A CUP OF COFFEE may mean almost anything ---- Good, Bad or Indifferent. But a cup of SEAL BRAND COFFEE .. MEANS JUSTONE THING--the most delicious beverage ever poured into a coffee cup. CHASE & SANBORN MONTREAL . of quality * lumbia Grafonolas and records 0 MADE-IN-CANADA : ---- ALL GIFTS OF. MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE NEEDY Ontario Government To Bring In An Act Covering All Provincial Money Dydaws, So As Ta Encourage Pat. riotic Giving, Toronto, Feb. 1.-~One ' burden which has formerly rested upon pri- vate municipalities will now be ghoul dered by the ©ntario government. That was the announcement of the Hon. I. B. Lueas, attorney general, on Saturday, whec he stated that at the coming session of the legiglature it is the intention of the government to make it-easier for such municipali- ties to make gifts to the Patrieiic Fund, the Red Cross Soeiety, the Bel: gian Relief, the unemployed, or to pass any form of by-law intended to raise funds for any of these purposes time ago that it was its intention to ¥ratify any money by-laws which municipalities might tind necessary to pass for such phil anthropic purposes, the step to be un- lertaken now goes much farther So many applichtions have come {to the government during the past | tew weeks for private bills to ratify such money by-laws that the govern- ment purposes to draw up a huge government measure to embody all such private measures whi y be submitted, and to do this free of fin- ancial cost to the individual appli- cants Until this step was decided upon, the only manner-in which a by- law of that nature could be passed was for the municipalities to make ernment some tial cost of which is $100, in addi- tion to other. costs. Since the pri- vate bills Will promptly become a part of the government measure by the act they purpose introducing, the vidudle 5 The object of the government in doing this is to encourage so far as possible the generous disposition ef ounciis. COUNTED THE SOLDIERS Who Entered Bars In Toronto Sat. urday Afternoon, Toronto, Feb. 1.--Jurt to see what liscretion Torento Hotelmen are ex- reising in serving liquor to soldiers wearing the king's uniform, the pro- vineial license authorities placed men n e¥ery bar in the city Saturday af- termotin from four o'délock to closing ime 'at seven. The government's purpose 18 to have definite and authentic informa- tio. "and figures concerning the patronage of soldiers in training that enter licensed bars. The Bovernment gent out a circular requesting hotel- keepers to be careful in serving soldiers. The majority 6f the hotel: men co-operated in every way with the department, but it is understood that "some licenses did *~ not keep faith. The temperance people took an independent census, but the fig- ures of the hotélmen and - temper ance -tabulators were very contfadic- tory. SPOTTED TYPHUS APPEARS. Distrgssful Condition of Austria Reaches Alarming Proportions, Berne, Feb. 1.--Besides an epi demic of smallpox which the Austri- an authorities are endeavoring fo combat, spotted typhus is now reaeh- ing alarming proportions. Between January 17th 'and 26th no fewer than 353 cases lave occurred. The Austrian moratorium has again been prolonged, this time un- til the end of May. Newspapers Merge At Detroit. the Evening News Association of this city announce the merger of the Da- troit Tribune morning paper into The Detroit News aftdrnoon paper, and the discontinpanth of the morning publication, except on Sundays. . The Detroit Tribune, was first established sevenly-nine years ago. There were only forty-four strikes and lockouts in Canada last year. While it was announced by the gov-* application for a private bill, the ini- | The Russian Emperor Has Issued cost will be removed from the indi- "FOR INDIGESTION ~ OR'BAD STOMACH | Relieves souress, gas, Heartbum, Dyspepsia in five minutes. Sour, gassy, upset stomach, indi- gestion, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the food you eat ferment: into gases and stubborn lumps; your head aches and vou deel sick and miserable, that's when you pedlize the magic in Papels Diapepsin. It makes all 'stomach misery vanish in fivé mian- utes, Ii your revolt - if you can't get it regu- lated, please, for your sake, try Pape's Diapepsin. It's . 