A Friend in Need to the Poor, Sick Stomach, Tired Nesves and Torpid Liver, is ait SOLD EVERYWHERE. Effor- vescent Annual August Cah Sale (14th Anniversary.) Many are taking advantage of our cut prices. Carpet Floor Specials 1 Brussel Rug of a green orient- al design, extra fine grade. Size B6ft.x12ft. 2in., $20, for $10. ss IT Rug to match $186, for $8. 1 large damaged, 14ft. 4in., 6x9ft., Brussel Carpet slightly green shade, 11it. 6in.x $40.50, for $23 Furniture Floor Specials Bultets. Sut Golden Oak Buffet, $23, 1 Jut Golden Oak Buffet, for $25, 1 } Cut Golden Oak for $28. Princess Dresser Maple, $25, at $18. These are all snaps. reduced. Buffet, $40, in Bird's Eye All goods UNDER THE GITY ie WOULD OIL BE BE PROF ITABLE| ON ROADS? What the City Engineer Says-- Mayor Couper Would Strike Off Smallpox Bills--City Build- ings Renovations. Enginecr Craig, when asked thought of oiilng new maca- dam roadways, said he would first preicr to examine somo of the roads in several places that have been given 'he oil treatment to sec the value of so treating them. For instance, * the roadway in Ogdensburg, N.Y., now being constructed might be visited. First hand information, he said was of ten times more value than pamphlet guarantees. Before he would advocate oiling macadam roadways hero, he preferred to see the experi- ments of places sh as Ogdensburg. Tarvia is the best road oil, he said, and it would cost about $500 or $600 to oil. a mile of macadam road of or- dinary width. That would be about £35 to oil a block. Cheaper oils could be used, but he didn't think they would give satidfaction. In Kingston, the\expense of oiling the roads would be A great factor in deciding whether or nd¢ it was worth the monoy to be City what he |THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 FILLED EVERY POSITION In the Gift of the L. O.'and B. of Q. Navigation Company. EDWIN E. HORSEY. Edwin E. Horsey, general manager of the Lake Ontario and Bay of | Quinte Navigation company, has been connected with that steamboat com- pany for the past sixteen years, and expo aided. To oil the roads thee iimes a year would be expensive. Would Strike Off Accounts. When the question of small-pox hos | pital accounts comes before the city anny il, Mayor Couper will likely ad- vizo that the char; ges against vitizons | 2 whose households were afflicted, be | struck off the city treasurer's books, | in view of the circumstances connceted | with the epidemic of last autumn. Tho mayor thinks it inadvisable to press for paymomt of the accounts. Renovations In Progress. clerk and the city engineer ousted from their offices on account of renovations Both offices are being The city bec week, made. havo this being city clerk's office, Charles Lemmon is putting down the old one that hasgrendered ser vice for the past sixtyffive years. The | clerly and his office spall will no Tong er have cold fect, off which they com- plained in the winter. The renova- tions will be completed by the middle | next week, The old box stoves in portion of the city the castern PHONE 90. T. F. Harrison Co.' EVERY DAY New Good s ure ariiv ing. We have already received our EIDER DOWN COMFORTERS The finest colorings ever shown. Come and see them. New Curtains and Curtain Materials, New Mission Nets and Stirling Serims | R. McFAUL, Kingston Carpet Warehouse. -- doned. ! The Money You Put In a Policy Is a good investment pro- viding policy ting a are right. In get-| policy from us you secure a saving in the actual cost and advant- ages in many ways. No Danger of Loss If You Live or Die Our policies are so writ- tén that you get the full, worth of your whenever you quit. payments want to J.S. R. McCann Cor. Brock and King Sts. 