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OW that a supply of Ice is assured; we are pre- pared to fill all orders for Ice Cream at 60c Per Quart No change in quality. kd 288 Princess St. S, Phone 845, Every Woman 18 interested and shoul about the ona MARVEL Whirling Spray The new inal By Best ost conven. jont, Jt cleanses instantly, Price Ask your druggist for it. 1f he cannot supply the MARVEL, accept no» Ofer, but send sta fu. ustrated ook -seated' It rs and 2 i %/ nl hi full particula reonay vy fina vainabie o lade oy WIN . TOR WePLY ©0., Windsor, Ont. ¥ General Agents for ¢ ada. THE FRONTENAC LOAN AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863. President--Sir Richard Cartwright Money issued 'on City and Farm Pro- perties. Municipal and County Deben- tures. Mortgages purchased. Deposits received and interest allowed. 8. OC. McGill, Managing Director #4 *"'wrence street. The great Uterine Tonic, and yonly safe effectual Monthly Regulator on which women car depend, Sold in three di i of strength--No. J, Si 0. 2 10 degreds stronger, 3 No.3 for special cases; per x Sold by all druggists, or sen : repaid on rece B of pric ve pamphlet. Add ess: Twi 30K MeD10iNg 80. TOROK: 2, ONT. (formerly Windsor Tupon the safe and THE WHIG, 76th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, blished at 806-310 King street, Kin A y at $6 per year. Editions at 2.30 and 4 o'clock 2. WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 publistied in parts on Monda; day morning at $1 a year. lo States, charge for pos bas to be added, making price of ly $3 end of Weekly $1.50 per year. Woy n> no a orla, ng an : , ot; and cheap work ; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Ce., L'd EDW. J. B. PENSE, Managing Director. Toure: United TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and bers, Church Smallpeice, Daily Wihig. Cham- 20, Queen City gt., Toronto, H. E. tive. - p-- SCALPING THE PEOPLE. The future of tie usuren is very un certain. He has battened long upon a needy people, and it is time that he felt. the discomforts of what has been not inaptly termed 'cold justice." The fact that a conviction has been made'in Ottawa, and that a civil servlint has raised a bitter cry about the way an impecunious people have been imposed upon, must not leave the impression that the money sharks have prospered only in our capital. The world over the usuréer has laid in wait, so to speak, and he has merci- Jesely squeezed all who put themselves within his clutches. : 48 In the last issue of the Youth's PRESS IN SELF- DEFENCE, The public man who seeks to escape liability for what he says in public places, by denying the accuracy of press reports, cannot expect much con- sideration. Mr. Haultain, the leader of the opposition in the Saskatchewan legislature, has heen repudiated by a conservative journal, when he essayed to deny that he had said that which it had credited to him. : During the Saskatchewan campaign Mr. Haultain had gone out of his way to make charges against mem- hers of the government. Mr. Calder, the minister of education, awarded a contract to the Morang company for and Mr. Haultain in- that besides being an im- proper transaction in several minor details it permitted of grafting by the friends of the government. When chal- lenged to make good his statements in the legislature he denied the language that had been imputed to him. The reporting his speech accepted school books, sinuated paper this denial in silence. Once more Mr. Haultain brought face to fave with a slander he had uttered with regard to the parli- buildings. He was alleged to have said that "Sir Wilirid Laurier ordered the contract to go to Peter Lyall, for setvices rendered, and Mr, Scott had to obey." A second time Mr. Haultain said he had not been correctly reported. This was too much for the Regina Standard, the conser- it replied: "The statement credited to' Mr. Haultain, which he accepted until this date, and which ha now repudiates, was made by him." And as if desirous that the reputation of the paper should be pre- served the Standard added that the report referred to "'was just as fair a was ament vative paper, and summary as was ever published of any