CLIPPED FROM THR WHIG'S MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, In Brief Form the Events In The Oountry About Kingston Are Told --Full of Interest to Many. » Edward Welsh, aged eighty-six Years passed away of pneumonia on Juesday evening in Sidney township. Benjamin Cavanagh, Newboro, was committed for trial ou & charge of obtaining $4 worth of goods from A. G. Sykes, for which 'a worthless cheque was presented The death occurred on Sunday in Smith's Falls of Mary Jane Webb, wife of William Webb. The de- ceased, who had been ill but a few days, was forty-thrge years of age. Agvery pretty wedding took place at Molra Methodist Church on" Jan 19th, when Miss Hazel Marguerite Salisbury, 'was married to Howard 8. Connor, prinéipal of Moira Public School. ~=§ quiet wedding was at the home of Mr. and Mrs Bourne, Ottawa, on the 26th, their eldest daughter, Eva was ubited in marriage to Archibald Jamieson, M, I), Arunprior. The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. © Dorlend, Wooler, was the scene of a pretty wedding on Jan. 20th, when their only daughter, Alice, was unit- ed in marriage to Roy KE. Kilbank, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kilbank, Wooler, William H. Nugent, the new oceu- pant of the warden's chair in Hast- ings is a native of Coe Hill, Wollas- tén, where he was born on Christmas Day, 1871, Coe Hill he has made his home all his life- except for some 8iX years spent in the United SLE tes, when E. B. Purtelle Elected Warden. Pieton, Jan. 28. --At the first meet Ing of the Prince Edward County Council for 1916, which convened at Shire Hall on Tuesday, KE. B. Pur telle, Reeve of Bloomfield, was elect ed Warden. Mr. 'Purtelle has had several years' experience in munfeipal life, and has fairly learned the honor that has (come to him. He was a member of the Council for Hallowell Town- ship for a time, and for several years past has represented the village of Bloomfield in the Countys Council, having been elected a3 Reeve of that municipality for the past four vears Attempted His Life, Minden, Ont., Jan. 28. Nathan Carr, who came here from Port Hope six months ago with his wife and sfx children, was lodged in jail on sus- Picion of insanity. After examina- tion he escaped, but was recaptured, and then attempted suicide by slash- ing his throat with a dull knife, He is still alive, ; en em Picton Poultry Show, Picton, Jan. 28.--The third annual exhibition of Prince Edward County Pet Stock and Poultry Association opened here on Wednesday with 700 birds entered, the quality being the best ever shown herg. Judging of American breeds star\ed this morn- ing, The attendance was large The show will run for three days. ep tn A AA A sai sm He could hear the monster for! He could see the dead and dying, 4. For his battle-weary m And he fancied in his SEA solemnized | | | | | Emilie, } | wedding was © was clinging When the final hour ap, But a tender thoug, The plea that in extremity to ANNUAL MEETING Of the Prince Edward County Agri. cultoral Society. Picton, Jan. 28. -- Thé annual meeting of the Prince Edward County Agricultural Society was held in Shire Hall on Jan. 21st. The lia- bilities were reduced during the year approximately $1,200, $1,000 of which was the grant received from the County Council. The following officers and directors were appointed for the ensuing year: President--Howard Leavens, 1st Vice-President--A. J. Cundick. 2nd Viee-President--G. Ed. Boul- ter. Bristol, W. J. Carter, M. Gilbert, RB. M. Herrington, B. R. Leavens, C. Metcalfe, D. Burlingham, H. H. Hor- sey. ~~ wing to the growth of the so- ciety, bringing about increased du- ties, it was the unanimous wish of the members present that application should be made to the Minister of Agriculture for authority to increase the directorate from nine to fifteen, and six others were elected to meet this requirement, if it is sanctioned S. iby the Minister of Agrictulture. S------------ The Johnston-Rixen Wedding. Deseronto, "Jan. 28.--A pretty solemnized at St. Mark's Church .on January 25th, when Miss Evelyn Alice Rixen, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. B. A. Rixen became the bride of Joseph Fairfield Johnston, North Bay. Rev, C.