like a good cup of tea try our IA BLEND" , 30¢., 38¢., 40c., 50c. pound, best results in baking use drugy ve the following cent bottle "Kidney Wort Tablets, remedy in world that ly cures all troubles arising weak or ditensed kidneys. pney. cheerfully returned if the rer a. not relieved and improved use of one bottle. Three to six effect astonidhing and per cures. If not relieved and you waste no money." HENRY WADE, 8 Kingston, Ont. G W. MAHOOD, ist, Kingston, Ont. Bo agreeable is it medi- _cinally that the MAGI CALEDONIA WATER has grown to be also the prin- 'cipal Table Water of Cana- da, Sold everywhere. + k Room -omforts carry a complete 1 . A partial Nat: ne. .of sheeting, , 8 THE ENTERPRISE PAY? A yuestion of some importanee in Kingston where municipal lighting will be uniertaken some day--if the case of the city and the Electric Light | company is ever to leave the courts-- tis whither a plant can be econo miically run by a public body. The question was squarely 'put to the Municipal Journal and Engineer and he answered : "All depends on several considers i important of which to the loeality. make a failure, while others tolerably successful. We know of no instance, however, where a municipal electric light plant in as economically ---umler public as under" private ownership. tiranting this statement' lo be a fact, it does not necessarily form a con viooing argament against public own ervhip, for the reason that sn almost every instance of public ownership the citivens of the community receive greater benefits from a publicly admin- | istered Flom than from a private plant. For instance, despite the bad management under ic ownership lights are furnished at a lower rate, and arc street lighting costs the town less, while the revenues from the plant, us a rule, take care of the interest, sinking fund, deprecia- tion and repairs. have been, and are, some notable exceptions to this rule. We do not advocate muni cipal ownership indiscriminately, but we do hold the opinion, on ral principles, that it would be better for all cities either to own operate, or control, all public utilities 88 rapidly as the local conditions would permit." The success of the enterprise is not as clearly assured under a committee of the council as under commissioners who are elected for lengthened periods sod who become skilled in its man agement. The council, for instance, vhanges its committee annually. It cannot help this as tha personnel of 'the council is greatly altered. The reavult in evident, The details of the business cannot be readily mastered. It takés time for one to become ac quainted with the operations of the department, and just when be is in a position to do efficient service, be cans well-posted, he is replaced. The man of business does not excel by the rapid changes of his occupa- tion, or the occupations of his em- ployees, and this is the lesson that municipal bodies do not learn. The | advantage of commissioners is quite ap- parent. They hold office for several years, They are thus permitted to study their duties, and to apply them solves to their trusts with greater de votion and success. In this way, and in this way only, can municipal en tefprises be managed economically and profitably. If Kingston becomes pos sessed of the electric lighting plant its policy should be to entrust its com- missioners with instructions to develop and' direct it along safe and remuner ative lines, re -- LEGISLATURE SETTLES IT. That was an influential deputation which waited on the government on Thursday in regard to advanced tem perance legislation, but it was not a representative one. It was not com posed of men who were chosen in dif: ferent parts of the province and who were summoned to reflect in their petition to the government the views of the temperance people generally On the contrary the president of the Ontario Alliance held aloof from the deputation heeause its motion did not state his mind, and the London pro hibitionists repudiated the movement as one which was wholly unauthori red. The speeches in this occasion were somewhat milder thdn "at a former meeting under somewhat similar cir cumstances, Only one speaker essay- od to reflect upon the goveinment, and he, a clergyman, with an indis cretion which was most marked, wanted the government to understand that the temperance people were not going to be "played fast and loose with" any longer. Generally the speakers were complimentary, and in- vited the government to put iteeli in harmony with the temperance senti: ment which had been so strongly ex: pressed in cohnection with the recent