PAGE SIX THE -BRIFISH WHIG| S6TH YEAR $ TRAN I": Nl | wi = 2 5 a Fablished Dilly 4dd Semi THE BRITISH CoO, A Ireckliy b WHIG PUBLISHIN LIMITED { J. G. Elliott Leman A. Guil Managing-Director ea enn-343 ees 329 1 283! SUBSCRIPTION RATES {Daily Edftion) One year, delivered in city One yeax, advance ....30 One year, by mail to rural offices One year to United State {Seny- Wedkly Rd ° One year, by mail, cash $1.00, One year, if not pald in advance §1.5¢ One year, to United Btates $1.50 Six and three fmebths pro rata. a OUT OF TORRE EAT Er; SSIINTATIVES | OUT-OF-TOWN. PRESIIN ut R. Bruce Jonna olin St. Montreal] ¥. M. Thompson, 16% Lumsden Bldg. | faronto, ork} F.R.Northrup, 328 Fifth Ave. New Ye g FR. Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters W the| Editor are published | only ove he'#@ctdal name of tL . writer. { Attached is one of the best Job | printing offices in Canada. i arma om-- ea ---- drs rsh Editor and | iare unsettling {"calling'* to high {ing twice A GREAT INVESTMENT. No lover of his cou invest his money for future than to put it of hdmane educat violence, strife, boycotts, Symptoms of g diseased social order Were never so <« 101 is side the S08 a8 to-day. The war 18 been in part responsible for this leaves behind it any higher ideal of civic righteousness tha hat which preceded it; rather does it pull down all the ideals with which men enter- | ed into it. ! Leave out of our public schools a large part of what now consumes the | time of teacher and pupil and quick- | n in the hearts of the scholars the | {dea of justice, fair humanity and human kinship, and not. only! Lawlessness, | lockouts, | es----these anlmositi class War never play, | would the future of the country be | encouraging rather than safeguarded from many a peril, but | our children would educated in | things -that are really fundamental | and vital in character and lite. This | is humane education. i be TEACHERS, HAVE FAITH. { Like every other calling, that of] 00 the publie school teacher has been ¢ disturbed by the unusual conditions now prevailing. The rewards offered to labor, both skilled and unskilled. the tradition ¢hat teaching, Hke preaching, is a true and noble minds. nd women are think- entering normal schools to pass years preparing for a work that is paid less than brick-| laying or carpentering. The other | day a college president telegraphed | Young meh before jan offer of a position to a talented THE D PUBLIC OPINION Ethereal Diet. (Oregon Journal) The flying parson demonstrat- ed what a great ma people have evidently believed, n y, that the minister could be supported on a'r Our Example. Quebec Telegraph) Ireland must be governed as Can- ada is, and she must bear the same relation to the Empire that Canada does. It is to be hoped that the Brit- ish Governmdnt will fully recognize this, What It Looks Like. {Toronte Globe) The latest proposal for a settle ment of the Irish guestion, namely, two separate Parliaments, looks like subduing strife. Must Depend On Our Resources. {Brantford Expositor) Canada must set seriously to the task of handling her raw materials and her great mineral wealth to the | end that she shall become more self- contained than at present. + We can- not have a stabilized industry here if we-are to lean upon a supply from the United States that is apt at any time to show itself honeycombed with uncertainty and crippled with strikes. Foresees a Clash. (Montreal Herald) 'he cities of 'the United States vote against prohibition and the far- mers fog it. - The cities vote for day- light saving and the farmers against it The cities are mostly for pro- tection and the farmers are for free trade. The citigs are strong for low- ering the cost of food but the far- mers are willing to accept the high- est market price. Is there to be a Canada-East and West | Dominion Happentugs of Other Days. {THE BATTLE OF THE WINDMILL | On November 183, 188% there were stirring times around Prescott, Ont The rebellion was the cause and the presence of an armed body in the! { vicinity hail created great nnrest and {fear among the pioneer inhabitants {Two days earlier two steamers from { Toronto and Oswego, lashed side to {side, had dropped down thesSt. Law- rence and attempted to moor at ihe | wharf at Prescott. Their approach "was {seen by sentries 'and Col. Young, the { British commander on shore, had been { notified. One grounded in the delta of the Oswegatchie: the other moored jopposite a windmill near Prescott. It} was a strong structure built originally | {for a gristmill but as it had proved a | {poor Business venture, it had been {converted into a lighthouse, It was of | stone and made a very secure fort. So| ithe invaders seized it and prepared! {to defend = themselves against all { attack, t On the 12th preparations were made {to drive out the invaders, Lieut-Gen {eral Gowan with a force of a few {hundred men hastily gathered and led {the attack. Soon they were driven out] {of the buildings they had occupied in| | addition to the windmill and sent fly-| ling to the more secure refuge. The | enemy, however, burned a barn in which the British had been sheltered | {The first day ended without either party securing any great advantage On the 14th there was a truce to bury | the dead of the conflict while thel battle was resumed the following day | But on the next strong reinforcements came to the British along with some | {cannon. In an hour after they opened | fire the windmill was no longer ten- | {able for the enemy and a white flag | flew from the top in token of a desire | ito "talk." But the artillery continued | L AILY BRITISH WHIG THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1919. ARERRUAENNRRENRRS HATS BIBBY'S HATS Rand. --Ask to see Bibbys $35.00 Young Men's Suits -- the . STYLE HEADQUARTERS Kingston's One Price Clothing Store Complete displays of Fall Styles are ready. We cordially invite you to stop in for a "look, Sir" whenever you have time. No formalities, just a friendly show-* ing of what's what for Fall. We've ar- ranged displays throughout the store that will interest you, and every one of us will be glad to show you and tell you about the new ideas for Fall. --Ask to see Bibbys Young Men's Overcoats--the Bel- grade, $25.00. --The Haig, $35.00. --The Bud, $37.50. --The D'orsay, $42.50. --The Raverhall, $45.00. MEN'S GLOVES You'll say we've done well to get such an as- sortment. --Motor Gloves ~--Driving Gloves : to rain its steel into the ruined fort | At length the battle ended and the! | rebels marched out. One hundred and| fifty prisoners were taken and Von | Shoultz and /a dozen of his chiefs were | | hanged. { --The Emerson, $30.00. ~The Heath, $32.50. --The Admiral, $35.00. --The Primrose, $37.50. i em Ave , | great struggle on this continent be- The circulation of THE BRITISH jpont gtaduate, and received the tween urban and rural forces? It WHIG ' is . autheriticated by the prompt reply: "Declined with thanks, | looks that way ' am making much more at this job." -- What of the future ? Let teach- {ers have faith, While it is very likely Among the people Who are signing | that pre-war conditions will never be| ? i ; ; ishe: e: ww 'elsewhere, it peace treaties with reservations are Te-established here -or 'els » [own way at all times, just because] the brides who are promising to obey [18 & certainty that those of the Pres they are powerful and can hire law. | Future of thelr husbands; - jent cannot continue. The relative vo oc if a bad one. It.is bad for the | {dignity and importance of every call-| publi¢' service, and in the end it is London, Nov. 18 Arth Bal- | i: - Rea sated 3 i psaic re > y| bad for the corporations. The power | 0 NOV 34d rt ur J. al- | Some of tne Reds arrested in the [ing and profession have béen prettyf | h : | four, former Foreign Minister and United States are to bé deported to | well established In public esteem, and | S24. he maclencs ot publiC-badami, { now Lord President of the Council, | Canata. There should be no delay [ideals are not easily overthrown. | 308 Corporations is ane 2 ara i openi the -L N Ss cam- : : : causes of the present unrest. There! pe ing tha League Sy avian eam- | 1m shipping them out again. No people so idealistic as Canadians | is a point beyond which it is not safe | Lo 8% a4 © future of : 5 i the le: ow 1 - -- {will long continue to pay a teacher| to tax the endurance of any people, | oes he pt dyes dor We arq rapidly approaching a situa- the rewards of an hostler. Condi-| and powerful eorporitions, In Spite | ipo great powers were prepared to] tion 'where it will. no longer be pos-|tions to-day are decidedly abnormal, | ©f their wealth and their ability 10 | 1516 8qual share in the burdens the n z 5 hire lawyers, ape beginning to find | sihle for us to say that Europe hasiand if combination and conspiracy [ lea gue cast upon . i that out. Pp them + gone crazy.