Sp ------------------ THE. BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. he wt - | RE Published Dally ang Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG CO., LIMITED 4 G. Elliott , ... President Leman A. uulld itor and ay Managing Director TELEPHONES: Siness - Office itorfal Rooms lob Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) ® year, delivered In city ie year, if paid in advance ,. year, by mall to rural offices year, to United States ne year, not paid in ad @ year, to United States 1.50 Bix and three months pro rata. UT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES » Calder, 22 St. John St, Montreal * M. Thompson, 402 Lumsden Bldg. Toronto, tters to the Editor are published wh over the actual name of the writer. Attached Js one of the best job print- ing offices in Canada. » | The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. IRAE rn . To Business: As you were | mien pein Uneasy lies the Greek that wears B crown. ------ The knell of radicalism is by the dinner bell, C And just a few years ago people fought Jesse James a bad guy. I ------------------ If a man talks of duty instead of | pewards everybody says. he is a crank. The honeymoon is over when she asks if he loves her and he answers "Sure, Mike." / \ ---- # Work will never be popular among Hmpletons until the word is changed ' #0 something ending ia 'ism. remedy Good breeding makes one polite, to a woman; prudemcé makes him _ even more polite to a bull dog. Some men who think they are in- Spired by a great moral principle Are merely actuated by stubbornness. 'The sunken cheeks and hollow \eyes of Hurope's starving children are the last. chapter in the story of glorious war. i -- The sclence of medicine made t strides during the war. It #¥en discoverdd that the germ of war is diplomacy. ---- Bootleg booze will never be satis- factory until some surgeon invents | Way to put in a new inner tube Riter each blowout. -------- ~ This new style of walking, with foot directly in front of the oth- ®F, didn't become papular until pro- faibition made it safe. Ry The girls once burned the edges of ; res and called it art, but they on't call it art when Dad's cigar Joirns the 'table edge. 's a sad world.. By the time a fan gets smart enough to teach men Pmething, he uses such big words an they can't understand him. -------- | Babe Ruth, the famous home-run : loper, now carries a gun. Why or he depend upon. his ability 0 pt home safe? asks the Brockville or, Regular men will always feel contempt for the males who use me, powder 4&héir noses and a fowl successfully, And so there is alcohol in pe- um 2-4Well, a Ford-cranking try thought there was some logi- explanation of that kick. MEASURING. THE STARS. bert Ag Mich, ®, of the Lniver- BE CRICREO; vaeiain the distine- Of"Xaving been The first human to measure iypcrule and scale Meter of aftars Ho finds Be.- 8, In the constellation Orion, QiRe:2%0,000,009 times as big as the 3 2we [a &ni Ld IPDr: Michelson's successful ex- Hf Weiefitists Rad been able to he distance from the earth ' of the nearer siars by mathe calculation based upon the subtended at the star by the Of the earth's movement past BE a year. But no instrument been devised which could eate gmall angle at the earth made b drawn tp each side of the sur- y ) of star. The angle is so small can] even think of it in terms PUBLISHING | rung | | et degrees which are the 360th p fof a circle. But Dr. Michelson happy thought. Instead of try | measure the visible image of | even in a telescope, he devi | thod of spreading the image ut to | known degree of enlargement on | mirror, and then measuring it actual process is not as simple as led { rounds, but that is what it really is. { Having found this angular measure- | ment, it was easy to get the surface | measurement by mathematical {mulae long ago established and used i in connection wi*h the previously as- | certained distance of the star from the earth. THE COPPER COIN, Men . wise.in the art of keeping | money will always tell you--Iike the | of King George IIl.