» fresh waters. Shippers have !men willing to pay almost any price to get them. Therefore, other things being equal, ft became in the case of these lake freighters simply a question of one man's JoneE SEuinst another's, and devil take the hinc- most. How. much the highest bid- der paid for preference is not for publication, hin oh 0st of these st.atsers were orig- With Them. inally built in England and brought _the commencement of the OVeér-wnder their own steani. It was 8 Canadian lake vessels, rep-|Just as easy, but, er existing & carrying capacity circumstances, not quite so safe, to take them back again. Some of them for freight service on salt water. Went directly into ice on the Latest to go were Fordonia and the | British coast others loaded muritions Waheondah of Canada Steamship [at Montreal alifax, and have Others will undoubtedly. been piving resuiarly across the Ah Impression prevails that these | Ocean since. Three have al- ready been:sunk by German sul- Marines. Only one, so fan as is 8 not the case. T nown was damaged to any extent . chartered from hey by ocean storms. They are all big, by various shippers, at a cor- | dependable craft, specially designed and for certain stipulated | for fresh water use, but equally at ; and the argument that se- | home or the Atlantic. d m Was--money. In some gases the captains and 'That the argument was a strepu- [Part of the crews went with them. Captains And Part of Crews have . ous and convincing one may be in-| Those who did not go readily found fer Never was there a greater | berths elsewhere. There is no scar- demand for vessles, both pn salt and [city of berths for good men nowa- a days. . There are more berths than Thete ts fore Catarrh in this section | capable men to fill them; and the in- or he on intry than al other diseases |ducements were never better. It may Da thor, Incurapine be said in passing that there is no sor local | better salt water sailor in the world ment, incurable. Yo than the mariner from the Great tart da a local disease greatly influen "| Lakes. His experience in. naviga- d By comstitutional conditions and tion in shallow and confined waters therefore requires constitutional treat- | particularly fits him for similar work Tareds by mts bar; ; mausfac. in the vaster spaces of the ocean: Ohio" is a constitutional remedy, 480d where his theories fail him his Dice dn or all and ats through She | common sense and manly skill al- od . One Hundred Dollars reward | was bring Bi through. a ol d for any case that Hall's Ca. 8 movement of ships toward tarmii Oure Tails to cure. Send for ofr. Salt water has had a peculiar effect cularg and testimonials. : {on Canada's lake marine. Paradox- Egos. Toe 010do. Oblo. |jeally speaking, by making bottoms} Hall's Family Pills for cohstipation. | it has made them more plentiful. In JEAN WILDE CLARKE THE NOTED AUTHORITY ON "WOMEN'S "STATIONERY SAID "A Woman is Known hy the Stationery She Uses" We read between the lines along the margin and across the cavelope- the story of good or bad taste which speaks In Tone, Texture and Design, It's the paper on the desk, not the desk, or the bhand-wrought paper weight, which gives side lights to character and marks the fair scribe as genuine, distinctive, charm, ing or the reverse. A wom- an's stationery opens up a new fleld to the student of human nature. To the discriminating women of Kingston and sur- rounding districts, we are In a position to offer the best quality and service obtainable. When thinking of = Engraved, Embossed or Printed Stationery, Wedding Invitations, At Home Cards, Calling Cards, Memorial Cards, Folders, Booklets, Pamphlets, or other Printed Wants "Phone for Our Representative or call at Office. - The British Whig Job Department ' 'PHONE 292 Send for Polder, *'A'NEW MAN AND A NEW SERVICE. Lr SRD 4 When the Kaiser's lines are broken { August 17th and- 81st--Fron Tor: jother words, by increasing 'freight rates it has brought more. ships into service this season than were ever known before between Montreal and the Soo. Old steamers whose days of usefulness were thonght to be long since ended have bef Painted a repaired sufficient- pass vernment inspection and pressed into service. Old scho- oners that have stood rotting years in lonely harbors along Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay have been hauléd from their moori and once again their big, grey salls are seen} glimmering down the horizon Wall. SONG FOR CANADIANS > "GETE" FANNON OF THIS CITY WRITES FROM THE FRONT. Like Higa. ; Josep Kehoe, of the Post Office, has received a letter from "Gete" Fannon, a well-known Kingstonian, who is at the front, serving under Col. A. E. Ross in No, 1 Canadian Field Ambulance Corps, in which he states that he is well and is getting along all right. The writer states that the aeroplanes are just like birds where he is located. "Gete" is good on poetry, and in the letter he enclosed the following composition of his own: for Canadians--And Others. When my King and Country call me and I'm wanted at the front, Where the shrapnell shells are burst- sing in the air; When the foe in fury charge and we're sent to bear the brunt, And the roll is called for service-- I'll be there. CHORUS, When the roll is'called for service-- I'll ke, there. and his armies out of