THE DAILY BRITISH WhHhIG. a EY BATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1022, NGSTON IS RICHLY ENDOWED WITH NATURAL AIDS T0 TRADE tion of This City in Eastern Ontario Is Unsurpassed-- Fine From Transportation Standpoint and Centre of Prosperous Farming District. Take a look at the map of Ontarlo # on it note the position of King- Then let Ontario lose its iden- ity for a few minutes and look st ile whole of Canada, again noting mgston's position. Is it not a good ? "Where the lake and river Lt" has often been applied to our Limestone City and this fact may capitalised to 'an unlimited de- in the years to come. "Whera Jake and the river meet," King- , is Bulit by nature to be one of busiest centres of the great trade Bing over these inland freshwater on extending from the St. Law- ce Gulf almost to Winnipeg. Only this year has the adaptabil- of Kingston as a headquarters for pring and mpavigation matters in brought out when the Immense crop of the west started to pile and congestion rapidly spread in the ports of the upper lake. Kingston ad been neglected for a few years and then, when matters got serious, eyes turned to Kingstor "here accommodation here, ps2. flow uch greater could that accommo- tation be and how much better conditions would be for grain deal- ors had they takem steps to keep i Kingston prepared for large cargoes, Back through the country around E Ringaton, and on those great islands #nd near-islands which border it on the Lake Onatrio and St. Lawrenca Bide, is found some of the finest of "farming land. The dairying activi- "of this section have made fit iamous and one has only to glance the Kingston open market on any day, Thursday or Saturday hing to realize that all lines have Re #8 prosperous and successful. Kingston possesses the gateway to $n ocean and should take full ad- ¥antage of the fact. There are mil- of dollars passing down the es to the sea every year and al- J most all of that rhould pass through ngston. Gradually we are secur- "ing our share of it, but efforts must {Be Increased all the time until King. "#ton is accorded its rightful place. One of the main gateways to the United States 1s also possessed hy ton. Although few in the city lizd the fact an average of ona Bundred tourists per day are exam- "ined by the Immigration Inspectors At this port during the summer This is entirely separate of or to this city from ther erossing places or come down the lakes or up the river by boat a' Hd being admitted at other Canad- 4 cities. Then for a city situated in the dé of an agricultural and navi : Kingston has resources 18 for such & position, which Kingston Industrial Exhibition TRIALS OF SPEED September 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1922 $3,000.00--IN PURSES--$3,000.00 FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th 8 MINUTE CLASS ... 2.30 CLASS sess 2.85 2.40 CLASS ..... 2.20 CLASS .... FOURTH DAY--FRIDA T348CLARS .............. . 2.35 CLASS ... . shes dint THIRD DAY--THURSDAY, have as yet only been scratched, and that lightly. Back in the townships and counties to the north there are mineral deposits which must event. ually be developed. There may not be gold, silver or nickel there, but there will be found such rocks, minerals and rock salts in large quantities as are used in manufac- turing and much in demand. Some work has been done in mining lead, mica, gypsum and other baser min- erals, but the main supply has not been developed as yet, and when it is, as it surely will be, another rich source of revenue and trade will be opened up for this city. For the business end of the city, a walk around the prineipal streets, or a visit to Kingston fair, will do all that is necessary to convince the most skeptical. Kingston is built to be a large and flourishing centre and it cannot be kept back. The King- ston Industrial Exhibition is but one of the forerunners of other "bigger and better than ever" enterprises to come. PPE 22 2240 %% 00 9 AS YOU MAKE IT. To the preacher, life's a ser- mon, To the joker, it's a jest; To the miser, life is money, + To the loafer, life is rest; To the lawyer, life's a trial, To the poet, life's a song; + To the doctor life's a patient + * J Who needs treatment right along. To the soldier life's a battle, To the teacher, life's a school; good grafter, It's failure 'to the fool. To therman upon the engine, Life's a long and heavy grade; | It's a gamble to the gambler; | To the merchant, life is + * Life's a & > + + + Ld * + |® . trade. + > > + < * + <> *» > * thing to the PPPOE P PREP TIO rE *te i | Is + | Life is but one long vacation To the man who loves his work, Life's an everlasting effort To shun duty, to the shirk. Life is what we try to make it. Brother, you? Peer ent what is life to PEEP 24240002000 0 Many a man who does not know bis own mind would be surprised to learn how well his acquaintances know it. The best patrimony you can leave your son is a strong body, a sound mind and plenty of hard work. | TASS AET aan Y, Races and Sports yf 1734 Market Bt., Kingston REESE RRR SAFETY - FIRST ig ; R/ ITHIN the last five -weeks ¥ twenty women "have fallen from the Street Cars as the re- sult of getting off backwards the car was in motion. while a _ hold of the rail with the left hand, and il the car