a -------------- THe SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Varmisy Stan FOR FURNITURE AND WOODWORK Imitates the natural woods--stain-~ ing and varnishing at the same operation. ". . . . + + 4 There's no better article made for this purpose, It is casy to apply--works well under the brush. It wears well, It is right in every way. . . . Geta color card, , SOLD BY CORBEIT'S HARDWARE. say, Fellows | You want something pretty swell to wear during the summer with your summer suit. Well, why not try a pair of owr Colt Patent Oxfords Also Made Blucher Cut Price $4. These are certainly the swellest thing in existence to-day. It won't cost you anything to see them, so why not give us a call--we'll use you right. ABMSTRONG'S, eiscers Pei SCC) We all dream of that home of our own ow many are providing for it? Do you ow how easily vou could own a home il ght way? We want vou stand by vou to the end e'll save vou rent worry, in the D. A. CAYS, 346 King Street. Hs Screen Doors 'Made to #4 your window. They are Ale best amd strongest mind: is. ANGLIN & CO, . of Wellington Street. : : : : : Don's endanger your health by wilk, Try ours ' {other figure, not excepting Lord Rob- DAILY BRITISH WHIG, evening, e310 Buren, yee." Biome i sad 4 "Sosy we pint rs wie, 13, me Attached ls coe of the best Job Pristine | Qc Canosa; ropid, stylish cheap Presses. * EDW. J. B. PENSE, PRUPRIETOR. HE DAILY WHIG. Opiter per Orbem Dicor.' CONTRAST IN FIGURES, There has just been another sale of timber in the Province of Quebec, and the prices are said to be satisfac tory. The bulk of it, however, went for $50 and $60 per square mile. A few small lots brought from $116 to $160 per mile, and one sold for $1,780 per mile. In marked contrast with this is the sale of timber in Ontario. Not for. nearly thirty years has any tim- ber been sold for so little as the cur- rent or average price in Quebec. The average price since 1573 has been $1,224 per mile. In 1897 it was $1,- 665, in 1800, $2,010, aud in 1901, $1, 885. And in the late election the con- servative campaigners forever sang the praises of the Quebec government and held up their timber policy for the admiration of the people. PEOPLE'S COMMON SENSE. Brockville has had its own experi- ence with the voting on by-laws. The money that is wanted for the pul lic buildings, at the hall and fair grounds, was not too cheerlully granted, the majorities being five and forty-one. The inference is that the people, in their public as well as private enter- prizes, are willing to deny themselves considerably in the interest of a rigid They were never more de refusing the ma which was necessary to give a bonus of $2000 to a hat factory. The business is now lo cated at St. Johns, Quebec, and was, for a substantial consideration, to be moved to Brockville. The electors seemed to have taken very little stock in this plan of securing industries. The business that is strongly entrenched and has its vital connections is not to be disturbed. The Brockville peo- ple had their misgivings about the hat factory. They questioned the effect of a bonus upon it. They had, in addition, the aversion, which is be- coming very general, . against the bonus system. There is some sense in taking care of the industries which have been developed in a place, but there is little sense in bidding for the industries of other places. economy. cided jority in POPULAR POLITICAL MACHINE, There is only one way of securing an absolutely correct ballot, and a ballot which cannot be spoiled by the blunrlering voter. It is to adopt the] voting machine. The Kingston people had one trial of it, and with generally satisfactory results. The machine used was mot a perfect one by any means. It was made of wood, and too cheaply to expect the smoothness of operation which is essential to success. The American machine, that is used in the elections gemerally in New York State, is a wonderful piece of mechan- ism. 'It is so constructed that a man may vote the party ticket, or eross it, but he cannot duplicate it, and once he has toviched the keys that ex- press his preferences, the machine is locked and remains locked until he steps out of the compartment which surrounds it. Such a machine, in use in the late local election, would have rendered a recount of ballots unnecessary. There is sometimes a doubt about the mbaning or intent of voter. He marks his ballot so that one vannot tel whether he has spoiled it purposely or accidentally. The machine does its work with rare skill and accuracy. With it at the disposal of the elec tors in May, there would not have been the worry of recounts, with all the expense and agitation which at tend them. * The initiml cost of election machin- v must be very great, but it will last for gemerations, and the elect- ore will rise wp to call it blessed. The machine in elections has been cordially denounced, but it is not the voting machine. 