'Phone, 326, the company and | main. The aldermen year after year tai to saving in coal would pay the interest on the invesiment for hot water heals |ing.. The council of 1904 will have to 1 be called back to complete the heating svstom, at which it made a start in | the wester of tha buildings. n section Not Examined Lately. Kingston's water supply hasn't un | dergone a bacteriological examination | for a month or more. The last exam- "ination showed it to be in good .con dition. In view of the condition of Jrockville's supply, people are asking 'about the local "drink." However, . the conditions of the two places are very different. Laundry Tax Still Unpaid. As vet- no Chinese laundryman has { wandered into the city treasurer's of- | ice with his twenty-five dollars tax for ,the half year. The Celestials are re- ' mark: ably prompt about paying their {other dues, and in this respect are a { good example to the delinquent por- tion of the community, but they don't jpons sider that this city council tax is] a fair debt, and hence are backward | about paying it. When it is decided that they must pay, they'll fall over one another in getting into the city treasury with their hard-carned money. At The Gas Tank. Work on the gas tank is proceeding isteadily, if slowly. The contractors {expect to have the inside surface tmoved to the required depth by the ond of thé first week of September. | Then they will have five weeks to put lon the coats of © cement that will make the tank water-tight. STOLE FARE BOXES. y | Two is Box Found Far A During the past § > weeks fare boxes were stolen; off the street entering the Union Street from Portsmouth. At first thought, the box had dropped when another disappeared | after, this theory was aban- No trace could be found of the boxes or the thieves, until Wed- nesday, when the corporation gang, lifting an old boardwalk, on Nelson {street, found a bunch of loose | tickets, taken from one of the boxes; a box all broken and bent was found (in a barn on Princess street. | The theft' was likely committed by boys, but they were wise enough not jto try and use the tickets. The man- agement have a idea who took {them and may some arrests two | cars, just | junction jo was | off, but {shortly good make soon. Painful Accident. - | John Stansbury, Jr., proprietor of | the news stand on Swift's wharf, { the victim of a painful accident, early this morning. He was i the wharf, when in somo manner, he | got his left hand caught { door, and the nail on one finger wa | pulled off. The finger was dressed by i Dr. Stanley Keyes. was going on to Frank Cooke's office, 346 King. | = i Deafness Cannot Be Cured. By local applications, as they cannot | reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by .an inflamed con- dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in- flamed you have a rumbling sound. or imperfect hearing, and when it is entire- ly closed, Deafness is the resuli, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for- |ever ; nine cases out of ten are caused Ivy Catarrh, which is nothing but an in- | famed condition of the mucous surfaces. | We will give One Hundred Dollars for |. any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO, Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipa | passenger and when he | | dersloeve, the painted a robin's egg blue. In the | a hardwood floor over | buildings still re- | got it into their heads that tho ' in a screen | Toledo, O.! has filled every position in its gilt, {having risen from clerk and purser to | woneral manager. Mr. Horsey became | purser of the old steamer Hero, in 1893, and continued as such until that !popular steamboat burned, in { 1901. During the seasons of no navi- gation in those eight years he clerk in the company's office. In 1901, he was appointed assistant general freight agent, and in 1902 succeeded to the position of gen- oral patsenger and freight agent. In 1904, he became traflic manager, and | [retained that _pggition until 1906, was appothted general man- er. on the decease of Charles F. Gil organizer and head of Horsey is a popu- wns the company. Mr. | lar steamboat official and has enlarg- ed the company's business materially. | HAAS, OPENS SEPT. 7TH. The new Ontario act an- nounces several changes that . will affect collegiate