__PAGE ad JQUR. oil fee eee beeen The Twice-as-Easy Patent Washer "Mary had a Twice-As-Easy" It wasned things white as snow And everywhere that Mary went She told the people so. SOLE AGENCY, CORBETT'S PARQUETRY FLOORING Made of 8-8 inch Maple, Birch, Oak and Quartered Oak HARDWOOD FLOORING-- § inch end- 'matched, bored, hundled and polished. S. ANGLIN & CO, 'Phorie, - 66, Wellip~ton street, North Plain Insist on this Trademark for your own sake. _ dals, and Jl ovidence of their contention, and PAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 806-810 . ingston, Ontario, at $6 per year. Fditions at 2.30 and 4 o'clock ET WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages published in parts on Monday and Thure- day morning at $1 a year. 'Jo United States, charge for pos Las to be added, making price of Daily $3 end of Weekly $1.50 per year. 2 Attached is one of the bést Job Print- ing Offices in Canada; rapid, stylish, and cheap work ; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publisking Co., Lid. EDW. J. B. PENSE, Managing Director: TORONTO OFFICE, Suite 19 and Oity Cham-~ H E. 20, Queen bers, 382 Chureh 8St., Toronto, Smallpeice, J. P., representative. Dailv Wibig. REPENTANCE NOT VISIBLE. The Hamilton Spectator wonders {why the Whig docs not say more about the marine department's scan- the fitness of the punish- | ment that its defaulting officials des |sceve. What's the use ? The Whig has [put itself on record as saying that i li» not sufficient to relieve an official {of his responsibility when he hag {proved himself recreant to his trust. | Judge Cassels has, in his report, in< dicated that certain persons have been guilty of grave offences, and Canada/ has an atilorncy-general who should know the course that should be taken with two objects in view, namely, that those who bave made a misuse of theig pokition may be prosecuted, and tha the civil service for The minister of marine hi reported that she bees simply abandoned, without any visibk may be. purified all time, sinners have an desire on their part to make ato] ment for their wrongs. f This is but a repetition of the po- licy followed hy previous conservative governments, which, for some rcason, protected offending officials as far as parted with them and re- grotfully, and possible reluctantly. This may the yublie sorviee, but it is not the most I be the political way of cleansing effcetual way. The departments at Ottawa may be saved from further the operations of the civil service commis- scandal by sion, but not by the examples that have been made of the trespassers in the marine department. -------------- Alberta's way of encouraging rail- : better is to guarantee the honds to the "roads have Not a stick of tim- dol- construction is than Om It of competing way tario's. companies a cer- tain amount--alfter heen completed, ber, not an acre of land, not a lar of debt ! THE T. F. HARRISON CO. (yrand Union Hotel Opp. Grand Central Station, New York City Rooms, $1.00 a Day AND UPWARD to and from Station free. Send 2 stamp for N.Y. Olty Guide Book and Map Elephant Mixed Paints These Paints are for wood, iron and with a hard glossy easily applied by the best preservatives stone. They dry surface and can be anyone FOR SALE BY STR ACHAN'S. BIBBY'S GAB STAND Phone 20l. +P T 3 e C N rejuvenating, vitalizing 8 ® force than has ever before been offered. Sufferers from lack of vigor and vital weakness which sap the pleasures of life should take C. N, One box will show wonder- ful results. Sent by mail in plain package only on receipt of this advertisement and one dollar. Address, The Nervine Co., Windsor, Ont. A new discovery. Has more 'You Want to Buy, Rent or Sell REAL. ESTATE Drop a card or call x me. trouble to show property. at lowest rates. Money same, No ace lean ~ GEO. CLIFF, I'eal Estate valuatior, 3 Clarence street. ete, HIT THE BULL'S EVERY TIME WHEN WE ASSERT THAT BETTER ( OAL THAN WE SELL CANNOT BE FOUND WE EYE a, are The above is statement that we and able to prove. strong ready Crawford 'Phone, 9. Foot of Queen St. » | culosis bill, elicited a critidsm which | indicated f THE FALL OF A GOD. The feelings of Sir James™Whitney have beén hurt by the comments of the Tohservative press. of Mr. Downey His suppres: sion and his tuber- that had fallen from its pedestal the god of the party and suf- fered some damage. Sir James chafed under the circumstances, and made a the which failed to re-establish him in the eon- statement, in legislature fidence of his friends, for he assertéd boldly that not a member of the gov- | ernment was prepared to endorse the | Downey measure. | A further tion ! | plague, and four | told | | | kind, and four times the premier or- dered that and unnecessary repudia- Mr. presented the facts regarding the white Four times Downey has times he has been that his method of dealing with the subject was not ac- the times the ministry was in a sense in- dicted for public concition of the practically ceptable to government. Four its indifference towards a most serious | the issue be withdrawn. There is a limit to political obedience THE WHIG, 76th