rahe § Loar m0 AA LEER ba of taxation, | ew contribu : f revennes of the municipsli- { tien, but Whe sum total of their pay: The larger taxpayers will be called pon for less tribmte to civie expens- and the smaller taxpayers will be d upon for move, In the end the increase. the tax rate, It is now twen- + fy mills on the dollar, indwding the | school rate. It san be made tWenty | {mills without the whol rate, and J thers pre same who predict that it will Be all of this next year. The sitnation cannot . be figured ont ac: italy In advaner, Hut the city hag been making a forecast and the ae tha your was pstimated at 87 mr Te fast during the South African wr, and de said to be 5356,000,000 Nitw years hence, however, it will, at {the present rate of diminution, "be at it was when the South African broke out; and the financing will easier. Meanwhile the people are 0 geft hy the removal of dc. per « in the duty on tea, and it ix an : mporignt concession when considered with the fact that the consumption of liquor shows 'a gradual falling away. This result is attributable to Awo things, the better liquor law which is now in force and the unmis- takable thrift and sobriety of the masses, ! : Queen's College Quarterly. . The business manager of Queen's College Quarterly has heen eriticized because ho declines to give publication to a certain political article, But he is the man who takes all the chances of Joss when editorial errors affect the | circulation of the magazine. It must fh "remenibered that the Quarterly is Boot «party publication, When re organized, under the direction of the Tat Principal Grant, its aim was do bo. a high-class literary production, mbiused politically, and with a strong fendency towards nniversity unity. The late principal - undertook to de- monstrate his ideas by acting as its editor, under the new order of things, and when he passed away a professor in the arts department took up and cartied along his work. The first. departure from Dr. Grant's pro- | gramme occurred when the editorial present method of editorial manage- ment. A rosult of it was the article in the January number which reflected upon the government. It was as grossly partizan in its character as "a5 i | Poth | ER | o.} will not be oqual to the losses. | pater than it was fifteen FA ago. | sanally toward the sup- government ! "is which are not neces ir of tariff need the poor wan pay to live in perfect comfort, This tariff ion the non-necessaries amounts to $170,000,000, - «From intoxicating liquors the reve- nue is $160,000,000, Pl wl bt lie och, by 'a look Tor - ly that Poor man can himself," clothe. himself, build' a house to live in. and supply it with neces- sary furniture without having 5 pay one dollar of national tax. Tn this tand of the free he must pay the tarifl tax, or go naked, eat grass, and live in a hole in the ground. Bit let iis look at England again. We see her operating hor post office, carrying parcels ad well as Tetfors, She does not allow express companies tq amass fortunes. by robbing the pe in the carrying of light freight, us she 'makes $70,000,000 instead fof lotting the corporations make five times that amount. th oh She owns and operates the telegra lines,. and makes $18,000,000 por vear instead 'of letting the corporations it What, therefore, ix the nef result of the look at England ? We diseover .that the goverhnisnt supports itae upon the possessions the people rather than upon their necengition, | It in a record tobe prond of. Put somo Americans who have not gone into history like Hon. Mr. Watson, and Canadians, think the situation wohld be very mueh improved by the introduction of the protective system. By it the necessaries ' of life would bo affected, and it is this change, 'this be system of taxation, that the people of England are resisting with all their might. © Whenever the issue is clear cut the result is emphatically in favour @h the free trade that has hitherto made living "in England 1 -------- Editorial Notes, .. Vidount Goschen calls Mr. Ballour "a breaker of the Commons' reputa- tion." Hard lines, these, and from an old friend. 