2 " Bo SEN Shp a 1.00 iy vance fii Mix S00 hres MOBI ors tam? A is one best prauached is one of the a : REPRESENTATIVE BB ono ee IPRESENTATIVE & REPRESENTATIVES New York Office ........326 Fifth Ave. orthrup, Frank R. N 2 A nk 'RNorthrup; Mupager TRIUMPH NOT COMPLETE. The temperance parliament for Ontario will assemble in Toronto on Tuesday, and its sessions must, all through, be of a congratulatory char- acter. Heretofore temperance con- ventions have heen occupied in the building " of prohibition platforms which have not endured. These men have been either so far ahead of the times as to be Incapable of speak- "Ing definitely for thé people, or they have proposed something they were unable to carry out. All the while, however--and this is the main point, and the point for which they have to be thanked-- they have kept up a wholesome agita- tion and one that was fruitful of good. Indeed, it was this prepara- tion, spasmodic and indirect as it may have been, which cleared the way for a remarkable demonstration of public opinion through -the Commit- tee of One Hundred. This committee did not do any- thing very remarkable, in a way. Crue, it put into circulation the pe- titions that called fos: mang thou- sands of signatures, but in advance. of that service the people were made ready for what has happened. It only required some unusual circum- stance to stir up the masses and in- cite them to decisive action. The war supplied that. To the men in training for the life and death strug- gle at the front temptations were be-| ing offered, and the people, regard- less of class and creed and condition, rebelled agaiyst it. Now the telperance men have an easy path to follow. It is to supple- ment the efforts of the government + in enforcing the law, when, in Sep- 'tember next, it becomes operative. They have won a signal triumph in securing prohibition for a season. That triumph will be complete when they have, through a referendum, banished the trade for good. Hon. Mr, Hanna poses 8s a temper- ance man. In April, 1915, he led the forces in the legislature when they "voted down tem different mo- tions which aimed at lessening the ' sale of liquor in Ontario. Some of the government supporters now want to resist prohibition and they are afraid, By TRIALS OF STRENGTH. New York had on Saturday night " a trial of strength... It correspond- ed 'with those trials of strength which, prior {0 the war, were com- mon enough in England, and quite fashionable. Men and women, in the Motherland, have left their -din- ner tables, in evening dress, paid high prices for special seats, and watched and applauded too, the men who boxed each other until one orthe oth- er collapsed. 3 : These bouts, involving endurance, * strength, skill, are not now called prize fights. They are athletic hibitions for which the bravest © the brawniest are fitted out with the approval of the very best people. It was a mistake, therefore, to call the event of Saturday a prize fight, for 'that 'wag impossible under the law which governed it. . Yay pionship from a very unworthy oppo- nerve to cast his weight against a "* much heavier man, Moran succeed- ed as well as he expected, and that he held out for eight rounds, in which :| ous deliberation. | formed at the cost of $3,600 each, the limitation of the boxing to time and terms which prevented a degrad- ing exhibition. ' Willard is the champion athlete of his class, but it is a glant's class, and Moran has no business in it. AVOID ALL REPROACHES. The Whig has no sympathy with those who grouch about the recruit- ing. It regrets that this is - not regulated by some plan by which the men who are wanted, and can "be spared for military purposes, cannot be "persudded" when they will not volunteer, while those who are want- ed in Canada, for duty quite as im- "portant in its way as soldiering, can- not be selected and set apart for their work. Britain long since discovered that it would not do to depend upon the impulses of the people. set of the war the best men, patri- otically and physically, offered their services, and as one might easily as- sume these have been giving a grand record of themselves. 'They have 'been supplying the heroes of whom the country is most proud. Now comes the time when the enthusiasm of the first contingents is lacking, and it must be supplemented by the serum which public necessities sug- gest, The 146th Regiment has not been r ting as quickly as its comman- et and, to make up for the fervor among the young and eligible men, which is unfortunately absent, resort has been made to expedients of which some people do not approve. Well, every act or announcement or experiment is not the result of seri- Primarily, in the name of the King, an appeal is made to the available young men, and they do not respond. One prefers the dignified policy in any case, and for the reason that something like the Spartan spirit should possess all Ca- nadians, and it is not wise to hint that it is missing. ' Col. Low will be the safer to es- chew every act or appeal which car- ries a reproach with it. As a Kings- tonian, entrusted with a responsible task, he must look to the people for the support he needs. If he and his regiment get their due the recruiting will go on with every assurance of an early and complete success. bh) women are advised ow vote in federal elections. Thuy certainly can if the provincial lists are used. Their names cannot be removed from them. The demand is strong upon the Ontario government to. give women the franchise. The government hesitates. Why? What is it afraia of? Hon. Mr. Scott's health is very bad. - He is still in the south. He may have to retire from public