LAWN MOWER SHARPENER Makes Old han New--Im Sharpens the Mower as well Lawn Mower. 2 Handy tool to sharpen Kitchen Knives and Carden Tools or any- thing that a scythe-stone will do. PRICE 35 CENTS. r Corbett's. Just Received A fine stock of Boots and Shoes for Men and Boys, just the thing for the fall weather. Now is the time to get a good pair of School Boots for the child- ren, at the lowest possible prices. . Also some extra good lines for Men and Women, which we are offering at ten per cent less than the ordinary prices. Call in and see our new stock of Men's - and Boys' Fall Suits, comprising the latest styles and best patterns. ISAAC ZACKS, 271 Princess Street. LADDERS! Extension Ladders fruit picking. Light strong. Heavy Extension Ladders Heavy Sing.e Ladders. All ou hand at Aiglin's Lumber Yard, Cor. Bay & Wellington Sts, for and reser Be titres Why Buy Imported "Mattresses ? When you can get better and cheaper goods from your owe dealer, made by the Kingston Mattress Co. 110 Clergy St IF YOU WANT TO BUY, = RENT OR SELL REAL ESTATE I make a specialty of Drop a card or call on me. No trouble to show property. Insur- ance at foWest rates. Money' to loan, ¥ [ ' GEO. CLIFF, Real Estate valuatior, 95 Clarence street. same. ' at ete., Soa is far Or tr ie than ay 0! Lh a oy i Po ear sto up twelve months! dirt. and dust ; {t's dryer and in many ways a greater heat producer. Here it is at your service on quick order-- bright. well screened coal alk the standard sizes at sténdard' prices for better even than stand- and quality. R. CRAWFORD Phone, 9. Foot Queen St. ET TTT TIN Telephone messages say that only a changn, of wind can save the famous Calavera's grove of big .trées. Forest fires are raging in the south grove for the second time this year. Remember, vour children see vices as well as your virtues. your i North-West THE WHIG, 7 ab rio a n, at $6 per year. Yoditioanssto o Rock WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 | published in parts on Monday and day morning at $1 a year. T States, charge for postage has made 50c. for Daily ; 35c. for Weekly. Attached iw one of ing Offices in Canada ; rapid, and cheap work ; nine improv The british Wiig Publisping Co., Lt'd EDW. J. B. PENSE, . Managing Director. Daily Wibig. WHO 1S TO BE BLAMED? | Are the railway companies really responsible for the invasion of ithe by thousangs of men, "harvesters," who %re without work | and starving ? The companies carry them at a reduced fare and with the Ontario J understanding that when they pro- duce certificates that they have been | employed a month in farming they will get a return ride free. It was not {f suspected that, the Canadian - granary was being over-supplied with labour. Some agency made up an estimate of the number of persons required, and the railway companies did the rest. The crisis is regrettable. It is an evil omen at a time of depression, and on the eve of a winter for which ample provision has not been made. Reason suggests that the hungry and the idle be returned to the east. The railway should facilitate their transportation. department of the gov- ernment has just completed a round up of the hotelmen in Niagara. Nine of them have confessed that they had not been observing the law as they should and been fined $75 each. Ru- that Kingston is again The license mour has it under inspection. -- THE TORY FALSEHOODS. The fits¢hoods 'against 'prominent are coming fast upon other iberals n the conservative press, and atten- been directed to a glaring made Kingston,--that Harcourt received the tion has statement in Hon. Richard nomination for the commons in Haldi- mand after much difficulty. This was "lie out of whole cloth." that: the candidature was urged upon Mr. Harcourt. A week before the convention he, in writing, still declined to say that he would accept a nomination. On the morning of the gathering over the telephone he was assured that no othér name would be proposed if he would: only say, he would accept # Mr. Harcourt even then advised thal a {cal 'nian be. sbleéted," a "generous act so improbable in conservative Sight that it could scarcely be credited} to any man. He still declined .to pledge acceptance, vet, although absent. he was nominated. So far from its being a canvass with difficulty, it was a spontaneous offering and a high honor from men his home, who knew him long apd favorably, and repre: sented "the county in which he Sivas born, and a part of which he dad served as local member for over thirty VEAP YeRONIRY &distinguished place. X another The facts are near * No oBstruetion in the last session of the commons ? Read the diary of pro- 3 F ceedings, which some one has been good enough to publish, and the evi- dence of tory misrule or misconduct will be found on every page. HIS LIGHT GOING OUT. Weyman, who has lished many books-- 'The House the Wolf," "A Gentleman of France," "Under the Red Robe," "The Castle others--has decided to He will retire pub- of Stanley J. Inn, and