YEAR| that both are, therefore, within jurisdiction of the parliament of Ca- nada, the enterprise is by the bill de- clared to be for "the general advan- tage of Canada." This clause gives very wide powers of expropriation, and it in understood that it is intend- ed to secure throughly it the reserva- tion of land made by the Ross gov: ernment on each side of the Nepigon river, without the use of which the proposed development could not be undertaken. A liberal party, true to its history and traditions, cannot or should not consider, in federal legislation, any matter of a provincial character, and the jncorporation of the Ontario and Michigan company,'can be granted by the province. Mr. Blackstock put ina protest against the propesition that there should be a federal charter, and an interference in consequence with provincial rights, but the private bills committee paid no heed to his argu- ment. Mr. Conmee, who is behind the measure, affects to believe that he canno® appeal to the Ontario legisla- ture with any hope of success. Why not ? Because the legislature defeated the Ontario and Minnesota Power company, with aims of a like nature. There must be a reason, a substan- tial one. The local government cannot suppress any legiglation which is con- sfitutional and on local partizan grounds. The Whitney government may not like Mr. Cobmee, and he may not like the government, and yet a charter would be given to a com- pany, which had a right to it. Refu- sal to give legislation sanction to a worthy cause, appeal could be made to the federal parliament, and it could then incorporate what the pri- vate bills commitee "the general or pronounced for advantage of Canada." Meanwhile the duty of federal parlia- ment is plain, namely, the bill now before it. Policy is against instead of for a further consideration of the proposition. to drop Not another acre of land in rail: way subsidies, said Sir James Whit- ney some years ago, but on Thursda: sitting of the legislature, 2,200,000 acres of land and $200,000 in cash went the way he for- | merly denounced. at one about THE PUBLIC UTILITIES. The Whig the time has been asked whether will come when the public utilities can be expected to contribute towards the cst oi civic government. They contribute to this cost now. The electric light and water departments are charged proportionately for the servioe of tho city officials, and for the accominodation which these officials enjoy in the city buildings. That, we oping, is not. the issue, but whaother the time will come when more of the re venue of the utilitics can be properly applied upon general purposes. Yes, The contribute to electric department could this cost now, were it financially in a position to do so. It was taken over by the city under dif- firent circumstances, from those which prevailed when the water Public rogarded however, . works became a city. asset. ownership was dubiously then. - It is regarded thus by a. good many people still. The fact that municipalities have managed plants profitably has remov- od some of tho prejudice. What re mains of it ie due to the circumstance that all public utilities do not, guaran- tee efficient management. ™e primary defect: lies in the absence of a well- defined or continuous policy. The decis- not binding of the departipent affords an evidence ion of one committee is upon another. The history water and servility and Mr. Downey inti-} mates that it has been about reached. | lis reflection has been accentuated by | the World. I'he government may Jee responsible for | | | | the legislation Which passes the | | | | legislate with regard to a great and | credit. The crying evil is not to its Insur- | premier has his idea, and it is very |would supervise the y to; { antique, with regard to tuberculosis. | Tt let the disease alone, to { spread and become the terror of the is to | white race. Some day he may get light, but so far he is in darkness on | the question, and he wants the people [to know that his colleagues are quite {as dense. The political god of the party in i Ontario cannot, any more than a cer- | tain ancient image, have repeated falls i from its high place without sustaining that injuries will interfere with homage he has been accorded. World in The is has a startling article. gra- oc- Hence the question, Are the graduates spoiled for. busi- 80, It duates who fail to the number of college find suitable cupation. university i It is an enquiry ness ? why keep' on that spoiling | them ? eannot he fgnored. A HUNT FOR TROUBLE. The federal government cannot af- ford, to put it mildly, | act bills party vote, recommended the eranting of a charter, to the Ontario &\Michi- gan Power company. The bill Ts in- tended to for the power develppment the Nepi the ground to receive and upon the report of the private committee, which by a purely confer authority construction of works on ron and' Pigeon ers, and ot that 1 the stream, ana of navigable and 1 other rivers is an internatjonal % house, but the fact that it does not | the | one | of this. Hore is a valuable plant, which was not to be a burden upon the