t the first thing needed to cure most dll ailments is to get "thie stomach and bowels properly performing their required duties. [so that your system will be practically free from ordinary ills if you keep these organs in healthful action. bey's Effervescent Salt the perfect tonic-laxative, will do this for you. Tt will not ~only cure the constipated condition of your bowels but it also strengthens all the organs of digestion and prevents the rétorn of such an unhealthful condition. All druggists sell Assxy"s EFFERVESCENT SALT, 25¢. and 60oc. a bottle. A ---------- COUNT SALE 1s Now In Full Operation, Mearns A Big Saving To All| Shoe Wearers. PER CENT. OFF all Ladies' and Gents' Boots, except Slater's, PER CENT. OFF Ladies' Sorosis and Empress Boots. PER CENT. OFF Ladies' Evening Slippers PER CENT. OFF Boys' and Girl's Boots and Low Shoes. PER CENT. OFF all Children's and Infant's Boots. ' PER CENT OFF all Moccasins and Leggings, ' PER CENT. Shoes OFF Patent Leather Boots and Low during this GREAT SALE. gs. NOTICE --All must pay cash and no goods JUR 'TOPROUND" BAL for oar be beaten, and vonder, for never before mone: al vality ta loudly as by ons You jot afford to miss them |v wish to save money. | and see them at STRONG'S... i That's The Bort You Bhould Use. Here is a quality which imsures you plenty of heat mid economy 'every day you use it. re: -y SCRANTON COAL Burnsclear , leaving only clean nshes--no clinkers, mo t. DO weste. [HE RATHBUN CO. Assignee's Notice to Gradiors. AULICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT James 1 ol whe City of Kingston, bas mode a general assign ment of his tate Ww me lor ue bones of a 10, te i By Ra . U., 1807, Chapter 147, art] it i +41 88 '| the opposite party. 'J: | fire protection--and deducting. NalLY BRITISH WHIG, -- sain dvening st $06 810 Ktae Ee wt 5:80 a . L 1 Y_BRITISH WHIG. 13 past "hay bursday morning st §1 {eked ander JI Sr RT THE DAILY WHIG. "Opiter per Orbem Dicor.' -------------- TAXING MORTGAGES. The late. D. D. Calvin, while a mem: ber of the legislature, laboured long and wegrily $30 secure a law under which the holders of mortgages would be made to contribute to thé public revenue by taxation. : What was deemed inexpedient and impossible in Ontario has been ackiev- ed in New York State. There is a law across the way which. permits of the annual taxation of mortgéges, and the monied influence is uneasy un- der it and moving for a change. The governor, Mr. Odell, who is a business man of sound sense and dis cretion, anticipates the acfion of the assembly by making a recommenda- tion. He comes between the disput- ants, and muggests a small recording tax which is to be collected hy the county clerks and regiwtrars. The dil- fieulty heretofore has been in reach- ing seouriti¢s, in knowing who holds them and what they represent. Mi. Odell gets over this by making the county offidials the medinm through which the tax is to be made or rais- ed. : © But Mr. Odell would not have the taxing officer after the mortgage again and again. After it were once touched it would be free from taxa- tioh, and four mills on the dollar, it is estimated, would yield New York a revenue of $3,000,000 annually. The money-lencers are not to be pi tied when they are made to pay their taxes. Some of them do not own any real estate, do not own anything but mortgages, and if they are taxed on income adqately and so made to bear a share of RY: public burdens no one, outside their>circle, will be sorry. A STRANGE ADDRESS. An aldermanic «+ candidate in a Jengthy address to the electors with the kindly aid of a typewriter, -de- votes himseli chiefly to an attack up- on the press; anent 'ie refusal to al- low meeting# of the fire and light com- mittee to be open to reporters. . The Whig is one of the papers which does pot indulge in "abuse and ridicule" at even an alderman's expense. In theory this alderman is all right, but in fact he doth protest too much. There ia no secrecy about committee mectings in Kingston and the excluding of : re- porters is no shelter against the publi- cation of aldermanic opinion or pur- pose. Within ball an hour aftér each meeting the light company and work- ers on the press were made aware of all that oveurred. The information, 100, was given the bins of the infor- mants® feclings, whereas if reporters had been admitted the news would have beep given with greater fairness. It ia well known that even political committes mebtings are not private. A certain executive committee which met quite frequently, and whose pro- ceedings' were. repeatedly proclaimed to be private, were made so public that pext morning they were told to the members themselves by adherents of This had occur: red so. often that men disliked to forve on the executive committee. They were spotted out jor personal revenge. There will be no secrecy till many men are caste - in a more bonorable piould. 