DAILY BRITISH 306-310 King atreet, «t $6 per year, Editions at o'clock p.m. - WHERLY BRITISH WHIG, 18 blished in parts on Monday morning at $1 & year. added mak Ye of Weekly $1. Attached ¥o United TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Church ers, Smalipeics, J. P., Baile Ulibig LOSS OF LIQUOR TAX. i Does prohibition prohibit ? Well, it (does certainly to some extent, .Ask | the United States government. Ro- bert Williams, jr., deputy commission- ler of internal revenue, says that the fell of Queen Olt; 8t., cronte, H. representative. JTS USE BRINGS Comfort and Profit More Milk More Moncy COWS WILL GIVE FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT. MORE MILK IF PROTECTED FROM FLY PESTS. PRICE, $1.00 GALLON. Cor CORBETT'S. revenue fromm whiskey alone the total decrease of revende from liquors due to prohibition last ¥7,641,978.42. This heavy loss ed by the and use of liquors throughout country. other the hi- and : active temperance elements arrayed that the prohibitionists are against the Popular instruction {only forces AIAN. Automobiles To Rent. Terms Reasonable. Open. W. J. Moore & Son, 'Phones--Garage, 815a. Residence, 815b. . COBALTS LON MARGIN We carry the listed Cobalt Btock ne 3 : margin deposits ; also New York Stocks, | the accidents which follow cannot Grain, Produce, ete,, bought and sold, iA h i is 3 Coostit He Totore OO, We always overlooked in the public interest. have the latest mews from the mining| What the the camps. All stock deliveries made prompt-| ly. Wire, telephone or write us your not grders at Sar. aXpanss. {They will never be. avoided if they are v 1 ' > " Patriarche & Co., 5 STOCK DEALERS, Head OM {quor habit. and hygiene, the increas- ever-growing | physiology {ed and force of public opinion, and especially the rules and regulations of railway and other large corgorations regarding RKguor indul- to the | | i same {gence, all are working "Always | end, {in convention at Winnipeg, and to the [effect that {should be discouraged by a change in {the laws, is not sensible as one PROTECTION OF LIFE, The resolution of the railway men, prosecutions for accidents as locomotive engi- It is not assumed would expect from [neers and firemen. {that men are guilty of any negligence "with criminal intent,"" but it is sumed that men may be indiffierent with regard to instruetions, and that as- be circumstances suggest is condoning of these offences. {lightly exteemed. There is some rea- the | England and the | { America. {son for absence of fatalities' in frequency of them in ce, Standard Stock Exchange Building, Toronto. "Buffalo Office, 206 Ellicott Square, | ; fialo, N.Y. We have Girect wires con-|is something to be gaimed by a study necting all our, offices. . ' The loss of life last year in accidents was simply frightful. There What leads to the saioty Ireland and must be something in that is worth copying in Canada and the United States, and it is this something which all/4ailroad men should understand as of the facts. of travel in England, Scotland ? There management the soon as possible, The people who put their lives the of the officials, trustingly, nothing doubting, the ES. - MONTREAL. TORONTO. OTTAWA, WINNIPEG, WASHINGTON. G in care trainmen and station should have all rand Union Hotel Opp. Grand Contral Station, New York City Rooms, $1.00 a Day AND UPWARD Baggage to and from Station free. Send 30 stamp for N.Y. Olty Guide Book and Msp think twice about mitigating the of- fences where punishment has been ob- ted to. The erally a reliable class, but they will not be made more careful by advertis- for - Mamm-------- ---- |] Cp that they are not responsible 10 CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS | weidents and account because of them. EFFECT OF REPETITION. I'he Globe has a serious and Brick Wasa burn, PAISLEY & CHISHOLM, Lessees for immediate stand. inspec. Capacity The Perfect & Tie Oo., | Ont. | i. | gestive article on the conditions that if sug- make for war scares not for wars. It recalls the Are ready to contract deliver; Brick that will tion at reasonable rates plant 80.000 daily commotion his It went far | Cleveland made hy message. | dary trouble, » {the Dundonald talk, about the de- f fences or lack of defences in Canada, | and the danger of the country from | g 3 | foreign invasion. It reminds us that { ' {in England the demand for consorip- " tes | tion, the appeals for political purposes, irrational moods. indiscreet | Venezuelan to- 1 . . y -- y as { wards causing an international boun- F. Tan), 3 ; A AAT Wea s Phosphodine, It cites the strained re- We "3 he * Creal whish Remedy HN [ =} Tones and iny lguretesihe whoit 4 co nervous system makes new % eZ ood in old Veins. Cures Nero vug Debility, Mental and Brain Worry, Des wondency, al Weakness, Emissions, Sper natorrhee d Fffects of Abuse or Excesses Price 81 p six for $5. One will please, six w ure. by a!l druggists or mailed 1 in phe on cipt of price. New pamphle ed fre. Tho Wood Liodicine Co. me. WE nog) Toronto, Ont. - - - eee | the effects of a second rate stage-play, BIBRY'S CAB STAND! worked up -a panic, and for once John Bull had | One contemporary has it that ten Phone 20l. | Une comtemporary : | newspapers of standing and influence, DAY or NIGH and ten public men of power, could | create a serious situation between Can- .