write no more. upon his 'reputation and enjoy the reward of his labors. He has been one of the fortunate authoys in the last fif- teen years, has had a market for his wares, has written some very good things (and soma poor), and the judgment to reglize when he has had enough. There are authors who never has tire, whose pen is capable of producing the books that affect the minds of men in sueceeding ages. There was no sign of exhaustion in Scott and Dickens and Stephenson, and others of their There is no indication of weak- Barrie, Doyle, and another day. ness in Kipling, others now. Weyman is of class, the reproducers rather than the originators, who 'wear out as the material at, their disposal disap- pears. * Perhaps with dge.. Mrs. Stowe wrote several books but only one into which she put her soul, "Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Wescott, a fading consumptive, had an inspira- tion as he sketched the life of a friend, and left in "David Harum," a fortune to his wife. Weyinan realizes that. his light is fading and he stops the public cease its the vision departs his work ere applause. W. H. Laird, so badly wounded 'in the local elections by his gollision with Mr. Scott in Regina, is looking for a balm. He has two libel suits on In one he asks for consolation of $25,000. He will be hand. to the extent sure to get it. ANOTHER LIGHT GONE OUT. Collier's Weekly, in a late paid tribute to the man who had for a long period written upon the doings of the world, Ris work from week to ting a sort of history of the times. The articles were instruc- tive as well as interesting, and through them all, like the red thread issue, week const -- sth YEAR SH WHIG, published at i 3.80 and 4 Bo o Uni to be the best Job Print- stylish, presses. ~~ re THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TH URSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 3, 1908. of a certain cloth, was the bonhomie that nade their reading delightful. He hail scarcely concluded his contri bution for one edition than death { finished his work. In the multitude that people the it seems to be an easy thing to fill the place of any man, however. gifted jor talented he may be. There is no stoppage in the activities of the day. Business goes on apace no matter who falls. Some one rises to carry on the business, and it is the theory that even the greatest can be spared though they may be missed. + Thus far the pen that Moffatt used for: Collier's has not passed to the hand of 'one who can perform his task, in the same easy helpful way. There are thousands who have his scholarship, but no one so far who has his grasp of passing events, his studied method of presenting the facts, his vision of life. Collier's, therefore, lost a distinguished member of 'its staff when Moffatt's light went out, and the fact would have become apparent without the magnificent tri- butes which it paid to his memory. ------ Keir Hardie, British M.P., has given the conservatives gemerally great of- fence by declaring that protéction or a high tariff can do nothing for the workingmen. Hence the sourness of the party press, its denunciation Ly him as a socialist, meet REPUDIATING THE MAN. Can any one imagine that a Yankce adventurer would go into Colchester, and undertake to debauch it with his booze, without an understanding of some sort and with some one in au- thority ? the explict, was candi- Bayne, supporting the date. Of that there can be ho doubt. He canvassed the men he bribed for Stanfield, and he would not do this if he were an intruder. Moreover, the knew what Bayne jrank some of his whiskey and they conservative local party leaders was doing. They « helped to distribute some of it. Their onnection' with the and with the candidate might have been estab- lished had the magistrate permitted t prosecution to proceed as it de- sired. Mr. Stanfield and says he knows nothing personally of Bayne or his work. That may be. does not deliberately candidate about its op- the late Saskatchewan sent C man he repudiates the man, The machine the In consult erations. election political erooks were nto the constituencies by the party outside of 'the province. Mr. Haultain could probably that he knew nothing about them, but they were at work all the same, and the wonder is that the Scott government did so well and carried i say such a victory. Mr. Stanfield may plead innocence of Bayne's corruption, but he profited by it all the same. Mr. Ames has given the people of the North-West the pledge that if Mr. Borden is made the premier of Can- ada he will purge parliament of its land grafters. Is this a notice to Foster, Fowler and Lefurgey to make themselves scarce ? ef THE RIGHT MEN CALLED. The federal government has made a careful choice of the men who are to interpret the Civil Service Act and work out the promised reform to commons new which. both parties in the have been thoroughly committed. Mr. Larochelle the Whig does not know. It is said that he was the