©THE GY BUILDINGS HOW KINGSTON CAME TO ERECT THEM. { Laying of the Corner Stone--The Governor-General, Sir Charles 2! Metgalfe, Took "Part in the Great' + Cefemony--Buildings Finished in 1844. As the city. buildings are -at present mug + diseassion on account of thie. 'destruction of the «dome by fire on July 24th, a description of them by one who" was gonyersant with their .con- struction, and who was present at the time the ¢drperstonie was laid will be very "interes BT he following arti- cle Was written 'twenty-five years ago for the Whig on the occasion of it's jubilee, . i has been the wonder of the most: wicgquainted with all the cir- cumstances, how Kingston came to erect a public building of such magnifi- cent proportions as that which it pos- sSesses. . Ju Was gertainly been in advance of the city's requirements; at the time of its erection it was the finest struc- ture of the kind in Canada. I have heard this statement made, and I have no reason to dowbt it. First let it be remembered that in 1840 the necessity arose ; for news market buildings. In 1841 Lord Sydenham, the new gover- nor-general, and the best friend Kings ton ever had: in the gubernatorial office, said that to his mind this was the place for the séat*of government, and the eouncil again took up the project of a public building with great life anc energy. iM wa rno longer contented with a small ideds The members of jt had yisions gf fatgre greatness. They decided. 1g eregt a*building large eriough to. contain two halls 100 ft. long by oft. wide and 20 ft. high. offices for tne mayor, the Clerk, (reasurer, sur veyor, assessor, two committee rooms, quarters for custom house and post office, public Station, eft. It was. des cided to have a wing containing stalls for the butchers and hucksters. he Confmercial bank was notified that the council had decided to commence build ing, and that £7,000 would be wanted at once for the purpose. The bank did not fake as kingly to the scheme asi was expected to do, and rather than renew the application for a' loan on motion of councillors Rose and [hur- kell (Rose is still living and the county registrar) the mayor was provic the necessary authority to borrow, London, $20,000 eri corporation secur: itiess In Mawchy 3843, Mr. Counter re turned %o- his home and got a cordial welcome He Kad * been successful in floating a loan of £20,000. In the 'same month of the same year, June, 1843, the contracts for the build- ing 'was let "as follows : James Milner, masonry, £7,768; & J. Fisher and "T. C. Pidgeon, carpentry, £5,581; Wil- liam Filey, plastering, £975; Thomas Healey, painting and glazing, £558; Ww vy, iron work, £475; J. H. 1 owsend, plumbing, £1,052 Is. Davy and Town- send failed to go on with the work. and their respective contracts were given to James Skinner and Thomas Overend. In the winter of 1844 the building was completed and ready for occupation. It was offered for use, gratuitously, for government and part- liamentary. purposes and declined, There was no help for it but to make the pest Of the situation. tlhe mmperiap parliament made up somewhat for the loss the town sustained by the removal ot parhiament, but there was yet a terrible financial stringency and a pain- ful goneness about the town Few will remember the public build- ing as it was occupied in 1845 and 1846. The two ends of the mam structure--the present quarters of the manager, of the bank of Rritish North America and the city solicitor's office-- were devoted to saloons, and a' pros perous trade they ran The bank's general office was the customs house and the present police court room was the post office, afterwards the firemen's hall [he mechanics' institute was lo cated up under the dome, in the room occupied in latter years by an orange lodge, one of the hrst organized in the town. Ontario hall was to be the mer chants' exchange, but so far as 1 can remember it was not put to that use For a long time it was-leased by the free church, and, when it removed, by A. & D. Shaw as a wholesale dry-goods Bouse. The news room was in the de- en- m partment now tenanted by the city I'he mayor's office was in the council chamber until Overton S. Gil dersleeve. became mayor and fitted up the "little corner in which his worship himself for an hour I'he basement of the gular hee hive. Every front and ends men Cooper, gincer is supposed to hide or SO ¢ ach day building was a department