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with u clash; {or do". hand and vel- 7» foot. do not. count. as assets in 00 value of the Canadian waitress. Inporflanhs of Speech. 'Also in a countrv which is always hunting on the verb to “hustle.” Inch superfluitios of speech as "Thank you," “Please," “Will you kindly?" and “Good morning.” are ounteyanced; One does not, any. "Please let {no have a chofi.’~' 9139 jerks out "Chop!" The waiting ladv hang: it down in front. of one, and ticket in hand, snaps. “That all?"- Ono replies “Yer-p!" bolts the chop dter smothering: it in the scarlet- tinted “sass" or “ketchup," that takes the place of our mustard. and picks one's teeth with the im- plement always provided, WhateVer else be lacking, in the American feeding place. Unless one can rent a house or a. very expensive flat one must either to a boardingâ€"house or “room with light housekeeping.” The “roomer” is one who takes furnished rooms, includingr heat and light; but providing her own bed and table linen, blankets, crockery, and cook- ing utensils. The $9?ng “light house- kee ing" means {hit she does her 6w work and cooks on the "other lady's" stove: and she is not sup- posed to give six-course dinners. have babies, or do Washing: and ironing on an extensive scale. “I know I’ll never get used to messing in and out of someone else's kitch- en and cooking on that, after the dear little gas-cooker I used to have in London," says the Englkshwoman looking dubiously at the big: stove which lords it over every Canadian kitchen. The lady of the house as- sures her that in less high tone residences than her own there are {requently as many as four roomers, who all cook on the one stove. Having explained the points of the stove and its little ways, she leads the way to the rooms, point- ing out the rocking chairs and 'double windows and introducing the black grating in the floor as the register. “The furnace in the cellar. you know," she explains, "heats the house by hot-air pipes, and keeps it good '1: Warm!” “Does one draw round the cheerful register on a winter's evening?" laughs the Eng- lishwoman, somewhat hysterically, turning to her husband, for a pic- ture flashes across her brain of a vinter evening- fireside just before the lamps were lit. in a. little Eng- lish cottage now “To let." A Strange Lang-ago. ‘Bll The mglishwoman bewails having sold all her kitchen things and crockery as she sets out for one of the big stores to buy a. fresh sup- ply. "Good job we stuck to our old steel knives. These blunt, tin things â€"-â€"pla.ted they call femâ€"that we get here give me the hump. No decent. meat or beer or butter, or knives or bread, or fires! Gâ€"r-r-r!" growls tho niglishman, who has got indigestion u a result 0! restaurant meals. In buying crockery and kitchen utenâ€" sils the Englishwoman finds that the lormer is somewhat more expensive and much coarser than English Ware; and the Canadian taste is zenerallv more garish and crude than the Jihglish. Many things are called by diflercnt names. too. What she calls a glass fruit dish is termed a. “berrv hawk” a jug is a “pitcher;" ameaf dish a “platter;" a frying-pal: a "fry-pan,” and when she asks for a salt-cellar she is given a “saltâ€" mfii‘ier" iike a pepper caster. ,u‘y thuw," and growing emphatic he concluded, “I've seen thousands at But two nations, the Japanese and the South Sea Islanders, do not use the kiss»__§..sfl.a,«1:orm 9f expression. Aged Weather Observer. At WiartOn one evening recently the recent cold snap was under discus- sion, when one old gentleman pre- dicted a January thaw. A bystand- er cu'ggestpd that there might not be a thaw this year, ‘an idea the old gentleman scouted vehemently. , VEGETABLE alumna , ALLS flalr Renewer A high-class preparation for the hair. Kee s the hair soft and : flosey and prevents splitting at the ends. ures dandrufl' and always restores color to my hair. www.mz‘ " "I'Vo nevor known it to fail,” he Quid. "Every year since I -an re- member I have remarked the Janu- A Super] at he. 