! Ek To Ir he an and the. The demonds | The PS i hoary that Ethel has decided to : ) "But for life the universe were nothing; and all that has life re- quires nourishing." The Latest Cook Books The Boston Cookery School Cook Book, by Fannie Mergit Farmer. Mrs. Rover's New Cook Book, A Manual for Housekeepers The Century Cook Book, containing Dinner-Giving and Etiquette of . Dinners. ! The! Complete Housekeeper, by Emily Holt Mrs. Beeton's Big English Cook Book, revised and greatly enlarged with several hundred new receipts. The Modern Hostess, by Christina T. Herrick The Table, by Fillipine of Delmonicos. What to Have for Dinner. What to Have for Luncheon. Invaluable Books for Housekeepers. Be in every Home. All at R. UGLOW & COMPANY, 141 PRINCESS 8%. Oue of these Books should Saturday Specials At The Montreal Stock Co's. Selling Out Sale. The following list mentions a few of our Satur- day Bargains, but there are many other things you require for spring, can be purchased here at the lowest figure. 75 Ladies' Black 8a- teen Underskirts, trio- med with accordion plaited flounce. Regu- lar price iil. Special for Saturday 48c 600 yds English Art Cretonne, in a choice range of spring designs and colorings. Regular price 15¢ yd. . Special for Saturday 8)c 200 vds Double Dam- ask Bleachel Table Linen, 60and 66 inches wide, in different de- signs, Regular price 75¢ yd. § Special for Saturday 48¢ ang Rony 300 yds Art Muslin, new spring designs in dainty open work and delicately colored flower effects. 40 inches wide. Regular price 16¢ yard. Special for Saturday 9c 14 Black Sateen Wauists, made of a hea- vy [Fnglish Sateen, trimmed with tucks back and front. Regu~ lar price $1.26 Special for. Saturday 75¢ . +25. Men's Fine Tweed "Suits of domestic and imported tweeds, sin- gle and double bresst- ed, well wade and well lined, fit guarant«d. Regular price $12 to $14 50. Special for Saturday $7.48 200 Men's Soft Bo- somed Shirts, with at- tached cuffs, in the la- test spring patterns, sizes from 14 to 17}. Regular price 73¢ and Special for Saturday 49¢ 18. Men's Black Over- coats, of wn heavy twilled diagonal stiipe, latest Chesterville style. trimmed with a beavy striped mohair lining. Regular price $18 & $20 A Quick Clearing Out on Saturday $11.98. Nr There are hundreds of other bargaios in Sca- sonable Dry Goods and Men's and Boys" Clothing which are going at Sclling Out Prices. 'COME WITH THE CROWD, The Montreal "tock Co, ! 180--PRINCESS ST--180 Sp ST. REGIS HOTEL STOCK Orders executed promptly. Only small Block of Shares left. Hennessy & Gilmour Members Montreal Mining Hichange. 88 Notre Dame St. West, Montreal. Tel. Main T8904. AT THE GRAND. MISSION BAND CONCERT. Fiae "rogramme at Cooke's Church Thursday Night. i A fine concert, under the auspices of the Mission Band, at Cooke's church, was held on Thursday evening. In spite of the inclement weather, thers was a very good Attendance, ation the programaie Was one WILK ight everyone. And then, the proceeds are for a most worthy cause, as it is the ayn of the Mission Band, to give the stm of $20 every yearn towa the Indore hospital, in n- and, the. motley from this enter ent, will go towards this pur 'H.W, Newman 3 the chair and ably carried . The me, in de tail, was as follows: Fapey drill, by . fatter them and ofherwise coler {members of the Mission Band; solo, t5 their vamitys Both these voung Mrs. J. Evans; mandolin solo, Her re become Anclomaniacs the (bert Smith, of Queen's: solo, Miss t impossible order, Their affairs { Laidley: 'reading, Mis. F. J. Sproule; left in the Parxts of Daniel Voor: i solo, Miss Edith Orser; piano solo, ws Pike, a lawyer of Kokomo. He (Hie R. 3 elulond sale, _ Allan the Mission Hand: solo, Mrs. B. J. McClelland; reading, Mre. le; mandoli "The Man From Home" Hore on Sate urday. fhe story of the new Booth Tark- ia ton Hairy Lom Wilson play, "The Wan From whichis to be seen for the first time at t he Grand, a Sat . Fes, loth, matinee aI Tr Reds hover and peer ' : attractive ome, ing cious: admixture of American plainness European high ite. sto hay LT a Pious sod 8 wl Six patives 3 Koko, Ind., having been "left]dia, and with =" compa ratively Yl | of money" at gammand Bve' E spbe. * There - are taken up by a' certain Euro- class who use them for their own . - a the Hon. Almerle St. Aubyn, the ad ious Brith awocastle, and be 'people' are re Halt 2 'the nto the matter. He ves ab a crucial moment. Fthel - a the voung{ When our shortcomings ave man." and th tne tse the or tlle ve the ra sattiement of three quarters of a mill poet's vdcantage in being fon in patment for the "honor" his born rather. than. made is that he fan is about to do her. She Heljarae ies. ! : ! before. the" < THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1010. TY AND VICINITY, Only One "Bromo Quinine." | That is Laxative ° Quinine. ! Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. | Used the world .over to cure 5 cold in jones day. 25e. To Exempt the Company From Taxa-! College Book St . tion--The Company's New Plant you are not a: this Will Eventually Cost $134,000--A jibrary at the present time, you event- Big Thing for Kingston. {ually will be if you are a reader of March 15th was fixed by the city the latest, Booka, Why a ake pd council last evening as the dav upon Fo hd rae dal og 2 of wiih the ratepayers would vote on ° 08) and Sa ay only" the by-daw to exempt the Kingston | " shipbuilding com from taxation Make Fine Quarters. in connection with its lease of the' The officers who are to take a course government dry dock propwiy. Theat the Royal Military College and who py-law was given its second reading, | are attached to the R.C.H.A. are to and passed. be quartered at the King street resi- In attendance at the council mage | Guicy vacated some months ago by ing were Mayor Couper acl Alls. Lar-| Col. Gordon. It wili make fine quart- son, Craig, Clugston, Elliott, Givens, ers for the transients. Harty, Harrison, Kent, McCann, Me- Tends 2 } Carthy, McKay, Rigney and Robert. | 4 son. i At the last meeting of the board of The chief provision of the by-law m ent, in connection with the are these: The city shall grant the! House of Industry, tenders for the company exemption from taxation; \venr's supplies were opened and the {neluding business tax, for ten years, following awards made : For milk, S. with the privilege of another ten |T. Kirk; for bread, Alexander Arthurs; years, the company shall pay school for meat, W. H. Reid; for wood, J. taxes on a fixed assessment af ¥50,- |Sowards; for coal, Kingston Coal com- 0, the company shall expend #50.- | pany; for groceries, J. McCulla. ¥¥) this year in the construction of | Liquor on Trains. j plant and shall pay to residents of ningston wages to the amount of not | A¢ the meeting of the Ontario branch flere than $20,000 a year; if it fails $61.4 the Dominion Alliance in Toronto, pay this amount of wages in anyiRev' Px. MacTavish wanted to know year then it shall pay full taxes on': . ¢ q (if the selling of liquor on trains could an assessment of £50,000, i ng por' on ren ge 8 . A 'not be prevented. Ald. Kigney raised the question a4 should be stopped," he stated. He to how much better off the city would |g sie (ut 4 ease where several men be by the change in management, of sarded a train at Kingston and the dock. He wanted to know how | Loi they arrived at Belleville they much wiiges had been expended a YOOr | ore drunk » at the dry dock under government Soy tomo control. ' . Ald. Givens replied that as far as The Laymen's Movement, he could find out less than $20,000 al Tihe men's committee of St. George's vear in wages was boing expended. | cathedral met yesterday and adapted W. J. Fair was asked to speak for | the "every member" plan of giving the company and said that the $50, (diocesan missions, the books for 00) to be expended in plant was only | which will he closed on Feb. 28th. Af- # beginning. The Wmpany inte nded | ter Sunday's offerings have been made to expend a very ch larger sum | Committees will star'. out to call up- than that in establishing a plant, but | OB those who Lave overlooked their it conld not expend it ali at once, | Proper duty and service. All are ex- It would take two or three years to pected to givé something, taking the get the business in good runming or-| burden off the few. : der. In the past, he said, a Igrge - ---------- number of Canadian vessels had bd | To Sanction Lease. to Detroit and Buffalo for repairs be-| Dean Bidwell had called a special aause of the lack of plant and facill- meeting of the executive committee of ties at the Kingston dock. They could [the diocese of Ontario, on Thursday, not afford