on used by busine lawyer. had his office where the station and the police station in the department now used by police as a billiard parlor Phe shambles of 1844 ran to within about 20 feet of the east side pavement on King street. The end of them was higher tian the nmittddle, and was creste d bv a tower in which was a clock. Down the centre. as now, ran a wide passage on either With entrance off King street 'were stores. That om the south side was at first occupied by John Meagher 1 drug store. Jie was suc ceeded by Dr. Robinson who founded the city book of which John Creighton was for a time the manager afterwards the proprietor. Overhead was the apartment occupied for a season by St. Patrick's society as a read ing room, anl then by Lightfoot the printer and the Argus office On the Brock street side Mr. C. MeMillan had, on the second floor his auction rooms, and in the second flat a small theatre when McMillan retired Linton and Bartlett engaged the auction rooms, and retained them until Lipton removed to its corner now occupied by the Ocean Rest of space occupied by was he the police wa 18, the side 1s Store saloon butchers 1 promised to tell you about the time we had when the corner stone of the city buildings was laid. It day for Kingston. The governor-gen eral lived here then and he was induced to take a hand in the proceedings and give them eclar. Tt was originally in tended that the ceremony should take place on May 24th in connection with | the celebration of the queen's birthday. | but the death of Sir Charles Bagot | necessitated the postponement of it The weather was. beastly The rains with which the 'day opened had ceased. | but there was a very disagreeable mist | and it kept the ladigp< ar™ home \ stand. that had beer built expressly for | them, was. taken possession of by the ruder sex: by the way, they mounted all stands fences and roofs, and every point of vantage At 12 o'clock the ' a led with was a great | | compariied him up King street to Narious «public and. natipnal sacietigs ri in on Su 6d town hall, 'King street. They were arranged by Henry Smith, jr., M.P.P., chief marshal, ac- cording to the following <programme; Police, mechanics' institution, hook and ladder company, fire company, band, St. George's Society, St. Patrick's society, St. Andrew's society, militia officers (in uniform), citizens (by fours), members of the medical profession, members of the bar, the clergy (in their robes), the istracy, the architect; overseer of "works, the builders, officers of the com- bmen council, the common council, his worship the mayor, the sheriff, major- oi Sir Richard Armstrong and the garrisof staff, his excellency the gov- ernor-general, Sir Charles Metcalfe and suite, guard of honor, consisting of Frontenac dragoons. The procession marched up King strect to the town line, near Stuart's Point, and halted to await the arrival of the governor-general. The mayor and sheriff had previously 29 a 3Q, the government house (Al- Rg, 1¥ m his worship's carriage to intimate #thé arrangements. |Not long after the Sate carriage, drawh by four bays, made its appearance, éscorted by a detaghment 9 the Fronitnace dn goans. under Lieut. Muttichury ang eantothing his excellency and suite, and the garrison staff remained an Vhorsébaek. The strects from fhe new building a long distance up King street were lined by the Royal Welsh fusileers, through whem the procession marched to hed of the band of that regi- ment. : Tire companies, particularly in their new dress, made a most credit- able appearance. Wien the head of the procession arrived near the cast cor- ner of the pew city hall, at the inter- section' of Brock and Ontario streets, the ranks opened and the governor- general, Gen. Armstrong, their suites, the mil} ¢ officers; the mayor and cou 1 Bnei. the clergy and the bar REY ougn" 10 the Corner stons. His excellency then took his station at the head of the stone between the mayor and sheriff, with the other gentlemen grouped around him. A guard of hon- or was prowided by the 23rd regiment. | here-gwas a fusilade of artillery, ihe playiligh Bf Buds and the waving of the royal standard all the time the cere- mony wasidn progress, "God Save the Queen, heing given as corn, wine and oil were poured upon the stone; and wheg. the governor. had finished the vorkgassigned to him there was great chesrilig. Perhaps you would like to know what was put into the