Keeley Jr, M.0D.0. b Those people (and they are many) who dread the ordeal of an eye examin- ation are agreeably aston- ished to find that, as made 4 by us, it causes no pain, discomfort, or inconven- fence, And We Use Drugs. Keeley Jr., M00. p 226 Princess Street No Adhd haa. a sos won {IT IS PILED IN SURROGATE COURT IN WASHINGTON, I Bulk of His Estate Goes to the Widow-----Residue Left In Trust to {| Her and John W. Childress, { Monday that | million- Alexandria Bay, It heéame on Col aire hotel man IN.Y., has filed econd will on June 8th of thig year, making an rentire change disposal of his property The f t will, which was {filled for probate, was dated April or. 1903 jal years before the second the hotel man. The first wil made no mention of jthe widow, but a number of be- to different rela- Orren © the mar ol quests made {tives The s widow, jeeives jestate, ress Under the provisions of the see- ond will Mrs. Staples receives the |Staples home, 1825 Columbia Road, | North-west, Washington, D.C, and {the residue of the estate is left in trust for her and for John W. IChild- iress, with authority to convert the | estate into cash and pay legacies {amounting to $35,000 to relatives, except 6500, which is to go to wert will provides that the Kinnear Staples, re- residue of the John W. Child- entire jointly with ll of Washington. Best's Prescription Service | Is unequalled in this district. A capable dispenser at your service from early morning till midnight, means so much to the sick. Your doctor realizes this, and is depending more and more on us----just as we expect him to do. The slogan "Take Bests," we want to be watchword of the sick. Best's The Satisfactory Drug Store. OPEN SUNDAYS. it "A message received by Mrs. G. Shepherd, Perth, conveyed the sad intelligence that her husband had passed away suddenly in Montreal. Edward Taylor has purchased the property in Athens for a number of years owned by the late William Johnston, 1.P.S. Study the stord: advts--- will clarity mgst of your problems. Andrew Beatty, Havelock, passed away on Spnday night after a long illness, his seventy-first year. for they buying li | ing arrests under i law. -It li | tively and uniformly enforced. il | many localities it is pointed out that the authorities have failed to enforce | {Miss Kate Cummings, a former j house keeper The last will was f witnessed by Margaret F Riley, C {R. Phillips and John O. Allen, all The will, dated April 10th, 1913, i | disposed of the estate through cash li | bequests amount to $116,000, be- [sides $20,000 to Charles F. Staples, {a BYother. The residue of the es- | | tate was to have been held in trust li | for Gashiere Dewitt and Albert Fox ll | of Watertown and Edward M. Gates of Watertown, N.Y. An inventory | accompanying the will in question | showed a total valuation of $1,- {466,500. There has been no indica- the heirs under. the first ition that I! will contemplate contesting the lat- ll ler. will li child, a leaves one twenty-seven Col. Staples daughter, months old TO ARREST "LOAFERS." | Wider Application of Law Is Being Sought, Members of the Dominion Police i! be given a wider scope in mak« the ant.-loafing is charged that the provi- uf the law had not heen effee- In the law, and steps are now being tak- en for the purpose of securing grear fl) er production of goods and supplies | Srgently needed for the prosecution or the war, or Sn Services at Deseronto, The annual harvest thanksgiving services will be held in St. Mark's Church, Deseronto, Sunday, Sept. 22nd, at 11 am. 3 p.m., and 7.30 p.m The musical portions of the services will be good, including anthems, ete. underithe direction of Prof. Epps. Ru- ral Dean Swayne, Rector of Christ Church, Belleville, will preach at ail the services. 'All are welcome. "Thev joy before thee according to the joy of harvest." THE WHIG, TUESDAY, SE BUILT FAKE FRONTIER Work Done By the Canadians Behind the Germans' advance in April there] ING ESCAPED PRISONERS, has grown up a network of strategic! rallways making a formidable sy tem, which more than compénsates | us for the loss of those lines we had to abandon ang destroy in our re- tirement. Almost from the day the enemy crossed the Nord Canal prae- tically every battalion of Canadian | railways troops has been working un- | ceasingly at the task, some units act- ing as pioneers in the construction of | the great defence line that causes the (Germans to hesitate on this sector, Little 'French rillages that never hoped for steel links with the larger cities have now become, as if by the {abhing of some magic Aladdin's | amp, great junctions where train- loads of supplies come and g0 every | part of an hour. The new lines run | Hough the fertile fields of Browlny | electrically