> esecosnse A EY HAT THE har- Bock Beer Sign. plays itself the earth and tants thereof dry. You'll. be clezning up vour garden presently and Spring now. gay- iy d 18 - 'token that the inhabi are getting will need some garden tools) 'a wheel barrow perhiapsh or a shovel, rake orhoe. If so, come to us. We enrry 8&8 Very complete we: ut 'tosise=the Wiad thal The wood garden insin frows year to, year, prices speak for themsclves, FIELD ames an ors, STEEL RAKES | «0 SHOVELS AND SPADES a5 "5 SPADING WHEEL BARROWS Corhett's Hardware Recssccccsnsessacseses -auauTY LUMBER Saat assess tists sdsd FORKS | Do you cons sider quality in Lumber 2 If then you ought to see us. For real Lumber values; our stock is unsurpassed. st), We can furnish any size from a match to a 6Oft, timber stick. {S. Anglin & Co. Cor. Wellington and Bay Streets. 'Phons 66. Just Received Another Shipment of -- ALUMINUM WARE Tea and Coffee to $1.50, Pots $1.00 Sauce R0e, The, and Pudding Pans, Frying Pans, 6he Tea Kettles, They are unbreakable, rust- proof, and will last for years. to $1.25. : $2.00 to $3.00 Prices are lower Canadian manufacture, They are genuine, lmported direct from manufacturer. W. A. MITCHELL, HARDWARE Kingston Business College (Limited) Highest Education at Lowest Cost Twenty-sixth year. Fall term begins August 30th. Courses in * Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Tele- "frapby, Civil Service snd Eng Our graduates get the beat positions. Within a short time over sixty secured positions with one of .the largest railway cor- porations in Canada, Enter any Ca or write for informa 4. F. Metcalfe, Principal. Kingston, Canada. than any Tho soak t Vitrine Tonic, wind Ro PAYNTER h "over 1 iness of Se aren Jus. Davis at the old stand, 249 EI oy Sa All work gua ranteed pty * EE Joring aemors, 3 on SUGARMA r In all ki ¢ Ntoves ure Ri ate us FONG SING hn to YMCA. tos, Titer bingers of : l THE WHIG SEVE tario, at $6 per year. WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, . Thursday morning at §1 a year. Ye adde and cheap work; nine Improved presse Strect, Toronto. H. PERVERSENESS The Vawmeouver Sunset refers to the in British Columbia which Two men, local government as a system of thuggism from po good the can be expected. premier and Mr, Bowser, age said to have become tyrants of the pronounced type, and to rule a most erav- en and submissive majority, until they have personal equation that so many rub crushed in the dust, no more And the Herald marvels the in British Columbia' to per ber stamps.'" at this, and at kind of people there are wit and condones it The people are regarded as the great pari- fliers politically, that they will that The reflection is quite proper. It has been declared folerate a great deal 1% that wrong, but eventually they will rige in their might Well, one and pun : id ish the offenders. there are oc which questions this casions on very seriously philosophy. There before the Whig the report of a is pro- eending which occurred some davs ago. A certain London alderman, Brooke-Hilthing, a council for many James of the years and the holder oir member of many public positions, in connec tion with the school board and eivie institutions, was charged with an im- To LI ited States charge for postage , making price of Daily $3 and of Weekly $1.50 per year. Atfpched is one of the best Job Printing Offices in Canada; rapid, styiism, +f THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, NTYNINTH YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 30£-310 King Street, Kingston, On- Editions at 2.50 and 4 p.m rts on Mon Sublished in pa ao THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED J. 6G, Elllett, President. Lenin A Gulia, Sec-Treas. TORONTO OFFICE.~Suite 19 and 20 Queen City Chambers, 312 Church JB. Bmalliplece, J P., representative. OF THE PEOPLE. connection with the lighting with abusing bis member of the improvement proper system, offiee ax a commit tee, and with representing a number of worthless companies. He was put upon his defence before a committee of the London council, it was declared that "mot a person [it and proper to support the dignity and discharge the the place and office of an alderman." and as a result he was duties of A new election was at once ordered and the rejected and dis- honaurgd Sir Thomas announced that be would. be a candidate, and he ask ed the him "ia the interest of English justice and fair play." electors to re-elect And the people may do it. There is the record of the London electors in a certain case, tfeie judgment being _fin- ally at aught by the boa:d of aldermen." These cancelled the third but appointed, to the vacancy one, in their opinion, Tit- téd for the honour. This st rage © perience is commend- to the Herald, serve to illustrate that sel not only election, ed and it the peo- ple sometimes are given to a political Hamilton may peverseness for which there is really . no accounting. ™The § paper Simcoe Reformer 4s &° liberal which does, not expect to follow Mr. the great results, politically, Row- declaration