'A gentleman at Listowel tell: this story: Several men were discussing the merits of ”the great men the world has produced, each saying that his Mo was the greatest. As the tem- peraments of the men diflered, they argued for warriors, statesmen and poets. One claimed the laurel for Shakespeare. “J __ v_e__ was the greatest man that ever lived," he declared with emphasis. "Your friend?" replied "Why. he's been dead more than a hundred years." “'Well, well," was the reply, “how time do fly." _______â€" But two nations, the Japanese and O‘NeL C..- ‘A Audnu, At- Tn‘A-‘AA’G A- “4-“ 1115‘ another. : Col. Matheson said the fact was the Dro- vlnce owed the Dominion :1 half :1 mflllun more than was set out in the statement. Cut 01! Officials. Col, Mntheson said there should be a gen- eral reduction .of expenditure by cutting off uselcss oflicials. It was all r’ght to Spend moner on suzar honntles If we had the surplus annoy. but this wns not an ex. penditure that was contemplated at Conrad- eration, and he doubted if it was to he done over again the grvemment would undertake “My ' friend, William Shakespeare, was the greatest man that ever lived,” he declared with emphasis. :fihlâ€"lanSEreparationvfor the hair. Kee s the hair soft and glossy and prevents splitting at the ends. ures dandrufl and always restores color to gray heir. “"H‘MME‘ " Toronto. Feb. 10.â€"Yestorday’e ses- sion of the Legislature was dietin- guiahcd by two speeches dealing with tho iinnncial condition oi the pro- vince. That of the Premier occupied nearly two hours in its dolivory, while the financial critic of the Up- position, Col. Muthcsmi, replied in about an hour. Dealing with tho lame figures, each arrived at a. dit- iercnt result. Premier Ross finds o surplus of two million: and a. half, while Col. Matheson uncovered a deficit of about a. million and a hall and argued that the debt of the province is between $1,000,000 and .szzgobiQOQ- e3; :5 . 1 ’Mr. R055 said the province began . last year with a. surplus of $1,939,262 ; and closed with a. surplus or $ 5492‘ ‘164, having improved its positon by lover $600,000- There was a. balance : in the bank of $1,904,679. The average 1 expenditure for the past six years was ] $4,131,000. while for the last year the expenditures amounted to $4,888,982. There were some extraordinary ex- 1. --..â€"4~{-:| floonclol Crltlo of tho Opposition Ul- oovoro o mum of About o mm.- and o loll Dolloro-Tho honlor Hokoo It o lorploo of 8000.000 on o Yoor'o Bnolnoooâ€"hovlnclol Dob: notwoon Ono on! Two Million. Premier Ross Figures Out a Sun plusâ€"Col. Mathoson a Deficit. STILL“ THEY “SAY FIGURES WflN’T llE mem‘ The revenue for 1903 was 000.14, the largest revenue in 1 tory of the province. thanks timbm‘ sales held in December. Dealing with the increases in e penditures mimated for this year, n Ross said there was provision for House of Refuge in the Counrty LIIIIUL‘L DJWJKU lav.“ â€".