PAGE FOUR, HELPS FOR CLEANING Metal Polisheb ats Be., 10ec., 25¢., and b0e. tin, . Furniture Polish at 25ec. Stove Polish, and 10¢. Stove Pipe and Grath Enamel, at 10c., and 15e. Aluminum for Stove Pipes, Water Tanks Radiators, etc., at 25c., 45¢., 85¢c., per tim. Housemaid's Gloves at 25c¢. Corbett's Hardware eelfmieieieieoeeeetee at Be, Dressy Suits At Reduced Prices. Our Suits have "all the good points of the tailored article, at less than half the price. The style, the patterns, the workmanship are all just as good; the suits will wear just as long, will fit just as good, and you save about 50 per cen A So 5 50, $8.50, $10, $12 and $13.50 ' Isaac Zack's 271 Princess St. Sce our big line of Boots na Shoes at reduced prices. Boat Lumber Native Cedar, Southern Cypress, White Oak 7 Sawed to any thiekness or shape desired. S Avnet Wellington St. Nort! th. THE WHIG, 7 6th YEAR TORONTO OFFICE. Oham- pits] 19 chess Queen * City = t., Toronto, H. Bimaiigeics J . P. representative. ~ Daily Wibig. MUNICIPAL HOGSECLEANING, The Montreal Witness comments upon the fact that though three thou- sand people, by petitiof, demanded an -enquiry into the municipal affairs of Montreal, there is a reluctance about furnishing the funds which are necessary to 'make' the enquiry effect ive. The Witness continues : "Age we to: spoil 'the ship for a 'haporth of tar 77 The energetic citizens' com- mittee' wants at least five thousand dollars to start with, and so far only a mere pittance is in the joint treas- hands. With the necessary this city can be cleaned up, . is the time to provide it. '" urers' money and now Pay up, please, Mr. Citizen. When the commissioner took his seat the other day he ordered the city ' to put $5,000 to the credit of the court, and for its expenses, and these do not include the costs of the prosecu- tion which is a private undertaking. The municipal - government of ada's largest city has not, for many Its reven- ues are very large and yet there is clways, a scarcity of money, always a lean treasury, always a nisuse of funds which angers and disturbs the people, It does not seemingly matter who compose the council the result is always the same--there is the policy of driit in public matters, management, Can- a year, been satisfactory. waste, mis- There was finally grave suspicion of wrong-doing, a and this suspicion became so general that a scrutiny of the accounts by an partial im- a probe of relentless touch, was demanded. { Then came thei while men dis- | cussed who is tO pay for the | cleaning. eritic, house- It is unfortiinate that the | people must pay high taxation, and, jin order to correct abuses, contribute lin addition liberally of their means, | Yet that is the ultimatum. It may be shirked and, with the sure resuli that the things complained of 'will not disappear; onthe "eontrary they will Le more and more in evidence, and with a brazenness that must be apr palling. Regrettable as 'it is the peo- ple who want a clean public life must for pay for it ove™and over again, James Campbell, TAILOR, 109 BROCK STREET. Cleaning and Pressing. New Velvet Collars, from 75 CENTS UP Elephant Mixed Paints These Paints are the best preservatives for wood, iron and stone. They dry with a hard glossy surface and can be easily applied by anyone. FOR SALE BY STR ACHAN'S. BIBBY'S GAB STAND Phone 201, DAY or NIGHT If You Want to Buy, Rent or Sell REAL ESTATE 1 make a specialty of same. Drop a card or call on me. No trouble to show property. Insur- snce at lowest rates. loan, GEO. CLIFF, "eal Estate valuatior, 95 Clarence street. ii ete, at Do all dealers sell coal at the same prices ? Most all. Do all dealers handle the same' quality coal? o ; grades differ. Do all dealers give at all ®itwes full weight ? We hope so. Do all dealérs screen their coal thoroughly ? Some do-~some don't. Do all dealers deliver their coal promptly ? They may intend to but-- Judge Us By A Sample Order Crawford 'Phone, 9. Foot of Queen St. Money to | to retro- the municipal service the tendency of the age is vyrade, and is the very hardest to reform. CONFUSION AS A RULE. Phe Belleville Ontario calls the edu- department to account be- deification of system." regulations cation cause of its © Its are arbitarily and killingly restrictive, says our contem- is correct, A the { in porary. In a sense this and in a sense it is not correct. connection institute