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Tt there is an optimist in Russia he must be a dyspeptic, A monarch's exchequer these days "is more royal than it is flush, ----ee When there is wine at the steer- ing wheel, its way takes hold on death. Hungry soldiers are g'viaz the tot- tering situation in Russia a few more totters. It should be borme in mind that much of the pessimism may be due to hay fever. . It is the way business is some- times that makes the tired business man tired. Profiteers can not believe in a hereafter, to watch them in what they cre after here. » ---------------- It does .not help much that mos- quitoes are treating nearly everybody else the same way, 'The idea of two hearts beating as one is romantic, but unfortunately two mouths can't eat as one. You can get some men interested in the Far East situation moment- arily when they understand you to say yeast, ee ele rues Encke's comet is said to be again approaching the earth. Which indi- cates .that comets, like sone, will . come back. i 2 " A Paris surgeon offers new faces |- for old. "The name is familiar, but Jor the moment your. face seéms to " jssespe me. sme ; Snm---- : Edison has evolved a new intel- fligence test, this being the first inti- mation that there were any survivors from the first, . tii. : A French sclintist says that wo- men wil] rule the world for the next {100 years. Where has that fellow Deer allthis time?, 'The interest of women in a breach of promise suit is easily explained. | They are always interested in an- other woman's suit, Ja candy maker, taking 300 per cent, profit from consumers, reveals fhe full meaning of the lollypop's title-ot "'all-day sucker." ---- 3 Lord Northcliffe finds it "more awkward" to obtain liquor in Canada than the United States.. He's con- scious of the law on British soil, we take it) ' It Lloyd George and Lord North- cliffe continue their present attitudes toward each other they may event- ually give the impression that they are not on friendly terms, Thomas A. Edison took a long nap in camp, and ever itice he has been yawning and etretching and giving every indication of dissipation that has put Kim behind in his work, ------ The world's largest telescope, that was in course of construction at last reports, must have been completed, and Lord Fitzalan, who says he sees peace in Ireland, must have used it. Jack Johnson, erstwhile champion bruiser, essayed the role of preacher In a New York church recently, and In his sermon sald: "If there is one here without sin, let him rise." As eothing- is said about any of his __Learers rising it may be presumed | that nobody dared, _ - $5.00 | year, by mall to rural offices $2. 50 3.0 { AN EXAMPLE i LOWING. | The manner {n which traffic regula- | tions are enforced in other countries vsimply serves to sh up the great { laxi ty in this respect which exists in | Canada, In England the other .day | a court sentenced a one year's | pena servitude for spes | less driving. The Ontario Safety Le WORTH FOL- | w reck- ague would 4 Fr | had laws similar to th | the old land, and woul 'as they are enforced i { the death rate from a | be much lower. Fast dr pleasant to those who e that | kind of thing, but those who indulge in it need to be taught that in doing so they are endangering the lives of | | others, Only a strict code of laws will put a de- | finite end to the escapades of tho automobile speeders and road hogs njoy i DEAD LANGUAGE, LIVE CORPSES | Every ence in a while sonfebndy | arises to administer a punch to the | ancient but classic Greek and Latin languages, but higher institutions of learning continue to lold them in | reve srencé and to permit them to oc- cupy important positions in their courses of culture, Whether they are right in so dofng it will be well to leave to the educators themselves, some of whom are coming to regard the classical languages less .in the light of being sacred. Evidently among these is Alfred | Bushnell Hart, who, in addressing the National Educational Association | convention in Des Moines, said that | too much attention was being paid to Greek and Latin and "not enough to | Industrial problems which the stu- dents will have to face after leaving school." Mr. Hart is a professor 'of government. in Harvard University so he should know whereof he speaks with relation to the amount of atten- tion being paid to the subject in ad- vanced schools. Also, in bringing the matter before educators, ing the proper course, because, no matter how fifppantly irreverent the lay opinion regarding a dead, but not buried, language may be, that opin- fon has no weight of authority. It is true that a law student must be grounded' in Latin because the law is filled with Latin terms, but it often has been asked why it is neces- sary to make use of them when the terms are only scattered here through a legal instrument or pro- cess, or whatever it is, while the bulk of the work is carried on ingood old English, althougk possibly involv- ed as to composition. And