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Within‘ s vory vow dsyo tho gon- srsl ' In Great Brltsln. snd the federal lays-elections in i-isll- fsx snd Kent, N.I., will be decided by the votes of the electors. ln England. Scotland and Wales the Issue ls of tremendous importance to Britain snd tihe British Domin-

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TUESDAY DEC. 4, l9l2ln3

HARKIIWS TONIGHT

The people of the province have the opportunity of welcoming an old favorite, Mr. W. S. Harkine. who, with ~hls famous theatrical Company comes to the Prince Ed~

gsgement, opening tonight. The Harklns Company enjoys an envi- able reputation throughout the lower provinces, the New England States snd the West indies snd has produced more talent which has attained leading rdles in met- ropolitan theatres than any other touring company. We hope there will be a bumper house for the 0p enlng and the welcome will be sll the warmer as it ls five years since Mr. Harkins has visited our city. -—-?<o-o---

THE ‘BYE-ELECHONS.

All Canada-will watch with lu- temst the contests tomorrow in Nova Scotls and New Brunswick. The two seats were formerly held very strongly by Liberals, McLean's majority in Hall-fax City and Coun- ty at the last general election hav-

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A wi§e_01a Trapper

N the Btate of Ohio there lived

s_ bunch of boys who hsd this

trapping business down to s science.

They each sent for separate price lists evr year snd then sent sll their furs to the house giving the beet quotations. After five yesrs the decided they weren't so dread- ful y wise because they didn't have enough profits to msko their efforts W0 w le.

- one dsy they ‘met Tom McMillan drlvlnk s new csr to town. Tom ssld he msde the price of his swell outfit shipping pelts. He told how he got wlso tn those funny prices mud found it wss better to deal with Chse. Porter. because ho slwsys know in sdvsncs just whet he wss sure of getting. Ho sold that ‘Porter novcr offered 5 for s 83 pelt. but h slwsys psld t e l! which he ed snd sometimes just n little Chss. Porter now has five

wlso trsppers ln that section In-

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Don't Tslte r Chance with your furs moon real dollars to you.

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Why sell them to some fellow who offers you when you blsmo well you or! lucky to get fifty

name snd sd- dress. Got our Price Bullet- ins. Shipping Tsgs snd full particulars. Do 't' right now.

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per sud you wll glwsys be one. You now in sdvsnc:

llO-tssrws m

I . tween the Liberal machine and the

a never ln s single instance express- ‘ ed s definite opinion upon any

111g been 4.876 and that of Mr. Legere in Kent. N.B., 1523. The contest in both ridlngs is he-

rislng tide of Conservatism. That. ‘he King government has been go-l "l8 <10W11 in popular favor since its- flrst session, ls well known snd is‘ even admitted -by once strong! Liberals. It is all) openly charged

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both by Liberals and Conservatives, mg w parliamentary “n” "m1 5|‘.

that the Maritime Provinces have ucvcr been more inefficiently or more uselessly represented than 111B)’ have been the l two yeflrfl by the "solld blocks" oi’. Nova. Scctia and Prince Edward Island and the fifty Der cent ‘salld" of New Brunswick.

Their inefficiency and absolute uselessness has been continuously demonstrated in the fact that in practically every instance redress for our various disabilities has been sought through other cha-ncnlslthan through our representatives. In the matter of railway grievances, of which there are many, the exodus from our provinces, immigration, the voices of our representatives have seldom if ever been heard and there is a steadily growing opinion that the letters N. G. would more appropriately express their place in history than the M. P. which now distinguishes them.

