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$.21 The time is shortIand'this council must not fail to take hold at the matter early enough for that question to be discussed b. {Ore the vote. The people want no technicalities to prevent them from expressing their Opinion. As that season approaches whose burden is “Peace on earth; good will toward men,” it is not unbecoming that our attention should be turned to a subject whose origin was in the sublime philanthropy of these words, and whose success will be a splendid fulfilment of their spirit. We refer to the House of Retuge. No apology is needed for bringing this subject to the attention of the peop e of this county nor laying its claims upon them Mercy, humanity, religionâ€"these are matters of serious thought and conscientious response to Victoria’s citiz ns. In moat things pertaining to practical religion there are the two considerations of humanity and economy. We are aware that our readers are not indifferent to economy, nor should they be; but neither will they know- ingly violate the dictates of humanity for money, ncr sell their human kindness for a price. Hence, do we the more confidently endeavor to make appeal on behalf of the House of Refuge for our poor and aged. The people know these things too, and realize that they are the essenfiials. Public opioion is out-running the committee and ta es little interest in what they are doing. Nothing that they may report will overcome the general demand for a vote at the January elections on: “Are you in favor of a municipal lighting plant?" A vote Will be taken an the elcCtions in January. One was taken two years ago. The proposal to build a Refuge was then sustained. Sine then the need has not decreas- ed, but there has entered the question, one element that of itself warrants a heavy increase in the favorao‘e vo;es It is the new law which says that poor people shall not be placed in jail That is a good law, but 0116 that practically makes the Refuge a necessity. In this issue we publish a letter from Mr. Nathan Day opposzng the Refuge. We commed it to the attention of our readers. It states about as well as it can be done, the argument from the side of economy. But it certainly cannot overcome the statement made by Mr. Bryans in an- other column that the paltrv vote of $200 or so. cannot possibly keep the poor of any township. The neighbors Aldermen jusify the silence of council on the electric light questio,n on the ground that the resolution passed at the citizens’ meeting, instructed the committee to arrange some details, without which the acceptance of the com. pany ’5 offer of“ v.15 per lamp, was not recommended. There is some technical force in that position; but the time for hair splitting has passed. The council knows now the lowes: price at which light can be bought from the com- pany, and it also knows the probable cost at which it can be produced by the town. These are the essentials. The Metropolitan Life Insuf- est 1m,- insumncc transactions 1' ance Company ('Unsunmmiml for 81100000. 'l ._..._.. zammul prvmium (m tllu insurunu- We desire to call the especial at- tention 01' the policy-holders in the Metropolitan to the fact that the ‘companx has written one of the larg~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES.â€"In advance 75 cents; at end of year 31.09» clubbing arrangements with leading Canadian papers. C'RCULATION.â€"THE WATcmu-e-WARDER'S circulation is 5,000, of Q, 500 copies go within trading distance of the town. . . INRBPENDENT CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED Em! THURSDAY Moms AT 115 um 117 Kat-31.. LINDSAY, ONT. 12 THE POOR, YE HAVE ALWAYS "5H1: WATCHMAN-WARDER GET PUBLIC OPINION :enmlul premium ()11 Um insuruncv IS 519773.77). This insurafico is on the cndmvmvut plan and was iSSllcd am the firm 0f Huhnc Co., of vaark, and. will mature in twenty years.