80 needless to have a bad stomach -- make your next meal a favorite food meal, then take a little Diapepsin. There wili not be any distress -- eat without fear. '* It's because Pape's Diapep- sin of-order stomachs that. gives it its millions of sales annually. Get a large fifty-cent case Pape"s Diapepsin from any store. It is the quickest, surest stomach' relief and cure known. It acts almost hke magic--it is. a scien- tific, harmless and pleasant stomach preparation which truly belongs in every home. of drug i 'WAR TO THE END "DECLARES THE CZAR | a Declaration of His Attitude. Petrograd, Feb. 1.--fn a telegram to Alexandre Samarin, marshal of { the nobility of Moscow, Emperor { Nicholas cn Saturday gave express- {fon of his attitude toward the war {for the first time since his declara- | tion to the assemblage of nobles and { military chiefs in the winter palace {at the outbreak of hostilities. At | that time the emperor declared that | there could be no peate until every | hostile soldier hed been driven from { Russian territory. The telegram to M. Samarin, asd member of the Mqscow Zémstvo, was in reply to 3 message from that body expressifig loyalty to the em- peror and the fatherland. It is signed '""Nicholas" and is in part as follows: "I. sincerely thank the Moscow government for its attitude toward me, which to me is a source of deep gratification. Let all sincere sons of | the fatherland be united, as were our glorious ancestors, wholly believing that the Almighty will bless'the ef- forts of our heroic warriors and the sufferings of all true sons of Russia, and give to the powerful fatherland and to the peoples protected by us a brilliant future, destroying at one Slavs." . { SYMONS AND HUGHES GUILTY. The Former Given Five Years In ! Penitentiary. | Toronto, Feb. 1.-"We find the | defendant, H. Symons guilty on both | counts; the defendant, Dr, G. i'Mughes guilty on the second count and not wuilty on the first count." Thus the foreman of the jury in the Union Life case rendered the ver- dict in the Assizes Saturday after- noon. Symons got five years' imprison= ment, Hughes was granted a re- served case and sentence deferred. Dotroit, Mich., Feb. 1.--Officers of | 'Purity is the first consideration in | GEOTEe's Ottawa. ; | the preparation of Salada tea. Only the fragrant buds and most delicate {leaves are used. Salada contains no |slems, bark, twigs, or dust. | The home of Mrs. Frank Walker, Perth, was badly damaged by fire on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Walk- | er's pusband died a couple of months ago. Renfrew: Preshyterian chureh has wiped off all its debts, \ stomacn is in a continuous 'really dees" regulate weak, out- | | blow all the enemies of our related | | PRESENTED IN RHE BRIEFEST ! POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News Of thé World From Tele graph Services and Newspaper Ex. changes. Juage Gary denies 'that the U. §. | Steel Corporation contemplates a re- duction of wages. Elgin and Huron have voted $1,- {900 a month during the war to the i Canadian Patriotic Fund. | ~~Nine million dollars worth of mili- tary uniforms are to be made in Ca- Inada for the British war office. | Montreal council proposes to tax | non-resident workingmen $25, thus Setting a revenue of about $2,500,- 000. The lowest temperature recorded early Friday morning in western Ca- { hada was 36 below, at Winnipeg and | Minnedosa, Man. St. Catharines has a physiological mystery on their hands in an Baglish youth, Ernest Gobell, who is hysteri- | eal, and has a respiration sometimes of 225 a minute. J. K. Dowsley, K.C., Prescott, has been appointed judge of Leeds, and Grenville, succeeding Judge Mc¢Don- {ald, who has retired after forty-two years on the bench. The coupeil of Lachine, Que., de- cided to eut off after the 1st of May | the licenses of the four hotels, one | liquor store and five bottling houses in the municipality. London conservatives, who called a i convention, to oppose a candidate to | William Gray, for the seat in the commons held by the late: Major Beattie, have canselled it. P. H. Bowyer, former M.P.P,; for East Kent, a practical newspaperman and printer, who owns and edits one | of 'the. best of Outario weeklies at | Ridgetowny