0 A MAN OF THE HOUR. The end of the South African war brings the general in charge of the British ; troops into bold relief. No i ils i : i si THE WHIG -- 68TH YEAR. WM H1G, FRIDAY, JUNE 6 durance to secure 8 victory. That would have pleased the British. That would have been the work for which they were specially equipped. But Lord Kitchener, in the Soudan, bad been ac to surprises. The Arabe bad disappeared jor long periods, to gather force and momentum for a pew attack, and when they delayed their coming he had, in the fruition of his plans, de scended upon them and precipitated a conflict which brought them disaster. The Arabs, however, would fight in the open, and to the death. As Lord Roberts' chief of stall, the Sirdar--for the title is still his, and revives the various steps that led to his renown--it was Lord Kitchener's function to garrison South Africa, to mobolize the troops, to keep the lines of communication open and the sup plies of a great army in motion. He was a busy, a tireless, man, and only those who came into contact with him realized the work which be performed. When Lord Roberts returned to Eng- land his duties fell to Kitchener, and he discharged them ° with a rare fi- delity. To direct an army of over 200,000 men, to understand its needs, to anticipate the movements of the chemy and counteract them to keep in touch with his aids over a vast ter ritorv,to become at once the guar dian and director of them all, to in spire them with his confidence, called for talents of the most remarkable kind. Gen. Kitchener has been pictured as a severe and heartless leader. But he is not that. The late G. W. Stevens, who went through the Soudan with him and hed many opportunities of studying hin at close range, declares that Kitchener js simply an expert in his man with a kindly heart and sunny disposition, but = a by instinct and training, and capable of smothering out all sentiment andl of facing difficulties and dangers without The science of war has been to him a pas sion, and he has mastered every detail of it. During his active engagements he has had but one aim and one pur- pose, and it the completion of his task. No one can be more thought ful of others. He is Tommy Atkins' ideal leader. He does not say much. He sees everything that is going on, and he understands everything. No one asks him what he is doing. No one worries about his thoughts. There is complete confidence in his supremacy, and when he commands there is obedi: ence with alacrity. In the final acts of the war his firm- ness had its effect. The Boers came to understand that he was not to be trifled with. What he said he meant, and when he objected to their pro- posals or suggestions there was more discussion over them. He did not hurry the terms of peace, but be in- timated that there was a limit to his patience, and when he set the day for signatures it was remembered. Lord Milner's office gave him the hon- or of sealing the document, but Lord Kitchener's presence was essential to the task, and the British parliament and people have occasion to thank and reward him. "Oh," it may be sgid "he only did his duty !"" He is a a man who can do that well, under trying circumstances. The war just closed has made a wreck of some of England's best men, and they tried to do their duty. Of those still in the field a host have added to their re putation, and at the head of them all, impartial in his recognition and the idol of the army, stands Kitchener, business, a soldier emotion, no EDITORIAL NOTES. New York is to have a new hotel which will be twenty stories high and cost $10,000,000. It's a sort of Babel that is going up, and it may have a Babel sequel. -- The Advertiser says the civil ser vants in London were very active in the election "and took no part to cov. er up their tracks." They should now ydovive the atiention of the local and federal governments. "Watch the machine," says the To- ronto News. That's right. Keep your eye upon it. It represents the ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, and have belonged to the parti cular party the News represents. -- All England is said to be insane on the war question. Why? England wins again, and the Boers wake up to find themselves blessed in" thé act. Boers and British "celebrated" the close of the war and signing of the terms of peace. The Hamilton Spectator thinks the grit jurists are wonderful fellows. So the are. But when it comes to feats that stagger the imagination they ar nut in it with the eminent jurists with whom Mr. Whitney is consorting in Toronto just now. ---- * It may be news to the Spectator that it has not vet been shown that anything extraordinary has happened in connection with the Kingston elec: mean $11,000, and "another $500" in half the number would make the out- lay pretty heavy. 