oon LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES: (Daily Edition) \ Mime year, by mall, eash _ Ome year, to United States ....... TON SEPRESENTATIVES) im Me Ww, : tH A A to the Editor are published pr the actual name of the EF a 3 ttachad is ome of the best job rics te Canada. Among other things gradualiy get- ting back to par is idealism. \ A mdn isn't really old until he can't enthuse about a .400 hitter. ---------------- After all, perhaps it is better for China to learn war during her spare time at home. ------------ So far scientists haven't been able to invent a loud speaker that beats the gelf-made man. Becoming sophisticated is merely a Process of turning {illusions into disagreeable memories. {7 e---- One {fault of social: ambition Is' that it makes tradesmen wait too g for their money, i iene Lite is full of disappointments, gnd the story seldom lives up to the fll of the headline. ---------- 'Something must be done to protect jo game in order that we may have ething to slaughter, ° "It is a good. idea to kiss the child- fen good night, if you don't mind 'Walting up for them. That river of mud in California gone too. far. Some of it 1s eoming in on the radio. 'Some people think they have no unless they are getting excited t something or other.' "Never call another man a hypo-} te until your back yard is as glean as your front yard. A writer says man's "inherent ity' causes 'all our trouble. t about his verbosity? 'Don't worry. If he called three while you were out, he wasn't Ing to give you anything. Correct _ } sald he cheerfully; "I must up and get another quilt." eru---- this . sentence: 'Well, I have faults. There is some- jg rotten in Denmark, but Lim- ir originated in Belgium, ilosophy is the quality that § & man call it» bald spot af- sreaches down to his ears, ------ "The world neads reform- "The 'world is hope- bless the world." let the world cheer madly peace advocate passes by and of war will be ended. : Ee ope things of Col- th: $5.00! metropolis on the front seat of an '| candidates for various civic offices | the best men that can be secured as GENUINE HELP. Here is one of the rarest combi- nations, philanthropy aud old-fash- foned horse sense. Dr. Becker, 'a wealthy New York 'optician, 'will furnish eye-glasses free of charge to every school child in his city who needs but cannot afford them. He estimates that it wil] cost him $20,- 000. It wilF do more real good than twenty millions spent for economic investigation and similar "charity work." The Rotary Club of King- ston last year did something along the same line. - It supplied glasses to such children as required them when their cases were favorably re- ported on by the school nurse. Un- fortunately its funds were limited, and it could not do as much as it wished. With more funds at its dis- posal it could carry on this splen- did work to a better conclhsion. LOOK BEFORE CROSSING, A rather movel contribution to; the current discussion of how to les- sen - Automobile accidents is made by a New York physician. It.is to employ the power of repeated sug- gestion in an effort to make the pub- lic more careful. For 15 years he has gone his daily round about the automobile, sitting with his chauf- four, "for the reason that the utmost attention is required on the part of both to prevent us from more or less damgging the New York City pedes- trian. Up to the present time we have not damaged a single individu- al, but we are not at all sure about tomorrow, There are those who use our streets who apparently insist on being run over, if one ig to judge from their indifference to their sur- roundings," continues the doctor. As he sees it from the front seat of his car, about 10 per cent. of acci- dents may be laid at the door of the automobile driver and the rest are due to absence of concentration on the part of the pedestrian. Here is where he believes a policy of organized suggestion would come in, He would have every newspaper print conspicuously = on the front page daily, "before you cross the street today look carefully to right and left." He would Fave the same warning flashed on motion picture screens and postéd up in all the schools and public buildings and the sign displayed on every third lamp post. Within a few days, he believ- es, every person who is not blind or illiterate would involuntarily look to right and left before crossing a street, He would do.go because he could not help~it; it would have become a habit. Even if such a scheme of publicity is not adopted, self-education of every individual in this common sense precaution is possible, and ob- viously acquirement of the habit would reduce automobile accidents to the minimum. AN AWAKENING. INTEREST. + The Board of Trade, whose mem- bers represent the Industrial, com- mercial and professional life of the city, are evincing a commendable in- terest in the forthcoming municipal elections. A special committee has been named to recommend suitable who could be endorsed by the board. The newspapers have been asked to co-operate with the board in order that good and experienced men might be assured of election if they consented to run. As far as the 'Whig is concerned, it will welcome such a move and will do.its part to- ward supporting suitable candidates irrespective of their political affili- ation, for we do not believe that po- litics should be imtroduced into the municipal arena. That was the at- titude we took last year. The best interests of the city demand co-op eration and united action, and it is a hopeful sign that this idea seems to. be gaining ground, Especially is there need of new men on the utilities commission. The city possesses a' plant worth some two million dollars, and it demands commissioners. There are two va= cancies to be filled at the next elec tion, and great care should be taken that the right type of men are elects Hughes and Mr, John Davis, rest dent of the Davis. have been mentioned tion. Both are suce a "Canada, he and Mr. men, with ' wide . experience, and | of birthdays, but how much happens between birthdays. Our generation, amid scientific marvels and with the whole world literally at our door as a result of traisportation magic, erams into one year as much experi- | ence, learning, sensations and im- pressions as our great-grandfathers got in a dozen. In the one-minute march from the death cell to the hangman's trap the condemned myrderer lives through an eternity. In a second of sleep you can go through years of life as vivid