THE f DAILY YH. SATURDA MAY, FEBRUARY '8 ---------- ----n he To Home. In nan A is working to secure & small piece of propecty subsiituies % tox and ci tid t ambition for are Ge te ind vegie one Pay dreanis flout Jarge est ites aod priveely in somes may fe sory amemang, bot thes are not hall so profigable as» Vision of a lot wih a fittle dwelling hovse apon it. With thi: hefos a winn will rise early and retire late, t vag his hand cheerfully to any and every kind of work, He will have a moti oe for visorons eonomy which will make it a plessire, He wi'l have the vi fon of the last payment before Lim as perpetual motjre to modern tion in passions, e ohomy in expen sus, abstinence from expensive pléa sur 8 and from expevsive companions, Thus it will conie 4; pass that a ju of dove debt, incurred at the begin ting of a wurneyman or laborers card r, will become his good genivs, watching over kim, inciting him to alt indist y and to wii governments Eve v laboring man ought to own hie house. The first duty of the work ing man should he convert his earnings into real estate. An enquiry either personaily or by lett r of J. 8. R. MeCann, 282 King stiset, or 200 Queen street, will secure say desired ioformation without ex: Snug Liban, to In Your Name Why shouldn't the dowd for a comfortable home be made out in your name? Po you know how easily you cen have it oo? Don't yom believe it will be worta your while to see us and learn abous it? We've helped hundrede--we'll help you. D. A. CAYS, 346 KING STREET. Shredded Wheat Biscuits Has the Endorsation. of all Thinking Men. 6G. W. 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DAILY BRITINH WHIG, published sach evening at 806.810 King Street, st $4 per year. Editioms at 8:80 and ~' WEFKLY RRITISH WHIG, 13 pages, nublished avery Thursday morning st $1 year Attached in one of the hest Joh Print. ng OMces in Canada: rapid. stylish and shoap work. dime lmproved presses FTW. 1. RB. PENSE, PROPRIETOR I'lIE DAILY WHIG. *Opiter per Orbem Dicor.'| MODERN METHODS AND MEN. Manicipal owne ship is more or less of a fad. That is the conclusion which is forced upon one who sees the cities leasing their public franchis es when the opportunity is theirs to utilize them. Tgronto had the sirating the value of municipal own when it purchesed the styeet railway, But the of making money hy the leasing of it, with annual income according to the pub- lic traffic, dazzled the muni ipal legis Istors, and they let the railway go. Since then there has been a continual hattle Between the company and the carporation, and it wi'l continme un til the end of the chapter. The city "capacity, chance of demon: ership prospect an y questioned its at its e machinery and men to make the enterprise pay however, is the former disposal, It: manager, city engineer, and the man who the can make money for company ought 10 be able to make it for the city. Paris has a chance to Tease its muni cipal gas works for fifty years, on con dition that the cost of gas be reduced to $1.16, paid an an' The corporation that from 81.73 per thousand fect and that the nual of council be Aum R200 (0h argu that gas the cheaper, the private ment 18 can make and the public interests should be consider The that company can do the muni ed in this way. answer is what the cipal corporation should be able to do, have a mon talent, the one should 'not the labour, the managerial ability. The like the outlook. against the proposal. I'he ownership which demands attention is the employment of capable men, and on their merits only. Any enterprise which is loaded down in with anti uated machinery or methods or men--cannot make money like the enterprise which has the advantage of the newest. and best equipment \ and the freedom to change its plans a8 the and that opoly of Parisians not They revolt one feature about municipal any way- circumstances warrant. ------------------ ASSAULT ON QUEEN'S A vicions and uncalléd for" attack has been made upon Rev.. Principal Grant twcanse. he has had weite upan prohibition to the Globe, He has commended the referendum as a means of ascertaining 'the dort of public opinion: upon this matter, "Principal Grant," says the World, "wants to land Queen's College upon the province. Premier Ross wants to sidle-track' the troublesome prohibition The two are travelling close The World is offensive, very which is nothing hew for, the Maclean. © But the 'discus sion of a serious subject nothing is to be gained by insinvation and amendo. The World has no reason to impugn the motives of Dr. Grant or Mr. Ross. br, Grant ws not seeking to Toad Queen's College