t PAGE SIX I -------- TRAVELLING, a CLE RTE JAILWAY ae Tien Canadian Pacific R i LOW RATES TO PACIFIC * COAST AND RETURN. food Returning Until October Slst: VANCOUVER } fo f . SEATTLE -. M LABORERS' EXCURSIONS to itoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta ; 3 00 going Leip, 315.00 Additional for » vin, es Au, A , 27th, and' Sept. 2nd, th "and HOMESEEKERS 1800 tad 00. "Fickets "good" lor PEAT, 6, F328, 0 F. CONWAY, Gey, Pass. Agent. . 'BAY OF QUINTE RAILWAY Tra in. leaves falow station,' Ontario y dn. dal undays: excepted, ar Tueod Hyon Hamme. Door: onto, Bannockburn and all points north. To secure quick despatch to Bannock- biirn, Maynooth, and Oftario, ipments via Bay of Quinte Railway. For further particu- R, W..DICKSON, Agent. Quebec Steamship Company River & Gulf of 8t. Lawrence Summer Cruises in Cool Latitudes [| on 1 1st, 60 "Twin Serew Iron S88: "Campana," wih electric lights, electric bells and €o| rt. FROM™ MONTREAL ON . 24t August, y for Ticiou, N.S., calling at Quebec, Gaapo, Mal Bay, Perce, Grand River, Summerside, P.E.I. ant Charlottetown, P.E.L best NEW YORK FROM QUEBEC ing at Charlottetown and Hallsx, 8.8, Trinidad, 2,600 tous, sails from Bc, 22nd August. Bermuda Summer Excursions, $40 and upwards, by Twin Strew SS. "Bermudian, a tons, Sailin, fortnightly from New York, from nd June 5th October. Temperature cooled brefiles seldom rises above 80 finest trips of the season lor health and comfort. THU R AHERN, Secretary, Kjusbee 'or tickets and staterooms, upp to J, ®, HANLEY, or C. S: KR PA RICK, Ticket Agenis, Kingston, Ont INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY" _ TAKE ADVANTAGE OF @anada's \ Summer | Grain "OCEAN LIMITED" 7.30 p.m. Daily, Saturday, for Quebec, St. John, Halifax.' Direct Edward Leaving Montreal except Prince connection for Island. Through Mataphedia and Wentworth Valleys by Daylight. Toronto Ticket Office, St. East. General Passenger Moncton, N.B. RAILWAY CRAND TRUN SYSTEM $10 --Farm Laborers' Excursion From Kingston to MANITOBA, AL- BERTA, SASKATCHEWAN via Chicago and St. Paul, Minneapolis or Duluth, August 20, 27, September 2, 14. Fare Winnipeg, where free 51 King Department, of $10.00 is to tickets will be given to Kamsack, Sask Swan River, Sask., and intermedMtte points on Canadian Northern Ry. One cent per mile beyond those points to Edmonton, inclusive. The Grand Trunk is the only dauble track route : to the west, through St, Clair Tunnel by electricity: No Smoke. No dust, T ickets will bo. #sued for the return from Swan River, Kamsack and intermediate stat- fons for $18.00. Tickets will also be jssued via Toronto and C.P.R. or North Bay and O.P.R., on August 22nd, and September 11th Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ont. An 29 to Sept. 14, n tickets will be sold at $3.55. PR oot ha Tuesday Sept. 1st, and Monday, Sept. on Aug. 49, s $ . 5, 6, 8 9 10, 11 and 1 will not be accepted on trains 1, and 4, all tickets valid returning Toronto on or before Tuesday, 908. ore full particulars, appl NANLEY, Agent, - Cor. Ontario streets; fron Sept. to J: ohnson P. and | Lake Ontario & Bay of Quinte, Steamboat Co, * \ LIMITED. KINGSTON, ROCHESTER, 1,000 ISLANDS. Bimini strs. NORTH KING. Uune 27th, leave King. ston for Tho d Island pointe daily Tp at feo AS hanotte, Nov, rt of Rochester, calling at Hey of Quinte ' LETHAIA Mondays for te Porta, at 5 p.m, AMES SWIF" STRa Bay of J, P. HANLEY, Ticked susnts, SHOULD THE HEALTH ACT BE AMENDED? : Taking 'Objection to a Statement By the Editor 'of the Whig-- Dr. Evans Makes Explana- tions. Kingston, Aug. 19.--(To the Editor: In your issue of yesterday you published the following editorial note? "Thé Board of Health act needs - Proof is ble that Lydia E. am's eguiahle Compound cures female and carries Women nel safely through wre Change © o, | Mrs. Letitia Blair, Cannifton, Ont., writes to Mrs. m: "I was sick for five years. One doc- tor told me it was ulceration, and an- other told me it was a fibroid tumor, and advised an operation. No one knows what 1 suffered, and the bear- ing down pains were terrible. oe I aoas my sister about it and she advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. lt has eured me of al} my Jrauiles nd I did not have to have the opera- hind after all. The Compound also wiped me to pass safely through 'hange of Life." ACTS FOR SicK Tor thirty