Br ---- (The ©" Opifer per Orbem Dicor," JPHE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. © wervice. The great objection to 5 "the oi Leis 3 of ix imaense. The tide of travel is eon. very lmrge. The recuipts are enor. Mos, But there in a civil = service reform in Chicago. 1 applies to all branch: ex of the public wervice to! the fire department, water depactient, and police departinent. Were the street 4 By system acquired the choioe of 3 becaise of their fitness, not their polities; would tie in order. Judge Dunne, the democratic candid for V | the mayursity, is an advocate of pub Jie ownership, because it promises Af woll, and because it can be kept clear of the contaminating influence. of | palities. In Kingston some people lavour the of the street railway os a public utility, aml entertain the «pin fon that large money could Te male Fout of it. Put the travel is not bere, nor. the profits, nor the civil serviee . Uivie appointments are gov- Fol by politics, dnd an eaterprise g | that is doubgful would Iw made J doubly so by politieal incompetence. flowides the city has all the public service on hand which it can man- age ai the present time. 1 could do, of courf®, what the railway company save it did-nwet the whortage on J the railway, if run at a loss, out of {the earnings of the light, heat and power plant. The light, heat and power consumers, however, do not Tf vant that, but cheaper light, and they must gel it sooner ur liter, -------------- : A BROV IN POPULARITY. yndham's Tallis forced ro: The ablest amd the best of wlfer on sometime due to Wyndham, but be is identitied J with a condition of things that iy un- popular, snd he has been sibply sae: rificed : Mr. Wyndham is yot a young man, a little over forty, and "he my ro. bover his prestige and' do great work flor bis country. Nr. Foster, our own J rolitieal philosopher, has distanted upon the wisdom of making. politics a profession, and of beginnirig carly the study 'of them, Mf. Wyndham follow: Jed this - eavse. Ho began his cyreer oy the underitudy of tho prosent pre- mir, Me. Ballowr, whom © he servi Jos private sctotary. Mr. Baliour Saw in him the capmeity for wider ser i and opeved the way to his pro- Hl Me wou under secretary of war dur- dug the Boer campaign, and it was function and duty to lay before iament the statements of the vernmnt as the war progressed, Thore were times "when the i(uativn Bs very trying, but Mr, O'Conner, (MPP), bax declared in his match: leks pen pictures of the hous in sesuion, that Mr. Wyndham never os sayed a duty What be did not perfor % virtue wind sloring heat. | EE con ) whipped 16 un hy the 'e -- your coal wants tn well. He was clear and lucid in his Ww for you speeches, and at all times optimistic ver 'ton, : and eloguent. He did not fail one, ing was so tense, in saying the cor: rect thing at the correct timo and in winning popular favour. Groat wen will make wistakes. Grouter than Wyndhan have corral in politics, in political tactics, and in political expedients: No. man is in- fallible, Wyndham has tasted of the bitterness of public life, but hs can J wait for o vindication. He has Leen picked out for di sorvice, {and he may live to see it. Only for | the time being is hix light obscured. A GREAT GRAB DEFEATED. The subject of graft has been con- | during all the time that public feel: 1 Chicago is agitating for public own. ership with regwnl. to the stroet ear' the purchase of the surface railway ik that it will be made a great political. | mnchive, and that it will be used for age on a a i gigantic wale. The trafle of Chicago tinuous, The number of ewpliyees is 4 Dr, Watters declares that it is almost pesmion began. to. In the house, when the and nays: were called--on the eve of an election--it way rejected; The election being over the wurviv- the bill through, but in the Senate it was killed, The Judiciary committee tovided Hit 'there was no recess be tween the special and the regular ses. sions, and there was, therefore, no Tegith claim for mileage. The seri- ous rule of the ease is that the ro presentatives will get all the credit of the grab without the satisfaction which the money would afford. -------- EDITORIAL NOTES. The friends of the late E. F, Clarke talk of a memorial fund which will be presented to the Clarke family. It is a movement which grows in favour. The local goverminent has asked the members of the Temiscaming railway to resign. Why ? It is not stated. If the road is going on the government should hold "in office the mien who know most: about it. New troubles for Mr. Borden, The Carleton county Orangemen will not stand his silence on the autonomy