with the lack between -the inspectors grieyange ; in Kingston is ol harmony their minat alleged of the along according to interpretation of department. One man and grades the work his tomes of "ite He offers advice; and upen it estimate value. the staff proceeds to. act. school may ultimately be " Then a second man puts in-an pearance, ' cursorily examines = its and proceeds to The standing of teachers is questioned, pointing them there work, liberally. certain though in ap- ance that of | needs { material the the department. The to be that had been ordered previous inspector. His | only reply was that what he outlined | was . the requirement depart- | | ment. He does not like the mannér tn which some of the classes are con- ducted and points regulations which have been modified by circulars which were, not, it is assumed, issued { by the minister for the confusion of the teachers. It is an experience like this, woodingly vexatious to say the least of it, and oft repeated, that produced the outburst of indignation in | high school departntent of the cduca- | tional convention, followed by. the de- of the to ox. Briish Whig Publishing Co., Lid |becn disallow the | and the rights. "oi | propriety." --ournal, "is placed at the merey of af single elective body, chosen as parti- # | ans and led by men subject to all the} influences of party government. Then | the aggrieved have ho means of re dress." Our contemporary . seems io think {hat the act of the legislature, deal ing - with this matter, should have though there may have been reasons why the power of the federal government was not exer- cised. The result, however, is that "an investor in this province must now see that he has no certainty that transactions which appear to be based | ceased on principles of law. and: equity to- day, may not be declared illegal = to- morrow. He may see no other rea: son than that ome adverse influence has been able to give the support of a minister backed by a majority willing to accept his dictum upon a subject in which many of them have no inter- est, and with the merits of which they have not the information to deal." This is' the view, not so tersely ~ ex- pressed, of Mr. Lawson, of the Lon- don Financial Times, which has invit- ed the hostility and rough speech ol Sir James 'Whitney. There are men, will not be deterred from & candid expression of = their minds, and one of them is the editor of the Law Journal. . He writes as lawyer, with more regard for his legal than political reputation, and in ex- position of prince iples that cannot be ignored. EDITORTAL NOTES. Nation is going Tha hatchet Is hawever, who a into% will Mrs. Carrie poultry raising. come handy by and by. iet-- Abdul Hamid II may have to thank his stars that his crown wasn't 'akon off close to his shoulders. Two of the most modern convenicn- cos--the telephone and the fountain pen--are Canadian inventions. There is nothing about the deport- ment of April to make anyone regret that it is preity nearly gone. works has hi Since the Welland water | Macs rg alternoan, Ee cru De frosted: thie near Syracuse, NY de to. the Thousand "whence the Jotand will be {ha The Late Malcolm J. McMurchy--- Death of Mrs. George E, ' ~Sparring Exhibitiors in Gan- ae Opera House. we, April 29.~Fanny fap S| wife of George d 10 rest after a hngering the fami ¥Sowiclnc, Sy. » 3 Au 12 iy 17th, 1857, -- Mr. Fa $ ago, removing to Auburn, N.Y., twen- hrs A Fales had bee SE Sk & axis. Corn p few months ggo, when -- hat until BOkS of paralysis, thus sgeravasing Mrs, Fales' condition. = as a life-long Mothogist, energe- Cc Yn e departm t hurch work oud or en churc a Saimber of years oc- organist of ton a ghey previous to the nstalle- 10n in the church housed il i le" ple on nL nd railway rr for interment ta Auburn, N. XY. Rev. J. B. Pitcher will con- duct A , service, She leaves a no family, A sparring exlibition was held in the opera house here on Tuesday even- ing which drew out a fair attendance of local * sports. Two preliminary bouts, one between Robert Genge and Peter Lozo, the other between Colin and Richard Gunge, after which a ten- round go between J. H. Sharpe, To- ronto, and W. J, Cliffe, Gananoque, was the drawing card. Honors were pretty evenly mixed up until the sixth round when Clifie sprained his thumb and was unable to proceed. William Gardner, King street, acted as referee. . The