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TAGE SIX Fort William. Hamilton, Ottawa. Chatham. and waakinedinthefirstetageo! the committee, by a unanimous pro- test of the members of the Ontario Library Association. Special mentiOn is made in the me- morial of the recent meeting of the Legal Committee of the Ontario Ae- 89¢}ati9n: which wafi called together witfi the consent of the Gdbern- ment. but which had not subtrm‘tted the amendment to it in any form. The members of the Executive re- present the libraries of London, 001- lingwood. Toronto, Beneville, Sarnia. Toronto, May 5.â€"'-The Executive Committee of the Ontafio Library Association Saturday filed a protest with the Minister of Education, Dr. Pyne., on beha]! of the Association, against the proposed amendment by which the government of Public Lib- rariee was to be handed over to mem bers of the teaching profession and .to be taken out of the hands of the representatives of the municipalities. iAmongst other things, the memorial recount! that in 1906 a similar ac- tion was proposed, but at that time it Came in the fiorm ofan amend- ment to the Public Libmries Act. Poultry Meeting ' for the Boys Teachers are Mr. Samuel Henderson submitted an account amounting to $39.48. For amounting to $3.75 tor-2; days Watching Madison Williams property. Geo. Foster, bailifi, also presented an account amounting to $29.48 for making seizure, 81, man in possesâ€" sion three days, $3; 3 per wnt 0! $1182.48, $35.48.â€"Finance Committee. 8 o'clock in the office of the District Representative of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture. The meet- ing will be-thrown open to the boys. They are invited to attend and bring with them their pouitry and pet stock. The members of the Poultry AssociatiOn will give prizes to the best exhibits. Mr. D. C. Trew will act as judge. Boys, plan to attend this meeting and take your poultry ans pets with you. 1 The regular monthly meeting of the Pothry and Pet Stock Association Will be held on Monday, May 12.. at Bailiff Presented Children Cry :2 FOR FLETCHER’S . st] :ASIpRiA ”1 Not Wanted His Account rum-1T9 , “This was the policy laid down in 1909. This is the policy followed by Liberalism in 1913. But what are we told? What does the Government say now? No, we cannot do it. There is imminent danger. A struggle is pending in the North Sea. Canada must be represented in the firing line. Henships must be in the North Sea. .There has been an answer to all that. ‘It came on March ~27 last from no less a person that the First Lord of the British Admiralty. These three Cana- ldian ships are to be placed where? In the North Sea? Ready for the 'emergeneq. In the firing line? Nothing of the kind. At Gibraltar, by the side of the Malay ships. They are to be an Imperial ornament, and in a _eontingency to serve for de- ‘EIIOWed may ‘33 théT’B‘olic? wEicE was advocated by Mr. Foste'r which would plant a root in the soil, which will leave a residue and will create 5.9%an of a sentiment in the coun- “I leave if. 3,5 3701;; 11;;vi‘fellow-coun- trymen of Ontario, the reasons were as satisfactory in 1913 95 ghey were :_ 1AM -1 .- “On the other hand, you have the policy of the men who posed as the apostles of loyalty, stating that Eng- land is in a state of decadence, that she is not equal to the task which is before her; and. on the other hand. you have the policy of those who say. ‘No. England is the. same as the Run {EM'W’Efi’e'ifi'sz She‘ca'n fight? Ker battles, for the cubs of the lion will come torward and take their share in the fray.’ And I leave it to you, men of Toronto, and of the Province ‘ofAQntgio, to decide between us.” “It is the part of Canada to come forward and take her share of the defence; that the boats shall be bunt. so far as it may be done, by Cana- dian labor, equipped and maintained by Canadian labor as well, manned by Canadian sailors under the con- trol of the Canadian Government, of the Canadian Parliament and of the Canadian people. ' Sir Wilfrid thé£1"re'€é££é" tgmthe joint resolution of 1909 calling for na- tional defence. Sir Wilfrid, in opening, referred to the varying criticisms meted out to him by the Conservative press. In Ontario lie was called a traitor to the Empire, and' in Quebec he was designam traitor to his native pro- vince. ing on to the naval ques- tion he reviewed the history of the present debate in the- Commons be- ginning with the Borden naval bill, and declared that the Opposition had not met the contribution proposals with a negative policy but with an afirmation of the necessity for the Dominion to build and man her own navy. -vâ€"v --.