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HIE WARM-HIDE It is a. fact that, excellent as ce- ment walks are, their history in Canada has in it a very large ele- mentfleof failure. In almost every town ' 1' city, either by the fault of contra tors or false civic emnomy, a l of defective walk has men g‘ood put d Wu, and shovelled out again. As result, granolithic has proved s proving an altogether too ex- ,rzgensive, if not Wholly unprofitable Walk. Lindsay has had its share of that sort of thing. Quite a bit of our walks has had to be replaced, and a. good many more are clearly so deâ€" fective that they will not survive the lifetime of a. pine plank Walk. It, takes large} faith to believe that any considerable part of them will last for the 20 years for which they are supposed to be truilt. ‘ 0 The people who live on the streets 1 upon which cement walks have been put down will pay their nontagem‘ on the original cost 05 the walks. They will not pay. for repairs to those walks, nor to replace them within the period for which they are originally built. These repairs and replacements are and will be a. charge on the general revenues of the town. Unless-thewalks already down, and those to be put down, good deal better than past experience warrants one in expect- down, and those to be put down, prove a. good deal better than past experience warrants one in expectâ€" ing, {that charge will hecome a. very serious one as years go by. There is no reason that it should. l‘he materials at hand to build mac Walks are pmctically everlast- ing. When cement Workh built beâ€" :‘ore Christ, come down to us intact, it is a disgrace that We build ee- meat Walks one year and shovel them out-the next. Our Sput, heaved, and shelling walks are an expensive commentary an our'1ma;nia for cheumess ; they, moreover, 3W dishonesty or in- competence in thwe who built. and ‘WW than- The moxm'le is that 001' Past experience with then»: 63. Not, to be tiresowo or critical, but. b-cCause the present needs of the town appear to warrant. it, do We again refer to the subject. of grano- lithic \valkS. . himdrcd who cannot‘ get, in, will hardly be worth finding Quin, Thé problem has now reached the stage at, which the people “1me to know What. the council are going to 'rdo about it. It is a problem that. needs the services of clear-headed, courageous men, who will both pre- serve and serve 1h: interests of the townâ€"mm who are \zisc enough to know that the murkvt square cannot He wrestud from the town to make a library site, courageous enough to tell. the people so and to Loll then} also that they mast either pay the pfiéé of a proper site for their: gift. bpil-dâ€" ing by private subscription or an added mill. or vise go without it.‘ i Let, this policy of bolting and balk- 1 ing cease. A i Their courageOus dash toward :0le ing the library site prdblem by leg- islation was quite a5 vigorous as their retreat :to the well-tried sdtety of a. public meeting a few days lat- er. We.ha‘»'e seen youths set out. tiravely to swim. across the river,a.nd make back after the first few strokes, for the shore as fast as muscle and panic would bring them. But even that is better than getting drowned; and doubtless discretion is the bet- ter part of tim'rdity, and a. good tex- cuse for it. While the aldermen are in full rcâ€" - A L -:.. nr. Paw-bed Eur! filmy ancuunov. . ' (21158 lUl 1y. While the aldermen are in full rcâ€" treat, the solicitor, under their or- ders, is still marching forward. It, reminds one of the warrior who said to his armor-bearer “You go on and fight awhile and then run. I'm iame ; I'll run now.” This poWerâ€" in] illustration breaks down some- what, however, inasmuch as council shbwed no sign‘ of lameness in their 74-4... um. than, their excuses for what, however, “13" shbwed no sign" 0f 1 retrdat- But. then, retreating Vdid. There are those who cry question should be people. Likely this li has been referred 'qpi‘ suit even Mr. R. M. I W PAGE EIGHT THE CEME‘T WALKS Church Notes It is argued that we should con- tribute to Imperial defence, because the British navy protects our ship- ping and marine commerce. There is truth, and a. lesson in that. No nation can succeed with shipping, that has not a navy to protect it. Canada has no navy, and wants none ; she should therefore have no ‘merchan-t marine. Canada is a pro- lducing Eountry, and in her products ‘lies her future. None of her pro- ducts need the assistance of a nwvy. Taking these pnoducts abroad under protection of war ships, will cost mare than pzjoducing them in the first place. The people abroad who want Canadian goods have navies. They must have the goods. Let them come after them. The man that grows the produce need not asanne its dangerous delivery ; let the man‘ who must have it‘to live on do that. 3 If Canadians industriously developl their resources there will be plenty] of other people to take them abroad. A navy always costs any bht an inâ€" sular country, more than it is worth to it. Canadasshould produce all she can, have no shipping, require no navy, and pay nothmg to the support oi one .