-E. 8. Radcliffe performed the cere- mony in the presence of forty guests, among whon"fhose fram out of town were Dr, afd Mrs. Northmore and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Bath; Mr and Mrs. Forward and Miss Freda Johnston, and Mr. and Mrs. H. © Pettét and Master Pettet, Belleville The bride wore a tailored suit of navy blue with becoming hat of black velvet, a shower bouquet of white roses, and was attended by Miss Edith Gore, Toronto, who wore green crepe de chine and a black velvet hat with pink and carried a bouquet of Killarney roses, The best man was Mr. James Willis, of North Bay, and the ushers were Donald Gault and Marcel Anderson, E.H. Samways, Broek . 28.--On Thurs- day the death occurred of a very re- spectel resident, when Mrs. George H. Samways answered {he inevitable decree The deceased had been ail Ing since early in the fall and sue cumbed to tuberculosis She was a.daughter of the late Robert Thompson and was born in the Township of Sheghrooke, near Perth, forty-one years ago. Some sixteen years ago she was married to George H. Samway. They took up residence here later. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Robert Allen, and George Edward. - The Late To Join Brother's Regiment. Frankford, Jan. 28.--Pte. W, W. Lowery arrived on Thursday night for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lowery, He is from Shorncliffe to join his brother Jim's regiment, organizing at REd- monton. He formerly enlisted in the west with the High Rocky Moun- tain Rangers. He went with that regiment to Shorncliffe about six months ago. ? a Directors--W. H. Gough, H. B.| Bt cn EN Gananoque ; ---- From Our Own Correspondent.) Jan. 28.---An afternoon tea under the auspices of the ladies of the local Red Cross Society was held at the home of Mrs. W. 8 Abbott, South sireet, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. and at- tracted quite a fair-sized attend- ance, j Edmund Round, who was married on Tuesday evening has offered his services for overseas with the 156th Leeds and Grenville Battalion. Ernest Eastwood is among "the latest to enlist with the 156th Bat- talion. ® Victor Parke, Colborne, a rormer Gananoequean spent a few days 'in town this wek with friends. Rev. H. R. Thorne will fill tife pulpit of St. Andrew's Church on Sunday next. Harold Lloyd and William Hub- bell of this town have enlisted with Queen's Battery, Kingston, for over- Seas, For the first time in many years the Gananoque River is open from its mouth to Marble Rock, making a record for the month of January, N. J. Cockrill of Prince Albert, Sask., is here to spend the winter with his sister, Mrs. James E, Kenny, Pine street. Miss Gertrude, Price of Brockville, is visiting here with her grandmother, Mrs James Reid, Charles street Harniony Lodge, No. 15; D. of R. held a dance in Turner's Hall last evening. A number from Kingston were present MEETS DEATH AT PRON Well Known Norwood Young With the 41st. Jan 28 -- His many friends in Peterboro as well as in his home town of Norwood will ro- Egret to learn that Pte, . R. Pearce, a member of the 41st Canadian Battal- ion, has been killed in action His father, J. B. Peirce or Norwood, re- ceived word on Tuesday which came at the same time that Pte. Kempt, formerly of Peterboro, was killed. Pte. Pearce enlisted in Winnipeg. He'was widely known throughout the district and hockey fans will remem- ber him as a member of the old Nor- wood Treet Valley League hockey team. He was in the Canadian for- cos to South Africa Man Peterboro, that went Loyal Ontario Town. all,. Jan 28. Williams- ngarry, continues to do her little viNage, with a popu- about three hundred, which is noted for its high school, an old church, and its athletes, has now en- listed thirty-five men for overseas service. Most of them are already in the trenches. 'About ten more are Irying to arrange their business so that they can enlist, Arrested at Belleville. Belleville, Jan. 28.---A man nam- ed John Edgecoomb was arrested. in this city on advice trom she Napanee police, The accused is charged with disorderly conduct and instead of waiting for his trial at Napanee came here. Chief Barrett took Edgecoomb back tg Napanee, Co town, hit. i lalon of was lying in the trenches with a A bullet in his breast, For the enemy had struck him fair and square. And their hellish missiles To the little For @ submarine had truly Found its prey. ty-twos bombarding in the west screaming threugh the ai. but the end he did not fear, ind began to roam gr wandering that he was drawing near woman sitting there at home. to the rigging of a cruiser proud and trim, ing plunge that rave beneath the spray. 