3 : i] iE Pi loss of Social Sunshine it saves. EN 3 "cr 0» "10n Little thin Cascaret Box, shaped so you ' WAL don't notice iis presence in purse or vest motto not pocket , but also Be sure you get the genuine, made only foyer old in bulk. Every tablet Sanped Foot of Welling. "ton: Street. rb ep eg LE v Home Journal 3° New Carriages, Cutters, Harness etc. for sale. Sale of Horses Every Saturday Ladies" Teiloring Finest of Workmanship, Up-to- Date Styles, and Good Fit Guar. snteed. 236 University Ave. ee EY AVE "The Connoisseurs Whisky" Wm. Murray, Auctioneer | 27 BROCK ST. : $ VERIO ERR RR RRS ERY VERE eee WINDSOR SAL T--ought to cost more --s0 pure; fine, well savoured. Goes further, too. But not a cent dearer. AUCTION SALE Book at once with the Leading Auctioneer JOHN H. MILLS Ii oh £3 fis In such cases a little Cascaret in time is worth fifty dollars worth of Treatment later on, to say nothing of the suffering, discomfort, loss of Business Energy, and Fo Poin Zn a A P best, J : in a rs onuda rapid atylia EDW. J. B, PENSE, . Daily Whig. Judges In Practice. attomey generals and the law soci ties. - that the ex judge who is actively minded wants occupation, and what can he do, or do so well as something which has a direct connection with his profession. If he asked for a superannuation al- lowatice or pension on ground that he had served his day and needed a rest, he should got practice law, and the law society should certainly dis- cipline him, I, however, he was forced out of the service by a law which admits of no modification, he is to be commiser- ated with, Some men cannot be happy in idlenoss. They prefer to wear out rather than rust out,. Wanted A Definite Plan. The Hamilton "Times notes the re ference to the wri in the Kineston public schools. "Three years ago," it remarks, "the medial slant was sub- stituted for the vertical style, but the change has not brought improvement in the writing of the pupils. Perhaps the teaching has as much to do with it as the system." No, friend, the teaching is gall right. If there be any defect it is in the at. tempt to change the writing of the wibils by rule or system after the in- dividual has in a certain degree form: ed his hand. The vertical system of writing, because free of all flourishes, was the easier for the younger pupils to master, and there was a mistake seemingly in undertaking to make the more advapced ones write medial- slant when they had been trained to write the. vertical, | The medial slant is not as readily acquired in the opinion of the inspec- tor, as the vertical, but the pupils who have begun with it, who have continued for some time with it, are showing satisfactory progress, The one thine needful is a decision as to a given course, and the power to follow it to the end. The school board should have a de- finite understanding won the subjeot and a definite plan, and for the sake of the pupils and their usefulness * as writers, get rid of I their fads, The State ofind The Poor. The proposal of Mr, Pringle, M.P,, that the country should care for all aged and infirm people, received the consideration of parliament, but i met the fate of all schemes that are indefinite, He cited the success of the Australian act on the subject, and said that the experience, made by it show- od that thrift of the people had not bon interfered with, In England, where the population was thirty-eight milllpns, there was a difficulty in dealing with the poor, in aiding them by old age pensions, as suggested, but in Canada there wore only 269.338 persons sixty-five yoars of age, and there was Bo ovi- dence as to how many of these were poor and helpless. over The premier took the common sense view of the He had informa- taion that' the New Zouland law had been abused; that it had - interfered with individual thrift, and to guard agminst' froand the acti had been changed. Besides a simple allowance in old age by the state would not in- cits towards economy. An allowance in proportion to a contribution, a pension on =n fixed basis, would be better, and something like that would Le worth considering. Parliament may eventually solve the problem of caring for the deserving poor, but it has a large question on Pavd. The poor will always be in evi dence, but not so much in this coun- try as some people think if friends and relatives do their duty, The local government is finding. out that it is the disposition of certain persons to cast their burdens on the state, and the reckoning in connection with the asylums js very notable. The