THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG > Progress of the Times { PROBS i Tuesday* northerly winds, fair and quite cool. (Rev. R. E.- Knowles in The Toronto Ls ar). og Queen's College in the early spring of 1887 I did my first cheer- for a péblitical candidate. Here, the first time, my eyes rested on face of Sir John A. Macdonald. He was running for Kingston, and his adversary was one Alexander unn. I well remember how in the se throng around the city hall I brushed right against Sir John's fur coat and looked into his grey face. 1 felt, distinctly, for one full mo- ment the flavor of greatness as 1 have felt the breath of some moun- tain berg borne through the mists © of Belle Isle. Then we crowded In- to the hall. I heard the old leader speak and hought then, as I still think, that 1 ever heard in Canada. I call in literal verbal detail a ; n his lips that wrapped judience in flame. "I do not call stion,"" he sald, or the patriotism of the dls- = juin ed gentleman who is the . choice of a great purty for the pre. | miership of this(land (this was Bd- - ward Blake), but I tremble for the uture of Canada when I contem- plate the possibility of this great terprige (the then newly complet- C. P. R,) being entrusied to his sympathetic, if not hostile, hands. "As for me, it matters not. I am an id man, near the verge of my natural, much nearer the verge of political life. I will get my bite d my sup and go down to my rest peate--but (the mobile face with an expression, the tall straightening back with an ty that would have dome to Henry Irving)--but I 1 as a Canadian, and. . . ." os rest lost in a whirlwind of cheers that rolled around and around the either the hall, the old wizard standing with head again lowered, as of one ready | to be offered, after having fought a good fight, and finished the course and kept the faith, by the great "henceforth" beguiled. I still see him as he at length looked out, in a stealthy horizon- tal way, head still unlifted, form once more bended; the expression was one of the most humbly pious and resigned that I have ever seen. And 1 distinctly remember this, too ~--most difficult to describe-- how he moistened his lips with his tongue, and slowly went through that motion once or twice, with his Jaws, that is colloquially described as "licking his chops," the same martyr-like look, so stolid yet so eloquent, appealing to his audience all the while. 4 My. distinct recollection is that, although then and always his ardent supporter, I felt that I was witness- ing a bit of superb play-acting, to which impression, I think, the heroie reference-to 'my bite and my sup* made the largest contribution. seemed to see the aged statesman' perched upon some placid mound bathed in the light of the evening sun--and I could all but hear him say: "I take my little porringer and eat imy 'supper there." It wae . all quite rich; and lke his famous birth and death ayowal In Toronto four years later, it turned the trick. My ¢c ompanion that might was a student, now known throughout the land, who went there a flaming Grit; he came away a ruthless Tory, nor has since relapsed to his darksome estate of yore, 3 Next came the "A British subject I was born, a British subject I will die" election of 1891. It was his last triumph, so far at least as we know about. The night of election, he stay. ed at the house of the always hon- orable, but the now Honorable W. F. Nickle--at his parental home, that is to say. Nickle, who commits this page to memory every night, will recall what Hchlin, fellow-stu- dent of us both, has often told me, he having dropped in next morning at the Nickle home--of how Sir John, appraising the still incom- plete returns, observed: '"Majorities, in politics, are a good deal like what the squaw sald about the whiskey, 'When you have a little too much, then that's just emough'." It would have been interesting to have had a twin picture of the old master, one of his saintly and devoted head fi in the city hall that March night in 1887, the other that human twinkle, that foxy sidelong glance, on the post-election morning of 1891. SE ------------ Robbed of $19 last winter, a Cin- cinnati man receives $5 and note r that he will pay back balance as he gots it. THE ORANGEMEN OF PORTSMOUTH PARADE Heard a Splendid Sermon by Rev. Mr. 8mart on Sun- day Evening. With -the Kingston fife and drum band leading, L.O.L. No. 481 of Portsmouth and the Loyal True Blues paraded to St. John's church, Portsmouth, Sunday evening. The band was "playing "Onward Christ- ian Soldiers," as the procession ar- rived at the church and they march- ed in fine order. A large number of visiting Orangemen were present, and the church was filled to capa- city. Rev. A. E. U. Smart, the rector, was the preacher, and took for his text, Judges 6: 12, "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said untowhim, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." The speaker said that the principles of Gideon were applicable to the man of today." When yéi are called upon to do something that demands great power," he said, "and you, like Gideon, believe you are not fitted for the position, do not turn it down. If you, in your weakness, realize that God depends on you for great things, depend on God to give you strength to do these things." The preacher; reminded the con- gregation that many of the greatest fora of God had been done through he leadership of one who did not think he had the power, but had submitted himself to the Lord. He sald that the qualifications for the Orangemen were veri and that if men lived up to thei they womid be living up to the principles of God. During the offering, Mr. Thomas, tenor soloist, sang well. The parade formed up, after the services and marched back to the Orange Hall on King street, where they broke up. They marched today in Belleville in the big Orange walk. NEWS OFF THE WIRES Ten conventions are announced by Liberal execuitves. Seven were drowned in Ontario over the week-end. Bobby Jones won the U.S. open golf titles at Columbus, Ohio. Norman App.Sunbury, Pa., died as result of being gored by a bull. . Hon. Edmund Bristol, M.P., To- ~~ | sm cues cane | A church parade was held by the Kingston Sea Cadet Corps on Sun- day morning in the pavilion at Bro- phy"s Point. Rev. J. de Pencier Wright, of the city, delivered a very instructive address to the boys, Mr, R. R. Harvey, presided at the piano during the singing. Visitors at the camp during the day were: General, Mrs. and Miss Elmsley, Hugh Osler of Toronto, Capt. and Mrs. 8. A. Lee, Hugh Ryan, Miss Frdnces Murray, Miss Marjorie Harvey, Miss Mitckell, Mr. Charles Harvey, Mr, P. H. Hall, The visitors were entertained at tea by the commandant of the camp, Capt. McDonald. The weather was fine and the boys had the camp looking its very best, and many of the visitors commented on its very fine appearance. A strong breeze and a heavy sea sprung up during the af- ternoon, making a rather rough trip across for the visitors but they all arrived back at the Yacht Club dock |} safely, having greatly enjoyed the day, and the trip over and back in Capt. McDonald's motor-boat. The commandant reported to the British Whig this morning that the health of the camp was excellent and that the boys were having a real good time, in spite of the hard work given them by the instructor, Lieut. Joyce. An inspection is to be held 'Wednesday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when eight medals 'will be presented for shooting. i I SPECIAL FOR TUESDAY! (IG=Y AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES ! The Silk Section offers four out- standing values that should make an instant appeal for their exceptional quality and lowness of price. 'Printed Chinese Shantung Silk $1.43 yd. A guaranteed, good wearing and wash- able quality. Full 86 inches wide. Very smart for Summer Dresses or Novelty Kimonas, A splendid value at $2.00 a | yard, A beautiful, rich yarn dyed fabric with a lustrous finish. A heavy, good wear ing quality, full 86 inches wide, and an. outstanding value at $1.75 a yard, $1.50 yd. Costs, Capes or Tallored Dresses -- in Regular $2.25 a yard. \ 3 =