: go PAGE FOUR. [20 000000 CEEEEEE® '§ Beaver Board A most desirable. plas- ter board for walls, ceil- ings; etc., noiseproof and semi-fire proof, easy to g§ apply and very warm, handsome, ornamental and of moderate cost, S. Anglin & Co.} AGENTS Cor. Bay & Wellington. 5 "Phone 66. SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORIH. WEST LAND REGULATIONS, ANY PERSON WHO IS THE BOL head of a family or any male ever 1 yehrs old may homestead a quarter #vction of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Baskatchewan or Alberta The applicant must appear in person at the minion Land Agency or Bub. Agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency. on certain conditions, by father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intend- ing, homesteader, uties--Bix months' residence upon and cultivation of the land in each of three years. A homesteader may live within nine miles of his uomestead on & farm of a. least 80 acres solely owned mother, son, daughter, brother or , sister, . In certain districts a homesteader iu 800d standing may pre-empt a quarter section alohgside his homestead. Price, $3.00 per acre. Duties--Must reside up on the homestead or pre-emption six months in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including the time required to carn homestead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and caanot obtair 8 pre-emption may enter for & pur + chased homestead in certain districts 'Price, 33.00 per acre. Dutles--Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate fifty acres and erec & house worth $300.00. W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. blication 9 pal N.B Unauthorized u » wil not be this advertisement for. TRAPPERS send us your FURS and we will pay you the Highest Prices REVILLON FRERES 134-136 MeGILL STREET « MONTREAL, P.0. . ' We will send free to every trap- per who sends us furs, our book "The Trappers Loyal Com- panion", Removal Notice! W. OC. Bennett, Tinsmith and Plumber, has Removed his place of business from 373 King §t. to 191 Princess Street, vext ddor to the late 8. J. Horsey's Hardware Store where he will be pleased to meet all his old customers and as many new ones as require fire' class Tinsmithing and Plumbing done; also agent for the Souvenir Rang & Phone 1033 USEFUL THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS. We have them---a big. variety and at all prices. Read this list: Neu's and Boys' Suits. Men's and Boyw' Overcoats, Gent's. Furnishings, Upderwear. Sweater Conts, Sox, Hails and Caps. Handkerchiefs, Suspenders. Collars, Ties. Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. ISAAC ZACKS 271 PRINCESS STREET, of No GREAT SALE ves an eaters. and Second-hand very low, 3 "TH. SUGS RMAN, 242 Untario Street. FONG SING has {moved to 383 Princess ° 4 sy n YMCA. First. Fret hegt | guaranteed. ne Slay MEN;:=: ANTIQUE FURNITURE for CHRISTMAS 1 have a large and varied stock suitable for Christmas Gifts. Nothing could be tor a d are and see "this fine line of goods before you purchase elsewhere. . Also in stock, a big line of ordinary furniture.' Stock urniture. ' 'who have SR A ton, Ontario, at $6 per year. WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 day and Thursday morning at $1 a ostage to be per year. ? Attached is one of the best Job tylish, and cheap work; nine ifnpro #4» A. TORONTO Suite 19 and 20 Queen City Ch The sufiragette movement in the Un- ited States becoming real "funny. Hitherto the women have been pro- ceeding regularly, so to speak, and, de- spite the presence of Mrs. Pankhurst and her hysteria, they have been act- ing"in a sane and reasonable way. Oné must judge, however, by the re: ports in the New York papers, that a streak of insanity has possessed some of the women of late, and the effect has been made evident in their speeches. The movement has been too tanie, end so rioting and stone-throw- ing has been advocated. Man--mere man--was Zepresented as becoming more frail ahd piny, while women were becoming Physically braver and stronger. and, would, -eventuablyr have to take" upon themsélves many of the duties now devolving supon the men. is Lsoquer made his THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY. THE WHIG, SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, publis ed at' 306-310 King Street Kings- Editio s at 2.30 and 4 o'clock p.m. ages, published in parts on Mon- ear. To United States charge for added, making p ce of Dally $3 and of Weekly $1.50 Printing Offices in Canada; rapid, ed presses. THE 'BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED J. G. Elliott, President. Leman A. Guild, Seq.