- â€"â€" , The Premier was dealing with the funds held by the Dominion in be- half of Ontario, upon which interest at 5 rper cent. had been settled as pay- mbIe to the province. This amount was stated to be $4,778,135.15, and to this was added $1,460,653.20, making 0. total 0! $6,218,788.35. Upon this Mr. Ross had credited $226,183.73 for in- Grey and for a. Hospital for Consump- tives. The School of Science would be completed this year, and the am- ount provided for the Hospital for Epileptic: would go a long m to- wards its construction. terest. The Premier said the estimated rev- enue would be considerably larger than last year- Mr. Whitneyâ€"About the same. .. Continuing, the \Premier said he was looking roman} to an increase. There was no fear of a. deficit. No accident tihaut could happen would make our ex- penditures greater than our receipts, The assets of the province in 1903 were $8,383,306.11 and the expendi- tures $5,834,141.99, leaving a. surplus of $2,549,164.12. Since this statement was made the mcedapts from timber sales had increased about a million, so that the surplus at the present time was in round figures about $3,,5OOUOO. Gel. “adhesion Replies. Col. Mattie-son. replying, said he did not propose to follow the_Premier thru all the annuities gm; speech. The people were antha. to W how the province paid Its way, rather than to hear nlcc phrases con- cerning the growth of our exports and tho flgml‘ prosperity otf_tho people. VEGETABLE SICILIAN He claimed that the financial statement Was not true to facts, ans, in addition to the expenditures of the rfivlnce, the pro- vlnee had incurred a lie iltty of 8250.000. 'llhe receipts of the province were given as 55.466.653.13. which Included receipts from Crown lands of 31.33.1000, the sale of as- sets. and a reduction of the capital invested 1n drainage debentures of $21,000. Deduct these amount; from the sum given would leave the culinary recelpts at $4,109,000. The expenditures he figured to.be $5,100.000. including the Soo payment of about a mil- lion, Making all allowancesfgr expenditures to pay the hounfles. The Penetn ng Reformatory cost $30.54.!) for 100 boys. The coal hill for the reformwtory last year was more *hnn the coal bill for the Parliament Buildings. There shvuld be a fixed grant for the U-‘jvorsity. T‘wm‘ was no check on flhe expenditures of the Univer. sity. but whatever deficit was found the government pa !_d . . -7 AL- 5-- _.__,I__--_ on capital account. the deficit amounted to 3621.000 for the past year. Mr, Mathemn was proceeding to discuss the Item of In- terest paid hv the Dominion on the capital held and dohts due to Ontario, whenp the Premier séid he had received I‘ om the trea- surer an explanation of the apparent dis- crepancy in the statement. The provizce had received the full 5 per vent, for tho whole year. and NH" one-halt a year for the common schoo] fund. It was irregular to pay the Soo workmen, but there was an oxr'use for payments in case of the visitation of disastm: No sunh payment as $250,000 wns 00“romp'nted by the people, and it would not have Men made if thPre had nv't ‘wep an nloction. He was told that accounts were paid. and 0th- or sums laid out to help the Liboral c.1n- didate In the election. Deficit of $1313.000, m Vat-boson figured that w‘hr-n the Whera the Money (309' to. the hi5- lo the in ex- “Groin It In Bocomo Something of a Record-Breaker. 'I‘hiLWinter has been a sad blow to tho Oldest Inhabitant, says The Mail and Empire. It makes him dumb and impotent in the presence of the youngest, audience. A mere child can say to him with impunity, “Gee! this is the coldest weather eVer I seen. And, say! ain't the snow deep?" No more can the Oldest ln- habitant smile with chill superiority and begin, “Cold? Why, I remember in the yearâ€"" and so on. To find more snow the venerable oracle has to tramp back nearly sixty yearsâ€" and the walking isn't good, either. If he has his memory with him, he can paint an Artie picture of the year 1845, when this district lay numb and smothered under snow which hid the snake fences, of which only an occasional stake was reveal. ed. But the cold in that mordâ€" breaking year could not be compared to the cold of 1904. In fact, the Winter of '45 was generally mild, even if it did snow without ceasing for ninety hours. In only five Win- ters since the early thirties has January been so cold. ltutntory grants m pm. w- ho lncluded in the supplementary the total expendlmes would Of the receipts one end I llon would be frombonu bonuses on tl lowing actual merits at $3. 