'Morgan was thought to have ac complished a great feat when he form- ed the sicamship syndicate. But a greater feat is being formed bv the Cunard agency, and it is going to have a monopoly of the British trade. The Montreal Herald refers to the guerilla operations which some politi cians are continuing now that the main campaign is over. "It mudt be tantalizing in the extreme," says the Herald, referring to the conservative party, "to come so near and miss." DISTRICT DASHES. News of the District Condensed From the Whig's Exchanges. B. BE. Sparham elected a school trustee in Smith's Falls. On Tuedday the grand lodge of "Prentice Boys will meet at Deseronto. An application has been made for a charter for a board of trade at Dese ronto. David McFarlane, Almonte, died on Monday, aged seventy-five years. He was unmarried. On Wednesday Miss Mabel E. Yon ker, Sidney, was married to Arthur E. Wrightmeyer, Belleville. The firm of Detlor 3 Sollace, Napa nee, has now dissolved pi rehip. Mr. Detlor carries on the iness. S. W. Smith, Montreal, was married on Thursday to Miss Edith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Atkison, Brockville. William Preston, Denver, Col, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Prestom, Napanee, after an absence of four years. The firm of Moag & Gilroy, Smith's Falls, has dissolved partnership and the business will hereafter be carried on by J. M. Moag. , The costs of the trial in the Laren will case, amountéd each day to $700, making $3,500 for the five days the court sat at Smith's Falls. On Thursday, Miss Edith, eldest daughter of Edward O'Neil, Brock ville, C.P.R. freight abent, was mar ried to Charles McKeever, of the Fod- eral Press, Ottawa. At Dundonald on Wednesday, Charles Parliament, the well-known apple buyer, was united in marriage to Miss Jacques, of the same place. They will reside in. Ameliasburg. The home of James Hillis, North Augusta, was the scene of a pretty wedding on Wednesday evening, when his niece, Miss Edith Bates, was mar ried to William Cowan, Brockville. Messrs. Northrup & Roberts, Belle ville, acting for. A. A. Richardson, conservative eandidate in Kast Has tings, have made application for a recount, and judge Lazier has set the date for Monday next. Miss Sarah J. Braman, Pembroke, and Rev. A. K. Scott, Flat Rock, Mich., will be married on June 12th. Mr. Scott was formerly pastor of the Pembroke Baptist church, and Miss Braman was the organist, Rev. Donald G. McPhail, Picton, goes this week to Perth 'to spend two weeks with his parents. Sunday, June 22nd, he will preach his last sermon at St. Andrew's, Picton, be fore going to Frank, Alberta. James Bissonette, son of Felix Bis sonette, - Montague, and Miss Louisa Pigeon, daughter of R. Pigeon, C.P. R. engineer, Smith's Falls, were mar ried on Tuesday. The newly wedded couple left to spend their honeymoon in Kingston. Me- SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Models Of A Kind. Lomdon Advertiger. The Mail and Empire says that Mr. Whitney's addresses during the cam- paign were models. Yes, for fishwives. Thank Heaven For That. Hamilton Spectator. The election machinery is entirely in the bands of the government, and in no Ontario election have the tories ever had a chance to work the frauds of the machine. Clutching At Straws. Toronto Star. Mr. Whitney has been wrecked on the political sea, and he is now cling ing desperately to some 'lis' in the hope that they will flout him to the desired haven. The Dredge Is Idle. Bath, June*é®---Mrs, Preston, Am herst Island, is visiting her sister, Mrs. N. H. Peterson. Frank Keller, away from our village for quite a lung time, is back on uw visit. The da Sir Richard bas been idle since last Friday, owing to an accident to one of the large castings. Mrs. Danial Graves, Harrowsmith, visited at George Graves', 'Hotel National" on Saturday and Sunday. A lawn social will held on Mrs. James Graham's lawn by the ladies of St. John's church on June 21st. Rev. H. 8. Spence is attending the Methodist conference at Napanee