imstitutes to some extent. By one of these the date of the reopening of such educa- tional institutions after the summer holidays is fixed. The collegiate will reopen on September 7th. 4 rp FEEL EK a bos SIRI NNH CITY AND VICINITY. "Three Swallows." Sir John Power and Son's | "Three Swallows' Irish Whiskey, | Famous for over a century. {Of highest standard of purity. { Distillers to His Majesty the King. | Meeting At Market. | Last night members of the Holiness | Movement, held an open-air {the market square, and attracted quite [a good-sized «wowd to their meeting. [All summer, the members have been | holding outdoor meetings, js held in the park. | A Trip Over The Waters. The Orphans' Home taken for an outing to Cape {on Wednesday afternoon, by the line. "Father'" Smeaton, lgreat liking for that {breaker, the Pierrepont, iquested that she over the river and back. children were Vincent, Folger sturdy ice- specially re- convoy his charges Prisoners Transferred. Dr. Forin, the city, arrived in Thursday morning, with two prisoners, * Prior and | Tetrault, transferred to the Kingston penitentiary from Edmonton peniten- [tary The convicts stayed in the po- f lie eo cells night, and at NEY Jo leek this morning were taken out | { transfer officer, oarly on over to the big prison. Out For Mischief. A crowd of young men wore disorderly on I'rincess street I night. They were out for mischiel, amused themselves by piling up some cement. blocks in front of a store door and pulling down the sig another | merchant. This was perhaps fun for them, but not so for the merchants, {and they arc out with a big stick, i looking for the guilty parties. At the 1 Y.M.( A. building some person or per {sons decorated the window sills with empty ale bottles. very last anv n of Tuesday Night's Fire. | I'he reflection of the big fire at Collins Bay, on Tuesday night, {the cheese factory was destioyed, when was 'noticed by people who happened to be | jout between twelve and one o'clock. {Constable Timmerman, the veteran po- liico constable, from Williamsville, was tone of the first to notice the sky all flit up, and he at once thought it was | Williamsville in flames, as it appeared to be hurried in that di- rection, at full speed, picking up Con- stable Craig, on the way, but they soon found that the fire | the city limits. It was a wonder someone did not send in an alarm to the fire department. so close. He AT THE POLICE COURT. | Offender Given a Chance to Leave | | the City. Mayor Couper handled the | justice at the police court, jing. There was just one bert Gullett, who was before the court [just a few days ago, was lo ked up. night, on the old charge, that of drunkenness He asked, oS by given a chance. He that "would leave the yromised to turn over gave him the edition that he would say ito Kingston by and he this morn- chance, on good-bye noon, mised Gullett, had $214 in' his possession early yesterday, and arrested he had but $90 leit of Evidently he had been out reat old time. He complained his money bei X go it was reported, when this wad for a thout gone be | lA Sg was | » blue in the vd upon > realized by the adventure in aid of the . cathedral church service on, | several bhoe-! who has a] . | ronto; H. was outside | scales of | case. Her- | pleaded guilty, but} said | city, and | a new leaf, | pro- i A LAWN SOCIAL HELD] on CHURCH CH OF GOOD * THIEF GROUNDS | | In Aid of thé Renovation Fund of i St, Mary's Cathedral--It Was | Largely Patronized--Dancing | An Evening Feature, again the spacious grounds | surrounding the Church of the Good Thief, Portsmouth, were thrown open for a lawn social and once again the people from the city and from the vil- {lace went out in crowds, until at eight o'clock fully 1,200 people were in the grounds. This event was in aid of the renovation fund of St. Mary's ca- thedral. The beautiful grounds were tastefully decorajed with flags, bunt- ing, Chinese lanterns and electric Hights. There were booths of all sizes and descriptions, and