+ 33 hy an 88: dred million, accepted more or less ever the actual The ecirenjation of British Whis a The diamond jubilee celebration of Confederation is catching on splendidly. Alt over the Dominion interest in the event is increasing and all sorts of public bodies occasion. The Orillia committee 13 ambitipus enough to suggest that King George and Queen Mary grace the occasion with their presence. The suggestion would commend it~ self to Canadian but to bring it about is another matter. We hope that the Orillia jepthusiasts will not find the purpose insurmountable. The Chief proposals for Dominion Day, 1927, are: % A children's picnic in every community in the Dominion on July 1st. 2 Ten thousand beacon fires to be iit in every city, town and ham- let across Canada on the evening of Dominion Day. 3. A great national banquet at Ottawa, at which as many as possible of our leading public men should be gathered together. 4, Services of re-dedication and consecration on Sunddy,) July rd. All are easy of accomplishment. The suggestions tan be varied as desiped, but as to thé first, what would be more charming or mors inspiring than to see our 3,000 and mane school children marching down. Princess street twelve abreast, dressed in white trimmed In na tional colors, bearing Union Jacks and at the Market Square sing, as thes only can sing, Canada's na tional songs! It would be a rare treat and one that the ohildren . woulth neyer forget. The celebrations - of ¥86T lmger in the minds of many, who, as children, participat- ed at the dawn of the Dominjon's -conselidation. Kingston could and will, we have no doubt, put on a demonstration that will attract and enthuse the. dwellats for miles and mites. "sround _this. old historic contre, Let the citizens begin plan- ning sow. rm-- LORD BEE OF FAREMAM. ---- . - Rha announcement that King Geange bad granted a life lease of the royal residence, White Lodge, at * Richmond, England, to Lord Lee of is. of more than usual in: terest to Kingston, for Lord Lee was & resident of this city thirty years age. He was then known as Capt. Anthar H. Lee, professor of artillery im the Royal Military College of Cam- Bis time of service here was » are! often done before, making ready to mark the jubilee | SeTenely, her feathers somewhat dis- The Milwaukee Journal has done ® good turn by telling the people of the United States what Britain has done for them. It bas called at- tention to many things that haye been forgotten or ignored. Among | them, the paper goes on. to say, is (the fact that for perhaps sa hundred years "we Rave basked in perfec: safely to carve omt our economia Tate; "ours destiny * POryEps, WHIT] England kept all from Snnoying us. Interested motives, undoubtedly, for she was financing most of our industries, aid her navy was ses ing to it that no one else tampersd with thors investments We could £0 on our way untrammelled, ua. hampered. We escaped worid prob- lems and entanglements for we were next to the top in the shadow of a powerful friend. Our protection and safety costs us nothing. And think of it. All this domination and or ganization of world affairs is done inland nation of fifty million whose mighty protection we, & great, boastful nation of a hun- gratefully." Apd the Journal sapiently 'adds, "We sball not take life so easily nor discuss our problems so lightly if the British empire gradually loses its: key position in the world." Mr. F. W. Figpatrick, a writer in the Evanston, Ill., News, com- ments on the Journal's statemeal saying: "That's one thought. Another comes bounding along after, and perhaps it's the English quarter of mé that's talking now, for I can't help bat joyously believe that in spite of gloomy deans, coal strikes, | contumacious provinces,' the disin- genlousness of some Of her polith cians and all the fest of the ills that assail the old girl, England will muddle through, as she has so and bob-up arranged, a bit groggy perhaps, bu! still on top and with a good chunk of the lucre all those who were plucking her had gotten from each other: She is a staunch old crit. ter, a good fighter, a good friend and the cannfest of us all and a poker-player beyond compare." 15 THE WHITE BACK DECLINING? Only 2,600,000 of the 12,500,000 babies born in the world every year are of white parentage. What a startling statement? The other ten millions are Africans, Orientals, Asia- ties and. all other non-white people Can the. white race survive under such a handicap? A lecturer discus- sing this important issue peints out that "the negro population in Am- erica to-day is 15,000,000 compared with 250,000 in 1790; that the white British people gumber 67,000,000 while in India alone there are 70. 