'The press as a rule is ah honorable body and can be depended upon to suppress facts in the publie interest. 'The alderman who makes bis tion on the eve of an election gould find a much more TI --. THE MAN AND HIS VOTE. Monday ig election day, and before the Whig again appears the ratepayers will have acted, and according to their decision will be the council of 1902. © Some people talk as if it did not matter much who represented them at the city hail. It is well that their indifference is not at all general. Deducting the amounts over which council bas no control--the appro. priations for education, for police and also, the fixed charges for salaries, etc. THE DAILY WHIG. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4. me ee eee a ae THE WHIG 68th YEAR, od . people to complain of the ceunsil ad censure it whew it fails to set accord: ing, to their expectations. they are best fitted for the work to be assigned to them they have only good fellow and yet have no capacity for legislation, for public office and had its experience. It knows that so far, in the lighting case, it has been up agminst some of the ablest men, and they are still on duty abd with a relish for the kewnest controversy ought to be alive to * their interests and, equal tp the emergencies of the hour. ( In markihg his ballot, then, each elector will support the 'candidates who give promises of serving them best in the council, and will be the better, for the time being, if all. are influenced by the same motives and bave the same ends in view. TOYE FOR MAYOR. The electors will elect the mayor and council on Monday. The Whig has referred in another article to the im: portance of choosing men who will be equal to the requirements of the hour in the muticipalization of the gas and electric light business. It may be necessary to say a few words 'touching the need of having in the mayor's chair one who is familiar with the issue, who is strong in his convictions, asd who will stand out at all hazards in the interests of the people. A Pingree is wanted just now, one who has a mind and a way of big own, one in whom the people Have such confidence that they will go with him however cliques and factions may decide. Such a man may not bé available, but next to hin is the can- didate who has been judicious capable amd economical in the charge of his special duties. The head 6f the council has more to do with the taxation of the people and the spending of their money than any alderman, but he sets the pace, le rais.s or lowers the tone, of disoussion, and be presents it a good or had example in his person. al attitude towards men and things, The Whig has nothing to say per sonally of any one, but it advises its readers: to think well before they vote on Monday, and to elect to the highest office in their gift a 'man who, by reason of long and useful service has qualified bimself to serve the people well. That man is Ald. Toye. and dis no EDITORIAL NOTES. Have you really made up your mind for whom you'll vote ? ------ A vote early only counts fot one --with the registering machine. If 'the voting machines are not dis appointing the results in each elec- wral division should be known ten minutes past five. Watch and notice. Every - man who votes on Monday must use the machine. But it is not the machine with which some men, in the past, have had such an experi: ence. The principals of several colleges have expressed the opinion that unless strongly endorsed by the people pro- hibition would be an unfortunate thing. 