- ; Cy - ada and the United States. "All that oud andi a bog | . . % ---- | is needed," says the Globe, "is reck- Jessnoss, insolence, and a capacity for Are these the essential in- trouble 7 A writer com- hysteria." gredients of Little's Living Age, says the mon cause of consternation, ~or agita- tion, of incitement to impulse, is "damnable iteration." The constant beating of a drum in Central Africa will so effect the people that they will give way to wild hilarity, to dancing, to physical excesses until they fall 'was' a rule that prostrate. | should state a truth three times. Sup- | the | [note of panic three times every morn- mosquitoes, and €t is predicted of | next 1 "uttered ou, need | pose twenty newspapers ling, with an average cireulation will quickly 1200,000, and it is repeated twelve mil- 'lions of times, "No wonder," adds the > ¥ will {beds and hated the Germans." | repetition jtism, and many people besides George [IV. believed that he'had fought {Waterloo ! { = - will dupli- on e order. CRAWFORD, 'Phone, 9, Foot of Queen St. you «surely No that recklessness, insolened, and la cunacity for hysteria are not the which Mr. | THE WHIG, 76th YEAR G, published at 30 and 4 and of more than $5,500,000 last year, and | of . revenue by the government was caus-| THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG =~ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1908. mp "damaable iteration," and tongues will wag, and pens will write, and heated imaginations will produce tre- mendous shocks. Men like Col. Deni- .| son, "with war on the brain, cannot do much harm so long as they are acting independently and out of time, Let several 'of them unite in one great shout or chorus, given over and over again, and people will presently join in "and give expression to their feels ings. in lusty form. : EDITORIAL NOTES. Dragon's blood is on the free list and the duty oun porous plasters has been reduced." Who, in the 'face of those facts, will have the temerity to sion downward ? A man in Connesticut showed what he would have done had he been the judge who gave Maud Muller the go- by and was sorry for it. This man saw a woman raking hay and, not thinking a woman 'ought to do such v { work, promptly married her. This is | (prow Year | where real romance and chivalry come ing decreasing manufatture The Watertown Times has the fol the | lowing pertinent comment on a cer- It is a mistake to assume | tain class of automobilists, whom it designates as "boastful Jawbreakers :"' "We have heard of a case where an automobilist bragged the other day that he had come to Sackett's Harbor at the rate of a mile a minute. His confession ought to land him in jail, 1t showed an utter disregard for the rights of every one on the road. It is these speed-mad lunatics who make automobiles hated by the farmer, and when one brags of his defiance pf law it does not cfeite admiration but the contempt of sune automobilists who feel that a stigma has been put upon them as a class by the' performance of Ra One. The which Spain is . waging against the Moorish tribes in Morocco inally, at least, to sustain the p6wer of the Moorish throne. The Washington Post calls attention to the historic and not' the lést striking feature of the situation lies in the fact that Catho- lic Spain should be engaged in a con- war is ¥ contradiction involved, flict so maintain infidel power. More than four hundred | vears ago she drove this same nation | from its point of lodgment in Western | , | Europe, and song and story have cele- | brated the 'last sigh of the Moor," as Boahdil wept on leaving forever his | beloved Granada. - Strange, indeed, that a Spanish sovereign should now be found upholding a Moorish throne at the risk of his own. Stole The Same Cow Twice. Louisville Courier-Democrat. They have a queer case at the penitentiary. Sam Kirk, soon to be released, is. serving his second term. Kirk stole the same cow twice, and there is a tradition here that he will make another try for the cow if that animal is still living when he gets his freedom. Kirk took the cow and