BRITISH WHIG SoTH YEAR. 4 aa =a | Semi-Weekly by PUBLISHING LIMITED, Hikott A Guna ., .. . RE Managing-Director, three months pro rata, . MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE BR Sace Owen «vss +133 St. Peter St. ¥. up, 226 Fifth Ave, New York ¥ R.Nortarup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Bditor are published over 'the actual" name of th i8 one of the best job in Canada. Have you seen "More Pep" for June? If not, get a copy now. It is just what you meed in this weather. A committée has been appointed by parliament to wrestle with the high cost of Hving. Let us hope that they show more speed thah the gcom- mittee appointed to attend to the Canadian Copyright Bill. : The "settlement of five thousand returned sollliers on the land this spring, as announced by the soldier 'settlement board, will do much. to - increase production and reduce the cost of living. | In framing the budget for the com ing year, it would be well if. Sir Thomas White took into considera. 'pion the reduction of food taxes, or if he did something to help ease high price situation. : A social worker states that there "are many families in New Ontario in 'which no member can read or write. 1 this is so, thers must be something a ETRE The escape of Vera Lavelle from he Toronto jail leads us to believe that the prison authorities in Toronto are not so wide awake as they should be. They need to come to the' Kings- It has just been announced that "Hamilton and London have se- cured large new industries by going after them. That is what Kingston will have to do if the old Limestone City is to go ahead. © The record of 58,000 soldiers re- doing thelr best to get Canada's army zed as soon as possible. | bombarded during the war, as the number of large holes in the streets are suggestive of shell-holes to him. He certainly is not very much tobe blamed for this thought, for the cou- dition of sdme of our sfreets is worse than any in France and Belgium. The 1.O.D.E. in convention at Montreal resolved to ask the gOV- ernment to control the ' prices of foodstuffs. Their resolution is one 'which will meet® with. hearty 3p- proval all over the dominion, and it should be endorsed by many other public bodies. Canada's example in putting an end to titles is likely to be followed by Britain. Manchester Liberals have recommended that all here- ditary titles, with the exception of king and queen, be abolished, and the old saying is that what Man- chester thinks to-day London does to-morrow. If all indust#al concerns showed the same spirit of conciliation as that displayed by the local ehip- building company, there would be less heard about strikes. The management of this concern and the representatives of the employ- ees are to be 'congratulatél on the result of their conference. The re- sult is sure to be a great speeding up of production as a sign of the men's gratitude. BAGPIPES AND PRECEDENTS. ? No wonder Justice Whittaker, of New York, was constrained to ré- gerve his decision as to the mo- mentous question submitted to his judicial consideration: Do bagpipes maka music or only a noise? Are they an uplifting, clvilizing thing of beauty, or a legal nuisance? Truly, it calls for much careful pondering. The case is not one "of novel im- pression." There are precedents and 'conflicting decisions. Possibly the leading case is that reported by Gilbert in the "Bab Ballads;" cited, no doubt, in the brief submitted to Justice Whittaker as "Tobay Vs MeClan." It will be remembered that the defendant, MacPhairson Qlonglocketty Angus McClan ("the gon of an elderly laboring man') succeeded in producing from his bagpipes "something resembling an air"-- It was wild--it was fitful---as wild as the breeze-- wandered about keys; . - It was jerky, spasmodie and harsh, I'm aware; But still it distinctly suggested an. air, An air frae the hagpipes-- to the mingled astonishment and admiration of some of his audience, including Ellen = MacJones Aber- deen, Nevertheless, the plaintiff, Pattison Corbay Torbay, settled the 'matter by chopping his ppponert into two separate fragments, thus acquiring an undisputed right to the lady. Doubtless such summary deel: sions are Jo possible to the courts of our e day. There may be a 'hint, however, as to the best me- thod of deciding such 'a question (if the court is mot a devotee of prohibition), in the reply of a fam- ous Scotch judge, who sald, when asked how he evolved his. epochs making opinions: "Ou--ay. Alter deener, 1 juist let the facts an' the Iaw wamble about I' my wame, wi' the whuskey." INDUSTRY it DESTROYING BY Canada is at last the fact that fire losses are making tural resources. Not only are the by building materials ing stonework, brick, and ceramic produets, being destroyed in almost incalculable millions of Jdotars of value, but the value of human industry is also being lost to the country. What is burned is ir- tetrievahly lost. It eannot be re- stored. True, with further expedi- into several} awakening to} an enormous drain upon her na- | products of* her forests, as repre} | sented of wood, and of her minerals, includ | PS opher | N= ture of human endeavor and addi-} é ists in the house is carried by work- men to their workplaces. In only a very small number of cases is the employee responsible for the fire He has everything to lose. When his plant shuts down his income stops, and the market for his out- put passes to his competitors. It requires but a few of these larger fires 40 make up their share of the total fire loss, and consequently there is a need for greater care and protection of the industrial risks. Education, with efficient legisla~ tion strictly enforced, is required to bring home to the people of Canada what their carelessness and neglect of fire means, : Further, many of our fire depari- ments can do much more than they are at present doing in the way of inspection to prevent fire. Tha visit of a uniformed fireman to the home leaves an impression that is lasting, and under a new amend- ment added to the Criminal Code, his recommendations must be car- ried out. 