a MOST REMARK- ABLE CURES: EVIR MADE BY ANY REMEDY. Are Caily Credited to the Wonderful Fowers of "Fruit-a-tives." Thinks This Fruit Werk Miracles. Bancreft Man Medicine Will It is the old chronic case, the stub- thre case that will not yield ling remedies of the phy- elelan, that ili -a-tives" never falis 'any of the cures made by are the wonder and ad- tk doctors who cannot how "Fruit-a-tives' can cannot. {, Ont born cas to the or to cure "Pruitt mirati of nders tand what they d-tives do : October 17th. ou i fed for years with tried every kind of only temporary nave 105 dic ine, and found retief Then 1 used "Frylt-a-tives" and now I am no longer troubled with Indigestion 1 think it is a splendid remedy." JOHN foc a box. 8 for $2.50, At dealers or fron ited, Gitawa, REDMUND. ar tric] size Frutt-u-tives Let it be 'BEER the best and purest lager brewed----a tonic as well as food and ¢rink. Sparkling and full of life Salvador tones up the entiresystem. A light and nourishing drink for every member of the family. and bottled by Brewed REINHARDTS" OF TORONTO Sold Everywhere wns Loc Agent, E: BEAUPRE, Kingston. Tel. 318, Suff ered Terrible Pains From His Kidneys. Perhaps no other organs work hardes than the kidneys to preserve the gen. eral health of the body, and most people are troubled with some kind of kidney complaint, but do not suspeet it. There is no way of getting tha kidney poisons out of the system except through the kidneys. and no medicine so effective ln taking thew cut aw Doan's Kidney Pills. They help the kidneys to flush off tle acrid and poisonous impurities which have collected, thus clearing out the kidoeys, bladder and urinary passages. Doan's Kidney Pills are entirely table, and may be safely takes Ly old and young. Mr. Do A. Mclsaae, Broad Cove Banks, N.S. writes: "1 was troubled with my kidneys for nine months. and suffered with sueh terrible pains across the small of my back all the time tha | , could bard fly got get around, After taking " two boxes of Doan' to feel better, aud by the time | lad taken three | was completely cured." Price 50 cents per Lox, 3 Loxes for $1.25, a all dealers or mailed direct by The T. Milbura Co , Limited, Turonte, s Kidoey Pills | begun | ~All sizes. Ready Cut Macaroni | mond, ye hate T6 Tomo soon WALLACE & PARKS, " Florists, - Day 'Phone 238 i knids a Cut Flowers and Plans and Funeral Pes eRstaa ay Ahiben Io |THE WORKS RESERVE x USINESS MM AGAZINE DISCUSSES DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT. |! Bit of Advice Which the Council should Accept--To Rifle a Public | Department a Serious Matter--23 Mayor Getting Light. - fo - there tion under, fe City plander encroaching because te megpeers do of Basines on "Deprecia Whig copies it of the about to Water department, even upon the depreciation apparently yme Phat means, not know When the Mayor of Fowlerville en gaged a new bogk-keeper for his pri businsss, not for the «ity it war with the view making =a many improvements the office methods as the husiness cond tions would permit. Anything that would wonogize the labor and at the same time double results was joyfully: ac cepted and, €n the same apiri, anvthing that would produce: ive, up-to-date business statistics that could be relied upon was welcome | enthusiastically The business Magazine article The information which is birch' Is Aan Reserve." the Council ow the of it reserve vate to mn consisted of a cot- ton mill and the cotton nfl con- tained a number of buildings and a number of buildings and a consider able amount of machinery. wild ingg and machinery are liable 1 wear-and-tear and depreciation neces sitating, at some time or other, ex penditures for maintenance, renéwals, such expenditures as both wear-and- tear and depreciation 'way be said ete, Previmon shoul! be made for to be continually aceruing Rlinugh, perhaps, not in evidence So the new hook -keeper astablahe ed an anoual depreciatian reserve the amount agicesa upon to he bited to profit and accoun and credited to depreciation reserve account each vear. Unfortunately, however the book-keeper was caught misappro priating moneys from collections and charging them to freight and ex pros account, he was discharg od and the old book-keeper knew nothing of reforms, wonderful econo mzing systems. of comparative stat istics, the consequence being that all the desirable improvements which had been introduced lapsed into nocuous desuetude' --save one, depreciation reserve accountf This lengthy introduction explains the circumstances which produced the or's official stationery. The explan following inquiry received on may atory information was obtained by considerable personal effort : Letter No. 1. Friend Beach: Appreciating the fac lity with which vou solve business problems 1 take this opportunity to present my - difficulty