a a A > . 'gh lering; it wax cleansed the blood und caused the life stream to course with Land COR BE "WHEN YOU PAINT If you desire the very best results at the least expense you will use . . . THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT. oT DAILY BRITISH WHIO, sach evening at 806 810 King Bt 6 per year. Editiows at 3:30 sad 4 WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 13 pages published every Thursday morning at $1 ing OMces in Canada: rapid, stylish and chop work: nise improved presses. EDW. J. B. PENSE, PROPRIETOR. ITIE DAILY WHIG. 'Opiter per Orbem Dicor.' POLITICAL FOOTBALLS. APE YOU PLANNING FOR A _HOME OF YOUR OWN ? BH you're not you should be. And we can | give Sou timely, planping: Comes mm, look over our long list of propemies, asd lewrn our plain, practical | methods of helping home makers D. A. CAYS. 346 King Street. | Springlime and Ils Exjoymant Depend Upon Your Con- | dition of Health. - Paine's Celery Compound Will R move Your Burden of Diceas and Baoftering aod Make Lofs Woith Living. efficient assistance in your | In springtime thousands resort to | some remedy to purily the blood and 10 arouse its circulation with the view of bgmshing diseavws Beason, Those whose intelligence directs them to make use of Paine's Celery Compound, know just what to expect in yesults when the groat medicine is used. They are aware of the fact that their relatives, friends and neigh- bors have used Paine's Celery Come pound in the past, and that it has, in every case, proved the ideal invigora- gor for the run-down, weak and suf common at this vigor and health to every part of the ly; it has braced the nerves; it has banished the agones of rheumatism, neuralgia and dyspepsia, and has triumphed over deadly kidney disease apd liver trovbles, In the past, Paine's Celery Com- pound as a spring medicide bas saved thousands of precious lives; to-day, its work is greater, more widespread and more commanding than éver he fore, because people know it hetter use it more freely. Headaches, siden hes, bhackaches, heart troubles, sleeplessness, cold chills, night sweats and fevers are quickly banished when Paine"s Clery Compound is faithfully usecl. No other spring medicine keeps the confidence of so many earnest men and women. Paine's Celery Com pound has compelled the admiration of the medical world, and will hold its high position as the surest, best and most effective health-giver. One or two hottles used at this time will work wonders for all who are weak, rundown, nervous and out-of-sorts. SEALED TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED office of the Clty Engineer up to 12 the 13th duy of March, following materiale and sere by corporation "of the City vi: 44 © XK, 200,080 fet, BM, uch, 2 Woh and 14 inch. FRERS Joa Feet Hoead, eh. noun, more or D. x Rr FUE, 18 buch, 18 luck, 12 inch, Lane IGOR sewer ya iy reducers delivered in oar-loud lots - strwets of Nimgeton, when re Whitney has decided course, thinks that Mr. taken the proper stand---the and mgnly stand--upon the subject of prohibition. Mr. Ross, it is "making a political foothall of a great moral question." World is in its tendencies The Toronto tion's contrary, strongly ist, and yet it anoounces that if the election, of which the probability is not prohibi It is, on the anti-prohibition the government be sustained in next growing stronger every day, that the ecciseryatives will vote on the reieren dum for prohibition and carry it What then ? Mr. Ross will carry out the will of the people as it is express ed, and the conservatives will have an opportunity of putting themselves up on record, The conservatives, indirectly and through the World, threw out gnother | if the liquor men them swing around to the temperance side is that with threat. It do not vote they will will make a complete political som ersgult--und help to catty a measure which they have repudisgted and © in which they say they declare they have no econlidence, The situation is becoming more in and the feature of it is the disj osition of the teresting, conservatives to cut any eaper that will be emharras to the government. Talk of political foothalls ! The fact seems to be that the opposition has aban doned all hope of success, has become sing desperate, and is ready to make a football of prohibition or any other question : ------ PATRIOTIC SERVICE. of the city teachers, Misses Bureau and Abrams, influenced by the patriotic spirit, have volunteered for service in the concentration camps of South Africa. It is understood that