« {LOOX FOR THE. RFECTIO BmoneLEsS A woman' often does not notice what a cold day it is so long as she, is bustling around the house. But when she sits down to her sewing and mending, she soon feels chilly. It is then she needs a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater, Its quick, glowing heat warms up a room in next to no time, That is the beauty of a Perfection. Smokeless Oil Heater. It is ays ready for use; you can carry it wherever you please: and you light it only when you want it. ¥ The Perfection Of Heater is smokeless and odor a d automat device ingures that. It is reliable, safe and economical -- burns nine hours on one filling, 00 -- drums finished either in blue enamel or plain wsel, with nickel trimmings. ¢ Dealers everywhere ; or write for descriptive circular to any agency of The Queen City Oil Company, Limited good home made bread--made of "BEAVER" FLOUR. It means vigor, bone and muscle to your children, becauss it is a perfectly balanced food. And itis the least expensive food you can put on the table. "BEAVER" FLOUR is a scientific blend of the best Western Spring Wheat and Ontario Fall Wheat. It is as good for pastry as for Bread, and best for both. Your grocer has it. 5 DEALERS--Write us. for prices on Feed, Coarse Grains and Cereals. THE 7. BH. TAYLOR CO. LIMITED, 110 CHATHAM, Ont. "THREE COOKS AND THREE REASONS. These three cooks differ widely in ability aed experience, et agreed that the Sr a -- nla GURNEY-OXFORD RANGE ' * Pee no matter how much or how fire in what the « fe ar vealed Were rs eral rie deat tr So LX 29 Mange, Whether the mn" the stove muat furnish these lala sr-adiness and cvatrol of , even ies, and » 3 ae Ts Cr Tey of + mata tnd cust of heat, evi Baking lactition an is the stove on that every LAGE 1S GONE NOW OUT OF BOUNDS. Policemen Bar the Entianies to the Grounds Where Once the Public Walked and Played at Their Own Sweet Will--Quaint Old Building Is a Rambling Place and 15 the Work of Many Vice-Regal Hands. ! Ottawans in general are now begin- ning to realize the effects of having & prince~of the blood as Governor- General ¢f Canada, and some sur- prises have come upon them. ; Rideau Hall has up till the present been-a sort of show place of the capi- tal and thé footpaths regarded as semi. public highways. Now, however, ¢iti- zens and others have discovered some- what abruptly that they can no longer wander at will in the demain appor- tioned to His Royal Highness. Fields on the estate which have always been used by football and other clubs, with easily gained and sometimes unasked permission, are absolutely closed; by- paths which led across the grounds are rigidly forbidden; twelve uniform- ed Chen snd. a host of plain clothesmen ¢ider all pedestrians: off ii] | the premises by day and @ight police- men do the same at night. Every person is met at any corner by the cagle 'eye of the custodians of His Rogal Highness' welfare, with enquir- ies as to their business. Few of the old democratic customs are allowed to prevail, and those who now reach the very portals of government have first te show solid reason why. tines, and there are heart burnings in epnsequence. Everybody now has fo march up in the middle of the road to the main ehtrance, and may be turned back soon after passing the entrance gates. A few days ago two unsophistocated newspapermen, repre. senting Winnipeg papers, went to Ri- desu Hall with the inténtion of gath- ering news items of an indefinite sort, and wete met 'on the roadway by the custodians of the law, who asked their business. Failing any substantial reason for be'ng nn the premises, they | were asked if 'they did not know they a | Wers an private grounds, and as they | were nat awaré of it before, they had | perfored to jeave the premises--in ! which they were nof alone, for men an honest citizen and visitoy has al- ready received a surprise of a like na- ture, building for its purpose until you rea- building what rambling struetars of quite nonde-. script 'arciiiteciure Ib is no more in- eongruous thay one might expect, con- sidering that every Governor-General sigee its first official 'tenant, Motick, has left his mark wpon it, enlarging and adapting the house to his owh particular requirements Still further alterations, we hear, have lately been made, so'as to fit it for the occupation of its néw .mas- house sinde the time of the Marquis of Lorne and hig Vice-Reine, the Prin. cess Louise. The place is said to be very comfortable, and it is, of course, permeated with