fauna 7-land Boohbooclt nd Quin T; ` annaoxna man was ! '<-untry after us an Iinglisb Their first s the mother Black Chantilly and other New gangs: and Flouncinga from 95c to This 1: will G ta'Ula dridshi 33:. 7%: 900 a;11 OI1l1`;u:;ndeBn.ndnl_-tsvs-`:7 4n9...'.. 50 LAIDLAWS for New Embroideries LA-DLAWS' for New Muslins and Apron Checks. LAIDLAWS for New Prints, something very special. LAlDLAWS' for New Wrapper Materials. LA|DLllWS' for Real French Fancy Flannels. LAlDLAWS' for Cheapest Ribbons in Kingston. LAIDLAWS for Ladies and Children's Cashmere Hosiery. LMDLAWS for Linens for Fancy Work of all descriptions LAIDLAWS for the Newest Linen Embroidery Crash." LAIDLAWS for Collars and Cults, Sheetings, Twilled and Plain ; Pillow Cottons, Night Gown Cottons, Grass Linens for aprons. ` NEW GOODS arriving daily and marked at the very closest prices. MDCCASINS REDUCED DIN PRIDE, OVERSHOESD REDUCED IN PRICE, RETI RING CHEAP SALE, B. &: J- GABDINEB. SPRING. FEB. 19. At a Reduction of from 40 to 50 per cent under present values. FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS LOUNGES, 1aAsi,i111**c1TrT.iiI>' om) owns. urmssns, spams BEDS, &c. We hopesto see our store crowded with customers, as we shall offer our % JOHN LAIDLAW & SONS. DURING NEXT FEW WEEKS `Thatihe business at present canried on by them will be continued as usual until they dispose of their stock. NEW DRESS GOODS. R. & Gardiner All the New Shades in Henrietta Cloth. Fine All Wool Black Henrietta atall prices, Black Cashmeres, Soliels and Ar-. mure in all quallties. Colored Dress Goods in all the new makes. A. J. MCMAHON, I02 Princess-`st. sweet: we wul run uenta' Unlaundried Shirts at 350, 40c, E 600, 750, and $1, with Cuffs and Bands, every size. from 14 to 17 inch neck. WALSH & STEACY IVE W SP/?/A/0 DRY GOODS '.35 A!"_'E'$~ RESIPECTFURLLY INFORM THEIR CUSTOMERS ENTIRE STOCK 25 dozan Alexandr`-a Kid Glove: in spring eludes. HAINES & LOCKETT'S, LOWER TIE-IAIN" EVER- Kingston, Belleville and Trenton. SHOW 44 CASES OF _A]`_. WALSH & STEAOTS. UPHODSTERER. Designs and Estimates Furnished for all Kinds of Work. select from. Always the beat selected ml most Ityllnh stock in lcuwrn Ontario. ` Glvo nn 3 can and look over our mock. ` nnntlvnnlnn Vi`! A I I` l'\ I nun nnnnm ` F. 0. MARSHALL, or ALL nnscnnmoxs. CALL A1` Spruce up-don,t be a ohm-and don't. mu till the great spring rush is on. All `DIIMIAWIIIIYIYILI Alflln a`6`ix6u"7s" "`'a'5iapow 277 Btiqot Street. i nunu [II X011!` Ul'1.|Ul'l! Ullfly lUI' PAINTING - AND - PAPERING ` n__.. . gym BELOW any nomx. T mm A 630101;: LOT 014' A N WCKTIES, UNDERSIHRTS, COLLARS. CUFF3, GO TO IRATTELTBUJRY S- sscouo - HAND eooxfs EEL!<`A'?3OSn:. A Good` D_Ja.-n-'s_ ?Ov'e;'<,:o_a.tvI-Ma.de to ordfr for $13. A ,u.......... u .. L....I .... ......... .I.._._ ....n| _.-I.- ' Va. urn |\ll IuAu- Lowever if A bud nan comus --.long will make film one for the same price. 'I'| I I l- I'\ P` I` I I This will be a rare onport unity to buy Robs. ('out`n. (Jana. Muifn lions. `&c.. as the entire , stock is to be sold without reserve. ` `NU Ilala mm """in"Iun: monnln. 331 P'3'F'99'T533T3TT- M AI lllu BOSTON - HAT - STORE Wellington Street. .___._. 1 MERCHANTS I . HOUSEKEEEERS I I E-251 PRINCESS 'mEE'r,- n..- n-.A.._L.--. 9...... I FURS BIBBY 8:. VIRTUE. 861 PrInoouSt'root,`oor. Sydcuhqra 8tr:ot. K Innntnn_ .