account of its peculiar Coa DRYNESS" takes" as the friends of the Whitney entitled to attention in passing. Any it is the more corrective it will be in its character, There is more 'to talk of, however, than scandals. Last session was rank and ill-smelling so far as four or five petty campaigners could make it, and while they were pledged to blacken the characters of liberals they ~~ were themselves, looked very bad when described in print, The tone of debate is largely deter mined by the attitude of the leaders. Sir Willeid Laurier stands always for dignity and decorum. He screens no wrong-doing. He lends himself to no inworthy debate. He holds his fol- lowers in check. Mr. Borden, on the other hand, while courteous and dig- nified himself, has no control of his Supporters, and they run riot oc casionally, There may be a change of government in the dominion some day, but it will be when the conser- Vatives abandon their peanut politics and carry themselves as men to. whom the people can safely trust the direc tion of this young nation. ---- Whitney And His Mistakes. educational policy of the On- tario government is unpopular. Of this there have been many evidences. | Here is one conservative remark made to the Whig recently : "In the next anbeal to the people the government will Jearn that it has not made friends among the agriculturists by passing a law which deprives them of the liberties they formerly enjoved." Tt | has remained, however, for the public school inspector 'of Renfrew county, a | conservative, and an officer of many | . . vears' standing, to make a direot at- | hour competing with free laboor at tack on the government because of . Bas u §¢ perfectly over a Tooke Shirt. x Woearers of Tooke Collars and Shirts Rave no trouble putting on or taking off their collars, ¥ They woat longer than athe "ollars. gp in all styles and two qualities -- or 2 for 250, and 20¢ or 3 lor 50c. TOOKE BROTHERS, MONTREAL. Listed you are not wing WINDSOR TABLE SALT. It never cakes. BRITISH - AMERICAN HOTEL INGSTON -~- ONTARIO K i. ne alterations and Tal minister this legislati #0 that the people are being satisfac- torily served by the new education department. He realizes that some improvement was tutes of the.teachers, biit it could only be expected from the service of "an energetic and able 'minister of educa- | tion." "A more incompetent person f (then Pr. Pyne) could not have been | selected," says Mr. Scott. and from what has been developed "it is evi- | dent that he never intended to be the | real minister of education." The in- | spector favours the system which pre- vailed under the Mowat government, | when the inspectors were invited to | write to the department and surest such changes in the law or re~ula- tions as their experience sucoested. Mr. Scott favoured the continuance of | this svetems. He adds : "The premier, however, instead of i selecting such a man as minister of | education adopted a widely differont course; he created the office of super- intendent of education and clothed that office with powers and functions | with practically make the holder of it the real minister of education, | without being responsible to the peo- | ple, and result in making the nomin- i of ation a meré | etamiphone of the one who in real- | ily exercises the functions of the | minister of education and does his | work. At best the plan is expensive, | circnitons and uncertain. Unde } minister of education who is really 6it' | for his position there is no room for | a superintendent of education. 1 a | minister of education is not fit for his | position ny should be be there, | above places: i should jp ¥ i cer for the ormances of services | f | | | | | { | that are not required, and for which there is no room. Dealing with the law respecting the | salaries of teachers, Mr. Seott writes : | "The fact also that a minimum | been } 1 salary has prescribed by law shows that we have already got the | first taste of a burcaweratic or de Hartmental system whereby freedom of contrart is taken awav. That the provision is wrong in this comtry is evident. That it is plainly - wrong in a: county like this where { thirty permits have to given to | teachers without any qualifications, in { order to keep the schools | for the saving. ly that Me. i "Aerances {plains it is possible that Some errors of judgment will occur, or some "mis- government like to pat it. These are transaction which is not proper is de- serving of eriticism, and the sharper R. G. Seott does not | It is Hanaa's deal. | the belief has been growing for some desired in the stg: | time that the present provincial gov- | ernment is not friendly to labour. {in the next elections. On the result { law, . - came the jealousies between lenders, threatened to disrapt the party. The democratic party had not 'much to recommend it to the people. The rarty in the state was sound for pubs lic coconomi-s, for useful legislation, for the clean sweep in public offices, which a change of parties assured. Of { Tammany, which dominates the whole, { thece has always been a wholesome {of the wigwam sold out to the head | of the Indepepdence League and sealad {a compact of the most dangerous | character. There was then this contingency --a | repub.ican candidate for the governor ship who commanded a following pecu- liarly his own, because he was clean and fa'r and manly and represented in his person the virtues of high citizenship. He got the vote the party did not get so far as it was repre- sented in the minor offices. His oppon- cot lost because, while he captured the discontent, Ke could not command the support of the classes, or such a pro- portion of them as he needed to sue ceed, And now that the battle is over { there ig difficulty in getting a roll call. The general fire at the front has censed, but there js skirmishing in the rear, and it is putting out of ac tion many whose capacity to lend js clearly over. There is a great purging of the parties, and by the time the presidential campaign opens, which will be pretty soon, some wen who have been conspicuous in political Tiff will be heard of no more. They will be registeced politically among the dead Editorial Notes. Convict labour at three cents an | thirty cents. What do you think of it? The Telegram, of Toronto, says that ina Both the manufacturers and labour unions opposed the . convict labour contract. Still it went on. The Spec- tator says it will soon go. Who says 80? When ? : Tha tories take credit for abolishing broom-making in Central Prison. But it was the grits who decided that it should go. Their successors simply carried out their policy. ---- In over an hundred municipalities there will be a vote om loeal option ed to the men in power, to the trusts, the monopolies. Tt let corruption find its, way into the departments and it advertised, by its legislation, that is had regard only for the people who could be of we fo it. On top of all the enmities, the caballing and con- spiring which, on the eve of battle, Sousies wothing Lo do with it ? The Hamilton Spectator "wariis Mr. | Studholm, labour candidate, that if the legislature. Jobn Burns and Kerr without a following in parliament. But now they have lots of company. not in. Hamilton ¥ Saskatchewan and its government favour the annexation of an angular piece of land, gising the province ac- inted. to Hudson's Bay at Fort Church- Th: republicans 'bad control of the | = whogedn ill. How Mr. Scott says the land was the west to the bay it through Saskatchewan. LATEST COBALT ENTERPRISE. Prominent Canadians Interested in the Latest Promotion. Cobalt, Nov. 24.--The latest promo- tion here is that of the Empress Co balt Silver Mining company, which has been formed to mine forty aeres in lot will be men as Lieat.-Col. Bruce, Toronto; A. C. Boyce, MP. ; EP. Kadlecek, the well-known Cobalt mining man, others the Canada Mines, limited, of 45 Adelaide street, Toronto, probably the | mining concern of its kind in Canada; and there is but little doubt that the Empress stock will be quickly sub scribed and go to 'a Premium, 1 here | are two exceptionally wide strong veins in the property which has, of | course, pasted government inspection | a8 a valuable discovery, and several | smaller calcite veins carrying silver. | The government fap shows the pro- | perty to be intersected by what is | termed a "contact" of two different formations and it is now a proven | fact that nearly all the bonanza veins carrying values of many thousand dol- |! lars to the ton are situated on such | Contacts. It is the opinion of those on | the ground that the Empress will | Prove to be as rich as any property around Cobalt and that with such a | moderate capitalization and high-class | directorate thére will be 4 big rush for | the stock which will no doubt follow | the" course of all the better Cobalt | stocks in quickly advaneting to a high | premium, | ---- SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. } Giving Us Away. Ottawa Free Press. Yorkshireman home that Canadians universally eat | with knives. How beastly vulga' to be | sure ! : Putting On Style. | Toronto Globe. } Burglars in Toronto operate with a | horse and waggon. Their next promg tion will be an automobile. { How Do You Know ? Montreal Herald | Scotch High Ball, whiskey 'sour, gin | sling and the case goods can't vote, | but by George they can talk some. Gambling Comes High. { Ottawa Journal. i