this week. Tauiht In Perth. Perth Courier. The wewly-elected member of the Ontario legislature for East Nipissing, is Dr. Michael James, of North Lay, a fberal, who wak returned Ba good majority. The doctor was principal of the Roman Catholic separate pol here about nineteen years ago, and there are plenty in town who were hix pupils then: He graduated in medi cine at Queen's, about 1586, and is now quite wealthy. He marrigl a Miss O Mears, of Pembroke. Panama Hats Are very scarce, and later on will he dificnlt to procure at any Would like to show you our assort ment pow. George Mills & Co., hat and far specialists, Wellington St. Jenking' Belts. The new stitched and braided belts, at T5e., 81, $1.50, TELEGRAMS FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, Matters That Interest Everybody Rev. A. L. Russell, M.A., was elect od [reside of the London Methodist conlerence. The coronation contingent at Levis was inspected by Gen. O'Grady-Haley and Col. Pellatt on Thursday. Gosselin, the suspected murderer of Mrs. Thehan, St. Lazare, Que., has surrendered to the constables. Rev. James Allen, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been elected president of the Toronto Methodist conference. A French deputy applied the epithet "thief" to the president of the cham- ber and a free fight followed in which hall a dozen members took part. The corner stome of the new beet sugar factory at Wiarton was laid on Thursday by president Mills, 6f the Ontario agricultural college, Guelph. The senate of Cambridge university, bas conierred the honorary degree of LL.D. on Whitelaw Reid, the Ameri- can special ambassador to the king's coronation. Hon. A. Turgeon will succeed the late Hon. F. G. Dechene as minister of agriculture in the Quebec cabinet, and Mr. Robitaille will take the pro vincial secretarvship. Reports from Cape Colony as to the effect of the peace agreement are sat- isfactory. Commandant Fouche has swrendered and many others are coming in to the British lines daily. It is announced that mayor Parent will not go to England to attend the coronation with the other provincial premiers, as he is so pressed with business that he will be unable to spare the time. South African shares' continue their downward course in London Ever since peace day there has been the pressure of heavy selling orders, and the long anticipated boom is now not expected until after the coronation festivities One of the great social functions in London, next week, will be a dinner by ambassador and Mrs. Choate to king Edward and queen Alexandra. There will be about 500 guests. Mr Choate will be the first diplomat to entertain their majosties The Allan line steamer Brazilian sailed, Thursday aftegnoon, from Lon- don for the St. Lawréhce. The steam ef Rosarian, from Montreal, for Lon don, arrived out on Thursday after noon. The steamer Laurentian, from Glasgow, for New York, passed Fire island at 10 a.m., on Thursday The Texas oil fields, the oil and fuel company, and the Hogg Swayne concerns have been amalgamated un der the name of the Consolidated Tex as oil company. The capital of the wew company is £1,200,000, There will be a public issue of stock in July The Hogg-Swayne company it is un derstood, will retain a large interest in the amalgamated company. ord Rothechilds is interested in the com- bination. FORGOT HIS BANK DEPOSIT. Now the Bank Will Pay His Daughters $3,000. New York, June 6,--Martin Ander- son, Hoboken, deposited $200 in the Bank of Savings at Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street, Ma ttan, in 1840. He lost or mislaid the bank book, and when he died didn't men- tion anything about it to his family. Recently his daughters saw a news paper adbertisemment requesting An derson or his heirs to call at the bank. There they learned that the de- posit anade by their father now am ounts,; with interest, to more than $3,000. Pays $4,400 To Bunco Men. Vincennes, Ind., June 6.--William F. Thorn, one of Knox county's wealth iest farmers and proprietor of a big dairy, has been buncoed out of $4 - 100 by two patent-right men. A few days ago a stranger wanted Thorn to buy the exclusive right to a waggon brake, but the farmer refused. Later another stranger offered Thorn a hig sum for the patent right, saying he understood he owned it. Thorn came to this city, hunted up stranger No 1, and bought the right to the pat ent for 84.400. The men have disap peared with the money. Minister Confesses To Arson. Santa Cruz; Cal, June 6.