years Ly am's Vegetable Compornd, made rom roots and herbs, has bee tandard remedy for female und has positively cured thousands o voren who have been troubled with lisplacements, inflammation, ulearp- ion, fibroid tumors, irregu wriodic pains, backache, ng-down feeling, flatylen Why don't you try it ? vomen to write her for adv walth., Address, Lynn, gi 1larities, that bear- cy, in ion,dizzinessor nervous oy ges. Mrs. Pinkham invites all Siok she has guided thousands to amendment. At present any expense {can Be contracted by- its members, or {any two of them, and the council has {no alternate than pay the bills. This is simply outrageous." bre At a time when public attention is drawn more than usual to the work and proceedings of the local board of health, an editorial nete such as the above is of more than passing signifi- 'cance. to your readers, and in view of certain Street cqrner criticisms which are being made on members of the local board of health in their conduct of the solation hospital for the past six months, I read into your mote a significance of the most suggestive character. "In the first place, allow me to show you the error of your position in pre- suming that the financial outlays of the locat Scand of health are unrestricted or not limited. Oh page 17. section 57 of the Ontario Health Manual, you will find the following regulation for the government of the local board of health :-- 3 Lhe treasurer of the municipalifty shall forthwith upon demand pay out of the monies of the municipality in his hands, the amount of any order given by the members of the local board, or any two of them, for services perform- ed under their direction by virtue of this act." R.S.O. 1807, ¢, 248, s. 57. There is nothing in this section of the public health act which would justi- fy members of a local board of health contracting, expenses indiscriminately. Money can only be paid out on order, for "services rendered by virtue of the act." Without such a provision in the public health act, in cases of epidemics, accidents, the sudden appearance in a municipality of contagion or infection, 2-4 SHOE POLISH "1 te'l you, Boss, neople are so par tioular nbout the Shoe Polish they une Eh #1 ay ask me each night to be aw @e 2 in 1." It's casier for me, too, and yom shoul! see the smile 1 get in the morning." At all Dealers 10c. and 25c. tine USE ONLY THE BEST PERFUNED LYE isthe STANDARD article READY FOR USE IN ANY QUANTITY. For making soap, softening water, removing old paint, disinfecting sinks, closets, drains and for many ether purposss. 'A can equals 20 pounds SAL SODA. SOLD EVERYWHERE. COMPANY E.W.GILLET LIMITED TORONTO,ONT. Notice to Our Customers Our store will close at 6 o'clock sharp every night, except Saturday. A. GLOVER. Montreal to Liverpool Virginian sails ".....Aug. 28. Sept, 25. Tunisian sails ...Sept. 4. Oct. 2. Victorian sails ....Sept. 11. Oct. 8. Corsican sails ....Sept. 18. Oet. 16. Rates of ge and full informa~ tion may Pe obtained from J, . HANLEY, Agent G.T.R., or O, 8. KIRKPATRIOK, Local Agents: STEAMER WOLFE ISLANDER LEAVES WOLFE ISLAND :-- 7.30-9.15 a.m. 1,004.00 p.m, 7.80--9.15 a.my 1.00--4.00 p.m 7.80--9.15 a.my 1.00--4.00 p.m. 3., Breakey"s 6.309.330 a.m. 1.30 p.m. 7.890--9.15 a.m. 1.00--4.00 p.m 8009.15 a.m. 1.00--4.00 p.m. 9.15, 10.00, 12.30 a.m." 5.00 p.m. LEAVES KINGSTON i= 8.80--11.80 a.m. 3.00--5.30 TUE 8.30--11.30 a.m. 3.00--5.80 WED, 8.30--11.30 a.m. 3.005.830 THURS. 8.830-1.00 pm. 3.00 pon 7 Breakey's Bay, 8 p.m. FRI. 8.830--11.30 a.m. 8,005.80 p.m, SAT, '8.80-11.30 a.m. 3.00--5.80 p.m. SUN. 9.45 a.m. 1.155.830 p.m. Sat --Special trip to Simcoe Island and Spoor's dock, at' 3.00 p Ra] Time Table subject to change without Garden Tsland going to ton T' | notices Boat calls at sud from ALLAN x LINE] P.