AN l1TA_ljAN REPUBLIC. A nun nun. ' Bu.u:vn;u. Jun. I7.--Williun Gran. o yonngnnwholivooiukswdonghuboa usual on lb chum 0! thing II at 06 Johnlnllnlnwnnhin album Int I1 0| 5IIII!FIllXHWly" Hm IX ngjoct y ably. Tho pnpu wu Invoc- nbly cridcind by that protons, noon ud- vouo opinion hing ohnaou my point brought out. J Ivuncnllosl Alllnooo. I The angular nIni~nonohl_y mating ol ytvhoovungolicnl olliuaoowu holdin the Y.I.L` A. parlor this morning with I larva rnrnnnntnzinn 1:! tin Innmhnn nu-L l.E.\.: ll. KIIII IIIOITIIIIK WIFE I In-no ropnnntnion of the number: pro I cum. um. Igul UV!!! I ma. Hondonon, it 0 claimed. Inn boon rud- ing cl-uh novoll of the wild wutorn clump. has shown I denim to Omaha the boron ol than talus. IIll|plClUIl DI IIIVIIIK EIIHIUIIII IIIIU unuu. Ho say: he killod the boy. but claim: that itwuin nn accident. The polico, however. believe in was 3 plnnnod murder in which the uilny one also pnrpoccd cod- ing the lilo 0 another boy. Willie Addi- nnn_ nnnd nmmn roan nlrl. III `Ell. IIIU 0| IUOUC' Ill . ed old. ' ".`..."5......."_'."; Body found In e creel Weighed Down by Moon. P.uI.u;I.I-nla. Pe., Jen. 17.-The body of` ve-year-old Percy Lockyer bu Iieen lound in the bomom of Reddie`e creek weighed by two " heevy etonee one abouh the neck end the other around the enklee. The Iknll is crushed in end there ere knile wounds in verioue pane of the boiy. Samuel Hen- denon. fteen yeer old. in under etreeu on eunpicion of heving murdeud the ohsld. He nave he killed the hon. hut. nlnimn ivrvrorrvrirvrvvribuvi rouvrvvvovvrvoorrrvvvr __: 00 IICK OI WHICH I0 I! IIUW running HIII blaet. and grind: till a late hour at night. Owin to some misunderstanding our venia friend, George Buell. Calntown. hae n unable to make hll weekly bueineee trip to Rockporb. Will the Caintown cor- roepondent please explain? The quarter- ly meeting of the district diviaion of the Sone of Temperance of Leede county, will be held in this village on March Huh. A large delegation is expected. DUB VlIIBD I l(lUI'll UIII Ull rrluny I'll). .-\lh_-99:! Hugabone and Peter Mallory. ec- oompkiiied b Willard Birch. Sport Inland. Chauncey irch. Idle Wild lolund, and George Andreas. Rockporb. will leave for Bob : lake on Jun. lash. where they will spend I couple of weeke hunting and shing. Until ebonh two weeks ego the grim mill ah I-Isoott has been cloned owing (.0 lack of water. It is now running full LI...e ......l ..-I-I. ell] .. I-I- Ln... -e ..:..Le ' Amerloan Onttlo Bnyere In Evidence- Trlpe Postponed. M.\l.l.URY1`()\\'N. Jun. l7.-~Miee Ida Hugnbone has returned home alter a lengthy visit among friends at lloclrport. We are pleased to state that ll. L. Booth has again been a pointed treasurer of the l0Wnl-hip. No tter mm for this re- sponsible position could have been lound. Large quantities of grain and hey ices tbrou h the villege daily on route to yn and roclrville where it is sold for high prices. An American cattle buyer wee in this vicinity last week buying mllch cowe. Although the prices ollered were gmd he tailed to get the desired number. We understand that the fer-famed liter- ary society of this place intends holding another concert in the near future. No doubt the will have a full house no they ere cepab e of getting up A good concert. Thompson Weeks, I-Iecott, gave friends in the villages short call on Friday lent. -\lh-ad Flmnbnna and Peter Mnllnrv. An. UIK Rev. Dr. Byohunnrud u pupa on "Tho "nnhnlmn of nnotianlion-" banning tho IlIIlIlIUUo Parliaments will be asked durin the coming session to vote`\$l0.000 for t e re- liel of the sufferers in the Prescott and Russell tire. and the relief committee con- sider theta when this money is paid they will be able toglve reesomble relief to all those burned out. The fund amounts to 832.000. FISHING AND HUNTING PARTY. um: VVIIIIL H10 (JOIIVBDMOH OK 15". Is not twenby-ve years of olco enough for Anyone? ouquiroa the Mail. Wo guess not. and for one some reason hub no wife wants to quit, a ood, honorable husband alter living with m for twenty-ve years. Divorcemonb is only sought from I had alliance. `).._I}.....-..L. ..:II L- _-L_.I .I.._.