884 in; : deficit of: 13000. was not in :__poIl podtlon to stand a 7 ~4-â€"-- _-- 5.. “.mor’ Fun: vv‘.-' ’7 , v be lncluded in the supplementary estlmetpe, the total expenditures would me): the sum of $5,097,736, and the revenue $5.381, . Of the recclpte one end I half mil: lion would be from bonnie: on tlmlmr smog. lowing actual ”edits at $3,884,372. mak- ing 3 deficit of 81, 13,000. The province Was not in 1 podtlon to stand such an 0::- pendlmre. The pmlnce was being deplet- ed of its W rewurces, and in a few' and they speak by the isobar and isotherm, and by other formidable institutions. But we know a little more than the weather men. We speak as graduates in the school of experience, where we have learned that there is ‘a law of compensation. We feel it' in our bones that a bean- tiful Sarina. a. clarion: Summer. a we have a wretched Summer, wet and raw, we have no right to pro- gnosticate a. good Fall or a mild Winter. In short, the seasons have no relation to each other. This is what the weather experts tell us, This we remarked unguardedly, with no idea that it would ever get into print and look so ill-bred. Now Mr. Stupart says that we had IO right to make any such prognostic;- tion. Because we have a beautiful Fall is no reason why we should look forward to a. severe Winter. Because :vé d'rifted balmily throngh Septem- ber and October expecting each beau- tiful day to be the last. we laid among ourselves, "Well, when the Winter comes, she is bound to be a snorter." - Ehefo'is' tlfis to be said for ., Win- ter like the presentâ€"we oxpectod it. Unscientifically we made our fore- casts and we have not been disap- pointed. We had one of the most glorious Autumn’s in historygmnd as will be{ there for a from it thisiwinter. Sale Priceâ€" Watch (ira ham (irow . ‘1'FTI'5 WIN‘T‘ER. The sale which has st: 5.80 4.30 3.30 OVERCOATS No Limit to Quantity hich has shuck the town at the right time ,gocd while )6. Buy a $15 Overcoat or 1 Next winter you’ve‘got it. $9.80 $7.50 $6.00 $5.00 mellow Fall. and a short, crisp Win- ter are too good to be true. We don't deserVe a year like this. Simi- larly, we know that we don't de- serVe . year that is bad all through. The most we can Say about the weather is that it is going to strike an average somewhere. This is in spite o! the rather contradictory fact that weather shows a disposition to perpetuate itself, to maintain its type. as though every day were the father of every next day and the son of every preceding day. The mean temperature of J anuary. 1904, was about 16} degress above zero. 0n five days the minimum temperature fell to between ten and fifteen below, and on five other days to between five and ten. The cold- est days. according to the thermome- ter, was on the fourth, when a fracâ€" tion lower than 15 degrees below Wan reached. Some other cold January: 1856. .|Menn temperature. .16,0l Lowest. .12.!) ‘ - on n ch wit ._--e ‘WU. o ‘Luau 1857 . . 310:") 1865. . Mean 1867. . Mean 1873. . Mean 11575. . Mean 18?". . Mean 1881. . Mean 1888. . Moan 1393.. Mean 1856. . Mean temperature. .16,0?Lowesz. .12." 1857. . Mean temperature. .12.? Lowest. $3.0 1865. . Mean temperature. .17.? Lowest. . 9.0 1867. . Mean temperature. .17.61Lowes‘t. . 5.0 1873. . Mean temperature. .173” West. .184) 1575.. Mean temperature. .lrulllnwestu 9.0 1877. . Mean White. .1126] Lowest. .140. 