taxpayers. It to be seli- supporting. Not one dollar of its lia- bilities the city. All the council assumed tor do was were to be placed upon wae sell its debentures, and 'give it the benefit of In addi- { tion its members That | was to be the limit. The city, not be- liable for | would! not be subject. to any gain the city's ercdit. a committee of business. {ing any loss or expense, or iprofit. This was an inevitable dedue- { tion. ee . In the process of time the depari- iment has been Sfnderfully improved. [ 1t hae The people a { which has become gradually cheaper, until to-day thef® is | where, The ideal condition was aimed given Service no better any- iat later when it was desired lo pro- Ivide for wear and tear, for cmergen- | | which { cies, for wreckage! of plant, the cost of was coveged | whose life had notgexpirved. by Another and very important con { tingency faced | necessity ol extending the m. ins undil | every the department -- the habitable pagi of the city was reached. For manw extensions the cost {could not be provided in the old way. | The residents on"cfrtain sirecta could the {that they would pay in rates a suffi- inot reasonably give assuranay {cient eum above tig ordinary io allow . invesimont. | The committee comsidered the advisa- four per cont. upon the { bility of making these extensions and 1 they should have been | charging them current account. {When possible | undertaken and the approach gradually Imade to vhe time when every consumer [of water would be a taxpaver. One other thing was aimed at, and quite clearly expressed, namely, that THE DAILY BI the ! debentures | [SH WHIG, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 18909. detail, until it was complete, in first class order, lacking in no essential. Then it was for the council to con: 8 sider the expedioncy a new depar- 3 ture, and this new departure in the wator department will discussed in subsoquent articles. ( -------------------------- EDITORIAL NOTES. The dead ends, in the water system, are declared. to be a menace. Then why not remove them? It is for such work the depreciation account exists. Although the Lampman strenuously kicks on paying for value pot receiv- ed, he thinks that the finance board of the town council showed more hindsight than foresight when they de- cided to pilfer the water works rainy- day fund in order to keep down the tax rage: The town councilmen, he 's, have proven themselves a poor ibre of statesmen. The only far- sceing man among them was Council: man Tove, but he was alone, and, therefore, was unable "to trim the bunch." Through the short-sighted- ness of the council, the town i can't be repaired, any further, and "Christy" Grabam hasn't been given money enough to build ode single block of macadam road. Men of more vision are nceded in the town council, the Lampman says, for thare arc some of the present. councilmen who couldn't sce ahead if given telescopes. or > - The Lampman can't see why a pris- oner who confésses to wrong-doing and, cowardly involves others should be given hid freedom when others who, dil no more than he did are sent to prison. The case of the GT.R. con- ductors is Wie one he has in view. Two conductors, he points out, are son- tencod to three years in prison, while the fellow who '"'peached" is at liberty. There's no justice in that, he says, whether it's British usage or not. He read in tho papers that the Toronto judge who sentenced the prisoners re marked that the conductors must he punished because they had pat the county to: expense In trying them, when they knew they were guilty, The Lampman would like this question an- swered : Had the conductors pleaded guilty would they have been forgiven liko the man who turned king's evi- dence ? 1h so, then why send them to prison now ? Are they any worse because they didn't confess ? and are they any worse than the man at liberty ? The mint, the establishment of which was regarded by the Doubting Thomases of parliament with so much anxiety, cleared $30,000 in 1908, and it was not a good year for mak- ing money. The public works department lows the marine departmént in sti- pulating that all contracts must be approved by the purchasing agent and that supplies must, as far as possi- ble, be covered by tender. fol- All the orators are not in the legal or political business. Some of the speakers at the Missionary Congress have won distinction by their elo quence and power. The church still possesses some of the finest talent. The fire department is in need of new equipment--enginés and ladders and hose. They will cost alot of | money. Where is it coming from 7] Is the water department robbed bewe? Or could it stand a further plunder- ing ? The opposition idea is that a com- mison should be appointed to through the departments fishing = for | scandal. A Detter plan would be to lay an indictment against any go one who is reasonably suspected of wrong- doing. The auditor-general has been criti- cized by the opposition because he has not denounced mote public transac- tions and suppliéd ghe troublers with ammunition with Which to make at- tacks on the