charged fence which crops, but careful building has sav- 2 iste sine ' res ed the Frenchman his on but | has existed since the. outbreak of for the necessary strip of permanent | War along a large part of the Hol- way. There are alfernate routes |land-Germany border line. The new around towns, which the Boche | barrier, how ever, stands five miles might shell, and day by day 81Ores | y.ok from the frontier, well into of carefully-concealed ammunition | =" " > tte dumps grow up which are fed by the] German ter tore: Fugitives, an strips of steel. | warned of this trap, would teaturally "Speaking from a strategical point [st rpuse that pues Reraus the Brands : " id 3 railwee o . |of spikes and highly charged wire, lew, ld Rr an today | they were free, and, according fo re- than we were on the Somme. The | ports, more than a few who had suc- hundreds of miles of new track have | C®58fully negotiated the dapgers of been built especially for military use | Preaking cub abd traversing weary and conform with the fighting front. | leagues through enemy country, have All possibilities have been considered, | nally fallen victims at this fake Where, previously, we had to rely on | Poundary Night 1s, of course, the civilian-built lines which wound ted- usual time lor attempting to cross iously round the country by indirect | the frontier, and the poor chaps who Toutes, we now have a military sys- | thus essayed it, throwing Off all re- tem which takes out supplies in the |8traint once aero: 8, walked straight Quickest and most direct way to|iRt0 the arms of the Hun sentries where tly are needed. The latest | l¥08 in wait for them, German thrust Save us the first test STRATEGIO RAILWAYS. Men Are Lulled Into Belief That Thay Have Reached Neutral Territory, Say Canadians Who Have Been In Hunland -- Other Examples Given of Cruel German Humor. CCORDING to some Canadian recently escaped from Hunland via Holland, a fake frontier is the latest {German contrivance for our men who seek to make their gel away from the horrors of life mn Hun prison camps. prisoners of the formidable barbed wire and Some returned officers: who evi- of the system, and divisions wee | dently escaped the fatal delusion of shifted ith a speed that must have | the fake fence, relate what they eon- surprised the enemy." * | sider the one "humorous" episode in In the same way some of the Cqna-|® '¢riu of dreary Imprisonment, a dian auxiliary troops have been work- | jong pect of Geran brutality ing untiringly in the gun spurs be- | 204 It was the hind the new front, from which the | 80! ! big howitzers pourd the enemy posi- | 8tolig, : tions. One battery from the Middle | I:0ds Cf their West has the record of construction, | the slightest deg 12 of these in a week, and each one | And at tl was cleverly eamouflaged from the |©f humor, of theca prying eyes of German airmen. {e. and thoroughly German Froru the new railheads, many of | Sense which Lave been christened with Several of : Canadian pames, here start freshly. | Were contriving an escape Under constructed light railway systems |the floor of one of the sheds in the that wind their way through little [CAND they were, secretly, as they valleys still screened from the enemy | thought, digging a tunnel which in lu the Pne, new reserve trenches ® day or two would take them out which have not yet had to be used, | under the wire fence which girded and perhaps never will be. You can- | the camp. Excellent progress was ROt run trains over a line drawn jn | Peing niade, and the Huns did not blue pencil on an ordnance map, and | appear to have the slightest knowl- the railway engineers have to build [edge of the scheme. 'One morning | scores of miles that might not be the Hun commandant suddenly an- used. They must be there for an |Dounced that they were dll to move | emergency. {eamp. The officers were told to The construction of the new Brit- tack their belongings and get ready ish defences--railways play a prom-|fOr & journey. A muster presently inent part -- have been marvelously [Showea that the three candidates for complete and have been so rapid that | freedom were absent. As a matter of before the Germans could take [fact they were toiling in their tun- breath for another stage of the at- |Rel, hoping to eseape that night. tacks on this northern section, the! The commandant gave everyone to fabric of a fortress faced them and |understand that he thought they had grew into such menacing shape that |escaped, and had sent out the usual they hesitated. Now, if he takes WArning to the authorities. Present- another fling at the middle road to |1¥ all the officers were put aboard a the coast he will have to pay the {Slow train to proceed to their des- same' great price in 'blood. The |tination. Then the commandant with "army behind the army" has done |® Srim smile, called the guard, and its duty, and built well--even better |80Ing to the entrance to the tunnel, than it destroyed in the sombre days {in a mocking voice called to the fugi- at the end of March. {tives to come forth. The crest-fallen |officers emerged. They were then {marched to the railway station, {smuggled in through a side entrance, |and spirited aboard an express train. When their fellow-prisoners arrived materialistic Hun captors evinced in that War Prices. An Indian in one of the Western reservation was in the habit of bring- outwitting This barrier consists of a replica | ¥.