a. . od 6 AILY BRITISH WHIG. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1921. THE_BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. BR Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG CO,, LIMITED J. G. Elliott Leman A. Gulla .... aM TELEPHONES: Business Office Editorial Rooms .. Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, delivered In city One year, if paid in advance 5.0 Ona year, by mail to rural offices $2.5 OUné year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) year, by mail, cash year, If not paid in advance $1.60 year, to United States $1.50 One One One OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES ¥. Calder, 22 St. John Bt, Montreal ¥F. W. Thompson 190 Kling St. E T nto, published of Letters to the Iditor are only over the actual name writer. Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. Every day mow there is more day- light to save. When a man asks you for criticism, he wants prafee. to be It appears that there are open covenants never arrived at. Speaking of national! waste, there is the money spent to mail duns. Hard work warrants good sleep at nights. . That's why labor is so etrong and resourceful. The present plan is to divide the sheep and the goats; shear the sheep, and accuse the goats of doing it. Man keeps on inventing machines to make existence soft and tonics to give him a rugged constitution. Man can't be happy without work. Had Adam been happy In paradise, the apple wouldn't have interested him, The Christian nations are these in which there is sale for anti-fat nos- trums while a large part of the world is starving. Thrift is the art of making the lamp shade correspond with one's walst measure so it can be used as a skirt. a------------------ And even if the. reformers make the world perfect, another bunch will come along with new standards and do the job over. What cruel and inhuman treatment these Bolshevists are capable of! They now make attendance at the theatres compulsory. Doubtless you have noticed that women jurors always smile in a grim and reminiscent sort of way when the man says not guilty. It is only now and then that a man can cheerfully say, "Pretty cold to-day!" The remark is nearly as obsolete as that other, "What'll you have!" They say a comet is shooting di- rectly for the earth. But as it is not expected until June we will not worry until we perceive the fire- works. A Kansas men proposes to relieve the rural situation by allowing each farmer to have two wives, My, my, how the rural situation would be enriched ! After spending millions in fighting strikes, capital and labor frequently make a settlement that all but the extremists were willing to agree upon at the start. Every once in a while a statesman does something that proves he has as much sense as an ordinary man, and the shock of surprise persuades the world that he is a great man. Oh! Oh, the horrid men. E. W. Howe says: A stitch in time may have saved nine some years ago, bul to-day there are only about two Stitches In a dress. . "People came to Kingston the oth- €r day and said offemsive things about the flag. Well, over 50,000 Canad lie in Flanders, and died in defence of that flag, and there are many times 50,000 who will rise if it is threatened."--Sir A, C. Macdonell, commandant of the Royal Military College, in an address at Ottawa. i Good works, to remember. PUBLISHING | PEOPLE DEMAND SERVICE. The department of! civic service at | present under review is that of gar- This 1eflicient ollectors duty. The { bage collection and d i department has been {and costly, ' because t | were not made to do their | ratepayers would not protest against | paying over a mill for the collection | and disposal of their gart | were given good service | have not received. The | for.two collections a week from resi- { dences; 'and many places are getting {only one collection to {be a general tion of the | system, if the collection is not to be | done by contract, Whig has and deter- ittee to takes t this they by-law calls needs reorg and the | confidence in the a | mination of the health see that this reorgani place. The by-law regar ; garbage collection should be ed, but the first thing that must be done Is to see that the collection is carried | cut according to schedule. The peo- {| ple must do their part, but the de- | partment must first fulfill its part (of the by-law and show the people | that they .are going to get the ser- | vice for which they are paying. DR, EDWARDS FOR CABINET? The announcement that the sup- porters of Dr. J. W. Edwards, mem- { ber of parliament for Frontenac, are | pressing for his selection for th. inet will be received with much sa | high estimate of his abilities is wide ly held in. Eastern Ontario where his personality is a dominant factor in | politics. Dr, who has endeavored to deserve the confidence friends by the | | Edwards is one {and admiration of his : close study of Canadian politics, mat- as trade and finance, representing a ru ters such and none, jéncy, know the needs of agriculture | { better than he does or is as well fitted las he to advocate the cause of the.