Daily British Whig (1850), 13 Apr 1914, p. 10

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We BROKEN DOWN ¥ Another Lady Thinks "Fruif-a-lives" Greatest Tonic In The World, BLCRRS HAE, ON, At stein i913 1 can highly secomnfaend Fruits tives' because they cil wie mawial lot of About' foir yeits 'apo, 1 commenced taking + Frieilo-tives" for af i Break down and they diff ni & yorid of gonad, We boupdit a good dollars' worth, but they did «ll our advertisisg claisid for then, an saul before, I conn highly for them, Their uct speak too plassant, compared witli other my that Tom glad 16 say 0 nnd 1 fro the oflitr woman aia start taking 44 jta-tives'! for 1 Bnew the results be allithat you claim', i 'Mus. WN, ERLLY, | ud one foal. o ¥ FARLY DAYS HOW QUEBEC WAS GOVERNED | MANY YEARS AGO. Some of the Ordinances of the Early) Governor and Council in the Days of the French * Regime «They Stow to What Extent Government Was Paternal. and. Couneil of Quebes in the days of the French regime, show to what extent the Government was paternal. For Instance, the In- tendant Roudot came to the convlu- sion that the people in and about Montreal, rafsed too inany horses, | which prevented them from raising cattle and sheep. He, therefore, com- wanded that no inhabitant should own more than two horses or mares, The people were glven a finfe within which to. dispose of their surplus horses, aftér which animals ia cxcess of the specified: | number would be killed. l { & Studebaker ~AOENT { Cole th $Bilby's Gar : y 2 age | Repairs and Kita. Supply Phoud's 201 & 917 i Cd CWT wIWTewOwe ws For Sale '$1,500 For farm of 40 acres good outbuildings and laud; seven miies from Kingston. W. H. Godwin & Son 4% Bruck mw Flhwae 44 Heal Est.te Fire lnsuraooe § Most people would be benefited by 'the ocea- sional use of Na-Bro-Co Laxatives Cently, thorough! and xithout discomiort, they free ihe system of the waste which poisons the blood and lowers the vitality, 25¢. a haat your Diag gist') Natioral Drug ard Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited. 176 banana 3 1 FOR BALE § Frame house, Johns ¢ Macdonald St, near rooms 81200 $2000 Vietcria St, fur improvements, and large vard $2700 H 8 CRUMLEY 116 BROCK ST, 8 * Frame house, nace and good barn 'aerageé with perfect 3: ft never cases grip. weakness, but gently Prepared only by 5 C.ENO, Lad., "Fruit Salt" Works, Lendos, England Agontsfor Canadas Harold F. Ritchio & . Cou, Limited, 108Canl $1, TORONTO YOU OWN IT, House' on. Sydenham Streag, $3600.00. ' » | Solid brick bungalow, seven rooms, summer kitehen, im- provements, =od autingg close to - Princess splendid home. Mua: by May 1, $3550.00; terms can be arranged. | Frame house on Albert St. hot water furnace; the best locality 'in the city. . Must be sold to wind up an estate $2650.00. Terms can be ar- ranged. Solid brick house on John Street, seven rooms, fmprove- 'ments, $3,000.00, i Street, Anather remarkable ordinance was that of the Intendant Bigot, the "'arch-grafter" of latér years of the old regime. With a view of promoting agriculinre and protecting the morals of the farmers by saving them from the temptations of the ditiak, he pro- claimed to them: "We prohibit and forbid you to remove to this town (Quebec) under any pretext what- ever without our permission in writ- ing, on pain of being expelled and sent back to your farms, your furnl- tore and goods confiscated, and a { fine of fifty livres laid on you for the | benefit of the hospitals; and firther- more, we forbid nll inhabitants of the city to let houses or rooms to per- sons coming from the coun on pain of a fine of one hundred also applicable to the h One of the problems of the econo mists of to-day is Bow to check the movement cltyward of the rural population--how to keep the people on the land. The problem is stil! un- solved, but, pressing us it is, it Is quite certain that our Government would not dare adopt Intendant Bi- got's drastic policy," which fs only possible under an autocratic ' rule tacked by edequdte power to enforce it without regard 'to the will of the people. That such gi ordintunce was possible shows what was the eondi~ "' -| tion of public affairs In Canada dun ing the days of thé old regime. "The spirit of absolutism," writes Parkman, "is everywhere apparent. In'regard to this very matter," writes the Intendant Meules. "It is of very great 'consequence that 'the people should not be left at liberty to speak their minds." One further instance of the point of view of thé Government that ruled Canada 'during those now long-ago years. In 1671 a resident of Quebes named Paul Dupuy was heard to say that there is nothing lke righting one's self, and that wheu the people of 'England cut off the head of King Charles I., they did a- good thing. This was twentystwo years after the | exeéeution of Charles at the close of war against Parliament. Dupuy was arrested and taken be- fore the Sovereign Cotncil. That body cared little about England's kings and had no reason for caring, but