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and Seml-Weekly by i Skins wa se te aw ent BRS bia ing BR Telephones office .. .. .. I enna nm ION 3 RATES ated 15 AF .. .. 1B advance vous rural. offi Jon by by pant as irae ony vata Attach ® of the best job plac a a Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE =n x ON ece s BRAM Deh st iw York fen 225 Fifth Av . Frank Northrup, Manager. Chicags Tr! Jhune 28 nk R. Northrup, Manag ANOTHER SERIOUS DRAWBACK. The Whig sees, in the revelations which were made at the City Council | on Monday, the possibility of Prin- sgess atreet being left without ment another year. The city has been rushiig along its work, has in- deed performed prodigious things in the laying of conduits. It js rushing things along still, in the preparation for the White Way, which will be shockingly disfigured by the presence | of the telephone poles that' cannot be " removed until provision has been made for the removal of the wires from the streets to the allev ways. We have heen congratulating selves upon our progressiveness, city has been taking on some' of the airs of the fetropolis without . the _ management and carefulness success- " ful , enterprises involve. It would appear--and hind sight is better than sight at all---that before paving calenlated or considered at all, the contracts were let for railway irop, and for lights, way should have Jeen cleared action. The first question should been, How and when can the streets be swept of its poles and ? Until that issue has been there was practically no use undertaking ~ anything. Decisive early action is now hindered By contingencies--the failure of 'the to provide for or force the re- al of the telephone and tele- wires, and for 'the eomstruction pe renceal of many private drains. times the more rush the less . This » will be the experience The city of Hamilton had a ision with the telephone': com- 5x and 'the Whig announced the re- , for the information it convey The ruling of the court ission was that if the city pted the 'wires from the poles it hall to provide the conduits. There aré no conduits for the telephohe company on Princess street, and the cofpany did not desire them. It eatmot be hurried in its negotia- tions for the use of private pro- werty, and the city mav have to mark 'time while a great deal of work is being done, and work which can- sot be hurried. Ii the pavement of Princess street is delayed a year, in eomseguence, the merchants will 'he very pnd. ¥ . or Does Dr. Helen MacMurchy approve ! of the Eugenic law of Wisconsin ? She | has been proclaiming against the mar- riage of the feebleminded for years, seeing that it tends to the propaga- tion of the species, and she has la boured largely in vain. Some day the Ontario legislature will surprise itself, by acting under a new inspira tion i me CONVICT IN LUCK The labour party of this city should be glougeatalated, upon he. advanced training of ir so that they may, after life, in the resumption of their r "begogge useful and honoured : . ~The most' dismal view of 'prison' life has been taken by men from better - things have been p fn ae a st ricter of in- of his peculiar © fitness, has hl to say about thé. institu: pave- | x { | tle still rages about compulsory edu- our- | The | like eaodiather's clock, never to go again, «7 The concensus of opinion i# that the! convicts should be employed in some healthy and profitable way, on gov- emment work or contracts, if possible, and the young men should, under competent trade instructors, be edu- cated industrially for their own good and the good of society. The idea current, erroneously, it seems, was that the workingmen, the members of the unions, ohjected; and that conclu- wion 'is emphatically eombatted in the vommunication which the Trades and Labour Council has sent to the Pris: on' Reform Commission. Whatever the origin of the commis- sion, whatever its aim and object, this much is cortain--that a great deal of valuable information has been derived, that a proper and sorrowful conception has been had of the whole sitaation, and that if parliament does not take a new view of the subject it will not be becausg its membews not had their eyek opened amd their judgment. ' influencéd by some very timely recommendations. It is a great thought that egmes to us at the close of the enquiry, that the prison is not a penal institution, a 'place of piwnishment and punishment only, but a reformatory, where men may live and learn have , "End, going out into the world, bovome a benefit to it. Thanks, members of the Labour. Coln- cil, for the generosity of your views. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Utilities Commission has acted {on two suggestions of the Whig. It has ordered an appraisal 'of the plants { and properties, and the adoption of the Hydro-Electric Commission's plan {of accounts. It begins its work right. { htop | In the Manitoba legislature the bat- {cation. The province has a truancy { law which is no good. It is asked to | adop® Ontario's compulsory law, with all its defects. getting credit for more than it deserves, Ontario is Public dinners-dying out. Some of them. And they ought to die, if the chief feature is the rot which certain men will talk. But dinners at which | men like Lemieux hold first place will never become stale and unprofitable. It is true that't®e after-dinner stars are very few in number. This opening of the Council with prayer is all right--provided ther, is nothing limited or narrow about it. It will be in order for the mayor of any denomination to; introduce