referendum. Mr. Spence presented the request of the Dominion Alliance, as embodied in a resolution which passed in December. It was to the ef fect that legislation be efiected which would abolish the public bar, the treating system, and the drinking in It was assumed that all these of the was clubs. were condemned as the result referendum campaigh. The reply of the premier was as dip Jomatic as it was dispassionate. He appreciated the tone of the discussion, the motives of the deputation, and the manner in which ite members had sab- mitted their One thing, he said, he particularly noticed--that the de- putation emphasized the = duty of the government rather than of the legisla: carry" by the reputed majority) put into operation. The legislature may 'not approve of that, and until later there is no telling what its feeling on the question may be. - -------------- EDITORIAL NOTES. Prohibition in Vermont is not as popular as it was. The people votd,! on 3rd ------ Mr. Tarte is said to have got young and gay wince he left the government, So the cares of office did not set easy upon him after all ! Has any one heard lately of the municipal insurance scheme in Kings- ton ? Is it something which the city is seriously in a position to consider? A telegram says that the local gov- ernment has a solution of the prohi- bition question in sight--a compensa tion of law. The report is open to doubt. the abolition of it on February ------ The prohibitionists propose to move for the imprisonment as well as fining of the referendum personators. They may be going too far in their appeals to the law, -- It is suggested that railway trains may be signalled while running, and stopped by telegraph at any point. Good news. The day of accidents by collision may be near an end. Toronto could get along without any civic committees, save the board of control. The members of this body could do everything, and dispense with council as well as committees. The press of Toronto denounces the desire of some aldermen and officials to make the water works department the milch cow of the municipal sys tem. Toronto is not the only place with this experience. A tramp was arrested in White Plains, who had his clothes padded with bank bills, and yet stole a littl coal to keep himself from freezing. Some of the richest men now appear to be knocking about in disguise. Mr. Chamberlain is coming out all right in South Africa. Joe had an jdea what he could accomplish when he set out for the Transvaal. He is without a peer in the discussion of great deals affecting the welfare of the nation. , -- A judge in St. John, N.B., disap proves of the government commuta- tion of the death sentence in the Higgins case. The convict is a mere boy., Is the judge reflecting on the govérnor-general 7 Is he censurable for this? Five former Canadians occupy seats in the imperial parliament--George M. Brown, Sir Gilbert Parker, Hon. E. Blake, lan Malcolm, and C. D. Rose. There are six if General Laurie (for a long time a resident of this country) can be regarded as a Canadian. WHAT PAPERS SAY. ---- How Do You Know ? Montreal Gazette The Natiohal treasury will look like the ruins of Moscow, when the exploit ers finish next session's work at Ot. tawa. Time For A Change. Mal. With other G. T. R. employves secur- ing coal at $3 per tom, the colored Pullman porter ceases to be the true aristocrat of the system. So Hath Money. Hamilton Herald. The report that Richard Wagner's heirs draw $115,000 a year from roy- alties on his compositions emphasizes the truth of the saying that music hath charms. : Willing For Sacrifice. Montreal Herald. Peary, who lost six toes hunting the North Poles, is willing to lose the oth: er four providing someone puts up $130,000. A lot of men would be will- ing to lose a full set of ten for -hal4 the money, His Subtlety Rewarded. Toronto Telegram Mi Chamberlain seems to have made the Johannesburg gold gang content to contribute 150,000,000 to the cost of the war. As a persuader the colonial secretary is more effective than an army corps. The London Daily | Express says that British army officeys are persis tently boyeotting colonials who have been granted commissions. Collectors 'of * customs throughout the United States were instructed by telegraph to admit all coal importa tions free of duty. A silent man's words are never peated in court. re- Fond of good coffee ? Try Redden's. A Pioneer in the Use of Bi-Sul- phite Treatment Advocates Cessation of Planting For One Year in Affected Districts. Toronto Sun. "Time was wl ur company -alote paid out $150,000 in a season for seed peas