newspapers have resented the attempt to interfere with their freedom, and have pursued the"even tenor of. their tolerant spirit re out of ies; 'and ithout nerve or volition. i -- . CLEANSE THE OFFICES. 'Whatever be ' the outéome of the public accounts committee enquiry, jn Ontario, the fact is clear that there | g Fi I church work. These are attending the . | church. They = £2 ifs 1 TELV fe i T else it has shown the necessity of civil service re-organization and it The men in the public offices may be underpaid. © They may not be re: warded | for their labours as they would be if occupied in professional or in commércial life. But they must be free from suspicion and reproach. The MeDougall defaloation, followed hy the Sullivan. and Taylor escapades, 10 action and a complete cleansing of the public service. J Sg, . WORK OF THE CLERGY. Kingston has within it. just now hundreds of men who are gngaged in 1 i of the Angli Sy- nod of {His diocese, and of the Mont. real conference of the Methodist represent, in lay and | clerical circles, in a large degree, the highest culture of the present day. There may be those who question the work of the church or its methods or beliefs, but they do not undervalue the immense moral influence which thy clergy represent. They are associated with evety movement which makes for the' elevation of man and they direci or aid or support every cause which means the purification of public and | private life. The clergyman touches the people intimately, closely, at every point, and aims to mould and fashion the modetn' wnkjersity is a costly in- stitution. ang diversified occupations annual expenditure which increases with the advance of time. The pro- 1. | vineial college should receive at least a quarter of a million dollars a year. 'It gets $130,000, iw y | hali the Bo the extent of o. iy simp) ot machine | provibial treasury to the extent A Arve times the present grant. The * |ldosired amount would be. available" if the votes for. scientific education, in- cluding that to Queen's, were consoli- dated. is whether the education of the young man could beas well conducted in 'one central institution as in the sev eral institutions which now share the burden and responsibility. "The pro- per course," says our contemporary, "js fo examine the situation es a 'whole. The aim of are enough fo arouse the governments}, Its expansive curriculum involve an about half of which derived from endowments and one- from the government. To raise balance of the quarter of a mil would mean a draft upon the To the Toronto News the question the government should be to sebure higher education for the youth of Ontario, first in the most efficient, then in the most con venient form. It may be the efficiency land" convenience will be best 'served by concentrating the whole education: al effort of the province im Toromto. might be to build up two or more in- stitutions, finding a certain degree of satisfaction in the diversity of type thereby created, and in the competi: tion engendeted, . The thought is advanced, however, 'that it will not do to act at this ses. gion me the government has proposed ito de. The idea is that the govern ment. should not be commited to Queen's. It. is committed already to the Bchool of Mines," and the only 'unsetiled point' is 'the position of fhe government toward its manage- iment. In the public interest, in the interest of the scientific education in 'astern Ontario, this school has been aided substantially. For it a splendid pew 'building has been erected, and the policy. of the government towards it js not now subject to change. Nor have the people any desire for the e-opening of the unjversity issue. No- good "could come of such a proceed: ing. ------ EDITORIAL NOTES. The chaps who lost heavily by the recent slump in stocks ere figuring wweating over it, too. 5 ------ Some people aré having great honor thrust upon them. They are having hips in New Ontario called after them. Henceforth they will rank with the immortals. ---- The new British Columbia govern- went is having its dilliculties, It is bound to go to pieces sooner or later --and probably sooner than later. The leader of it, Hon. Mr. McBride, is an inexperienced man, Is Mr. Tarte showing his hand again as a political dictator ? He speaks of Mr. Parent's retirement from the Quebec government as a necessity. the rumour is for no other one. Has Mr. Tarte issued his fiat ? Now it is the Montreal men who are kicking over the delay of mails. The ~ | man he mercial demand. The fact, then, ought to be, and the marvel of ' n So. servic