PAGE FOUR ° The British Whig S2ND YEAR. Published and Semi-Weekly by THE Shr WHIG PUBLISHING €0., LIMITED. J. G. Eliott President Leman A. Guid ++» Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. UBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) delivered in city J it paid in advance .... 0 by mall to rural offices , 10 United States 4 nd three months pro rata. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, Dy mail, cash 1. One year, if not pald in advance $1.50 One Jear, to United States 1.50 and three months pro rata. Attached Is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO RERRESENTATIVE H RB Smalipsice 32 Church St. , A' New York Office 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chica, Tribune Bldg. ger. BECKER IN A RAGE. Becker, convicted of causing the murder of Herman Rosenthal be- cause the gambler menaced the cor- rupt system of New York, nearly three years ago, has been seized with despair, and is pictured by the New York Herald as in a furious mood. He refuses the attentions of the offi- clals, of his friends, of the prison priest, and of his wife, He even re- fuses to eat. He angrily asserts 'that everyone is crushing him down, and that evén the God whom he trusted has abandoned him. So in his depression he has lost his reli gion, has cast his prayer books aside, and chafes and scolds and wants to die at once. The sooner the end is reached, he says, the bet- ter. The good priest of the prison, awaits, with patience, the change which he says must come soon to the sadly disturbed man. Presently, the passion will pass, and, perfectly sub- ~ dued and reconciled to his fate, * Becker will listen to the consola- tion that which must be soothing to 'his soul. The aeroplane fleet of London does not appear to be as alert and efficient as the aeroplane or biplane fleet of France, Hence, the Zeppel- in raids on London are becoming more alarming. THE DEVIL IN MAN. When Robert Louis Stephenson wrote the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it was assumed that he had portrayed a character without a counterpart in the world, that of a physician who practiced the virtues of his profession, and of his other self when he had converted it into a being "inherentily malign and vil Jainous." The change was made by & potion of the doctor's own com- ponding. - For a time the good. in him, was, at hia will, able to over- come the bad, but eventually the ina very re Notcomb, which formed the founda- tion of a book "The Barbarities in Belgium," the most revolting stories with equal impunity violated. Pris- _oners of war were the special ob-| ject of German hatred, and a de. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. The King's Birthday will be ob- served to-morrow all over the Brit- ish world, but much more qujetly than usual. It was Very thoughtful of His Gracious Majesty to suggest that public display be omitted at a time when the Empire is in the throes of a great war, but it has been difficult, it not impossible, to abandon some of the programmes upon which expenses had been al- ready incurred. This was the case in Kingston. With the King, the nation sympathizes at this time. He is burdened 'with many cares, and he must in a sense bear many of them alone. * It was an Austrian Archduke who some years ago disappeared, disguis- ed as a seaman, and with a desire he could not resist to test the life of the humble freeman. He longed for associations that had been de- nied him, for the friendliness and neighborliness that were not avail able, and he broke the barriers that stood between him and them, and revelled in what he regarded as the luxury of real democratic life. This story suggests the reserve that belongs to the King, and that in a time lke this, must, sometimes, 0 be very oppressive. RELIGION AND WAR. The Supreme Parliament of the Presbyterian Church, the General Assembly, and representing all Can- ada, opens its sessions in Kings- ton to-day. These sessions will continue for perhaps ten days. The issues to come before them will be of the most momentous character. The church thet is forceful and ag- gressive--and the church that is not fails to meet the spirit and needs of the times--must deal seriously with all questions that come before it. There is nothing which can be passed over lightly, and especially because of the crises of the war, The church, like so many human institutions, is said to be on trial The evidence of its influence is sometimes missing, and from places where it was expected to be found. Thus, in the cruelties of the Ger- man soldiers, and the cant of the German Emperor, one sees the in- sincerity of that thing they call re- ligion--in Germany. "It is the cer- tain outcome of