EE TRLAR NEL Se | 2 CL 1 CO-OPERATIUN NEEDED. THE mail order king with his dark shadow is the one FORCE that is keeping the farmer and the home merchant apart. This is the one big THUNDER cloud on our country life. mons WE GET TOG ly works NIG HIS business is ThisSHADOW of the BIG CITY is killiagour COMMUNITY growth and day to keep us APART. He knows trat once doomed. Where, then, do WE stand ? WHAT shall WE do? Remain in the GRIP of the GIANT ? Rest CONTENT un- der the DARK shadow ? the SUNLIGHT of co-operation. GLOOM. Rather, let us break up the monopoly and the shadow by LET'S GET TOGETHER and scatter that The "Community Builder' idea is endorsed and approved of by, among others, the following well-known and reputable business concerns: ABRAMSON LOUIS, 836 Princess St. Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Men's and Ladies' Boots and Bhoe. ANGLIN, 8. & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, ANGROVE BROS., 126 Olarence St., Automobiles and Supplies. ASSEISTINE, J. 8, D.0.S,, 8342 King St.,, THE MAN Ere a 11 eventually consult about your Eyes and BATEMAN, GEO. A., The Old Reliable Insurance Office, For Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass In- i surance; Customs Broker and Money to Loan, 67 Clarence St. BRITISH WHIG, 806-310 King Street East, Printers, Publishers, Binders, Embossers, etc, CARROLL, J. K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur- ance, 56 Brock St. Phone 68. CLOW, M. & BON, 471 Princess St; Carriages, Wag- gons, Harness, Agents for McCormick Machin. ery Co., Beatty Bros'. Sanitary Stable Equipment and Percival Plow & Stove Co. COOKE, J. B. & SONS, Representing the Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Toronto, London Fire Assurance Co, and Globe Indemnity, Accident and Sickness, 882 King St. Phone: Office, 503, and Res. 842. COLLEGE BOOK STORE, Stationery, Music and Pictures. CQOLLIER'S TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. Hobberlin and Campbell Clothing for the best dressers, J MEADOW CREAM SODA BISCUITS, 'DOMINION TEXTILE CO., Manufacturers of Cottons, Prints, Sheetings, etc. DAVIS DRY DOCK CO. Manufacturers of Motor ' Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420, FENWICK, HENDRY & CO., 180 Ontario St., Whole- sale Grocers and Importers. Established 1846. GILBERT'S STORES. If you favor us with UR orders for good 2 8 for 1916, we will' do our best 2 please U, in quality, service and prompt GODWIN, W. H. & SON, 89 Brock St. Phone 424. Fire Insurance and Real 'Estate. Representing Brlcsh America Assurance Co., Toronto, for over GRIMM, N. R., 108 Princess St., Best Home Made Candies and Ice Cream. Phone 797. HALLIDAY ELECTRIO CO. 345 Ki 8t., Electri- HALL DAVID, PISip: stteatioy id to all kinds Plumbing, Gas- Water Heat~ ing. 66 Brock St. Phones 335 and poy HARRISON, T. F. CO., Furniture, Carpets and Lino- HUTTON, J. 0., Tnshirane and Real Estate, 18 Market JENKINS, BE. P., CLOTHING CO. Agents ? Fashion * Oraft and 20th Century Clothing, . TACK JOHNSTON'S SHOE MSI1UKK, 70 Brock Et. Phone 1246. We specialize on Men's and Boys' Bolid Leather, Fine Boots and Shoes. KINGSTON BRICK & TILE CO., Manufacturers of Brick and Tile, 611 Division St. KINGSTON PAPER BOX CO. J. G. Brown, Proprie- tor, King Street West. Manufacturers of solid and folding boxes. KINGSTON ICE CO. LTD. Phone 1307. Pure Ice. KINGSTON HOSIERY CO., Manufacturers of high "grade "Imperial" Underwear and Hosiery. LAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Dry Goods, 178 Princess St. Phone 397. LATURNEY'S CARRIAGE WORKS, 300-3902 Prin- cess St, Carriage and Wagon Building. Auto and general repairing of all kinds. LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Suit Cases, etc., 116 Princess St. MANUFACTURERS' LIFE INSURANCE 00. M. G: Johnston, district manager, 58 Brock St. MULLEN, J. E., Monumental Works, cor. of Princess and Clergy Sts. Lettering in Oemeteries a Specialty, McBROOM, W. F., 42-44 Princess St. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed and Grain. McKAY, JOHN, LIMITED, 149 Brock St, Furs, "From Trapper to Wearer." \ McGOWAN, 'G. A, Cigar Manfg. Co. Milo, 10¢; Peel, Se. McINTOSH BROS., cor. Princess and Wellington Sts, Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Ready-to-Wear, Notions and Hosiery. McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the Happy Thought Range. There are 4,500 of these in use in and about ton. McPARLAND, JAMES, 889 King St. Wholesale and Retail Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Cigarettes, McRAE, W. R. & CO., Golden Lion Grocery. Where you get extra good value for your Dollar. "Lead- ers in Tea and Coffee." NEWMAN & SHAW, the Always Busy Dry Goods Store, 122 Princess St. O'CONNOR'S LADIES' EXCLUSIVE STORE, 200 Princess. Out of the high rent district. 