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eA... a to! 'ac : Sec.-Treas. % | nething like it in' the history of 1 world. There may never be anything PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE YEA. "The Campliell agreement with the Hydeo-Electric Commission, with re- gard to the. power which it is pro- posed to transfer to the city, may hang fire, but the Campbell power " %ill enter the city: with the ratepay- ers permission. Mr. Gampbell, at large expense, with a display of en: offy and enterprise that are to he highly = commended, has constructed , his transmission lines from Kingstog Mills, and will presently be in a Position to serve himself and others in' Awo' of the local industries. Cheap power--much cheaper 'than Kingston Bas. been able to produce it. from stéum--is an absolute' necessity. It is of the first things about which 6: manufacturer, in seeking a loca tion, makes enquiry. It practically setiles . the question with. him: - in a oases, and, unfortunately, handi- in . competing with "municipalities for industries. ™~ 'Cashpbell proposition makes it that = are to say in January, when they are 1 io. the municipal : elections, whether they 'approve of the" Canip- bell frabchise, and it is worthy" of theit Auppott, REFLECTIONS, Christmas, 1918, may be regarded as" Onique. in "several respects. It remarkable this: year. because it finds one-half of "the work, and more than oneligl! of the civilized world, at comity, while human life is being lav- ishly offered' as a sacrifice to the God of War. , Ibis remarkable, also, be cause, even -Uhristisns have 'been stunned by the awful contingencies of conflict, and tbe belpful influences of centuries' seem to be threatoned, if not destroyed. "The callouséd . students of . Bemardi, who believe that there is no atrocity which cannot, be condoned in' war, have, in bumble imitation of Tt was. Dr. Rainsford who, noticing these appeals, asked, sententiously, "What sort of God are they calling on? The ' merely national god, the god, the god that favors one : another, the god that hates his Esaus, unlike the God and Father are beginning 'to- tire of such a to-day: Alter this war they will him." obliterate it from tne caléndar, called up all that is resentful in human na- ture. Col. Watterson, the veteran joutnalist, had been dwelling with pesimists surely when he saw, in the efonts of the times, civilization cfim- blihg satay, ahd Chtistiabity in dang. of of ektitetion. It is the view of the man who has had his vision splendid obscured for the time being. The peace which Christ came to es tatfish belongs to the world. It is Mia legacy. It can never be lost or "dissipated. All 'that is now transpir- ing was foreseen and predicted. There were to be wars and rumours of wars, The millions of Furope, who have been beredved, by . war, cannot, of course, rsee through their tears the glories of this Christmas.tide. They will have their consolations. They will look towards the time, of which the prophet spoke, when the soldiers shall beat their swords into plow-shares and their spears into pruning hooks, when 3 | they shall not learn war any more. Meanwhile the sacrifices which they are making for a righteous cause com- mands * universal the like it again. The willingness of mal- 'titudes to offer" themselves on the al- tar of their country elicits this de- liverance from Dr. Rainsford, from whom we have already quoted ! "Sell- sacrifice may be and sometimes has heen misdirected; if so it will fail of its immediate purpose. But it is the robt and source of all' fasting relig- ion, and so long as it can control the life of men, even in times of crisis, that lifetcannot fail to be in its es- | sence religious. To-day self-sac rifice I'is the religion of the embattled world. Civilization has not ~fargotten the martyrs of early Christian times. They died to emancipate their fellows, 'and the men to-day dying, locked in each other's destroying arms, are no less truly martyrs. than they, for they, too, ate dying that the old and false may pass forever away, and that new aad better days may come to men." The call of the day is not to the colours, 'but to a meditation upon the life and labour, the birth and death, of the Ideal Man. If one's. thoughts be pure and holy,. Chfistmas of 1914 