secretary of the premier during his services in oppeosition,. which is an evidence on its face that Mr. Laro- chelle is familiar with public life and with at least some phases of the He not been con: spicuous in politics as a member civil service. has of parliament .or '& candidate for office, and so cannot be regarded as a parti- zan. The chances are that he has been chosen for the new responsibility because he has the judicial tempera- ment and possesses generally qualifi- cations for the to which he 'has been called. Prof. Shortt~the and it regards him as an ideal .com- mfssioner, one who will bring to the discharge of his duties the analytical mind, the sound judgment, and: the kindly yet firm and expeditious spirit which the situation demands. K He has not been prominent in political life. service Whig does know, He has his but he has demonstrated that he can look at a subject from every stand: point, can investigate with care and thoroughness, can exercise diplomacy. or strategy as the eéase' demands, and generally conduct himself with a dis- cretion that is exceedingly rare. The government is to be congratu- lated upon 'the appointments to the Civil Service commission of men who are so high-minded, honorable and capable, mer to whom it can en- trust a very grave task with an as- surance that <they will perform it without fear, favour or affection. ---- Mr. Foster predidts a great turn over, politically, in the maritime pro- The same kind of a report views on passing events, vinges. smoke of was nothing left stronghold Lad Even Mr. the ago, and when the cleared away there of thé enemy. Every been taken by the liberals Foster politically among slain, was world and throng the greater cities came from the same source' some years battle SPT OF THE PRESS ~y yy wick. All part, doubtless, of the cam- paign of purity ! Russel's Big Tax. Toronto Star. . 'The succession . duties on Russell Sages estate amount to $667,583. ps it's just as well that the old man isn't alive to see so much ready money get away from him. "A Call For Cars Soon. Calgary News, 1 The, winter wheat is being threshed; soon there will be a loud call for cars, and the union-smashing process goes merrily on. The public be hang- Hi --- All One: Sided. Hamilton Herald. Edmonton ratepayers have ratified a by-law for the 'aequirement of a street railway; by a vote of 710 to 7. They don't appear to be as scared of pub- lic opvnership out. there as théy might vi It Surely Is. : Spectator, Geldwin ith denies that he has formyd a partnership with Sir Rich- ard Cartwright for the purpose of forming a new party. - It does seem rather an improbable tale, at their time of life. Hamilton A Wise Suggestion. Montreal Herald. Whoever may be nsible for the suggestion that Prof. Shortt, of King- ston, be given a chance to settle the C.P.R. strike, the suggestion itself is a good one." Dr. Shortt has made the Lemieux act work in the most diffi- cult situations, and could doubtless do so again. * --- ! Fixed Dates. Belleville Ontario, Some of our contemporaries' have been advocating a fixed date for the parliamentary elections. If those Who advocate this change will pass a week or two in the United States they will witness such a long-epntinued disturb- ance causal by the operation of such a law. as they desir. they would cease: their agitation along "that line: . Attended The Funeral, William Jackson, W. J. Renton and David Evans represented Hugh de Payens preceptory, of Kingston, at the funeral of the late James Berm- ingham, in Ganandque, Tuesday after- noon." The deceased was a member of that preceptory. > ~~ Electors After Maclean. Toronto Globe. ' i The orthodox = conservatives of South Yark are suffering 'considerable mental discomfort inuan endeavor to square certain cénvictions with the ex- igencies of a' situation that has be- come "wellsnigh intolerable. {One of these is that William =F. Maclean has forfeited all ¢laim to the support of loyal followers of Mr. Borden hy his attitude taweeds 'the "leaders of the party -and his indifference tq the crack of Mr. George Taylor's whip, if not by what they regard as his co- quetting with socialist nostrums. It has "likewise beenihorie intupon them that a member is not acting fairly to his constituents. thy' continually. ab- senting himself from hig duties at Ot- tawa, -and in | thig respect. they claim that Mr. Maclean leaves much to 'be desired. Tf thetohy faithful who share these views, and fndeed express them, had the 'courage to translate them in- to action, South York would be the centre of one of the most spectacular) fights of the campaign; but courage is not a quality of the conservative ma- chine, whose moto is "We would if we could, but we daren't."" According- ly Mr. Maclean will receive the tory nomination "with acclamation." i -- fo People With The Bill. Goldwin Smith. "The party government of England saddles the nation with a pension list, the limits of which it can hardly pretend to fix, while