5. - agpw," £ could see his shipmates struggling in the water in despair, vhoking, bri it is and ever will be, just as I Who Ji ong prodches Fast enough to Write a life's tis paramount Who lives beneath his Maker's starry or the little woman sitting there at * <> FERRE as mer. are men, meet with sudden death in peace or war. one will never find a pen completed score. in every human male make he'll never fail, home. © ui. A TIMELY CREATION FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, d | CLAVEDFX HOSPITAL. i | i i TIN AAA nm | : iin, Duchess of Conngughi's at Cliveden is a Beautiful Place. To discover thai blending of the artistic and the useful which. united, fcrm the rare quality called perfee- {tion, is ad difficult in militsry hos- | pitals as in every other instance. | The Duchess of Connaught's Hos- | pital at Cliveden, as it stands to-day, { has attained that standard, however, | endowed as it is with the most mod- | ern gppliances science offers, and | crowned with the loveliness of a | Thames landscape. It's beautiful site is owed to the generosity of Baron | Astor and Lady Astor, | With this cift as a foundation, and | the generous subscriptions af the Do- | minion in its coffers, a great possibil- | ity prespnted itself to the Canadian Red Cross; and it is in a large meas- | ure due to Col. Hodgetts, Commis- sioner of the Red Cross, that Canada | owes the fulfilment of this possibility. | The commissioner adopted no | other man's plans. He created his own, which were worked otit by Mr. Skipper, architect of Cambridge. So | successful has been this new plan of | hospital architecture that it will pro- bably be quickly copied. When the Hospital at Cliveden was | opened in February last it consisted of a large closed-in-building, form- erly used for indoor tennis and sports | in winter, remodelled into a hospital | of four wards, were cubicles, holding | 130 beds. It is lofty, airy, and the white paint and green linoleum give | a bright and pleasant impression. | This building and the expense of structural changes were donated by | Baron and Lady Astor. . { | Accommodation for 130 beds was | | but a beginning, however, quite in-| | adequate to supply the demand. By | | the summer, Col. Hodgett's plans for | the new wards had taken shape, and | now the Duchess of Connaught's Hos- | { pital contains 900 beds. | | 'The underlying principle of the| Commissioner's architecture is that sun and alr must reach every patient, | and no obstacle is tolerated. So the | | new wards, only one storey high, | | stretch away out into the grounds, | individually, in search of sunshine, | like the fingérs of an outstretched | | hand. Fach ward is named after a pro-! vinee or seetion---"Manitoba Ward," | "Prince Edward Island Ward" etc, | etc. The beds, which have been pri- | vately subscribed, are gathered into! the ward named for the pravince in | which the donors live, where names | are engraved on little brass. plates | above the beds. For instance, in "Quebec Ward" the brass plates bear | names well 'known all over the pro- | vince. i The wholesale storeroom, with its | shelves of jams and jellies and pick- | les 'put up" in Canada, its flour and | meal and sugar, and the adjoining! { linen store, with its heaps of sheets | and pillow cases and towels dispense | articles for each ward. | The recreation hall iis made cosy | with no less than eight open fires, and accommodates two or three hun- dred convalescents: It possesses a ! stage, with scenery and flies, three | billiard tables that have brought to | light many an expert player, and a | piano and talking machine, | Anew operating 'room has just! | been completed, with all the neces- | | sary adjoining rooms, and with the | | newest modern appliances, not omit- | ting an X-ray room. The dental, | | { | | tory are also complete in equipment. | The sixty-five nursing sisters, from | every province of the Dominion are | under the supervision of the matron, | Miss Edith Campbell, of Montreal. | Miss Campbell served very success- | fully in Boulogne Hospital, before | she was appointed to this important | work. She is the proud possessor of | the Royal Red Cross, presented her | by the King. This honor is the high- | | est attainable by a military sister. ! Revenue Has Grown, The approximate revenue of the Department of "Lands, Forests, --and-| Mines for 1915 is $2,195,000. The chief item is $1,500,000 from woods and forests, which included $928,000 received from timber dues. The out- put of timber was 407,874,000 board feet of pine timber sawlogs and square timber, an increase of 25,- 290,000 feet, while three times' as | many cords cf pulpwood as in 2914 | | were taken out, the figures being 1 301,000 cords. A falling-off, how- ever, is shown in other timbers, of which 59,308 feet were cut, as against 77,451 feel in 1914, «The total extent of Crown lands sold was in the region of 175,000 | acres, for over $134,000. The num- | ber of acres was slightly down from the year previous, Free grants or | | homesteads were made to 1,355 peo- ple: which was about 400 fewet than a year before. Six hundred and twenty-one patents were issued to those completing their homestead Be- quirements. . Four hundred and thirty forest | fires were reported, of which 372 did no damage, AY. JANUARY 28, 1916. 