2 The educational law which the auto- nomy bill perpetuates in the North- West has béen in force, says Mr. Oliv- er, M.P,, for thirly years; No une ever proposed to repeal it. The Montreal Star connsels the peo ple, and the members of parliament, to be more moderate in their disous-* sion of the school question. Some peo- ple are unduly heated on the subject. . dr---- The Ottawa Journal savs Mr. Oliver "hus seen the error of independent: igm."" The fact is, says the Journal, "no man can stav long in public life in Cavada now unless as a partizan," Is that so? I---------- Mr. Maclean was anxious fo resign and run against some ome just to show how he stood on the school question, He has not offered to re sign and oppose Hon, Mr. Oliver. The chance he wanted ie at hantl, and he ignores it. Ralph Conhor thinky the school sys- tem of the Territories the best in the country, But he wants to sea the question left an open ome, believing that in time the system can be dm- proved. There is force in this eonten- tion, and no bias, Mr. Eckiord, of High River, now visiting Hamilton, informs the Herald that Hon. Mr. Oliver is to-day the most popular man in the North-West, and "will make a gfand man to look after the interests of the vast and rapidly growing country." That is a touching tribute. - The Toronto News has heen reading np Hansard, and quoting what Sir Wilfeid Laurier and others have said : an the school question at different So far _it_has not quoted from Charles Tupper, . Sir Mackenzie | medialists in 1906. How is 'that ? _ Aveording to the chancellor of the of exchequer there is a stoadv decline in England in the conswmption of epir- 1 i6s The amount drank in 1904 was less than in anv similar period in fif- [teen years Tn Canada there has beta years ago the" consumption of malt liquors was three gallons per eapita;- for temperance people to re FR haart | now it is five gallons. Here is some | | thing fleet Mrs eveni C, week, Mrs. and , April 11.--The 'warm rain has given the grass, a vir interesting literary was the Mcthonlint shure, wort Aague meet- fwa taken by D. A. made some. spicy vement," in open- me. Solos were con- Miss Cornie Nesbit' and G. Bi Thomson, and a read- i Beeman, while Rev. the programiaw with of, yest start. A + held in night, at Nesbit, remarks on Achie trite by and Mrs ing by Mr. Me "Hora On Gertie ) friends at "G3 ing was Spent games, may reroshrient, On Fri ber of yo evening, Moreh 31st, Miss rasey Lawn." The even: and promenades. Daiity ¥ were served and broke up at an early houp M entertained a large num- A very pleasant spent. le shipped three carlouds of buggies Miss Stephenson, Napanee, visiting Miss Lena Mad, daughter was born to John Lockwood on Lockwood is Her many friends recovery. in St. John's ternoon. Madden, Napanee 8. Miss Aleta Sehri- yer spent Sunday at H. M. Deroche's, oseph" Dewey died at his 'Wednesday last of pnewmonia. Our sidewalks are in a ible ights, "ihe w dangeros. for the season y Miss Shorey, School, in a eritical condition. Napanee. mmele's, Ch ville, on alking at night is very choese factory opened of Tamworth Pi hore, Hanse-oleaning is in order. board A veryshappy 'event 1c rsonage, on Wednesday, when Miss Ethelbert Youma jad ih marriage by, Rev, 'he happy couple loft fo the 3.25 train. A reception at the home of: John Youmans, ns, Wesley, were uni the groom's father, Wesley, on Saturday. Woman's Missionary Society wilt ehirch on Good Friday Valleau, Morven, is to speak and an Interésting tine is expected, -- en SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Ottawa Free Press, Manitoba i so' these seeds of dine in imminent getting wheat erop. ord that it stands danger of entirely for- A Good Thing. Winnipe One thing, however, M accomplished. He put himself out sible supplanter the premiership, Calling Names. wild western way the Hon. rs refers to the Hon. Sydney has very offectuaily of business as a pos- Hamilton ¥ Mr. Roge Fisher Manitobu man is certainly a shict sleeve diplomati # Liberal Places. London_ Advertiser. "The W ok Fhitney government may point a minister of labor. When oppesition_ Mr. Whitney lowers helittled the labor bureau, but n oflice they are accepting the moea-Y sures of the liberal party one hy one, -- Here's A Pugaler, Kansas City Star. A man wanted and had only to gét the tic a ticket to Olathe, a $2 bill. It required $3 ket, He took the $2 bill to a pawn-shop