Sg PL. EE a 4 : ~ THRE rhs Wine PUBLISHING i 00, LIMITED. i a. sseansnme ines ae President he id ro Managing Director ; and Bec.-Treas. (Semi-Weekly Edition One year, = mall, yo ) ear, If not paid in ear, to United Sta One ¥ advance $1.50 ne 8 Six te: o and three months pro rata. ---------------------- amm---------- Attached 1s one of the best job printing offices in Canada. | PORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 82 Church St. U. ATIVES New York Office 235 Fifth Ave, Frank R. Northrup, Manager. Tribune Bldg. Manager. WEARY OF THE SENATE. The Senate has been acting in a frivolous manner during the present session, and its treatment of the anti-liguor bill caps the climax. The Commons spent a lot of time over it, men honestly differing in opin- jon, but expressing themselves can- didly and reasonably respecting it. By way of contrast much of the dis- cussion in the Senate has been un- worthy of a great or venerable body. For instance, one member, Mr Powers, thought the measure would lead to hypocrisy, and that the "drinking of tea and over-eating did as much harm to the people of Can- ada as liquor." Mr. Domville was not going to be run by the women and preachers. The nation was "too big to be controlled by psalm- singers," and "psalm-singers were 10 good in the trenches." Mr. Cas- grain thought the attempted 'restric- 'tion of trade was.a violation of the Act of Confederation. Mr. Cho- fuette did not faver prohibition, but it helped each province to do as it wished. Mr. Bostwick was against the prineiple of the bill; but he said that if it became law Saskatchewan would be helped in the control of the liquor trade, Mr. Cloran said the legislation would protect a dry pro- vince from a wet province, but it did not prevent the importation of li- quor from Britain and the United States. Thus the debate went on, some sensible talk being interlarded with some very foolish talk, and the whole tendency of it is to make the people very weary of the Sen- ate and all that belongs to it. i ---- HOW ONE WAS STUNG. The home tradesmen, or the men who employ others to do the carpen- tering and plumbing and painting, are as much entitled to patronage as the merchants and the manufactur- er. Hence, if one wants a good job, undertaken and carried through by those whom he can consult, and who will guarantee their work, he must enlist the services of the city con- tractors. y The Whig's artist illustrates this point with his usual skill. Hedgpd | in mind the case of a man in the west who bought his bathroom out- fit from an out-of-town store, failed to get the assistance from competent local mechanics, and hired a handy man who botched the job. Before he got through with a number of persons, including the city officials, who called him to account for tap- ping the water main without permis- sion, he was a wiser and sadder man He had learned the best of all léssons, that it is not the cheap- er article that gives the most satis- faction, and that the announcements one reads on the outer walls do not always contain the gospel. The successful city is the city that is progressive in every way, and has within its boundaries a contented people. They realize their inter- dopendence on one another. Their relations are most cordial. "Give Everyone a Chance" and 'Stand By Your Friends," are not mottoes that adorn the bill boards. They find a lodgment in the heart. They se- ure recognition in the practices of the masses. The man the artist had in mind was stung. It is to be hoped that mo one in Kingston can recall a similar experience. The report of an hydro-electric of- ficlal upon its office management has the Hydro-Electric Commission, and its success was predicted upon the experience of the same system fn oth- er cities. There is one suggestion in the re- port of the official aforesald which can be profitably acted upon. It is the enlargement of the stock de- partment so that the supplies for all the utilities under the tommission can be kept in the one place and un- der conditions that will permit of them being promptly distributed or accounted for. The supplies for the utilities can be purchased in large quantities in order to be procured '| economically, and this means compe- tent and convenient accommodation. A new supply station should produce satisfactory results. There is another suggestion, how- ever, which is not so acceptable. It has to do with the proposed with- drawal of the utilities officials or clerks from the civic offices and the location of them in some central place fitted out for the purpose. Sometimes a comparison of depart- mental expenses is illuminating. Thus we scan Windsor's public statement for the last year, and find that the receipts of the electric de- partinent were $71,814. The out- lay for office expenses includes these items: Promotion of business, $1,- 0! 455.58; 'billing and collecting, $2.