it held Dupuy guilty of speaking ill of royalty in the person of the King of England, and condemned him to be led In a shirt, with a rope about his neck, and a torch in his hadn, to the gate of the Governor's palace and there to.beg pardon for his words. From there he was to be taken to the pillory In the Lower Town to be branded on the cheek, and set in the stocks for half an hour; then to be led back to prison, and put in irons *'till the information against him shall be completed." Tale of a Tub. In "A Motor Tour Through Can- ada" the author tells this story, as it was told bim at the club in Regina, of a man who had been caught'by a cyelone while taking a bath, His bathroom was instantaneously demolished, and before he "could j scramble out of his tub he found himself sailing 'over the city on the breeze at a fifty knot clip. He was always a man of quick resources and ready expediency. That's why, ne 'doubt, the cyclone picked him out of the crowd. Anyhow, he never once | 'ost his présence of mind in spite of is Lady Godiva appearance, but he ized hold of the "hot and cold" taps with both hands and started steering his craft. Would you believe it, he found it answered the helm like a catboat, and he at once turned it a point or two so as to bring him to the waterworks. = There 'he de gcended, filled the tub again and calmly finished his interrupted bath? Loyalty That Failed Not. Tom Wallace, of Woodbridge, the heaviest man in the House of Com- mons, says that in the recent bye- election in South Bruco one old-timer from a little hamlet walked up to the polling booth and demanded a ballot, loudly declaring his intention of voting for John A. Macdonald. "But," sald the returning officer, "you can't vote for Sir John A. Mac- donald--he's dead long ago." "Well," retorted the native, "1 want to say that he's a better man dead than either Truax or Cargill alive." So he went In and spoiled his bal- lot.--Toronto Saturday Night. Canada Holds Record. Recently the State of New Jersey, U.S.A, gave an acting governor a check for two cents, the smallest check by the state, but this record is beaten in Ottawa. Miss Ostrom of Ottawa hada savings account dn a braneli of 'the Postoffice Savings: Des partment, 'She closed her aceount a short time ago, and it was found that she vas eredited ib the sum of one cent., for which Department sent her a check. . oy = "A WOMAN LORENZ. of the Athletic Fraternity. Somewhere in the very. .centte of the uptown residence filstpicl of Montreal, tear where there ate a lot "of chutches of different ereeds and denominit ons, and Mode 1d ous Of the biggest of thege, (Here resides: a wonderful' litle woman, says Tie Montreal Standard, SHght, greéy-hafred; with all the abpearance and the oft volte of the religionse; sud of wiiddle ugo, she is reported to be 4 giant of strength and marvelously gifted In Ber Own special way. She has friends aod admirers by the dozen amongst all clhsses of go- clety, from the people who drive up in thelr carriages und motors, to tho humble pedestrian, who does not even feel justified in wasting money on car fare, and amongst the people who know ber best; ft is said, are the héroes of the prise ring and wrest] ing mat, looked upon as big, -burly brates of men, who apparently could oat the little woman allv: at ome bite. But these very mountning of flesh and boue and brawn, have cringed before her, when she once got them within the grip-of ber fingers. for it sepms that she is~somewhat of a Dr. Lorenz and Boneselter Reece combin- ed, 5 She seems to have been practicing hef natural gifts for years, and all that time to have hid her light under a bushel. Her clientele seems to have grown of itself in the same mysterious way in which she conducts her business. Those who have benefited by her gifls are only too ready to praise Her, but at the same time apparently very reluctant to go into any details about her methods, her charges or her personal life, as if they were afraid to offend her. In fact, there seems to be, In that respect, a goof of freemasonry amongst them. They appear to be rr Little Moitvenl Lady Is th. Surgeon | portfolio as Finance Minister, quite willing to give information if they think that the enquirer is in need of bér services, but when they find out that the questions are put out of mere curiosity, they shat.up lke a clam. Simard, the big Montreal wrestler, recently In an unguarded outburst of praise, let out the name and address, #0 4 reporter went to see for him- self. Pirst, there was an outer door with a small name plate. Then an inner door .with a big brass plate, and after this opened, ap- parently of its own volition in re- sponse to a ring at the bell, a long stairway loomed in view, which after being mounted, led into a hall of sim- flar length, which in its get up and furnishing resembled in a general way the entrance halls of ten.out of o dozen convents in Quebec. On the left of the hall were half a dozen or so of small rooms. On the right were other doors, which must