the formalism which lets the municipality legislate for and manage the church, and appoint preachers, without any guarantee as to their fitness. That kind of religion may be on trial now, but genuine Christianity must survive the volcanic eruption of the times and help to bring about the peace that will abide. It is to consider every aspect of the work that the Presbyterian Church meets in its General As- sembly. Periodically, it is neces- sary to review the church's growth, but this is subsidiary to the great mission of the church, which is to evangelize the world In the shadows of a great war, be- neath the lowering and depressing clouds that attend it, men may ex- change their thoughts in subdued language, but in their hearts they must be assured that when the con- flict ends the cause of God will be the cause of all civilized nations, and the object of greater attention will be the altar and the sacrifice before which men must bow the knee in honest, simple, and sincere worship. The American warships, compos- ing the Atlantic fleet, have been manoeuvring in an imaginary war, and the Government has discovered, by the experiment, that an enemy, convoyed with strong battleships, could land in United States. There is need, therefore, for faster cruisers, and bigger guns, and more submar- ines. Will this discovery affect the .{den Island to-day. Rev. M. Macgillivray preached in| her EE ------------ ers in the field and they added five] hundred consumers of power and] light to the city's register. A | sample of what can be done, and an object lesson that Kingston can| learn with very great profit to it- self. EDITORIOL NOTES. Some people are curious to know | whether Mr. Wilson will tackle Von | Jagow again, or whether he will call Congress and have it endorse note, and demand a straight reply. | Woodrow .is a wise man in keeping his own counsel. The preachers and the soldiers! are very much in evidence in the city just now. The one in sombre black, and the other in suggestive khaki. The one the representative! of the church militant, and the other of the army triumphant. Strong and pleasing contrast. The British world regards the ill- ness of 8ir Edward Grey with very great concern. He is the greatest! diplomat of the day, and the one man in all this war, and in the con- troversies leading up to it, who does not seem to have made mistakes. He is not infallible, but he is ex- ceedingly discreet, In New Brunswick, there is a poli- tician, Hon, John Morissey, who is a Conservative in local policies and a meniber of the local Government, and a Liberal in Federal politics, and a strong supporter of Sir Wil- frid Laurier. Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, as it were. A seeming impossibility. Again, ome hears from _ Néw Brunswick where, following the ex- ample of British Columbia and Manitoba, it is urged that the pub- lic departmefits' be thoroughly ex- amined. Premier Flemming's re- moval on account of graft, some time ago, leads one to suppose 'that he is not the only Minister who has fallen from grace. PUBLIC OPINION. Interned, (Guelph Herald.) Dr. Dernburg has decided to in- tern himself with other German war craft in the United States. Cares For No One. (Peterboro Review.) They say 80,000 Turks have been laid out at the Dardanelles. Well, who cares for 80,000 Turks? The Kaiser doesn't. ------------------------ Too Many Notes, (London Free Press. "We've been sending a damn many notes to Germany," says for- mer United States Congress Speaker Cannon. A sentiment in which pro- bably the great majority of United States citizens join. Great Change "(Saskatoon Phoenix.) What a wonderful year it has been--the year that has changed a Radical Chancellor of the Exchequer into a maker of bullets and cannon in a War Ministry. More Colour Wanted. (Watertown Times.) Early in the war the office boy used a red pencil to shade off on the map the belligerent nations as they fell into line. Now he is appealing to the business office for a fund to buy a good-sized can of paint. A Tip in Advance. (Ottawa Journal.) It is as well to note that Kit- chener"s call for 200,000 more men ~who will take six months at least to train--tells that Kitchener ex- pects to need several hundred thous- and reinforcements six months or more from now. KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO People living at the Outer Sta- tion have petitioned for police pro- tection. They are annoyed by tramps. 