the political ef- fect of it as a handle for demagog- ism may be of the most serious kind. Having done this, the minister, ap- parently the one most responsible for the measure, bethinks him that: the pension system has heen tried on the largest scale in Germany, and he goes to how it works. He finds that in Germany the staté pays in fact only the working expenses, the rest being contributed by the workingmen; but in England the bill has won its object, it has won the workingman's vote. Of that most serious warning, the course of the American pension list, no notice seems to have been tak- en by the government. see According to the Hamilton Specta- tor, the prospects of the Tigers' rugby team for the coming season are very Kew, and the end of the week will see them down to real business. The first practice will likely be called for Thursday evening, with a full turn- out on Saturday afternoon; after which the players will go into acuve training. Several new faces will be seen at the cricket grounds this year, and with the old brigade as good as aver, Dr. Thompson is confident of turning out a championship team. The well-known strengthening -pro- petties of iron, combined with other tonics and a most perfect nervine, are fqund in Carter's Iron Pills, which strengthen the nerves and body, and improve the blood and complexion. Some men are unable to see the straight and narrow path because a big round dollar shuts off their view. The Montreal Witness, in noting Dr. Hersey's gift of $10,000 to the School of Mining, Kingeton, says: - recognizing the objects and needs of the institdtion, made no limitations as to how , sti be laid out, as he Tally the directors of the institution will use the sum to the best adv: ¥ "The donor in providing the ow ment fund for the department in which he has succeeded, says that it will form the basis wherewith poor but de- serving pupils will be able to continue their studies. and. attempt' to gai fellowship. Some, mgh lag means, are rel have com ir course. 1 with a view of stimulating these to a realization of their own abilities and to further effort that the gift 'was made." . ' -------- A DAILY COLD PLUNGE. i || -- Has Had 36,600 Baths During Her Life. , New York, Sept. 3.--"I am able to celebrate my one hundred and eighth birthday, to-day, because I have tak: en a cold plunge every morning of my life for one hundred years. Ii it wasn't for the cold water and because 1 don't wear corsets, I am convinced 1 would have died half a century ago." In this way Mrs. who has been ill only ed her long - life to called at her h street. Brooklyn," izabeth Hunt; twice, explain- rter who Adelphi e, 407 B. A. Hotel Arrivals. = liam Sheppard, T. Tate, R. P. Bar- rington, W. W. Wilmott, F. Musgrave, John F. Ryan and wife, C. H. Bur- gess, A. W. Peart, A. J. Mumiord, Toronto; H. C. Douglas, Wm. C. Wheeler, H. Judd, M. Doherty, P. Panneton, ' B. " L.. Nowell, Mise Ella Hartnett, Miss Elizabeth H. Richardson, Miss Julia Kramer, Miss 'Pheodore Kramer, New York; John Malcolm and wife, Smith's Falls; W. I. Carroll, C. Burkin, Gananoque; Mrs. McHenry, E. G. Moore, Brock- ville; Mrs. Lewis Diven, Elmira, N.Y; Miss® Neilson, Conway; C. H. Shields, Peterboro; © C. Jeffery® Pieton;" J. W. Shields, Hamilton; C. Ryan, Mont- real; J. F. McNamara, Boston; D. Greig, Glasgow ; John M. Barrett, Miss Sallie Lacey, Miss Sue Lacey, Miss M. E. Davies, Miss Rita Wol- vington, Miss Minnie * Wolvington, Mrs. Frederick Muller, Mrs. Antone Muller, Miss Dora Muller, Mrs. Fred. Shaffer, Baltimore, Md.; Sherifi Rich- ardson and wife, Ottawa; Mrs. F. K. Rutherford, Collins Bay; Charles S, Ransome," Montreal; Miss Berry, Miss Graham, England. The Passing Of The Summer. August has passed and September is upon us. It is almost with a feeling of regret that the opening of autumn is greeted because it marks the pass- ing of another summer--and summer is but too short. The first day of September is invariably connected, whether rightly or not, with the first day of fall; the opening day of a sea- son in which rain and disagreeable weather generally predominate. It was a universal remark abouti the city to-day -that "the summer had been very short" or a passing com- ment "how quickly the summer months had flown." Yet when the matter is reduced to thought it seems but a short space of time since the gentle zephyrs "8° May kissed the flowers? in the woods, ripening their hidden beauty into a masterpiece of floral elegance; but a little time since the leaves upon the trees budded forth in their unsurpassed beauty and loveliness. While there may be many warm days in September to-day marks the divid- ing line between summer and autumn and but a short time will elapse be- fore the leaves will change their sum- mer green to the darker but more beautiful colors of the autumn sea- son. Canada Has Its Tum. New York Sun. That the nineteenth century belong- od to the United States and. that the twentieth would be' Canada's has been the jubilant