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hotel. lould now WEI"; .58 “IVE. Ire-b1"-I at lntion to send to the Commission ntaining a suggestion that the rthern municipalities of Victoria unty be treated similarly with? ibnrton in road assistance. 1 1'. Bottnm explained a newII idea lmunicipal elections which had cer- finly some advantages, but some ncillors claimed the present 878- 91 had its advantages. 1 Mr. Smale believed Mr. Bottum’s: an had an advantage all right and 19 part of the riding could elect a: an whether the rest liked it or not} Mr. Warren believed it should be’ alt with now and discussed in full. ‘ understOOd the scheme and it: \L-J 9 --.... (Cl 3 0K “113- ,2 It is to the Council‘bf‘Nicea that Mr. Morrison believed the condition: we owe the perpetuation of our ’anâ€" 031d be remedied. ;achronistic method . oi reckoning Mr. McNeiIlie said that some re-‘zEaster. This council decreed that it esentatives had asked for 50 perishould be the fi‘l'St Sunday aft“ the at assistance in road building, oth-ftlrst full moon that occurs after the is wanted the whole lake shore roadivernal equinox. March 21. Pope bm Highland Creek near TorontolGregory XIII, undertook at that pPort Hope under government con-gtime, to' reform the Julian calendar. lol. {which had been in use ever since t: Committee of the Warden,:JU1iuS Caesar in 46 B- 0. had 1319‘ r ves Bottam and Smale, with thegscribed that a year should consist lerk were appointed to find out thelof 365 days, every fourth year hav: walls of this scheme and to draft a. ling 368. x solution to send to the Commission,i AN OLD SYSTEM STILL. ntaining a suggestion that thef The Julian calendar was a reform} ‘rtllern municipalities of Victoria i of a still more ancient system based "my be treated similarly with; upon theemotions of the moon. The County of Victoria has been alt with very unliberally and unâ€" 1er in connection with government sistance in building northern {bridg- in that less settled countty. The ad Lake Narrows Bridge is an in- ‘ ace of this. Mr. Morrison believed the condition torrid be remedied. 311'. McNeillie said that some re- resentatives had asked for 50 per :nt assistance in road building, 01211-1 3 wanted the whole lake shore road; om Highland Creek near Torontoi ’Port Hope under government con-y onmoute a great near towards me; It should not be dimgult to fix the pensive bridges that had to be rational date for Easter. If Christ luilt there. The county itself, had ‘gto Was Crucified on the fourteenth day ray for the most of the expense for of the March moon astronomers, be bridges. Qought to be able to calculate on The County of Victoria has beenfiwhat date this fell. They say "that ealt with very unliberally and un-;in all probability it fell on April 7 nirly in connection with government of the year 30 of the Christian era. ssistance in building northernwridnghy, then, not fix Easter once and s in that less settled countty. The for all as the first Sundayaf ter Apâ€" ud Lake Narrows Bridge is an in-.-ril 7 ? f our County. <:The- Commissionfnot ould have to form a zone .where the as 1 lder and richer municipalities of the tie“ rovince would have to be dealt with 1 and 'flerently to the newer divisions. cale he bridges would have to be underEbeen homer arrangement for in this coun ; .ples Ly the northern township, could not tontri‘onte a great deal towards the; It xpensive bridges that had to be; rath have representatives at the Good! day Roads Commission Meeting, so Mr, iron McNeillie and myself attended. Thelfor hdea. of the meeting was to ascertain hm the best way to spend the money the voted by the government for road: Clix: IMPOSCS. 5 the Mr. McNeillieâ€"We explained that a! n mnty road system could not be ap- g’dat died owing to the peculiar divisionsfnec‘ , , . . , . - ' '. __.