+vn A |UnA1\1A1\JOJ uauuua _ Cor. Sydonhun Street. : Telephone communication. I . QHENRY BRAMEH5 I .44.!-5-n YT-nAn-A-I-4- --A VI`-i:;hduQ'IIooplIhQ'&.!c1ph Anqvqllvh-ovuyP1InI(`u. . I`: -4-vi DON'T FORGET THE BIG CLEARING SALE LLIU giant. UVIIIIK ruull In Ul.I. AN ELEGANT LINE OF HANGINGS nlnnf fr-nu-n Alunnvn tho luau anlnnnul _ Undertaker and banner. utnhu. xnrnc or -l'I'YiHIlIlIllII Ill end In your orders early for I"'IlII\ AIll\ l'IAIl"l ovE1_2qoATs_._ FUiz1i:iTURE.&i:._ IF YOU WANT THE 0/Ieapestc Best/-'urniture J -(`HICAPl4'.S'[` A T- uul uuu IUI LIIU nun Iv pl'|U|`J. TWEDDELL, Ii` l\r\l\D nu`! l\\l' r I'n\7 llt $1 per pair. Fuhnxsaxngg; _,j__- on, our. By! Klnntnu. UUIII UI-IIY Cl OIDUCQTII. HAD- ""*hA.um[ica, "to out crow" is the sumo u to ` out lmxnblo {>30--if c.. to bnvo to retract or to be put to shame. _\ To talk crow" is the op- posit of "to talk turkey." and means to talk to dnmherb ullaulvvnnuge. It comes from A story of a white man who went to hunt with an Indian on ccndltion that the game should be divided between them. There was a ban 0! wild turkey! and I but of crown, and tho whit; man countad, Thu-0`: Ir crow for you and I turkey for me, Indnnother crow for you IId-- To which the Indian ltnmdnbd, Yunmlknll turhyla you and all crow for ma! vv |l.1|.`| Ill LIIID l'.AI|ll\J_ IIIUXII. The pI'.'1coss>f tn)` making is varied, but aIv.'n_\`s .~'1mp|o. In` wn1o<`:1. r-ertnin mem- bvlx of thv family n talent for mali- ing ox-rtaitx parts of n parliu-11l:1r toy, and the diffcrunt pm-us mxn}xv.siug AV`. nro umdv by ditIuI'<-at bumls, and put together by still an- othor worker. Snmetimes the toy is entirely made by 0110 person, but this seldom occurs where 3 family works tug!-ther. Lu urn luau] nun: v uuvvua, unu I cinlly thu quaint old towns of B and I.oipsi', are surrnunulzvl by n _' muuity of p.-u.~m1t Iny111u1:vr.~. Th: whose pictlznzsquc hnmluts vo.~.t1 depths of tho Tlmringiu f\|l`t'>l`,k open country, are engagml during winter in this employment. 'I`|.4 C\Il4\l\l\lxV ..I O...- ... uuua, u ..u .1 ..u luatllultll nu I In I-_) \'III' mluau in Birmingham to thv cxtmtof200,(J011nnn- ally; but this wurk of dullmakingin I-`.u_L;1.'1ml isvonnod to the lung`-.11` lu'.\'ns-nutlAing of this kind i:;dm1o by the peasantry. In Gvrmany mnn_v7 towns, nml more espo- ninllu cl... m....'..t AM o.\..-..... A! 1\'.........k...... I11 ' in clgsini-i xiicdnindns` Tim p1`i!`.~.*i[>:1l toy countries are Franco, Ilavariu. Thuringia and Bohemia; but toys are also nmdu for exportation in Swodc-n, Norway, I.`ml;;i1un and Holland. The French toy is lcvidedly the best, both in artistic ilesign and wo1'l;inmis'hip; but it is also very muvh the most oxponsivu, and the trade: s<`ar(`eJ_\' increases from year to year, whilst the G\`l'Hl.'ll'l my trade mlvnncos in laws and jumps, and thu artiolv bt*(`O!]lf`8 <~henpoi'u11d cheapoi: Sweden and Norway makuchic-y things of wood; from them w:\ got our (`ups I and balls, our nests of turned boxes, etc. Belgium follmvs in this, and in nearly all other articles uf in:uu:f:u-turn, closely upon tho plans an-I iiimlols uf ]~`r:1nC0: and Hnlluml, as might be (`x]x~(`tc\l, l1ml\'PSlt`11Ils4vltll('r.N`. Englzinnl .'2l.~n inukus toys, (~hivil_\' paper i!nlL-, wi.i<-`.i arc x:;:1nuf:u-niml hy (mo house 1.. n._ _ , I, , ,, A .1 _. . 1- .