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_ The .counts have shown that a large ‘@mount of bribery and corruption \ Was practised in provincial elections, ind that _ those pernicicus methods Awere â€"not confined to any particular Wpoiiticel party in Ontario. â€" § [ Municipal elections take place anâ€" MMaily while provincial elections only +A place under ordinary circumstanâ€" ges once in four years, and for the jCommens once in five years. The Sact is that it a municipality has ito have & scourge of bribery anvl] 6orruption inflicted on it once a year | e candidates allowing corruption to e practised in their behalf will corâ€"‘ fespond ‘to the character of the means ‘ A#hich they sought election. It andidates supply intoxicating beverâ€" MBeS t0 a â€" celass of electors whose , ‘ot vean be influenced by such py amgyists of by imdil; â€"â€" + ‘/><> â€" BOlknug co.. â€" winnirra ‘the last municip;l election in I ?lo true, it does not reflect very ditably upon the men involved . ~ Take Gin Pills _â€"They, Cure Rheumatism â€"_â€" 400 Heintzman & €o. Phau ‘many of which are â€"owned by t Of satistaction. ; Critics on Pianos, you are Beautiful calendars for 139 OF send for one. he | your order. T have in sti‘k Ye Oldc L ‘El8,. Berlin, Dominion, Palnc _floor, the only satisfactory w; My prices range from $175 Ject from. The Palmer Piano, beight flepth 2 feet 44 inches, 71â€"3 . pr walnut, good full roun« to per month. m If the repgEts oi corruption Jms I ELECTORAL CORRUPTION When Rheuinatism grips youâ€"when ‘you can‘t walk without itchesâ€"wheh every movement means agonyâ€" _ _ threllewWietliaam1e _ Gompany Orrices : MONTREAL, p. Q. _ ToRnonto, Lonoon, namicton, oTrawaA, s ; ",_'r _.__ _AGENTo wWanTeD Everywwere. â€" THE WiILLIAMs MANUFACTuURING co t \â€"the way Gin Pills take away " â€"â€" hen and heal the kidneysâ€" ‘ » : eviuatiem, Sciatica and Lumbago ‘6in Pils on our ites that they '-‘-_?iuy back, .,5“':.::“ fwl:.‘;z Canvassing in connection ESTABLISHED 24 Helpless from 1: een closely allliod the devétlopment wing Machines nada for more Ine Third of a Â¥Y, because we : Machine which ALWAYS Loox ronr 1# NAME _ QUEEN STREET, SATTLER‘S BLOCK M and t of ty 5 % â€" GARDINER, by the re welcome visitors at 1907 given to al my o osth Beriin ‘itm of Heintzman & Co., Bell t, and Wormworth Pianos, all iy to compare Pianos, A0 $1.000. Â¥au Laus haes an feet, 8 inches, width 5 tave, ivoty keys, full iron . price $250. . Quarterly M; Mrs. Caterby (just moved to ‘ suburb)â€"~Don‘t you think the râ€"| here are awlully slow" is ‘\ Catetbyâ€"I‘m too busy to n« It { Afrs. Caterbyâ€"Why, really, : tâ€" it‘s hardly worth while living ®®, youd our incom? to associate h them. sold and in use in Berlin and Waterloo, mos t promineup prople, giving the hest call and inspect my {means, ‘we say the sooner a stop is J put toâ€"the practice the bet‘ter, both « for the» electors themselves, and for ‘:the town in â€" general. â€" I might be . very difficult, if not impossible _ to welect a man, no matter how valuable be might be to the town, or how reâ€" spectable and honest his character, if he were ‘opposed by a candidate that would employ the reprebensible mekns described. In _ fact realizing thc‘ conditions many _ respectable men would be averse to allowing their names to appear as candidates for / any inunicipal office requiring the / votes of the electors. f NOT WORTH CULTIYATING YEARS IN BERLIN S1°Ors at my warcrooms. all my old customers TFee You have here 20 Pianos , Do oo Dmee Te AOveriin s, full iron plate, mahosany Quarterly payments or $8 THE NaAmEe (Judge.} gencral. _ It might be if not impossible â€" to no matter how valuable 0 the town, or how reâ€" , ST. JOHN, N. B. ) 12n0s hHowing their candidates for requiring the feet 4 inches LMITED, betore placing & Co., Morâ€" on the same to the ce. dear beâ€" with to se ople Call x 5 ing places in Ontario whete they make a good showing with their municipa} undertakings. During the past. year the total income of the Strattord waterworks was $23,914, and thé working @Xpehses .