'Whe store with the small prices. PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Local Agents McCormick Mig. Co. All kinds of Biscuits and Confectionery. REDDEN, JAR, & CO., Grocers, 176 Princess St. ROBERTSON, GEO, & SON, LIMITED. CHARM TEA. SAKELL, T., Best Ice Cream in Kingston by Govern- ment Test, "in SARGENT, T. H., corner Princess and Montreal Sts. Pure Drugs, Toilet BR tes, etc. Phone 41. SUTHERLAND'S SHOR HH, 103 Princess Bt. Phone 449. The Home of Good Shoes. T'OYE, R. H. & CO., Bread Bakers and Wholesale and UTILITIES COMMISSION, Electric Light, Gas, Power WILSON, LYTIE, EROW 00. 11D. Manuf, WILSON, ; 3 u turers of Pure Cider and Mall Vinegars, every description .... ...... ..$2.00 to $2.50 Fetes ive eens + S00 10 $250 RE Bloals . .... ..... ere -300-10 50 g Chairs, with or without arms and leg rest, vivian an 3150 10 $2.75 for ee \ THE GIANT MOUNT EVEREST. This Still Unconquered Peak Is In a Wild Country That Is Extremely Difficult to Traverse and Has So Far Defied the Surveyors of India. For many years the East Indian gov. ernment has probibited any attempt gt the ascent of Mount Everest. As long ago as 1902 six European Alptaists set out for India to view the world from the top of its highest mountain. Bug the virgin snows of Everest could not have cooled their ardor half so rapidly as did the cold water with which tke Indian government soused them. The mountaineers simply met with a blank refusal, and the reason of it was per fectly obvious and logical. The nearest approach of a railroad toward Mount Everest is about 100 miles away. To the north of this rafl- road terminal is a succession of par allel ranges of the Himalayas separat- ed by deep valleys. It is one of the most difficult countries tu the world to traverse, and no white man bas ever crossed it. The surveyors of India bave never been nearer than eighty miles from Mount Everest. Some of the valleys are peopled by a few wild tribes who fiercely resent the intrusion of any strangers. The whole country lies in Nepal, which while still an Independ- ent state strictly forbade any person to gv north among these mountains, and since Nepal came under the suzerainty of India the prohibition bas been con- tinued, for obvious reasons, by the In- dian government. When the ascent of Mount Everest is finally made it will probably be on the side of Tibet, whose southern boundary is not far from the mountain, but by her agreement with China the Indian government is bound to keep explorers from crossing into Tibet from India. Permission was refyised to Sven Hedin to cross the border on his last great expedition, when he finally crossed from Ladakh. Some interesting facts about Mount Everest may not generally be known. Mauy persons have wondered how the determination of the height of Mount Everest could be so exact that its ele- vation is fixed at precisely 29,002 feet. In happened in this way: In 1849 and 1860 six trigonometrical determinations of the height of the mountain were ob- tained by the Indian survey at six dil- ferent stations, all south of the moun- tain. The height of 29,002 feet as- signed to Mount Everest was the mean of the six different values for the height just obtained. But the geographical survey of India informed the world.n, 1008 that Mount Everest is higher than it was computed | to be by those $ix trigonometrical de- terminations. It reported that between 1881 and 1902 six other determinations of the height of the mountain were made at fiye stations, all excepting one being nearer to the mountain than the previous surveys. These six new deter | minations gave a mean value of 20,141 feet after correction for refraction. Ac cording, therefore, to our present in- formation, Mount Everest is 139 feet higher than it was earlier computed to be. s Why is it, then, that this latest re- sult of the scientific computation of the beight of Mount Everest has not yet appeared in books and maps? It is because the Indian survey is not convinced that the final determination has been reached. It says that the beight, 29,141 feet, is a more reliable result than 20.002 feet, but the more recent determination is still probably too small. It desires to acquire more thorough knowledge of the problems of refraction and of the effects of devi- ations of gravity upon trigonometrical work before announcing the final de- termination of the elevation of the world's highest mountain. Meanwhile it will retain on its maps the first de- termination of 29,002 feet. This decision certainly commended itself. It would be more vexatious than nseful to change the figures now and then in order to add or subtract a few feet as the latest determination of the mountain's height. It is better to wait until refinement of -scientific method yields the closest approximation pos sible. This is the suggestion of the In- n survey, and all map makers have apparently adopted it. ° As the Times Change. In the sixties the customary pro posal was, "Will you be mine?" Very faintly signs are showing that men will yet say, "May 1 be yours? It will take time, for the possessive, the dom- inating Instinct In man, Js still strong, and long may it live, for that is the vigor of the race. Only we do not want that instinct to carry man away, any more than we want u well bred horse to clinch its teeth upon the Bit and ' bolt.