i ---- THE D BY HAIL. death of a young man, admitted to While those of us ip the cast lastithe military board of enquiry : at week were swelteriag and sizsling in Barriefield camp that he was racing the heat, and sighing for a little one-ithe machine at over thirty miles an story theromuter to measure theihour. As this exceeds' the speed al- sweat that flowed from our Drows,ilowed by law, is the guilty party to "| who were in the eity, .| vest. the farmers of the west, in northern Saskatchewan, were sighing , for something that would measure the damage that followed an unexpected hail storm, men Hail in August! Yes, strange as it may seem, and hail almost annu- ally. It was only a few days since representatives of the great west, commented upon the prospect of a bountiful har- "Oh," they said, "the west has the 'assurance of a prodigious harvest, though less acreage Was sown this year, and less grain was really expected. The bins, the gra- nares, and the elevators will be fill- ed--if the hail keeps off." What , was in the minds of these wen, and anticipated, happened. In 'northern Saskatchewan a hail storm swept over a large part of the eoun- try, and the loss must have been very heavy. It is hoped, of course, that 292] (yo farmers have had the protection SUBSCRIPTION tion Siivated tn Shy 1: : er pr Wg Une year, by mall, .00 5.00 .50 50 cash 00 in advance ta 1. ear, if 1.50 Fear, to Ded site sees SLB f the 2 2) Yan jon : is ng offices mca elven wi ETE, BRITISH BO Audit Bureau of Circulstions BACK YARD GARDENING. Householders who were enterpris- ing enough to start a vegetable gar-- den this spring are reaping their re- ward. The tomatoes are ripening, carrots and beets are reaching the full stage of development, cucumbers are almost "big enough to pick," ears #re showing on sweet corn and fill- ing out rapidly, muskmelons are coming along finé¢, new potatoes are getting to be quite a size and beans are "just right for a mess." Nothing pays better than a garden. It pays mot only in the actual crop- ping but in the physical benefits that the gardener derives. Gardening is the finest kind of exercise for the professional or business man. It beats golfing all to pieces, if they could only see it that way. As for ~ reducing an' "aldermanic front" and the elimination of flabby fat garden- ing is exactly what the doctors order. Germany has resorted fo shooting Brigish prisoners. - She can't whip Britain, but she can take it. out of individual Britons. bed ein: GERMANY'S GREAT MISTAKE. That Providence has been with the Entente Allies ever since. the war be- gan, everybody but the Hun con- cedes, and it would appear that Pro- vidence-even timed the war for 1914, for. had it been delayed another len Years it is claimed. that Germany would have been equal, if not great- er, than Britain on the seas. And was it not providential that that old naval rascal, Von Tirpitz, did not send out half his'navy about the first day of August, 1914, and hold up temporarily the free passage of Bri- tish troops to France. The German ships 'would eventually have been de- stroyed, but a writer points out that kad Germany seen far enough ahead and risked her navy at the outset, it could have held up the British arn:y of 100,000 seasoned men long en- ough to have permitted the Teuton hordes to have outflanked the French and captured Paris, This would seem to have been the greates: mis- take Germany made when it decided to involve the nations in the bloodiest conflict the world has ever kncwn. -------- One of the excellent fruits of the| war, to be balanced against its many "evils, is the elimination of effeminacy from the world. MEDALS MADE TOO SOON. Now that the tide of war has turn- ed so strongly in favor of the Allies, it is amusing to recall that two years ago Germany was so certain of enter- ing. Paris that she had medals struck of hail insurance, which in the west is of much value. It is provided by law, and is a fruitful and flourishing business, The work of repairing the broken clockwork of Europe's industry after the war: will be the most gigantic task the world has ever attempted. GUARDING THE TREASURY. The United Sfates Government may have profited by the experience of Britain, and even of Canada, in the "preparations for war," in which it is engaged. The secretary of war knows how seriously the war department of England suffered by having to give rush orders repre- senting many millions of dollars without the machinery to see that these orders were checked and re- checked, and the state guarded against imposition and loss. 