--to | | treasurer | "take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves." | Care for the copper coins, the little | units of life, is a precious maxim for | look forward ad 4 for- | * the whole word, BITS OF BY-PLAY By LUKE McLUKE Copyright, 1920, by | The Cincinnati Enquirer. * | { Strange! [re worries me to see" said Spark, "A paradox lke this is: Though Cupld always hits his marl, He's always making Mrs Oueh! "Who was it that coined the expres. sion 'Money Talks" " asked 'the O.d Fogy. | "Some poor devil who married an | heiress, I guess, replied the Grouch. | | No Joke. {the unthrifty, but as men grow ing} When at your lot you cuss and roar, | wisdom and affairs they do well to remember that, just as large pay- 4 | rents are not to be made readily in copper coin, so obligations of wide in- | terest and heavy importance should | v 201 be met and discharged with the nobi- | 00 er metals of human nature. Too many men incline to hold thelr copper coin of a darling interest or | personal ideal so close to their eyes | 88 to shut out all the world beside. {| Many of these men, of many differ- ent minds and prepossessions, live in | the same country, perhaps in the same town. How can they hope to avoid misunderstanding, surly mu- | tual obstructionism, barren delay and mischief bred in mutual distrust if each one will not be persuaded to hold his own penny of preferential policy further from his own eyes? { His shortened sight is blocked by | the copper coin. His conception of the single reform which must pre- cede all others canhot be shared by everyone. farther from his ow eyes? There are 80 very few foundation principles not covered by the Ten Commandments plus the new commandment, 'that ye love one another." And it is ne- cessary for everybody | this and determine for himself to | look around the small circumference | of bis own penny and see what else {is in the world that should not be | done. ee eens AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. Coming at the close of a year &all- {ed by Sir John Aird 'one of sur. | prises," the addresses of the presi- dent and the general manager of the Canadian Bank 5f Commerce are in- teresting. Sir John Aird dealt very largely with the lighres of his bank's statgment, from which we may gath- er that the year has been one of marking time rather than of any no- table advance. The shargholders are to be congratulated on receiving 8 bonus of one per cent. in addition to their usual dividend, a slight re- cognition of the high cost of living that must have proved acceptable. Sir John Atrd foresees the possibility of a slight easing in the demand for money as one result of the present li- quidation, There is also a gratifying evidence of a reduction of floating debt by the governments of Canada and Great Britain. A reduction of al- most $43,000,000 in securities held is Cue "to the payment of war obliga- tions by these governments." He also points out the injury to business latent in the proposal that the farm- €r should hold his grain for higher prices. The effect is an adverse one all along the line--farmer, retailer, wholesaler, and manufacturer--with the farmer taking the risk. It is a question how far the slowing up of busin of late may have been due to this"tause, Speculation on the New York stock market also comes in for condemnation as one of the reasons for the high premium on New York exchange. After pointing out the dif« ficulties in the way of extension of foreign trade. by reason of adverse exchanges and unstable financial | ,| credising alarmingly. conditions. Sir John, quotes an Eng- lish authority; * "@nly a country in which prices are comparatively low can have ap export balance in its fa- vor." Perhaps this throws some light on the conditions referred to by the pre- Sident, Sir Edmund Walker, He finds that Canada's favorable balance of trade is vanishing at a rapid pace,' exports declining and imports in- Sir Edmund', address is not, however, of a pessi- tuistic tone throughout. He points but that our field crops and mineral products both exceed the figures of 1919, in spite of the fall in price of most agricultural products. He gives some interesting information as to the work of the Soldiers' Settlement Board and approves of their efforts to carry out a plan of land settle- ment, Taxation also comes in for a good- ly share of his attention. He dsserts that taxatiom that takes too large a share of the national ingome is a drag on the wheels of prosperity. This fe surely an important enough matter for the attention of those who frame our state budgets. Sir Ed- mund's own preference is for a turn- over tax on sales. He sees many ob- jections to the excess profits tax, one of which is its unreliablity now that 50 many profits are being turned into [168ses as the scale of prices goes downwards, Both the president and the goaers] Manager of the Bank of Commerce Why not hold his penny | to recognize You have your nerve; | The truth is that you get much more | Than you deserve. | Help! | "i do hope that you keep you | in a pasture," sald Mrs Newly r cows wed, as | she paid the Milkman | "Yessim," replied the Milkman | course we keeps them in a pasture." "I'm so glad," gushed Nra. Newly- "I have been told that pasteur- best | wed. ized milk is much the | Goe-B1! | A fellow climbed {n a canoe | For a ride when he had quite