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Olty Guide Book and Mep SOMETHING NEW A Clearing Sale of Hardware, It will pay you to investigate. STR ACHAN'S. , BIBBY'S CAB STAND Phone 20l. DAY or NIGHT LA Foot of Queen St BEST COAL to be HAD 25¢, cashmere hose. i: ing and |a by-law 1 TE | THE WHIG, 76th YEAR at ings Ontario, Fiditions at 2.90 and 4 WEEK], Y BRITISH WHIG. 16 ges, Dublished in parts on Monday and day morning at $1 a year. To United States, charge for postage has be added, making price of Daily $3 So of Weekly $1.50 per year, Attached is one 'of the best Job Print- ing Offices in Canada; rapid, stylish, and cheap work ; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd EDW. J. B. PENSE, Managing Director, DAILY iris WHIu, 306-510 street, K . TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City Cham bers, 32 Church St. eT Le, H. BE. Smallpeice, Representa Daily Wibig. SOME ONE SHOULD SPEAK. The Hamilton Spectator does not like the idea of Hon. Xr. Hanna be- . ing referred to as the apologist of the license department, and for its short- comings. Well, that is the way a good many people regard his attitude in certain cases, and without looking at them through the glasses of the partizan, There were the scandals which a special commissioner in To- ronto exposed. They suggested vari- ous recommendations for the commis- sioners. Were any of them adopted ? Thére were the scandals of the whiskey detectives, sent out by the depart- 'ment because .ihe local inspectors had not been doing their duty, and they When a minor was used in a way that made a certain county judge protest, a statement was handed out, and all was said to be harmony again. At Berlin several cases were reported and some dropped. The statement followed that the prac- tice of the department, not the law, had been followed with good effect. was to be such an improve- the license department under conservative government, such freedom from political influence, and there have been so many evidences of lapses from grace that some one should apologize, and Hon Mr. Hanna is, by virtue of the office which 'he holds, the man for the job. were excused. There ment in The bill in the Albany legislature which aims at the abolition of the third degree, conferred upon erimin- als by the police departments, is meeting - with strong opposition. Any- thing whic! ch checks the detection 'of crime should re tolerated. CONFEREN ND CHARITY. A conference\was (held in Peterboro, hetween the mayor and 'other civic re- presentatives and certain unemployed persons who ' were clamoring for The talk on one side was made up of sage advice as to the neéd of in- dustry and economy in Canada, as to bread. tions involved, as to the . difficulty which the city had in mepting the for 'help that were made upon it. The talk on the other side was composed of piteous appeals for relief. One did not drink, aid not live improvidently, did not find all the work he could do, and through illness in the family and reverses went into debt, a year ago, and failed to get out of fix second did not realize what a' Canddian winter required, and so did not prepare for it. His wife and children were very hungry. A third was not a new comer, but a re- sident of Canada for twenty years. Adversity had overwhelmed him and want, and insatiable, stared him in the face. It was a case of ad- vice against appeal, and the record "This concluded the meet- men (in their penniless demands man gaunt reads thus : the and desperate conditon) were left to think it over." that kind will not contribute to the solu- tion of a great and pressing problem. Conferences of The men heroes of the government, the who serve the nation in war, should be given a gratuity or small What is the use of giving men land grants 'when they are not Talk of speculation in It is bound to follow. pension. serviceable ? serip. A CONTEMPT OF LAW. The revival of conditions whidh em- the need of it is the excuse, and the only one that the board of health' can now advance for enforcing the council passed a couple of months ago. Jt seems that the board has decided that the responsi- bility for action lies with it, ana it becomes exceedingly busy. The pity is that it did not wake up a long time ago, and before tht peo- ple had reached thé conclusion that the law of the council was to be hen- ored in the breach rather than th observance. phasize suddenly i 0 many weeks a host of children ! Some various could vaccinated, and medical men had either given. certificates to that {effect were too ready to do so. These scholars suffered with thé larger number whose parents for conscien- | tious or other reasons refused to le} i them vaccinated. The Board of | Education waited as long as possible |--a good deal longer than some trus- ptees were willing to admit was reas | onable--and as the law passed by the council appeared to be a dead letter, | they rescinded the resolution which | excluded the children from the schools. Now a pe { were excluded from the schools, them, for not be | of reasons, or be who proclamation prosseution of those the civie is proposed. A test of the law and of -its efficacy the change socially which the condi- | is sbsclitaly jamonsiuity. Twice with- ii a few years, there has boven a presumed enforcement of the law with indifferént results. Po let the matter go, with the danger of certain condi- contempt for suthotity which has al- ready been Expressed both directly and indirectly by certain persons in this community. The South African veterans sold their. scrip for 320 acres of $50 and $100 are now grieved to learn that it is worth in some cases $300 and in some cases $500. Serves them right. Why did they part with their birthright for a mess of pot. tage ? i A ---------------- THE MERGER IN POWER. Watertown is having. an excited time over the proposal of the Watertown gas and electric light companiés merg- ing for business purposes. There seems to be a strengthening of the forces against the public interests, and an appeal has been made to the Public Service Commission--a creation of re- cent years and a mast useful institu- tion--to prevent the deal fraps going through. The big objection is to the issue hy the merger of bonds, (after recapitali- zation), which would riot be redeem- able for forty years, and then with these out the city would be seriously handicapped when it undértook to go into the light and power business municipally. Kingston knows this by the difficulty it had in dealing with certain stockholders when it purchas- ed, by arbitration, the gas and electric plants. The preference bonds which some people held had to be assumed and carried since they could not be acquired or ignored. The method of impressing the public service commission is not new, but it is effective. The socialist party has distributed thousands of postal cards among the people. These cards offer an emphatic protest against the deal. All who are opposed to the change are expected to sign and forward them to the commission, so that for days there will be a significant delivery of mail matter in the offices of the com- mission. Its members have heen against the merger. The council, hypnotized or mesmerized, has ex- pressed concurrence, which is the 'sur- prise of the hour. Watertown pays $22,000 a year for its street lights, and $72 a year for every new lamp that is erected. It is calculated that the city can instal its own plant for $40,000, and pay for the same in the next five years, on the present outlay for service to a private compaby, who EDITORIAL" NOTES. The question before the civie fi- nance committee this evening is, Gym- nasium jor mo gymmasium for the Col- legiate Institute, The. public. operation of the guillo- tine in France' will be prohibited. The socnes attending exhibitions hase been of the most disgraceful and degrading character. Sanitation is going to cost Some- thing if the council does mot make the people who are responsible for the spread of disease. pay something toward it. The insurance men of New York are out for education on hygiene to the end that life may be prolonged. Will the insurance tariffs be reduced accordingly ? The agitation for sanitation ' and hygiene is in accordance with socialis- Better law, better con- better health, fewer doc Does the medical profession ap- tic doctrines. ditions, tors. prove ? At a conservative convention in Red Deer it was declared ihat there was not a conservative paper in Alberta. Then what the party wants is not a leader so much as a moulder of pub- lie opinion. The difference between parties Manitoba is this--that : the liberals want an eXposure thoroughly of the wrong doing in regard to the voters' lists, and the conservatives want . to gloss the matter over. in Mr. Roblin Is Disqualified. Peterboro Examiner. The Manitoba Free Press claims that Premier Roblin is disqualified as pre- mier of Manitoba, and liable to a fine of $2,000 per day according to chap- ter 96 of the statutes of Manitoba. This law disqualifies from sitting or voting in the legislature any person who holds an interest in any firm re- ceiving ! money from the government. Mr. Roblin is a partner in the Eli Sand company which, according to the publia accounts, received money from Hin jer of the province liable to a fine of $2,000 for every day he sits and votes under such conditions. -------------------------- It Pays To Advertise. Hamilton Times. year ago the business men of St Paul began a $50,000 advertising cam- paign on behalf of the city. It was Teguuded by 'some as a wasteful ven- ture, $ Proved to be so satisfactory in Sa results, however, that this year the municipality will appropriate $25,000 to supplement the work of the business men. Most of the fund is to be devoted. to advertising the city throghout , the United States. There is a hint here for Hamilton. See Bibby"s 50c. golf