and fell to the hard ground, composed of cinders Falling such a distance the victim came down with a terrible thiéd. = At first the others who were on the roof thought that he was killed. R. J. Reid's. ambulance was immediately summoned. The un- fortunate mah was carried into the office, after which he was placed in the ambulance and hurried to the general hospital where doctors work- ed to get the broken bones back into place. 'The accident is about one of the worst which has occurred in-the city for some time, and, { 1 been for. the wonderful eemstitution of the injured man, it might have re-, sulted in immediate death. On or about April 6th James Mc- Parland will temporarily remove to premises oh market square adjoining Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store, which he will occupy | during the rebuilding of his store and warehouse on King optimist takes more of + his antic rate the pléasure out ipa Unbehef tal rhte an almost us agpect when comes to current wos qip "The Hat Store?' Easter Hats We Hat Everybody This is truly * the hat store" of Kingston. We sell all kinds of hats for men, ladies and children We don't sell cheap hats but we do sell hats cheap. We are the only direct hat importers in Kingston and sell more hats than all other stores combined. Our large . stock miakes it easy for vou to find just the hat vou want. We are sol for ~best madeSats 'Hawes, $3 Von Gal, 84 Knox, 835 Waverly, S$: Piccadilly, § Waldorf, 81.0 agents FOR LADIES "Modern Millinery at moder- ate prices--no two hats alike' 1s the slogan of our millinery department Popular hats at. law prices. . 33 TO $7.50 FOR CHILDREN "We hat the children as well as the men." Popular styles in Caps, Tums, Felts, Straws, Vel- vet Hats, ete, 15¢ up to $1.00. New Raincoats! New Gloves! New Umbrellas! Wateh our windows. lo GEORGE MILLS & CO. 126-128 Princess St. | ston, has $l house. Mrs. F. W. Danhy and baby, Sustained Fall of Sixty Feet at Loco- §f. At had. dfot ! | ; Wright a welcome visitor has come | 1pent- Tuesday last in Napanee. | temperance people are still obsery- | ing the law and enforcing local op- : /, ) : EASTER CARDS, Posteards, Booklets, ete., the largest and choicest stock in the eity to select from; selected from the stocks of-the best Amlerican and English publishers. EASTER BOOKS, all the datest and popular fictibn beau- tifully decorated in Easter Bands and Silk Ribbbn. Easter Toys for the little ones, in rabbits, chickens, hens, . ready for filling with confectionery. - EASTER PORTCARDS from 12 for Se to Se each. THe College Book Store 160-162 Princess St. Open Nights Money Savers ona 36 only, Ladies' Black Silk Blo uses with net collar and yoke, "sleeves finished with net' pleating. Pretty designs in sizes 34 to 42. $2.50 garments on Sat- urday morning .. $1.49 I 200 yards of Pailette Silk, perfect black, rich, lustrous finish, full 36 inches wide. A Baturday morning special price 69¢ 300 yards of Whipcord Dress Goods in the season's popular shades, 42 inches wide 50c. material for, a yard 350 yards of extra quality Unbleached Sheeting, full 72 inches wide, very durable.. A 30c quality for Saturday buyers We are having a great run on our "Dollar Special" Kid Glove, perfect quality, perfect shades and strongest guaran- tee. All sizes. Worth $1.25. Our WMAN & SHAW THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE. N Phone, 919~ See our window for Cut Glass, Fine Cut Glass. Jugs, Bowls, Preserve Dishes, Spoon Trays, Tumblers, Ice Cream Trays, Butter Dishes and Vases Every plece carefully made, perfectly white and sparkling, Our prices are moderate. , Smith Bros. Jewellers and Opticians. Issner of Marriage Licenses. News Budget From Yarker Yarker, April 2.--The amount of freight that-was unloaded at Yark- or station last Suir.ey i: a good . dication that the C. N, R. is surely getling its share of «SIness aed from all. appearances the company will'have to enlai zs ili freight shed as the present on, wa packed ani the platform is being used for stor- ing. One of the work trains passed over the road with steam shovel and dump cars for operations around the 'sink hole. Mission services are being held in the Anglican church each evening this week by the Rev. R. W. Spen- er. The residents of Yarker were sorry to learn of the death of Mrs. John Lockwood at Buffalo. She had only been ailing g¢ few days, at one time she Hved in Yarker and was a mentber of the C. 0. C. F Pater Kavanaugh assistant agent, has been Sample a Ton That is All Anglin's Coal is quality coal We 'want to it Phone prove to vou ton of You for' a sample clean hard quality coal will be pleased So shali Prompt delivery \ S. Anglin & Co. Woodworking Factory > reese BUILDERY SL PPLIE Seveaey promoted to the position of agent Lumber Yards at Tweed. Mr. Cruter, of Avan, , was in the village calling cn friends after an absence of two vears. He finally has moved back #ain and will reside in Deseronto The farmers dre complaining about a very podr sugar season this spring as sap is not very plentiful At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cer. Hay and Wellington Sta. sel UMBER, COAL & WOODwoes : 5 in 1 Feeders for Chickens Lizzie dergon The Miss B. Sen to stay---a daughter, Babeock and Mrs. J. four more cases will come up or hearing on Friday. James War- ner has purchased a fine - young team of grey colts. Mrs. (Dr.) Gal- Lraith is spending a few days in ilingston with her parents ! Elginburg News, Elginburg, April ° 2.--Mrs 1] | Smith's sale was fairly well attend 'ed. Earl Smith bought ! | James Sklver is very ill in the gene | {ral hospital. Miss Beatrice Graham is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Day, at Sydenham. Sugar and syrup mak ine "has begun. Herbert Lawson i= moving into F. Murphy's house Virs. H. Smith purposes movimg" to Kingston. + 0. Orser, Glenvale, i blasting .F. Porter's well at the fac tory. , Mr. Roache and family, Kini moved into DD. Smith's | tion; : Ince fas 'central compartment, and in addition has 6 others for dry mesh, meat, oyster shell, grit and charcoal. $4.75 W. A. MITCHELL .87 Princess St. Smith's Falls, aro visiting her fatlior, : Unrdware, | Cyrphuy Incubators C. Smith. Wa nted RAIS 78.80 BROCK ST. i. F. Gourdier, Don't Hesitate, Don't Falter, "Don't Wait BY A HOME OF YOUR owN Now We have a choice [selection, avall- al May 1st kK St Solid brick iter heating, pricd Victoria St--Frame (4) C., price York St--¥ frame (ne and C.. price (detached), hot B. and detached), B. tached), price t 8 and , 4 olling (detach- ed), I : 5 Brock 8 nace, Br William § ed); n Alfred § hot wator Alwington tached) and C., 'prices . Solid Brick (detached), furs i~detached) «B00 1 semi-detach- 08 St y "Solid brick, (detache, heating ve Ave ~Solid. brick (new du- lot 70 by 156 vou Johnson St.--8elid brick (double) $5600 Fire Insuranee Money to Lean Bullding Lots ia Geod Locations E. W. MULLIN Cor. Jéhinson & Division Sts. Phones: We're home wash people-- we do the best laundering in town---you know that, if you've tried us. FLAT WORK FAMILY WASH No fabric of any kind that we cannot wash perfectly. Our new plan explained in detail for the asking. ; Kingston Laundry Cor. Princess & Sydenham Sts. "Phone 28.