-Treas. OFFICE: mbers, 32 Church Street, Toronto, H. E. Smallplece, J.P., representative, WAR I8 A PICNIC. A speaker regarded the army of the day as an aggregation of dwarfs, and the Lord only knew what would hap- pen if the women did not come to the rescue. There was something heroic in their lives, and there was the chance of better things for the men, for if wo- men triumphed, as they should, there would be no war. The climax was reached at this point by the remark of a lean and hungry young hian, who was rushed to the platform to make a speech, and feebly remarked, "After a man has been married about a year war is a picnic." : ig What he meant by this observation no one could imagine, and no one was permitted to find but, for he had no than he it' and disap- confession seemed to peated. repent of 'The board of education has approv- the Cataraqui, od of the plans of Mr. Ellis for reconstruction of Rideau, and Louise schools so they may meet the requirements of the board oi health. "The health department foreed results, it will be remembered, ° last year. IL was a busy season for the plumbers while the sanitary improve ments were under way an scores of homes, It was a busy season for the school board, too, because it made changes as far as it could, especially in Central and Sydenham schools. Important changes could not be made in the rest dof the older schools pending the erection of-ihe new Mac- longld school in Rideau ward, a school which is designed to - relieve all tho smaller schools while they are undergoing transfoffhation. This SCHOOL SANITARY PLANS. new school will be completed next September--at least that js the. cal culation--and then the work upon the older schools will be begun, It is estimated that it will $10,300 tary, cost to make three schools sani- but this is only an estimate, and estimates sometimes do not out well. turn It was thought that thé new school would be erected for about $20,000, but when tenders were vited the figures went soaring the. outlay: eventually will be thousands more, So it may happen with the *'re- form" of the. three older schools. It may cost a good deal more than the architect had calculated, and for that reason the council will not be asked for any sum until the lenders huve been opened and the amount has been definitely ascertained, in- and many Municipal ownership has suffered a serious set-back through the misman- agement of the Mauftoba telephone business by the government. This gov- ernment was alleged to have accom- plished a great thing when. it shoved the Bell company out of business This great corporation wae assumed t&6 be getting rich fast. Tis imposi- tions were many. Its, charges tor service, its arbitrariness, were com- plained of. An expert was called in by the gov- ernment and he figured that a pub lic service, under public management, could be made to pay at about half the cosy to the individual of the Bell company's service. The lines . were purchased from the company. It was ruthlessly pushed out of business. True, its property:was acquired at a price which must have gratified its stockholders. There were at the very outset travagani and excessive expenses. The | Bell company, with its experience and well-known economies, = must / have smiled at the procedure, and its ex- PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AGAIN. sooner or later, and much soonar than some people expected, there would be a crisis. It has come. The rates of service have suddenly been increased-- they have been doubled in same cases --and there has been nothing but trouble as a consequence. The Tri bune, .an independent paper, declares : "The new felephone schedule looks worse every time the eye scans the figures. In fact it has the look of something that the people 'won't stand for," as we say nowadays ! The commrissioners have 80 far presented 80 sound argument in favor of the proposed soak. The rates are in vio! lation of pledges given to the peo- ple when the Bell system was ac- quired at an exorbitant price, it is true. Commercial bodies have faken up the consideration of the whole question. They caunot act too quickly on such an important matter." Public ownership Rgs received a shock. There has been miscalculation, or mismanagement, or both, and the province suffered in consequence. The blunder may be excused. but not ex+ Competency and skill have signally failed to serve the peo- plained away. chief official gave the assurance that ple in this case. Civil sérvice reform in New York state has been a great failure. Why ? The commissioners behind it were inex- perienced and insincere. Windsor will have a publicly owned and operated telephone system within the city limits. Let it keep Mani- toba's failures before it, as a great object lesson. ape-- The government by commission iden js growing. The council would have pleased a good many people had it ed a committee to inquire into and report upon the subject. Yes, there will be civil service in Otfawa, but it will be after the: said service has been changed, as