have led to bigger rooms, and near dhe door of the stairway, was a short- ar hall which led straight to the front of the house, where there was a win- dow, with a couple of chairs in front of ft. "a Another stairway led to a flight above. To these chairs, the lady of the house, '"'the wonder," led the way without speaking, motioned the wvisi- tor to sit down, and sat down herself. She wore a house-dress, and did everything with a serious, half reli- gious mien, that was not exactly for- bidding, but might have been a lit- tle awe-inspiring 'to a timid person, 'especially one in not the best of phy- sical condition. She was of 'small build, of middle- age, grave of face, and grey of hair, and nothing in the appearance of her hands 'showed, their marvellous strength or wonderful cunning: Though French-Canadian, she ap- peared to understand English well, and spoke it. plainly. When told that the object of the visit 'was to write something about her. She was polite, but decisive. She did not wish any. publicity and that was all there was to it.' Plead- ing availed nothing and finally the reporter was bowed out. So except in athletic circlgs;, the affair ig still a mystery. 2 Masons Honored Centenarian. On attaining his 100th birthday, Francis McManus, who resides at Maitland, a. small village east of Brockville, was waited upon recent- ly by a delegation of St. James' Ma- sonic Lodge and presefited with a handsome chair.. ..q Mr. McManus was the first candi- dute Initiated in the lodge in 1854. In those days Maitland was a his- toric Masonic centre. Craftsmen journeyed thither from all parts of the United States and Eastern Can- ada to receive high degrees. 3 Theyeteran Mason, after reachin the century mark, retains all his faculties unimpaired and is strong and healthy physically. He relates many interesting stories of bYarly days along the St. Lawrence, and of amusing Masonic experiences with the old-timers. Given Pioneer's Picture. - At the annual meeting of the God- erich, Ont., public library board, re- cently, John Galt presented to the library & handsomely framed picture of his grandfather, John Galt, foun- der of Goderich and Guelph, also author of "The Amnals of the Par- ish." "Mr. Galt, the elder, was the owner of Ridgewood Park, now ra- mored to becgtge the properly of the Government for camp purposes. Finis. The last fronféal touch has been given to the Quebec Legislature seagdals 'by an itém in the official bulletin of the Provincial Govern- 'ment, The | Liedtenant-Governor, fs pleased to xithuala his assent to the following | DUE: "No. '168, an aet to incorporate * Montreal Fair Association of A -------------- Dngland was five for .the average sterling a Will Harness the Nile, Work has been commenced on an- other great scheme to reclaim by irri- gation vast tracts of desert in the Soudan. It fs believed it can ton output of the British Empire. below Khartoum, and consists of 1,600,000 acres. The force and flow of the two rivers are sufficient to wat- er the entire district when properly harnessed. The proposal is to build two dams south of Khartoum, one over each of the rivers. Thus the tract between the streams will be irrigated, while at { the same time. the force of the water ! lowing into Egypt will be controlled. At present the Blue Nile comes down in a raging flow, and the White Nile, flowing in-steadier fashion, com- bines witk-it to make a huge over- flow. The building of the two dams, will enable the flow to be properly regu- lated and will practically mean the final harnessing of the Nile, He Kpew How, . The English portrait painter, Ten- nyson Cole, has been fined $50 or a month's imprisonment, at Greytown, Natal. He was convicted ¢" striking Mrs. Royeroit, wife of the local dis- trict surgeon, on the arm with a walking stick. The defence was that Mrs. Royeroft, during an altercation, struck Mr. Tennyson Cole with her parasol, and that he "parried" with- out intending to injure her. Mr. Ten- nyson Cole was hooted when he left the court in a motor-car, In his evi- dynce the artist said he had bad two wives and knew how to handle wo- men. i ™ The Gorgonzola. A famous maitre d'hotel, said the other day of cheeses: "The public taste has returned to the more delicate cheeses--the bries, the gruyeres. It has turned away from cheeses of the ripe gorgonzola type. "That i= a good thing too. These ripe'cheeses are not healthy. By 'ripe' I mean, of course, cheese like that of which 'the editor wrote in his paper: "Will the person or persons who shipped us the gorgonzola cheese last week kindly call or send for same? Otherwise we shall be obliged to shoot ft!'" Newspapers and Geography. A correspondent, writing oun subject of a daily paper.is a graphy, states: '1 have carefully gone over twenty-four pages, with their 168 columns, notfr =~ the places nam< ed. The list numbers 1,447, of which land: 29, Europe 263, Asia and Avs- tralasia 163, Africa 110, North Amer- ica 159, South America 37. In point of space they range, of course, not