NL APS ' _,. i y | VARNISH IT 'WITH KOPAL Is it a Door? Is it a Boat? Is it a Carriage? Is'it a Bath-room? "Is it a Stere front? Is it inside? Is it outside? Is it dull and dingy? VARNISH IT WITH KOPAL _ Kopa/is made as good as a varnish can be. It's for general use. It wears. x SOLD BY . Corbett"s HARDWARE. In Tins, Half Pints, Pints, Quarts, &c. PURE AND WHOLESOME. ONE POUND CAN 26¢ E.W.GILLETT Wires LIMITED TORONTO, ONT. We Are Offering 20 Per Cent. Reductions, On Men's and Boys' Suits. All the latest styles, and makes, and 10 PER CENT ON BOOTS AND SHOES, which are up-to-date in every way. Also a geod stock of - Fine Shirts, Collars, Ties and Summer Hats. We would be pleased to have you inspect these at any time. ISAAC ZACKS, 271 Princess street. Summer Fuel. ---- a ---------- Hardwood Slabs right sound own "mill, Good low price for hot lt Sawn at here our in the city. hody wood, at a They make a quick fire, . meals. Try a load. 8. ANCLIN & CO. | 'Phone, 66. . Wellington and Bay Sts. | w Wm. Murray, Auctioneer 27 BROCK ST.' New Carriages, Cutters, Harness etc., for sale. Sale of Horses every Saturday. i Coprmicet T° You Can Rake The Town Over-- ou can tramp from end go end for better coal than we , and then--not find it. We v good coal when we see it-- what we. buy: we hope then you'll buy what we sell, the. celebrated Plymouth coal==all sizes. R. CRAWFORD Phone, 9. Foot Queen St, i hs The New Westminste} lacrosse team y may lift the Minto cup from the Mon- {real Shamrocks unless the. Irishmen take a decided brace. WHIG, published st 306- Lor hr oor ed TVEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages, pub ns a0 Mond ted. States, char BS «rw iy. ' Attached of the best Job Printing Oe ne, Tots: srvhal "ad chess 7 pine impr » work oved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd Daily Whig. . CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE. The tory organs are bending their energies to alarm the public at the cost of the great national transeon- tinental railway, but strangely enough the people won't alarm. Bor- ddr has made a guess that it . will cost $250,000,000; the Mail, that it will reach nearly' $200,000,000. The organ avérs that Sir Wilfrid thought it would be built for $13,000,000 ! Of course, says the Hamilton Times, Sir Wilfrid's figures were an estimate of the sum the government would invest upon which it would get no direct rental return, and not an estimate of the cost of the road. But perhaps the people refuse to be alarmed because they understand the situation, and know that whatever the cost may be, the amount is not.a loss, but an in- vestment on which we are assured a rental of three per cent. Public in- telligence is what makes the work of the tory orgams in creatifig popular alarm impossible of success, DAILY BRITI no str and moth and caterpillers De- troit trees, which now look as bare as in 'spring time. All sorts - of schemes are used to stay the ravages. Whole avenues of trees are encircled by "tangle-foot"" to besmear the pests so they cannot climb the trees. The tussock are gnawing their way through TORY PRESS -REBUKED. The Winnipeg Tribune thinks it high- that there exists in politics a spirit that makes it almost ly regretable impossible for = governments to act with amy decency or chivalry, Instead of calling for sneers and taunts 'Sir Wilfrid's action deserves the kindliest recognition of his desire to be fair to the minority. We believe that, so far as the premier was personally con: cernedghe never would have caused the Aylesworth bill to be introduced. It was, no doubt, pressed upon him by Mr. ers, Sifton and his Manitoba follow- and reading between 'the lines it is not diflicult to recognize the stren- uous time that Sir Wilfrid has had in ang absolutely declining to implicate their braving this wing of the party A wishes. A. fair and courteous recog- nition by the opposition leader and press of the unpleasant task that the would premier has had to perform make it -much easier to act decently in the future. this : business The 'Why run away that school board 'issue is from' any If the business more need to By appeal failed, the trustees is to be done ?"' was illegal then the fight it to the end. "scooting," the unwisdom. when They were needed the showed to uncover every detail of busi- ness that was to be considered. PRESERVE FORESTS. out by the Canadian that forests constitute a foremost factor in timijger. Europe's forest area is wholly inade- It is pointed Forestry Association Canada's the world's future , supply of quate to the needs of its two hundred and fifteen million people. No portion of Asia except Siberia is. able to fur- nish more than its own requirements, America and Australia little. exporting countries left in the \irica, South can supply I'be only timber world wre: Austro-Hungary, Finland, Russia, the United States Norway, Swe- den, and