coal schooner Horace Taber publed into GaBanoque river at noon vesterday with coal for the | Ww, J Robertson Co, Messrs. Thomas and Fogar Shar ratt, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Shook, of Clarkson Ont., and Mrs. Rev.) aWilliam Pimlott, Tuyon, P.Q., are in town for a few days this week in attendance at the funeral of their sister, the late Mrs, Wiliam Salter, James street, Mrs. George Wheeler and son, of Toronto, spending some time here with#®Mr. and* Mrs. Albert Dickson, been placed under a commission revenué has ineréased from $500 $8,000 pesfiegr. The Bufialo News remarks that if the | { Sultan of Turkey had a million lives | and sufiored atrocious tortures in every to, ono of thom it would not balance the | he | reign. account with him for tho crimes has committed during his long It is impossible to pay such a villain The were owing mass | to tho | Turk had beaten | tho | to | what is hig rightful due sacres in Armenia belief that "the - Old tha reformers. That was because revolutionists allowed the sultan retain his throne. Sign Of Intolerance. Ottawa Citizen. The legisdative council of Quebee re- fuses to incorpprate a Christian Science church in Montreal. This is a very serious step to take, especially | on the part of a provinee which has | so recently had occasion to. reprobate che action of the French government which only regulated and did not pro- hibit public worship. S---- 3 For Up-To-Date Fur Storage. "Phone 79. Campbell Bros' Sydtnham. street, left for home ye terday, accompanied by Mrs. Dickson, who will spend a short time there. , Miss B. Halliday, Charles street, spent a short time in Kingston during the week. Mr. and' Miss Stark, King- ston, were in town yesterday attend ling the funeral of Mrs. Salter. Dr. i and ' Mrs. P. Sinclair were in Kingston a short time this week. The annual . business meeting of Grace Methodist Sabbdth séhool we J, i held-in the lecture room of the church The election of officials resulted : Superintendeht, . J. A. Jackson * assistant superintendent, | | Clifford" Singy secretary, AH: Mabee; {.D.S.; t#asurer, Forrester Seale; { librarian, Miss Mabel Carpenter] 01 - ganist, Miss Edith Rogers; assistant {organist, Miss Laura Ilerney. Word reached Jiere yesterday -of She death of Malcolm J. MeMurchy, onl son of Deputy. Reeve and Mrs. John B. McMurchy, Stone street, at his home, Pittsburg, Pa. Decbased was taken ill with pneumonia on Friday last. Beiides his wife, formerly Mis Bessie B. Cook, of this town, -- he 'leaves his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Walker, Buffalo, N.Y., and } Forde McMurchy, of this town. vemaing will be shipped. here last evening. The and {placed ig the vault until such time as | his wife, now ill in Pittsburg hospi- tal, . is able to travel. Ere TURKISH TROOPS ON THE MARCH Fales! Ea m I i ROCENT ONE. * | serious offences, including the crime of . | Superinténdent Dr. Scath knows noth- these and os it up " ope ud heaps, close to the = right in view of the front windows of the nearest houses, to make it that the ai thereof mn i these oF may head of Brock street, near University avenue. Did I know who did this, 1 would readily make it known to the slice, as 1 am innocent of it. ~IN- ' Danger In The Racing. ai ning" has begun in all the suburbs, engaged in every lad old ugh to toddle and brave enough to undress in the sort of spring we are ving. Parents would probably be wise to 'get the hearts of their young- est lads examined before they permit them to go out " Marathoning" with hardier companions; for the plucky boy will run until he is "dead beat' and that may mean a strained heart for the rest of his life, rcs ne Challenge May Be Accepted. Ottawa Free Press. i Mr. Cowan, oi Vancouver, Mas offer- ed to vacate his seat and contest it with any person, refident or nom-resi- dent. of Vancouver, to test public opinion on the policy of the present government. It is not unlikely that a gentleman well known in the west, who would be an acceptable candidate, | may accept the cha lenge. . This gen- | tleman is a wellknown platiorm speaker and would prove no mean wi: tagonist. A Call To Action. St. John Su Why does hot Premier Hazen, who showed such eager anxiéty to read the false affidavit of G. 8. Mayes, reflect- ing upon Hon, William Pugsley, show equal eagerness to read the affidavit which he has in his possegsion