France, When the Belgian desolation we re- pair, When the final musters ordered and the bugle sounds "Advance" May the God of Battles help me to be there. When the Allies march through Prussia, with the foe in full re- treat, That our hearts be kept from hatred i€ our prayer; When the right of might is ended in a crushing last defeat, Po And the roll is called in Berlin--I'll be there, . When for me 'Last Post" is sounded and I cross the silent ford, I've a pilot who of mine fields will beware; When. "Reveille" sounds in heaven and the armies of the/Lord Sing the Hallelujah Chefus--I'll be there. THOUSANDS OF MEN Réquired For Harvesting In West- ern Canada. Thousands of men are required. to help in the great work of harvesting the western crop. The task of trans- porting to the, west this great army of workers will fall to the lot of tHe Canadian Pacific Railway. Excursions from points in Ontario to Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta will be run, and special trains operated, making the trip in about thirty-six hours, without change or transfer. "Going Trip West" $12.00 to Win- nipeg. "Returning Trip East," §18.00 from Winnipeg. Consult C.P.R. Agents regarding transportation west of Winnipeg. GOING DATES { onto-Sudbury Line and East, but not including Smiths Falls or Renfrew, also from Main Line East of Sudbury to, but not in- cluding, North Bay. August 19th and September 2nd-- From Toronto, also West and South thereof. Further particulars from Canad- fan Pacific Ticket Agents, or W. B. Howard, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. SEPP PPI PPPN THE GERMANS FIND CANADIANS TOUGH. | When / the parliamentary party, of which W. F. Nickle, Kingston, is a member, recently visited the front it had a chance of speaking to a Bavarian pri- soner who had been in the fighting against the Canadians, and they were told, "Your Canadians are the worst men to 4bointed as a proVisional away from the militia authorities to TAX RATE WAS DECIDED OUT FOR CANADA 6. turned Soldiers On Pay To Per suade Men To Enlist--National Registration Coming. The great revision of the recruit ing system for Canada is gradually becoming known and there seems to be more and more the feeling that in spite of political opposition there will be at least national registration. _ For some time back the Militia Department has been in a quandry as to which way to best secure the required number of its for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The men are in Canada and especially in Quebec province and only need the necessary persuasion to make them see their duty to enlist. To make 'this necessary returned soldiers will be looked to for the required amount of personal appeal and the remain- der of the system is to be carried out by elvil authorities under the direction of the central recruiting office at Ottawa, which is in charge of Lieut-Col. C. G. Williams, for- merly chaplain for the 109th Bat- talion. With the season of harvest coming on, the men who are wanted for Canada's fighting force will be very busily engaged With work - in the fields. This work will prove so at- tractive that if they are to bg re- cruited the work must be done where they work. It is planned to establish recruit- ing officers in every village of Can- ada. The plan to be followed wil be the selection of the country store- keeper or magistrate or other re- sponsible person who will without remuneration fill out the blank forms that are necessary when a person enlists. The medical exam- ination will be conducted under the present system of having the village practitioneer do the work at the current fee. These men who sign up in this way will be granted immediately six weeks of farm furlough or two weeks more than is at present being granted. At the end of that time they wil report for duty and receive pay for the six weeks in which they were engaged in farm work. The returned soldiers will be-used to stimulate the movement to the colors. In every county at a non- political meeting a selection of two things will be made. One of these will be a location of the head- quarters of the "County Company" to be raised in that district and the other will be the name of some re- turned soldier who would be eligigle to take a commissioned rank. The returned goldier will be ap- lieutenant and will then organize the campaign for that county., Other returned sol- diers will be put on the regular pay and "turned loose." They will act under orders not to press the men too hard, but to frankly #nd truth- fully tell the story of their .ex- periemce while in uniform. The re- turned soldiers and every recruit will then become a recruiting agent. The plan seems to be a good one in view of the fact that the expense in connection with it will be practi- cally nothing. It will answer the|, question of an organized system that is lacking at the present and will move the responsibility of recruiting the shoulders of the civilian pop- ulation. The national registration idea will be worked out with an appointed officer for each municipality to register the names and other infor- mation of every citizen between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. AT "SHIRT-SLEEVE" SESSION OF THE PORTSMOUTH COUNCIL, r - Rate for the Year 1916 Will be Thirty-four Mills, an Advance