- ------ TH THE BOXING CHAMPIONS tel Abe. Attell, champion of America, ago when the English. spn BORES AND NOT-BORES How We Have to Divide Friends. Harper's Weekly « However uncharitable it he, however much we may fear that we dwell ina glass house where the. first stone flung would shatter our mansion of pride we aa somehow divine off our friends into the bores and the not-boree, and it would be too pessimistic a view to assert that the former are those let us talk and the latter those talk themselves. It not even true that the. newscarrier is always the non-hore. There are a great many wv ital things to he communicated in this life more important than facts. True charity is never boring, health and happiness and high spirits are exempt, and all forms of radiancy and trust. Nor would one like to discour agp every form of discontent; failure have their own 'interest and are cafiducive to listlessness if they put poignant and tragic enough It is, for example, not boring to hedr that a man has starved to death on Fifth avenue, or that another was committed to jail for stealing YHread for four starving babies. These Off Ow who who is not He mat ters add to the picture of life, are the dark shadows that throw out the | high lights, and make the myriad- | ed intricate picture of being. | The man with a hobby who does | = 1 | who } something is likewise not a bore. It always interesting to see people be results; but the man with a hobby merely talks aboiit what he wow like to do, or, worse, might have done is the man who demands that we stretch out the mantle of our charity and tet the armor of our endurance The man who smokes cigars burns ap a lot of to buy his hut don't this is. money, enough possibly! wav into the legislature, the man who neglects to get smoke | there either. 1 wonder i A A HORSE WITH A FINE RECORD 3 and Jem Driscoll, the champion an showed his superiority in the pe i Nn HE WAS ABSENT-MINDED. Sent Wateh to~Jeweler, When Needed Only Winding Up. Night true Waturday a real about mund Bristol, M.P. Durin the of the trennous campaign helwe Mr. Bristol and T, C. Robinette election the House one as member ol an exceedingly busy man when he was wa, and was tudious duties in other mult intimate mixing his things. One day he pulled hi his pocket to see how to allow him gagement, and found the hands ing still, set "Here," said watch out mained slow an hour Mi to his that watch: it's been behaving days. Run around it, and tell to fix as possible, - After twenty turned J his to Ryrie's wil him it up as minutes the boy on face, he said, as he I'he man at Ryerie's Stop Encouraging 'Coughs. A cough that self is quite apt to favorable for another cough. {Il coughs promptly and cure thorouglily with the Diamond Remedy. In bottle, 205c, vou allow to eure leave and Dik lat Wade's drug store. of deal believes A woman my acquaintance fers a great She three on a number foot st Do not successiul. they on account of belief she can weal number shoe envy those who You don't carrying seem know are of England, who met a minds of the experts. Fd davs 'n for of Commons for Centre Toronto, he was Afterwards, preparing to go to Btta i friends say he used to do some absent-minded of ouch time ie to keep an en stand oflice hoy, "I don't knoy what has got into badly aon vo With entire lack of expression hande eateh and chain back to Mr, Brigtol: says to wind it~ conditions Cure thom Cough her | tect five | more | may the loads few nights -- wig -- NEWS OF SCOTLAND. Items of Interest to the Sons of thie Heather. Extensive pleasure grounds established Portobello, known as Edinburgh dens, During 1908 the lifeboats of the Reyal National Lifeboat Institution were instrumental in saving 393 lives, and an additional 152 by shore boats and other means, for which the insti tution grants rewards. Edinburgh College of Art, so far as it: has «heen completed, was formally opened recently by Lord Provost Gib- son. A | provisional committée has heen appointtd to consider the advisability of promoting a zoglogival garden in Edinburgh | The authorities of are making an appeal to the government to prevent the an cient. fortress, to restore and main- tain its buildings, to retain it to some extent, at least, as a mili tary ana saluting station, and the flag kept flying as in bhygonéydays." On her. birthday recently 0s Mar- chioness of Lothian presented [poal to the peor of Jedburgh. Under the new bill the grant payable denominational schools will be increased from 3s. 6d per head to 6s. Ayr constable are to be to Marine Gar near he the Dumbarton the degradation of h and eaucation to will send