a stoe i Now the place where he's lald Has plenty of shade And the sky is a beautiful bloe. | Paw Knows Everythiag, Willie-----Paw, what is a barnscle® Paw--A barnacle 1s a hobo who sleeps in barns, my son. Now do your right 'work and don't bother me. busy | -- Wat! He got "four punctures in one day, | Then he got mad, dla Hector; | And to the tire I heard him say: 'You are a tacks collector!" | seems | What's the Fare to New Philadelphiat (New Philadelph'a (Ohio) Times) Fresh cut bone for children. Cox Meat Market Phone 393. Gosh! | But that isn't the worat of it. You | can also find the By Market | in New Philadelphia, OH lo. Sun. od |: | Monkey Moon. --R. J. 8 Ho, Hum! Isn't it strange how a thing can | tart out so sweet ang wind up eo sour? F'rinstance, we found this ad- vertisement in the Louisville Post; WE BUY AND SELL | WHISKY | and all other kinds of bottles. Ninth and Jefferson. Fast. "Although for prajse we'd like to fall" Baid Slattery, "Live women and dead men get all The flattery." --Luke McLuke. ' 'Although we're fond of roses red," Sald Powers, "Only cute women ang the Get flowers." --=Detroit Free Press, dead Merey! ' Do not associate Christian = Girl with the Y. W. C. A. or the W.C.T. vu. Christian Girl ts a regular he man, and is Président of the Standard Parts Company, of Cleveland, Onlo. Haw, Haw! Jay Edie now addresses his "P. 8. A." instead of U. 8 A. of course: "Prohibition America." mail: Meaning, States of Thanx! Dear Luke: It must be a Happy New Year for a man like yourself who makes thousands happy each day in the year--B. BE. Corn, Ironton, Ohio. ---- Atta Boy! A few weeks ago John Hummell and Merle Hummel], of Findlay, Ohio, were fined $125 and costs each for selling liquor, And the other day this advertisement appeared in _the Findlay (Ohio) Republican: FRESH BEEF AND FORK by the 1-4 mn. RRR 900 Ibs. Roasts Pork, 4} 600 Ibs. Pork Chops, : "TBE Choice Shoulder Roasts Choice Rib Roasts Choice Oven Roasts . +. Stewing Beef : BUTTER 700 Ibs. choice Whey Butter.......: 600 lbs. choice Dairy Butter ........ 57¢. Prime Cheese . . . . .25¢. with a spirit of hope-| or fulness to the time when a stable ha- { £ls of values shall again-have been reached, as the foundation for the me- | fature prosperity of this country and | e | You walk | «oz | On at Toronto, Kingston and Wel- mi, THE DAILY BRITISH TE -------- ' as much as you want, I | "hanged my business Lrom booz have to 1ell, the father of Merle Hum- 1918 Broad avenue -- Things To Werry About. | Whisky has a bad t of fixir { your feet 50 they won't behave w But what we startec you was that Stambuwiskj {s of Bulgaria. habit Our Daily Special, Plain Talk Means Unpleasant Talk. | ---- "ag | PUBLIC OPINION | tt ttt tt ttt ptt tga A Delusion, . (Chicago: Tribune) | The mind of man, is subject to many strange delusions, and one of | these is that the stock market has a bottom. | | | | Hi ---- Some Noise, (Little Rock. Ark. Gazette) Maybe the noise of riveting in our ship-yard makes it impossible for {Japan to hear thé talk at Geneva {about disarmament, | ---------- Daylight Saving. * (Oshawa Reformer) y At the recent elections the ques- | tion of daylight saving was voted TT: 1 i |land. The vote was favorable to {the proposal in all three eities. Still {it is very doubtful whether it will jve very widely adopted this year as {it results in endless confusion unless | all places and the railroads fall in |line. Of cofirse the 'Farmers' Gov- {ernment at Queen's Park is not | likely to make it a provincial issue. { There is the dew on the hay in the | early morning, you know. ITT TT An Eye to the Future, (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Uncle Sam has added from time to ma to his collection of islands un- [til he has assembled under the flag {a quite imposing array. Some of | them he is thinking of getting rid of |at the first opportunity. But he is | still in the market for an occasional [ pick-up, if it be well located and fair {to his strategic eye. Fifty miles off | the Pacific entrance to the Panama | Canal lie the Pearl Islands, thrusting {their heads high above 'the sea. | Washington thinks that for the safe. | ty of the canal America should pos- | sess the group and the coming con- | gress is likely to see a measure of- | | fered for their purchase. Strateg:- | cally and intrinsically, the isthmlan | waterway is too important to carry | | without adequate insurance. | Walt Mason || CITY AND COUNTRY. I It seems a ghastly pity that all the | girls and boys are thronging to the | city, grown tired of village joys. The city bids them enter, gives them the cordial hand; and down in old Hay Center the empty buildings stand. "Aw, chee," the kids are saying, "the