far as possible, in order to make room for hungry officeholders. The demoraliza- tion must be pretty bad when conser: vative papers have protested against it. Of all the persons a this country who deserve an increase in wages or EDITORIAL NOTES. been so savage in its attacks on his friehds if the west. On these the new ministers have had no mercy. Does Mt. Sifton make no protest ? The Grand Trunk Pacific company has been called to account for daring to violate an agreement with Hazle- ton, respecting its station. The de- sire was to exploit certain land in the interests of its owners. And Judge 'Mabee regarded the fransaction so rank that had an individual attempt. ed it he would have landéd in the penitentiary. That's plain talk. . ------------ : The Telegram's soul is disturbed over the wholesale decapitation of lib eral officials. It sees, however, no commissioner save Judge Mabee, of the railway commission, who is worthy of his job, and Mr. Mabee's place has not been challenged, because is bigger than any other now in si . His size officially saves him. . si, There was a mighty row in the Un- ited States senate last year over the wool schedules and the desire of the democrats to lower them. Now the tarriff commission proves that out of Feeder $2.18, agd. the retailer, $7.50, Time for a but the farmers of the United States, like the farmers of wool the farmer sells for 68c. thel. manufacturer makes 28c., the whole | a z PUBLIC OPINION. Col. Sam's Ambition. Ottawa Free Press. Hon. Col. Sam Hughes, it is an- nounced, intends to see hereafter that there is uniformity of color in the uniforms of the militia. Happy thought, why not make the r orange 7 . Some Later Reflections. ; Montreal Star. It would have been better, after all, if the census had dropped a lot of "fool guestions,"" whout where we send our washing and what we want for Christmas, and just counted noses and counted them all. Getting Ready For War. Montreal Herald. Obviously 'the proper way to prove that home rule brings "not peace but a sword," as Bonar Law classically expresses it, is for Irish unianists to sharpen the sword as ostentatiously as possible, ? End the Disgrace. Toronto Telegram. The sooner Ottawa is a federal dis- trict the better if the conservative party is to be disgraced and the coun- try's public life degraded by the Bor- den government's surrender to the of- fice hunger of its by-town partizans. Rare Christmas Present. Exchange. The knowledge that their votes en- abled Hon. F. D, Monk to turn a lot of decent old employees out on the cold world is the Jorden government's Christmas present to the liberals who voted against reciprocity, for the country's sake, FRONTENAC POLL BOXES Contained Some Funny Sights When Fivey Were Opened. A most amusing sight was nessed on. Wednesday afternoon the opening of the Frontenac boxes by Returning Officer Stuart. The first box opened was all right, but then the fun started. i The next box was a funny one, It had been svaled up by the deputy returning of- ficer and was all right as far as be- ing closed, but the queer part of the whole thing was wba. he had enclosed in the box. The deputy had enclosed in the box what tacks that he had lelt after he had put up the posters in front of the polling place. In another box it was found that the deputy had enclosed the bills regarding the election that had been posted in front of the building. An- other box had pen and pencil. It is very evident that this was the first time this man had held this posi tion. © The round hole in the top of the box where the votes are placed had been neatly sealed up with seal- ing wax lest the voles might' find their way out of. the envelope in which they were enclosed. and "fly away." In each box there is a list of in- structions for the relurning officer to abide by, but it did not matter to some of ¢hem as they did the very opposite to what they were told to do. On wach envelope is printed what is to be placed in it. There is a large envelope to receive the rest of the envelopes except the one containing the statement made out by the deputy returning officer and it is supposed to be placed loosely in the box so that when it is opened all the returning officer "ill have to do is. lear il open and copy this result into another book 'that he hag for the purpose. In one case the ballots were placed in the enve lope where the returns of the:deputy returning officers were supposed to be placed. In numerous cases every- thing wes just thrown in the ballot box and left for the returning officer to find out what he desired from the mix-up, wit- in ballot Gifts to Clergyman and Wife. On Monday, Decembér 18th, Rev. J, E. Lidstone, of Harrewsmith, wha has been supplying the pastoral work of Rev. A. E. Runnells, Prescott, for the last ten weeks, was the recipient of an address in which