000,000 Mohammedans; that Japan's annual increase in population is more than ten times that of Australia. But does it matter? A writer says that "mortality knows nothing of geographical boundaries or distine- tions of race. Racial prejudices and fears are the fruits of differences in culture and colors, not of color." An English clergyman holds that the world was not made for white peo- ple, it was made for mankind. A tremendous responsibility rests on the Anglo-Saxons in their relations to those of another hue. Education and christianity are the needs for all peo- pies and it is for the white races to spread these beneficient privileges. PROVING MOSES. Thivty-threa hundred years ago, according to historieal and Scrip- tural records, the hosts of Israel, fleeing from Egyptian bondage. en- camped in the middie of the Sinai peninsula south of Palestine, or the Land of Canaan, as it then was call- ed Watar was scarce, and a revolt was threatened among the host which Moses bad bhromght through the Red See. In his perplexity Moses invoked divine ald and was directed to a spot near at hand where, on his striking the face of a rock with his staff, water gushed ont of the seem- ingly solid wall of stone. In an effort to confirm Biblieal re. cords by exploration and research amid historic sites Dr. William T. 'and South of Palestine. His explora tions. finally led him to the spot miracle i aN § 2 Fed | ¥ ¥ i i rH I i ks if t roborative evidence that will form! the basls of a mew understanding of! the Bible. The discovery of a spring | that answers the deseription of that | which Moses opemed in the face of | living rock, in the midst of a desert, | close beside the very road anciently | travelled by migrating tribes of the | desert, seems more like a verifica- | tio of the Mosalc record than it | does like a mere coincidence. ME NU eet re pre sb NG Sr EMTORIAL NOTES. After the football season ali the students must settle down and get educated, is an Ottawa Journal wit- ticism. The mew auto license plates are ready. - And right after Christmas cash will be needed to renew the tin records. o---- The Cuban hurricane did mot his us; the price for sugar will, for thirty per cent. of the Cuban crop was destroyed. The Pethrboro Examiner advises Mr. Nickle to save all the approving resolutions. They may come in very bandy in another campaign. The United States is in the happy condition of enjoying probably the most soundly prosperous year of its history, is the conclusion of our neighbors across the border. ---- Jay Knox says the only time a genuine 100-per-cent pative-born American ever gets a real hanker ing for a good look at a King or a Queen is in a poker game. 4 -- The child's faith in Santa Claus is intensified by snow flurries. They see him ig the bluster and capering of the flakes. Glorious anticipations, and never may they be dissipated. Hamilton is expecting a surplus in the civic treasury, if the taxes are paid in. The Spectator says it re- minds it of the man who said he ex- pected to make a good profit--if he sold his goods. Wire hair is a prediction for the near future, when the women de mand switches for hair adornment Wire is now drawn fine enough for silky-like hair and is capable of be- ing manipulated into any sort of coiffure, Alter years of experimentation as to peat production in Eastern On- tario the committee on methods has agreed that the only process which can be economically employed In producing peat fuel ig air drying. All other methods are too costly. Last year motorists contributed. through payment of gasoline tax, over $4,000,000 towards road im: provement. Motorists do mot object to this or evem a higher coutridi tion when satisfied that the tota) tax collection on gasoline was spent on roads and their upkeep. Geologists report that the hill on which Canada's Parliament buildings are erected is gradually sinking. No wonder, snorts the Montreal Gasette. Could anything in the world be rea- sonably expected to stand up under the weighty utterance of some of our legislators? -------- Everybody "down east" will be glad to learn that the western prov- inces are making ready to manufac- ture binder twine---the natural pro- duct grows extensively. on the lafid--- paper and beet sugar. The Jmand is for immigrants to tiil the Soil and make industry successful. The honey crop of Manitoba for 1926 will amount to over 5,500,000 pounds, which is ap increase of al- mest one-third over the same per fod last year, according to the Pro winecial Aplarist. In earlier years it was thought that honey could not be produced in commercial quanti- ties in Manitoba. S---- The Stratford Beacon-Herald says that American automobiles carry the word "Canada," * The motorists, ic says, do net kaow that Canada is divided into provindes, and