breathing easy, puts the respiratory in a strong, healthy re daily comingifto hand. These are our own importations and will 54 in. All Wool Suitings In plain colorings, Gray, Cadet, Steel, Brown and Garnet, quality, $1 yard. "54 in, Soft Finish English Pure Wool, and very soft guali- ty and splendid value, only $1 T0 THE 60 ~ SUBJECT CALMLY CONSIDERED. \ e----------. ---------------- Those interested in university educa tion in Ontario must have observed that recently the question of govern: ment aid to colleges has been again coming to the front, and in the spe- 1 cial interest of one institution, 3 i contended na_ assistance shou hat pe wants of the University of Toronto shall have been supplied, and also { that no government aid be given to any collere that ie not under direct government control. Let us try to see the bearings of this view. a Phe subject of government aid has been, and for many still is, mixed uj with the question of denominational colleges. Now, although most of the ; colleges of Ontario were originally de- nominational, vet, after varied exper | jence ol aiding them from public funds, 'the Sandficld Macdonald government lin 1869 solved, at least for the time, | the problem by cutting off all assist ance from such colleges. On that poli 'oy is not offered criticisni "Tt has be- come the definite and determined poli- ley of the government. There is no | quarrel with it, and neither political party is likely to reverse it. Any col lere, therefore, that seeks government assistance must first show that it is undenominational, as, for instance, Queen's University has done, which is as national as any college in Canada and is in a special sense the universi- ty of Eastern Ontario. : The decision, however, regarding de- nominational colleges did not touch the question whether there should be one or more undenominational col leges in the province aided from the public treasury. In regard to this question, the twofold position, above referred to, ha now been taken by some who would confine the provinei ai aid to the University of Toronto. It is contended, on the one hand, that there must be no assistance given to any colle ze outside that university un til ite wants have heen supplied. On the other hand it is urged that no government aid shall be given to any college which is not under direct gov ernment control. Those who urge the first position fail to explain how much 'anything shown in the city. -- Boys' Sweaters All Pure Wool, in Red, Blue and White, with plain and fancy collars, 50c., 60¢c., 75¢. each. Men's Sweaters Double Waists and Collars, Na- vy, Red and White, Pure Wool. Only 60c., $1 each. 54 in. Snow Flake Zipeline Green, Brown and Grey, very latest, at $1 yard. 54 in. English Cheviot Thoroughly shrunk, perfect dye and pure wool, $1, $1.25, $1.35, Black Broadcloth B4 in. wide, beautiful finish, very weights; $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, ; Scotch Tweeds 'Skirt lengths, 2] to 4 yards long, regular $1.75, yard, for $1, $1.25 yard. Some excellent values in Em- _ mateh, 8c, and Black, 12jc., 18c,, 35¢., 40c., 50c., 60c., Boys' Kicker Stockings The Wear Well Kind, 35c., 40c., 45¢c., 50c. Men's Seamless Cashmere Sox Genuine English Make, extra value, 25c¢. pair. ig French Cashmere 44 in. wide, for Blouses and Kinonas, Blues, Greys, Cardinals, etc., ete., 50c. yard. Fancy Flannelettes Splendid range of designs, 10ec., 12}ec., 15c., yard. White and Black India Silk 27 in. wide, fine even weave, per- fect color to wash, only 50¢ yard. . Overstockings Black and Red, all sizes, extra heavy, 35¢., 40ec., 45c., 50c. pair. . R. WALDRON, "iis will be required to supply the needs of the provincial university. Most people who are familiar with vigorous uni versities know that their needs, So far from remaining "suuplied," in crease from year to year. Even the University of Chicago, although' so liberally endowed, is continually re quiring fresh millions from Mr. Rocke abundantly supplied i= in constant need of additional funds If, there fore, other colleges are to receive gov: ernment. assistance only when the Uni versity of Toronto shall have had all its wants supplied, it would be a sign of diminished vitality in that institu tion if the day should arrive when others would receive anything from the public chest. Besides, the just and judicious ac- tion of the provincial government in connection with the Kingston School of Mining, is already an answer to this grasping claim of our Toronto friends. This school was begun after a number of those interested in it had subscribed $33,000 towards. its estab lishment, * and the city of Kingston gavenit property worth $20,000. The school proved its great usefulness to the province by the work that it was doing. and when it was attempted hy ne chancellor of Toronto University and others to prevent public assist ance until all the needs of the provin- cial institution had been supplied, the government very justly refused to treat the mining school so unfairly. 