HE DAILY WHIG. 4 Opifer per Orbem Dicor." papers and attention called to tes of Kingston for businem d council) bas a com ndustrien. To the Whig it that this committer must than angle, in a noncom- for the attention of pros bers, It should prepare a» reasonable overtures. Tt recommend something with re to limited taxation (exemption J reing juebeaible; with regard to pow- Jer fire and light facilities, Cheap power, of all things, is the dexidern tom, and the council shoul) know ¢ it con do in this respect. Then there is the question of sites. {It is important to the man of capital. What land has Kingston available for of 3 i £ i ; Te 1H - lots are in the mar st what prices 7 In Toronto, Mr. Fleming's day, thd information for any one who thought t dity for business purposes, has not any one whose oscu- is to place at the disposal of the information they desire city and its prospects 7 i 45 : 2 T 5 g i § -3 fF : REMODELLING THE SCHOOLS, 1 The information is given out by one conservative paper that the education INL | department, ander the new govern Joent, will he overhauled, Twe results i expected to follow, - The high Lwchool will be of less importance, and may be called fads, but 1 are most useful things, and con tribute to the success of the pupils. To re, the new head of the do- partment will be subject to new emo: pow impulses, but he will subject, dlvo, to the guidance of men who have been conspicuons the edicationsl. counsels, and who these counscls still, It can, therefore, bo taken for granted that the public school which it hms ake many years to build will not troyed, oven though Mr. Whitney, while in dpposition, stormed about it, and said that it was Phot what it ought to be. The three R's may be given a larger place, and agricultural subjects may be chit in the curriculum of the rural schoo's, but the programme of the present, so far as the cities are con cerned, in mot likely to undergo seri ous change. Talk ix one thing, and action another, TE --------------., BE sd al lB er tet---- ANNEXATION 1S NEARER. The London Advertiser calls atten: tion to the fact that the Bond Nain treaty of 1890, provided for a liberal measure of reciprocity and that it would have passed the United States senate. But it was suspended Ly. the imperial government, in deference to the protest of the Dominfon govern: ment, which claimed that the treaty discriminated against' Canada in fa vor of the United States. "The ro lations of all the North American pro- vinces to the United States ana the | empire would bo affected," said Sir d, in a communication ial authorities. The is so indignant that they ff war on a small scale dominion, followed by tiations for political Though Canada has withdrawn ber protest, roafirne when: Sir premier of his over: : z HH 3 Frid ; i g : £ it, g i i Hay and iow. *§ Chicago Tribune. Somelx Little lain lately. In an election how would hi imperial federation stand ? -- Provident Roosevelt bas realized thyt he is not the whole push in American polities. Jt: may be his to suggest, but the scoate is "it." Champagne is to be specially taxed in the United States. It was stand the strain. The people who drink it are usually flush of funds, Lincoln has been dead forty years, end yot he is talked about as if he were the only great man of Whom Am- erica has had to boat. And he was indeed » mighty man, The imperial commons is now in so: sion, hut gu dissolution may occur any day, and an appeal be made to 'he country. , The government is weak, and, as the old Saw would put it, "tottering to the fell." Now that the Bond -Hay treaty has been deemed out of sight by the Am etican fishermen, by the United States senate, how are the American fisher men going to pet their bait off New foundland ? The liberal government at Ottawa will fully investigate the Manitoba election scandal, The provincial lists are alleged to' have heen tampered with, The , offender, whoever he is, will get his deserts. Better to vote sums from the earn: ings of the water and light plants to public purposes than give away their products or sell them at cost. The moaning of the transaction will then be understood. » SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. , We'll