# < BRITISH WHIG favliaked Daily and Semi-Weel » HE BRITIS WHIG PUBLISHIN €0., LIMITED hb G. BIO ..........0.0.. Presidest man A. Guild Editor and Managing-Director SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dail ftion) ne year, if d in advance .... ® year, by Pai to rural: offices "ES. The fact that the Krupp works at | Essen, Germany, are now turning out locomotives Instead of guns' should | | be of interest to the whole world. | | The Canadian Locomotive this city, has in | locomotives to Europe and A | siving employment to hundreds | Canadian workmen. | now become usual he will doubtless be backed by { his government. | Gazette points out, the great German manutbcturing establishment is more than a hundred years ol, for it was in 1810 that Priedrich Krupp bought a small blacksmith shop and | bent his efforts on developing the problem of manufacturing cast steel. It was a hard struggle for the pion- jeer, and at his death tlhe business | Was not progressing. The widow undertook to conduct it, but soon had Alfred, from school to aid her. {in his employ. In 1847 Krupp maae a three-pounder muszzle-loading gun of cast steel, and at the Great Exhi- ed a solid flawless ingot of cast steel As the Montreal | to take her fourteen-year-old son, | The | boy became the director, and in the | year 1845 there were 120 workmen | bition at London in 1851 he exhibit- | Co., of | the past supplied | ia, thus | of | The Hun has | a competitor, and as | MUCH Officious Bobby: | ere for? Op | dge." TOO BIG ANYWAY "Now, then, wot are you 'angin it." Sarcastic Sister: | Don't bother to pinch the old c ar--it's too big for our gari- --Pass ing Show, London. about "Come along, Halbert! rei last two teeth he has also arrited at | It does not | * (Daily Be Year, delivered In city ...... n the age of discretion. necessarily mean that one who has | cut his wisdom teeth is wise, but] that having lived long enough to grow these, which complete the full | set of teeth, the person hag/ passed | sufficient actual years that, if he has i] done what he should to fit himself | for life, he should have come by that | | United States ...... . * rt lhemi- Wes i of the weight of two tons. This piece | of metal created a sensation in the i world of industry, and the Essen | works then achieved a name that wus ] to become permanent. The next | achlevement was the making ot | * weldless steel tires for railway oars | Canada-East and West Dominion Happenings of Other Days, a St. John St, Montreal tas. Vey Dagan. Bt OF -TOWN REPRESENTATIVES TM, no. 40 'oron hy 'R.Northrup, 236 Fifth Ave. New York The First Parliament. . * W.R.Northrup, 1610 Ass'n Bldg. Chicsgo 3 blish ters to the Editor are pul listieg Let paix over the «ctual name © - t Job : facing. 4 f the bes ting he canada The circulation of THE BRITISH .§ WHIG is authenticated by the : ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. Kingston merchants enjoyed a prosperous Christmas season. Busi- bess in all lines was good. May the New Year slow like results. -------------------- ir. _ The Lindsay Post announces that 8 landlord dn that town has reduced the rent of ome of his houses. This Man deserves the Victoria Cross. ticles of commerce were made in ths model colony at Essen, which had de- veloped into & number of villages, each with its works, schools, librar- | ies, recreation grounrs, clubs ana | stdres, and its tens of thousands of | workers. Artillery, however, was | the chief product, for there was an | Insatiable demand for guns for tne army and the navy, The sea service, which the kaiser dreamt of seeing {expand until it was strong enough to challenge the greatest of the navies, | required armor plate in vast quanti- jties, and this the Krupp works sup- plied. So #t went until the great war came, and for a time after. But the Central Powers were defeated, The closing days of December 1792 and locomotives. - | od 4 omotives Many other ar | 8aw the first parliament of Lower | Canada assembling in the city of Que i bec. It was'a very interesting event {for it was the first time since the | capture of the French domain on the { St. Lawrence that the two nations | had 'met in a legislative gathering on | terms of equality to devise laws for { the government of the area, 'The | Paer met on the 17th and Mr. J. A. | Panet of Quebec, was elected speaker; | the King had appointed Chief Justice | Smith as speaker of the Leglslative | Council. There were only sixteen | English speaking members in the {first House of fifty members, | The first question that had to be discussed was that of language. It was finally decided that a motion could be made in either French or | English and that the clerk was to translate it for the benefit of those who could not understand it in the tongue in which it was precented. time to the age of discretion or wis- | dom. As a matter of