speech." The press has to endure a great deal for the sake of the party. It is not subsidized so that it is not an echo of the party or of its leaders. It may favour a political cause, but it is free and independent and is not oblieged to eat the leek for man. Mr. Haultain preserved his any would have self-respect much more hy admitting that on certain matters he was mis- taken instead of indirectly charging that a friendly press had given publi- vity to a slander. ------ $16,000,000 of Yast year's ecur- into the National There will be a surplus of current revenue Over rent revenue went I'ranscontinental railway. over expenditure 'this year, but there is a the railway. The for the present; eventually the company must pay. heavy outlay on country: finances Tt A VERY HEAVY TASK. - The western Saskatchewan and Alberta-- have giv- en an answer to the appeal which the Gra provinces--Manitoba, Association made to The demand was loading platforms, for the housing and shippipg of the grain. It was a great enterprise, one involving Growers' their government. for elevators and an expenditure of two or three millions of dollars, and design- ed to be followed by a great mono- poly. The government felt that the future of the mew provinces depended largely prompt movement of the crops. But they have decided (rand Union Hotel Opp. Grand Central Station, New York City Rooms, $1.00 a Day AND UPWARD Baggage to and from Station free. Send 20 stamp for N.Y. Oity Guide Book and Map N SELLING COAL IS A BLACK BUSINESS Yet we will treat you white if you become a customer of ours. We once knew a fel- low by the name of Black, yet he was the whitest man we ever met. Tender us your order for our black coal-- haven't any white-- and we'll deliver the best ever mined. COULD WE BE WHITER ? CRAWFORD, 'Fhone, 9, Fact of Queen St. a man who knows what n't Many not say ha sense enough not to say ---------------------------------------------- that transportation is a subject which lies with the federal government. Ii the dominion parliament gives the provinces the power to deal with the matter--transforming a grave respon: sibility to the provinces--the local governments will assume it, and do what they can to meet the require- ments of the west. In the meantime the dominion parli- ment is not asked to surrender any of its power or rights. At the same time { the evidence has been produced that | the railvay companies are making | strenuous efforts to meet the growing | demands of the North-West. They have {to do it. It is a duty that is pressing upon them. Increased accommodation, as the country fills up with people and the land yields of its riches, be- [ates absolutely necessary. { | The railway commission, too, is a | wonderful spur upon the companies, 1 . + (an incentive to action. Perhaps, on {the whole, it is as well that the pro- | vinces must leave to the dominion companies a task which they only can be really able to perform, : i lana the railway ------------ | Ts the new $50,000 a year president lof the New York Central railway to be .envidd ? No; he has enrnet his | promotion. He must have the ability (for srvice or he would not have risen | fro 1 seclicn man to head of the fin- = ra' lway States. system in the United v i yellow press will now be extended to Comp there is the record of Dr. Wassam's discoveries in New York, where the usurers are particularly nu- merois and particularly busy. Cases are cited in illustration of the desper- ate work of these so-called "'loan sharks," One young man, during the sickness of members of his family, borrowed $24 and he could not repay it. The interest kept accumulating and compounding. Then there were other borrowings, and presently the man found that his obligation bad risen to $800. The broker now prac- {ically owned his victim, body and soul. Our contemporary, the Youth's Com- panion, sums up some useful informa- tion upon tho subject. "In some European countries," he remarks, "savings and credit unions have flourished filty years. In Italy alone such unions, a species of co-opcr- ative bank, have a membership of three hundred and fifty thousand. The thrifty and fortunate profit to reason- able extent by their neighbors' nceds. The man