__ AL- DHU UXCUHBHD CQUIT. ' R. J. McDow'nll. Princess streob. invites his friends, as they pass the door. to step in and liaben to his latest importation). It. is a new design of the Edison phonograph for which he in the agent in this section. Durinu the month of Jnnnnrv wn will nur wuluu no I! Lne agent: In EDIE seomon. During the month of January we will give a discount of 10 per cent-. oil` All our new spring wall paper. We do this than we may open our season a little early and Elbow our nndaomo papers. D. A. Woeee & `o. The deal with the British American cor- poration for the purchase of Le Roi in 06'. The Le Roi com any held its annual meet- ing last: week. w en Col. Turner was re- elected Bresidenb. Senator Turner re- eigned the post. of manager. Rnnrnmu-v Mnllnah Innunn Gnr Rnmnnl \ j IOIIIIAI. PIQDUOI HUI.- W. On... Jun. lI.-BAII----A-I-` alguvu um puuu 0| llillnllll`. Secretary Malia 11 leaves for Brantford to marrow and wil be followed on Wodnea- day and Thursday by I dozen delegates to the Y. M. C_. A. convention. Kingston. Lindsay, Brook ville, Petorboro und Quo- bec want the convention of 1809. l. mu s......o.. G..- ..-....- -2 ..m..- ...........L unuro ponce mroo paraueu I0!` mlpecuon. Manager Louer, Grand opera bousp, viaitod Toronto on Saturday and aaw Robero Mantel! perform. He says Tho Search Warrant." in one of the neab plays ever produce . Rnvm Ham Au-Ann and r-nmmv nraanluul UVBT pruuuce _ Revs. Henderson and Orummy preached missionary sermons in Brock swoon Metho- diab church yesterday to highly delighted audiences. Good music was rendered by the excellent choir. D I lA-T\-_}'-II 'l)_:.....--_ _L.._-L 2_..!A.-.. DUIUIIIII .I.l.lUllsUIh A meeting of the police oommieeionere was held thin morning, when the chief of police eubmitbed hie annual report. The entire police force pended for inepeotion. Mnnnoar Lunar. Grand nnnrn hnnnn, Cnlil. In St. Andrew : church lash evening Mia: Kinghorn rendered very Iweouly nnd ebotivol elm beautiful solo "Ono Bwooh Solemn bought." A mnntinn nf Hm nnlinn nnmminninnnrn Kinder Fire in Dixic.~~Lecture on American war, with beautiful views. in Brock street church to-night. Fifteen tannin. qu UVUI' D0 (D0 KUIIBFII IIUIPIIIII. > Mrs. Thomn Formworth. Mindon City. Mioh.. has fallen heir to $400,000 by the death of I relative in England. 'l`hi- I-`An-\:b\pI LI... MI. Inn Ila. n"AlnAt' UBIUII UK I TIIIHVU "I I4" III!- This morning Mn. M: In, the all d bigunisb, was roloauod from jail on nil And }l ofb on the K. an P. noon trnln for the nort . ll YY...I_.. I12-` 2.. `I\f...l- H Y_..A...._ -- uawcx, unc. . uy now before shook-baking. Eve_ry- bhing at. cost: prices. R. Mclfaul. King ton carpet. warehouse. `Thu nrm-nah nf than Auamhlv in tall: (UH CITPUU WIKBKIUIIIO. ` The proceeds of the euembly in the Wmu hell to-mortar evening will behend. `ed over to the general hoeplbel. L Mrs. Thmnn Farmworth. Minden Cltv. TAYLOR S, PIIU FOB CID I IIIIIIIIXI [TIP 50'!-II": ` "Jack. 0 o Hugger, is creating grab oonatox-nation among the young lndiu of W datock,()nc. nu nnlv hnfnrn -hnni-hlxlno, Evan-r. I`-rho Vary um: I-mm om And Oontlnont -`lho Bothered Lune. By Ioponoru And the Wonlwu Fowl Wlrod. `In tho Onnodhn Prou _ I II1Ln._ ,_ __1n L- _|.n_..._.I &:i.tnoy whlpiwd. A regular meet` ng of the city council has been called for to-night. " Min Rnhhnrford. Tn:-dnho. in barn tn VIIID lIOI' IIIWT, MIT. 0000 YIPOII. O. E. Bnrt.lobb.`NapAnoo. choose buynr, paid the cit. 3 business trip to-day. ' .IM~.k. t. o Eucmer. in on-cabin: crab smmn BY ms SClSSORS.| mo THE NEWS ZYOLD m cam-' - nsmon. [III DUO" UIIIDU I0l' li0'I'llgIl(a Min Rutherford, Toro`noo.V in here to visit her sister, Mu. John Pipon. 0. E. `Ru-l.Inf.l'.. Nnrnnan. nhnnn buvnr. HE WAS MURDERED. I\ IIIIIIIIITTCI I }Cw'W|"In. '[ ot'smuao-don." trotting tho I vnhlv. Tho nnnnrrnn Invnr. T:- iiliil QQQOQQGIIQ Q1611 Qlillliiiilldilii 3" II IX. I101. Tit |\I lvtinlpriuuonblaokrd pnohnhu. Em print on duckwiag pun Inn. Indian hound Innylrluu. G. 8. Old:-in Knguon. ,v in. at tho Onhrio poultry. ~uh:w. Iaodou. noun! Iloocinlminnnnhhnkrdnnnhnhnn. We have a full line of Agate Ware, Nickie Plated .Wun,' Tin- ware, Carpet Sweepers, Ruin Seeders and Clothe: Wrlngifjlpo 3 good assortment ofCutle;y. . .io- .. F7: 1 77 pmncess smear. - w rw ,_Ifyou/intend to change Steves be sure and purchase "A, I-;Q\PpY ` HOME." ` Every'rang'e guaranteed to give perfect utiohctic; .