to lose valuable time weit. February 24th, in Kingston, to sane- ing for attention in the busy season ition and approve of a lease from the of navigation. That was why tharector of St. George's church, to the government was leasing the dock to|Canadian Bank of Commerce, of pro- his company, There's not a large|perties on the corner of King and enough staff and equipment here to|Brock streets, said lease containing i repair vessels, which can be repaired covenants for renewal and payments in onequarter of the time at buffalo | of buildings and improvements. The {and still save money after paying the buildings will be erected in 1911. j duty of twemty-five per cent. on re-| | -------- -- -------- | prirs done in a foreign country. The! Held a Driving Party. company intends to establish a ! very! - large plant here. Its leading ¥| The Daughters of Rebekkah held a ny ARCH 15TH IS SET AS THE DAY FOR VOTING ON THE DRYDOCK BY-LAW | + mem: | E nj it ivi t, t 1 bers had the facilities and t had Lr Smith. j#he experience. The benefits that liott, Division Street, on Thufsday : would. acerue from the company tak- evening, which proved a most delight- 'ig over the dock would be ten times ful affair. There were about thirty 2a grea} a4 thote- that sth oy had people in the party, and although the ment P Mansge weather was very rough, the trip out Ald and back was made without mishap, Ald. Elliott stated that at the : eo pein i p A ttee "| and while at the house the' time was mucting of the finance committee he [out iis: Asian, manic anf saneing, Lied ian ba ht, OR, Si ; Bo ; to the host and hostess for year was to expended vesi- | ie Kind Ye dents of Kingston. lhis secured the hospitality. workmen of the city, Ald. Givens seed that Kingston would get all the ropairs to vessels ton Lake Ontario and on the St. Law- rence for a long distance down. He knew that two members of the new fcompany were men of very lar means. Kingston was fortunate i; having such men to come here take charge of such a promising in- dustry as a shipbuilding and repair ~ plant in connection witn a large dry pdook. For thirty-five years King: ston had been trying to get outside (industries but had never landed a 'tingle industry that had not heen shuilt up by the citizens themselves. yHere was a number of men of capi. tal who were taking over an industry F shat his, going to be a great thing or the © y Wel . ¢ city and they were not ask: Ane and 'wile, Paterson, Nd; W. in ny thi f > { R Mv oMng jrom the People, mt] yan, G. Rudoll, Toronto; Hy. merely requesting that the dry dock' hy : 4 frecdom § iy an be bes H. Marshall and wife, liter: S- Chester, - i hoy would pay a school tax of $35) Buckham, Almonte; T. Cf a vear that the city had never = got | troit, Mich; D. P. Byers, Gananoque; {C. Jeffery, Picton; J. D. Pringle, To- Alds. McCann and Kent thought ronto; George M. Reid, London; Jos that Kingston was fortunate in get-| oph Rowney, E. Hart, Toronto; Wil- ting the RR pst Shipbuilding com- [liam G. Davidson, Montreal; Charles pany to take over the dock and make 'M. Richardson, Trenton; George Hore, Lit a greaté® cortern. Hamilton; Charles N. Weisner, Toron- | H. A. Calvin said hs joined the com: to; 8. R. Hendry, Montreal. pany because he was confident that! rieie------ the other men comprising the com-| The Late Mrs. Mclver. (tary would do' just what they «sil! Mrs. Ellen Melver, relict of the late ev would do. They were paying Andrew Mclver, of Kingston township, nn Ireland and the Irish. One of the greatest gatherings ever held in contection with the Orange Order in Kingston took place last night, at the Orange hall. Rev. W. F, Fitzgerald lecturad on "Ireland and the Irish," and illugtrated his lecture by readings, recitations and anecdotes. Many Of the anecdotes such as that of the "snapshot of the, sender of a special delivery" fairly comvulsed the avdiente. "The Englishman's Irish" wal also recited. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer. m and B.A. Hotel Arrivals. G. R. Roddick, Stella; Keith G. Lech, Peterboro; W. X X. M. Dean, Dr. William Kennedy, Enterprise; A. P. TE SPORT REVIEW LIEUT. CONSTANTINE IS RE-IN- STATED BY THE O.H.A. He Will Likely Play Cover Point for Frontenac Seniors--Three Kings- ton Hockey Teams Went to Toronto To-day. Queen's senior hockey players left at noon, to-day, for Toronto, and with them went Cadets seniors and. €ollx giate juniors, In Toronto this even ing, Cadets seniors will play "Varsity Il and Collegiates will play "Varsity III. On Saturday evening, Queen's and 'Varsity will play their second game in the senior intercollegiate series. This latter game was scheduled ior this evening, but Varsity had it postponed until Saturday as it suited them better. The three Kingston teams will line up as follows : Cadets -I--Powell, goak MecAvity, int; Parr, cover; Campbell, rxover; Erith, centre; Wheeler, left wing; Adams, right wing. Collegiates--Sliter, goal; Williams, point; McCammon, cover; Reid, rover; Goodearle, centre; Lallush, left wing; McNeill, right wing. Queen's--Gilbert, goal: Campbell, point; Tremble, cover; G. George, rov- er; Crawford, centre; Dobson, right wing; B. George or Smith, left wing. Noble Steacy game, Saturday night. Constantine Reinstated. The followers of the Frontenac iors received pleasant pews, morning, in announcing that' sen- Lieut. This certain'y made "the locals far better and now they are confident of putting it Argos. on their own ice. The Fron- tenavs have one entire week to prac tice and should be for the game. Constantine, point, with Saunders and Powell be hind him, will make a great defence Markham vs. Frontenacs. their return game with -Frontenaes This game should be seen here in junior series in as both teams are now at their best and are stepping exceedingly fast. Fae Millan will be back on the line the locals and will be a great The Frontenacs will line up as fol lows ! Marchand, goal; Davidson point; Hyland, cover: Prouse, Hunt, centre; Campbell, left wing: Mil lan, right wing. Game Was Called Off. for Thursday night, but owing to the heavy snowstorm the game had tc be called off. Gravenhurst Won Protest. At a meeting of the O.H.A. held ir Toronto, the protest by the Graven hurst junio.os against Barrie was su right wing for Barrie has had his cer tificate cancelled. The two teams wil meet again in hore and, home games the first in Graverhurst on evening and the second in Barrie Monday evening. On the first Barrie had a lead of ten goals, another story may be told by second round. This protest was of in group. Kingston Beat Prescott. The Kingston curlers were success ful in Prescott on Thursday evenin winning on both rinks. rink won from .J. Evason's, 18 shots to 12. ing were Lhe Kingston rinks : %. R. Givens, W. B. McKay, J. Elliott; Prof. Gill, skip. R. Bailey, Prof. Laird, skip. duled distriet league games Searle; W. E. Hague, and E. O, from A. RB; Cunning- defeating W. J. ning from G. Sliter winning ham. Concert at Bath. Bath, Feb. 17.--Mr. and Mrs. Hill N.Y., visited for a short time Mr. and Mrs. McCaugherty, also 1 110,000 yearly vental for the dook ied, after a lingering illness, at' her and oer taunly meant businese, residence, 130 Victoria street, on John MeKelvey said that he hoped Thursday, aged sixty-five years. le that the aldermen would not only seged was born in ' the tow nship of pr the second meading of the by-law | jin ston, whire she resided until aiter rt would get out and waz fr its the death of "her husband, seven or fhaniage by the people. Ihe dey eight years ago, when she removed to jdock would, in vears to come be a (ho ily. Shs is survived by two chil- (RYeal asset to Kingston. As to dren, Miss Eva, at home, and Henry, f wages $20,000 'was only a minimum. of Ki township. Mrs. Melver i Far more than that would be spent. was a staunch Methodist in religion. { Sone further discussion in regard ipo funeral. service will Be conducted Fal jsut that the com any is to be Rev. F. H. Sproule, of Princess {ins ti place. Mr. Fair pro- Street Methodist church. Crcec the plans that had "on sul ' " AT QUEEN STREET CHURCH. pitted to the government showing n ipiant thet would everdunlly cost | | ------ Lindies Provided Fine New England Supper. FRLRLED. - This 'vear the . mapas will exored 850,000 in plant, of which amount $20,000 will be for buildings and $90,000 for machinery. # The weather man was not at all '| favorable to the New England ra i for, at Queen street et PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL BOARD. dist eharch, on Thursday evening, but 3 Ano tod at } notwith tanding this, the affair was 1 ing, Thursday. on most successful one Of sourse the . " ¥ stiendance