was caught and convicted. He was sent to the penitentiary for one year. He announced that as soon as he got out he would go back home and protection that | et that cow. Its is thought that he they can be given, and parliament will {felt that he had earned the cow by reason of having served one year in the penitentiary for the stealing of the animal. Prue to his promise as railway men are' gen- soon as he was released he went back home and again stole the cow. He was convicted and sent up for double his first term. Now Kirk Iready to go back home again, and it should not be called to "jy hoped | stay out | | When you have a friend lations which followed in Canada by n n in | prison authorities that the cow is dead so Kirk can of prison. It is recorded that he never did anything wrong ex- cept steal that cow and that he had a species of monomania which led him to take the cow. by the The Cold Spare Bed. New England Farmer. : d to visit ydu, if she be a welcome guest, You will try to make her happy, you'll give her of your best; You'll tell her all the sgory of your va- ried household cares, and own affairs ; But whatever else you mercy"s sake, be led do, don't for |'To put that helpless woman in the cold spare bed. You may tell her of your troubles with your numerous hired girls, : "we And what "she said" and what 'I said till her understanding whirls ; i You may talk of the servant question till the setting moon's last gleam, And begin next mornamg.on the same old tiresome theme ; But whatever else you do, don't, mercy's sake, be led 5 To put that helpless woman in the cold gpare bed. for You may tell of your pains and aches, and what the doctor said, That time you came near dying neuralgia in your head Of how you poured down drops and patent pills, : When yon caught that dread malgria. and had such awful chills; You may bore her, you may weary her, till sheswishes she were dead, 2 'But. for"mercy's sake, don't put her in the cold spare bed with ; bitters and Mosquitoes: Shun Oily Roads. New * York Press. The practice of oiling the roads to keep down the dust in. many North- In journalism there | the mosquito plague. every spegial artist where thousands of gallons of : : | induces a kind of hypno- | at periments now being conducted | successful. i] ii nd ya main contingeifities to alarms. Repeti- orn ~ New Jersey towns where the _| thoroughfares are not paved has been a great decrease in In Montclair, oil have been poured on .the street in the past six months, there has been a wonderful reduction in the number of that the oil sprinkling exten- responsible for year, when 'will be carried on much more | sively if this year's experiment is a success, the mosquito pest will be | writer, "that people trembled in their | hractically eliminated in the town. For | Similar resalip are reported in Bloomfield, Caldwell and other tgwns where oil is used on the roads.* Glen | Ridge will adopt the oil plan if ex- are ry : Col. Pemison, Toronto, has declined to decide a Sunday ice cream selling case until the higher courts sav whe- CS STI | (i0v is the chiel thing. Let there be ther or vot such sale is legal. say that the republican party failed to redeem its platform pl & of revi- | bed the integrity of an | is almost | a everldstingly you'll prate about your SURVNED THE SHO OF 2,000 VOLTS FROM METAL PIPE. Terrible 'Experience of an Hotel Man in Grand Mere, Que.-- Lost One Foot And An Arm. Montreal, Aug. '10.4To receive a shock of 2,000 volts and live to tell ihe | tale js the Retort oi Btenne Le- , proprietor of iindsor ho- lel, Sr oh dhe a With. the successful amputation of his right foot and arm, Mr. Lefebre has more : than a fighting chance of recovering, and . the suffeons at the Notre Dame, ital '-are sanguine that he will soon be able to leave his , The operation, which was per- formed this morning, was entirety suc- cessful, : About ten - days ago while taking a last look [ate and outbuildings, { an ashes proceeding fre i thought was Hie wshed. 1] {tions seemed confined to the, vicinity of a short metal pipe, and hy lit to pull it of the groun it into vacaus space, where Mr. Lefcbre, around his saw sparks ee ym what he | he illamina- {great deal of actual money to wager : seized | them ith Tho and [race meetings that they it {wager what little pro, could do no damage. No sooner had {sess on a harse; and x his hands closed on the pipe, than his simply replace their loss by stealing f mone RACE WAGERS IN INDIA. Native's Method of Chooging a Winmer. The native of India wagers his according to the colors worn Lv the jockeys and takes no heed of merits of the horses, or he: will ack a horse ridden hy his favorite jockey, no matter whether the animal 1% a