mana- gers of the charities know how prome some persons are to hand over the helpless poor to the municipality and the province, and sometimes without a tpuse, There is something very taking in the idea that the nation, moved by a spirit of generosity and sympathy, should provide for *he wants of the broken in health aud in finances, but they will be wise indeed who ean log- slate co that the mation will not he imposed upon. case, a year. | The British Whig Publishing Co., Limited The minister of justice has had his attention called to the fact that zome of the judges, pensioned by the gov- ernment, have resumed the practice of the law. Mr. Aylesworth says the matter is one for consideration of the The question opens up the thought a were friendly with it. So many dis- spoils system, Mr. Graham is in real earnest in his desire, with the concurrence of the liberafs in the legislature, in attempt- in~ a measure of civil service reform. He made his position clear upon this point. soon after his call to the lead- ewship of his party, and he is finding hearty suovorters in the independent press. As things wo the better men are not finding places in the civil ser- vice, and there is no reason why the public business should not be entrust- ed to those whose chief qualification is competence and whose tenure of office denends. uron their fidelity to a public trust, Surrender To Spoilsmen. Mr. Whitney accepted the invitation of the Royal Templars of Temper- ance, and at a banquet in Toronto ex- patiated on the temperance questinn. He scorned the idea that had heen at- tributed to him, that he and his gov- ernment stood in with the Jiquor men. .He was a temperance man, who had sat up late in the contemplation of how the terrible evils of the Ji- quor traffic ought to be abated. This fine talk was not in accord with what was going on before the commissioner who was appointed to look into the Toronto license scan. dals. The evidende is coring out as to why there had been such a clamour for a change in the license depart- ment, and why a conscientious and liberal inspector had to go. The com- mission is leading to some disclosures, and they are coming out under purely conservative auspices, sipce all who are engaged 'in the enquiry, as law- yers, belong to 'thé same party. And questions are asked only through the commission's counsel. The Toronto News, which has said a good word for the Whitney govern- ment when possible, is not disposed just now to criticize the license hoard or the evidence which has Leen laid before the commission, but it cannot refrain from saying: "Mr. Hanna began well, but his un- warranted action in dismissing the .otmez license inspector, who was per- fectly satisfactory to the commission- ers, led to the prompt resignation of those commissioners, The News said at the time that Mr. Whitney and his colleague had surrendered to the vociferous and savage demands of the patronage committee, and to the third-grade professional politicians who look to that committee for the rewards of patriotism. With this vie- tory to ther credit, the ward-heelers and 'the boys' in general began to re-organize the license machine so that it could be applied to conserva. tive purposes. And all this time Mr. Hanna and Mr. Whitney had not withdrawn their promise to remove all politics from the administration of the license Jaw. H the patronage com- mittee has bedevilled the license ad- ministration of this city the respon- sibility must rest on the premicr and on the provincial secretary, whose performances in. this instance were widely sopurated from 'their pro- mises, No doubt they will read the evidence before Commissioner Stare with much interest." This, from a friendly source, is se- vere enough, and it should make the erring ministers wince. They will have a difficulty in recovering from the of- feots of their folly. The surrender to the patronage hunters imperilled their position. once made Editorial Notes. The governor of New York demands the head of the superintendent of in- surance, but not upon a charger. The Roblin government is fighting a desperate battle witht public opinion rumnine against it more strongly than has yet been bnown. The license business of Toronto has opened a fine field for graft, The scan dals now under investigation are with- out g parallel. One can now see why Dr. Beattie Nesbitt was so much opposed to the non-political administration of the license department. -- The member of marliament who went guoning on Tuesday last, and scatter- ed his