THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. THOMSRENTON POINTED INSPECTOR BY THE DEPART- MENT OF AGRICULTURE. He Will Inspect All Materials That Enter Into Composition of the standard Hog and Cattle Feeds. The 'provin¢ial department of aariculiire has entered lato a con tract. the James Richardson Co. of Kingston for the purchase of all the material required for tre n anufaeture of standard feeds fo" hogs wid: cattle. The woest. il cake, sebds and other maior as will ba puyehased by that company anl stored in suitable propiriy located warehonses where they wil Le availatie for the manufacturers of the feed Stuffs. The Richurdson Co will invest at least $500,900 in this undertaking. The idea Is tc secure as large a supply as posasinta of all the ingredients required io stand- ard foods so that this coming fall and wintér the manlfacturérs may be in a position te meet all poscible demands. of the farmers for the andard feeds in case of any siopt- a the natural supplies fred stuff for thelr hogs and <1 ie w | Inspector of Feeds. Thomas Renton, formerly of Kingston, has been appointed by this Department of Agricuc ire Ine spector of al, the materials hit "n- ter inte. ti: composition the standard "oy and eatile faeds He will also: exanive the bogs and the mille theinselves every mont) 'o see that all' te conditions of wovern- rin geonteacts 6 ¢ properly lived up £0, 51a cuial profit on the fio: dard fends 1 wndted $3 a ol A big beantiful 'wing is to be at- tached to the west side of the Haw- thorn Mil, Garleton Place, It is to be of brick and glass. A -- Fit The best work is de- manded from all at this crisis in the world's his- tory. 'We'can't do our best when ' the system 'is full of poisons. he liver and kidneys must be kept active so that the blogd will he properly filtered. Dr, Chase's Kid- ney-Liver Pills are the most effective *régulators: of these important organs. They will help you to = ; hep well and active and ¥ todo your best work. ~~ FoF WILL YOUR EYES CARRY THE LOAD? At forty man is in his prime, yet his eyes bes gin to fail at this age. 1t your eyes meed help, Jot us fit you with pros per glasses. OOD LIKELY 10 FOR THE OUTBREAK OF FEVER JAKE TYPHOID. Chatham Has a Large Number of Cases--Thought to Be Gastro-in- testinal Infection. Chatham, as well as Kingston, has ' 'a typhoid outbreak. A despatch from that town says: "There is 5 me difference of opin- jon among medical men as to ithe cases of suspected typhoid fever be ing that or being cases of gastro-in- testinal infection of some sort At present about 100 persous are ill, of whom seventy are in the hospital. Some fifteen or more cases are from the country, and most of these have developed' all the symptoms of ty- phoid, as have some cases from the city, but some cases have nol devel- oped full symptoms, and others have not progressed far enough for a de- finite decision. "Some physicians are of the opin- fon that the trouble might be caused by corn, oats and rice in the food stuffs, or by milk powder in ice ¢ream during the excessively hot weather, and that the high fever and phoid and in other illness result from these heating foods." Testing The Ice Cream. Acting for the medical health offi- cer, Sanitary Inspector Nicholas Timmerman, on Wednesday, took { samples of ice cream sold by local vendors, and the samples have heen sent to Queen's University, to be tested. So far about twenty-four cases of fever have been proven to be typhoid, a number of these being from Ports- | mouth. The medical health officer in dis- cussing possible causes of the out- break, stated that typhoid might very easily develop as the result of the intensive city and town food produc- tion. For instance, lettuce, celery, etc., in backyards, might carry ty- phoid germs, THE TUSSOCK MOTH PERIL NOT SERIOUS PERIL Queen's University Botanist Does Not Fear Depredations ' of the Moth. Speaking with the Whig, Prof. | W. T. MacClement, head. of the bo- tanical department at Queen's Uni- versity, stated that he had been as- sured by the Government authori- ties that they did not anticipate any sérious damage. from the tussock moth. 