«rn prove 1¢ vy the ||K* SKETCH OF BURNS { Newspaper' --_-- j Every SWspaye hear the | WRITTEN BY Q. M. S. ADDISON, phwtpaper referred fo as a { 146TH BATTALION. medium to settle some dispute, a-- + Who Came From Within a Stone's It is an authority. And in Its advertising col- Throw Of Birthplace Of Scot- land's I Poet. uming, too, it is Sir Oracle. They form the public mar- ket place where buyers come Q M. 8, G. Addison, O. R. 8, and offer whdt they hiive to 146th Battalion has given the Whig sell, a short sketch of the life of Robert There is nothing else quite Burns as follows: like them in this respect. To all true Scotchmen the night The advertising in this very of January, 25th is one that holds a mewspaper to-day is tvpieal of very endearing place in. their mem- the business life of the com- ory. Throughout the wide wide munity, world wherever Scotchmen may ga- It is as interesting as it is ther the memory of their Immortal Y Rab holds a predominating part in their thoughts. authoritative and it is read and 'We have all heard the saying reférred to by nearly all the readers of the newspaper, "What's in a name?" but there are many of us who would question the JANUARY | Men's and | | i il Dy | | Boys' | a .We provide proper "why glasses are. right. truth of it." What fond reader of poetry does not feel a thrill of de- light at~the bare mention of the name Robert Burns, a name which bespeaks a great man, whose mem- ory shall forever live Robert Burns, the National poet of Scotland, is a name revered the world over, and in no land more so that in Canada. In him we find the truly representative Scotchman, and as | have heard the remark, he was Scotland condensed in a personality, and the portrayer of what is noblest, and of much of || what is erring in the Scottish race, There is little doubt but fic) he'is 8 Medici Short Stop Pr. Hickey's Cure Dover's Cold Breakers Musteroil Paste Mentholated Balm Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Best's Liver Pills, 100 for 25¢ This lst will form a com- plete medicine chest for all winter ills, prepared and sold Best's The Popular Drug Store. Open Sundays. the poet of the people. His )ife, it properly traced, would appeaf to bed one, as - if driven by passion, and though to many, it may give of en- couragement, nevertheless in it there are many warnings, and by ob- serving those, we may profit by them It however, proves that im- mortal fame belongs to no particular class. Though much has heen written on the subject of Burns, perhaps, the writer coming as I do from within a stones throw of that almost sacred birthplace, may be permitted to give a véry brief butline of that interest. ing life, His Birthplace. Robert Burns was born on the | 25th day of January, 1759, in al humble cottage on the banks of the river "Doon" (much heard of in song) about two miles to the south of the auld Toon o' Ayr. It may be interesting to note that Burns had been given to the world for one week when the frail abode, which was his home, was blown down by a storm. The original spelling of the name "Burns" was "Burness," his father being one, William Burness, (a son of a farmer from Kincardinshire) who was of a superior class of pea- sant. Of his mother very little is | known, but best let me quote the | words of the poet himself from one of his letters "she was a yery saba- cious woman, without forwardness lor awkwardness of"manner." {| At the age of seven years we. find | him the poet on the farm of Mount | Oliphant in the parish of Ayr, but | on the death of the proprietor, a Mr. Ferguson, the family was obliged to | leave, and they next settled-on the { farm of Lochlea, in the parish of | Tarbolton. Under the care of a tea- | her, named Murdoch, Burns { ----commenced his studies, and in the | words of his teacher, "he would ne- | ver have thought that Robert would | have been one to have courted tNe { "Muses," At this time Burns owed | much to an old woman who resided KEELEY I M 0 D 0 | in 'the family. She was sald to have 9 « VV. « VU. I} SEE WHEN YO CANNOT SEF A Paradox? No! glasses through which you can see. Being eyesight special- ists we know when eyes. are wrong and 'See us--we un- derstand our business. | bad a wonderful collection of tales - . p | and songs, concerning