its ehief to 'study the town council London science of finger pripts; Prestwick ratepayers are to be given the opportuniy' of voting for or | against a proposal to lay out the {land along "the sea front at a certain Fons and to erect wall i it, a | anti t---- There is a great di { being prepared and being ready. You be prepared for heaven but 1 very much if to to a sea to pro ence between | doubt | vou are ready 3 New York, Fob. 23 mare, Amefican Queen, Garden last fall. She hovse. wl oye picked her out on the street in is a little over Missouri trotter and saddle horse that wus also the sire of Ike Taylor, ' 4 » Chicago International, Hugh Willoughby bought her for My AMERICAN "QUEEN 15.2 hi Watson, chadts of a farmer's bugey h, last hands and in finish, summer, at a the PHOTO BY nAAS Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, of this eity, has purchased of George Wajson, the black saddle that was second to Dr. Crockett in the class for ladies' saddle horséy at' Madison Square manners and lit tle She is a paces. is a typical woman's town i" Missonri, where his train- danghier ; of Big lke, a bush bred the harse that defeated Miss Aun at the \ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY en S------ ------ = ™ TT Poetical : ng ~ Selections. mm ~~ Longing. James Russell Lowell. Of all the myriad moods of mind That through the soul came theohgiog, What one was e'er so dear, so kind, So beautiful as. longlog? The thing ve long for, that wa are For the 1ransCeRdAt: said i Before the present, poor bare, Can make the & t. Still through the paltry stir and strife Glows down t wished 4 And longing molds lay what Life Carves in the To let the new hie '. wa Know, Desire must ope the i Perhaps the longiag to be so Helps make the soul jmmortal.- Be Kind. Speak kindly, for the tle word 1s like a lovely. lay. gen That cometh from a singing bird And sweetens all the day. Think kindly, for the gentle thought Inspires 10 gentle deeds, ig And acts of noble worth are wrought, Of which kind thoughts are. seeds. Act kindly, for the hands ard fair That lift another up ; A cup of water you can bear E'en in a little cup. Liveejiidly, for so, day by day, You garper up a store Of good that shall not: pass away, But live forever more.' The Snow Ball, I'he sky is speckled with the snow-- Keep the hall a-rolling Up and down the hill we go-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! Small at first, but how it grows | What care we for putple nose, Ruby fingers, tingling toes ! Keep the ball a-rolling ! Irees are in their downy beds-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! Blankets wrapped around their heads-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! All together, with 'a will, Up the lane and down ithe hill ; We are merry snowbirds still -- Keep the ball a-rolling ! (Giants make these, one by one-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! Where thev snow-ball just for fun-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! From a single flake it grew ; tour by hour, so fair and true, Urow the good deeds that we do-- Keep the ball a-rolling ! My Creed. By 8. E. Kiser. I'his is my creed : To do some good, To hear my ills without complaining, fo press on us a brave man should For honors that are worth the gaining ; To seek no profits where I may By winning them bring griel to others, lo do some service Jay by day In helping on my toiling brothers. Chis is my creed : To close my eyes To little faults of those around me ; I'o strive to be when each day dies Some better than the morning found we ; I'o ask for no unearned applause, To cross no river till I reach it; To always have a worthy cause, To fearlessly and fairly preach it. This is my creed : To wisely shun The sloughs in which the foolish wal- ow, To lead where I may be the one Whom weaker men should choose follow; { To keep 'my standards always high, To find my task and bravely do it-- This is my creed ; I wish that I Could even live half-way up to it. to Why Don't You Laugh ? To-Day s Magazine. Why don't you laugh, troubles come, Instead of sitting 'round so glum ? You cannot have all play, And sunshine every day ; When troubles come, I say, you laugh ? dear boys, when sour and "Why don't you laugh, dear *Pwill ever help to soothe I'he aches and pains. No road in life is smooth ; There's many an unseen bump, And many a hidden stump O'er which "you'll have to jump. Why don't you laugh'? girls ? "Why don't you laugh ? spirits wilt ; Don't git and ery because the milk you've Don't let your spilt ; 11 you would mend it now, Pray let me tell you how ; Just milk another cow | Why don't you laugh ? "Why don't you laugh, and make us all laugh, too, And keep us mortals all from getting blue ? A laugh will always win ; If you can't laugh, just grin-- Come 'on, let's all join in 1 Why don't you laugh ?"