. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. ee ---------- ww and Semi-W, SH WHIG PUBLIS €0,, LIMITED SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ad Edition > iad Ia sdvamce by mail io rural cash .,........ 51.00 Jean if mot paid in advence $1.56 year, to United States OV-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES; Thepacs ioe 'Kine Se. . - . > Toren to the lditor are published over the actusl same of the i 'Attached fis of best ting as The SEL Sun The circulation of THE BRITIsH ' WHIG is authenticated by the ABOU "He gives twice who gives A bachelor is a man who never has been pursued by a determined widow. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But it also makes a dull = boy jack. Among other things, these sugges- tive books suggest that the authors now their public. . About all the average man knows bout his wife's intellectual capacity is that he loves her. + Many a girl who marries money 'discovers too late that her husband is wedded to it, also. 5 At that, an inflated currency ¢an't do Germany as much harm as the inflated ego did. © Too much of man's yearning for higher things in merely a yearning for higher-priced things. One angle of social, unrest is best typified by a small boy with an un- spent nickel in his pocket. First thought is a product of/ the mind; second thought more fre- quently is a product of cold feet. A Mr, Lawson, of New York, says the thing necessary to longevity is 'the perfect balgnce." At the bank, no doubt. Seasons wary little. Remembering the ashes is about as difficult as re- membering the drip pan under the that thinks a olive sandwich a " The change is coming slowly, and the men still register astonishment When a feminine candidate makes = Independent laborites who de- mand Lloyd George's dismissal may ve faith that they wil have their 'Way, though they know they won't. ------------t---- It's all right for the church to say the brides need not obey, but what would like to see is the power 'enough to fix it up that way husbands. The British Whig will be glad to celve and acknowledge all cash batributions to the fire sufferers' nd. Let there be a generous re- p from Kingston. The Red Cross Society has charge local donations of cash and erers. Its war record is a guar- tee of prompt and efficient ser- . ttn a -- On a Columbus, Ohio, track a orse trotted a mile in ore minute fifty-seven seconds, breaking record. This would have been =| crossed his THE CITY SoLICITORSHIP, Kingston's new city solicitor, Tim» othy J. Rigney, K.C., is exceptional- i 1y well fitted for the position. Mr. Rigney is a graduate of Queen's university and a king's counsel. He has achieved much success in his court pleadings, and has acted on a number of important cases. His qualifications include years of sery- ice in the city council as alderman and mayor and as chairman of the public utilitles commission. Mr. Rigney is conversant with all departments. of Kingston's munfiet- pal affairs. On various occasions he has acted in the capacity of tempor- ary city solicitor. The late Mr. Whit. ing was a most careful legal advisor, protecting both the corporation as z body and the individuals of that corporation. Mr. Rigney gives pro- mise of following in the footsteps of his eminent predecessor and keeping the city out of litigation when com- promise can be effected. The citizens have full confidence ia their new solicitor. WARRANTED GENUINE. A Bwiss curio collector purchased a Borglan period .ring, warranted genuine. He put it on his finger, and soon his hand and arm became swollen and discolored, The cause, physicians said, was a deadly poison which had been concealed through the centuries beneath a serpent's head on the ring. The curio collector was not de- celved. The ring was undoubtedly genuine. In the fifteenth centuiy killing people by poison was not the least popular pastime of court- fers, though Cesare Borgia, for whom the period was named, seems to have preferred strangulation as 8 means of disposing of those who path. Court intrigue, treachery and , murder, common then, made life Interesting, to say the least. A ring purchased at a local store at a small price may not be 80 €x- quisitely designed or so faultlessly made--though that too is possible if one pays the price--as the handi- work of the Borgias period, but it is less likely to destroy the hand that wears it. AN