--Rev James Laurier Rogers, formerly a well-known Baptist minister, who re cently embraced Mohammedism, has confepsed himself guilty of arson, and is now in custody. He set fire to several buildings at a dairy, where he was working for the benefit of his health, as he explained. His motive for the crime, he says, was revenge on those who had compelled him to do menial service. He will be examined as to his sanity. Destroyed By Fire. Ridgetown, Ont., June 6.--A grist mill on the corner of York street and Albert avenue, one of the town's old "it landmarks, was burnetl early this morning. The fire had made consider able headway when discovered and as the structure wes of wood the fire men cowld do nothing but protect surroumdding buildings and allow the flames to exhaust themselves. Lows 85.000; insurance $2,800. Dragged To Death. Denver, Col., June 6.--Rev. Corneli- us O'Rourke, a wellknown Catholic che of Silver, Col, and John McComb, a mining man, whose home is in Denver, were drowned in the A look at our stock of new Pans: mas and Porto Ricans, at 32.50, $3, $3.50, $1.50, will convince vou that we are leaders in the hat trade Don't Be Satisfied With anything hut ove of Campbell Bros. new Alpine bats, ~ XX YOU CAN FIND Many Things Here That You Want at Less Prices Than You Expect to Pay and the Quality Will Please You. SPECIAL VALUES IN Wash Goods, Underwear, Men's Furnishings, Millinery Goods, Dress Goods, Gloves and Hosiery, Shirt Waists, Toilet Articles. We're clearing out many Odd Lines in all depart- ments. The money to be saved on the-e clearing lots {is well worth your consideration. STARR & SUTCLIFFE' 118 and 1230 Princess Street. Kingston, Ont RE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW HERE It's Here If It's New and Right. J Our New Suits for Men, Youths and Boys are perfect beauties, in Fine Tweeds, Worsteds and Serges. MEN'S SUITS, $7.50, $8, $9, $10, $12, $13 and $14. YOUTHS' "SPECIALS," $7.50, $8, $10 and $12. BOYS' SUITS, new styles, $1.25 to $6.50. THE H. D. BIBBY CO., ONE PRILE CLOTHING HOUSE, OAM HALL. --THE --- WHITE MOUNTAIN Ice Cream Freczer Is Best. Because it is the best acting, best looking, most durable and best selling freezer manufactured. There is not a weak point about it, or a waste part to it. Cream in three minutes with this freezer . We give with each WHITE MOUNTAIN FREEZER a pretty receipt book, entitled '" Frozen Dainties," by Mrs. Lin- coln, author of the Boston Cook Book. McKELVEY & BIRCH, 69 and 71 Brock Street. ~ PARLOR 'And Fancy JAMES REID, WEDS MILLIONAIRE. Girl of Seventeen Married Man Seventy-one Years® Old. Nevada, Mo, June 6. -Henjamin Franklin Birch, of Tillin, sand Miss Emma Jennings were narvied Thurs day morning. The bridegroom is sev enty-one years old and his bride sev. "nieen, Birch jis a millionaire and his bride has resided here for about two vears. She formerly lived in Philadelphia, where she was a waitress in a ros taveant on Chestout street. Her fa- ther, John H. Jennings, was employ ed in the Melntosh truss company, on Walnut street ------ Straw Hats. The hesi stock of Men's, Boy's and Children's straw hats, at prices. to suit any parse. Campbell Bros, ---------- We invite you to make a eomVeni eree of this store; leave your baskets here when marketing. Roche's old stand. E. C Mitchell oa i Ping neckwear. Only store in town Fo Sh ping pongs. Something sew again in meckwear next week Bibby s Torniching house. : Stamped Fresh egge at Gilbert's two stores, ------ -- SET Chairs. what vou + alr hones cleaning in Parlor Sette, ¥ hairs, We are closing out a lise of } v Velons Parlor Sette, Fanoy Sheds 1s Fik Flask, fends in five pleces, only $25 Also a line of Rug and " w-w. bows wre sellers The Leading Undertaker, We have just Velour Couches, Iron OFFICIAL PROGRAMME That Issupd For Coronat Duke Of Norfolk London, June 6.77% gramme of the coronat in the ablwy, iestied by Norfolk last might, vont seine. The bishops of Oxford orwich will support the place of the bishops of Wi London, and the pall be beld shove by the duck Marlborough, Rotheriand v and Portland. The bearer king's canopy will be ford RK earl Spencer, earl Cadognr Derby. The king's eroen = tied hy the duke of Marhhor the queen's crown by the dub burgh. F. 8 Dymoke, wh the right to appesr in W mater hall as the king's champion sod to: challenge all and sopdry to mortal combat, hax bern seconded the peave. ful task of carrying the English flag. on By pro ion of nr and in and will of Lr the whwry, 1 or ---------- Jenkins' Boys' Suits The point we emphasion, perfeet Bt of our Boyd" suits folks in serge and wend Lined and made, $256, 83, E150, Bpecial attention given lo family troche, Gilhers,