} year. a board of health would be handicapped in protecting the people in making provision for the unfortunate, and in ifrtventing the spread of dangerous dis- ¢ munities. In cases of actual or appre- hended emergency, a board of health dependent upon the liberality of the \average city codtncil would be worse than useless. Indeed, the health and safety of a community would be thrown upon the political preferences and ca- priciousness of calculating politicians ever§where, if some such wise provision as the giemq which you object, had not been made by the provincial legislature. The bills' are not sent to the council. they go directly to the treasurer, and although 1 have been a member of the local board of health for nearly three jyears, | have yet to see the first bill thrown back upon the board by the auditor, treasurer, or any other city of- ficial, as being unjust, unfair, or not contracted according to the act that governs the expenditure of money by such a body. The term, "Any expense can be con- tracted," is what 1 object to in your editorial note. It conveys the idea that the powers of the board of heflth are unlimited. It suggests that they are able to do as they please with the money of the tax-payer, and you designate such legislative liberty "outrageous." Where does the "outrage" lie? . What is there in the composition or conduct of the city council that would render the financial actions of the board of health satisfactory, if submitted to their aldermanic consideration? By what law | Qf logic or system of sound reasoning { v {would the public health act be robbed |of its "outrageous" feature if the ex- | penditures of the board of health were | submitted to the consideration of the | city council? Someone must be vested | with the authority to pay the necessary cost of maintaining the health depart- ment of the city. of Kingston, and as long as this is done honestly, and ac- | cording to law, what does it matter on | whose order the treasurer pays the bills? The board of education another | body 'whose expenditures are not con- {trolled by the city council, and yet there $s no suggestion of "outrage" in con- | necfion with the liberty of this organi- | zation. Do you mean to infer that they {are more careful of the privilege they enjoy, or 'more capable of enjoying it [than the board of health? Indeed, if { my memory serves me well in the.case, | vou championed the action of the board of education in increasing the salaries | of the teachers, and in forcing the city | council to meet with appropriation the | increase in the board's expenditure with {out designating such an unpopular pro? {ceeding as "outrageous." What is the | essential difference between the position {of the two-bodies as far as their legisla- [tive privileges are concerned? There is ingne, and 1 maintain sir, that the board of health, as at present organized, is as capable and careful with all expendi- tures as the board of education ever dared be, and we can safely challenge the most searching enquiry. | Coming at this particular time, your note is calculated to injure the hoard of {health in the estimation of the people which it is honestly and unselfishly en- { deavoring to serve, and I feel it in- |cumbent upon myself as a member of the board to counteract its influence, {which | trust was not intended to have this effect. For the past six months or {so we have been forced to maintain an isolation hospital in the city, and this with all thé consequent expenditures thas caused the board to exceed the pal- {try sum of $80, placed to its credit by {the city eounci] at the beginning of the Just think of the generosity of a hoard of to take care of the health of a city' with a popula- tion of over 20,000 people. Here is a sample of what we would-have to be | contented with if the legislature of the {province had not contemplated such | stingyness, and made provision aecord- as 15 la council that will grant {health the silly sum of i |ingly. It has gone out to the public that we 'have exceeded our appropriation by | nearly $1300, but without saying that {we have maintained fifteen cases in the | isolation hospital since the beginning of [the year, keeping a constable and cook {at the place, paying all the grocery bills inf the samg as well as' keeping two | constables to do day and night duty on six houses whose inmates we were | forced to detain for a period of tem ddyvs according to law. In several cases we haye been compelled to pay the rent of the quarantined house, as well as coal and fuel. Out of the money spent we have heen forced to purchase such things as beds, bedding, cooking LETTER 10 THE EDITORS ases that sometimes ravage whole com- | ufensils. stoves, tents, housekeeping aterial, medicines, vaccine virus, deli- cacies for the sick, pay for anibulance; hire, &c., for fifteen cases, and yet wc: have been able to keep the expenditure down to the low level of about $108 per