Kingston Pembroke & Canadi § § i To Railways. - Commencing March ist and Until April Pe 5 v, Vv. Vo p--tg-- PACIFIC COASY and KOOTE- NAY POINTS. 846.05, 1843 55. ont. ane [$43.05, TTLERS' SR ot etre > p y, i E BAY OF QUINTE RAILWAY MEW SHORT LINE FOR NEW SPOKANE, Wn.' Joa FT ae . Toronto, Ont., APRIL - 10th, lith and 2th. Tickets Good Gotang $5.90. April 10th, $7.70. Tickets Good Going , April 11th and 12th, "vAl Yokots valid for return, loavinw Tor tg on or before Apeil 14th, 1902 iw above rates wdmission ticket to horse show, J. P, HANLEY, Agent, : City Pasar. Depot. DOMINION LINE. ma Senna . . Liverpoot Service, F "i PORTLAND. . *Turcoman aE . April 19th " . Avril 26th vo wns annie MAY Sed re May 10th passony- oe, HATES OF PABSAGE-~BSaloon, 860 and uowsrd; Single, $90 roturn; Second Saloon $35; Thied Class, $25. . FROM MONTREAL. ee "- Mav 17th, June 21st \. . FROM BOSTON. Hew England Ari] 100k ROTOR woos consih whist" sss 4 . Avril 19th © NEW SERVICE ®osign tone Mediterranean, ambromian, April 9th and May 21st. dhl saloon, ulectric light, spacious J. P. Hanley, J. P. Gildersleeve, Abhi Station, 42 Clarence St a : Ks 5 as To, Portland . " 1 é Allan Line ios dorry. Royal Mail Steamers. From St. John. From Halifax, Youn Sah " Poa. Sat. 9 am, 1 "RATHS OF PASSAGE. First _ Cabin, he giud : 4. J a a. New York to Glasgow and Londonderry La me ee we Sat, Mar. 22, 9 am int ahh An, 3 am, . . am, 3 Second Ce gston ~ Picton ~ Belleville " Sr. "Aletha ink Monday. Apeil Teh, will week Bey for Picton ¥ Quinte porte. at 3 pm wesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the --- will enlt at Belleville, Northport amd to leave and in " Kingston--Rochester Ser. "North King" SEARS Sun H ormeion senly to fae { Toker Agente. James Swift & Co. Manasor, Fredeht Agente THE JAPANESE METHOD Of Conductivg | as kes Is A| Unique One, PRACTICAL, ALERT NEY. ARE LOOKED UPON SOME CONTEMPT. WITH An Interesting Letter From a For- mer Kingstonian--Proper Divi- sion of Labor, or System, is Unknown to the Japs--Fond of Tips--Quick to Western Methods. Kawagueni-('ho, Osaka, Japan, March 20-(To the Editor): As re gard the circumstances which deter nine a man's chance of success or failure, Japan is perhaps the country which forms the nearest opposite to America 8@in the latter country, it Is more or a competitive race, re sulting «in the mdjority of cases in the more eapable man capturing the laurels; while, on the contrary, in Ja pan, the man of genuine ability, on account of the unyielding letters plac ed on him, can scarce hope to make headway, commensurate with his just merits, That is, in' the land of ris ing sun, success or failure are the creatures of circumstances, depending do social and family connection, rath- er than on capacity on the part of the individual, Like the military officers in China, a practical, wide-awake man ix look ed. apon wich some contempt in this country, pnd through circumstances, peenliar to the Japan of to-day, be is very often the object of jealousy and suspicion, and finds, in conse quence, it is most difficult to obtain a prominent position in business circles As an independent individual, one, who 'either on the one hand pur- posely cuts loose from all formal sup port and influence, on the part of any and all those occupying the high po- sitions, or, on the other, for any of the many possible reasons, is unable to obtain that formal assistance and advice, his chances of receiving a suit able support at the hands of his bankers, or any great magnitude of patronage from or through other houses, are very remote. As an em ployee, it is all but impossible to get an appointment to a responsible or romunerative post. The all but universal prevalence of this undesirable state of affairs is largely, if not altogether, accounted for by the fact that those who are taking the leading part in commerci al and financial affairs, are nearly all hack numbers. out-of-date men (often discarded government officials or poli- ticians) with no business capacity or knowledge, and, perhaps, more oftén, and surely more regretable, with very little common sense. As such, while most obviously they are more or less, if not utterly, incapable of estimating the character and worth of any they may have in their employ vot. these men are fairly successful in avoiding those who ave more pene trating or possessed of more practic al knowledge than themsslves., The simple which. the wer Doctor Said Incurable. Excruciating ¥alps in the Back and Loins -- A Paster Last Necessary for Temporary Relief --How a Cure Was Found in DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY-LIVER PILLS. We leave Mr. Demers to describe his own case as he wrote it in a letter to us, Few hum