raised in Prince Edward. All told, as much as $200 000 bas been P Ove farm- American Wonder peas. an acre. He could not have sold his farm, at that time, at a price equal to the returns received for this one 1" "rhe gh business, coming at the time it did, practically saved the county from ruin. Jt came in just at the close of the barley period. The farmegs of Prince Edward, in common with farmers in the whole of Pay of Quinte district, had for years prior to the period I speak of placed almost their whole dependence on barley rais ed for the American market. Had the pea business not come in just then I do not know what our people would have done. "Bui this seed pea business, whih, for years did so much for people here, is now practically at an end. Our compady did not give out a bushel for planting in this county last sea son. We grew all our crop in the country up about Elmvale, in the county of Simcoe, and porth of the lakes in the Peterboro district. Why have we ceased growing peas here? The 'weevil bas rendered it impossible to raise a erop."' The man who said all this was T. 0. Daly, Picton, who represents in Picton the Cleveland Seed company. What Mr. Daly said put more clearly and forcibly than it has been put yet how important an industry the grow. ing of peas is, and how great is the injury wrought py an insignificant in sect. Of course, Mr. Daly had refer ence to a special line in pea growing the growing by contract of grain in tended for seed, and more particular ly varieties inteffled for the produc tion of green peas. , "The weevil is not a new thing" Mr. Daly continued. "It was here once before--some twenty-five years ago. At that time its ravages were so serious that people were compelled to stop growing, but as they were then doing so well with barley, it was felt 5 very serious evil to be.com- pelled to give Up peas. With the stopping of production the weevil dis Stared, and the people later on after the barley business was knocked. out--weres able to once more take up peas, and they continued growing this crop with success and profit, until the return of the weevil rendered it im possible. Yes, it is true our people bave other lines from which they make a profit--fruit, tomatoes, etc. but there is no reason why they should not have peas as an alterna tive or additional crop as well." Mr. Daly has very clear ideas as to how the weevil can be destroyed, and his opinions are based on personal ex- perience going back for well on to for- ty years anl the scientific knowledge accumulated by a corporation which has been in existence for some sixty years. Indeed, it was through his com- pany that the bisulphide of carbon treatment was discovered. Regarding the discovery Mr. Daly tells an inter esting story. "Our company first used camphor as a meanseof. destroying the weevil," he said. "We put 4 bag of peas in a bin, then put in some camphor, and so on, alternately, until we had enough peas in the bin for treatment. This killed a good many insects, but was not whol y effective. Then J. E. Northrup, a young chemist, then employed by the company, but now of the firm of Nor: thrup, hing & Co., Minneapolis, be gan experimenting with bi-sulphide. He used ground glass bottles with an air- tight stopper. Peas were put in these bottles ana bi-sulphide of carbon add ed. We could through the glass and observe the effect of the treat- ment. Seeing that it was effective, we prepared to put the new idea into ef fect in o large way. We prepared bins for the peas with a space below, in which to put the chemical. That killea a few near the chemical, but did not penetrate upwards. The idea then dawned on 'us that the vapor from the chemical = jn evaporating penetrated downwards and not upwards, and, by putting our knowledge into practice, we found go cheap and effective treat ment." . Mr. Daly is thoroughly satisfied to the efficiency of the treatment if properly applied. "I read what Mr. Long of Whitby said on this matter," said Mr. Daly, "But if insects were found alive in his peas, after tréat- ment, on the arrival of his grain in wee as England, it simply shows that his bug-house' is pot airtight. We have one here that is airtight. The door fits in against rubber, and the whol thing is as tight as a can. We leave our peas in there for three days, and at the ena of that period every wre- vil in the grain is 'a good Indian--it is dead. No," Nr. Daly went on, in answer to a question, you cannot treat peas effectively "by putting the grain in a barrel, placing some of the chemical on top and covering with a bag. You must have an airtight com