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1 o'clock Sit." more the na; vivor. r0 A.D. 1817 teS‘ of $1 22’ upon top of this, the of a committee is arbitrary er non progressive there is in worse confounded. H: that, but this year .3 tomâ€" rmy be composed of John, I'm-set us suppose, to im- Hesson that it is the L0- D‘Ofks or the Canadian Pa- hHad their hands tied ‘59! Could do practically rioâ€" “Wt consulting their direcâ€" “33! 24min or so. It would 'hg under such circumstan- H the wheels of industryâ€" Wom into bankruptcy. 'Qe Situation in Kingston he «am in principle, but ”me. than that which wc‘ M! “n the Case of the L0- "chor'tte Canadian Pa- rrdupite «that in those 1 William and Michael, while south ward, on :1: may be Michael, Peter; ‘left ‘for a week .aaé Robert, and the next ilton Tuesdaâ€"yh n am, Prank, Arthur and Dir {other words we have mg? in the supposedâ€"tom reâ€" 333“ mm imamittee to whom time:- 0" lief the department must "â€"must indeed defer and - ms." The position, in! EWMayoafte Very much the same as it gqnatic event wa e: the paid officials of a [When two of the {wish as gas and electrifity, | our streets in condition, sand since we pay these Fanatics it isto be pre- .are competent to do the ' 12d vet in some certain eâ€"i {129 ”figment fiasco in this city wane business sectiOnv held I:5 in}! year and Barrie street 3501' weeksâ€"seems to point £1395 conclusively to the fact 35 time for a change in our lot doing civic business. ”men to do certain workpâ€"to M taxes, to direct our finan- Grimmer: piacing" this, that and the :2. This to be sure, is putt- néeiy, but it is the truth as, and just as often 8.81% 23' be put upon the Power 2 who would not know a #331: he met it or upon “the mmittee who hasn’t :a sin- :respect to grades and ,sIu: 3n; mid! BY KINGSTON mm sIGHT SPECIALIST of Kingston Saturday evenings use by appointment. ; article from the and in regard to civic :1 one and is applica- municipalities in On- tree. Eye-glaml ro- lensn revised. are (2me itiees chosen by any particular cations of the Lher Neill’a Shoo Store) iv and waiting .best :msxatance ,._ 3f opmcs has gust is niwavs 3 putting nu a. (T. H. t‘ barn-{ins )1 Ll‘es. Tm“. in la: of these goo ‘ ' “P best me NV man’ily' m 3"“. c "he to u {binding 31,01 WP pay tnese' Mr. Harry Brokanshire left last ‘15 to be preâ€" {evening for Shannonville, where he tent to do the "has secured a, position as teacher. 29 certain de- Mr. A. c. Gillespie, son of Dr. Gil- Of 811 techniCal ‘ lespie, of Edmonton, is in town look- : we proceed to "ing up old friends. and the initia- Miss E. Gallagher of Victoria Road d men by Putt- : was in town visiting friends Satur- L985 chosen by Edgy. pstrain and the p;w;l.l'¢. together in of other allied RC cast“, 0f indi. t 0t eye- ain is the a use of the id of glasses 515. the; Separate School, Midhmd, arrived arbitrary {Saturday to be the guest of h‘ien‘ds AL ___, i< n2wavs 1 big month m selling spectac- m; an :L ~pecial 1-119 of spectacles and 1;; Mn gtieu iv) gnid {Lit-d "000$ selling very '1'“u'- mrmth has dxnvs been the best In 5! goods am. we want tn make it. the ) um: methods in eyen‘ght testing and .1 .a\ fly in the xery latest and finest, goods r uxu- tous this: mouth for that. pair of mm; thOIItSO Ion". :1. ‘Il. tn» 0 p. n). nzptly attended, broken lenses replaced ith the ‘. 6th, ’13. ed to attempt 3 start. When the fly- §ing 81‘3 appeared to be in a position 33,- we: “5‘18““? to 8-H. except that one had 1'0“ a lead of a few lengths, Starter givl Reeves roared his approval to com- boo canoe none yards trczn the shore and explained that he was starter. Harry Hammond am his launch out about a mile, hang the turning point,.and Mel. Robinson was “stopper" at the finishing line. The course was cleared with much gusto by the clerk, Mel Robinson. and the boats were order- } ‘Efisterday afiternoon Lunatic event was run Day 31mm and-q: the omdal 1.!» mm d {the Ball Paint Regatta Asâ€" y-uuatic event was run at Ball Point [when two of the swiftest mtmboats istrove for supremacy. The launches in question were owned by Mr..1"rod ,Tincock and Er. Sid Morrison cef Lindsay, and ac]: were propelled :by a ten horse power motor. Up 1:131 couple of weeks ago the former held the urflisputed 'uampianship at Bell Point, but Mr. Morrison instaifled a husky rten horse iISthd of his five efigjae