all were presid- ed over by Portsmouth's finest daugh- ters, who all had choice things to sell, so who could pass by without a stop ! The different booths were certainly | I Once a credit to the people who arranged and designed them. They. were placed at short distances from each other on the rear lawn, dividing it into a sort fof avenue of stores. lach had its own 'class of goods displayed in a way to "catch the eye or tempt the palate, land all did a rushing business. Along 'the east side of the church, Mrs. | Mathewsoh and her corps of assistants had been busy since early morning preparing the supper fable, This ven- erable lady,' who has looked after many such things for church purposes, I and never grows tired of it. Two long [tables were laid to accommodate {about 100 people at a sitting. The ta bles were nicely arranged and beauti- and from five o'clock bevy of pretty girls waitresses were kept Over 300 people | {fully decorated, | until eight, the who acted as {busy every minute. had supper. | In the evening came the biggest crowd and the orchegtra from the | 14th Regiment band supplied music for lthe dancers, and a great crowd of | these there were. The dancing plat- {form was a busy place, from 8.30 un- til 10.30 o'clock. | The different committees in charge deserve great credit for the social, and more so because it was given in aid of the improvement fund of St. Mary's cathedral. The weather looked rather morning, but the people kept right on at work and before noon , time the sun had come out to smile their efforts. A neat sum was The tables were in charge of the fol- lowing : Soft. drinks and Burke, Mrs. W. Harris, jville, Miss I. Tobin. | Fancy work--Mrs. O'Leary, {livan, and the Misses Fannie {tie Burke. Gold nuggets--Mrs. R. Miss F. Burke, Miss M. Miss Carmel Beaupre. | Ice cream--Mr Charles Mrs. R. Burke, the Misses and Misses Beaupre. Aunt Sally--George Miss Kennedy. The supper candy--Mrs. S. Mrs. Somer- Mrs. Sul- and Ger- MacDonald, Mc¢Geein, and Beaupre, Kennedy, | | | | | Sullivan and i | table was in charge of Mrs. J. B. Mathewson, assisted by Mrs. Tobin, Miss Mathewson, and a host of young ladies. : | The committee in charge returns Lthanks to George Mills, for a hat; 15. V. Greaza, for a hat, and to | Miss « Edward Beaupre, for the soft | Mrs, {drinks The large {the one who | weight, was made at ery, Portsmouth, cake, going to nearest the bak- guessing guessed Culcheth's | B. A. Hotel Arrivals, | B. R. Hepburn, Picton; K. M. Clips- ham. Arthur Hogg, Toronto; R. J. | Davidson, Ottawa; A. Macdonald, | Smith's Falls; W. Canning, Guelph ; | Frank S. Smith, Rochester, N.Y.; E. |W. De rmylea, W. R. Deeton, Belleville: Mrs. B.C. Briggs, Rochester, N.Y.; | Mrs. J. W. Rashmore, Paimyra, N.Y; |S. J. Strough, Fine View, N.Y.; R. | E. Montague, Fine View, N.Y.; F. H. | Ransome and wife, Chicago; Miss Is- {ladys Goodrich, Pornfect; J. G. Hamp- ton, Deseronto; W. H. Jackson, and | wife, New York: Andrew Gorrie, Mon- {treal: J. H. Storm, Toronto; A. J. | Williams, Montreal; A. H. and wife, Camden, N.Y.; elleville; C.. F. Kettler, Milwaukee, Wis.: J. Fromining, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. Russell, Montreal; N. G. Bean, {New York: T. B. Williams, Ottawa; .J. | Richardson, Toronto; 0. P. Lowe, {Miss Lowe, Lorenzo Couillard, Otta- wa; C. LL. 8. Raby, Philadelphia, Pa.; | A. Woodie, New York; T. R. Law- Ottawa; Chas. S. Moreland, Ottawa; G. O. and wife, Belleville. ---- ee A. Wilson, | renee, ' McMillan | Johnny Jones' nine will play a game with Wolfe Island, on the latter's dia- "mond, this afternoon. Waverly | We can show you wonderful [| variety of $2 Hats for fall. Soft Hats in all New Shades. Navy, Gieens, Castors, etc., |}and Stiff Hats in Black and Brown. This is the store where dol- lars bring their value. | Importers Of Fine Hats. 126-128 Princess St. Lippincott | Proctor, To- Wash Suits Just Arr ved. 12 Only White Suits, Coat and Skirt Good value at $8. Special price for this Suit $4.95. Sizes 34 to 40 600 