1881. . Mean teuweriture. .16.7IIJOWCSI.0 5.0 1888. . Mean temperature. .15.0|L)west. .12.!) 1393. . Mean temperature. .14,7;Lowest. .18.0 It is quite unscientific, of course, to add up the lowest temperatures and see what they all come to. but, beholding: them in a column. the im- pulse is irresistible. We make it 122 below zero. Having gone so far, there seems no reason why we should hesitate to add also the 15 degrees below that were recorded in the pre- sent month. This gives us a grand total of 137. In face of this over- whelming fact, it is idle to enquire, “Is this cold enough for you?" -As a. postscript, we should like to add that Winters are becoming mild- er than in the good old days, when the Oldest Inhabitant was a youth. The contrary is the case, and the very reason ascribed {or the alleged softening of the Winters is that which proves their increasing rigors. The clearing up of the land has an influence on the weather, but toward greater extremes of heat and cold. This tendchy is so slight that no man‘s life is long enough to permit it being noted. man. At Montreal I told him that the view from the summit of Mount Royal commands superb stretches of the St. Lawrence and OttaWa, Val- leys. But the view from half-way up the ecclivity contented Mr. Spencer. He had found views thus restricted more pleasing than wider vistas, and not one step further would he budge, although twice invited. Not far nwav a. costlv mansion .I'ae being Mr. George Iles, in a personal ar- ticle on Herbert Spencer in The Outlook, tells this characteristic anecdote: “Spencer was a. very ‘set' Herbert Spencer In Mantras]. wordâ€"just gnough men A! O The Kim Clotâ€"bier. E: st of Henson House. . 16,0! Lowest. .12.? Lowe“. .17.? Loweat. .17._61_Lowes:t. adding fresh fuel to the bargain furnace every day. we had in years. The values stand out like :11 ,ono I 0.0.0.0. 95.3.9 ;h mention of the good things to what you appetite for-é to Slaughter Sale at Graham’s affords. It wouEd Lake: nd.of-thc-Season Sale. 4 finished for s multi-mnuonurs. whose iortuns had been won with little scrupla. When it was suggest- ed that his carriage should pass this mansion, he was indignant. 'It is largely.’ hassid, 'ths admiring the ostentation of such men that makes them possible. Baron Grant, the fraudulent speculator, sent mo an invitation {or the inaugural oi Loi- cester square, his gift to London, beiore a party of friends I tors tho card to pieces. Such men at Grant try to compensate for robbing Peter by giving Paul what they do not owe him.‘ -” London, Feb. 10.-â€"‘.Lord Roberts has mounted the appointment to the new o‘flico”.~ qt Inspector-General. u.§s-- .--.-_ A.- Former Priceâ€"SIZBQ Sale Priceâ€" ' 6.00 Homesick to «fight! My heart 13 Itch. And as in days of yore I walk (long the village sti-eet, ‘ I see Lhc‘ village storeâ€" The same old-flmvr cod-fish Is dangling near ‘the door. I hear the village joker: I hear the answering roarâ€" He’. cracked those hoary-headed joke. I alt In awe upon a box, My hands upon my knees, And your the farmers as they talk 0t politics and choose: 0! horses, plows. the weather, cropl. And topics such as these.‘ nu all at once a vision bright '3 Stands In the open door. Her face is sweet, her feet are bare, Her little frock is tore: My bos‘hood's darling! Ah, my heart. I'll see that face no move. These twonty years or more. Yet I could laugh at them again Until my sides were sore, Before that self-same xflndow, there, I used to stand and feed My boyish eyeg, 0.1 candy wealth. ; For candy was my creed, : Ind 1-! I had a copper. O f '- Then I was nun indeed, q" Lme; thermometer capering around z< or Suit for $7. 50 and get $10 worth of Lord Roberts Accepts. K'V'Lu ‘L'AGETDYL. .osition. You’ll find no bluff terms!