Canada. . The list will shortly be Finland and Can forests reduced to Sweden, far the are yearly growing 'more timber than The trouble is that considerable areas are destroy- ada So Canadian is being cut from them. ed by fire, hence the Toronto News says in order that the dominion may long continue as one of the two or sources af surplus timber three last the forests must be adequately pro- tected, and cutting must be so done as tor encourage a naw growth to follow that which is removed. ---- These hot days should prove a boon for promulgating the ethies of vege: tarianisms Most people eat too much and it would prove an they meat anyway, agreeable surprise to many if would largely reduce their customary meat ration for an alternate diet of Their coreals, fruit and vegetables physical condition would prove the gainer. ---------------------- TUPPER AND M'BRIDE. The Saturlay Sunset of Vancouver, ass rts that Premier McBride has poli- tically assassinated Sir Charles Hib- bert Tupy er, with the. assent of R. L. Borden. The Times produces reasons why Premier McBride did so, but what ; of British Columlia is must tho electorate | concerned with, is the fact. It he admitted, in view of Mr. Borden's silence, "in ; the rantings of Sam Hughes in Ottawa, in view of the Linfair and despicable campaigih of the Orange Sentivel against Sir Hibbert, in view of all we know on this coast view of gi | certainly | 3.C., remarks that the Victoria Times. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1908, rims . THE WHIG, 75th YEAR| the machinations of the tory party to knife Sir Hibbert, that there must be some truth in the inference drawn by the Times. If Mr. Porden has been a consenting party to the overthrow of Sir Hibbert Tupper, if he has been so. foolish as to listen to the vapor- ings of Sam Hughes, the siren of the Vancouver tory machine, and 'the prattls of the Orange Sentinel, he- is "Inot to be congratulated upon the wis- dom of the counsels to which he has given ear. If Sir Chasles Hibbert Tup- per has been permanently relegated to private life by reason of the pressure which any or all of these elements can exert upon the comsorvative leader, then there is. mighty little hope for improventent at Ottawa by a change of government. figs: Windsor is American in its conduct. It' disregards Canadian law for its street cars are. run, newspapers sold and baseball enjoyed on Sunday. Speak- er Sutherland should seek to have the law he approved in parliament put into effect. ! ------ PROVINCIAL POLICE. Years since the Whig advocated a constabulary, but stood other papers have a The Farmers' Sun re 2 provincial alone. Now vistor at last. marks : "'Un Monday a farmer's wife, living near - Mount Forest, 'was so badly beaten, by a tramp, discovered in the farmer's stable, that she is in a criti~ cal condition and death may follow. The tramp escaped. The Globe makes this incident the occasion for again demanding the organization of a pro- vincial force oi mounted police. 1t is stated that such a ferce, under com- mand of one man, constantly patrol- ling the main highways of the pro- vince, and in hourly touch with head< quartets by telephone, would be. in- finitely more efficient than the present system of county constabulary under divided command. There seems to be good reason for the proposal made by the Globe. Moir, charged with mur- der at London, would hardly have found it possible to remain at large for weeks had a provincial police force been promptly set upon his trail. Again, those who committed murders such as those of Glory Whalen at Collingwood and of the woman near Hamilton would scarcely have escaped' had such a force been in existence a few yeats ago. It would also be available \where alien workmen en- gaged on large public works and armed with kniv®, are a constant menace. Not the least of the services which could be rendered would be dn the enforcement of the law for the re- gulation of automobile traffic, some- thing which is practically impossible under the present system of divided authority." ' -- Mr. Medley should know that a "free lance" on the Board of Education has the*advantage over his fellows, as he is not tied down to policy as are com- mitteemen. Old members would rather be off all committees and be in a posi- tion to attack all reports, in the hope of getting the best results. Fight and stay during sessions are good tactics always. | -------------- WORRY OF TAX OFFICERS The will of the late Grover Cleve land is regarded as a model of its kind. It makes specific Lequest, and provides for the creation of a fund for his five children, which fund is to be way. But the balance of the estate, which goes to Mrs. Cleveland. There is telline what it is, but the assumption is that. it adequatdly for all the wants and comfort of the widow. / The succession tax cannot |} 9/Gom- puted, and some people may be queer administered