'The caterpillars at the pre- gent time are defoliating the trees in some places, but the moths will be so late in hatching out that the injury to the 'foliage by them is ex- pected to be slight. The eggs are also being destroy- ed by "parasites and (comparatively Yow are expected to develop. Prof. W. T. MacClement said that it was not because of any part of the tussock moth that we might not expect depredations, but because of the voracity of para- sites. A CITIZEN 1S ANXIOUS. To Have Ten-minute Street Car Ser- vice the Year Round. A citizen has asked the Whig if some arrangements could be made with the Street Railway Company to give a ten-minute service all the year round. The citizen, in speaking to the Whig, said: "Living on the outskirts, as most of us do, we find it's impossible to use the cars to bring us to and from work. Could not the city officials come to some agreement with the company and guarantee them a cers tain -number of passengers. Surely Mayor Hughes and some of his lieu- tenants could look after this for us. What accommodation are we giving our war herpes, our soldier boys eon- fined to Elmhurst, Ongwanada, Mow- at and Queen's? How are these 'young lads going to hobble into town fo spend afl hour or two at a 'movie,' and then repeat the same perform- ance on their return journey? The present winter service is far from ample. It is a known fact, if you miss one car one has to wait at least twenty minutes for another, and-in or Canadian winters it is no cinch. There is no scarcity of help in regard to motormen and conductors. We may say we have uever been so well treated and accommodated as by our present lady conductors, who are ever willing to assist the ¢Jd and young and the crippled in géiting on and alighting from the cars, Not one accident have we had this year, : €hild's Welfare Station. (Mrs. R. Robinson, nurse in charge of the Child's Welfare Station, re- ports forty-five visits paid to the station during July, and is' pleased at the interest mothers are begin- ning to take in the institution. The nurse is especially delighted at the improvement in the babies brought once a week and hopes the good work will go on. A great need for the station is a clock. A benefit would insure Mf anyone so disposed 'would donate Mothers are water piven to babies. During August Miss McCallum will be at the station as the nurse | will be filling Miss Leeder's place 'ma Victorian nurse while she is on her holidays. Miss Leeder's report for July showed tuat 210 visits | néen made. visits had 2, Donations: Cheque | teienc, rubber sheeting. Mrs. Suell- Saeed some other symptoms present in ty-| virtue on the' requested to boil. BLAME PLM TO FIX THE PRCES, COAL DEALERS TO SHOW PRE-| VAILING PRICES, | i 1 They Are Allowed to Include Only! | Moderate Amount For Own Sal-! aries--The Latest Arrangement. | At Ottawa regulations regarding the importation, sale and delivery of eoal have been issued by the Fuel | Controller Among other things | they require that every coal dealer | shall post in a prominent place in his office a conspicuous typowriiten or printed notice complaining a list of} prevailing retail prices of all class- es and sizes of coal handled by sein including discounts, ¥ any. In cal | culating overhead changes to deter-| mine tue price of coal, dealers at + | required to exercise moderation mn the amount they include as their! own salaries in this connection | the regulations state "salaries and | expenses to officérs of partners are | not to be increased over those pre-| valling during ti year 1914 at a fgreater rate than salaries in other {Hnes have increased A dealer may charge hi business with his| own salary, but:-a reasonable rate only." : Dealers | { i conducting a {well as a wholesale business quired to. apportion their overhed ciperses and fixed charges In ew branch, and' this apportionment must beg reasonalzle comparison with the average overhead expenses] and fixed charges of dealers who are engaged entirely in retail or en- rely in waoldsale business i FIRST AMERICAN GAS MINISTER { } | Brig.