PACE FOUR. = THT DAILY BRITISH WHIG. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1900. ---- ARNOY A DURAPLE FLOOR VARNISH Made by The Sherwine Wiliiams Co.e1s tough § | and glastie. - Daeesn't scratch or mar readily under foot wear. Can be walked on néxt day afted application, Has a lasting lustre. Easy to apply. -- We sell it. " Corbett' Hardware 3 MADE IN CANADA Pure Food Insures GOOD HEALTH Magic Baking «. . Powder | Insures Pure Food. | E. W. GILLETT CO., LTD. Toronto, Ont, | THE WHIG, 76th YEAR _ DAILY BRITISH G, at 306910 King street, Ringeton: 0, it $6 per year. Editions at 2.8¢ 4 lock p.m. WEERLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages published in parts on Monday and Thurs- | day morning at $1 & year. 'To United | Htates, charge for pos ¢ Las to be | added, making price of Daily $2 sud of | Weekly $1.50 per year. | Attached is one of the best Job Print. ing Offices in Canada; rapid, sglish, and cheap work ; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Lid. | EDW: J, B. PENSE, | Managing Director: TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City bers, 82 Church St., Toronto, Smallpeice,~.J. P., representative. Daily Wibig. NEW ZEALAND'S CRISIS. Canada has been reproached because her government did not impetuously, { while the war scare was on, offer the { mother a Dreadnought or two. Sym- matter how tersely couch- of Cham- H. E | pathy, np fed, was unequal to the expression | that feeling which it was alleged the | circumstances Perhaps not, |in the estimate of those who are un- | duly dominated by the military spirit, | and think that the government | was not Guite equal to the emergency And yet New Zealand is inspired. who of the hour. to-day giving evidence of the wisdom that prevailed in Canada when it put the declaration that when her re on record the mother country required sources would be exhausted in offering Better a calm and of ter than a hasty proceeding like New the necessary air. deliberate deliverance this charac- Zealand's which is provoking the peo- ple to riots and attacks on the flag. these are a disgrace and degradation to the colony. Australia has outlined a, policy, which is quite different. Tt is to build a navy for defence purposes, a navy which will be practically an addition to that of the empire, and at that The critics of Canada who pose ls disposal in any crisis may are, authorities and wearying in their displays of lip loyalty, are getting a lesson, in the experience of New Zea- land which suggests an early and very radical revision of their programme. C.P.R stood to have profited to the under- extent of $20,000,000 by the recent issue to The shareholders are { them of $50,000,000 new stock at par I'hat ure, was a enfting of the melon for -- ese ---------- GASCLINE, | COAL OIL, LULRICATING OILS, FLOOR OIL, GREASE, ETC. PROMPT DELIVERY, W. F. KELLY, Toye's Building, Clarence and Ontario Streets. Auction Sales Rooms ALL KINDS OF BECOND-HAND goods bought and sold, or goods sold on Auction Sales promptly at at the City Auction Sales 88 Brock St., Kingston. J. BB. JONES. Auctioneer. commission, tended to, Rooms, [os I QELS - oKTREAL TORS Sgn OTTAWA, WINNIPEG, WASHINGTON, Elephant Mixed Paints Chese 1 8 are the best preservatives iron and They dry a hard glossy surface and can asily "bp ied by anyone. FOR SALE BY STR ACHAN"S. stone be Phone, 20l. DAY or NIGHT a TTT ------. {ela HY] MEI 'Do al} dealers sell coal We hope so don't. oir me nay intend to but-- Us By A Sample Order: awford Phone, 9. Foot of Queen St, 4 BIBBY'S CAB STAND ANOTHER.JUDICIAL ENQUIRY. Montreal's municipal administration is so open to suspicion--there is so sirong a feeling that the money of the people is hot being properly spent-- that ,a judicial commission has heen asked for and granted. It has been ap- pointed by the Quebec government in response to a numerously-signed peti- But at the outsel a curions con- It the cost of the enquiry so far as tion, is the Those who for the necessary as tingemey confronts the people. concerned. the citizens are have inspired demand commission, who deem. it a means 'of exposing wrong-doing, finance the commission so far as The fire, _which is must the prosecution is involved. council®t which is under too, accused of condoning a wasté'of money, if not indirectly, and directly, a direct misappropriation of it, will he defended at the expense of the eity. would ba tolérable if, as an his outcome, there were provision for a recouping of