about one hundred teachers are want ed for this special service. They Two will be engaged for a year, and will he given a reasonable wage and pas port to and from South Africa. They stipulate that they be restored to their places on the teaching staf in due season, gnd this the trustees are disposed to accede to without hesita- tion. Their experience will be some what unique. They will he employed in carrying on the work of education under very discouraging 'circomstanc- es, The women and childeen of the re caleitrant Boers are brought inte great groups or communities for sev: eral reasons, and principally because, for the time being, their home lif 3 heen destroyed, they are cut bers of commumvication with hushands and fathers. and many are, widowed and orphaned, depwived of a means of live lihood and support. The imperial gov ernment has ministered tempararily to their comfort. It has suffered calu- miation. because unsanitary © condi- tions have, in some cases, accelerated the mortality rate, but these condi- tions, for the time unavoidable, have heen improved. Now it. is proposed to carry on the education. of the child rep as vigorously: as possible, and #0 guard against any drawback in that respect while the war is coming to 4 close. 5 The board of education will do what it can for the teachers who desire to go from Kingston with the new con tingent, Their names will be sent to the militia department, accompanied ers in the city, have had a most com- menidable record for efficiency, and will, if accepted, give a good account of th Ives abroag. > 0 The Now York Central railway is a great advertiser, and its passenger agent, G. H. Daniels, is an expert Lin the business. The scenery of this district has not been overlooked in the Central's last artistic work. your BL Attached is one 1 the best Job Prints | | bagged And what abou e Whitne: riv? | % f : id what about th hitney party {woe to the remnant if any violence is done 10 Methuen, | fights. } for the | | munication aud in forwarding the { | i | which prevail. At Pry, for thousands of { the proteetion of British troops, | der Dewet, Po'ha R. | THE DAILY WHIG, TUESDAY, METHUEN A PRISONER The which sts gi nund h Lord Methuen, in South Africa, a ventuates tho fact thar the war. in with Africa unltiex PEVErse » as o on, and with them the loss of men and treasures Only those whe have been Africa, abd have participated fu the present conclitions the is under war, ean understand noun miles, fraf with the difficulties The no concern for trade or commirce, snd fic is carried on that attend a war enemy has advancement composed of fragments of what was once' an army, which gre content, un Delarey, with attacks upon the forces that are and "n gaged in keeping up the lines of com rup plies the people need A convoy, for instance, is spread olit over ten or fifteen miles of romd. Tis" progress is slow. It may be at | tacked, guerilla fashion, at one piace, . { a sufferer. An eastern paper, conservative of | | troops was struck, the that there cannot be any concentration of and part of it captured, and thing" may be so speedily done Htroops for vesistence or defence. In some way like this Lord Methuen was On three sides his line of and, despite its bravery, a number fell, and quite a few became prisoners, including Me : { thuen himseli. is averred, | These are the last kicks of an Kitchener will have it all bottled and ex- piring foe, or presently, the hero of many all through thd beginning until now. He has been war, from the | Perhaps he has made mistakes, but he | has | been 4 brave officer, 3 man of dash and courage, # soldier first and a peer of the realm afterwards. MONDAY MUSINGS. Mr. Whitney made a sad mistake on the prohibition He that now, but it is too late. question. seed Mr. Roblin, ana Mr. Whitney, would make a great Both are great at dodging an premier of Manitoba, team. ike, ---- Every student in Toronto university he That silt of a ease of smallpox being de must vaccinated, is the r tected in its halls, For health purposes Quebec has heen into ten districts, with for each. The combat small-pox in the most effective way. divided inspector an idea is to The prosegutions indicate a determi nation to stamp out all lawlessness in Ireland. The league which O'Brien founded henceforth will have a hard time of it. Cavscallen wants the legislature in day time only. Good idea. There is no sense in sitting up half the night, at debates, half the day. Mr. to sit and sleeping complains first, The Toronto Telegram that Mr. Ross is a last, and