-Gen. W. L. Sibert. | THE HARVEST FIELDS. | ---- Thousands of Men Required in West-| ern Canada. | Thousands of men are required to, help in the work of harvesting the | western crop. + The :C. P. R. has | completed arrangements to transport} to the west this great army ol work- For those going from points in OUn- tario to Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta extra trains will be operated through to Winnipeg (the distributing point) without change. . Going trip west, $12.00 to Winni- peg. : Returning trip east, Winnipeg. : Consult C. P. R. agents regarding transportation arrangements west of Winnipeg. x $1800 from Going Dates. August 20th and August 29th--All stations in Ontario, west of Smith's Falls, up to and including Toronto, on Lake Shore Line, and Havelock-Pe- terboro line, also from stations Kings- ton to Renfrew Junction, inclusive, 1d from stations on Toronto-Sud- bury line. From stations on Sault Ste. Marie branch From stations on main line, Beaucage to Franz, in- clusive, From stations, Bethany Junction to Port Mc Nicoll and Burke- ton-Bobcaygeon. August 22nd and August 29th-- From stations west and south of To- rofito. up to and including Hamilton and Windsor, Ont, on Owen Sound, Walkerton, Teeswater, Wingham, Elora, Listowel, Goderich, St. Mary's, Port Burwell and St. Thomas branches, and stations Toronte and north to Bolton, inclusive. Further particulars from any C.P.R ticket agents, or W. B. Howard, Dis- trict Passenger Agent, Toronto, Ont. or F. Conway, C. P. & T. As cor Princess and | Wellington streets, Kingston, Ont. epherd-Armonur Wedding. The marriage of Ethel. Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armour, Perth, with John Edward Shepherd, Clinton, was ~~ quietly colemnized at the home of the bride's parents on Wednesday morn- ing, July 31st, Rev. J. G. Greig of- ficiating. The bride, who was giv- en away by her father, wore a tra- bouquet of sunset roses and blue and white Georgette hat. Miss Armour was formerly a resident of Kingston, being soloist in St. An- drew's church, and made a wide circle of friends here. The Tennis 2 tournament at Queen's G. Leitch and W. A. McWilliams and J. J. Bvans and C. C. Goldring are in the Tirst set and ©. IR. James and T. W. Coates and PR. ID. Hendry and N. J. Thothas are in the second set. The semi-finals are to played thig week. Ts ¥ -------------------------- ¥ was discovered in Wal. tennis grounds, JA. | took the work. | presence of springs. | clared that it would never be able to { could be made to stay in the air. | still veling suit of taffeta with corsage In the sémi-finals of the doubles 4 SOLLIONS ON LAKES BED. roject to Drain Colombian Lake Has Been Abandomed. ' For hundreds of Years the belief has prevailed that gold dust and gems to the value of £1,120,0600,000 lie buried at the bottom of the sacred' lake of Guatavita, in Columbia, a territory once ocrupied by Indian tribes remowned ior their fabulous wealth, The aboriginal Indians of that lo cality bad a cestom of casting all their vessels and Ornaments of pre- cious metal into the waters of the lake as offerings to thelr gods, and the knowledge of this custom led to the belief that has been handed dowr through the ages that it was the burying place of fabulous wealth. For centuries, almost ever. since America was first discovered, travel- Jers. and explorers have engaged in various expeditions in search of this territory, and many unsuccessful attempts have been made to drain the lake. The Spaniards were just on the point of succeeding after years of hard work spent upon it, but when they were half way through the sides fell in, and years of work were wasted, In 1900 an English company under- They proceeded to drain it by digging a tunnel through the adjacent mountains, bripging it below the level of the surface o* the water. The lake was not emptied un- til 1903, but it kept refilling on aec- count of the heavy rains and the A certain num- ber of jewels and ornaments found in tLe mud of the lake bed seemed to indicate that the search for the hidden treasure was to prove suc-/ cessful, Then the mud dried hard and fresh difficulty was thus encountered After an outlay of some £15,000 it has been decided to abandon the hunt. It remains to be seen whether anyone else will take up the search, --Tit-Bits. Mastery of the Air, We remember how when in our youth the first steam traction engine was brought into a certain rural dis trict, the local farmers said that it would never be able to move itself, and when it did move itself, they de- ascend a certain hill. When it did both these things, the local wisdom was that the engine would never plough. When, however, it succeed- ed in ploughing, the agricultural community was at once converted to a belief in the new power, and there is no district in England where trac- tion engines have been more fully used. We are remindéd of this ex- perience by what bas happened