-- V‘ “W'” "flu“ on Saturday nightidislocâ€"ntedvthe en- 71012:; with Chairman Morrison 1n!13APr11 12 ““8 year, as agamst tire Niagara :stem extending over a c iMarch 23 in 1912. Very few people barge- ’ radius of nearly three hundred miles ' - for n. erloo a in from six to seven p The matter of the extra levy neces-ran tell why Lent vanes 80 from 1’ ry g ‘ hours. A score of municipalities for Bridge work was brought up year to year, and why Easter may were plunged into immedi z da“ - 5375' d:~cv's¢ed geome as early as March 22 or as ness. Street lamps went out, crrs and :3 “‘ ‘ ' ‘ wrest ed ndh ’ us at The L‘hairman said that the sub-{latte as April 25. e opp , a t e inca de ce i me - f lamps in stores and homes compris- - Midge building should have; It a so .thmg 0' an anomelly ‘ ing the immense circuit faded into iec‘: 01 ;from the religious pOlnt of VleW’ MS mnsidt’fation and care should, write ‘-"’ )3 take.‘ L ‘u u ' ‘ i®ath may: fall on any one of thirty- A hurricane exceeding ’n velocity hern531""‘35~ 'fivedates, while‘ the anniversary of eifigtyt'fiv; milesl “tn 1:0“; girl-yr}: , ., c- emed advisable to . . . _ ‘ w 1 a. em." 3 ea , 5 run. e m 1 M“ Emum It {fie t the Good HIS girth 18. always on the same trunk line at Vinemount, about mid- iave representatives 3- day. It 13 no 1983 Of an anomally ] distance between Dundas and Nia- wads (“0311355103 Meeting, 5° Mt-frotn ' the astronomical standpointp gara Falls, causing a break in two: gVeiliie and myself attended. Theft“ there seems no reason why we transmission cables, and the 10036‘ c‘ - - ' . ends of these were in turn blown ghavmg adopted the 301” year as across two other cables, rendering be best. way to Spend the 'moneY‘the basis of our calendar, should the four useless and paralyzing the] Med by the government for road; Cling to the lunar year merely for system. There are six cables in all ' ' e . ' t om- urpOSeS- _ ‘ ' . ithfr.e‘8taiqh8hment of one date. lapd any thre are sumoie I. o c 0121:111qu rwyuseu. opening of a road aâ€"i the 10th and 11th concessions' '8 in lieu of the Ops and Man-t Mundary was considered. The' 9D ( A. E. Bottum) Messrs Dev- 'arcoe and R0an examined mality and reported as follows. Bottum said the boundary “'33 almost impossible to build that the deflation would be! easy to build and not too ex~ CLOSING SESSION COUNTY COUNCIL The Liommlbbcc Vu A‘Vuuw can, later than ‘81 Bridges met Friday afternoon at zibased upon :1 ,-‘clock with Chairman Morrison in9 is April 12 t :narge- , gum-ch 23 in ‘ The matter of the extra levy names-Tan tall why m for Bridge work was brought up year to year, nd discussed. come as early The Chairman said that the sub-{uate 33 April YA. :_ , mines: Transacted Fri- day and Satmday our sixty Eghth Year remarks Varcoe FRIDAY'S SESSION. Committee on Roads and met Friday afternoon at 2 with Chairman Morrison in T0 SIXTEEN Page sixteen) 0‘ 8 Percentage. was interested in agreed with Mr ”we the people 1"3‘81 mail until saying; the given lthe then governor of Nova. Scotia ‘ .‘had issued an order calling out: the! inner: and the militia of the Province, itn t‘we defen-“e of that part of Can« 1 ,‘ . , .ada. .8va an o'whr was notlssuedj been paid, leaving 18,000 toybedealt with vet. Yet only 100 men went to the front. 3the front. None the less, however, they were entitled to the bounty in virtue of the order of the governor of the province. About 15,000 appli- cations for the 3100 have been reâ€" ceived fvom Nova. Scotia alone. The total anphcations-to date are 33,000 and about 15,000 claimants have in any other province, and so in Nova Scotia there were many thous- and-s under arms who never went to Ten thousand Canadians took up arms against the invaders, and as the event occurred over 40 years ago a large proportion of the vet- eran-‘1 have died. When Col. Hug-hes deemed that the best way to satisfy the claims of the survivors was to pay them $100, he thought there would be only a few hundred ‘lefta He did not know, however, that} fFenian Raid ; Veterans Galore 3 AN OLD SYSTEM STILL. ; The Julia-n calendar was a reform Eof a still more ancient system haeed 511mm the.emotions of the moon, gwhich system varied widely in dif- ‘ It is a mystery why, when the gdat-e of Christ’s birth was fixed as Dec. 25, some dates in April were not at the same time settled upon as those of His death and resurrec- tiOn. That.would have been logical and would have banished from the calendar a lunar cycle that has long been abandoned by all civilized peo- ples. Lent begins this year thr: later than dam: year, being based upon the'date of Eas is April 12 this year, as March 23 in 1912. Very few How The Date Has Been Arrived at LENT THIS YEAR THREE WEEKS LATER Continued on page 1'2 FIXING THE DATE date of Easter which > reason wny we xe solar year 33 calendar, should f year merely for of one date. why. when the Fear three weeks April were of Course Shillz@ 1-3,. :‘mfiv x-emecg to! 00:1:th 17.53 Joints. Quad! dale. 51;:51'. “6911.1. hen mac: 3?. Bible. Ottawa, Jan. Ell-The estimatesé just brought down include a sum 1 2" large enough to finish the Trent f Valley Canal. The last contract for 11 (the upper ena willtbe let in Febru~ H aryvand the work below Peterer 11 wnvan be done by August let. Ev; ’61 ery! effort is being made to gestthis Y waterway opened as soon as pos- ,1! Canal Completed {MAPLEM In August 1914} wm ' Saturday’s storm was a terrific one ’ and the linemen who searched for l and repaired the break at Vinemount ' had the worst fight in the history of the system. After :1": first break ra- pid tests were made all along the line. ‘ Dundas reported everything all right east to Toronto and west to London l and Stratford. The trouble zone was narrowed to the trunk section be- } tween Dundas and Niagara Falls. 1 Without waiting for the second gcasualty. the linemen spr'ad out in 3 pairs over the intervening distance of ; fifty-five miles, using whatever means . of locomotion the circumstances ,! would afford. Automobiles were out ‘ of the question. It was dangerous to attempt horseback, so cutters and buggies for the most part were utiliz~ I i ed, while some went on foot. It was ; ‘ a cold, tiresome, perilous hunt, strug- 3 gling for do 805 against wind and 3 weather. ! l mu...n..-_._. ,â€" - A hurricane exceeding ’11 velocity“ ,f eighty-five miles an hour, carrying; “ with it a. heavy sleet, struck the main 3 trunk line at Vinemount, about mid-l Hdistance between Dundas and Nia- . I gara Falls, causing a break in two transmission cables, and the loose ends of these were in turn blown across two other cables, rendering the four useless and paralyzing the! system. There are six cables in all and any three are suflicie t to com- . plete a circuit, but when tour went ’ out of commission everything had to : wait until repairs could be made. 3 W s i a L “With the «View of mes-ting the i??? mm 5'“ ”w“ “’1‘” btagf increased demand for power, 9.5 well ,' e. er, an secured an engagement as insuring an uninterrupted service. {mm a small nnnstrel show that the commission decided las: autumn :was touring the Eastern Provinces. tobuildlnnotgier ngubltei-Cirfu1‘:T .trans- sFQri two years he had a Pretty missmn me rom un as o i iagara , . ,_ . Falls. which will give four complete tough row to hoe, out he Wifls deter- trunk line circuits. The route of the (mined to succeed. He organized hls new line has been surveyed, and is brothers into a sextet and Secured five or six miles shorter .han the old an engagement for the sextet with route. We expect to have the neces- 1th: B r - ' sary appropriation from the Legisla- ' e a num and Bailey Circus. From ture in time to begin active work Ethis point on the Brown BI‘tth'ers early in the spring. This line will be [made rapid Strides in their profes- of extra heavy construction, and will sion. At the termination of their provide a margin of safety that will I circus season they were engaged for N 1 . 