Yet the fault does not lie wholly upon the heads of our represents- tlves. The main trouble is at 0t- tawa and even that may be due lnrssly to conditions which cannot at. present be overcome. On ac- count of the division of parties in the House the King Government is unable to move. in order to ‘exist the government has been obliged to trim, to igrc-re its promises, to "buck and fill" snd to do nithlng. Because of this the two sessions have produced nothing but umer- sslnty and with it sn exodus and an industrial depression such as have never before been known in the history of the nuntry. ‘These thinfl sro known anJ admitted lt ls known also that the Prime Min- ister, IMr. King, is either wanting ln leadership t! that his hands are tied. This wm pitifully demon- strated during his attendance s! the lmperlsl Conference whore he

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question of interest or value to Csssds or. for that matter, ‘h the

Inspire, or soy of its dolnlnloss. ‘tt-t " i» 11-"

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would, he said, be submitted to parliament! He is not s leader; no is being led and our solid and. semisolid‘ representatives are tied to him by bands of partisanship which they have not the courage tn break even for the sake of their constituencies.

Interest in the contest, therefore. will be centered largely around the Liberal machine and the rising tide rather than in the personal success or failure of the respective candi- dates. That the machine is work- ing under a full head of steam try- ing to save the government's face ls well known. Premier King and his ablest lieutenants, Messrs. W. S. Flelding,_ E. M. MacDonald and others have been “at they pumps" trying to keep down the rising tide, but the tide is steadily rising. W-hethcr ft can choke the machine ks theouestion in which all Canada is interested.

NEEDED TRAINING.

Government officials and others who in the course of their duties in travelling through this province find marked differences between localities in the management and conduct of public meetings. in many districts the meeting is called to order promptly by s chairman, gflllerally appointed at random from the audience. The business of the pleating is carried out in a businesslike way and quite a num- ber take pflrt in the proceedings. The tbusinese is carried on accord-

ways at such meetings definite and satisfactory conclusions are reach. ed.

in other localities no one seems to know just what should the done; "w chairman appointed has little. l! all)’. knowledge of the way a nwetlns of the kind should he car- ried out, and the general result is unsatisfactory.

To the credit of the pmvincg the latter are the exception, and We are informed by men in a pill. tion to know that the great major- lly of meetings held in the rural sections of this province show ex- ceptional skill and intelligence both in the master of conducting the Molina. and in the discussion of 511°?! questions as may come up.

in a province like ours with schools in every community, news. papers ln every home, and our peo- ple generally wslldnformed on pub. llc as well as domestic sflslrs. there should be no exception m the class mentioned above, Where there are exceptions the neg. lect should be remedied Every school district should have atleast one club of some kind where the Yo"!!! people could discuss import- ant questions, where regular pgJ-"a. mellllfy rules of debate and dis- cussion could ‘he learned snd prgc. tlsed. Nothing would be more beneficial to our young people fljgn a well conducted debating society, lt would lead to study and g0 m9 practise of public speaking, both necessary at any stage in our his. wry. but particularly st present when s new world history is being made. s history in which our Cana- dian snd provincial interests are interwoven. _

Now that (‘the long winter even- ins! are upon ue once again we trust that no hsli or school house in the country shsll be without its debating club b? other literary so- ciety in which our young , ople ehsll hsve ss opportunity not only to develop their budding oratory, but to mske on tutolllsost stud!

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lone and lt also ls of deep in- terest to foreign countries. ln Con»

ads the two bye-elections will not be decisive as to the fate of any political parties, but may show the

csltles where the contests take place. Our local Liberal contem- porary . attempts to excuse thc King government for having done little or nothing yet dor the tDom- lnlon with the poor plea that they have been only two years in power and while admitting that much die- content prevails in Nova Scotla. goes on to say, "Yet, in spite of all. the Liberals expect-a splendid victory." As for The Guardian our

expectation is a moral victory in the shsperof a much reduced Lib-

eral majority, or something better than that.

The King Government has in- deed done llttls for Canada ln their two years of power. But they tried to do some things that they were not permitted to do. They voted 84 millions of dollars, to cover three years, in completing the Hudson lBay Rallway—this to please their friends, the Progres- sives. The Conservative majority in the Senate killed the om and saved the money to the country. To build more railways while those we have come many millions short of paying their operating expenses and pay nothing toward the inter- est on their cost. would be fl Crime- T-he thanks of. the Dominion are due to the Senate for preventing that. crime being committed. The attempt was made by the K1118 Government. but it was defeated- The noble army of contractors, who have been liberal contributors to Liberal election funds in the past, were no doubt sadly disappointed as was the King government.