ghosts, fairies, OPTOMETRISS AND. OBTICIAN | witches, warlocks, and such like, and 8 doors\ above the Opera House to this Burns says, may be 'attribui- : | ed his propensity to cultivate the seeds of poetry i Among thé first books which he | read in private were the life of Han- | mibal and the History of William Wallace, and these stirred within i him the hopes that some day he | might become a soldier, and as he ong, whieh bad young country who used to sing a been composed by 2s he, made his first attempt at verse her charms in the littie Once I Loved a Bonnie Lass." At the age of seventeen, Burns | went to his first dancing school, in' direct opposition to « his father's] | Wishes. His father was a man of | strong passions, and. for his act of | disobedience, seemed to take a sor. of dislike to him, and to this Burns, attributes one of the caves of that dissipation which marked his early lite, a dissipation . comparatively | within the ordinary custom of a Presbyterian life, What could Burns not have made of his life had he had | a fixed aim? Even Burns with ail | his genius failed to-realizd that in| this life a person should have an alm, that there is no stafiding still, | that life is a race. From the ' seventeenth to the twenty-fourth year of the poet's lifa | he showed very little marked .imn-| provement in his literary develop- | ment, though he laid the foundations of those hibits which characterized his after life, and which many, from spite and envy have taken great i delight to enlarge upon. During this {ime, he carried on many love | affairs, and often we find him as the! assistant, or the assisting confidant in the love affairs of others, being full of a zeal and a curiosity, which stood him in good stead, or as a worthy second on ese) occasions. There are many whe say/that Burn's weakness in this direction is to be regretted. But I for one do not think so, for, bad not Burns had no ac: quaintaneship with the fair sex, the world to-day would be deprived of ¥ome of the most exquisite of lyrics ever penned. He was forever sing- ing of the majesty of woman, and it is almost impossible to think of Burns without the image of some of his fair damsels springing up be- fore us. His whole position, and 1 think also thé position of all gentle- men, may be summed up in "Green grow the rushés Oh," considered to be one of his finest songs At the age of twenty-five, Burd | lost his father, who died full of anx® iety" and sorrow for his gifted son Burns speaks very tenderly of his father. He says "On the thirteenth of February 1 lost the best of fath ers I cannot recollect the tender en- dearments and parental lessons of thé best of frierids, and the ablest of instructors, without feeling what the calmer dictates of reason would perhaps condemn." Where could we find a more beautiful epitaph than the one which Burns dedicated to his father's 'memory, thus showing hd) filial love? The tender father, and the gen' rous friend,, The pitying heart, human woe, The dauntless heart, that human pride. The friend of man, te vice alone a foe. that felt for felt no A Maker Of Rhymes. Burns soon began to be known in and one of the best at this stage jas | between two Calvinist and it was immediately received with great favor. This was shortly fol- lowed by "Holy Willie's Prayer," a poet which so incensed the Kirk Session that several meetings were held to see if nothing could be done to what they called profane writers. the poet seems to regret having writ- ten. all the love affairs of the poet, and at the came time I 'think it advisable, sex, but it may be truly said that his by far greatest love, was Jean Armour, whom: he afterwards married. Writing to a friend, he | himself said, "poured a Scottish pre- | jndice' into his veins," which would boil along there, until the flood | [gates of life shut in eternal rest." i Dawn Of Poetry. | 1t may be, said that the dawn of | poetry came to him at the age of] ' | sixteen. Burns was keeping <com-| > | pany with a bewitching young girl, YOU'RE BILIOUS! CLEAN LIVER AND © | BOWELS TONIGHT [Don't stay headachy, sick, or] | have bad breath and sour stomach. J) ogi Wake up feeling fine! Best lax- ¢ ative for men, women. and children. | cations of poems at Kilmarnock, an | edition which delighted