Furs Wear Wel Good It has always been' and always will be our principle to offer our patrons the highest grade of furs obtainable the lowest possible prices CORRECTNESS OF STYLE Is one of the essential features in a Fur Garment We receive the very latest approved styles from the leading fashion centres of the world : OUR WORKMANSHIP Is the acme of perfection, and con- fers upon the wearer the greatest degree of comfort, smartness and individuality. ORDER EARLY. It Is advisable to place orders early so that we can devote more time to their execution. and have the garments finished when desired. The authentic styles and models, "mAY TT &een at our Show Rooms. You are welcome, no obligation to buy." : Write for catalogue John McKay, Furrier 149-155 BROCK STREET, KINGSTON, at August Sale Furniture, Carpe Curtains, Linoleums, Etc. month of the Large stoek, good variety, and prices that stimulate business. it will pay you to lay out your money now and save from 107to 20 per cent, SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH. WENT LAND REGULATIONS, ANY PERSON WHO [8 THE SOLE head of a family or any male over 18 years old may homestead a quarter section of 'uvallable Dominton land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta The applicant must appear in person at the Duminion Land Agency or Sub. Agency for the district Gntry by proxy may be made at any agency, on certain conditions, by faiher, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intend. in omesteader. Sa rneaiea months' residence upon and cultivation of the land In each of three years, A homesteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on & farm of at least 80 acros solely owned and occupled by him or by his father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, . In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a quarter section alongside his homestead. Price, $3.00 per acre. Duties--Must reside up. on the homestead or pre-emption six Wwlilus in each of six years from daie of homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and cannot obtain pre-emption may enter [or & pus- sed homestead in certain districts rice, $5.00 per acre. Dutles--Must reside six months in each of three . re, Le eo acres and erect worth $300.90. 5 house d / W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the nterior. publication of will not be pald Cheapest year. » N.B.--~Unauthorized jhia advertisement or. . Satsataamensrane? Lace Curtains Our showing of Lace Cur- tains in Irish Point, Brussels Net, Marte Antoinette, Arabian and Nottingham qualities, in White, Ivory and two tone ef- tects arg as exquisite in design as the most fastidious could désire. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS ---8pecial values at $1.00, { $1.25, $1.50. . IRISH POINT CURTAINS, $3.60 to $8.00, MARIE ANTOINETTE from $6.00 upward, ARABIAN POINT, $3.50. reduced to fit in with this sale. Repair and Uphplstering promptly and well done. 'Phone 90. : Yours, ONE BODY RECOVERED. Sb i A road Re R. McFAUL., rive on Thursday, The body of Mrs, Hagerty, who was ---L Within--Five-Pave--of Hach Other--in] , Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, etc., all Work fs T- F. HARRISON Co of Mrs. Hagerty Wil} Ar. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1911. T : i BUT YOUNG MAN FROM THE CITY. Paliéd Examination for Canadian, Navy, But Left Rather Hurriedly --Mother of Girl cruiting Officer to Wagch Out For Him. the application made by a young man | to join the Canadian navy, through {the local recruiting officer, James Stewart. i The young man called at the office | {of the recruiting officer, and passed his | |examinations all right, but before the | |papers were finally signed, there were {developments of a startling nature, The startling news came in a mess- | {age from a woman living in the city, {asking if 4 Mr. So-So had joined ? the | inavy. She claimed that he had een | {keeping company with her daughter, | {and that he had promised