â€".. “-7-.- “For you men here in Ontario at the last election the question was that of reciprocity. In Quebec it was not reciprocity, but was a question of the navy. The Nationalists denounc- ed me. They said that we owed noth- ing to Great Britain; that we should" not lift up a finger to help her. I am sorry to say that these appeals were listened to, and the consequence was that in the last election we lost fifteen seats in the province. The Opposi- tion went in with twelve; they came bask with etwenty-seven." ’"Prooeedifig with his discussion 6f the Canadian defence policy, Sir Wil- fri‘ghsaid it had alr_ea.dy cost. him dear. In additibn to Dr. Olaf]; thâ€"el'e‘zuwere Hon. G. P. Graham. Hon. Charles Murphy and Hon. W. L. M. King. all of whom roused the gathering to enthusiasm. . The intensity of the strong feeling which surged throughout the great gathering reached its climax when Dr. Michael Clark. the Britislbborn Canadian Imperialist from Red Deer. described the scene in Parliament when, at- the behest of Mr. Borden and his followers, Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier- was prevented from speaking when the closure resolution was in- troducedhy the present Premier. MONSTER GATHERING HEARD SIR WILFRID CHIEFTAIN MAKES APPEAL TO ONTARIO Reverting~ to the present struggle in the Commons Sir Wilfrid said the present naval poliCy was the result of a hybrid agreement between the Con- servatives and Nationalists, and by sheer weight of a coalitiin maiority the Government had tried in vain to force it on the Opposition. Failing that, he said it was being “crammed down their throats” by means of a closure rule. “When they brought it down I toid them if they would say that. our Opposition to this measure has been obstruction, call it by yany name you p,lease if obstruction be an offence, who is there on their side who will cast the first stone? Not Mr. Borden assuredly. because Mr. Borden ob« structed himself, in 1911. He boasted of, _it,in vgzigus places. .,-_ -.,.-- -. He warmed to the wonderful demon- stration of devotion and loyalty; he read the bold-writ notice to all the sister provinces that Liberalism 18 once more alive, vigorous, confident an_d_ strong throughout Ontario. TORONTO, May 6.â€"-Faeing the greatest political gathering ever as- sembled in Torontoâ€"a gathering re- presenting, as perhaps no other one gathering ever did before, the whole Province of Ontario, a gathering pul- sating with intense enthusiasm, which thronged every inch of space in the vast Arenaâ€"Sir Wilfrid Laurier de- livered his eloquent message to eight thousand auditors last night. “The Chief” was at his best. The years dropped from his shoulders and the fire of youth flashed from his eyes. 5 “hm ,-pm - r9211}: t6 “3 OTTAWA, May Gcâ€"One man was drowned and J. B. Booth, the veteran millionaire 'oimberman and twenty- fiVe of his employee had a narrow escape from death yesterday after- noon, when the rising waters of the Ottawa river hurled down a coffer- dam built across a log drive at the Booth plant. The-dead man is Ra- meo‘Charnp‘agneJ of Hull,_Q_ue. What Rats Cost; » at has recently been estimated by a French statistician that $1,000,000 yorth of food a day is wasted on rats in Great. Britain alone. I is; In other countries the expense runs equally high. and even higher. Every rat in France-post two cents a day ‘01" his keept-t:.¢x.'.~.-r'~.+v ' :.