The Incident just referred to above reminds us of the many

drift of political opinion in the lo-

wn-mr ABOUT rsarmcr

A newlvlltel‘ "em “n” "cam", ly that the old theory that Btilfts‘ tion is good for phWWl-l m‘! i‘ been confirmed by the University 0! Chicagil-

One of the students who acts: s8 a subject stated that she had one without food tor mtoen days. tsklns nothing but distilled wail-e!’-

Sho stated further that she hail a realm! of g-gngwed vigor tlllil. las - ed for months-also that anybody can do it. n

This last statement anybbd)’ w" do lt" is where the harm Will be done. This student was under the watchful eye of tlhe investigators and was therefore in safe hands. But the average individual has no right to subject himself to such in experiment.

if you are too ‘heavy. tire middle aged, and in good health, a course in "starvation" might he safe and actually of ubenefll-

if you are still ln your teens. or are utp near the three score. ma" you have no rlEM l0 “blem- Ym" body-to the starvation course.

But why subject yourself to an)‘ starvation cure when a safer. 881191‘ method will accompllsh your W?‘ pose? Said purpose trains to sive your system a new lease of life by getting rid of accumulated wastes. or s. in unost cases t0 reduce weight _

And my suggestion?

W-ell, there are tables which show you the ideal weight for your height. - l canlt just agree with them he- cause they make no allowance for the two types of individual-grey- hound and bull doll tyvw-

However they are good entugl for your purpose.

If you are say fifteen pounds 0'9"‘ weight it ls not a very Berlin's ma!‘ yer, and so you ‘go about the reduc- tion systematically.

Just flgurc ou-t the amount of food you take in p day~—at break- fast. lunch and dinner. .

Now measure this either on scales or just in your ml-nd. Cut this total down by one fifth, partic-

mlilllons the Dominion has expend- ed that yield no revenue. Railways and highways are alike ln this class. Such ways snd means of‘ transportation are necessary in all| countries, but in CH-flfl/dl! ‘the!’ yicld no revenue to the Dominion or to the Province. All have seen how great rthe danger ls of ‘building such roads beyond the needs of the country, or where or when the; country cannot afford to build‘ them. -ln these matters one sun ply always makes another want. There ls perpetual clamor from one

section or another for another rall- way or another lmllfmled "Willi"

so much because it is greatly need- ed as because some other section has been given one. Why llflve we iprovinces spent 125 millions of dollars on improved highway" wltihln three yeatu past? Mnlnly be- cause of sectional demands, -he- cause governments like to spend money in the hope 0f 851111118 P0P uiar favor and ‘because contractors want contracts and extras.

Resisting those demands has al- ready become s public duty in llwfle days when taxation has reached an unprecedented height and become a crushing burden. Yielding to all demands would soon push Dominion snd Provinces alike over the precl- pica of bankruptcy. We believe that the common judgment of think- ing people is that more and more in recent years our federal and pro- vincial governments have resisted too little and yielded too much. This is not to say that no needed public work should he undertaken simply because it would yield no direct revenue tn the public treas- ury. Some public works produce large indirect advantages and benc- fl-ts hnt yield no revenue. These may properly be considered, but always with duo consideration of their pressing necessity and wheth- er (the country can afford to pay for them. Borrowing money to pay for-things not- urgently needed is committing Iflnanclal suicide.

The coming in of December serves tdrooall tho foot that in olden times the year began wlttl March, and that than November and December were the ninth and tenth months respectively, asthclr names indicate. Their present place in the calendar was formerly held by January and February. which were then placed at the on

instead of the beginning of th

year. There hss been much dis,- cuselon from time to time about s proposed ” in the calender which would give thirteen months In the year, each month having twentyelght days. This would give s year of 3M days to which would be added snothe day so in our leap year as required. One advantage of the srrsngomcnt would be that ovary month snd year would sl- wsys begin with the some dsy of the week. ‘if the year began on

ularly the flats and liquids.

Doing the ordinary amount n1 work to which you are accustomed you-r weight will igo down from three to five pounds a month, until you get it down to normal. ll you

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Irish Loan Readily; Taken .