‘ The The butchers and grocers will have to keep the law and they may as well make some arrangements tor doing it right away. Two of them have been in the police court recentlv and only prompt amendment can save others. If they all agree that no order will be delivered at an unlaw- ful speed. the people will soon govern themselves acc0rd- ingly. There must always be a limit to the time in which goods can be got to their destination. Now it is the ability of the horse; hereafter it will be the legal rate of going. The public can conform to the change withou' injury. There are too many people behind horses in Lindsay who should be driving oxen. A l oy or man who jumps onto his rig, starts his horse with a cut of the whip and drives with his lines hanging loose. has not enough sense to associate with horses. The fellow who cracks his whip on the: street is no better. The butchers are not the only people who must im- prove or be improved on 'this point. There are grocers’ rigs that are driven a good deal too hard. One leading grocer declares that his delivery outfit costs him as much as all his indOOr help. On an average a horse lasts {our years, a harness two, and a. rig goes into dry dock in less than a year. No man who has an eye on the rigs about town is surprised that this man’s outfit costs him so much, nor dOes he doubt that a proper enforcement of the fast- driving by-law would land some of his teamsters in the police court. It is in the interest of the merchants as well as the citizens at large that the law should be enforced. The law against fast driving is a good law and must be enforced. It is good to protect the horse, and the citizen’s safnty depends upon it. No excuse can be accept- for its violation, and it is to be hoped that Commissioner Chalmers and the police will rigidly enforce it. If butchers cannot get the meat to their customers in time without furious driving there are two ways out of the difficulty: these customers can go without meat for dinner or they can leave their orders earlier. One man might better swear a little because he has to make his meal without meat, than for somebody else to have-bis neck broken by the butcher-cart that takes it to him. It is not necessary in a town like this either that horses should be abused or human life placed in jeopardy to get the beef to our tables. In this issue we publish what the butchers have to say about the fast-driving nuisance. In nearly every case they admit that fast driving is done, and thus justify the numer- ous complaints and few prosecutions that have occurred. By puttinor the blame on people who order their meat late the butchers endeavor to rid themselves of blame. In that they can be considered successful in only a small degree. Mr. Bryans’ statement that, in the counties visited by the committee, the peop‘e are pleased with the Refuges and that not a single objection was heard, puts the matter past experiment and should give this county confidence to build. The project is sound; it is the right thing and we share Mr. Bryans’ hope that candidates for the county council will heartily commend it to the electors. N 0 one who has seen the pinched faces and downcast bearing of those in the abodes of penury, can fail to note their contrast with the bright picture of p.enty and content- ment, drawn by Mr. Bryans when describing the inmates of the Refuges visited by the committee. We should aim to increase the sum of human happiness and not merely to prolong a wretched existence. keep them ; they sufier, and the holy demands [of mercy and humanity are avoided and not meg. A THE SPEED OF DELIVERY RIGS l‘hv \'(‘I' and must, prugrussivc life msut rnmpunivs in the worm. and is safe cmnpauny to insure. m. Donn, agent, Lindsay. â€"G0ugh leads, others follow 'ays be a limit to the time their destination. Now areafter it will be the leg ;n conform to the Chang 9 THE WA'II'GHMAN-WABDEB': LINDSAY. “NIT. 0H1 of 3 time m Now it be legal change \ lifu unlaw- acc0rd- 1 which is the rate of withou' ill' IS il Ilt'l .lus Singnrs aqd Dancexfs, Lindsay, Ont.. nu be scrutcd ( mu Entcnmmnents. Nubia ad Hing andkC n Dafices ;_.n 0-»--â€" â€"____A flamiliur with such {L body ul‘ «'zuulry. The ('nlouiuls wvrv dvclurvd In lw AL surprise tn the regulars hull: by Ihvir vnlunu'vr svrvico and thvir skill and vmhn‘mlcv. The Bm'r was «lo-scrilwd as a man with :1 Biblv in nm- 1mm! and u Mauser rillv in 1hr min-rm.