9% aw woe Ws ~ Pr SEES Eh SE I EER RE aE NF -------- TER BPA Ta BY ale at EE TE ERNE we LAWN MOWER SHARPENER FILLS A LONG FELT WANT, Makes Old Lawn Mowers Betier Than New--Improves New Ones, Sharpens the Largest Horse Mower as well as the 'Smallest Lawn Mower. Handy tool to sharpen Kitchen Knives and Garden Tools or any- | thing that a scythe-stone will do. PRICE 35 CENTS. Corbett's. wht - Clearing Sale of Boys' and Men's Suits. Now going on: n few of the many bargains Suite, Below you will find ih en's $7 Suits, reduced to $5. $10 Suits, reduced to $8. $18.50 Suits, reduced to $11. $15 Suits, reduced to $12.50. Boys' (I'wokpieds Suits, from $2 Poy' Three-piece Suits, from $3.5 i Riso 20 per cent reductions on all Up- To-Date Summer Footwear. ISAAC ZACKS, 271 Princess Street. ABSOLUTELY PURE. | SOLD IN PACKABES AND CANS. Same Price as the cheap adulterated kinds. - ~ E.W.GILLETT Jae LIMITED TORONTQ,ONT. The Grand Duchess i oo (J0PSBH ur Bf full figures Many éxpert lady corset fitters have expressed their appreciation of the style, fit and lasting qualities of the Grand Duchess Corset. x "Weadil's Phosphodin: (Jie | She, Fnglish Eemed [ones aud invigorates bo who! gyvoue eystem, makes ne ' lin old Veins. (ures Ner vs Jebillity, Me and Srain Worry, « ondenay, . +Wenkness, Emis«ions, Sper ------ FRESHLY MINE Coal is far, morg desirabla th what dug out uf x @ earth's ye ago. It's cleaner--hasn't sto * dirt. -and. n many wa n producer. Here it is on quick order-- bright, well screened coal in all the standard sizes at standard prices for better even than stand and quality. R. CRAWFORD 'Phone; 9. Foot Queen St. up twelve mon it's dryer and greater heat at your sekvice cman enor mma A ---------- The pessimist is always quite sure that the are black ' clear through. ' Kee Bibby's fall hats, It is always best to have a care as the mouth says and the ciouds 89 A to what whands do. Lor.for all they could get of it. - Daily Whig. HILARITY OF MOOD. . The Montreal Gazette prints in parals lel columns the vote cast in the last dominion election and argues from it that the censervatives have "a good fighting chance' of impwspving their position iin the next election. There is not much satisfaction in the study of statistics. The tories are now ex- tracting sunshine from cucumbers, ands the liberals know how exceedingly dis- tressing is' the occupation, because they have been engaged in it. Time was when they turned to the election returns and figured out that they were entitled to a larger repre: sentation in the commons, and that the exercise of a little more energy at the polls, backed by a little more spirit in the campaign, would produce the desired result. All the while, how- ever, there was a manifest dependance upon what is called current opinion the, wave of which settles the fates as well as futures of political parties. lhe votes of the people are not af- fected by figuring or prophecying. Popular support is commanded by the deserts.of a party or a government. Two sets of men and two records come before the election, and they express a preference in very decided terms. In the last election the liberals. car- vied 140 seats and the conservatives 74. In the next house of 221 members, the Gazette expects the opposition to carry 120 or 124 seats, which would leave 'the liberals 97 or 101. The con- absurd, clusion appears to be very and the Gazette, which is usually giv- en to sensible things must be divert- ing its leaders. : AUDIT ALL.ACCOUNTS. The Whig hs little to say in reply to a member of the board of health, but it can make itself clear upon 'a very important matter, The board is warranted in meeting any reasonable expense in combatting or overcoming cuthfripus dis: es. Bhe people have a got fdnr of Smipgll-poy)i abil When it appgprs act le ped be "taken to prevent "its Spr i ap Tor Large and unusual expenses were re- orted by the bodrd, and the point Re S Sel i 'and' hina correct, Enquiry... Was. made, and the fact ascertained that Mr. Miller had undertaken . to check accounts and was given to undepstand that he had nothing" to do with it. He eon- sulted the city solicitor and received his instruction to let the orders of the } some board of health pass without his coun- When the Whig said the law was "outrageous," it referred to the absence of that audit of the accounts of the board = of health to which all other accounts of the city must be tersign. subjected. The - Board present a. parallel case. does the counts, but they are audited by the the any of Education does not The council not '"'control" board's ac- city auditor just as carefully