goverhment. He's at all considerate. Te -» - It was with pleasure that the Lamp- man read that the Bishop of London had declared against the unnatural tone of voice used by clergymen in the Anglican service. This bishop says le's sick of the droning of the ser- vide, and also of rapid prayer-making. In Kingston the Lampman says, thers are clergymen who should take note of thie. They should be given a course jof instruciion in "How to read and LR : Y" pray without droning," and for the ple take the missionary idea as seri position of lecturer he wonld nominate ously as the Canadians. The Congress |{,c' Vencrable Rev. William Lewin. now going on Wn Toronto" is unique in |The Lampman thinks that Mr. Lewin is the best 'reader in this Anglican | iocese, for he reads naturally, and not in a highepitched' monotone voice --THE TOWN WATCHMAN. - not ! ' The world will certainly be evan- gelized in 'the next ten years if the rest of the Christian or church peo- religions annals. "You . don't disapprove of railway aid when it opensthe country," said a supporter of the, Ontario govern- ment. "No," said the friend who was regarding the local government's pro- digality, "but I believe that the man who makes. pledges should, keep them." s------------ T Had The Chickens Pat. Philadelphia Times. A good example of how local men raise their families. was shown at the Fleventh and Winter 'streets station house, when a man named Smith, ol Datby, was bgiore Magistrate Galla- gher after imbibing a trifle too freely of some Philadelphia brew. After being asked the regular ques- tions concerning his birth and place of residence, thie magistrate began a short speech to the man before the bar. Stopping to ask him ii he had a fam- ily, the man said 'yes.' ; "How many children have you? asked the magistrate. Smith answered slowly : "Well, let me sce," holding up his liand to)count them on his fingers as hoe named them, "there is Mary, one; Joseph, two; John, three: Helen. four; Michael, five; Walter, six; Josephine, seven, and the baby--eight in all." "My |" exclaimed the magistrate, "you have a large family. What do vou do to keep them ¥"c~ "Raise chickens,' camp reply. The Marathon race takes place in New York to-day' with all the fleet footed men entered for the $10,000-- l.onghoat, St. Yves, Dorando, Ma- toney, Shrubb and Hayes. li Long- boat wins this he can afford to tire from racing. Good luck to him. em-------- re- THE WHIG'S JUMBLE. Tells About a Lot of Things in General. Don't delay. Buy now. Weese's quit- ting sale of wall paper. Bibby's 82 hats for mine. An umbrella dealer says there are lots of hold-ups on rainy: days We handle all kinds of bicycle tires and sundries. H. Milne. "Phone 542 Bibby's #2 hats are wonders. Of course, the preacher's aim wasn't accurate when the sermon hit you. lthe instant Spring Things, approval. ete., $12.50, $15. « ete. with all the' latest kinks of Blacks, We take both pride and in announce Outfitting - COME IN, Young Mew's Sits | In Blue Worsted, Cuff on Sleeves, Young Men's Suits Fancy Worsteds, Browns, Greens, fashion, $12.50, $16 and $18. Young Meo's Gord: Suits SOMETHING REAL SWELL, Blues, Browns, Olives, Checks, Plaids and Stripes, in Cheviots, Cassimeres, finest tailor. ing, ete.. $18 and $20. Young Men's" Shirts Our New Spring Shirts speak for themselves. The patterns are the handsomest we've ever seen, $1.00 buys a splendid Shift. Rr TH "How many chickens have you ?"' "One hundred and eighty-three Ply- mouth Rocks, thirty-eight Leghorns, forty-nine Black Minorcas and twenty seven Banties,"' came the answer like a flash. : He was allowed. to go, promising to keep a better account of his family. See Bibby's 34 trousers. It's a good thing to tell the truth occasionally, just to keep in practice. "Burdock with sarseparilla." Buy it at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. It makes a good spring tonic. ""Bibby's $2 hats are elegant. A successful politician, like the inter- vst on a mortgage, keeps everlastingly at it. See Bibby's $3.50 trousers. "For Easter," high class candy and high class perfumes. It means you buy the best at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. See Bibby's $3.50 trousers. In order to succeed you must have! push. You can't even run a lawn | mower without it, See Bibby's genteel $2 hats. All the latest styles in corsets. Over tifty styles to choose from. All prices and kinds. New York Dress Reform. See Bibby's tony $2 hats. Some men are like postage stamps; they lose their oy i when they get stuck on themselves, See Bibby's nobby $2 hats. 3 "For Easter giving," McConkey's and Huyler's high oe candy. Gib- son's Red Cross Drug Store. Phone Wise men lose a lot of valuable time explaining = some of the things, they know te other people. Buy vour hats to-night. s. vIt's surptrising how much a six\een- year-old son can tell his father the old man won't believe. See Bibby's dressy $2 hats. "Buy tne genuine" Blaud's Iron Joie pills. Sufficient for one month. 