countless Canadian- British associations mgstly pleasant. "one idea of the gradual expansion of Rideau Hall may be gathered from the fact that consisted of only eleven rooms, ex- clusive of those in the basement and elt'e. To-day there sre over a hun- dred, not to speak of numerous build. ings. in the grounds. § The original house was built in 1838 by Thomas McKay, wu wealthy 'and hospitable Bents-Canadian--contrastor It was then playfully called "MoKay's Castle," and every. one of any note who passed through [Ottawa made a point of visiting the host. and his wife and large, merry family. with whom entertaining was a oul. The portico is as McKay left it; the round towér also Lika all good Scots, the McKays took an immenss interest in garden. ing. Tt is said, indeed, that the grounds have uever sines been kept so well as iy their fime. Mr. MoKay trimmed the first cedar hedge ever grown Ottawa, and every single trea in The avenue was planted y his wife, Although the grounds may not have been perfectly kept in the days that ing over of the leage from Mr McKay in 1865, they certainly have been vast. ly improved in various ways by sue- cessive. Governor-Generals, Thus it cond avenue through the woods known as "The Princess' Vista." whence you get a delightful view of Ottawa and the mountains beyond. The finest cricket ground in all Canada, dedicat ed for ever to the use of the Ottawa Cricket Club, is located in a field in front of Rideau Hall. Added buildings include the lodge, & curious octagonal building of vel. low brick, with, aa its vis-a-vis, Crich. ton Lodge, red-rooTed and gabled. This used to be the private secretary's house. but he 'now occupies Rideau Cottage, which. though not =» piétnr. Sage outn solldity And Spmfort. Besides these, ie, garde the gusrdh ners cottage, laundry, coachhouse (and, [ Believe, garage), conservatory, vinery irom 'and strong pillars are among latter-day improvements. <The house 'nestles * song pine treés and cedars on risi round on the east side of the wild little Ridean River. Its queer chimneys, ite old corners and: low li of grey. walls may be clearly seen from any point of the opposite shore when the trees kre leafless in Jinjer: hu} in summer S _actual darkness. DAILY BRITISH WIG, . TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 OTTAWA FINDS RIDEAU HALL | trated compo uw. of Ne It was not like this in the olden | | other ! Judge Rentoul re lize that the purpose has made the | it is--a plain, large, | { turned to the warder b Lord | enquired anxiously, "Are these 'ere | 2 ; ing as a nightad stenographer to a | firm of New Yotk solicitors. i ater losing his sight that he return. i for brie 4 2 i % i i ter~the first Governor-General of the | BE to learn if a correspondent in a Dominion ' connected with our royal | and memories. |. had a 'misunde; the original structure i resulted in Quin's leaving. in an une and member of Pariiament--for his. © | ow residence, have followed the Government's tak- | a | i | proper standard. However, there was | was Princess Louise who cut the se. | W hes mich infernal nights st Edmontan, Al. * just two and & 2 Sours W 16 Ounces of Unequaled Gough Syrup for 50¢ The Quickest, 8 urest Cough Romedy You Ever Uses, or Money Réfundeg. Even Who ping Cough Quickly, You not 1 ced the 88 which o Fottio of Black 4 ives you, bus ye BS chus thé wonderful of fectivensss of Wie fomors cough remedy. It 'will usually the most obstinate d sep-scated cough madens #4 hours, and ba 8 20 equal for whooping cou, og hott 'e of Pinex, mixed with home -mado fuga * SYIUD, gites you sixteen ounces--a faml'y supply ofehe most pleas- ant and isch! ny Jemady you ever need. Easily pr ve minutes-- directions in pas cage. . ' The wy this Jakes hold of a cough and gives instant ¥ lef, will make yon regret | that yen never x ied it before. Stimngintes | the appetite, is Jightly Insative and tastes | gogd--children tiize is A hase | OTVIAY te extract, rich in g iacol ahd other natural | bealing pine clk sate Shmply miz with | prod oF money | four [reech ae j nto, Ont, ! Minister; and Judge. : Judge Rentoul, who made a rapid recovery from his alarming illness in | the City of London County Court the ! ay, has had a peculiarly var- ied experience of public life. { He has | been sinister, barrister, and member of Parliament, and achieved! success in all three robes. For some years he | i was a Presbyterian minister at Wool. wich, and, according to the rules of ! his Church, is still & minister as well | as a» judge. While at Woolwich he found lefsure to study lor the Bar, | and for a tirae he practiced as a bar- rister and carried out his ministerial | duties contemporarily. Possessed of a fine, rich Irish brogue, Judge Rentoul i is a welcome and humorous after. | dinner speaker. 