all the time. this wav thought of phet, priest, or king. politician, Nobody down him as a pro John Redmond says Lord Rosebery cannot wipe home rule off the slate. He may not be able to rub it off Mr. Redmond's slate, but he can rub it off his own; in fact he has already done $0. to the It has cost New York, $700,000 pclear its streets of snow during fwinter. The expenditure is the heavi est in the history of the metropolis. The last storm involved the outlay of $100,000 alone, I« the Royal Templar representing the sentiment of the Royal Templars of Temperance 2. It would apparently, rather have Mr. Whitney against pro- hibition than Mr. Ress for prohibi- tion and the referendum. Polities will] make some people do curious things a------ Mr. Monk is working for a Quebec party, solid for the conservative side, and he does not care how the weld: ing is done and at what cost. The popular plan is to put the French against the English, and to show that one race is suffering on account of the other. The Mail has discovered that a good many people have left old Ontario. They have gone to New Ontario, to Manitoba, snd the North-West. And all this i regarded as evidence of "a fossilived poliev." Of course if Mr. Whitney were in power he would an chor the people and stop them from moving around. : ---- "In the settlement between the guar antee company and the Hamilton pub- tie library board the books of the de- faniting librarian were turned over And they were found to he largely the ix still intensely real, for i in Routh | { the of peace. It is, CIVIC SCANDAL IN BULL ALDERMEN SAID TO BE'SFLL- ING CITY SY TPLIES -- A Subscription Beings Raised To Prosecute The Aldermen -- Tie Reported Decrsasn i ship Of Anglican Under Review _Mtawa, Moreh 11. A civic scandal iC expocted in Hull. A few days ago 4 ratepayer wrote to the city council complaining - that aldermen were sell ing the city supplies, but no atten tion was paid to. the letter, Then the ratepayer started a public subserip tion list to raise a fund to prosecute the aldermen. The funds are raised and four aldermen are said 10 hein danger of being ealled on to stand a triad. Tt is said they have been welling building material' to the city + Meprbes- Chureh Is being The decrease in the number of Mer bers of the Anglican church in On turio, as reported by the census of last year, was discussed at the meet ng of the clerical guild, which took place last evening at the residence of Rev. J. F. Gorman. Various reasons were advanced by the clergvimen for this, to them, regrettable state of affairs. Among the reasons was that the Church of . England is, perhaps. too conservative along its line of work as compared 'with other vhurch es, and that its system was not suf ficiently elastic, It was also suggest ed that a good many people had re ported themselves to the enumerators as belonging to churches to which they did not owe allegiance, this course being taken by them, prahably as a means to their convenience, The discussion was quite informal, the subject being broached quite unexpect edly during the evening. Remedies for the retrograde movement were not advanced as the matter was whith the guild considered as desery ing of serious reflection. W. Gi. MeConnell, until recently oon nected with the Intercolonial pas.en ger department, and formerly of the Montreal Herald staff, died Saturday at the residence of his father, Robert McConnell. The late Mr. McConnell had heen ill for some time Frank Dillinger, Ottawa, has appointed superintendent of the Chap leau division of the C.P.R. to sucered T. Hay, who resigned. Mr. Dillinger has been a despatcher at Ottawa for about four yeart and came here from Montreal He is a native of Phila delphia and was formerly cmploved by the Pennsylvania railway, but had to come north for his health, The superintendent is thirty three old, one been new years A Woman's Remarkable Feat, Winnipeg, March 11.-Mrs. Richard Berets, an English woman the proud title of being woman to climb mownt Sir Dona'd, one of the highest peaks of Rockies, Mount Bir Donald is the most difl cult of all peaks to reach and up to date only about a dozen men have succeeded in standing on the seeming needle point top of the rock. The feat of Mrs. Rereis, who is a little, slight woman of about five feet, and weighing only about ninety six pounds, therefore, no small one. She was none the worse for the climb, however, though she had sev eral very narrow im, escapes. Charged With Counterfeiting London, Match 11.