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AA mo i, er Civilization: The art of niaking life | complicated, -------- The chief obstacle in the way of land disarmament is hysteria, Agriculture sections are slowly recovering from the bump of bumper | crops, By the way, did Greece that greéat moral principle she was fighting for? ---- A man may still drink hard liquor all his life, but a lot of lives are we- ing abbteviated, ---------- Reported from the clothes closets that many are doing their Christmas shopping early, ---------- The great national game seems to be that of trying to separate some- body from his bank roll. ---- t is & wise woman, who, disap- odd in marriage, knows how to keep it from the neighbors, As a child he likes an all-day sucker; but in later years he prefers one that he can trim quickly, -------- idm. When the husband begins to find fault, the wife always suspects that 'he has found another woman, . ei a-------- . - The part of hell that isn't paved with good intentions probably is paved with war inventions, An economist has figured out that @& 'wifef, is worth $2.69 a day. The nine ¢énts is doubtless the luxury tax. } . A popular magazine writer says a Successful writer must feel what he writes, He need not, however, feel his oats, The trouble with the average re- former is that--he doesn't know the difference between a reformer and a common scold, ! > ---- An orator hes an eagier time than 4 writer, When he hasn't much to 6ay, he can yell it loud enough to get away with it. Some men who complain about |- walking in their sleep -havo little 1" trouble finding their way to the cel- lar and back. One fine thing about the Ohrist- Mas season: It gives éverybody a prosperous feeling while they are buying the pit It' we admit that war in a good cause is righteous, nations will al- ways keep a few good causes on hand vindicate | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. NORTH OXFORD. The old historic Liberal riding of | North Oxford on Monday, in e keen- |1y fought bye-election, returned ;a 1 supporter of the Drury government { by a majority of over 1,300. Both D. M. Ross; the U.F.0. candidate, and W. W, Day, the Liberal candid- {ate, wore prominent farmers and | both polled a heavy vote. Mr. Ross Was formerly « Liberal, and inas- much as the Conservative standard- boarer, Honier Neely, did not save hia. deposit, securing oniy-954 votes as compared with 8,071 cast for the {other two candidates, it will at once be seen how slight a hold Conservat- | ism has on the riding. When gne considers the handicaps imposed up- on Mr. Day, it must be admitted that he made a magnificent run, His party in the house is virtually without a leader and has but a smal] following. On the other hand, the Drury govern- ment, in this its first test or strength | since being placed in power, threw | all its resources into the contest. | Premier Drury and nearly all ministers have practically lived in the constituency during the past few weeks, Every hall, every corner { school house nightly resounded to their orations. The city "of Wood- | stock was expected to give the Liberals a strong lead, but it failed to do 80, thus thdicating that { the farmers' government, as led by | Mr. Drury, is regarded as satisfactory [ by many voters. The premier's | forcing of the hydro-radial ques- {tion to the fore hed an un- doubted effect on the contest, Under present industria] conditions, the people are not keen about invest- | ing further large sums in radials. | The outstanding feature of the elec- | tion is the poor showing made by the Conservative candidate; the party of ( reaction has no hold upon fhe people [ of North Oxford. ---- THE NEW CABINET, A great dea] of advice has of late been tendered Hon, W, L. Mackenzie | King in respect to the new cabinet he | will be called upoii to form. His | task will be a somewhat difficult one, | not because of paucity of materia] | but rather because ofthe abundance [of cabinet timber that is at his dis- posal. The macitime provinces and Quebec have - furnished him witn id men of parliamentary experi- ence and genumme ability who are el- igible for cabinet preferment; Ontario and the west can also sufiply a fair quota, Following the 'exam- ple of his illustrious predec . Sir Wilfrid Laurier, when that lead- | &r was first called to form a cabinet, Mr. King may decide to £0 outside the house with the object of calling to his councils the best business ad- { ministrators that Canada can pro- | duce, = Among the former members of the Laurier!.government who are avail- able are Hon, W. 8, Fielding, Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, Hon. Charles Murphy, Hon. Dr. Beland and Hon. George P. Graham. Such men as Hon. W. R, Motherwoll, Hon. W. E. Knowles, Hon, A. B. Hudson, Sir Lomer Gowin, Hon, Walter Mitchell, Hon. A. K. MacLean, E. M. McDon. ald, A. B. Copp and others