THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG : SUMMER. . If one chose to be pessimistic about seasons in general and summer in particular, all that is now delight- ful and-alluring inthe current sea- autgeracy. Ee In song and story and even in painting, the overthrow of the Bas- tille has been a famous subject. Even thought they were overthrowing |the clergy and other inhabitants of the city, and the result was highly Ji creditable to the students, and re- Jil flected honor on the college and its | professors. The prizes having beem distributed to the most deserving SUIT SALE We've made greater reduc tions than usual at this clear. to this day wherever people are sore | yugents the Rev. Principal Machar Jil oppressed, by hose who urge them | closed the session with an eloquent to rise against 'their oppressors the | and impressive address, which we story of the fall of the Bastille is | regret, from the late hour at which "Thinking men 'find nothing in life always a thrilling one. In some it was handed to us, we are unable worth the living" the majority of | manner the destrygtion of this pri- {to fiad room for. human beings risk a personal appli- | son is symbolic of the slogan of the | cation of the "divine pessimist's" | French revolution--*Liberty, Equal- | imputation and thoroughly enjoy the | ity and Fraternity." warm days and hot nights of summer in spite of their many disadvantages, son would be overshadowed by real and imaginary discomforts ahd an- noyances. Although Schopenhauer {has authoritatively said that GOOD TIMES. i May 9:--Shipwrights, carpenters, { Joiners, stonemasons, bricklayérs and | artisans of all descriptions are very » | scarce 'in 'this vicinity, while work a TIMELY RAINFALLS. Managing-Direetor TELEPHONE Office . 7. to rural offices, $2.50 year, to United States $3.00 . Ome year, by mail, eash Ohe year, to United Staten .......82.00 REPRESENTATIVES: St. Johm St, Montreal poomy 2nd K Letters to the Editor are published aly the metual name df the Attached is ofie of the best job printing officey in Canada. The of THE BRITISH ET ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations What does an old-time barber talk about while bobbing? The least expensive branch of gov- ernment i§ (he olive branch, It's bard to find an old-time fam: ily doctor, or, for that matter, an old-time family, olla Prize fighting is degenerating and degrading. Think of being hugged 80 much by one of those common chaps. He isn't a genuine conservative unless he shudders when a rich man "is sent to jail, You can't really inherit nerves, but you can inherit money enough to afford them. The early bird also gets some re- markably intimate views of people on sleeping porches. In a hick town a man needs only $10,000 to brag about the time when he wore patched pants. | High-class restaurants are over- Jooking a good bet. They haven't thought to charge for the air. A inh * A man never realizes how little * eonfidence he has in boys until his daughter gets into her 'teens, ee en It you have the right of way, you . feel reasonably sure unless the other * fellow happens to be driving a truck. That judge who says a pedestrian may stand his ground should set the example and Jet us see how it works, Even with the multitude of time- saving devices, - the days 'are too short to contain all.we would Ike to do. " 4 Look up an old chap in Brad- street's, and you will know whether he is playing golf or pitching horse shoes. . ------ A moratorium is just the high- brow way of admitting that there ' doesn't seem to be any blood in the turnip. It is rather fortunate that some ple are bad enough to give good people something interesting to talk about, : 8 4 . . Correct this sentence: 'She's a beautiful girl," said the mother, "but I can't get her to have a pho- Reformers who go: to see motion pictures to make sure they will not hurt the public's morals are so often, disappointed. : igh -------------------------- "A circular movement is noticed iz the flounces of new frocks." Pro- bably accounts for the fact that some of the later gowns seem to make us _ A naturalist says there are 200, 000 rattlesnakes left. We don't know when he took the census, bu! presume it is fairly accurate. How's your supply of cure? : i < In abandoning § North Pole because of lack of suf- ficlent funds, Capt.' Roald Amund- son appears to have a valid reason "for his action. LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, which was also in Jesus. Let nothing be done - through strife or vainglory; but in - lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.-- kind. 'J secount of It is frequently even the habitual optimist that there is always something cropping up to spoil man's pleasures. Some of the common summer complaints are ter- rifying electric storms, humid 'and sultry working days, picnic-paralyz- ing showers, pestiferous insects, 1 wriggling reptiles, congested motor traffic, dusty byways, post-vacation financial shortages and cold meals. Many factors ne from the fun of motor touring, camping in a tent, swimming, vacationing and resort sojourning. Summer does have many discom- forts and annoyances peculiar to { itself, but perhaps they exist only to | heighten by contrast the many lux- uries that are summer's gift to man- Man must wrest everything from nature, even his pleasures, and invariably that which is achieved through the greatest effort affords the greatest pleasure. Nothing is perfection in this uni- verse, so the philosophers say, but this summer with its fair days, its good motor roads, its fascinating re- sorts, its facilities for camping and swimming and its vacation time is as near summer perfection as mere man can hope for. CONQUERING NATURE. Looking upon Niagara Falls one man said, "What a view," and an- other exclaimed, "What