3:2???3 any stresa that may be laid :a tour of the prinCipal vaudeville “The only other trouble we have had was with the insulators last summer, and wn are satisfied that we have entirely overcome that. -‘."V-â€" v-â€"-- Ivy nun Hon. Adam Beck. who has just re- turned from England, lost no time in getting in tone] with conditions on the system. When interviewed at London. last night as to what the commission proposed doing to pre- vent r. recurr'wce of trouble like that of Saturday. Mr. beck said: "This has been the first breakdown or any oable on Jur system in four; and a half years of operation. We did not anticipate it, although we hav a]â€" ready increased the size of the cable to be used on the extensior fro St. Thomas to Windsor. TORdN'ro, Feb. 2.â€"-For the ~. cond time within a. year the Hydro- electric h_as been stricken. The storm A- A A BREAKDOWN 0F HYDRO-ELECTRIC The Dark reak ra- iing by leaps and bounds. After their the line (EUPOpean to 1r they again returned 111 right ito the States and toured the princiâ€" London lpal cities of this continent. The fol- !. $1118 :3: HOWing summer they were engaged t0 1118 :make atour of the world, the en- second gagement extending over aperiod of 1 out in two years. On their return from $2323; “heir world’ s tour they were engagâ€" lstances Ied by Messrs Primrose and Dockâ€" rere out stader as the feature of their re- arous to united minstrel shows at the largest Email: salary ever paid a musiCal act of i It was ithis kind. Early last season the; strug- ,Brown Brothers were yea-enpaged for) 1d and [this season’ 5 to 1r of Primrose and‘ b t {Dockstader' s Twentieth Century Min-1I m a a - 5 more strels. They were sought after by the! ae was large booking offices to fill time in; mount the principal vaudeville theatres of! escarp- America at a greatly increased 331â€"? 'AII'I A 1h: 5111i£Cat’o:7s 31.2 1}:le t them will we a scarcity of maple syrup and maple sugar this year. The Caber- pillars in many cases last year' al- most stripped the maple “trees of fo- liage. Many of the trees died, and those which survived will take three years to recover and produce as {much sap as heretofore. Then the re- moval of duty by the United States has resulted in Amarican buyers com- ing across the} border and paying higher prices than in any preVious year. Consequently they are getting 111; Cc.-::acts 3-0341 1. g iary. The Brown Brothers are char-f Compared with Novemfloer, the De- lishing aspirations to head their own lcem‘uer statement shows decreases of .musical show, and it may not be upwards of twenty millions, both in gmany months until their hopes are total assets and liabilities, and a i fulfilled. 'The Brown' Brothers num- large decreasb in Paid up capital due ber their friends in Toronto and On- to the liquidation of‘ the Sovereign tario by the legion. They are fine bank. ' fellows, all of the Brown boys, and -â€"-â€"â€"--â€"~â€"-â€" ‘are most Capable performers. I hw- a tour of the principal vaudeville theatres of America. Theymext made a tour of Europe, their fame as en- 3 “The Six Brown Brothers, come- idians, pantomimists, and instrumen- talists, appearing with Primrose and Dockstader here next week, were born on Simeoe steeet, Toronto. _Their father, Albert Brown, was a well knewn musician. The Brown Brothers Tom, Alex, Fred Harry, “Till and Nelson, received. their early (education at the 01d Louisa street [schooL They added instrumental mu- isic under the guidance of their iathâ€"j [er and uncle, who, by the way, is at} [present director oi the Governor-Gem} jeral’s band at Ottawa. At an early; .3 awe Tom was struck with stage! t fever, and secured an engagement! with a small minstrel show that! was touring the Eastern Provinces. i F01 two years he had a pretty; tough row to hoe, but he was deter- mined to succeed. He organiZed his brothers into a sextet and secured; an engagement for the sextet with! the funniest man that ever smeared his face with burnt cork. and the highest salaried artist of his time. George Primrose has, these many years, been known as “America’s most graceful dancer." He has, dur- ing his career as a mins-trel amassâ€" ed a great fortune, being one of the wealthiest stars on the stage. i The following from the Toronto Star Weekly