4 "| among the children, '| eloquent deliverance of the kind that 0015 the way of concessions to 0| French, which, judging them by men ttached one of' priming omits tn Ca hoa ; Job HB 3 hutch St. ow Fr 2356 Pitth A a CMR 1 "Northrup, Manuaer 2 PN EE ass sted NO HINDRANCE NOW. No one who is on the Patriotic Fund is required to remain in idle- ness or lose her relief. At the out- set of the movement it was intended that the Patriotic Fund should sup- plement tlic earnings of the Individ- ual or the grants or uy of the gov- ernment. But the scarcity of labor has forced a change 20d now every beneficiary of the Fuud Is at liberty 10 serve as she sécs fit. This is ar announcement from the relief com: mittee, and it knows what it is do- ing. A SOHOOL EXHIBIT. The teachers and pupils will make an exhibit. of their work early in June, and the money realized in ad- mission fees will- go towards the Red Cross Fund, to which the schools have already - largely contributed. initial exhibit will take place in "vation ols, but it is hoped the of the school board will be kept in view and that addi- tions. will be made to it, and that in & short time it will be the best ad- vertisement of what the "pupils ac- complish. Sometimes our school official and schoo! teachers are dis- appointed over the lack of public in- terest In schoél work, and the rea- son is not far to seek. The teach- ing staff ang the scholars are not de- monstrative enough over their plans and not anxious to submit them to public view. = The city will 'get away from this attitude as soon as possible, Other cities have a per- manent exBibit of school work, and it is enlaoged and beautified from time . to time; and a glimpse at it does more than anything else to give the domesti¢ weclence and manual training the recognition which is their due, # STATUS OF THE FRENCH. It may have bene well after al, notwithstanding that it appeared at first to be very unfortunate, that the bilingual question was discussed in the Commons, because of the infor- mation which this discussion brought out, and for the clearing up of sofhe doubts respecting it. The poise of the legal mind, apart from all other considerations, was exhibited by the premier, who was cold, phlegmatic and somewhat petu- lant when he regarded the issue as an irritating one and likely to pro- duce some political unpleasantness. The political aspect was emphasized when he referred to his revival of the French language, when he be- an people. of French, lie invited the A pro-ig benefits which 1 received .then I have carried with me up to the pres- ent time. 1 want every child, there- fore, to have an English education." And the address which he made, ex- siting the English language, in plead- ing for as much consideration as possible for the French, in their de- sire to keep alive their language was the most has been heard in Canada. It is a classic, indeed, that will live and be quoted long after the principals in the controversies of to-day have pass- ed away. - Then the students' side of the guestion was supplied by Mr. Nickle, of Kingston, whose address showed '4hat he had spent a great deal of time in research. He was able in consequence to submit a historical sketch of the greatest value. He began with the conquest of the French, traced the development of events so far as they affected the re- lations of the French and English, and showed that originally the French had no claim to a recognition of their language in either Que- bee or Ontario. English was the official language and the language of the people so far as the terms of settlement were concerned, and all that has taken place since has been the of the Lavergne type, have not been regarded In their true light. As a precise and concise argument, follow- ing a given line from beginning to end, it was a contribution to litera- ture which will be remembered for the information which it contained. If, as the outcome of the discus- sion, the people will have a better understanding of the situation--and too many are willing to take things for granted and to avoid or disdain the study that removes their doubts --much will be gained or accom- plished. The debate was dignified throughout, and free from racial rancor, for which parliament is fo be thanked. EDITORIAL NOTES. Manitoba is prepared to enforce prohibition. This province appears to be hastening so many reforms, of a political and social kind, that the millentum must be at hand. Between the bad weather and the scarcity of labor, agriculture in On- tario is getting a serious setback. Food is dear enough now. It will be dearer later in the season. Ald. Newman will be delighted to know that the executive of the Asso- clated Boards' of Trade, meeting in Toronto, endorsed the saving of daylight scheme. A straw, as it were, to show the way in which the wind is blowing. Captain Boy-Ed has been decorate ed by the Kaiser with the Order of the Red Eagle. For what? Aid- ing the German expeditions that were to sink commercial ships at sea? Or planning an invasion of Canada? It cannot be for his beauty, Col. Roosevelt has definitely an- nounced himself as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. The surprise hag been that, when in office, he ever thought of giving it up. He thinks he is the one man in the republic who can do the right thing at the right time. . The Hducation Department of Manitoba will not assist the teaching of foreign languages in the public schools any longer. The Ruthenian and Polish languages, as well as the Frénch, have to go for tha reason that they are becoming a great trou- ble, through the unreasonableness of the people. "rt If the Senate throws out the rail- way rellef bill there may be a na- tionalization of the railways right away. It may be the only alterna- tive in the case of the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern, which the people have aided finan: cially and to the extent of many mil lions of dollars. A Hard Shell. (Brantford ' Expositor.) Mr. Lloyd Harris found the Shells ommittee a hard shell when he tried to extract a fuse contract from A Co ; the a 000 Deauity, is JaVih In his praise. of Sir Sam Hughes. He was getting well paid for hero worship, - Imposing On Him, t As, Not (Por ur Chronicle.) "the need for conscription does not appear. It is easily possible to or- ganize regruiting more satisfactorily under the voluntary system." It is plain that the editor of the News has not had much