See About That. Oltawa Free Press, iWith Pyne at the head! of it there ought to be oo lack of good timber in the education department. Treating. Hi Wounds, Ee tie Nesbitt sustained a bad fall, but being a medical man be has not found it necessary to roveal to anybody else the extent of his injur- SH Oh, Ring OF ! " has compiled figures showing that "twenty per cent. of the telephone gicls. marry . every year." They. are the ones perhaps with the "Jow, soit voice." The Party System. Toronto Star The Quebec crisis possible it is to shows how im- kill the. party sys- stem, 'As soon as one party rotives from the field, the remaining party obligingly splits in two. The Winning Combination. St. Thomas Journal. Roger Clute, K.C., the new high court judge. gets the name of being wu silver-tongued orator in his native county of Hastings. He once ran for rliament against hix brother-in-law, arcy Corby. Mr. Clute had the elo quence, Mr. Corby, a distillery and money, and eloquence lost. THAT CANAL OUTLET. Belleville Liberals In Favor Of Trenton. Belleville, Ont., Feb. 15.-The Belle ville Reform Club elected the following officers for the year: Presitlent, F. E. O'Flynn; vice-presidents, Dr. A. E. MacColl, James Hanley: secretary, E. J. Butler; treasurer, T. E. Ketcheson: executive, L. P. Hughes, J, W. Far ley, Dr. Yeomans, A. Wallace, J. Tem- pleton, R. Snell, T. Manley, J. May, A. G. Vermilyea, A strong delegation was appointed to go to Ottawa to interview the government on Trent Valley Canal matters, and urge that the outlet be at Trenton. Slays Family ; Burns Bodies. Guthrie, Ok., Feb, 14.-While tem: porarily insane, James Estes, a farm- er at , a small town near here, early to-day murdered his wife and daughter, Maude, attempted to kill his son, Lawrence, who hy sot fire to the house, and literally blew his own head off with a shot gun, The bouse was destroyed gnd the bodies buroed to a erisp before neighbors could arrive, "Buy" Beef, Iron and Wine at Gib Se Red Cross Drug Store. It's fresh t A. W. Donly, Canada's commercial agent in Mexico, thinks there iW little likelihood of immediate trade between British Columbia and Mexico ti the Pacific owing to the spare popula tion and the lack of communication with the large centres. The prospects of a good trade via the Atlantic are bettér, 9 Something new and np todate ! This is all very well, but what about the old things that have stood the test of time? Now there is" the "D. & LL" Emulsion; everybody knows you cannot find a better preparation for all troubles ung % It a2, Ssvartel that A. > Campbell. depu minister of blie A Sutin to take . ae Tuceative po- on, 'President. Loubet will resion office Juetore the expiration of bis seven-vear oy which ends on February 18th, | Sum To Be Paid id Anmualiy--To- T i and Empire, hg Bene een | Queen's Uni- DONATIONS BY JUSTICE MA- | ronto Alumni Of Queen's Uni- versity Will Help. Te Raise | $500,000. versity met at MeConkey's to confer with Principal Gordon with regard to the ing of the proposed increase of £300,000 thin maaan ment of Queen's, The graduates of Queen's, resident in Toronto, to do their full share in to put the uni versity on 8 better financial footing, and appointed u committee to make o canvass of all Toronto graduates. Principal Gordon announced that a splendid start had already been made in this city. Justice Maclennan, pre. ident of the Toronto Queen's Alumni Association, end George Gillies have each subscribed 85,000 towards the endowment fund. Both gentlemen are } members of the hoard of trustees. An other Toronto citizen, whose name is for the present withheld, has agreed to hecome responsible for un annual payment of 81,200 to cover the salary of an assistant professor, and has al- ready sent a cheque to mret the first your's salary, . A subseription list was opened among the graduates present, und met with a liberal response. Principal Gordon, in his appeal, stated that an increase of $500,000 in the endowment or of $20,000 in the yearly income would give the univer- sity a fairly satisfactory revenue for the next few years, and would enable it to contin its present rate of growth and expansion, GILT EDGE CHEESE Gives Patrons Chance Of Making , Merry. . Sceley's Bay, Feb. 13.