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RT \ | LIL) BIL] i=1-): Bp 3 Tah tf pr Published Dally 'and Semi-Weekly by TEE BRITISH PUBLISHING 0n LIMITED, oid: sii sing Director Telephones: OIG +2"s. v2 coon ve oo 1a TOOMS oo ov vo os ws oo 329 24 4s a0 ve ae se se se +0 390 a) SUBSCRIPTION RATES ( Edition. year, geiivered in ons vs os §0.00 Fear, If pald in advance .... $5.00 ear, mall to rural offices, $3.50 oar, United States .. .... $3.00 snd three 'months pro rata (Beni W aviely Edition) Oae year, iii va as a 91.08 One Jour 4 United States .. .. Hee Siz and thres months, pro rata. i ' ttacned is one of the best job' nting offices ih Canada. : ---------- RONTO REPRESENTATIVE NB Smaliplece 32 Church Bt U. B. REPREBENTATIVES: Mew York Office 225 Fifth Ave. | Frank R. Northrup, Manager. Tribune Bldg. Manager. | 1 Chicago Adan whims ours a rank R. Northrup, A VERY WORTHY INSTITUTION The institution that was formerly called a refuge--and proved, what it | purported to be, p resort for home- | less 'and destitute people--nnd is now | the Old People's Home, had its apnu- | al meeting on Monday. The reports 'were very satisfactory and 'the home, under new management, sets out upon a promising year, There is no reason why the grounds surrdunding the home should not be very much improved, with .shrullhery, more trees, and flowers. It is well that the utilitarian of things should he duly considered, but there is something in an environment for old people, and an environment which is bright and cheerful and attractive. The property belongs to the city, and the Council is represented on its board. The directors are to he: con gratulated upon all the improvements they have aiméd at and accomplish- ed, and it is to be hoped they will continue their efforts until the homé has become an ideal spot, with a set- ting that will he most comforting to all who are intercated in it. The eounties, of Frontenac and 1.en- nox and Addington are interested in -- institution in that they have agreements with the hoard of manage- ment for the care of their poor, and this agreement is one of very great advantage to. all who are concerned in it. The directors of the home, like all' those who are spending part of their time in practical philanthrophy, must find in the service a great deal that is exhilarating to the soul. Its unselfishness highly commends it. . | side = The Hydro-Flectric Commission to biiild a second transmission line from Niagara to Dundas. Tha cables | will be of reinforced steel and alumi- i num, This will 'guarantee a - service | practically in defiance of Storms. At | whose cost--ghat of the province or the municipalities ? is MAKE KINGSTON BEAUTIFUL { Prof. Skelton, at the next regular | meeting of the Board of discuss city planning and and he will illustrate his talk many lantern views. Trade, will | with and suggested the other topic as one | of passing and profounder interest. Incidentally the suggestions of Ald. Harrison are worth following up. The future of the city in a large meas- ure depends upon the education of the people. Some years ago the School Board essayed to interest the school child- ren in gardening, and went so far as to instruct them in planting and to give them the seeds of flowers, for ex- ocellence in the growth of which prizes * were offered. It was a laudable scheme, and led to some very good results. Ideal eomditions were mot reached, and could not be reached, in a season, and unfortunately the plans "of the board ended with the year in which they were projected. Who were to blame? The teachers in part, and the trustees in part. The teach. | ers could very properly do more than talk about their personal ai- fairs, and the trustees could be ori- "ginal occasionally! 'and deal with more than the things that are forced Kingston lacks what some possess. Hamilton, for instance. There there: is a five Local Improve mend Society, and it is a source of inspiration to the Council, the:School Board, and the gitizens, in promot- ing civie programmes of every kind. ngston should be a clean city, a y city, an attractive city, a tasty | housing, | the politicians. He was asked to discuss the higher cost of living, | lin 1908 to 1,755 in {lambs fell away from 12,167 in 1908 {to 501 in 1913. i i {only satisfaction one gets is to sing COUNTY BOARDS OF TRADE The aounty of Plgin leads in" a Board of Trade of its own, and one towards which the council of the county kas just voted $1,000. The only objection to the grant came from a county committee who not clear what a county Board Trade could do and wanted a gramme of its work and duty. The leading 'men of the county--who farm, teach school, conduct business in* the villages, and run mills and small industries--have mény interests in common," and interests which should be fully discussed. Organiza- tion of some kind is the desire and ambitions of the masses, in every direction, and must be gratified. A forreful man here and there may make his mark, but will not create much influence in favour of any re form alone. He wants company, and with the co-operation. of his fel- lows he can do great things. In many places in the west, the one Board of rade answers the purpose for 'city And county, and its bership aims, successfully, to the people of city and county the most cordial relationship. ville has a Board of Trade this respect, is a model. was of pro- mem- bring into Jelle- which, in It has made the cause of the city and coun- ty members identical, and this towards . has week of through a delegation, and pre- one man, the president, worked so effectively that last the farmers of Hastings waited him, sented him with