fuingw re a cal n to sufler as rom a You cannot wonder at it that he is now enthusiastic in the praise of Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. They have given bim a new lease oO 8S. 0. Demers, Conception Station, Labelle county, Que., writes: "1 am writing you'in order that others who sulier as 1 did may prolit by my ex- perience. three years 1 was ob- {even in connection with ests are involved, Imitate | Co a is makes use of in deciding as to the meriting of favor or promotion, . hy his "respective men, is the degree in which each imitates his own (i.e, the employer's) ideas and methods. In inc be is undesirous of having intimate or frequent business connection® with anyone who does not so anitate him Further, it might be stated that profound respect for his own ideas matters with which he has had little or no experi ence, and irrespective of whose inter & marked at tribute of the average Japanese. Of stores of adviee for and of plans for w | carrying out each and every scheme of others, he is most resourceful, and { only bends to another mind when sli economic interest compels it, in which case he is capable of resigning his opinions, with that formal grace and sell-abnegation which only Japanese can affect. The suggestions freely tendered the writer, as to how hiv affairs cotild best be conducted would, if set down in writing, make extensive and perhaps not ummterest ing reading to the fortes However, the shrewdest and bes educated of those aspiring young men, who are fortunate enough to se cure a position, soon come Lo recog nize that it will be to their all round advantage to discard independent thinking and acting, antl to exercise their office in accordance with the stilted ideas of their unworthy su periors. Thus true worth and ability rarely, if evdr, merit promotion, but rather, he, who is best qualified in most cases cannot or will not follow blindly the dictates of one, for whose judgment he has no respect, and consequently, by permitting his own personality to shine forth, cannot for very long remain a 'persons grata' with his employer or associates and indeed, in most cases, forfeits his po- sition altogether to one weaker and more pliant, or exchanges it for one less important. This feature of the situation is the more lamentable, since, for the more or less immediate future, it quite effectually debars all hope for remedy, those of the rising generations or greatest worth finding it most. difficult gain favor with the employer, and impossible to avoid the jealousy and suspicion of the weak, irresponsible, associate em ployees. To this fact, perhaps more than any other, viz., that with very few and insignificant exeeptions, the leading business houses of Japan are unde: the management of these unbusiness like personages above referred to, each surrounded hy equally incapable associates, advisors and assistants {in many cases relatives) can be at tributed the many objectionable fea tures that characterize almost all business proceeding, i One arising directly from it, is that no such thing as system or proper di vision of labor is known to them. Every transaction seems to be every- body's « business, the subordinate clerks often attending to such busi ness, as should be looked after per- sonally by a superior or even by the head of the firm himself, which latter individual, however, sometimes bap- pens to have a great deal to say ab out the distribution of waste paper or the economy of charcoal. Not ten days since the writer personally saw a bank boy, aged not more than twelve, bring into the reception room of the institution a stack of bank notes, aggregating several thousand yen, and himself unaided and unat- tended, count out awd deliver the whole to the junior clerk of the bank, very little older, in exchange for a draft. Imagine a room containing an army of clerks, easily five times as large as would be employed by a for- eign firm, doing a correspondingly large business, each and all for the most part undisciplined and having no set duties to perform, many ol them smoking cigarettes, and one has a fair picture of a Japanese office. In banks the audible checking of am ounts, as among the differént groups of clerks in different parts of the same room, can't but be most amusing to an unititiated visitor. Why such con fusion and annoyance, as this natur ally gives rise to, is tolerated is not for any foreigner to explain : Tardiness, indefiniteness and love of red-tape, again, are directly attribut able to this lack of a farsceing and all-round competent executive, these most undesirable attributes character izing every institution; from the e¢en- tral government down to the petiy business firm. It often costs much