that this Canada is a greater in area thaa ali Bilis of Swarthmore recently viniteq,fthe States in the Union put together. {the Sinai peninsula cast of Egwpt Perhaps not, but they are learning by travelling in Canada. ? ---- - The New York brokers are saying that the actual situation in the cot- ton States will not be as acute as bad been feared. because of the lateness of the crop in maturing and the fact that probably a very considerabie amonnt of it will not de gathered. Likely our cotton will cost as much as ever. Talking to advertising experts in Washington President Coolidge as- serted that advertising was the most intivence in adopling and changing the habits and modes of fife, "affecting what we eat, what we wear and the work and play of ihe whole nation." Imstead of competi- tion Being the Hie of irade as of old, ha said, it was new "advertising." " 'eee » wt + A SUNDAY THOUGHT, How Joy Is Earned. ® The following lines were % written by a busy doctor who % adds to 'his heavy practice ® much earnest Christiaz work: % "The greatest thing ia life" % It is to de the presemt task; + To think, to work, to love; to 3 aati CIE Sah THoMent + day, & Week in and out throughout > the year ® By helping men their burdens > bear, % The joy of life I early learned * you ask? * Is never given, * earved * In serving God by serving man % Through a self - forgetful, * Christlike plan. it must %e PPP PPPS PP Nee * 2202229009000 00 0 ler e---- Where Are the Old Folks? Philadelphia Inquirer: One reason more young people don't stay at home nights is because they're afraid to be alone in the house. A Blow to False Toronto Globe: Sir Hemry Thorn- ton's intimation that -the National Railways will commence meeting al) interest charges within three years will be more sad news for the false prophets. He Will Have to be This Time. Ottawa Citizen: Mr. Ferguson "will be content with any verdict" Ontario may pronounce, he says. That is just what he said after the 1924 plebiscite. But he was not content. Still Some Whe Think. New York World: In spite of phite- mobiles, radio, bridge whist," the movies and othér-often denounced enemies of reflection, there are still many people in the country who think and who seek the acquaintance of thinkers through the great free- masonry of books. Quebec Viewpoint La Patrie 1s critical of Hom. Mr. Nickle's action in resigning from the Ferguson Cabinet. "The Hon. W. F. Nickle has re- signed as Attorney-General of On- tario because he refuses to approve the new temperance policy of the Ferguson Government Mr. Nickle thus displays his irreconcilable char- acter, which approaches fanaticlam. The experience of Quebec, and that of other provinces which have adobt- ed the Quebée system of liquor con- trol, have opened the qyes of every- body except Mr. Nickle. He remains a stickler for principle and his ming remains closed: to the evidence of fact, A man of that calibre is never desirable in a government." -- Le Deveir thinks that the result of the election campaign in Ontario is most uncertain. | "Will the new policy that Mr. Fer- guson, Prime Minister of Ontario, will advocate before the electors during the campaign that he has in- augurated bring him a majority of the votes at the election which 1s fixed to take place on December 1st? It is very difficult to say. And the uncertainty is increasing, for every day there is added evidence of seces- sions in both the Comservative and Liberal ranks. Those who have been partisans of Myr. Ferguson up to the present time--such, for example, as Mr. Nickle, who was a Cabinet min- ister--bhave left him, whilst Liberals are breaking away fram their party leader. The battle will be one of t most animated that the Comserva- tives have ever had to fight in On- taro. manifest "in the direction of the Liberal party st the Federal general election in September last in fifteen of the Ontarig constituencies will add to the inquietude of the Conser- vatives of the provinee.™ i Laurier in England £1 Thomas Times-Journal The presence of the Prime Minis ter and his party at the Imperial Conference calls to mind Sir Wilrid Laurier's exquisite description of British politics and British diplom- acy, says the Farmer's Advocate. The following extract is from Dr. 0. K. Skelton's dook. "Life and Letters of Sir Wiltrid Laurier," and puts on record some observations made by the Liberal Chieftain after one of his visits to England: "A visit to England is In many wars a pleasure, even if it involves an uncomfortable voyage for a poor sailor. The throb of the world's af fairs in London, the stimulus of con-| tact with men of high and discipliin- Lod capacity, the comfort of town and $0000 0000 oak IgE And the 'sliding' which was | Big Overcoat Special $s19°° All new