4 The Montreal Gazette concludes that if ~ there 'were loss dead-heading and excursioning on the railways they coiild afford the 2c. a mile rating: There's reason in it. Some papers, ulira-tory, have con cluded that Mr. Harty's retirement from the local house is a sign of the government's weakness. But it is a far-fetched 'conclusion. -- There is considerable of a still hunt about the municipal elections. One of Monday night will be and his friends know where they are at. The press of Toronto, save and ex- cepting the World, appears to be against McLean for mayor. But he is very cheerful about the results and declares that he will win. Until the gase which has gone to appeal--and which calls in. question the right of the province to legislate, --is settles, the trading stamps will _ J very sorr$. . a] The prohibition question will be -J dealt with at the coming session of the legislature, The referendum will, in all probability, be resorted to in or- der to ascertain the trend of public pink In Michigan travel on. the railways I . they | {elect-men jor other reasons than that themselves to blame: One umy be a. public responsibility. The city bas, The people having so much at stake | "the candidates ateges that not until] pol be issued: Some people will be | p---- | PITE OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest News Culled From © All Ower The World. | M. Robson has been appointed post- master of Ayr, Ont., filling the vacan cy caused by the death of Mr. Wylhe The G.T.R. has suspended the driver of the fast express implicated in the collision in brodkville yard Christuas eve, John Murray, wanted on the charge ; of murdering his wile at Jefferson, Ohi, has suriende:ed to the London police. Murray MacNeill, M.A. formerly of the teaching stafi of Dalhousie uni- versity, hus béom appointed clerk in the department of finance, Ottawa. J. 8. Green, St. Louis, declares that his original designs of a dirigivle air craft wee stolen from Lim and pre- duced in M. Santos Dumonts Pai loon. The strike situation at Barcelona is so alarming that large reinforcements of troops have been concentrated in and about the city. The strisers nua. ber about 20,000. . A ram was started on the Lite sav: ings: bank at Cleveland, Ohio, as a result of an announcement of the fin- ancial troubles of Messrs. Rvereit & Moore, members of the board of direc: tors. 3 P. J. Frete, for veveral vears agent of the Lehigh Valley railroad, New York, bas been appointed lake freight agent of the Lebigh Valley system at Buffalo, N.Y., vice A. C. Lanctot, re- cently deceased. Signor Marconi says that as far as he is concerned he does not intend building a station on Sable Island. He intends placing his station in Cape Breton. the government, however, may locate a station on Sablé Island. The reports of the release of Misa Ellen M. Stone and her companisn, Mis. Tsitka, Pelipin unconfirmed. News from the fronti®r says whe brivands are hiting in Turkish territory. They are being hustled by the inhabitants. Lord Rosslyn and companions wha claimed a scheme to break the bahk in two days, won £5,760 on Thursday, Maurice Bphrussi, the well known turf man, who broke the bank four times at Monte Carlo failed, losing £5,000. Alirea Woods, a voung farmer, who lived about twelve miles south of Deloraine, in the Turtle mountain, was engaged with others in moving a building, when his foot caught in some brush. and be was thrown in front oi the structure, which wat dragged over him. Woods was in- stantly killed. ented: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Free Trade And Protection. London, Eng., Dec. 18.--~(To thé Edi tor) : When times are reported to be bad in England and good on the con- tinent, numbers of jeurnals and in- dividuals proclaim the 'fact to hold up protectionist methods as being the] reason of our neighber's prospe.ity and our own adversity, It would hot be out of place, therefore, to call at <tention to the present depression on the continent, particularly in Germ: any. That is a high protected country, vet nearly every industry is languish- ing, and the number of unemployed in Berlin alone is over 50,000. Ii we had such a huge percentage of unemployed in London, the votaries of 'protection would say, What sls cun you expect if pou slow our facvorics to be shut up by the free importation of manufactured goods? "And it would probably be added : Place a duty on corn, so that wheat rowing will become a profitable enterprise and the unemployed go back io the land If this fallacious argument conuni: ed an atom of truth, why ia it not se in Germany, where grain is taxed up to the hilt? Instead of being a panacea sthere, the taxes on corn seem likely fo cause a revolt, for already a petition ageinst