- Vi`? nlgl lull IDOWIIIK. U|Il' I10 was a mile from the nearest village: I had no one to send for the doctor. 1 IR? I given Tom nearly a bottleful of syrup of ipecac. withom effect. He was In eating! Frantic with fear, I pulled him out of the bed. and, as a last reooune. made him turn round and round: in fact, I whirled him until he grew nauseated and suddenly threw uh I quantity of phlegm: his life was saved! When the strain was over and Porn safely tucked in bed, I collapsed. With dear old Shlloh at hand. nowadays, we have no such terrible scenes to contend with. fol it prevents them." Y0!!!` truly. BI`-TSIY Funns. P!:':.!9I_T _ -_-__-*-.' _.._-.._- Croup usually commences with a cough, more or loan fever. altctnata hot and cold 5 am, uahod acc. water red eye: and reatloaancu at night. Not a moment a ould be lou, -whether t c can be common cold or not; it may do- volop into true croup. If vou live in the country or on tho outckirta of atown or villagn. it in i very win ai d necessary rocautlon to have a cot! crou romqd ` at hand. eapcc al1 In he Fal . A I I Winter and curly .`pn'ng moulds, Crqgng ls % LT_error_'ofA % Tllougands FOR CH R1sTMA pnce 75 now 50c. Balance of our jackets will,` go at less than cost. ` Note the place. Of 37011113 Mothers; Becuao In Approach In So Insidious, and Its Outbreaks So Agon- U 12}: ng and Frequently Fatal. ----vuq- Try onlollnn. Youwill alum ouuuuuiunluulnuprhdgy. SUPERIOR 2--W|y Inn has such! to by mos. H. .J( F SIIPERIIIR I-1 ....g L... -r BUVIIIC ll| lflll|l `V '* `I `J `S. swat. Tudor. I|op_gq;|.., Itulvwn Ir] on--vu u wulv \ " Never shall I {org t.t-ho gun I exporienced that night. no man; years 0. when litt 0 Tom WM taken w th the croup. It wu mid- night and mowing. Our hours an mm tn nnnd for tho doctor. I hul act: like magic in once of croup: )it ie soothing. loosening, expect- ore t, leuent to take end per- {cell ermleu. Thoueende of mothers will reco in the picture conveyed In the ollowin out I from 3 letter to S. C. W% . Le Roy. N. Y.. from an L Indy whoee grendchlldren have been cured by Sl1I|oh'I Cure 2- 1: \Y...... -I.-II I l.._..._A. LL- -..._.. ShIloh s Cough and . _"Cons;u_nptlon_Cur* -v5wI-Iv` r--cw t v FANCY Dxs "5oop,`% ; . regular price `noc now 15c. PLAID DRESS GOODS, re- gular 35 now 25. V -. Iunu Tillman: .--....I...- Islnesrbir. our SUGAR PIII` av Iavvv -Jv- ..`;1-'iNCH TWEEDS, regular price 75 5oc. (_ l)-I_..-- `I. ---- l--I.-A.. ...III an Have been drawing many buy- ers for the put two weeks and we have now given them another big 91;: in price. -< -nirn Tnnnn M rrI':ptAr Q III I: vs Iv`:- TONED MATERIALS, rogulnt price 3 5c now 25c. nnuncr nnneo 1-nnnc . 0l_ll' Dress Goods B5arg`ains W OOMMERGIAL. IOIIIIII IIOOI IAIIIII. All 0 P0ulIo&.ll'u)-.... I`! I7 _ ._ucnno onunnuunou-co- ` 3 Robinson Bros., _-- - -Ur__1:1ertal;a:u_;;1d Embaimer; CK} lly KIUI I\III||| VVUIRIIIUIII We are advertised by our satised customers. Ifyou are not one of them you ought to be. how much more comfortable the home feels this cold wea- ther if it has been brighten- ed by our skilful workmen. `.`,1| on-A \r'IQAr.:-41` K 1 y n I II` BEAIS ~ ALL----- 'l`0YE S, KING ST. '88 and 90 Princess Street.` VVIIDI VI \l|II IIICIIIVI SI CIIII V` 9 always are what we eat. Let. us convince you that our Broad. Cakes and Pastry are as goo! as anything that ever came out of an oven. Prompt. delivery. "A bargain day in Baking" Saturday next. Watch for 1h. Control our humor: and we -I...--._ __- ...L_A ... _ _.; BAGOT STREET. , oak 856-, 1 `AK JA~uAY` SALE. WI: :1), . reduced to In t. ha: 'l|r .5 -u-nvnII1UI. , I `hit -owning Oath)`: u-`Ii voggon md oln IcuNo.9 out in oolltlion nth eonurol|(iundPrlnoIuutnoh. lor- uuugydlboudrivctohutvodlhoriqia lino lodlloontnlnutbuohnduill planing.