¢ £ hey say on which the : mechanical the imprisoned officers STANDARD BANK OF CANADA MEAD OFFICE - TORONTO A General Banking Business conducted, offering special facili- ; ties in the handling of business y's; accounts. KINGSTON BRANCH J. F. ROWLAND, 3 A Raise More Hogs Every 'Farmer realizes the profits in Bacon Hogs at present prices. The only question in his mind is, "Where can I get the money to buy brood sows and pigs to fatten ?"' The Merchants Bank gladly makes loans to assist capable farmers in increasing their holdings of live stock. Talk it over with the Manager. THE MERCHANTS BANK ahve KINGSTON BRANCH, A. TOFIELD, - - - 247 ' Manager, Manager. H. How Shall 1 Invest? aa That is the question almost every investor ~||1s asking. You ean invest to best advan- tage by dividing up your surplus in different classes of high grade bonds snd * Our Statistical Department will be pleased to mail you list of high grade issues listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange. | Owing to war conditions many issues now yield 6 to 9 per cent. on the investment. ing to Mrs. Gray each spring several baskets of wild berries for which, from time immemorial, he had al- ways charged fifty cents a basket. A few days ago he paid his annual visit to Mrs. Gray's back door. The maid took .the berries and tendered the usual payment. The Indian shook his head. "One dollar a basket now," he said. The maid called her mistress and explained the difficulty. Much Surprised. Mrs. Gray again offered they not?" "Yes." "Well, then, why isn't fifty cents a basket enough?" The Indian shifted from one foot to another quite calmly. "Hell big dam war somewhere," he announced. "Berries $1 a basket now." Back From the Dead. Howard G. Leighton, mentioNed in a Capadian casualty list as hhving died on a battlefield in France, start- led his sister, Mrs. W. C. Jones, by appearing at her home in Pembroke, -Mass., the other day. "I thought you were dead," was the sister's greeting. "I thought so myself," the soldier replied, = Leighton, who enlisted at Boston with a Canadian regiment, said he Was pronounced dead, and thé body ordered removed for burial. As he was being taken away stretcher- bearers noticed signs of life, he said, and took him to a hospital, where he recovered. Notice of his death was conveyed to his family in March. A Family Reunion, At Fenwick recently Mrs. Rebecca | smi elebrated her 95th birthday anniversary, surrounded by 160 rela- including children, grand- children, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Of her own family still living there were present Mrs. Swartz, 90; Mrs. Piper, 85, and Mr.'Benjamin Lane, 81 years of age. tives, | "A Strange Appeal. At Ingersoll recently a number of farmers were only dissuaded with ; dificelty from approaching the Duke | of Devonshire with & request that he 'dismiss his constitutional advisers | (over their steadfast devotion to the : M.S.A ---------------- Lived Like Hermit, _At the London Conference recent- ly Rev. J. K. Macdonald reported the finding of an aged minister, after 40 years' service, living in a single room and doing his own cooking. the money to the Indian, who once | more refused to accept it. "The bas- | kets are the same size as usual, are | | | || No Trouble to Keep Skin Free From Hairs (The Modern Beauty) There is no need for any woman to countenance superfluous hairs, be- cause with a paste made by mixing some powdered delatone with water it is easy to get rid of them The paste is applied for 2 to three min- utes, then rubbed off and the skin washed. This treatment will rid the skin of hair without leaving a blem- ish, but care:should be taken to see that you get real delatone: stead are dong wa. 7%. Down in "Joe" Lalley's factory in Cornwall they are making boxes to transport munitions. Indians in and around Cornwall have made a few sticks for their own personal use, but that is all. A Moving-Picture Soldier. at their destination some hours later by the slow train, there, sitting dis- consolately on the platform awiiting them were the three poor chaps