bill. As things go Mr. Borden may find it convenient to chavge his seat or representation at an carly date, -- The New York experts are now after thuse who adulterate the foods, and impossible to. detect some of the frauds. The enunid foods are especial: ly: under suspicion. ---- Mr. Borden asked the premier if thre was to be any change in the Lautonomy bill on the second & 5 premier said there might be. Would it not be in order for Mr, Bor den to give notice of a change il he deslre it? A The imperial government 4% in a chief wocretary for Ireland, ha& been #ucrificed to satisfy the Irish Union ists. They threatened to go back on the government and something had to be done. -- 3 Montreal iy agitating fer cheaper ges and abolition of meter rents, A graduated rate, beginning at 90e. per thousand feet, and running down to ¥0c., is advoesdted by one authority, Who wouldn't illuminate and cook with gas at this rate? -- , Mr. Aylesworth may favour greater freedoin in preparing for the study of law, greater facilities for entering up- on the practice of it. But the law so- ciety, like the wedical faculty, sees the wisdom of not opening the door wide to their students, SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. An Object Lesson. Toronto Star, Parents. who-we some of the writ: ing done by school teachers in the city are fully convinced that the pus pils should be taught penmanship by spucial teachers. Usefulness Not Over. Montreal Herald, wd Strathcona has made over 81,- 000,000 on the rise in Hudson's Buy stock. Which must be fine balm for his disappointment over the fact that bo didn't chloroform himwell at the age of sixty, Why They Don't Pay. Ottavs Free Press. It is now fenakiy admitted that the ton io railway cannot, un- der exist conditions, be made to ve is i owing nos doubt (0 the ot that the institution, which is ad mitted to be the mainstay of the! 4 te City; does not allow its guests to patronize the ears. fmt sion ended on' December 7th, and on the same dey, at once, the regular It odturved to the members that they were ohtitled to ih ond time, and they had passed: through the house. It amounted to $190.000, In comanitler it was unanimously agreed Yous ors tevival the salaty grab, and put | musical perilous position. Mr. Wyndham, 'the ol {leve, necessary to build np a strong, it: | on broad nations! . ihicet in our school iz, mode. 'This has ted. 1 do not mean a g, becavise 1 un s do sing: | wean Bg in it so that a pu- leaves shall have a good ledge of * musical notation, ete. able read music. It should als be taught in the Colleginte Insti & y nut by uature howe are, with 4 Lasts, Bate, by steady hard work, bedowe a nation of music lovers and musiciank, 1 think every one will admit that wo should cndeavor to fos. ter a genuj dove for music as well as to elon 8 power to give ex pr to it take an intelligent interest in je, Another thing that might be de veloped in our rehools ine rectly, not by any teaching, is a taste for art in the shape of Painting and perbiags even of seulptire, Tt would not be gn expensive thing 46 have a few wood Cuties of same t master pieces of ainting '8 ure in our public schiohs. This LR oe the university, and fm told over, 1.900 people visited "the colleginte buildings to woe the engravings and etchings now hung on the college walls. This shows an interest on the part of the citizens which should be cultivated, he Children can, 1 think, be indirect- rained to preciate the beauties of art in a snliar manner, Museum and Art Gallery, And herg wish to ask, is it chim. erical to talk of founding an art gal: lery in Kingston ? If we never make a beginning, we shall certainly never have such a thing. It is a thing of &radual growth, and 1 have no doubt that if it were once stablished, public i coin would be only too glad to donate, or it not to donate, thes to lend, for the general use and tenefit, pictures and other works of art which now, hong up as they are Wm private houses, are of advantage only to themuelvey and their friends. All that is required: is a building or room, and weiliave such a room in Ontario hall, whieh if refitted would make a place for a public library and ary ga and museum. | hope the Citirens' Suge will take this matter up engrget and. leave no stone unturned 0" bring "shout ue ens in, it. Thers inno doubt bus that the gradual accretions of the years to come will result in the formation of a creditable art gallery. ---- Public Library. A public library hos long been talk of but seems 'as far off as ever, In Connection with an art gallery it tould find quarters in | Ontario hall, which on an average, for six days in the week is never used. We have the nu. cleus of it in the library of the Me- chanics' Institute and that of the public schools. 