upon the province. He has thought of it. - He has claimed that Queen's is doing an edu: cational work in Eastern which demands recognition, question, together." offensive, in never Ontario and that recognition has been granted in the form of substantial aid to the school f of mines, The principal ix not writing on pro- hibition, however, because the service of Queen's Callege hed Teen fittingly acknowledged. Long ago, befores the graft idea took shape with the World, Principal Grant enunciated his views upon prohibition. In a very remark. able dehate in Kingston with Dr, Lucas he gave expression to sonvie- tions which have Bot chabged or pass® el away. His mind on current gues tions, and especially upon t which looms up wo largely at the present time, has been freely expressed with- out reference to college relationship, and he ought fo be allowed to speak his ¢onclusions without insult and in: ------ World has use for i 8 supporters. I sitarking no Queen's and | bax had po hesita the couse of is uid to the It 'threstens gthat with a change of which there thank Hon in goverment Ie whool of mines gor ernment goodness lest pos bil ty, of hosti ity would flame out is split afresh and to some Does the conservati-e party endorse this unprovoked assanlt upon (Queen = Po Ma approve purpose, col ege amd its principal ¥ Whitney and his associates the threat that a change of ministry mean the withdrawl of the by the Ross government to : of the high class education which it would grant Queen's, because work in scientifie has performed ? These gentlemen had now, for the people of Kingston hound to better speak and the sirrounding di-trnet are just where stand know they BE EDITORIAL BRIEFS Mr. Whitney not spoken upon the prohibition question H he is to has ile worth imparting it he hoped the spirit will presently him to jet it go. Lonaon. And the inevitable follows that it is made a source of gambling because of the heavy stakes that are put upon the games. kind of Mr. Ross to offer a It is 'generous grant towards the establish- ment of a sample room in England. But that's one thing the federal gov prnment should boom for all it is | worth. -- The London News resents<the that London presents a horrible election campaigning. Hoyle, if he wants corruption to ex ample of It advises Mr. political to un earth begin nearer at home. -- Mr. Pettypiece would have the rail ways bute reasonably province. And horror-stricken at taxing their corporations, and made to contri to the the conservative the idea the assessed revenues of the leaa ers are of friends, railway a---- West Elgin is quoted by every tory of Mr. lee, the Jegisduture, has pointed out that have very bad men. in six who been unseated in the constituency only one representatives has been a liberal. dt we The patent medicine manufacturer has at last hit upon a popular scheme. the counties, largést the is said to be He gives for cities and sumption of bills mous. The not in it with the medicine a-- The magistrate at Fort Erie derided that the fistic bouts that have attracted so many froin the American side are not pride fights matches. They are what not tolerated in the wicked Puf and Canada should not tolerate prizes in and con enor men is trading stamp men has but sparring will be city of falo, them. spss lobby ©f some method of ending the place hunters at Washington. . who seeks appointments or increases of salaries by appeals other than through the heads of départiments will sat Mr: Roosevelt have a be upon, 10 res the, tamerity word wise bane Jowa J er-- 3 The Dravincinl registrar-general ie very 'mich concerned becguse the men do 'mot marry. Not half as many are looking for wives as there were a quarter of a century ago. There is a The young women are their habits, afraid of bank reason for it. more: luxurious the young men ruptey ! in and are ---- The Montreal Gazette comments the Upited States Senators raising | « ie salaries and not their own. up of what they aid in Ottawa. judges are being looked after. there is a vast difference between 81, 500° and $5,000 in senatorial salaries The Washington legislators are not suffering. The debate on the budget in the le gislature will probably close on Tues day, alter lasting fully two weeks. The features of the past week heen a fine exposition of public needs and demand for control of public fra ford; real arraignment of vntax- ed_corporation properties by H J. Pettypiece, of Lambton: a most forci- ble incursion into conservative a criticism of the ly J. J. Fay, of Toronto, always a pleasing and impréssive speaker. The address of 8. Clarke, Northumberland, delivered during the previous week, is the most talked-of speech. Its rugged witticisms set the members laughing as they have seldom been moved to do. Are Shipping Feldepar. ; Feb, 6.