wad not as large as it At a meeting of the Portsmouth | would bave beon othetwise, but the (school board, held on Thursday wight, Miss Josephine Williams, 266 Johnson forth, were trownal with > Ladies' Guild bad fstoeet, was appointed junior teather, and will take her 4 ¥ . ¥ te, assisted 3 isposed of, 'and orders were given for the bell, which has been out of repait for some time; it was to be repaired, and t into proper shape. : » Bibby's 6%. shirt sale. i to feel Whegacvnr they resd in the -- by 4 ard ! toparts that monet ic easy, § are it. Twps. cB ufo of peonle who take the in the weather pronto] oe BOO sent af 8 spevial invitation fo tending the Fike go to Wall street. . Ta . Read College Book Store advt. J The worl ant the travel in the ssmo social set. be | streotz and | wot their neve, Miss H. McCaugherty i why was hame from Odessa for ¥ iwe west, Mr, and Mra. Oliver Robin son, of Porlsmouth, visite! at Rebr'nsch's on Sunday last. Mr, ed his mother, Mra. A. W. Davy, ka'l, on Friday evening last by Presbyterian church was a grand suc ess. Harold Jarvig, of Detroit, j celebrated tenof winger taking leading part, with the assistance som 'riends from Najanee and New purgh. The hall was crowed. wracpeds were over $90, Mr, and Mrs. 'Jas. Aylesworth have returned home from a month's visit with tod son, Dr. F. A. Aylsworth, of Roseneath. are filling their ice-houses. Mr. Mrs. William Harris, X Kingston, are visiting at George Parks'. Mayor Acted as Ballast. Mayor Couper, Ald. Elliott, AM. Clugston and other cits: fathers (some bachelors to be sure] had to seure a cab sleigh to them home al ter last even'ng's meeting of the city council. Ald. Elliott left the "gang™ at the ogroes of Pywnows and Division ploughed }is weary way homeward. Above Alfred street the slelgh" nearly overturned in a snow drift and the mayor had fo act as hallan by shunting himself to one de. Your Eyes Can be properly tested by an expert, and rimless gold-mounted glasses fit- ted for R150, at Best's. Haiimniitggussnssintins A ma often als another "Have you a family *" Bus in the jease of womeée such a question in wn ! rectusary--a suffices. will referee the senior | this the shape of a telegram, | Constantine | had been re-instated by the ©. H. A. | feel quite over Toronto in fine condition at cover The Markham team will arrive in the city at 7:48 o'clock, this evening, for one of the fastest years, for help. rover; A game of hockey was arranged for between Portsmouth and Wolfe Island cimmed and Albert Leroux, who plays Friday on round but the terest to the locals as the Frontenacs may have to play the winners of this Prof. Gill's McAdams', 24 to 14, and Rev. R. Laird's won from W. The follow- | M. J. M, Farrell, W. H. Montgomery, 8, This is the last trip that the local curlers will take this winter for sche | At the local rink three games were played in the rink series, A. Strachan Power win- with friends from Stella and Buffalo, with we Max and Mrs. William, Davy, of Kingston, visit on Sunday last. The eoncert in the town the the the of The James Shibley, and "Dan® Robinson, | wid Carton Bottoms? for full particulars of the AT THR ORPHEUM. -- Show Playing Houses, Manager Trayte is offering to the patrons of the Orpheum the last half {of this week an excellent show. The {acts at this popular playhouse seem to be hettergevery week. The head liner is the Socious modern acrobats {and they are good. This team, = {man and woman, are about the best in their line that ever graced a King- ston stage. There is always some ~4thing to admire about a perfectly and {powerfully devdoped man, who uses his strength in feats that all can see Such a man is the male half of the {above team (Lie carries a name as long {as his act). lis assistant, a dainty young lady .of sbout 140 pounds seems to take great delight in being lifted and tossed about by her and master. Westford and Rock put on a neat western sketch, "The Girl Detective," The titth playlet is well acted, well staged and took well with the audi- ence. Poth Miss Westford and Mr {Bock are good artists and made a good hit Miss Marjorie de { comedienne, has an tirely new in this that took exceptionally well. With the assistance of Jantern slides Miss de Windt recites different, well-known, amusing and poems, acting ithe principal parts in each, thus ne- cessitating some very rapid changes Her act made a great hit éh Thurs {day evening. 