Getting your new spring suit here' means certain satisfaction. Your satis- faction. Phat's our hobby and we are determined that every man who buys his spring. suit here shall be satisfied as néver he- fore. Our showing is now veery complete and our assortment allows vou al- most unlimited choice, according Prices to quality. $15.00, $18.00 Up 21" To $22.00 ' LIVINGSTON'S BROCK STREET A little out of the way, AT WALDRON'S 36 Inch Silk Pailette Beautiful satin finish, over 23 * shades, all the new colours, "black and white, Regular $1.35 quality, for, a yard different including 4 Satin Duchess In black only, a very deep rich shade war- ranted skein dyed and guaranteed not to cut or get glossy; full 36 inches wide, $1.75 quality, for, a vard ... J : India and Pon- gee Silks Black and colored, extra wide widths from -40c fo $1.25 a yard. ROMAN STRIPES, BAGDAD STRIPES, PERSIAN SILKS AND OTHER : NOVELTIES FOR WAISTS AND = TRIMMINGS. . WALDRON il be bad installed li the 'expense of 1S in. the business sec- nd -continue to ' com- n to alternhting es necessitate doing Present motors, : state upon to pay o fit out for ng current, it iv not the al claim. that ll The commission, at i ll weeks ago, decided 1 change after June 30th. ived their notice from wanld "It's not a fair deal means." said one on. W, if the Plant 2 ating that the change by merchan t to any the pointed to a motor short time ago at 9 eXDebse to run his ele "Now this will have to be taken out and replaced. | consid vator. | ure | that the expenditure will reach A or $400. All the old motors will be I fit Joy. scrap and nothing more," Savéral other merchants also had complaints to Gnake about the change to be made. They state that it te not fair they should have,to "meet making the change, Abd at the same time lose the value of the present system. Merchants who 'have installed elec- tric fans will alse at a loss as they Zannot be operatéd 'by the al. ternating current, snd as 'electric fans have been installed in the majority of stores the loss will very heavy. The utilities' cofhinion claims that the change ha to be made and that comsumers have mo ground for action against the department. Two or three aldermen are affwcted by the change and the City Council will be asked to see if some redress eannot he had. ENGLAND'S DRINK BILL 1913 Shows An Increase of $25,- 640,000 Over 1912. G. B. Wilson, secretary of the United Kingdom alliance, has Just published his annua] report showing the amount of intoxicating liquor consimed in the United Kingdom during 1913. Curious as it may seem, and contrary to some statis- tics, the amount consumed in Ire- land is less than that consumed in England. . In Ireland it is only $15.- 97 per head, while in England it ds $18.54. Thesreport shows that in 1913 the United Kingdom spent $833,405,000 on liquor. This Is an increase of $25,000,640,000 over the figures for- 11912, Spirits show an increase of $9,985,000 on an increased consump- tion of 1,267,000 gallons, beer $15,-1) 036,000 on an increase of 1,002,000 standard barrels, and wine $590,000 on an Increased consumption cf 131,- 096 gallon In 1913 'the average expenditiire per head was $18.10 and per family / af five $90.52, as compared with $17.68 per head and $88.60 per fam- ily in 1912. Mr. Wilson says, how- ever, that per capita figures must not - be pressed too far. They may be used for comparing the general so- briety o##a nation, taken as a whole, at different peiiods in its history, or for comparing the general sobriety of (different, uations in a given year or during a given period, but they {throw no light on the question as to the distribution of liquor among the different classes of the community, nor do they afford any indication as to whether any increase or decrease which may be shown by them has taken place throughout the nation as. a whole or merely through cer- tain sections of it. Or, per capita figures do not allow for thie fact that three out of every' ten persons in the.United Kingdom, (over 14,000,000), are boys or girls under fifteen years- of age, nor do they take into aécount the very large number of women and considerable number. of men who are wholly or partially abstainers. ; "I estimate the drink bill for Eng- land and Wales at £137,041,000, be- ing £3 14s. 2d. per head," says Mr. -Wilson; 'for Scotland, £15,815,000, being £3 6s. 9d. per head; for Ire- land, £13,823,000, 'being £3 3s. 1d. per head. "The per capita consumption of pure alcohol in the United Kingdom was, approximately, 1.91 gaHons. Out of every 100 gdllons of pure alcohol consumed in the United Kingdom 77.4 gallons are takén in the form of beer, 20.6 gallons as spirits, and 2 gallons as wing. Proof spirits are taken as containing 57 per cent. of pure alcohol, beer 9 per cent. of proof spirit per bulk gallon, and wine 27 per cent, of proof spirit. "During 1913 the retail sale. of beer and spirits took place in .ap- proximately ~ 141,000 shops, of which 112,000 were on licenses and 29,000 = off-licenses. There was, therefore, approximately 1 licensed beer or spirit shop to every 380 per- sons, or 1 to every 200 of the popu- lation of twenty years and upwards. - It is obvious that such facilities for obtaining intoxicants are greatly in excess of any supposed require- ments. In addition, 9,205 clubs paid duty on £2,273,160 worth of in- toxicants purchased by them for dis- tribution to their members, with an ctual, drink expenditure through