-, In‘England a rat costs‘ from one- hal! cent to five cents a day to the person 11 :1 whose property it preys, and ther are 40,000,000 rats in the British isles; Foley, Welch and Stewart To Cut Selkirk Tunnel for C. P. R. WINNIPEG, May 6â€"Foley, Welch and Stew art will, it is practically de- cided construct the Roger Pass dou- ble track tunnel through the Selkirk Mountains, according to a semi-ofli- cial statement made at the Canadian Pacific Railway offices yesterday. The construction company will build not only the tunnel, but also over seven miles of double track approaches on each side of the tunnel, making a total stretch of twenty" miles double track, including over five miles oi tunnel Tenders are also being called for 49 miles of additional double track on-.. in the mountains. y HAMBURG, May 6.--A new dread- nought battleship was launched here yesterday to take the place of the old Kurfuerst Freidrich Wilhelm) gale! to Turkey in 1910. Tbeuship ‘was christened Gro§§er Kurfuerst by Princ_e Oskar, 3 5f2... ofthfi Empeggj § is a sister sup of e'Kb'emg, auncfiea on March 1, and was de lah'flched on March 1, and. was de signed to displace 27,0(1) tons. It is believed she is to be armed with‘ten 14-inch guns“: The undertaking is a. tremendous one and it is understood four years of time are allowed to complete the work. As to the number of men e emplolyed,hncl)]thing definite is yet nm, t. oug t e agent-‘0 's to use all practigalgle forithe work. "“2- England’s national flower, previous to the thirteenth century, was gener- ally regarded as the yellow broom. Not until 1455 at the time of the War at the Roses-“was the rose chosenâ€"- red for the Lancastrians and white for the Yarkistsâ€"the union of the roses being effected by subsequent marriage between the two I“ SIR WILFRID LAURIER. . Tory Toronto gave him a magnifi- cent reception last night. “Gentlemen, I have now performed my task. I go back to Ottawa this evening to take my share in the good fight, that whatever may be the con- clusion in the Canadian Parliament shall never be finished until it is fought before the Canadig people}? In his book about “The Fetish Folk of West Africa" R. H Milligan says in a chapter on African music. “There is no doubt that music is the art form of the negro. He is the most musical person living. His entire emotional life he utters in song. He has not yet done any great thing. His day is still future. But I believe that when he was he will come sin.mz.’~’- W W I CONCRETE PAVEMENT To the Editor: , Allow me a short space in your valuable paper to make» a few re- marks in regard to pavements. I have not been able to attend the “Sir, this sentiment recalls at once what we all think of the Mothel Country, and at the same time it is an illustration of the freedom in which is to be found the solution 0! all Imperial as well as of national problems. (Cheers) ’In conclusion Sir Wilfrid quoted from Kipling’s ”Our Lady of the Snows.” “But before I close let. me go just one step farther. If it has been said that there was obstruction in the House of Commons. let me tell you that no party could obstruct the business of the House ur'ess it held the strong support of public opinion. I will repeat here that there have been occasions of obstruction since Confederation, more particularly in 1885 and 1896, and I want to ask what would be the conditions in Can- ada today if; the closure had been applied in 18969” "um 11mm or oustrucnon, can I! what you like, was an appeal to the peOple. The limit of the present Conservative Government is an ap plication of brute force. Yelm Broom Was For England. Gerhan UreadEB-Jéht Launched. CONTRACTORS CHOSEN. Drowned In Flood. Negroes and Music. THE LINDSAY POST. 2:1? '1‘" Why It Was Flat. “This story of yours is flat.” an- nounced the editor. “Wen," explained the aspiring au- thor. “I read a book called “Advice to Young Writers,’ and the very first thinsittellayouunottoroliyour nannncript.”-Tudgo. . -.'~. . ,3 ' 5-: u "““H wkwwy- The Reply. “cc-u? ’-‘ A woman or advanced age required the services of a page boy and adver- uégd, "Youth wanted.” » n6 0! her dearest friends sent her by the next post a bottle or Blank’s celebrated wrinkle filler and skin tight- ener. a pot of fairy bloom, a set of {also teeth and a flaxen wig-London Who Would ’a’ Benn ’Er! Some hundred years ago a small boy. one or four brothers, beau! a visitor say to his mother, “What a pity one of you; boys had not been a girl.” Drop- pinghisgame,sothestoryrunsin Woman’s Work In America, he called out: “Well, I’d like to know who’d 'a’ are said to represent fabulous sums. Native princes enrich their collections of state jewels through the dealers in the Chandni Chowk. and some or the diamond experts who live in its dingy wooden buildings are known all over the world. £5.41?