'Mr, Le Heup, Barriefield, captured two young eagles at Jones' Falls. Two hundred citizens of Kingston went over to see them, Rev. Mr. Laing preached at Gar- n urgh . Barriefield Camp will open on his |, of music." FOOD CAN BE A MEDICINE. Value of Nature's Remedies Not Fully | Realized. A recent medical publication lays | | special stress upon the positive thera. | | peutic value of food. | been informed as to what we should | i not eat when ill, and dietaries have | | been made for those who are suffer- | In it all, however, | | as the publication insists, the princi- | We have long ing from disease. i pal object has been to provide food | that will not injure us. Until quite recently there has been | little or neo recognition of the facet | that some of the most valuable of na- | | ture's remedies are contained in arti- | cles of everyday diet. To quote a dis-! tinguished medical authority of the day, "Instead of prescribing syrup of iodide of irom, the physician might profitably urge bananas and spinach." It is a well-known fact that a most effective remedy for some diseases consists principally of extract of par- sley. Parsley is also excellent ip cases of ascites, The onion and garlic are valuable in pneumonia, and possess consider- able virtue in the treatment of certain forms of tuberculosis. Potatoes, or rather solanine, the al- kaloid food of the skin of the young shoots, have a sedative effect that make them useful in epilepsy and some kinds of convulsions. The calcium in asparagus and the remedial salines in beans and Brus- sels sprouts make these vegetables of positive help in the treatment of many diseases. The pineapple and the banana are rich in iodine, whose therapeutic value is well known. Carrots contain a principle that is helpful to children afflicted with rick- ets, and the radish is of benefit in cases of chololithiasis. The list might be extended indefi- nitely. Indeed, the more advanced among the physicians are paying es- pecial attention to the therapy of food, prescribing as they can nature's remedies in natural form and admin- istering them as nature seems to have ordained. The Czars Story. The Czar tells this story of his visit to Paris in 1896. He wanted to go to the Luxemburg, if possible, in- cognito, so a closed landau was pro vided, and the Czar, accompanied by one attendant, stepped in and drove off without an escort. Arrived at the Luxemburg the attendant got out of the carriage to make sure that a cer tain official was there to recéive the imperial visitor. The Czar, left alone in the car riage, looked out of the open win- dow at a ragged boy playing on the curb. Their eyes met and the young: ster stared hard. He had never seen the Czar, but he had seen his photo. graph, and the likeness to this foreign-looking man in the carriage waa certainly striking. "Supposing it is Nicholas," he, muttered, and he resolved to make sure at once. Stepping boldly up to the carriage he shouted in at the window, "How's the Empress?" Picture his stupefaction--for he really thought he was only having a good joke--when the unknown for with a smiles 1.x "Thank 'you, the Empress 3 and we are both delighted with our visit to your beautiful city." "Then," says the Czar in telling the story, "my true-borm Parisian friend immediately lost his tongue, and stared at me in astonishment. But after a few seconds' hesitation he raised his cap with a dignified flourish and stalked gravely away, his nose very much in the air." Wants It Spelled "Serbia." The Serbian legation in London has 'addressed a letter to the press and public urging the adoption of the spelling "Serbian" and "Serbia" instead of "Servian' and "'Servia." "The latter spelling," says the legation spokesman, "is highly offen- sive to our people, mainly because it suggests a false derivation from the Latin root meaning 'to serve.' It is a source of hidden pain to Serbians to see that some journals persist in us- ing the corrupt forms." The same letter requests wider pub- lication and performance of the Ser- bian national anthem. « "In restaurants and public places we hear the British patriotic songs and hymns, together with those of your allies, France, Russia, Belgium and Japan, yet, alas, not that of Ser- bia, whicL is really a beautiful piece Oh, You Girls? Doris was gazing wistfully into the glowing coals which were burning in the grate, while her mother sat by engrossed in a book. : Suddenly the mother looked up and, noticing her daughter's unusual mood, inquired: "Doris, how do you know that this young man loves you? Has he told you so?" "No, mother, he hasn't," replied the young woman, with gladness in voice, "but if you could only see the way he looks at me when I am not looking at him!" German machine gun bullets, which inflict The new fires in SEE OUR SPEC. IAL $4.50 SHOES. Made-to-Meas- ure Semi-ready Tailoring--Special Orders _ Suits are made to measure in the Semi-Ready Tailor shops. 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