-The Gilt Edge Cheesé and Butter company held their annual oyster supper in the Ma- sonic hall February 3nd, for the pur- pose of drawing as large a number of the patrons and their wives as pos- sible together to' listen to speeches delivered by the foremost dairymen of Fastern Ontario, and also to close the buginess of the board of managers for 19. Doors were opened at seven o'clock. On entering one could catch a view of the three tables, covered with spotless linen, adorned with beautiful bouquets of flowers, ond roaning under an ample supply of ull inds of delicacies, Oysters, Fowever, formed the favorite dish to which the guests, to the number of 150, did full Justice, After supper the chair was occupied by, Rev. T. Meredith, who performed his duties most praiseworthily, eves offering to marry one "bachelor" free gratis, This, however, the young ntleman did not feel ready or will ing to comply Hu. Speeches were delivered by the following : Messrs. Golan, Mit and Publow, of King- ston Dairy .i Sehool, and Mr. Fowler, cheese buyer of Mogtreal, and = some local speakers. : Mr. Fowler showed clearly why our prices of cheese were lower in 1901 than in 1903. Mr. Publow, cheese in- structor for Eastern Ontario, impre#s- ed upon the audience the best way to take good care of milk, and the rea son thorofor. Mr. Mitchell dealt for cibly with the cheaper way of pro ducing the raw material. Taken alto gether the speeches" were very appro priate and instructive, and the pa trons and their wives will do well to profit by them. Joseph ' MeAlonan, who. has worked for the company for ten years in the capacity of checsemaker, was present od with a costly Morris chair, and an address, expressing their appreciation of his services. To this he replied very aptly, and all were pleased to hear him announce his intention of remaining another year. Excellent music was furnished by the Misses KE. and M. Moore, M. Randall, i. Brac ken and W. Raney and E. A. Patnap,. The mic was well rendered, and highly appreciated. Much credit is due to the managers of Gilt Edge factory for the suceess of the entertainment. The following is the statement of the Gilt Edge factory for 1904 : Milk delivered, 3,486,886 lbs; cheese manu- factured, 322,838 lbs; pounds of milk to a pound of cheese, 10.5; price of milk per ton, 813,85; total amount ro ceived, $27,364.79; cost of manufac turing, $3,228.34; pet amount to pa trons, $24,136.45. Officers, ete, for 1905 : A. Leadbeater, manager; McAlonan, cheesemaker; E. M. Brac ken, salesinan; Merchants' Bank, trea surer; W. J. Raney, secretary. KILLED BY SOMNAMBULIST Strange Fate Of Girls Out In India. London, Feb, 14.~Two sisters, aged eleven and eighteen, have been killed by their uncle during a fit of som- mambulism in Upper Burmah, tele graphe the Rangoon correspondent of the Express. Mong so Bon, the uncle, who is a Burmese, living at Nabavibin, is under arrest, and has related a strange dream to the police to account for his strange act, He dreamt, he said, that he was about to ascend a throne in an un. known land, when two officers stand ing by stopped him, declaring that he was an imposter. Thereupon he seized hit dak, or Burmese sword and at tacked bis nieces, 'who were sleeping on ts close by, in such a manner that they died shortly afterwards, When he woke he went to the police and weeping bitterly. told them what he had done. He declared that it was an act of vengeance hv the spirit of the fields because he find that day neglected the time-honored custom of offering it food at dinner. Advice To Musicians. Musical connoisseurs all agree that a peer. Ask to see one of these in struments at Kirkpatrick's art store. 