---Teams are en the of | has an | move . Ping pong has displaced billiards in | idea | tontor,as the field or stamping ground | of | 'sales | President Roosevelt: has adopted one | Any one | have | by Andrew Pattalo, of Ox- 4 ae sions hy J. Conmes, of Algoma: and | budget statement | The popelstion A TR hans TE ave ADVANCED LE STATION | SUCCESS OF A ROYAL MILL TARY COLLEGE GRADUATE is not the ! He Is Railway With The Pennsylvania Cothipany--Returned To His Work Much Benefitted | In Health. Feh. SR. L Alexander He of the Royal just been advanced to the position of engineer on of the divisions of the Pennsylvania rail way, with head quagters al Reading, Pa. He was formerly supervisor ander Robert Neilson, who had charge of i the most important: division on the | Pennsylvania, railway. We have rea son to feel proud of our Lennox coun- ty boys. Mr. Roe is certainly on the road to the top rung of that success ludider Miss Della Wales is visiting her bro | ther, Arthur, in Swith's Falls, this { week. Charles Stevens is in Torouto, fon a business trip this week, Mra A Alegander was called to Morrishurg on "Tuesday, owing to the death her father, Zing Helmer, F. 8. Richardson returned this week {| from a month's rest and recuperation | spent with friends in Belleville, Tor onto and London. Mr. Richardson ix much improved in health amd able to conduct his photograph business | again. | Miss MaoNaughton accompanied by | her niece and nephew ave guests of her brother, D. ©. MacNaughton, 1'i | ety Hill. Little Allita, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs, Harry Fralick' is quite seriously ill. Miss Nellie Casey has returned to Troy, N.Y., after spending the holi | days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs | T. W, Casey, Piety' Hill. Miss Emma Smith has removed to her home re teenitly 'purchased from MUS Than-2 | lev, East street. The house was put in thérough repair and makes a | little "home | A hockey match was played last night * between Napanee and Picton | teams. This was one of the league | games and drew out a large erowd of spectators, to witness the game. The | Napanee boys did themselves ' proud | and won the wietory by 'a score of "ten to two. The chéering was wild for | a time. The boys entertained the visi tors to oysters at F. A. Rikley's ai | ter the performance. RESTLESS LITTLE ONES. Peevishness and Sleeplessness | Sure Sign That Baby is Unwell. When babies are restless, peevis <h it is the surest possibil ign of illness. Well babies sleep soundly {and are cheerful and playful when | awake. When baby 'is cross too many mothers give called "soothing" | niedicings, which @ontain opiates that { deaden but do not remove the trouble. What is wanted is a medicine that {will go right to the root of the trou {ble and make baby sleep well, eat | well and be cheerful in a natural way. Such a medicine is Baby's Own Tab lets, which are sold under an abso lute guarantes that they contam neither opiates mor other (arugs. All mothers who have used | them for their little ones speak of them in terms of warmest praise Mrs. Albert Young, Stratiord, says | "My baby, who is now five months old, has always been very cross and | peevish. She was very constipated {and sleepless. She was a thin, deli- | cate looking child and cried nearly all {the time. I did not know 'what to do with her. 1 tried several medicines, { but they did her no good. A friend who had used Baby's Own Tahlets aa vised me, to try them. 1 did se, and since ysmng them baby has been quite | well, her bowels are regular, and she has grown plump apd good-natured. 1 am delighted with the Tablets and keep them on hand all the time, and | whenever baby gets eross, and: feverish |} give her a Tablet and she is all right." These Roe, MP. and a military col Napanee son of the late graduate { lege hax one of cosy a Cross, Tablets are the best medicine in the world for simple fevers, col sdiarrhoea, all stomach trouhles, eon- stipation and other minor ailments of {little ones. They are for childrn of rall ages, and dissolved in water, or crushea to a powder may be given with absolute safety to the youngest infant. . Mothers who once try them will never afterwards use any other | medicine for their little ones. Sold by {all dealers in medicine or sent post { paid at 25 cents a box by addressing tthe Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brock { ville, Ont. This, suvs the