\nt\ 1./an IIGIIEI ll DUI] WIUI lI$l0 um um. Lucky Bob! Loving nger: new rm and fast: Tho door boy`: mending is done at hat. < And butwale-In troubles onco mom are put- Hnppy Bob! ._L|ttIA Man And Wan-n ' I ' non on ma 'cvcu. But when at night in tin: trundle! bed, Tho moonlight. beam on his curly bud. Mother is buy with needle and thrud. Lunkv Rah` . aqxrung up quite u trnz with muxtufzu-turors and \\u0d<':1 nnws; but fureigrn m:m'.1fu(`ture. nu - One day. swing a thunder storm approach- lug. he went, accompmliml by his son, tn a. shed where, having raised a kite, ho ffL\'t0Ilt(l a key to the lower vxtromity of 1111- hempon cord, insulating it hy attaching it to a beam with a piece of silk. llnmedintely after he obsor\'ol smiw l:m.~'u thrvads of the string rise and sum-1 (*I'H'l, anal, an presenting his kllllvklu In Him key, In his great dvlight he drew from it the well known spark. His emotlnn was so great. at the completion of this `i. which made lliSllulU0l11ll110l`- ml, 1 mt hn felt he mulal n1n1n.xtl1.'u'upai(l fur his tlismwury with his life. who Buttons went flying and jacket was rent As down the hill on his `cycle he wont; That. is the way falhe-r`s money is spent, Ccrelosa Bob! llultonlru Bob. 01'!` from the nod: of the shirt be won-. From Im liulepI.xhltro11scrs= ha}! a score (His Im~I.'e\l hul Inst. {ham all In-furs), 1- mm um mue pmu trousers: mm s04 (His Jacket hul lost them all before), 'l\1rnbUng Bob? A Brief Account of the Wonderful Diu- con-ry That Linked the Name` of Ben-' Jnmin Franklin with tlm um-my or nun Marvelous Force Called Electricity. The name of Franklin `will always be linked with the history of o1ectricity-tha.t marvelous force which has in recent years been prrxlut-rive of such remarkable results inthemanynnd various purposes to which it is applied. It was Benjamin Franklin's patient. and intelligent investigations that worere\vurded' by the brilliant discovery of thuida-ntlity of the elecpric uid and light- -ring. 3- H: CABNQVSKY N INSTRUCTIV'E SKETCH.ES WHECH ABE CERTAIN TO ENTERTAQN. Your Toys; Where They (`ome From. Iluvu you ever thought about it; your uys, I mean, whom they come from and \'h() xnukos thvm. 0! Into yours thorn has 1u`ur;__; u1>qnituutrm1oix1 our mvn muutry with of tojvs, (-.~`pe<`iully tin and the bulk utnys are of nu-ni:--u III-1l\IIrn1I.III-n YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN. >1 uoox --L1ttle lien and Women. ;`r.~. Tlm~'<`1w0[lu, vts rumtlu in tho f\ll`l'.\I, 01' (Int the I the entire _v u_ nu Tlmeo 1 I`.`.~Ilu i nun Va trains` Nurnmhorg n .m 0 ..;~..... _ THE Bmsn WHIGLTUESDAY`. PI-Ir-lit! and lqlomy. Plurnlity means the duferunce between the highest number and the next highest, whco avers] number: nppur ln,coxnpet.ldon. A main:-ltv 1. thndll-umnhnhnnn n nun. l Next door to W. M. Dronnnn. Princess 8!. Pinsmithin . Plnmbing,Stoa.m and u Fitting Steam an Hot Water Heating Emzlnevrs. Agent for the Celebrated Spiral Radiator Hot Air Fumaoe mnnulactured by ,M. H. Ja coho. Syracuse. N.Y. -voru numnurl Ip_l' nnpompuuuan. A majority in the hotwon tho high- Q number can tho othca oombinul. Origin of County Courts. The extent of settlement had DGCOIID K) great in Virginia In 1033 that it. wt: Incon- venient to bring all legal causes to the cup!- tslnt Junestown,nnd interior courts were cppulnltulln oonvmlent places to relieve the ` governor and council (who constituted the superior J ) of a heavy burden of bus- `lneu, and on ren er buslnuvn more accodhlo -uul `n(- nw-anal:-n `Viol. I....... I........ Ch; 1 H11, unu H) FUIIHUI` UUHIHK THOTG am! and Ian expensive. With those begun tho establithmont of county court: In America. Plenty of Room. It is very ditlicult to ostinilto the number of individuals in a (`ram d with any approach to accuracy. Thousands of, puiple can stand in u very Imell space. Fromgtho following statistics it will be seen that-there is plenty of room.on the earth for all the people who in- habit it, and that there is no fear of our planet becoming over populated at present. The entire population: of the world (now esti- mated at 1,-I00,000.000) could stand on the space occupied by New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City. The state of New York would in this way accommodate 500 times the pane- ent populetion of the \1'0rld. The entire pop- ulation of tho world, planed side by side, and allowing two feet. to each person, would on- circle the earth twenty times. .......... n\| l!\"'l.L~|yl\'|l'|. I,-n-v,v\-v` uvvn n, has one (also estimated) of l,00(),(IX). The probability is that the largest Chinese city hun`t more than two-thirds of its "esti- mated" population. The city of London, ` which is London proper, has a population, according to the census of 189;], of w,o52. The great. aggregation of houses and con- glonmration of people which we (`all London contains, included in the metropolitan and the city police districts, A population of 4,766,051. Cllilntnv ('illos. Thorn am no 0fHr`i,al re-curds of the popula- tion or Chinese (`i1it`~=. and guemes at the number of t`heir inhabitants umat depend on tho guemor. Canton is .-stiuxatul" to have 1,600,000 iulmbna:1ts. Twenty years ago it lrad l,`.350,U00. IR-kin, in 1570, had an ` "estiln.'1te(l" [)0pulati(m<>f 1,500,000; now it Lao ...\ :..I.... ....o:...no.\.1. .1 innn Ann 'I'L_ n\ .u nun-run I-um his rlvnth. Tho n! mu; Jew and his wife u`:- (lnu'*_lntv'.`, Jv`Y!ui1`. I`<'I\'H' -. .-..u.. in Europu. The n Arne-rim V pros! idijzits Plxilnxlc-1] !~. dnu;:!m~z~ .. Zandt, :1 n 0f Rh()L!v` H/11.1., PARLOUR. 000/(M/G` STOVES arid RANGES, The llappl:-at (`uuntry In Europe. According to Dr. Alice Virkory the first place belongs to Fmnco. chiey because I-`rvnrlx farnilim 11- llUtl'.'.(`(`(`ll nmnngeahle (LLIIIL-mi:-xrs. ."lw :~.-1b\s: In the first place, \\'llll'J tlw surplus ml Wuun-n in the Vniicd Kingtdmzl nut] in (u!*u:1n~j\' a-_m to ncnrly thrv:-q1mI'1ors of :1 milliun nnd no million 1'(~s[x~oti\'oly, Frnnvl-. in 1581. had :1 surplus at` only 9`.!,nU() wmm-n. nml. as 11 consuqut-nco, mr.rrin;::~s urn n|m'*1rI`(`\':\lol1t in pmpurtion tn populut ion in l"1`;11m~ tlmn ('l>'.`\`.'h .l`(`; und, <'1u'1nu.\ly v:n>ug1x-v:m`:u'y tn the gem-rul opinlun in tlu'.-.; x-nuntr_\'-l rmu'u has the smullt-.~t prn[ml'Iiu:1 uf illogitiumtu births. Thus`, from l~\`.`5 to IN}? lhupvn-cntnguuf all ill:-gitinmto birtlu n':1s 7.1.` in France; 8.`! in Prussia; 10 in h".':o:lv11; 11 in .\ustn'a, nml :53 in Bavaria. Frnnvu has the In`-\'o.~'t birth rate of all European vn11utrios-\`iz., 23.8. mm` ` 1 I-`1';u1 vuuu-gh--A mu Thus, 1.` asn.._,u--... 1.;-II nu xu of Frann- 9`.!,I)(l) wmm-I (`:1 According .