DUBLIN, Dcc. 3.—lt is tastiruat-g or] lhut seven million pounds nl‘ thcdrish Free Sttttc Luun of ten million pounds was stihscrihctl nur- ing the wee-k which clujrctl sincci opcuiitg the subscription. 'l‘hisi

are usually heavy W" might Tellllce| you rnegular food Iby one third.

Now this ‘is a slow process. but it ls a safe and satisfactory meth- od. Oi‘ course, it‘ you are willing t0 do more work or exercise than is your custom, your results will be more rapid and will ‘be more last- ln-g.

-But no one is justified in ab- staining from food for more than four or five days at a time, unless they aremnder supervision.

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Daily ‘Suelections i ; Guardian Readers

THE RIGHT MAN There's a man in the world who is never turned down, Wherever the chances to stray; He gets the glad hand in the Wbu- lous town. 0r out wthere the farmers make hay He's greeted with pleasure on des- erts of sand, And deep in the aisles of the woods. Wherever he goes there's the wel- coming hand , He's The Man Wlho Delivers the

One fellow rls lazy and watches the clock, "

And waits for the w-hlstle to blow,

One has a hammer with which he

will knock,

And one tolls the story of woe;

And one ,lf requested to travel w mile,

Will measure the perches and

roods:

But one does his stunt with a. Wlllflr tie or smile.

He's The Man Who Delivers the Goods.

One man is afraid he'll labor too hard;

T-hta world isn't yearning for such;

And one man ls ever alert, 0n his

slwrd.

lust he put in a minute too much.

And one has a grouch or s temper lilvaifls bad. ,

And one is a creature of‘ moods;

So it's hey for the joyous and rol- licking lad,

For The One Who Delivers Goods.

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Year's days would fall on T-hui-m. day always, and so on.

We are now approaching the shortest rlsy of the yesr. which ooniss on 21st December. An old msslm has tlt that “as the days be- gin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen." This ls usually true, and may be confidently expected this year, so we have hsd sn ex- ceedingly mild spell of weather for mouths psst. Our province so far hss- hsd but little frost. even st night, sud no snow storms. sl- though in other ports of America hundreds of mllso further south so much snow has already fsllea ss to seriously obstruct rsilwsy trsf- dc. This is no unuousl occurrence.

ilondsy, than also every month would begin on lloodsy sud v Christmas old N

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calculation is based ntairlly on re? suits in Dublin and it l3 hclicvvtl that when all reports are in the loan will have been ovcrsubscrill- ed

Chamerlain is An Advocate 0f Boosting Canada];

LONDON, Dec. tt-m. Hon. Ne»; ville Chamberlain, Chancellor ofi the Exchequer, speaking in Lon-l don ‘today. referred to the imperial aspect of Premier Baldwin's pro- tection policy. “l quite agree," he said, "that you canulot get full ei- fect in imperial developments un-

a market for their goods in the Bri- tish doles. Personally I believe that some- day it will be worth while pursuing our investigations far into that aspect of the policy in order to see whether lt would not be possible to obtain from the Dom- lnlon a sufficient quid pro quo to justify us in giving them gecuvrjty for their agricultural produce. Lloyd George did his ‘best to sup- press and destroy that policy 20 years ago. and when the now says it was the only statesmsnllko psrt of the policy which, he could support he lost sight 0i’ the fact chat in thc last twenty years the situation had changed both at home and in the Domlnions. Twenty years ago the Dominlons were, par excell- cnce, agricultural in character. The situation ls different today.

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Canadian Water Power

Take Canada. Year alter your Canada is harnessing her great re- sources in water power and turning part of her territory into great fr.- dustrlal areas. Tilers are indica- tions that Australia and even lu- dla are moving in the saute direc- lion.

The fflillll is that whereas 20 years ago you could only help thc Domlnlons by giving them a prefer- ence on wheat and meat, today there is another aspect of the quea- tlon. There is a call for imperial preferences on ‘the general tariff on manufactured goods which did not exist 20 years ago."