may be made Obtario's king's. printer | From information that is being acs cumulated by the provincial license | department it is not unlikely that | drastie legislation will be passed by i the legislature in regard to the sale of liquor ia hotels. Two new Vessels rocently acquir- | ed for the Atlantic service by the | Cunadian Paelfie railway have been named the Melita and the Miledaso, They have a length over all of 520 | feet, with a beam of 67 feet. It is 'expected the vessel will be ready for service toward the end of the coming season, i U. S. FAST CRUISERS. | Admitted By Secretary Daniels To Be | Failures. ! Washington, Feb. 1.<-A new na- val policy for next year was promis- ed by Seeretary of the Navy Daniels, | Saturday, based on observations by | naval officers to be sent to Europe | within a few days for at least six i months' study of the problems pre- sented by the war. Discussion of the speed questions | brought {rom Daniels the admission that the fast éruifers Chester, Salem | and Birmingham, which cost about 1 $6,000,000, were failures, : | : ES : | To Elect A Bishop. Ottawa, Feb. 1.--The Synod of the Anglican diotesa of Ottawa will meet on February 23rd to elect a new bish- op, owing to the refusal of the On- | tario House of Bishops to allow Bish- op Thornloe of Algoma to resign | from that diocese to sueceed Arch- | bishop Hamilton here. The four can- | d'dates most prominently mentioned for office are: Canon Powell of Wind- | sor, N. 8,, Canon Llwyd of Halifax, | ReviA. W: Mackay of All Saints, Oi- | tawa, and Rev. J. M. Snowdon, St. i |W. E. Macpherson stcceeds:P, C. | L. Erney as secretary-tréasurér of the South Grenville Agricultural So- | ciety, Prescott. : . | You will never regret using White { Rose flour, | Ramuel Switzer, an old: resident of Tamworth, died very suddenly of { heart failure on Tharsday night at | the 'aga of 70 years. : Keep Your FeetWarm ~~ Wear Overshoes Moccasins Warm Felt Slip- 3 8. {S210 CHEWINC 158): 7 TRA THE Aw. See i18 Ray 00 wa CHEW, nN 3 touched = °° PR é ITSELF, IS « pte WH | A satininsert s0-miich prized by collectors, on account of the many them, is packed with each plug. Ses' - i (00D CHEW - - IN A CLEAN WRAPPER No "dust or sofled hands have ever A from the time it is manufactured | until it reaches you. Each plug comes separately wrapped and is consequently always in perfect 'conditions - + +. | GOODY y Sal ES v Com _lveral of he gems x niagel,, Artils]. ery combats continue on all fronts, | tireulation in the eity that a session (aa ok ' Til p-- PE ER Lald Low With Rheumatiom--But Cured By "Fruit-atives", Caataay, ONT, APRIL 3rd. 1511. "I am a veteran of the Crimean War 3ad Ae, Raat ria, volupteering rom the into the Royal FEngin and served "under 10 Ro durisg Ipdian Mutiny, and am a pe of the British Government, kh fighting and Continual me 4 great sufferer from Rheumatism, sa much so that Tegs swelled np; miakifig it impossible for me to wail. " Fruit-a-tives'". They ¢ me ot both the Rheumatism and Constipation. In my regular empl ent, walk thirty miles a day and enjoy perfect health", CEORGE WALRER, 50¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 256 At all dealers or sent on. receipt of price hy Fruit-i-tives Limited, Ottawa BRITISH REPULSED. German Attack Neir Cuinchy --200 Germans Killed, London; Féb. ' 1.--The' following statement. was'made Saturday night by the official press bureau. "An attack was made in some force yesterday near Cuinchy (Northern France), but the enemy was easily repulsed. "Over two hundréd German dead were counted in front of the trénches occupied by the British, amongst whom the casualties were small." GERMAN FIELD GUN © |S VERY INFERIOR -- - og Capt. Plummer Says High Trajec: tory Places it at Disadvantage A ' With Allies' Guns. Toronto, Feb.' 1.