'state of Victoria showing the experi was granted mn ernment finds that whereas in 1901 it The presebt average rate with the Nordheimer piano stands without | OLD AGE PENSIONS. | -- Victorian Government Plan Is' Working Out. Advocates of old-age pensions will be interested in a return which has been published by the treasury of the ence of the government of the system of pensions inaugurated in 1901. In 100} the maximum rate of sion was fixed at 10s. a week, which " to everybody who could ake good a claim to it. After twelve months' experience the rate was fixed at 8s. a werk, and the children of pensioners were compelled, if at oll able, to continue towards the pen- sion granted. Reviewing the three Years' experience, the Victorian gov: had to pay 16,275 pensions, on June 30th, 1904, when administration was restricted, the rate generally reduced, only 1.609 people were entitled to pensions, The average rate of pension, with the maximum at 108. a week, worked out at Te. Hid. per pensioner, the fs. maximum ix Be. Sd. per pensioner. Some idea of the closeness with which the financial standing of pen sioner's relatives ix examined will be gathered from the fact that where ax only £19 2¢, was recovered from relatives + within the first three months' in the financial vear ending June, 1901, no less than £3,495 was so recovered. The Victorian govern pient now pays away to pensioners about £200,000 a year, at an adminis trative cost to the state of only £17, 000 PROMINENT PEOPLE. Testify To The Efficacy Of The New Scientific Dandruff Treat- ment. A. E. Lanier, Denver, says: "Herpi cide has made my hair grow rapidly." Mrs. A. Guerin, Great Falls, Mont,, says : "I find Herpicide an excellent dandruff cure." H. Greenland, Portland, Ore., says: "Newbro's Herpicide stopped my bair's falling out." J. D. Israel, Norton, Wash., says "Herpicide has completely cured my dandrui."' Charles Brown, President First Na- tional Bank, Vancouver, Wash., says: "Herpicide is noted for keeping the scalp clean. Insist upon the genuine, Sold by leading druggists, Send 10c, in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., De- troit, Mich. G. W. Mahood, Special Agent, A NEW DEPARTMENT In The Arts Faculty At Toronto University. Special to the Whig. Toronto, Feb. 15--~The senate of the university of Toronto has created a new graduating department in the faculty of arts, made up of astronomy supplemented by certain subjects tak- en from pure mathematics and certain others taken from physics. The aim of the university in this pew departure is to make the subject of astronomv practical instead of merely theoretical, as it has-been heretofore. For a time it Will not be practicable to have sat isfactory facilities in the way of an observatory of instruction, but it is expected that accommodation, of a useful kind, will he found in the old observatory building. Unreasonable California. Philadelphia Post '"Bob" Burdette, the preacher-hu mest of Los Angeles, tells a story of a rich contractor from the east who was sojourning in California, and who had great difficulty in twistilyz the Spanish names of places around his Hibernian tongue. In speaking of San Jose, Mojave, Xallejo, and other towns which he had visited, he gave the liberal pronunciation, instead of sounding the Spanish "J" like "h." Mr. Bardette attempted to explain, but was interrupted by the Irishman, who exclaimed explosively : "Ye have a foine climate out here, and ye have flow an' fruit galore; but damn the country, say I, where ye spell hickory wid a 'ji.' !"" Soudan Being Depopulated. Cairo, Feb. 15.--The British and Egvptian governments are worried over the depopulation of the Soudan. Before the Mahdist rising the pro vinee had a population of 8,250,000; today it is onlv 1,870,000 In the Barel Ghazel 1,110,000 inhabitants out of 1,500,000 died of famine; in Berber 10,000 remain out of 800,000. The government is studying how to re populate the country. Repairing The Fleet. Thirty-five men are engaged in re pairing the K. & M. F. company's barges at' Portsmouth. The Cherokee is on the marine railway for exten sive additions; the Jet and Lapwing are receiving pow decks, ete; the Hia- watha new keelson The barges are also receiving many fix- tures. About £10,000 is being spent altogether in repairs. "A little cold, you know" will be come a great danger if it be allowed to reach down irom the throat to the lungs. Nip the peril in the bud with Alen's Lung Balsam, a sure remedy containing no opium, Miss Bella Ehliott died Monday ber late home in Thurlow. She twenty-eight years of age and been i a long time Two young dogs, belonging to W. Marshall, set on a