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"PACE FOUR S THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1918. ° Ces F ONT : ; ori " 'THE BRITISH . WHIG/ "CARRY ON! mind, In spite of him the world MAPLE i ISLAND : MYSTERY has ever been--a forces which remains what it AR dt igkes patience to meet the 85TH YEAR. . chaos of unbridled conditions of a war period, remarks an exchange, And how many. of ug fall 'to "exercise the needed pdtience! What complaints are made when jour. old customs or former. comforts are upset by the stern realities of the present day! Not merely big anxi- jeties but the smallest trifies are a cause of friction. For instance, all kinds of business establishments just HOW are much upset by the absence of employeés who are inthe army, and the public in inconvenienced, Public service corporations, retail stores and offices are working under difficulties. They are breaking in green hamds to take the place of skill ed help, or perhaps forced to do the best they cdn with a reduced force. This leads to slow work and &egret- table errors. Some fretful people lose temper if they have to walt nu few minutes to receive attention in & store or office. The overworked clerks are doing their best, and they are the ones who should be pitied. The public' should accept inconven~ fences in a good-natured spirit. The war has interfered with many of our convenient customs. The world is not as it once, was, With 800d grace, let us submit to fate and "carry on" 3[ma. Fear, tT sr Ie ily with. cheerfulness. The people of gue' year, 3 ani ash adianes §10¢ Kingston and of all Canada are far Ons year. to United States 1,60 | better off to-day than are the citizens X and three months pro rata. of almost any other country in the [3 ir y "2 i MONTRBAL RR ENTATIVE world. Then why grouse? He is a TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE Wiss man who submits to the inevi- DNF STATES REPRESENTATIVE: | table With a smile upon his Hips. F.BR.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York PR Nocthron: 1350 Ass'n BMg., Chicago Letters to the Edito only over the actual writer. Attached is one 'of the printing oMces in Canada battle for life and in so doing spread | THE MURDER OF JOHN A. PAYNE (BE @ * ' death abroad." * 1 '1S RECALLED. ; ) « That expression, "a chaos of un- | -- a, bridled forces," seems to sum up the | He Was Known'to Have Been One - - | attitude of Russia to-day. The pro-| Of the Ringleaders in the Plot to - : ! | Assassinate President Lincoln. D. R. Hardy, of Watertowh, N.Y.; writes as follows to the Watertown Times regarding the mystery of Maple Island » i 1 read, with much interest, an ar- ticle in a recent issue of your paper, copied from On The St. Lawrence, wirich brought to light a real estate transaction, which did, and also did not, take place in the vicinity of Fisher's Landing, which illustrated the whimsical nature of E. N. Rob- ingon, at ome time owner of Oeci- dent Island, opposite Thousand Island Park. 3 The article above mentioned calls to mind a story told the writer in confidence, fome twenty or more years.ago, by J. H. Hamilton, who was an annual visitor to Clayton - and a man above reproach, and who Scotland, 15 per cent.; Wales, *iwas for a number of years Robin- 14; England, 13 1-3; IreMand + [son's private secretary. In whew of under 4; Overseas RPominions, & | Hamilton's death several years ago, 6 {1 feel freé to repeat it as told and s $ jtrust that it mgy be of some- little | interest, not only as a bit of river history, but also to further illustrate the characteristics of Robinson. -- | In 1895 there was published by Outlined By Mayor of Belléville at 12080 A Haddock a Sook witch wus Inaugural of Council, : jand contained, among others, a Belleville, Jan. 16.--At the INAUR- | story written by Major J. H. Dur- ural meeting of the city. council, May: | pam entitled, 'The Mystery of Maple or Platt outlined a progressive Pro-| Island," and T now take the liberty | gramme for the eouncil to pursue|,¢ quoting a few extracts from the during the ensuing year. , The chair-| ahove as a preface to Hamilton's men of the various committees are: story. Executive, Ald» Whelan; tire, Al. St.} * "In the early days of June, 1865, Charles; water works, Ald, Parks; there came to Fisher's Landing a gas, Ald. JRobifison; light, Ald. Stranger of very agreeable manners, Hagerman; market and city property, but very reticent, and with the char. A BURDENED COUNTY OFFICIAL. Ald. T. R, Everton; parks and in- acteristics of a southerner. dustrials, Ald. Hanna; printing, Ald. | # % ; Kingston has officials upon whose : shoulders heavy burdens are laid i : A { - ' y "} Donohue; publie works, Ald. Curry. | " i 2av Ss nam resi- The market clerk for instance is also : | He heither gave his name or resi -- {dence and in a few days stated his harbormaster and performs many Death in Alexandria. intention of erecting a cabin on other duties. The garbage inspector Cornwall, Jan. 15,--Miss Phelima | Maple Island the better to enjoy his . 