tion has added materially to the will-production, but it has made | {| heavier demands upon the production of the soil. Ah ; The kaiser has an influence, unequal- {led by any other ruler, over the ha- bits and the life of his own people. The government of Germany is above all paternal. But the kaiser and his that the liberal candidate in the elec: | tion near at hand will be clotted. It is said that in the coming: pro- vineial election N. W. Rowell will con- test one of the Toronto ridings in addition to North Oxford. The like: ral leader sets an example of Splen: did courage to his followers. . + 5" mbna : How it Was Worked to the Disadvan- tage of Places Brantford Expositor, The supporters of the Whitney government are endeavoring to aveid the day' of wrath which awaits that administration beeatse of the dam- age it has done to the cause of tem- perance, by parading certgin amend- ments important and 'uninrportant, which the government has made to children who are 00 | eeks ago_there was found and pub- is one of the best job offices in Canada. tS ! Frank RB fo Cr Oo rani 1. Northrup. Mansa 20% CAPITAL EXPENDITURE According to the Municipal Act, a commission governing the public util- ities must apply to the City Council before it can proceed with extensions to the water, gas or electric plants, as extensiohs are capital expenditure, The view is held that the West street water main is not a renewal, as the commission has decided, but an ex- tension that should have had the sanction' 'of council. An old seven- inch main is being replaced by one of eighteen inches, which follows a new route from the corner of West and Sydenham streets. At most, only about \gne-quarter Fhe main could be termed a renewdl. Had the com- Mission placed this matter before coun- cil two months ago, the funds for it would mo doubt have been provided, and 'thete' would not* have been - the present hold-up. in 'the work. ALARMED OVER WATER The town of Pémbroke. which gets its water from the Ottawa river, and has' spent, during the past three years, $70,000 to secure 'a pure sup- ply. is greatly agitated over the of the "Potawawa camp, with 12,000 men and over 6,000 horses, dumping its raw sewage into the river,' twelve or eighteen niiles abovy the town. This camp will have a population nearly twice the size of Pembroke outside of the 6,000 horses. The Observer regards the thing as a menace to the town, especially dur- ing the very hottest period of the year, and the doping of the water, bawever much, will not cleanse it sufficiently for household uses. 'The paper says the nuisance has been go- ing on for a number of years and promises to be continued unless very strong opposition is put up, and it calls upon the Board of Health of the town to bring the matter very ag: gressively Lefore the Provincial Board to help and secure a remedy. ' WOOOKING AND HAPPINESS The conclusion of the Kansas Agri cultural College that domestic science makes aguinst divorce is based on fig- ures that are not wide enough to be conclulive, but it is neverthele¢s in ac- cord with reason. The figures are that $29 girls have been graduated in twenty years and all have taken the course in domestic .science. Four hundred and twenty- seven have married and only four have been divorced, two of the four re- marrying their former husbands. There is now in many places a movement to make the domestic science cdurse a part of the public school course. A woman is more likely to be inter- ested in running her home if she knows, - low to ruk it, says Harper's Weekly. All of us are interested in doing those things which in early life we learn to do well, Practical usefulness makes us happy. Fdueation ought not to be based on the needs of a small class. It should meet the' fundamental needs of everybody. The girl born in ordinary eircam- stances who can take care of herself and her whole family wheh necessary has a fecling confidence, self-respect hvvical, health and, therefore, for TRE GERMAN BIRTH RATE + The German birth rate is declining. "was 36.5 in 1900,in:191Y it was, od aboya Wo decline in the birth- TW *onomists see in it a 19° Germany to pay more been 'al the government and his military aris- toeraty cannot appreciably afect the birth rata. With the greater volume of wealth aud the higher standardy- of living that have come from in- dustrial | prosperity the number' "of