---Captain Morris V. Plummer, le¢turer atthe Kingston Mijitary Collage, addressed the Roy- al Satadidn Military Institute Satur day evening upon guns and gunnery Captain Plummer traced the evolu- tioq of the modern gun, showing the marvel of the progress in gun. con- struction even since the South Afri can war in 1889. At that tive only five shots could be fired per minute, whereas the new 18-poutd guns of the French and the English ' will shoot 20 rounds per minute, and the German guns 15. | The captain judged by the reports which have come from the frontifhat the German gun is hopelessly IA 8b to the guns of the French #@ffd Eng. lish, those of the Frefieh, being the best of all... Their trajectory is flat ter (han any other, and much flatter than that of the German. This give: greater acturacy and .a forward throw to the bursting shrapnel. The new guns have increased the rang: of field artillery since the South Afri- can war by 1,500 yards. ~~ Aeturate ranging is now 'more than ever. be: fore. The German fire has Been shown to be accurate, but their new 42-centimefre gun is slow in firing, and the ammunition of it is inferior, the shells frequently failing to burst. War Tidings. Russia's three great hrmies con- tinue the advance towards Wodhigs- berg. A portion of the Gerihih%e- fending army was cut off and annili-} lated, VonTirpitz' threat to destroy Brit. | ish commepce was again carried out on Sunday when a German submar- ine torpedoed and sank a freighter off Fleetwood, near Liverpool, on the direct . route between England and Ireland. = The affair caused a great sensation in London as Britain's trans-Atlantic shipping is thus se verely menaced, Paris official statement says the French were compelled to give ground in. the Argonne, where the losses are very serious. : Sunday official statement Paris said: British retook all' tren- tches momentarily lost before La bassee. From the Argonne to the Vosges no change. In region of Soissons, ofir batteries destroyed se- from Jat our artillery secured the advan- age. Latest reports say that two more British steamers (making four in all), were torpedoed by a German submérine fn the Irish sea. Efiperor William teturned to Bere lin on Saturday for a short visit, GIVEN GUNS IN TRENCHES, Ny rman soldiers have arrived at the camp at from the firing the on, ° fags. da inistiable condi- on. ey hare been. replaced. oy fresh troops, SIRh have been sen! forward. from. the interior of Ger- « Ed on that they are 'not -furais arms until they are ready to be to the trenches. . vi | Edmonton, Feb. 1.--A. rumor is in of the' Alberta legislature will open on Feb. 18th. It is alse rumored that ihe legislature will be aeked to authorize an increase from Your and "3-half to Ove per cent, in interest rates on $3,000,000 which the gov- y to cept af an : The City Council meets. this ev- ' "ning. There is little on the dock- The Great: est Sale of 'atches EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC HOW wie, iia is as «i $8. 20 Silver Wrist Watches, regular price $15.00, now...... . $12.00 10 Silver Wrist Watches $20.00 HOW: (oi iat ons one 16 Silver Wrist Watches, regular price $25.00, BOW ou. sivas sa $20. 10 Solid Gold Wrist Watches with high-grade movements, regular price $65.00, now $52.00 10 Solid Gold Wrist Watches, with high- e movements, regular price $75.00, now $60.00 25 Silver Wrist Watches, regular price a Ht . Ix addition to our large stock of wrist watches, we are offering ladies' silver, gold filled, 3nd Ta gold pocket watchés, from $10.00 to rE In high grade eriamel necklet watches, the newest fashion used so much in Paris and New York this season, ranging in price from $35.00 to $126.00 each, and all at very much reduced prices for February. For men's use, there is no stock larger to select from at priceg from $5.00 to $200.00 each, 3nd every one is covered by the broadest guar- antee. . id " * R. J. Rodger, The King St. Jeweler, fii dig ok x "Where The Clock Is 0n The Walk" Parker's Special Prices Beef Roasts ...... 16-18c Round Steaks ...... 20c Ribs Beef ....... 16-18¢c Sirloin Steaks ...... 24c A large quantity of beef, lamb, mutton and pork al- ways in stock. Try our pork sausages, 15¢ per 1b. PARKER BROS. | 217 Princess St. Phone 1688. Opposite Opera ' House. | present place of business, all or- fers, placed now for monuments have my best attention. » NOTICE Pie, be erected in the spring will 5 i y . ALE ---'STOUT --- LAGER® Pure -- PALATABLE -- Noummimious -- Beveraces FOR SALE BY WINE ab SPIRIT MERCHANTS EVERYWHERE LOCAL OPTION--Residents in the local option districts can legally order from this brewery whatever they. require for. personal or family use. Write to JOHN LABATT, Loaren, Lowpon, Canapa >