'Skates Largest Variety. : Best Quality. Lowest Price. See Them. wT CORBETT'S THE WHIG, 758 YEAR] DAILY Biri WHIG, published at t 30K year, itions at 2.80 and 4 10 i : WERRLY BRITISH WHIG, 18 Jasen. hurs- | publistied in parts on Monday and ay 'to United Qutano; and | The British Whig Publishing Co. ra y 7 EDW. J. B. PENSE, Managing D TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City Cham- bers, 82 Church St., Toronto, H. BE. Smallpeice, Representative. Daily Wibig. NOT OF MUCH ACCOUNT. J. T. Brown, of Qu'Appelie, who al- most defeated Mr. Lake, reducing his majority from 800 to 55, is mention- ed for a seat on the railway commis- sion. The fact that he made a splen- did run 'for parliament is not, we hope, the only qualification. The glad hand is all right in an election. It.is not of much account ig the work of the railway commission. A ---------- PAP IS GETTING SCARCE. The minister of railwdys may very well take issue . with those who con- tend that all public supplies should New Suits New Overcoats Strong, . well-made, latest designs, varied one well worth the price. Our Special Overcoat at $9.50 Is handsome perfect a winner--a buy = Coat, Special reductionson Rubbers of kinds. Isaac Zack's 271 Princess street. al A SILVER TOILET SET Makes" a - very handsome Christ- Qift for 'a lady. We: have some very pretty setd, consisting of "Brush, Comb and Mirrors mas We -have these in: plain - polish, with bead edge, others are very elaborately finished with raised patterns. We engrave desired Monogram, without further charge. PRICES, KINNEAR & d°ESTERRE, JEWELLERS, $12.00 up. Princess and. Wellington Sta. OREN EVENINGS LIFE Best of Security, Many and choice plans. Current Rates of Premium. Life and Endowment. Profits equal 4% compound interest, Ordinary Conditions. INSURANCE Thomas Mills, 79 Clarence St. Steam Heat Is All Right We have no axe to grind," but-- to produce the have COAL. heat you must it ? supply ? How ahout Laid winter's in your Better prices soar buy now hefore the higher Crawford, Phone 9, Foot of Queen St Notice. x Legal forms, etc, for sale at Whig office, cheapest and best place Yo buy print- ing: Lennox .Kidney and Liver Pills, gular price 26c. each; 2 for Wade's drug stor. UR 26¢., fitting, atterns--every Black Beaver:~ Come and gee it, before you customs entry blanks, the | Re- | at be competed for. There are times when the article wanted cannot be got under the tender system, and when the public interest would be served by charges which are not higher than those paid ordinarily. The Whig has known of cases where there cofild not "be satisfaction in the tenders, for the reagon that the price was' not the determining consideration. | ernment wanted The gov- goods of a certain kind and quality, They could not be got under tender because they could only be furnished The minister is right, however, in ad- opting the tender, so far as it can be applied, and in inviting competi- tion openly and publicly through the The distribution of pap will soon be a thing of the past. by certain firms. newspapers. DARKNESS KILLS SPEECH. The Ottawa Free Press, drawing a lesson from a recent incident in King- ston, suggests a new.closure for the When the Ottawa College eity, contending with a similar number for honors: in Commons. men were 'in this EDITORIAL NOTES The Toronto World has - reached the conclusion that the Ontario, municipal board i& no good. Must it go? It is not serving Toronto only. The St. Thomas people are asked to vow that they will talk up the city in every letter they write. "Booat" '| ig to be the password 'everywhere, and into all sorts of society. The Oftewa Journal reasons * that|"® tor the class that yawps against any- one who can help it. to pap. My, what a blow, and at some of our good conservative friends ! The Spectator marvels that Wormwith Piano factory was heard of in the last electioh. Its proprietor was not a candidate for political honors. And then there are lots of things the Spectator has not heard of. the ' not Some one sagely suggests that a government prosecutor should © be appointed and then there will he no political saw-ofis. No? How can any prosecutor prevent 'what he does not control? The petitions can- not be tried if they are not fyled. The Ottawa . Citizen does not see any merit in moral victpries, and the Ottawa . Journal says ydung mien of get their prospectives twisted by that kind of talk: Are there many young men of this quality at large in the capital ? Sir Wilfrid Laurier told the women suffragettes that the franchise was a local, not federal, matter. The Spec- tator says he was evasive. He might have told them Sir James was That would have been more direct, but it would not suit our