will, notwithstanding its distractions, bring peace andl happiness to every son of mad. - EDITORIAL NOTES. The Toronto World supporting a liberal for the mayoralty. That is a hopeful sign. Can't the city have the' experiment of a few business men selgoted for the Council, on their merits, dnd without 'regard to political affiliations ? The shopping over? Not quite. It could not all be done early, and it is. a welconte thing at amy time. It will be late to-night before the last transaction has been closed. "Tivil servants drawing 'over $500 have been forbidden .to contest any position in connection with the Coun- ¢il, and School Board. ' Reason--4 di- vision of labour and attention is de trimental to the public service. There's logic in that. The kaiser has résumed his 'bart. nership mitt Gott." He announces, with a great flourish of bravado, that "with God's belp, he will bring the Fatherland through the present dif- ficult days to a happier future." The battlefield is no place for in- competents and hence the number of | French generals who have been re |fieved of active duty.' Joffre knows who are fit and who are not for the great tasks he has set before the Freath army. 1 Canada, by an order-in-council, pro- hibits the exportation of nickel and nickel ore for war purposes: But it gous via the United States, and after the | leaving Canada the order becomes non-effective. Why should not the exfort of nickel for any purpose be prohibited 77 It should be refined in {Cacada. A yogqng German offered $10,000 to enter the Third Contingent, and spy upen it, is the latest. The letters fron a father, revedling: the whole ne fatious plot, should ' be published. | I'iey should be framed and hung up in every school house in Germany, as a cample of German culture. Wien Premier Hearst was at it he should have let a couple more of bis ministers go--Pyne and Duff. The edu- leation and sgricultural departments of 'the government want brabing up snd this can never. b8 under the min- r They bave not the homage. There is] "| in. the German J watch: by | control of {asked the soldier if a mistake would 'be' anything but a joke for the city of Toronto. Dr. Wiley, food = expert, solemaly declates that there ate 10,000 school children in Washington whose - teeth are defective. The dental inspectiobs in our schools have done a great deal of good, but they should * be prosecuted more vigorously. The pu- pils in one large school have mot been examined yet. Why ? ------------ The president of the United States, and fhe democratic party, as it is re presented in the senate, have quar telled over the question of appoint- ments. He wants to be the supreme judge of the fitness of 'the officials he names. The state 'senators de mand the right of consultation. On the question of patronage the party may be wrecked. ane. ep---- Public Opinion Very Sensitive. St. Thomas Journal. A Montreal jester says that vege- tables are sensitive in that a potato hates a masher and an onion brings tears to one's eyes. es na---- There At The Finish. Springfield Republican, The German emperor's improvement ini health is most gratifying. There will be.a certain fitness in his seeing | the thing through. Likely. Advertiser Very Lomdon Generals French and Joffre may not take Christmas dinner at Berlin, but there's a chance of their having a chop at Brussels. @ The Fog Did It. From La Presse There can no longer by the in the mind of the reasonable that it was only the fog which abled the German fleet to Scarborough. doubt man, ens Repentance Day. Montreal Mail January lst is to be 'repentance day" in the Ghrman army, aceord- ing to the bishops and archbishops It's likely to be the busiest day since the war started. Effect Of The Raid. Toronto News. P'robably for every British life lost raid there will be a hundred volunteers for Kitchener's army who otherwise would not have ofigred themselves. The Greatest Enemy. Journal of Cemmerce. The white plague may eventually mean the total extinction of the red man. Our Indian population is decreasing despite all that has. been done in recént years to improve the conditions under which they live and work. Tuberculosis remains their greatest enemy. Kingston Events Twenty-Five Years Ago Twenty-five men and six women will spend Christmas in the county jail G. Gay Shannon, of the Kingston post office, was presented with a gold friends while - spending Christmas at Picton. 