trouble, days of delay and even' heavy expense, to gain a conference with a Japanese, but when ofice admitted to his presence, he is willing to listen, apparently quite contentedly, until the finish, even though one holds forth for hours, If a business transaction of importance or otherwise is under way, one need have no canse for feel ing annoyed, if after a score or more of such tiresome and nerve rasping in definitness, 'this lack of ability or of willingness to decide, is the rule, not the exception, and consequently the American wan of enterprise, the lover of despatch in all things, finds this system most trying and altogether in: compatible with his nature. Indefiniteness or, perhaps better, in directness, is one of their universally recognited and much cherished charac: teristics, it being plainly visible their whole economic fabric. A typical instance of this is seen in the me thod of distributing salaries to clerks and officials, and wages to laborers of every class. Instead of distributing the entire salary or wage over the whole year, paying it in regular and definitely fixed amounts, it is universal practice $0 hold back a large per centage wntil the end of the year; then it as. a bonus addition in amount is paid weekly these amounts heing more in tips often take the form of a com: mission, thix too being very wide in its application. . In eounting up tho number ui Japanese principals, banivs and other subordinates, who received a greater or less commission (in some cases on the whole, on others on part of the contraet pries) for various di and indirect services rendered, in closing up a certain contract, which a foreign firm had in hand, a short time since, it was found that no fewer than twenty-seven first and last, pariicipat od, this number being exclusive of various tips giyen for less important services. If one tells a clerk or ser vant to call a karuma-yva {(jinrikisha boy) the probability is that at the end of the ride the latter will demand five or ten cents extra, claiming, and in most cases with truthlulness, that he owes this amount to the said clerk or servant as commission for calling him The household covks receive a similar income from the groceryman and other merchants furnishing sup plies; the official guides, from the curio and art dealers, to whom | they direct purchasing tourists, cle. Set thing bills direst or accurate checking very rarely furnishes a remedy, as this, by no means destroys the tacit and mutual onderstanding between one's subordibates and the supply houses. To red tape they are slaves; the let ter, not the spirit, of any rule or law being always. most scrupulously ob- served, and since this holds good of every department, both governmental and private, much additional delay and trouble is often caused. Were instances of the working of this seldom, it might reasonably be overlooked, but every day furnishes additional - and fresh examples of its far reaching ei- feet As an instance, it might fe cited that very recently, at Kobe port, two bales of cotton were finally = re leased from the customs, site: having been detained over three monghs, they being destined for another wort, and put ashore at Kobe by mistaké. The absolute folly of this detention will be all the more appar wot stated that cotton the free of imports. This is ouly ow of many that are daily oe Fing to the difficulty. that overly conscientious officials experience in rightly interpreting the written regula tions governing their departmont While, as it has hoen satel, of the so-called commercial and finan cial magnates are docid1ls fp paran tical and short-sighted, they, the other hand, are both woss diplomatic and formally seli-<importaat, 1, on the one hand, Japan is the land of pety, superfluous individual diplomacy, jt, on the other, is the eruntry ghove all others where arvtifivinl gravity an veneered dignity on the part of cach in correspondence (3 his station in life, is afiected 10 the Lest advantage, By long and constant practice muny of them are very cover at this mental manoeuvering, working on their sociates and subordinates so as to turn them to their own way of thinking and acting; while the young mén coming up amid such surround ings, in their turn, try to acquire this coveted accomplishment of being able to bring more or less superficial per sonal diplomacy to bear in all their business relations. While the older assume an outwardly important and tignified personal air, the younger glory in superficial vanity and often times blind worship of things foreign, some of the more pompous. shinking it beneath their dignity to waik in the streets, and, in consequence, take a karuma for any and every short dis tance, They may possibly have an ulterior object in thus giving up ex ercise, in order to acquire that lan guid, worn out air, which many of the leading men affect, {To be continued.) rect is is on List msiance wring the ow most "i as Parrott's Bay Pebbles. Parrott's Bay, April 4.