- Mr. James Stapley: “I have got let- tersetrom men who had been‘to college, that. nobody could read. Lawyers and doctors write about the worst hand. I! a mason laid bricks the way these profesâ€" sional men write, he would be regarded as a sloppy workman. " Mr. W. Flavelle : ‘-‘The Peter‘boro sugar beet syndicate are seeking three-year contracts with farmers in this county for beets at $4.00 been concerted action among those who Want Canada to bear a. share 'of the enormous cost of maintaining the armament of Great Britain. We are toldjn and out of season, and of- ten in tones .of rebuke, that we should tax ourselves to support the British naVy. In an article that bore the Vmarks of inspiration, a prominent Englishman recently re- pro'fed us for not doing'so ; and in a recentflSou-th ‘Aflrica speech Mr. Cambeiilain very pointedly said that the colonies mUSt co-operate with the ‘lBritish government for defence. It 1is likely this, 'q‘uestion will be among ‘the prominent ones before this Do- minion in the next few years. In this question the Imperialist falls upon difficulties. How shall the colonicsico-ntri-bute to the Brit- ish revenues ? It has ,_for some time been a quite popular theory in Can- ada that therelcan be no taxation without representation. Likely Can- 'ada. believes in that doctrine ; so then before talking taxes we must settle this prior question of repres- entation. These be queer Britishers who excitedly brush past that good British principle to demand Canadian taxes flor British revenues. First‘ things first. I W at: the nomination meeting that the walks minimum year below had cost 10} cents a. tooth? day Parlor. This announoanent. made in ‘all good faith by Mr. Touchbnrn. 'was well received by the public ; but suhsdquent experience with those vex-y Walks showed that it does not pay to build ELM-cent pavement. Nor are we doizg much better now. The strip put dowu last fall in fro'nt. of and west from the Creamery will al- ways) he a’ reminder of the old pl'asâ€" ter and lath from the dismantled Montreal Bank. The strip on York- street alongside of» the Simpson House is split from one end to the other and heaved into a. hog’s back that in mild weather, holds an ex- tensive p'ond inlagainst the founda- tion of‘ the adjacent building. We are not now finding fault with any- uody but we would like to see an end of putting down that sort of walks in this town. One discouraging feature of the sit- uation is that the council seem ut- terly indifferent. Even with the 45,000-foot contract just let, they have 'acted and are acting with' dig- nified uncancem. They let the conâ€" tract. on specifidatibns that have no meaning, and under public proteSt against that action, they deign to make neither reply nor correc- tion. The town is drifting into the probability of the=worst disaster that has overtaken it in all its un- fortunate history with pdblic works. There is at least one other feature of this last contract to which'we shall, before long, draw attention. In the meantime we call upon the chairâ€" Canadians are not lacking men of the Dcnnison-Parkin type to tell them that this Dominion should make liberal contributions to 1m- perial defence. There has of late man of the Board of Works to do: his duty in this-matter. one-year‘ contracts they would'b'e SAID lNfiFEW WORDS CANADIANS AND THE NAVY A BY-LAW to authorize the Music- ipal Council of the Vill'nge or Woodville in the County of Vieâ€" toria to raise the sum of three thousand, five hundred dol- lumtoerectatown hall in and for the said Village 0! Woodville and to issue debentures aerator. ) WHEREAS it is am to raise Lthe sum of three thousand five hun- dred dollars for the purpose of er- ectingatownhnllintheVilh‘e of Woodville and in 01116 Mo it will be necessary to issue deflentures i0! the municipality of the said vil- lage of W'dodville for the said sum :of three-thcmsahd five hundred dol- lars, payable in twenty years with interest at fdur' per cent: per mm ‘ AND WHEREAS it will be nee- mry to raise the seven! sums in each year respectively set Iorth in the scbdule to this bylaw. AND