ie that Tn a wert where the com | 0 ii the public : bs spirit is so active, where the | utilitarian ideg is so vigorously devel. | oped, so many men, gifted in a speci. al way, can be found to render the "The -- Te is very exacting. Every one is not called to it. Every one is not mentally and physically endowed for 'the 'service it involves. Every one possessed of the graces which this post of- the times demand. There should not mon The Montreal Transportation com- pany has carried 1,500,000 bushels of grain from this eity to Montreal this , season, and up to May 30th. This is 1,400,000 bushels more than was car ried during the same period last year. This is the result of abolishing the ganal tolls. | Judge Britton has 'been objected to as a Yukon cominissioner because he was so lately in political life. His lordship is no longer a politician ut a judge, and he can be depended on todo his work weil. As the judge - of the drainage court he is especially latitude seventy sever forty-nine minutes, where it still re- mnins, though we had hoped that it thei wotld float out last summer (Decem- is room in On: | ber and January). Tt may be floated "Commander Scott, myself, with twenty-two ship on sleds November 22 wear. Most of 'the time we had to drag a: sled about five miles and then return for the other i manner we went' 270 miles to southward, reaching a latitude xt December, but that will not hap- dogs, left the 22nd- of last sled. 'In this twenty-two degrees, seventeen min- w tes. "During the trip. 'we had sunlight, but before starting we had experien- cod sunless night, lasting 121 days. (ne by one our ied, and we returned to the ship February 3rd, after an absence of ninety days, with- out one of the animals that started out with us. "Our material discoveries were not of fren, value, and were ative ra than positive. We ani- mal 'and' bird life in plenty on the shore, but inland there is not a ves- tige of life of any kind. We carried a captive balloon, which was raised 750 feet' on February 14th Tast year. We were ther in an inlet of the great ice barrier, and far to the castward, per haps 500 miles, we could see new land. It is our desire to name this land in honor of King' Edward, and it will be done if he gives his perwis sion=The great ice barrier we found 16 be a terrible obstacle to explora tion. It is from fifty to 250 feet in height, and stretches the entire length of 'the Antarctic, so far as we could tell." Toronto Star. The criminals of the present day seem It may be that the better course |i, have the detectives beaten to: a standstill. Parkhill to discover Unitarian philosopher and poet, is that he ate pie for breakfast. Exchange. Some how it' habéied. Some of then are gro n Yukon |, OBSERVATIONS. It Would Seem So. Too many murderers escape detection. The New Attraction Post. The management of the Dominion fair has not yet decided whether it will be Gamey or Stratton who will touch the button. Solving The Problem. Hantilton Herald. more the railway problem is discussed the more it appears that the best solution is the extension of government railway system to Winni- the Emerson's Failing. Montreal Herald. The only thing they have been able against Emerson, the great Change Of Tactics. of the religious bodies are de- manding that Reed Smoot, the Mor mon apostle, the United States senate. be more religious to try and convert the schismatic ? shall be expelled fro Wouldn't 18 Exchange Of Farms. Pleasant Valley, June 2.--Rain is very much here to help the and pastures, also to quench ush fires. There is a very thick smoke loaming up from Holleford di- rection. George Barr, who recently sold his fifty-acre farm to Sherman Brown, has since bought of Mr. Man- ion, Yarker, a farm containi one hundred acres for the sum of $1,950, known as the Duggan farm, township of Portland. George Barr, accompan- jod by Miss Ella Barr, recently paid a visit to Westport to see his son, S. 8. Barr, who was dangerously ill of weumonia. Visitors: A. T. Love at Camdén East; Thomas Watson and George Batt at Elbow Lake; T. J. Lockhart called on us this week on ao business trip. Mrs. Reynolds re- fumed to her home at Verona. Mesers. Boyce and Kingston are im- proving their them a generous coat of paint. East, residences by giving Mr. Jackson, Camden painter. Patient-- What's in a name? Doctor Pillsbury--A great deal for me. Patient---Why ? Doctor Pillsbuey--How can I charge as much for a stomachache as I get for appendicitis ? -| balbriggan qualified te: report. on io the chill off the house in .. Feed-doors are double and extra Radiator