as accounts of the city council, and one of them can be held up or sent back for special investigation. That is just as it should be. The Whig has reason to- believe that the Ontario Health Aet will-be amend- ed and to the extent of making all civic accounts -pass the auditor before they are paid, and" to thi¢ even the members of the board of health can- not reasonably object. -------------------------- THE BRIBERY OF EDITORS. The taunt! of the conservative press is that liberal from the federal government. For ad- for printing. On that ahd No publisher is permitted to get his hands into a pub- lic treasury and filch from it the money he has not earned. There is a conservative government patronage, in journals draw money vertising and nothing more. in Ontario, and its printing and advertising, must be gen- erously distributed. Is it to be under- stood that every paper which accepts this patronage is under the thumb and influence of the government ? Is it tite mouthpiece or apologist of every minister ? Surely not, and yet that is the partizan conserva- advancing against the argument tive -papers are their liberal contemporaries, When the conservative government held the offices at Ottawa, and dis- pensetl the good things it had at its disposal, among the conservative pub- lishers, they did not worry over the suspicion that they were. in the pay and of the party. They'lac- cepted the plunder--as they infer ft is now, so far as the federal administra- Service tion is concerned--and they were eag- Some of them fattened at the public away about the ini- quity of their opponents., Were they then. bribed a little patronage ? They insinuate this about others, and are expressing their personal experiences. crib and piped by one can only conclude that they The Mecljuigan contract to build THE WHIG, 75th YEAR EDW. L B. PENSE, : | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1908. BY THE STRIKE. on; the Canadian Pacific railway is to be severely regretted. The company has its sympathizers. So have the men. But on both sides there is 'an uneasy feeling. There is this to be said of the crisis--that it has not come suddenly. For months there has been - talk about it. The time for con- flict was fixed by the limitation of the period when the old conditions would no longer prevail. ; The crux of the difficulty lies in the re-classification of men, and practical y as a result. of the enquiry which was madé/dby a couciliation boasted. The company did not establish the new division of labour, though feeling that it -was necessary 'and probably sug- gesting it. That it is not wholly un- reasonable appears by the declaration of one of the 'strikers,' who, in an in- $erview, admits 'that therd are two ides to every question, and while he is out with the strikers, because loyal to the union, is conscious of the weak- ness of some of its contentions. The men are fighting against vari- ous contingencies. The times are dull. Labour is plentiful. It may not be skilled, and the company may find it hard to select a staff the equal of that which left its service. The employing agency is however, probably the best organized in Canada, the wealthiest corporation of its kind, and determin- ed to win out at any cost. Perhaps the most serious aspect of the issue is the loss of standing by the strikers. In insisting upon ~ certain pointd, and in standing by their decision, they did not expect to be deprived of any spe- cial privileges to which they were en- titled by long service. The pension fund of the company was a voluntary contribution to the welfare of the employees, and mafly of them were' close to the' time $hen they could claim the retiring ance, this in no case being less Shan $20 a month. Rhat unless the strikers returned to the ser- vice of the company on a certain date they would forfeit their claim upon They did not sur- confess to loss, entailed a LOSS oOwW-. Notice was given this pension fund. but ghey consequence The plays the hold of render, and in loss most serious. circumstance dis- the union and the solidity its membership, and it marks financial disaster to the men and to the capitalized sum of $5,000,- 000, of AN ILL-SMELLING JOB. Mr, Ames, who has, heen talking about land sedndlals in ithe west, has beeh suddenly sconfronfefl "With a Pew one, very much to the discredit ' ofthe Roblin govérnmen®." Mr. Ames has a holy horror: of dm: dens; sorshut: he must be deeply' afiectéd by this ex- posure and 'will "sarely illustrate (it with the aid of -his magic lantern. | As far back as 1901 thére were en- quiries with 'respect to the 'lapd in question, 80,386 acres-of it, compris: four the' South- Eastern railway and about forty miles from Winnipeg. Two parties had their. eyes upon the land,' one Karnelson, a farmer land W.