3 ! is also sanitary inspector, ete., but McGilis, who passed away .at her |favorite pastime of fishing. * * * ® * list to the duties that fall to the O : t $ 1 5 home in Alexandria at the age of lot of the high county constabile who PINCH BACK, BELTERS; FORM FITTING and BALMAROONS fessor sees little hope of expecting better things, though perhaps the trend of events in Russia has lent a tinge of despair to his pessimism, . 4 : + SCOTLAND GIVES MOST * MEN TO THE WAR. + --- {= Londop, Jan., 16.--Empire # recruiting figures given by Sir # Auckland Géddes yesterday + finally shattered the statement that England ds 'escaping her # full share in providing soldiprs. Figures show recruiting inpro- + portion to thé population as. dd a a 3 Bh) RO a) BR ©) 1 N ol - Ha Ba i=1---] ITH ea. A Published Daily and Semi-Weekly oy THE BRITISH WHIG PUNLISHING ©O0., LIMITED. 3 Toman A, Guild ....... Editor and Managing-Director. Bator SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) year, delivered in city ! 00 PEER L EPR P PETS axeids 248 se 229 i - *> haan and RR SAPP 'A PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME. She ear, it id in advance .... $5.00 ' ar FB to rural offices $2.50 R: st. vo published name of the beat job » 'The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is autheuticited by the BC A "He paid occasional visits tp the Andit Burénn of Circnlations. 'Gardner farm, on ° Round Island, where he obtained his food supplies,, which were pai Jor at times; with English gold. : : eighty-four years, was a daughier of is paid the sum of $200 and what- the late Donald MeGillis, who was a member of the expedition sent out ever fees he may he fortunate enough to collect, by Johm Jacob Astor, in 1810, to es- The county high constable in ad- tabligh a trading post on the Pacific coast dition to the duties prescribed by - the Statutes shal see that the various by-laws of the county are duly en- forced, and prosecute all auctioneers, pedlars or petty chapmen, or other persons violating any of the provis- long of any by-law or by-laws in re spect thereto, or any other county by- law; he shall see that owners and drivers of 'motor vehicles qn county and suburban roads comply with the provisions of an Act to regulate the speed and operation of motor vehicles on highways; he shall strictly attend vote, will the. wily pojiticfan bribe [to all criminal business when required them with presents of hon bons and |to do so by the county judge, county flowers? : | CTOWR attorney, or any of His Majes- ty's justices of the peace in and for the county of Frontenac: he shall submit to the County Council a de~ tailed statement and Teport of the work performed by him as such offi- Gu cer; he shall perform such other du- ties as may from time to time be re- quired by any by-law of the county, Itgds not to be wondered at that the constable at the ilast session of County Council threatened to résign it he had to do all this work for fees alone, 4nd that ga couple hun- dred ollars was attached to his wages, - Ben * * + Every man who does the best he can 1s a real hero, "Thus time passed along until! about the last of 'August, when there | appeared at Alexandria Bay several | strangers, who also visited Fisher's Landing and Clayton and who, from appearances, were also southerners. But for subsequent events this would not have been remarked. * * ££, = lice on January 4 rovernment and the Entente Governments will consider three essential points: its own situation on first claims on the unredeemed provinces; second, the Adriatic problem, and, third, the pro- blem of the eastern Mediterranean, 'Samuel Trees, a well-known To- ronto merchant and financier, has passed away. : Every time a man scores a fail- ure he realizes how little he amoutits to. i tts A -- bery and murder were subpected. A | careful search was instituted, which | resulted in the finding of the body } of the unfortunate occupant near the water's edge, at the lower. end of | the island. Save Coal Run your fives by the ther- mometer; many places are kept At a temperature of 75 or 80 de grees when it has been proven that 68 degrees, with proper hum. Wity, Is a healthful temperature. Maintain a normal, even tem- perature in your home, store or building, by the use of our EuAr. anteed ¢ 'Ty C o' ' rmometers Japanese oR. chowys || Lulted Satin Slippers If some men would work more -and hope less they would get .along better. ! 