SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES "Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. | Introducing Senator Sproule | \' : 3 Ottawa, Feb. 5.--Just before the Senate adjourned for a two weeks' rest after half a day's work a strange thing befell. Let me describe the Look at Senator Landry there! He prodigy. The omens which ushered knows what it is to suffer from in- in the assassination of Julius Caesar | growing eloquence. His eyes blaze have nothing on it. at the thought of it. Oh, that hor- The large; lamb-like eyes of! rible dumbness. And didn t -he i the Third, as painted by Sir break away from it only last session shua, gleam with a weird, unearth- i by going on strike for two weeks and ly light. The Senate clock, which is | not coming back until the pay car on an electric circuit, and very ner | hove in sight? And didn't he follow Vous, jumps five mingtes at a time | up ghis revenge by visiting Ontario The mace, that smb of awe and | for a while and getting off a little Majesty: twitches ho somebady | brimstone on the bilingual question? ickled its feet. e throne, under | Yes, Speaker Landry knows, and it scarlet and gold canopy, legs for- | knowing he expects the new Senator ward eagerly, Even the red carpet | to take full advantage and give hiti- glows with some secret emotion. The self the treat of free speech--the "atmosphere of the Red Chamber freer the better which combines the hot air of nineyy ! All e elderly gentlemen with a steam ra- Y diation that would thaw Shadrach, Moshah an Abednego, is tense with mid-Victorian period The boldest The Sergeant-at-Arms plays with } Cenaiop holds his breath and Jot his sword--be is ready to draw at a me remar there are some strong second's notice "Black Rod 2rips breaths in the Senate - Late Speak- his ebony wand- he may be obliged ar of the House of Commons, now to use is Presently on somebody's Senator of a day's standing, rises to bead and he wants to have a good oo the address in reply io the hold. MH need ba Black Rod ns throne, The boldest Senator, 1 re- is chief censor for the period of the peat, holds Bis breash because. he war, will produce his blue pencil and suspects that Senator Sproule will stab the disturber to death with steal if to g0-on 'with 'lis remagks that. * AVES ur Hannay "ho "has If Se nator Sproule has to catch _his been writing news summaries of the Second wing ie t be his own Wind | Senate for the last ten years in the ha 3 calc) os a nd now, gem 2) fond hope that some day the daily reader, I have led you up to an anti- apers will print them, sharpens the climax, a Surprise, hejator Sproule | Jape of his prot Is" tbat pens Joy does nothing that wa¥ expected of | to be his at last a Fol in the Sem. him, refused to run according to | ate? Arthur brightqns pereeptibly Fora, ave all bets nre oft hive be The years roll from his shoulders. He tro 38 Ai Alres Who Jave en is back again in. those happy days gre ading =elator Sproule's effect on when he wore a moustar " and hts fhe enate hate guiie Sorgotien he chums called him Rosebud. Mousta- | DR e's effect on Senator Sprou ches are not allowed in the Senate Along with the oath of office he unless accompanied by whiskers, and | cos to have taken the subdued tone and twilight spirit of the place. Arthur cannot make up his mind to With ae Tap a th Date tl ' ithin y-fou our he dination is completely effective and Senator Sproule is immune thence. forward from the fitful fevers of the Green Chamber All of which leads up to the first important fact 5 shake the earth with his suppressed wrath if he got the chance again? Thus does the Senate reason, trembling the while, rear and « *S are on the elderly gentle man with the sandy complexion and the frock coat that dates back to the Senator Tom Davis fumbles with his newspaper. All Senator Tom wishes is that the worst will happen aad that he will be called on to reply me aaa Atk ii i ta i ~--Senator Sproule reads his speech Tom. Hels wiways aching for a ' When the Senator pulls his manu- Scrap and never getting it Senator Script the Senate gasps. It is true Rufus Pope is also aglow with an