'ada with human bricks, | Belgian | eye, and ear department, and labora- | | | from the " ry NATION BUILDING, ---- A Romighoe is Hidden in Statistios of Tmmigration Branch. In a cold little 32-page pathphiet] entitled "Immigration Facts and Fig. tires," Hon. W. J. Roche, Minister of the Interior, has set forth, in tables of, statistics, the romance, the tragic vasthess of the labor of building Can- Under these Agures can be seen the wig and sorting, picking, and choosing" (he sound bricks from the crumbly und the unfit, to go into the walls of the nation. That the tale of such a 'mo- mentous work éan go into such a tiny booklet is a wonder. One would think Hop. Mr, Roche would hire a poet and include his annual facts in some epic, bind it in iron, and sali. cloth, and entitle it "The Foregath- ering." es The most Interesting item ic in an appénded note: "The Canadian Government en- couragessimmigration from the Brit- ish Isles, the United States, afd cer tain Continental countries such as France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark (including Iceland), Norway, Swed- en, and Switzerland. At varfous times during the past. two decades immigration has been encouraged from Finland, Russia, Austro-Hun- gary, and Germany, but at present the advertising propaganda does not include the last four countries men- tioned. Canada does not seek the immigration of Southern Europeans or Asiatics of any race, and those who come to Canada from such\coun- tries are attracted 'by the industrial conditions here or seek Canada to secure employment on railway .con- struction and general labor." From that we see that Canada does not seek as her future citizens the peoples of four of the nations by whose side we are fighting against Germany, namely, Russia, Italy, Por- -tugal, and Japan, The statistics of immigrants from the nations at war are given as fol- lows, the totals being from July, 1900, to March 31, 1916. Immi- grants from allied nations: Total British ... , 1,159,628 Austrians. Ve 2,998 15,810 974 L958 } 065 109 679 Freneh. , . Malian... ... ... Japanese ... .., ... .. Portuguese . .. New Zealand Russian "aa 97,064 Sérblap ... ... ... .... 1,258 And from the enemy countries in the same fifteen years: Austro-Hungarian... ... Kerman. ... ... ... Turke .e Polish peoples, some of German and some with Russian sympathies, total 36,165. - So the totals stand: Allied imufigrants ... 1,436,641 Enemy immnijgrants . And all's/well! > The total immigration to Canada from July 1, 1900 to March 31st, 1915, is given as 3,050,811. ot these, 821,361 went to Alberta and Saskatchewan, 795,689 to Ontario, 485,678 to Quebec, and 137,114 to the Maritime Provinces. The majority of these immigrants came over the United States border, 1,058,438 coming: in that way against 832,745 from Europe. DYESTUFFS ASSURED. Dominion is Granted Imperial Aid in Relieving Situation. According Lo a statement issued by the Customs Department, arrange: ments are under way by which Can- adian manufacturers will be assured a supply of dyestuffs in future. Through the co-operation of the Im- perial authorities, which have exert- ed pressure on American manufactur- ers of such dyestuffs, the Government |'has been able to relieve the serious situation which promised to develop here. It arose out of the refusal of American manufacturers to export the manufactured dyestuffs to Can- ada as usual. The scarcity of dyes| in\Great Britain has rendered export from that country to Canada almost | impossible, and Canadian companies | had beer getting their supplies in the shape of logwood dyes "from the | United States. When, however, with a view to controlling the product so that the Empire's demand might be met, the British Government placed an embargo on the export of logwood from Jamaica and Honduras, the Am- erican companies canceled their con- tracts with the Canadian companies, | and a famine in dyestuffs threaténed. Negotiations wefe at once com- INFANTRY ox VALRY ~ SLICKERS No. 1 quality--all sizes .. SHIRTS Rome ! 