“ - benn ’er! I wouldn't 'a’ hen ’er; Ed wouldn't 'a’ bean ’er; Joe wouldn‘t 'a’ hen ’er; Jim wouldn't 'a’ benn 'ei". and I’d like to know who would ’a’ bean Campaign Material. Political Bossâ€"Well, did you discov- er anything in Stump's past life that we can use against him? Detectiveâ€" Not a thing. All he ever did before he came here wali to sell awnings. Pond. cal Bossâ€"Wt want! We'll The Richest Strut. The Chandni Chowk, or Silver street, is the main bazaar of Delhi and one of the richest streets in the world. Many of 113 shops are occupied by Jew- elers, whose hoards of precious stones mixad up in some decidedly shad: tnnsactiqgngudge. rt. 4‘3“?“ Jo ’. that‘s just what we Window Shadesâ€"~Two specials in oiled duplex shades in combination of green on one side cream on the reverse, each .fi ......................................................... 39c The same blind trimmed with inser- tion ............................................................ 48c Nottingham Lace Curtainsâ€"A special collection of odds and ends varying in price from ............... 50c per pair to $1.50 W AKELY’ Nottingham Lace Curtainsâ€"A very handsome elaborate bordered curtain made from strong durable twisted yarn and finished with best edges, a curtain that will please you, 31-2 yards long, per pair ................................................ $1.00 Fish Net Curtainâ€"In cream or white 52 inches wide, 5 1â€"2 yards long, an extra heavy curtain, special per pair ........ $1.90 Special Prices all this week in Lace Curtains, Linoleumsé Carpet Squares, Window Shades, and Curtain Poles. WAKELY’S One Door East of Dominion Bank, Kent Street Mr. McGeough said cement had no wearing top. Now, I would invite everyone interested to come down to S. Britton's corner and examine that piece of pavement built some eight or ten years ago crossing to Mr. Keys’ store, and they will not say that cement has no wearing top, except he is a man pushing asphalt or some other pavement for the money that’s in it for him and the company he represents. This piece has been a hard test on cement pavement, as the ground is low on both sides and the horses Coming on to the pavement are forced to put with all their strength to bring the load over, thus making it very hard on the pavement. much harder than it would be on the same size of surface in a block of pavement, meetings called to discuss this ques- tion, but I read with interest the ne- marks made by different gentlemen. Before dmling with pavement, I would like to refer to something that happened a flaw years ago when north William-st. was going to be paved. The council sent a deputa- tion to Toronto to gain information as to what kind of pavement would be hast for Lindsay. I read their re- port in the Post, also the Toronto engineer's. We have tried many dif- ferent kinds of pavement, but sheet asphalt is our pavement today. It makes a much nicer street than block asphalt, and costs 50¢. a vard less to put it down. Now what did the council do ? Lid they- act on that advice ? If- sheet asphalt was the best for Toronto, why not the best for Lindsay, and why was it not put down. But no. Lindsay vas dosed with block asphalt at 50¢. a yard more. Why was it? Because we had too much money ? No. Then again I ask why? ,Well, perhaps it is too hard a question to ask, to be answered, so we will drop it and let everyone judge for themselves. I hope the report of the deputation sent to Detroit will not be treated in the same manner. Now. at this time, concrete had not been thought of here as a road pavement at all. I notice that the majority of those in farm of an ex- pensive pavement are not those who have the big end of the money_ to pay. Children Cry FOR FLETCHERS. CASTOREA is in good repair today. 