INCOMPETENT BOARD. The Canadian Board of Pension Commissioners appears a sorry spectacle since the Great War Vet- erans' Investigation into its work started. This board has proved to be incompetent, unsympathetic and utterly unfair. It is not to be wond- ered at that the King government appointed a commission to enquire into the strange actions of the board, which has. been shown (0 have acted most arbitrarily. It Is well known that dependents are pensionable if a soldier diedafterthe war, provided his disability occur- red while he was on service, Yet the case is known of a forme¥ King- ston officer whose death, some time after the war, was attributed by at least eight medical " experts who were in touch with the case, to "'war service 'as such." Yet the Pension Board, in face of these declarations, decreed that the dependents are not entitled to pension, holding that ser- vice was not the cause of the offic- er's death. The medical advisor of the board knew nothing whatever about the officer outside of what the military records showed. Yet this advisor, a very ordinary medi- cal man, holds that the officer's ail- ment originated before he enlisted, although the officer was passed as in perfect health, It is actions of this kind that led to the present In- vestigation, and the only solution appears to be the dismissal of the whole Pension Board and the ad- pointment of some competent body that will give dependents of dead soldiers something more than the cold and autocratic shoulder. THE LESSON OF THE GREAT FIRE. By a strange coincidence, the ter- rible fire in Northern Ontario 'last week, one of the most disastrous In the history of the morth country, came during a week which was ba- ing celebrated throughout the do- minion, by proclamation of the 'gov ernor-general, as Fire Prevention weeks If it had been desired to stage a great demonstration of the power of the fire flend, as an object lesson designed to educate the pub- lic regarding the necessity of fire prevention, it would have been im- possible to do it in a more effective and telling manner. The great blase which has cost many lives and rendered thousands of people home- less is a terrible lesson to those who are careless with fire, and an sive lesson; bit surely it will cause the public to stop and think of the need of care In dealing with an ele- ment which can so easily become be- yond control, and which, once be- yond control, can cause so much da- vastation. ot So far, there are no definite re- ports as to how the fire started. One report says it was caused by a farm- {er burning a heap ot dried potato tops, and letting' the fire spread. Au- other story says that the fire was started in several places by men burning slash and underbrush in the woods and failing to keep their fires within safe limits. It will do little good now to worry over the cause of the fire. It has passed over, leaving Hence | in its wake a blackened and desolats countryside. But it is certain that at its start the great conflagration was caused by the gross carelessness of some individual or individuals. | which should be | That is the point driven home in the minds of the public, and especially of those who frequent the woods during the dry season, The message of fire prevention week amounts to just this: . Ninety per cent. of all fires are caused by carelessness. They are preventable and could never happen If proper care were taken to avoid their com- mencement. If there Is any value In the power of illustration, surely the fires of last week are a sufficient ex- ample of the results of thoughtless ness in the handling -of fire, and the lesson has been so expensive that It should have a strong influence In right direction. ., FIRE PREVENTION. Citizens will do well to draw a distinction between fire prevention and fire protection. Fire protection is chiefly in the hands of the city council. They may or may not be providing adequate apparatus and an efficient fire department. But fire prevention is something In which the youngest child and the oldest man in the community has a real part to play. The holocaust of Halleybury, with its aftermath of four thousand pen- niless and homeless inhabitants, will doubtless call forth a generous response. from the rest of the prov- ince, but probably it will never be known how the fire really started. whose fault it was, or how great the total suffering caused. 