'The records of the department. in- cluded, no doubt, the information re- specting the reorganization of the many large syndicates 'which assum- ed colossal contracts, and executed them at fabulous _ profits. It was nof necessary to make any enquiry into the performances of the "mush* room" organizations which were has- tily called into being for the pur- pose of fattening upon munition con- tracts. The revelations were of a public character. They were pub- lished broadcast. \ The Merchants' Association has laid before the United States war de- partment a plan by which the con- tracts for the American army will be supervised by experts. "As a mea- sure of what is involved," says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times, "we may recall the camp tragedies of 1898, and picture to ourselves the difference between two newly drawn armies of young volunteers hurriedly assembled for military drill, one of which is fed, clothed and cared for by such mature business men who have regarded it their duty to prepare for this service by self-denying study; the other de- pendent for those necessities of liv- ing upon men unprepared and per- haps in character unworthy." The Voluntary Advisory Commit- tee of the United States gvar depart- ment is composed of business men of the highest integrity, business men who are not looking to the govern- ment for favors, who have no axes to grind, no commissions to exact, no schemes of graft to work off on any ome. It will be interesting to. watch the development of events. It the men with a pull can be keptiaway from the United States public treas- ury at a time like this the millenium must be near at hand. ---------------- EDITORIAL NOTES. The Kaiser sngers at the British troops as "haberdashers," His own troops must admit that there is a good deal of dash in these same habetdashers. ---------------- In order to show his familiarity with his automobile, it is not neces- sary for the novice driver to put his foot on the accelerator when getting into a crowded street. C ---- According to a Berlin despatch, in advance to commemorate the,yne Kaiser has removed his coat and veent, says the Montreal News. On one side was a naked figure on horse- * pack holding a torch, and on the other the portrait of Gemeral Von Kluck and the imscription, "Paris, 1914." Another medal issued about the same time was to commemorate the conquest of France. "We Ger- mans fear only God and nothing else in the world"--Bismarck's famous phrase. oft! . AS for the Crown Prince, he has issued no less than four medals to talizge the things he_ intended to do ot thinks fie did. One of these describes him as "Phe Victor of Longwy," a title of somewhat doubt- ful value, seeirig that his only con- tribution on that unfortunate day, after he had thrown away the lives "sot thousand of his own men, was to, Perhaps the most interesting item of all these collections is a medal 'on August 28th, 1914, to com- ate the total destruction of Army. by Generals Von Buelow. = = is helping in the harvest fields like a regular fellow. Berlin Bill, is strong for grandstand plays but this yarn is a bit thick. e---------------- Kingstonians are just as quick to discern tlie signs of the times, politi cally! as those of any other con- stituency, and they talk of the doom of the federal and provincial govern- ments. Good Liberal candidates .in redeeming the old burg. 21t my well be that future histori- ans, in describing the Great War, may find its most notable feature in the fact that Great Britain was able to"Wansport across the Channel, within g few miles of the base of the en Treet, yet without the loss of a single man, the greatest army ever sent by any nation upon foreign ser- vice, says the Montreal Star. The soldier responsible for the automobile smash-up on King street west last Friday night, which led to 4/808 Mgt Sha hap SVs SHOE the Kingston have a splendid chance of! to account by the civil There will be 25,000 bricks in the authorities? e|4 W. H. Medley is adding a large | Central Telephone Office, ne at Casement Found It So. Bh the American civil war; probably OF BRITISH SUPPLIES. takes to do spy's work knows what ? be called , mew restaurant in.course of '- erec- § -- { tion at the lower G. T. R, depot. = storehouse to his premises at Barrie- PUBLIC OPINION | field. He 's connected with the} s +" J, B. Walkem js summeri Murray Bay. 2 (Hamilton Hera i. : Hundreds of a, shot. in' PH" irestsiietetmnfugudu etn fp thousands have been shot in the war SPLENDID RECORD now raging. The soldier who under- he will get if caught. Post-Standard. re_ of the tral em- | Syracuse, N.Y, The outstanding featu Too Much To Expect ,allied pressure upon the ce ° (Toronto News) This country- has blundered years in not having nickel refined at less supply of shells expended, not home, or the whole industry nation-'only in advance of the charging in- alized tor The benefit of the British fantry, but incessantly, hour after empire. teps are now well advanc- hour, In curtains of fire whic ed to produce the finished nickel in vent the rushing up of roscghPind Canada. the customary counter attalks. ------ For weeks, now, this vast expendi- Fond Memories ture has been going on, without a a (Toledo Blade) | breathing spell, on the banks = the fter a man has worked into a Somme, in the sector of the Meuse, position _syhich does not Mquiresmuch and in the Carpathians and Vol- physical and scarcely any "mental hynia. And' the lavishness with effort, it rests him t6 hark back to; which these tokens are. hurled upon the days when, as a boy, he had to the enemys lines does not Indicate turn the grindstone for an hour and | that 'the general staff fears a short- a half at a stretch, when the other age either immediate or future. To boys were in swimming. | many this is one of the most extra- ordinary industrial records ever | made. It would appear hat the én- (London Observer | tire