1. A. Givens is a candidate for al derman in Rideau ward. There was skating near the colion mill to-day. Two boys had a narrow escape, however, as the ice was thin. CLAYTON LAWYER WON. Action For Services Against Pitts. burgh, Pa.,, Woman. Clayton, N.Y., Dec. Z4---Attorney John Q'Leary, of Clayton, as re- turned from Pittsburg, Pa., where on Monday be won a suit for tev: eral hundred dollars against Mrs. Cora Burus, Phelan, wife of A. X. Phelan, a Pittsburgh millionaire, who spends his summers among the Thousand Islands. Some years ago Mr. O'Leary acted as agent for Mrs, Phelan, having charge of property owned by her on Round Island, near Clayton. Mr. O'Leary loked after the properly from 1906 until 1912, showing it to several prospective purchasers and performing other services for "the owners. Through his efforts, he stat- ed in his suit. Mrs. Phelan was fin- ally enabled todispose of the premi- ses to Stephen" H. Lloyd, another wealthy Pittsburgher. Mr. O'Leary presented a claim of $600 for his services, but the bill was not settled by bis Pittsburgh clients. . Suil 'was instituted in the Alleghany 'county court, - and trial was had 4t Pittsburgh Monday, = jury having been previously selected on Friday. A Pittsburgh attorney re presented Mr, O'Leary. The jury deliberated only ten mi nutes, when they reported a verdict of $676, being the full amount of the claim, and interest. Mr. O'Leary wa: 'also awarded costs in the action. . SANTA CLAUS REVERSED. Germans. Force Ghent to Supply Christmas Cheer, Rotterdam, Dec. 24---1In order to celebrate Christmas, the German: bave ordered Ghent to supply one millon cigars, one million cigarettes, | and ninety thousand pounds of tobac- co, while they have taken somplots every. gellar in | town. One gry ning was ordered [ to supply 800 bocties of brandy, but, the order taking his breath away, he not been made. The soldier answered yn and increased oie dum demand to L600 bottles Eh il nat attack _ have "mayest matre-|. BEFORE MAKING ATTACK OX RUSSIAN FRONT. Left Their Tunies Behind -- Come manders Determined to Save Uni. forms Even If Men Were Lost. Petrograd, Dee. 93.--1 have just come from Warsaw and from 'the territory which the Yermans are now occupying, across-the country which will see the next battles. My route from Skierniewice was by way of Rawa, Nowemiasto and Grojee, where the retiring Germans in October broke up- the roads. Russian en- gineers, 'however, havé 'done won- wy 1 must naturally avoid being specific in description, but I emphasize too strongly my admira- tion of the maguificent foresight, energy and military genius which is directing operations on this front. No one who has seen the Russians at work cau be doubtful as to the issue of this war. I have seen retreats be- fore, byt never a retreat so deliberate and unhurried as this. | To understand conditions one must realize that the retreat mow taking [place is a retreat from the southern and central portion of the line, where the Russians are not pressed by the Germans. In the north, from Sochac- zew to the Vistula, where the fight- ing is hottest and (German attacks are the beaviest, the retreat has not commenced, and, ~at the time of writing, so far from yielding or fall- Ang back, the Russian eommander of 'that line has caused the Germans to fall 'back. Om Sunday the German attack roulmigated in a= desperate at- tempt to carry our trenches. Eleven weparate times they tried to rush the positions and each time thev were driven back with fearful losses. Human lives are the only things in' which Germans do not economize. Who can comprehend the minds of leaders who order that their men when charging shall leave their tunics behind them in the trench,, so that though pe man he lost his uniform shall retain to clothe another vie- tim? Men who charged the Russian trenches did so in their shirts, and ull Wounded remain on our hands. They tell the same story. Everv man before charging was served with a drink of spirits mixed with ether. Thia fact is amply confirmed. By morning the battie had drifted to the north, and the Germans were {ransferring their guns toward the Vistula, in reply to heavy fire the Russian artillery. After the slaughter of the