in a certain there is no revelation touching no provides enough to infer that Mr. Cleveland, with his own handy as a lawyer, pre- would protect the estate in more wa¥s than one. and perhaps growing dislike of the succession dues, or as Mr. Matheson them, "the robbery of the dead." The may migs the tax of the state, but it has to ke a pret- pared a will that There is a continued once described large estates not ty large one which can sive to putlic without isitle effects. The legislation that was once regard- institutions ed in a hostile way is becoming very general. It is 5 feature of most of the civilized countries. The that those who did not use some of their concensus of opinion is large incomes in benevolent service during life shall indirectly provide for it after "death. is to what extent when men, Jike Cleveland, make no direct reference to The "question their es- tates and leave no clue for the Jaw officers to work upon. they are getting down to business in the American elections, says the Montreal Herald. The great gemocra-- tic editor, Col. Watterson; .a writing about the kind of spirit "that binds men and wins battles even with peb- bles against mail-clad -giants, though hell should belch forth and: Satan bar the way." pretty hot stuff for 'the July. millionaires That 1s middle of I ---------------- THE SIXTEEN YEAR LIMIT. : The senate amendment reducing the lage limit in the anti-tobaceo bill {from eighteen to sixteen years, goesa i long way towards making the mea- sure effective, says the Montreal Star. {It is to be. hoped that the commons will accept this amendment, and so multiply. the chances that the bill | will be enforced by the pelice. Under "the conditions that ~ prevail oun this continent a youth is mo longer a child--as 8 rule--at eighteen, and pub- io opinion will got sapport a law which will discriminate against the Jad of that gge who is earning hisliv- ing while permifting his "'chum" of 'hineteen or twenty to do what he ) "This bill, it" should "Je recognized, is not intended to -discouragé: cigarette smoking by adults, and only to pre vent the disgusting apd degenerate spectacle-.of . boys apeing their elders in' this * partieular way. Uigarette smoking is bad for boys, whatever it may ~ befoemen; and wise parents forbid their children to indulge ip the habit, The state merely desires to support the "command of the wise parent by making it difficult for dis- obedient boys to violate the injune- tion on ile public streets. It is not much; but, such is boy nature, it will probably prevent a lot of cigarette smoking if the precocious fellows who look that way can be kept from par- ading their . faneied "sign of man- hood"! where people can see them. "But to attempt: to apply this rule to young men of eighteen is to risk the "reductio ad absurdum."'.' "The wise parent does not issue commands in such matters to. 'sons of eighteen; he offers kindly . advice. Sixteen _is surely as high as the state can ven- ture to assume that the 'command' rule lasts in the average case. At sixteen, the majority of boys are still boys; at eighteen the majority 'have become young men. At all | events the police canngt be depended upon to enforce such a "law against eighteen-year-old . lads; while they might be spurred up to keep sixteen- year-olds within its provision. Those who really wish to see (the new bill accomplish something more than an- other failure in anti-cigarette legisla- tion, should vote for the, sixteen-year limit. ITS 'POSITION SOUND.. The Otidfellows' Relief Association, the tory. most successful year in its his- Its membership has advenced greatly, its funds gre; well and its financial * position is notwithstanding the recent financial and insuranc\*atress.- A study of this fraternal *insurRmgee association shows it to be one of Be\very strongest on the continent, and out a peer. Its position is like granite, and this is due to its strong board of directors and to tlie reat care exercised hy its officers and advisors in accepting risks and investing its funds. (Its board is composed of leading men from east to west, and all are of strong business ability, - Year 'by year the Oddfellows' Relief Assovintidn has been guarding itsell against 'bad risks, and at, yes terday's annual 'meeting more stric- tures were. added. The suicide clause is 'also-a wise addition to its In the west the association is increas- invested, strong, ing in strength and membership. Long may it continue to he a power for good as a fraternal insurance organ- ization, EDITORIAL NOTES. Admiral 'Cowles, though a presi- chance to fly the ensign ol his rank on the retired list. That is during the Quebec celebration. before 'he goes This "back-to-the-lapd'"' movement is very perceptible during the present week: Tn fact by the way poople are going back both to the land and the water, it would appear man was orig- inally amphibious. > The United States government re- port for July presents figures from whidh to gather the just hope of an enormous crop this year. The experts in wheat look for an increase of 30.