a waste." Which was it to be? In this one in- stance the stupendous waterfall has been preserved in almost its pris- tine grandéur, while engineers have harnessed its power for the manu- facture of commercial power, But many of the world's natural won- ders and. primeval panoramas have fared less fortunately in the eternal war with man's science and com- mercial advance. The conflict between beauty amd power in nature is the motive for the calling of a world power con- ference in London, At this con- ference the best engineers, chemists and inventors the world has to offer are discussing that old and fascin- ating subject--how to harness soure- es of power that have hitherto re- mained as intractable as the zebra and the electricity of the air. As medieval alchemists toiled to con- vert base metal into gold, so the London conferees are seeking a way to turn the sun ray and the billowy sea into a motive agency. The meeting in London, therefore, is in a measure an indignation meet- ing of congpirators against nature who are resolved that she shall no longer defraud mankind of a bir{h- right to certain unutilized sources of power.' The plotters are passing in review such uncontrolled main- springs of energy as "The Valley of a Thousand Smokes" in Alaska, the geysers of Iceland or the Yellow- stone and the steam springs of Tus- cany. Why, they ask, should vol- Cano: do nothing but ruin vine- yards and villages and bring top- pling what man's industry and piety have reared? = The future of divilization rests largely on the use that is made of many substances that have been carelessly labelled "waste" products. As attar of roses is distilled from the garbage of Berlin, there are jew- els still discoverable in the innu- merable variety of refuse, as well as in the prodigality of natural re- sources of which we are so heedless or so prodigal. I ---------------- FRANCE'S DAY. July 14th is France's national holiday. Although the event which it commemorates took place 134 years ago, nothing has dimmed the ardor with which the French under take its celebration. =~. The storming of the Bastille more than a century and a quafter ago is the occasion for this holiday. To one who knows little of French his- tory the simple designation given the Bastille as a celebrated state prison in France-is perhaps sufficient. But in the long period of its: existence the Bastille acquired a name and fame much more significant than the words state prison indicate. Mors than a hundred years before Colum- bus discovered America the first stone of this prison was laid. The story of the Bastille is a long terrors and tortures, | many of which have no doubt been 'exaggerated in the course of cem- turies of repetition, Such was the nature ofthe methods by which men of all stations in life were put and kept in this prison that the institu- tion came to be regarded by the peo- ple as the symbol of oppression. Men must find concrete objects for the things they worship br loathe, and 50 naturally at the time of the out- break of the revolution, the Bastille was one of the first objects of at- Ta . Philippians 2:5, 3 {tack at the hands of those whe complained by | During the month of May Ontario 'suffered from untimely rainfalls and cool weather. In July the rainfalls have been timely. A great deal de- pends upon the moisture that the season of the year. If there is no rain for several weeks after the last of June, the harvest outlook will be serious. This was the case last year in this section of the country. But the past two weeks have given plenty of rain to the fields and gar- dens, and the prospects are for an abundant yield of foodstuffs. Thera have been three good rainfalls in a fortnight, and if there is a good fof July the tillers of the soil and the dwellers in the cities, towns and villages will rejoice over the plenti- ful harvest. The people of Canada have much to be thankful for. Rain in season has been vouchsafed to us, while in Russia, that vast peopled country of eastern Europe; there has been terrible drought and the crops have failed. If any should doubt Canada being a much-favored na- tion, the weather conditions alone should dispel that doubt, THE DEATH PENALTY. We are not familiar with the de- tails of the Valleyfield, Que., slaying for which Walter Muir, young New| York student, paid the penalty on the gallows yesterday, but this much can be said--that no Canadian jury would condemn one to be hanged if the evidence was not conclusive. That Walter Muir deserved the penalty of death we are prepared to accept be- cause a jury of fair-minded mex sat in judgment upon him. Canadian juries wilf not condemn a slayer to death without very strong proof. They differ from English - juries which sometimes send men to the gallows on flimsy circumstantial evidence. Dr. Crippen, who was hanged in England some years ago for the murder of his wife, after a most sensational trial, would have had a better chance of his life before a Canadian jury. * It is very doubtful if a jury in this country would have accepted the circumstantial evidence that convicted that English physic- ian. The fact that Abbe Delorme has twice gone to trial in Montreal charged with the murder of his brother shows how particular juries of Canadian men are. There was the strongest circumstantial evidence against Delorme--evidence that would surely have convicted him in England--and yet the majority of each jury which sat on -his case favored acquittal. It is possible that time may prove Delorme innocent of the slaying. The cabinet and the governor-general of Canada will probably never have to change the sentence of death .passed upon a man or woman because of error. The commuting of a death sentence in this country will always be on the grounds of mercy alone. Canadian juries are