the high and i I do still love her to distraction after all." ; In 1786 Burns resolved to com- mence to print his efforts, Six hun- ter deducting expenses he cleared a little ready. money. His booked to the West Indies, his 'trunk on the way to the ship, his last song composed, his departure was only stayed by the arfival of a letter from his friend, Dr. Blackwébd, showing squire, and Burns seeing no reason | why he could pot rhyme just as good | writing, inkpired by her, and he sang | ballad "Oh | and fifty dollars a day. During his term of office he tempered justice 1 dearly loe tire west, For there the bonnie mssie lives, The lass that 1 loe best, | | We next find Burns as an Excise {| man at a salary of three hundred with mercy. On the anniversary of Highland Mary's death 1789, he wrote this pa-| thetic lines. Thou lingering star with lessen- | ing ray, | Thou lov'st to greet (he early | morn, | Again thou usherest in the day. | My Mary from my heart was torn. | Next followed his "Tam O Shan- | ter" 'his first attempt at verse, and was written off "®t one re- | cital. Burns himself, considers this | masterpiece. Mrs. Burns found him | | walking up and down the banks of | the river Nith reciting loudly to him- | self, and as she herself says "th tears were happin' doon his cheek Ld O Tam Oh Tam ye'll get a In hell they'll roast ve )j rin'. yir fart', | ke a her. | Others poems followed succession the principal them being: in quick amongst | Yo banks and Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh fair, braes O' Donnie an About 'the end of 1791 Burns re-| tired to Dumfries with his family, | and thére it was "destined that he! was to end his days. Misfortune, fol- lowed on by disappointed in life, ren- dered him the more susceptible to the seeking after that pleasure "and excitement as also applause which he. had received on his first visit to! Edinburgh, and it is to regretteq | that we find him associating with! companicns who had no social standing. Ill health und pecuniary | embarrassments came along, and made him 'very despondent, and Burns began to feel prematurely old. The power of expressing himself ne- ver left him, and in a letter to a friend of his, ke says, "Canst thou administer io a mind diseased? Canst thou speak peace and rest to a soul cast on the sea of trouble, withont! one friendly star 'to . jde ' her course, and dreading that"the next wave may overwhelm her?" ' It was at this time that "Burn wrote that beautiful poem 'which de- picts his own life, and his struggle with the world. He regarded it a true picture of himself, as I whyles claw the elbow o' trou- blesome thought, But man is a sodger, an' life is a Fraught, My wirth an' guid humor are coin in ma pouch, An' my Freedom's my lairdship nae Monarch dar' touch. C ( Contrary to many reports that} Burns died: of a broken heart, the | cause of his death, according to au- tale ini Survey Of the Harbor Will Be Made Definite assurance | here the | February to local harbor preparatory to the con-' struction of a grain terminal here. . Sale of White Tomorrow ~ DOUBLE DISCOUNT STAMPS A feature extraordinary of our annual "White Sale" Come to the store tomorrow, rain or shine and take full advantage bf this-wonderful offer in conjunction with the phenomenal bargains in white. Double Stamps mean a 10 Per Cent Saving on All Cash Purchases. "Dollar Day"--Saturday CY'S "The Woman's Store of Kingston." nr AAA rr. | ENGINEERS AT CAPE VINCENT. |SERBIANS TO GIVE | = TEUTONS SURPRISES. | =! DAVIES' -~ This Week By Copps. | : = Cape Vincent Nie Jan 27. "| "Give Us Enough To / were received by And We Shall Hold rfficials that the [nied States way On." 3 lepartment will sémd an engineer a. Paris, Jan. 27.---The Corfu corre- first or Second of | ake a s ey he | make a survey the spondent of the Petit -Parisien has had an interview on the island with Nikola Pachitch, the Serbian Prem- | | ier, and quotes him as saying: "The | week of R. J. Frazier of the engingkring!