children per family decline. It has been so in America, in France,' in England; it will be so in Germany. CHANGED VIEWS ABOUT WAR The United States newspapers re fleet plainly a changed publie opinion in regard to the gloviousness of war, knowledge of what war actually means being vastly more general and more accurate than it was at the time of the Spanish-American war, A few lished in St. Louis a letter written by General W. B. Wade, describing the battle of Monterey in 1846, which con- tains these sentences : 3 "You might have seen the Mexicans running in every direction like sheep «+o 236 Fifth Ave. rup, (nection with this extract from a let- out of a pen. And it really was fun for us to pick them off with our rifles as they ran." These words being reprinted again in United States papers in com- are ter received a week or two ago hy a Baltimore family from a relative serv- ing at Vera Cruz: "I never knew anybody, could be so bloodthirsty. We would have slaugh- tered them if they had stood their ground. But they ran like sheep. I am thinking of putting a few notches in my rifle. 1 have four now. 1 guess you think I am a blood-curd- ling villain by this time, bug, greasers really deserve it, They off to be wiped off the map, and we will do it~] mean Uncle Sam will." There are no indications in the Un- ited States papers that - this is re garded as glorious or romantic. War does not change, but, yyith the ad- vance of knowledge and civilization, the mental attitude towards war changes. "PROSPERITY" UNDER BORDEN. The kind of prospesity Canada is experiencing under Borden"tule is indi- cated by the trade figures for the fiscal year 1913-14 made public by the Department of Trade and Commerce on. 'May 3rd. During the twelve month Canada's 'trade increased, it is true, but the increase fell far and away below that shown in other re- cent years. In the preceding year, for instance, the increase in total trade Was over $200,000,000, but in 1913-14, after a further Feviod of Borden ad- ministration, the advance in trade was only $26,697,654, while it is notewor- thy that during the year financial de- pression and unemployment were gen- eral throughout the dominion. It may also be poted that it was only during the first six months of thé time thai there was any net increase whatever in our trade. During the latter hali oi the year there ' wus a steady de crease a the business dope. In March, for example, the drop in Canada's to- tal trade, as compared with the trade for March of the previous year, was no less than 323,000,000, decreases be- lug shown both in exports and im- ports. Had it not bean jor the ronal o many: American duties under ihe _Wil- soit Bderwood 'tanli and the opening oi the Laoitea States market last Ue tober, the dominion would have made even a more sory tpade showing than bas to Le recocden. the removal of the Live stock there increase in the How of Ganadign stock south- ward and while be total export. of animal products fin 191913 amounted to "only 2,004000, 1n round ngures, thi» export in W1S-14 was $9,000,000 wud or this total over ¥5,000,000 was uccounted Toy by the exports to ine nited States, Similarity, reductions In the Amery an anf on breadstutis accounted yof the greater part ar toe increase 1 fanadian export of these products. f.ad it wot been, then, lor the privilegp of opportunities ot wider | warsets gi jen Canadians through the lowering «;f the tarii of a toreign vountry the decrease in the business uone by the dominion last year woul bave bem even more starting than the offic a] ngures show, ¥ EDITORIAL NOTES. Ariagaay is about to bond herself in the, sum of ¥5,000,000 tor good roads, 5 { at vollowing American duties on was 'a 'great Trhere are few liberals who believe S¥c James Whitney would have been & ailty of the Bruce: gerrymander. There should be a continuous in- spection of all electric wires, in this city. Hternal vigilance is the price of safety. > . One_of, the first principles of house cleaning is to fut things where the old man can't them when he comes home. The young liberals of Kingston are going to be heard from in the com- ing provincial election. When this body was active: in elections years ago, the liberal candidates always 4 A Coincidence, That schoo! taught in fresh air classrooms ad- vance more rapidly in their 'studies and make greater improvement in weight and strength