contemporary. their mark. The Brantford license holders offer to voluntarily pay $50to the hos- pital for every wgll-gtounded com- plaint against them in 1909. But that not the size of 'a fine. If is | the inspector has a grievance cannot it be compromised on payment of a tribute to any. cause? AT THE POST OFFICE. Business Has Already Commenced 'to Increase. It is always very busy around the debate, the electrio lights went out. (the advantage was at the time up the and doing it very well. | "the sepulchral gloom," summing arguments, Then came and the mysterious = voice, flooding the hall," and doing its best to illuminate the who occupied it. come to a halt, he was unable to pursue the argument to a finish, Physical . darkness, the Xree Press remark, does not has been made to his notes, favour mental clearness, and it is sug: gested that the premier in the Com- mons has within his reach a button the touching gf w relevant inconveniently lengthy. It is a subject of playful interest. Manly that and nothing more, or WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE. The Woodstock Sentinel-Review tom- and uses many «reasons | change in representation would be to the advantage of the schools and cause of education. Women, it is* pointed out, are they are more interested in the chil- dren, and more spirited and show livelier sense of the responsibility of ¢itizenship. "A year Sentinel- "the of Woodstock the matter of better school accommodation in mrtain sections | the city. ago," says the Review, women took up of They conducted such an edu- { cational campaign as Woodstock not has seen in many a day. Largely | through their influence a board was | chosen and charged with the respon- of | commodation required. | | sibility providing the better A year know what an has has Supposing thee just one earnest, passed, and we all | been accomplished. had been, say, active woman's zeal and on the board ? It useless to speculatej of course, but the | woman with a a | woman's tact is What are | the women of Woodstock going to do |'about. the school question ?" In the words of a well-knéwn poli- 'The ball The | just now engrossed with another sub- | problem is still to be faced. tician, is rolling, gentle men." women of Kingston are ject, and one great issue at a time But the time is com- will not be content with devising. schemes which. the men maybe enough. ing when , they may examine and approve--ifl they are so minded. The women who can ori- ginate measures can see that they are carried out, when given the opportun- lity. hit hard, and tender Toronto has been wounded afresh, -in a yery {spot. It has been informed by the Municipal board that. its railway can lay down tracks v streets it likes and that the be restrained. = An- that Mackenzie Ontario street fon any - company cannot other. way of saving lis king. the | Mr. Byrnes of Ottawa, and the lead- I'already business is on the er of the negative side of the subject Of course of the referendum), | during Christmas week but every day | ticed. |side and outside work, and it "still be a case of overtime for everybody ! connected with the institution. | ] 3 intellects of those] Eventually he had to | because, unable to seo | i John Fidler. { five | thinks hich will shut off | through the light during a speech which is if en and women waiting | four women, had the joke tarned la skunk | men and women who ° mends the article in the Whig.en the fields. election of women to the school board | why the are sending food into the camp | at Christmas time, and increase. the real rush will. come post office from now on an increase will be no- Extra men will have to be | placed on the staff for both the /in- will Honk, Honk, 'Skunk ! Hunting =~ rabbits with auto horns bas become a fad in' Oswego eounly, N.Y. Many society men and. women are indulging in it, and the centre of their operations is. on the farm of The plan is to gd to a rabbit burrow, put the auto horn over the opening and give four or honks. Invariably the rabbit an auto is sbout to run its burrow. In seli-defence only to be killed by for it with it comes out, guns and clubs. One Syracuse party, which contained on contained The "honked"' of a rabbit. 