-4.1- an-hank _nL L._nk 1'50 Dunno! Insult- Ropnunutivu of Kb inonnnoo oom- pnoiu inunuhd in tho thunk Rondnlo can is; gunlo on `I`IIgut_lny'9t Wm] Ioicidoon who willbo don wislnho . Whilo tho hull of tho cannot in In A putt bod condition. is is conjec- hntl that ocnpuiu will npdrlnr and hand but out` to Oh ovnon. The Ioontuy of tho Bcllovillo \'.M.C.A. baht hall bun has written to hyuicnl dinctor Bu-con $0 Ibooooc that in team said come has for: lunch on oishor Ibo sh N32151:. Tho n: ta bu ooutod nrnnpoon are now an or my lot tho muting. but your the Bo|lo- ` vilb can w... bvuy dofutod by the home I I tun. Iulauru (0 IIIIIOIIIIOO I IIOW producuon. J . A. Trornayno the anchor of the new romance callod ` A Ssorot Warrant." and the fact. that in in writtan to order for our popular inoroyablo in auioient to know putty wall what clan of drama is in. The oompanv in under tho management 0! W. M. liaroy. one of our oldest and non ra- aponaiblo imp:-chariot. The plan in now open at Surya : when heat: can ho a- ourad in advanoo. Prices 25c.. 500., 75c. and SI. Robert Ian loll. Robert Mantnll. supported by Charlotte Bohrons and a company of romantic actora. will hold the auago of the Grand opera homo tomorrow evening. Mantollh play: have all been no good that. like Oliver Twiac. wa want more and admit in iaa laaanro to announoo production. Trotnavno in tha anchor of that mm : CIIJIIII. III]: III I turn. High echooln and collegiate institutes end public and separate ecbools in the ciciee. oowne end incorponted village: have the following number of teaching days In I898: Dates of opening ond cloeing. Open 3rd January. cloee 7th April: re-open lath April. close 30th June; reopen let Septom ber, clone 22nd December. In January there ere 21 teaching doye. February `.50. March 23. April l5, Mey 21, June 22- Totel I22 In Sepvemberul. October 2!, November 22. December 16: tote S0. Rurel, public and aeparete ecboo have the following numbero! teaching deye in 1398: Dates of opening end cloein : Open 3rd January. oloee 22nd Decem r. In Jenuery there are 21 teaching dove. I-`od~ ruery 20, March -23, April 15. liley 21, June 22; total, 12?. In August. 13. Sep- tember `ll. October `.21. November `.32. De- cember 16; total, 93. Allowance in nude in the above statement for ell bolideye. except any public lent or tbenkegiving day, or local rnunicipel holidey. KUVIIIIIII-,_ I war; WIAUIEII Moved by judge Price seconded by mayor Livingston. that to the by-law regulating livery stable keepers be added : Limin- ing the number oledulb passengers in ve- hicle! on wheels to eighteen. and children under sixteen year: of age no twenty-four. en] in sleighe to twenty-two and thirty respectively. and upon breach of said rovision each livery ebable keeper be ieble t,o~ a line of not exceedin twenty Sellers 5: 3 suspension of license qor t.hirt._v Avg." SUIIIITB UK` I IIIUFUIISIUII Ul IICUIIIII IUl' l4IlIIWI_V Dygri The report of the chief of police will be given in detail to-marrow. _.___.__ luflllllg [UT UIIC IIFHHIIIODIUII Ul KUIIUTII business. After inapecbing the members of pm force Col. Du was appointed chir- mm and the report. of the chief was tinln up. Followinsz this the commissioners framed this muendvuent to the by-law govorniu._ Her)` ablea : Mnvnn hv iarlun Pr-inn um-nndnrl hv mnvnr KlNI.`.~I'l`(bN, Jan. 17,- ~-(Po the Editor): It seems to me that the Victorien nurses should be established in Kingston at once. When A one happens where one is ill and others are nding the strain too heavy, one would imeaine then A nurse oou d easily be got. Probehly so if one osn pey well. but with the poor it is dillerent. Some say. Oh. the poor are so willing to help one another. Is it so that one is al- ways able to do so if willing, or is it nob so that everyone has his own and her own home duties to perform? What is every- body : work is nobody s work. Why should we not bsve A Victorian doctor in Kingston to relieve the strain on the other doctors end several Viotorisn nurses`? What large emounts of money we give to teeoh men spiritually, and why not ive something to e missioner to teeoht em laws of health by practice nursing for the sick who ere poor ?-A.C.M. Pollco Oommluloneu Host. The police commissioners met this morning for the transaction of general hminan. Altar innnnnhina tho mamharn Vlotol-Inn Nnuu Should Do lltnblllhed In Kingston. I!......_.... I-.. I-! II`. AL- l.