--Five men, Ls vey, brown, Gibbops, Freeman and Davenport, were arraigned in the Mansion House police court, on chm ges of having forged and uttered the eounterfeit five-pound notes ob the bank of England Police inspector Davidson stated that be has had the men under observation for a month and that when arrested two. bundigs of the forged notes were found ¢ them... The men were remanded Signed a Treaty. Madrid, March 10.--It is officia announced that marquis De Prat Natowillet, the Spanish minister Mexico, complying with instructic from the home government has sig ed an arbitration treaty with t delegates of Argentine, Bolivia, ( ombia, Guatamala, Paraguay, Sal dor, San Domingo, and Uregay. He duras, Costa Rica and Venezuela w sign the treaty shortly. e---------- Are Seeking Possession. Victoria, B.C., March 11. -E Kepner, the Hudson Pay compan manager at Fort George, reports fry Quesnel, that the Indians are endo ering to take possession of the fol The provincial government hai ori ed a force of officers to the see Fort George is situated at the rivers, and is aboug ninety north of Quesnel. Incident Likety Closed. London, March 11.--A despatch | the Morning Post, from Berlin, stat that the German warships in Venezu lan waters are about to disperse remain 16 meet whatever emerge may rise, althgigh the authorties a convinced that the Vepervelan itely closed. McBride's Dreams. Paris, March !!: Major John Bride saye that when the Irish are war with England they will use dv amite to blow up the British navy but will not destroy bridges, or + lages, or innocent people. + Don't Forget While we are giving special att tion to our hat department, we do want you to forget Fit-Reform. clothes made. Jenkins, * shirts at The H. D. Bibby Co. : -------- The master painters of Toronto decided on a lock-out, to go into feet om Monday, 17th inst, un their ahanaon their dem wn MARCH 11 ------ BOUNTY ON ARSENIC A Deputation Saw the Ontario Government. Toronto in Star ¢ deputation, see > an bunt id on premier Ross, the r of crown lands, and other members of the Monday. They came North. Hastings, and included Messrs. Thomas Cross apd J.C. Dale, Madoc; B. 0. Lott, Anson I Kirkegaards, and W A Hungerford, Delore: Joseph Actinolite, M. Bousell, of Clev sand. Ohio; and Ewd. J. BR. Pense, >amue Russell, and other members +, partia: ment The deputation was tne result of a public meeting held at Madoc re cently At the mines at Delore and vicinity 1000 tons of arsenic are be ng produced amnally but the deputation say that if they could ger a litle assistance to start Supply minfon cCoOmmIssion government on mostly. from dames, now, them they could Lhe has already Le encourage plants the whole continent "xlensive do government been tery wwed a -------- PLEADED GUILTY A -- And Will Proceed Against The Brighton, Ont., March 11. For some time past trouile has been experienced in Manitoba and the novthwest owing to the fraudulent packing of fruit <hip- pM from Ontario in barrels complaint having received ro cently fram four or five fruit mer- chants in Manitoba with regard to the over-facing of a car of apples shipped from Brighton. W. A. Mackinnon, of the department of agriculture, Of tawa, came to investigate the matter, As a result an information was laid against b. G. Bonter, charging him with hav ing sold thirty-eight barrels of apples in which the faced, or the face A serious been shown sur gave a false representation of the Mr. Bonter pleaded guilty, claimed that he had purchased these apples from another party. He was dined 89.50 and o and it is understood' he intends taking action againet the from whom he hought the contents hut wis, party apples -------- BURNED TO DEATH, ---- Bodies: Will Be Buried At Bing- hamton. Binghamton, March 11.~ "Dig large grave; children all dead.' So read a telegram received Monday by his sister in this city from I homas Scanlon, whose five children were burned to death at Shinhopple, Dele ware county, last night. They Mary, aged thirteen: Fhomas, aged thirteen; Nellie, aged eight, Denuie, aged four, and Michael, aged two he bodies were brought here collin for burial Shinhopple is a small settlement near Hancock, com posed of only a few houses and the Finch-Ross chemical company's works, where Scanlon was employed The family removed there city five months ago. one were in one from this It is presumed the home was burned at night while Scanlon was away and that all the occupants except. Mrs. Scanlon perish « a -- Col. Prior Elected. Vietoria, B.C., March 11 Lieut Col. Prior, who, as a conservative, re presented