temporarily down borrows at helped. to his feet, pushed deeper into In a Canadian town of seven for low rates, and is instead of being the hole. thousand persons a people's bank, started eight years ago, has driven from the town three loan sharks, who were then doing business there." The guestion is one our parliaments should deal with practically. It not that laws he passed against usury, and that these laws should be enforced, as they are now in should 'be loans, ov loans to de- is enough Ontario. Some provision made for easy serving persons under reasonable con- ditions. Ome of tions--the Grange, if the Whig is not mistaken--made cheap money a plank in its platform. Not that governments can make money and hand it out demands © the same, at low intercst, but it can see that a sorving people can get the accommoda- tion they desire reasonably, and with- out feeling that those who take their notes or securities are, metaphorically speaking, secking their lives. the farmers' associa- to whoever de- EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. Borden's denunciation of the his own beloved press of the Pacific coast. Sn------ . Hayes, the Marathon prizeman, will not run against Longboat again. He will tackle Dorando again, or any man who is his, size. If the railway commission proposes to project general legislation in re gard to level crossings why should the subway be built ? ---- 1f Dr. Pyne keeps still a while 'a special committee of the commons will tell him all about technical edu- cation. He needs the pointers. The Toronto World has had other pipe dream, and announces that Mr. Fielding will be the premier's sue- cessor as leader of the liberal party. an The city will have occasion to re- member the friendly overtures of the county and duly appraise them if $5,000 goes into the famous sub- way. the in needs The Toronto Pugsley case in black type, and very black language. It only a black border to make the complete obatuary. News discusses Headache And Neuralgia From Golds. Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world- wide cold and grippe remedy, removes cause. Call for full name, Look for signature, E. W. Grove, Ernest Holder Is Safe. A telegram received by rrelatives, on Tuesday, from Isaac Holder, Blad- worth, Sask., announces that Ernest, his son, who was Teported in Mon- day's Whig as being lost in a bliz- zard, is safe. Further particulars will follow by a letter. Sleigh Robes. And men's coon coats at genuine bargain prices, whilo they last, at Campbell Bros' big clearing fur sale. ------------ Raffles Has Been Caught. Wormwith by-law now claims Work for it on Thurs: The your attention. day. Mrs. William Spooner, is fast recov- ering from her injuries received at the outer station, a week ago Tuesday night. She is not yet able to be around, but is gaining strength daily. We have a large stock of Boker, Siarr, Automobile and Cycle skates. No reasonable offer refused for any of them. Strachan's. "Every day' Gibson's Red Cross Cough Syrup is curing coughs; 20c., not 25¢. Wormwith does not need Kingston, "THE D + ' A . mm -------------- PH IF TIE PES Dry Up The Tears. Toronto Globe. The Canadian loan in London has gone above par, and the crocodile tears of our tonservative press can be wiped away. A Timely Tip. Toronto Star. . In surveying the town site of Gow- sanda the government officials should take care not to locate it so that householders will run against silver in the coal cellar. Spelling Reform. Guelph Mercury. If this fight continues no one will know where to stick their "u's" and we will find spelling so confused that he names of the political leaders wil be spelt Larier and Bourden. Stead's Inspiration. , Guelph Mereury. WT. Stead claims that he fs nav. ng daily intercourse with the spirits of departed friends. Stead always lid think that he knew more than or- linary mortals and now possibly, since he is getting straight tips from the astral world, there may be some- thing in it. A Wild Comment. Montreal Gazette. There is talk in some circles of raising the rate of interest on de- nosits in the post office and other government savings banks to 33 or i per cent. Evidently the feeling is that something must be done to jus- tify in Canada the high rates Mr. Fielding is paying for loans in Eng- and. GIFT FOR PASTOR. A Budget of News From Cannifton Section. Cannifton, Feb. 2.