rank outsider or not. His ideas of gambling, in faet, are distinglly novel. Some of the more wegdthy Indians form rings and back every horse in the race, thus gain- ing the sapfaction of getting, a win- ner every timé. It is really only of late years that the native of India has become an habitual gambler "on the turf, and nowadays the bulk of the betting of the various racing cen- tres in India is done by natives: - In- deed the authorities are becomin somewhat concerned about the -- of the betting which takes place among Indian natives, it being as serted that as many as thirty lacs of rupees (about £300,000) is lost and won in the course of a season. The ignorant masses have not Ra always. ing Blue a of at frequently erty they pas- they lose they bitten are many craze for betting + but so bad the successful man. answer for all inform OCEAN GREYHOUND MAKES RECORD TRIP. ~The picture shows the C.P.R. tain which on her, recent tri er time than ever before, an appointed at not being able Flats Channel. | records would have been smashed. Tr form became rigid, and. thus imprison ed, he was held fo the electrically- charged post 'until his shouts sent the hotel employees in search of him. Realizing that their chief was being electrocuted, one of the men rushed to the | company what had happened and they immediately cut off the current. } Lefebre was unconscious and his {hands wre burned nearly to the bone. {For three hours two physicians work- led over him, | A strand of broken wire crossing highly charged transmission wires and in turn coming into contact with the { short length of pipe driven in the {eround was responsible for the acci- dent. { LAKE OF THOUSAND ISLES. ! Bv Ernest A. Sine. 1 just blowed in from the ho Where: the wind blows lon {1 didn't take time to chan my vest For fear 1'd git lost in the crowd That ever on wings of Impatience flies { Through Chicago's bustlin' streets, An' I landed here in this Paradise Where the great St. Lawrence sweeps. ywlin® West af' loud ; An' now I'm heré I'm goin' to shout If I break a thousand rules, For there ain't no place ! about, | Nor anywhere else, my 'jewels, That seems to me to be quite as like That land where the augel sings An' baits his hook an' smokes his pipe When he ain't a-fluppin' his wings. this world Each lovely isle's an enchgnting dream, A heaven .that's all its own, { Atnéstlin' there in'that gramd ol' stream That reflects the heaven's dome. Eacth lovely isle is a place of rest From the busy ol' world of cares, {An' since 1 blowed from the breezy West | I'm slave to their artful snares. | {© heavenly Take of the Thousand Isles, | Your beauty has caught me right; I'm dead in love with your winsome wiles An' I dream of youn by night ; "But 'the call of the wild' is more, Again TI must blow out' West ; Gaod-bye, ol' pal, you have showed door To a haven of perfect rest, on. once the | | t1f ever another like chance 1 git | To sneak away in the night, 1 You bet your boots it's here I'll flit, I An' I'N'up an' do it right, I, know you are yearnin' for Hecause 1 confessed my love An' you'll welcome me as a son Who desires no more the to come long lost ta rove. Thomas B. Moore, for thirty telerk of 'the township of Drummond, {is dead. The deceased was born on the homestead where be died. His |death occurred after only ome week's illness. Mr. Moore was seventy-six years of age. Mrs. Elias C. Ash, died in Roch- ester, N.Y. on Sunday. A brother, James long, Pesides at Napanee, By Nerviline. treating horses, and I can safely say that I know of ng liniment for strains, sprains, and- swelling that is xo-useful around the stable as_Nerviflne." Thus writes Joshua B. Murchison, from his home, Crofts Hill P.O. I had a fine young mare that NERYILINE 'iioiched her right I8 K fore" leg, and from TRUSTY the shoulder down LINIMENT she was stiff, sore and swollen. I ap- mare was in shape to work a day af- ter I used Nerviline. , wonderful lupiment." We sand , letters {as a general household One million bottles used each year. (Pry it vonrsslf. Large 25c. bottles of Nerviline; five for §1. All dealers, years | Horses' * Leg Swelled. | Aninlal Was Too Sore And Lame | to Worlaguidly ¥ Cured from Liverpool to Quebec, made fast- came within an hour of breaking the record for the trip which is at present held by her sister ship, the Empress of Ireland. The Empress carried a passengers and a larger load than usual of mail. Capt. J." A Murray, reported clear weather all across hut was dis- tocome Had this short cut been available, he declares 'and other crimes telephone and. advised the power | | strong cards. will do well to bring finished to your orde mail steamship Empress of Bri- variety of requirements. : whatever