that many great men have.taken of unhely desire for somebody to start, !8t€ to reading their speeches, Presi- something Senator Cloran's face dent Taft and Sir Thomas Whiie falls. As the carpet is thick and And others, but it is not like Senator mossy the Senator's face does not7 Sproule, word-hurler, to entrust hie make a noise when it strikes the Bot stuff to the type written page floor 'which is extraordinary because | Of course it flatters an apdience to Senator Cloran's face is in the habit | Delieve that the orator thinks enough of making noises on any subject and | of them te weigh his adjectives be- under all circumstances. If his face | fore handing them out, but the fact fails now it is because an unhappy | 18 that manuscript speeches are very thought flits across his mind Are much like lemonade without the his laurels as the readiest round- | lemons they lack edge So |. about rhetorician in the Senate, to | when Senator Sproule pulls his man be plucked away now? the Senate realizes at once [the danger and have begun work to counteract its effects: British Whig ARIO. SBATURDRY, FEBRUARY 5. 1016 == CH THE CYCLONE The fury and danger of the Cyclone is nothing compared to the destruction levied by the mail order business. The havoc caused by this evil will never be known. It cannot be reckoned in figures. circulated in, one year twenty million catalogues. Towns have been wiped out of ex- istence, land values wrecked, farms depopulated.and business brought to a standstill. Thinking people of all classes farmers, merchants, manufacturers. are now alive to Every town is being urged to wage a campaign of education to arouse the thought of the people. The I standard and value of HOME- |long-distance bargain has never yet measured up to the botight goods. The 'Community Builder"' idea is endorsed and approved of by, among others, the following well-known and reputable business concerns: ABRAMSON LOUIS, 336 Princess St. Clothing, Geuts' Furnishings, Men's and Ladies' Boots and ANGLIN, 8. & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, Sash and Doors. ANGROVE BROS, and Supplies. ASSELSTINE, J. S., D.OS,, 34King St., THE MAN you will eventually consult about your Eyes and KING STON BRICK & TILE CO., Manufacturers of Brick and Tile, 611 Division St. KIRKPATRICK'S ART STORE, for Pictures and Ar- tistic Framing, 159 Princess Street. KINGSTON PAPER BOX CO. J. G. Brown, Proprie- tor, King Street West. Manufactarers of solid and folding boxes, 126 Clarence St., Automobiles One well-known mail order house alone issued and| AERIAL WING OF GERMANY Is Greatly Improved erful' Addl { The Man on Watch | { Now they call the Waterworks de- partment the 'cow' of the Utilities 1 Commission Portsmouth traces its ancestry back to 185% ang thinks that is a long way, as th village has existed uader two kings and a queen, not to speak of a Jack. or The Kingston Council of 1916 will go down to post rity as being very careful of the rights of the minority. By Pow. ONE NEW AEROPLANE CAN CLIMB 1,000 FEET IN FIVE MINUTES. If the Council ¢ould deal with a certain other by-law as it did with the one regarding aldermanic reduc- tion, there would be no Utilities | Commission to-day, as the major for the Commissioners was small Yana 12,000 Feet In Forty Minutes-- The French Aeroplanes Said = To -- | Equal Thise Of Germany. 108 body Ihe. the Seren thns | FAT, Feb 4--Gormany as Dion quor ciause should be extended to] imiroving Ser Aghting air crafl, and Uyiaws that it S0ss Kot fee | now has, acc ording to information re. 3 t d {ceived by the French military auth- o ---- | orities, half a dozen different types The Lampman has been asked yo aeroplanes far superior as ha the wish ofthe people is not to bein. ang réconnoitering machines to law _ His reply is that it is not anything heretofore employed. The The Kingston Council does not think information adds that as soon as the 50 and that settles the matter, | weather is favorable t . new ma ne {chines will be along If Col. A. E. Ross does not know {the allied line. : | know what to do with C.M.G } Besides the speedy Fokkey, which | the Lampman would suggest