'Thera may be some sympathy sho for a northern town, largely i by forest, but one wonders what would have happened in Kingston if, after thirty days of dry, hot weath- er in September, a fire had started here, fanned by a strong wind. The question forces itself upon every citizen. It is currently report. ed that there are many fire traps in this old city. That may be an in- evitable result -of early building conditions when there was no ade- quate building by-law. But there ara other quite obvious ways in which fire might be prevented. Is thero no way by which the merchants, or at least some of them, could be in- vited, instructed or compelled to clean up the empty, bales, packing, boxes, excelsior and paper which make their back-yards not only un- sightly, but positively dangerous.? Would it not be in the interests of the whole community if Kingston faced frankly its back-yard rubbish heaps, and if Kingston business men and Kingston citizens generally hon- estly cleaned up their basements in the interests of fire prevention ? It costs $7.50 for fire protection per year for every man, woman and child in this city. In: addition to this, every fire entails not only great loss to the owner but throws peopls out of work, lessens production, and reduces the prosperity of the city. Much of this may be obviated or at least greatly reduced by systematin education and serious attention. We have been going after the man who carelessly throws away a cigar- ette stub. We should keep going after him, but let us also give due attention to the citizen and especial. ly the business man whose back yard is an invitation to every spark that flies and who will not be. with out blame if a disastrous fire, starts in this city. The lesson of Hatley- bury should give every citizen pause and point to a general clean- up of the city. HOW A TARIFF REACTS. Monetary Times, Toronto. The eft the mew United States tariff will be fell most keenly by the United States itself. Canada, as her mearest neighbour, will also be greatly affected, but some in this country are already pointing out that it may be the United States that is the more greatly 'Injured. Few of them take this lesson to heart, how- ever, and conclude thas our own tar iff, which is not by any means a tri- fling one, may be injuring us fn just the same way. : : As many products will no longer, be available in the United States at previous prices, the general level of prices tiiere will be raised. The cost o fproduction will be increased, and still another handicap placed. upon Américan export trade. This fact belies the argument that a protective tariff helps maintain a favorable bal- ance of trade, or reduce an unfav- omable ome. this respect cannot be foretold, but it can at least be expected that ex- ports as well as imports will fall off greatly, " The mew United States tariff will however be a revenue-producer, ac cording to Frederick Hudd, .Canad- jan Trade Commissioner in A New York; he states that $40,000,000 per annum is expected, of 487,000,000 will come from sugar| = Its precise effects in| BIBLE THOUCAT FOR TO-DAY POWER OF THOUGHT: -- As be thinketh In his heart, so 4s he.--Proverbs 23: T. granting the president power to in- crease rates of duty. The president, he says, is empowered to Increase the rates of duty up to fifty per cent. on articles, the product of foreign competing countries, where investi- gation ascertains thet differences in the cost of production of the articles in the United States and of like ar- ticles in competing foreign countries in the act. | ALONG LIFES DETOUR | BY SAM HILL Werth Remembering. ' When you are knocking other folks, As you so often do, Tis well to keep this fact In mind, They are no worse than you. Observations of Oldest Imhabitant. Folks used to wonder how the other half lived, but now they wonder how the heck they can afford to drive the cars they do. 8 2 of tal (Divorce note in Dallas News) Nelson Gamble vs. Florerice Gamble, divorce; granted. It's a Hard Life. The frost is on the pumpkin--and Poor fadder's had an awful shock, He finds to buy his winter's coal. His motor car he'll have to hock. Fool Questions. G. F. D. asks: "Are movie stars whet are meant by 'fixed stars?" Well, we understand some of them are well fixed and others just get into an awful fix. Gems From Guide Book to Success. To be pald what you really