cavity of that corner stone? A parchment roll contammng o seventh, gighthy and ninth verses of Job xii, mm Greek, Latin, English, Weish, Inshy and French; a parch- ment goll .coptaining the names of the legisTh gd uncil and its officers; a statepgest of the objects of St. George's society and a list of its officers 105 4 A843... dogether with a copy of the constitution of the society; smm- ilar. statements from St. Andrew's and St. Patrick's societies and from the bokird '6f trade; statements from the Kingston mechanics' institute, volunteer fire company No. 1, hook and ladder company; a paper containing the name of tne high. sheriff of the midland dis- trict, with the seal of his office; a copy of the West Canada almanac; copies of the Canadian Gasette, Chronicle gnd Gagensy Nwigston Herald, DRITISH Wai, News, Statesman, and Canadian Loyahst; programme of the procession at the céremony of laying the corner stone ; "vinipressfons of the great and office seals of the corporation Of the ills of exchange of the Commer- ank; Commercial bank notes; bills of exchange of the bank of British North America; debentures of the cor- poratiof of the city of Kingston; a silk purse containing a. sovereign of Queen ¥Yictona; a nalt sovereign, Of Queen Victoria; a crown of King Wil ham. JV.; a half crown of the same king; 'a shilling of Queen Victoria; a sixpense of Queen victoria; a silver groat af Queen Victoria; a silver groat of King, William IV.; a silver three halfpense of Queen Victoria; an Am- erican, silver halfdime; a penny of King Wilkam 1V.; halipense ot King George | II, George Ill, George IV. William (IV. ; copper medal of the Duke of Wel | imgton; "halipetise ,of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia; a Lower Eangdian deux sous piece, an American ent. 'Enough stuff to start a curiosity shop utter the | whe placed a brass plate was let in the | stone, smd on this plate were put the following imscriptions: On the obverse, "On this, the faith day of June, in the year of Our: Lord, 1843, and in the sixth yearvvof, the reign of Queen Victoria, tis Exceleney the Right Hon. Sir C | I'heophitus Metcalf, Bart, G.CB., Gov ernpr-Gengrul of British North Ameri | ca, laid!' the first stone of this building, | undertaken hy the common council | Kingston, for, the public accommoda | tin and ompament of the eity. Architeci | George Brown; contractor Jos Milner, | Robey, Fisher, James Fisher, Thomas {| C. Pidgean, Witham Filey, James Skin juer, fnomas lHeaie and joseph Ht lownsend. On reverse, 'John 1 unter: "mil r: aldermen, Henry W | Benson! Wdward Noble, Joseph Thir Kel, John. Macdonald; alderman James Williamson and common coun oilman Roderick M. Rose in 1842; commogiccountiimen Samuel Phippen, JUN ad. UGICE, Jona dtuart, K ert Anglin; solicitor, Thomas) Kirkpatrick; clerk 'of: tommon council, Francis M Hill; treasurer, James J. Burrowes; high bailiff, Samuel Shaw; city survey or, Richard Brassington; George Clark; collector, Andrew Mayne A.D. 1843." In the top face of the cor- ner stone a hole was made about eight inches an diameter and three inches dee As there was nothing apparently to put in this hole no little curiosity was ex- leited to know "what it was for." It was understood, however, that it was a custom on. similar occasions that the in dividual who perforins the ceremony of laying , she corner' stone bestows "lar- £ESs On the WOrK pe Wie employed abut the building. His Excellency, with his usual liberality, contributed more than sufficient to fill the hole with the précious coin of the realm It will be observed that this custom no longer pre- cavity mm which the bOX 1¢ Assessor, | vails After the stone 'was laid the proces- sion redpencd and the governor-gen- eral proceeded on foot between the two lines, along Ontario street to Princess, and up that street tu King street and then to Brock street, each society or msntaton 1h succession cheermg him as he passed along. At Brock street he again got .into his carriage and the procession formed, as at the first, ac tooR \ limits of the town, where they leave of the governor-general and shaw was over. In the evening, I be heve, there was a great jubilation at the British American hotel, when the flow 'of speech and wine was pretty steady until a most tifffeasonable hour Crushed hats were got fashionable in anstance. - Frank was the city surveyor. the} those days, but they were a great many of them