- 01 416.24; salaries and office expenses, $3,821.74. Here is a total of $7,- 653.16 for the management of the electric light department. Com- pare these expenses with Kingston's, for the electric light: department, about $3,000, and the economy of the local commission, under present cricumstances, bécomes at once ap- parent. GREAT WIN FOR FRANCE. The readers of the Review of Re-|and views are indebted to Frank H. Si- monds, its military critic, for the | thusiasm in parliament among best description that has yet been published of the attack on and sal- vation of Verdun. The Germans concentrated their fire upon it under a series of miscalculations. Si- monds says this, and he Knows, havy- ing on April 20th returned from France, and from a personal study of the situation under the highest authority! France was supposed by the Germans to be wearied of the war. Britain was thought not to be able to take the offensive. Rus- sia could not help in the west. It would be easy, under concentrated fire and a heavy bombardment, for Germany to repeat the success of the Marne. But why submit Verdun to assault? It was the bulwark of the republic, the. gateway to Paris, Its fortifications could not stand a siege any more than Liege, Namur, or France, for want of railway service, could not quickly mobilize troops. the form of a salient with the arc towards the Germans, and when they made the drive they straight- ened the line and avoided the flank fire. The outlook at the beginning was bad for the French. Joffre thought of retreating, giving up some territory, without sacrificing much of it and little of life. Then something happened. It 'was the command of the government to save Verdun for political effects, and this was done. results. Verdun was emptied of its popu- lation and equipment. As a forti- fication it was abandoned. But in trenches which could not be pierced the French awaited the coming of the foe. The losses were terrible. France, in the first trenches, which were held, lost 100,000 men. Ger many in its repeated attacks and failures lost 250,000 men, But Verdun was saved. The effect on France was very great. ' The defeat in Germany was very depressing. Si- monds speaks of the spot which had been selected for the review of the victorious troops by the Kaiser. He walked down the street along which the Crown Prince was to lead the conquering army. Men, he says, and not walls, saved Vérdun for the French. \ The summing up of Mr. Simonds is somewhat picturesque. "Yer- dun," he writes, "was a 'battle-flag, Of itself nothing of less value/in con- fliet. It is a thing without use to the wan fighting for his life, and yet it is a thing that soldiers value most highly and die for most readily. And at the close of the contest, if it be closed, France holds the flag. What this means to the regiment, Verdun means to France." EDITORIAL NOTES. The senator who thinks as much harm is done by the tea and the food as by the liquors is singularly blind to all that is passing around him. {It costs $1,000 a year to maintain each prisoner in the Montreal jail. In gorgeéousness the institution must be a rival for the new Ritz-Carlton, Tarvia cannot be laid on our streets, on the local government plan, but oil can, and when the work is done it will baffle_an expert to say whether oil or tarvia has been used. A glutton will not invite much ad: miration trom his fellows, but he will stand just 8 high in public opinion Brussels. | her | Then the defence was in| | Military prestige gave| place to political prestige with good | as the bibulist. Senator may live long enough to make this discovery. 5 The United States objects to the diversion of water from fhe Niagara river at Chippewa in accordance with the scheme of the Hydro-Electric Commisison. Sir Adam Beck may have to adjust his plans. Three million five hundred thou- sand Belgians are in the most des- titute circumstances. They have neither work, food, nor money. An urgent and pitiful appeal is being] | made to the Canadian workmen for Leip. anadbmme------ Compulsion has been endorszd on the second reading of the bill in par-/ lament by a very large majority. It is said that a compulsion bill would have been carried months ago had the people been really satisfied of the ne- cessity for it. Lloyd-George says he has been con- verted to compulsory service because he can see no alternative if Britain is to win the war. He has been look ing into the mouth of hell, as it were, afld what he has seen surpasses Dan- te's description of the inferno. Germany has given out the state- ment that she will do no more tor- pedoing of ships.within the war zone without warning them and saving all persons who are aboard, but If the United States does not make Brit-| ain cease her food blockade the sub- marines may have to resume their ne- farious service, The Toronto News says that