the citizens--should the finding of the firmation of the charges made against The the so far as its council goes, commission be a con- the council purification of and fall upon men who are tired of the alleged mirule and sock to have an ending of the final stage they city, the civie deparimenis, should not it. They take ull the risks at outset, but hiould be reimbursed, especially when that in the they the tho judicial enquiry shows were acting in good faith and in public interest. Why was it necessary for the letter the C.P.R, $50,000,000 of new What was government respecting stock there the issue ol 'private.' | private about it ? And parliament let | the thing go without a kick from any marked bane but Mr. Maclean ! " THE CANADA LIFE'S CASE. The Whig may be excused if it has the parliament itself Canada Life's reme- dial ll since has | baen divided upon the subject and the | bill which was hefore the banking and | commerce committee failed, not, it is i { | sufficient | { have it Hight | misunderstdod irue, on its merits, but because of in notice. The company will with ~ more the reintroducedy and not available when matter nder consideration=--the commons | probably pass it my that prevailed with some get hare of the profits, and it For years from the inception of the The idea was' that the policyholders would siadler appears to be an erroneous one. L many company until 1879, the profits wero divided between the participating | padiey holders and the shareholders the } fapnd tw on coportion of seventy-five per cont. iy-five per cent., the interest on the paid-up capital being first ore account. o 'the stockholders' In 1879 an act was ssed According led of parliament to. which the profits proportion of ninety { per cent vod ten" per cent., between the land {liese dors sharcholders, apd the profits dividible policyhe were 1 7 from the whole business of the dom- padiy. a ; From 1900 to 1903 the balanoe of capital, $875,000, was called on, add- mg to the security of the company, and the sharcholders, of course, were allowed intercst on the amount in the same manna' and measure that they had been allowed interest on the $125. 000 of paid-up capital. But it having been suggested that the act of 15879 was opén toi a different interpretation it was dacided to remove all doubt up- on the question, and hence the ° bill which is now before the house. It sim- ply provides that the profits which aro devisible shall be 'exclusive of the in: terest on any amount of paid-up eapi- tal and on other moneys from time to time at the credit of the sharsholders, arising from interest so earned or from the sharcholders' proportion profits." The finance ministor and the minister of justige, safe leaders in a matter of this ih, approve of the remedial bill. Somé of its strongest opponents are policyholders, and one had been a special or general agent of the com- pany. The wonder is that the vice president, the former general manager, and the other representative men have to pacily them, and for a peaceful passage of not been able pave the way of tha bill, EDITORIAL NOTES. It is at a time like this that Cham- berlain's big and little loaves come conspicuously into view, Montreal contemplates the establish- ment of a municipal bakery. Would it be exempt from' the influence of a wheat king ? Some conservative papers will have to revise their comments now that Sir Wilfrid Laurier has repudiated the Conmee power bill and proclaimed himself an uncompromising provincial righter. The Rev. R. Chambers, formerly of Woodstock, now a missionary in Tur- key, is well known to some people in Kingston. He 4s a graduate of Queen's College and is a member the Oddfellows' Relief Association, of The commission who is to enquire into Montreal's municipal ' thrift, lack of 'it, orders the council, as. the first proceeding, to pay $5,000 into court for That's A public enquiry should not be or business. ham- expenses, pewved for want of funds. The attorney-general's department is being severely criticized because of crime which it can and does not pre- The McKinnon assault in Nor- township is the latest record The big policeman must vent. mandy against it. wake up. The World is sorry, that the con- servatives in the commons made 80 much fuss over the Mayes case. Why ? Because it weakened itself for the dar- ger attack on Pugsley over "the Cen- tral railway matter, Mr. Foster was leading, as usual, when the party went astray. FIRST SABBATH SCHOOL. Began in