experience in the re- cruiting line, France's Choice, . (Stratford Beacon.) The ex-Empress Eugenie of France was ninety years old the other day, being born in Granada on May 6th, 1826, the daughter of a Spanish Ar- my officer and a Scotch mother. She spends most of her time at Farn- borough, England. She is-anxious to live to see the defeat of the Ger- mans, the nation that humbled her own husband and drove him from France. Her fortune is estimated at $15,000,000, KINGSTON EVENTS "26 YEARS AGO John McLeod gets contract to erect new Anglican chapel at Picton. Real estate agents report that property transfers are brisk. Parlor concert held at Dr. Good- win's, Alice street, for furnace fund of Cooke's Church. Cheese sold at 9c. A number of young ladies attend- ing a first-class dancing school en- joy themselves between acts whiffing cigarettes. Public Schoel Board budget re- ported as $26,583. The best poker hand is made up of calling cards. -- ALEXANDRIA BAY. Thurston Block in Walton Street Totally Destroyed-- Boats Burned. ' Watertown, N, Y,, May 15.--Fire Friday afternoon destroyed several buildings in Walton street, Alexan- dria Bay, and damaged a number of boats along the waterfront in what is known as the lower bay, causing a loss estimated from $50,000 to $75,000. The blaze was under con- trol about five o'clogk, after it had burned for two hours, but it was along in the evening before it was entirely out, The main loss was the Thurston Block in Walton street, which was destroyed, and the yacht Klotowa, owned by E. R. Bradley of New York, which was badly damaged, although not totally burned, The house owned by William Davis in Walton street, near the Thursten Block, was dam- aged also, but was not a complete loss. A boat under construction at the Thurston works was destroyed when the block burned. Cheese sales: Cornwall, 519 boxes at 19 5-8¢c.; Napanee 1,270 at 19 7-16.; Iroquois, 665 at 19%¢ to 19- 5-8,; Perth, 150 at 19 9-16¢ to 19- 5-8e. The Toronto and York Clubs ré- sumed the sale of liquors after 8 p. m. in view of the coming into force in September of the prohibiton act. Col. Coventry, second son of the Earl of Coventry, is a prisoner of the Turks at Damascus, along with twenty other officers and 230 men. Random Reels "Of Shoea and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." SHAKESPEARE. Thrée hundred years ago William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty- two years, having written more poetry than that had to be expur- gated with a pair of fire-tongs than any other man of his age. There has not been so much demand for Shakespeare's works since ° they were expurgated, but they can be read in a select company to better advantage, without causing a deep purple blush to break out on the forhead of the reader ever and anon. Shakespeare was a short, high- waisted man with a thick head of hair which he wore on all occa- sions. His parents were poor peo- ple and kept no books in the house except a liver-pill almanac and a mail-order catalogue, and it was from such humible sources as these that William secured the plots and language for some of his best plays When we look at Shakespeare and see how little education he had and yét what: nollle use he made of it, particularly in the sonnet line, and then compare him with the average college graduate, we realize how much money is being wasted on higher education in this country. Shakespeare was attracted to the stage before he began to write poetry. He became an accom- plished actor, and doubled in brass with great. success: The English stage at that time was in a low state of morals, and Shakespeare decided to write a series of plays of censorship. Some people who object to Shakespeare's racy and piquant vocabulary have since tried to make out that Shakespeare never wrote anything but due bills and love letters filled with passion and poor spelling, and insist that his laurels should be placed on the bulging brow of Lord Bacon. This is called the Baconian theory, and it ranks fully as high as the theory of non-resistance in Europe. Shakespeare ran a good deal to bland verse, and he also wrote con- siderable blankety-blank verse in the round Spencerian hand of the period. He was a prolific writer, and mobody has ever successfully imitated his sfgle without getting into trouble with the post-office de- partment. Nobody can read Shake- speare in the original without be- ing a better man and endorsing the pure food act. Shakespeare was the greatest lit- erary genius of all time, and the farther we get away from him the brighter his genius shines. Rippling Rhymes as a lamb. swapping swats riled at last. to chafe. They and blacking eyes, just for the sake of exercise. there will be a roundup vast, when Uncle Sam gets Because he's patient and sereme, and has a meek and tranquil mein, the wranglers some- times think it safe his grave and throw large dornicks at his still further goes, until at last they tweak his nose. Then Uncle Sam takes off his coat, and rolls his shirt- sleeves to his throat, spits on his hands and cracks his heels, and hollers till the welkin reels. straightway, in a brace of shakes, weight in cats or snakes, as he has whipped them WAL EN J in the past, when Uncle Sam gets riled at last. cannot always kick his shins, and think he'll wear forgiv you cannot always poke, and think he'll take it as a joke. you'll be cast, when Uncle Sam gets riled at last. UNCLE SAM. A patient man is Uncle Sam, as mild and gentle He takes no stock in useless scraps, in with brawling chaps, in pulling hair But . reverend corns steal his dog and shoot his cat, and hat; their foolishment And he'll whip This You ing grins; his ribs To outer darkness \ hag ble to put out a The «down ten miles of days fools with fire in 8 fo sites. The Amateur Camper : "You certainly take a lot of trou- camp i" : Guide: 'Beller to take the trouble now than burn greenhorn Only a nowa- "n ys Men's and Boys' Wear Store Bibbys $15.00 ~ Prize Suits that the man that buys one. of them gets a "prize."' There are more Suits wanted and bought at Fifteen Dollars than at any other figure. It is for this reason that we have spared no pains to secure for our trade. The Best Suit Values $15.00 Could Buy : The fabrics are new and the cut and tailoring will "toe the mark' to the most critical examination. SEE BIBBY'S RAINCOATS THE BELCOURT Tweed Raincoat at $12.50. 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