and pawned it for $1,- 50. On the way back to, the station he met a friend, to whom pawn ticket for $1.50. That gave him . Now who's out that dollar ? They're Too Busy. Tonto Star. tle conservatives--some thenv--are ripping the sky loose cause the west is to be dragooned in- to having its own way about ite schools, they press an opinion on the fact that it will 'also be gompelled to carry out the bargain which the conservatives fastened on it about not taxing C. P R. lands, : Will Build To The Gulf. Denver, ments Hawley the Colo to the have been made ond his associates to extend rado and Southern railway gulf, thus making a through lime from this city to Galveston. The cost of building the extension will be met by a bond issue of $9,000 The Colorado and a line 1,121 miles in extent, ponte gh by the of the Brazos alley railroad, construction of about In The construstion work has already heen contracted f and it ix expected the extension will be completed in a year. be op : ---------------- a steady increase since 1807, Thirty | Texas. hes a Tent and and, miles to J. Ross, Wesley College, Winni- ; hy Wife Found Her Husband Dead on RE ted AREA ROOR J Picton, April 1}.-On Saturday in the death of Mrs. 3."Bull, a wellknown resident of that village. The deceased was gged eighty "vee years. The funeral took place day to Glenwood cemetery. Her ». one son and a daughter nivive, Very sudden, indeed was the onday evening of George Vance, aged about thirty-five years; at his home on the Glenora road, negr town, Though he had heen ailing for tome time past and had had two previous strokes of paralysis, the sudden call came as a great shock to his many friends. During the even ing he Sbpepred in his usual spirits; on leaving the room, his wife heard a noise as of something falling and on her return 'found her husband 1y- ing dead tn the floor. Beside his wife, one small child survives, The store next to that occupied by Jamieson Bros.,- and owned by 'them, and lately occupied by Mr, Yereg,* druggist, is being re-mddelled and im. proved. When finished it will be oc cupied by A. J. Fralick, gentlemen's furnisher. Mr. and Mrs, J, FP, Bering er left today for a short stay in To ronto. W. Dixon, Brighton, spent Sun day in town. H. B. Bristol has re- turned from a business trip to New York. Miss Jean Nichol, Montreal, is visiting Mrs. Bristol. Mrs, B. R. Hep- burn has returned from Toronto, S---- Mrs. Vanderbilt's Son Marries. New York, April 1.--Without the consent of their parents which had been refused, (, Winthrop Sands, son of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Sr., and Miss Fay Newton, daughter of Pr. and Mrs. B. Newton, were quietly margied at tf Marble Collegiate church, by * the Rev. Otto I. Molin, and assistant of the Rev, Pr. Burrell. Mrs. Vanderbilt is abroad with her hushand, and the parents of the bride were in ignprance of the facet that their daughter 'was married until they received a telegram containing the groom nor bride have reached their twenty-first birthday, and it was part- ly because of their ~vouth that the 'marriage was objected to by the par: ents on both sides. : ------ The Smoke Nuisance For months past, Ald. Sears has 'n pressing for action hy the city council on the smoke nuisance caused by manufacturing concerns. The light plant committee has under considera tion the trial of a device on its chim- neys, It is the council's desire to first reduce the smoke nuisance caused by the light and water plants before re- quiring other concerns to adopt pat- ent smoke consumers. Citizens of the lower: part of Sydenham ward are again complaining of smoke which forces them to keep their doors and windows closed. © Probably a remedy will soon be announced, District Road Grants. These grants for the roads stafad appeared in provincial estimates : ddington, Kaladar North, . 8000: Battersea, Jones' Falls and Morton, 3500; Battertea, $250; dediord, to Scotch Line, $200. BeffrocRegnd Ver- ona, $200; Clarendan, Westport and Mississippi, $500; Frontenac, in Olden, #400; Hinchinbrooke, £300; Long Lake and Opeongo, $250; Longhboro, con. 8, $200; Parham and Azden, $250: Portland and Loughboro, $300; Snow and Lavant, £500; Sunbury and In- verary, £300; Svdenham. Lake, east ide; $200; Bridge at Calahogie, $1,000, Gives A Second $100,000. Boston, Mass., April 12.