Sooty Alley With Rag- gel Pin-Makers. New York Delineator. "Hobby Wild Goose and his ragged regiment" was the name hooted after Robert Raikes, the first modern Sun- day school advocate, and his scholars. The thoroughfare was "Sooty Alley." and the scholars were the ragged boys who toiled in the pin factories of Glouchester, England. - Robert Raikes paid Mrs. Brandon, a poor woman, one shilling each Sunday to teach the boys the Bible. That was in 1780. Four years later there were 250,000 boys and girls attending Sunday school in the kingdom. To-day the Sunday school hour in =gity or village, the civilized world over, resembles Lilliputian land or dress pa- rade. Streets leading to churches are bonny with lads and lassies, not rag- ged, bat dressed in thei best, going happily to "hear the wond'rous story." Thousands now do the work Robert Raikes started. One of the greatest factors in devel: oping the Sunday school in America is the Sunday School Union. Mr. E. P. Bancroft isthe present secretary. This organization has been laboring in the field for or years. Last year it estab- lished 1,878 new Sunday schools destitute places a total of 2,602 set in operation, with 102,034 members. The society. em- ployed 297 missionaries. It received $a15613 and spent $206,017. Besides the Work of thig"organization, each de- nomination "has its own missionaries in the field recruiting for its Sunday SCNOOIS, Retort Courteous. Poor chap, (waiting in room )--""1 say, Marie, did Miss Gotrox my card?" The maid--*"Yes, sir." Poor chap--"What did she say?" - The Maid--"She told me to tell you, siry that she was sorry she was not in." Poor Chap--"Oh, véry well. Please tell 'her I said 1 was glad I didn't call." drawing you give Negro As Producer. ~The negro ptrofhises to be quite a factor for the white producer to com- pete against in the future, either with cotton (in Nigeria), cacao (on the West Coast), gold prospecting (in British Guiana), ot. as a general planter in the West Indies and else- rwhere, : A Mean Man. Philadelphia Record. Tommy--~Pop, a man ds a bachelor until he gets married, isn't he? Tom- my's Pop--Yes, my son. Tommy--And what "Hoes. he call himself afterwards? Tommy's Pop--I'd hate to tell you, my son. Cushion covers, fancy work, laces and fringes cleaned. My Valet. - in and reorganized 72%,' = so i Who Are Concerned. Guelph Mercury. 'Three parties are concerned in the wheat problem--the farmer, the specu- lator and the public. The farmer raises the .wheat, the speculator raises the price of wheat and the public raise the money. . How Mr. Martin Butts In. Winnipeg Free Press. The vacancy in Stratford-on-Avon which Mr, Martin is contesting was occationed the resignation of Capt. Kincaid Smith, who won the seat for the liberals at the last election. = Mr. Smith is at outs with the government over: its naval policy. He supported the resolution of censure moved the opposition both by speech and vote and then resigned his seat." Mr. Carlyon- Bellairs, whose alarmist articles™on the navy have n a feature of recent numbers of thd National Review, was the other liberal member who joined in the vote of censure. The labor mem- bers, without exception, voted with the the government, while the Irish mem- bers did not yote at all. Way Open For Investigation. Toronto 'Globe. The ea by the public accounts committee is much the more frequent, and the Mayes-McAvity case lends it- self perfectly to this method of inves- tigation. The sum of nearly thirty-six thousand dollars of public money was paid by Mr. Mayes to Mr. McAvity. This payment is sufficient to bring the whole matter before the public accounts committee, and no formality is nec- sary except a motion for the papers re- lating to the payment and the citation of the parties who paid and received the money respectively. The public ac- counts committee is essentially a "fish- ing" committee. It does not hamper its inquiries by such limitations in favor of the witnesses as are imposed in courts of law. The question must, therefore, be again pressed, as it has been before: Why has there been no motion made by any member of the committee with a view tg starting an investigation ? The Legislature Is Supreme. Judge Riddell on London Contract. 1 have no doubt, personally, as to what my judgment should be. Out of deference to the able argument pre- sented T will reserve judgment, but I do not know whether I shall write any- thing. 