shot without occasion is ap- | propriately called 5 Fowler, The Dominion grange is out against protection in any form and to any extent. Time and circumstances do not chanve its members' views, ---- The Toronto News, influenced by the SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 23. on DY t which fol- aed hat 1 ioe in hav- ing in ths immer "service those who missals oceutred,. It is the coneerva- tive party whieh has always given the most flagrant examples of the ture, pictures the premier as a prize fighter. This is "the worst ever." If the local government cannot win in a bye-election. with the patronage and machibe in its favour, it cannot win in a general election. Its sins are telling against it. A contemporary comments that the . {is the premier. If the members learned their lessons well they would know how to behave themselves. federal house, in the use of language that should not be publicly expressed, are said to be repentant. How long will this spirit of humiliation last ? -- Mr. Whitney gives out that he and his government are strone in the rur- al constituencies, Oh! If he is not expecting the cities and towns to stand by him his reign will be short lived. The license inspector in' Winnipeg had the nerve to offer himself as a conservative candidate in the local election. Public opinion has retired him. It has properly scared the local coaservative leaders. The Ottawa Free Press accepts the West Middlesex election as an indica: tien that, as Rev. Mr. Hossack alleg- es, the people of Ontario did not take Whitney very seriously in the last general appeal to them, -- The Mail says the premier of Cona- da opposes old age pensions. He does not. He opposes annuities to which ths people have in no way contribut- ed. Sir Willrid's speech on the sub- ject was the sansst delivered on it. -- The Montreal Gazette laws the blam¢ for the degencracy of debate in Otta- wa to the premier. Indeed? Has Si Wilfrid not been dignified and re- spectful and gentlemanly in all his public addresses ? Ts he the personal keeper of every member of the house ? Mr. Foster has been shocked by the lowness of the parliamentary debates. He thinks the manners of the public men have degenerated. They "may have, but the house has not had any- thing in recent years to equal the exploits in which he figured when the premier denounced him and others gs 3 "a nest of traitors." SPIRIT OF THE PRESS A Pay Streak. Hamilton Times, That Toronty license bribery investiy gation has struck a pay streak al ready. - When $1,000 cheques are the valentines sent to license commission- ers there is likely to be something concealed in the wood pile, Money In Cement. Ottawa Free Press. Ottawans will view with gratification the growth of the International Port land Cement company, which has war- ranted the decision of the sharshold- ers to double the output of the plant. It might also well be asked why invest in Cobalt when coment pays twenty-six per out, Civil Service Reform. Toronto Star. In advocating a non-partizan civil service, Mr. Graham is on strong ground. The case is not fully stated when it is said that the present gov- ernment has shown weakness in sur. rendering to the spoilsmen. The new government not only ought to have refrained "from going backward. It ought to have gone forward. - Public opinion is ripe for a thorough reform in the mode of appointing civil ser vents, and public opinion in this case is in accord with justice and common sense. Right Sort Of Service. Guelph Mercury, What the public requires is that wi shall have a civil service whose offici- als shall be select xd for their fitness for the post, and not pitehforked into positions for which they are unfit, at tho heck and nod of some influential party heeler. And this province also rehuires some assurance that civil ser- vants, who have been faithful to the duties of their office, shall not be hounded and worried out of office sim- ply because they are the appointees of a bygume government, who are not of the same political stripe as the party now in pow er. Letters From Mothers. Every day we get letters from moth: ers telling of the benefit Baby's Own | Tablets have been to their little ones. Some praise them for constipation, stomach and bowel troubles: others for breaking up colds and simple fevers; some as a great help to teething ba- bies, while others go so far as to say that the Tablets have saved their lit- tle 'one's life. We have thousands of letters--all praising the tablets, for they never do harm--always