* Knowledge. By S. BE. Kiser, in Youth's Companion. MH only we could see what lies ahead, It we might look beyond to-morrow's portals, absolved from [ wonder if w should, read, . Be happy-visaged and contented mor- tals ? Would all the hate and heartache dis appear, Would glee blot out all memories of SOrrow-- Would courage come to take the of fear, If we could see what lies beyond morrow 7 {t we could know what destinies fates Are shaping now for us who blindly bhiander And oft in vain assault forbidden gates. How would the knowledge profit us, I wonder 7 Would failure cease to break the hearts of men ? Would night's deep silent darkness lose its terror? Would he that ought to dig lay down the pen ? Would all who stumble cease to grope in error ? We know that right is right, that wrong is wrong, That thus it was ordained at time's beginning ; We know that honors to the wise be place to- the long, That sorrow is the heavy price of sin- ning, : Yet. foolishly we sin and venture where The currents, soon or late, will drag us under : What a Great Man Said to the Great American People. - Parisian Sage is a discovery of. a celebrated scientist, who spent y the best years of his life in perfecting this great hair tonic' In giving his recipe to the American people, he said, 'Parisian Sage is the most delightful hair dressing in the world, but it is more than a hair dressing. It cuges dandruff by killing the germs that infest the foots of the hair; it stops falling hairy/it gives vig- or and strength to the hair roots." Gi. W. Mahood sells Parisian Sage at 50¢. a large bottle and guarantees it to do all that is claimed for it, or vour money is refunded. If yon do not reside near a druggist who sells Parisian Sage, send Bbe. to Giroux Mig. Co., Fort Erie, Ont.. and a'bot- tle will be sent you all chargey pre: paid. : why don't By w Ln ther: grief to others, To do some service day In helping on my tolling brothers. This is my creed : To closy eyes To Mite faults of those RY we ; To strive to be w! each dies Some better than the Da er found b me ; To ask for-no unearned applavse, . To cross no river till 1 reach it; ' To alwi have a worthy cause, ~ . To fearlessly and fairly preach it: .- This is my creed : To wisely hun The Sloughu in which the foolish wallow, To lead where I may be the one Whom weaker men should ch to To hens tandards always high a my sta a " a ry ass. 1 This is my creed--I wish that I Could even live' half way up to it. How World Could Be Improved. By $8. E. Kiser. " ow grand a place this world would be If mo man ever had to labor, It each man: ht Jom debts be~iree And somewhat richer t his neighbor; How happy we could all become if pleasures never were denied us, 11 scolding women all were dumh And others never rose to chide us. This world would be a, splendid place IM we could spend our fives ut pleusure, If coal men never had the face Te try to cheat us with short measure ; What happihess we all might claim If each man who was lured or driven To foolishness or sin might. blanie - Some fellow-man und be forgiven. How fair a place this world would be ch man who is fond of speaking Had knowledge that by you a Might be considered well worth ing: lad we might become ere fev If when we spoke all men wou heed us, If we might proudly lead the throhg And no man ever tried to lead us, This world would be a splendid place If each man might indulge his passion Without the danger of disgrace Or punishment in any fashion ; What cause could men have for complaint 1f each man could surpass his brothers, If each were free from all restraint, And laws were only made for others. On Saturday Night. Chicago News. Hister's nervous and flustered the whole of "the day An' she gives funny answers to what you may say. She is apt to forget what she ought to have done And she'll never hall finish the job she's hegun, will sugar her meut and put salt in her tea And eat soup with her fork just as calm as can be. Why, I reckon thing right When ber beau comes Saturday night. She she can't do a single to see her on She is good to us kids--just as pleasant as pie-- And she laughs when out why. She Kets red as a flower at nothin' at a I never can figger When our pa says he wonders if some one won't call. Then our ma says, *'Yow stop Don't mind him, wy dear. 1 won't have the girl hothered, Jones, do you hear 7' > And then sis will run off and she'll say out of sight When | her bean comes turday night. that! John to see her on Sister goes: to her room with "her hair all in erimp And she'll primp and she'll she'll primp It's a coup down then she'll Sunday gown, she's xed up with ribbons and fluffed ap with lace And I'l be you a nickel she powders her primp and and she'll primp. eé of hours afore she'll come And he dressed in her hest And ace. I can't tell vou no more, for they turn down the light When her beau comes Saturday might. to sep her on INCREASING LUXURY, Paris Practises Art of Refinement in Simplicity. Paris, Feb, 23.