case, each ease causing a détention of at least 42 days in the isolation hospi- tal, and having to equip that hospital with everything it needed, with this ex- pense figuréd into the total outlay and cost of treating these cases. One case alone in the hands of the.penitentiary authorities cost the government, I am told, about $880 for medical attendance alone, 1 think it is unfair to the board of health to have the fact related of it having spent $1,261 -so far this year, witheut some explanation as to why such a large sum of money had to be spent. I have not favored all that either the board or some of its members have done since 1 have been associated with them, but when it comes to mm- pugning the honesty, or suggesting the inability of such men, I, for one will enter a vigorous protest, as far as my colleagues are concerned. I have had many a bitter conflict with some of my fellow members, but I must say that it wogld be hard to find a body of men who-worked so faithfully and sincerely for the common good as they do, and I think it a pity to suggest that they are unworthy oF the trust imposed in them by the council that appointed them, or the legislature that has trusted them with the © expenditure of the people's money, \ ' There is no pay or remuneration at- tached to the position whatever, and the man whe thinks that' public office is a private snap, let him try it for three years, and then give his opinion after- wards, and 1 would * advise that he be given his initial experience on the hoard of health. We may have erred in many things we have undertaken. but how much better would our traducers have done? Perhaps it /would have suited some if we had saved the $1.261 we have spent on 'protecting the city from the scourge and ravages of contagion, and in trying to save the commercial interests 'of the city during the busy tourist season, but we have acted on conscience, and have been guided by a motive to serve the common good, and if this merits censure and condemna- tion let not the broad-minded press of Kingston cast the first stone. Yours truly, J. GWALIA EVANS, member of the Board of Health. : A MUFF BED. Man Thought it Had to Do With Sleep. New York Sun. A man who saw on a sign the words "muff beds" and imagined that a muff bed must be something to sleep in, a brother or cousin or other more or less distant relative of the sleeping bag, such as explorers carry with them, found upon inquiry that his. imagination had carried him very far from the truth; tine the muff bed is in fact not a bed at alk but is the trade name for the inner part of a muff, the body of the muff--in short, the part you put your hands in, The muff bed consists of a double walled bag made in cylindrical or other shape, according to the style of muff, and then stuffed with down, the quality. and quantity of the down depending on the character of the muff. The making of muff beds is a business By itself. Some of them are sold to the furriers in the simplest forms just the bed or bag stuffed with down, the furrier putting in the silk or satin lin- ing when he puts'on the fur. Others are made with the silk or satin inner lining attached, to be finished up when the fur is put on. There is at least one concern in New York that makes a specialty 'of muff beds and turns out try. Mt ovewin - mf bm bmb.mb mb mn many thousands of them annually, . Moving In Egypt. Harriet Quimby in Leslie's WeeRly. The strangest sight of all, and. one that attracted the attention of every- body on the porch, .was that of a family moving. It was an English family, and while to the strangers the manner of moving was the attraction, the quality and design of the furniture interested those who live in Cairo. "There are no vans in Egypt," ex- plained the Englishman. "When a fam- ily wishes to move, he contracts with a native mover, and on the day appointed this man with his assistants, sometimes as many as thirty or forty, appear on the scene. One takes a chair and starts off ; another seizes a sofa; five or six or even ten or twelve men get piano and march along; and one by one the 'others follow, each one bearing some piece of household goods. The things are put in place as they reach the pew house, and in a few hours the moving has been accomplished and everything in shipshape. I'he human vans seldom walk, their load is unusually heavy. A man with