in use the next day. And do you know that the civic offi- cials are not half so eccentric or frolic- somi¢ those ,whe reigned in former days. ere was Frank Weymes for He didn't know anymore about a theo- dolite than I do, but that didn't prevent him laying out the town according to a plan of his own, and a plan, by the same token, which, in after 'years, broke the hearts of every one who had to do with it. But Frank had a keen sense of honor ¢r humour and js credited with having fought a duel i» the lane behind Allen's, off Brock street. He didn't kill his opponent, because. his pistol was loaded with blank "cartridge, but he thought he had put an ounce of jead where another man's Dram was supposed to be, and rade himself an invisible quantity for several days. CEASELESS WHIRL. Man Swings Hammer For Twelve Hours. London, Aug. 1.--Arthur Lancaster, at the Crystal Palace, on Thursday, ae- complished : somethingthat had' néver been even attempted "before since the world began. He swung an eight-pound blacksmith's hammer for twelve hours without a moment's rest. Lancaster was to have competed in a test of endurance against a Frenchman, but. the latter did not keep his engage- ment, so the Englishman began his task alond. Never, surely, has' a feat of endurance been carried out under such depressing sonditions. On a small stage in 6 a darkened room, lighted only by foot- lighis, a pale-faced man of 25, stripped to the waist and wearing flannel trou- and white boots; stood resting easily on the handle of a sledge-ham- mer. Two other men were present as wit- nesses, and when at 9 am. precisely the word to start was given Lancaster swung 'his hammer round his head, and for twelve hours that eight pounds of metal continuously cleaved the air. Round and round, backward and for- ward, one--two--three! No cheering strains from an orches- tra Lancaster; not even the tinkle of a piano helped to relieve the dreadful monotony. People dropped in by twos and threes, but the insuffer- able sameness soon drove, them out again Occasionally Lancaster's attendant would cause a welcome break by sup- plying him a glass of milk--he drank eight during the twelve hours; or inch-square egg sandwich--he consumed a dozen in all; or a few cold boiled green peas--he ate a hand- ful during the day; or an oat- meal biscuit--he munched altogether twelve of these But directly these interruptions were over Lancaster, who had continued swinging the hammer with one hand, would resume his double-handed swinging. and round, backward and forward, one-- two--three! Lancaster told an Express represen- tative that he is considered to possess the strongest forearm and wrist of any one living. He must also possess one of 'the strongest brains of any. His performance was as much a triumph mentally as physically One's first impressions of Lancaster, as his arms revolved dn his immovable body, were of interest in his splendid muscular development. Then the spokes of thie wheel, formed by the 'quick revo- lution of the hammer handle, which Sers assisted an | Round | i Gold in : Buwilight Several members of the (Lnadian Alpine Club, amongst the number Miss Helen Muckleston, lately made the ascent of Rogers" Peak, an alti tude of 10,536. 1t.was a two davs' climb, one night \being spent at -a C.P.l: hut, at the timber line on the southern slope of the mountain. Swiss guides had charge of the party. The ladies all wore puttees, knickerbockers and Short coats. This item is a very interesting one for Kingstonians as the intrepid voung climber is a some- time Kingston girl. " - a. Mr. and Mrs. William Newlands an- nounce the engagement of their eld- est daughter, Frances Coverdale, to Dy! "Hugh Auchincloss, of New: York, Miss Newlands is expected home from New York next 'week, , -_ oo Among the many camps near Gan- anoque is that on Little Stave Island, Lake Fleet group, of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Bowen, of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eatimer, of New York, with their guests, Mrs. Gilbert G. Johnston and little daughter, of To- ronto, Miss Ella® LeBlanc, of Brook- lyn, and Mr. Henry McMeans, of sew York, who are spending the month with them. -_ ee we Miss Amy Odell, visiting Me. and Mrs. George Kirkpatrick, Brock street, has returned (to Ottawa. Miss Alice Newlands, Bagot street returned from Oitawa, on Wednesday last. i Mrs. W. J. Ross and son; Jack, of