than children m regulgr classrooms, was a conclusion demonstrated by Frank H. Mann, of New York, before the sociological section of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tu- berculosis in Washington. The producers of the best oats in the world were given a banquet at Lloydminster, Sask, It is time that men who excel in lines of production came in for more notice. who can put a bag of seed oats in | the ground in seed time, and reap the greatest return in the fall, is a greater producer qf new wealth, and : adds more to the national assets of t the country than. the greatest binder that ever existed. PUBLIC All "Round Cleanliness ( Chicago Record-Herald The city. that is dirty physically cannot be clean morally. Clean up Lt spell- | ¢ ¢ OPINION] 1 1 Cleveland Leader Considering the present styles of women's clothes why worry oy.or the possible future creations of dressmak- ers ? Ny Atchison Globe Yeu may have observed that the ercéise at the same time the. zarden needs spading. Bury Them, | Galt Reporter ¥ the Liguor License act. not, however, make any parade of .the fact #fths clause has been the greatest obstacle to temperance reform which 'has ever been introdliced into this province, and that for this obstacle 'the conservative responsible. record: 19067 1908 29 1909 1910 . 55 181). 0.0, 20 i 1913 : 38 The man | 1914 20 hibition in 658 municipalities, { urdson, who has resided in They do that the obnoxious three- party is entirely The following is the Held up by Licenses Three-fifths Continued 40 "118 103 22 . 66 224, 102 bh. | 44 143 103 255 901 It will be seen that the operation of this handicap interfered with the 'arrying of local option in 255 dis- ricts, including Brantford and Paris, ind kept 901 licenses in force. To- lay there are 123 - municipalities | where local option by-laws would be n force but for the three-fifths re- iuirement. Fifty-six of these have een held up twice, and six have een held up three times. In these 213 municipalities there aré 408 li- enses, In short, the will of the people, as |. 'xpressed by majority vote, is pro- . and cense ih 184 munieipalities, while le three-fifths requirement has per- uiltted prohibition in only 535 mu- Disiphlition and has retained licenses in 307 the people is to continue only 1,165 licenses, while the will of the Whit- ney government is to continue 1,573 licenses. fuch an exhibit that the existdmve of municipalities. The will of Is it any wonder with 1 close alliance between the Whitney ; : government and the athletic young man doesn't need ex o h liquor interests directly charged Who Will Pay Hospital Bill" (iuelph, May 14.--Mrs. Lizzie Rich. Hamil- One of the bust ways of forgetting | ton for the past. seventeen years®hut vour worries at this time of vear'is to bury them in the garden Don't Forget the Weeds Ht Farmers Advocate Declare war op weeds early in the |, senson. They are much more easily destroyed while young than. after a widespread root system. entrenches them firmly. ( Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Dr. Massie, veterinary surgeon, or dered a horse owned by a Latimer farmer to be shot. The animal was suffering from glanders. Ald: Swift has sold nine lots on Horseshoe Island. (told in large quantities was found | on the farm of J. Dodds, a miles from Ose. THE CANADIAN NORTHERN Interests Liberals Do Not Think Sufficiently Safeguarded Montreal Herald, . Conservatives are affecting siderable surprise at the attitude of the liberals in regard to the propos- | ------ | ! ' con- ed further government assistance for the Canadian Northern. The | liberals have already made it clear that they are not opposed to the principle of assistance. Their ob- jection is that while the proposed | agreement ostensibly protects tel interests of the dominion in thus as- | suming a further share of the Cant "dian Northern's financial. burdens, | in reality those interests have not | been sufficiently safeguarded. | For instance, will the -additional | $45,000,000 to be guaranteed by the | government, he used on contracts | for which no tenders 'are called? in | view of this question it must be re- | memberéd that Mackenzie and Mann are the controlling owners of the | Canadian Northern railway. The | lines built by the Canadian North- | ern and its subsidiary railway som | panies have been constructed by | Mackenzie. Mann and