Yards of 40 in. Factory Cotton Worth 12¢ yard, Special while it lasts, at : 8l45¢c Yard. Odd Skirts Ladies' White Skirts. Special at $1.45 WHITE WASH COATS. Special at $3.50 Orders taken for LADIES' TAILORI NG G and EVENING COSTUMES. We will Open Ladies' Tailorin ng and Dressmaking Department About Sept. 15th. Orders taken now, CORRIGAN'S. Popular Copyrighted Fiction | $+ 150 or 0c. |S PEARL BAR BROOCHES. The great literary successes of the Our stock comprises tor): I often hear people talk of the times. Books that have attained their marvelous popularity through their own many new English de- signs, consisting of. bars famous Morton whiskey made 1B | individual merit. Attractively bound in Kingston sixty or seventy years ago-- |cioth most of them are illustrated, some of gold with" Pearl Sprays, Leaves and whiskey that was the best, that sold | with ° the finest color work. for fifty cents a gallon and made ev-! JOSEPH C. LINCOLN,-- = other Ornamentations applied. These goods erybody feel happy, for they tell me Cap'n Eri, The Partners of the Tide, have au excellent show- that everybody in the town in those Mr. Pratt, days drank whiskey, notwithstanding RANDALL PARRISH,-- ing, are solid gold, and not expensive, ' that there was a harbor full of water. My Lady of the North, A Sword of SMITH BROS., What I started out to write was for the Old Frontier, When Wilderness Jewellers, Opticians. was King. information, and I would be obliged Marriage Licenses Issued. MORTON'S FAMOUS WHISKEY. Something About Kingston's Old- Time Distiller. Kingston, Aug. 17.--(To the Edi- LOUIS TRACY,-- if you could tell me something about The Great Mogal, The Red Year, The ihe great Mr. Morton, to whose old King of Diamonds, The Wings of the distillery 1 take off my hat.--NEW Morning, The Pillar of Light. RESIDENT. BOOTH TARKINGTON ,-- Monsieur Beaucaire, Gentlemen diana, The Two Van Revels. James Morton, the distiller, was the maker of a proof whiskey that had a ELLEN GLASGOW. world-wide reputation. He came to The Voice of the People, Kingston a young man. About 71830 Ground. he was about to leave the city! for | TH (See To-Morrow's List) Perth, there to become a brewer on} " a his' own account; but some friends in-| School Books. High. School, Publie and Separate School Books now on sale. duced him to remain in Kingston and H The College Book Store, | start business, modestly and unpre- p usly, on the site of what after semivusly, 260 Princess St. "Phone, 919. Mr. "WATCH US GROW." wards became the largest establish- ment of the kind in America. et. Drummond was the virtual owner of the property, and when he died of Our Display of Dress Suitings cholera, in 1834, the place was leased from the estate by McCormack & Mor- ton. The firm afterwards became Hunt & Morton, and then Morton alone. In 1844 Mr. Morton made a big push for | Before that date he had been per bushel for rye, 12}e¢. and 30c¢. per bush- For Fall and Winter wear is easily the best we have ever shown, Larger variety, beau- tiful designs and better values combine to make the showing one to be proud of. We ask that you ar- - range lo see the display t as early a date as pos- Many lines con- nly a dress length » and cannot be dubli- cated this season. Prices 50¢ to $1.75 a Yard From Deliverance, The Battle SUCCeSS, paying 35c. ner bushel for oats, J for barley; then he issued a circular announcing that he would pay for rye 60c. per bushel, for barley 50c per bushel, and for oats 25¢c. per bushel The supply of grain was ample, and in course of time the business swelled un til there were consumed annually 200,- 000 bushels of grain. There was em- ployment for over one hundred men, and the heads of the departments were : J. Meagher, financier; A. Me Cormack, salesman; W. Nickle, superin- tendent of works; P. R. Henderson, ac- countant. In connection with the dis- tillery were the barns, «capable of con- 1,200 fattening and leased to C. & W. Breden. was also a mineral spring = of drank, In Black Lynx. In Black Fox. In