-` Fr do n v The Phonogruph l"on-sluulowcd. Mr.D. V\'alki1islm\\` Writes from Bristol as follows: Ono of I inlo`s disciples, anticipat- ing M\]n(`ll&llS(`n, mm,p:1rod his n1astor`a thoughts to words frozen in the air as soon as uttered, to be heard long after when thawed out hy u mirnier season, as voices falling out of the air upon nst_onished tray- elers. In IIo0d'.s' Cllllll Annual for 1839 we nd the following mllnnhrntion of the phono- graph: `In this 1-cntury of inventions, when a self acting d1'nwin;_: paper has l\(`Pll discov- ered for copying \'i.~il;i= ohjoots, who knows but that A future .\'i(-pvt-, or Dagumwo, or Herschel,'ur Fox-'i`:iibot, may find out some sort of Boswellish writing paper to repoat whatever it lmnr.-." Similarly, about t quarter of a century before the invention of the telephone and lim phonograph, tho odlt- ors of Tho .~\rtisan x'vporu.- the meetings of their `club` by un-one of nn ininginary `re- porting box, which was l\\'l\_\'h' pluvtxl upon the table, and f:iit1n'ulij.' l`(`[Il`()(lll(`(Kl all that was said in) tho di. mnmbors. Population of the Globe--lt Doublu Eveq Half Century. The coinparntive tables of the population and area. of tho various countries of the world, taking them with their '('lependoh'cies, which appear in the new edition of The Statesman`: i yehr book, have been compiled from Proleesor Levasseufs statistics furnished to the Inter- national Sthtistical iI!5itute,4and may be de- scribed as presenting old facts in a now and striking light. In point of area the British empire stands at tho head of the list, the num- ber ofthousands of `square miles being 9,339, Rula following closely with 8,644. Though the Chinese empire is buta little less than one-half as extensive as its neighbor, in population China, with her 40-4,000,(l)0, tops all the countries of the earth. The British empire comes next, with 1i07,000,0_00, and Russia with only 101,000,000; while France has but 71,000,000 the United States 55,000,000 and tho G-.`I'1uun empire -18,000,000. The eompzu'nli\'c~ rutosof increase of popu- lation of tho Europe.-m states since 1600 also yield some instru(_~ti\'c results. Thus, while the United Kingdom has since that period risen from l0,:35(J,000 to 37,000,000, Ruwia in Europe from :`x`;,()00_l)()0 to 88,000,000, and the German empire from t.'7,000,000 no 47,000,~ 000 (iiwludiiig Alsilw and Lorraine), France has only ll(l\'l1ll(`(Vl from 3l.'l,000,000 to 38,250,- 000. Professor I.ovu.~`seur estimates that be tween 1710 and 1874 tho entire population of tho worlil about (lUlllll("l-ill0 flgurcs being 2,000,000 at the foruicr date, rouclimg 1,391,- (IJO at the lunar poriml. +4 ~__ I..\ .. u , unul ,u- ..un.. -nu - Van Zandt. "rue cuniosmr snbn. Signor I tnf the grou an Sig!)->1` I l.6(~)KA1T'l:l;-llvS.- ' GENUINE IKE SKATES, 60 cents a pan`. GENUINE ACME, Nickle-p/ated, u. 1..- Jun. : park .l.I .1... )' in [hr V. or} , Hut. l.:ul 1... .... nu-. ul him in In Ihvtu ]I(`l`fni` '!~ cf thvcnl r Blitl. `out prostiC.igitatv12ra' in ' Blitz. . \ntu|1i>Ulitz. \--`.m'iIaql1ist, diml in Ix"! IL. Into 1..-.. Irish. I, (An -n xu 77. I10 left two un'iv-I Jnnms \'un (`Tnnr Van Zandt, ` :1, ho mm'rivl a i ., ...... .. urn. _.\rtlmr, who zrlxl and died. The ..... u uu - \ um- x his pcrf.-rnr -.4u~4'..~...\I .'.. Li. TL` YKISH AND 0V'ERS'I`UFI<`ICD WORK A SPECIALTY. ESTIMAPES GIVEN FOR EVERY DES~ CIIIPTION OI" REPAIRING. CARPETS LAID. Opposite Polson s Drug Store, PRINCESS STREET. Kingston.