it, to be presented to the reichstag, bears three aullion sigun tures to be increased to four millions Now, what do we find in fice trade England ? Ageordiag to the board of trade reports, industries are in nor mal conditions; no unusual distress ex ists. Wages are higher and hours are shorter than on the eontivent. Cem mercial and agricultural distress and want of employment are not the out come of free trade, and though, on the other hand, these evils are not reserv- ed to protectionists' countries, the constant comparative well haing of the British trading community from the highest to the lowest, being so in- disputably above that of neighbors, ought to demonstrate to the world, without '{urther arguments, tho. ad- vantages of free trade ALFRED MORRIS. The taxation of the city is hich enough. Keep it down by electing an economist as mayor. - Vote for Ald. Taye. » Kitchener asks that some tri: ed trackers be sent out with the Cana dian mounted rifles. A man who makes a success of his own business will make a suocess of yours, electors. Vote for Toye on Monday. Secure your tickets at Uglow's for Jarvis, Blachiord and Smiley econ + 1' ; FOR. GRIP ! GRIP is the concentration of colds, catarch, influenza, cough, sore throat, | all rolled into one. Congestion of the bead, ranwing at the nose and eyes; dry, hot, swollen, sore throat; it pext on the chest--cough dofficult breathing, hoarsenes:, of the Womb, and ada ac lieved and 'permanentl acts in harmony with | harmless as wate tude, we Bed tations. One-Third Off. 20 Per Cent. Off. 20 Per Cent. Off. 50 Per Cent. Off. One-Third Off. 25c. yard. Big Cut in Prices. Half Price. |36 in. 10c. yard. Irpégutar, Suppressed Stomach, Indigoat n, Bloating, \ General Debility quickly yields to it. omb troubles, causing pain, weight, ou e laws that govern aT, It quickly removes that Bearing-d frritabils By ad i Fal slee T) ility, nervousness, Dizziness, n melancho y or the "blues," and Sackaehe Thess sure of Female Weakness, or some derangement of the Uterus, which is medicine always cures. Kidney Complaints and Backache of either séx the Vegetable Compound always cures. : ' No other female medicine in the world widespread and unqualified endorsement. has sucli 8 record of cures of female troubles. Those women who refuse to accept anything else are pe- warded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want --a cure, Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes, XK VES YOU WL You'll buy just as many goods in January as you buy in any other month, provided the temp. tation is STRONG ENOUGH. STARR & SUTC "How Truly. the Great Fame of Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Com- pound Justifies Her Orig- inal Signature. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It will Sutiely cure the worst forms of Female Co mop rian trou mmation and Ulceration, Falling t Sonspqusni Spinal Weakness, to the Change of Life. t has cured more cases of other remedy the world has ever cases. It dissolves and expels tumors of development, and checks an and is peculiarly Backache and Leucorrhes than an known. It is almost infallible in sue from the. Uterus in an early stage tendency to cancerous humors. inful Meastrua 'Weakness of .the Flooding, Nervous Head. and backache, instantly re- Under all circumstances it the fémale system, and is as Foell } lassi. ila: exchandiy flatulensy, or by its use. own " want-to-be-left-alons " has received suth No other medicine OUR &3 Is chuck full of strong temp- Look about the store and see them NEW LACES AND EMBROIDER ES selling at one-third less than regular prices. It's a big snap for early buyers. FLANNELET CE UNDERWFAR in Women and Children's' Gowns, Drawers, Skirts and Corset Covers. 20 per cent. discount. MEN'S LINED GLOVES, 20 per cent. dis- count ; WOMEN'S JACKETS, CHILDREN'S UL- STERS half price. DRESS TRIMMINGS. Our entire stock at one third off the price. FRENCH FINE WOOL Dress Goods. Regular 75¢ and $1 yard for 25¢c. yd. FANCY WAIST SILKS. Regular 1.50 for $1. Regular $1 for 7sc. Regular 7c. for soc. : MILLINERY GOODS AND HATS. Big reduction to clear the stock. Feather Breasts, Pompons, Buckles, Ornamens, 'etc. ie ENGLISH FLANNELEITE, 36 in wide, in Checks and Stripes, fine, heavy cloth, Regular 15¢. for toc. yd. ~The store is bright with bargains. A chance to buy reliable goods ata friction of their regular va lue ® i : FE, "ew v 4