| | ! | farmers in parliament. He has been a | { close student of parliamentary proce- dure and law, and has made exhaus- | { tive investigations into international [ trade, finance and economics general- . He has been a consistent support- er of his party whether in opposition | and he is an antagonist | | { | or in power, {in debate that few desire to meet. He | has lost nothing of his grip upon the | | electors of his constituency through | | close study of Canazian and admira- | | tion of his friends by his close study | { of Canadian politics, matters such as | {trade and finance, and none, repre- | senting a rural constituencys, know the needs of agriculture better than he does or is as well fitted as he to adovcate the cause of the farmers in| parliament. He has been a close stu- dent of parliamentary procedure and law, and has made exhaustive investi- gations into international trade, fiin- ance and economics generally, He has been a consistent supporter of his party whether in opposition or in power, and he is an antagonist in de- bate that few desire to meet. He has lost nothing of his grip upon the el- ectors of 'his constituency through the operations of the U.F.O., simply because the farmers who have been his supporters go long have for him a warm personal attachment. Occupy- ing a prominent place in the Orange Soctety, he is regarded by many as the logical successor of Hon. Sam Hughes, formerly ministet of militia, but, if anything, Dr. Edwards occup- ies a broader position than his pre- decessors and seeks for the good destiny of Canada in the greatest de- gree of toleration both in racial and religious affairs and never loses an opportunity to advocate the rights of all under the constitution. His selec- tion will be an honor to his constitu- ency. THE SPRACKLIN CASE. The lesson of the Spracklin case will long be remembered by the peo- ple' of Ontario, as it illustrates the folly of employing members of the clergy for police duty either in the enforcement of law or the custody of offenders. Men to be successful in this work require long training and experience. The mistake in this case was made when Rev, Mr. Spracklin was employed. If the clergy are to leave their pulpits and turn detecti- ves for the Ontario license board, why not turn over to them the man- agement of the provincial and muni- cipal police, and let them pursue wrong doing to their hearts content? Why should the Ontario Temperance Act be considered the special prov- ince of clergymen? The attorney general and the On- tario License Board ought to recog- nize that the office of a minister of the gospel is a purely spiritual office, and that in filling that office a clergyman has ample opportunity for the employment of all of his talents and energy if he is properly seized of the responsibilities he has assum- ed. There is no room for preaching on Sunday and gun-running during the rest of the week, The whole cause of the change that has come over the clergy in this province is due to the prohibition is- sue, the purely moral features of which have become lost. Efforts to educate the people to exercise moral restraints in overcoming drink and kindred evils Have given place to | force as represented by the liquor" | laws and the clergy have formed or- | ganizations throughout the province { for the purpose of prosecuting a eam- | paign to carry the coming referen- if they | cab- | 5 isfaction by his admirers, for a Very" ral constitu- | | nize in the prohibition issue any. ob- ligatiog to depart from the calling of a purely spiritual office, and are {conscientious in holding to that view But those of highly emotional tem- | perament appear to think that they : |are principals in John Bunyan's alle- | gories and are bent upon performing {a chosen part. | Nobody desires to see mini | take up the enforcement of the !of the land while there are capable men to be found for this work, and | impatience with résults is not going | to improve matters. The work of edu- cating the people and creating the | spirit of Christian obedience to relig- | fous and moral ideals is the special | work of the clergy, and is likely to | remain so for some time to come, no | matter' what laws may be on the sta- | | tutes. as i - | '} BITS OF BY-PLAY | By LUKE McLUKE i | Copyright, 1920, by | The Cincinnati Enquirer. | i | The Widow. | The widow doesn't have much fun : When she supports herself, that's true; | She's looking out for | When she Jooks out for