very high appre ciation of Mr. Lidstone's work was expressed in the presence of about one hundred members of the Epworth League and others in the school room of the church. A very useful and valu- able present was made to Mr. Lids tone, and another to Mrs. Lidstone, After refreshments were served a most enjoyable meeting was brought to a close. Mr. and Mrs. Lidstone expect to return to\Harrowsmith next week. Have You Seen The big valges Campbell offering in fine furs 2 rod' are "Sealed packages only," Huyler's, McConkey's, Rowntree's and Cadbury's high class sweets, at Cross Drug Store. . Ford A. Mansell was found guilty, at Toronto, of fraud ii connection with the flotation of the Canadian Wire Screen company. ' "Imported cigars," domestic cigars. Gibson's. Britain backs up the Chinese mier in_refusing a republic. Ppre- DECEMBER 22, Gibson's Red BIBBSY "* HEADQUARTERS FOR MEN'S ARD BOYS' CHRISTMAS GOODS. See Our Handsome Overcoats, $15.00 we carry. us on Gloves they are going fast. easy shoyping here. ALL THIS Yes 8ir, A Neckwear Carnival in every telephone h the word. We wish we had a the ear of every man in town, them all here to see our JUST IN TO-DAY. pass this store when tie hunti hands, wide and narrow, Imper Strings, what's new, swell, "sweet "is what you always fi Special value at Rich and "NECKWEAR CARNIVAL WEEK itched to so that we could call New Neckwear for Christmas Trade. elegant sitks. Don't ng. . Tecks, Four-in- ials, Ascots, Squares, smart, swagger and nd here in Neckwear. 50c. Our Mufflers are Beautiful Large assortment in New Silks and New Shapes. Where's the man who doesn't | hug of a rich muffler Dress Shirt Protectors will k and your Dress Shirtispotless GLOVES es from the celebrated firms of Step lively if you want one of ike to feel the silken 50c to $3.50. eep your meck warm $1.00, $1.50. We don't kuow where you can find a more complete line of Gloves than We are the only firm in this part of the country who carry a full range of the glov A DENT'S and FOWNE'S Gloves lined with Silk, Angora, Siberian Squirrel and Lamb, Don't pass $1.00 to $5.00 Sweater Coats for Men and Women There is not a house in Canada with a bigger line of Sweater Coats and our Sweater (Coats-- any price--any color or combination of colors--st rictly one price makes it Agents for : Fowne's and Dent's -. Gloves for Men BIBBYS Ls 78 80-82 PRINCESS. Agents for Penman's Underwear and Sweater Coats Fine. Ripe and Snappy Canada Cream Cheese Limburgeér Cheese, in fi Roquefort (genuine... . Camembert Cheese Maclaren's Imperial ( MacLaren's Romento ( SRREVEEREE BR Ree Sand Hill Ladies! Aid, The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid and Missionary Sociéty of Sand Hill Presbyterian church, was held in the home of Mrs. Henry Johnston, Atkinson, on the 19th inst. There was a large attendance. The (reassrer's balance has reached over the $600 mark, with more to report. The elec tion of officers for 1912 resulted as fol lows : President; Mre-- > W. Reede; vice-president, Mrs. E. Acton; secre tary, Miss A. Dilloh; treasurer, Mrs. J. Weir; missionary secretary-treasur- er, Mrs. J. McKengry. Arrangements held in connection with the opening of the new church. One pew member was received. A social half hour was spent pleasantly over the teacups, Xmas! Home Song Book. Francis & Dav's 8 host songs. Hairy Lauder's song book. Queen's University song book. Sacred song folios, dance folios, ete. Dutton's music store, 200 Princess street" : . If & mon is too slow to eateh cold it can at least overtake jhim. Jrresttssiasteteiegs LLL0E000000000000000 Mild Rich Canadian Cheese... were made for thé tea meeting to bel! * A ---- for Christmas trade is composed of the following : Canadian Cheese Oka (Trappostes) Cheese . (small rolls) . ne condition . Neufchgtel Cheese ........ .ccccoovrriiinns heese (in jars) ou. Dotme (In JHrE) coi avinis anak BROCK STREET. Brewer's Mills Event. Notwithstanding the almost impassar ble roads, the box social and handker chief sale held recently at Mry John MeKenmgry's, Hrewer's Mille, under the direction of the Ladifs' Aid of Rand Hill church, was very well attended. The host and hostess did all in their power to entertain all. A goodly sum was realized, wt Sasessssessessssss HENDERSON'S CANADIAN AND IMPORTED CHEESE We always have something good to offer in the way of Canadian and Imported Choos ---- oh ae. Our stock . 18¢. per 1h, « I8e. 3c Hk 250, per-lh. : per 1b each per 1b each per 1b. Te. 45¢ abe. ench ven lOe,, 250., 45¢., and 9c. each. . 15e, each. REMEMBER--Our Coffer will please the most fastidious folks. Henderson's Grocery GIA SIIIIFIPP PIII IFPI III III Pe IRIE bv Ieee ROYAL ICE CREA PARLOR AND QUICK LUNCH ROOM. All kinda of Lunches and Hot rin kinds of Ice Cream and alt Fruit and Candies. M. PAPPAS & CO, 154 Princess Street OAL Aon "RAW FORD'S