“ big man with a. dull strung fucv. musL In-awful in limos nf pmu‘v and musL warlike in times of war. lip 1y reieri'ed to, except in u. 1'!“ in- stnnCt-s, they were a silent but graphic cu-(merutixe. telling tn the eye the same story that the lecturer uttered tn the cur. Mr. \‘hilt'.s character sketches ut’ the British suldier, enlnniuls and But-rs \Vere capital. 'l‘onuny Atkins' :‘esum'cefulâ€" mess in getting supplies “1w tn‘nught. to the notice of the lecturer. once by hauing his own outfit taken and in. another time by seeing u. l‘et‘t‘ipl that Tummy had given for a remmmt and signed "A Member of the Itnynl Murine. Light Horse." T1) the Sunleâ€" whzit anxious question of the woman who held this receipt Mr. White “'HS constrained to admit that he was not. fiainiliar with such at body «if mum-v- a. chain of incidents :Isu my» treatment of the Whole subjevx. m war in Africa. lie has eim-m graph and sh-reuplicun PiPTHI'IN good ones they Were but 131.3 \ * simply thrown on the ('annus‘s us proceeded and wilhuut being slaw 1y referred to, except. in .‘L 13:“. stanu-s, they were a silent war; he saw also I‘m- country and the people. Busidcs prwwming a most. interesting array nf vh-mils he has the ability to gvnc-rulil;«~ ulmu those and his uddrvss is 11M. m» much A full house listvm'd in ‘dr. H. >. White of the Montrvul Star. 10".'Ill!‘u 00 1.11:- Snuth African war Inst 'I'm-s- day night. The lccturu: was undrr the auspices of the ('ilizcus' build. Mr. “hile saw a grant (hut! ui 13w war; he saw also the county's and ’WN' .. -w-y. ...........,..,. .vwâ€"u-p. 4m A ‘(1v\\. Academy of Music uppiics “as bxnmght the locLun-r. HIM'L‘ by outfit tukvn and at, I I!“ V‘: ‘ THE PEPPER TWI '3, Lindsay THE PEPPER TWINS ”1‘11 \\ ' ‘K‘tf (inl- 3111(1 m ESTABLISHED 40 YEARS 9W yWfiw i I Greatest rain {all in one day 0 c6 Tuesdav Rain fell on 1 day Snow el on 4 days Total} min {all and melted snow 0 89 Tamas Bum. “Musw :1! Inc-uh Is .‘1 uvw ('ruzv.’ “That girl urn dmn' Is hum] for that sort of thing. She never stops to cut." Warmest day, mean 9!. . ..3é.25 Sunday ‘ Coldest “ “ 24 50 Snurday The week TEKPIRATDRI. Highest ................ 38 90 Sunday Dccdnoer 8th, 1900. m arms. Dcht attack-w! :1 twin on which Mr. White Was tram-Hing. A picture showed the car with win- dows smashed and sidvs Iwrfnlaztt-(l with one shell and many lmllvts. \lr. White's address is pervadud “3111 a Spirit of humor and brightonml by many happy turns of cxpn-ssiun; his delivery is distinct and pleasing. .\1â€" together he gives an admix'atblt-vlt‘câ€" turc. made attacks on his prim-loss indw- pcndcnce but is cordial in SpL‘t‘Ch and manner with individual Englishmvn. There arc three men whom the more ignorant. types of him \Vum tn shunt. They arc Chamberlain, Rhudons. and Franchise, Lads and mid un-n were in arms. De Wet attuckm! :1 train hates the English because they have â€"-$25 Coan Coats $15 at A. J. Graham‘s The Strennon- Hand. Who says the man behind the gun is not The power that he once was in the land! Go west and see how quick he wins the pot Against (our humor my other hand. 7 '1 PRECIPXTATIC‘NS IN INC HRS 0.0.0.0.... . on k vorable ferms for C) wens MI W htest mugs. Add:ess. ‘, Om. The Weather . . . 15.20 Salunday CJ’J OFFICE - To SCutbem Celifomin ‘10}:125 n] Via the Ca: adian Pmihc and n; can It is Shorter by several bonus 12 other route. It offers exception} «1sz 335' is only 0: e change of trains. THE SHORTEST TlME-""""' - $1 to; 50c. at Gough'a Anise-mt General WW x King Street ma I‘mnw' T. G. latchett, Agent like and 10 0V 1011.1 C611 'anm iro‘ 1102 in HQ 1d nn )l UC