--An offer fom John D. Rockefeller to give a second $100,000 to the American Bap- tist Missionary union was received to-day and at once accepted. The offer specifies that the money is to be applied to the upbuilding of the missionary plants in foreign coun- tries, as distinguished from the run- ning expenses of the society and sal- aries for clergymen, "Three Swallows.' Sir John Power and Son's "Three Swallows" Irish Whiskey, famous for over a century. Of highest standard of purity. Distillers to his majesty, the king, : -------------- Buy spring tonics at Gibson's Red Cross drug store, All fresh there. A German commercial agent named Hanssen, residing in Paris, "has been arrested in conmection with a sup: posed military conspiracy, Good Health - Nerve Food. a Red blood means health, strength, gourage, cheerfulness, power of en: durance and a well-nourished brain that likes to accomplish things. The secret of health is, after all, in the blood, for with an abundance of rich, red blood the nervous system is nourished and sustained, the lungs, heart; stomach, liver and kidneys are filled with the vigor and ener, Vv. ne- cessary to accomplish their work, and there is no room for 'weakness _ and di strengthens and invigorates the whole human body, because it: actual: ly forme' rich, red. blood. . tion, lessiiess, . nervous headache, irritabi ity, nervousness, lure of the bodily organs to perform their functions are almost invariably She result of poor, weak, watery new vigor gives new hope and eonfi- dence and replaces weakness and dis Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. 50c. a box. Habitual ! | Obstinate 2 . Constipation, HUNGARIAN NATURAL APERIENT Unloads the Liver Opens the Bowels Relieves the Kidneys APENTA is more gentle .in waters. . Does not cause .cra subsequent constipation. corpulency and in the treat been proven by experience. * action than other purggjiys mpy pains nor give rise to efficacy in removing fa and ment. of other disorders pg The NAME of the APOLLINARIS Co, Ld, MRS. J. E. FINN. London, on the Apenta Label is a Guarantee of Uniformity and Superiority. surprising information. Neither bride. of - i, English Raincoats It's hardly fair to call them "Raincoats." They are as proper and suitable for fair weather wear as ea They are cut large, with full back, tailored with skill and elegance and fitting with custom-made accu- Whether touring or at home, the fact that there man's wardrobe than a Raincoat Not tao expensive, $10, 12.50, 13.50, 15. A PERFECT BEAUTY AT $12.50. THE H. D. BIBBY CO. Clothiers and Haberdashers, Oak Hall. a tylishly you can appreciate isn't a more useful garmentina % Dress You S$ In clothing of guaraateed goodness for the least money is the object ole business. How wall we are prepared to do this is most strikingly excmplidi8 in our new and large collestisn of 8pring aud Sommer Clothing for Mey Youths and Boys, which now awnits your inspection at our store, and whet and Success you come here to examine and try our garments of your size you will not od Go Hand in Hand When the Blood | 12d the fabrics and workmanship up to your 'expectations of sini i is Kept Pure and Rich By that the Biivas are just what you want to pay for d=pendable clothing. " garment that we have is guaranteed to fit correctly in every size. Dr. Chase's + Chas MEN'S SUITS, fro BOYS' SUITS, fro See our New Hats, Caps, Gloves, Shirts, Neckwes! Collars, Underwear, etc. Do not forget that up to Easter Sunday we are 'giving--F R E E--~A FANCY SPRING VEST with our $2 Ready- made Suits and our $18 Order-made m $6 to $15. m $1.50 to $7.50. Be Glass Nerve Pood pti on, [405+ ABRAMSON, The People's Clothier, 180 Princess St Between Redden's and Crawford's Groceries. TEST FAMOUS LAKE. | test to ascertain the am 8 er the lake will furnish in the near future. / & Been retained as eonsaltir i Ther¢ has always boen ( lack of energy and wtrength, and fai. Capitalists to Exploit Exalted Body of Water. Toronto Mail and Empire. A party of capitalists visited ood. ie i nora, near Picton, last week, as the ne ho of Dr. Shases Nerve Food guest of H.C, Kennedy, of Wiarton, cmpletely overcomes these symptoms | o el and by filling the whole