to marry | {her. She had an inkling that he was | {about to skip out and desert her, and } wanted to know if such was the case. | The young man she referred to | {was the one who had been examined {by Mr. Stewart, but it is quite evident | that he hae left the city, as he never | came back to the office. ' FATHER AND MOTHER DIE & Chicago. The family of John Crowley, of Chicago, has been greatly bereaved during the past week. On Tuesday, | Aug. 15th, their mother died, after a very brief illness, Last Sunday, the 20th, the father passed away, after an attack of heart failure. Nr, Crowley came to Kingston, on July 26th, with the old boys, and enjoyed his visits to the old home. He returned to Chicago just two weeks ago, and in that tige | {both he and his wife have been laid jin théir graves. | The late Mr. Crowley was born at Kingston Mills about sixty years ago. He lived in Kingston for some years, and then went to Chicago, where he juan engaged in the electric telephone | business. His wife was formerly Miss IS MISSING regular trip to Breakey's Bay, Thurs day, at the foot of Clarence | tat Notified Re-| is believed that these vacancies will be! {filled while the inspector, G. W. A sad case has just been revealed, in 50%, is in the city. {denham street Bible school, day afternoon and evening. (and Kingston & CITY AND VICINITY. Only 25¢. Take steamer Wolfe Islander on her x i street, | 3 p.m., while the fare is reduced. More Guards Needed. There 'are three vacancies on the staff | f guards, at the penitentiary, and it | Fe and unequalled in poimt of merit Dg ! 'A series of little books designed for information and entertainment. These volames They are the latest as well as best 'bodk on the subjects of which they treat. Each 30 Popular Handbooks are compact in form and cheapness, handsomely bound in green cloth, pristed on good paper, ------ay Brockville and Ogdensburg. Friday, 8 am, steamer America, | calling at' Ganaboque both wavs, re | turning, leaves Ogdensburg, 3:30 | p.m. 50c. return. i ETIQUETTE. QUOTATIONS, SLIPS OF SPRECH, ---- i DEBATER'S TREASURY. Had a Good Time. | SOCIALISM. Jenkins' Bible class, of Sy- | CONUMDRUNMS, had af BRIDGE at Lake Ontario Park Tues- | WHIST. All pre- | a sent spent a very happy time. | FORTUNE TELLING. ! DANCING, NURSING. Miss S. picnie Return of Battery. Arrangements have been made for | AFTER DINNER STORIES. LETTER WRITING. THINGS WORTH KNOWING READY MADE SPEECHES TOASTS. ORATORY. STORIES WORTH TELLING JOURNALISM. SOLITAIRE. PARLOR GAMES. DREAM BOOK. PARLIAMENTARY LAW BUSINESS LETTERS & the return of the Permanent Army | Service Corps and R.C.H.A. from | Petawawa on September 20d. The men | will return over the Canadian Pacific | Pembroke railways. all there will be twenty-seven pas wer and freight cars. . $300 For Two Songs. It is said on good authority i cee Miller --the--New--Yorg tenor, who | assisted in a recital here, last even- | ing, receivid the sh of $00 to sing ONE NIP OF WHISKEY two songs at Syracuse, N.Y., on his | way here from New York, and that | he has another £0) engagement on KEPT A MAN OUT OF THE CAN ADIAN NAVY. his way back. i In ser | 260 PRINCESS STREET. that | s SEE ade Tr ---------------- } Visited Harrowsmith. Mr. and Mrs. John Parke, | phia, Mr. and Mrs. John and Miss Counor, Gananoque, ed from Belleville, spent a few of last week at P. J. Guess', rowsmith. Miss Helle Guess, has returned howe after spending week at B.S. Guess' -. *hiladel- | Indulged Too Freely When Getting | His Papers Out, and Was Given His Walking Ticket--Celebrated | His New Position Rather Too Soon, Connor | motor: | days | Har | Kepler, | al Just one nip of whiskey--but it was {sufficient to keep a man out of the -- [Canadian navy. Men who drink are Does Not Like Moustache, {not wanted in the Canadian navy, so society people (and when a man came into the of tell us, is for young men to wear a fice of the local recruiting officer, very faint suspicion of a moustache. [James Stewart, postmaster, he