“ sale the merriest in town. 2 Many a life history would read diflerent to-day if thet severe etteck of Cold and LI. Gflppe had been properly handled. A hard cold in! settle in the weak- output. The greatest danger is in the lingering results of a halt cure. When you get a Cold, LaGrippeJnfluenza, do not be satisfied with something to check it. HALF CURE IS DANGEROUfi 5UITS $10 00 4.00 3.25 '..WARDER, FEBRUARY 2;; The C. P. R. have decided to cal. tenders for excavating and 0th; work necessary to carry out the: scheme to irrigate the dry belt nee. Calgary. The hope is to render thr. million acres fit for cultivation, one» half for cereals and the other liai.’ , ii for grazing. Three hundred thousanw acres will be irrigated first. and aite: that much has been taken up law? settlers the work will be extended. 5, Two canals will be used to irrigate the tract. emain canal 35 mile! long with e width at bottom 03' six feet, and carrying ten ice: of water. This canal will be built fin: and will be used to carry water Is the oecondary canal, which wk: completed will be 115 miles long. To. make the main canal 2501'MH'00I' cubic feet of earth will have to lief removed. The work will be done 111% «team shovels. etc. " “Dread Sazuemy. wh~rn eagle “’hat voice from the ha-tmnod The tale of liohorvnl raven}. 01- his mysterious fat-A deplore‘ “0, unsung streamsâ€"not splend'd Ye lack to itirc you-[patriot dream "St. Lawrence. ,quvso wide wate The shores that ne'er have slaves! Swim Richelion, nf Him] f:.mo Niagara of glaz'ious gun-vs: Annals of glni'y gflfl your wmfis Hope heights your tides, Linnadizu “Thou inland stream. “‘11! se vale: From storm. 'j‘omnnsnh's death 11‘ And thou. small \x .110. rod “ill! 'Twlxt Bmuhmszn and Beausd “O, rims rolling 1c the sea h‘om lands that bear the nmpZn + “A holy music heard in vain By coward hunt and sordid bra?! To whom this stn llholh‘ lying : Nmught but a greedy race for g. How swell your voices with 0! loyalty and liberty! 'lhy tides. St. Jo‘m. doclale I. :1 And, later, mam a lmal name! “Thy rapids, Ottawa Whore DauIao and h 6 right down here and‘ 3 every day. Its the: out like milestones; Will Reclaim 3.000.000 Aer" $8.00 f “”1335! CANADIAN STREAMS or child. 50 c” dealers, or by gun WILSOX-FYLE Co.. Ni Falls. Ontario. Fr” pie to any 35‘1”“ pepsinâ€"e of the h under its Clea -cut I with a me harmless ' gestion â€"‘ tion. Biliox en‘.‘ re mu of the bod. gestion â€"‘ Ax'n-Pn $6.50 Lindsay’s Greateat csmhing Store zero and woolaim tomes ('8! S€IV1CC 1w W0! w.”l'“l.o guabh‘ou .cul” " .oaun " .0“ a u thipfl hot» the cruiser An ms?“ t: certain the ‘repol’t 1’15 o'clock in squadron. battlcsbil” 1‘01". Al'Lh enemy “'11 ade from ‘ guns of participah "A‘ llhc squadron procm di 11 g St. 1‘ The to just be of SW”. d "By 0rd .h Eyo Wit-cu on I‘ll. of J. «Japanese trm all the chief [mil Western L'orvu. Japanese Guards Chemu lpo. A 11 ions 01' the Jan .0! 12,000 men. I zit. appears, the "tinues, that um R Vladivostock are (it corresg.)ondcm 'Iâ€"deg’raphs from date of Feb. 9, U .Ulal ant." Vance has cmmm-n talinsky will loan marrow for thn Y ahead of the tLinI ‘le-ry. consisting ur‘ regiments. of infu; fourth and fifth ini entrenched along ! diStanCC of 4.0 mil< and three hatterie ends are at Kin C London. 1-1 from 'l‘icn '1 C(fli‘l‘esimndum it is reported Crlflsers Var Chem‘fllm ha ‘Wifllout firing Japanese imn mamh 10 81-0 51311821 mun "( Iram from 386 torpow Russian h‘ at. Port. A n boats “ ”-31 Alexic took hV til flgT‘G 0! to the outer N Arthur. Bcu'izax Orclul When Flea-t Vasseis if .Torpedoed 0. Work Alc-xwfl"s nurtu- Ilq Russian I’ll‘c an Eye V‘ 3h Vessel mun. STORY OF Wound.“ Without )\\'H gh. I‘m. agnbonu rsbu I Ll Columbia. immed Iran: to REPO abound North \V o sh .‘H