of Two Mills Over the Previous Year --James McMaster Was Re-up- pointed Tax Collector. The members of the Portsmouth council do not believe in taking holi- days, even if the weather is hot. Holidays may be all right for the | Kingston "city fathers," but Reeve Halliday and his colleagues believe in keeping on the job all the year round, so that the interests of the people can be cared for properly. On Monday night the village council held a "shirt-sleeve" session, and put through quite a grist of business. Reeve James Halliday presided, and all the members were present. { The most important item on the bill-of-fare was the fixing of the tax rate for 1916. It was placed at 34 PPP EPP bread fight with what we have experi- enced, They never rest, but are alypys doing something new." 3 SEPP PPRRP IIb +400 Mrs. Hibbert, 142 York street, was! removed to the Gentral Hospital on Monday afternoon: in James Reid's ambulance. (i SEPP FPP ebb bry Pr |] ty | {could not be secured. mills, and this is two mills higher than last year. This is due to the loss of revenue through the cutting off of two liquor licenses and the brewery business tax under the next act The tax rate is made up of the following: : Public school, 15 mills; Separate school, 12 mills; village, 12 mills; county, 6 mills; war tax, 1 mill. The matter of permanent sidewalks was under discussion, but owing to labor conditions, it is doubtful if the council will be able to do any work this year. At any rate, the old walks will be put in good repair. The council had the guestion of walks under discussion at a meeting held Some time ago, and at that time it was found that the necessary labor {hinderance to navigation, and several {the villagers, who have asked. that it The council re-appointed James McMaster as tax collettor for the year 1916. The fax collector re- ported that the unpaid taxes for 1915 amounted to $75, and this was re garded as a most satisfactory condi- tion of affairs. It was reported that some drains on Union street needed attention, and an order was made to have the The dlerk was instructed to write the Dominion Marine Department and ask for the removal of an old hull of & vessel in the harbor. It is an un- sightly thing, in addition to bing # complaints have been received from necessary work carried out, « put through by s, Ba Suit Cases Our stock of travelling goods is complete. Trunks $3. Travelling Suit Cases, 50 to y 50. S250 Bags, $1.95 to $22.50. $1.50 to $18.00. All travelling goods initialed free. Store Closes at Five O'clock During Aug- ust, Saturdays ex- cepted. emmy «0ur Annual Straw Hat Sale 1S .0n oing to rgains. Are you share in the Campbell Bros. The house of suc- _cessful hat styles. England ge ee Makes many good articles; Among them the Ensign Camera We have them from $1.50 up. Also films and supplies. De- veloping and printing a specialty. Prouse's Drug Store Opposite St. Andrew's Church Easiest way to Remove Ugly Hairy Growths Here is a method hair or fuzz that is unfailing and is quite inexpensive: Mix a thick paste' with some powdered dalatone and water and spread on hairy sur- face. After 2 or 3 minutes, rub it off, wash the skin and every trace of hair has vanished. No harm or intonvenience results from this treatment, but be careful to get gen- uine delatone. . - AA mn residents on Church street about the lime. placed -on -that street by the penitentiary authorities, and the council will ask the warden of the penitentiary to have .it removed. It j has been a great source of complaint, as it blows about, making its way into the houses, damaging furniture. The council passed the clauses in the agreement between the city and the street railway company, as it af- fects the'village, The agreement was Commission pany just recently. semi the Civic Utilities the railway com- Rev. Thomas Bell and daughter, Next Opera House gs and I eS] ABLRNETHY'S SHOE STORE | SR PURE ICE CREAM Best in Kingston. Made Fresh Every Day. SAKELL'S Phone 640 In a library or living room furnished with such furniture as we offer. Big, roomy, easy chairs, upholstered in Tapestry. 'Fumed oak library tab- les with desk attachment. Fumed 'oak "magazine stands. Oriental opal velvet rugs that your feet | You Couldn't Help Feel ing Comfortable sink right into. Come, look, and learn at what reasonable prices such luxurious comfort can "be had for, at The Busy Store With the Large Stock. James Reid, The Busy Store with the Large Stock. § Personal Services, Phone 147. From 25c¢ up; also good stock of English Water Wings, at . SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts. Phone 41 (Beauty Culture) for removing | Kingston by Geo. Robertson & Son, Limited A "Rendered Solo Effectively. Queen Street Methodist Church was favored Sunday evening with a solo by Mrs. 8S. M. Sharpe, soloist of Trinity M, E. Church, Detroit, Mich. Her wonde y sweet so- prano voice was hear®to great ad- vantage in the spacious auditorium by the appreciative congregation. During Mrs. Sharpe's stay in Kings- ton she and her little daughter, Laura, are the guests of Miss Lalu Drury, 393 Princess stréet. DO YOU SUFFER FROM BACKACHE? Vera, Kansas, US, are visiting his brother, Ashford J. Bell, Alma street. Miss Arloa Fraser, a cousin. is also be removed. 2 Cua spending her hoWdays with Mr. and ¥ ¥ J