life, and if Pe does it will be with a record that has never been be- smirched. \ What are the Germans doing in Mexico? They have designs upon the oil supply... Some of Britain's men of 'war use oil for fuel,and there was one shipment recently of 30,000 barrels for naval purposes. The temperance men will do well not to spend too much time in cheer- ing at their convention in Toronto this week. Their work is not com. plete. The legislation is but the be- ginning of the final struggle. The federal governraent has $600,-| 000 in jts estimates for immigration during the current year. The oppo- sition says, 'Cut it down by one half or cut it out." Immigration cannot be got fromi Europe either now or after the war. | The legislature took a day off and its members went to Guelph in order | to see the prisoners, who are re- | and the experts at the Experimental Farm who are practising wizardy in | poultry and in grain production. Now they all want to be farmers, which is what some of them have been all along. \ The Borden government has per- formed another remarkable somer- sault upon the St. Peter's Indian land deal. Its members kicked "When they were in_ oppogition. . They said the land, sold at $5 per acre, was worth at least $15. Now they con- firm the sale of $1 per acre higher and put through tho deal without consulting the Indians. This is treating the red men in a very frow- sy fashion. a 'woman who came three Story To Tell About His Diocese In Mackenzie River -District-- That the gospel is not losing its hold among the Indians in the Mac- kenzie River ig the story that Right Reverend J. R. Lucas, D.D., Bishop of Mackenzie River, had to tell in Kingston on Sunday. 'Bishop Lucas .preached .at St. James" Church in the morning, at St. George's Cathedral in the evening, and in the afternoon addressed the scholars at St. James' Church Sun- t all three gatherings by audiences, which for the At the out-| ™ in the morning Bishop Lucas preach- ed from the text, Philippians iv., 22: *""And all fhe saints salute you, chief- ly they that are of Caesar's house- hold." , The speafer has spent twenty-five years in the Mackenzie River diocese, and he related some of the conditions which prevail there. The diocese, he explained, had some 600,000 square miles, while the population was 6,000. Good work was being done among the Indians in his dio- cese. Many of God's saints were to be found among these Indians. The Bishop referred to one occa- sion when his work required him to be away from home for seven months. During the time he was away his wife was called upon to conduct services for the Indians, and had also to conduct a burial service for an Indian woman, who was a de- vout Christian, and whose last words were: 'Take me, Lord Jesus, I am 80 tired." Bishop Lucas spoke of the great love the Indians had for the house of God. He cited the case of one hundred miles from the next trading pest to Port Simpson, in order that she might attend holy communion. made the trip once every year for this purpose. The woman and her husband had to make this journey of three hundred miles in a canoe, HIGH SCHOOL GIRL. Run-Down, Weak and Nervous-- + Made Strong By Vinol. For the benefit of Kingston school girls who overwork and get into highly nervous, weak and run-down condition, wé publish this letter from Dorris Coplier, of Fort Worth, Tex.,--*T go to the high school and take music lessons, and became run- down, weak and very nervous, so I could not do anything. 1 would shake all over and could have screamed at times, and was really unfit to keep on with my studies. | * and one British destroyer were Mother purchased a bokle of Vinol for me and within a week I was bet- ter, and in two weeks I had gained five pounds and feit fine." It is the curative strengthening elements of the true cod liver ex- tract, aided by the blocd-making, re- vitalising effect of peptonate of iron and beef peptone, contained in Vinol, which made it so successful in build- ing up health and strength and over- coming the nervous condition of Miss Coplier, and we ask every school girl in Kingston who is in a like condition to try Vinol, on our guarantee to re- turn their money if it fails to benefit, Geo. W. Mahood, Druggist, Kingston, Ont. She | | % fully. MONG INDIANS When your child suffers from a cold don't wait; give the little stom- ach, liver and bowels a gentle, thor- ough cleansing at once. When cross, peevish,. listless, pale, doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally; if breath is bad, stomach sour, give a tea- spoonful "of "California Syrup of Figs," and 'in a few hours all the clogged-up; constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again, If your '¢hild coughs, snuffies and has caught cold or is feverish or has a sore throat give a good dose of "California Syrup of Figs" to evacu- ate the bowels no difference what other treatment is given. 3 Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it handy because they know its action is prompt and sure. They also know a little given to-day saves a sick child to-morrow. % Ask your druggist fof .a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which contains directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown- ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. Get the |genuine, made by "California Fig {Syrup Company." | mmm | sleeping out in the open, and on the | occasion of the last trip the husband { had written to the Bishop, saying: {| "We had a most delightful return | trip. We were just twenty-four | days getting home." | "These Indians are setting us a good example," added the Bishop, "and for all these good results let us thank God and take courage." Bishop Lucas also spoke of the { treatment given the children by the | Indians. . | '""There ig no need for a society to | prevent cruelty to children, and, un- like the olden days, the older people among the Indians are allowed to ve." "We ask your prayers so that this work may grow in grace," said Bishop Lucas, concluding his splén- did address. PEPPER PRP ibd be BRITISH WARSHIPS CHASED GERMANS. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 27.--Forty | * warships have beef in battle in | ® the North Sea. A German #% squadron was forced to run to % port. Two enemy patrol boats | # sunk in a collision. | British hydroplgnes raided: # German air-ship sheds success- | The Petrograd War Office announ- ces that Russians continue their suc- cesses everywhere. In the Black Sea Russian torpedo boats destroyed six- teen sailing vessels on the Anatolian coast. The German statement says the Russians are sttacking heavily north- west of Postavy. Two German attacks in Le Pretre forest were repulsed. ! rr RANDOM REELS ? "Ot Shoes und Ships, and Sealing, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" foe, ng Wie - ne" ERIE a, TALK, Talk is a violent form of physical exercise with an eight-day main- spring. It is one of our greatest American commodities and is usually retailed in Jong, thought-denuded packages. This country produces every year millions of "yards of talk which never comes in contact with a thought wave or any other obstacle, and 'van therefore be used over and over without showing any. signs of Wear. v Long ago Ralph Waldo Emerson of Buston; Massachusetts, who had one of the best intellects ever 'produved in that eity, declared in one of his immortal essays: "Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy salt pork." This statement by a man who was able to think in several different lan- guages created a sensation in intel- lectual circles, and upset the theo- ories of a t many Massachusetis people who had been paying most of their bills in talk. The world is in- debted Ralph Waldo Emerson for some of the brighest remarks ever uttered in any tongue, and if Boston had amy sense of appreciation she would emblazon this imperishable axiom upon the dome of the State House. Talk is produced by opening the mouth in the shape of an outside cel- lar door and allowing a pent-up voca- bulary to escape... There are some vocabularies which would be sentenc- ed to solitary confinement for life, if a vote of the community could be ta- ken, but sometimes these are the first io escape. It is an appalling sight to see a naturally timid vocabulary | which has had too many highballs | break loose from its surroundings and scatter epithets and hiccoughs on the night air. As a rule, women are equipped bountiful nature with more talk than men and possess a better delivery. Man is a slow thinker and cannot discharge his thoughts with the] deadly precision and rapid-fire stac-! cato of the female of the species | This showd that man's boasted | attempt to be funny at the expense of | truth and justice. | Talk was originally intended to be! used in conveying thought, but at times it seems as if it prefggred to | travel alone. It we would all culti-| vate the habit of aiming our talk at | the subject in hand and then letting | go in a prompt and noiseless manner, there would be fewer gossip-stricken Homes, church quarrels and divorce uels. . claimed, the w! about, we shed and hunt him. out, wherever he is hidden." They got search warrants at the court, and with bunting, and every dame and every sport forth . to the woods ness slide--na through the forest dark and wide, they » where they'd ortn't. And oh, the rapture and the glee, when through a glade repairing, they found poor Trouble in his tree, and dragged him from it, swearing. Tri "Rippling Riymes | TROUBLE : Old Trouble hid, inside a tree, and muttered, "Now; dad blind me, I think that men won' me--they won't knoy where to find me !" and women everywhere, from Tampa to Toronto, ex- has Trouble gone to? bother ut men hile they pawed the air, "Oh, where When Trouble is no more the tears unbidden; let us go forth lanterns trimmed ent hunting. They let all other busi- ught else was so §m and bled umphantly they ho ard went, their und the 1 : ost gent; hence- he he bl le For Spring The Belcourt' We'll be delighted to show vou all these hand- some new garments at your eonvenience. Prices: $12.50, 15, 1650 The New Suits The 'Bud' Real Beauties. : $18 20 : Limited Lo SOX Electaic Cook- ing Ranges This sizé suitable for small families. Call and let us der nonstrate these ranges to you. Other sizes inl stock. W. J. MOORE & SON, THE ELBCTRIC SHOP. £ MONUMENTS! ! By placing your orders direct with us you see exactly what you are buying and as we employ no agents you save the middleman's profit. Buy now and have your work set up early in the spring. JE MULLEN Cor. Princess and Clergy Sts. Phone 1417. Kingston, Ont. Crisco is not a new, untried shortening. It [has been on the market for. nearly five years. It is used * in thousands of 'homes, ho- tels and hospitals. It is taking the place of butter, lard and other cooking fats" because it is better and purer and. more economical. Each year the amount of Crisco that is used is greatly in excess of that used. the year before. * That shows what women think of it. A Made at Hamilton, Canade Cowan's + Perfection Cocoa Will be demonstfated in our store all this 'week, March 27th--April 1st. ----Come in and try it---- Jas. Redden & Co. Phone 20 and 990. A We've told you~ before | --we fell you again that | our! i: Hs SUPERIOR COAL | is proving highly" satis- | factory to a long list of § steady customers.