4 { | Among the many/aneedotes' which | s is one/ which | has reference to the acoustic 'proper- | ties of the Cemtral Criminal Court. J "| These are not so} perfect as they might | i ~Ritlean Hall seems rather a curiouy | pe be, and there is; a decided echo from | the walls. Someitime ago, Judge Ren- toul' sentenced a prisoner six | months' hard labor, When the judg- | | ment was passed "six months' hard | Pr i about Mr labor" was echoed from the backsof the court. Taken aback, the prisoner | his side and sentences to run concurrently?' No Words Wasted. A couple of Quakers hold the record ! ery. One of them, wish. distant town had any news fo ®om- munioate, d to him a sheet of | paper on which only a note of interro« ation was written. The reply came iff | the form of a blank sheet, indicating | that there was nothing at all to com- | municate. ! ' Actors seem to carry off the: palm for brevity in leiter writing. Quin | rstanding with Rich; | the manager. of Coveny Garden, which | monious manner. He soon regret. | ted the hasty action, and wrote to | the manager: "I am at Bath Quin." | Sg a y, Dgly rep. "Bay there, and be hanged." Everybody remembers the letters | that persed between Samuel Foote and | his mother. "Dear Bam," wrote the | lady, "I am in prison for debt.--Your loving Mother." Foote's answer was | even shorter: "Dear. Mother,--80 am Sip Smoke and Business | A on smoke abatement was read before the British Association for | the Advancement of Science, whosd | agnual meeting was held recently in Portsmouth. The paper advocated w new standard of smoke emission for | factory chimneys. The existing stan | dard permitted the pouring forth of | smoke that polluted the air, Jia t { health ,disfigured buildings, i cud | fl sunshine. . | Ceing on this, Sir William | White that there should be a | a feeling in manufacturing districts | that the more smoke there was in the | atmosphere the better the business' as. The people there got socustomeg | to smoke, did not take as m i notice of it as others. 2 - ¥ © The Easiest Way to Buy Christwas Gifts Shopping by mail through Ryries Mail Order Dae ment is jost as satisfactory as though you visited our ¢ Hast store in person. » 1 managed to sponge it off. ; aroused the admiration of the world, | | and | a speed of 158 words a minute, him- | would now be entitled to be called its! i ty-three assistants, ning General Booth's Autograph in Queen's Book Was Mussy.~ : General Booth has been relating some interesting stories about royalty. On one obeasion, preparatory to a visit to Copenhagen, lie was anxious to enlisy the sympathiss of the Dowa- ger-Empress of Russia, snd addresead a letter to her sister, Queen Alexan- drs. He was summoned to Bucking- ham Palace, and while engaged in conversation with ber Majesty Prin. cess Victoria entered the room. The prifidess placed an album be- fore him with a request for his suto- graph. "This I consented to do," said the general, "snd I pulled out my stylographic pen. But those stylo- graphic pens (and here the general seemed highly amused, as memory re- called the incident) have a wonderful way of letting go their ink before the proper time, and it was so on that visit to Buckingham Palace. ' The ink was 'everywhere but in the proper ae and noticing my light the 'Queen directed me to a place w "" "The en« i made in the princess' album Ww his signature was: "Saved to save." Next day the Queen sent her album; and fomplying with her com- mand he made a like éntry therein. ONE SINGLE PIL several yearsrund medies without permanent being chromic. Alter seei Pills, and as it is a well cele for he boxes of Gin Pills and find m oh i me a8 t~clear e color--more strength is what Gin Pills have done for me", if you Bave any trouble with your Kidoe ys.dt Bladder--or where | with in in the Back or Rheumatism. GAVE GREAT RELIEF FOUR BOXES CURED HIM wr AF LESSISVILLE, - "I suffered from Kidney Trouble for wisl TAnISos Te- rescriptions relief, my case about 'Gig humor-- and vigor. This Gin Pills will do the same for you-- ne if youn suffer "buy them. Write > Chemical Co. of he rvaty | 91 When visiting the late King Ed- ward, General Booth was. asked by | his Majesty, "And what-do the ¢ ergy think Gf Jour work?" "J was taken |a