CGlayton,- N.Y., returned home after spendifig pn week with 'Misses Annie and L. Joyner, 129 Union street west. Miss Nora Featherstone, nurse in the Sisters' hospital, Watertown, has re- turned {ou her duties after spending a two weeks' vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Feather- stone, Taylor. > Miss Eleanor Creighton, of Toronto, is with her sister, Mrs. W. Newlands, 117 Bagot street, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. William McLeod, of Baltimore, who have been visiting with Mr. McLeod's parents in 'I'oronto passed through the city this week on a tour of the islands. Miss Agn@s "Magee, of" Winnipeg, Man., and her aunt, Mrs. William Hanes, of Newburgh, have been 'visit- ing - with friends in Kingston for the past week. - - > - Mrs. Bissell, of Kingston, and Miss Grace Newlands, of Bufialo. are vis iting Mrs. R. B. Moore, Big Creek, North Fredericksburg Misses Kathleen and ald. of Kingston. are guests of and Mrs. A. MeNally, of Westport. Mrs. J: W. Wills and son, Prescott, are in Kingston on a two weeks' visit among friends. The Ret. and Mrs. Gébrges MeArthur, of Kingston. spent a couple of days this week the guest of Mr. and. Mrs. MeDon- Mr. Agnes continually chased but never caught, each other, irritated the eye. Later one found one's self muttering poetry to the | time set by the solitary man on the stage. This was followed by the bab bling of nonsense rhymes, be suc- | | to of cold water on the head. Round and found, backward and forward, two--three! The moods changed quickly The | thing was maddening. One closed one's | hands spasmodically. It was then time | to leave that darkened room to see { distraction. The Nonconformist Choral | Union singing another part of the building bug wl ening to them one's were inevitably drawn to the Man with the Iron Hand. Round | and round, backward and forward, one --two--three! | At half-past | broke over the flashes of ot was { | thoughts 8 a terrific thunderstorm Crystal Palace Vivid | illuminated faces of | the 300 people who had com | ish. Terrible peals of shook the buildidk. But' Lanca that he saw or heard : At five minutes to 9; when the ham mer had travelled nearly 150 miles and Lancaster calculated he lifted more phan 150 tons, h stepped | trom tl wings off th minute "One--tw three--tour "Crash!" 1 hamme the boards and Lancasl quick bow 1 ( . while the spectators stormed the plat torm to test thé genmneness ot the d. they the world's to sec thunder ster | the fit no s had manager ed appeared cheers hammer Satist another look at hammer swi Then they mo out inte the night still partly dazed with that dreadtnl hammering in their hbrainsk Round and rouna, backward and rorward, one two--three Land Valuation In Victoria. Melbourne, Aug. 1.--A all being introduced by the Victorian ment providing for the valuation all land on the basis of improved and wnimproved Aalue A "ew valuaticn department will be established The Jill empowers the government to re sume land in where the contends that the valuer-general's val- uation is excessive, the government paying the=xalpe which the says is toq.great. ---- is govern of owner cases Rideau Lakes And Ottawa. Rideau King and Queer leave for Ottawh, Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- dav and Saturday. at 6 a.m., and for (lavton, N.Y., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 615 p.m. | James Swift & Co., Agents. > It Has Stood. The test of twenty vears Kingston, the old reliable "Oriental | Mixture," the finest blend of China | India and Ceylon tea in lead foil | packets only, 40c.~and 50c. per Ib. Henderson's grocery. | The indications date are that] marnings of the United States Steel for the month of July will iran clos» to] $2,000,000. Jf they are within $500,000] of that figure they will be the largest sales in to ae Ge. monthly eirnings of the current vear. of Hc. tape girdle corsets, New York Dress Reform. one-- | | The street, Bi aa: . visiting with her naronts, | . | | clamored for | champion | | 1 | owner | {J. A. Fleming, of Prescott. .- . Canon Starr, after a delightful tour of the British Isles and the continent, or lis again in his much-beloved city. He torture of the dripping | looks well. De. James Third and wife, after a hree months' stay in Britain, reached home yesterday. "Rov. Alired Bright and wife ar- vesterday, from St. John's, to spend a couple of Aecks with Bright's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Portsmouth, before leaving home Ingersoll. o> > McKelvey ard son, Jack, enoyving a month's and Mrs. Ciltert Faustin, Que r rived, N.B; Mrs. Dennison, for their in .