partment to get at the last of the enemy. By threshing as soon gs possi ble and treating at once in a bug house, vou can kill every insect. But it is not practicable to = provide for this. Farmers have not the means for treatment, and, if they had, all the farmers would not treat in time. The only effective remedy is to absolutely prohibit the growing of peas, except for use as green peas. in all affected districts for one vear. It is not neces sary to go bevond 4 wear. Weevil can not live without a pea crop to exist on. Remove the necessary food for one vear and the generation of the vear previous will leave no successors.'" The importance of something being done is made strikingly manifest by a visit to the Cleveland Seed company's warehouse in Picton. It is not only the farmers in the surrounding coun- trv who are losing, but cheap and unskilled laborers in town lose as well. All the peas raised for the com- pany are hand-picked, women being employed for the purpose. At one time ¥ ee ---------- me 130 women weremployed in this work alone, the total wage bill of the So nts Picton was $14,000 ia a season. {THE IMPERIAL LIFE. X me : A Great Showing of Vigorous > Young Life. Showing ab increase in everything which busls up and strengthens a company, a constantly decreasing ra tic of expense to income, the annual report of the Imperial Life Assurance company of Canada must be gratify- ing to the company's policyholders and representatives. In conneciion with the year's statement, which we publish to-day, the remark of the first vice-president, A. E. Ames, will\be of intefest : "The new business tran sacted in 1902, of 84,127,642, not only surpassed that of any vious year, but was exceeded in 1901, the last vear for which we have official re- turns, by the Canadian business of on ly two of our home companies out of eighteen engaged in the business." Re- ferring to the permanency of the cothpany 's business, the president, Sir Oliver Mowat, said : "An. analysis has been made of the rate of termination in respect to the business of all our home cothpanies, and it is most grati fying to be able to say that there is no other company's business which ex- hibits a lower ratio of termination than does that of the Imperial Life." The Imperial was the first company in Canada to place its entire policy reserve upepsthe 3} per cent. interest basis required by the Dominion gov- ernment, apd it now maintains a re serve $120,000 greater than. that re quired by that government. The claims under policies, for the year were wel within the expecta] mortality, and the rate of interest earned by the was average company on its invested assets even better than the 5.39 per cent. rate earned in 1901. The high class of the securities in which the company's assets are invested is shown by the remark of Mr. Ames, in concluding a very able review of the company's as sets: '1 am able to say reservedly tnat there is not a single investment which causing the directors the slightest anxiety." ee et 1s A Nonogenarian. Napanee" Beaver Jacob H. Wagar, one of the old landmarks of the county, died at the residence of his son, Dr. N. Wagar, on Saturday last, aged ninety-two yeas and four months. Deceased retained all his faculties to the last, and was able to be about the house as usual the day before he died. The cause of his death was evidently heart failure. Mr. Wagar was born in the township of South Fredericksburgh, where he spent most of his days, coming to Napane a few years ago to reside with his son. Deceased was a staunch liberal, and in his younger days took a deep interest in the affairs of his na tive township, and sat at its council board. Mrs. Wagar predeceased him eight years, and out of a large fam ily of eleven children there now re main but four, Dr Wagar, Napanee; Allan Wagar, South River Road; George, on the homestead, and Mrs. Arthur Snyder, Thousand Island Park, N.Y. Years ago a sad misfortune be fell the family. Mr. and Mrs. Wagar had gone out to spend the evening with a neighbor. During their absence the house took fire and on their re- turn it was reduced to ashes, their five children perishing in the flames ' A Mother's Care. Every mother knows the constant care g little child requires, and to the young and inexperienced mother who is caring for her first baby there is no other period in her life more trying. In the little ills that are certain to come to all infants and young child ren, the mother--especially the young and inexperienced ®* mother--scarcely knows what to do. It is to meet emer- gendes of this kind that Baby's Own Tablets are