- 000,600 bushels over the huge crop of last year and the estimade of oats is for not less that 180,000,000 bushels gain. The corn harvest, which is re- cognized as the greatest among grain staples, is estimated at an increase of 200,000,000 bushels over last year, 'or a tetal preduction ef nearly 4,000,- 000,000,000-hushels. It is the . rule that when the staple crops are good all the rest share in, that state of prosperity, so that hay, buckwheat, flax and the rest stand well up in the promise of the season. Railway Loss By Bush Fires. Montreal, July 16.--It. was stated at the Intercolonial offices that the losses of the government road through the recent Lig forest fires in this pro- vince were much. heavier than at first estimated.' and that they would prob- ably exceed $75,000. Eighty freight cars, worth: from six to seven hun- dred dollars * apiece, were burned up, while - two handsome new stations were complétely. destroyed, with freight" shed, etc., and copsiderable damage was done to the telegraph poles amd wires, for a long distance along the/tr, Alexander "Sexsmith, aged fourteen, was drowned near Farraday, Ont. Black Walch which met here yesterday; has closed | dent's brother-in-law, gets but a'single | LAURIER * GOVERNMENT Some 'of the, Most Conspicuous | Achievements of the Liberal in Ability, Toronto Globe. For. twelve years the affairs of the Dominion of Canadas hdve been' en- trusted to the care and management of Sir Wilirid Laurier and his col feagues in the liberal ministry. Dur- ing that interval much - hag taken place that will form part of their ad- ministrative and legislative record; hut all that is practicable here is a very' 1 view of what they have accomplished. Sir Wilirid took office in 1896, after a long period of con- tinuous conservative rule r Sir John Macdonald, J. J. C. Abbeit, Sir John Thompson, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Sir Charles Tupper. Their regime began in 1878 and lasted eigh- teen years. Most of it was of a trou- bled character, owing mainly to the' errors, or worse, of t er. Long before it disappeared from the scene it had lost all wedit with the country and had become a victim to 'internal dissention.and intrigue. Sir Wilirid Laurier adopted the plan of calling to his cabinet , leading statesmen from the different provinces who had not been members of the do- minion parliament. He selected Sir Oliver Mowat, who had been for néar- ly a quarter of a céntury the premier of Ontario; A. G. Blair, who had been for almost half that time premier of New Brunswick, and W. 8, Fielding, who had held for a considerable time his other colleagues, L. H. Davies had been more than once premier of Prince Fdward Island, R. W. Scott had held office both in Ontario and in the do- minion, and Sid Richard Cartwright had been finance minister of Canada. + It was commonly and justly regard- ed as a cabinet of notables, for it contained also able men who had nev- er previously held office : J. 1. Tarte. W. Paterson, and Sydney Fisher. Of the men who have at various times been associated with Sir Wilirid in the ministry, Sir Oliver Mowat, Mr. Blair, Mr. Tarte, David Mills, R. R. Dobell. R. Prefontaine, and James Suther- land have been removed hv death, but their places have from time to time | been taken by others who have proved | worthy successors. The liberal minis. | try is still strong in ability, experi- ence, "and cohesion. The most conspicuous achievements of the Laurier regime have been the ' Fielding - tariff, the National Trans- | continental railway, the development lof the west, and the great advance made' by Canada toward a quasi-na- tional status in her relations to the empire and to foreign countries. The first tarifi, adopted eleven years ago, | proved a phenomenally successful re- | venue-producer, and it has continued to beso under its various modifica- tions. "Jt - was adopted - after a thorough study of the industrial con- | ditions of the country, and experience | has shown « that it comes nearer any previous Canadian tariff to the happy mean between absolute free trade and extreme protection. No matter how the personal atlministrations may change the Fielding tarifi is quite certain to remetin the fiscal system of the country for many years to come. TRe National Transcontinental rail- way is in a very special sense the premieér's _peisonal monument. Its inauguration was largely due to his personal courage and breadth of view, and with its progress and usefulness his pame will always be closely asso- ciated. The appearance of Clifford Nifton on the scene at Ottawa as minister of the interior was the sig- nal for the adoption of the bold and intelligent policy to which the pre- sént