to the is a rather tin machine to Kingston warrior doctor that he send handle, the Germans have perfected it to "Tom" McAuley. what is known as the L.V.G. biplane. -- This is a machine of 160 horsepower, Stuart street claims the birth re- land with a speed of 100 miles an cord, six girl babies having come to} hour. at a height of 6,080 feet. It live on that avenue during the past lis able to climb 1,000 feet in five few months University avenue {minutes and 12,000 feet in 40 min- should take notice, \ {utes It is fitted with electric light, ¢ -- bomb throwers, flash signalling de- with | vices, star light, and is armed with machine guns, which are re- the most efficient for air '80 seen in action his What can preachers expect regard to Sabbath observance wh "teas" are now held in church hall on Sabbath evenings? a The Lampman views a very strik 1 ing billboard every down [town strevt On one side is the!tors } advertisement of a certain brand of {Swarm i Scotch whiskey and alongside is that | Spring |.of an undertaker L'Information says the German ex- | ! pe ris © devoting themselves prin- cling their aeroplanes higher altitude work but one motor. The points that the French many-seated aircraft ¥ re - Are Doing. invisible wings hand, Gustav Herve n| Lewis rded work The 2d av planes, as Germans also poss albatrosses according to These, it is improv- other avia- witl the and captured expected allied atiks, day on a over the lines in | The Lampmian stands corrected. It CPally to pe appears that the Portsmouth public jin und 3 jr is not heated frem a wood | ¥ lie use © stove, but has a furnace That is something that Kingston's | buildings did not - have unt years ago out t | - 4 What If the Ontario Medical Council is On the given power to suspend and fine doc- tors for unprofessional conduct, the Lamwpman wonders if getting on a gore will be'included under that of- fence, French other Writes 'An engineer friend of mine who has just made an inspeétion of our { aviation plant is astounded at the in- | telligence, activity and daring dis- Yo played by the French experts. He Hitherto it has been the gave nie details which I caunot re- | | custom | jo a young fellow to start veal, but | can assure the French | as an of-|\ ficer and work until he knows, or | pe ple that hereafter they can smile thinks he knows as much as a non- | when told that French aviation is in- Na it 10 | ferior to Germany. We now have gun must work up! to climb like elevators, nd capable of catching up with Zep- any height." . | commissioned officer be the other way He able | instead of down lanes | - 5 pelins at { A woman gets four years in Pq ris- | | mouth prison for stealing a $30 muff | in Montreal, which could probably | be bought for $20 in Kingston. | That's a pretty hard crack for a $20 | { theft, when Parliament which makes | the laws permits war thieving to go | { useript Senator Lougheed, as leader the Government cohorts, displays a certain amount of anxiety Hostok, as leader of the Opposition, exhibits 'a puzzled expectency The new force which has entered the Se- | nate is Lougheed's business. It is! not Senator Bostock's funeral he is a long 'way from the flag at half mast and the floral wreaths yet, Se- nator Sir Mackenzie Bowell, who nas | outlived earthly fears, 'evinces a mild curiosity compatible with his | Mnety-three winters. Senator Bow- | ell's philosophy has heen too long accumulating to be warmed through by new adventures All he hopes" is that thé new Senator wil] realize what the Senate is--naniely a Hea- ven which good men reach before they die in the flesh and that he will not do or say anything out of place. That is the spell of the Senate---a hushed reverence for venerable tra dition. But here comes a warrior hot an! stained from the conflicts of the Ureen Chamber. What will he do? Will he put off his muddy harness | and don, figuratively speaking, the! white robe of the ransomed or will he go on chewing the rag? I have nol put it elegantly but that is the question which agitates the Senate. The fenators, most of them, have graduited from the House of Com- mons, and though they look