$7,575. This left gross e@rrings of $16,157, The inter= est and sinking fund amounted . to $9,811.â€" Sevetal hundted. dollars were patd over #o the City Council _ as office.rent, and the balance was spent in extensions to. the system. _ Sifce their purchase .‘n the munhlgtmy the waterworks e not cost Stratâ€" TONd A Gent. aBd hDW ‘Yhit * > Aalanca ford A cent, , and ‘how the °> citizens look forlower rabes aut greatly exâ€" tended service. and a ha baggage, iP oi ol ts Prmcinmens Alice 120 | _ William Rudolph, of Preston, ar aged employe in Clare Bros, fourdry ; was caught in the machinery on Wedâ€" nesday ‘and his arm was fractured in , two places and his face cut. ‘_Rev. Elliett S. Rowe formerly,pasâ€" ter_of Euclid _ avenue Methodist church Toronto, has _ been employed by the B. C. Conservatives to tour the province speasing for the Mcâ€" Bride Govéernment. The St. Boniface police have been notified that six Galicians, five men and a woman, were frozen to death on the prairie at Starbuck on Saturâ€" day. _ ‘The authorities believe the calâ€" amity must have occurred near Startâ€" burn. John Curric, the Giencoe bapgageâ€" man, was sentenced: to two yeatrs and a half in penitentiary for robbi ho von as | The body of the father of the late | Henry Perkins, whose body was exâ€" humed _ at Canfield, and strychnine "lound in his stomach, will also _ be exhumed, A t A movement is on foot in Hamilâ€" ;ton to petitition the Conncil to reâ€" duce the hotel licenses to 50 and the xslnop licenses to 10. : Stnt(on_i is one of the most | â€" A real oldâ€" } katchewan in ‘ation about perate, The Liberal Convention in West Middlesex to select a successor _ to Hon. G. W. Ross takes place _ at Mount Brydges on January 3ist. William Rudolph, of Preston, an Dotg ds . 19 | Fire did $500 damage on Sunday morning to the law office: of Mayor | Greisbach of Edmunton. , Amherstburg‘ has â€"been : officially deâ€" | clared a port â€" to which the harbor masters‘ act shall apply..) Philip Ewart of Cobourg, visiting his sister, Mrs, E. J. Wilson, Hamilâ€" ton, died on Sunday evening. A proclamation appears in the Canâ€" ,‘adinn Gazette bringing into force the | Revised Statutes of 1806 on January“ i Bist. C e [, 20 Â¥0SS HYC Ihhhogj n Hars, | Wentworth County |( un | begins the year ‘with an overci it. of 14,â€" 582.11. & South ~Wellington Liberal: met at Guelcph Wednesday and _ reâ€"elected William Laidlaw as president., â€" East Zorra ratepayers demand an investigation into the management of the Oxford County . House of Reâ€" fuge. }| Moatreal â€" is ‘to works to cost five Local option has Ailsa Craig. €00000 EOWE OCCIOEE UR PH* day, . l Lethbridge citizehs are taking. "up | the proposition to establish a ladies‘ college. , + Middlesex County Council is negoâ€" tating to purchase the Proof _ Line toll road. i for 1906 were $171, penditures $124,052.65, ’ Mrs. Dack, wile of Rev. D. Dack, of Strathroy, a Baptist clergy man, «ied on Sunday. ‘ The Moira river has risen so that it l!ootledl the lower portion ol the Pn is L IS PAYING STRATRORD it flooded the low town of Belleville. Lmp SWP. TWT Dh# ‘ting 20 vectatatos t lHomba,ck, who was shot . by ; the mounted .police in selfâ€"défence, was brought to Edmonton by the police on . Saturday, Twentyâ€"thrée of his horses were brought to*: Lac Ste, Aune. is t 9 + The ice bridge across the St. Lawâ€" rence at Cape Rouge formed on Friâ€" CC Sir F. W, Borde is said . will be ht tb Miaisters to" stang . ‘olonial Conterence tag am v& mp'::l"“ La Jltt_a‘wmw | Ruggerio was‘ sentenced ‘at lagara ‘l':fl, On‘t“.n:;“w â€"â€" to .. three Y in i o o 4 ‘ }:'m- Jacks, ol Niagara Falls,.