'honked" that hurrow now are camped out in the The board of health of Syra- cuse has established a shotgun quar- antine against them, and the people on The burrow 'instead | it. long- handled shovels. Met Her Before. : Bohemian. more interested than the men in education, | inquired al boy *"' forgetful 'What is your name, little thie friendly but lady. "Phe same 'as it was yesterday, ma'am,"" replied the observant and polite little boy. At The Wedding. New York Life. It's a swell and stylish rout, Not a loud voice, not a shout, But they murmur low about her And in malice' slyly flout her When the tied are going out. One Way To Tell. Boston Post. "He claims their family in the Mayflower." "How can he tell "I don't know. Maybe he got a bill for their back passage money. came over Our City Merchants. Can have their printing done promptly at the British Whig office, the cheapest and best place. Agdin The Lamb. New ork Sun. Mary had a little lamb, You've heard it o'er and o'er. The stump in stocks Knocked off his socks, And now he's out for gore. Only One 'Bromo Quinine." That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the signature of KE. W Grove.'* Used the world over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c. In A Nutshell. * Kansas Cit Journal Big talker,' lated the Indian, who had been listening | to a local candidate. "Heap scrap, 'And what if he is not elected ? » "'Sorap heap." Alaska Sable Muffs. Ask to see our special lines at 810. Campbell Bros', the busy fur store. "The school boy or school girl" would appreciate a fountain pen. for Christmas, $1.50 pens for $1 at Gibeon's Red Cross~drug store. Walking on the pavements is ] still dangerous, {hose Who dislike Mr. Borden belong| The "half-baked intelligence" are apt to}230. Whitney | 1°& Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up By Reporters OurTheir Rounds. 's Sf. caliskin mitts. Satarday Try : Sale of Pu See Vivingstaiy ac eames Seout' is working in ae Section. Police took another ness ng no cases. ; op; today, mirrors. ng See them at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. See Bibby's 73. cordovan mitts. The utrest cars had their troubles to-day. A good number had to walk to work. The lecture on Christian Science, at gity hall to-night, js free; no col See Bibby' s $1 horsehide mitts, vited to 'the lecture on Science to-night at the stg Jal: I'ry - Bibby's $} -worki § The Rav boat . arrived here; afternoon, and will work in thi¥ vicinity, as soon as they waathor is favorable. ah Bibby" ws Sle. _ working mitts. mirrors," ebony and rose- wood. See" the window at Gibson's Red Cross g store. Ju Fy Be. Sra Jai. cepse In Wright has two i i aang trial. One, of the is" too to appear, an the other has mot yet "been served with a summons. Try Bibby's 50¢c. working mitts, "Fountain pens for: Christmas sents. *:. Ask to see them at son's Red Cross drug store. Christian' pre- Gib Phone Try Bibby's $15 Black overcoats. ow you realize = that putting up, the awning was child's play compared with chopping 'the ice off the back steps. Try Bibby's $12 black overcoats. The need of 'a new dumping ground i= emphasized. every "day. Carters don't know where io take refuse. The city counei¥: i« horribly slow in act- See Bibby's The, cordovan mitts. Work on the city buildings' dome could not be 'proceeded with, this morning. The snow storm was 1oo vigorous to make it safe for the men to be on the dome. Try Bibby's $I" horschide mitts. your hook every week at the Tabard Inn library at Gibson's Red Cross Srug store. A life membership costs $1 to the end of the year. his isa special holiday price. ; See Bibby's $1 hérsehide mitts. A meeting of the executive of ' tlio Social and Moral Reform ne was held 'on Thursday evening, en steps wera advanced another EE in the campaign for -the reduction of liquor! licenses. See Bibby's 50c. working mitts. " Ask for a' mew and complete list 'of books in the Tabard Inn library at Gibson's' Red Cross drug store. Life membership $1,' not: $1.50. Try Bibby's 500. working mitts. The ladies 'of. .the. Presbyterian church at Portsmouth held 'a most successful bazaar, yesterday 'afternoon, and in the evening'a fine programme was rendered... There was a good at- tendance. I'ry Bibhy's ble. working mitts. ('ome 'to. the, lecture , on * Christian Science to-night. at the - city hall gnd learn' of the 'spiritual healing of di- sease, Try Bibby's: B0e. working mitis, W. 'W. Gibson; of sthe Red Cross drug store, saw an assortment of hot water bottles left for repair at a re- pair shop the-ather day and in that assortment not one' single, bottle' was sold at his store; speaks well for the quality of bottles sold at the Red Cross drug store. Phone 230 for pure gum Fibber bottles. They wear the: longest, Misunderstanding. Exchange. The bride and groom walked blush- ingly up to the western justice of the peace. "We have come to get married," stammered the man. "Will you join us >» "Certainly," replied = the dignified judge, reaching for his hat and start- ing to lead the way. It took some time to straighten things out and havg both parties ar- rive at an understanding. The jus- tice was laboring under the impres- sion that the bridegroom haa invited him