1f Tor onto was to get any further help from the provincial treasury, it must not object to Kingston receiving help; if Queen's was thereby benefited so much the better; and on this the leader of the opposition was at once with the government. One. might suppose-that the opponents of assistance to King ston would, after this, cease all a tive hostility. But it is not so; for now, when the mining school can claim to be the most successful of ite kind in Canada, with many more' ap plications for graduates than its steadily increasing classes can supply, the same ery is raised again that it must not receive assistance until the wants of Toronto University are sup 'plied. When will the friends of Toron to University--at least those of them resident in Toronto--cease to desire for their own institution all that the province can give for higher educa tion, or learn to deal justly with other educational institutions ? The other plea is that there must be no government assistance to col leges, where there is no direct govern- ment control. HH, however, this prin ciple be fair as applied to colleges, it should he equally fair as applied to other institutions. It is propounded, indeed, as if the government were deal ing with a sheet of blank paper, in- stead of dealing always with a condi tion of affairs. Even as a theory it is unsound, but we need not stop to ar- gue that. It is enough, by way of present answer to it, to point out that it 4s contradicted by the practice of the government in many other lines of=expenditure. Hospitals and other chasftios, for instance, receive annual grants from the provincial government without being under direct government control. The government does not de- sire the burden of such control, hut is ready and grateful to assist cor porations who undertake the direction and management of such institutions. No doubt, these are open to public in spection, their accounts may be sub Jeet to government audit, and reports time presented to the government; but no one would eall this direct govern ment control, when government does nothing in the appointment of officers, the giving of contracts, the details of management or the exercise in any form of the patronage connected with these institutions. In the same way the government makes annual grants to collegiate institutes, high schools, art schools, libraries, and appointments connected with these rest with local boards on which the government has wo representative whatever. Is it not the case that three years ago the gov ernment agreed to hand over the rich endowment of Upper Canada College-- land, buildings and money--to an in dependent board, on which, in the course of two years, there will be no government representative except the minister of education, the one condi tion being that the friends of the col lege would subscribe 830,000 in its behalf In regard to the School of Mining in this city, the government were invited to accept complete direct control, but declined, recognizing that those who had been so deeply interest ed in it as to subscribe generously to wards its inception and maintenance could be trusted to manage it in the best interests of the public. The contention that government pe sistance can be given only where there 1s direct government control is a mere doctrinaite theory, like the Abbe Si eyes' constitu for France. __It would either preve the government from aiding a very great proportion of at present receiving provincial assist ance, or else it would force upon the government the management of this work and the exercise of the patron age connected with it, from both of which any government may be glad to be relieved > The friends of Taronto University, resident in Toronto; seem to be par- ticularly anxious that no government funds should be expended on college work outside their own city. But the question at issue is the welfare of the province at large, and it might as well be argued that the city of Toron to could be mong efficiently served by one collegiate institute than by three which it now supports, as argue that both for the.present and for the of this large province can best be served by one university at Toronto. See The Bargains At Abernethy's shoe store, Satur day. mh 3 SSA DAILY WHIG. SATORDAY. feller, and every healthy university less' of their work may be from time to ; AT THE "EVIVAL. ~~ Messrs Crossley and Hunter's The weekly meeting for boys and girls was held at Brock Street church yesterday, at 4.15 p.an., and was full of interest and blessing to all present. Mr. Crossley spoke of the seven new things mentioned in the Bible, viz, A new commandment, heart, spirit, na- ture, song, city and name. Mr. Hun- ter gave an dress on an acrostic in the word "Heaven." When he closed he asked all who purposed to go to heaven to rise, when the whole con- gregation at once responded. In the evening every seat was occu died at Sydenham Street church, and the #pulpit stairs were also utilized, the intense interest was maintained from the beginning to the close of the