merciful to a marked de- gree, and we have yet to hear of them erring in finding a verdict of mur- der. 5B July 18th, Since 1679 the parish priests of the Roman Catholic church in the province of Quebec have collected tithes from their parishioners, amounting to - one-twenty-sixth of the grain grown on their farms. The priests still have legal sanction to do 80. As time went on and the French- Canadians began to sow flax, tobacco and root crops and to trade in these things, the "cures," as the priests are called, attempted to extend their tithing privileges to include these very profitable additions to the farmers" produce. They placed their plea before the Superior Council at Quebec, but that 'body decided "against the church's plea. Still de- termined to assert their rights over their increasingly prosperous parish- loners, the priests carried the quar- rel to the English king. On this day ir 1707 their appeal was denied. The court decided against them and con- firmed the judgment of the Council in Canada, and their tithing power was restricted to its previous pro- portions. This tithing is one of the curious customs surviving from the early days of Freach tion, crops and vegetables obtain at this | shower once a week for the baldnce | of every kind is plentiful. laborers are also very hard to be | obtained even at a great advance in | wages. It is scarcely possible to re- { build any of the houses recently de- | stroyed by fire for want of workmen. A GIFT TO KINGSTON. May 10:--As the steamer Ontario was leaving the wharf! yesterday afternoon for Ogdensburg, a woman made a dash and got on board. After the steamer had got out from the whart so far as to prevent her com- { hind, a legacy to the commonality of Kingston, , Increasing the Fats in Joint Condi- tions. For years you have thought that most of our rheumatism and pain- ful joints was caused by an excessive meat or protein diet. Accordingly eggs and meat have been taken off the dietary of the rheumatic, or arthritic patient, as he is now 'called, and he has loaded himself up with starches to make up for this. It fas been learned lately that an excessive diet of starches--bread and vegetables--can derange the in- testine, and the resultant product in the blood causes arthritis or rheu- matism. If you ; are afflicted with painful joints and have had your meat and eggs cut off, and now find that your bread and vegetables dre to be cut down, you will wonder what is left, You will remember that the main food stuffs were meat and white of egg, starches and sugars, fats, salts and water, It looks like a fat, salt, and water diet, And as a matter of fact, physiex fans and institutions doing special work on these painful joint econdi- tions, are now using a diet in which the fats take the place to a large extent of the meats and starches. The diet for the ordinary person in good health is about as follows, one part meat or eggs, two parts fat (butter or milk), and three parts starches. This spread over the three meals of course. This new diet for the rheumatic patient does not interfere with the meat and eggs, but cuts down the starches until they are about one- third of the amount taken by a nor- these ed nearly four times. * With this idea in mind, and with that tendency to painful joints as a part of your make-up, it would then be good sense on your part to give this diet matter a little atten- tion. I will not weary you with any set diets because if you are real ill you are better in the care of your own family doctor, But to avoid the condition, or to help clear it up, a little idea of the foods that are rich in fats, and poor in starches is important.. Because this is what you are seeking to at- tain, a low starch, and a high fat diet. Accordingly the fruits low in starches are peaches, lemons, grape fruit, oranges and strawberries, The cereal low in starches are rice, oatmeal, and the wheat pro- ducts. The vegetables low in starches are asparagus, beets, cabbage, let- tuce, radishes, squash, spinach and carrots. ' < The meats and fish rich in fats are bacon, beef tenderloin, lamb chop, goose and turkey, and sardines and salmon. You know of rse that milk, cheese, butter cream are rich in fats. With these foods in your mind's eye, you can readily see, that you'll not starve yourself and yet at- tain your object. Ing back, it was discovered that the woman had left her infant child be-' mal person, and the fats are Increas-, Farm J} Sale Regular $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.50 Hats--To clear $1.95 e're not going to wait and worry until the Hat 'season over to cut prices in our big stock of Straw Hats, See BATHING SUIT At $1.45 SEE OUR PURE WOOL BATHING SUITS $3.45 See Our 50c. 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Reports of 40 cases, summar- ized in the British Meteorological Magazine, show ball lightning a highly variable phenomenon. Where the ball was seen close at hand the |. estimated diameter was - between three inches and a foot, The report- ed duration of the balls varied from two seconds to twenty minutes, the shape was usually round, somctimes pear-shaped, the color ranged from bluish white to red, though most balls were described as reddish or yellowish. In some cases a glow was seen around the ball, perhaps indi-}_ cating a discharge. The nature of ball lightning is somewhat obscure, as few persons [N LIVI, \ ~ \ \ RY have observed the origin of a ball. In one case, It was reported that three successive balls followed an ordin- ary flash, striking a church spire. In disappearing, a few balls exploded, some vanished suddenly and silently, and some gradually faded away. All the ball lightning seen was reported harmless, but injurious effects have been reported by others. 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