have re- 'cords, either in provinefay or federal Politics, that well qualify them for cabinet positfons. Ontario's status is not quite that which might be ex- pected from the premier province. | W. C. Kennedy, of North Essex, is | Lomitendy tentioned as the repre- while sentative of the Irish electorate in { Ontario, the position held in the last {Liberal government by Hon, Charles | Murphy. Such dn appointment, how- ever, would be overlooking the | claims of Eastern Ontario. This part { of the province is deserving of recog- nition. From the Queboc boundary to Toronto there was elected no more { capable or experienced a parliament. | arian than Hon. Mr. Mumphy, and 4t is to be sincerely hoped that the pre- mier-elect will ind a place in his cabinet for this outstanding expon- ent of Liberalism which Eastern On- tario has sent to Ottawa. GANDHI, Perhaps 'two 'out of three press despatches coming to-day from Brit- ish India have fo do with a certain Hindu named Gandhi. Who is he, jand whence has de such extraordin- ary power that at his word a whole city would refuse to watch the glit- tering procession of the Prince of Wales? Mahatmi (great soul or 28 his followerS call him, has been , termed 'a . portent = with. sage) his. fous spirit of self-sacrifice, which is Hot Yot avperone Faeroe; Wilh 43, BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY i PRAYER ANSWERED: --I 1 hb ncy with | [piores the Sase. and frequoncy Ww | sought the Lord, and he 1 | | Yutch passive civ) disobed! . | heard me, and delivered me from | Eenerates {ato murderous rioting and [ my fears. . This, poor man cried [looting. And there are sinister |g.4 the Lord heard him, and saved [forces manipulating both him and | hy out of all his troubl {his followers for selfish and dishon- | 34: 4, 6. forable ends. : - {~ His personalfty and teaching has [on Juiz 1st; 1867, and included tne captured the hearts of nr ons, "He [four original provinces to enter rae {is in the tmpregnable position of one | union: Upper and Lower Canaaa, who wants nothing for himself, liv-| Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the ing in the utmost simplicity and | preaching that only through selt-suf- | fering does good come, However one may disapprove of | | hia 'political activities, one cannot | but pay tribute to the courage of this | Hindu ascetic, "the same picture al- ways of physical draility and uncon- 2 querable spirit," who has challenged | with "soul-force" the might of an | Empire, se ' Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER | er periods. LONGING FOR PEACE. I'd gladly see the scrapping of every gun and pike, I'd see no war flags flapping, no legions on the hike; x q glad lays I would be crooning if THE YOUNG 1IBERALS, swords TS ic hooks for pruning, or The recent election in Kingston Instruments for tuning pianos and demonstrated the need for organiza-| ne I see the big ships lying in tion to young and old alike, and San Diego Bay, their flags and pen- while J. M. Campbell came within | nants flying in bright and brave ar- {few votes of 'winning out, it is evi-{ ray; they seem in handsome fettle, |dent that with a more perfect organ-| but o h, what woes we'd settle, if all lization the result might have' been \ the tons of metal were used for mow- different. "As it was, he proved a|ing hay! -Yon Bho cot ® midtor, very strong candidate and his friends | that bute cou 108 nth) I'm AN ' have every reason tv be- proud Of gore; my burden greater waxes; I'm {him. Just how far irregularities | Soneinuton to his defeat we cahinot | | say. : | Kingston has not Had a Liberal organzfation for many years. and the | executive hail to perform a grea | deal of preliminary work in order to | | tor rages for money, in a flood; and The ; ships take our | vices of those who volunteered. |and our sons, take them away by | With a permanent organization bet- ter work could undouptedly be done | during an election" contest, but thers lis work that should be done ne- [ tween elections, and it should be rhe | Ocean runs. | dozens, to shoo! off silly guns; and | all these boys we're - needing, for | tutile bleeding where some jureta men for that work. | to think thet ships in motion upon | a city the size of Kingston in order | 110 prindled ocean will make the | that Liberal principles and policies | world behave. may be discussed frequently and pro- | pagated throughout the constituency. | --WALT MASON. es.--Psalm | other five provinces coming. in at tat- | tired of paying taxes to buy more | battle-axes and 'implements of gore. | { The 'man who 'works for wages soon | {finds his name fs Mud; the taxcollec- | t | nearly every shilling is spent for oy- | { gone killing or plans for future spill- { i { seful human blood. war- | | utilize to the best advantage the ser- of useft cousins, our wneles| | reaping and for seeding, and not for | punk | Scrap all the ships and i { cruisers that loaf along the wave; no | jm Sle Deimeeki SIerive nations will be losers when they nave | { d their grave; it is an idle notion | There should be several clubs in | [OU g | | { | With every Boy's 'Suit or Overcoat bought at our storé this week--value $12.50 or over--we will 8ive a real classy Sleigh FREE. See our Boys' Suits--extra special value ,........ See our Boys' Ulsters $12.50 or $15.00 You simply buy a $12.50 or $15.00 Suit or Over. oat and you get a real good Sleigh Free, ' BIBBY'S BOYS' DEPARTMENT : Ground Floor_ STORE OPEN EVENINGS A Boy's Sleigh | FREE SEE SAMPLE IN WINDOW $12.50 and $15.00 | Members of these clubs ought to be | | encouraged "0 study public ques-| 4 | tions and give intelligent expression | {of them. This is a uty particularly | at the present time when there is a | {tendency to form class groups. | ; | These groups are destined 'o disap- | pear before intelligent "discussion, | for class consciousness is but a socia! neurosis-and can never be the basis | #f a stable soclal ordér. It is th oduct of repression, and a denial Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. that a man shall be treated as al 1 kin remember when "putting on man. At "he same time it is little | the skid chains" meant to have thy old more than a waste of breath to con- | 3Tay mare rough shod. demn class ccnsclousness, We rus; endeavor to understand the condi- | tions that have produced it and strive to remove the repressions in the community end in the country that ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR Lg Still Need Umbrellas We know 'tis true, That Kings no longer reign, And yet we find We still get plenty rain. it Wasn't as Easy, But-- : A reader desires. us to tell him [ they could tell whether a girl | how was a bluestocking or not back In the days of the long skirts and trains. Of course it was not as easy lie at its root. as it is to-day to keep track of the It should be the task of Liberalism dear girls' hoslery, but a muddy [to restore political sani'y _through- | street revealed a lot.of things, even {out the country, now that represent. |in those days. | ative government is about. to hel | formed at O%tawa after the last ves tige of Tory autocracy and Prussian | ed the yoypg man. despotism hag been.wiped out. This | "Al he Bas=vame will 'mean a restoration of confidence ana ey Ts Said. and Wonk in the government and cannot fay ro answer the telephone. have far-reaching eflects. Among | ere these will be « disposition on 'he |'W®ve Never Tasted Em Cooked That | part of all classes to co-operate for ove ald be vaed the general good and endeavor in this | for cooking utensils" + Helpful hint { Way to contribute to tho benef or| Woman's Page of . contemporary. lan rather tham seek to dom:mate | just what do utensils taste like when {others and create strite. It: was un- | they are cooked in coarse toweling? | dotbtedly the late Tory government's disregard of every democratic prin- ciple that gave rise to class con- solousness and the organization ot on occupational limes for po- litical &nds, but the election of a Lib- government and the removal of the repressions and other evils that aroused the just resen'ment of the people, will bring back normal and same conditions once more. It §s necessary to show why Liber- alism is entitled to confidence and a big responsiblity rests upon Hon, Mackenzie King and hig supporters: Liberal clubs can do good work by spreading informat'on and providing opportunities for 'he expression of views on important pubMe questions. Liberalism must become an attrac- tion to all young people in order that they .may get at an early period of development sound views respecting the system of democratic govern- ment. This is a task that naturally falls as a duty on the newly formed Young Liberal Club of "his city, ---------- Zero in Pleasure, 442 she io took at da lady as "Coatse Got the Desired Result. Son .had stepped on the accelerator and the big touring car leaped for- ward. Turning to his old father, who was pitting next to him, he 'remarked bdastfully: "Dad, you didn't have anything like that to get speed out of a buggy, did you?" "No, son," replied his father, "but still the old buggy whip, did pretty well in accelerating the') big bays 1 used td drive." : What Else Is There To Talk, About? The girls to ug have said, - "About our clothes please hush, For though you think it smart, You surely make us blush." Fool Questions. "Artist" asks: "What kind of a pencil should I use to draw a conclusion?" Jim Has a Little Hard Luck. (Grant's Lick Cor. Falmouth (Ky.) Out- look) Jim Reed fell Saturday &nd much disabled himself. very Please Tell Us Why Some guardian angel .of ° fools in the form of an Inventor has never thought to invent whiskers for the for use in an emergency. ed out parallel in the British Em. pire." * We of the West first oj heard "of him when his non-co- does not take anything from thom operative crusade swept away Mrs, . they will be ahead of the Same, Besant's 'turbulent home-rule move- ment, --exthem losing to the still When reading that a bellhop in a | more ex 80 often happens. ¥ hotel makes $100 a week in tips, | His political ine is simple. "The great many of us are forced to con- | British have no moral right to be rul- "elude that in picking a calling we |ing India. Therefore meet their whose the wrong thing. force with passive resistance, fefuse --------------------. to support their government in any Some think that the new treaty is way and #t will. fall." And when 4 means for Uncle Sam to get Inte the League of Nations through fhe back door, and othé¥s shink it is a kindof conlhole entrance. a ---- ~The Chinese delogates may think that if the Washington , conference. quell sedition by shooting down an unarmed and unresisting, though po- tentially dangerous mob, he all but handed India over to the extremists. Gandhi confesses two or three 'weaknesses in the practical applica- tion of his theories. For one thing, the erection of a truly representative government will only be possible if the multitude is fnspired by a relig- 3 Perhaps she film company that is alleged to have offered the United . States postmaster general a salary o! $190,000 is hunting for a man to un- dertake the job of 'restoring Fatty Arbuckle to public favor, General Dyer tried at Amritsar to |g, Our Canadian Question And Answer Corner Sngugte A Q--What was "the Quebec Con- ference'? | \ A.--The Quebec Conference was a gathering in 1864 of 33 Canadian Pepresentatives of the then existing provinées and Newfoundland, to con- sider 'the forming of a union, which resulted in the Confederation of four of the provinces in 1867 as the Do- minion of Canada. The 33 are 0 as the "the Fathers of Gon- "» Q.--What is meant by "Conteder- ation"? A.--The union of vines of North America under ane federal government in 1867 has al- ways been known as "'Confedera- tion." Thus, "the era of Confedera: tion" covers the period of over helt 8 century since th the British pro- | lay use of the amateur Santa Clauses who will ins'st upon wearing ootton ones around lighted candles. -- A Busy Let. fre ghese idle . "Pa. who rich?" ask- ed William, i Se "They are the people Who are ai- ways busy as the little bee filling their social engagements, my son," repted Pa. § ' Another Mystery Solved. "Furniture casters are now made of compressed leather." News Item. So that's where the leather goes. We often have wondered what they did with it since they quit putting it into shoes. . : . -- Doesn't Show It of. A pretty girl Who has the shape, You'll find, just hates » To wear a cape. -- Dally Sentence Sermom. If you fall down you are a fool to | | | "Ah, let me hold your hand," plead- | | | | { | | there and let others trample on i Come in to Moore's Toyland and buy your Toys -- chuck full of good things--a Toy- land that is worth while. Open every evening till Christmas SHOP = EARLY - What the Deuce is a "Well-Brea" At- WANTED--To rent a well-bred aftic in Morrilton, Ark, is President of Rainwater Bank and is a well-known Crop reporter from this section, hence the following. : FOUL West they say it rains cats and What would be the result jr i: Pemunsnmupm ol s enough of thém), BUNT'S Hardware, King St. you. Get up and £0 like the devil to make up what you lost. tie, 'Anyway? (Charlotte (N. C.) Observer) the business section. "Greenwich" care Observer. Looks Like.a Shower. Sam: "Wood Rainwater, of "Dear the dogs, a And many a crop d oth slaughter, Some day Wood Rainwater? A oe Last Minute Christmas Gifts Sugges- » tion. Money. Ties. * Handkerchiefs. Monéy. Hosiery. Post Cards, Money. yo. Cigars. Bottle of perfumery. Money. Of these 1, 4, 7, and 10 will be the nly ones appreciated (providing there Let #s recharge you 5 tos We ado It withou: motor. | Guaranteed satisfaction or money re- | funded. ] sn Phones: PRICE Christmas Crackers Just come in, snd look at them. They are prettief than ever, Jas. REDDEN & Co. The House of Satisfaction Phones 20 and 990. // pyr Te Fura Magne- | i disturbing yonur| ELLIOTT & WILLIAMSOY sep 1639, 'CHRISTMAS GIFT FRENCH IVORY is here to stay--it is not a passing fad-- 80 why not start your friend on a set of this beautiful ware or add to what she already has by ahonsing one of the, many daiuty articles from our laige stock. : 4 Our BRUSHES, COMBS und MIRRORS, ahd all the smaller pieces are of the best, heavy, creamy quality, and the prigas @are sure to suit your purse. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 183 Phincess St. Phone 848. TT -- THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987, Wanting anything done In the earpens I mates given on all kinds Bd mew work also hard Wood floors of all kinds. 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