night the intensity of the attack diminished and slowly, under Russian pressure, the German left, with Russian infantry driving them and the great Russian guns across the river smashing their flank, swung back. The movement of the left and cen- tre of tas Russian line toward its new positions was accomplished as calmly and systematically as if the army were manoeuvring in a time of peace. too cannot Leaves Nothing Behind. The distinguished general in com- mand took exhaustive measures to make his retreat as effective as an advance. He leaves to the Ger- mans nothing but tne earth they walk upon. The country is as bare as a beggar's hand of any means of making war. Thera is not a horse or.a mouthful of foad which can help the enemy forward a single yard. The Germans, who were fully in- "ormed of the contemplated Russian retirement by means of continual aeroplane reconnaissance, made an lowed after the Russians. This was precisely what the Russians had ex- pected, and prepared for, and they met the German attack with a coun ter-movement which was successful at every point. The rear guard ae tually carried several of the enemy's trenches, causing bim to fall back, and also eaptured four field guns. The fact whieh leaps to the eye is that the Russian army, which is now settling into new positions, is an army which takes kindly to hiird- ships and the stress of war. The men are in magnificent condition. The field kitchens, whieh cook on the march and serve food hot immediate ly when the battalion halts, have worked well, and there have been practically no cases of illness among the troops. SIMPLY CANADA'S WAY. Interned Aliens to Have Real British Christmas Dinner, Ottawa, Dec. 24--German' and Austrians aliens interned at various places throughout the 'dominion are to he given a taste of Canadian *'cul- ture" this Christmas. It will take the form of turkey, plum pudding and other ingredients of a British Chrigtmas dinner which is to be serv- ed out to them on Christmas day. It iy described in a departmental an- nouncement as 'a "Jpecial ration," which. is the mild official way of de- scribing the process of heaping coals of fire on the enemy's head. 'The special Christmas dinner which it was 'also announced would be furnished by the militia authori- ing in Canada and on Salisbury Plain will be replaced in many places bv spreads furnished by local citizens' committees. Where such 18 noi the 1 case, the department will sec that the men are well cared for. PETROGRAD DRUNKLESS. Four Consecutive . Days Without : One Arrest. Petrogra adg via London, Dec® 24-- For the fi time in the history of Petrograd four consecutive days pas- sed without an arrest for drunken- 'ness, withstanding days included two Russian holidays and Sunday, This is one of the results 'of the recent governmental orders forbidding the sale of alcoholic li- from attempt to take the positions and fol-! ties to the Canadian soldiers in train- | Men's Shoe Special . for $3.50 Goodyear Welt Bench made Sizes 6 to 10 To-night and Saturday SPECIALS Men's Overcoats' Real Beauties, Society Brand $22 & $2. 50 Garments for $15.00 Big Boy's Ovescoats $7.50 & $8.00 values for $5.00 Men's Suits $15.00 Hand Tailored Garments, Blue Cheviots Worsteds and Vicunas, Newest Models English' Parametta Raincoat Special $850 Ts For Sale ---- Germans Reach Copechagen New York. of Germans stowaways ou the dinavian American liner here on the arrival of British warships, as ctherwise prizoners, when discovered some days agreed to work. their passage. g Sale. | "Abe Corsets, Ube, Dutton's. STOWAWAYS INTERNED Fron Copenhagen, Dec. S4---A number Bean Frederick VII, from New York were internec vessel, which apaprently was not4topied bY € stowaways would have been made A majority of thew, | ago, The rest refused and were arrested. Announcement ? As I have decided to vacate my present premises in the early spriv. of 1015, I am now prepared to mak reductions on any monument ths I have In stock. IT it is your ims tention of purchasing it would be to your advantage to buy sow. J. E. MULLEN Cor. Princess and Clergy pis Phone, 1417. SKATING TO.NIGHT ARE YOU READY? IF NOT, SEE US. SI hockey pinyer wi pen, v buy. a nr "Autom od ud ge A, Aw oblle." are the sole nis for Ki and Hh our ity, we have the finest If Ti meine, 300 5 Fe Su