`.I:L..._\. ,_, ,_- Thoh an umplou of out January roc_luo- Mom. It. will pay to buy now, oven 1! you do /no nood th'o_l"ulnIt.uto until wring. All ru- d`t}o`lon sale: no for "Alli. `ldurm tlons. UH IIIIIIIIIUT IIH IPUIIU IE DU. LQUII Sprin s. where he remained {or a long peri without any decided benefit. The (licence made eteady progress and he grew very weak. It was obvious, during the past two months, that the end was fact approaching but be rallied time and again with wonderful vitality. During the laet two months cl his illness. which was spent in l Hotel Dieu. he was attended by Dr. Sullivan who did all that medical skill could euggeet to euetain lile and vac ably assisted by the kind sisters cl that lneti- tute. Mrs. Kenny was ever at his side and most aslllduons in her loving ministra- He retained hie lacultiee until the last For thirteen years he was lorernan lor-Michael and N. K. Connolly and was in their employ in the construction of the Kingston drytdock. On April `Zod, 1894. he married Mise Mag ie Bheeben. daughter ol Michael Sbeegon, Westbrook, by whom and one son he is survived. A number of the most intimate friends paid their last reepecte by following the body to the Kingcton and Pembroke station lrom which place it was conveyed to St. Micbael s chapel,Portneul. wberea requiem mass was sung lor the repose of his soul. alter which the remains were interred in the family plot in St. Michael's cemetery. I l lmu `II Drll III KOITIICIII. \d|IUo. Ill 1847 And was the non of the Into Donia -mnny, tho well known oontrnctor oi Quo- ` " . Ho Inn oduoatod in Quebec city and After gndunting in 1867. he chose farm- in u bin oocupution. which pursuit he loowod for I number 0! years until {Ailing ; `ton-cod him t?nrclin uiuhtho work. an 95.... um... I` L- ...... On ...lI'..- gxpvuvputcu yilrl -510 ms uuglu In only Iron-5 di-Inn ol the stomach which mu mob conltmo cdvmoo that a change climate wu cdvitod. Ho . we: to Old Urcbu-d Bach and bi .....L .........._.. L- -ngno. -5 in I..- UICI UIUDIIU DXUIJI put summer be upon at Rnri nun. than ha mmni nnd ` A concise Account of `rho Dooolud Ian`: I Lilo. l Mi cpl Konny pound any at the _ Fotg? Dion on Jnnunr 7th. The and non. thou h long antic pntad, wu board with gonna regret. Dooouud wn born in Portnenf. Quo.. in nu`) An!` wan u; nun nltlm IAIA lknln IIHE4 I . M.Ellllll.] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. iFJ:7mod"' '|i:'n'""'ria:'a'T{s'tI'1To' ' MED three years go be In to um dhnnnn nl tho ntnrnnnh whinh _._..__.___._._.....-_._._.__:....__..___ D EATH OF MICHAEL KENNY. Touchlng Dun of lnmt. _..L....I- _...I ...II_..._._ . 1." 1_=._ _HAR[u_SQN_ co. `to Van llnxnou. nA-1 -I AL- -II._.!II- l`V VI went the I g-.. w an uunuur rwurluwux Iuu MI wlIIl|G' lab: in Ion. unuufnoturo and hit 0! nlcollo can in to In ptobibilod : tho 70% . ll IOIWIKO W5 W5 ii 53 o! tho Alhrmtivul. It could In vu lnrucl mu any we ouecmr. Our plobioniu, of oouno, reform not to oloctornl dim-icu. but to the dominion. nndiu concerned no with male only but with nlmlnuiuhcturo and importation. Still the New Zulond oobodulo might in Inodiod to suit our one in this my : (I) Whosbcr the iuponnt.6ou.n-unnllotnn and solo ol alcoholic Iiqnon in to continue as at pecans ; (2) wbuhcr the importation. nanulncuuo and alt ol alcoholic Ii not in sobotnrthr ratriobd; and (8):! `M illnlhln Innnnfnnbnnn -nu. An]- -0 * ule res: Juugment or the people. My stcention hes been celled to the lorrn sdopted by the government of New Zsslnnd in submitting to the people the question of the control of the sale of sloo- holio liquors. In 1806 three propositions were putto the electors of that oolony : ll) Whether the nu .nbsr of licenses exist- ing in the district is to continue; (2) whether the number of licenses existing in that district is to he reduced: (3) whether no licenses ers to he grsnted in the district; and of these proposals one st least wee to be struck out by the elecwr. 0IIl' nhbhnim nf nnnr-sq relay-n ans. on OUR MEALS vuvu nuwn uu bull l.|(]|l0|' WIIDO. mu EDS overnmenb will be in poooeeeion of only I ruzmenb of the information which lb may require in order to carry out intelligently the reel judgment. of the people. ' My bu been mllul In nu Iauu quuu.