and dug up the hatchet ready for the my. So it, was decided that a race should take place on Labor ‘ Mrs. Thos. H. Mills, :o'f HaVelock, called on her sister, m. J. R. Mcâ€" Donald, corner Durham and Bay-sts., south ward, on Monday remngBath: left for a week in Tomato .anfl‘Ham- 'ilton Tuesday morning. in “Lindsay. her friend, Miss Mm‘iel Praia, 'Oak- wood. Mr. Jos. Hill, of the Post stafi‘has returned to town, after a couple of weeks with; his parents 'in Bobcay- Mrs. Harry Magee o‘x‘ Omemee :is spending a few days w'ith‘he'r mother Mrs. Fairbairn, town. Miss Flora Gillis has returned 'to town after spending a week With wan his parents on Bond-st; .Mr. Bruce McLean of the Dominion Milling 00., Montreal, spent the holiday under the parental roof. . . ’ ' ‘ Miss Jessie Brown left-yesterday; ‘z‘or Midland, where she will teach. Capt. J. H. Fee spent the holiday? gwith friEnds in Toronto. - f ; Mr. Richard Sylvester returned : E last night from a business trip West. I: ' Miss Kathleen Pepper spent Labor: EDay in the city visiting friends. 5 Miss Mabel Wardrobe left Friday 3 :cvening for an outing at Rosedale. ‘1 Mr. Chas. Purvis,‘ of Sunderland, ', transacted business in town today. 5 Miss Maidens, of Haileybury is vis- f1 iting in. town for .a few days. j 1 The Misses Reazins .are spending a ;1 few days in the city visiting friends. ; a Mr. Reg Mul-lett, .of Welland spent 3] the holiday with his. mother in'town. F111 Mr. Verna Hickinghottom of Torâ€"ft onto, spent Sunday and Labor Day; with his parents on Bondâ€"st; ‘ Mr. W. J. Thoburn, printipal of the Whatever the solution, the present system is villainously bad and can- not much longer be toleratedâ€"unless, indeed, we wish to see the city “lag in the race; What we need not only in the council, but throughout the Pity is Progressives, not Reactionar- ies. dong away with these mo irresponsible committees shifting of the full respons the direction and conduct work to the paid oflicials then show their real Wort} they had no such worth, c replaced by men who have, Dru. ggist and Optician PURELY PERSONAL (From Tuesday’s Past) cummlttees and the 19' full responsibility and and conduct of the paid oflicials who could eal worth â€" or, it Worth, could be we need not only Eahea more or less Imorning, whose heads were still ’wet from being “ducked” in the school ’ wash basins. L“ L; g i’ 11 The boys have had their usual fun i ’1 initiating the new scholars and num- ffl mm were noticed around town this 1 ? Monster Maskinonge Caught Mr. H. Neddo, the local lighthouse keeper, was exceptionally successful in fishing yesterday. when he landed a huge maskinon'ge weighing probab- ly in the neighborhood of twenty pounds. Few of such size are caught in our lakes in a season. Collegiate in Session I The Collegiate Institute classes jwere «Wed at nine o'clock this morn- §ing after the summer vacation, and were released again again after the lrolls had been called, and the pupils given instructions as to the proper hooks to obtain for the fall term studies. The session lasted about an hour. The new teachers, Messrs! Owen and Firth were in their places to take charge of 'their classes. , The new teachers, Mews. «Sheena, jFirth sand Crerar, and M188 Ethel fGibson arrived in town and 1:09); up ,’their dutiirs at the Collegiate this Jamming. The other masters, Messrs.‘ I‘Wheelton, Lucas, Jennings anti Manâ€" gvuing, and Principal Kirkmeflll were kill in their places. ‘ Principal [Kirkconnell states that; the roll call ;mustei'ed between 24:0‘ m 250 pupils this morning and mm later on when all are present thaw will be over enhree hundred scholars, in the seats, which is the largest ax-i tendence in the history of the Colle- I BIG ATTENDANCE . The marshes w' re dotted with men, feager to get their share of the Shoot. EMOSquitoes and other -insect pests swarmed in the misty moilig‘ht, making the long .wait for daylight, and the first birds very trying A {few of the old hands were -not as :successful as the greenhorns, Who frended the sky wit-h a perfect hail .of indiscriminate stunts and occasion- .ally landed a duck. The following {hunters are reported to Phave picked :up birds: Ron Fortt ’10, Fred Hop~ {kins 2, Gordon Flavelle 2, Stewart Flavelle 2, Harold Wallace 5, Mel Robinson 5, John Dickson :14, Fred Reeves 6, Geo. Rea 2, T.hos Flurey ‘2, Harold Mercer 3, Herb Morrison, 10, Walter Tyrrell.