fact these teeth | grow at about the same age in peo- | ple whether they are wise or not, | ~--From the Book of Wonders, || Published and copyrighted by the | Bureau of Industrial Education, Ine., | Washington, D. C. The "Sin" of "Plumping." Many citizens are of opinion that | no ballot cast in a municipal election i should be valid unless - the vote | marks it for the full number of can- | didates to be elected. The system of "plumping" is considered a bad one. Will Queen's Get a Share? It is not known if Queen's Medical College will benefit from the Rocke- feller 'medical research fund of five million dollar's, but® the opinion is | that some portion of the gift will come this way. i : STOUTS AND SLIMS We fit them all. Tall, stout men; tall, slim men; short, stout men, orslim, short men, and we fit them perfectly. Fast Indigo Blues, Pure Wool Grey Worsteds, Fancy Chev- lots, etc. Sizes up to 48 chest measurement... i TRY BIBBYS FOR MEN'S UNDER. OVERCOATS WEAR SEE. BIBBYS At prices that will make you think we are offering you the coats at wholesale prices. The Belcourt, black or grey meltons, $20. The Guardsman, at $22.50. The Primrose, $28.50. and German armament was restrieted | almost to the vanishing point. Gun- | The records were kept in both lan making at Essen ceased, and it seems | 8% that the revival is to be along peace- | islation of importance was enacted ful Mnes. Locomotives instead of | by the House although it remained guns is the policy, and if #t = con- { in session for over five months. Long tinues the prospects should be better | ®Peeches of all sorts of subects were umero and frequent. A tax, for the Germans, and perhaps for Fingering Bon Ip on wines and other people, too, spirits but it was designed. to cover the expenses of the session. ..That was 'not unexpected for the country wags still very much d'sturbed as a result of the long struggle between the French and British and the leg- islation that peace times demanded could not be enacted very well under such circumstances. The next ses sion--the following year---Lord Dor- chester was at the head of the colony as Governor and much moreseffective work was accomplished after he sum- moned the legislators to meet on November 11th We salt save you a few shillings. MEN'S & YOUNG SuIts MEN'S SUITS Indigo Blue, Hewson Tweeds, Haig, $35. : at $30. SEE OUR WOOL. The Clinton, SWEATER COATS The Beverly Extra special val- The Rand. ues at $5.50. Colors, Nobby plaided navy, brown, garnet, tweeds, chalk-line green and grey. cheviots. Extra spe- : cial values at $35. | BIBBY'S SERENCENRLNY ENNNERNRNNRNE REE On account of the present style of Skirts the Baltimore American does fot believe that at present women will take great strides forward, mdi dittreeigpatnts The hubby who failed to receive a necktie for Christmas must be a lone- ly individual. He has the advantage over the rest of us in that he won't "have to wear the thing. YOUNG MEN'S ee ei Slipped dnd Broke Leg, Master Geoffrey Culhane, while playing in the yard at his home last Thursday, slipped from a box, and broke hig leg above the ankle. The little chap, 1s a son of Mrs. Culhane, Desefonto, ages, As far as is known, very little leg- mM 5 the Change of Residences. C.N.R. Agent Reid, having vaocat- ed the Whiting residence in Deser- onto to lve in the late Dr. Newton's home on Centre street, G. H. Har- rold will occupy the Whiting place. AAA te AA NN iS THIS YOUR CASE? What You Should Do--Most Success ful and Economical Treatment. Do you have a feeling of general weakness day in and out? Is your appetite poor? Does your food fail to strengthen you and your sleep to refresh? Do you find it bard to do or to bear what should be easy? Have your ordinary duties and cares became great tasks and burdens? re PUBLIC OPINION | Not Without A Remedy, (Buffalo €ourier,) Women of Lincoln, Neb., are claim- ing credit for forcing dealers there to reduce prices of eggs. By a boy- cott they assert they have caused prices to drop from 85-to 55 cents a dozen in ten days. | A year's subscription to the Daily British Whig will daily call to mind the thoughtfulness of the giver. It Will last until the next holiday sea- Son--over three hundred messages of good cheer and friendship, at - ---- ns Since the war Canada has estab- lished forty-four places where toys are made for the children. Santa Claus must have been pleased this Year that he did not have to present German-made toys to Canadiafi children. Since 2,000 housewives are said to have co-operated it is reasonable The Reason Why to suppose that such reduction in de- | * : mand would bring prices down. If the facts are as stated, the law of supply | Why Do They Call Them Wisdom and demand is still working and con- Teeth ? Sumers are not without a remedy. The wisdom teeth are the two last > molar teeth to grow. They come one on each side of the