caps. Salt whitefish, 10c. a Ib., bert's, Bibby's, the $2 hat house. at Gil tions being revived, is to invite that | 'ilies and moderate means, provincial 'treasury,: thus 'making ess og "Who Toronto GI win Bet Ter for the or in | IR Llp oh uation ofder on him ' or & ston. down the wv, M. troal Herald. np intosioants" snd, like Ol preacher 8 po. Here is the Duis popular a . yet against abolishing * the "bar. Youth will fight for Be hissing privilege so the dit Struggle For Eicon. : 'Gazette. i d there are some who pro- "boys at school until they Mont. In pose to are seventeen years hoys 'are: self-supporting at that age. The change, if it comes, will put. a heavy load on parents with big fam- Cause. Gazot Grow. Fdmontén Bu According to i Calgary Albertan, which - "a long seemingly accurate report of the "Red Deer con- vention, "a resolution was shibmitted to the convention for the subsidising and' controlling of a conservative daily newspaper, there being no conserva- tive daily 'at in the province of Alberta." Well, well. The Law And The Lash. Montreal Gazette. iF" + sore wc fo the mayor | orée the "saloon, must go." At least an}! st a of age. Usually | principle leaping a mysterious' | ho posed by nature ni hole on no' man or . woman knows. All who in countries having a papulation of common origin, a institutions tending to individual development than by Canada or the United States, where many strains intermingle. NEW LIFE PRESERVER. New Invention For Protecting Life at Sea. : A valuable adjunct for protecting Jife at sea and on the coast is offered hy a new life preserver, the invention' The law as it is provides for the flogging of men who, in an attempt to commit an indictable offence, un: {7 dertake to choke, suffocate, or stran- | gle any person into insensibility, or, by' no means to make any person ineapable of - resistance. persons us-; ing for any sich purpose . are also liable to be lashed, as is also any person . who when: arrested while house-breaking at night is found. .to have on his' person. a: ny offensive woa- | pen. Offences of violation . against females are also within the eategory for 'which' punishthent may be administered, and frequently is aamimstered. It is notable in the criminal code, which is the product - of the experience" of more countries than | Canada, that except in cases of of- fences against females the lash is not! regarded as the greatest deterrent of those criminally inclined. The hard fare and stern repression of the peni- tentiary "have been considered by those who have given thé matter greatest sdy ing eo) hee a means rio hive boy suming agreement with agistrates, eo Lot ae rile in- od to be The judg- ment. of the ey arnjent. cont for much. Mr. Aylesworth, the minister «f justite, spoke wisely in the house of commons when the matter came up | the other day, and. parliament would! do well to heed his words. . Huge Concrete Chimney. From Popular MeChuuieg: Great Falls, Mon,, hes tho distinc- tion havin the highest concrete a in the world, even though 'he work was done by a German firm, The stack is 506 feet in height, .-apd weighs 34,000,000 pdunds, "or 17,000 tons. It rests on a conercte founda- tion twenty-five feet deep and 103 feet in diameter. The diameter of the stack at the base is seventy-eight feet six inches and 'at the top fifty-three fect. The stack is also claimed io be the largest picce of concrete masonry of any kind ever constructed. Brandy Chocolates. Toronto World, The World has no hesitation in say- ing that a manufacturing confectioner can better afford to keep his repuia- tion intact than run the risk of losing it by turning out brandy chocolates. Children and women buy these goods in the main and it reflects no credit on any manufacturer or storekeeper to be a parly to the insidious sale of alcohol under the guise of a sweet. Quit it all round. Fine good and hard those who continue in the trade. Hetty Is A Somebody. Toronto Mail. Mrs. Green, who is known to 'the world ad probably its richest woman, is also known to the world by the unqualified name "Hetty." This -fa- miliar way of referring to her is not in token of affection, still less of dis- respect, but in compliment to her de cision of character. A woman whom it is the custom to speak of by her first name is rarely woak-minded, whatever her husband may be. » Want Of The Hour. Montreal Star. Possibly somie day our politicians will fecover that what the people are longing for are "public men who will keep closely in {ouch with public fool- ing and public intcrests--not merely such public feeling as centres about party questions, but public feeling to- wards matters that have no reference to party politics whatever. 