1 have no doubt if the matter wero properly presented to these institutions some agreement could be reached by which these Ij. braties conld be combined. It would be worth the offort and would be a lasting memorial to those who brought it about. Kingston, I am sorry to say, iv sadly behind most other places in Canada and the United States in this particalar; but | hope in time to be able to say this stigma has acen removed. ; - Physical Tri 8: The question of physical training re quites a short consideration. In sum mer the games of school children are sufficient of themselves to give the needed exercise in "most cases: but a short intermission of fifteen minutes, morning and afternoon, is not enough for children: and yet' this ix all That many of them get, aa they are obliged to hurry home and attend to house hold cares and duties the moment they £ot out of school. It has often struck me that in summer, at all events, one hour of work should alternate with one hour of play during school hours, In many rooms of our schools, chil. dren are not engaged in recitations all the time. The members of ome class are sealed Wi their desks while the members nhother gre reciting, 1 thiok it would be better if the former were allowed on the play ground while not reciting. The open wir life is what children need to develop a strong, vigorous physical and mental make-up. Childrea in city schools expociatly need this, and they will need it more and more as the cities grow in size and there is loss chance for them to get pure air and the right kind of exercise, One cannot have too much outdoor life. though this is too apt to be for gotten in the struggle for money and position. The children of the working men are those who most need it, and these are the very ones who get least of it. A change in school work along the lines I have indicated is, 1 be. -- The Working Day. For this reason, too, and I wege it punds, 1 consid er that the shorter hours which the workingmen now have: are extremely Btnsefciul nS them ang to the whule nation. fourse, tl Ba limit to shortening the working day beyond which it woul be the competition of other which have r working days, could not be met Ly out manufactur fi i ; mate for his home » quick, and anno deen the mext morning. w } wish particul: | sinner inonths. The af advance in ci tion; van civiliza . but -- Sunday Ohservance. In this commection, shall not wound the feeli s of at 3 vocate of allowing our citizens have part of their open air and in innocent amusement To the man who can take now aml again country for a few' hours, thing is not needed, but the workingmen it would fit. An attendance at morning, is all, be required be a hene- of these men, during the " ¥ ternoon and evening, if they so desire it, they should have free for innocent roereq tion in the open air. 1 believe that a sacred band concert in the park in « the afternion or in the church hours during the Summer months, would be an excellent thine, Most. thoughtful men now . see that the Vuritanical Sabbath of which nearly every hour devotional exercises other is utterly plied to the they exint for large cities, must be spent in of some kind or indefensible when ap modern conditions ps the warkingmen ifyour ---- / Sunday Street Cars. } £ In fact, | am an advocate of Sun- day street curs during the sumer. They would, 1 believe, be a good dhing for. the churches, sipee people ode get to church without the long 1 walks which wany- of them are now foréed (0 tike in rainy and st rmy ¢ Weather. Of conrse the motormen and { Contuctors would have to get their proper protection from long hours Ly yhaving & holiday or half « holiday on other days. On religions grounds I ean see no reason whatever for in terdicting Sunday stepet ears: on ! grounds public health 1 can seo many reasons in their faver. (To Be Continued.) EN Plevna News. Plevna, Mabeh 6.