in the case of airplanes. At first the world doubted whether the airplane Now the airplane has shown an al- most uncanny mastery over that ele- ment. Obviously, however, in spite of its wonderful performance, it 's far behind the bird in its achievements; but Prof. Bell, the well-known inventor of the telephone and 'a' great student of aeronautics, has all kinds pf hopes as to the fu-! ture. He sees the day when the fly- ing machine . will fly so fast that wings will be unnecessary. It lis even! possible, he thinks, that the mystery of moving throukh the atmosphere may be so fully penetrated that loco- motion may be found possible, not only without wings, but without an engine. It ls certainly true, ashe says, that "all other things that fly, fly without engines, the albatross without the movement of its wings easily overtaking a ship against the wind." / Can You Answer? "Do you know what happens to your skin when you bathe?" If a person asked us this impudent ques- ition, we would reply, "No, and we don't care." But the fact of the mat-; ter is that you could not give him | an answer. There are a lot of other | things that you take for granted and canpot explain. Here are a few sim- ple tests: Do you know why your foot goes | to sleep? Do you know what science has to say about eating cooked and uncook-| ed breakfast foods alternately? +Do you know how many cuble inches there should be between the top of your head and the crown of your hat? Do you know, what happens when the furnace goés out? Mave you ever thought about the psychology of genera' house work? What would you do if you found yourself alone in the dark? Do you swing your arms when you walk? X Do you read the right-hand col umns of your newspaper first, or those at the left? Could you draw a diagram of the plumbing in your apartment? est eet Adam's Skull, The myth of Adam's skull has ils origin in the ancient tradition ac- cording to which the first man is bur- fed ,at Golgotha, beneath the very spot on which later the cross of was erected. It is for this rea- son that, in the presentations of the crucifixion, painters and sculptors were wont to place a skull the foot of the cross. ' 23 <E33eBic (A --. JAMES Big Mid- Furniture Sale! a -- F-- -2 All our Ladies' Pan- amas and Children's Straw Hats 4 Off All our Men's Straw Hats and Panamas CAMPBELL BROS. Kingston's Largest Hat Dealers LADIES' WHITE CANVAS PUMPS High and medium heels. These are new goods just received. Special Price x a a eal eee cy . _ Abernethy's Shoe Store "Where the Pretty Shoes Come From." REIDS'* Summer By making your furniture investments during this per- 50% on your purchase. liod you can save 20% to. If you prefer we will store your purchases. Opportunity beckons to you. We will be pleased to have you call. Reid High Quality Reid's Low Prices. Phone 147 For Service. THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987 wanting anything sone in the carpes. tery ni A given on all Kinds hard. woed 'floors of all will receive prompt sttention. Ww Queen & ; Hot Weather Specialties Grape Juice, 10¢, 80¢ and 35c. Lime Juice 25¢ and 45¢ Neéilson's Ice Cream Bricks, 35¢ The hot season will soon be over, so relieve your thirst and do not suffer. °° PROUSE'S Drug Store Opposite St. Andrew's Church. Phone 82. Ottawa Dairy ICE CREAM Pints Delivered to All Parts of the City. Price 25c¢c. Wholesale and Retail. F. C. Hambrook Salesman. Phone 1273. 176 Alfred St. TTICRABTOR Tem 1 Nis for CRE 15S. PRICK IN ENGLAND 38 Beate fr Hare "aisaron 2 BRIT. GOVT. STAMP AYFIXED TO PACKETS RRA, SERVICE PINS' A very appropri ate symbol for those who are doing their bit overseas. Sterling silver; en- ameled, with one to four leaves, - 50 Cents. Same in gilt metal 25 Cents. rm RT SR Choice Meats and fresh meats for: one week, The very hest fresh and cured earried in stock. Prompt Delivery Charles Quick Phone 1192) . 112 Clergy St. \-- a _--- E FULL LOTS FOR SALE 'On Nelson _Street HEAP Fast Se TO INVESTORS CITY of CALGARY 1% r Denominutio $500, 91,000, Principal May Price 100 and Interest We have many other attrsetive inaues, yielding good returns, RDS Insurance, Real Estate, Bonde Bagot & Brock Sta. The rush is now to the UNITED GROCERY FRESH FRUIT Customers go away dally ad- vertising our business. 188 Princess. St. REN LEE, Mgr. rT TTY YY YY | OUTFITTERS TO - YOUNG MEN Everything in the line--suits, underwéar,