little four-vear-old boy in Belleville, and bit hin badly. Michael Flynn, for many vears prictor of the Prescott house, coit, died Saturday, but a few hours, Fine, flexible manicure Chown's drug- store. KELPION A PERFECT | REMEDY. at was had pro- Pres after being ill files at Aminter Northrup, V.S.. of Renton Harbour, Mich., was enticed to the Lake Michigan sand mines, robbed and murdered : : AT omissak Gf ailbles hax saused the clo a oa Shoulder braces at Chown's. | ing of 5 "Andrew's. Clipe 'A Preparation--not a Patent Medicine. Journals. done ain Supplied to all and rest of the pres SAPPY A iful Car eautiill oh A Satarr pF o February Suit Special. We have just completed stock-taking and find we have about forty or filty Tweed Suits, which we don't wish to carry over the season. In order to clear .the lot quickly we have marked them away down. Miss Florence E. Kenah, 43 « A few months ago Ic and remained there medicine without b and my head and b. One L.ot at $5. «I was advised to try Jolt 50 sick that | was rea One Lot at $6.50. relief at once, and I felt tf weeks 1 was comp One L.ot at $7.50. het Ne e Working Coats--We have a number ed sow lia the grosie of Odd Coats that we are going to sell at about WO arr. Tr cold one-half their regular value, sizes 34 to 44. $2, sain, slush snd mad of winte ducive to ea 2.25, 2.80. ay pew women capt, : ipon the first eympiomS 9 old Peruna should be n THE H. D. BIBBY CO, Bh im gut thi i . lowi letter gives Clothiers and Haberdashers, Oak Hall, Kingston of uw flows ng loter gives ii itt nh tb A ok Ne) Rano Ne a writes the following: «Rocently I took a long d omntry, and being too thi ,. Going. Into Manufacturing de: caught a bad cold which set a i y 1d Co Li As we are now going to manufacture our own Jungs, aa Nhich 1 could . po Ready Made Olotbing, also making suits to order, we ; have decided to clear out our entire stock of Ready Made Clothing at EXACTLY HALF MARKED PRICE. Peruna for colds and cata 1 can assure you that this sale will exceed all pre yious sale records in tho city of Kingstan, therefore now is your chance to get up to-date Men's and Boys Suits. Oversoats, Ete, at EXACTLY HALF MAKK ED PRICE. This is not a fake sale bnt a Genuine Clearing Bale. A call on us will convince you. Do not miss this sale. Come and call on us at once. It will be to your advantage. $18 Buits for $9 ; $16 Buits for 87 50; $10 Suits for $5 ; $16 Overcoats for $8; $14 Overcoats for §7; $12 Overcoats for §6 and so on. Money Refunded Cheerfully If Not Satisfactory. JOS. ABRAMSON, The People's Clothier, 180 Princess St., Between Redden's and Crawford's Groceries. We Have Just - Finished Stocktaking And find we have a few lines which we wish to clear out at Bargain Prices! So as to make room for spring stock. Sce our Ladies' Patent Colt Biucher Boot ; regular price, $4; NOW §3. Ladies' Fine Dongola Boots, $3.75, NOW 2.90. Gents' Patent Colt Blucher Boots, $3.50, NOW $2 50. Also several other lines greatly reduced. The Sawyer Shoe Store. ASBEST! ' These Irons su revolutionized ironi 1s without them is have these in a nun McKEL STOCK MARKE Telegraphed specially to Norman Binmore, Manage Bogert, & Battelle, Membe Stack Exchange, 151 St. Montreal. . lose) ® NEW YORK STOCK ° ° | . W YORK STOCK b S . . Atchison argains in ui ers i Amal. Copper tn. A Kattimo % & Ohio ee rooklyn Rabid Tras 300 pairs of Men's Rubbers, hroad toe, regular S5c., ¥ « oy Rud Transit OW hi . - ROW canis = ix Central . i S Louisville & Nashville | 100 pairs of Men's Rubbers, wool lined, regular 81, ® in: . now 6Ce ° ark Central . vamia i 0 stand 75 pairs of Ladies" Rubbers, marrow toe, 30c. and 60c., 0 . . ¢ 20 Py ow 4 9) 'win City » Ynion Pacific x x ; . : : wh . » £5 pairs of Boys' Rubbers, size 1, wool lined, Thc, = i 5 Steel Rr now 10 " Wheat IR 5 CRA ALE A 9 nt 0 > May ® . » Jul 7 | . Corp. ® 4 Lt h ' S h Store 2 Be pd eri 1 € y S 0oé A. * July _ ® » : -- ° NEW YORK &' 3 Amaleamaton Per Wericun Locomati ; ocomotive American Smelting & 1 American Sugar ¥ tehison Baitimore & Ni Canadian Pacific tefinin Pipe & Small Tubing - TO ORDER. Peake & 'Ohi - Mit, it, Paul Block Tin Toronto. - - Sold by Drugglets, 250. Tryltonos THE CANADA METAL CO. "