Two. Number One, Then It Happened! | "| was just wondering?" mused the { Cheerful Idiot. | "Wondering | Wise Guy | "Why if you wanted a site for a bl'nd asylum, would an | architect or an oculist?" the | Cheerrul 1diot. | what?' demanded. the you consult replied The Promoter. he would like has some to share, brand Your He | scheme; | He spouts a whole lot of hot air, But he does not get up much steam. money always The Limit. t fellow is a grouchy, pessi- 8 cuss, isn't he?' said Smith. "He sure is,' agreed Jones "Why, that bird would look for splinters in a club sandwich' "Hie! was old fellow named Wright, Who drank raisin jack and got tight, Then said, in surprise, As he rubbed both his eyes "Gosh, there are four moons out night!" There an Notice! The Secretary of Names 1s Names Club has paired Christian Girl, of Cleveland, Ohio, with Christian Luth, of Lakefield, Ky. the Firmg Is Firms. The Pigg Meat Market A. Pigg, Proprietor, "Bowie, Texas. 6 Fair Waraing ! George Pistol has been elected Chief of Police of Cookeville, Tenn. And he'll carry one all the time now, Huh! The Hobo had asked the hard-faced woman for something to eat. "Yes," she replied. "I'll fx you some supper if you'll saw and split fome wood, sweep off the walk, fix that hole in the fence, tidy up the yard and burn that rubbish piled up at the cellar door." "Lady," said the Hobo, as he started away. "I'm only a hobo, 1 ain't your husband!" Fast. Oh, woman, as vou tread life's stage, Old Time you can't repel; You may refuse to tell your age, But some day age will tell, '* In That Se! (Warren (Ohio) Tribune) Luke McLuke dreamed the other night that the Eighteenth Amendment had been repealed. But he woke up and had & grouch on all day. What's the Fare tp Garrett? The Moore-Casebeer Company doing business in Garrett, Ind. is Help! We hats to keep any one out of the Club. But whaddy we gonna do with Ever Medlin, of Cilo, 8. C.? Ho, Ham! A Parkersburg (W. Va.) man, after examination by a specialist, heard the following: "If you want to live you must re- frain from drinking, quit using to- bacco, avold dancing and other ex- citement, stay away from the theater and go to bed before 10 o'clock every night." "Well," replied the man, "if I do that what in L will TI have to live for?" Prayers. Y hear the auto owner pray, He is hard up, I ween; hear him say: "Give us this day Our daily gasoline!" --Luke McLuke. hear the pious baker pray, He ig hard up J know, hear him say: "Oh, Lord, give us This day our daily dough." * --Hastings (Neb). Tribune.' I hear the lowly butcher pray, "Oh, Lord, my heart will break Should I not sell, from day to day, A steak to raise a Stake!" ==Dalton (Ga.) Gazette, I 'hear the peaceful farmer pray, Who holds strife in disdain, "Help us during Nineteen Twenty- one To raise a lot of cane. ~Cedartown (Ga.) Standard. -- Jen't This Lovely Weather! We found this For Sale ad. In a THE D Number | new | to-} { Cincinnati newspaper last Sunday: { Roadster; will not last long. Names Is Names. est Grove Stump lives in Akron, Our Daily Special. ie Men Have Liver Spots On Their yositions. ? Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER HAPPINESS. i I had a little shanty, and I was happy there, with wife and niece and auntie, and grandma in her chair. 1 did not owe a shilling upon that small abode, no creditors came drill- | ing to dun me, up the road. And I was always saving against the day j of rain, and all the time behaving | like some one safe and sane. My | aunt, whose name was Alice, was dippy as could be; she said a costly | palace was none too good for me. { And grandma, in her sweater, backed | aunt, and said, "Tut, tut! You should | have something better--why live in | this punk hut?" My niece indorsed their kicking, and nagged all day { and back, for she was tired of stick- | ing in such a tawdry shack. With | women thus embattled, what can a poor man do? At last they got me | rattled, and all my cain I drew; 1 | mortgaged and 1 borrowed and built | a costly home, and ever since I've sorrowed, and care has creased my | dome. I owe the village plumber | who plied his art with skill; and at | my house each comer is some one | with a bill. I owe the gifted painted, | whose language freely flows, and smokier and quainter that language daily grows. I owe the paperhanger, the joiner for his beams, and I can | hear their clangor at midnight, in my dreams. They all are rude and | ranty, and I dissolve in tears when thinking of the shanty that knew my younger years. { --WALT MASON. ---------------------- | PUBLIC OPINION Deserving. . (Buffalo Commercial) 'Gold medals are to be given to | telephone girls," says a dispatch. For | heroic service in persisting, in spite | of the traditions and practices of the | trade, in getting the right numbers I for impatient patrons? Free Police Magistrates, | (Brantford Expositor) | When the Ontario Government is | considering reforms affecting police | magistrates, one of the changes {which ought to be considered is that these officials should be made entire- ly independent of municipal coun- cils with regard to the remuneration which they are to receive. As well have the salary of the county Judge controlled by aldermen as that of a police magistrate, Seven Semtemce Sermon. Hope is the only good which is common to all men.