It ell's against bar room, sees othe hberal party and the Dominion Alliance, which h may support it on the barroom is sue, up aginst a highly-organized liquor party, and a splendid or por And it docs as it ought to that the tentious campaign fond. Mr. if it imagines not know do, that Aquor wien lowell, for a moment organization, the menace of and will Lo esteems their' money, make him pause for a moment the performance of what his duty. Mr. identified he Rowell has for many years been forces of through the with the moral this country, and . has, church, tts alNed fought against social evils and institutions, of The evils of the liquor every trade come under his con- kind. have incidentally demnation, and it be would any "his leader was -not expected that the liberal party ta find in him one who bLedged on moral question and compromised When he became the of 'the opposition, making many per sons! sacrifices in order to do so, it wzns felt that on every tion record, public ques- he would come out strongly of right. With him could not be any doubt or hesitation on the side there His repuatatibny his integrity, demand- . In the the Commission of Conservation, in 1911, CC. James, of Ontario and the de- scribes what the department of agri- done - towards the education of the people, Vari expedients had been tried, but they were not to be compared with the agencies which were established in 1907. Then the "expedient of per sonal instruction" was begun on a comprehensive plan. In other words the department start. ed work in six counties. The gra- duates of the agricultural college were engaged as teachers of agricul: ture and leaders in agricultural im- provement. Branch offices of the de: partment were moved nearer to the farmer's home. "We made it possible," said Mr, James, "lor our representa- tive to go into the farmer's field, hia orchard, his dpiry, and his home, Further, he was a resident, not a transient, and as soon as the formali- ties of becoming acquainted were over he won the fgrmer's coniidence by his sincerity and ability to help." The plan widened. In 1910 fifteen counties were provided" with offices, teackers and assistants, and So great was the success and so mud' appre ciated the work that when this re port was written Mr, James said the question was how ta meet the de mands for 'other conties. The service was _ somewhat expen: sive. ~The office expenses, the salaries of teachers, the asvistants and inei- dentals, were paid through the depart second annual report of formerly now of federal government, culture has aun i | \| that party THE TEMPERANCE PARTY'S CHANCE. ed this. Mr. the only thing upon Rowell did the that He countérred best thing, and incumbent with Lis was him, friends In the liberal party. clear his views, It ble that he encountered here and {here men who differed from him, and who saw in the legalized liquor trafic hard not unconscious some who would strenuous than lle made is not improba- an enemy which would be conqguer. to He was that there are fer a fight less with men who, pre that defending their busi- ness, would resist attacks upon it at any coat, But Nr. Rowell could do than that to which he has committed himself, All power to him. nothing else The temperance perty is, at its best, poorly organized. action from time to mg. Between the conflicts its A lie apparent, Occasionally it respond - some challenge of strength; and it lowes in prestige more than it can galn for a long time. Hence the victories that are spas- modie, not regular, and not conse The heart of the temperance party, however, is sound, and rallies It is built up tor less fails to to its cuitve, when it can accomplish | great things, even against tremendous odds, IL may not rally to the kd of Mr. Rowell on the bar question when alled upon, but if ii does tug can withstand no- its success TRAINING THE FARMERS. -- ment of agriculture. The county eoun- cil, under statute, contributed $500 Per anovm towards expenses. Each teacher was attached to the county high school the winter and gave a short in agriculture, to three months. "Let me emphasize this point," said Mr. James, "that the great hope of improvement farmer during course varying from one was not in sending the a report or pamphlet, not to him in institute meetings, not in doing something for him in the experimental farm, but in doing work on his own farm, wherein he gets improved financial results through his own efforts. This is the secret Success in his work.' " During 1910 the department bad 100 men engaged in various ways plan- ning drainage systems, teaching how to make cheese and butter, pruning and spraying trees, selecting seeds, Supervising crops of all kinds, of ganiziag c-operative associations and helping in the marketing of products, Is all this to be changed ? The depument of education has come to the conclusion that the teachers of agriculture should he re- Ealnrly constituted high school teach » Subject to the direction of the rcp with the enlture of the universities, and the finish of - its schools