} thorities, may he attributed to hav-| his district as a maker of rhymes, | ing contracted a chill, which pensa- | trated his bones, and laid him low "Holy Fair," depicting the quattell | with rheumatic fever. Ministers, | day of July 1796 the suffering of.the immortal laid to rest with great public solemn- | ity. Professor Nicol says "The soul passed away, but his name«shall ne- ver fade from our literature." of great passion, and one in which Next foilowed his "Lament" which! virtue and 'passion variance, have at least one copy of his magni- It would be impossible to follow. ficent works, works which are loved and valued- from hardly | highest. One of his characteris-| ed, and he excelled in whatever kind i tics was his susceptibility to the fair | of verse he took up. son says "Burns will forever be re for | garded as the glorious representa- tive-of his country." says, 'I confess a truth between us, | Burns, is it to be wondered at though the years roll -on, the work of this great poet Scotsmen clime they may be, as the 25th day | | dred copies were thrown off, and af-| of January approaches, with one ac- | | cord they | passage | show their respect in pledging the "immortal memory of Burns." ot corps, and possibly others, ill he | designated on the local jgbrk, and | up on Nis report will probably de- | pend the future of the improvement { at Cape Vincent Oswego it is bard ceased, and he Wasi ynown, is anxious land the ter- minal. On the 21st 10 ' The life of Robert Burns was one were often at There are few homes but the 'lowest. to the | His songs are world fame J Professor Wil- When one studies the life 'of and that wherever gather, in whatever live, may join to do honour and] - | Frederick Palmér, war correspon-| dent, will have a bumper house to-| night. him a new opening for his ! ambition. Soon followed his publi-| low alike. (A Kilmarnock Edition of "Burns" at the present time com- mands an enormous price), Enamoured with his new fame, | and desirous of seeing more of the «earned world, Burns proceeded to, Edinburgh, where he arrived with- out one letter of intréeduction. Dur ing his sojourn there, in that beau- tifu} old capital of Seotland, and whieh is commonly known as "Auld Reekie," he was welcomed at the tables of all the celebrieties. -His| poetic | sm ----x Seasonable Coats At Unseasonable Prices. \ All Mines, greatly re- duced and some lines at' half price. Workingmen's oats | at $6.50. Good heavy, | fvarm Coats; well made, I at half price. x! If you need a good Coat, buy now and buy right. * D { great power of conversation carried 7" 0 | him through what fo many another ealize you have taken a cathartic. | man would have been a very trying ordeal, and while he showed great | respect for those in a higher station | than himself, nevertheless he main- | | tained his respect for himself, and | | gained that respect for himself | s | which he knew was due him as a' man. : | ! His second visit to Edinburgh was | { a very marked contrast to the first. | | On kis previous visit, he was wel- | comed as the lion of the hour, and was a welcome visitor everywhere. | x : On his second visit, doers which 0 emove liver: Were spontaneously open to m, | iF Jee Jeon Rewer Pg wend were now reluctamtly opened to him, | head dizzy, your tongue "coat-| and seldom was an invitation extend | reath offensive, and stomach €d to him to call again. He had gone | . Don't stay bilious, sick,| to Edinburgh, strong in the belief | dachy, constipated and full of that his genius would raise him in| Why don't you get a box of Society, but returned full of bitter. | rets from the drug store and/ ness and remorse at his, reception. one or two to-night and enjoy | Burns had proved Inmet foo abn nicest, gentlest liver and 'bowel | ful, and not oné to knuckle or play | psing you 'ever experienced. to those who considered themselves | will wake up feeling fit and| his superiors, hence his reception. : Cascarets never gripe or eken like salts pills and is | A Love Lyric. | 3 Burns now settled to farming #t| act so gently that you hardly Ellisland, in Dumfriesshire, and it others should give. cross, sick, was there he wrote that beautiful us or féverish children a whole| love lyric. . * malted barléy, including < "There's a Reason." \ é--they act thor nary . : and are Floss. "0 A' the Alrts the wind can blow, a ¢ Lege Toit )! Often Food % fen mn, Makes or Breaks Selwsi & Co. big laueh festival at the Grand, on Wed- the ! Feb. Ind It GERMANY'S TAX BURDEN, all depends upon kind. A common cause of lessened vigor! of body and mind is improper eating. Food should be selected that will supply sound, well-bal- anced nourishment for the physical and mental forces, and To Raise Additional $123,000,000, Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 27. {According to the Taglische Runs- re + oN chau, Dr. Karl Helfferich, secretary this is richly; supplied hy Na- of the Imperial Tredsury, has pre- ture inthe field grains. 