1 have nothing to say as to the policy of the legislation, but I am sure that Canadians would 'not" be satisfied to receive ome straw, one title less power. than enjoyed by Englishmen on the other side of the Atlantic. "My present - opinion is, that the legislature is supreme in the limits fixed by the Act (B. N. A. Act). Not only are these powers supreme, but they are intended to be supreme. This legis- lation is well within the limits fixed by the British North America Act and so is perfectly valid. "l have not to tell the legislature what to do. I am a creature of the legislature--though not a subservient creature; If the legislature says "It is your duty not to try such-and-such an action," it is my duty not to try it. I'm here to carry out the laws." Increasing Burden Of Taxation. Neepawa Press, The success of the Roblin govern- ment in imposing various forms of tax- ation on the public commands admira- tion. If the government had taxed the people directly to the extent of $250,000 a year for provincial purposes there would surely have been some resent- ment, But the government has accom- plished the thing in another way--in some cases engineering requests from the people to be taxed. The municipal union has been the government's ma- chine for bringing about several trans- fers of burdens from the government to the municipalities. And the people are pleased! At last meeting of Rose- dale council the sum of $29280 was paid over to the home for incurables for keep of invalids from that muni- cipality. This expense was borne by the Greenway government out of the provincial treasury. And now the Rob- lin government has cut down the grants to hospitals and placed the greater burden on the municialitjes. Al- together it-is estimated that the govern- ment has transferred sources of revenue from the municipalities. to the govern- ment, and transferred charges from fhe government to the municipalities to the amount of fully a quarter of a mil- lion dollars per year. WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN. Kit, of Toronto, Writes on the > Question. Kit, in Mail and Empire. "What is a genfleman?" asks some- body. A gentleman is like a race horse, and has t6®be bred that way, though he may net necessarily come from palaces nor have cérulean blood in his veins. The finest gentleman - 1 ever knew was the son of an Irish peasant, who came over. here and made a for- tune, and kept the dear old people at home in comfort until, when his father died, and only his mother was left, he went for her and brought her to his lovely home, because she wanted to be with "her boy." And there was no man nor woman too rich or grand to be presented to "my mother," and made feel what an honor it was, too. And here was where my gentleman showed the fineness of his gentility. 'The man wasn't ashamed of his people, of his old home, of his humble origin. He dared call"his soul his own, and -dared to honor his mother, though she had never been to a ladies' college, and didn't bother her head about finger glasses; - Self-made, well-educated, he, was not afraid to stand on his own feet, with the dear old mother on his strong arm, and face the toadies who were glad to be asked to the rich house, but who never dared to fail in respect to the dear old lady, who was honored and respected by her manly boy in her tired old age. That's the stuff gentlemen are made of. Harry's Share. Teacher--Now, Harry, suppose I had a mince pie and gave one-sixth to Johnny, one-sixth td Tommy, one- sixth fo Willie arid took half of ir myself. What would be left? Harry (promptly) --1 would. 3 AYé Hard Times Coming ? | Yes, for the man that wears tight boots, but his corns are relieved quickly by Putnam's Corn Extractor. No pain and certain cure, 'That's Putnam's, Use no other. | WAY'TO KEEP YOUNG. { ---- ' A List of "Donts' * For Women of / : To-Day. It is every woman's duty to keep young- as long as possible, hut unfortunately she does not always know the best way to live up to that duty, says an exchange. Avoid worry, hurry flustered. Learn self-control. wririk]e-bringer. Be temperate, Moderation does not only refer to the Stamach. Over-doing in any way makes for premature age. Love the open air. Fresh air is not' a fad; & is a necessity, if one would keep young. Get plenty of sleep. Nothing lines the face like nights of wakefulness. and getting B Anger is a rapid ome back number adds years fo her seem- ing age. Nothing makes for youth like a young mind, save perhaps, a young heart. . Don't let yourself