of pedagogy. Does the de partment of agriculture concur ? The efficiency of this new departure and the manner in which it will prob- ably work 'ont will he discussed by the Whig in a later article. talking of 30 Ligne Ving pa i noha has Gif 17 onal woves. ' -- mpi. The people' 8a nk the srivconts appreciate (his rest to any scheme or law which will ranke them accountable to the expenses of a compensation The work is the" master's. The aceidenis the He for injuries fund. are usually result of bis incom- plete utfit, damages. ---- The Mtawa .Joarnal, a conservative paper, thinks the Whitney govefnment will have to proceed cautiously on the bar Nothing, savs, has Juestiion. it caused so great a stir politically for so many years, aad nothing is so like v to make changes the Mr. Roweil's side, ---- It probable . that reached the Sosth what difliculties ! story, but words dangers, perils, sufferings that heen endured. When the last left him hg was within 150 mitles the pole mn voters to Capt. Scott Pole, under His letters «tell the depict the is but cannot have message of and still moving, Ottawa is greatly amazed because the government did not appropriate a large sam for the Georginn Bay canal. The canal boonisters do not give the government any for insists upon knowing more about a project before launching it at credit the eom- mon seuse that an illimitable unknown and fost, The Ottawa C opposed the graniing of a subsidy to provincial railway. No. They op posed the subsidizing of apy line un less it were subject to fo Sindh of the railway izen says the liberals a commission. the withowt Sir Whitney's permission, The gov- admitted but to ernment principle, hesitates act Janes The government dropped four of its pet schemes--most of them designed to promote the party's interests--be cause a senate persisted in amending The tarifi good rads com- them in the public interest. commission and the mission can keep. The grain bill was bitterly opposed by the grain growers. No public interest suffers, ' The Montreal Witness does not that there is any an electric sen ground for that twenty lauding commission gives To- per greater than it can be supplied Montreal And fo of all power business, $6,000 a year. prised. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS The Proper Thing. Guelph Mercury Queen's University will add agricul ture to its curricnlum. This will make the graduates all the more able to put their hand to the plow in afte: life. ronto power of cent. in ment ! at a cost under private manage: this, and the sup- the receives pression competition the The mn minister Witness is sor Getting His Due. Windsor Record, The province of Ontario is getting value received by paying Hon. Adam Beck a salary of $6,000 a year as chairman of the Hydro-Electri¢ Come the senate. : The Hunt for Heads. Ottawa Free Press, Thirty executioners at fifteen dollars a day each are, says the Ottawa Free Press, looking for the scalps of liberal office holders, though it might he more profitable for the tory party to hire one good man and let him get after thesenate. Deprived of Representation. London Advertiser, . he Hydio-Electric Commission transacts the business and spends the money of the municipalities, but the latter are denied a re presentative om the commission. How long will muni- cipal houn' consent to being kicked aroun' in this fashion ? Whitney's Small Heart. Hamiiton Times. All Whitney did to "aid" in.the re- duction of licensed by local option was to legislate that two liquor votes should equal three temperance votes-- and he still declares himself wedded to the three-fiiths vote principle. Claims by such a man hardly merit atten- tion. Hard on the Doctors. Toronto Star. If a doctor can solemnly treat a man for injuries he has not sustained, and can enter the witness box and describe the ailments that were but imaginary--or less than that, deliber- ate inventions on the patient's part-- what confidence is to be placed in medical testimony in our courts ? Can it be that doctors know nothing but what their patients tefl them, and that thay J javpliently rely on what they are t should pay all the ~~ hell, WEDNESDAY, APRIL Woman N \ $135.00. $15.00. NEW GREY SUITS, $15.00. £15.00, $15.00. Beautiful Styles. The finest in town. NE w £15.00, $15.00. $15.00, NEW NOBBY TWEED $135.00, OUR GORDON SUITS At $15.00 'are Dandies. NEW BLUE SUITS, NEW BROWN SUITS, NEW TWEED SUITS, NEW WORSTED SUITS, New Colorings, SPRING OVERCOATS. BLACK OVEROCOATS,: NEW GREY OVERCOATS, NEW HROWN OVERCOATS, EFFECTS, BIBBY'S models / Expert Bown, gems Easter Outfitting. 4n Easter Sunday there will be a majority will be on (view jin Couples, At OUR BRYSON SUITS. $18.00 tre in a cass by themsclves. BLUE CHEVIOT SUITS, 815,00. Rich shades of Brown, Hronze, \ Neat and Checks $ tailoring and three button style SPRING OVER( OATS, Grey ed or Stripes, Hand tailored ENGLISH WORSTED SUITS, 18.00, G SCOTCH TWEEDS. 