country has been given over to Choice of adjectives 18 largely a, the work of supplying the allied matter of proportion. The American armies with everything they need. telegrams report "a bloody battle" in'It has taken two years to accom- Mexico; American @asualties 1 _plish this. wonder how many times that num- ber were killed in France and Rus-| sia in one day in skirmishes which we don't even call slight? ! Question of Adjectives an Di. HELPING SETTLERS "IS WORKING WELL. A Pardongpble Mistak@ (Toronto Star We observe that the Ls ) ondon Daily ares Mirror speaks of Sir. Sam. Hughes as| Hysgiton 7 I med that the Cana- the commander-in-chief of the Cana-' qian Pacific Railway finds its sys- dian forces. That, of course, is not| to of advancing money to settlers his office. His position is that of a; up to $2,000 repayable in instal- civilian Minister, but "perhaps the oc "ag 'vears, to be working Mirror may be pardoned for its ig-| well in the west "There are many norance of that fact, seeing that Sir | American farmers coming into the Sam himself seems to be perpetually| pominjon who have ample means of forgetful of it | their own and require no assistance. On the other hand, there are some Wid Stine who could not well set themselves up (Woodstock Sentinel<Review) i n, v imi | Twenty-two of the leading boards, Bn mio: Roh Jreliminary of trade in Ontario, acting on the| o rds. spreading repayment for representation of the Canadian For- money advanced, over. 20 years. The estry Association, asked the Ontario y his Ab 8 000.000 ares Government to bring in legislation | COMPANY has about 8, a acre to control settlers' fires, and also to] of land still to be sold in ihe 4 : reorganize the entire forest protec- | in proximity to the main line. The tion service of the province. The] work of bringing in the settlers from reply of the Minister of Lands and | theh States is going vigorously on Forests was to the effect that the | and with commendable . results. matter would be considered. That! What became of the story that was over a year ago. The matter will | many thousands of American farm- probably be considered mow; but ers have left the Canadian West why should the sacrifice of so many | Since the war began. lives and the loss of so much pro- perty have been necessary before A a He Sovernmm eould be induced to WAR GQoLp MINE FOR ---- SHIPPING COMPANIES. The Wilson liner Aaro, missing : i since last geek, was blown up in the AA IEEE ee North Sea by a warship. It is be- Toronto Telegram. lieved all perished. Wreckage has A capitalization of $1,400,000 re- been found. presents the value of the thirteen We believe that any man who at- steamers in the fleet of the W. and tempts to match his lpgic against a C. T. Jones Steamship Company of woman's tears is one kind of a pad-Cardiff, Wales, ded cell candidate. Profits, not earnings but profits, Random Reels Locking the.Stable Door if for pires has been the apparently limit-|} 'trade England can teach lessons in Young M n Suits We specialize on Young Men's Clothes and fill thesmind's eye of every young fel- low that comes to us for his outfitting! Pencil stripe effects, smart checks, new mixtures, in snappy colorings. See our Collegiate Suits, $12.50. 'See our Bud Suits, $15.00. See our Poole Suits, $18.00. mn Young Men's Trousers Cuff-bottoms, belt loops, nicely cut and trimmed. : $3.50, $4.00 and $4.50. Dressy Shoes for Dressy Chaps See Bibby's Dressy $4.00 Oxfords, Tan or Blacks. of the Jones fleet for the year ending June 30, 1916, reach a total of $2,- 620,000. War is no time of sacrifice for a shipping company that in one year earns twice its capitalization in pro- fits. Bach $100,000 ship earned pro- fits of $200,000 in twelve months. These figures suggest.that the ship- ping companies of "good old free o,the tariff shielded trusts ist countries. ------ ONTARIO OPENS BIG RELIEF FUND. Every Organization and Resi= dent of Province Asked to Assist Fire Sufferers. Toronto, Aug. 10.--The public of Ontario is to be given an opportunity to do their shares in relieving and rehabilitating the sufferers of the Northern Ontario forest fires. At a meeting held in the City Hall a cent- ral organization was formed to so- licit and administer subscriptions repacity t of protecti The following prices Runabout . . Coupelet . . . Town Car . \ Sedan . 3 CORN ON THE COB nates ever put on the marketg@but Ls "ot Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." Yoni us has no corn on 'the cob except the base imitation which starts west in a refrigerator car and reaches the table in the form of a shrunken disappointment. - Many a Californian would give all that he possesses, including his wife's mother, if he could step out into the garden and round up a couple of pecks of green corn for Sunday dinner, but instead he has to put up| with succotash and the lowly but in-| spiriting prune. This teaches us that { Iowa people who go to 'California ex-| pecting to find heaven will not be| satisfied unless they have lost their] teeth and memory. | The best thing about corn on the | cob is 'that a thoughtless orf near-| sighted cook cannot injure it. How! many times are we called upon to, eat custard pie which lacks rein- forcing materials and has to be! scooped up in a laborious ,pains-! taking manner with a spoon? How often have you, dear reader, broken into'4 promising boiled potato, only to find ruin and desolation lurking in its depths. Corn on the cob, however, is easier to prepare and cook properly than the Battle Creek breakfast food and can he eaten with greater safety than a bride's first | bread: . | Corn on the cob is one of the few forms of dessert which do not have to be eaten with a knife or a par- ticular kind of fork. 