<a recent arrival !rom London, England, had his right leg amputated in the city hospital on‘ Satu after â€" bheâ€" ing. run. over. .by a. M.: 0.; R. . work train. wan in its grip. The fuel situâ€" about Regina has become desâ€" receipts of Middlesex County 06 were $171.699 85â€" ana _2 oldâ€"time blizzard_ has Sas ies dead in an under and his brotherâ€"inâ€"Jaw Aged with causing bis $171,699.85 have been zdont: d " Ohow car :6 ilars, . um 1 begins it of 14,â€" thrivâ€" _make â€"C s on ECE bank * / d 008. Nansen got $50,000 . for: his ‘"Farthest North." Sit Waiter Scott got $90,000 for his *Life of Naipoâ€" lmn:‘:;_‘l!v‘-l‘h. fot "Modern â€"Paintâ€" Mr3. Humphrey Ward got for "Helâ€" beck of Bannisdale‘"â€"the . name‘s enoughâ€"$75,000. Barrie got for ‘"‘The Little Minister,"" Book â€" and play, $250,000. Hall Caine got for the book and playâ€"oft _ ‘"The Chfistian®‘ $150,000. Mrs. Grant was paid lgrl her husband‘s autobiography _ $850,â€" man o w# 2 0s > se es cracksman Iâ€"| From the ages of five to twentyâ€" j One years every child‘s mind resemblâ€" c €8 & camera. The eye and eat work like lenses, and the brainâ€" stotes up 1| imagery «of the Unhealthful as â€" well o|as the helpful things with which a t child comes in contact. Time develâ€" ops this negative, and in nine cases 1| out of ten a positive result is felt in later years. As this is the _ case â€"| the seed of future vice and violence is | planted in many young braing by freâ€" Buent comtemplation of gayly colored â€"| flaming posters of the Third avenue | type. | These billboards, depicting scones in prisons, rmbling dens, opium 1e sorts, and of hairbreadth, and wonâ€" drous escapes made from such places instil in the young mind a harmful idea that if these poster folke can 80 escape the grasp ol the law surely they could do u&e‘nmg. Many a hoy has been influeced by these posters to such an.extent that he has landed in prison. Not long ago. there was a case in court where the little chap admitted chat he had seen pictures of Saleâ€"breaking on the billâ€"boards, and he thought it would be fun to 13 2 L Here was the beginniiftg of a criminâ€" al future. In all probability had that boy succeeded in his attempt at robâ€" bery the next instance would have been serious, afr@ in later years he would have become a professional CX~ EVIL EFFECT or LURID POST ~ ERS {Anthony Comstock, in World.) SeWP aPCiiniinhainne Adumididrribant Picicildak id the astonishing opportunities which ! come to some men in these piping ‘ days of industrial expansion. He who , can serve the public in »ny particular lineâ€"better than others . nd get _ a fair start, and who knows how â€" to make it to the interest of his k-l-,. low workers to do their very best, is on the path to millions. > | ({â€" Amsnwhonylhehm-kh;too much money out of bis business, and ‘ | would .gladly retire, but is unable to ‘ j do so, is certainly a curious proâ€" ;[duct of present industrial. conditions. |His name is R. E. Gardner. He is the owner of afactory in St. Louis, Missouri, which turns out fifty thouâ€" sand buggies a year. Bix years ago, when he had accumulated the modestâ€" fortune of two hundred and filty thousand dollars, he thought he had all the money he wanted, and _ anâ€" nounced in the newspapers that he inâ€" tended to turn over the business. to his employees, and would thereafter only take a small share in the proâ€" fits. ‘This proved one of the best inâ€" vestments ever . invented. It was ,co_p),ed far and wide. Like Byron, he awoke and found himsell . l‘amous..- It also brought him a flood of orders; j the business _ increased enormously, ) He could not retire, and is now & ; multiâ€"millionaire, with more millions:i pouring upon him. He wants to get|‘ out of a business where, he says, tbe!l millions come too easily. Good forâ€" | tune appears to have affrighted him. 4 Mr. (Gardnet‘s case, however, shows A MAN WHO IS MAKING _ . _â€"_ T00 MUCH MONEY .