--In the matter of ex- travagance and general and ever-in- creasing luxury among wealthy and middle classes, Paris is in advance of Berlin. Paris practises the art of re finement in simplicity, and there is no more costly art. The extravagance of an up-to-date Parisian dinner no long- er lies in the number of its courses or the variety of the winés, but rather in the exquisite refinement of its sur- roundings. The dinner itself is short, never longer than forty-five minutes to an hour. There are three or four courses ay the most, and never more than two or three kinds of wine. In. deed, it is now the fashion to drink mineral waters more than wines. But on tho table is a light and delicate display of the rarest flowers, ior the setting and supply of which the florist charges from $10 to $25 a day. No heavy silverware is on the table, only the most exquisitely chased and carved Louis Seize silver of the light- est kind, but of great beauty. Table clothe with real Venctidn or other real lace inscrtions, costing from $100 to $150, are now common in the houses of the well-to-do middle classes. Ordinary small napkins for tea are exhibited in the best. Paris shops at $60 and more a dozen. One the most striking signs of the luxury of the age in Patis is the fashion .in jewelry. As it. has become "bad form" to wear many rings, and worse still to wear on the same hand stones of variegated colors, it is the custom for those women who can al- ford it to wear one or at most two rings at a time, But these rings con 'ain either diamonds or other lous stones, worth. thousunds of dollars. The wealthy woman will now display a single diamond ring of the utmost purity and brilliancy.. and leave the well-to-do tradesman 5 wife to adorn each of her fingers with rings of dif- ferent colored gprecious stones. The, revolution that has recently taken place in women's attire has ne cessitated a complete change in the outfit of every follower of fashion. 'A lady recently paid $800 to her dress. maker for ono of the newest gowns, and spent an 'additional $350 in lin- gorie, hosicry and boots to enable her +o wear the new dress, The "Riche lieu" boots which women now wear to maich the rest of their attire are fre quently mado with real pearl and real gold as wellias silver gilt buckles. On a pair of such shoes the buckles alone cost $75. : % There has been a Vast increaso yin the number of cxpensive tearrooms, Hundreds of women in Paris daily spend from $2 to $2.50 on afternoon tea. The same tendency towards ex- travagance has spread to every clase jof French socioty. HUSBAND TOO NOISY -- wg When Taking Soup--Giound For : Diver. : St. Louis, Feb. 23.--Mrs. Mina Lei: der wants a divorce from Ach Leider Sho eats hi food with a Knife and soup with a noise, ng toa petition filed somewhat oly in the sireuit, court. og r intiff says sl the 'role wife to Th has pla , but 3hat | life has hanome too buirdensatit to be yoked with his an or, She was born in 1874, she No . jduated in 1895 from Wellesley, * ous amoung the of the lund where blue stocki are as promin- ent as daisies in June," ; * There she learned the ways of polite, society and acquired and Sates t 8 wise wn as table manners. Con: quently, the sight of a person ecat- ing with a kuife 'or the sound of soup gurgling into the mouth or the blow- ug of one's nose at meals or the in ng of liquids or semi-liquids by the ciating pain and annoyance to her. "Her husband," over his soup plate with his head un- til his beard almost dips into the soup, and from the tinge of lifting the first ful to his ps until the last drop is ddained makes a noise akin to that of a sawmill." | 1 HINT FROM PARIS, Dark Blue Ottoman Gown. DAILY A Rich Making A Seaport. New York Sun. t a business men's meeting in At lanta there was under discussion an arrangement with the railroads that allowed merchandise to be shipped te and from that inland city on a through bill of lading. There was much joyous declamation and one ora tor explained in enthusiastic periods that Atlanta was