WHEREAS thefimt. dthe" whole rateghle’ property of the Hun- icipality according to an lat refleâ€" dmmhdflnw fix, them the hundred and sew- Principal Broderick : “You were a little hard on the teachers last week ; but what you say about the defective English of the stu- dents of to-day is true. Why not My applicants for admisdon to the Model School write even their applications properly. I do not. know why this is unless En- glish~is neglected in the schools} or perhaps it is largely due to the low percentage in any one subject, on which a. pupil can pass examinations nowa‘days so long as he makes a fair showing in the total. Hence it may be that many get throllg'h hit take low markan English. 0! eoume some people seem unable to write pro'perly. - I knew a. professor of mathematiw in Queen's Univer- sity who could not write a. deo- ent use 0! English" street to revolve by Mall en- ergy transmitted: that distance without wires. Mr. Sparks de- serves great praise for his per- severence and skill, and he is a credit to north Victoria. He in- tends to lecture in Dorset soon.” Mr. Ben Adbrey '(Montneal) : "Down east we believe in Free Trade. Canada ought to be the manu- facturing part of this continent for its numerous water iallls give it a great advantage over the United States. Free Trade would bring a great many man- ufacturing concerns over here : for they could operate more cheaply here and yet have access to the American market." Ald. Cinnamon : “'It is ridiculous that a town like Lindsay let its Board of Trade die out and that no effort to revive it is being made. Other tovms are forging ahead because their citizens are making organized efforts to get factories and other advantages for them." Mr. D. R. Anderson : “.You were in error in saying that Dr. Clarke was the School Board’s candid- ate for north ward trustee. The Board as such'took no sides in the contest." Mr. Jas. Kennedy (Dunsford) : “Fox- ‘ es are plentiful this winter. A neighbor of mine has eight pelts in his house. I hear they are worth about $6.00 in Peter- 'boro." Ex-Mayor Ingle : “If the tmps on the cellar drains are kept full of water there can no sewer gas get into the house. It is becauSO maple allow the water to evap- orate from the trap and do not put more in, that the sewer gas comes up." Mr. P. G. Pilkie : ‘.-"You must except me from the contractors whom yOu last Week mentioned as to blame for sewers that let them into the houses. I built mine properly ; but after all the. trouble is not with the construeâ€"i -.tion of the sewers so much as? with the connections made with: the houses. They are imperfect- ly made. The town is to blamew for that. An expert plumbing ins} specter has never been employed” and nobody else ought to be. I . refused the job because I did not know enough about it." Mr. Jas. Lennon: “I never saw‘ sales of household furniture in‘ the winter before: and this win-1 ter there have been several inl Col trmhle. Scripture is going to be fulfilled Christ said Jerusalem should .te trodden down till the the Gentiles was fulfilled. for the Turks have held it in spite of eight great cg'qsddes, bwause the time *‘- Lâ€"A nnf PnI‘I'NL Bu-Law N0. 103 . R. M. Ben“: “I! the town had a. steam roller, and kept it. in operation, all the minor streets could be got into good condi- tion in film years, at little cx- spite of eight great crusddes, because the time of its deliverance had not come. But the time is near at hand and Jerusalem will be delivered from there 1‘ a. thn [‘1 was : Snow fell on .3 days. from rain fall ahd PRECIPITATION IN INCHES Greatest {all of rain in one d 0.38 Wednesday. Greatest. tan ,0! snow in 6.2 Sundqy. Lowest ................. Report for week ending Sammy, Mruary, 14th. 1903. mm Highest .. Coldest, give an entertainment. in the WI house. Reaboro. on Honday evening, 23rd inst. commencing gt. 8 o'clock. Grumphone music. colored views. etc.. making a, delightful entertain- ment. Admission 10 and 15 cuts. Keep the date in mind. nary, A. D. 1903 and that the votes of the electors o! the Municipality will be taken thereon at the town hall in the said Village 0! Woodâ€" ville on Thursday the Ninctanth day of Earth. A. D. 1903 at nine o'clock in the fonnoon cad continuing until five o'clock o! the same day. the Wdtchmnn-Warder newspamr the date of which publication was Thursday. the Nineteenth day of Feb- TAKE NGI‘ICE that- the above is a true copy of a. promsed try-law which has been taken into considera- tion and which will be finally passed by the council of the municipality in the event of the assent of the elec- tors bang ob'tuined thereto alter