service, Mr. Crossley and Miss Bailey CHARLES M. 1IAYS (leneral Manager of the Grand Trunk railway systém. ------------------ sang a duet, "I Shall 1 Satisfied," and then Mr. Hunter read the parable of the prodigal son and commented thereon. Mr. Crossley said he would not take a text from the scriptures but would a text from the seriptures, but would from a few mottoes; he specially em phasized the one "Let young men ad opt the same standard of morals they expect their sisters aml mothers to have." Thiz, he sad, would at once lead them to eschew smoking, drink ing and profanity. After Mr. Crossley had finished Mr, Hunter asked all who were converted after fifty years of age to stand, not one responded. Then he asked those above forty and still there was no re sponse, then above thirty about ten arose; then above twenty and_about a hundred stood up, then below twenty and several hundreds arose. Rev. Mr. Morden, of Bethel Congre- gational church, who was converted some thirteen years ago when Messrs, Crossley and Hunter were holding meetings in Picton, by request of Mr. Hunter, gave an account of his con- version, which greatly afiected the au- dience. Two after meetings were held and some thirty went forward. A Valuable Invention. Sergt. Armourer Worth has complet ed his 'model of an approved gun gleich, and next week Col. Drury will take it to Montreal to exhibit it to the minister of militia. The improve- ment consists of strong hidden springs which relieve the recoil, saving wear and tear on the gun and carriage, while at the same time providing for more rapid firing, inasmuch as less time is required in returning the gun to its former alignment. Sergt Worth has mounted a model of an old nine- pounder on the carriage, to enable a practical demonstration being made in firing for the information of the minister. Teste made last nicht were in every way satisfactory. The adop- tion of the earriage would enhance the value of the Canadian artillery in the winter season. ¢ Chris And Lena." The offering fof Monday next at the Grand will be a star and play that is dear to the hearts of all theatre goers, Pote Baker in a grand scenic re. vival of the elaborately dressed come- dy drama "Chris and Lena." This play has not been done here for a number of years and in its new dress and a well balanced cast much is promised for it. Mr. Baker is to-day, the hest 'German dialect comedian and his friends and admirers will be out in force. to give him hearty welcome. Has Retired. 3. McMillan has retired fram the firm of Wormwith & Co., The present smbers of the firm gre W. H. Worm- h, : Lee and Thomas Connor, last year of this firm was a re- | breaker, it having turned out o¥er 200 more pianos than in the pre vious year, 1901. The company paid me | ont" over 826,000 ip wages. It is de serving of the patronage of the pub- ie Market Prices. the educational and charitable work | future, the higher educational interests There was a goodesized market Sat- urday morning Butter in prints sold at from 200. to 22¢. a lh, and in rolls n 8c to 19. a lb.: fresh eggs, doz; turkeys, $1.50 to 82 each; he. to Wie. gq par: chickens, 6c. «a pair: pork, Se. to 10¢. a lh; Se, to 10e, 4 dh; mutton, Te. to a lb: beef, Bic. to 63c. a Ib; po tatoes, 81.20 to £1.25 a bag. Better Is Not Made. 1 Ih. pure Java and Mocha coffee, ie. 4 packages finest jelly powder, 25 cents. 4 lhs. icing sugar, 25 cents. At Mullin's. -------------- The conare on of St. Elmo have given their n . D. Leitch three mont! as a token of appreciation. Mr. Leitch will fend his yacatin in the North-West, {and British Columbia %, he London, Ont, curling club are » western tankard having won in Thomas curlers rain of one 'shot. (Qnaker oats, lfc. per package. Tilson's oats, 10e. per package. Leaver oats, 10c. per package. Mother's oats, le, per package. he possessors of th the _cnsuing ve iingls frog by the narrow Bossi Sis ysis aia Gs Jag, Redden & Co. FEBRUARY 21. | trict. OPPOSE THEM PROTESTED AGAINST SEL- ECTION OF JURISTS. Working Overtime On The Audi- tor-General"s Report -- Feeling, Hard Against The Two Sena- tors. Ottawa, Feb. 21.--For some time past the stafl of the audit department has been working overtime on the au- ditor-general's report. The last of the proof reading will be done to-day, so that by the end of next week, at the farthest, the report will be ready for distribution. The statute requires that the auditor-general's report shall be laid on the table of the house, within ten davs after the meeting of parlia ment. It is clear, therefore, that the auditor general will be on time. It is reported, to-night, in official circles, that the government has form ally protested to the home authorities against the selection of Senators Lodge and Turner, as two of the Un ited States representatives on the Al askan boundary commission. The feel ing, here against these two men is most intense. The appointment of Mr. Legris, M.P., to the senate, to replace the late' Senator Ormond and the return of J. H. Ross, for the