--Rev. J. C. Stan ton preached his farewell sermon, te a full congregation, in Holy Trinity church, on Sunday, February 26th. oly Communion was oelebrated; fif teen communicants partaking. Mp. Stanton, wife and child, left here on. Wednesday for Newboro, where he has been lately appointed to {ake charge uf the English parish of that place, The members of his congregation here deeply regret his departure, as during his short slay, he has gained many warm friends. We sincerely wish him God speed in his new field of labor, A most enjoyable time was spent at the home of Mrs. A: W. Woods, on Saturday evening, when a number of our voung people. enjoyed themselves in dancing, music and games, A dain. ty repast was served about midnight, shortly after which the jolly erowd left for their homes. Miss Esier Wensley, Carlyle, Assa., NW.T., after spending a week visiting friends here, ett for her home today. Hubert Elkington went up fishing to Breulie Lake on Friday Inst. and returned with twen ty-five trout. James Allen left, to day, for Canonto, on a business and pleasure trip combined. On his return he will be accompanied by a bride. John W. King is slowly recovering from a severe cold: his many friends hope to see him around again short Iy. John R. Brouse had a valuable team of horses badly scorched, as the result of a fire at the Yankee mill, at Ompah. The voungsters and also some of the older ones have a merry time these beautiful nights, coasting down Martin's hill. They thoroughly ap preciate the new pair of bob-sleighs presented to them bv J. F. Gault, of the Rose Ganlt Comedy company, as a memento of his recent enpagement here. Visitors: Rod. Wensley, Miss Estes and Mrs. Wensley, at A, W Woods; Charles Smith at Frank Wen- slev's: Miss Gilmonr, Ardoch, at Mrs. Arthur Woods. '"Ned" Clarke's Bow. Toronto Star It is probably the fact that "Ned Clarke had more personal friends than any other man in Canada, and in his case a personal enmity was never heard of, He had cat no figure at all in the public life when his name was first mentioned in connection with the Toronto mayoralty, but at once ev ervbody hailed the suggestion with pleasure. He was four years mayor and in that four years steadily added to his popularity. He then formed a habit which remained with him ever after, a habit of bowing to almost every man he met on the street, I you were passing "Ned" Clarke, whe therayou knew him or not, could not I IL I I ET ay At This Season Of the Year Your chances of catching a bad cold are greater than ever. Lucky you oan get a sure, prompt and effective remedy at a popular price, at almost every store. Mathieu's Syrup Of Tar and Cod Liver Oil Has never been found want. ing. It will cure the worst cough and will prevent con- b sumption. Do Not Wait Till the Cold Turns into Bronchitis--The Cod Liver Oil in this prepar- , ation will help the renova- | tion of the whole system. 35c. Large Bottles. All dealers. J. L. MATHIEU CO, Proprietors, Sherbrooke, Que, If your cold is feverish, Mathieu's Nervine Powders, ve Syrups will ston Mathieu's stop the fever at once. 9 wimber of working hours marks "a 11 would worki tem cardulty the. semnlt of a reduction in the and I hope 1 member of the Lorl's Day Allies t, I am a strong to nda of rest, which they can vB in ay a day offi | 9 and got out into the such a to most of church in the I think, that should "vening after. Li y p § | 908s you read in its glance the question, Generally the question was answered arm and then down sincere all the time that you never felt YOUR SPRING SUIT! If ever a man wants smart. primp, handsome clothes it's when the first warm das appear. ' Nowhere can the most particuiar man find a finer, fresher or more satisfying stock of Suits to choose from than is here at this moment. Yet, with al] the character and style which our good clothing possésses, prices are as low as any careful man could wish. : The new double-breasted Sack Suit is here-- The new single-bréasted Suit is here: These smart garments are made by the BEST AND MOST SKILFUL TAILORS, and the cut. 'ter has thrown in every twist and kink of style that fashion approves. Qur Suit prices start at $7.50 and ascend by easy steps to $17.50. There's nBt a weak spot # in our entire line of Spring Suits. Our New Spring Bonnets Have Arrived THE H. D. BIBBY CO Clothiers and Haberca hers, Oak Hall, Kingston. aa BI PPG errs escsasrsecsse / ¢ ' ¢ i. CAN BE RUPTURE St: WITHOUT Danger, or Time From Work by the at homeo IOUT Pain, , or rk b: WONDERFUL DISCOV ERY of an eminent Toronto Specialist. MR. Jamxs ApstiN, 162 Rideau ngston, Ont., is cured at 78 Joa. by the hs ce, 'whose 6 here appears, of the Ri 8 Dr. W. 8. 