‘ 1. 7 Duck shooting yesterday did not yield the results anticipated, not' from a lack of game but from the, nearsightedness of some of the hunt- :ers, who shot tot) early in 'the mom- xilg‘. , Navigators of the Scugog and ”‘1 Sturgeon Lake last night experienc- ed the greatest difficulty in keepiig or their course and reaching their teati- nations on account of the for; , in Y fact some did not. The very dense fog which enveioped everything is said to be the Worst in many years. ‘ The Wacouta was greatly retarled‘ ‘jby the fog on her trip to the Falls last night. To keep 'her course ufi 3 the stumps required the most caret 11 steering on the part: of the '.captam .Pregress was very slow and the com- pass had to be used nearly all the time. 1. It 0 hi] (1 re 11 Cry ma FLETCHER’S DUCKS PiENTIFUL The Lintonia left port about 8 o'- clock with a good crowd on board. When about a, mile “from ’Caygeon, owing to the dense Tog, the captain lost his course and ran aground in Humphrieâ€"s’ Bay, Where the boat was held: fast for over two hours. The Lintonia was not so fortunate as the Wacouta. A moonlight excur- sion on the- Linton‘ia was expected from Bobcaygeon by the residents 6f Fenelon, but they never reached the Cataract Village. ~ ; S '3' EAMER LOST mence not having his shooting iron Ealong to speak for him. Away they with Sid Morrison slightly l:hea'd, and as they approached the Eturning point, the huge crow-d stood Eup, mainly because the grass was ;wet, and glared across the water to {see if their money was safe. Fred Tillcock commenced to turn first, but somehow the two boats strained neck by neck for the return trip. Yet stealthily the Tillcock racer stolei ahead and passed Victoriously across the finishing line amid the crash of EStopper RobinSon’ 8 21m. It was a royal battle with no lives lost, no blood spilt; only the crowd went home to dry their feet. TOREA AT COLLEGIATE MANY HUNTERS EN HEAVY FOG 1-15 a further indication of its div er- 1 sion, the ice field in which the Titan- , ic came to grief was a good one hun- I fired miles to the south of its accusâ€"' tom-ed limit. while bergs have 'more or less beset these regiOns ever since, damaging ships and acting like a. huge refrigerator on the climate. Doubtless:this deflection of the Gulf Stream is res ponsib‘ e for the aggres- sion of the polar ice and the cold summer we are experiencing. WASHE-D GOLD NWINTER Quite the contrary seems to be ' happening along thevPale-ic Coast. A , i uuuuu muâ€"Uwudly, In almost F‘Jln- A BIG REFRIGERATOR , me-r COStume. . . . , (101?, :22: :1":th Ssoitggfnos'tagf geataptains all aver that a big winter was the coldest in many sca- limit .111 the Japanese current 15 re- sons. Jack Frost’s icy fingers reach- ‘ Sponmble for thus: and they. have ed clear down into lower Florida and Proved the content1on to thexr own tender plants. Down there they say ,Satlsfactlon by takmg the. temperaâ€" ‘that the whole southern Atlantic 3““ °f the Water» a surf Indicatlon coast has been cooler in winter than ; Of the. whereabouts ofItIns. warm salt formerly. And as a cause naVigators f Water nver. They mamtam that the report the fact that the warm cur- current, formerly well out to sea, rent‘ flowing north from the Gulf of now laps the shot‘es Of these northenn Mexico, has changed its Course, and ‘ meets} The Shlftlflg 0f the turrent 1s is now one hundred and fifty miles ':isg;11f‘:;€f:c:c::rr::3{20:32: erup- further 011?: to 583 than it used to be. I W ‘ *~ “ - Out in the country one misses the agile grasshopper, springing in my- ;ria‘ds before the wayfarer in the yelâ€" lowing fields of a Canadian August. Lacking, too, is the familiar sound of the cicada, that big black locust whose shrill, rat-ping note coming :from :the trees fills the air on hot _ summer (days. Witness the farms and fields :about Collingwood. Instead of parched pastures and dusty herbage; of harvest time, the whole country- side is green as in June. It might be an English landscape invested with a North of Scotland summer. 