'Nothing is more embarrassing to a man of nat- urally timid nature than to pick up the wrong fork at a 6.30 dinner and jab carelessly at a devil's food\gake until arrested by a ferocious 00k from his wife. Many a man has in- gerted a hook-nosed spoon intended for the pineapple sherbet \into his coffee cup, only to discover his error later amyl surreptitiously withdraw the same with a guilty look, Co cob, however, can be rn eaten with just as much success by the common people as by the Upper Ten, and one will make as much noise .as the other while doing' so. This is accomplished by seizing an ear of corn with both hands and fit- ting it carefully to the face, rugping up and down its surface with the ag- ility of a mouth-organ expert ren- dering variations on 'Home, Sweef Home,' This occasions a rapt look to spread o'er the face of the eater, especially if he has happened to secure an ear which is heated to 584 degrees Farenheit. California is a fine state to winter in and grows one of the best cli- Rippling Rhymes IDLE ENVY I see the husky young than pass, and mutter to myself, "Alas! How much 1 envy him! I'm bent be- neath my weight of years, the finish to my view ap- _ pears, while he has strength and vim." ut when 1've . pondered things a while, I reconstruct mj faded smile and wear it on my face; I say, Youth has more grief than age, more worry, trouble, futile rage---1'd not be! in his place. I sit beneath my fig and vine, and sweet! serenity is mine, naught can disturb my calm; axtin- guished are the fires that burned my heart in youth, my eyes are turned to Gilead, its balm. The smoath- est girl in town may pass, the most resplendant, gor- geous lass, no rapture will she rouse; but that young | man | énvied late, will spend the night before her gate, and fill the air with vows. He'll lose his sleep and appetite, and silly verses he'll indite, on wedding ] bells intent; he'll fret and fume and rend his soul; and en he finds he's blown his roll, she'll wed some other gent. Oh youth is full of rage and pain, and only s safe and sane,.consoling and sublinf4; and so I sit beside my door and foralize an hour or more, and have the blamedest time. op 7 Snr = { p -- from - government, municipal and mercantile and private interests, The | fund was opened by a grant of $100,- | 000 from the Provincial Government. {Grants will be made immediately by | Toronto and the Dominion Govern ment. | The committee decided that !least $400,000 will be required relieve the situation effectively. reduction before August 1 at to HUNDRED MILLIONS SHORT. Wheat: Yield of Prairie Provinces Will Be Behind Last Year. ~Winnipeg, Aug. 10.--Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan will yield 270,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, compared with 376,000,000 Kingston Touring Car . . New Prices August 1, 1916 for Ford cars will be effective on and after August 1st, 1916. 1. . $450.00 Chassis .. .. .. .. 475.00 .. 495.00 .... 695.00 So... 180.00 ... 890.00 f.o.b. Ford, Ontario These prices are positively guaranteed against any st, 1917, but there is no guarantee against an advance in price at any time. ANGROVE BROS. Ford Dealers \ bushels last year, the Provincial bur- eau of crop estimates dgclared to- day, Spongy ~ Pepsin Ad In the Manufacture of Cheese. For full information call ) or write. McLeod's Drug Store | Brock St. Names Removed From Black List. Washing, Aug. 10.--Two or three American names have been removed from the British'* trade black list since America protested, the State Department announced this after- noon. This removel .was accom- plished by unofficial representations showing the damage that would be done through cancellation of unfilled contracts, In London the funeral took place during the week-end, with military honors, of Sergt#R. A. Hay, Peter boro, Ofit. + Deceased came over with the 'Third Brigade of Artillery, and was attached to the Pay Record Office. He succumbed to tuberculo-, sis. Rf. Hon. E. Dewdney is dead at Victoria, B.C., aged eighty-one years. He was an ex-lieutenant-governor. John J. Coughlin, a' prominent Stratford lawyer, has been appoint- ed county judge of Kent. : THE JINGLE OF the ICE in.a glass of tea sounds good these | diys. Our Own Special Blend * Iced Tea 'and the price the same as always. to heat the homes 'and cook the food of the people of this com- munity. has won its place on its merit alone. We know is will please its constituents. CRAWFORD Foot of Queen street Phone = 35 the Ib. JAS. REDDEN & CO. Phone 20 and 990. . Great supplies of war materials | have been burned in a fire in Ger- juan magazines: at Aerschot, Bel- and a half 1 The railways employees United States ask the Rt ios to grant an ¢ight-hour day and time alf for overtime or