- Mr. who outing Johnsten, at turn home to-night Miss Vene Wood, trained nnrse. with Mrs. R. Reynclds, Nelson the past months, left Winniveu A. Holland R. J have with . heen Mr St her sister, for for A two to-day, Misuse has be 100 ,Ord- past month, who mn street, for the re- to Montieal Thursday - . "Walt Beatriey Mi | nance turned on Murch and Murch, of To 'W. J. Chap Mr Mis visiting My haby and and ronto, are man, Queen M: Gilbert and Miss Johnston, Montreal, will bes with Mrs R. J. MeKelvey, Bagot early date My. Elden the city Miss LL. A! Sinélair," who ha { the guest-of Mr, and Mrs. H.. Snelling, { Division for the past month, | has left for her home jn Montreal | Mes. Frederick Horton and baby, of "Maplehurst," spent. the week-end with Queen street stree lohnston treet at an Code, B.Se, is a visitor mn heen street, Ingersoll, Mrs. W. J. - oo» - ) James Shibley and daughter, Gladys, of Bath, have return d home {aboot spending the week with the Rev Mr. and Mes, Shibley, Alert street. Miss Phyllis Caines, Farl street, re turned to-day, after a pleasant visit in New York. Mr. J.-H. | few days for is to leave in a New- for Birkett his old home in has \rot seen i faundland, which he { thirty years. > Mr. E: C, Mitchell, of London, is in the' city to see his family. - - - Mrs. Joseph Albree, Pittsburg, Pa., is in the city visiting her son, Mr. F. W. Albree. Mrs. R. Uglow and Mrs. F. Phillips and daughters, and daughter have | gone for an.outing at Hay Islend. Miss Florence Elliott, .Barrie, street, is back from her visit to Detroit and | Toronto. Dean and Mrs. Farthing will leave on Monday, for a month's vacation. Miss Olive Boyd, University avenue, is going to Ottawa, next week. Rev. T. Etheringten, of Hamilton, is again enoying holidays at his old home here. St. James' Club excursion, Mondav evening. Two hours' sail among Ad- miralty Group. Band and refresh ments. YE Steamer America, 7.30 sharp.« Chapman,' | dress J. D. Loudon and E. J. Lyon, 5 PITH OF THE NEWS. Te yh Over The World: : J. B. Caouette, Quekes,.is the post office inspector {9c the (etec division. SAL Arthur Brothey, Ottawa, is to be secretary of state. : William . H. Bartram, a welbknown' attorney, of London, Ont, hag been arrested charged with mis appropria- tion of funds. Ta To help stop the selling "of news print paper at secret rates the article 1s now 'to be auctioned periodically in New York in carlpad lots, President Roosevelt has established a sixty-foot zone all along the Mexi- can border, on which no 'house may he. built. This is to help prevent smug- gling Asiafics. : Jean Louis Riel, only surviving son. of the latc Louis Riel, is dead ir nipez. Mr. Riel married Miss NM, L. Cassault, sister of Jules Cassault, of ehec. " Owing to the improvements in his health Lord Roberts' has "decided to proceed to Ottawa to-morfow. He will go up by special train over the C.P. railway. . . Cameron Stanton, Ottawa; has been selegted as assistant deputy minister of the department of marine and fish- cries. Lucien Bance, of Otfawag to be a chiel clerk in the department" Louis Cous'neau, unsuc#®sstul cendi- date for Ottawa county, in Queles has. deposited $1,000, and protestel the election of F. Gendron, M.D. I'. He makes some 200 charges against his opponent. The management National ~ exhibition engage the Citizens' band; of Win "oy Man. . 'this band Will come to Toronto thirty-five strong. "They will be in charge of Dr. AW. Bell;. for merly istant manager of the to ronto Exhibition and at present man ager of the Winnipeg Exhibition. Miller, aged about thirty vears, and unmarried, was fatally in- jured while working on a threshing machine on the farm, of Jacob Miller, near St. Anne's, on Friday evening. Miller was on top of the machine and accidentally stepped into the feeder. His leg was pulled off at the hip, and he died spon afterwards. of the Canadian has decided to George Bey J W Chicago, Aug. 1.