get-rich-quick idea has so far succeeded in putting about fifty mil lion dollars of fictitious value into Cobalt mining claims. Ontario Leads Them Al Madoc Review { Ontario, stands ab the head of all the provinces this year, with a total production of over: one hundred mil lion bushels of grain, the heaviest op in the history of the province. Coal For The People. Lethbridge Herald Coal was not given to this countey y the Creator for the purpose of causing rows between mine owners and their employeps. Coal was intended | will depend whether negt year will be [1° U5 of the people, and if they don't wet or dry with some people. It is announced that two straighh literals were elected in Montreal's bye elections. There was no "buy" about them. Both parties bear testimony to the fact that' the contests were pure and clean, The republicans of New York state admit that they spent $333,923 in the late election. They publish the result as the law directs, but as no one re- ceived $200 or more there are no de- tails. That is a most accommodating : -- The minister of. education will not regard it is a 'compliment to be dub- bed a gramapholie, an echo of bis de puty or smipegintendent. The inspec tor Renfrew must have at the last session of the legislature. : ; Mrs. Parsons' book, "The Family," with its fearless suggestions regard- 'ng marriage trials, i% getting a great advertising. 1f the preachers were in league with the author they could not do her a greater favour than to talk about and denounce her book, Powles of Powks' get it there'll be trouble. ---- Almost Dead Of Bronchitis. Few people have suffered more than Johh P. Taylor, of Dyment, P.O., Ont. Todny he is well oni writes "T must tell you how much Catarrho zome has been to me. | was so bad with bronchitis sometimes I thonirht it would soon be over with me. A spell of choking would come on that left me Prostrated and weak. Since using Catarrhomone | have had no i trouble ai all. It strengghened my throat, stopped the cough, gave me free breathing and entirely cured." Just the usual experience. Catarrho- zone invariably cures whether bron- | chitis, asthma, or eatarrh. Two sizes, 250. aml $1, at all deglers. ' --" -- 'Xmas neckwear at Bibhy's. | Buy Zaw-Buk at Gibson's Red Cross | dro¥ store. Fresh there. i The longest public procession in England, was the funeral of the great Duke of Well ngton. It was nearly {our | miles long. | Why Chest Colds Are Dangerous. They lead to plaurisy and poeumo- nia. Follow the advice of W, 11 Corners, Ont. who says : "I used to be subject 10 attacks and although I used most everything i relieved gulekly till 1 discoy- have used jt for proper thing. For Tambago or it's quick as lightning, | Nerviline most pain des- earth is 's Have politiol of nations] jeal: elected he would he awiul lonesome in J Bardie did- pot worry when they were' i A beginning has to be made, and why formerly part of Saskatchewan terri: | tory, and if any railway runs from | 9, concession 5, just west wf the town- | site and the Temiskaming and Hudson ! Bay mines, which latter, by the way, | have just declared a dividend of 4,500 | per cent. The Empress is capitalized at | only $500,000, and is backed by such | | and The stock has been underwritten by | best khown and by far the strongest | in Canada vite) : J 1s a long time since there were third-class cars on the Grand Trunk 'and fares at a penny 's mile. But some one has haled Manager Hays fo court because he cannot travel as he wants, and the World advises C. M. J to surrender, which he is sure to do. i | t | i : i ! i i i i l.. OVERCOAT STORE_78-80-82 PRINCESS STREET 'THE PICK OF THE CROP of the finest tea-producing in the world --the Island of Cope 1 A" Packed in sealed lead which preserve its ee Black Mixed : 25¢, 300, 40¢, £0c and 60c per Ib. At all grocers, -- EE -- > BIBBY'S << | A Hold Up! There are all sorts of "hol I-ups" these days. Some are agreeable--others are not. It is certainly anything but pleasant to be urged ane 1 iapor tuned to buy a Suit or Overcoat just because you happend drop into a store for a moment's look. No such "hold-ups" 'hers You are always as welcome to look as to buy, Neither do we attempt to** hold-up" patrons by advertiing fake inducements to attract trade. No such "hold-ups" hers When you spend your money for Clothes, you certainly want the best possible value for it. "ome men imagine the can do as well at one store as at an other. A great mistake! Dook through other stores, if vou will, and. you'll find you ean do better here, because our clothes look bettr, fit better and are better. We always manage to go one bet ter than the other fellow. The H. D. Bibby Co. i ~ $ Empress-Cobalt SILVER MINING COMPANY. Lumren Authorized Capital - - $500.000 } Par value of Shares (one derans) - $1.00 a ---------- OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: President Vice-President : A: CYRIL BOYCE, M.P . LIEUT.