1 The bill is opened by La Belle > | Helene, serpentine danger, and she iwell above the standard of such acts {She dances very gracefully, handling the great volume of silk that sur * rounds her in a bewitching manper Her act is entirely free from . the slightest thing that could offend. The show is .epened and closed with a fine reel of moving pictures. New to Capacity Windt, act that section and novelty is en one pathetic in DAY OF RECKONING ] Wasted Time. A dear girl student of Queen's Uni- versity contributes the following to the Whig : "Time moves on with rapid pace. The passing of seven short weeks will bring about the commencement of examina- tions at Gueen's. The majority of the students are already obviously | con- scious of the relentless approach of the day of reckoning--the day when the individual inventory will be taken and in the aceount of time, there will be made the balance entry to loss or gain. Many will show only entries on the credit side. These, the men who have been faithful to their trust will go up the test without regret of time mis spent, and if they fail it will be honor. ably and" without reproach But the {student who enters Grant hall with | memories of the major portion of his {sessional career having been lived out in pool rooms and places of an equally enviable repute, must surely {experience & very vivid sense of guilt. The ave the individuals who dis {pose of their heritage, the heritage of opportunity, which is often times the i product of parental toil and sacrifice." ) 1 4 IS IT NEW SPECIES? Black Squirrels Which Have Red Tails. Id you ever see a black squirrel with a red tail ? {F. Lochead, the well-known Princess {street photographer, has now in hi possession a couple of squirrels of {that description, which were secured recently, near Flginburg. Whether it {is a new species is not known, but as .ifar as can be ascertained at present there never was a black squirrel born with a red tail. The matter is being » looked into hy loesl men, who are interested, and it may be that the hingstonian hae a freak all right. The squirrels quite tame, and the pair make fine pets. They are kept in a cage, but once in a while they are allowed their freedom, and will run about just Jike kittens, and play with each other : Parties living st Elginburg made the vapture of - the squirrels. They were rounded up in a hole of a tree. A big sack was placed over the hole, and then one of the party beat against the tree, and the squirrels ran into trap set for them. squirrels, hut managed to make his escape. The missing one was also black with a red tail are the There were three one HELD ANNUAL "AT HOME." Class at Queen Street Church Had a i rine Time, The annual "At Home" of Queen Street Sunday school was given by Mise Allen and her "class" on Tuesday even'ng. About fifty guests were ' sembled, and all as- thoroughly enjoyed the excellent programme and elabor ate supper served. W. 1. Millar ren two recitations, which were well received, and Frank Jones ably ex- pressed the sentiments of all by 3 toast to the success of the "class." to which Rev. 8. Sellery fittingly re (sponded. The programme and the ta- ible decorations were pleasingly sugges tive of St. Valentine's day. The event was brought to a close iwhen a delicious supper was served, i The guests dispersed at eleven o'dlock, expressing their apprecistion of the evening, and wishing an equal "success for the future of the "class." Bibby's 30 goz. more pew shirls, ARE YOU C RANGE MEAT They Ave Valuable. Send Post Card to Orange lord | ' |For Student of Queen's Who Has | either | student ledgers | to | Guess not, but John | COLLECT ING meat, Kingston, Ont, pir Eighth Prize Contest Orie Meat and Milk is a Perfect Food. ANNUAL NAVY COST WILL BE 83,680,000 ON PRESENT PLANS. Pacitic Section to be the Theaper-- Halifax Will be Base for the At- lantic Squadron and Site of Naval Academy. Halifax will he headquarters on the Atlantic will he the home station of Niobe, the two Bristels and six destroyers which plement of ships for Halifax will be the of the naval academy which Canada will - establish as a part of the new na- {val plan. The building which will he erected for the accommodation of the academy will cost in the neighborhood