3 Alex. Horn said that the Williamâ€" at. pavement Was praised now by many who had condemned it. I never ‘heard a man condemn it, nor do I think Mr. Horn did, either. if he ithinks it over. No one condemns it as to its quality. It is a g00d pave- ment, but it has been condemned, and rightly so, as to its cost, for there can be just as good a pave- ment made from concrete for less than half the money. § good. What rot, in the face of the fact that no matter what pavement is put down, it will beput on a concrete base. This man had better put his asphalt block on a base of straw or wood, or it will ' surely heave if he puts it on a cement base according to his story. Now, any schoolboy will tell you that when a street heaves and cracks it is not the suriaoe that heaves, it is the clay below, from certain con- ditions of wet, heat and cold. You know when we .go to build a stone wall we must be careful to get be- low the frost line, for if the frost gets under the wall, in certain con- ditions of clay, it will heave and crack the wall, it it were ten feet thick. This heaving may and will exist in any kind of pavement when built on low clay land, and the onâ€" 1y thing to do is to wait until it settles back, and then fill up the cracks with a tar cement used for that purpose, and if possible make a drain from the spot to take away the dampness, that it may not oc- cur again. Now, I don’t wonder at some peo- ple being prejudiced against concrete pavements. for we see some samples that mightfmake any one think that concrete was no good. Just look at our sidewalks round town. Some of them are just as good as when they were first laid down, and will te so for the next forty or fifty years to come, while others are no goodâ€"- all cracked. chipped or broken .13, and never should have been paid for. and never would if themen who looked after them understood their business and had the interest L! the town at heart. Concrete, if made right of the right stuff, and the right proportions put in makes one of the best paviors in' the world today, but if made wrong it is no good whatever. and this is what Some other one said concrete would heaVe and crack and was no and yet it has stood the test and gives rise to Brass Extension Rodsâ€"Suitable for doors and windows, some plain ends others with fancy ends, price each, 15. 10 and 5c. LINDSAY, FREDAY ment for horses to walk on If; their iron shoes and great fit" must be made of something but and better than a walk made fl ‘ people With nothing to wear itW er than‘ common cow hide, and I; pulling to do except at W times. This famous piece of and is paved with a mixture of email and common graxel, one to fired no top of any kind, so they N not expect. it to be any good. 55?: {nth regard to making their .walks wider, I would not W} the idea for a minute. as it “i1 be Putting the town to a very ”’1 cost for which we would have it"! inb to gain and much to 10089“ sidewalks are now as wide as 1 on King or Yonge streets in T” to, where they hate twenty people for every one thousand ' have, and they handle them. What do we want with a Widget walk than they 1’ Now, it will more to build the sidewalks than to build the street mas must be stones hauled to an“! out the same height as the i walk. Then the hydrants must. ‘ 3 .moved out at a big cosh the loss of time and inconvelw’ digging up the street again. laBt‘ but not least, the flush would be all covered over, would necessitate building 3" outside. A heaVy, expensive 50" than the people doing 19W the street would be to g in and out their goods 313w further, which would mean 3 inconvenience to' them. for h d l i knock out concrete pavement, 1: they didn't build it near so good! they built their sidewalks fortit- trians and we all know that am Peterboro paved with 90mm; on concuste. I 5293 shortstmq concrete, which I think must ha they would have no rem Considered. I am sure it 839813 and coetly my”! our sidewalks any wide! they are now. Trusting that the cow allow themselves to be : men‘who are here to 1‘95 tenant paving companieev ahead and pave Kent 3 sts., with good 60mm” I remain, yours with 1 space, .4 ' mes hauled to cm! ‘ height as the ”i the hydrants mu“t , at a big cost. ‘1 ime and 113(2)an a handle to try the difierent opimj etum' m. Iother’s All soft shirt wear, sill a '6 haVe t '“ure is tom Mrs thewa MEN firs ‘ for t7