twenty pieces of sil- ver plate. It is unfortunate that the' move- ment to bring representative mien of the county and city into the closest communion, has not resulted factorily, and for this perhaps the city people ara to blame. They are not so sympathetic as they be. One , sentative, who made application membership in the Board of Trade, was advised, by metchants,, . to let it go as the Board could not he of any advantage stituencs. satis- should man, repre. a , prominent for to him or his con- And this fool advic®was offered in the face of evidence which is available, in printed form, that the relations of the city and can be very materially advanced by a Board of Trade, and that they should be promoted as far as pos- sible, county ------------------------ EDITORFAL NOTES Dr. Creelman is credited with the remark that there is only one place to learn farming, and that is on the farm. Did he put it in that Agricultural colleges fit young for larger usefulness on = the Did. he condemn them? We not. way ? men farm. trow H. which he can. B. Ames, M.P., has a lecture he is working off everywhere He may let it go here. It the "Making of the Battle and is designed show that Canada cannot have a navy of her own. Men as wise as he, and more patriotic, say it can. ------------------ In the last. vear $1,400,000 was Spent by federal govern- "Pap," it used is on ship," to figeal the ment in advertising. ito be called, and freely fod on this |nutritous stufi the papers have been able to say many kind' things of the government and its members, No- thing like "pap" for the sturdy in fants of the press. serms---------------- General Goethels, the engineer who built, with his staff; the canal, is anxious to keep the agement» in the hands of his com- petent aids and not in the hands of He will succeed for a while, but not for long. He could not keep the grafters off without clubs and rifles, ? Panama man- British returns show that the im- ports of cattle fell from 121,075 head 1913. Sheep and What's. the mat- to the United States the new Underwood better market. = The ter ? Going which, under tariff, is the "God, Save the King." _ €ol. the Hon. 8S. Hughes will be the storm centre of this session. He has promised to make a full expla- nation of his estimates, but he fell down on the first item under eri: ticism. An $11,000 item for "odds and ends!" was held up until the minister explained it was for ' tra- velling ! expemses, but 'not, for en- tertainment of officers aj political picnics or elsewhere. The Monroe-Nantucket collision, and lass of life, emphasizes the fact that the skill and science of man, and his forethought and provisions against accidents, do not count in an acci- dent. The struggle for: life of the imperilled passengers, and the losg of some after a héroie struggle, makes very pathetic reading. They all risk danger and disaster who go down to 'the sea in ships. A Sweeping Change Toronto Globe. The effect of Wednesday's voting will be to abolish fifty-four licenses in Wel- artistic city, snd it would be if. the people do-operaied in PUBLIC 'OPINION| Supplementaries' to Come Montreal Star. A decrease of $12,000,000 in the esti- mates is a pretty good proof that the government means 'economy' when it gays it. -------- Not Needing Help Hamiiton Spectator. Unemployed Hamilton men who re- fuse to accept offers of jobs at farm work with good pay are the sort of unemployed whose unemployment need not cost. sympathetic citizens a single pang. Generous Sometimes Movitreal Mall An agent, acting for an American millionaire, offera to spend $15,000,000 in founding hospitals for the treat- ment of cancer by radium. These Am- erican millionaires will make them- selves popular i they don't watch ont, The Virtue of Smoking Montreal Herald. A woman of Potsdam, N.Y., has just died at the age of one hundred and ten years. For eighty of those years she had been a steady smoker. If she had only started earlier there is no saying how long she might have lived, ey A New Outlook Toronto Star. There are men and boys who have had no chance in life, who have been badly reared, for whose fault society itselil must take part of the blame, Tt is the duty of society to redress the wrong. 'The prison, instead of being a hell upon earth, as some have been, may be made the threshold of a new life. } Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. There is three feel of snow on The ground. The small: backyards o Some people are now so full of "the beautiful" that many complaints are heard. 4 E. J. Conroy, J. Ryder and J. W Campbell are attending the carnivkl at Montreal. Nine hundred people have signed a petition asking for a reduction in the number of licenses. Eggs to-day at 20e- per dozen. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THIRD Sir William Van Horne, the dis- inguished Canadian railroad magnate, observes his seventy - first | birthday to-day. | His 'great char! acteristic has, been his remark- ! able tenacity of | purpose which is | well © illustrated | by a story re- | lated by one of his friends. The latter was accus- tomed to play billiards frequent- | ly in the evening | f with Sir William, | The great man | {# by no means a brilliant player; | whereas his opponent was quite ex | 'pert. At first the latter would beat | Sir Willlam badly but as the evening! wore on and his play became less | and less accurate, the margin be- | tween the pair would diminish, At | last Sir William, who would Insist on continuing the game far into the | night, would turn the tables on his| adversary, winning at the end by sheer persistericy and tireless energy. | in just the same way he has suc | ceeded in the bigger contests of life. | | | | The best portion of a good man's NifA | is his little, nanieless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. i ieee come to him. While his roses wilted pondered over the problem. to him. He devised many when he sifted them to the fective, . No matter which w tered advertising, but k ing. he considered it i conceived idea regardin He finally sought who constantly used the ne "How can 1 advertise asked. the suggested: "Why don't y8w- flowers for a dollar? week. Give more flowe Pittsburgh ever heard and attractive." "I'll do it," declared th to prepare for his first le. City each week. the surrounding territory. land, forty-one in Huron and nine in| know what time he comes home, | in earth's existence--they make a par- | chiefly in the impressions of those who | look on them. one which he receives from others, and | come, i The Florist's Story In the city of Pittsbur grew tired of standing around wa ay his mind turned, it encoun- nowing nothing about advertis- mpossible on account of his pre- advice of a small merchant Wspapers in a modest way. The small merchant thou sell--every Saturday--a box of Offer something different each rs for a dollar than anyone in of, and see that they are fresh e florist, as he hurried away That was three yéars ago. couraged florist sells more flowers florists in Pittsburgh put together. dollar boxes find their way into the homes of the Iron Hundreds are shipped to customers in To-day that florist is, big, He is rich, but he is growing richer, liever in newspaper adver:ising.- ~Terre Haute, Ind., Tribune. : Ise "Doing it now" is the root of suc- cess, Money may be saved by avoiding sure things, ' Man is the architect of his own mis- fortune, ---- The Wall of a Swain. That the boys of to-day * should be taught to say no Is all right; put I'm free to confess That I think it were better. if teachers would show Our young women the way to say yes, >. --From Judge. And Jam, "How does your little boy take his emulsion? "With compulsion." ----t Fragile. Little Elsie (after being lectured)-- Mamma, the commandments break aw- ful easy, don't they? nr Irritability a Sure Sign. "What 1s the' difference between sickness and convalescence, pa? "The convalescent, my boy, usually makes those around him sick." ey Clever. Why did Gills give his wife a clock that strikes the quarter? It keeps her so confused she doesn't Some Great Thoughts. Kind words are the brightest flowers adise of the humblest home. ---- Often the grand meanings of faces, as well as of writtsn words, may be ---- Every person has two educations-- one, more important, which he receives from himself, ------ Smiles are the higher and better re- sponses of nature to the emotion of the soul, ert The past and the future are veiled; the past wears the widow's veil, the future the virgin's. If TI have to choose between the two (says Cisern), IT 'would rather have sound common sense without eloquence | than folly with a fine flow of language. -- We neglect the advantages we have, and think what we should do if we were something alst than what we are ttn Courage is of no value unless accom- Panied by justice; yet if all men be- came just there would be mo need for courage, -------- What cares the child when the moth- er rocks it, though all storms beat without? So we, if God doth shield | and tend us, shall he heedlesy of the' tempests and blasts of life, blow. they never so rudely, r ---- One. truth discovered, one pang of ré- gret at not heing able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world. The best featurs of many of the troubles We are prone.4o worry about is the fact 'that most "of them never gh there was a florist who iting for business to and lost their bloom, he Many plans were presented schemes of his own. But bottom he found them de- expense, flowers successfully?" he ght a moment and then To-day that once dis- than all the other Thousands of those but he is growing bigger. He is a firm be 200 ... Faw Rew nw smeee oo, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914. SEE OUR SPECIAL $4.00 SHOES Bib TRY OUR GREAT SHOES § ys, OVERCOAT SALE Society Brand Semi- ready Overcoats * $20.00 and $22.50 values for $15.20 Blues, Browns and Grey, sizes 34 to 40. A Girls' and Boys' Skating Caps Knitted styles, in red, white, brown or blue. lar 50¢-and 75¢ values, for each Regu- Large handkerchief s ine Irish Poplin S $1.75 and $2.00 values for ., Silk Neck Scarf 9 oy a Boys' Suit Sale © Buster Brown Styles for hoys, 21-2 years to 7 years. Regu-'. lar $4.50, $5.00, ; $3.75 ' tyle, genu- ilks,. $1.50, ... $1.00. $5.50 values for . Men's Mocha Lined, all sizes, regula & = $1.25 values, for per pair .. Gloves } r $1.00.and Boys' Overcoat Sale For Boys 10 t0.16 years, regular $6.50 to $8.50 Coats for 78, 80, 82 BIBBYS, Limited Princess St., Better Coal | Means Smaller Coal Bills That is why it pays to order Coal that suits, P. WALSH _ 53-57 Barrack Street Farms For Sale The following a partial list of farms we have.for sale in Kingston district: a Acres 60 410... ~ + ; Price vm ie mires we vee $1800 Wesives Resins ene. oltet o IH aes Fie fag ee hes Lee Tune vee o Fes Bless) M1. fe"eTi%e » Smee fee ees Lee wemile ose Et Blew Wee oN Jue em Bless el Be ol We 0 LWT Wee 180 ..; hvunie m ata) Sree 150 com gare als Wa eae wee 170 some emnescrremsansne. Sow ale Bisel Mela Lew Ble 192 pow BE Blew G1 o wee en $10,000 Tewmen nev wee woe oo B12,700 For further information apply te FEBRUA SALE ----- 2 ~r Men's Patent Leather Boots In Box Calf and Tan,all Goodyear Welt : not the latest last, but $2 49 regular $5.00 for 'H. JENNINGS, King Street.