system with | mocort, orured an opt It is proposed to ake iri + Topm - eas: with health and strength. ble Flectrie dave Tien a rg mitted to towns within a radius of 6 boxes for 82.50, at all 'dealers, or fifteen or. twenty miles. Electric rail: Edmanson, Bates & Co.. Toronto, ways may be established to intercon- The portrait and sighature of De. A W. Chase, the famous' receipt hook markable lake is fod from lar opinion is that : Lake Erie, or _ some other power at » Rock Tslahd Mountain." that the supply is af a suri acter, To remove all f company now in charge ting a deep trench fron the mountain: to thé | the water flow for a - to 'test its capacity. "1 dry at Glenora ai neeseat nect the various towns in the author, are on every box. head is approximately 180 feet, and a its supply from the lake, Mrs, J. E. Finh, 83 East High street, Bufralo, N. Y., writes: Peruna Medicine Co,, Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen --"A few years ago I had to give up social life entirely, as my health was complotely ~broken down, The doctor advised a complete rest for a ar. As this was out of the question fora fimo, I began to look for some other means of restoring my health, re «] had often heard of Peruns as an excellent tonic, so I bought a bottle t see what it would do for me, and it cer tainly took hold of my system and re juvenated me, and in less than tw months I was in perfect health, and now when I feel worn out and tired a dose o two of Peruna is all that I need."--Mrs "3. E: Pion, j Address Dr. Hartman, Presiden of The Hartman Sanitarium, Co Jumbus, O., for free advice. DEATH OF VAN. KOUGHNET He Was an Qld Torento Schoo Boy. The friends in Canada of Capt, Fy mund Barker Van Koughnet, » } Will regret to hear of his death, Whit took place at sen, from apoplexy, © bourd the 8.8. Mongolia, from A tralia. The body was landect at Hl ralar and buried there, Rear Admire Prince Louis, of Battenberg, attend ing the funeral, "Capt. Van Hougline was the youngest son of the la Hon. Philip Matthew 8. Van Roug) net, Q.C., chancellor of Upper, Cw ada, in- Toronto, in 1849, and ente ed the navy et the age of fourten herame a subeliontenant in 1869, lie tenant in 1873, and commander 1885, and retired with the rank captain in 1¥M. As a midshipman served on the Canadian lakes duis the Fenian troubles in 1867-68. ; Among the decorations worn Capt. Van Koughunet was the bron midal of the Royal Humane Societ awarded to him when a midshipm: for- having jumped into the water Brockville, and 'saved the live of ts Love. Previous to entering 'the nay Capt. Var Koughnet spent two yee at Lennonxville grammar school. nS Have Been Graduated. ; The following are the grasuntes i ounced at the urses Scho Kin a General Hospital M Isabella Turner, Belleville; Miss Mi Oswald, Pontypool; Miss Mary ! Troy i Miss Janet Mot Mills; © Miss Anna liott, Kingston; Miss | Annie Beal Peterboro Kings Belleville Old Boys' Reunion. Belleville, Ont.y April 12 There every indication that the old boys union to be held in this oY July will be a 'great success. All over 2.000 invitations have been 1 ont, and hundreds have accepted of the Biggest days in the histor the city are confidently - looked ward to. P ---------------- Fresh eggs, 15e. per dozen, atl Tin! Roll butter, 22c. Crawford. COMMERCIAL. STOCK MARKETS. Talegraphed specially to the Whls Norman Binmore, Manager poy Bogert & Battelle, Mambers s Stock * Exchange, 151 St. James = MONTREAL STOCKS : April 12 12.80 Montreal Street Ry. .....¢ Montreal . Street Ky., Bonds v 1 2 1 Foronte Street Ry. i Co. . Dominion Iron, 'pfd. Dowinjon Iron, Bonds Nova Scotia, Conirvon y.- Companies, pid iy, Companies. Cammon : bBewinion Cont, pil. | : NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Supplied by W, ¥F, Dever & © Market Street, Kingston. April ' ven Atehison ".... iid sbinine 89% Amal. Copper . . . git Baltimore & Ohio 104 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 691 Canadian Pacific or roiuenn 104 BED eet iu sms sores 45k Hinoig. Central ©... .......« M08 Lowisville & Nashville .. .. 14: MetropSlitan wikis 323 issouti Pacific ..... 307 New York Central 1 Pennsvivagpia Reading StoPani Sugar Twin City Union Pacifie U.S. Swel k 8." Steel, pid. A 115 Jagly yirsnte sit CORN. ~ *