* i "ove on sing it to a company and mot providing for the use of it within 8 certain and reasonable time. - Mr, Rowall, lauded and magnified {oy the nonservatives for his prompt and able management of the Fvan- turel. case, has' riden in the estimatfon of the people. It was not intended that the liberal leader and party should profit 'by the Fvanturel case, but they have. . THE PERIL OF THE DAY. In the imperial pailiament an amendment to the motion, adopting the address from the king, was offered by a conservative, (who was seeking political capital), and respecting edu- cation. This amendment Yegréited that some announcement was not on 1d fe , liverea in CIty verses States ...,.. 3 h gas aR ELAS three months pro rats. ach th or a cliallt Po H. od 0 Chlogea + Be Nort The doctrine enunciated by ex-Presi- dent Munroe, of the United States, United States should exercise over the smaller republics of the United President Wilson is up against a se- rious proposition, and one which de- The Huerta = government represents fores and usurpation. It may have the Modero government. Both were the result of rebellion against con- existed. «Madero became president largely through his revolt against the and Huerta became president because he overcame the + capital of Mexico Madero. = The United States has steadily re- ernment. It has favoured the alleg- od "'conftitiitionnlists", for whom h all' its demoralising ef- fects. "At last the foul murder of a by Elio Tuni offices, a nited States «oo... ie wn : THE MUNROE DOCTRINE and respecting the care which the States, is receiving a. severe strain. mands an early settlement. as much right to rule in Mexico as stituted authority as it formerly degenerate. administration of Diaz, by force, and captured and murdered fused to recognize the Huerta gov- The rebellibn. has Pritisher, Benton, occurred, and Bri- tain dentands reparation. It must be had somehow-gither through the United States 'government, in recog- nition of the Munroe Doctrine, or di- rect. The word 'has heen spoken, and John Bullymeans action. The devel opments of the next few days will be full of importance. They are cer- tainly very ominous A em. "Forty ' cheese' factories olosed | in Eastern Ontario, and as many in the west, because the farmers find it more profitable to send their cream to the United States, freb. This was one of the things ' the defeat of reciprocity was to save, and the caloulation fail- ed. Nextt ' QUESTION OF POWER. What Kingsion wants, and very badly, is hydro: power; cheap power, and plenty of it. This has not 'been available, and because that is the "fact the city has been foreed to add to its steam equipment, and the Mpe- cialist does not 'live who can con vittoe the people that it can produce power at n rate which will enable the municipality 16 compote with the commission. To be sure the commission went far towards' serving the city when ® it sought to securs power and deliver it at a rate which i. much cheaper than steam but dearer than hydro power in the west. The offer was of the power at about $30 per h.p. while in the west it is going at $15 and $17 per hip, and can be procured at Trenton for fhis sum. Steam i made with regard to the readjustment of the yates, and so that a larger Education, strange to say, is more behind in England than in Germany, in the United States and Canada It is provided for locally, or by loeal rates, to a large extent. The state has been doing more than formerly, Ae cording to the: Chancellor of thé Fx- chequér it is now spending fwenty- Lnine millions of pounds when it spent only twenty millions of pounds five years ago. But the fact remains that it has failed to reach its ambitions with regard to education, Why ? It has been more concerned. about 'good roads and armaments, when it bas contemplated a great system ol national education, costing many mil- lions oi pounds. It has heen ponfront ed with some new naval or military peril, and to meet it the resources of the empire have gone into ships dnd munitions of war. This 'same feeling of alarm. is #pread- ing in Canada. It is being assiduous- ly developed 'by the military faction which is headed by the minister of militia. Tn England Tord Haldane has no hesitation in declaring that "there is | a deadlier peril menacing these islands than any foreign army or foreign navy. Is is the peril Jol ignorance; of mental inertia, of alip- shod ways of thinking and acting, of ja depressed average of Hitelligence,* The Germain chemist and professor and administrator, working unseen, threaten the standing of Britain in the world of nations less directly but more formidably than any fleet of Dreadnoughts. "We have to face them on their own ground," says Lord Hal- dane, "and make ourselves as pains- taking and efficient as they ave. It will be a costly undertaking, but pv- ery penny spent on it will be salvage expenditure 'and emnnot be stinted™ In Canada the government seems to balk about the expenditure of hali a million or less annually