--Mr, and Mrs. John Quinn, Fairman, are visiting friends in Rawdon. Mrs. Charles Cal- lery has returned from Croydon, whither she went to visit her mother who is ill. H. K. and. Miss May Boyce are spending the week ,in Co- borne. On Sunday last Rev. Mr. Parke exchanged <pulpits with Rev. W. D. I. Wilson, who delivered a very racy sermon which it was a pity so nany people missed on account of the cold night, Mr. and Mrs. Char- les Rosevear, Toronto, are the guests of G. W. Palmer. - Charles Knees left on Saturday = for South Carolina, where he will remain for a couple of months. The social at the parsonage under the management of the WMS, last Tuesday - night, "was a. decided suc- cess. Games and music beguiled the time and though the rooms were crowded the majority. present managed to "recognize" themselves and to draw their own conclusions. A pleasant feature was the reading of an address and the presentation ' of 'ur-lined coats to Rev. ' and Mrs. Rerke. : . Mr. Rorke made a feeling reply, thanking the people for the gifts and expressing his appreciation of the sentiments voiced in the address. Af ter this dainly refreshments were ser- ved by the ladies to which ample justice was done. The proceeds were over $20. A special meeting of the ratepayers of Corbyville section was called on Monday for the comsideration of uni- tine with Cannifton section and building a new school. After it was discussed from every standpoint it was moved by Mr. Emerson, seconded by G. W. Palmer, that . this section unite with Cannifton, and the motion was ably supported, there being onlv two or three dissenting voters out of a well represented section. Plans will be formed immediately for the erec- tion of a building. . Pittsburg Township Council. Barriefield, Feb. 1.--Present, Thomas W. Spence, reeve; James Gordon, John Bennett, R. B. Donaldson, and J. H Barrett, councillors Minutes of last meeting adopted. Ontario Municipal Association wrote re liability of muni- cipalities for damage on highway. Moved, Bennett-Gordon, that petitign be signed by reeve and clerk, and sent to J. 8. Gallagher, M.P.P., for Fron- tenac. Accounts passed: M. Maugan, 40 rods fence (bonus), $5; Whig, print- ing, etc., $18.75; James Sowards, wood, $3.50; F. Bell, thirteen loads of stone, $26; Mrs. Medley, oil ete, $1.15; M. Berrigan, refund statute la- bor, $2; F. Lucy, work on road, $5; A. J. R. Medley, collector, 1908, $109, and $2.50 postage; clerk, on salary, $1,700. 'The treasurer given .a cheque for $300 to meet current expenses. The auditors presented their report, which was adopted on motion of Ben- nett-Donaldson. The collector returned his roll, all taxes being paid. ~The board of health, composed of Messrs. Donaldson, Bennett and Barrett, in conjunction with the reeve. The clerk as secretary and . A. J. R. Medley, samitary inspector, were appointed on motion of Gordon-Bennett. Moved, Barrett-Bennett, that auditors re-° ceive $12. each.--Carried. Adjourned until first Monday in March. Glenvale Gleanings. Glenvale, Feb. - 2.--The box social held in the Orange hall, by the L. 8. society, was a success both financially end socially. Rev. Mr. Mclones, Har- rowsmith, ~ occupied the chair. The proceeds amounted to $16. Hugh Me- Cracken, who was thrown from his sleigh last week and received some severe bruises, is slowly recovering. John Clark is hauling ice from Mud Lake. A number from here attended the oyster supper held at Odessa last Thursday evening. Miss Mildred Orser is ill with grippe. Frank Evans was removed to the Kingston general hospital to undergo 'treatment. Sid- ney Watts has leasefl his farm to Mr. Redden, of the York Road, for the coming season. Miss Mabel Van- Order, Sydenham, spent a few days at H. C. Orser"s. Noble Eilerbeck, Harrowsmith, and Charles Elierbeck, Oxbow, Sask., visited friends here on Monday. Tere M. J. Haney, Toronto, has given $1,000. to apply on the debt of the Holv Trinity church, Watertown, N.Y. He is a friend of the rector.' A beautiful large $5 sponge for 84.25, at Gibson's Red Cross = drug store. i.' . Ice some fourieen inches thick is be- but Kingston needs Wormwith daily. ing harvested at Cape Vincent, N.Y, AILY BRITISH WHIG, WE DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, S$ 1909. CENTENARY OF COMPOSER. i ~~ Musical World Pays Tribute to Mendelssohn's Memory. The second of this year's centenary celebrations is that of Felix Mendels- sohn-Bartholdy, who was born on February 3rd, at Hamburg. He was the son of a cultured. Jewish scho'- ar, Moses. Mendelssohn. The father of the musician used to say in jest : "Formerly I was the son of father, but now 1 my son."' 