Gazette, is the reverse | The | And | Napanee Horticultural Society. The annual meeting of this society | was held.on Thursday last The of ficers for the ensuing year were : Mrs Wilkison, president: W. S. Herrington, | K:C., first vico-president ; A w | Grange, second viec-president; . direc tors, Mesdames J. L. Boyes; R. Mill, 8 G. Wright. A. MeNeaill, U. J. Plach Miss Be He Pollard, Messrs. A. E. Paul, | Thomas '8 mington, W. T./ Waller ; { auditors, Messrs. John T. Grange and Alfred Knight. The finances of the so ciety are in a flourishing condition, and a beéarty vote of thanks was ten | deyed to the president. Mrs, Wilkison, president since the inowption of the «= ciety, for her seli-sacrifiving and un | eeaxing cfforts to further the weliare of the society § -------- Wagarville Waitings. Wagarville, Fei. 6.~The 'woads are | blocked on account of the recent snow storm. Nearly every iafmer of this "nd ihborhood is in the Rathbun com 'pany' & limits cultiog wood. M. Cronk ix about to leave for Parham R. Wagar is contemplating moving to this vicinit Roy Wagar is visiving friends in Enterprise. Mrs. E. Sim- kine, on the sick list, is impro ing. Miss Lizzie Cronk has retursed home siter spending some time with fricnde {in Verona. Mise Lena Wagar ie visit ing friends at Kehoe Lake. A stranger has come to stay at H. Smith's. Visi tors: F. Jooes nt M. Cronk's; Miss J. Thompeon at N. Cronk's. Overcoats ! ,Overcoats ! AL izes, all prices. = Just a8 good joverconts now af any other time earlier in the season, price 85 to ¥15. Ribby's. CRs sisi, of Ravana i now colored. at Red- dean's. has existed for a harmful MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP May Be Secured By Toronto Coun- cil, In Gas The Toronto city ¢.uneil has taken a very decided stand on the guestion of municipal owne the city's natural monopolies vote of nineteen to four the comncil declared lust Monday for pavchasing the plant of the Consumers' gas company. who supply the enty's illuminant. A econ tinuops friction has existed for many the city and the com present coanci!"s action result of a long waged water works, years pany and was only the agitation, Toronta's under municipal control, have proved a paying investment and this was wrgued as favorable to the gas com pany purchase. A strong opposition long time to the but at last ' it has been to a crisis and after due the final step has been Detlween the scheme brough( consideration reached, Last end of year's the session, agreement with the which, on asecommt failed to reach the It was delayed, however, council heing elected, it came under their power to deal with it. The may ar was for passing the measure as it stood, but alderman Spence secured an injunction restraining his worship from any action in the matter till the new" couhicil had had a chance to fully investigate. This opened the whole question once more and on the time arriving for final settlement it was unanimously decided to drop all previous "agreements and from the legislature power Yo the company. : Toronto people have been paving ninety cents per thousand feet for gns The defeated agreement called for a reduction to eighty cents. It ex pected new arrangement will give at least a seventy cent rate if not red the price' to sixty cents. Difficul ties. are ahead, however, for the coun The house may, as a whole be quite favorable to enacting such leg islation, but the section of the agree ment, which will most conten tion ix that of the price to be paid Prohibition being pushed vigor. ously by its supporters in the city Iu. several of the churches mass meet have held for the purpose of urging the government to take ac tion in the matter. Public sentiment becoming, more deeply involved than ever before The question of securing electrical power from Niagara for use in the city has been taken up in earnest by the council. A special committee has heen appointed to secure statistics as to the adwisability of transporting electrical energy the same, facilities for generating, and the possibility of the city becoming sole owners: of éuch a plant A good deal of interest has been ex ited "here in mercantile and shipping centres by the recent utterances of Hon. Mr. Parent at a banquet cently tendered him in Quebec Parent advocated the forming Montreal-Quebec- Toronto urge upon the government visability of perfecting the water route of the Great Lakes and Su Lawrence river, especially that effect ing these three centres with the idea in view of permanently establishing a through line of communication hy water from Fort William and Port Arthur to the sea and making