ew REPRESENTATIVES, Hunn a John St, Montreal . 100 King St. WwW, to tor are published tuai mame of the ft beat b i Mid Jo The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG 1a autticaticated Jy the . BO Audit Bureau of Circuiatinns. Bverything comes to him who oes. Nothing agrees with a grouch, not even when he eats. Nothing hurts your luck like hav- fang it in for somebody. _ Bome people are so absent-minded that they forget themselves. No matter how much time a judge &lves; he always has some left. A man who doesn't know where de ts going seldom gets anywhere, It's .an unlucky fisherman who 'doesn't even catch one to ife about. They made beer in Egypt thous- #nds of years ago, but it's all gone, Nothing is harder on a woman's © Bew clothes than one of her ene- mies. It took six days to make the world, {and still some want to change it in ons, The man who doesn't have to work might as well collect his life Insur- ance, Talent has little chance. Ananias Mever got to mention his golf _ Bcore. : "Flies talk," says € London scient- ist, Well, tell them to go swat them- selves, France may have the air if she will bégin over 'hers by taking the "hot kind. ------ It is much easier to love all of God's little creatures ®t you have : good screens. Woman is superfor, No mere man oan brag and make you think he is apologising. Our ambition is to be so rich that When we go broke we can call it fin- anclally embarrassed. We have come a loig way when Germany doesn't rattle anything except & promissory note. And so Big Business is stopping 'the war at last. It is 80 much easier £0 stop a thing you start. Another 800d thing for the nef- Yes is an axe, it the neighbors are mot tog fond of their children. Ot course the criminal element should be in jail, but think what 4 'would cost us to build the jail. Generally a millionaire is one D cannot understand why any- should wish to travel incog. * Vacuum cleaners are handy de- for' men. A woman can't hit husband over the head with one. iB ---------- 5 It's & funny world. When cold gives you more pep, there no ants to pick out of the but Add pitiful spectacles: When the Stingy Man has squeezed out DEMANDIN HIS HEAD. Inl referring to the two bye-else- tions in Quebec province, on the day following their occurrence, tire Whig suggested that the Conservative de- feat would probably furnish an ad- ditional reason for demanding the head of Hon. Arthur Meighen, the Tory leader. We pointed out that certain party affiliations in Montreal had long been conspiring to oust him from that position, and that re- cent disasters would give them new ground for activity. It appears that the Whig was not far wrong in its supposition. Wed- nesday's Montreal Star, which domi- nates the party's past, present and future in that city, voices exactly the same sentiment. In discussing the St. Antoine election, it said: "The Consérvative party is sul- fering, not from lack of numbers, but from purblind leadersnip. "The greatest army in the world cannot achleve victory without com- '| petent commanders." WIN Mr. Meighen please note! His own party newspaper in the metropolis refers to his "purblind leadership" and suggests that he is an incompetent commander, if that isn't a notice to quit, one wonders just what would constitute such a "notice. Little Arthur's day is done. He has been travelling up and down the dominion bemoaning the fate that put him out of office and telling the world that Canada is on the verge of bankruptcy. His blue-ruin talks have done the country great harm. They have doubtless discour- aged intending settlers from coming into Canada. The people, however, as evidenced by the recent elections, | have refused to take him seriously, = | and have resented his pessimistic ti- [rades. And now the chief English. speaking Tory organ in Quebec turns against him, and, as we prophesied, demands his decapitation. The lot of the Tory party, at the present time, is not a happy one, and its chances of getting into power in this generation are entirely hopeless. OONTROL. A government cannot intervene at any one stage of the process of pro- duction and distribution without up- setting the whole system. A gov- ernment must take over "the whole works" or nothing, for efficient re- sults. This is what Great Britain learned from its state control of food during the war, according to the cconomist, Sir Willlam Beveridge. We circulate it for its interest, with- out endorsement. When Britain controlled food dur- ing the war, says Beveridge, she also learned that it'was better not to put "experts" in charge of various jobs. An expert is all right in his place, Beveridge admits, but in a difficult situation what is needed is someone with common sense, An expert knows too much about his subject; often is handicapped by precedent. Why is it called "common sense?" It is not common, by any means. Some one has defined an "expert" as a man who lives a 100 miles away and charges $100 a day. COMPLICATING OUR PROBLEMS. Everything is complicated, to a scientist. The celebrated Prof. A. 8. Eddington tells an audience (and the explanatory parentheses are ours): "Take the simple act of my mount- ing this platform, which is apparent- ly solid. 