models, new col- orings; new, all - wool Check Backed Tweeds-- Browns, Greys, Heath- ers, Lovats, Sizes 34 to 46. We claiin to have the best Syit and Over- coat Valuesin Canada. Bibby's Genuine, English $3.75 VELOUR HATS Hat Special | in popular colors. BIBB Y'S Limited Clothing House Kingston's Cash and Qhe Price Atternoon Bowling Ladies and Gentlemen, Attention ! From this date, Afternoon Bowling of five pins will be at the rate of ten cents astring on all afternoons with the exception of Saturdaysand Holidays. Gardens Bowling Acaden Phones 280, 2820 z HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Low rates for choice accomodation To Plymouth, Cherbourg and London Dec. 13. "ANTONIA," from Halifax To Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow-- Dec. 11. "LETITIA," fram Saint John, NB. * 2 . from Halifax For aa little as 385 Third Class one way to British Pores Round Trip $155. = CANADIAN SERVICE LINES fae ober: Reford Co. Lim Med. corner May and Wels Uington Sta. Toromto, or any STEAMSHIP AGENT. 0 Sudbury Winnipeg Leaves Toronto daily at 9.00 p.m., Standard Time, Arrives Wi 10.00 a3.m., second mornin at W for . SUDBURY SLEEPER CY TICKET OFFICE Corner Johnson and Ontario Streets; TR AVEL Kingston, Out. 'Phones 08 op HOT. CANADIAN NATIONAL QU NATURE About the yoar 158¢ some well- confidence, faster and farther meaning but misguided person, with that combination of gealus and in- difference to consequences which characterize those who persist fa mix- ing fagnas, brought a few starlings 'to Brooklyn from Europe North America already had some 1,200 species of birds gpative to her shoves and had just begua to realize that the Eaglish sparrow, from the same country a few years addition te her gvifa nannies Te Saiingn wero 'eonntry life in a land cushioned with tradition, where leisure is an art and hospitality a science, makes a deep appeal... .Ome felt the in- cessant and unrelenting organisation of an Imperialist campaign. We ware fooked upon not #0 MUCH as ine dividual men, but abstractly as .co- lonial statesmen, to be impressed | and hobbled. The Englishman is as | business-like in his polifics, particn- larly his external politics, as in busi. ness even if he covers his purposeful- ness with an air of polite Indiffer ence. Once convinced that the colonies were worth keeping, he bent! 10 the work of Jdrawiag hem closer -.+. with marvelous skill and per- sistence. In this campuaizn, which no tyrted loose, and, like the sparpow: me other of our immigrants. fi the land goed. So they waxed fat and multiplied, and, as the time went by, found themselves crowded in the section about Brookiym bridge. Then Shey fared forth in various directions. south, west, north and sought new homes. Slowly at fixed, and then as they gréw in smmbens one could appreciate unti? he has been in the thick of i, social leisure is the enbtiest and most effective fored.... It is bard to stand against the finttery of a grace duchars. Wosk men's heads terned in an evening, and thete few who can resist long. We w they extended their possessions until they. now are abundant in thousands of places. Their numbers pe one can guess, but it must be among the millions. These milliors of starlings have hot occupied the counjry without competing with, and MARY cases our ow species, Our woodpeckers other hale. resting birds have been the chief suf. forers, and many have been dispos- sessed of their hard-earned Nomes by these aliens : There has, of coupse, been some competition for food in the ease of far apparently there has deen enough for all. But the bird lover dreads to look forward to the time when this toud-volced wanderer from overseas may take the place In our suburban stoves of the beautiful sed-Bead wood pecker, : : v dined and wined by royally and aris- tocracy and plutocracy, and always the talk was of Empire, Empire, Empire." \ ed - ) One thousand tons of rails were aNckaiiy shivgad RF staaner. 1h one shipment many of our ground feeders, hut so! PUBLIC = LIBRARY BULLETIN Children's Book W. Come to the Library Pi Terrace." pet anton 3 Soh ay at 7.80 o" Children's Library. Special display of illustrated for Boys and Girls, Nov, 30th, 19 Hard Wood Choice Body Hardweod, Soft Mixed Wood, Kindling and Slabs, A New Table Raisins New Brazil Nyge New Shelled Pecan: New Sweet Ci Jas. REDDEN & PHONES 20 and 990, Y wy (Established 1971) Steamship passe booked to all part® the world. Pase- ports arranged. Througn tickets meued thantie, Trans Past xo) » West Indies, ean, Round w the orld Bream WE ------ All the fime-in thealre, home, or at work, our glasses ex- ~ "a J i : £8 EN 8 actly correet. a i A \ RR Hf | The dream of sleet: on © Central of Brac? Railway. faded away when if was the country had purpose. '