'The Germans' report activity in the Lens sector. Sure, aren't the (Canadians back there again? » "But an event took place, which arrested the attention and aroused | the sympathy of the people = = 2 One night in early September the! attention of the people in the neigh- | borhood was called to a fire. on His throat had been cut and a! Maple Island and the remark was | knife thrust 'had nearly severed the | made by some that perhaps The Her- | heart. There was no clothing on the | mit (as he was\cglled) was away | body except a pair of drawers and and that, his cabii' Had catiphtt fired across the breast three crosses were | and burned in his absence, ® out in a triangle, one cross forming "Next , morning some fishermen | its apex and two its base. |To: the went to the island and visited the | discoverers of the body these had no spot where the cabin: stood. The ; especial significance, - but events jground was trampled as with many Prior to and following this ecireum- feet.. Traces of blood ani a struggle Stance led people to believe that | . 'Were on eyery hand, and then rob- |The Hermit was none other than one | John A. Payne, who was a fugitive ~ Rippling Rhymes from justice and who was supposed GUMPTION to be in hiding in Canada at thes time. Payne was known to he one af the ringleaders in the plot to as- sassinate President Lincoln and others of his cabinet, part of which Was successfully carried out April 14, 1865. ; "The three crosses found on the murdered man werg the secret sign of an organization known as The Ralgh of the Golden Circle, of "A good old word that's gone to seed! Which Payne was a member, and it 'gumption" is the stuff you need, if you would gain Was Jhousht that 'he met his death renown; if you have gumption you will win, though all ar io 8 of his fellow conspira- the planets may be in a plot to hold you down. So The rk ry i ange. orm many live from mouth to hand, and spend their life-| - or - ud re 3 In ton 8 story: time pounding sand, out yonder in the rain! They've tena e ar 5 ory nig! 3: dome fit- had advantages galore, and golden chances at their on Pars ry in Jag ¥, there -door have knocked, and knocked in vain. With good | ore 84thered in the little tavern at intentions in: their hearts, they fafled in all the busy 'marts where worth while things are done; they found this world a killing frost, they had no gumption.and they lost, while chaps with gumption won. The man with gumption hews his way from lowly station; day by day, to something high and fine; -as Lincoln rose from low estate, until upon the White Houge gate one day he nailed his sign. The man without it' hits the pike with everything that mortals, like, to cheer him ) be Ak. 4 on kis road; but all his ventures turn out ill; at last there is a religious current of a very | the poorhouse on she hill becomes hig'punk abode. Tis gumption spurs the | | PEPE ERP SPP WILL GIVE 'SOLDIERS VOTE. Toronto, Jan. 16.--It is stat- . ed that the Ontario Legislature # will bring in a bill this coming : 1 ers #. sedsion providing for a ballot # by the soldiers ut the front, In AA \ : # the main the Government will % follow the lines of the Federal + soldiers' voting bill. : > > Now that the women have the Latest from the war zone. The Germans 'are getting in wrong with the Board of Health because they have mot yet cleaned up the Allies (alleys). not The Germans are said to be using the muslin backs of wall inaps™ for underwear, If it éver comes to that in Canada, our wolce will be for .peace--or a gurry-comb. : sniping daa. The magnitude of 'Britain's effqri™ to win this 'war for humanity is re- vedled in the statement of Sir Auck- land Geddes that the Empire has en- rolled 7,500,000 fighting and labor battalion forces. ; DRUG STORE 185 Princess Street. Yet "A REIGN OF NONSENSE." A deep insight into the mysterious attitude of Russian thought and ac- tion, so puzzling to . the western world, is revealed in an article by Prince Eugene . Troubetzkoy, pro- fessor of law in the University of Mosgow.. - Writing in 'the Jahuary Hibbert Journal, "just to hand, he reveals the trend.of thought in the deeper mind of Russia. Ii shows 3 that beneath the political chaos \ SJ J at | LESS MEAT IF BACK f In Five Take a Glass of Salts to Flash Kid-| {li neys If Bladder Bothers You, 1 eventually |i L Eating meat regularly a produces kidney trouble in some form ||} Th S - » # --./Firemen and policemen in many American cities are knitting socks] for soldiers. Now imagine the kind of sock a Kingston policeman would ©, knit! Tommy wouldn't know whe- | ther it was a mit or a pullover sweater. a La which was varied drifted from one topic to another until someone spoke Of the murder at Maple Island. sob- insect, who up to this time had been indulging quite freely in the mer= chandise dispensed in most of the inns in those days, put up a strepu- ous protest, branded the story as a hoax, that no cabin was ever built on that island and that no murder was vonimitted thére; 'that if was only a sfory and whoever believed it 0 be a fact was deluded and any- one who professed to know' the de- tails connectéd with any steh rot was a Har, . 