--The | twenty-first serious dyna- miting within a yeéar oc- curred on Friday 'when 'a newspaper building was partially wrecked by a bomb. The building was not finished and the con® EXE ¥: Ph The Very Latest Culléd From All | chief clerk in the 'department of the} CANADIAN NATIONAL Aug. 29 EXHIBITI N TORON N . Sept. 14 TO EveryProvince Sends Its Products - - THE SI SUPERIOR Greatest and BestAended Annual Exhibition in all the Worl $100,000.00 Prizesand Attractions ; Grand Art Loan Collection From the Paris Salon and other Old-World International Military Tattoo and Realistic EGE OF SEBASTOPOL VAUDEVILLE. PERFORMANCE 0,000 LIVE STOCK ON VIEW Mammoth Massed Band CHEAP FARES FROM BYERYWHERE $1.50, 1.7 to 4.00. ORE WHITE GOODS | Now White Cotton Repp. and Linen Skirts, 5, 2.25, 2.75, 3.00 up to 7.50. Néw White Linen Coats, $3.75 and 5,50. New White and Fancy Costumes. New White Embroideréd Underskirts. New White, Black, and. Colored Heather- bloom Taffeta Underskirts. New Golf Jackets, White and Colors, $1.75 r Great cut price sale of High-Olass Sum- mer Waists still on. See them. 333% off. David M, Spence, The Leading Millinery Store, 119 Princess St. EEE tractors have been having trouble with labor unions. * BOTH MEASURES ARE LOW. The House of Lords Did Not In- sist on Amendments. London, Aug. 1.--On motion of Da- vid Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, the House of «Ueommons, yesterday, made by the House of Lords to the {old age persion bill. With the excep tion of a few of minor importanc the speaker had previously, declare that the principal amendments, in cluding that of Lord Cromer, were breaches of the privileges of the House | of Commons. When the rejected amendments were returned the Hou of Lortls protested against the inte ference of the House of Commons. resolution. was passed, bv a vote thirty-seven to twenty-three, refusing to accept the rejection as a precedent but the did not insist upon the amendments, thereby averting what might have been a disturbing crisis The House of Lords also passed the Irish bail, both ures of peers universities £0 meas are now law | Shadowing The Suspects. London, Aug. 1.---+A despatch to the Daily Mail from Petermaritzburg ports the discovery of a to rob the Rand gold mines of Gold to the amount been stolen this year re gigantic con wpiracy fabulous sums of $100,000 has and. many thousand dollars worth was in 1907. Detectives had | owing the He | lieved, shipped their spoil to England 11 | by stolen are uspects, who, 1t 1 variou route | Baseball On Friday. i Eastern 1 Providence, 3 | Montreal, { 9. Newark, 7 | Awmencan | York, 3. Boston, | go, 4; Washingtcn, 1. | Philadelphia, National L rooklyn, 2. New ( hicago, Poston, 1 Cincinnati, 0 rie » Bufialo, 1. League--leveland, 16 9: Detrowt, 5. Chica louis, 4 ot P 2, acue f~ Pittsburg, 6; York, 9; St Philadelphia, BR | + I. | No Soda Delay. We strive to the best possible service at our soda fountain and this involves prompt attention, Those come for gur soda are naturally anx- ious to emjoy the treat in store | them and we do not keep them wait Ling. Quick, satisfactory service, clean | glasses: and superb soda at Wade's | drug store. give whe Will Issue Medals. Ottawa, "Aug. 1--It is ewrrent mii itary circles here that medals, com- memorating the (Quebec ter-centenary, will actually be issued to all soldiers who took part in Lisut. C. R. Street, last night, nounced to the G.G.F.G, regiment in tion that such ornaments Would be issued. 2 paigs, - 3c; shields, 2 pairs 25¢c.; silk rib: three-inch, 'all eolors, 12jc. per 2 undervests, 25¢.; cotton draw- 95¢. New York Dress Reform. Sale of stockings, bon, yard; ers, { ronto university, and F. A. Norton, { McGill, have been admitted as mem- bers of the Royal College of Sur { geons, London. ""pon't forget," Dr. Chase's i parations are sold at Gibson's Cross thee. discussed. the amendments | ester, 10; Baltimord, | lL ouls, | | : lations. | how { year. | ted, pointed, | papered up for lend to another cannot be conjectured the celebration. | But judging from what is known an- | their invisible tendency to lose them- that he had almost definite informa-| | Tor | drug store. Phone 230, Teh #1 Nordheime Pianos r Steinway Pianos {ll . Warehouse: KIRKPATRICK'S ART STORE, 1569 Princess St. oe BILLIONS ARE LOST. | Where Do All the Common | Go to? pins men, Everybody them, Everybody uses children. bends buys the and breaks je erybody knocks oft their heads and loses the from Go may on picking up |" hey enter into every operation, | the drawing-room to the scullery. where you will,if you look calculate with certaine) the streets, doorsteps you a pin--in | street {and private | tains, and {in counting t-booles, | to { get there gn the in in in cars, mats, rooms, sticking sofas and paper and oflipe luggap™ here, let accident hou bags; ba be found they ubipaty 1 i every as ma by I heir their mu to it, and ncture being in portion omething ticle which the th | must be Pr digions. 