back on it now with regret through a merci- ful haze of. years, they remember what went on there. They remem- ber this man as no mere mortal, but as Haleard embodied, perhaps twen- ty thick volumes, the champion long distance performer of his party, and the winner of every endurance test in the House of Commons in the last, thirty five vears They remember . hew he.talked and talked on the Jes ' uit Estates Bill and how that line of talk cost him his whole majority ex- vept thirteen They also remember how he talked and talked on the Re- medial Bill, laventing new methods of verbal obstruction, and got' his majority back again They remeni- ber him likewige as the beginn®rs| ender and chief time occupier of ev- i ery notable debate in modérn Cana- | dian history. And remembering | that mass of deciamation theé® sit | back and wait to be crushed } To make matters worse they re- | 'member him fs Speaker of the House { of Commons for the last four years | and they can'imagine his feelings at | having nobody to wrangle with ex- | cept Todd and Bouri What does i the bottle think o would Old Faithiul, that doughty | geyser, think tircumsjgnces stop- | ped him from sprouting Tor four | "long years? Wouldn't he rage and | of | | very last that he may cut 0 the cork? What System that here endeth the first lesson and | that he will be no fiercer than a cur: Senator | Ate unless perchance he gets away | BATEMAN, GEO. A.. two. | from his text for an hour or There is always the chance, you see, that the speech will be a long one, Which leads up to the second sur- } prise Senator Sproule speaks, or rather reads, for five minutes by clock;-a stingy five minutes at that The Senate is of the opinion to the loose and make the welkin ring in the good old way but he doesn't Far from jarring the stillness he emphasizes it with solemn monotone In the very first paragraph he mention "brevity," but the Senate naturally cays "What's brevity te him or he to brevity?" However, Sir Mackenzie Bowell who is a bit of a critic takes him at his word, curls up and goes to sleep He probably figures out- that Thomas Simpson Sproule spoke much and long in the Green Chamber be- cause there were men there like Mae- kenzie Bowell and Clarke Wallace to out-Orange. Ah well the old times and the old rivalries are gone! We have outlived our friends and our enémies and the mainspring of 'our eloquence is worn out! Besides this grave of ours, this Red Chamber is very comfortable, so why quarrel? Whereupon, as I said before, a dis- position of sleep comes over the white, wise 'old head of Sir Macken- zie Bowell and he drifts off into By Lo Land. He does not awake even for the applause. Senator Sproule delivers a speech with malice toward none and charity toward all but the Germans. Mel low age or that Speakership has robbed him of his sting. I remem ber now that Charlie Marcil' was Speaker for five years and spoke sel dom and gently ever afterwards. Do men whose tongiies are tied for a considerable space of time get ont of the way of using them? And this silence, what is it a hindrance, a habit, a gift, or a virtue? I wonder! ~H.F.¢ AA A Sop A There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together. and for vears it posed be incurable nD seribed local stantly a treatment Catarrh is a fluenced by constitution and therefore requires treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cur Y factured by heney & Co do, Ohio, is a © titutional remedy, is taken internal and acts thro the Blopd on the Mucous Surfaces of the Ohne Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any gase that Hall's Ca. tarrh Cyre fails to eure. Send for eps culars and lestimonials *. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Obla Sold by Druggists, The Hall's Family Pilis for, constipation. / the | l Eyeglasses. The Old Reliable Insurance Office, For Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass In- stirance; Customs Broker and Money to Loan 67 | Clarence St. (GEAUPRE, E., 266-268 Princess St. Wines and Liquors, Agencies: O'Keefe Brewery Co., Tor- onto, and McCarthy & Son Co., Ales and Porters. BEST'S, the Popular Drug Store. BRITISH WHIG, 306-310 King Strect East, Printers, \ Publishers, Binders, Embossers, etc. CARROLL, J. K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur- 1 ance, 56 Brock § Phone 68, | CLOW, M. & SON, 471 Princess St. ( arvinges, Wag- gous, Harness, agents for International and Me- Cormick Machinery Co. and Percival Plough and Stove Co, COOKE, J. B. & SONS, Representing the Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Toronto, London Fire Assurance Co. and Globe Indemnity, Accident and Sickness, 332 King St. Phone: Office, 503, amd Res. S12. COLLEGE BOOK STORE, Pictures. COLLIER'S TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block, Hobberlin and Campbell Clothing for the best dressers, CROTHERS. o- MEADOW CREAM SODA BISCUITS, DOMINION TEXTILE CO., Manufacturers of Cottons, Prints, Sheetings, etc. DAVIS DRY DOCK CO., Manufacturers of Mowr Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420. FENWICK, HENDRY & CO., 189 Ontario St., Whole- sale Grocers and Importers. Lstablished 1516. GODWIN, W. H. & SON, 39 Brock St. Phone 424. Fire Insurance and Real Estate. Representing British America Assurance Co., Toronto, for over 80 years. GRIMM, N. R., 102 Princess St., Candies and Ice Cream. Phone 797. GILBERT'S STORES. If you favor us with UR orders for good things 2 8 for 1916, we will do our | best 2 please U, in guality, service and prompt | delivery. . HARRISON, T. F. CO., Furniture, Carpets and Lino- leum Stationery, Music and HALLIDAY ELECTRIC CO. 345 King St., Eléctri- clans and Electrical Contractors. HALL, DAVID. Prompt attention paid to all Kinds <f Plumbing, Gas-Fitting and Hot Water Heat- ing. 68 Brock St. Phones 333 and 85° @UTTON, J. O., Insurance and Real Estate, 18 Market © 8t. Phone 708. JENKINS, E. P.. CLOTHING CO. 'Agents for Fashion Craft and 20th Century Clothing. ; TAUK JOHNSTON'S SHOE S1OHE. 70 Brock St Phone 1246. We specialize on Men's and Boys' Solid Leather. Fine Boots and Shoes. KNAPP, A. C., Builder of small boats of every des cription . A first-class boat livery, boat fittings and motor Be sappligy at Cataraqui Bridge. Hest Home Made : \ KINGSTON ICE CO. LTD. Phone 1307. Pure Ice. TN ft unpunished KINGSTON HOSIERY CO., Manufactar of high-| i grade "Imperial" Underwear and Hosiery. { LAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Dry Goods, /172 Princess St. Phone 397. -- : - LATURNEY'S CARRIAGE WORKS, 390-3902 Prin- cess St, Carriage and Wagon Building, Auto and general repairing of all kinds. | If it costs $5.25 in Kingston Po | lice Court to hit 'a man with the | {front of a stove, how much would | | cost to plug him with the whole] _ . 3 : Shah stove? The Lampman leaves this pro- | oid B . Sargent, go Collingwood blem to the Police Station arithme- | Street. died iu the General Hospital tician . { Thursday night after a couple ° of months of failing health Deceased ! formerly Miss Lulu A. Atkin- ' VE RR { She was widely known and was Toon SAVES BRITISH, {an active worker in St. James' Rize of Tigris Compels Turks at Kae | CBurch, She-is- survived by her hus- A |band and an infant son, also her To. Quit. { mother, Mrs A. Atkinson; one broth- London; Feb. 4 A despatch from | er, Richard, of"Kingston, and ones the officinl British correspondent at | sister, Mrs, H T. Gettins, . Lake- Basrah, the Brith basg on the Per-| Ohio { sian Gulf, from which the oflerations | Soren seer, MULLEN, 4. 1, Monumental Works, cor. of Princess | in Mesopotamia are d pected) > ys and Clergy Sts. Lettering in Cemeteries al "The rise of the Tizris has caused BEST LIVER AND Specialty the inundation of the Turkish posi - tion at Kut-el-Amara The enemy BOWEL LAXATIVE | northwest front of the Kut position, | FOR FAMILY USE | | | | The Late Mrs, H. B. Sargent. Mrs. Lula A. Sangent, wife of Har- THE TOWN WATCHMAN NG LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Cases, ete, 116 Princess St. MANUFACTURERS' LIFE IN TANCE CO, M. G.! Johnston, district manager, 58 Brock St. Trunks, Suit! son MILNE, HARVEY, 272 Bagot St., Phone 542. Klec- tric and vacuum carpet cleaning; Cleveland and! i Standard bicycles, Excelsior motor-cycles. | | wood, , { i