as the real thing, though it is all a dream. Time is relative. Save $1,000. With it you can tra- vel more than Marco Polo in his whole lifetime. Or Columbus or any of the early explorers. The main difference is that you will not have their hardships. And you will be exploring the known instead of the uncharted. Men now in the prime of life will have a chance to live 1,000 years, by approaching medical discoveries. So claimed the eminent German sci- entist, Professor Fritz Haber, gecent- ly. He expects the elimination of causes of natural death. After ehduring a few centuries, people would begin to curse the sci- entists who condemned th:m to the 1,000 years. Life beginr to get dull after the "eightieth *nirthday or be- fore. The average Old' person is quite calm ag he contemplates the approaching end--more than resign- ed, he is willing. He has tasted life to its full extent and is ready for another world. This earth {is not interesting enough to be a péfmanent home, not even for 1000 years. Life-is a jour- ney. And a gradual sameness makes any long trip tiresome towards its close. - The ocean may be at its best delightful. But passengers still thrill when they sight land--desti- nation---nearly 4s much as early ex- plorers. KINGSTON IN 1854 Sidelights From Our Files Enterprising Mr. Counter. April 17.--For several years past, the Kingston Marine Railway*, the property of a joint stock company that was not satisfied with the in- vestment of its capital, has been leased by Mr. Countet, who, with characteristic energy and enterprise, soon made it as advantagéous to stockholders as to himself. But un- til 1gst year he confined his building operation to the execution of speci- fic orders and to the hauling out and repairs of steamboats. It was in the winter of 1853 that he first turned his attention to the building of ships for the British market. The "Chero- kee," a bark of 400 tons burden, was | ° built, launched in May, loaded in To- ronto in June, went down the St. Lawrence and across to Liverpool, and was there unladen and sold at such a net profit as to satisfy both owner and build Another vessel, the "Arabia," almost equal ton- nage, was also built at the same time, but good freights képt her on Lake| Ontario, all the year, and it is only now that she is preparing for her At- lantic voyage. a When Capt. Gaskin returned to Counter laid their heads together, and the result of their cogitations was laying down the keels of two vessels of more than double the size of the previous yéar, One, a bark of upwirds of 800 tons ahd the other of nearly 900 tons. These vessels are now in sufficient forwardness to permit'the first to be launched early in May, and the other in three weeks or a month later. * Note:--A marine railway is a plece of track on which boats are hauled out of the water for repair. One of the many famous promen- ades in this world is the Dufferin long and is 183 feet Lawrence, Curiously, while it is a play-ground of the city, it 'is also od: The names of ex-Mayor J.:Ma| 0% H Body of Pours By Jomes W. Barton, M.D; Handling The "Hysterical" Child. A principal of a school received a note from a mother readiftg as tol- lows: "If Johmny mishehaves, send nim home. Dont strap him, because he gets hysterical when he is whipped®' The principal was one of the old tyre, and feeling that thre boy would be apciled if he spared the rod, he decided to interview the parents. He found that Johnny was subject to these fits of hysteria, when he was refused anything he wished. If going on a motcr 'rip, Johnny had to sit in the front seat or he would have hysterics," and the trip delayed or spoiled. It was the same. in the maftér of his food, gf to bed at night, and his genera! actions of the day at heme, and at school or play. The principal asked the parents if they had seen a doctor. They ad- mitied that they had, and thatthe doctor had said that there was real- ly nothing Wrong with him physical- Iy. "In that case," said the principal "why. not treat him like any other youngster?" As it ds everybody gives fn to him. He ds growing eeltish, wants his own way everywhere, and is getting to be disliked or pitied everywhere he goes. It is not fair to your boy when he is young, to per- mit him to grow into a selfish man. He will mot be shle to get along with people, or make his way in the world. As it is, he is wise enough to see that by "acting up" in this manner, he can just about get anything he wants. He knows just the time to-do his little "stunt" and get away with it. The whole underlying trouble Is selfishness. Now I dont want you to think I am. interfering, but really' I dom't think you are fair to the Boy. He'll never make a "real" man this way.' The parents were sensible. They spoke quietly bus firmly to the boy about his actions. When he started to give trouble going on a motor! trip, he was left at home. When he misbe- haved at school, the principal was in- gtructed to whip him. It took a little while, but he was 0 Now the point here is, that with the assurance of the physician that there was no physical ailment, the parents apd principal felt eafe in go- ing ahead with the "treatment. 4 "VA THE WEATHER | DR. CHARLES ¥. BROOKS Secretary. American AMeteorclogioal Society, Tells Hew. When To Burn Leaves. The humidity and the wind domin- ate leaf-burning operations. In damp calm weather it is a waste of time to attempt burning; sin dry windy wea- ther burning becomes dangerous. In many regions the fire wardens Brant | pemnits for making out door fires at any tige during a period of days, the | hours for such fire being left to the discretion of the individual, If it is very damp one can readily obtain a permit, but it may take much news- paper and perseverence to get a fire really started. In a dry autumn, such as the East experienced last year, dead leaves and grass become like | ference between spread | tinder and fires aré apt to dangerously, During prolonged droughts and in periods of high wind ing and early afternoon the wind is rising, after about 2 p.m., the usual time of maximum temperature, it is et 28d | ig 28 Yog 5 gi gn pe BIBBY'S Dress Well Succeed-We Will Help You : NO. 1 QUALITY GENUINE ENGLISH BROADCLOTH SHIRTS All newest shades. With Separate Collar. Sizes '14 to 17. $18.75 Sale Men's and ' Heavy Spaulding GENUINE PURE WOOL SWEATER COATS Brown, Grey, Gar Stitch net, Fawn. Shawl Collar, Vest Collar styles. Regular $6.50 and $7.50 values. 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