this route predominantly Canadian. Trade from the west should" have an open waterway to the sea. The difference in freight rates would more than coun terbalavce the cost of transhipment Mr. Parent's scheme md¥v not be the best, but certainly hits the right key, in seeking to make each mamiciplaity which might henefit, feel its obligation to its neighbors as well as itself in using its influence to further the cause of an all-Canadian water way. Though coune the an but technicalities mn Jie and the new towards formulated gos company, of company secure buy out In ing 1 © cause ings heen is so far, cost of re Mr of ' league to the ad derive relations with the motherignd have fallen off in sope AIRY far as Ontario is concern ed, yet there is a remarkable growth in the natural products. Dmiry pro duce has grown wonderfully. Ontario cheese almost monopolizés the Eng lish market. Cattle exports have not declined and grain has had a healthy growth. Pulp has, however, made won derful strides and steel, copper and nickel have grown to great dimen sions. Ontario's grain crop has good this vear althoush partially ec lipsed hy the tremendous Manitoba crop. Manufacturers have also heen on the "bulge." but sot so greatly as the raw materials. Ontario has: now the chance of laying the foundation of a sound and lasting commercial propsperity. The industrial has not been built up at the expense of the agricultural and the start made hides fair to be but first shoot fresh from the cotyledons * of carefully placed capital and well applied industry The Lord's day alliance has had fresh cause for worry by the opening of one of the vity theatres for day performances, It is illegal for plavhoushs of any description fo do business on Sunday but by not charg ing an adinission fee and instead tak ing up a tollection at the door, and re-arranging the performance to give itosoanewhat of a religious plas sacred convert appearance, the law is evaded. The city dailies have mndtls taken a stand against the innovation which doubtless, in a short time, will be a thing of the past. Farmers and ecattlemen will read with interest the report of the ammw al pmeting- of the "deminion cattle breailers" association Transactions through the Lands of the association have grown in four years from $2, 254 to over S50.000, The attendance at the winter fair at Guelph has in creased from 500 to 20,000 in ten years, The prize list this year re- gated $6563. Through the instru mentality of the association the sue cessful exhibits were spat to the Pan- Amermican and Chicago expositions and it is the association's intention to send n similar exhibit to the St. Louis fair in 1903. «J. A MCLELLAND trade heen Sun- or No Clothing Like Ours. Fvery garment we offer, suit, over coat; trowsers has heen special Gr our trade. Bear in mind we repress, free of charge, when yon buy Ribby's. Cone, te ante of he sive a grocers paris the city. Try a peckage. 2 Swiss food at Redden's. . 1 \Galiforoid, to begin life anew. 8 fother Mrs. Sophie Binns, President Young People's Christian Temperance Union, Fruitvale, Bal, Cured of Congestion and Inflammation of the Ovaries by Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " Dear Mrs. Pixknan : --Eighteén months age I was sick woman, I had fclt for some months that | gradw weaker, but finally I had such severe pains I could hardly stand I had taken cold during menstruation and this developed into cong tion of the ovaries and inflammation, and I could not bear to walk of stand on my feet. The doctor recommended an operation which | would not héar of. One of my friends advised me-to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, so Can you imagine my feeling when within two months I felt considerably better, my general health was improved, and my disappeared. I kept taking it sik weeks more and am now enjoying the best of health, thanks to you, Yours tuly, Mrs, Soriie Biyxs. $3000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE, When women. ate troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, lencorrhaen, displacement or ulcer tion of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the otaries, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prog tration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassit ud a, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone " feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia EF. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best, WE ARE READY ally gave it a trial pains had 'entirely To Do Business At Any Time You Are. 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