for vour kind consideration, I am in the de loss new SO in the cotton mill business and have had on my hooks for veral vear< a deprecialfn reserve a count which stands credited wih R15,250. Every year when 1th hal ance sheet of my business is drawn up and 1 look to see hove mwich profit [ 'ave made 1 am onfront- ed with thie blessed depreciation re serve account. which appears to be strangling my ibcome and robbing me of my just earnings. What on carth is this depreciation reserve a count? It was opened by a book keeper who stole from the till. James McTavish, se Letter No. 2. Beach: Do nocessary to make ings and machinery or to replace parts which have worn out? My dear sir, we are always paying out good maney for irs, mainten- ance and als Er ought to know that 'every mill spends most its profits in that way. James McTavish.- find it build | Friend we ever repairs to Answer, deprecation reserve should not treated on "hooks of © account as ta deserted orphan--neglected and for- lorn. It is: an annual deduction from profits intended to provide for future repairs, maintenance and newals in connection with buildings and machmery, and also for, new machinery when that becomes ned- essary. All expenditures in respect of repairs, maintenance aul renewals should be debited to this account. With regard to wuwew machinery it should be treated as follows: | Debit orginal cost of old ery to depreciation reserve and credit machinery account. Credit any realized from sale old 'machinery to depreciation I Debit cost of new machinery serve account and debit cash. machinery account and credit counts payable, The purpose of A be res machin- account ' of re- io the depreciation reserve gecount is to call attention to the fact that it is not wise dispose of all the profits ax shown (in the regular balance .sheet and, {that it is whe ne busine pru- dence to anticipate losses which the business must eventually suffer. t The Secret Is Out. Toronto Telegram "The trouble with R. LI. Borden is that he is prope to let fool friends keep him in the Cellar of compelling these friends to stay at the Front Door of Cotirage ready to meet | pristigle when it comes - Jooking for | -------- Robbers stole stamps valued at N00, from tle post office at Rich- a Liguor and love intoxication hoth affect the head. ac- | Mullizan, and drew a line with stick round to show about your brother ¥* i the town asked him one dav after ¥ HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, ov ERT AXED NERVES Supply. REY ous troabl in Many Ways. d ang unfit for headaches distract weak; When bausterd the your system = ex makes itself ev) You feel always WOrs. dent slguwed Névere hack is appetite pervous and ry vou VOU; vou sieep badly oar is Unceriam; ritable after any tremble and perspire 1] tae trouble is not checked vour case goes from bad to worse until vou feel that your condition is hoy that insanity wea {ened Your perves ealling for They are starved hecause th mand from the blowd ment than it can supph New rich blood js the secret of nerve strength andr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peaple cure nervous disorders they feed the wenk, exhausted nerves with rich red blood. The case of Mrs. Emma Hell, of Hamilton, Ont. furnishes proof that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will cure en the most -tubborn eases of nerve exhaustion. Mrs. Hall was left a widow and foreedto work in a mill 10 maintain herself and her two hitle children. She bravely faced the battle of life, though ste had never had to comform to such conditions before. Notwith- standing the splendid spirit she dis plaved the work played havoc with a delicnte const.tution, amd some vears Mrs. Hall aoticed signs 1A her- self of a narvous collapse. She con sulted a doctor who gave her some medicine and told her she "would be all right in a fey dave." But relief ds not come ani' it was finally a daily occurrence for her to infor at het work. These fainting spells quickly developer into promouncesl ay stena and chromie irritability, and Mrs. Hall says that death would have been a elie. She consulted sev tral doctors but got no help, and she felt thmt she was almost bordering on msanty. In this condition she wis advised to try Pr. Williams' Pink Pills. Grasping at even the sinility of help she decided to do 0. After taking three boses she actually found some improvement, aml from that time on this improvement was steady and increasing daily "until after a few months she felt the cure was complete. She says "Dr. Will iams' Pink Pills have done what dec tors failed to do and what | myself thought impossible. They have freed me from the terrible trobble 1 suffered] and my old joy in life has been renewed." When Mrs. Hall be- gan taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills she weighed only one hundred pounds while under her renewed health her weight has increased to one hundred and thirty pounds. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills can be from any dealer in medicines or will he sent bv mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by The Dr. Will- iams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont VOU Bre and ROT CISe exceseively, wless and = t} are "help. hey de- more. nourish- ov ago pos was had WHIG'S FASHION HINT. Peach color crepe de chine gown. Lord Dufferin's Antique. The Sketch On Lord Dufferin's estate, near Bel fast, there once stood a bistorie ruin, jae axtle which had been a stronghold iof thy O'Neils. One day Jord Dui- { ferin visited it with his steward, Dan his it, tebing Mulligan that ihe was to bn iid a protecting wall on that hine. And then he went to India esling secure as to the preservation of the great historic hidlding. When he returned to Ireland he hastened to visit the castle. It was gone. le ! rubbed his eyes and looked again, Yes, gone it certainly was, leaving not a { trace behind it. He sent for Dan and inquired : "Where's the castle ¥" "The castle, my lord 7 That old thing ? Sure, | pulled it down to build the wall wid." Cuming | looking for a policy when he should be ' Plain Talk Desirable. Philadelphia Post. Miss Jane Adams, the head of Hull House, at a luncheon of the Chicago Civve Club, remarked : "We women still have much to fight for. Our bat- the will be 1ong and difficult. Well, let us frankly admit it. There is no thing to be 'gained by such rose-eolor- Led phrases as William White employed, | William White's brother had kifled a cold blood. "Well, William, visitor man in a the trial. Well," said William, put him in joil for a month." "That's irather Nght © contence for a cold hiooded murder," sald the gentleman. "Yes, oir' Willigm admitted, but at the month's end they're going to hang" him." * --p---- The thermometer at slatior registered 65 degrees, at thre o'clock, on Tuesday afternoon. Over coats have been discarded by the majority of citizens. Cooler weather is Cesforbear™. makes. the hest kind of » home motto. ' "they've Cause the police ' "i MARCH 30, * A MODERN VENUS, A Distress Signal----Enrich the Blood Hazel Cox, Whe Plays the Part in Si i Skylark." New York, March L Wiltam Lyon Phelps of Yule, recent Iy remarked befor 'a class of grad: english students ©: "MH you could take jie twenty best formed and best Jook, ing women vou can find to-day an jr them up beside a Grecian wo- man of old, the formes would lo Jk like caricatures.' in refutation 'Hamel M. Cox, Heury B. | womsn he could find to play abe part doi Venous in his production, "A Sa lark," has this to say in reference i Professor Phelps: I "1 don't think people measure besuty by the old Grecian stansdacds y more, but if they did I wouldn't in sfiaid to have my measurements com | parei with thers? "Miss Cox twenty-three vears old, and a decided blonde, hails from Batom Rouge, |. Here are her measurements whi | when compared with those of the Ven of this statement who was selected by an ue de MiJo, will show that toe an } of the women of to-day : Heghe A feet 84 inches | Weight . ABA pounds Nek 3.5 uve hes Bust ' Waist Hips .. Thighs .. Call Freon. Sidhe 15 inches Ankle ....... sks cadens Biches W. ist aries cra i ches ---------- Canada's Supply of Food. Canadian Gazette, The Hon Sydney isher, Minister of Agriculture, MeGill boys the other when the census 'of wpext year comes to be taken, indtegd of the 5,000 000 of the 1901 census, anada would probanly be found poss- ess at least 7,500,000 More than that, Canada wll, the course of the next "be doubling and trebling ulation, which will mean United States will be hest blood to Canada, ours into the United earlier days." And in time Canadian farmers Fisher believes, find in the Uifited States a market of enormous value Canada provides the old country with her grain at present, and it will not be far in the future when Canada the granary oh the Em. pire. In a short time the Uttte States will cease to expoet wheat, and will, perhaps in fifteen years, turn to Canada for 'the quantity of wheat in tho same measure as she dos now for the quality of wheat.' There are many suitors for Cana da's food produce, and it should be the am of British . and Cdsadisn statesmanship to stimulate Canadian production in phe interests of Brit: ish consumers and keep Canadian eyes tmnad eastward to the source ot Canadian capital. In creased cultivation the true safe- guard of cheap food. Canada's told the day thav Le in her that sending as we States that pop- the her sent in her future will, Mr. 18 1s Lignor Licenses in B.C. Orange Sentinel The legislature of the province . of Fritish Columbia has pussed a vew license law. It is based on the pin- cide