jaw and arrive ------------ telephone system in Montreal and : By Their Fruits, Toronto. Why fiot in. Kingston, (Buffalo Express.) somewhere between the ages of Where the subseriber has to wait so > Lolish professor who is chief of | twenty and twenty-five years. The dong for a Connection that he Is apt | i isliigtuse department hehe) name is given them because it is sup- to forget what number it was that | estimates that 35,000,000 people | paged oat hen, a ogg Ree Th 4 wanted : veloped phys Be . : have lost their yes in the Russian the point where he has secured these ------ iis No one knows - what the fiscal empire since the world war began. policy of the Union Government fs-- Ri ling If so, take Hood's Sarasparilla-- this great medicine revitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone to all the organs and functions, and is .an- equalled for those who are in any de- gree debilitated or run down. Do not | delay treatment--begin jt to-day. To rouse the torpid liver and regu- late the bowels take Hood's Pills. ANK HEATERS They are purely vegetable, : FOR WATERING TANKS, . Grain Growers' Guide says:--"Every farmer should use a Tank Heater." Buy yours early at-- ------ The Bell Telephone Co. announces that it 'will introduce the automatic NEW YEAR'S SUGGESTIONS: Gurd's Ginger Ale. Gurd's Dry Ginger Ale. Gurd's Boda Water. Adanac Dry Ginger Ale. Lime Juice. Raspberry Vinegar. Unfermented Wines. Jas. RELUDEN & Co. He calculates the loss of life under i & matter of fact it has none--it is Bolshevism alone at 12,280,000. This indicates a more rapid destruc- : Meither fish, flesh nor devil. Sooner | or later &t must present some sort of tion of life from starvation and mas- sacre since the Bolsheviki took con- B® policy to the people, but just at ent it seems unable to agree as trol than had oegured even during 0 what that policy should be. the terrible years of struggle against oF --------d i Canadian newspapers, remarks the Germany. THE KING'S MESSAGE Bt. Catharines Standard, will pro- bly be compelled to increase their TO THE NEXT-OF-KIN : A Memorial Scroll to Families subscription prices as well as their advertising rates, to meet the tn- of Those Killed in the War.' : ereased cost of paper and the other considerable advances which are go- ing on in almost every-.department. Premier Drury, in an effort to \ Bbolish patronage, says that he will "I join with my grateful people adv for all kinds qf. govern- in sending you thi memorial of a ment employees, even including [brave life given for others in the 10 ) So far no such ad-| Great War. "George, R.I" ments ave reached Kingston. | ny serolf, which to in tinely en- | the publicity to be confined to To- graved lettering, reads: p? Rhymes WINTRY WEATHER, The ice is on the river, the ice is on the lake; and Ar Nig. Fe, FARMS FOR SALE: acres ......Price $20,000 acres ¥rice 16.000 on the shore I shiver, and feel rheumatic ache. 1 see the schoolboys skating upon the well known ice; for me, ah! watchful waiting must ever-more suffice. Among the youthful friskers I have no place, alas! ~ Behind my stack of whiskers I sit-and watch them pass. The snow is in the valley, the snow is on the hili, and there the children sally; they're coasting with a will. I hear their joyous laughter, as down the slope they whiz, while 1, in slat and rafter, have pangs of rheumatiz. I sit behind my galways, and to blithe words give tongue "your youth won't last you al- ways, 80 go it while you're young!" 1 don't admire the gaffer, the ancient, drooling lad, who chides the happy laughter, And makes Youth's spirit sad. I can- not join the skaters, I cannot tool a sled. or dance, in k ) tireless gaiters, when others are in bed. But all the " playing of kids looks good to me, although my head is graying, and I've a spavined knee. The young, with smiling faces, are Playing in the snow; behind my hanging laces I bless them as they go. --WALT MASON. Ed ® ™ Solid French Ivory Each plece plainly stamped. Beautiful cases and dainty sep- New WATERS and The following is the text of a mes Sage, accompanying a memorial |seroll, sent by King George for Christmas to the next-of-kin of the men who died in the war: "Buckingham Palace. Tose PNAC e REN S Lod "He whom this scroll commemor- ates was numbered among ¢ Sn | Holiday Suggestions a 5000 1s hl 1k hk 3 dh Bd es et Ee - BS TAR roach tra who, at the call When a man reaches the age o try. Weft oh Ly he is at the peak of energy an belt begins to slip, says the ckville Recorder. Nonsense, man! that age the healthy individual is of King and coun- was dear to them, faced danger and of the sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others Jig | lve in freedom. 4 those who come after see to it that his name be not forgo At the foot of the scroll is in- of the man {ft and TOILET ATIONERY, CLARENCE STREET Phone i0GOW. or 17074.