-unm prommuon no to conni- tuco the plebiscite. all who are opposed to the saloon nnd bar, and yebnro not prepared wondoroo n dominion prohibi- mry law, will nd the plebiscite: poor vehicle for conveying to the government their views on the liquor traffic. nnd the RoV."Im'nh M in rilhninn nf nnlu n 'prohil-ition?" run run: auu uvus man are Imaginary. If the form under which it is assumed that the vote is to be taken is the occssion for the split in the ranks, it is suiely not too late to ask for such a change thst.whlle all prohibitionists may still have the op- portunity to record their vote in favor of prohibition, all who desire the further restriction of theaele of intoxicating liquors. perhaps, by way of abolishing bars and saloons, may Also be able to cast an allir- mutive vote. If, when the vote on prohibi- tion was examined, eomo provinces were found to be against it, or tho vote polled as compared with the poaalblo vote who thought to be indecisive, the overnment might decide not to interfere with the laws of the provinces. But if, in addition to the leading question, Are you in favor of some such subordinate question were put, as. Are you in favor of the further restriction of the sale` of intoxicating liquors?" the allirmutive vote upon this question would be the clearest indication cf the tempersnce feeling throughout the dominion. and would also be the strongest weapon with which to aseail provincial gov- ernments, il the matter were to beonce more placed in their hands. ll nothing more than avote " es or nay on the question of prohi ition is to consti- tute the nlahinnirn, all -1..` .... ........-...: lllU|llLI NU KIVUII U DTIISI. As this question has by the action of the dominion government become a practical one. we should be chary of mere experi- ments. An experiment that fails will cost the country a large sum, and will at the same time tend to discredit temperance legislation. In the second place, those who regard prohibi- tion as the goal towards which all liquor laws should be directed ought to see that the surest way to obtain prohibition is to accomplish it by a steady and gradual progress. The question putb alpractical government. seeking an immedviate and di- rect weapon against existing ills. is not ; What may be a wise course ten orfteen years hence`! but : What is the wise course now at the present moment '3 Against him who takes his eye off the im- mediate needs of the hour and builds an air-castle. however magnicent. the states- man is always on his guard. In the third pl.aipe there are some. and I am of the num- r`.` who cannot accept prohibition, and their reason is that the scheme is essential- ly unstatesmanlike, failing to draw a line between evils that are crying and flagrant and evils that are relatively trivial, even failingtodiscriminate between evils that are real and evils that are imaginary. in in nnanrnml nun we.aIau lnusn BIKE our mere 0! name. While the great majority of the people of Canada will be found to say that as to our liquor laws we have not yet reached perfection. and must push vigorously on in the direction we have already taken. they are not. by any means. of one opinion as to what the next stop in our legislation should be. Some refuse to consider prohibi- tion on wisoremedypthers think of itae the nal checlimate of the adversary, but not as the next move. while of those who are in favor of introducing prohibition at once. though many support it out of conviction that it is the only effective rained . others assent to it merely on the groun that it should be given a trial. .`\a thin unnltinn has hv lm antinn nl thn l `the lumber 0! laloons Iurrounolng the Kingston IA:-let Io Enough To ltlr Aiuono Into Au Actlvo 0rusAdo lor- Who oAanot Accept PI-ohlbltlon. Prof. Dido. Queen's. in Toronto Globe. In csurossing the merits of the ropos- ed plbisoite there he: ._ boon A per enable desire to conne the discussion to the efllcscy or meliiosoy of prohibition as A ro- medy lor the evils of intemperenoo. P8!