1 place my foot on a plat- form that {is travelling nineteen miles a second (with the revolving earth). My body, which apparently moves easily, is sustaining (atmo- spheric) pressure of fourteen poun: per square inch. I am hanging h downwards into space. A wind of ether at terrific speed is blowing through the interstices of my body. And the plank on which I step is not solid, but composed of millions of electrons which are constantly bom- barding the soles of my feet." Nevertheless, we hasten fo add, all that's happened is that he has step- ped upon a platform. A scientist, seeing a certain little animal, will say: "It's Mephitis Me- phitis, a common mammal, allied to the weasels. It can eject a very of- tensive secretion produced in two perineal glands." n ordinary man, pondering all this, would say: "Nevertheless, it's only a skunk." Science has a tendency of compli- cating the simple. That's what science mainly does--takes the sim- ple, examines it and finds out how complicated it is underneath. Plain water, to a scientist, is two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen, in | combination. Of course, he doesn't know what hydrogem or oxygen is, 80 where jg he m better off than before hé by, any name other than plain water? Ng Admittedly, selentifie analysis leads to progress. But isn't scie making life too complicated? Tht it responsible for the widespread tendency of the people fo view the simplest situations as it they were our moses, but we fall to see it be- calise we're looking for something hidden, mysterious, complicated. | With this attitude, of expecting to find things complicated, we approach economic, political and social prob- ome that are as simple as A-B-C to any one with common, sense. We are forever seeking bogies that don't names for the skunk. "Logk how complicated the erperts « complex? The truth is right under! i have made the problem of what amounts to Germany paying damages in police court. THE HOAX FOR THE DULLARD. An energetic young man lost his job on a New York newspaper the other day after his editors had con- vinced themselves that he had hoax- ed them into printing as fact a wild and imaginative yarn about the oper- ations of a "rum palace" just out- side the 12-mile limit. While the story lasted it-had millions of ton- gues a-wagging. When it exploded it blew up with a bang. The sophisticated will err who sup- pose that the grief of the newspaper was that its hoax was exposed. The newspaper, be it recorded, did the exposing on its own account. The day hasglong since passed when a self-respecting newspaper finds it necessary or profitable to impose upon its readers, Persons who light- ly speak of the need of a newspaper for "something to fill up" merely reveal their unfamiliarity with the great quantity of copy that is thrown into the wastebaskets because of overcrowded columns. busy day of intricate systems of com- ments every hour. So it happens that the newspaper that knowingly prints a hoax, or a reporter who devises one, is convict ed forthwith of stupidity and dull- ness, There is so much news to be written, there are so many interest- ing things to tell about, that the news men who can't fill their waking hours with the finding of them are too dull for words. The truly inven- tive mind will find a real story where the unseeing, stupid fellow "invents" one. Because newspaper people re- cognize this truth, there are few fakes and hoaxes in this high-pres- sure age. A WORLD WEATHER BUREAU. A movement is underway to estab- lish an internationally-owned obser- vatory and wireldss station on the shores of Baffin Bay to furnish weather reports to all the nations of the northern hemisphere. Govern- ment officials are enthusiastic over the plan, and there is every indica- tion that it will shortly materialize. The value of the official weather reports can hardly be exaggerated. They are indispensable to mariners and to agriculturists. The new ser- vice for aircraft is a more recent ad- dition, and as time goes on other flelds are sure to develop where weather reports are absolutely essen- tial, Government weather reports are not yet absolutely accurate, however, despite the fact that all governments which issue weather reports