McBROOM, W. F., 42-14 Princess St. Wholesale and | Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed and Grain. McGOWAN, G. A, Milo, 10c¢; Peel, 5c. | McKAY, JOHN, LIMITED, 149 Brock St., Furs. | "From Trapper to Wearer. | Cigar Manfg. Co. { | General Townshend is surrounded. } The Turks on this, front have fallen | back some 2,000 yards ; fe 'nscaret=" Regulate Women, Men "One of Generzl Townshend's re and Children Without connoitering patrols has advanged | Iniury. Turkish trenches The p-~trol found | res filty dead at one place The Turk- | Take When Bilious, Headachy, ¥or ish position in that region has been + Colds, bad Breath, Sour shelled by the British guns and when | Stomach. the Turks were flooded out pf the | trenches mearest to Kut.el-Amara a few days ago the British found fully! twenty-two rows of immensely deep | has evacuated ail the trenches on Lhe where the main British Army under MCINTOSH BROS., cor. Princess and Wellington Sts. Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Ready-to-Wear, Notions | and Hosiery. | McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the Happy Thought Tange. | There are 4,500 of these "in use in and abou Kingston. y & McPARLAND, JAMES, 839 King St. Wholesale and | lets 'ines, Li s, Cigars i 3 Retail Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Cigarettes. trenches and miles Of COM aunt oe McRAE, W. R. & CO,, Golden Lion"Grocery, Whege | tion trenche which honeycombed you get extra good value for your Dollar, "Lead-| the whole position : ji < ers in Tea and Coffee." | "General Townshend's position, | being higher than the ground of the NEWMAN & SHAW, the Always Busy Dry Goods Turkish entrenchments, escaped the Store, 122 Princess St. i worst consequences of the flood Fn. Gh » There has been no rain for two days O'CONNOR'S LADIES' EXCLUSIVE "STORE, 260 ., 0. falling now. f g Princess. Out of Jhe high reat district, The "General Townshend is in d ; store with the small prices. . | communication by wireless with the ry > | relief. force under Gen Aylmer (WORK WHILE YoU SLEEP PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Local Agents McCormick | OL Axl ' Mfg. Co. AN kinds of Biscuits and Confectionery. | Which i$ advancing up the Tigris Instead of nasty, harsh pills, saits, Mfg. Co. J | castor oil or dangerous calomel, why | All is well in Gen. Townshend's PETERS, WILLIAM P.. Wholesale and Retail Dealer. camp." don't you keep Cascarets handy in in Flour. Feed, Seed Grain, Pressed Hay and X me tn yor 'home? Cascarets act on the Straw, 117 Brock St. LG ple ld h Bld db be Pee bbb bd Hyver and thirty feet of bowels so REDDEN. JAS, & CO.. Grocers, 176 Princess St. - ¥ | gently you don't realize you have ROBERTSON, GEO. & SON, LIMITED. : : 4 TEACHERS STRIKE, #| taken a "athartic, but they act thor- * otighly and can be depended upon Cl R} EA. , -- * SAREE aa Ice Cream in Kingston by Goverm- | + Otiawa, Feb. i. _Because #! when a good liver yatsbowel cleans ment Test. 8 | % they have not been paid their #|ing is necessary -- ey move ihe bile SARGENT, T. H., corner Princess and Montreal Sts. + salaries for more than a year # [and poison from the bowels without Pure Drugs, Toilet Requisites, etc. Phone 41. + and there is little prospect of griping and sweeten the stomach. SUTHERLAND'S SHOE STORE, 103 Princess St. You eat ome or two at night MNke 449. The Home of Good Shoes. gétting their money in the near Phone future, 122 teachers in the candy and you wake up feeling fine, FOYE, RB. H. & CO,, Bread Bakers and Wholesale and + the headache, biliousness, bad breath Retnil Confectioners. Le English-French schools of Otta- wa, went ot on strike Ip coated tongue, sour stomach, con- UTILITIES COMMISSION, Electric Light, Gas, Power fan #| stipation, or bad cold and Water: Office, 19 Queen St. » Cire ing 4,000 French-Canai . children ou the streets for an WILSON, LYTLE, BADG W CQ. LTD., turers - Pure Spirit and Malt | i { i { i daily H > a indefinite period. : - erish or bilious ldres a4 whole Cascaret any time---they are harm- less and safe for the little folks, *hbet bet Mothers should give eross, sick, fey- ~~