Victoria in the house of commons for a number of years, and who recently accepted the position of muster of mines, 'under Mr, Duns mur. was elected, yesterday, in the byelection in Victoria, over KE. Bodwell, K.C., the opposition candi date, by a majority of thirty-one Fhe vote was Prior, | 495; Bodwell, 1.164 Fhe election .of Col. Prior gives pre mier Dunswinir a following of twenty one in a house of thirty-nine. y © ppposition claim that money was used freely amd that the final re sult was attaimed by ite liberal use and the election, doubtless, will be protested. Had Col. Prior been de various directions. Only crumser wind inciq ent may be regarded as being deg $elgigpeifiing ® oe cate | the government would, in all store ---------- Union Made Shoes. J. D. King's latest styles for regular price $3. See them i window for this week for $2 Abernethy. Smith's White Liniment is the penetrating liniment known, & positive cure for sprains, swd inflammation, neuralgia, rheum and lumbago. In bottles, & Wade's drug store. DR. A. W, CHASE'S HARRIS Twee If it is something se ble, nobby and almost lasting in the clothing that you are secking f a HARRIS TWEED, See our wide assortmel on arsegie pooddeosd in Untario, wait | Seller, 4 | " ew Remedy ney Piteher's | 5 Kidney Tablets are prepared fromthe preseription of Dr. Zina Pitcher {formerly Professor of Materia Medica and Genito-Urinary Diseases, Michigan fH Collegeof Medicine, BE Detroit, Mich, 1 S.A) whith 1@ used BB with wonderful suc evs for over twelve years in private oy: § practice and in the : RES Western Hospital, z Detroit, These Tablets are therefore a thor- alist, who has de- : voted his life to the I i udy of diseases of the kidneys. bladder and urinary organs. They contain specific in- gredients not fouud in any other kidney remedy, and it is not sur- | prising, therefore, that they make | cures in very many eases where | other remedies had proved alto- | gether inaffectual. { Dr. Pitcher does not claim that his Backache Kidney Tablets will | eure everything. They are designed { for diseases and disorders of the kidneys, bladder and urinary organs, and symptoms traceable to derangement of these organs, such as: & Backache, Lame or Weak Back, Pain in the Back or between the famous kidney spoes | { | r---- Troubles. Shoulders, Swelling of the Feet and Legs, Bloating, P:=finess under the Eyes, Pefly and Pasty Appearance of | the Face, Dropey, Bright's Disease and. { Diabetes {except in the last stages), { Gravel, Stone in the Bladder, Bri | Dust Deposits in the Urine, Scalding | or Irritation of the Urine, Frequent Calls during the Day or Night, In | flammation of the Bladder or Cystitis, Catarrh of the Bladder, Milky Color | of the Urine, High Colored or Foul | Smelling Urire, Sudden Stoppage of | the Flow of Urine, Scanty Flow of | Urive, Dribbling, Rheumatism, Neu- | ralgia, Pains in the Joints or Hips, | Uric Acid in the Blood, Heavy Heel: {ing or Pain ia the Head, Impure | Blood, Drowsiness, Rapidt Loss of i Fleah, Great Thirst, Excessive Quan: { | tity of Urins, Specks floating before the Eyes, Bad Tdste in the Mouth {especially in the mornings), Constis pation, Torpid Liver, Dragging Pain in the Loius, Sense of Weight or Pros { sure in the Region of the Bladder, Kidney Troubles of Old People, Bed: | | wetting of Children, Kidney Troubles | of Woman. and all symptomatic indi cations of Kidney Derangement. lays of much advertised it is well that the publie are In these Ceure-al should no purchase of rei id eantion in tne 5. Jt star ds to nedy that confines itself to a particular range of dis- more potént for those special diseases than a medicine that elaims to cure everything. When your back bothers yon or your kidneys are out of order take Dr. Pitcher"s Backachee Kidney Tablets, a specific remedy for these complaints, reason that a w CAROS is Were Not Business These Doing Enough ays, For a place with the population that Kingston has business is mighty flat and With spring in sight more we are getting tired of it business should be doing and we propose to stir things up a bit, ; THESE Specials co on sae on Wednesday And There Are [lore to Follow. 5 DOZ. PAIRS CORSETS, Lace trimmed top and bottom, | steel fi'lel, made of Fancy Colored Jean: Regu'ar 75e, WEDNESDAY 39. PAIR. DRESS GOODS. New Bpriog Weaves in black and colors. Rezala- 93, and $1. WEDNESDAY 69¢. YARD. ' EMBROIDERIES In five yard fengihs Kegnlar Waodussday 15e piece Regu- peso, nr Ble. pi ro WEDNESDAY 25¢. 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