if it isn't necessary why should a law student waste his time in learning the intri- cacies of "amo, amas, amat," etc.? The same line of reasoning applies to other professions, the technical portions of which could be translated to English. If dead languages are useless, it is a sign of progress that a trained educator is bold enough to guestion their importance and it seéms the part of wisdom to leave the disposi- tion of the problem up to such train- ed minds. Wg know there are those who would say thumbs down on Greek and Latin forthwith, but are such persons really quaiified to pass such a sentence? ' A NEW EXCUSE. Since the war ended, so disastrous- ly for Germany and her allies, the leaders of the enemy countries have been trying to find excuses for their failure. A new excuse has been put forward by President Heinisch, of Austria, who recently made the state- ment that had all the German and Austrian soldiers been teetotallers, the outcome of the war would have resulted in their favor, Of course, this is a nice way for apologizing to the Austrian people for their army's failure between 1914 and 1918, but just what does the president mean by a teetotaller? It has never been claimed for the Brit- ish or Allied forces that they were teetotallers. In fact, the military authorities recognized the need of stimulants by issuing the rum ration to the troops at the front. Yet these same troops won the greatest battles in history. Although the excuse may sound all right to the people of Aus- tria, it will Hardly be accepted in this country or in Britain. BE CAREFUL AS WELL AS GOOD. Possibly there are a great many men who will feel sympathy with an Indiana man because of the predica- ment in which he finds himself. The person in question. who also appears to be a husband, advertises that the owner of a handbag put in his parked | and unoccupied car can get same on application and by paying for the ad. The real pathos, if not the tragedy, of the situation is revealed in the further statement that if the owner will explain to the advertiser's wite that he had nothing to do with it be- ing there, he will 'pay for the adver- tisement himself. Behind this there appears. to have been a bit of domestic suspicion en- gendered by circumstantial evidence. Circumstances 4 may be the more damning because they are so intang- ible as not to be explainable except by general denial, The victim of the suspicion is in a bad way. If he is innocent he will deny it of course, "ough. he moy bas unable to explain ee ------------ : hatrpins, stern enforcement of | * | The world owes he is tak-! ee ------ it." be a denial also, so that he is in-®0 better standing 'in one case than in the other. If friend wife has doubt of her husband the chances are she will not be convinced even were the persén who put the handbag in the | car to appear and render a reasonable explanation of how it came to be misglaced The moral of the' uation would to lo in a ing to Au bands to avoid the very appearance of indiscretion, search the car and remove any s etc, It is right to be but the wise good man will be care- fuj also. arn In short, ay handbags, less explanations. ALONG-LIFE'S DETOUR BY SAM HILL * Takes Hustling ? vou a living, As the old say Z goes; But to collect it fsa job That keeps you on your toes Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. ifoned woman, wore a hoop skirt, did not dare dresses that stopped at the knees. Ain't Nature Grand. (An Ad. Seen in FOR SALE: See double front and in rear. Lady at 927, extra layge One of the Knockers. "Does he go in for society?" Balt. 'No," answered Nutt, it. 'He's editor of & radical paper." Maybe He Has To. A model man Is Henry Zong, He always takes His wife along. -- There Ain't Any Such Animal "Oh, John, here are some wonderful bargains in dry goods!" wife. "Huh!" grunted her husband, I am looking for is some wonderful bargains in wet goods." Fool Question 71156. J. 8. L. desires to know what size 'collar it takes for a neck of land. It's All Over. Their honeymoon has hit the skid, The end"s in 'sight, 'tis feared-- She ate a slab of onion and He's got a two-day"s beard. ~--Cincinnati Baquirer. The honeymoon has long since gone, That truth they can't evade; She does not kiss him when he leaves, And he flirts with the maid. --Hastings (Neb.) Tribune. -- One Less Toe For Corns, Too, Says a news item: "A thumb through an accident has been placed by the patient's big lost re- toe, through the skill of a noted French surgeon." And now, We suppose, when he bungles things, instead of telling him he is all thumbs, his wife will have to tell him he is all tees, eh? rarer How About IT, Doct "He that goeth to bed jhirsty rises healthy"--Old proverb. If that is true, what a wonderful improvement there must be in the health of the male population of this grand, old country! Be Standing Room Only. Stage Manager--What shal we do? The leading lady's lost her tights. Manager--Double the price of mission. ad- -- Dally. Sentence Sermon. Keep