had stoppe EER i THE KAISER'S CROWN. Perhaps This "Symbol" Has Never Existed. That there never was a German or Prussian crown in the sense in which that symbol of rulership is generally conceived, a bejeweled plece of head- gear, passing from father to son, from generation to generation, intact and intangible, has been asserted by a writer in the Berliner Tageblatt, discussing recent guesswork of what is to become of the Hohenzollern pro- perties. The article reads in part: "For as long ss cafi be remember ed the German crown was recon- structed for each new ruler Who ascended the throne, and after the act of coronation it was often im- mediately taken to pieces. It was very rare for a Prussian ruler ever to make any further use of his crown after the coronation. Frederick the Great, the most intelligent of the Hohenzollerns, had his rowan taken to pieces immediately after his coro- nation, in the presence of Queen Elisabetn Christine, and he turned the diamonds and pearls over to the queen 'for other uses.' ; "Only after the death of Frederick the Great did it occur to the court circle that, according to ancient cere- mony, 'the' crown was aecessary for the burial services, so the stock of family 'jewels was gone cover in a hurry and 'a' erown assembled. It happened that there was on hand a metal form of a crown, the so-called carcasse. After the interment this crown was at once dismantled. Fur- thermore, Frederick the Great had the instgnia of the chain of the Or- der of the Black Eagle, founded in 1701, which was valued at 184 'Relchstaler,'" melted down, together with some old crown 'carcasscs,' and madé into a gold tahle service, "In the history of the German crown a special chapter is filled by the 'little Saucy,' a diamond of 343% | earats, the handsomest stone amung the Hohenzollern family jewels. It hung from the front of the erown that Frederick the First put on his head. Frederick the Great had it taken out in 1740 and turned it over to his consort. Queen Louise used it as a pendant to a necklace, and it was also worn that way by the late Empress Augusta Victoria. "How the crown jewels wandered around is revealed by the fact that in 1742, on the occasion of the mar- riage of Prince August Wilhelm with the daughter of Queen Elizabeth Christine, the latter had to lend the young bride some jewels to make a crown; lafer the jewels had to be returned. It is a piece of tragic irony that only the last German Kaiser, through a Cabinet order, decregd the permanent existence of the German crown. He ordered that the carcasse { and the jewels must not be separat- ed, and described the make-up of the crown as follows: ** 'The band is st with twenty-four big rose diamonds. Above each pair of stones on the band there rise the eight clover leaves, each set with three good-sized and one smaller rose diamond. © From the clover leaves the-e rise eight hoops, each set with twelve rose diamonds, to the vertex, upon which rests the imperial orb, consisting of a big sapphire, with the cross set in diamonds. Between the clover leaves there are eight prongs, each set with a rose diamond and a big translucent pearl. The crown is to be provided with a purple lining reaching the hoops. W.R.! 'So this Is accordingly the last German crown. It was young enough. The other symbols of. imperial and royal power were older. The sceptre, which -- with the exception of the eagle at the point--perhaps goes back to the days of Frederiek I.; the im- perial seal, the regimental staff, the imperial flag and the imperial helmet and spurs. All these ingignia, as was also the case with the entire property of the former Prussian ruling family, were seized by the Prussian Govern- ment and are being held In a safe Place by the former 'Ministry of the Royal Family' and the Ministry of Finance, jointly, until the time when the settlement between Prussia and the Hohenzollern family over the family property of the former ruler shall be effected." ---------------- Seals on Documents. In the early ages, when hardly any one knew how to read or write, was the custom for paople to their seal to a document to official and legal. 8 seals, in those days, took the that a signature does now. - ; the great seal is attached to ish royal proclamations nances; and without it not become law or be have th s auth y "Given * Kips thats Fis th = Li Jue eit OUR POST FFE IN FOR BOUQUETS Lady Comments on Its Tidy Surroundings in the De- trolt News. {| Under the heading "His Majesty's Post Office--One of Them," Mrs. J. E. Leslie, summering at Wolfe Is- land, writes as follows in the De- troit News. Post Offices are usually consider- ed mainly from the viewpoint of use- fijnees, Beagty--or even cleanils ness, if we are to judge from our own Detroit main office--is not num- bered the accessories of places that house the maf. Not e0 with His Majesty's post office--one of them, the one in His City of Kingston, in His Province of Ontario. It not only offers habita- tion to the mall but is a thing of mreatness and beauty. It is not satisfied with being a good-looking etone bufding on a tidy corner. It has monopolized the lot next to it and made fit into a garden of flowers that holds every passerby with fts beauty. Round the centre of the flag-pole the artist has laid out beds