was Just a dark streak across their upper given his walking ticket in short The latest thing, or |Ann Ward, of Kingston. The deceased {is survived by two daughters and one son. | ------ ---------- OVERTURNED ON THE RIDEAU. | Three Men in Skiff Had Lively | Time. Three men were seen to be over- turned out if a sailing skiff, Tues | {day morning, about eleven o'clock, | {below Belle!s Island. The men were in the water some time before {help came to them. A motor boat passed them, hut offired no assist ance. Then George Leader and his | wife, who were on a fishing trip, [came to the assistance of the cold jand shivering fellows, and took them ashore, Outside of losing fow [thingy they were no worse for their |ducking. The men turned out to be {| Fred. Elmer, the well-known barber; lwho was taking his uncle, Edward Fl { mer, and W. E. Jackson, both of {Syracuse, N.Y., for a fishing trip. { Both Syracuse men agree that Mr. El- mer ie a better barber than a sailor. a ARRANGED FOR LAWN SOCIAL t Meeting of Ladies' Auxiliary, Hotel Dieu. | A very enthusiastic meeting of { Ladies' Auxiliary, of the Hotel was held Tuesday afternoon, ! préparations were made for a lawn social, to be held on the hospital | grounds, on September 19th. There will be special attractions on that day. The time is so near at hand, that it is impossible to make a canvass of the people. It is desirous that any financial support may be sent to the hospital, or to 'the secretary before that date. The new wing of the hospital will {be open on that day, and citizens will {be welcome to go through the build- ing and especially the new operating room in connection with it. It is the latest and most up-to-date place tivat money can secure. IA | | the i Dieu, | wheun | : IN MARINE CIROLES. | Arrivals and. Departures of Vessels at This Port. The barge Hurin, of the Montreal Transportation company, is in Davis' dry dock. The steamer Sowards cleared this 2. The Portsmouth philosopher, when | der. informed of the fact, said it reminded | The man in question came to him of the remarks passed by his [office of the recruiting officer yester father when he commenced to shaye, day afternoon. He was very anxious "Nothing there but down." {to getinto the navy, was put through ithe regular examination, and passed {it all right. He was told to call la [ter in the afternoon, when his papers would be finally passed upon the Caught Twelve-pound Pike. Kenneth MeMahon, Bufialo, N.Y., on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. --'"Phone-9 _ OPEN NIGHTS, The College Book Store iH Seeereseessstsstsnsied iA SUMMER} | TONIC i For that worn out, tired and run down feeling there is no better tonic than a combina- tion of BEEF, IRON AND WINE. in taste, enrich the EASEL STANDS ROUND SHAPES, AND OBLONGS. ALL PRICES RANGE $1.00 to $2050. Ours is delicious contains iron to blood, peptonized (digested) beef to feed the tissues. and choice wine as an appetizer. a recent Government § analysis a bottle taken from our stock of Beef, Iron and Wine proved to be a superior p article ranking as first class. TRY A BOTTLE, 50c. Dr. A. P. Chown Druggist and Optician, 185 PRINCESS STREET. SIZES FROM PIV I ISP PO Poy 5 SMITH BROS., Jewellers, Opticians, 350 KING STREET, » | 4 A. C McMahon, Aberdeen avenue, was | successful in landing a twelve-pound | rike, while trolling, vesterday - fr pe Wy ie, Bay dy her bim, however, and he egmmenced te Jargon fish caught in the Dav in celebrate, but he celebrated a litt) several years, and Mr. McMahon is |100 #00n, as the celebration kept him certainly to be congratulated on his | ©9t Of the navy. fine cateh When Le got hack the office he was feeling pretty good, in facet ood that the postmaster could plain Ih see that he had been indulging aterwork o¥ 00 freely. | "You have been drinking," The water question will be taken up |Stewart. *] can't let you nt the next meeting "of the wala [DAVy. I'Re rules forbid me works committee. A number of addi- you on