2} East Fons 560 ), Toronto, opt. To all Ruptured suffer. once. Dr. Rice will send FREE, his BOOK, "Can Rupture be EE TRIAL of his DISCOVERY. "Do not wait, write to-day. As Our February Half-Price Sale Was such a success, we have decided to. let it run until March 15th This Great Cne-Half Off Sale is astonishing the people by the wonderful values. The bargains we are giving surpasses anything ever offered in King ston. The crowds of delighted purchasers every day clearly proved it. But here are the facts and figures, they need no "puffing," but do their own talk ing most eloquently and convincingly. To let this opportunity means a loss to you :=-- Mens English Tweed Suits Neat dark patterns, cut in latest styles; vou can't afford to miss this; regular $14, 816 and $18, sold for cx- actly half, 37, 8S and #0. Men's Overcoats In the latest English Tweed tripad patterns, splendidly trimmed ored; régular $15 and $18, sold for ex actly half, $7.50 and $1. JOS. ABRAMSON, The People's Clothier, 180 Princess St - Between Redden's and Crawford's Groceries. Buy In Time! Prepare for the Soft, Slushy Weather. Don't Let Your Feet Get Wet! Wear Rubber Boots Our stock is complete in Childs' Rubber Boots, Girls' Rubber Boots, Ladies' Rubber Boots, Gents' Rubber Boots. Light or heavy weight. The Sawyer Shoe Store. Co --------------------------r FUTURE OF RAILWAY very well help catching his eye, and Possibility of Managemen Whitney Government by.a swing of the big hand and long Toronto, March 8 up to the level of his shoulder, important question again. . And the arm vincial political ficld is was going all the time. And the atti-! Fo done with the Temiskaming tude of the man was so courteous and | way commission ? This juest Wi taking up a great deal of Mr there was in it anything of the poli- | noy's time and as much of tha tician's interested truckling but only! cabinet. It has aleeady beer X the expression of the kindly thought, | at several cabinet meeting : "I this man, whom 1 don't hivow, | Gurwey. who announesl that i i "Am 1 expected to know this fellpw?" what : o COMe thinks 1 ought to know him, I proba- | been requested to resign from the blv ought to, so here goes." i 8s. Aue He was careful to make his own the | bable chairman of the comms on the the joys and sorrows of the people he; the commission is continued, avd UF knew: as a consequence his loss will | work not put into the han be en as a personal matter in| public works department thousands of Toronto homes. : . ¥ 4 = 1 mission, is still regarded a buy Ligoizope and Frrins Always fe 3 cans pie peaches, 28. Crawford, | at Gibson's Red Cross drug stor : Female regu on and ED Piokbsm's Vegetable Co ing to our mode and Nan and the nervous has man to accomplish' jus nop * it is said tifat t i ------ woman in twenty-five re with some deran, : female organism, and this of so many nnhappy homes No woman can be ami hearted and happy, a joy band and children, and duties incumbent upon her suffering with backache, nervousness, sleeplessness down pains, displacement o inal weakness or ovariar Irritability and Snappy lace of pleasantness, Sher is driven out of the lives are wrecked by wor enemy--womb trouble. Read this letter: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: -- "] suffered fr Jour Years ralled inflal \ a which is a most distress ease, undermining the Gonstity ping the life forces, If youl ago when I had begun ta kham's V sgetable Com noticed the sunken eyes, and pe emaciated -condit that parson ih Te a V an y tos thankful to you medicine Which restos ealth in Hotad 2 at the change it ha but none can appreciate it be if." Miss Irene Hapgood, 8t., Windsor, Ont. At the first indication ¢ such as painful or irregul; gion, secure at once a bott] Pinkham's Vegetable Co begin its use. "DON'T DIG COA Earth May Upset ! Englishman London, March . T.-A\ gentleman has heer wri « hat ss pointing out tha ov of coal are being tak the arth, and that, as tl burnt and only ashes, wel Jess than the coul, left, il the world is getting much wants. to know whether tl dnssome way interfere wit no dngaobithe solar system; ts that something « on The Tact that "he shows that he ix in' grim suggests that there ough royal commission to sito) ad to make further sugg Rbeumatism--What's th "Where's the Cur The active irritating ce most painful of diseases uric acid in the blood. S can Rheumatic Cure neav sed poison. Relieves in and cures in - one to thr Wade's drug store.~Y0. Ignace Kenatosse, for t jail at Fort Scholastique, to pav a fine for entting the Indian reserve, to whi was entitled, has been was able to pay the fin an injustice Blaud's laxative iron pi 10 pills, 25¢. Mcleod's On February 27th, Mis Kian, Newhoro, and A Locks, were rrr -- ALLEN' LUNG BALSA! will positively aura ds COVG COLD CR OV A 28c. Baie for a Simple A 50c. Bottle for a Heavy C A $1.00 Bottle for a Deep-5 Sold by all Drug Thousand: Are Us Before taking Zutoo our assertion that any headache, sick, Yous or otherwise in cure a cold in a ni the monthly pains More still doubted « that, unlike the drug leave no bad effects have no doubts now tither point. On they now swear by dose converted then will convert you. J once takes them ij Comes a permanent 23¢. at dealers, or by B., N. ROBINSON & CO.