-Richard- son, who happened to be a member of the legislature and a supporter of the government. fllarnelson was the first ing townships on owner; and applicant, but he was dexterously put aside, and in 1905 Richardson given at $3 an acre. In 1906 a return to the house showed that some half was his option and quarter sections had been sold. The official correspon- dence now made public shows that the member for Portage la Prairie had a cinch upon the property all along. The fizst offence of the Roblin gov- ernment lay im its "deception of the people.' Tt suppressed a favour it had shown a 'member of the house Qllegal- ly. Its next wrong-doing was its sale of public land privately, (when the re- gulations of the government \called for a public tender), at bargain - prices. The land only brought the government $23,457.29, It was subsequently turned over to the Western Wheat Lands and Timber company at a. higher valua- tion. Its prospectus shows.that 71,000 bought at $3 an acre and million dollats, acres were capitalized at a $14 an acre. The company's the report of a valuator and to the ef- fect that 60,000 acres of land were cleared and ready for the plow; with or prospectus includes heavy grass and a good lively soil, while the balance could be easily clear- ed. It contained valuable wood. "I know of several tracts of land," said the valuator, Mr. Work, '"'that have been purchased at $6 and $8.60 per acre in the west, and they have not fifty per cent. of the actual value that this tract possesses." . less than three years the land should be three times its present (1906) value. Not long before the valuator had purchased land similarly situated for $3.50 per acre and sold it | #t $18. The prospectus expressed the hope that the company's land would sell | for at least $17 per acre and yield $800,000 for 60,000 acres. Mark you this land was sold with- out timber or advertisement for $23,- 457.29, and a supporter of the JRoblin government got it in preference to one who had no political pull. Mr. Ames must be shocked with this revelation, and when he has tsken the time.to look into the facts he must look out in a fury beside which al his tempests in the past will count. as. nothing. In he will . not lines is, says, be the transmission tentative. 'the work begun until it is settled what cipalities will be aflected. muni- Can one be hypnotived by what they read? : There is reason to think that he can when the secrét of - Law- 'pany's rules a man is eligible to re EIMTORIAL NOTES. by the téachér-students' at the high school would set, a lot of people at rest. "lt is up to the Board ofyHdu- wep "Bryan received the democratic nom- ination in a spoech of 300 = words. Taft required, for his acceptance of the-republican nomination, 3,000 words. Bryan is an editor, however, and knows how ' to '"'boil her down." pro A cheeseman in Peterboro made sensation by buying up all the': duct = of the week, cheese at 127-16 per Ib.,-or 7-16c. better The dairymen are surely in luck, Ottawa will provide for an Eng, ish loan of $750,000 by issuing treasury notes bearing interest, these notes, being negotiable like bank bills and redee at certain dates. 'lhe experiment "will be watched with great 'interest. Tom Lawson has the stock market at His command, ahd the talk is of an appeal to the government to choke off his mails, 'Ihere may be consi- derable of a gamble in his. methods, but there are others, and the usesof the mails is not denied to them. The Toronto News is trying to fake itself believe that the people will. not vote in the federal election, out in Saskatchewan, as they voted in the local election. Why not? Is Laurier no\ longer a mascot? The promised western tour will tell the story. RN a | FINED FOR ASSAULT And a Second Tharge Was Dis- : missed. L In the police court this morning, Joseph Wilt was fined 86 and costs, with the option of a mouth, for as- saulting Mrs. Alice Noble. Ai second charge, that of using abusive lan- guage, was dismissed. Mrs. Noble lives near the Kingston hosiery mill, and the two had trouble after Wilt had éndeavored to get a dog out of the water. Mrs. Noble said that Wilt used bad language, and that he also grabbed hold of her by "the neck, and made the threat that he would drown her. ; Three 'lads who were in swimming nearby, told the court about seeing Wilt grab hold of Mrs. Noble, Not AiPiece Of Bluff. Montreal . Witness. The C.P.R. deny that the ultimatum which: they tacked up'is apiece of blufi. Acéording to the official * no- tice made known on Saturday, all men, young and'old, 'who 'have Strack work, would -lose all' claim to a, pen- gion if they did' not recomimence work before noon td-day, Unter the com- ceive a pension at sixty years of abe, but at sixty-five it iz compulsory that he should retire. No pension amounts to less than ¥2 per month. ' Some men who went out on strike with their fellow workers are very near the age necessary to 'qualify for a pen- sion, and.the company entertains hopes that these old employees will return to work and thus.be able to take up. thejr pensions when the time comes for them to retire from railway service. Tried To Do Him Up. Regina Leader. . Premier Scott's own paper, The Re- gina Leader, charges that the Haul- tain party indulged in the grossest kind of misrepresentation. "But," it observes, 'despite all these things the government have had an enormous victory--too great a victory in fact-- had it not been for the action of Mr. Haultain in telegraphing to R. L. Borden, and the subsequent action of the federal conservatives at Ottawa in giving BS Rogers, of Manitoba, a free hand to put his well-known eject tion methods into, effect in this pro- vince. The result * this Ottawa and Manitoba interferehce was that a horde of eleetion heelers and workers well supplied with money poured into the province hoth from the east and the west, and that it was not with- out its effect the returns from a num- ber of constituencies clearly indicate." Little Things. By Andrew Lang. A 'goodby kiss is a little thing, With your d on the door to go, But it takes the venom out of ythe sting Of a thoughtless word 'or a cruel fling That you made an hour ago. / A kiss of greeting is sweet and rare After the toil of the day, And it @moothes the furrows Jplowed care, The lines on the forehead you once call- by air, In the years that have flown away. "Tis a little thing to say, You are kind} I love you, my dear," @ch night, But it seems a thrill through the heart I find-- For love is tender and love is blind-- As we climb its ragged height. We starve each other for love's caress ; We take, but we do not give, It seems S0 easy, some soul to bless, But we dole the love grudgingly, less and less, é Till 'tis bitter and hard to live. ------ Encouragement means lots to the boy that's trying to make a man of himself. See Bibby's new $2 derby. The truest sympathy comes from those who' have experienped sorrow and trouble.' Men should Jook for this Tag on Chewisg Tobacco. guaranteesthehigh quality of Black Watch The Rig Black Ping. son's literature is fully written out. A. revaluation of the papers writen] nearly 3,000: than the price of last week.! . "| easy marks for smooth sharpers. Lord SPIRIF OF THE: A New V py wu London Adw gE ci Ew "A vote for Haisilton was af vote against Laurier," exclaims the To- ronto Te . Well, Laurier would be satisfied to" accept that version of it. a y > ~ 8 # Good For The Girls. Montreal Herald. :.N Two girls and twenty-six men rt ed on an endurance swim i New Yak harbor, and the twe girls avd culy six men finished. "Th wight 11) kinlp the English suffragéttds, if 'they bea of it. Hage BES Waal PIN \ om } bos 1mils Training of Boys, people's of gambling. = 4 LT Hard On Foster. Edmonton Bulletin. > "Lending other people's money to friends is a practice which has never been popular with the owners of the money," remarks the Tt to with a side glance at sgspocted leader from North Toronto: -- $3 After The Loafers. Toronto Globe. . The people of Deseronto were: quite Nustified in asking for the deportation of immigrants who will net work. Canadians are not inhospitable. to newcomers who are willing to tay to help themselves. : it todd Easy Marks, rald. Mr Pe po] Wolseley who is in reduced financial ' circumstances. Real: lv, there ought to be a protective as- sociation organized for the benefit of these great men. They seem to be Dufferin's case was the most notable in which Canadians were interested, but there have been several others. ---- Little Girl's Coat With Hood. Yeon) . a Ea id The little girl's coat. pictured is a graceful and stylish model for a child combinations... For general wear, dark. blue cloth and the hood lined with brilliant scarlet would be smart, or for' /a - more dressy summer coat, white serge with the hood in pale blue or lined with red is suggest. ed. ings and Where Municipal Ownership Pays. Edmonton Bulletin. Bdmonton's electric light and power system earned $28,000 net profit in the past seven months. This is at the rate of $4,000 per