your mouth shut and you never will get your foot in it. ha ' Poor Jelgh. "Oh, please tell me, I preigh, You'll be my bride todeigh," Begged Gallant Johnny Reigh, "I value what you seigh" Replied sweet Jennie Bleigh, "But my answer is neigh, My bills you'd never peigh" A Geneva Conference. I'm sure Geneva bears me no ill will, I know that in her heart I hold a place; She greets me with the greatest kind- ness, still She. very seldom lets me see her face, Though quite aloof, she never will ex- press Her sentiments in aught but gentle » speech; And, far from jealous, oft bids me ad- dress Fair rivals whom, elsewise, I 'might not reach, This vexing distance always to main- tain, Yet holding converse does 1 not seem strange? To clear the mystery let me iat; She operates a private branch ex. change. --F. W. D. She's Popular, All Right. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, Who eked out a home-brew. Her children were many, but, oh, green cheese, Her patrons were as many as the sands of the seas. living by making --Kazim Kazien, -- We Hope We Have Made It Plain. 'What 1s the rulé for pluralizing nouns ending in "ful?" asks a contemporary. Will, if there are no dry sleuthg in the house we will answer the question. Just tell them where you get it. -- 'Why, Elsie? Why does a rooster crow? asks a contempora: Mainly because Jt was not bullt to sing, or talk, or whistle, and there was nothing left for it to do but crow. ------ 1 ' News of the Names Club, Speaking of speed in names, how, does Chester Gallup, of New Burling- ton, and Robert Dash, of Ciuélnnaty, sirike you? Bumsties the ice man tae to show { good | | | 1t is better to avoid trouble [ than to have to waste time in fruit- { when life is full of care, when bleak | But it will be tonzifered that, | up and we have to | were he guilty, his recourse would Dit Mrs. Bessie iways has ice in We usually do who can ralse'ca is perfectly pr Thornwill, Ohic De You Wonder. A sad and weary s Is old man Mirr Sine they clean He has lost his Walt Mason' THE POET PHILOSOPHER \. UNDER DIFFICULTIES. It's hard for me to write a pome, | afflictions with me roam and haunt | | | | who [save those that treat wear | With| | f asked caused me lots of woes; "he goes for | {darkened room I creep, {on the nose. exclaiméq his | hour of need; } [me in my lair, when flies assemble + {on my dome, and hold a pienic there. {And yet I have to write a lay before | the night arrives, although the sold¥ rays to-day feel much like redhot knives, and I can't force my thoughts to stray from prickly heat and hives. Of what shall baking poets write ? All themes are badly worn, {and weary hands, once lily-white, by |harpstrings may be torn, divine af- {flatus is. a sight, and man was made {to mourn, I struggle madly for a theme, but no thoughts in me rise, of brick ice cream, and jugs of noble size; and {and so I paw my lyre and scream and throw things at the flies. And {of the flies I well might sing as I South Baltimore, Md.) | have done before; around my head, on gauzy wing, they never cease to {soar; and -when at them a book 1 fling, I only hit the door. And thinking of the door I weep; it's it always elams when I would sleep, and ruins my repose; when through the it bats me And of my nose it has been said, by men of Volstead type, that it is of too rich a red, it's color | far too ripe, now that the Demon Rum is dead, and men drink liquid {tripe. And so you see how themes | arise, as sadly I proceed; and divers | topics greet my dark line and eyes, in my I write a swat some "what | sand. --WALT MASON. JERSEY ISLANDERS DEVOTED TO CROWN | Consider King George Right-| ful Successor'to Dukes of Normandy. There is no part of the King's do- | "Miscellany™ | minions, remarks the columnist of the Manchester Guar- dian, which has shown a more active devotion to the English soveriegn than the island of Jersey. The true | Jerseyman still regards the king as| the successor of the dukes of Nor-| mandy. Jersey elected to remain under the English crown in the reign of John, when the rest of Normandy reverted 'o France; it supported the Royalist cause during the Civil War and har- bored Charles II when he was exile; it banished Victo; cause of some slightin his about Queen Victoria, the late war it passed its tary service act, for which there was very little need. Moreover, not once nor twice in this rough island story has armed {n- vasion by the French been success- fully resisted. The last occasica was in 1781, when the Jerseymen, though surprised, outnumbered and desertéd by their own governor, who | was preparing to capitulate, defeat ed the enemy in a most sanguinary | battle, fought in the Royal Square at | St. Helier. But for the ordinary visitor, espe- cially in these days, the island has | an even greater attraction than its] historical associations, for it is al- most completely immune from taxa-| I do not know what changes | tion. the war may have effected, but when I was last there, in 1911, income tax, rates and legacy duties were un- known, and such import dyties as there were were negligibly small. The ordinary English brands of to- | sold at bacco, for instance, were three-halfpence an ounce. GERMAN TO SURRENDER Sinker of Llandovery Castle Says | Wrong Men Punished. |, Berlin, Aug. 9--The Abendpost, of Leipeic, says that Lieut.