â€"In this confection . the New York outlook calls attention:to a possible danger to water supplies too ‘otten overlooked. It considets complete elimination of all nuisances in proximity to the watershed absolute ly necessary and ‘would discourage visitors to a city‘s reservoir if not;‘ forbidding them altogether. °_ The presence ol a single victim‘ of walkâ€" ing typhoid, it says ot. a single tyâ€" phoid convalescent may produce wideâ€" spread disaster.. Typhoid. epidemics are absolutely preventable; but only by the most thorough system _ and the utmogt vigilance.. .. + _ _The vital importancée of preserving i t entoae the investigation .. into the contâ€" tamination of the water supply _ of lan-toa.d Pensylvania, . A -m& egidemic of typhoid, . resulting the loss of over eighty lives _ was traced to one ol the city reservoirs and the analysis o{f the water reveal ed the existence of the typhoid bacilâ€" jus.. A careful examinationâ€" of . the water shed failed to disclose â€" the source . of contamination,â€" â€" although certain nuisances whith have been présent for years were found. : MONEY IN wORDS, TYPHOIDâ€"EPIDEMICS, New _ York > uP Domitn Prigs i ols ac Pm tss 2 l s 5 avoir if nog| 1208bt for years. The motive ; in rvoir if not Shese ‘countries is already. economic, et, 0 . TDe[ In France school gardening is creditâ€" in " of weKâ€" | 6g with having doubled the resources a single tyâ€"| J the country. in recent years. . But roduce wideâ€"} in Optario, {0r the present at least, | id , epidemics | it 19 not .Proposed that the economic | le; but only side shall be the ailâ€"important . one, ystem _ and mm will be to develop the + » â€"HOWers and .resources of the individâ€" =â€" < ‘monmmmm.mbauam ‘G countity.." The garden and its products > H MONEY.! will be considered of secondary. imâ€"| » |portance; the results to the child‘s |. making too ohm:ta will be the main considerâ€" i; Milnome. 2.Â¥ ifi‘ â€" / "AWA, Jan. 2b.~In the course of| NOme. f bis â€" femarks yesterday, preparatory 4 number of local farmers applied to the sermon at the high mass in| 19 the Toronto immigration. office fot ‘St. Patrick‘s, Father Whelan referred|‘@"" h@nds for the coming season. to the searcity of marriages _ in the| . Aonual Mecting.â€"The annual meetâ€" parish. "Some people imag,ine that ing of the Elm!n. Pl‘fib’(tfl'ill all marrizezes are made in Heaven, |Church took place on January 24th, but it is time some were being mads| The;yeatr‘s record is ‘one of brilliant on satth, and in this parish," â€" reâ€" SUCcé¢ss. The church has ~been thorâ€" marked Father Whelan. _ _~ oughly reâ€"constructed,; and a beautiâ€" 1 1 e ETT CUIRTIUE~ rd ation, . 0 } The intention had originally â€" been >â€" to Ofler some plans, suggestions and s. ‘ instruction. Investigation throughâ€" s out the province, however, led . to , the conclusion that . neither the iâ€" country nor the teaching profession , was ready for the undertaking. The tâ€"ordinary eountry schoo) as at _ preâ€" y sent constituted.cannot very well unâ€" 1 dertake the work of a school gab] â€" den. The time may come, Prof. Meâ€". â€" Cready thinks, when the country > school .will become the centre for the spread of arts and sciences throughâ€" | out the district; but before that time ; â€" does come it is clear that some imâ€" Portant changes must be â€" wrought. _ At present the work of teaching is . '-largely in the hands of young people ‘V_Iho take advantage of the opportuâ€" | ) nity the profession affords of earning‘ a few dollars while they are prepar-? :ing themselves for something else.’ The time may come when the _ counâ€" !ft!' school will have ateacher‘s resi-lf dence in connection with it, when | fthe teacher will become a permapent ] Wakgs ce onl F20 T | For the present the purpose is to extend the work of the Ontario Agâ€" 'ticultural and _ Experimental Union to school ttustees and school chitâ€" drem. The work of the Union is well known and well understood throughâ€" but the Province. There is no quesâ€" tion as for the value of the _ work that is now being done, and. there can be little doubt that the value ‘ will be largely incteased * s 0 __ Cb id dicad EETCH the teacher will become a permanent factor in the community, â€"and _ wil} give his whole life to his work, as the minister does, or the doctor or the lawyer.. But that time is not yet. Miuch, bowever, it is believed, can be done in home experimental Plots and Zardens, and they _ will naturally lead in the course to school plots.and gardens. * Oftawa, Jan. 21 Essentials of good bread are jus‘“’!@#fiqmmoh ' sense, a good oven and Purity Flou&â€"fl‘quc ed, entirely from the choicest. Western. Canada Hard Wheat. That’s_ Why PurxgyFlQur niakcs j most delicious bread with least trouble, | ints ‘out, . is a. school subject of a"fim origin. In the ldwo’-h‘ :c‘ hl ance, Germany, Sweden, Austria, ausk4 n’?d_.s!‘twl‘u u m N Duvat L Of the College down to the boys and girls who may never have An opportunity . for ; direct instrucâ€" . ‘"Gardening for m‘t /18 ‘the mflo Agricultaral. Ag= Aistmling it "hrmermen declared to be to bring the Ontatio mwht.t(?oum and the . schools ol Oftario ‘closer together for â€" their mutual benefit; to make available for teachers and scholars Hries of work that have been in use and developâ€" ment in and through the College for years, and directly to deepen the â€" in= T TY AUR _ UMEPOMY .. GARDENING FOR SCHooLs gardening,: Prof.. McCready preparatory high mass in Miss A. M. Boak arrived home fronm Linwood, by C.P.R., the, train | conâ€" viently allowing her to get of near the » Grand river "adjacent toâ€" ber home, _ _The Flood.â€"The water on Sunday last during the early part of . the forenoon, rose with remarkable rapiâ€" dity throughout ths course of ~The Grand ‘River. The flats on the river valley were â€" covered with mighty. rushing torrents, that carried ice, logs and ‘ all sorts of debris swlmy‘ alor{g its irresistible course. f In the near future, the date is not yet fixed a Fatmers‘ Institute . will be held at West Montrose. _A grand feast of reason and flow of soul is anticipated. , The ladies‘ Club assembled in adâ€" joining apartments, and boid, an inâ€" teresting session that will doubtless lead to important results in the near future. Arrangements were made for carrying out a most attractive proâ€" gram at the next meeting of the Club on Feb. 22. . On that occasion a debate will be held on â€"the followâ€" ing subject:â€"‘"Resolved that * the present generation is making as good use of their privileges as their Fathâ€" ers. have made .of theirs." â€"‘} ) She chair in Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Fred. Letson also contributed the fruits of theit practical experience in excellent agâ€" dresses on the theme so important to; the financial welfare of the farmâ€" 1 Mr. Cleghorn,, a leading stockman|**< nhologhth Pinicts L4 ‘"‘the uml"" , gave h & ; thorough : _l:lnlylll‘:!{ this importâ€" | 5* Sold Everywhare in The Ggeat Dominion Snider of the . @ged) 71 Benjamin Fowlef.ot, Hamilton . for 37 years chimeâ€"ringet at the Church 1 ud ob oece ce e CncY who recently was 'iu’fi’um’ui;l in bringing out & Targeâ€"numberof "Engâ€" lish teachers to . 7 to visit the Public schouls, hss ht a communiâ€" cation to I t J. L. Hughes ot Toronto, stating m" arrangements lo% & . visit ‘of, 500 ‘Canâ€" adian and Aterican \ ‘to the Old Comptry.s~ " abm‘ 2 Cotk. o 0 Mr, Alfred bssieediic i 8 x ; PMOESC B0 ) BB M drc: w9 PF. which we :‘Xz tonw 6 tub than for_the eas ‘ to A which ghis century. has skillfully performed &\ most ro sponsible undertaking; 20 that ‘re flects cmdlt,vno:nu_ly n l: congreâ€" tion, but on 'flh’r m,.” gr’oa(h 'tdho architectur . beauty | ‘Of the : sacr d‘“ hnd 35 662 i Of alt the priww,, ln':\ii_.,, life that‘ we. ‘enjoy, ‘A8 , none ... .. for, the school roof $ the ladiesof Gals: maintained,; as of “;"vh;.â€"-.z:‘-!:; eommuniâ€" | ~J. L. ughes ot athe t Ne es Petine 0 sit ‘Canâ€" nberiens Cepegat Of 1 , 2 Sicteo‘s &