good. Mrs. RoYrt Pierce, Bell's Rapids, Ont. , writes: "I would not be without Ba- by's Own Tablets in the house for a day. When anything ails my little one I cive her a tablet and she is soon al- Fight. IT am sure other mothers will find them quite as satisfactory." Rqld by drupgists or hy mail at 25¢. a hox, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. News To Bald People. Prof. Dorenwend of Toronto, will be at the Randolph Hotel, with samples, on Tharsday, February 28th. His hair voods 'stvles protect and ornament the d, and give a younger appearance to the wearer. He has just added a [number of New York, Paris and Lon- don fashions. Consultation free, Commons, is subject to a master, who} Sone of the great offenders in the] ° 1000004000000000004,, + BIBBY'S + Spring Suits oy The Young Men are somewhat sfirred up over our hand. : some Spring Suits. : | | i : | 2 Well, It's True, They : Are Certainly "It." | | : We know what Young Men want in Clothes, it our business to have the proper thing, Our Suits have 'that swagger look, so dear to the heart @ of all Young Dressers: ; and we make We've the very mewest and Brightest Ideas From the Best Makers i Mr. Young Man, just step in to see © new spring cut # Coats, just the right length, cut chesty and shapely at the p back, lapels wider and longer, Trousers loose, with the fullness #® where it belongs. : SUITS, $10, $12, $12.50, $13, $15, $18 and' $20. We've Suits that are everything the Young Man wants. The H. D. Bibby Co. voP00000e "" You've tried the rest Now try the best." Its meliowness suits every palate and its wholesomeness Is unparalleled, Reindess Crottis" Distillers, Argyleshire + : 3 o~INi1ght ¥ ¥ 2 We have placed in our window one lot 3 of Men's $3 50 to $4.50 Shoes. These 3 are broken sizes and only odd pairs, so & we are bound to clear them out at once, $ so offer them to you for To- Night only at 3 2.98 * . : : 2 Below we mention a few more Bargains £ for To- Night : & Cre lot of Children's and Girls' Warm $ Hou ¢ Slippers, regular 50 to 75¢c. To $ clear 4 3 Only 35c¢. i HSH HASHHAANHK Shoe Polish Bargains Big 3, Vit, Half Time and the "Best Yet," regular 1oc. Polishes To~Night Only, 5c. Abernethy's FAK Kk SHOE STORE #* te degishe- | Seg ink Laxatives derbys, Saved Fro Threatehe Catarrh of the Lungs By Takin Pe-ru-na Mrs. Mois Parizean, Ste. Juli "I hardly know how to thr "I suffered five years with p #0 bad I could hardly bear it, "I or ughed day and night ar tende. through my body and I . coug a. Everyone thought I ha "My husband heard of Per "This treatment virtually c one who Is suffering. '| thank Dr. Hartmap for ti NEGLECTED cold is gi the first cause of catarrh. 'Women are especially liable t These colds occur more frequen ing the.wet, sloppy weather of and spring than any other tim year, Off WOMEN SHOULD | are not co: BEWARE OF serious ant CATCHING COLD. | allowed to or they are in such a way as to only pall symptoms, while the cold more deep-seated and the patien awakens to the fact that she ha developed case of catarrh. By reason of their delicate st the lungs are frequently the | cold, especially if there is the weakness of the organs. The t1 of catarrh of the lungs is also 1 ficult and discouraging than oa any other organ of the body. 3t would bo wise, therefore, against it by every precaution ; A Gr 227 SKIRTS in fancy trimmed, no tw them from 38 to 4 regular $3.50 to § GIRLS' SCHOOL SS kersey, nicely trix 23 to 29, regular CASAL ALL THE VERY L, colors, untrimmec There are Thous of Run-down Wi Are You One of The There are thousands of wo there and everywhere, who a ing from a run-down conditior rhe tendency is, to let matt serious Hinese or some chror ess results. : yg this a foolish thing to Don't do it. Get well. Be n. Sel gain. ask, how ? Do as and Mrs. Thomas did when th . down. . They took Health Ta Dr.Hugo's Health Make Healthy W 1 was sufféring from a run- dition, My doctor gave me $ tablets. 1 improved sO my weeks that I congratulated cian, He then told me I ha ing Dr. Hugo's Health Tab Clark, [sland Pond, i benefit secured from ¢ Dr pe Health Tablets h great that I am satisfied one will effect what you claim fo make me agam a healthy wc Jeanie Thomas, Dixville, Qu Notice, too, that there wa for results, Improvemen ; And it always does. The 72u box will start you on the ro ECR i 3 ting tomatocs, corn, pe 23c., at Mullin's. 3 lbs. prunes, 250. s. figs, 25¢. a ed ANOS, 256. 4 dozen lemons, 2c... corner Johnson* and Divi Japanese laborers now who will seek to : States, propose, to. de