1 Foe £8 2 1.2 cents per -- Halliday' ed ... Bhon Sure To Do It. They had been discussing the war and what would happen if even the middle-aged married men had to go. Naturally, they 'were trying to dis- cover how they could support their households, "At any rate," said one, with-an menced by the Canadian authorities looking toward relief. As a result arrangements have already been made to allow the export of 4,700 tons of logwood to the United States companies on condition that these firms shall continue to supply the reasonable demands of the Canadian mills, and further negotiations are under way, which, it is hoped, will {result in a workable agreement by which a reasonable supply of goods countries named will be {allowed to be exported to the United Stood by the Company. When the late Lord StrathMdna wos stationed at Mingan, a H. B, | pest on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the } post burned down during his absence. | { When be returned he found that the | | staff bad flung themselves zealously | i into the task of saving his personal { belongings, rathér than those of the | Company. It shows a curious trait in | his character that he at once pro- | ceeded to fling his own clothing, | books, and other effects upon tae | lames, remarking: | | "Let them go tpo, if the Company's | | goods are gone!" Women Read y for Jobs, | Ld {| Two" hundred Canadian women have offered to fill the posts vacated | by chauffeurs, postmen, and others | who have gone to the front, and thers | are six women now employed in the | munition factory at Parry Sound. | There will be a curious social reck- | oning between masculine and .femin- ine labor at the end of the war. The | position ef chauffeuse-companion is A -------------- i", A British correspondent reported] that a famine Constantinople. i Sreat Britain declared that the 'eutons -used Greek islands as submarine bases, | ia very desirable one for young ladies, | | was approaching in| and his own | humerous instances of provision of | events, {States dye manufacturing companies | coupled with conditions which will | ensure a supply of the same for Ca- { nadian manufacturing purposes. Strathceona's Superstitions. Donald Smith, Lord Stfathcona, | was always, from his boybood days, very susceptible to superstition. He strongly believed in 'wmecond sight,' experience furnished In January, 1841, he dream- ed sister, Margaret, lying stretched on her deathbed! ber arms extended as if to take a final farewell of him, while ber | formed mutely a heart-rend- ing "Donald, ob Donald!" At (he time he had no idea his sister was ill. Next mornin3, however, he said to his friend, James Anderson, "My sister" Margaret .is dead." Some months later, on the half-yearly mail, he received a letter from his mother. It told him. that the sister had pass- ed away on Japuary 12th--the very day, dllowing for the difference in longitude, he had dreamed eof ber death. It fortune's wheel doesn't turn to suit you put your shoulder to it and give it another whirl. Even a chattering woman will give money the right of way when it wants to talk,. that be saw his elder and favorite | air of false modesty, "if the worst fame to the worst I could: keep the { wolf from the door with my sing- ing." "That's true enough, Mrs. ell,' agreed the envious neighbor. "Particularly if the wolf has any ear for music." * Made by Williams, Guerre & collars to match is a reputation built on long tone, construction, finish. piano is its own best advertisement. C. W. LINDSAY, LTD, 121 Princess Street. How~ $3.00 Roney's, 127 Princess St. -- "For the Future The piano you buy now should give satisfaction-- complete satisfaction--for a lifetime. Fifty years ence your children and should be enjoying it. : If your children's children ithe a #rintzman & Co. Art Hann "World's Best Piano" that will be the case. The Heintzman réputation service--permaneéncy Every Heintzman "KITCHENER" Is the name of the new Electric Iron Canadian General Electric Co. Under the new power rates, it will hour to operate this Iron. --FOR SALE AT-- Electric made by the Jcost only TT -- BUILDERS ! ! Have You Tried GYPSUM WALL PLASTER? It Saves Time P. WALSH. Barrack 8. ColonEL MAd..Gew veur-seny % ¢ ied Tmo. | | = Canadian militis for both the insignia worn hoth. " OFFICER'S RANK, C2