tional samples of water have heen | "That's not the taken, within' the past few days, and but it was no use to try and the result of these tests will be made [the postmaster, and at last the ma: known at this meeting. The medical admitted that he had: just - had one health officer, Dr. A. R. B. William- | "nip of whiskey," as he termed it son, has made it plain that something | However, that one little nip was jus must be done, as the water is impure, (a little too much for him and his sud action of some nature must. be papers were cancelled, Laken, al fo His success at getting through right was evidently too/ much to = THE WATER QUESTION Will be Taken up by W Committee. weil My into the to take 30," cdme reply foo ids cocci Miss Thurza Salsbury, of Utica, N.Y. who underwent a serious operation at the general hospital is reported us making satisfactory recovery, Caught From a Threshing Machine at Work. Napanee, Aug. 24.- Last evening a by , y n ' longing 0000000000000000000000 ul six o'clock two barns belonging to Z. A. Grooms, Richmond, and on * The Hat Store. s er {belonging th Ezra Woodcock, ' ° mo 6 nh'? Wear a "Hobberiin ® neighbor, were completely destroyec MADE TO MEASURE ® hy fire. It appears that the threshing : outhit swas at Mr. Groom's to te o [the season's threshing when a spari ® from the glyine caused the fire I ® less than tn hour the three barn ® with their contents were a total loss For a short time it was feared that o (other buildings in the neighborhoo @ vwonldego but the wind veered Hin ® saved them. ®| W. J. Shannon has purchased th o | Wright property, on Bridge street o [and will occupy it shortly ® | Albert Chalmers and sister, ® Grace, lot, Tuesday, for a {months' stay in the west (O'Brien and I). G. Winter {the homeseekers' exeursion, ® day, for a two months' visit ® [friends in the west. Miss Vera Miss twe Samue took 3 on Tues wit) Var 'Phone 343, CCLLLLLLLLL0000¢0 0040000000000 80004 MADE IN STERLING SILVER WITH VELVET BAGKS AND OVALS, Issmers of Marriage Licenses. + PIVIIIII IIIS IIIS TEEEEERE EI EEELEEHEE® Wait For Our Grand Opening Display en OP cost MADE OVER AND REPAIRED ERE ANEEG TT @ 20 259 Victoria Street, 7 177 rooms Pine Street, two storey B & ( frame garden $a wm rooms, vi stable Corner Mack and N briok, 8 rooms, feet 108 Queen Street, solid brick, H.W heating, Kitchen an é Earl { electric ) ments Arge New Fall Coats, Suits, Waists, Skirts, Fte. We will have some very swell ele) size of lot Y Eu OO 0X ®2 7 roo gas, i dining-room Street, lights, n EE Garments to. show. 8 rooms, modern impr " ®) (98 Earl Street, dwelling, | rooms, B. & C., furnace 33 {197 Colborne Street, detached fra three storeys, 11 rooms, HW good cellar and yard £5, Open this evening till 10 o'clock Properties for sale in all parts stone nace, 2000 1 81, elson streets, solid 132x%0 W. F. GOURDIER Another List to Look Over 00 cB and 500 Jn ns, extension Ln furnace, We N00 12 LT me, fur- 50) of drowned in the marine saster near Quebee, erly Sunday moruing when the steamer Chieftain was Tun into by the steamer Hero, has been recov- eced and will be shipped to her late home on Wolie Island as Soon as pos- sible. The remams will arrive to-mor- Tow, On Wednesday morning the Calvin company, of Garden Island, received a telephone message . stating that the body, which had been found, and which was reported to bave been found on Tuesday, was that of Mrs. Hagerty. afternoon for Oswego, las ing coal at Crawford's. Capt. Chauncey Daryeau has been secured to take the yacht Heather to Toronto, for the races. The schooner- Charley Marshall clear. ed from the penitentiary wharf, with a cargo of stone, for Torento. © steamer Simla will pass down to-night with wheat for Montreal. The steamer Prince Rupert is due to arrive up to-morrow with a load lof pulp wood for Tonawanda, N.Y. At Swift's wharf: Steamer Belle ville is due to pass down to-night; steamer Dundyran is due to pass up- ward to-night; steamer Brockville was in port, this