a sofa or with four or five chairs piled on 'his back will keep up a continuous jog trot. for hours, without appearing to tire." ---- "ou August time tells on the nerves. But that spiritless, no ambition feengpg can be easily and quickly altered . by taking what is known by druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restora- tive. Within forty-eight hours after beginning to use the Restorative im- provement, will be noticed. Of .course, full health will not immediately re- turn. The gain, however, will surely follow. And best of all, you will reglize and feel your strength and am- bition as it is returning. Outside in- fluences depress first the "inside ner- ves' then the stomach. Heart and kidneys will usually fail. Strengthen these fauing nerves with Ur. Shoop's Restorative and see how quickly health will be yours again. Sold by all dealers, It is reported that the Chicago-Flo- rida limited, on the Southern railway turned over near Macon, Ga., on Wed- nesday morning, Remark: atch richness ILM and flavor. The big black under a WAS GASH THLY PROF. HERRICK SLASHES Prime Function Is Lost'-- Seeks Amusement And Luxury, And Avoids Motherhood-- Degrad- ing Influence on Mankind. New .York, Aug. 20~--~"Come, bring me money and I will kiss you. Make me a name before the world and I will noise it-abroad. Build me a house mote splendid than other houses, set me above my sisters, and I will refidet honor on you among men for the clothes 1 wear and the excellent shape of my figure.' : This is the attitude of .American wives, according to Robert Herrick, professor of English in the University of Chicago. This is his representation of American women in his new novel, "Together," just published. Thus he generalizes : "The flower of successful womanhood --those who have bargained shrewdly --are to be found overfed, overdressed, sefisualized, in great hotels, on mam- moth steamers and luxurious trains, rushing hither and thither on idle er- rands, "They have lost their prime function: They will not or they cannot get chil- dren. They are free! As never women were before. And these. wives are the custodians of men--not merely of their purses, but of their souls." : In this condition of American wo- manhood the author discerns not the progress but the retrogression of wo- man--not her rise, but her fall, her sinking back to the condition of a mere female creature. He writes: "And thus, unwittingly, woman be- comes again in the revolution of the ages what she was at first--the fe- male creature, the possession, the thing for lust and for amusement, the cher- ished slave. For the death of woman's soul follows when she pays with "her body--a simple, immutable law. "Women in America, splendid; free, and queen !' What have you done with the men whe were given into your charge? "The answer roars up from the city streets--the most material age and the most material men and the least love- ly civilization of, God's earth. "No longer the fighting companion at man's side, but reaching out for your- selves after your own desire, you have become the slave of the brute as: you were before. And a neurotic slave. For when woman 'is no longer a com- rade of man in the struggle she is either nothing or a --but blot the word." 'Professor Herrick draws a sordid picture of what the American woman has made of the American man. He says: "And the poor creature man, who fights for his queen?. A trained en- ergy, a vessel of careless passion, p blind doer, dreaming great truths and seeing little ends. "There are moments when his sleep is. troubled with feverish dreams. But goused from these idle fancies he sal- lies gr from his cabin-palace or his hotel" apartment, or his steam-heated and childless flat into the old fray, to kill his meat and bring it home. "We chatter of the curse of Castle Garden, unminded that. in the dumb animal hordes who labor and breed children lies the future. For theirs will be the land when the blond hun- ter of the market and his pampered female are swep into the dust-heap." A 'MODERN MACAULAY, Wonderful Memory of An Old Time Missouri Lawyer. Kansas City Star. One of the most picturesque of 'the early lawyers of Missouri was Billy Campbell, who came from Virginia in 1829 and'opened an office in St. Charles. He was a man of great ability a clas- sic scholar, an orator and a political writer of