month or £48,000 per year. Putting the eost of the sys- tem' at $150,000 this represents a divi- dend of thirty-two per cent. per an- num on the-investment. Or tof put it another way, if a company owned the system the stock would be selling at $400 per share or more. As a result of the rapid accumulation of surplus the council reduced the charges for light and power last month. We have become so used to this periodical cut that it attracts little attention. Our rates are with one exception the low- est in Western Canada. The excep- tion is a municipally-owned system operated by water power. Municipal ownership pays Edmonton. With The Duck Hunters. Duck shooting has a mighty cination in September and Rod and Gan, Woodstock, Ont., deals in . gen- erous manner 'with the duck hunter. astern, Central and Western Canada contribute duck hunting stories, : and the difference in conditions under which the sport is pursued in various parts are well brought out. 'Helping to Make a Railway," and the 'Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron are ar- ticles to which particular attention may be directed. The story of = the "Alpine Club's Third Annual Climb" is told by a special representative. fas How Many ? Brantiord Expositor: 5 How many people in Canada, would be willing to turn back the hands of the clock to 1896 ? How many people would be' willing 'to' exchange the Can- ada of to-day for the Canada of twelve years ago ? How 'many Bant- fordites would éxchange the Brantford of to-day for' the. Brantford: as it whs left by the conservative party in: 18967 The great improvement, poth tn >oun- try ang in city, which has: taken place in the last twelve years is due to the progressive policy of the Laurier gov- ernment. y Ap? ih Rideau Lakes And Ottawa. i Rideau King® and Queen leave for Ottawa, Monday; Wednesday, Phure> day and Saturday, at 6 am., and for Clayton, N.Y., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 'and Saturday, at 6.156 p.m. James Swift & Co., Agents. Scott's And Christy's. World-famed hats in the new shapes at Campbell Bros." fall Bibby's new hats are swell. A public improvement opposer is bad) for the commwmity in which he does his work. RBibby's new hats are swell. A lot of folks make ' themselves cidedly miserable in the 'attempt be popular. de- to News and would look well in various- colors}. & will i anni ab poi grt wad sanitonia') #4 wayoroad. andpirionts }- Togs Fiat 5. 4 t dont | Cranks Ed Dd : _ Whenever you're'réady to take a look at the new models in Fall Suits, we're ready to show yovs We dont hesitate to say that we have out- stepped ourselves this season, for we are showing the finest assoi tmegt of Men's Suits we have ever offered our trade. 3 ; 4s Come in and-take a look at fabrics. Sa ; "See our New Brown Sults, $12, 15, 18. Sée our Nobby Blue and k Suits, $12.50, S$ 15, 18, 20.00... = : See,our New Raincoats; $10, 12.50, 15,18 & 20. 8 re our Nobby Top Coats, $8.08; 10:00, 12.00, See our New Fall Trousers, $3.00, 3.50, 4.00» and 5.00. '4 See our New Fall Gloves, $1.00(:1.25, 0.5011 New Unde wis, New Sweaters, New: Hosiery, 'New Neckwear. ) the new styles and } 4.50 { sailozsy 8 lo #oisoly swodel ads sibvaH aid t bas boobed THE H. D. BIBBY GO. Kingston's Oné Price Clothing Store. FEES HANES EASE: HIBAAPELEP ELEC FEISS ; Al yant Shoe S mn tyle: i » YOU' GET IT IN THE 14510 U St RO INVICT Distinctive: Style, and Absolute Comfort. THE SAWYER SHOE STORE | AGENT. \ oa Apis ii Decided Durability, : FAFA FAA EEE RS TIME AND MONEY CUT IN TWO | vig gt avo £,30uB be bao) yhaoid) 32 y 18 By kindling your fires and cookin light meals with av A Charco: outod dai sk Put up in large Paper Sacks. . 1§c Each, 2 for 25 Cents. Delivered anywhere in the city. b yi Y KILLER $8 ' THE "KING" FE ME ag o red} i Hs reat] wrcokyeals 31 . I 5% i 5 Doen 'Kills without crushing and do's not sofl "the most "delicate fabrics or injure the highest polis h. 10c. each, Druggists,. Hard- mm Tv SEE 394) ware and Grocers. 7 The Canada Life Assurance Company Holds the strongest Reserves of any Life Assurance Company on the North AmericanContinent--a Canadian Company made by Canaglian people for Camadian people, 62 years ago. Dividends to ) olders have been large all these years, and are bound to be owing to the unique position occupied y the Company. Rates for women the same as for men. Keep your money in Canada by Canada Life Contiucts. ® -. i 'shape for you, £1vén af Full particulars of how a policy pe for you, given office--18 Market Street, Kincston., viv Lid the 3 Bibby's new hats, new shapes. . J. 0. HUTTON, Manager, 3 SHOE" | &~