Co, contrac- | tors. The same Mackenzie and | Mann who control the Canadian; Northern and the Mackenzie and | Mann of the company who built the | roads constructed by the railway] copipany. And Mackenzie and Mann, | railway owners, awarded contracts o Mackenzie and Mann, contractors without tenders. | For building the Halifax and Southwestern -- a Mackenzie and!' Mann. contractors, received $5,663, 972; for building the Canadian Nor- thern Quebec, $4,228,889; for work | done on the Canadian Northern On- tario lines, $52,815,628; for Cana-' dian Northern lines from Port Ar-, thur to Yellow Head Pass, $109, 760,909, with more to come; for smaller contracts, $5,299,681. Not content with giving Mackenzie and Mann these fine contracts without fender, Mackenzie and Mann, rail-| way owners, gave Mackenzie and Mann. contractors, the work of pur- chasing equipment for the railway. | "The liberals are now asking how mueh of the money obtained for building these railways went to the account of Mackenzie and Mann,' contractors, and how much into' actual railway 'building? Tt js wa' serious matter, for the facts to ba faced are that already Canada has given these men $250,000,000, in' one form or another, for the con- struction of railway which is aot vet completed; that Mackenzie and I i | { | s.nee, tinuously tlie entire perfod of the Laurier ad- the | who formerly resided in Guelph, was 'sent here by the relief officer .at Ha- | milton, and has heen' in one of the 1ospitals as an indigent patient ever She is now able to be mov- «I, and was sent back to Hamilton, I'he bill for her care here will be sent to the Hamilton authorities for payment, as she is mot 4 citizen of 'uelph. XHYRSDAY, MAY FOURTEENTH few | Sir Frederick Borden, who was con- minister of militia during ministration, and who is the head of the Borden family in Can- ada, was born at Cornwallis, N.8., sixty-seven years ago to-day. His father, the late Johnathan Borden, was the paternal uncle of Premier Bor den, so that Sir Frederick is a first cousin of Canada's present prime minister, Educated for his father's profes sion, 8ir Freder ick began practise as his assistant in the village of Canard afterwards re. moving to Canning where . he has ever since resided. He early became interested in military affairs and was appointed surgeon of the local regi ment of militia, - This connection led to -his being chosen for the portfolio of militia and defence in 1896. He had meanwhile enjoyed a lengthy Parlia- mentary experience, entering the House of Commons for the fret time in 1874 and sitting contlauousiy therein until 1911 with the exception of a term from 1882 to 1887. Aiso born to-day:-- E. R. Wood, financier, Toronto, born in Peterbovo, 1568. * FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. Prune thou thy words, The thoughts contro Not o'er the swell and throng. They will condense within thy soul : And change to purpose strong. But be who lets his feelings run In soft, luxurious tow, Shrinks when bard service must be done And faints at avery woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears Where hearts and wills nre weighed Than brightest transports, choles est prayers. Which bloom their hour and fade. ~John Henry Newman Mann handed over rich contfacts to themselves and paid the bills with | money obtained from the people of won, and ita coming back into the al 1 selves $138,000,000 of for | hia Canada, and they have mot paid a dollar. that they voted them. pected of 2a Swrglary Two men are held at Pembroke, sus- al _Carleton lace. Goods were found that © may - identify them, An bn $2.75 TROUSER SALE | Men's English worsted trousers in neat stripes, plenty of grevs. Regular $4.00 and $4.50 values for $2.79 Sizes 32 to 44. Belt loops, side straps, plain or cuff hottoms Our New Shirts Our display of men's fine shirts is well worth coming miles to see. Our Nobby Hats Sole agents in Kingston for the King Hats. 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For Sale A blatksmith shop, good lo- cation and plenty of work. In connection are a first class dwelling in good repair, stable, '| hen house, about one acre first-class garden land with (a few fruit trees. _H. JENNINGS, King Street. ». a A very desirable pro for a blacksmith, primey ; Farm and city _ properties ance companies and the Mutual Life of New York. Money to loan on real es. tate.