--W. L. George in Atlantic. An Essay on Man, What a chimera, then, is man! What universe. : -- i ---- Children think not of the past nor of what 1s to come, but enjoy the present time. which few of us do.--La Bre yore. * The suns' stateraent of thy Vers chants Bauk of Canada for the year ended Lari 5, affords a striking evidence of the confidence re- p _in_ the bank Ly its ever-grow- ing clientele and of the increasing wealth and | n to save in the community at large. The ba- lance-sheet now accounts for no less than $96,361,363 of assets, an in- crease of more | ten millions in the year, and of thirteen millions in the two years since April 1914, and this increase is wholly due to the very rapid growth of the depos- its and note circulation of the bank. interest-bearing deposits are high. er by five million dollars, non-inter- est deposits by four and a half mil- lions and circulation by more than a milion, Ageinst these increased liabil.t- ies to the public the bank holds un- precedent reserves of liquid assets, Its cash and equivalent-to-cash items exceed 20 millions, added' to which there are more than 20 mil- lions of gilt-edged securities and call loans, bringing the total liguid reserve up to $40,960,486, as com- pared with $32,086,672 in 1915 and $24,923,404 in 1914 (before the war). The bank now holds cves five millions of Canadian government and 'municipal securities, of whith more than four millions were ae¢- quired during the year, along with five million of railway and other securities and nearly eight millions of call loans ail of which constitute not only an excellent liquid asset but & very goud source of revenue, Commercjal loans are nearly a Million and 2 half greater than a year ago, but are sfill a long way from the pre-war figure. Profits for the year were in consequence con- siderably below the rate of two years ago, but they amply sufficed for the payment of the regular divi- dend, jmnd kontingency appropria- tions, The Directors and the en- eral Manager have succeeded in keep ing the bank in a position of great strength. Fifty Per Cent. Bonus? Méntreal June 9 -- In sey- eral Montreal brokerage of- ces 'the gossip is heard that a stock bonus of fifty per cent, is coming on Scotia. No authority is mentioned, so that the story is not regarded as of any effect in the present move- ment, although a distribution of some character is generally antici- | pated. | Made Handsome Profit, New York, June 9.-~While other syndicates of recent origin have not fared so well as most of those which brought out t\e new things last year, a quick profit was reported to the members of the United Motors Syndicate. Members got their stock at 653. and the syndicate managers i disposed of it at 62. leaving a net profit of 7 points to the particip- ants, The profits came quickly moreover thanks to large purchases jon the part of the Durant party and its followers. Other syndicates which have not been so fortunate, found a rather heavy market for their wares on the Stock Exchange, and the Curb. On the Ex hange short sales of the undistalputed stocks' were so numerous tha fe selling gave the appeafance of a bear party operating against them. Good Men Not Used | London Mail "Our Army in Flanders and France | is encumbered with a great number jot troops who take little or mo part {in the fighting. They are orderlies, | officers' servants, grooms, men con- {nected with the medical and supply | departments. and soon. In some 'cases their duties are relies of the days when was an animated picnic. in others their work could just as | well be done by men who are past | the military age or who have been | wounded and can no longer stand | the tremendous strain of trench war- | [ fare, What will win this war is the | number of men with rifles in their | hands who can be put to the business ; of killing Germans. It was for that purpose they enlisted. It is for that purpose all the able-bodied men should be employed. I always favor the man or woman who can take comfort in comforting others. Sometimes by curbing our curios- ity we discourage trouble. Pte. 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