ro-oper- ate by exchanging observations. There are large areas in Canada where no observations whatever are made, Many of the atmospheric dis- turbances originate in this region, and consequently official forecasts are sometimes upset. The proposed sta- tion at Bafin Bay will do much to make forecasts more authoritative and hence more useful. It is of no little importance that the station is to be owned and oper- ated in common by all the govern- ments deriving benefit from the ser- vice, Many people think that a way to permanent world peace is through an organization of all the scientists of the world. Working together for the good of civilization, the nations of the world would cease trying to destroy each other. This project is a step toward international co-oper- ation and understanding through science, often supplies a nation in distress with a man who [is endowed with just the qualities required to meet and solve the problems of the day. Canada, on more than one occasion, has thus found that in time of crisis, her honor has been entrusted to safe hands. One of these circumstances occurred during the years of the revolution in the United States. Sir Guy Carleton, later Lord Dor- chester, was largely responsible for the framing of the Quebec Act, which received royal agsent just at the time that preparations were on foot for the first American Con-- gress. The meetings of the con- gress led directly to revolution. The effects of the Quebec Act were such as to attach the newly con- quered French-Canadians to the British system of government. Such were the conditions when a revolu- tionary army invaded Canada and oon this day in 1775 attacked and ocoupied Fort Lennox, in Quebec. Since the previous May parties of revolutionaries had been roving the woods of Quebec over-running the villages and posting spies about at the terms of the Quebec \Act, in which Great Britain established in Quebec a religion which, they said . munication, is there any dearth of | interesting, important news develop- | bec by the troops under Carleton, and retreated to Fort Lennox until their final expuision from Canada. Later Fort Lennox was rebuilt as & strong place of defence, In a recent article I pointed out that the profession now thought that too much starch or sugar in the diet was a mistake, in the treatment of rheumatism. That in the effort to make up for the lessening of the amount of meat eaten, too much of vegetables and bread was given. To overcome this more fat was suggested. And the best and simplest form in which to take the necessary fat Nor, in this|!s in the form of butter. 'When as a youngster you arrived home from school, hungry as a hun- ter, the good generous slice of bread, with plenty of butter thereon, cer- tainly went right to the spot, and held you up until the evening meal arrived. It wag rather a wise act, although you didn't know it, because the bread and butter being energy pro- ducing foods, gave you the strength for the hard playing you did after school hours. Now there are any number of sub- stitutes for butter these days, and they can be purchased at a fraction of the cost of butter. For the average man and woman who eats a little of everything, these substitutes are perhaps all right. There is nothing wrong with them, and they save money. But for the growing boy and girl, for anyone below par physically, the real thing, butter, is worth the dif- ference in price. One of the real values in milk is this butter fat, as it is called. Now why is the butter fat of such value? Becauge in addition to its energy producing power, it also has that mysterious thing--Vitamin 'A. You will remember that in certain diseases in famine areas, due to lack of food, one of the first means of nourishing these starved bodies is by giving small quantities of this Vita- min A, and the form in which it is frequently given is in milk or butter. It requires only a small quantity of butter to make an impression on the undernourished child or adult Further, as you know, fats are not always easily digested, but in the form of butter, there is really no difficulty, as it is partly digested in the stomach, not having to wait to reach the wmallintestine, as js the case with other fats. . So if you, or your youngsters, are not eating enough fat, do not like fats, in fact, increase your consump- tion of butter to make up for this. Tenth Anniversary Of the Great War September Sth, 1914. The big battle on the western front continued to go in favor of the Allies 2nd unofficial reports say the Ger- mans are retiring all along the Ine. The Czar has declared Galicia a Russian province! All of Eastern Galicia is occupied by Russian troops. Reports continue to claim that Russian