of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. There will be a barracks erected for the ac- commodation of the staff at the naval hase at a costol two hum: dred thousand dollars. Itis poss. ible that there will dockyard improvements which in the vicinity of a thousand dollars It nual naval and the the ocom- Atlantic. Canada's na the site be will hundred cost the total an- on the Halifax Atlantic fleet will a half wfillion Paafic fleet million dol- estimated that expenditure station and the be about two dollars, and and station lars The Halifax estimate from tho following items two Bristols with! forty officers and 742 men, $705,000. Naohe, with seve enteen officers and 261 men, 2376, 000; for the thirty officers and 546 men of the six destroyers, $763,000 a year; upkeep of dockyards, $200. 000; barracks staff, 875,000. for the pay, allowances and victualling of recruits, 3200000; for the main- tenance of the naval college, $80,000 a year ! The | nual es and on the about a is made up For the for items which make up the ans cost of the Esquimalt base {and fleet are:--Maintenance of two Bristols, with forty officers and 742 men, 3708000: the Rainbow, with sixteen officers and 163 mel, | $230,000; for the maintenance of the | Ewarimalt dockyard, 316,000 a year, It is estimated that the annual icost of the headquarters staff at | Ottawa will be $80,000. For eom- | tingencies there is an estimate of £100,000, bringiog the total anoual cost to $3,680,000. The twelve ves {sole will roguire the services of 163 { officers and 2,454 men. CARRYING PLACE HISTORY. ter Tells Abaut the Family of That Place. =A resident of Carrying Place writes to the Whig as follows | We have read with great interest the account given in last Saturday's Whig of the Carrying Place and the old Bullock family. Certainly Carrying place seetas Lo have been settled by the aristocracy ofy Upper Canada as the, Youngs. UDiggars, Wilkins, Wellers, Bullocks and other prominent families all came from this historieal spot. Squire Young, whom you mention in vour article, was the son of Robert Young, who came from Massacusetts to Nova Scotia, thence to Kingston Yin 1795, and on to the Carving Place tin 1796. He was a captain in the | British navy and was at the capture {of Louisburg and also at the siege of | Quebec. On his way up the St, Law- rence he gave proof of his skill as a avigator as he chartered a schoone {and brought all his effects in it (o | Kingston. Capt. Young drew a large {tract of land for services rendered th {government. He settled in Carrying Place, although his Iriend, Governor Simcoe, wished kim to take up land in Toronto. York, at that was a miserable village and be compared with Carrying | Place | His {bmit the | 'Young home 102 Ago, Ax date {door also attests The lis a beautiful place apd the house {still in a good state (A Wri Young | time, not to the busy Young allad son wns James Ww Bo the da the home' residence now He baile this he the "150% years over in of preservation, { This house was used as headquarters for the officers in the war of 1512, As manyhas 2,000 troops have been in the Carrying Plate at one time James Yoong was member of the Upper Canada parliament in 1515 His son, Lieut.-Col. Reuben Young, occu. pied the home till his death. lle was a strong supporter of the English church and the beautiful brick Angli- can church on the Canrying Place is a monument of his liberality. He also gave the land for the C, 0. railway, which runs near the.old home. This was a grant of all the Tand for rail. way for one and onehalt miles through his land. This alse was a generous donation, James Yousg, J.P. is now on the cid home. He was carefully educated at Cuehee and Ontario priv vate schools, and is & well rend man. His son, R. CO. Young, is well known in financial circles in Montreal. He is assiwtant manager of the Trust and Loan company, in that eity, A dawgh- ter, Mre. Bentley, of Vaswouver, sailed a month ago for Egypt and Palestine for the winier months Anyone will be well paid to pav = visit to this historic spot, one of the pretiiest places on Lake Ontario, oun the Bay of Quinte, A girl hasn't mmdh tact if she can't foduce some man to tell her that she is pretty, It is estimated that thers are al ways: 4,000,000 at bos--wnd ten times .69%., Saturday morning. ae that number "up i thé air."