morning, and took an ex- cursion down the river; steamer Quinte Queen took. an excursion to Thousand Island Park to-day; steamers Kingston and Caspian made the river trip to- day; steamer City of Hamilton is due to go west to-night King is due up ng steamer Lamo from yton to-day. CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION. It Was the First Meeting Since June "19th. he city Fire Insurance and Money "Phone 530, NULLIN,--The Real Estate Expert nson and Division Sts # {laven, Kingston, was (he guest, | week, of Mrs Arnold Wolie Rev. W. W. Peck was in town for . He occu after «Mcharg- ox Kingston Carpet Warehouse. s ® to Loan ° oe) ® couple of days this week. ® pied the pulpit of Trinity Method $ | church on Sunday evening. Ww. | o Rockwell, Detroit, spent g week i @ [town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs ® |W. "A. Rockwell. H. FE. Collins, ® of the Hamilton Collegiate Institut staff, spent a couple of days renew ling acquaintances in Napanee AMERICA WAS REFUSED « Beadqartrs fo REAL ESTATE Save time an Seeing our list Here are a few good things. Albert Streéet--Detach brick, 9 rooms, furnace b C., EAS, stable and large ,800. Sey Albert Street--Detach- ck; 7 rooms, furnace, rental, $216.00; poss- 1st next; $2,500. 300 Albert-- Double and ¢, 7 rooms gas, and lot; rear. for $3,200. Street-- d money by : | Permission to Take Out an Excur- sion. The trouble between Canadian and American boat owners, regarding the iUnnadian people carrying passengers e [from an American part to a Cana ® dian, and retuMning them, is becoming ® hotter and has at last struck King ® ston. The steamer America was sche ® iduled to take an excursion out of | Ogdensburg, Wednesday, but the cus- [toms officials refused 16 give her the jclearance papers. The trip was can- led, but later on permission was igiven to run the excursion, provided | ° the steamer St. Lawrence, an Ameri troit, will sell at $200 an acre, Why ? can boat, was used. It was too late, {Because the produce of the Michizan however, to make tae necessary ar land has free access to Detroit market rangements so the excursion did not whi), the produce of my land js bar- go. The Auerien was at the wharf |, from that market by tarif The customs official merely did his wall." + duty. In the instructions which' were to him from Washington he ® vas commanded to reapott any Cana | ® [dian boats which enrrierd paseugers in |CAMmoveky's. Baskets of ® [his district, as violating the const Peaches, plums, apples, ® wise law. a The action on the part of the Ame Rar and Mrs. David G. Laidlaw, of rican government threatens hit | Ringstim, are at the Chalfonte, At steamboat o lantic City, NJ. river 3 i i ut sacoens is the ability oid a deliver ¢ goods. wo -------------------- --------n A Clear Issue. Vancouver Province For the first time since 1378 t country will be ealled the the issue clearly defined i] 5 LNs Mdi asec. - EPP bw are oy a A untram- melled and unhampered hy any ac fompanying question which could dim- inish its prominence or, in obscure or confuse it. The electorate are called upon hatha want reciprocity There is ds them than that. $60 in Essex--=8200 in Michigan. : D. J. O'Neill, Reeve Sandwich South "My of market vob Half Done is a palpable weak. kneed, dirty-faced mischief maker. He's not tolerated in this laundry; we wash him out. ' : farnd is eleven miles from Detroit around me sells at $60 an acre. Land in Michigan, not nearly 80 good, the same distance from De 'Every pe Suit made to measure : » Everything ia fully - and perfectly done Spotless lace curtains. Exquisite shirtwalets Smooth-edged collars. Snowawhite shirts, Beautiful linens, Kingston Laundry Cor. Princess & Sydenham Sts, 'Phone 22 Over 400 cloths to select from, Prices, $16 10 $30. We are Sole Agents. GEORGE MILLS & C0 3 Sesessssecsrescesesoce Talk bout Fruit See the variety and the quantity at grapes, years, tomatoes, ote. 000000000000 0000000 % . * ° ° * ° ° ° o Ld * * ® » . e . . . . . * - fe ATL