--Fapmers are getting ready for spring work. Bay of Quinte .is free of ice. Edwin Sterling returned after a very enjoy able visit for a number of months in New York. Number of people of Par rott's Bay attended the Easter ser vice last Sunday night at the Metho- dist church, Bath, B, Frink is quite successful in muskrat trapping. A. Hartman is building a large barn for B. Galloway. Our school teacher, Mr. Patterson, spent Easter at home. Mr, and Mrs. Stover and daughter, Deser- onto, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Nichoison. Admaston, failure on Cardiff, heart Miss Elizabeth died suddenly, of March 28th. DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, APRIL 7. i an TSI T BELEN WHEN COMMONS TALS ONLY ON PICAYUNE TOPICS. Passes to Iructical Business -- Gentlemanly Demeanor of Two Leaders--Dundonald mand Canadian Forces. Special to the Whig of Wednesday morning budget debate will small hours the close of the be reached. air. of weariness, for have we been listening for years to that old story of protective tacifl and pathetic references to coal oil and binder twine! It hard to be eloguent on such topies and soon the house will turn with a sigh of relief to other and more prac tical business. This session may In a useful one, but it is also strangely devoid of excitement and as yet the unhealthy late. hours which mark the plashing through of work, have not been reached. As a paturasl conse quence the general health of parlia ment is better than usual, and while the daily routine ix dull and monoto nous, there is .g pleasant tendency on both sides to discuss legislation with a tolerance of divergent views, and a courtesy which is in strong contrast to the wild scenes lately enacted at Westminster, In a great measure this is due to the gentlemanlike de meanour of the two opposing leaders Tue prime minister is a model of good manners, and the leader of the of position is always a courteous gen tleman, whose calm and judicial hear ing is not without its eflect on those who sit behind him. The state ball at government house was a brilliant scene, which comment ed with the presentation of orders by his excellency to certain officers The most interesting part was the giving of the distinguished service or der to captain Mormson, of the Otta wa field battery, who, in South Africa, had handled his two guns with such coolness and skill as to prevent their capture at a critical moment The ceremony, which was arranged by the much abused, but very pleasant major Maude, was equally brief and and imposing Several veteran offi cers afterwards "received the long ser vice decoration from the hands of Jord Minto, who "in ene case pinned this pretty orndgment rather too muck oh the stomach of a war rior whose aldermanic proportion told of long severance from the hard ships of war The minister of public works, who has Leen working like a beaver since the first' day of the ses sion, has gone to New York for g brief rest, pending a further disoussion of his estimates. Sir John Pourinot, the clerk of the commons, has been in poor health for some months, and is in much need of quiet and repose, which can never be got inside these walls The monotony of the present debate was broken at six o'clock on Friday afternoon by a solemn statement of the minister of militia, te a sparse house, in which he detailed the list of casualties of a detachment of our Ca nadian mounted rifles These gallant fellows seem to have fallen dead or dying with no thought of saerrender, and no deeper token of sympathy and sorrow could have been given than the wrapt attention which was ac corded the minister's earnest words. The disappearance of Arthur Lindsay, a chief clerk of the post office depart went, has not been accounted for, and an active scarch is being made for his discovery, The theory of foul play or suicide is not credited, but his « prolonged ahsence is causing his relatives and friends much anxiety It i expected that Gen. O'Grady Haly will retire on June 30th, and suceended by the earl of Dundonald If =o the latter will be the first caval ry officer who has commanded here, All such have hitherto been in fantry So far no actual ap pointment has been made, hat if lord Dundonald comes, Canada may con gratulate itself having a com mander who is once clever and courteous. Sydney Fisher, M. P., in his recont budget speech, produced some rather curious statistics as to the consus of 1861. One in partienlar caused