get sluggish and indifferent. Here is where the benefit of massage, physical culture and a vital interest in life comes in. Don't let your face reflect every perplexity. The woman who keeps young need not wear a mask, but she should guard against the so-called "speaking countenance," if she does not want a fine crop of wrinkles." IN BED THREE MONTHS. | Count Bertrand Was a Very Eccen- tric Man. London Chronicle. Count Bertrand, who recently died in Paris, was a very eccentric man, and to one of his eccentricities he "ascribed his long life. Once a y€ar he would betake himself to bed and stay there for three months. On these Sccasions he would see no one but his servant, who brought him his meals, and even him he for bade to speak. Just before the Ger- mans began the siege of Paris the count went to bed, and the servant, triiz to his injunctions said nothing of the events going on around him. One day the bread proved so bad the count de- wl an explanation, whereby, of course, he learned that Paris was en- compassed by the enemy. Springing out of bed, the count paced the floor, repeating, "What should a Bertrand do under such circumstances?" Suddenly he stopped, exclaiming, "We sheuld go to bed!" and to bed he went, and stayed there until the siege was over. THE CITY COUNCIL. hd ALD. H. N. ROBERTSON, has represented Frontenac for some years. Ward - Who AN AMUSING EXPERIENCE, Concerning Hunting Trip Made By King Victor of Italy. Montreal Standerd. There are few more democratic monarchs alive to-day than King Vie- tor 'of Italy. He is very fond of go- ing out chamois hunting quite unat- tended, and one day he met with an amusing experience. He Mad shot a chamois, and a peasant boy, who had seen the animal fall, offered to go and fetch it. The King thanked him, but the lad inquired. what was to be his reward. "Well, what do you want?" asked King Victor. "A franc and half your luncheon," was the reply. The bargain was struck, and the peasant went off and fetched the dead chamois. The King "handed him a franc and proceded to divide his "funcheon into two equal portions. But the peasant turned away in contempt, for 'the royal luncheon consisted only of black bread and a largé raw onion. "Bah!" exclaimed the boy disdainfully. "I thought you were 'a real gentleman, signor, but I see you are only a poor beggar like myself after all" He Didn't Know. ) A boy was told by his schoolmaster to write a description of Quakers. The following was the result of his efforts: "Quakers never quarrel, never get ito a fight, and never answer back. father is a Quaker, but I really don't know what to call mother." "Promises, like pie crusts, are easily broken," said a philosopher. But he caid it before the railway lunch-coun- ter pie was invented. 3 > Many a man has been bitten ina dog trade. Dandruff Cured in Two Weeks or Money Back. The above 1s the guarantee G. W. Mahood, the druggist, is offering for Parisian Sage, the greatest -of all hair restorers. 2 : If you have dandrufi take advantage of this offer and kill the little dan- druff germs that will surely steal vour hair from you Jif allowed to con- tinue to 'persistently burrow into the hair 'roots. > Parisian Sage is also guaranteed to stop falling hair and itching \of the scalp. Don't accept any substitute any druggist, Parisian Sage is original prescription of one of world's greatest scientists, and is ufactured only in this country by (Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N.Y, .and Fort Erie, Ont. : ; e Parihan Sage is an_ exhilarating and pleasant = hair dressing; it 1% not sticky or greasy, and it makes the hair soft, beautiful and luxuriant. Price is 50c, a bottle from G. W. from the the. Mahood or by express, all charges Bre paid," by. Giroux "Mig. Co., Fort Erie, Ont, i Ni Keep mentally alert. An intellectual | " Clothes here Will have $ large extent. i Suits. - : Our $15 Black and Gray exclusive Tailor. New Collars, 2 for 26¢. See, Our Fownes' Suede Gloves, $1.50. ; Seeing the moo over either shoulder may mot infu your luck to any extent, but, whether or not you buy. your an influence on yout, appe y g Yoh i Erni the exorbitant" gd best dressers you'll charges ca to a 5 2% : # ; rity he oR Just size up the Men wearing our $12.50, "$15 and $18 | Silk-Faced _Overcoats and Our' % oh » rh 1 { Nobby $2 Hats. : You'll find: that they all jingle a little myoriey. in their pockets, too, for they escaped of the ¥ ¢ Our New Shirts are beauties, '$1, $1.25 and $1.50. See