only from China te Peru, but from pole to pole." --London Chroulcle, Knew Them at Once. - The vicar appointed to.a living in an old English village was anxious to restore his church. On either side of the porch wore grotesque, not to say hideons, faces thay had become almost bidden. The vicar had these ancient faces Worked up until their features were made distinct, Then he took a very old Tady of the parith to seo them and jokingly usked if she ould tell hiiu who they were. "Why, bdless my bear, sir," 8 Wd she, peering at the old oradments, "It's you and your good Jud; > hg Expert Taltooers. The inhabitants of the Marquesas islahds are winong the most expert tattooors on earih, and not even the crown of the. bead, the fingers and the {oes a evemnt from the needle. The oo ae atnamented | with ur most cafe, aif the fingers ing r own pattern, 4 'hand would look as though indaged in a tight ditiox glove weére'it wot for €he fidger nails of enormous length which complete the hand adornment of the wealthier ettives.--London Telegruph, § | | Bi wo ¢§ A FICELL OF MME. CATELAUX IN ST. LAZARRE PRISON. A good picture of the cell in which Mme. Caillaux, the murderer of M. Calmette, the editor of Figaro, is imprisoned. account of the appearance in Figaro of certain statements regarding her husband's political affairs. M. Caillanx, Preliminary trials are now proceeding. | be | he appealed to his grandmother, for made to add enormously to the cat- |2id. Queen Victoria, previously noti- | The tract which is to be watered is | tendencies, wrote in known as the Gizra territory. It lies | remonst e between the 'Blue and White Niles, ! due season came this reply: | that no town in France with over 200, | 000 inhabitants could be entirely with. | 'out interest," but finally "fled to the he | geo { England claims 622, Scotland 64, Ire- | | erifice of sg iriy polities for loegted about 77 different species in i i i The shooting was on her husband, resigned his A i, Her Good Advice Appreciated. Here is a story of King (George of England when a boy at sehodl. Hav- ing spent his allowance too rapidly, fied of the young man's spendthrift ~ tone of gentle aneg, but sent no money. In "Dearest Grandmamma: I received your letter and hope you will not think I was disappointed because you could not send me ary money. It was very kind of you to give me good advice. I sold your letter for five guineas." Piazzas Pronunciation. Seventy.Seven Kinds Remain In Ontario During Winter. Psople who complain that bird eis ¢ an unknown thing n during the wints: time will no doubt be surprised to know that Mr. Charles W. Nash, oraitho- "of 'the Toronto Museum, lids this winter; of these birds are denizens of the herth who find their way south, either om account of exceedingly hard times in their natural haunts, of elsé because their normal conditions be- ing existent hee the boundary line of their. peregrinations is extended. On the other hand the robin, flicker, meadow-lark, and pormsyscpe ¥,- of summer birds never migrate on y. Wherever there is some extra meas- ure of shelter or some additional supply of food they remain. The service rendered by these birds is enormous. Red-polls and snow-birds in particular are invaluable as weed destroyers, it the snowfall has nét been a particularly heavy ome; the heads of thie taller weeds stick above the snow and the birds feed on thé seeds, thus preventing a spread of the plant, Many eof these winter birds live on the berries left hang- ing on the trees, the mountain ash berry, or the harry of the Northwest maple, or barberries being typical examples of the winter food of the common grosbeaks. . Many birds formerly migratory are now no logg- er 80. A notable instance of this Is the common crow, and the reason: he stays% that increased cultivation, i and particularly the custom of farm- ers of manuring their land in the winter leaves large quantities of grain on which the birds can feed. There is also the fact that unthresh- ed corn is often. stacked for the win- ter. The visits of northern birds are erratic and difficult to understand, sometimes one species appearing in great abundance and at other times some other species. Some six years ago the North of Canada jay, or Whiskey Jack, as it is called by the lumbermen, appeared here in large nimbers. This was their first record- ed appearance, in any quautity, sifice 1847, when the Hon. W. Allen 'ob served a similar visitation. 