of feathery bachel- or buttons--pink and white and blue; old-fashioned pinks, such as Grandmother grew in her box bord- ered beds long ago; gladiolas, per- fect in their cream and red sturdi- ness, prim asters--ragged ones, too, purple and white and pink; and a crescent of tender, many-colored lit- tle portulaccas. Along the walk by the side of the building is a thick hedge of delicate cosmos and yellow coreopsis. At the far end of the garden, row upon row of tall hollyhocks guard the caretaker's picturesque -little cottage with its smal-panetl, swing- |. ing windows and lowhanging roof, cuddled down at the base of the great cathedral that ralses its cross- tipped tower to the heavens. Inside the post office, where every- thing Is as neat and clean as a now pin, patrons lMnger a' the win- Cows that look down oti the pretty garden, and out over the river, or pause bo study the schedule of mail boats that sail for,Efigiand, posted on & blackboard at the other ond of the room. It's a very pretty place--His Ma- jesty's Postofied in Kingston, On- tario; on the 8t. Lawrence. Sl EA SE py ry In a period when the profession of | farming is more of less stagnant, | when the tendency in §o many cown- tries is from rural districts to the cities and industrial centres, and the oft-made complaint is that the ardors of deprivations of an agricultural life are not commensurate with its com- pensations, it is consoling to read the history of a satisfied farmer of thirty years' standing. one of the continent's premier agriculturists, celebrating his seventieth birthday in the tranquil satisfaction of the honors which have come to him in his chosen profession. Such a man is Samuel Lafcombe, of Birtle, Matiitoba, who expresses pride in the realization of the signal part he has played in making the possibilities of Western. Canada known to the world. The record of Mr. Larcombe's thirty years of farming is almost phenomenal. In that period, with the products of his Manitoba farm, he has carried off no less than three thousand prizes, including the world's championship for wheat at the Peoria International Fair in 1917, and YEARS SUCCESSFUL FARMING and his exhibit_of grain and vegehables it Kansas City Ex H the sweepsteak for the best individual farmer's exhibit as well as the sweep- steak for wheat in the dry-farming section at the World's Soil Products exhibition in Kansas in 1918. His Canadian successes constitute an aggregate which gives him an aver- age over his farming years of one hundred prizes per year, Born in a little Devon village and for ten years following the pursuit { of market gardner,! Mr. Larcombe's experience forms a further addition to the examples of outstanding suc. cess achieved by immigrants from the British Isles, unacquainted with Western conditions. He came to Winnipeg in 1889 and proceeded to Birtle, where cven then existed a thriving colony of old country farmers. After a year's experience as hired man with a farmer in the district, he rented a farm, which, after five years he purchased and still occupies At a time when everyone was en- grossed in wheat he concentrated not so much on grains as on vegetables. His first local exhibit won three A AAA rinis UNI? prizes, and in his first ten years of farming he made fo entries and secured 134 awards. From 1905 to 1908 he grew roots, vegetables and grain for the Canadian Pacific Rail- way for exhibition purposes in other countries, and produced citrons, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash and marrows for the Dominion Gavern- ment for the same purpose. Mr, Larcombe's career as an ex- hibitor has been one consistent suc- cession of triumphs too lengthy - to mention in detail. His intetnational successes have brought considerable renown to Western a and wide- ly' advertised the wonderful pos- sibilities of intelligent farming with assiduous application. Mr, Larcombe recently celebrated his seventieth birthday von the farm which has been the scene of every one of his achieve- ments. He can lock back over his thirty years of agricultural life in Manitoba with supreme satisfaction In the lenowledge that in winning renown and prosperity for himself he has Jointed the way to thousinds of his fellow-countrymen. L. ABRAMSON'S Sale of Super _ FOR FAIR -- S FINE BOOTS In Black or Brown Calf-w.sslid lea- ther soles, rubber heels ahd Goodyear welts. SALE PRICE © $495 and $545 Men's Wo have a very extensive range of Fall as never before. Aa i---------- or Tan. 2 3. MEN'S FINE SHIRTS W. G. & RB. brand, x wear Cuffs, in a Styles and Patterns to select . from $14.95, $18.00, $22.00, $25.00, $29.95, $35.00, $1.50, $1.75, $2.25 ' Suits this ent or Calf. All wool fabrics Values WEEK Ladies' Shoes The popular one--Strap style in Pat - SALE PRICE $3.45 LADIES' LACE OXFORDS New style for Fall, $2.95 to $4.95 Priced . the double. fill range of pat S WOMEN'S HEAVY FARM BOOTS Just the thing to wear around the farm, ALE PRICE $3.50 GIRLS' and country year 'elts. A real boot. Sizes 13% to 53. SALE PRICE - REGAL SHIRTS quality--made from English Madras with * "SALE PRICE - $3.00 DON'T FORGET TO PAY US A VISIT DURING THE FAR | S A real good, SCHOOL BOOTS strong Boot School wear. All sizes. tar ALE PRICE 5 BOYS' STURDY SCHOOL SALE RICE. $2.95 = Cimon a. er ts Baars on