his chaplain and havé him lead in prayer and no one van object. .In time all the churches will be honoured .in this way. Sein stron, The Stratford Deacom suspects that tha superintendent of education may contemplate a Seath Bible. . Surely vot, Ross did the people a favour when he, authorized gcripture readings for school and we remember what happened. Seath should be warned in time. Beware of the Bible ! use, loss A. Port Arthur alderman has under- taken to make all servants domestic experts, to establish a free legal bu- reau, and a bureau, and a municipal employment municipal farm. He He has laid out wnough work for a ten-year term. One thing at a time will keep him busy. has assumed too much. Will Ford's esample hasten sprofit- sharing ? Will it be the.one or chief way of keeping down great fortunes and the discontent of the toilers at the same time ? Time will tell. It is the nearest attempts to the socipl triumphs about which some people dream. Success to it. A Toronto man will not believe the Ford story of a $10,000,000 distribu- tion" among the workingmen. But it's true. Jt has been repeated, by Mr. Ford, in New York, and he seems to be in dead earnest. A big ad- vertisement ! That's what it is, and the papers are not getting a copper for it. Says a critic oigour social customs : "A man who makes it possible for another to dtink whiskey we call a | statesman, and the one who drinks it a gettleman, but the poor Chinaman, [drunk on opium, 'Oh, he is a hea then!" Strong language, but very suggestive, and very much to the point, A social survey has been made of Hamilton, and under the head of "Re creation" there is a faithful record of the pool rooms and the accommoda tion they afford. Which shows in what direction -the amusements of the people run. Real recreation is something which takes place outside of the pool room and fits our young people for better things. : leader very long. He might have an- ticipated the inevitable. Baliour was happy when he escaped from the dissontents. Law _and Chamberlain magn have been disappointed bécause fhe were passed over, but they are appier now than La He has been a Sorry experience. Trying to Force Bryan Out. Washington, Jan: 13.--A large fund is said to have been formed J. Ropar Law will not be the unionist § ; by thal. PUBLIC OPINION [ Blessed Assuredmess Syracuse Post-Standard. The cost of war upon both par ties, England and its hypothetical enemy (whose identy is not cloaked) would be so frightful that there won't be any war. At Least That Toledo Blade. Henry Pord stands as something of a revolutionist in' American industry. In history he is likely to be written down as a sociological revolutionist. A 'Discovery. Montreal Herald. A subterranean river has Leen dis covered in Hurom county. I'robably put there by Providence in readiness for the adoption of the Canadh Tem- pérance Act at the end of this month. A New Style Montreal Mail. Two Brooklyn people new style by taking breakfast in their bathing suits. Soon we mav all have to do that, or else give up the juicy grapefruit altogether. Should They Meet Toraffto Mail. A simple way of solving the' mys tery of "Erwin Drood" would be to ask the late W. T. Stead to makes enquiries of Charles Dickens, that is, if they happen to be in the same place. : have set a Taking God's Note Rochester Express: The Napoléons in finance will no longer 'do 'a strictly cash business ox- acting uncountable hoards, but will content themselves with a compet- ence sufficing for their earthly needs and take (Yod's note for the rest. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. The young people of Portsmouth had a great time last night. There was good skating on the harbor. The Folgers are arranging for anoth- er excursion among the Thousand Is- lands and to Cape Vincent. Joseph Toland was. elected president of the Storrington Agrieultural Soci- oty. BIRTHDAYS OF NOTABLE MEN A COLD STORKGE ROMANCE. r-- PIE Haltey was a Bejchelor, forsaken and forlorn. rie uscd-to eat a os ory. Anorn. gle egg for breaifas He Ba ita bis L0p across way. he ri above them read, "These Eggs Are Strictly Freh Today." Balley's wonderdand surprise were more than we oan tell Vien be discovered, some one had been wring on the hell. fact. 1 seemed a ¥¥oman had Inscribed upon the egg sutograph. Thetname he found was Clementina Clegr. mgrning from the ¢ to. the address she gave and gistered a vow: 'This 1s the woman of my cholce. find a partner new." rn for weary weeks he waited, though the maiden had for And then his hopes were shattered by the answer that he got: "Dear sir, your letter is at hand, and in reply would beg To state that there is no one here named Clementina Clegg. "Some of the oldest people here admit they used to know ,-that was years ago. . couldn't make it pay, 80 801d to a cold storage plant, and thes they went a "il 8) Review. A Feminine Failing. Tuesday, January Thirteenth George Hague, the veteran Cana- dian banker, who is eighty-nine years | of age to-day, came to this country from England sixty years ago to act as financial manager for -a railway conductors. Chance brought him to Toronto and there he fell in with the little group of men who were organizing what was to hecome the! Bank of Toronto. The Young York- shiraman was offered and accepted the post of accountant in the new insti- tution. A few years later he was pro» moted to be cashier or general man- ager. After he had been in office for thirteen years he transferred his ser- vices to the Merchants' bank, of which he remained twelve vears ago. Mr. Hague is one of