made by two reputable businesy men of St. John, charging ome -of his supporters {in the New Brunswick legislature with forgery ? Minister Does Not Know. ! Windsor Record. It is a pity that the minister of edu- "| cation should not know anything | about education, but that would not | be 150 great' a misfortune if he should | surround himself with men who do. | ing of "public school work, and Deputy Minister Colquhoun is a bright news- : ; paper man, but not an educator. Britain Is All Right. te News. When the South American republics want a railway lifted over the Andes at an altitude of 12,000 feet. and at a cost of $150,000,000, they give the contract to an English firm. British constructive genius ; has accomplished most of the engineering feats of the { modern world. -------- | Their gentle action and good effect on the system really make them a | perfect little pill, They please those who use them. Carter's Little Liver ; Pills may (well be termed *' Perfect- lion. We handle. "Dunlop rubber tires | baby carriages at 1. Milne's, | Bagot street. 'Phone 542. for 272 Even some expense is incurred in order that the | approved." | ap- | find fault | was the assur- they had the imprimatucr | apparatus | changed, including the | atten- | | tion was called to this fact and his | i | | | the | 1 i chiration, which was fyled with the | { | minister, | be the | and that the petiy tyrannies of | inspectors should be at an end: ' interpreter of its regulations, | SOME SHARP CRITICISM. The Canadas Law Journal, { Henry O'Brien, K.C., | ticiom of "Sir of the rights of municipalities," resumes its eri- James Whitney's inva- | sion | referenc e being especially made to the) | | act of the legislature which validated { certain by-laws been These were the power ordinance, municipal the treatment of which i is regarded as ex- traordinary well as "The whole subject of. civil contracts as remarkable. | that the department should | the | i edited by | { | | { { 1 i 2 Aa? Ps » Ea) hs sea or. yon Mazmora. i | nobody belonging tq - the family will | a. Our Fifteen Dollar 'Suits stand right out from the crowd The values are extraordinary. . ! These Suits are made for the Man who msite upon having a good looking, perfect-fitting, 'stylish Suit at a moderate price, made for Men who appreciate a go 'medium 'priced Suit. ¢ The fabrics are new and stylish. The Suits are out over the same patterns and models used for our higher a Suits. We've several choice styles, and can fit any form, If you do not care to invest more than Fifteen Dollars in a Suit, Sir, come nd let us surprise you with the amount of Suit goodness we can give you for Jd ust Fifteen Dollars. : L Try Our Special i $3. 50 Trousers. The H. D. Bibby Co. Kingston's Cash and One Price House, The Economical Food--is More Nutritious than Meat or Eggs--and Costs Less. To serve--simply heat in oven, pour hot milk over it and salt to taste. Sold by all grocers, 13c. a carton; two for 25¢ <a Buffetts and Sideboards On Sale This Week Solid Qt. Oak Sideboards, pol- ish Tinish, $25.00 to 65.00. ' Combination Buffetts from $22.60 to 75.00. Sideboard, same as cub, regu- Jae $16. 50 for 13,50, dn surface Solid Oak hina Cabinet from $10.00 to 65.00 R.J REID, 230 Princess St. 6 doors above Opera House. Fresh Arrival. AUSTRIAN BON BONS 50 CENTS PER LB. A.J.REES, 166 Princess St Phone 58, Preparing An Alibi. = want. them to gain' the impression that . 1t culture remaine © confined within | literature is neglected in this house, so the splendidly. bound' volumes of thei: am making sure that they will at new ye that has just been botight | least find' the leaves cut.' by a New Yorker, it will not be the w-------------------- fault of the rich man's secretary. Hel A tickling or Sey ough can fia is doing everything he can to let it|ly loosened wi Dr. Shoop's loose, { ody. No c pon no; oh vt asf am cutting the leaves in 'all ithe nothing unsafe or Harsh. Sold by ax books," he said. "The chances are!dea Hed 'moth proof lever look #nside these books, but the | {bags at Gibson's boss hae friends who may go snaop- { wore. Mar SHOWING CONSTANTINOPLE, LAND TCHAFALDIA 7 ng " double stren Cross drug ing around through the library some-| "Phone: 147, James Reid's, to have times: In case. do he doesn't your ropaizing and upholstering done, i i 1 that had | declared invalid by the courts. | | its a and io Ane seated . Au