now the equivalent of a seaport town and able to cope with all rivals. Upon this a Savan nahian, whose native city is the real seaport of Georgia, rose and said with some acerbity : "If you Atlan tans were to lay a pipe line to the sea, and then suck as hard as you blow, you'd bé a real sbaport in no time at all." Poor Uncle Ed. Baltimore Herald. A Baltimore man was recently show ing his nice new opera hat to his lit. tle nephew, and when he caused the top-piece to spring open three or four times, the youngster was delighted. A few days thereafter the uncle, during a 'visit to the same household, brought with him a silk hat of the shiny, non-collapsible kind. When he was ahout to leave the house he en countered the aforesaid youngster run- ning dow. tga with what looked like 'a black: ficcordion. "Uncle Ed," observed the boy, "this one goes awfully hard. 1 had ta sit on 'it, but even then I couldnt get it more than half shut." You Can Have Good Digestion. Every contrary idea you hold wrong. Hundreds of others in this locality have had the fact proved to them. Day's Dyspepsia Cure does cure the hard cases as well as the easy ones. Each bottle contains six: teen days' treatment. For sale only at Wade's drug store. 15 Priest As Publican. At Pengueux, in the department of Dordogne, a priest, who receives an allowance of only £1 per month from diocesan funds, has opened a public house and is doing a thriving busi ness. He 4 is being assisted by his father and mother. The Mighty Power Of Mi-o-na. that extraordinary and per- ach tonic, will relieve dys- twenty-four hours. éure and is guaranteed by. G. W. Mahood to the readers of the Brit- ish Whig, to cure the most pitiful cases of dyspepsia, if taken according to directions. Mi-o-na tablets not only cure dys- pepsia, but all stomhch disturbances, such as vomiting of pregnancy, sea or car sickness and the stomach sickness after excessive indulgence. Mi-o-n fect \ invigorating the flabby stomach wills and after a course of Mi-o-na treat: ment, constipation, if there is any, will entirely disappear. Mrs. S. Keast, of Clarksburg, Ont. says : "A bad stomach trouble that had bothered me for years, baffled and puzzled skilled physiciand, was nicely relieved by my using Jli-ona. My trouble was on account of food not digesting but fermenting in my stom- ach, forming a gas that gave me un- told suffering and pain and also made me weak, nervous, irritable and un- able to r Since using Mi-o-na can go wo Gi at night and sleép and wake up in the morning ref ak 1 cannot speak too highly of Mi-o-na.'" Mi-o-na is a most économical treat ment, a large box of tablets only costs 0c. at G. W. Mahood's, and the dys- peptic, nervous or otherwise, who does habits of eating, other 3 power of suction are sources of exeru" | she says, "bends | ' Mi-o-na cures by strengthening and The Coal question. You have to con- 'ront ft. For best, quality. Try WALSH'S, Barrack St. Fortify the System Against Colds, &c. By using Bowril or Johnston's Eluid Beef Weé have a fresh supply, in 20c., 35¢., 65c. and $1.00. FRESH OYSTERS D. COUPER, Phone, 76. 841-3 Princess St. all sizes, A DOLLAR Looks as big as a waggon wheel to 18 at this thine of the year. Do Not Wait Till Spring to Make Your Selections. Prices are lower now and our Asserts pent greater. nds of Household Goods bought AN wd gold, Try we for a Square deal. L. Lesses. Cor. Princess and Chatham Sis., King. Ont. ston, ce -- fecssssessateBeVRIBTTRRLLY COAL! The kind you are looking for 1s the kind we well. SCRANTON ® Joal fs- good coal and we antes prompt delivery, 133. Booth & Co. FOOT WEST STREEL. r~ "Phoue, 4: ¢ ' frases attetesesesetBeRP anne THE FRONTENAC LOAN AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863, President--Sir Richard Cartwright, Money issued om City and Farm perties. - Municipal abd County tures. Mortgages purchased. received and iuterest allowed. 3. C. McGill, Managing Director, Ki "rence street. 10 CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS The Perfect Brick & Tie Oo., Wash- PAISLEY & CHISHOLM, Lessee ry ice re A Wtand luspec- thom at reasonable rates. Capacit of lant 80.000 daily. sii ANGROVE'S FOUNDRY Brass and' Tron Castings . of Any Size or Weight. Place d'Armes LADIES" AND GENTS TAILORING We fully guarantes superior quality, correct style, artistic workmauship and J. B. Ouellette, 298 Priocess St. Pros Déhen~ , Deposits for immediate M. P, KEYS Antiseptic Barber Shop sires" chat tik" Seria. Four pa 336 Kina Street Next door to Wade's Drug Store. OUR ROOSTER BRAND OF TOBACCO - not give them a trial is losing ai op- portunity to regain health. eh