18,00, Rich Green 18.00. plain lay Plaids Dress Parade of everyhody and the Don't overlook the fact that eve 'y 'ants her escort to be as attractively dressed as herself. You will find here the very style of Garment and the, very color effect that will make you look your best Bin« Spots Smart rey shades of Two and . Fine Imported Cheviots and Vicunas Silk fac Real wls Men's and Boys' MEN'S GLOVES. FOWNES' KID GLOVES, FOWNES' £1.00. SUEDE GLOVES, $1.50, CHAMOIS GLOVES, Fawn and Grey, MEN'S SHOES. The £5.00, Real (Classy Ones HARTT, $5.00. THE JUST WRIGHT 5, THE $5.00, KEEN $4.00, CUTS, MEN'S HATS KING HATS, Regular $2.60 Goods for R2.00, KENMORE ENGLISH DERBY, $2.00 and $2.50 BIBBY'S Ltd. Departmental Store 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET. COULD KINGSTON ~or/ AYE LACROSSE LEAGUE? A Suggestion That the Sunday School AAA. Should Try and Develop the National Game Here. Many of the local 'fans Are wonder- ing why Kingston doef not have a lacrosse team. 'There is enough terest in the game to make such =n tom a Success, The only + trouble seems to be lack of players and the reason of this is because the game is not emcouraged among the younge hoys. It seems to be the general opitfon that if «we Sunday school clubs and junior city leagues werd given the necessary encouragement the uty would soon develop a lacrosse teany. It would be a splendid thin: and those who knbw the game say it 's the best of all for the devel opment of Kkeenness and strength. Baseball Association. The Kingston Amateur Baseball As- sociation will hold a meeting on Fri day, April 12th, to receive applica tions from the teams wishing to en. ter. The teams who wish to enter should file their applications as soon as possible, Notes on Sports. Bdward Baker, of Toronto, has been offered the post of referee for the British Columbia lacrosse League, but, so far, no players have been se- here. : reli Hidwaos, Toronto, leaves for New York, Wednesday, where he wii box Bert Keyes, in a ten-round hout before the Sharkey Athletic (tub on Katurday wight. "RNhether wn 'boating. erieket, literati are, or poetry) never so officient, mach {0 the front, as she = now," Ford Henry Bentinck, M.P. The Syracuse arenas management eaneelled thelr encagement with Wan deters and Canadiens, of Montreal, for twp exhibition hockey enmes. on y and Friday wight fast, and have closed for" this season . a Soham, champion heavy: foot Rritnin was wr RYH who has reintned © to THE ~ SPORT REVIEW ---- coming championship battle, Toronto Star: The Kingston Fron tenacs proved to be another vietim for the CAC, team Cleveland with the ever-consistent partial Cleve land Referre Schweitzer, : the acting official. Mabhager Sutherland, despite previous warnings, after the experience of gher visiting 'teams, "'took chahee" on Friday night at n POLICE RURRIED OUT, bint the Supposed Suspicions Charac ter Had Disappeared, 'Better send a policeman out Herve there is a suspicions looking charac: walking up and down the street." A resident of Rideau street called up the police, last night, and gave | the above message. Sergeant Nesbit sent Constables Mallinger amd McCarey out ou the job in u hurry, but when they arrival upon the scene, the supposed suspicious oking man had made for other parts. © He evidently got the tip that the police were foming. There were no farther complaints about the man the rest of the night. COLD WEATHER DRAWBACK. Teste The Painting Cannot be Done on the Vessels. Marine men are Lo very. isiemdly vith the weat man these days. They are hating to get the vessels in shape for the season, but the wen ther rematng so cold that it is a great Irawback to the work. Ui is too sold for painting, snd the womther 'will have 10 moderate a Jittle before this reason Shih-kai fre a neay I'sin to tire MAY Reported im in April to behisve that wiil shor publi agency day. He powers to undertake London Shih-Kal Will Retire, London, will RESIGN SOON. That Yuan. there is President thy resign su life, accordmg despateh fr ask the to prot ect over th deeaded country, hours, dy senter: A Vale Kiang, strength, ily well delicious without or 10 r vitality, vou are be vou can be asdertaken. The Thousand Is land Steamboat company will put om | a staf of painters just as soon as the) waafhes is warmer. that it you dySimtery strong CHOLER Much anxiety "e been Loli e danger Asiatic ( because of from the plague districts of Kurope. It saps the strength of the bod: fast that death often follows in All forms vy are Yury dosta, Ga. tells how She sa left again. cod oil "new and bailt Liver posses me so weak hausted that it weemed impossible regain my strength, ing one bottle of Vinol 1 am perfect Yinol will do we for anyone who tg mew and more flesh." There ix no de subd at all that flagging A SCARE Intedy of. introdu™yg 'holera. into the immigration Lhe this o a few of diarrheon : weakening woman, Mrs. | she regained hoe ya "An attack of and ex {o i Bot since us sivchen 4 sirength thin and iron. remedy ses | wonderful pow wlrength up the bod not as strong as vou ought "he nead Vinod, will' build Mahood's { store. Kingston, Untario. tow and we Yon up gunray ard» ike drug store