1138 there, indeed, been a. slight shifting (if our earth an its axis ? Eerhaps anothing-eo drastic as that has overtaken this sphere, but there zceditainly Ihas been a very fundament- 31 change im the course of those two ! Meat :factocs in climatic influenceâ€"l the Gulf Strum: and the Japanese Current, the two ocean rivets. whose, tropsc-warmed waters temper our !: Canadian shores on the east and i. LERUBABLE CAUSE Ul' LULU BUM m gram 0! r awalkable weather tm 1 here last winter. All along 12h cific Coast it had been balm] \What ;has befallen our good old open. Usually Atlin, situated 1 summer time ? What can be ifhe interior of Northern British 'C cause. of this queer weather with‘ we big, has sub- Arct1c conditions c001, cloudy days, its frequent rains? , ALL THE LINDSAY POST 0F COLD SUMMER CA8 farriage License Found The Post has just been han marriage certificate of a R0 wedding taking place in 1897 made out to Albert Fi‘ckner an gue‘rite Wolfram. The certifica been ‘lost probably by these when .vislting here or ii F :of that northern city disporting i themselves one specially mild Jain I about midâ€"January, in almost Fum- ! me-r costume. Even Arctic Dawsoa felt the warn breath of the new ocean influence. and photographs show the residents the industry of the district; 'placer Norland Mr- ‘ and ‘hydrauh'c mining for gold like the 01d home: that in the Klondike, closes down burned to the for the winter. Last season the un- implements a pracedented mild weather made wa- were lost in 1' tar from the creeks available, and nothing W39 though the hydraulic outfits were all No other bt shut, the individual miners working The storm Da< ‘smll claims were enabled to sluice the afternoon. igravel all winter â€" a, simply unheard I of thing. man I own Another former resident of this city, here on a. visit from Prince :61â€" pert, tells of the genial, sunny weaâ€" ther which blessed that place from November to April. Hitherto Prime Rupert has home the reputation cf having the most disagreeable climate 0- all the west British Colum‘nia -â€" vuv ~~ v- ia'ter‘ior of Northerfi British (Ilium- electric storm bia. has sub-Arctic conditions, and fmm all Darts the industry of the <11ng mam. Norland Mr. .1 233:2?”“mi23 T3: LIGHTNING .NNNNs former Torontonizm Children Cry- FOR FLETCHER’S SAY voLCANo DID IT TORIA . All along the Pa- 2 in 1897, ‘i‘ckner and I certificate â€"â€"â€" ‘Fcusd zen handed a .' at Rochester in 1897, and kner and Marâ€" :ertificate has these people the Tele- ‘they had and G. T. R. Excursion to West The Lindsay Grand Trunk amateâ€" ceived a telegram from the Westthis morning from Mr. W. P. Minton, genâ€" eral passenger agent for the Gram! Trunk Pacific at Winnipeg that on account of the heavy demand for line of the G.T.P., woere he states the maximum wages are being paid. Every effort should be made to 58â€"; crease the number of Iahnrerg inawâ€" 3 also yielded the fishermen a mum» of these fish. Local Isaac Walton’s hope there is no epidemic spreading among the finny tribe. Reports have been received 133311 of numerous diseased fish havmg been taught in the last month. Tu big lunge caught in Balsam Into DISEASED HE -c1cuu.‘lc Storm are coming in daily from all parts to! the country. At Norlan'd Mr. .Ias. Wakelin’s ham on the old homestead was struck ant!l burned to tbe ground. Some farm implements and a quantity of hay were lost in the fire and practical-1y ? nothing was saved from the flames. 3 No other buildings were damaged. ’ The storm passed Norlan-d earlv in I Reports of damage from Moaday's --‘L, - number of laborers leav- mu In: " mmmg: 51h} Lereuiflengi. °f - a1 , 0 Li ' _ HAVE BFEN emf; an. s. 1». 089mm 3. {mathemmonn and the , left on the evenilg, Lerous diseased fish "haViag 5m tar Riagara Falls and Burma. NORLAND BARN it?“ ;forthe Grand mut'myear, and that p‘ noes nnipeg that on um die:- a big drop. OWing to last eavy demand for We high prices everyone has ally along the gun in tor gaging the tubers this woere he states Sta-u, from the flat dweller up tr; are being paid. the farmer. 3e made to ixâ€"i early :Iruug 2min. Could this not be done if. advantage in Lindsay ? m from some quarters report; when will-.be a. bumper crop 0i" mean this year, and that prices Ifi ii: a big drop. OWing to last winter's high prices everyone has “by: and for the early hmlfitain. mm. was united in of matrimony to Mr In: of Mr. John Hal my. 8 marriage took place at t]! W- Kiss Isa Beatrice Osborne of Rhythm“. Mal'iDOSa, youngest, We! 11:. and Mrs. John a...“ Ila-e w meeting the requjr 0' the that supply needed to note the harvest. si- 0! Aug. 30th, so as to come READ THE POST HALLâ€"0 SBORN E PAGE I