the iorémost authorities on the Ca- nadign banking system and has writ. ten soveral hooks on the subject, Origin of Banking he first modern bank in England| was established in London about 1663 | by Francis Child, who died in 1713. In ancient Greece, Rome and Baby- lon there were banks similar to pre-! sent day institutions. Banking re- appeared first in Italy upon the re-| Lombard | vival of civilization, Jews establishing ba try as early as the The 'business of bankng spread from Florence over Italy and to France and Holland. The mint in the Tow- | er of London was the depository for | the cash of London merchants until | Charles I. seized the money as a loan | The traders then began to lodge their money 'with the goldsmiths in Lom- | bard street. Francis Child was one/ of those and he determined to devote | his entire time to banking. He visit-, ed Holland, where several banks had been established for some time, and studed the methods in applying them to his own transac- tions. Within a few yearsshe had many . competitors, and Lombard | street abounded in banks. The first | run on the London bankers occured in 1667. The Bank of England was founded in 1694. the gs in that coun- Fools may rush in where s angels fear to use their wings. GOLDENROD. -"Tis a common little flower, And it's blooming every- « Wwhere-- On the hills ahd in the mead- ows-- Last of all' the flowers. fair. - When the autumn dags are hazy And the grass is getting brown, When the trees are turning yel- iow And the leaves are drifting wi, Yo can see his taming b nner Lifted high above the sod, And he's nodding you a welcome, Is the cheery guldeurod. "Tis a commen little flowar, And it blooms among the last, As if sighing for the summ And the beauties that are past. When the legden clouds are curl- ing Far across the autumn sky. Like a banner broad, unfurling, And the wild geese southward fy, Cold and raining and the rag weed, Dripping. droops above the Time to say farewell to automn And the cheery goldentod, | ~Harry.M. Dean. '! to force William pho Sper 1 of. firm of general manager until | inth century, ; vogue there, |. First Sportsman---Well, how do you like that new mare of yours? Second Sportsman--Oh, fairly well. But I wish | had bought a horse. She is dlways stopping to look at herself in the puddles. A Shaded Story. . " Joseph Alexander is a pickaninny of many virtues, but sadly given to ex- aggeration. One day when I had him pulling weeds tn the front yard be ran Into the house with eyes big as moons { and cried: | "Law, Miss Minnie, what you thtok! 1 dun kilt three big rattlesnakes out in the yard." "Now, Joseph," 1 replied, "you know that is not so." "Well, now, Miss Minnie," he insist- ed insinuatingly, "it wuz two turrible big snakes, an' 1 killed 'em fo' sho?" Determined to convict him, 1 insist- ed, "You know you did not kill two snakes, Joseph." He thought a moment, then ssid im- pressively, "Well, now, I did kill one powerful big snake in dat very front yard." "Go away, boy! You are ly. He was not one whit abasbed by my vehemence, but cheerfully replied: "Well, "clare for goodness, Miss Mio- | pie, hit was a powerful big worm!"-- } Delineator. | Weak Woman Agajnst Strong Man. + Monday. He (of the iron wil)-- i No, my dear. Not to be considered for | a moment. Tuesday. He---Most certainly we will j not, It is ridiculous, preposterous. {o- -- Wednesday. He--Why, you 'must be lerazy. It's the most unreasonable dn. thing 1 ever heard of. It would bank- ! It is not to be rupt us, I tell you, thought of. ; 4 : Thursday. He--Haven't 1 told you { We cannot afford it?, "What is the use ! of talking sbout a thing that is already | settled? Of course } would like to please you, but it is simply out. of the question. es ---------- ------ --- | Friday. He--How much did you say that thing would Sost? Hes en. Saturday. Pek go ahead then, --Pearson's Weekly. On the Installment Plan. 'Accosted by a beggar while coming 'out of a theater on Chestnut street a few evenings ago. a prominent member of the bar was asked for a nickel. "That's all I want, boss, just a nickel," sald the beggar in a whining toue of voice. lL "No!" answered the lawyer, rather sternly. "I am saving up my nickels to give away a million dollars at one time. I'm not a philanthropist on' the installment plan."--Philadelphia Times. One Turn of the Hand. Bliffers-- Who says women have no 'heads for business? There's a woman made $50,000 by simply turning ber 'hand over. Whiffers--Phew! How? Bliffers--She turned it over to Mr. Builion, and now she's Mrs, Bullion.-- New York Weekly. ------------------ A Good ie wan ed Sanding, : "What do you mean? "When he fell out of his airship he A bunch of Cleggs who peddied eggs, but | "They tried to fun & poultry ranch, but | an out- ! rageous story teller!" I cried indignant. | Qur 15.00 Suit Sale Overcoats "tailors. _._JMen's Hand-tailored Suits, made by Semi-Ready and Society Brand All new models, all il good patterns. and $22 garments tor $15.00. Skating Caps, Special $1.00 Sizes 34 to 42. Regular $20 Knitted Gloves nobby. Knitted: Caps, silk lined, Scotch Tweed Caps with roll bands. For skating and out-of-door sports. All colors. Prices 50, THe, $1.00. Made in England by the Very SHOE SALE £320 Patent beather Shoes for Sizes 41-2 to 10 eclebrated makers, Dents. $2.50 -------------------- BIBBYS, Limited 78, 80, 82 Princess St, 4 . Kingston A BRIGHT AND PROSPER- OUS NEW YEAR to our many friends and customers. MISS E. D. HAMILTON 870 Princess Street. Opposite Y.M.C.A. 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