earn, first earn that which you are now paid, and the beacon lMght of Success will beam the brighter on' your each fresh effort--J. BE. F. Gas Still Helding Out. "Aren't you worried about the coal shtuation? asked the home man. "Wo," replied the motor don't use coal to run my car." fan. "I Heo, Hum. "I surely like to draw," I heard the artist say, "But still the thing I lke To draw the most's my pay." -- Loeated. "It says here a well-known firm of London caterers has 25,000 pieces of crockery broken every week," re- marked Mrs. Grouch. ¥So that's where our cook went, eh?" growled her husband. Then He Acts the Fool. Any wife can tell you it is easy enough to touch a man's heart, but touching his pocketbook Is an en- tirely different matter--Sam Hill A man acts foolish when his heart Is touched, but touching his pocketboqk usually makes him violent in speech. ~J. H. Reed. -- Hymna of Life. A girl I love Is Dolly Cook; She always says, "How well you look! ~Newark (Ohio) Advocate. I really don't Care how I look; I love the girl Who's a good cook. Daily Sentence Sermon. It's nothing to «a man's credit .to have people always looking out for him. ~ -- News of the Names Club, C. Death, of Douglas, Ariz, Is a life Insurance agent. - You say it We are anxjous to learn if O. A. Head of Ch'llicothe, Mo., is any relation to O. Whatta Head, Canadian Question And Answer Corner Q.--Who are Trail Rangers? are not equalized by the duties fixed BOYS' 2730 OVERCOAT SPECIAL - dd Nobby Ulster in dark and med- fum shades of Grey Friese -- for boys 10 years to 14 years. BIBBY'S OUR BIG *25.00 SPECIAL MEN'S SUITS WITH TWO PAIRS TROUSERS FOR $25.00 Nothing to touch these Suits anywhere that we know of. Made from fine quality, All-Wool Tweeds and Serges. Patterns are neat, small dots, checks and overplaids--nicely tailored--in sizes 34 to 46. Good solid Tweeds--tallored in the newest models. to 34. BOYS' 750. SUIT SPECIAL Sizes 28 HERAT El Which Is Witch? a McCLARY'S "TECUMSEH RANGE" The Finest Range McClary's Ever Made, Come and see it, BUNT'S HARDWARE CT King St. Sally Ann Moir is a lovely girl, so is OH MABEL CROTHERS, OH HENRY'S little sister. ¥ . O Boy, you should see MOLLY'O MCORMICK sitting under thé Rosebuds with NEILSON'S SONNY BOY, enjoying MASOUD'S Ice Cream. The above Confections can be obtained from-- J. H. JARVIS Cor. Princess and Albert Streets. Phone 3373m, ' Open dally § am. to 12 pm. \ - FARMS FOR SALE» (1)--110 acres, pleasantly sit. UAte on a leading road twelve miles from Kingston, close to school and church; splendid Baijdinga; all in good repair; well watered; well fenced; aboyt 60 acres under cultivation. Price (2)--97 acres, twelve miles from Kingston, and two miles from thriving viil ; splendid brick dwelling with furnace; cis- tern; hardwood floors; good out- buMdings; soil all deep excepting about two acres; 50 acres under cultivation. Price $5,500. 3)--A choloe farm of 300 acres at $15,000. We have a Jarge list of farms to choose and will taks you out to see any of them without cost to you. T. J. Lockhart 'Real Estate Life Ins Fy aod Jute urance Bishop Farthing, which, if carried, will enable a bishop to give effect to the directions and regulations of the CN. BEOETL 0. Office Hours 10-12 am. 24, 7 to 8.30 pm. Wagstaffe's 'We. secured the entire Fair - Exhibit of these goods. Take a look at our window. It will coax you to come in- e. EO HALLOWE'EN -- that night of thrilling mystery -- when the imagination runs wild -- when the most common place objects become ghosts and witches, What a night for a party -- no party is a success without ovelties and Decorations -- good ones. "Witch" Cats or Pumpkins -- La --False Faces -- Novelties of every description--Horns. MOORE'S CL shall it be -- Black nterns Hyacinths For beauty and fragrance in the-home during the winter months and for early Spring blossoms in the garden, Duteh Bulbs should be planted now, We have a great variety of Sion in Hyacinths and Tulips _-- tiful large Bulbs in Daf- fodils and Narcissi. See our Special Mixed Tulip at 20 cents a dozen, Chinese Lilies ....... 20¢. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princese Street. Phone 343 Two Cars! Egg and Stove Size Particularly adapted for Hot Alr Turnaces and Quebec | Heators:" Price ! 15.00 12 Tox Crawford | COAL Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. : LE ee ll. a rit res TT IE LL LEE A LAA