attitude of the Canadians for ten years and more, which goes on to 'say : Now the grain carrying trade of New York is suffering from the competition of Montreal, with the result that the White Star line has withdrawn five of its freighters from the service at this port. Other lines have taken similar action. Two and one-half cents can be saved on each bushel by shipping by way of Mon- treal, and the grain trade will follow the line of, least resistance. It re- mains to be seen what action can be taken to bring this trade back to the United States. The steamship officials want reductions in railway charges to overcome the present advantages of { Montreal. This pre-supposes the will- incness of the shipping men to do their share. Yet, if the natural ad: vantages are with the Canadian port, the effort to compete with it by means; of artificial stimulation is not likely to be successful in the long run. a Was Very Strange. Ottawa ' CRizen, The death of Anderson, the biga: mist, in the Kingston penitentiary, after serving only a few months of his eleven vears' sentence, closes the record of one of the strangest cases in our criminal annals. It will be re- membered that the man had. a wile, grown-up family, and grandchildren livingagin Toronto when he Was ap- pointed to the position of sehoél 'in- spector at Brockville. He became ge quainted with amd married a respec- table young woman in Renfrew and established himself in a comfortable home in Brockville, despite the cer- tainty that within a short time all the facts must become known, and lead to his prosecution. He had had no quarrel with his first wife, and his family in' Toronto were astounded when they learned the truth, as were, of course, the relatives of his second wife. The circumstances pointed more to /- an 'unusual form of insan- ity than to the deliberaté commission of a crime; yet neither before nor af- ter his arrest did he evince any noticeable symptoms of mental . de- rangement. D. R. Clark, Rochester, N.Y Wil- | Montreal; | Knowing that the Fall 8 uit proposition will soon confront you, we wish to advise you that we have ready for your ap- proval the Season's Correst Styles, fresh from the hands of the World's Best Makers of Men's Clothes. AT It behooves every man in tefested in' good Clothes, the best Clothes, to come here to ree our showing. Suits of Merit, Suits +f Character, Suits of Individuality. Our prices are always in keeping with our values and you'll find that they're mever iiflated. They're right prices ! 'New Gree Suits' New Black Suits - See Our Special $12.50, $15 and $18Tines. : The Best $2.00 Hats in Canada at THE H. D. BIBBY CO. Kingston's Orie Price Clothing House. New Blue Suits nd New Fancy Worsteds' New Full 'Dress Suits x | School Shoes! We have many stylesof School Shoes _for Boys, Girls, and Children. - Boys' Best'Gradé Box Calf, size 1'to 5, $2.00, 2.50 to 3.50. 'Cheaper grades, $1.50. Boys' Grain and Buff Leather Boots, $1.25 and 0. Our Boys' $2.00 Calf Bluchers, ; leather lined, makes a wondérful School Boot. Boys' School Boots, sizes 11 to 13, good values at $1.25, 1.50 to 2.00. Cheaper grades at $1.00, but not guaranteed. Girls' Calf Boots, sizes 11 to 2, good soles, $1.25, 1.50, 1.75 to 2.50. Special value at $2.00. Small Girls' School Boots, sizes 8 to 104, $1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. Children's School Shoes, light and heavy weights, $1.60, 1.25, 1.50 for Boys andy 1s. eR ry Bring them here for their School es, PENDABLE' 2 Sores =, ST. ALBANS ' Headmaster Rev. F. G. urchard, M.A., Camb., (Eng.) Classi- cal Honours. An English Boarding School for Boys. English Masters (Graduates). For the third tine in six rs St. Alban's gains first place at en trance to R.M.C., Kingston, June 1908: Other successes won in 1908 $100 scholarship at McGill; 1st prize in French, 1st year, at McGill ; ot prize in German, 1st year, at McGill. » ~ ool re-opens on mber 16th, 1908. book of views, etc., apply to The Headmaster. Fer prospectus, BALMY BEACH COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART A. C. COURTICE, B.A_, B.D, MRS. A. M. COURTICE, A residence for girls and a day seheol for boys and girls. 59 Beach Ave., East Toronto. Fall Term Opens Sept. 10th, 1908. The work to be taken up is from Kin- dergarten to High School Entrance. Write for Prospectus. Gone Over The Don. At West Toronto George Flint, who | claimed: Kingston, Ont., as his place of residence, was taken in hy the man in plain clothes. He pleaded. to tres- passing on the G.T.R. line. Wher he wae searched a loaded revolver was found on him. On the first charge he was fined $1 and costs or fifteen days hard labor. On the second chargé of carrying concealed weapons he was given fifteen days. He took the visit to the Don., The terms will * } DXxectors Grade Pianos at. Living Prices. and Berliner Gram Will. ams' Sewing Mache. Phoenix Fire Extin, ; and & full line of Mugical Music, eta run concurrently. The loaded weapon was co w r