'Spring Bargain Counter prices!' at Gibson's Red Cross drug store : Jacksons cod liver oil wine, regu- lar $1, for 50c. wr "Grant's Hairine, regular $1, for Cocoa and Beef tonic, regular $I, for 50c. Mira Blood Purifier, regular 81, for 50c. Wa-Hoo Tonic, regular $1, for 25c. Blue Ribbon Malt Extract, regular 25¢., two for 25¢. Ozone, lar $1, for 25e. | Blaud's Kidney Pills, regular 25c., two for 25e, Dr. Grant's Iron Tonic Pills, regular 2e., two for 25c. It will 'pay you torlcok } over the bargain. counter, . by whipping face of Io inder filled. with liquid carbon 'diox- | Tremendous Cost Of Prairie Dogs. of J. 8 Nowotnick, of . Hamburg, This device differs very materially from the prevalent types of life pre- seryers and combines several novel and valuable features. It consista of Ya. hollow belt of rubber five and one- , quarter inches in diameter. The ehds !cgpsist of flat plates of the same dia- meter, furnished with the requisite at- tachnients; so - that the belt can he quickly and easily hooked together be- peath the arms. Closely fastened to the upper sur- the belt isa small metallic On turning 'a tap the liquefied gas escapes at once into :the| belt, volatilizes and inflates -it to its full- pat capacity, twenty-seven anda hali { quarts. The whole operation of at- taching and inflating the helt requires thirty seconds. The . buoyancy of 'such an inflated belt is uniform at all points; so as to allow a perfectly vertical 'position in water to any person wearing it. Its buoyancy far surpasses that of the current types, filled with cork or rein- deer hair. A cork belt of the same buoyancy would weigh over twenty- six pounds. Technical World, In state of Texas alone, prairie dogs eat annually enough grass to support 1,562, cows. Utterly ae less, * the little animal is a pest dreaded that tho forestry service has undertaken his extermination. Poison ig killing him, wherever he now flour- ishes, and . another resource of the farmer is safoguarded. Who - would think that the prairie dog, the shy - and amusing little ro- dent that we like to watch before ihe door of his burrow at the Zoo, would ever become' the subject of the govern, ment ihtorvention or endanger the success of stock-raising ? Yei such is the fact. Out on the national forests which Uncle Sam is guarding for the use of the public, expert hunters have gone "after the prairie dogs with zeal, ingenuity 'and poison and literally ex- terminated them in great numbers, be- cause some of the choicest bottom lands have had the grazing ruined for stock by the indusirious burrowing of the. dogs. . : A Case Of Extortion. Musi: and Dram One of the ling comedidus of the Frankfurt Theatre, in Germany, re- cently, went to the director and ask- ed for an advance on his week's sal- ary. The books showed that the whole amount had already been drawn and the director said, "No." "Very good," said the, actor; I shall oh to go on to-night." The director saw that it was dan- gerously near curtain time and reluct- antly gave the actor the amount ask- ed for, but said: "Remember, sir, this is nothing short of extortion, and a cowardly one at that." "Not at all, Herr Director," said the actor, stuffing the money in his poe- ket, 'my name is not on the bill for to-night, anyway." Blunt: Chicago Tribune. The other-people's business man per- sisted in trying to extract inlotmalion from a prosperous = looking el Iderly man next to him in the Pullran smoker. "How many people work in your office 7," he asked: "Oh," said the elderly man, getting up and throwing awav his cigar, "I should say, at a rough guess, about two-thirds of them." Shipping Tags. Of all sizes at lowest prices. British Whig, 'The Home of Printing." "then The Good night robes. Twy Bibby's %75e, Thomas : Hill, 79 Clarence street, Alrjcan Er Fe aud Lo dle. Pe on if preferped. Try Bibby' 8 shares. ep glove. The Canadian: Northern railway a preparing to electrify its shops Winnipeg, using power from the Wo railway's plant. Try 'Bibby's special $1 gloves. 2 doz. Navel oranges, 25¢., at Gil bert's. Try Bibby's special $1 gloves; Spring, 1909 Se, Sh -- FOR SPRING, 190. See our Bwell Yoiing Men's Suits at $15.00, Colors Browns, Blues, A Beauty for $1.00. Greens, etc. frovsiintieed MU Tou AY Kingston's 8 ssh and One Price Olting Hous \ Special for Women. Regular $3.75 and. 4.00 Tan Calf, Vici. Kid, Gun, Me- tal Calf and Pat. 'Colt Skin Boots, Now $2.95. « Beldk I -- i Special for Men Spe $5.00 Black and Tan Winter Calf. Viseoliz- ed Soles, Genuine Water Proof, Now $3.95. See our windows, Reid "& Charles, EsTABLISHED 40 YEARS. as TO SMOKERS! 500 50c. Briar Root Pipes. Special, 25e. 200 Regular Briar Root, 25¢. for 10e. And all Repairs for Sick Pipes and Squeaky Instruments AT THE HOUSE OF QUALITY A. K. ROUTLEY, 178-5 Princess St. Our Big Clearing Sale Isa "Huge Success "A 'bargain for everybody, Buy edrly Buy now. Everything gly: Buy rniture; Carpets and Oil Cloth, 'Baby Carriages an Ask to sée the Tourist Folding Cart. . dames Reid, The Loading Undettakor, Store open nights. Freight and Packing Free. - * Open to 'buy a few Military Warrants for North West lzand. Apply J. O-HUTTON,'18 Mar- ket St, Kingston.