is inka of hasey shes] PIM in sach a way that it leaves & b t 1 i jmmense. radiating surface. clroulation of fs the only Canadian heater which will burn ooal, coke or wood with entire satisfaction. Sold by all Enterprising Dealers. Booklet Free. MClary' : claims to have the very best of cloth- EVERY MAN HAS THE HANDSOMEST WIFE | In Lis own opinion, and to hear him t]l it--but, opinions differ somewhat. It's just so with clothes, every dealer ing and | THE HANDSOMEST 'SUITS But here again tastes differ... We do know, however, that the majority of good dressers in Kingston think our Dundonald Suits the handsoniest, for they are coming here after them. Come, sce what you think about it. THE 1. D. 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[wx g AMONG WOLFE ISLANDERS. | & sear, ' ART § » f Sydenh: .Poor Crop Outlook -- Several |l1aW, al Deaths Visitors. Its forn Wolle Island, June 2.--Prospects for would the farmers are not very bright at 5 belo present. The long continued dry wea- P ave ther is showing its effects on the grain Portlan and meadows, as they are withering of ion and burning up. Pastures' are suf curred | fering very much for rain. The supply an large of milk is rapidly decreasing at the | C"tY" difierent ehéeseé* factories. Hay buyers to pay are on the alert, particularly an-Am- |, The = erican who is buying all the hay he |'°F hear can procure. He has four presses ed by t running at present. He will load the told the steamer Hinckley and consort at | intentio Marysville next week for American a an ints. the &ity Road work has started under the | further « supervision. ..of ... Road Commissioner the pres Hiram Davis. The ratepayers are up | McIntyr in arms against this method of doing [he woul work, and the chat by the wayside is | PAY the that the present council are a very ex- | county travagant one. At yesterday's ses- | Counci sion of the council Mr. Tait, Kings [against Mon, was present to secure if possible | the sub the grading of the roads at $12 per |fore the day. now it] It is some time since a death "oe |right to curred in our midst that has caused |county as much universal sorrow as that of | because Richard Lyons, whose funeral took | His tow place yesterday to the Catholic church. | to pay i Deceased had been ailing for some | Counci time from throat affection. Miss Katie | Friday . McDonald, recently removed to the | meantim House of Providence, Kingston, died | tation t. there yesterday. Her funeral will take | Waterton place to-morrow from her late bro ther's residence. A fair meeting was 1 called for last week, but as a quorum Prof was not present no. business was General gneacted. an r. fo understand that Cape Vincent | 513° ° will shortly have atrial of Fural mail disposal delivery. 'John = McReady is in the N anges General Hospital, where he underwent hich § a successful operation. Mrs, Thomas > . ' 8 Hogan's sale was largelv attended and ate th good prices were 'realized. She and non A family will leave next week for Muske oe a gon, Mich., to reside. John Briceland 10) ro 1s painting 'at Henry Hinckley's, hav atl', ing. completed. .the C.M.B.A. hall and | Mor = Dr. McCarthy's new residence. He has |" he several more contracts -to fill. .. «J 5TORL © Dr. K.: Spankie, South British Co). | Sm umbia, is visiting his brother, Dr. te oe William Spankie. Arthur Laughlin is hospital spending a few days with relatives in Watertown, N.Y; Mrs. Martin Burns; To Chicago, is visiting 'her sister, Mrs. | The I Philip Ryan. Mr. and Mrs. Glascow, | steamer Winnipeg, who have spent: the last |langes « month' with' his parents, Mr. and Mrs. } steamer Jacob Boyd, leave to-morrow for their ome. On Saturday a game of base Rev. ball was played between a Garden Isl- | preach and team and a team composed of [drew's « Wolfe Islanders, the losing team to | day ne: furnish a 'dance. The game was in fa- | Rev. M vor of the Wolle Islanders. HeNouy "Fres Moet Pusetratiog. ing our The quickest soother of pein, and store k most penetrating liniment on the mar- | (kj, ket to-day is Smith's White Liniment. | 100 A itive cure for sprains, swellings, |. =~ inflammation, neuralgia," rheumatism, | ~~ yd Jumbago. Big bottles, 25c., ati, i; . store. Anthr If you once try Carter's Little Liver again, Pills for sick headache, biliousness or | difficult constipation" vou 'will mever be with | board. out them. They' are purely vegetable; A bal small and easy to take. Don't forget | & wido! this, a was bw "30c. saved' on one little purchase |was at at our "bargain counter" at the Red charge Cross drug store. origin «