'The anniversary musical lion of his time will be ve cognized in different parts of the world by the performance of some of his musical ~works, such as his orato rios of "Elijah" and "St. Paul." He was a juvehile prodigy. He made a public appearance as a pianist at the age of nime, and in 1819 he be gen to be a composer. Two facts thine clearly out from this period. His penmanship in music was ex- iremely neat, and he wrote a fugue which warmed his father's heart - cause it showed reflection and a re- spect for order. Composition went cn apace, for. this fine, healthy boy, opulent in animal spirits, wrote "spon- taneously and elegantly, but without i ny 'unhealthful drain on his emo- tions. It was rather the unnatural excitement of public a rances that undermined his ra ve was the vitimate cause of his early death. It was perhaps in 1825 that the Loy's creative faculty really began to exhibit itself, although he had com- posed many pieces of large calibre before' that time. But the octette for strings, opus 20, the Trumpet" overture, and the completion of the opera, "The Marriage of Camacho," Lelong to that year. The scherzo of the octette is indeed significant. It is the real Mendelssohn. In 1826 this wonderful boy the overture to Shakespeare's "Mid- summer Night's Dream." He = com- ) osed it first as a piano piece for four hands, and played it with his gifted sister, Fanny. In 1823 he had be- gun his study of Bach's "St. Mat. thew Passion," and in 1827 he sembled a small choir for its tice, togethar with Edward Devrient 6s one of the soloists. In 1829 came the famous performance of the = "St. Matthew Passion' at the Singaxa- demie, Mendelssohn conducting, It was this performance which led 'to the revival of interest in the long neglect- «d works of Bach. Mendelssohn's bent was ever in the direction of clearness, order, neat- ness, precision and perfection of bal ance in design. These qualities are found in all his orchestration. His feeling for the exhjuisite adjustment of parts in a scove is so unerring that «née can' find extremely few instances of »top-heavy or muddy chords in all his pages." Take the opening phrases of the "Midsamwrmer Night's Dream" overture, that suecession of chords of wood wind and horns, It is abso- lutely perfect, and yet baffling in its very simplicity. It was certainly no invention of this boy of seventeen, yet how many dozens of musicians have imitated it since this overture made | its effect known! +Imitated ? Indeed, some of them lifted it bodily from Mendelssohn's pages, thus honor, ing it with a place in the now com- mon phraseology of musical speech. wrote Toronto Street Market. Toronto, Feb. 2.--Wheat, fall, bush. 93¢c. to $1; wheat, goose, 92¢. to 93c.; oats, bush., 45¢. to 46c.; barley, bush., 56e. to 60c.; rye, bush., 69. to 70c.; peas, bush., 88¢. to 90¢c.; hay, per ton, $12 to $13; hay, No, 2, $9 to $10; straw, per ton, $11 to $13; dress- ed hogs, $9 to $9.50; ° butter, dairy, 25¢. to 28¢.; butter, creamery, 28c. to 30c.; eggs, new laidp 30¢. to 35e¢.; eggs, fresh, 27c. to 28c.; chickens, dressed, Ib., 1l4c. to 17e.; geese, Ib., 12¢. to l4e.; turkeys, 1b., 18¢c. to 20e.; cabbage, per dozen, 50c. to 75c.; cel- ery, per dozen, 50c. to 75¢.; potatoes, bag, 75¢. to 85c.; onions, bag, 85c. to 90c.; apples, barrel, $1.50 to $4; beef, hindquarters, $8.50 to $10; beef, fore- quarters, $6 to $7; beef, choice, car- case, 38 to $8.50; Leef, medium, car- case, 35.50 to $7; muttons, per ewt., $7 to $9; veal, prime, per cwt., $8.50 to $11; lamb, per cwt., $10.50 to $12. Hamilton people witnessed a spec: tacular fire on Sunday evening in the works of the Standard