'Fhe northern birds particularly prevalent this winter are the pine grosbeaks, 'evening @rosbeaks, red- polls; and an unuspelly large nam- ber snow bunting or spow-birds as they are commonly ealled. It ap-' that the migration of birds is governed almost entirely by the quantity of available food, and if they able to get a sufficient quan- tity, and also shelter such aa that provided by evergreens, houses, or barns, the birds will remain. The goshawk is another bird present in considerable quantities this year, and although an inveterate foe of rats, mice, and other injutious The "Piazzas" in Covent Garden, London-----the open arcades on the north and east sides of the market, supply, perhaps, the only surviving instance of old-time Cockney pgp- nuneiation. For when built it waa too hard a word for the frequenters of the market to attempt, so they called it, and continue to call it, the | '""Pee-aches." Is there another place name in London that is so curiously mispronounced? ---- London Dally Chronicle. bh Car Built In Eleven Minutes. The other day a motor car was built in 11 minutes at Trafford Park, Manchester, Eng. In seven minutes the chassis. was on the ground com- | plete in every detail, and four min- utes later the body was in position | and all ready for the road. Unfortunately scmeone had forgot- ten to pack the irduction pipe, and eight minutes were lost remedying this fault. At the end of 19 min utes the engine was started and the car taken for a run around the works with six passengers. Righteous Indignation. | Howard Taft, ex-President . of the rodents, he is also a poultry killer. Its particular prey being absent it! vantage. An International Bond. TheMarfleet Foundation, under the | provisions of 'which Prof. William United States, will deliver three lee- tures to the students of Toronto Upi- versity next year, had its origin in this way: Three years ago Mrs. Mar- fleet came from her home in Illinois to Tovento: te consult President Fal- | coner as to a. gift of $5,000 which she proposed to make to the univer- sity asa memorial of her late hus- band. She explained that a number of 'years Ago she and her husband spent a winter ii¥ Toronto. They were shown considerable courtesy by citizens, and their 'intelectual inter- ests were stimulated by such oppor- tunities as the university offered to visitors. As a mark of their appre- clation of these kindnesses this gift of $5,000 was offered, with the sug- Miss Josephine Kipling, eldest child of Rudyard Kipling once was reproved for telling a fib and went to bed in a passion of angry tears. "I think it's a shame I should be treated so! My pa writes great whoppers and they're lovely. Just a tiny little story I get scolded and &ent to bed." Lille and Its Pictures. Lille, according to a writer in the ! London Academy, is one of the few uninteresting towns of France. He went there "obstinate in the beliet station, defeated, and took train for Laon.™' In justice, however, the critic makes the considerable admission that "Lille bas perhaps the finest collection of pictures in France outside Paris" Why She Held on to It. Mrs. Willful---My Busband told me if I didn't like the brooch you'd exchange it for me, Jeweler--Certainly, madam. I'll be only too glad, as four different ladies of your set want it. Economy. "Ob, Ethel, why don't you use your finger bow!" 1 "What's the use 0' wastin' thix good jam, mother, when 1 can Hck my fin. gets 7'-- Life. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world The exports of cheese from Mont. real, Quebec, Portland and St. John, NE, from May Ist, 1913, to April Oth, | 1914, were 1.657,118 boxes. In JS the exports for same time +. be EN63,173. A At Greensville, N.C., Fben S. Dra performer governor of Massachn otis, died on Thursday. Mr. Draper was stricken with paralysis Tuesday. He was sixty-five years of and a prominent mo~ afacturer of textile mschivery fu ew England. A London fesputch says the man on the looks with confidence towards an{ arly sel t of the Tvish quests n withou serious trou We. He Y licves 'the attitude of the politicians +t present is towards sa- be delivered once every three years, the subject of each course to be of public' interest" In the life or history Stites and among men of distinction in public allairs or academic circles in either country. 2 dees a . . b h y p It's Dangerous ; et TIRE €HATNS At the KINGSTON AUTO- co Queen and J 'Sts. 5 BUSINESS COLLEGE (Limited) Head of Queen Streét * Codrses in. ng, short 4 hand, typewri! tic Snail brn RES fraciten modetats. Tnformatiin 3 AE ay Come Early? FOR FIRST CHO) ®. COM- NGS. NOW ON HAND BEST VALUE IN OFT. Ashby the Tailor and | Quickeued, for that the command "fly to roost" will shortly be given. And given it Is. Just as the last long streaks of daylight are being drawn, across the drab uplands, and 'the. silence---that wonderful silence wooded world, the low "whirrit-whir- rit!' js sounded, and quick to obey of the northern woods -- 'grips the | it, the whole bevy rises as one bird, Land on thunderous wings they speed away to some protecting jam-pile deep 'in the forest. | Farmer Has Wireless. " Lynn Zuefelt of West Oxford, Ont., a former telegraph operator, who is now engaged in farming in East Ox- ford, has erected a. wireless station on dis farm and portant m ~ The serlil is attached to Mr. Zue- felt's silo, and he picks up messages and press Cespatches from orida. '| Cape Cod. to Fi Within and Without. The man who lives w ) come way some time along without It national security. go

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