-Comman- der Patzig, who commanded the Ger- man submarine which sank the Brit- ish hospital ship Llandovery Castle during the war, who is now in South America, has declared his intention of returning to Germany and surren- dering himself for trial by the Leip- sic court. The newspaper says that Patzig will surrender himself because he claims that he, and not Lieuts. Ludwig Dittmar and Johann Boldt, was alone responsible for the act. Both Di and Boldt were sen- tenced to four years' imprisonment for the act by the Leipsic court. MAY LOSE LEFT EYE. Philadelphia Man Suffered Serious Tennis Injury. Paul Smiths, N.Y, Aug. 9. -- D. W. Franchot, Philadelphia, is in the Royal Vietorfa hospital, Montreal, suffering from an injury which may cost him the sight of his left eye. Saturday afternoon while he and Mrs. Franchot, who recently arrived at the Lippincott Camp, on Osgood Lake,' were playing tennis with friends on the camp courts, a ball driven with great force struck Mr. Franchot in the face. His eyeglasses were shattered and a tiny piece of glass penetrated the eyeball. He was rushed to Montreal hy special train and operated on by Drs. Byers and Stirling, eye spss, The result is uncertain, flies, and earn my frugal | al- | New Soft Collars 25¢. : + Stanford © Suit $25.00 BIBBY"S New Soft Collars 25c¢. 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TIRE SALE "WEDNESDAY II 2-34x4 Cords 4x4 Tubes $91.00 Regular price veins $122.50 Our Price Wednesday .............$ 91.00 Save $31.50 Wednesday. | MOORE'S | _ 206 Wellington Street ; mo RR --_ Notes from Westbrook. Westbrook, Aug. 8.--The lawn so- cial on the lawn of W. L. Gross was well attended and a goodly sum real- ized. Mr. and Mrs. W, Walker, Hart- ington, visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Shillington. Aletha and Hazel 'Gates are visiting in To- ronto. Helen Sproule, Odessa, is vie iting Ruby Babcock. Mrs. J. R. Smith has returned to her home after a pleasant week at Alexandria Bay, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. F. Sproule and family spent Sunday at Sand Hill. Verna Shillington and Aletha Gates spent a couple of days with Marion Rankin, Collins Bay. Mrs. Ryron J. Scantlin left for her home at Fields on Tuesday, having spent séveral pleasant weeks at D. Sheehan's. Mrs. Fenwick Creamer and her young daughter returned to her home at Glenvale on Thursday after spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Barry's. Sperry M. Burt has purchased a fine new" piano. The thrashing machine is busy. Rain is needed badly in this district. Life Saving Corps Organized. Capt. Fred C. Mills, who has charge of the life saving corps of the Atlantic division of the American Red Cross has started the life sav- ing corps which he will establish at Alexandria Bay, N. Lh GET IT REPAIRED Sewing Machines, Phonegrapha: Gups, Rifles repaired and refitte all kinds Lawn Mewers sharpened and re- paired. We can repair anything that is repairable. J. M. PATRICK 149 Sydem Street, Kingston Phone 2006) Thirsty? Adanac Water, Poland Wa- ter, Radnor, White Rock, Ada- nac Dry Ginger Ale, Gurd's Ginger Ale, Gurd's Dry Ginger Ale, Gurd's Ginger Beer, Gurd's Soda Water, Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phone 20 and 990, , The House of Satisfaction Baby Pants Ideal for summer wear for babies. Fits snugly, are of soft, pliable Rubber, eas-: ily washed, Dr. Chown's Drug § Store 185 Princess St. Phone 348. Farms For Sale 1=«A first class farm of 200. acres in the Township of Kingston, about 123 acres under cultivation; large maple bush and a lot of val le timber Price $10,000. ¢ 2--An excellent farm of 100 acres, only four miles from Kingston market| good buildings; well watered; over $5 acres of deep fertile clay loam under cultivation; plenty of 'wood for fuel; a bargain at $7,500. 3--A good farm of 100 acres, three- quarters of 8 mile from the Village of Sydenham. $7,000. : 4--130 acrés with filrly good"buildings on good road about nine miles from Kingston, about 60 acres cultivat. ed. $4,500 We have a' large list of farmg te choose from. T. J. Lockhart REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Phone 322J or 1797J. N.B.---~We have removed our office te 68 Brock Street. Kingston en | Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton Coal | The Standard Anthracite ° i The only Coal handled by |' ¥ & - Crawford Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. 'It's a black business, but we treat you white" P | There are in England between 1,000 and 1,100 toymakers, a trads which employs large numbers of dis abled men. i -- Count Albert Apponigi, the 'Grand Old Man" of Hungary, recently cele brated his 75th birthday, al TY hy