- donsble this desire is in the (int place be- cause in the plebiscite recently token in the province of Ontsrio the electors` opinion of prohibition was. as A matter of `Tact. the only point covered by the vote. Aud'in the second place because only o brood and slow '9 issue can he` wisely em- bodied in A plot. `cite. At the some time there Are lnsny workers inrthe field of ten. peranoe who hAve not boon able to see thet prohibition is the next step to tote in temper-Anoe legislation. who yet Are re- luctant to record A more "nsy. To such persons the evils of the present state of thin I are only too pslpable. That there shou d be At least I dozen open bars clus- tered round the morhet squsre of King- ston. ourishing largely on the weakness of the fsrmers, whose produce is there ex- posed for ssle.-e feet which could. per- haps. be duplicated in. every city in the dominion,--is of itself enough to stir pub- lic-spirited men into An active crussde for the purpose of altering the existing law. That in All our ports the doors most wide- Iy And frequently open to the sailor who has just landed after a long and trouble- lome voyage is the door of A bar- room is Another fact of the some un- plesssnt kind. Nor is it possible to ignore the standing Allurement of the o n bar to citizens and their sons. For t is con- dition ol matters, the state. however much it may have donein the past to diminish the evils of intemperence. cannot disclaim responsibility. The man who yields to temptation must be bloimed, it is true. but we.elso must take our share of blame. While the annual. n...'r..-{tn nf oh- ...u...I.. Altorluz tso Preoont l.Aw-IIo II one l PROF. ovo. QUEEN-3'. wanes on THE Quatnou. ' onuosgiun 1>Lmscms.| um nun}: wrnxu. Mommy. JANUARY 17. name; riblo oolliory dilator at Zahnu. Th liunigou-Luiu colliuy ought In luudnymn-iolthohm nun laugh IothnnthIo,uvu,lioIl. It In land A Icttlblo Aeolian!- Bnun. Jan. 17 --Adupuoh Glui- wilu. Ptnuinn Bilau. mnonou I. ur- rihln nnllinou .Il...A.. -5 1-3.`.-- VA count (Ion Fortune and new trial. F Burrs. Mont... Jan. l7.--C. M. Olivlr. 3 movie: in tho Door bodgo pmit0nI.h`rg.. . vhohuboongrantod I normal on of robhry. hu method u lot- ur from lnwyou in ` Bdd 0tnn.. informing him shut in Iidlrlo 8I50.lllJ by the dad: of an inch Edwin H. Oliver. Oliver : new trial will cououpinnhwwoollondhonnyborr louodu all at an gusto : wicuunn have diuppund. Worrof Thonxhtlou lion. Wnnmrm, \'A., Jan. l7.-'I`wo thought- Ieu boy: mused greet. mischief by Apply. ing A mntch to A spray of coAl oil issuing from A emAll Aperture in the SbAndArd oil compAny'n pipe line from Siahervillo And Munning to Morgentown. The procure Ab Altod the It sd in the joints of the then point. wu atmng: noon the burning W ioh wn six inches in diunohr. 9 I iozy Acres of forest. and field were noon Abluo. Tonhridgea And two berm wort burned. All the oil in the hon Inlea of ulujnnh ninn -A.`-In 0 non L-:11. -pg- dmi A Oonplete Shut Down. ,_ Nnw Bnnmnn, Mum. Jan. l7.-A ehut down. the moat complete in the history of the cotton mille of New Redford, began thie morning. Not I spindle is turning. nor I loom in motion in the factories of the cloth portion. An hour enter the usual time of beginning work between lorby end fty operators went into Bristol mille end twenty-live end thirty into the Whitman. but eeide from these no mille mode power for run- ning and theee two eoon ehut down. Nina corporation: ppentinc oi hteen' mills. in which upwerde of 0.000 ends ereelnployed. ere involved in the etrile. The cut down is uniform ell over the city ten per cent. The total pay roll of theee corporetiom ie eetimnted at 070,000 week- ly. 1-..` -_. ,--. ,,__,, The Father Killed all Wife And uilnprlngl And Then lnleidod. Nl;\\ \mu(,Jnn. lT.--A ceae of what a peer! to be I triple murder and the uni- cido of the murderer. was discovered to- dey, when the bodies of John Metthewa, his wile and two children, a boy 0 , ten years of age, and a irl of t, Ive years old. were found in the IettheWa' home, on Columbus avenue. It in euppoaed that Matthews murdered hie wife and children and then committed suicide by shooting. Matthews wee thirty-ve year: of age end hie wife thirty. Jury Wu Empimelled And the (loan. Ad- " Journed. Sr. S('ll0l.ANTlt,Il'E, Que.. Jen. 17.