faback as to what answer fo make," recounted General Booth, "as I thought the Ring might repéat my reply to the first archbishop or bishop he met. Eventually I replied, 'They imitate us, your Majesty" Blind, Stenographer. Of late years the blind have aceom-- plished many things which have and provide striking testimony td the ! progress of the training of those suf. fering from th greatest of afflie. | tiens, loss of sight. The recent feat, | however, of Maurice J Méyers, the | blind shorthand writer and typist of | the Birmingham Royal Institute for | - the Blind,' stande out as one of the most extracrdinary on teoord.s He at. tended a recent conference on the | treatment of the blind at Exeter as of. ficial stenographer and recorded all the discussions on the various papers. The conference lasted for five days' | Mr. Meyes' notes, which were ! recorded. on a narrow strip of paper, with which the embossed shorthand typewriter for the blind which Mr. Meyers used. was 'fitted. extended 'to a length of two and a quarter miles Mr. Meyers. who can take notes at self helpad to formulate the Birming- ham system of embossed shorthand. dent of Toledo, died Thursday, after nia. vears of age, @ One of the mosi remarkable facts y Mevera is that he accom: hished ths dificuly task of training ! imseli as a blind shorthand writer | alter losing his sight, 'and after act- | I | ed to Birminghani, his native city, | and went to the institute as a day | Joril 14 'years ago. Five year later | e performed a similar feat to the one at Exeter. when he acted as offi cial shorthand writer at the confer. epee, which lasted the siz sessions of' an. average duration of thrée hours each: » Doyén at 8¢. Stephen's. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P,, who has recently suffered a bereavement, Lady Claud, Hamilton dying after a rolonged illness, is the doyen as St. ; tephen's, although not actually the Father of the House of Commens, | He first entered Parliament in 1866 as member for Londonderry, sxactly| three years before Mr. Henry Chaplin: first appeared at Westminster. rd; Claud's Parliamentary service, how-, ever, has not been anything like con. tinuous, otherwise he would have, been entitled to the appellation of! Father of the House, & position now held by Mr. Themag Burt, who has' sat for the Morpeth Divisibn sineal 1874. : ; Mr. Balfour first joined the House of Commons in the same year, and! father but for the circumstance that! he was out of Parliament two or three weeks between his rejection at Man. chester and his re-election lor. the City of, London. On the otber hand Mr. Chamberlain hag sat continuously since 1876, so that he is in-reality the Father-elect of tie House of Com- mons at the present time, London's art freasures are most jealously protected. The National | Gallery, in addition to.having a se. ! eret system of alarme, is patrolled day apd night by twenty-two con. stables and twenty-five employes. At the British Muscum the million of pounds' worth ¢f treasures are pro- tected' by over 200 assistants, includ. ing eight keepers of departments, fil. second divi. | sion clerks, twenty-two chief atten. | dants, ninety-six attendants, five boy; | clerks, twenty-thres boy attendants, | forty-three commissionaires and fifty- one laborers. while a number of de- teetives iu various disguises keep on eagle eye on things in general. --Lon. | don Telegraph. The Parsee, The Parsee, untrammeled by his sur. | roundin tg «en in Lombay in ail his i, of height and dress. The | men are, without exception; tall, fine. | iy. formed. and stately and possess a * robustness and beauty quite at eon | with fheir Hindn neighbors. | : Their street costume is a peculiar long i {white cotton gown, wide trousers of | 'the same material and color and, a tall miter shaped hat. They have a general reputation. for sobriety, fru- gality and segacity, and they seem to thoroughly understand the accumu. lation of fortanes, in this vespect re sembling the Hebrews. The wealthiest residents of Bombay are Parsees. ¢ The boomerang, missile instrument. for Wak, sport or the i MeCrum; a--well-kiiown vesi: week's iHness with pleuro-pyeumo- | Deceased was about sgPenty MOIR PAGE NINE. -------- - OUR CRYSTAL BRAND always . ANDREW MACLEAN, _Omtarie Sgreet. a S$ rrrrsrsesscan 183 Wellington St. The Up-to-date Restaurast aud Eating House. Sepsrate apartments. Well furs and lighted. . Try our Full Course Dinner, . 28e. ¥ 2 THOMAS GUY - Prop. 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