--Thales. * * - Life alone can rekindle life; what others claim from us is not our thirst and ouf hunger but our bread and our guord.--Amiel. ' One day with life and heart Is more than time énough To find a world. --James Russell Lowell. * . * Holiness is infinite compasison for others; happiness is a great love and much serving.--Drummend. Though I have all Taith so that I could remove mountains and+have not charity I am nothing.--I Cor. 13-1. I say to thee, io thou repeat To the first may thou mayest meet In lane, highway, or open street-- That he, and we, and all men, move Under a canopy of love As broad as the blue sky above. --Archbishop Trench. It is better "to "desire the things that we have than to have the things that we desire.--Henry van Dyke. Kill the Germs of Catarrh BY ACTING TO-DAY YOU CAN QUICKLY RELIEVE CATARRH AND AVOID BRONCHITIS, PERHAPS CONSUMPTION Most eo and Surect Relief Is " Agreeabl el FE j 35s Ef HE Hood's cure constipaiton, Pills Mver Ms Do mot dum. Some ministers refuse to recog: bitiousmess 'and all sripeor irritate. Je. ' BIBBY"S 2 OUR NEW GOODS AT NEW They are better value than old goods at any price! PRICES! name and some under another. Sale or no sale we still meet and beat New goods at new prices. REMEMBER! We allow no firm to undersell us ---rest assured when you trade here you get right kind of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishings, etc., at right prices. We are fully alive to all the sales that are going on. Some under one all goers---price for price--value for value. We are able to do this because we conduct our business along the same lines as the big department catalogues houses. cash. One price to all; all goods plainly marked. We ad- vise you to lock all over town at the so-called wonderful 'bargains and then see how easy it is to frade here. Meet and beat all old goods at any price. all comers and Strictly BIBBY'S 78, 80, 82 Princess Street MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING The Largest Store of the kind in Eastern Ontario "BUCKEYE INCUBATORS Take the risk out of your Chick en Breeding by buying the one best INCUBATOR--THE BUCKEYE. Sold at-- BUNT'S KING ST. PHONE 388. HARDWARE. 300 v.00 000. SKUNK 100.......... .. MINK 5... 00.000. FOX 150 i.cori:. ov. 2 00s: COON Gourdier's BROCK STREET EGG COAL e'efeinis elele oe 316.30 Per ton STOVE COAL winnie. 316,50 per ton NUT COAL ..ccro1e50510 50101000, $16.50 per ton Pea Coal .... .reieieeare oo... $15.00 per ton ing 50c. extra. PHONE 165. ALL SALES FOR CASH. Phone orders 0.0.0. SOWARDS COAL CO. Mazola A PURE SALAD and COOKING OIL is being demonstrated at our store all this week----February 21st to 26th inst. i SPECIAL PRICES Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phone 20 and 990, "The House of Satisfaction" ae FARMS FOR SALE FARM of 100 acres, on a good road, not far from King~ ston; first class dwelling; good outbuildings; about 65 acres under cultivation; well watered; enough wood for fuel; orchard; possession at once. Price $5,500. We have a large list of farms for sale of all sizes and prices. First class Insurance Come panies. : Money to loan, T. J. Lockhart Clarence Street, Kingston Phones 1035w. or 1797§. EE REIT rr Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea Salmon, Had- dock, Halibut and Cod BOOTH FISHEIERS (Canadian Co. HON. 280. ri PRE Specialist \ For many years Dr. Chown has given special attention to the fitting of Trussek, Abdom- inal Supporters and carrying in stock a complete line of --The only machine on the market, with a self-cooling motor. J. R. C. Dobbs & Co. 41 Clarence Street, Kingston. Headquarters. 19. CANVAS BELTS, | Coal That Sits. The Delaware, Lackawaana and Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton . Coal RIDING BELTS. Abdominal Warmers, ELASTIC HOSIERY. Save money and be assured of satisfaction by buying at home. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess St. Phone 848. FOR SALE Good second - hand Lumber, Corrugated Sheet Steel and other building materials. 1. Cohen & Co. 273 Ontario St. Phone 837, It you would see good in your neighbors anoint your eyes with the milk of buman kindness. SA) 75 The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford "It's a black business, bul we treat you white" bs Ee -