offered to all mothers. These Tablets are an absolute cure for all the minor ailments of little ones, and should constantly be kept in ev 'ery home where there are young chil dren. Sickness comes quickly--with Ba by's Own Tablets at band the emer gency is promptly met. Mrs. R. H. La Rue, Mountain, Ont., says : "I can re commend Baby's Own Tablets to "all mothers who have cross or delicate children. I do not.know how 1 could get along without them." The Tab lets are guaranteed free from opiates or harmful drugs, and crushed to a powder may be administered with ab solute safety to a méw born babe Sold by all druggists or sent by mail at 25 cents a box by writing direct to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock ville, Ont; - Which Is It? Montreal Star. The Onfario conservatives either protest too much or do not protest enaugh. Overgaiters. At cost at Aberncthy's sale. Jesse Cole, son of Isaac Colt, Fair mount, was killed by a tree falling on him on the farm of Richard Benson, Sophiashurgh. The unfortunate young man was about sixteen vears of age and was participating in a wood cut ting bee for his uncle, Richard Cole, who works Me Benson's farm. Mcleod's dyspepsia tablets nature until normal digestion is re stored. Give immediate relief when suffering from dyspepsia, indigestion, ete. 25c. per box. McLeod's drug store. Hard or soft corns cured with three applications of Peck's Corn Salve, 15¢. at Wade's Those who begin by trying to ceive others end by deceiving selves. 6 17 9" Breaks Up Crip and assist de- them- oy iT EAS NDID QUALITY, # SPLEND ; . THE QUALITY THAT WINS, ig POSSESS UNIFORMITY, AND ARE ALWAYS THE SAME. Prices $1, 70¢., 60c., 50c. and 40c. per 1b. a Good Thing. tical pockets, and he asked' « Is this your fifteen dollar over- coat? I wanted to gee a ten-dol- lar one." He was taken back when we told him it was $10-- thought his judgment was bad. It wasn't. The coat 1s as fine as the average dealer gets $15 for. We mean to make the $10 over- coat man buy heze. Man said : Ten Dollar Overcoats. came in yesterday and « See here, you people are mak- ing so much noise about that $10 Overcoat. I'd just like to see what it looks like." We had him slip into ome of those beautiful 50 inch Vicuna $10 Overcoats ; he looked it, ov- er carefully, noticed the peaked lapels, the velvet collar, the ver- TH Dominion Oil Company, Limited, Operating Raleigh Oil Fields, Chatham. CAPITAL - $850,000. Divided into 830,000 Shares, Par value, 81, Fully Paid and Non Assessable. TREASURY STOCK--WORKING CAPITAL $400,000 No Bonds, Preferred Stock, Nor Indebtedness.: E H. D. BIBBY CO,, One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall. Associated Press Dispatch to The Toronto World, Jan. IL 1903. SPOUTING OCEANS OF OIL. Another Gusher Located in the Chatham Field With the Most Surprising Results. Casing of Well Blown Out by Gas. . Canadian Product Promises to Become an Impor- tant Factor in Market. Chatham, Jan. 10.--A new oil well was "shot" in this district vesterday. It promises to rival all others in these fields in point ef production. The gusher spouted with guch force as to bl t iron casing of the well It is Yow flowing at the rate of 23 barrels steadily. This is the eizhth profitable sell in this part of the oil fields. The indications are for big during the next week. We congratulate our shareholders upon the as this Gusher is situated on the South line of the 1530 acres in which they are in terested, and still further proves the Dominion Oil Co's. claim to at least 1,000 acres of oil lands surrounding their famous * Gurd Gusher." The oil we produce is bringing the highest price of any on the North Awerican conti nent. A marked demonstration of the way in which the permanency of this field is regarded is shown by the Standard Oil Co, having constructed a pipe line from the "(urd Gusher" to the nearest railroad and now erecting additional steel tankage and pumping stations. A limited issue of the treasury stock is now .afiered at the exeeptional'v low prize of 35c. per share, this be the opening and the lowest price at which a share of this stock has ever heen offered The present purchasers will he entitled to a dividend of 1 per cent por mote strikes above news, new month on par, commencing "ebruary lst--about 36 per cent per annum on P the investment at present price, Call or send for prospectus ani full information. Make all cheques, drafte, etc., payable to the order of the fisc®] agents, Colonial Securities Co., Manning Chambers, Toronto, Ont. A Thorough Overhauling We are endeavoring to clear out our present stock and replace every department of ours with strictly fresh coming season's stock. : Give us a chance and we will make good money for you. Nobby Suits, Up-to-Date Overcoats, Comfortable Furs, All effective styles and wearing qualities at 250%, OFF. JOSEPH ABRAMSON, Leading Clothier, Gents' Futnisher and Furrier, 180 Princess St., COLDS Between Redden's and Crawford's. Don't Turn Your Back on ji 1 A GOOD CURLING WEE! MONTREAL. tisk Lifton, a Montreal Hocke Goes to Pittsburg--Will 1] _ to Stand Trial on Var Charges. Montreal, Jan. 17.