troops have been landed in France to fight on the western front. The famous German dreadnought "Goeben" is now with the Turkish fleet. The city finance committee recom- mends that the city buy sweater coats for all the Kingston men who have enlisted. Local subscriptions for Rad Cross work total over $1,000. The sum of $134.50 was collected at the benefit ball game put on at the cricket field this afternoon by the Victorias and Athletics. The lat- ter won 9-4. J. K. Hackett, the ae- tor, pitched the first ball. The teams were: Athletics--Gratton, ss; Toland, 3b; Saunders, 2b; Cotman, ¢; Gal- lagher, 1b; Mathis, p; Davison, cf; Coyne, If; Little, rf. Victorias--H. Dick, ss; Pound, e¢; Laird, If; Walsh, 1b; McCammon, rf; Gillespie, p; Somerville, 2b; G. Dick, 3b; Sleeman, cf. | WHY THE WEATHER? | oobi Secre American Meteors. Society. Tells Hew. - Mountain Sickness. We are adjusted to the pressure 'conditions, and particulorly, the oxygen of the air where we live. Changs in pressure from day to day are not likely to exceed one inch as measured by the barometer. Such a change as this is experienc- ed in a change in elevation of about 1,000 feet. In ascending high moun- tains, such as Pike's Peak for in- stance, one is subjected to far THE DAILY BRITISH Ww -- HG | For Honest To Goodness Clothing Values See Our NEW 'TOPCOATS Our $20.00 Chesterfield Overcoat IS SPLENDID VALUE. Our $27.50 English Covert Cloth Topcoat IS A REAL BEAUTY. Our $32.50 Worsted Topcoats in the new Slipon is ly taflored garment. Fit for prince, Ses our $8.75 English Raincoats English Cravanettes model, beautifully styled and splendid. Double texture--good rain or . shine. 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A condition similar to moun- tain sickness may be produced by breathing an artificial atmosphere at normal pressuré but containing only half the usual amount of oxy- gen. Conversely, in pure oxygen at 21 per cent. of atmospheric pres- sure, life goes on in practically the same manner as in air, which con- tains 21 per cent. of oxygen at the ordinary pressure. KINGSTON IN 1852 Viewed Through Our Files A Shoemaker's Ad. MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS IN KING STREET May 6.--The Subscriber in re- turning thanks to his sumerous cus- tomers and the public generally, for the generous patronage extended to him during his long residence in Kingston, would respectfully inti- mate that THE MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS connected with the noble and an- cient art of shoekeeping are still to be heard at his BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISH- MENT where he intends to keep always on hand, manufactured by himself from the best French materials, the usual large assortment of ladies' and gentlemen's BOOTS AND SHOES. JOHN GEORGE Another Deserter. May 12.--One day last week, a bandmen belonging to the Rifle Brigade got away from Kingston in in a case and put on board one of the American lake steamers on her French Creek 6 (Clayton) the case was carried on shore, and the man by faint kickings inside' made his presence known ¢o bystanders on the wharf. When released from his hausted and it took some time to restore him to consciousness. He had with him in the packing case the instrument he played upon, a corn- opeon, that cost his regiment $50. No one of the inhabitants of French Creek was possessed with sufficient honesty to take this valuable instru- ment from the possession of the a singular manner. He was packed | way down the river. On arriving at | |i narrow prison he was much ex- I | SPECIAL SALE OF | FRENCH IVORY | 98c A wonderful opportunity to fill out your set or for dainty Splendid values in Puff Boxes, Combs, Trinket Boxes, Three Piece Manicure Sets, ets. For One Week Only. { DR. A. P. CHOWN 186 PRINCESS STREET perjuved thief for the purposes of restoring it to the owners, Belleville Needs Eye Glasses. Belleville Ontario: "We fall to no- tice any hot stuff causing any great smoke in Kingston, outside of its baseball team. Pep, if we wanted more pep would we go to Kingston after it? Outside of Bob Bushell Kingston pep is not visible to the naked eye." Display of Fall. Millinery at EB. Peters' to-morrow (Saturday), 82 Brock street, at his old stand in King street, ot ide at the time of the building of the Arabs. The picture is of a hi riest. The & Bicture is of 4 high p Fo All Absolutely ly Pure Crystal White Vinegar, Cider Vinegar, Malt Vinegar, Ground Spices, Whole Spices. \ The best is always the cheap est. . $ Jas. REDDEN & CO. PHONES 20 and 990, In Public Serviee are Jews, these Samaritans lived a simple fashion and their » To do nothing is the way to be nothing. Repestasce ie the May of he vie tues, ~