of high license and the strictest regulation and control directly by the law department of the crowns. One of the judges of the appellate court has expressed the opinion that the act goes farthér toward the legitimate aims of prohibition than the Scott act, For instance, no brewery or wholesale liguor house is permitted to "dictate the purchasing power of any retail hous. Moreover, the aumber of licenses is regulated upon a bass which enforced in Canada would wipe out several hundred liceases. Where there an adult white population within a radius of one nile of 1,000 persons, 'n maximum of three hotels may be es- tablished. § Seven guest rooms must be attached ; to the smalhst eountry hotel, and every house have separate accommoda- tion for the licensee's [amily. No man can hold a license who has been con- victed of a criminal off No one may sell liquor to a chaufiehr. No woman may be served with drink, none given to dipsomaniacs or persons of drunken habits, is The Betting Evil. Toronto Star. An alarming feature of the situation jis that betting on Canadian 'cha 1s incrensing yearly, to say nothing - of the betting on results from outside tracks, which follows the formation of the habit. Mr. Raney calculates thet over twenty-two millon dollars was bit last year in cOonmection w.'h six tracks in Canada. What the total would be if augmented by Canudian bets on American tracks is beyond con ecture. This money was staked in many cases by boys and men who could ill afford tg lose it. Sometimes il was other people's money. The keen observer have time to talker. Retribution may move slow, but it finally reaches the place it is headed for. Somehow it's easier to list the other fellow's shortcomings than our dwn, never seems to prove himself a fluent 29. -- Professor | Harrie as the most perio! inches { inches inches | wotld never deny 1910. i : Judgement in favor of JUSTIFICATION Fashion - Craft Clothes A court of appeal always IE for any reason youl are disatisfied with the verdict | --refund of all costs. An outhy of 15° te 30 dollars will equip you in a was | cients had nothing whatever on seme) manner to appear as Successful Advocate in any sphere of life. fact to you. Let us demonstrate this F hon Coft Faultless Cut Clothes give satisfaction to men whose judgement goes for, something--who are | particular--even fussy. inbabitants, | a generation, | i Shop of wv, >" ENTER AN ACTION AND BR CONVINCED. lh b Ll | i |} Joe Miller's Fame. PP. London Miller, who was generally lieved to have been the soul of never made un single joke in us He was an actor, and so grave manner as to become the butt other people's hilarity When wittisims went the round Miller was accused of its authorship, and he it. He lived an ex life and died universally spreted. But ne sooner was he than appeared "Jo Miller's Jests the Wits' Vade Meoum," compiled "Flijah Jenkivs, Esq," that say, forged by John Motley, cobite, ' M.A Joe he wit, Kio. m of any emplary re dead or, by to Ja 8 the Advice Came. Manchester News It was during a performance of "Faust" in Stockport after the duel, Martha, who rushed én at the head of the crowd, raised Valertin"s held, and held him in her arms, during the first part of the scene, and ex- claimed in evident alarm shall I de?' For a moment there was death-kke stillness in the house, when a voice from the gallery sud Saul tallied out : "Unbotton his wes- in." No More Torture From Eczema Relief quick and cure certain' when DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT is used. There is no form of itching skip dis esse which can defy the extraordinary curative powers of Dr. Chase's Oint- ment. This 18 a strong statement and is only made after years of experience with the use of this preparation in the most horrible cases of eczema which vou could imagine. Relief from the terrible itching comes with the first few applications and then it is a question of patiently ap- plying the ointment and watching the natural process of healing which 1s set in operation by this great healer. There are lots of cures to refer to, but what you want is actual trial in your own case, when you will soon realize that there is no disputing the wonderful healing . power of Dr. Chase's Ointment. H you have Eczema or any firm of itching skin disease don't let an hour pass before sending for this treatment. fhe. a box, all dealers or Edwanson, Bates & Co.;, Toronto. ee "Oh, what! PERFECTION COCOA (MABLE LEAF LABEL) Its richness and exquisite flavorgive an added délicious- ness to homemade "sweets" and dainties. Be sure you get COWAN'S -- the cocoa with the Maple Leaf Label. THE COWAN CO. LIMITED, TORONTO. 13° BEGIN NOW ! Begin your Library row by buying a Sectional Bookcase Aw your Library increases add a section. 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