'Whereupon one of the party made the statement that he knew the loca- tion of the grave afd could take him, Robinson, to the place, and fur- thermore was ready fo back up his assertioms with his money. . Robinson accepted the challenge, himself" placing big adds on the Captain Taylor was or other, says a well-known autherity- || ity, because the uric acid in meat ex. i cites the kidneys, they become over- {|i worked, get Isluggish; 'clog up and} canse all sorts of distress, particular. ly backache and misery in the kidupey region; rheumatic twinges, severe headaches, acid stomach, con- |} stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, | | bladder and urinary irritation. | The moment your back hurts orl kidneys 't actihg right, or if blad- der bothers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good p y; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and| ll lemon juice, combigkd with lithia, THE REASON LEONE foe Fisher's Landing some half dozen As a means of wartime economy, distinct and remarkable kind. His|l888ard step! It' stands for sensend grip and pep, and all things hard the congestion of mail matfer and pa lessen the cost of postal transporta- that human life, under the chndi- 5 structive, and that its end wn bel A yong id : - ¢ tional Service tells the House of | nothing but the total rum of man- 5 Commons. Yet, when conscription law, which is & process of mutual | re destruction, "continually propagat- The Whig ik whole-heartedly in accord. with organized labor in its men or more, among whom were E. | would it do for m of Par- wh : . how 4 embers thought plunges into a profound to beat; 'twas Eli colned the Word, I think, and Eli was the honored Bink tion and delivery... tions imposed by the military and kind. Industrial Givilization, with was introduced in Sanus, Here opposition to the pro- ing violence and death." The great States of the. world, instead of re- leasing their members trom these] 1S, | NEED THE MONEY- THE JOB WASNT ordered to steam up the Needlegun and _pro- "with lantern fekaxes and vided 8, of rain and » and has been used for generations to shovels, amid a torrent ¢ headed for the scene flush clogged kidneys and. stimulate them to normal activity; also to neu- WORTH . w th rt; CNER TEN DOLLARS td 2 a about mid- Rone Ne ; vs . ; fitting hour Jor bo weird 8, have carried them. fur- % ther so that the spiritual as well as] the physical life of mankind be comes a means of extending the area of destruction. | on sod i considered is, actordifig to = Prince! Troubetzkoy, a complete "reign of | jralize the acids In the urine 3a it no longer , thus ending - der disorders. Ly Jad Salts cannot injure anyone; makes d delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding serious kidney N. Robinson, Capt. Jack Taylor and d.'B. HamiMon. The conversation liament to forgo their franking pri-| 0 " > "| who landed with both feet. 2 Th 1 ly relieve | Pessimism. 'Taking 'The Meaning : a an Tilegea. This would rently retiove | Schism. Tuk bleh Be eu Ril WALT MASON. fu industrial States of to-day, is abso- T p AT BYRNES R : § Britain must raise 460.000 more|lutely meaningless and selide- | wf . men at once, the Minister of Na- its military counterpart, merely re- : 'those who sald Britain did not | peats the vicious circle of biological need men; only food and munitions. import Chinese labor into 'a 'large story authentic, at the same time losing Robinson quite a sum. of | money. ~ Before filling in the grave Robin- | son ordered the skull detached from ihe skelctorl. as he wished to secure "Remember that, as things now are," to quote this writer, "man | with all his culture is but & cog on fhe wheel of an enormous mechan- ism, which has. war for its final and .ebsolute © end. Is not that tanta- mount to saying that man exists no longer, that the human being has parted with the essential value wich | marks him oft from the brute, and that in consequence the very ward 'humanity' hes dst all meaning whatsoever? 'This value swhich he 'has lost is man's .most distinctive Possession. It is nothing less than the very revelation of the meaning n8- of lite which the world, expects from si _OUR BLEND 1 JAVA and MOCHA ||