a speech by Dr. Michael Clark does not ' as much interest the liberals in parliament as one by Andrew Broder. No, likewise a speech by Andrew Proder does not excite as much en- the conservatives as a speech by Dr. Mi- cheel Clark. seem to excite among | PUBLIG_OPIHION | What's In a Name? (London Adventiser) The name Carnegie seems to be the "open sesame' to the doors of wealth. both done very well, No Idleness, (London Fress Press) The producer at home may be per- forming as essential a duty as the man in the trench. No able-bodied Canadian can afford to be idle. Which Country 7 (Montreal Mail) President Wilson says he is oon- vinced that the foreign-born in the United States are loyal to the coun- try. Sure they are, but which coun- Free Trade Crank. (Ottawa Citizen) Dr. Michael Clark, of Red Deer, | will now be praised throughout -Can- ada by the self same journals that have been in the habit of alluding to i i Powers{ him as a free trade crank. Andrew and David have] It is only when a public man says some thing that agrees with the party view of the partisan journal that he becomes a statesman, Must Be Careful. : (Guelph Mecuiy). Some of the Aldermen persist in calling the Mayor most worshipful sir. Next thing some one will be shouting to stand aside and let the: goat get past. reppneee Passing Dugouts. (Ottawa Free Press). Dr. Michael Clark said some very nice things about Premier Borden, | but we can't imagine that Sir Robert | will return the compliment by say- | ing nice things about free trade. | A Serene Touch, (Port Arthur Chronicle). A Toronto thief stole an antomo- bile and ran over a small boy. A jury has awarded = the boy's father $800 damages against the owner of the automobile. The jury had a soft heart and 4 soft head. GSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO jm First meeting of Kingston Light, Heat and Power Company held. Weather so cold that masons could not work on St. Mary's Cathe- dral 'ower, Denial made that coal Kaladar township. Old structures at corner of Prin. cess and Sydenham streets being razed for Oddfellow"s Block. Eggs se ling at 10 1-2 to 12 1-2 cents a dozen, | The market clerk is determined to keep dogs off the market. Plans being prepared for a new Separate School. found in SENATE MAY HOLD IT UP, Six Months' Hoist Suggested For Re- striction Bill, Ottawa, May 6.---Some opposition developed in the Senate to the Gov- ernment's bill to aid provincial pro- stricting the sale of intoxieating li- quors. moved, { Senator Power, of Halifax, said he | was opposed to the bill, While there | "had been an epidemic of emotion sweeping the world and Canada had { experienced a share of it," Senator | Power thought prohibitory legisla- tion. led to hypocrisy. A member {of . the Nova Scotia Legislature, {whom he knew, made a practice of | going across Granvill street for a | drink after every speech on prohi- | bition he mad in the House. Sena- | tor Power said tea and overeating did as much harm to the people of Canada as liquor. He moved that the bill be given a six months' hoist and was seconded by Senator Mec- Sweeney. Senator Domville said he did not sropose to be run by women and preachers. Canada was a great na- tion, too good to be controlled by a lot of psalm singers, who were no good in the trenches. Senator Choquette said he did not favor prohibition, but was prepared | to support the Lill because it would not affect Quebec and because it would help every province to do what it wished to do. RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Oabbages and Kings." THE LIGHTNING ROD. The lightning rod is a substitute for fire insurance which answers ev- ery purpose except when the hired man lights a cigarette in the hay- mow. It is one of the noblest pro- tective devices onethe market, being far superior to an accident policy which prohibits the owner from be- ing killed outside of the county in which he resides. The lightning rod was. invented and brought to its present state of perfection by Benjamin Franklin, a former Philadelphia citizen with a taste for mechanics and rye bread. Mr. Franklin was the first Ameri- can to discover that lightning could be handled with the bare . hands without leaving any unpleasant ef- fects or funeral expenses. When we think of the large number of new red barns which have been saved from destruction by the light- ning rod, we are forced to believe that Mr. Farnklin performed a great- er service to humanity than the man who gave us the non-stalling gas me- ter The lightning rod consists of a long stretch of wire which protrudes above the roof at so much per foot. When a lightning bolt attempts to pass, it is impaled upon the rod and thus prevented from ruining the fem- ily cow and other agricultural imple- 3 ments. Some farmers are so skep- tical concerning the merits of this device that they will not have a light- ning