-COL. JOHN BRUCE Sault Ste: Marine Ont. Toronto. Secratary -Treasurer : KADLECEK C. B MURRAY Cobalt Toronto ------------ is' owned by the Company free of encum- THE PROPERTY siued, by the Company tree Pr as a valuable discovery, is within the bonaza zone, and ad- jacent to the Silver Queen, Temiskaming and Hudson Bay, Argentite and others. Ep THOS, MILLMAN MD Toronwo We offer, subject to prior sale a limited amcunt of stock in the above Company AT 80 CENTS A SHARE | We reserve 'he Aight to make pro. rata allotment in the event at over-sub scription / Letailed particulars Way be secured by letter or wire--ac- dress CANADA MINES, Limite 45 Adelaide Street East, Toronto oa Po ~ ry I'S THE DOLLAR THAT COUNTS We can save you a few of them on your Fall purchases, in Miilinery and Mantles Careful buyers of; Millinery, who can appreciate fine, stylish hats at low ° prices, will find what they want in onr store. ' IF YOU WISH AN UP-TO-DATE AND STYLISH COAT At low cost, you cannot do better than have a look at ours, their quality, style and price will catch you at once. High Class Milliners, Somerville Company Nr ee---------- MR. GEO. hi. THOMPSON, A Work. On the Farm and Feeling Well All the Time. Geo. H. Thompson, Craft, Miss, writes 3 "I have been cured of ca- tarrh by your medicines, Peruna and Manalin, I had been cfiected with catarrh of the stomach about all my life, and was taken bad every Spring and Summer, "I used several kinds of patent medicines, but they did me no good, I then took « treatment under an M. D,, which did me bat little good. By this time I hud come to where I could ectnothinz but a little soup. I had s+sere pains; had lost in weight and could not--do anything. I began taling your medicines, Peruna and Manaii then weighed 126 pounds, but after | ing several bottles of Peruns one bottle of Manalin, I weighed pounds. "I am now at work on the farm . feel well all of the time. I eat a want to and my friends say that I 1 better than ever before. I will praise Peruna for its healing power. Pe-ru-na Is a Systemic Remedy It Peruna proves efficient for cata in one place, it will be equally pot in any other place, because it is a : temic remedy. The people generally are very mn misinformed as to the nature of catar Catarrh is usually believed to be o fined to the head, nose and throat, I terly we sometimes hear of catarrh the stomach and catarrh of the bow Beldom, if ever, do we hear of cata) of any other organs, It is not because these organs are ) subject to catarrh, nor that catarrh these organs is not a Very common ¢ ease, but simply becsuse it isnot gen ally known that affections of th organs may be due to catarrh, ee ---- f COR EN ERY of the many only a Misses Winter Te Stylish W Wide Assortment SPECIAL DARK FAN) ED COAT, 44 inches long full-length, seli-straps on fron back and shoulders new pleated feet-making ment only cufis, this 0511-FINE BLACK KERSEY COAT, trimmed with cluster ) two and one broadeloth straj back and front, fashionable vol effect, finished with prétty buttons, special a 04 SPENCE'S $ Dr. Health for Women Make Healthy Wome Hugo's Tablets COMMERCIAL MATTERS. That Is Going On In the Busines . World--The Markets: The Dominion Henderson Limited has established its Magara Fails. The State of lect 5,000,000 alleged arrears of tax: Irom the Pullman company. G Greene, Winnipeg, \was in Princ Albert, Sask.. With a view to establish ne a foundry anth machine shop here. ¢ directors * of the Ogilvie Flov Mills company, Hearing works 1ilinois is trying to co limited, have declared dividend of 13 per tent, on the preferrd stock' payable, Dec. 1st. Toronto Railway earnings the wee ered November 17th, totalled ($56,666 ov. OF $4,960.08 more thao. in the corr Spording week last vear. he average Yield of wheat to the ner In England far excieds that of sn other country in the worki--with pe haps ono exeeption--Denmark Cahada has forests wh + at. presen rate of 'consumption of timber for Paper Would supnly¥ the world with paper yl for more than SHO years. The total capitil stock of the Dominio Realty company,' limited, has tesn unde the comnanies' ' act increased from th sum of $500,000 to $1,000,000 The Canadian Pacific Railway ¢ mipan Will apni 'to parliament for power to ea tend bonds £40,000 vp branch to an amount not exceedin mifle of the Toronto-Sudbur Mining Compan) from hyvrites mins in th Hupgorford, Hasting Covbtn jg p chemical wor Sulphuric Tenorine to phett a larg $s for the manufacture « The mines are mos