100 pills for 25¢c., at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. Take no other. Reckless Oi The Neighbors. Washington Post. . There was a small. gathering of friends at a Washington home not long ago; among the guests being a young man of soméwhat retiring dis- position, the possessor of an cxtreme- ly good and powerful voice. The even- ing was grown somewhat old when the hostess suggested that the young man in question favor them with a few songs. i ; " would be charmed--that 1s, you ter moe--but, er--really 3° neigh- bors, you know," he suggested. "These partition wally are so thin, and they lave possibly retired." "Oh, never mind the hostess replied voice. "1 don't dniend to have the least consideration for them hereafter and they will just have to stand it. Some of them poisoned our dog last week." the neighbors !" in" unsympathetic A Prophecy. Harper's Weekly. f they keep Ipvings- on putting the sufira- gettes in jail over there in London much longer, it is dollars to dough- nuts that the homely ballads of other days will soon be superseded Dy 'some such pathetic lyrical outburst as this : O where is my wandering Ma to-night ? O where can my Mother be? She hied her forth td the Suffrage fight And hasn't come homé to tea. The range is cold on the kitchen trail, The cuphoard is bleak and bare, N y 3 {For Mother has gone to the County New York Sun. | For pulling the Speaker's hair! i story was told by Lord Claude | oF where is my wandermg Ma amilt a dinner of "lv Fish- night ? i ers' iin at nee of the iy Fish My Mother, 0 where is she ? ts' Club. An Irishman had caught a She dwells in the "Hox, big pike. Noting a lump in its sto- While Father's socks . tach, he cut it opom "Ag I cut it! Are holey as they can be! 3 ---------------- open there was a mighly rsh and » : . flapping of wings," said he, "and Bibby's shirts -are swell. : away flew a wild duck, and, begorrg,| Even the seli-made man is seldom when I looked inside, there was 'a| wholly satisfied with his job. nest with four eggs, and she had been after silting on that nest." Duly Bue "BROMO QuI Ws n Cie Be De A Prize Fish Story. Jail to- | Spring Importations Of 1909. ' Prevost, Brock strpet, has received three cases of imported goods for his tho plant should be built up in every order clothing department, isicluding Scotch an Eiglish tweed, serge, ete. or. adds as a ¢ure for t the movement in the AT THE GRAND. dn x «Human , Hearts' Will - Be Night's, Feature. : Arkansas has often been ihe theme of song and story aud no melody ever written has ~~ envolved more genuine Jleasure than *"The Arkansas Travel fer" The same may be said of ** man Hearts," which is a strong! story, dealing with life in he Ar: kansas hills, only in addition te laughter, it is mingled with heart in- terest and tears. This geason's coms * Tos { } | | i will be far superior to any ever .en- onged to portray. this strongest. of strong plays. The scenic equipment this season will be entirely new, t past summer having been devoted securing mew models and the building | and pianfing of néw scenery. 'on | sequently this year 'Human Hearts" will be practically a n wetion. It has been Manager Rnlries aim to improve the nee each sea- son and to this fact be tie great success & sting popularity. "Human Hearts hl t the Grand to-night. 4 [be seen a Lulu Glaser 'And Mile. « Mischief. | 'It is interesting to note that 3 parts of our store infection of Spring entht every effort has been made, | tractive 'presentation of the New to win jour attention and earn your F. FRANK HANLY, FORMER GOVERNOR ort He was the principal speaker at a large local option Philadelphia of which he is a champion. he evils of the liquor traffic, and was at the Heesier state while governor. i : {1 "Mlle. Mischief," which- wi pany" secured hy Manager Nankeville | our readiness for have aught the siasm, and an ate PLEASE! Young Men's Cloves We show a $1.00 Street Glove that beats the world at See Dent's at $1.50. the v Washable Tap Sa: Apt Our Dainty Neelwear We've the choicest blossoms in 'Spring Neckwear. See Our 50c. values. New Crochet Ties, 50ec. The Tony. Hats of the Scascn. One Price, $2.00. No Higher. See Our Dressy Black Derby Hats Our Nobby Brown Derby. Our Smart Green Soft Hats, Our Swell Brown Soft Hats. |New Caps. BIBBY C0. gathering in local option head of He believes in Lult Glasér's play. seen at the Grand 'on: Th , Apr Sth, in view of the mumerous successes that have recently jcome from. Berlin, Vienna and other Buropean- cities, Js Viennese in orig. so The composer of "Mlle. Mjschief™ is Carl MN. Zichrer, who is said tg oc- cupy a prominent place in Vienna. The original book, which is hy Kr made new musinal {atz and Yon Sterk, bas heen over to suit the American ideas hv Svdnéy Rosenfeld, and the regult . is one of the prettiest of contemporan- is Glnser is repeating in "Mile Mischief' the splendid ein she made in "Dolly Varden" and "Dolly Dollars." Her supporting company is the identical one that scored with her during the long season of twenty- two weeks in New ork, DreVigda to the commencement of Miss: laser's road tour. A large chorus of comely 'young misses lend their charm. and 'attractiveness fo this prodaction, » 2 i -- be large Drug > y