on technical education, and it has added, during the last three years, about three or four millions to the expenditures on military manoeuvres, junkets, special trains and slammer camps. EDITORIAL NOTES The Ontario government cannot; pos- sibly deal with all the demands that are being made upon it. The latest, of the retail trade, for 4 minister of Inland Trade, will surely receive the quietus whioh it deserves. ---- The Bureau of Municipal Research has pronounced the civic government as" bad in the extreme. The bureau ig hurtful | in its sweeping censure. What is wanted is constructive eri- ticism. THere has been too much of the destructive kind: The Georgian Bay: canal, if ever built, will be a white elephant on;the hands of the government. And it will nhean & waste of a couple of hundred million of dollars, ; which Ca- nada cannot spare. The minister of militia he does not need to take lessons in sn- trigue from the leader of the opposi- tion or any one else. He is a mas ter of the art, the finished product, it would appear. says The superintendent of education Jis annoyed because some of the letters Ihe has been sending out, soliciting public opinion on certafn phases of education, have been printed. He will get over this. He should have been equal to the strain of the hour with- out so much letter writing. Roosevelt, Teddy the First, and only one off his kind, has lost his pres tige in South America. At Brazil he wad feted at a cost of $50,000, and when asked to lecture to the peo- ple of Rio Janeiro, did so and bill ed the folks for $3,000. Did be want the money so badly ? : A Orders for engines have been placed iby WEJPuglish railway . companies {with firms in Germany. Reason-- that the English engine works are ibusy, sll of them; and that they could not undertake to supply these larger engines, and - costing $20,000 (each, within a certain time. What "la pity Canada did not have a chance delay in the to compete ? It could build the en- gives as well as Germany. . | The Stale Insurance Act of Britain (ds not a failure because it accepted 4 forced the fraternal 'societies to contribution of state money would be g | £iven to education, | demands "ung {exceeded those under the' voluntary. system. The change was too sweep- ing and radical. They meant more than any" one. conceived of. It appears. that the members of parliament in Ottawa are pelting reach other with petrified bouquets, {and one member is understood to have fondled his houquet and pressed it to his bosom. Strange what Some presumably | sensible wall sometimes. men vdo Over 25,000 persons were converted in Pittsburgh as a result of the work of Billy Sunday,' the religious" hase. ball player. The contribution to- wards expenses was £40,000, As much more was given as n free 'will offer- ing. Now it will be for the churches to locate and cave for, the converts, and it has the greatest of all con- tracts. Revival converts are hard to identify. PUBLIC OPINION Promises Anything Montreal Telegraph. Bonar Law seems to be ready do anything' to prevent the threat ed civil war--jn the tory ranks. i to en- ee cay Much Fasier Montreal Star 'under state administration | Nature can do mueh;, but ihe bast varieties of fruit are produced by fares ful sclentifie enlture ------ The feag of being siruek no Inger makes the har tremble. He can casly Vent an ex use for vefising the luun, A fair exchange may usually he no robbery, but when two pretty gies ex- change Kisses it robs some fellow, The Awakening. Some men boast that "they are thesr own bosses" find, after marriage, thai they haven't a clear title. -- Possibly, "You may be president of the United States some day, my little man" "I guess I'd have 4 better chance if I was a little woman." EE IRE Probing the Past. Tommy had been punished. *"Mam- ma," he sdbbed, "did your mamma whip you when you were little?" "Yes, when } was naughty." "And dia her mamma whip her when she was little?" 'Yes, Tommy." "And was she whipped when she was little?" 1t will be an easier matter to dis- cover the murderer of Benton than to discover anyone capable of paving an indemnity for that outrage. ---- Makes a Discovery, Ottawa Citizen The Toronto News discovered week that the cost of living cheaper in the city than it was yond Suburbia," as jt termed gountry district, last was "Be- the ---- People Take Note Toronto Star Mr. Rowell should continue intro- ducing progressive measures. Al though they may be voted down at night, the country takes them up in the mording, -------------- Great Civilizing Agent Montreal Herald. Sixty million dollars are to be ex- pended in Canada this year on the fmprovement of roads. If we look bebfind the scenes we shall realize that the automobile is the greatest civilizing agent of modern times. ------ Holding the Men. Montreal Mail The difficulty in the average is to get the right kind of men to offer themselves for municipal office and, having got them, to be able to concentrate intelligent public opinion in the