'There | he ot | petunl use with world | familiar, and rings iadifterence, other tination out of there article about whose tinal 0 rotou Hy ign man {ant People genera things (not hall the co sof that to ked put o « order or other Hy ened that know the o useful) we lout in time, or | lable ped hed, cra renelered VANE le for but of he f it further thi apie ice, al in it article, so unive able utility, erage person |b r. But 'rarely doe What 0 indisper in now Ie asking that than twenty the It is estimated average Ore 1 per to kirts, replace thg missing the people pans is pn oh sustain SUE pent other needs What 0 ahle | buttons and meet the American of all these | nobody ha There is no falling this number of pear in some heen to manner every day { The question as to what becomes of for {the pins is by no means an idle one | If one could get at the statistics ping, loss mislaid, The {stolen and { culation. past Pins conjecture that, women, am them, m. cans, halls cur- hangings, in they them tounding pro ro per familiarity no i' of al million falling le of comes | n that answer off in the demand, pins must' disap- of he would have tremendous, rete in pins, steayed, all. eal- Millions of billions of pins must vanish---no woman alive can tell the number or where--in of The actual course sale from one fabrica- headed and hoxed, and vear's of | Get acquainted with | Black Wateh 'B the big black plu Re g P yg g £ tremendous favorite everywhere, because of its richness and pleasing flavor. : ,selves and the general jnveterate care 'lessness in losing them, it is easy to could: such a return be obtained, it wonld present an alarming result. Think of millions of billions of pins being in course of per- petual disappearance ! | And that this has been going on for years and years: and will continue to on, probably to the world's end. The inquiry baffles all scholarship, and one is forced to 'put up with obscure satisfaction which Hamlet ap plies to the world of apparitions and that there are more pins in places and msuspected upon © the esrth than ecamed of in philosophy. ) the conclude unknown u hapes dr are The Liniment That Will. can absolutely depend White Linimeat to thing that an external applicatian can Its action is prompt, certain and It pain, cures inflammation It should emergencies store, You on Smithi# do every do thorough and kind home for Wt Wade stops heals in juries of be in or your only every now C drug Sugar And Fruit For Horses. the only In are food on which vpt the Khe fed largel or fruit fed noted endurance «l. Fig the | form the food of the horse They tu to it from oat of the of Grrain 15 not the hor thrives t mare and these for then during viimal ane harvest, int Are pes of Smyron ha At are West Indie part op uy cans horse the od fe long weeks | Canada windfall apple ie : food In Tasmani Arabia dates take 3, corn and bro " in- many rm | horse only peaches and in | place of hay and oat Recipes For Long Life Thomas Kelly, of Ballvgawley, couns ty Tyrone, who at 107 climbed a lad: der and repaired his own roof, is the | latest centemarian to give to the | 'world his recipe for ld age, which is { made ups of "plain 60d, early rising, {bard work, a spatiog use of alcohol, plenty of rest mountain air." A Mrs. Mary 'Bradley attributed her | good health at M1 to her lifelong in- dulgence in a daily cold bath. Miss Eliza Works at 105 said: "I attribute { my long life to temperance habits and {'to my favorite diet' of bread and milk [ never ate sweetmeats or drank fs or coffee w ¢ Pennsylvania Nature Story. Six weeks ago a workman in the | Permsylvan'a repair shops in All» | gheny left two dozen eggs in an aban- doned topl box. All over the eggs a { heavy layer of coal soot settled. | Three weeks, ago fourteen ooly chicks arrived. It was found that the steam pipes kept the tempe rafure of the box at 103 degrees. A s cond hateh of 'twenty chiekd appeared sooty but healthy. Another hatch is b¥mg prepared. § + Bern - among the' clanging noises of the' roundhouse, every chick so far discovered is deaf. freee tebteen Réund Trip Rate To. Watertown. Good going Saturday .or , Sunday, returning up to Monday; F166 re turn. !