one month from the first publication in 10 17. )8 19 1. Itwuuwwful formmveol the said Villa of Woodfilleflor the purpose demand to bomw thouid nun of three thousand five hundred dollars and to isue debentures of the said municipality to the amount of three thousand five hundred :dol- hrs in sums of not. less than one hmdred dollars each bearing interâ€" eatstthenuofrourww'w mm We in the manner 101’ “18'th and It the flu W uvglyuetforthintheachedule to of Cunningham 8. It shall be lewful for the move of the said municipdity and he is hereby authorized and instructed to Sign and issue the said debentures hereby authorized to be issued and to wane the same and the interest coupons attached thereto to be sign- ed by the Treasurer of the said munâ€" icipality and' the Clerk of the munic- ipality ie'hereby authorized and in- structed to attach the seal of the mid municipality to the suit! dw- 7. On Wednesday, the Eighteenth day of March the Reeve shall attend at the Council Chamber at one o'clock in the aftemopnlto appoint persons to attend at the said polling place and at the final summing up of the votes by the Clerk respective- ly on behalf of the persons interest- ed in promoting or opposing the passing of the by-law. 8. The Clerk of the council of the said Municipality shall attend at the Council Chamber in the Village of Woodville at one o'clock in the do ternoon of Friday the thntieth day of March, 1903 and sum up the num- ber of votes given for and against this byâ€"law. tux-es. Datéd at the Village of Woodvillc this Sixteenth day of Fayruary, A. D. 1903. Schedule [dared to In the within By-law No. 103. THEREFORE the II .d1 of the corpomfion o! Woodvillc dot-08am 10's : '5. This by-law shall take em on the second day of April, A.D. 1908. ~ 6. The votes of the ratqnyera of the and municipality shall be taken on this by-Iaw on, Thursday. the Nineteenth day of March next. at. the hour of nine o’clock in the foreman and continuing until five o'clock in the alternoon of the same day at the town hall in the said Village of Woodvifle by J. C. Gilchrist the deputy returningomcer. 4. There shall be raised and levied in each year by special rate on all the rateable property in the municâ€" ipality a sum sufficient -to discharge the several instalments of principal and interes‘t accruing,.due on the said debt as the same become respectiveâ€" ly payable according to the schedule to this wolaw. '5. This by-law shall_tak_e facet on ‘ AAa\ The Victorin. Stereopticon Co. will ‘AN 20. 031 ‘6 Dntc .mamof35.10'l'hunday wmettle)! 11.2) Saturn .......- ...... “34.83 The Weather Apl Z), 04 Date of Paymcnt BEABORO 0‘ ‘4 41h: Brotherhood of 11 mm held their annual b the town hall on Tuesday nigl tcendanee was large The ere set in the old council ch E'l‘hey were ornate with foliug bore a tempting bill on fare. dancing Was kept, up Lill Lh hom, â€"\‘ictor Hugo's mastcrpi Story of Jean Valjean" will rSU'bjOCt of Rev. Dr. Cleaver's in St. Andrew's church, 1 on 'l‘uwday, Mar. 3rd. (.‘ollc fthe door.â€"~8~2. i â€"Mr. R. L. Wilkinson of Gouge, Toronm will x m and Cambray on Sund _d much in St. Paul's in â€"â€"Mr. John Campbell meat in last issue, re should have said that were grown from a } oats, not. from a. bushel, Iâ€"On Tuesday evening, the ”ISL. an exhibition of boxi wrestling will be given at Ll dcmy of Music by a. comm! the Brittania Naval Brigadq These men are represented; dimpion boxers of Canada. ‘ {have givmoxhimtjons in 0111 baton large and well mu fiancee. See the advertisem‘ program elm 01 “00:- ttfnders for diflcrcm connection wi "Minc- ‘ot. Raven Lake a: - mu. Copies 01 cu muons may be J once of McLaughlin I , y. _ The company he,“ be- held at: the creamery ‘ sharp, on Saturday, l'eb. 28d -â€"Be sure and hear the col the Queen-6t. Methodist churcl given by the married mun church, on Thursday c\‘cnin 26th.. the Victoria. County Croume. be held at: the creamery sharp, on Salm'day, l-‘cb. 28d «Baht Nedfitt who \\ â€"burn0d by molten metal. veswr'a reamtly. is recoverinl _ _ n gave an ex skating. b‘ Goldwater. V -â€"'l‘hia in children's bargair at R. Neill's Shoe Store. purchaser will receive a chm vâ€"vv vs lawsuit!" ‘ ‘ ‘ Y- The company hm large quantities 01 W at their Rave . am and the indicati "gut. to great activity the: 530' and frost leave thei ”W for Mr. :loh'n Can WW that Would make tie be.- or small 60”“? m, Kinmount. “'1 t while coasting 135‘ mill-3'- White Pine Balsa 15,3“), night Bins _ exuuition of fancnba ‘ below about 300 P‘ ”'3 church here ml to Prof. Walla UniversitY- me: “livable le . price only 2 intheA son 0! 11 who WI last wet cause. 1r! At