--The gre curling week in the history of the is over and 'the Scottish visitor at 9:40 o'clock, this morning, fo tawa to meet the curlers of city, They were given a hearty off, a large number of local curle ing at the station for that P The visitors made hosts © fi during their stay here. Charles Lifliton, one of the forw:r's of the Montreal hockey has decided to go to Pittsburg tc with the Bankers' team, of tha Dasid Kominsky, St. John, has been commited by Judge guet, to stand his trial before court of King's Bench on a cha goods - by false pre from the Strathcona Rubber pany, of Montreal. . There are charges of a similar character a) the accused and the enguete ¥ continued pext week. The Allan. line steamer I Avrian, from Glasgow and Live for Philadelphia, arrived at FB at 11:30 p.m., on Friday, and « at 7 am. on Saturday. pe AN AMATEUR AGAIN ---- Elliott Has Re-Ingtated. This morning *'( haucer" ceived this letter from GE. Brown, Montreal, acting secrol: the Canadian Amateawr Athletic ciation : "1 am pleased to inform yo the board of governois of the dian Amateur Athletic Union vs favor of your re-instatement receiving "" ¢¢ Chaucer Elic H amateur, and you are, therefo gible xo compete in all a sports! With best wishes for future." This means that "Chaucer" is no longer a professional, as declared by that almighty hod) the O.R.F.U. He made. app for reinstatement last Octoby now has the satisfaction of } that the chief sporting oroaniz (Canada regards him = as an a His wide circle of friends wart cratulate him on his victor) those unfair spirits who tried best to turn him down and co when Queen's needed him. The Cornwall Hockey Clab h ten "Chaucer" Elliott asking referee both its matches with Falls, and has also asked t A. to appoint him to that | There is no better hockey re Canada than Elliott whose are decidedly strict and fair | teams. Pointed Paragraphs 'hica News, ! oe a seldom realizes how can't do until he tries. Tombstone epitaphs should ed as grave literature. Too many sepud-class x are drawing first-class salaric Everything, a midlionaire s if he doen't say "automobile Barring pawnbrokers, fawn too much interest in their bi Misfortunes usually come | but the first one came in an Raised letters are for the t the blind, hut raised checks For a job-lot of New Year tions at cut rates, apply to vour neighbors. ---------- Death Of A Lady. Mis. Whitmarsh, relict = of E. H. Whitmarsh, Merrickyville Thursday, at the. residence grand-daughter, Mrs. (Dr) where she had made her come time. Deceased had been ed for the past six years, sinking, so that her death wa expected. Deceased, whose name was Laura Amelia Si born .in Brockville, and had until next month, would b pleted her ninetieth year. N marsh "leaves a family of th ren : Fred. M., Brockville; Gananoque, and Mrs. (Dr Smith, St. Jose, Cal. ---- Attended The Fupei M. E. Gilbert bas returned onto, where he has been atte funeral of his mother, Mrs. | bert, widow of the late I Gilbert, Salisbury, 'Eng, an Alited Gilbert, sculptor and of the Royal Academy, of London. She had travelled her time with her late hus hal lived for a number o Paris, France, where seve children were horn. She leay ily of five sons and three to mourn the loss of a fone ing mother. Her remains w beside those. of hep. late b Mount Pleasant cemetery. fai) Bar Bad Posters Toronto, Jan. 17.~ The thorities have agreed to he lice to banish all unconvent The campaign is bein conducted, and castom along the frontier have be from Ottawa to beware lest evil design pass through the = eee (Con? in New York from t dent operators, which bas | at not less than $10 a suspension of their agreeme cosl roads, sold in individ es at $9.75 and $9.50 a tor dav. although most sales A further break is looked | dav. The Shamtock TI. is no Jy framed and more than Sir Thomas Lipton arriv barton, Scotland, this moi spect the cup challenger, ¢ plete the arrangements fo ers. cally her. One hundred thousand § have signed. a petition new Swiss tariff and, as tariff will have to be sub ferendum. It je expected i feated, .