out to take a drink. Monument To Bishop Macdonell. Alexandria Glengarrian. A massive monument, twelve feet high, of Canadian granite, of rustic design, and weighing about five tons, was placed in position in St. Finnan's cemetery at the head of the grave, where rest in peace the remains of the late Right Rev. Alexander Mac- donell, D.D., first bishop of Alexan- dria. - The monument is an imposing one, What About Hubby. Have yow thought what you'll give him ? Let us suggest a seal cap, Per- sian Lamb cap, fur collar, gauntlets, fur or fur-lined coat. Our big valucs make it an advantage for you to-buy here and the high rgputation of our furs makes this gift doubly apprecia- ted. Campbell Bros', the makers of fine furs, ------------------ Up-To-Date. New York Puck. "What's the man charged with?' "Obtaining money under fglse pre- tences, your honor." "How did he do it?" "Palmed the tail light of an air shiproff on a professor of astronomy as a new comet.' A Fine Caléndar. The Kingston Hogiéry company is circulating a -decidedly handsome cal- bik for 1909. The /lady in red is handsome and as fing as the goods the company turns. out. To The Ladies : At Home eards, visiting ecards, ete., cheapest and best, at Whig office. Remeéniber the Christian Science lee- ture to-mght at the city hall is free. No collection. A. To-day's fall of made citizens haul shovel. Beautiful shaving mugs and brushes at Gibson's' Red Cross drug store. the "beautiful" out their snow See Bibby's $1 driving "mitts, | | nyfacthrer 's students are particularly in-| You are not compelled to exchange | 4 his Ea is familyar low that dhrives a wagon a2 him. But I'm with Jawn D. Th' whin 1 hated him, an' Few soul protested 'again Sous in extermingtin' th' Rant @ittle .man- Co w kerosene -Jjesthese brave, splendid warryors, tin" the. battles iv: or was a good many years dad that -th" ony thing aye ther iv thim was fightin' {'r was to see whieh shud be first to me cash dhrawer. It A me they' were in' about. An' 'the best an man won. "Tis Jike this : were le. 1 | home late at. night an' J el fellow jumps on me hack an' yot: 'Yeler money -or ye'er life ! an' Bat just as I'm Tn act. g. sthrappin' la'ad tears ad tn corner, knocks me ssaiiant down, robs an' beats im, knocks me down an' through me pockets, ap' thin si 'Now, boys, if both iv 've behave ye om 4 come dow -MOITOW an a Nite shovelin' ra good job fr fr'm day 'to day ru hand rE That's e devilopment of the ve'éer money hack,' says what's calléd t! home market. Th' devilopment iv th'] foreign market is when .1 stake th] big fellow to over an'garotte a Rooshan or a inven In th' long run I settle ivrything an' much diff rence does it make to me who. I set- tle with. I'd just as lave pay over th' money I extort fr'm' ye to Rothchild 4s to th' corner. gdoer, In fact if they'll let me keep enough to sup- port me life an' promise not to dis- turb me sleep, I'll lave th' rest on me dure step an' let thum fight for ct Balder And Ruder. A group of theatrical men were talk- ing in New York about the late Rich- ard Mansfield. "Mr. Mansfield," said one, "was-a delightful humorist, a splendid raconteur in society, but at the same time he had a certain proper and becoming sense of his own dignity, and it never paid to be. unduly familiar with him. "He was, as we all know, rather bald. bh resented from barbers or friends any, Husfon to his haldness. "Well, one night at a party a man came up behind this great artist, stag- gered Him with. a violent slap on the hack, and exclaimed in a loud, jovial familiar way : "Hello, Dick! How are you? Every time I see you you get balder and halder." "Mansfield drew himself up. "*I don't know who you are,' he said 'hut every time I see you you get ruder and ruder.'" A Question For Science. John W. Gates was talking about the accident that befell the Mauretania last month. "When that propeller broke," he said, "the screw seemed to run away with the great ship. - She was racked as though a host of giants with sledges were beat- ing: on her sides. We all felt for a moment creatures whom: the 'ark left behind")! Mr. Gatds 'smiled. "Speaking 'of the ark," he said, "I saw a little boy at play with his Noah's ark the other day. I. watched him put aboard all the people, all the painted animals, and then I saw him place care: fully in.a sheltered spot twa tiny. splin-! ters of wood. ""What are they, my son.' T asked. "'Them's microbes," said he. "It had never octurred to me before,' Mr. Gates ended, "but there must, of course, have been a pais of microbes in the ark." a White Mapp' s Burden. Everybody's. " On a journey through the South not long ago, Wu Ting-Fang was impressed by the preponderance of negro labor in one of the