'That these inspections shall 'be carefully and efficientiy made, and the recommendations for alterations or improvement of con- ditions may be practical, it Is essen- tial that courses of instruction for firemen be established to qualify them for inspection work. To se- cure the effective 4o-operation of the public, it is necessary to estab- lish a feeling pf confidence in the inspection staff, and only a recog- nition of the fact that special train- ing is provided for those carrying on this work, will inspire confi- dence. Married At Brockville, At Brbekville, on June 2nd, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cas- selman was the scene ofa happy event, being the marriage of their daughter, Miss Lillian Frances Cas- selman, to Laurence = Bradbury Smith, Queen's University, Kingston, and son of Mr. and Mis. George Smith, Tqronto. The bride, given away by her father, looked particu larly mice in a white silk costume. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. Lloyd Morrow,of St. John's church. The house was tastefully decorated. The newly wedded couple received a number of handsome presents, After an elaborate spread Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for Montreal, Returning they will go to Maynooth, Ont., where the groom is in charge of a Presby- terian chureh for the summer, The bride, who was cashier at the local store of the William Davies Com- pany, is a very popular young lady. Lady Jette Dead. Quebec, June 4.~--Lady Jette, wife of Judge KA. Jette, former lieutenant-governot: of Quebee; died Monday mornihg, after a few days' fliness. She was stricken with par- alysis last Tuesday. ---- --------------" Honors for Haig and Beatty. London, June 4.--The King's birthday honors list includes the Order 'of Merit conferred on Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Vice. Admiral Sir David Beatty. 5 The vacancy caused by the pro- motion of Dr. J. H. Grisdale to be deputy minister of agriculture, has been filled by the appointment of BE. 8. Archibald, B.A, dominion ani- mal husbandman. x 3 Tasmania Discovered, June 4, 1642. It is just two hundred and sev- enty years ago to-day sinte the intre- pid Dutch navigator, Tasman, roam- ing the seven seas for new countries to discover, and if chances were fa- vorable to take toll of their trea- sures, came to the territory which he pamed after his patron, Van Diemen. As Van Diemen's d it remained until 1853, in which year transpor- tation of convicted persons finally ceased ang-~gepresentative institu- tions 6 in uced, accompanied by the change of the name of the col- ony from Van Diemén's Land to Tas- mania, under which name it became one of the original states of the Aus- tralian Commonwealth, "Ma Eps Caeadar. along with Matthew Quast, he was despatched by Anthony Van Diemen, at that time governor of the Dutch East Indies, on a voyage of discov- ery to the south-west Pacific. Thence for ten years he added very largely to the world's geographical know- ledge in this region and was reward- ed with some niggardly honors by the Dutch East India Company, -from whose service he retired in 16563. The time of his death is uncertain, but his will was dated April 10th, 165%, and this is believed to have antedat- ed his death bY only a few months. Tasmania was again visited in 1772 by a French naval officer, Captain Marion de Fresne, and in the follow- ing year the British man-of-war paid a visit to the island. Captain Cook seems to have sailed round the coast in 1777, and in 1802 Lieut. Bowden was sent to the "governor of New South Wales to form a colony there. He started with six free men and twenty-six convicts and an adequate supply of live stock, and. in 1821 the population had grown to 7,400, while there were over 125,000 sheep on the island. In 1834 it was estimated that there were 40,172 persons set- tled there, of whom a large propor- tion were convicts. To-day her population draws neai to half a mil- lion. ---------- Cheese Sales, Vankleek Hill, 1,108 at 31 7-16¢ to 31 1-2¢. : Belleville, 1,800 at 31 b-16¢. Why People Feel Why is tiredness and langour so prevalent just now? A physician ex- plained that the cold drives blood from the surface of the body to the liver. Normally one-fourth of the whole blood supply is in the liver, and when more hlood is accumulated in that organ everything goes wrong. No better remedy exists than Dr, 'are composed acts as Man- drake and Butternut," and possess wonderful liver stimulating powers. It's a marvel the way Hamilton's Pills ¢lear the blood of the poisonous humors. They put new life into worn out bodies, build up the appe- tite, bring back a reserve of nerve energy, For your health and body comfort get a 25¢ box of Dr. Hamil ton's Pills to-day. less line; kept P of hogs and 'curves and you will my fleets will sail the sea, and fates conspire to disappoin running now a hot dog joint, and lives 8 jay who saw h | boyhood When but a child 1 used do in future years, when I had grown to be a man---- amusing now my dream appears. - pirate bold, the master of a rakis . plunder she could hold, a gun and- cutlass at my hip. 'My. dreams were shot with blood and fire, and loud with noisy, ribald glee; and here I sit and paw a lyre, and 1 have never seen the sea. * ful lad, who lived next door to my abode; and he was never quite so glad as when he framed a gentle ode. {| His mind was filled with rhythmic dope, a bard's re- nown he longed to make; some day he hoped to be a yester-year, and he has busy as an auctioneer, he sells all sorts wine. And I had one aspiring who often |' Just watch me tothe}. Fs some } The said, "My dreams won't f - heights ascend, a ruler 45 the owner of our biggest store; ng tt That youth fell down the worst of all; you may hear his * ¢ il... Rhymes 3 to plan what I. would e! in the world of trade! me goods from every Abel Jans- . ; zoon Tasman is generally regarded as the ablest of Dutch navigators, and in addition to the territory which ; subsequently received his name, he : . iscovered. Now Zealand, the Tonga Yat the Fiji Islands. He was born N\ * YOUNG MEN S SUITS at Lutegast in Groningen about 1603, ' and was first heard of in the East . X . Indies in 1634..1t was in 1639 that, See Bibbys $22.50 Alton Suits I thought I'd he ad ship, with all the khad a-driend, a soul- penned no death- plaintive bawl. As man pursues his erring was he finds most everything askew; I wonder if | AL - Men's and Boys' Wear. Where New Things are Shown Firat. 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