old town is a frost; we'll go where bands are playing, regardless of the | cost." The country town Is shrink- ing, it's known a dismal slump, with | only graybeards drinking around the village pump. The sad-eyed mer- chant princes gaze down the dusty street, and brushing shelf worn | quinces, invoke the name of Pete. The | young folks all are leaving, they go | on every train, to search for joys de- | ceiving, and pleasures all in vain. Ad- | venture is the mentor that counsels | them to go; and down fh old Hay | Center| the life is pretty slow. Hay | Center's ways are quiet, she's calm, | without, within; she has no midnight | riot, or garish brands of sin. Her | people all are sleeping when village | clocks strike tet, and no cheap sports | are keeping high wassail in a den. | They go to church on Sunday=to hear | the pastor shout and all the dames on | Monday still hang the washing out. Hay Center has no pink uns to chron- icle life's game; but from euch towns our Lincolns and other great men came. It's sad to see her dying, aban- doned, dusty, gray; but all the kids are sighing to tread the Great White | Way. --WALT MASON. { PHONE 597 AGAIN THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME SNAPPY BARGAINS IN PORK trimmed Frees anys ivesivu id Beran Ie, LAMB « VEAL Two departments of the colonial of- | fice in Lendon are to be formed un- der one ministerial chief. | 1 Ib.-7 Ib. each . . .28c. Ib. ..35¢. Ib. EF se this cube dh; ..28¢. 1b. 23c. Ib. SLR ee. ay. BACON Sweet Pickled Bacon 38¢ Wiltshire Bacon 40c, 45¢! i MI i I THE POET PHILOSOPHER | ' WHIG. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921 | A ION BIBBY'S Ii THE REASON: new quarters. i $1.98 ready to take care going to offer all B as we do not wish t Our new extension in building will soon be o four increa sing Boys' Suit trade. We are " Wear at wonderfully low prices to clear o be bothered moving boys' stock into our SWEATER COAT Sizes 24 to 32 Boys' Suits, Overcoats and F urnishings AT LESS THAN PRE-WAR PRICES oys BOYS' SUITS, $7.50, $9.50 and $12.50. BOYS' OVERCOATS that were made to sell at $15, $18, $20, $22.50. While they last YOUR CHOICE, $10.00 and $15.00 All néw goods, made for this season's trade. BOYS' SWEATERS BOYS' Heavy ribbed wool . .. 39. STOCKINGS im BIBBY"S 3 ! m | im £5 £ nr N To ke No ice warmed Will pay the water. HARDWA walter troughs for c attle from freezing. ill form on them and the cattle will drink more of for itself in one season. Made in one solid piece of ca st iron. BUNT'S -_ - No seams to rust out, KING ST, PHONE 388. WANTED RAW FURS Gourdier's BROCK STREET 0000 [ A NGS TANK HEATERS Table Waters ----White Rock. Radnor, --Poland. ~--Adanac, ~Caledonia. ~=Vichy Celestins, Soda Water. =--Dry Ginger Ale, Jas. REDDEN & Lo, Phones 20 and 90, FARMS FOR SALE ~ 119 ucres, 8 mues from Kingston, va a leadiug road, Dew barn, with stavies 30 Ny 40 feet--smail dwelling, ueariy 'lew; about 4b acres now under cultivation; about Ju acres of Valuavie woud, chiefly mapie. Price 34,000. 85 acres on the Bath Koad; pleasant ipcation on the bay Ui Quinte; over 80 acres first class soil under cultivation; 800d buuidings. Price $600, We have also a large ligt of farms of ail sizes and prices, T. J. Lockhart | Rea xistate ana insurance KINGSTON, Ont, Phone 1035w or 17973. -- ---------- STOVE COAL NUT COAL Pea Coal Ln Sign Painting and Graining JANES S. ROBINSON 275 Bagot Street Robinsen Bros' Old Stand EGGCOAL ... ...... seeeee... $16.50 per ton ceeriene.... $16.50 per ton cesereinnsan. $15.00 per ton Carrying 50c. PHONE 155. ALL SALES FOR CASH. Phone orders C.0.D. SOWARDS COAL CO. $16.50 per ton extra. Crescent Wire Works Fencing, Guards, borders, Wire Wor ufactured by: -- ' PARTRIDGE & soy G. Hunter Ogilvie INSURANCE AND GENERAL BROKER In daily communicatiqn with Mont- real and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Dominion, Provincial and Munici- pal Bonds for sale. 281 KING STREET = 568 & 1087 DAVID SCOTT- Plumber Fiambing and Gas W ® special. ty. "All work a Address 145 Frontenac Street. Phome 1277. 3 Absolutely hygienic. Easy to clean. Solid wood back. Pure aluminum face. Choice, extra stiff, brist.es. An extraordinary Brush for the price of an ordinary one. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 1 Er pure Baskets, Flower | of all kinds, mans | SE > iat or som cn ORR Lake Ontario Trout | and Whiteiish, Fresh Sea Salmon, Had- dock, Halibut and Cod." Phone 520. 63 Brock st, No. 9-3240. ---- Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna an) Western Railroad's Celebrated ~ Scranton Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford Foot of "ueen St. * Phone 9, "It's a black busine... vai wh treat you white." em