the clubs of (say) £2,500,000, or less &h 23% per cent. of the nafional drink bill." When Aman in Wsmall town brings hame a bride from the city, all the native women find with her elathes. : : Norman Wormwith, ing to Toronto, tise of law. Serenity comes after ely saturated with "To feel crushed at fault M.A, is roturn- to resume' the prae- a man is com- indifference. when - one is ish order issued fram the by ---- en Outside Information Regarding, Sys- tems in Vogue in Other + Will 'be "Secured -- Many ¢ "Schools The question of the 'cleaning of the achools will be taken up thoroughly ¥ the members of the firoper} come mittee of the Board of Sducation, The question was to have been dis cussed at the regular meeting of the mittee, held on gid night, but owing to that the inspector, oJ. Russell Stuaft, had not all the in- fi tion ired as yet, the matter was allowed to stand over until next week, and so the committee will have no rt to make at the meeting to be held next week. . The question of a $i the cleaning of "the schools was up before the members of the board at the last meeting, as a result of a report presented by the in: Spector, im which it was stated that there were many complaints about the way in which "the schools had been cleaned. As complaints of this kind have been made for some time, it was decided to have the property | commit- tee take the matter up. The inspeot- or is securing some information from outside places regarding systems in vogue for the cleaning of the schools, and the commitiee is desirous of . se. any recommendation to the hoard. When the matter is taken up some of the school janitors will meet with the committee to talk over the ques- tion, STOCK MARKETS F. B. McCurdy & Co., 86 aml 88 Brock "St.--H., W. Nelles, Manager. 2.45 p.m., May 6th. Montreal. Canners Cement pf. Cement com, , R&0 ... Toronto Railway Brazilian . ny Textile _... Shawinigan . Detroit . ee Twin City Bell Telephone Seis ins Ottawa Light, Heat and Power. . New York. Coppers ........ ... Smelters CPR... Reading | " Union Pacific United States Erie... NGO: Atchison ... . Northern Pacific iii. vin oo Brooklyn Rapid Transit Rubber ......0 4. Lehigh Valley American Can. ..... .. New Haven Railway Southern Pacific i a-------- Steel THE RVATIVE BRITISH Won't Adopt Most Useful . Saving Devices. : "Englishwomen will not adopt new inventions which are introduced save labor and time in the 8 a statement made by a firm of city merchants who are Labor. to house," large man- curing this information before making Ji ee cece Tm-- v We are ready with a most attractive range of New Curtains and Curtain materials, i New Lace Curtains From 50c to $10.00 pair. Serviceable Lace Curtains Many entirely new patterns at $2.00, $2.25, $2,50, $3.00. Novelty Curtains A number of dainty designs you will not see elsewhere in Kingston. | Scrims F or Curtains PLAIN WHITE SORIMS PLAIN CREAM SCRIMS ; HEMSTITCHED SCRIMS | FANCY BORDERED SCRIMS 25¢, 350, 39¢c, and others. Tapestry Cretonnes A number of very choice designs, copies of the expensive French makes that cest-dotible the price of these we are showing. 35¢, 39¢, 49c¢. Se New Cretonnes Very pretty patterns in light or dark grounds, 20c, 25¢, 15c. ufacturers of - domestic They add : "In America there are endless. de- vices which American women are only too delighted to use in their houses, but. it is no use trying to sell these useful little articles in Edgland. We have now a collection of special scrubbing apparatus which we have bought "from a bankrupt stock. Jt is a useful article, but Englishwomen did not take kindly to it, and the inventor and manufacturer hecame bankrupt. "Housewives will not purchase la- bor-saving domestic appliances, and one can still see the maids on the coldest day scrubbing the front door- steps with chilblains on 'their fin gers and kneeling dowy."" Even such useful thifigs as egg: beaters and potato-peelers are seldoni used by FEnglishwomen. They prefer to beat an egg with a fork and. fo pare the potatoes with a. knife. RIDEAU LAKES ROUTE. Special Rate to Ottawa and Return During May. The steamer Rideau King has been thoroughly overhauled . during the 'past winter and the saloon and state rooms refurnighed throughout. She will make her first trip on Monday, May 4th, from Swift's wharf, leaving Kingston for Ottawa at 6 a. m. Her schedule will be every Monday and Thursday at 6 a. m., Ottawa and return, Special rate of $7.90, including meals and berth for round trip dur- ing the month of May. Office, 3 Johnson street. Phone 391, First- class meals. BS is re un Bridges in Datger 5 Inke floating bridge and Horse: shoe 'lake in Bes Ain Ken- nebeo county, wre ina very dangerons condition. The. former iv about - 900 feet long dad 5 times very | hig : mittee = the County Council, is going to ing in a report on t 2 belies at the next ecuncii meeting in June. , "Blaud'y 'Iron Tonic Pills," 25c per 100. / Gibson's. ot - appliances; : English Chintz Dainty small patterns in fast colors. 'These are suitable -for .cur- tains, slip covers and many other uses. Price 25e, yd. ' . John Laidlaw & Son. \ AE ' , a s42 Turnover nly reason for offering a Great ie our reer offering Gust may | ; 50 Suit Cases at $1.00 Each Good Waterproof Canvas Covering, leather : y dle and comers, good lock and bolts. Only $1.00. Choice of three si small, medi ium and br New rr mal, today. ! A Small Profit and Quick This is out v =THE LOCKETT SHOE STOREsmss=-