Black Pomny, White Ermine and Mink: W. F. Gourdier's 76, 78, 80 Brock St., Kingston. taining from 1,000 to cattle, There which early many especially on the Sunday mornings. Morton, in 1851, built a saw mill on an island on the Bay of Quinte, near Trenton; in 1854-55 he was one of those who ac- the control of the locomotive works: he also got the charter of the (Canadian Southern railway and sank half a million of money to no purpose. He made considerable by the buildin of the city branch of the Grand Trunk railway, but in all probability spent it all, and more too, in his successful contestation of the county against the late Sir Henry Smith. In 1858 or 1850 he lost the distillery. It was run by William Nickle and then by McCor mack for a while, : and finally closed forever. Morton was a man of gener- ous impulses; the number of persons dependent upon his bounty was an evidence of this. He died in 1862. quired fii h COAL! The kind Jou je looking for fis the kind we SCRANTON Ho Big Range of Coal 3 | sis' oss ats" "ati and Suis Booth & Co. FOOT WEST STREET. Will soon be ready for -- your inspection. AX |y x, . swell showing it will be, Vallace & Parks SUCCESSORS TO 0. G. JOHNSON. FLORISTS Palms, Ferns and* Cut Flowers. De. sign work a specialty. 'Phones, Conser+ vatories, 235; Bhop, 289. WAS ROBBED OF $12. Was Young Man's Loss While He in Bathing. While in bathing at Park, on Wednesday, a young man, Waddell Carmichael, was robbed of 212. He says that he left the money in his trousers, at the bathing house, and while he was enjoying a plunge, some sneak thief got very busy, and made off with the money. He could get no clue to the guilty party, and this morning he complained to the police. It appears that there have been several cases of petty thieving of this kind, reported from the park, this summer. It is reported that another lad lost {some money while in bathing, but | that it was given back to him, by { the guilty party. Moral--never leave money about like this, when you go in for a swim. Leave it with some of your friends. Lake Ontario N ewinanmn & Shaw THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE et J J J J JJ JJ J J 2 2 Too Hot to Make x Dessert Telephone for a Brick of Our Pure Ice Cream. Nothing so delicious. Any flavor, Any hour. PRICE'S," Phone 845 Tee: HAGAR'S GRAPE JUIGE UNFERMENTED. Clayton's First Separate School. . Down in Clayton, N.Y., the first Ro- man Catholic separate school is. near- ing completion, and is a fine concrete | block structure. The majority of the | Catholics down there objectedsto & separate school, being well contented with public school education, and there was quite a time over the {launchirig of the project. The clergy. however, decided that the school | should be built, and set to work to | raise the necessary money. Last night, la week's fair, in aid of the building fund, was opened, and with the help of the wealthy summer visitors down | there, it is expected to clear $5,000. | Clayton peoule were very much pro- I voked when the building contract was lawarded to a Watertown firm, and | Watertown labor enghged for a build- ing for which they had to: pay the piper. | The New York Central & Hudson | River Rail: -oad company will fun an | excursion to Gananoque via Cape Vin- lent on August 26th, via steamer { America. Blaud's Iron Pills, 100 in a bottle, Juice is the pure being pre- merely § No anti- This Grape Juice of the grapes, served, as canned goods, by the exclusion of air. septics being used. HIGHEST GRADES GASOLINE, * COAL OIL, LUERICATING OILS, FLOOR OIL, GREASE, ETC. PROMPT DELIVERY, s/w. F. KELLY Toye's Building, It's medicinal qualities are the same as the grape itsell, Blood builder and tonic splendid '.appe- tizer. Diluted, it makes a pleasant and refreshing summer drink, Dr A.P.Chown: DRUGGIRT AND OPTICIAN. "Phone, 343, 8s Princess St. sravererrerriseresns Pee IIIITEIH Seves3099s0ete9vveseee ee rs ssessacasasssisanitans Clarence and Ontario Streets, sold at Prouse's drug store, Bn a ma