-- Milwaukee Journal {have extorted undue compensation i ------------ i {some callings involying the neces- The results ofthe prohibition vote » ABO i > tions. Audit Bureau of Circula A Bad Practice. (Woodstock Sentinel-Review) The practice of allowing public service corporations /to have their EVERYBODY IN IT HELPING. League Dark Unless Pow- | ers Co-operate. A Great Combination called See "Union Suits Underwear. Fine Usually "Unions." Expanding Shoulders, | (London Chronicle) 'Merino, $2.00 per suit Natural Wool, $4.00, Tallest Britisher, London Tit-Bits --Dress Gloves | sities of life, these will be adjusted in in the United States haz left things In a very hit¥ed'™d vondition. It is] hard to tell"wWhal' 1 going to be the; sutcome. We don't need revolutions in this | country to upset an unpopular gov- | ernment. Just congider what the | ¥oters did to the Hearst government in Ontario last month. The announcement that there are! peven thousand "red" agitators | tario w : throughout Canada and the United 201%, Will be aries bins feature of States explains why there are so many | ° po 4 _ strikes in some eentres. | "We will make' hard the way of the partizan and we will make' easy | the way of the man who wants the | good of the country and not the good Of his party." --Ppemier-elect Drury. The people who are making the | ost fuss about Josses through ignor- Hint strikes are abput the same ones who always Kicked when it was pro-| posed to spend more money on the schools. k The campaign for the Victory Loan fends on Saturday. Kingston's res se is not Whitt it ought to be. It comges the duty of every citizen fo end his aid in the last great clean- p of the war. : : & Smallpox always brings - another evil in its 'train--the inevitable wordy war between vaccinationists and anti-vaccinationists. They're at it, hammer and tongs, in Toronto to~ fay. The first thing we know, it {Will break out in Kingston, too. § IS Once more there is a big demand } dwelling houges; both to buy und Fent. The action 'of a prominent pro- perty owner in boosting his rents to ee figure has caused nany to hunt for new quarters. But {hey are as hard to find as hen's {teeth : " : ee % The stories of Kingstonians who Nave made successes abroad are sure 0 ba very popular. The first one Is published to-day. .Kingston-born have risen to prominence in ail es. of activity, apd the story of 2hair lives ought fo 'prove an inspira- o Haltan chamber of deputies syst ot proportional 4 Hs yetorm is a er tie United of Ontario, so we may ex- to see it adopted here in due | Prd urse. The present method is anti. tra & one's strength, bruising 's hands or tearing one's flesh to ; Some coveted gosl away up on rocky mountain side. It 4s found that grows beside the upward | i thas. ers are not those of salary alone, and the better' {keenly is this felt and understood. {ances of the farmers that they will {in no way hinder the development of ance of ithe Hydro-Electric Syoiem to close-at-hand source of power which | greatly increased. Besides, the rewards of teach- the tsacher he more HYDRO-ELECTRIC MENT. It is to be hoped that the assur- DEVELOP. the Hydro-Eleetric system of On- The sys- the development of the resources of Ontario at the present time, and this position 'will become more pronounc- ed as times goes, and it would be dis- astrous if anything should interfere with its development. The import- Kingston is bound to become greater in a very few years. Sir Adam Beck has estimated that the St. Lawre..ce is capable of developing from two to four million horse-power, half of which. will go to Ontario and half to the United States. The development of this power and its distribution | should have a great effect upon Kingston's future. It will provide a should give the city very low rates, and the effect of this will be found in the inducements offered to indus- tries to locate here . In addition to the project of St. Lawrence power, there is the scheme for