cities he visited. Wherever the entertainment committee led him, whether to - factory, - store, or suburban plantation, all the hard work seemed to be borne by the black men. Minister Wu made no comment at the timebut in the evening, when he was a spectator at a ball given in his honor, after watching the waltzing and two-stepping for halt an hour, he re- marked to his host: "Why don't you make the negros do that for yom, too?" A Man's Wife. London Chronicle. If discretion is a virtue on the part of the average man, it is a positive necessity with emperors and statesmen. This truth was realized by Gladstone at the outset of "his political career. career. Shortly after his marriage he said to his wife: "Shall tell you Shortly after his marridge he said to his wife: "Shall I tell you say nothing?" She chose the latter al- ternative, like a wise woman, rigidly adhered to her part of the bargain. - To Strengthen the Nerves Nerve force like clectrity explain. One thing is certain Nerve force can only be created from rich, red blood. Make the blood right and you eure diseases of the nerves such as head- ache, indigestion, sleeplessness, irrita- is hard to prostration and partial paralysis. This is the only way actual cure can possibly. be brought about and because Dr. A. W. Chase's Nérve Food is a great blood builder, it accomplishes wonderiul results in the cure of dis- cases of the nerves. Mrs. Robert Darrah, Chipman, Queen's Co, N.B., writes: "My daughter sufferer "from nervousness and -general debility, brought on by grippe. When the doctors failed to help her Dr. Chase's Nerve Food built her up wonderfully and cured her.' Portrait aml signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, M.D., the famous receipt Book author, on "every box. 50c., at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Dr. A.W.Chase's ay Nerve Food th' popylar papers; au' I know a fel-| t-1- part iv |" as lost" as--as lost as those |. bility, weakness of the bodily organs, "Umbrellas for Men = The real swell kind, suitable for 'Xmas Gifts. ° We think that we have the best showing of brelianyou f find anywhere. To My reat variety of handles. Si Trimmed, ar Wood, Toy, Gun Seta, Horn, Pear], oe Union Taffeta, Gloria, all Silk, - See Our Range, at $1.00, $1.25, 50. Then we show a very nobby range, at $2.00 and ) Then comes Our Real Swell Ones, 00, 50, and $5.00. ». ». 3: 0 ws , SPECIAL--We initial pur Umbrellas free of chaggh,. se : Gloves: Few stores carry the variety in style, weight and price in 0 Sen! s Gloves, that would enable a particular man to be suit. A Teiie, : oh Th Now we're a store that caters to the Glove trade, 'with nearly everything in Men's Gloves. ' Kid Gloves, Unlined, Wool- § Lined, Silk- | $1.00, $1.25. $1.50, $2.00 Mocka Gloves, Silk-Lined , Unlined, Wool-Lined, Fur-Lined, i $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 to $4.50. 'The H. D. Bibby Co. Kingston's One Price Clothing: House, BETTE - wal : | Walking g Made Easy BY WRARING THE ACME CUSHION SHOE Made with an all-wool felt innersole, Chicago News. The other day-an ingenious-looking person called with the message to the housewife that her husband had sent for his dress suit, which was to be pressed and redone by the tailor. "Dear me," said the housewife, "he | which relieves all jar on said nothing to me about it. Did he. lates blood circulation an look quite well?" | foot from heat or cold and "Yes, mum; he wuz in good health | FOR SALE BY and. spirits." THE "And he seemed quite as if he er Sawyer Shoe Store , Stimu« Jroects the poess. what he was about." "He did that, mam.' "And did he look as if he were aie content with things about him? was all that, mum." ell," said the lady; "it seems strange that he should only think of that dress | suit. now, because it's ten. years since | he's dead and buried, and I've often | wondered how he's been getting on." No collection or admittance fee at | the Christsan Science lecture, city | hall, to-night. Everyone welcome. G. M. Webber, to-day, shipped an- other cargo of cattle over to Cape | Vincent, to be sent on to the New | York market. "Ebony and rosewood' hand rors. are useful and ornamental. the window, at Gibson's Red drug store. | LADIES" AND ns TAILORING We fully guarantees superior qualit, | Sorrect or ayia, artistic i pr J. B. Ouellette, --_------ mir- See | Cross or Plum Peddie You will faver us by leaving your order early for Plum Pudding, also Fruit Cake Our customers desiring them decorated will leave orders at earliest possible opportunity. - Toye's, 302 King Street. Phone, 141. EOL ATES Ganong's G. B. Chocolates. Finest variety andlargest assortment in the city just arrived. ' A. J. Rees, 'Phone 38 166 Princess St ' {