so cruelly baulked of their escape. " | Contrast this with the treatment meted out to the pampered Hun offi- cers in England! Can anyone con- ceive of a British camp commeandant so deliberately setting out to play a cruel joke on prisoners? i i No Lacrosse Sticks, There is one big difficulty in keep- ing lacrosse alive this year that is i being overlooked by the supporters | of the national pastime but not by those who are behind the clubs, It | is the absence of sticks. A journey around to the varfous sporting goods istores in Canada reveals the fact | that there are not a dozen good sticks {in all and little likelihood of securing any more. The factories in the east have stopped mak' them and in- , houses lately. Private Billings went over the top One morning, was knoeked down by a German shell, stabbed five times, roled off a trench parapet, run over by two tanks and dragged three miles by a runaway mule, but came baek fresh and smiling. - Before enlisting he was a "stunt man for a motion picture company in Canada. He says war-is child's play Bobbie's Prayer. Seven-year-old Robert has a great desire to follow in his father's foot- Steps. One night his mother over- heard him making this prayer: "Please, God, make me a good boy, then a good lawyer, and then Just land me on the supreme bench. Amen." Poor Play. Actor -- We've had very poor Friend--Owing to the war, | sup- pose, Actgr---No, I'm afraid its owing to the piece. CANADIAN KILLED IN U.S. SERVICE After being in the thick of the fray overseas for several way service with SALT'S BALTIC SEAL PLUSH Fashioned in the season's'most advanced models in plain belted, self trimmed coats to lavishly fur-trimmed models, in all sizes. Priced from $29.50 to $75.00. : When Thinking Of Coats, Think Of teacy's - Limited Probs: Wednesday, fair, higher temperature. EE ---- An Advance Sale of SMART NEW C OATS Emphasizing the value-giving importance of this store in practical and economical 'ap- parel. WHITNEY CLOTH COATS , 150 swagger styled all wool, 32 oz. to the yard Whitney wool cloth coats develsped in the season's smartest colors, in sizes to fit the little miss of 14 up to size 44. Priced most moderately from $25.00 to $35.00 ALL WOOL VELOURS 200 American woolen mills velour coats in all the wanted shades, half lined and in- terlined, at from 20 to 25% less than mail order houses special prices. Our prices range from $27.75 to $35.00. \ ge So on 4 Ay w September is the month of home coming and the prepara- tion of comfortable surroundings for the winter. We have our new stock now of .Living Room Furniture on our floors, and at a moderate cost, we can help you make your home attractive. Hy We still have a very large stock of Rugs, Linoleums and Furnishings, which we have been holding for considerable a Our prices arg considerably below the wholesale price to- ay. { Victrolas and Victor Records, a full 4 stock on hand. : T. F. HARRISON CO., LTD Phone 90. b - Ahhh [BUTTER Wwe ppg Stock Printing, "Choice Dairy Butter," 1,000, $2.85; 5,000, $13.00; 1o,000, $23.00, Specially printéd with your own copy, 1,000, $3.50; §,000, $15.00; 10,000, $25.00 Special prices on larger quantities Shipping chargés paid on 5,000 and over. BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING 00, KINGSTON Aaah dd dh 4h Ad A rt When the Clutch Slips. When a clutch starts slipping bad- ly it is useless to race the engine in the hope that the car will move fast- er. Rather operate the engine slow- Iy with slight change in speed, in order to give the flywheel a chance to carry the clutch around with it, Racing the engine. when you have a slipping clutch only makes 'a bad matter worse for the clutch cannot hald at the high speed and there is a chance of burning it up altogether. " THOMAS COPLEY --ey A son has been born to Capt, and Mrs. J, Meredith, Mrs, Meredith is a daughter of the Bishop of Ontario, and Mrs. Bidwell, The lad has come into a military and naval heritage on his mother's side, and his father, Capt. Meredith, is a veteran of De present war, The Farmer- ettes Whether from cily or country find themselves living under an unusual strain. The unustal work necessitates the use of different museles and this development demands a i supply of pure, rich blood. Because it goes directly to the formation. of new ", blood, Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is of the greafes! as- - sistance . in building up new cells and tissues and stren t the mus- cles. ent cdl Ind and on sea, When but fifteen yéars old he joined the Navy and rema E A farmer from tie township of | his crop of. peas from fight acres to H. A. Sculthorpe & Sous Base Wook fox Ba 2 Mr, a 1S. Peter Gilbert of the 'Daxsee neigabvrhood, have moved | STs Mayflower, Si « ie ak, ei Sia