the need, the Blue Serge suit for general utility, 7 ¥ The Serge Suit is the Summer favorite J vays. It's "The Noblest Roman of them all" We never grow tired of recommend-. They cover su x ch a For ouling purposes they are cool and comfortable: For business they bespeak For semi-dress they al occasions. And so is the ~ Little wonder, then; that the demand never slackens--And we make them one of our The best here 'means mone better any- where. The man with a Serge Suit want it here. SUITS --8pecial value at $15.00, and our Celebrated Semi-Ready Serges at $18.00 r in 2, hours. of Her commander, full complement Island all in by the Crane a neighbor's goods. The consequence is that when the raving season comes around the police are kept very busy dealing with cases of petty larceny involving loss of property. THE WHIG'S FASHION HINT{ SHOE REPAIRING | ®eva 15 per. cent. in getting your | Quality." PHONE, 837. WASHING WITHOUT WATER. Like Trying To Get Rid Of Dandruff Without Herpicide. Did you ever sce any one trying to Is R 4 . v i "I have had "Tog. experience in | wash themselves without soap or wa- ter ? 1i vou, did what would you say of him ? It is every bit as foolish to try "fo get rid of dandruff and to prevent ! Baldness by feeding the germs which cause it, with Canthrarides, Vaseline, Glycerine and similar substances which form the principal ingredients: of most so-called Hair Growers. Newbro's Herpicide is successful be cause it attacks and kills the parasitic germ which feeds on the hair roots. It the original and only genuine scalp germicide manufactured. | Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The Herpicide | Co., Detroit, Mich, 81 bottle guaran- teed. G. W. Mahood, special agent. 18 PHOTO COPYRIGHT 1909 BY REUTLINGER EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHT, NEW YORK HERALD tia { . », - v | #0k's sutton Koot Compouna i The great Uterine Tonic, arc | only safc effestual Month): Regula 1 ob which oa de; md. Fo' "a thirve re { of strength--, 1 i i 10 degrees stro 3 ial case per box all druggists, or sen on receip price for 8 Sol oy be pamphdel. Ada ss: Ta PE Poi | SexMepoine Co Toro. 2.FNT 7" vnariy Windas Bilk - embroidered khaki cloth gown. A. Distinction. Argonaut. one asked Max Nordau the differen: beiween genius insanity. "Well"? said the au thor of "Degeneration," "the lunatic | at least, sure of his board and | clothes." London Some define and to a of Cug-| Many a man's idea of clothing com- are {fort is the kind kis wife won't let him wear. Loose leaf and all other kinds binding done at Whig office. tomers tell us that our prices ery moderatey do work promptly and at less cost than ordinary shoe repairs Made to Mas SHOES Always. Modish WHILE YOU WAIT, is not {dle talk. The Goodyear Repair Outfit I recently installed enables me to x, You "The: House Of work done at ! ' - A. E. Herod, 286 PRINCESS STREET. Iqition Dynamos, Storage Batterics, Spark Plugs, Carburetors, EE. TRY OUR DRY BATTERIES. rambull Eetrical Mg. Co. Phone. ATH. 878 Bagot Ba THE FRONTENAC : LOANAND INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863, President--Sir Richard Cart ht Money issued on City and Farm Pro- rties. Municipal and Oounty Debens ures. Mort, ages purch . Deposits received and = allowed. 8. C. McGill, Managing Director, 87 Olarence street. Wall Paper Border, Ceiling and Side Wall, all same price, at FRASER'S, 78 William St When ordering your Cooked Meats for lunches or picnics, don't fail to order some of our Pickles or Relishes. We have a variety to choose from. 'Phone, 570. H. J. ERS, 860 Br street, ABERNETHY"S Baby all colors, £4 Moccasins, Children's Sandals, 25c. and 50e. regular $1, for 80c 95¢ Sol 0 Brow 29¢ Baby Soit Strap Shoes, clearing at Children's Sandals, ; tplied Nerviline and | it worked tike a charm; in fact, that *'We have used Negvilipe om our farm for twenty-five years and never found | it wanting. For man or beast it is a | | have reccived nearly five thou | recommending Nerviline | i liniment, as ! an all-round cure for aches and pains. | regular $1.35, for Children's Strap Shoes, regular $1 and $1.15, clearing ; Girls' 'and Boys' | Sandals, sizes 11 to 2, regular $1.35 for Ladies' White Can- vas Shoes, Strap and Laced, White Heels, clearing 100 §8¢c Oxfords, clearing =f). HD All 'Summer Goods Re- duced. 85¢ Shoes, and Women's Kid Gibson Ties. 1 0 Special : Women's Fine Ki House Shoes, elas- lL. tic' vamps, $1 and Bargains for everybody. ABERNET ABERNETHY'S ce These Specials Trunks, $2 to $15. Sait cases, $1.50 * Suit Cases, $2 and $5. Travelling 'Bags, 75c., 8be. and $1. 'ge Polish 500 , bottles Black POLISH at Sc; ; ee ren Visit our. Travelling Goods Department, second floor. Y'S.