Yukon, are gaz- etted to-day. Robert Finlay, Sudbury, has been appointed assistant inspector = of weights and measures for Ottawa dis Application will ~ be made at the next session to amend the act incor: porating : the Toronto and Niagara Power company by giving power to increase the capital stock to $6,000, 000 and the bond issue to 850,000 and providing for the payment of interest thereon. The Guelph and Georgian Bay Railway company is applying for legislation, giving power to build a road, electric or steam, through the counties of Wellington and Dufferin and to acquire any existing road. The company, under the name of the Huron & Frie canal, is applying for incorporation with power to locate and construct a canal, or system of canals, #0 as to create a navigable water way from some point on Lake Huron, either in Huron or Lambton counties, to the north shore of Lake Efie, in Elgin county. An act will be introduced next ses sion extending the line for commene ing and completing the Manitoulin und North Shore railway. Col. Sherwood, commissioner of Do minion police, went to Montreal, to day to investigate the career of Mm- Hneau, the militia department do faulter in that city. POSTED ON HIS BIBLE. Can Repeat Scriptures From Gen- esis To Revelation. Lockport, N.Y., Feb. 21.--This city has in Robert Garry, a working man who probably has closer axmamian "- ship with the Bible than any other man in America, if not in the world It is claimed for him that he could, if called on, recite the scriptures from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelations. Garry was formerly a master me- chanic at the works of the Holly Manufacturing company, in this city. Whén he became converted he gave himself up to the study of the Bible with an avidity seldom seen. It was not long before people began to regard him as a wonderful man. He was call ed to neighboring towns to expound the scriptures, and then into all parts of this and some other countries. During the last few years many have sounded Garry's knowledge of the Bible and never found .it lacking. He can give the chapter and verse for any quotation made. Garry was first lieutenant in a com- pany of New York volunteers during the civil war. His life has always been hard. He was led into his present work, he says, by an unseen hand. The Bible which Garry carries with him is probably the most remarkahle in existence. It is filled with markings and '"'railroadings" even more than was the Bible of the late D. L. Moody Each mark has a special significance, often denoting a connection with some other passage in another part of the book. These connections sometimes run from one end of the Bible to the other. See The Bargains At Abernethy"s shoe store, Satur- day. Iron Tonic Pills, for 100, will build up your system and prevent typhoid fever. H. B. Taylor. Ralph Smith, M.P., Vancouver, B.C., is seriously ill with laryngitis. I Will Buy I Will Sell I Will Exchange Stock certificates of all the advertised Oil, Mining and Industrial Companies. If you have stock for sale state quanti- tv and price asked. If you wish to nuy, I WILL SELL 1000 Dominion »0il Co., 26c. 400 Eastern Consolidated il, 24¢ ) Ontario & California Oil Co. 0 Umion Consolidated Oil Co 1000 Vizgnaga Gold Mining Co, 20¢ 600 American Union il & Refining 1 Ie 0. 1de. 1100 Ohio & California Refining Oil Co., 7T0c 900 Hidden Fortune Gold Mining Co, vf 700 Califoriiia Nevada Mining Cd, Te 1000 Horseshoe Gold Mining Co., 63¢ 2100 Rush Bay Golden Horm Mining Co. Ltd, b57¢ 200 New Brunswick" Petroleum Co, 0) Nova Scotia Oil & Gas Co., 20c. 1700 Mergenthaler-Horton Basket, 28¢ 12 Great Northern Railway 5 per cent. Bonds. 800 ) Canada Hardware Co.. 895, > Colonial Investment & Loan Co, «= And a large list of other well-known stocks, which I offer at a saving to you of from 5 per © to 50 per cent + No order too small or too large von wish to make an Fxch hear from vou with a pronosit cannot afford to make any ir without first obtaining my infor and prices Write for a copy latest market letter. NORRIS P. BRYANT, Dealer in Investment Securities, 84 St. Francois Xavier St. Mén- treal. let me You SPECIAL BARGAINS ; FOR MONDAY. A short time ago we were fortunate to secure the following goods at a price much below their They have arrived and we will have them Monday Morning. 1 ,700 Yards Lonsdale fie This beautiful fine WHITE COT I'ON is un- equalled for Ladies' and Children's Underwear and for general white sewing. The width is 36 inches full and the regular va- lue is 12%c. Special Price for This Lot Monday 8c. yard. YARDS EMBROIDERY, All different patterns. Regular 8c., gc., 10c. values. YOUR CHOICE MONDAY Sc. yard. Sale opens at g:30 and lasts while goods re- NF RINT ONS ANNI PNA ALL SALES FOR CASH. JOHN LAIDLAW & SON 170-172 Princess Street, Kingston. WAS NSN PUTIN PNT PNR NTN Py The Men Are Not Forgotten In. Our Shoe Bargains. Look in our windows for the most striking display of SHOE BARGAINS ever seen in Kingston city. THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE will keep right to the front all the year round. LOCKETT. A Guaranteed Cure For All Forms of Kidney Disease. We the undersigned druggiste fully prepared to give the following guarantee with every 50 cent bottle of Dr. Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets, in the world the positively cures all troubles arising or diseasa] kidneys : cheerfully returned if sufferer is not selieved | after use of one lLottle. bottles effect mstimizhing and perman: 1f not relieved and curch you waste no money." Henry Wade, druggist, King strect, Boome = cr 4 sb ee ee ee eee PLUNGED INTO RIVER. An Eighty Ton Engine Went Over lute yesterday afternoon, when Engi one of the car ferry slips was turned. the only remedy He and Fireman Hope had barely time to jump before the eighty-ton engine went over the slip to the river bot tom, the two cars foliowing and land of the engine. The lifting of the river will be difficult job. Traffic be seriously inter as the road. has two slip Hoag, the druggist, Geo. W. Mahood, druggist, Princess strect, Kingston, Ont. was one of the oldest captains on Lake He had been sailing since he was seventeen years -of age. street, Kingston, Ont. H. B. Taylor, Loss about - $2,200. street, Kingston, Ont. ITS USI ITS of : They Have a ( Cautious A' National Labor Tribune. Of the benefits of there can be no greater workingman, provided 1 inspired and directed with a broad sense of and with a due regard fare and interests of th should not be forgotten the use of capital in en for a time, and perhap unproductive, labor wg few jopportunities. Nearl undertaking hag scen tk p rhaps millions, of dol often lost, before begin: return on the invest every manufacturing ests witnessed the time wher its workers would have | and final blow to a bus on the brink between suecess. The trades unionist, 1 a greater responsibility action of a certain sum the enforcement of rules He may, by untimely d at a critical moment, | tion upon the establishm fords support to him an ily, and--to use a homel sive phrase-- kill the go the golden egg." : It should be but little tion to a trades union that he has gained his po also succeeded in draggin tion everything that ma worth gaining. The stor kenny cats is interesting, an example to be follo tical people, whether wo employers. The trades 1 thinks that his main should be to break dow paralyze their business, their sources of income, Ous man, as much an ene unions as he is to capital be trusted with any respo in connection with the labor. The man in whose har the power to stop the v dustry and the flow of which is the life blood of to be. conservative, care berate, impartial in jud entirély free from prejudic to possess qualities of statesmanship, and be by disposition a peacemaker, trouble-maker. He ghon fitting estimate of the ri employer and the employe the common rights of ev under the laws. Any atte ride those rights is boun ultimate failure. Any overcome by violence the which the law extends on and liberty, is certain to b punishment. This lesson taught over and over ag: been a costly lesson, and unionist who has not lea 18 unfit to be invested wi ership of his fellows. The harm that has bee hasty, inconsiderate and strikes is incalculable. 'Ih capital has been but a sn the injury. The workingm: family have been the prin ers. And all this miser chiefly due to men whos was to pose before the pul ers, and to exert for se ment and exaltation the trusted them for far dif poses. Trades unions, therefor aim is te carry out the: p their origin, in securing steady employment and hours for wage-earners car cautious in the choice of in their action upon quest sue between capital and le ganization can sustain itse der the crushing influence | and lasting strikes. That tion is likely to be most which has no strikes at all, treasury is not depleted | mands made upon it for st ances. The longer a union without strikes the strong: tion, and the more likely successful in upholding the its members by peaceable 1 there is no stronger weaj fence of labor's rights th treasury and a fully empl bership. We constantly deprecate, the iden entertained by som main object of trade unmior ought to be, to prepare for on the form of war wit known as a strike. The of trades unionism is, or ov to make strikes unnece-sar maintain brotherhood betv ers, and cordial relations ployers. It is too =oon tg willennium, when the golde be the all sufficient law guidance and direction; but rule is a good guide to kee of us even in these imperfe Wise selfishness indicates policy. Union workers are a loss to account for the of lity toward trades unionis who might naturally be ex) sympathize with organiz Probe into the history of sc these men, and you will pro that once he has been ruir trades union. that he risk in some undertaking, gav ment to men who were «¢ ployment and meant to dea and fairly by every one, wh ly, while evervbody else v him a chance to swim, | brought his head under +» some technical non-complie union regulations, and he w