Chemical com- pany. The blaze lasted all night and at noon Monday the firemen were pouring 'five streams of water into the fire which they are unable to ex- Yioghish, "It is nihilism and attempted mur- der," declared Lord Guthrie at Stir- ling, Scotland, in sentencing Robert Potrie, twenty-eight years old, Lo seven years' imprisonment for attempting to wreck an express train by placing an obstruction on the track. "Flannel "covers" for hot bottles, only 25¢., at Gibson's Cross drug store. The Cast Thread company's plant, Seneca Falls, N.Y., was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The loss is estimated at $90,000. . Beef, Iron and Wine, "our own" make; pint bottles, b0c., at Wade's arng An application will be made lo the legislature to change the present sys tem of assessment in' Ottawa, making it every three years. 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You'll look Letter, feel vastly improved by relying on this great medicine, which is in- water Red new one this winter we would like to inform that we have the best Do you intend getting s winter ? 1fso. rm you sortment of Men's Over- coats to be fou anywhere See our $7.80, rosvenor Coat. See our $10 Black Che- viot Coat. : y U See our- $12.50 College Isters and our Chester- fields. See our swell $15 Cham- berlain Coats. SPECIAL--Any $20.00 Semi-Ready Overcoats for $15.00 This Week. The H. D. Bibby Co. WEG SEER REE PEs stant in effect. Price, 25e. per box, or five boxes for $1, at all dealers. iii "Just Out" Day & Martin's latest and best Shoe Polish Day & Martin's Polishes are used the world over £--and are more popslasoniay than ever before. "JUST OUT" is certain to add to the reputation of Day & Martin's Polishes in'Canada. Ask your dealer for « JUST OUT" Shoe Poiish and refuse substitutes. CHAS. GYDE, 22 St. Frs. Xavier St. There is nothing else just as good. Agent for Canada. is made from the finest care- we fully selected cocoa beans, : COwAN S [Seles]. roasted by a& special p! to oe tho rich chocolate flavor. Cowan's is most deli- cious and most econo THE COWAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO. Something New. A Clearing Sale of Hardware. Tt will pay you to; investigate. STRACHAN'S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. Young Folks Had Good Time at Col. Clyde's. Odessa, Feb. 2.--Several from here attended the twenty-fifth anniversary wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose, at Bath, on Saturday night, Jan. 23rd. About. twenty young people from Kingston drove: to Lieut.- Col. Clyde's, ssa, on Thursday right, and spent the evening with his daughter, Miss Flossie, who has been attending the Kingston Business Col- lege, and, we are pleased to say, has successfully passed her examinations. The woman's missionary society met at Mrs. P. A. Mabee's on Thursday afternoon last. Light refreshments were served and the amount realized was nearly %4, : The funeral service of the late W. S. Hegadorn was held at the Free Methodist church on Saturday after- noon, by Rev. Charles Goodrich. The Odessa Citizens' hand gave. an enjoyable concert in the town hall on Saturday night and realized a neat little sum for their treasury. Harry Lee had the misfortune to loose a valuable horse through sick- ness last week. The tee harvesting is on now and several are laying in a é good supply while it is in first clase condition. ! ------------------ Cold In Italy. Rome, Feb, 3.--This winter, in aly, is extremely cold. In Calabria and Sicily, 4 oranges and nons, which usually. ripen by this tiie, are drop- ping from the trees. There has beon a hard frost throughout {he éarthquake aves and the majority of the almost shelterless people are suffering from bronchitis, while cases of pneumonia are 'pumeoerous. 1 Thought It Was Suicide. A prominent merchant was discoy- ered a few days ago brandishin, his razor at midnight. His wile called for assistance, but found her Hubby was only paring his corns. Far better not to risk blood poisoning--use Put nam's. No Reserve. We offer our entire stock of furs at quick:selling priece. All profit is lost sight of at Campbell Bros' elearing sale. : Lo "A 25¢. bottle of cough symp for | ove." Gibson's Red Cross drvig store, ¥