much comment, as it detailed a family of cighteen children who had promptls followed each other in the same num her of years. The province in which this freak was said to have occurre wag Quebec. the parents French on both sides, while the mother is de scribed as being in her thirty-sixth year. : be ever + wllivers in at Spring Valley Views. Spring Valley, April 5--E. Wilson, Athens, has been through here selling seed potatoes, grown on the experi mental farm in Michigan, Mr. dnd Mra. Sloan, of the Front Road, were calling on Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Par ker. Mr and Mrs. Sar gent, fairfield, are now _ visiting their son, Samuel Sargent, Miss Rosy Bresse, school teacher, has gone home for the Baster holidays. The propri- tor of the cheese factory has started to make cheese; they are getting an abundance of milk. BH. A. Laying has irehased a nice sulky plow. #Aren Lapoint and family have gone to Manitoba, to make their future home Mrs. Joseph Petdim, Brockville, vighty-five years old, bad the mis fortune to fall recently, breaking her leg. ; New Bishop For Far St. Albert, NW.T., April 7 ~Impos. North-west. ing ceremonies to-day. accompanied the ponsecration of Mgr. Breynat as bishop of Adramite, vicar apostolic of Mockengie. The consecration ceremony er oh men of the ecoclesinstioal pro- vince of St. Boniface took part in the ceremonios. The pew bishop csme Frame twelve years and resided hye Begins of Fon du Jac. He wi proceed to his vicarite, com wencing in the Yukon territory and proceshing lo the Mackenzie country. With a Sigh of Relief Parliament | { } i >, the | the | First Cavalry Officer to Com- | Ottawa, Apri 7.~Some time in the | Its dying days had beep | marked by thin houses and a general | not | old | reform | cheaper | €€€e these purposes. least, Bd ZAIN \ Shoes to Please Every Foot In Town. Everybody's Shoes Are Here. EVERY KIND OF BOOT AND: BHOE FOR EVERYBODY, men, women, children and babies and for every business, every dress and every sport and pastime use. Whether you walk or ride, play ball or goif, whether you fi-h or hunt, dance or go 8 bioyeling, or whether you like to be dres:ed up and keep so, we have shoes for all these uses and for all Our Boots and Shoes are the very best and our prices the very ] If you waut correct Footwear come to headquariers for it. J. H. Sutherland & Bro., TF SHOE MEN, Disorders Are no respecter of persons. People in every walk of life ara troubled. Have you a Backache? If you have it is the first sign that the kidneys are not working properly. A neglected Backache leads to serious Kidney Trouble, Cheek it in time by taking DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the great kidney specific. They eure all kinds of Kidney Troubles from Backache to Bright's Disease. 800. a box or 3 for $1.28, all deal -" The Doan Kidney Pill Co., TORONTO, ONT. In every town and village may be had, Grease that makes your horses glad. Provincial Election, FOR MEMBER FOR + KINGSTON, EDW, J, B. PENSE. For Good Government, Building up of Ontario, and Kingston's best Interests. THE HIGHEST CASH PAID FOR Ed en a | "THE | NO. 1 5 Ea 0D FURNISHED ROOMN, WITH oO without howrd, 100 Quoen street. Vik wou FURNISHED ROOMS, WITH toned, with all moders scaveniebss, o L971 Deiversity Avesus . - re men SOUNE IN VAUGHN TERRACE WITH kischon and bark Apply a0 Ne Le Difice RANDSOME STORE Lovsbid bE Hb rmerly © aig oft. A. 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DWELLING ON others' basity, Possession May 1s Also the sions shop aod dwelling asdiciaiog Miss Gresan. Possession 1wmedistaly. Avwly w fe Ww. Allen, 207 Division St. MONEY AND BUSINESS. AE MONEY TO LOAN ---------- THE BRICK SHOP AND Wellisgton Su, pest IN LARUE OR SMALL of istorest Post WO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN sums from ete thuusssd 10 ten thous aa. Gollars For particulars spply ob GODWIN GS INSURANCE EMPORIUM, over Express Office, Market Bysars. Liverpool, London and Glebe Fire Insurance Company. Available assets, $61,187,218. Ju addition 0 which the policy s have lor secur ity the unlimited linbility of all the stocks eshdder, FARM ASD CITY PROPERTY insured walble Pefore recewing ATRANGE & RTRANOE UNDERTAXKERS. a ER 8. 8. CORBETT, DIRECTOR, 281 Kingetos, Seomewor wh od IRINCESS on JAMES REID, v RT, THE LEADING UNDE A i day end might. T. ¥. HARRISON ©O., Undertakers, 233-235 Princesse 94, Guality sod oficiency the beet. Prices We lowest. Phooes--~Wararooms, #0. T PF oo. Aw ARCHITECTS. attended 10. Batilsstion Telephone, FUNERAL Haren. Dresass. eS 78. Ope HARRISON, Pi. " Bile, i "OWER, & BON, ARCHITECTS, Enon Wallington streets. SECOND HAND GOODS BOUGHT | 2." £2 WEIMEE.223 Then STAMPS AND MARKERS.