rod on the place, and they will not be converted even when light- ning creeps down the chimney and cremates an unsuspecting St. Ber- nard dog. Does anybody suppose that the Chicago fire would ever have happened if Mrs. O'Leary's cow had heen equipped with a lightning rod, properly installed? If the lightning rod could adapted to the human form and sold on a small payment down, fewer people would be killed while stand- ing under a catalpa tree during a thunder shower. The number of people who now curl up and crawl under the bedclothes every time the lightning begins to show its teeth at the window would also be reduc- ed. A lightning rod might be a trifle uncomfortable to sleep in, but it can't be any worse than a pair of pajamas which have come from the laundry with a six-ply '-coat of starch. # It is highly discouraging to the owner of a new lightning rod to have a stroke of lightning miss the rod entirely and set fire to a barn with twenty-foot posts. The man "who can retain his faith in science after such a trial as this ought to have no trouble in believing that wo- man sprung from man's rib. hibition legislation prohibiting or re-| The sit months' hoist was | ¥ be | Rippling Rhymes KEEP OFF THE GRASS ; the thoughtless fellows blithely pass, and cut a corner here and there, and wear a path across the grass, and fill the owner with despair. 1 try to have a nifty lawn, that will do credit to the town; and thoughtless fellows trot thereon, and break the dan- delions down, I set out flowers till I go broke---I " buy the richest and.the best--and bow-wows owned by thoughtless folk come there and knock things gal- ley west. And thoughtless people let their 8s per- ambulate the town by hight, and on the well kept lawns they browse, and make the séenery a sight. And thoughtless people all keep hens, and roosters with destructive feet, which come a-whooping from their pens and spoil my flowérbeds and repeat.- There's no protection for the jay who'd mpke his home a beauty spot: the thoughtless skates will come his : way, and climb all o'er his garden plot, and spoil the uck the flowers, and bark the trees and crush the shrubs; and him nineteen hours to tell just how he views such dubs. rT 2220 Dish Piss We have a good supply of The imported French make. JEN OF X nf PAA -------- mn 10-DAY Young Men Want Classy Clothes We call the attention of Smart Dressers to our New Spring Suits--We Fit any Form. SEE BIBBYS $12.50 TWEED SUITS Dark Brown and Grey Mixture; three button sack style; sizes 34 to 46, SEE BIBBYS $15.00 GREY SUITS -- Cheviots, 'Worsteds and Grey Scotch Tweeds, ete.; new style; two and three button' eoat. SEE BIBBYS $15.00 BLUE SUITS New soft roll reveres; three button sack; plain or cuff trousers. SEE BIBBYS $20.00 BUD SUITS -- English Worsteds, plain Greys, Blues and Browns; small checks and chalk line stripes; splen- did style; special values. $15.00 Packet pocket,cuff on SEE BIBBY $18.00 lored. HOW FAT FOLKS MAY BECOME THIN { | | By Elizabeth Thomas. | Perhaps you are suddenly becoming | Stout, or it may be that you have been | | putting on we'ght for years. dn either | case the cause is the same--lack of | oxygen-carrying vower of the blood. | This trouble occurs in adults of both | sexes and all ages, but it may be over- come very -easily and without any of the privations that most people imagine necessary lo reduce their weight. | Simply go to your druggist and get ysome oil of orilene capsules. Take one! {after each meal and tink before going to | bed. We'gh yourself so as to Know | Just how fast you are losing weight Wonderful results have been accom- plished by this' inexnensive recipe, but be sure to get the genuine oil of orilene | in capsule form. It is sold only in ori- ginal sealed packages. Any large | druggist can supply you, or a large | size box will be sent on receipt of $1.00. Address D. J. Little Drjg Co, Box 1240, Montreal, Can. Castile Soap the genuine Shell Brand Castile Soap No advance in the re- tail price, 2 lbs. Bars, 25¢. McLeod's SEE BIBBYS CLINTON SUITS pleated at back only; neat pin dots and stripes; sizes 33 to 37. ALTON SUITS English Worsteds, in Fancy Over- plaids; blue and black, with hairline stripes; two button style; collar and vest; soft roll lapel; semi-ready tai- {Plate coat sleeve; OVERCOATS $15.00 THE JOFFRE Very smart and dressy garments® full back style; sewn in sleeve; patch pockets; grey and - brown Tweeds, Seoteh mixtures. : A A AAA A A At rt cc iat S BOYS' SUITS New Military $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10.00. BOYS' New Slip Ons for Boys, 12 to 17 years; nobby styles, ne Norfolks; $5.00, OVERCOATS w fabric; spe" cial value at $8.50. 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We make a special. tr of Ladies' Work. M. F. PATTON, Prop. DUNHAM ST. (Near Prin. i fed man an 50) Pane 31% Sorsy or himself i Sick in bed. Ld