Our Fowne's English Gloves, in Tans, $1. . May A! "SCOTS WHA HAE." Inspiration Came to Him During a Thunderstorm. the writing of "Scots Wha Hae," says J. G. Syme in T. P's Weekly. My, informan of the way in which this im- mortal song was written was my uncle, the late at Syme, the youngest ion of John Syme, formerly o Barncailzie, and latterly of Ryedale, Stewartry: of Kirkcudbright, who was the poet's trus- Ta and exacuor under his wil In uly, 1703, Burns accompany my grandfather in. a ride. through Gallo~ | way, staying at various country houses, with friends of my grandfather. The last house was St. Mary's Isle; the seat of the Earl of Sgllark. On their re- turn to Dumfries on _horseback--the usual mode. of country travel. of those days--they were overtaken by a violent thunderstorm, with torrents of rain. Burns rode on ahead in a mood of deepest despondency, his head bent on his breast, the reins loose on the horse's neck. On their agtival at an inn, in the little town of Gateshead, I think, Burns dismbunted-as if uncon- scious of the act, and" passed silently up the stairs to a small room in which they were to dine. move his bonnet, from which the water streamed, but sat down before a small table, on which was some blotting paper, a pen, and an ink-bottle, 'and without a pause wrote the lines. When finished he showed them to my grandfather, who' recognized "at once their fiery beauty. My uncle said that he, understood that they were wafter- wards subjected to certain alteragions, as might be expected from such a keen appraiser of form and "words: My uncle also told me that his father said the poet's eyes literally glowed "*like live coal," the simile used. 'After the writing of the song the / depresision seemed to lift from the. poet's spirit; but for the rest of the journey he was buried in deep thought. Important incidents of any nature are seldom given as they actually happemed, and 1 may narrate a case in pount, connected also with Burns and my grandfather. Tt is often told' how she poet drew a sword at my grandfathier, who had remonstrated with him.on Ris too convivial habits. It thas been sand that the sword was one Burns alwayy carried; as a matter of fact, it was the sword my grandfather wore when itf the army as lieutenant in the Seventy-Second Regiment, -I remember it well, for my brothers used to play with it in our schoolroom. It was given, with other relics of the poet, to the observatory near the town of Dum- fries by my father, and is to be seen to this day in the room devoted to memorials of Robert Burns. There is no adequate monument to the great poet in the town he glorified by his genius, and the mausoleum that en- til twenty years after his death. The humble slab that before that time had marked him from the ¢ommon herd was the "offering of his impbverished widow, the "Bonny Jean" of his muse. It bore simply his name, date of birth children who followed him to the grave. plan "0dd Name For A Home. One of the oddest named country rs at 'the front gate is "Hadherway" and never fails to at- tract attention from passershy. For years the wife wanted to leave Kansas City and tora farm. . When the name as it aj The following is the true version of | e did mot..re- closes his remains was not: erected un- and death, and those of two of his homes is in Jackson county, Mo. The family moved they named the | 'home «Hadherway." : : from female , weeks I was much better, and now I am well The H. D. Bibby Co. Kingston's Cash and One Price Ulothing House Sask, -- I was & sufferer weakness -- thi Re iy pe! r and nful and a ischarge backache and wretched head- and had felt --Mrs. Bessie Biry, Dovedale, Sask., Canada. 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Kansas City, Kas, met a fiend on the street the other day and startled her by asking: ° joint " o you know where I can find a "A joint?" gasped the friend. "What on | earth do you want to find a joint for?" "Why, just a natural craving. T've bes looking all over tows for one "Goodness!" exclaimed the other who belonged to the W.-C. T. U. Then, to be sure the Esaglishwoman was not joking, she asked: "Da you mean a liquor joint?" "Never heard of such a thing," was the reply. "I mean a joint. of mutton, of course." -------- Honors For British Poets. | The Keats-Shellex memorial which is situated in house, the - Piazza of Spagna in Rome, the house in w Keats died, was and opened to the pul Emmantel, the British inal ted recently ring g Victor