unusual power. But he was indolent, careless about collecting and spending money and so lazy that physi- cal exertion of any kind was positively painful to him. He had a most remark- able memary, as proved by the follow- ing incident: Campbell who was. a Whig» represented his district .in' the state senate several years, On one occasion he was lying on a bench in the senate chamber, apparently sleeping when the Democratic members came in to hold a caucus." They attempted to arouse him, but he appeared to be soundly asleep that they decided to let him alone. The next day a complete report of the pro- ceedings of the caucus, including a ver- batim copy of the resolutions adopted, was published in the St. Louis Republi: can. A row followed) and the secretary was charged with having been bribed to report the proceedings of the caucus. After the excitement died down some- what Campbell admitted that he had been awake all the time dnd that he had done the reportorial work entirely from memory, A Beautiful Titles. With) the fanciful instincts of the na- tions of the. East, the Koreans have given the gates of Seoul suggestive titles. One is called "The Gate of Bright Amiability." A home for orphan children near Osaka, Japan, has received two gifts of $3,000 each, through the appeals of Miss Hayashi, who recently visited America. She alls her wark the Widely Loving il It is a pity that the imagery of Orientals sets forth finer principles than their life puts into practice, but many a striking suggestion comes helpfully to us all from these glowing fancies fas- tened to inanimate things. Have It In The House. There is nothing else you can have in your hause worth so much that costs sp little as a bottle of Smith's White Liniment. It will enable you to es- cape the discomfort of sprains, bruises, swellings, neuralgia, rheumatism ang the various aches and 'pains apt to come to any one. Costs but 20e. for a big bottle at Wade's drug store. ™ < ; Saturday, August 22nd. Steamer America makes, another of her famous tours of the Islands, 2'30 p.m.; supper on board; fare, Bbc. Mr. Blakely, the well-known sales- man of Cherry Valley, P. E. Co. cheese' factory, is nursing two severely scalded hands. : Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, Kidney Pills, Ointment and Catarrh Cure, fresh af Gibson's Red Uross drug § ~ Of course, there's a lot Me/Mat® | in making coffee right. "Bird right, and you need have no fear of as lang. as you use. Chase & Sar Coffee. Re i Anty Drudge and the Postman. Postmarn-- Wel, Anty; pretty soon I'll have to get a pus : : Anty Drudge--"Sakes alive! They're writing to me from everywhare wanting to know how to clean this, that and the other thing with Fels-Naptha. Seems as though they're just finding out that Fels-Naptha is good for other things besides washing clothes. t I answer them every one, Just say: 'Anty nl Philadelphia, Pa.' "" . Next to a willing husband, Fels-Naptha soap is the handiest® thing a Woman cin "have about the house. Not only on washday is Fels-Naptha useful, but when- ever there is anything to be cleaned. Fels-Naptha will clean windows and polish them at the same time. It is the only soap that will ""cut" smoke grease without scouring. Fels-Naptha is just as superior for washing dishes as for washing clothes. And as it is used in cold or luke- warm water there is no danger of cracking fine china or glassware. For washing floors, walls, linoleum or anything else that is washable you'll find Fels-Naptha, cold or lukewarm water and a soft cloth, an unbeat- able combination. And don't forget that Fels-Naptha is the best kind of an antiseptic. Germs do not live in things washed with it. Follow directions on the red and green wrapper. Tr -- JOOO00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 20 PER CENT. DISCOUNT SALE. For the balance of the season we will sell Refrigerators, Lawn Mowers and Garden Hose at a discount of 20 Per Cent. Off Our line of Refrigerators ranges in price" from $6.00 up to $35.00. ELLIOTT BROS. o000 : | : 77 PRINCESS sT. Furniture Sale Everything reduced from 10 to 25%. Your oppor- tunity to save money. This sale includes a full line of Carriages and Go Carts. Couches from $4.50, 5.50, 6.50 and up. Parlor Suites (3 pieces) from $15 up. Parlor Suites (5 pieces) regular $25 for $20. R. J. REID, Ambulance Call 577. 230 Princess St. ' *