city behind them. city Little Hope For Law Montreal Gazette. The mass of English and Scottish workers could be persuaded that their lot would he helped by what would work to make food dearer is not to be believed, and without much sup- port from the English and Scottish workers no political party can hope to succeed. | Kingston Events | 25 YEARS AGO. The. work of constracting the water tank was completed to-day. George Cliff, to-day, sold the Mac- alister property, King street west, Hiram A. Calvin, A horse race occurred on the fair Lo grounds to-day, between horses owned by J. H. Metealfe, M.P.P., and Jo- seph McConnell. The purse was' $50. Metcalie's horse won the race by tak- ing the first, second and fourth heats. lime, 3.024. Messrs. S. Barnes, W. M. Murray and W, Carson were judges. THURSDAY, MARCH FIFTH { The Hon. L. A. Taschereau, Minis- ter of Pubiic Works for Quebec, is forty-seven years of zge today. He is the most distinguished liv- ing representa- tive of one of the greatest French Canadian famll- ies that ever Hved in this country. Al nephew of the late Cardinal) Taschereau he was 0 related closely to the late Chiet Jus- tice Taschereau, His father, grandfather and great grandfather were all judges and | '00k & prominent part in the adminis- tration of the law in Lower Canada. He himself is a lawyer of high repu- 'ation, enjoying probably the most ex- i tensive practice in Quebec City, and will doubtleds himself occupy a seat on the Bench in due time. Meanwhile he works hard at his dual task of | administering an important state de- partment and carrying oy'a big legal ; practise. iii To save removing iano, low price for casy. Dutton's Sins of the Father by Thomas dixon, 50 cenis. Col Removal sale! $2 Dutton' ! "Newcombe" |" "Yes." "Well, whoestarted the darned thing, anyway? Henpeek"s Mistake. Taare tw Yarns ian» 1 thought said, Henpeck, that vou would never permit your wife to ran an auto? So I did; but she happened to hear me say it, A Dally Thought. "Through procrastination a mental cowardice grows upon us, and we lose the power even. of resolving where ace tion is necessary and where doubt {3 stil more dangerous than errar, per- plexing our minds with distressing hesitation, as opposite to necessary cantion as real prudence is to head~ long rashness and blind temerity." Fundamentals. Being a wealth producer is an obli- zation due first, to one's self: second, to,one's family; third, to society To know how to live right is to know how to rule one's conduct in all directions under all circumstances. Ignorance is the prime cause of a big death rate, you Any Jaw that i€ antagomnist'c generally letter, Punishment to any accepiad custom' is a dead for stupidity about the only way to reduce the number of stupid people The more conscientious the people, the healthier 'will be their pol'tical life. Ignorance, make evolve A Jaw being and from passion poor material law makers that prevents a man from wronged is much more be desired than a law righting the wrong. A society that allows the infliction of corporal punishment on its efense- less prisoners is no better than a bully who mistreats his less physically able victim. One has the same right to the prod- uct of his brains as another has to the product his hands--and neo greater right. To think, which is brain labor, is as much a matter of physical exertion as is the exercise of one's muscle, prejudice which to to of Removal gale ! from 25¢. tin talcum powder, 135c. ton's. Children's slippers, 15¢.; baby's boots, from 25c.; Dut- FATHER TIME. He who knows most grieves most for wasted time --~Dante. The days are made on a loom whereof the warp and woof .are past and future time.~Emerson. nobby browns sizes 34 to 44. in our ad. you v King Hats $2.50 See our Kenm B ALONZO « MIMDALLy COP 19'Q One hundred Men's Hand-tailored Tweed Suits in and greys, two and three button models: a ox ~ Regular $16.50 & $18.00 Values for $12.50 . See our window display. o fthese suits. If you see it vill see it in our store. New Hats Borsalino Italian $3.50 we Hats, English, $2.00: soft or stiff. The est $2.00 Hats in the market. Kingston's BIBBYS, Limited One Price Clothing House Farms For Sale The following is a partial list of We have for sale in Kingston riety - 8. atdbiast @ Acres O0 oop item 1 tee BI si oe $1800 Wale aia eee Wael , mois am POS Rae me sileee ie mes Blew Mew sas Lo Bem bbasinos Loo es oo movi baw Suga $8500 Wee pos won woe ow SS500 eet oi a ane! iow Wine B00 +i ovmi poes Bist inna: oo 119... Bed Mee Weel esos 1 wee Bere Blew Beal boa ue 170 1 new We 85... Lt 105 oo fra Pra ® ave bam Bem "am oe te oo ee Wee | WE RTT BT Wem! BE WN. Slam Wes pcom' Blam! ole We 120 og teem) to Bie re 185 vrs sw nwa Jo te PGO0C Wes Wem] Blete! Be o 3 ol Slee shits sessmerssnve. WW 100 oouwo's bas Waa Loe Shoe - 192 are mee poo Wes tase Wa Feabines ao,ve we om $1 CHILDREN'S SHOES AT 99c Dongola and Box Kip, button and laced, all sizes in the lot, regu- lar $1.25° and $1.50. Sale price ......99