building hydro-radidl railways. Already orders-in-couneil have been issued for the building of over. two hundred miles of electric railways, end as time goes on this will be With the St. Lawrence power right at our doors, Kingston should become one of the great centres of hydro-electric rail- way development. Sir Adam Beck hag expressed his confidence in the pr . and has stid that they will pay well, To Kingston they would be the greatest incentive to growth the city ever had. Thus it is in the best interests of this city and 'district, as well in the best in- terests of the whole province, that there should be no interference in hydro-elecitic = development. The whole system should be taken out of polities, for so long as any system 'becomes a political football its pro- gress is endangered. a Fa Would Re-name Shakespeare's Plays. ot a WaTad, Srevmile Micron, the question as to 'why, , fan play y Ay re ard the Third"; "The Knife Not content with a gain of three inches in height during the last cen- tury, the average woman is suddenly expanding her shoulders. Experts at- tribute this to school gymnastics and swimming practice, but what are the railway companies going to do about it--issue an order against physical development, erase their 'lo seat five persons' legend, or build éoaches to measure? In the avepage passen- ger of either sex it is the shoulders that count, but they measure less than most people imagine. Most coa- ches allow an average of 17 to 17 inches. A long yarn is sometimes produc- ed from the threads of conversation. Compared with Patrick O'Connor, | Albert Brough, who died a short time! {ago, and who, owing to his 7 ft. 7 in. | | was reportad to be the tallest man in | 1 world, was a midget. O'Connor, who is at present in {South Africa, is said to be the big- gest man on earth. Certainly he is the tallest British subject. A - veritable modern Hercules, O'- Connor is almost 8 ft. high, and a {person 6 ft. 6 in. high can walk be- 'neath his arms when outstretched 'horizontally. He has a chest meas- urement of 55. in., and weighs 357 1bs., while the ring which adorns the index finger of the giant's right hand is so large that a florin can pass easily through it. Rippling Rhymes hand out some s friends. We h borrows any tro don't need a lot Tell your troub against the jail; anny The Wm. Ibs. Boiling Cuts or ~ wf ! 1000 tine Tomatoes 1000 tins ¢ re Ni THE COP. Oh, the cop gets princely wages, just to hear and sympathize, when we'd vent our futile rages, and corner, in his uniform of blue, and he'll weep with any mourner who would raise a howdydo. troubles to the copper, an attentive ear he lends: it's immoral and improper if you spring them on your breast some sorrows lodge; and no man of wisdom seen approaching with fresh grievances supplied. 1 | your wail; he will he teeters on his tces, just because he hears are old and hoary, and of weariness they're full; go and tell your dismal rs . sate YE Nee nt r 12%. per Ib. obs and sighs, He is standing on the Tell your ave all our little sorrows, in each uble he can dodge; so when you are | of coaching ere I run away and hide. les to the peeler, he will fatten on list to every splelef, as he leans he leans against the prison, and | and a princely wage is his'n, your woes. ' All your griefs ' oh, gtory to the nearest harness buil. -- . FRNENNEN ERED _~ vies Co., Lid. DAVIES PRICES FOR FRIDAY, Sou tos Rump Roas tern Beef . . ........23¢c, per Ib. 7" Tisoee as | , per Ib. Tene + + 20c. per Ib. vei o 2 i rrr nnansaniesa, 18, \ BY r rrr inane nny, "soen| 1000 Ibs. Whey Butter ..... ~~. |. .52c. per Ib. ou] Onewar'* and "Moonlight and} =~ © © > : i Seer a | Honarsuciie® tof Midsummer ight's| m---------- - - . w----- os es - Dents, Fawnes, Perrin Take a peep at our new Fall styles in T NEW TWEED HATS Real Beauties. $4.50, $5.00 per suit, weed Hats at $3.50. SHOES BIBBY"S KINGSTON'S ONE PRICE CLOTHING STORE 78-80-82-81 PRIN CESS STREET LOWE BROS. ALUMINUM PAINT 25¢., 45c¢,, 80c. sizes. STOVE PIPE ENAMEL McCLARY'S WATERPROOF STOVE DRESSING DAVID DLULL Plumber Plombing Gas Work a special. -- , atecd, Address 15¢., 25¢c., 40c. sizes Pure Sweet Cider 0c Per Gallon Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 990, acres Acres . acres mmm Ee B01 Dk fk Bt ed Bk ht ok 8 *»