--The trisL.ol Mrs. Poirier and Parslow. the el- leged murderers of the former s husband, was begun this morning. The court open- ed at ten o'clock and was presided over by judge Taucheresu. The Messrs. J. 1). Lo- duc and E. A. l'oirier for the defence. and the crown is represented by Mr. Mathieu and Mr. Mecny. and immediately the court. proceeded to form 5 jury. At one o cloek the following names were chosen : J. Cherbonnesu. St. Augustin; David Gas- con, 3:. Janvior; Benjamin Beauline. Sb. Seuvre: J. Dosjardines, St. Joseph. and Pierre Dsmour. After readin_ the ecblol accusation the court adjourn till this ei- ternoon. MURDERE6 WIFE ANDCHILDREN lull! III [M IUFUIKII UHYUHUDI. . The correspondent. states that there is no likleihood of an alliance between the Vatican and the republican party. and the cause of the announcement was the belief that. not only the ministry but the Italian dynasty was at present menaced more seri- ously than usual. This Is Endorsed, `run Bald, By Pope And Vatican l.l`.\'l)0.\', Jan. l7.--The Rome correa~ ondent of the Daily Chronicle. quoting rom an article in the Civilta Cattolica. which, he states, is directly in- spired by the pope and the Vatican. makes the startling announcement that his holiness favors the establishment of an Ital- ian republic. The article in question de- clares that the thing which stands opposed to papal iudependenoe is not Italian unity, but the speoland concrete from wherein that unity is at present maintained with results much more disastrous to the state than to the holy see. lb asserts the imnnnihla nnmxinltnnnn nf 1 A K ` ` . j'J0|I'd.solld {out ` ' ` . ll || IIHHII `AU DUI! HUI] 56! . lb asserts the impossible co-existence of the Vatican and the Italian monarchy, and says that one or the other must go, and suggests ths constitutions of Switzer- land and the United States as examples of admirable and glorious constitutions, true unities of nation and state." Italian autonomy, it stated. had produced nothing but weakness. misery and starvation. The true Italy would be established without the aid of foreign bayonete. The nnrmnnondnnr. status that I-Jim-n in U] IIIII UUIllolnlI'y. Among the famous personalities he could recall and vividly portregiwere the rent Sir Robert Peel. Lords elbourne. ussell, Derby, Aberdeen. Brounhsm. the duke of Wellington. Daniel O'Connell. Hume, Grotn and Disraeli. He elways delighted to recall the circumstance that he wee in the house when Disraeli made the celebrated speech in which he said that one day the house would be compelled to listen to him. loll)" DFIDIIII IJII UVUT Known WII eniuwu. Notwithstanding hie extremely edvnno~ ed age, hie memory in einqularl retentive. and be wise able to entertain is friends for hours It ntime with lively eoenee in the home of common: during the ret half of the century. Amnnn the fan-mu: nnrennnlitiu ha IIIIUUIVDCIIJU lUKIBII' tion Britain has ever known was enacted. `Mn:-.:H..r....A:..... Ll- ....L..-......I.. ..-I........ [I'IlUlo All CD. (III III I -VIC won mun 0` pinch pips, nonrly 2.000 Inrnln. van nnnmnd. IIIIII` CIIII IJICIIII UTKVIK I-UNI)0N.Jen, 17. --'l`hePight Hon.Cherle| Pelhurn Villiere, M.P.. for South Wolver- hem ton. and known as the "Father of ` the ouee oi Commons," having eat con- tinuoueiy in the houee eince I835, died at nine o elook iuo night. The lute Mr. Vil- - liere wee the third eon of the Hon. George Villiere. eon of the Earl of Clarendon by 550 Oikiiauhtuer of the ret`"lord Boring- don, member of the house of lorda, who died in ]H a'0i\t the age of ninc-try-three. Mr. Yilliere was born in 1802, so he lacks three years uke age of the earl-. His service in the house of commune began with the pnriimnentot.l835; it hns been omtin. . 011.`! ever since. I )uring this time `there have been ` thirteen general V I elections, and ` ' _ some of the meet C` P` ``8' lmuortunt leakin- Ho... u.:s.a.. `in: An... I. _ A . . _ . u .. Annntnul 1 lucid Anny land-my nvonlng After A. I.on;`Ana Uurul Service. I.......-... `I... III lI|I.-ul)l._LA (1-- nI.-..l..- E51 HER or Tm: Qouag DEAD. ' TRIAL OF MRS. POIRIER. Ion : bar 1 t. Quouuou: |II|on I An. ;.!`:.`3.