refers to a sextette, the .members of which are well and fav- lorably known in Lindsay. “Allie" Brown, father of the sixBrown bro- thers, was at one time bandmaster [ot the local 45th: Regimental Band:â€" “Cool" Burgess was conceded 1.0 be the greatest minstrelg of his day, “Ontario has contributed many bright lights to the minstrelstage, I among them being the late “Cool" I Burgess, George Primrose, and the i Six Brown Brothers. I BRGWN BROTHERS WELL KNOWN HERE Local Bandmaster WILL BE SCARCE 1914 ged. Compared with a year ago, Vthere is a decrease of nearly fifty- I nine millions in current loans in V Canada. Such a tremendous with- *drawal of money must haVe had a iserious efiect upon business condiâ€" ltions in this country, and the opin- iion is quite freely expressed among members of parliament that political greasons have been at the bottom of {the situation If that is so, it may be expeCted that the matter will be iscussed in parliament an an early s’date. HOMEBANKWCANADA Ottawa, Jan. 30â€"The statement of Canadian} banks for December fur- nishes food for reflection up0n. the causes which led to the business de- pression from which Canada sufierâ€" BANK STATEMENTS FOOD FOR REFLECTION SIR GEORGE ROSS. His condition is improving u'. ’l‘urpn to General Hospital. Abor: the same time it: the fore- noon the Deaf and Dumb Insdmte, in the north end of the city, was in flames, and the; another occurred ini the Canadian Pacific Atlantic Line; shed on King Edward pier. ' Three workmen on the third floor‘ of the downtown building when the fire broke out were unable to say how the tire started. They escaped overi the root to an_ adjoining building. 1 {$250,000 FIRE IN MONTREAL ,,__ “v... Jv-J" twday mowing twp: Momma] fire-l titrhtors on 1hr jump a large part of the day; am did damage of about 3250.000. The mos-rt serious was that which (Matroym‘. the premisec. used. by the Marchams’ Clothing Co. and‘ other firms at 36 West anre Dame street, in the'heart of the downtown business district Firemen KeptBusy all Day Sunday LIQfié'JVQEAig Feb. 2 1133*. broke out within 2.â€"â€"'â€"'I‘i'ziee fires 1 an hour yes- Momma] fire- i The batters haw: received their spring supplies and will no doubt present them toithe public via the 'showwindow in the come ofafew ways. The style of the christy is in {appearance very similar to the style iof the same ten magmthat is-i fmedium height in (31’0er and excepâ€" itionally haw roll. As was predictâ€" ‘ed, the low crowned hat had a Very short reignâ€"Exchange. LEEâ€"Jr: the Thursday, . Mrs. H. 1 daughter. ‘shelt'er any emergency case that may" Require isolation and 3180 to see {that the scavenger and other parties lusing the dump grounds are comply: ing with the regulations. The meeting then adioumefi. Br. McAlpine's report, which was:~~ (a highly satisfactory one, showing that proper measures had been takw en by Board in all cases'. throughout: Ethe Past year. appeaned in the Post.- {someYtime-ago. -m. o... w’â€"â€" .â€" SOMETHING NEW The Sarita-y InSpector’s report will appear tomorrow. Ithe tests were mxrhe 1;; isbowed a very ssfisfaCtory : laflairs. f The following accounts were ed to the ’l'own Council for $4. 25; F. Armstrong. livery, {McDonald carting- £2 Chairman William tiOn to the lack of sum meetings .to be held. M it difl‘icult to arrange! they could attend on s] tice. I On motion of Messrs MCLean Mr. J. A.- w ’appointed Chairman, an Eminutes Of tha mfinm Board of MI! was held Saturday evening. Ant!» members were pre- sent and filedztheir declarations of oflire. They were Dr. lit-Alpine, Me- Inaugural Meeting Board of Heaith 7.131155 MASON (icmai Manager SHOUT (:AXAUA 4‘1 ANETVILLE a» V9?! satisfactory state of" lack of madam: notice of W HAT STYLES FAQS NINE Messrs. Kylie and . A..- Williamson wag Ian, and after the on such sudden no- Mb, D. J. Mc- m, R. Kyhe ,Sani-tary Inspec- HOSDital, on . to Mr. and Calgary. a meeting at the 9 held Saturday, m were pre- TO SIXTEEN were referr- Vol 6 the time atten- Payâ€" 'u