development of the west has been mainly due. Instead of hanging like {a dead weight about the on of the dominion, it has entered on a period | of evolution rapid in its progress and likely to be permanent in its charac- ter. ;, On the enhanced reputation and in- creased influence of the ' dominion, both within and without the British empire, it is unnecessary to dwell. It has been due in part to the increasing rapid development of the country, but in part also to the personality of the premier as displayed in the two colonial conferences and during his visits to London and Paris. He is, fortunately, a distinguished orator in both French and English, and he has been regarded quite naturally as typi- fying.in hig own opinions and aspira- tions the two races that make up the overwhelming majority of the people tof Canada. On the lengthening roll 1 Canadian premiers his will long be one of the most conspicuous names, Heat proktrates the nerves. In the summer one needs a tonic to off-set the customary hot weather Nerve and Strength depression. You will feel better withn forty-eight hours : after heginning to take such a remedy as iDr. Shoop's Restorative. Its prompt action in restoring the weakened nerves is surprising. Of course; you won't get entirely strong in a fow days, but each day you can actually feel the improvement. That tired, liféless, spiritless, feeling will quickly depart when using the Reslorative. Dr. Shoop's Restorative will sharpen a failing appetite; it aids digestion; it will strengthen the weakened. Kidneys and. Heart by simply rebuilding the worn-out nerves that these organs de-' pend upon. Test it a few days and be covineed. Sald hy nll dArnogists, Mrs. K. R. Otis, of Cleveland, driv- ing a sixty-horse power automobile, on Monday, beat the Clevelard-Bufial, record, held by a man. Her time for the distance .of 200 miles was six hours and tem minutes. The finest leaves: from Ceylon: tea plantations are contained in "Sa- lada" Tea. It is packed in sealed lead packets to preserve its delicious flavor and aroma. Sold by all grocers: never by peddlers, or in bulk, Twenty-five thousand people . recent. Iv turned out at Philadeirhia to ses Rughe - Waddell pitth for St. Louis. Waddell .won his game. Tf vou are tired taking the larce, {old-fashioned griping "pills, try Car- ter's Little Liver Pills and take some comfort, | A. man can't. stand every- thing.. One pill @ dose. Try them. +. Party--Ministry Still Strong : party in ow 4 the same positiop. in Nova Scotia. Of |. Summer comfort in Underwear can be obtained only from Underwear that fits. € Our Underwear is cofrect ly made and it does' fit, We can 'fit any shape of man that comes to us. ' ° : : Men's Thin Underwear Just four words will tell it. 'Best for the money," French Balbriggan, Lisle, Gauze, Wo ol, Nainsook, ete.; 25¢., 40¢., 50c., 75c., $1 a garment. : . , Try Nainsook Thin Underwear, "B. V. D, Brand," Short Sleeve, Knee Length' Trouser, 75¢. a garment. y Balbriggan, Shert or Full Sleeve, Knee Lengths; 50c. a | pT Boating Sweaters Try Our Short Sleeve, Low Neck Boating Sweaters, 'Mater- ials Fine All Wool, Cashmere 75¢c. AL ll te THE H. D. BIBBY 80. *n. CEOEOOLOCEEREEEEEEREICEOEECEEREEREREEREEEE Beautify Your Home ; meee WITH : . Varnish Stain. We sell the kind that gives hard, durable, and lustrous finish: Can be used for re- finishing everything about the home. . TRY A CAN. McKELVEY & BIRCH, 69-71 Brock St 00000CO0000000000CT PROP IRNEEEIREEIORE OT] d ' BROCKYILLE, » ONT. Headmaster Rev. F. G. Orchard, M.A., Camb., (Eng.) Classi- cal Honours an English Boarding School, for Beys. - English Masters (Graduates). For the third time in six Years Bt. Alban's gaing FIRST PLACE at entrance to R.M.C,, Kingston, June, 1908, $100 Scholarship at McGill. SNe 1st prize in Roman Law at McGill. 1st prizo in French 1st year at McGill, 1st prize in German 1st year at McGill Schoo! re-opens on Sept. 16th. 1908. For prospectus, book «f apply to THE HEADMAST ER. Other Success, in 1908, Ra etc. Givls'Shoes and Slippers In Dongola Xid and Patent we . An Leather Strap and Laced, with AF Heel or Spring Heel, light and $1.25 & $1.50 Wa ---------------- b Wedding Gifts Something very ap- propriate for a gift to the Bride is a mice piece of Silver-Plate, some- thing you can 'depend on. : We have a nice asd At $1.25. & 7 - ; Tan Canvas: Shoes, Girls and Mi u At 85c. and $1.00 H. JENNINGS, King St. ZEEE ERIE IEBERRR YI COAL! The sudden in weather ought to suggest wisdom of putting in some good coal. We sell Coal, t's Lhe kind that sen: out the most heat, and makes the home comfortable; it's » and Kinnear & d'Esterre the. bes. moter 'ean_buy. We deliver it to a Jewellers. without, alate, at Py 100 Princess St., King- prices, v ston, | . Booth & CoO. 'Phomne 133.. Foot of West St. sive pleces we might mention ¢ ' Berry Spoomj Berry Forks, Pie Knife, Jelly Spoon, Cold Meat Fork.