2 pared a scaeme for additional tax- : ation to yield, $125,000,000, In view| ' i " Lof the 'opposition ta the proposed war-profits tax, this is not included in contains all the nutritive ele- ments of whole New Scheme the schenies which embrages large | increases in tobacco taxes and rev-| FOOD |]-enue from post offices and railways. i Wife Hird Assassins, Hoboken, N. J., Jdn. 27--That the | assassination of Gregorio George, ! found slain at Dobbs' Ferry, was pur- | chased, and that the erime was in- | spired by jedjOusy, wag confessed to {the police "by Kitty McCormick. George's wile and her sister agrecu to pay $500 if George was killed, the smain stipula'ion being that tha vie' | tim's throat should be cut Miss | | MeCormick hired the assassins at her, | home. : wheat and || the vital mineral salts lacking in many foods that make up the usual dietary. These elements are imperative for building sturdy brain, nerves and mus- cle, $ = Grape-Nuts is economical, ready to eat direet from the package -- pure, erisp and de- licious. "Battling Nelson" Wants Divorce. | Chicago, Jap. .27.--Oscar ("Bat-! | ling") Nelson, veteran of the prize | ring, filed suit Tor divorce against { Fay King Nelson, Denver newspape. | woman, 'whom he married at Hege. | wiseh, Tl, Jan. 23rd, 1913. : . "for | Grape-Nuts xs Made ip Canada 'London, Jan, 27 «Earl Grey, who | has been confined for some time at! : bis northern seat at Howie® is de! cidedly unwell, *. . '- : 4 Poxtam Cereal Co, Witidsor, Ont Canadia Lad, With . bania | the enemy some unpleasant surprises, ot ow Earl Groy's Illness. . lg ' retreat of our froops from Albania] to Corfu is fdr from completed. Those who suffered most will soon be sent to places where they will be cared for, reorganized and rearmed "As for the "qgthers, if they are] kept supplied you™mray bé sure they will continue the campaign in At with vigor. THey will give for in Albania the roads and paths' can be defended by small numbers cf men and it is simply a question o. transports and supplies and yon alone, the Allies, can solve the prob- | lem. "a ? "Give us enough io eat and shall hold on and we shall fight am certain that with. you and your aid we shall triumph I re peat that we are absolutely sure that | the Allies vil} triumph and our one wish is to be able to contribute to the great victory." by CANADA BEST COAL BUYER. Now Takes 10,000,000 Tons of Bitu- minous Yearly from U.S.A. New York, Jan, 27.--Exports of bituminous coal for 1915 from! Hampton Roads, Baltimore and Philadelphia reached, 8,135,848 tons. Only a few years ago exports totalled around 3,000,000 tons per year, and one concern did about 50 per cent, of the business. For 191% and 1914 respectively exports from these ports averaged 4,200,000 per year,| 80 that 1915 shows an increase of ap-| proximately 10 per cent. Coal men regard this as most fa- vorable in view of the great short- age of ships and the practically pro- hibitive rates asked for charters the last six or nine months, f Italy is now our largest foreign | coal custoger, Cuba is second, Ar-| gentina third, and Brazil fourth. Canada, however, is our best cus- tomer, taking in 'excess of 10,000,- 000 tons of bituminous yearly. The figures given are only for exports to, countries in position te import coal! from Europe. : To Put Up Opera House, Cape Vincent, N. Y., Jan. 27.-- The firemen have a large vacant lot and ig the spring it is their intention to construct a modern opera house | thereon. This edifice would have | been constru ted along with the im-| provements now being made on the Firemen's building had not the funds of the department been tied up in the defunct bank of Cape Vincent. CPLA PE PVP PECP SPIES EPIL | * * WAR BULLETINS. +! General Wallace™won a sub- 4! # stantial vietory over the Arabs + # on the Egyptian berder. 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