& MAY, | 1902, BRICK x . Bi. wes, next door ylennen Beautifully situated, modern conv , BOW 000s pled hy Mrs. Agnes Macher. Apply Ww Ju.eph Franklin, 17 Sydesham Si MONEY AND BUSINESS, IN LARGE OR SMALL MONEY TO LOAN ) interest on city : TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN sums from ww ton thous one thousand A Bs wok -- ul WIRE INLURANGE SiR pl OnE ---------------------------------------------- Liverpool, London snd Globe Fire Iusurance Company. Available assets, $61,187,215. In addition th ley holders Lave for secur rel the. walizaited Yiatitity of all the 'stop {AND CITY PROPERTY insured st hin pai rates. , Before reiewing old cor giving new businces get rates from STRANGE ob STRANGE. Agentss Ah ARCHITECTS. . M. STOREY, ARCHUIECT, OFFICE. 173 R TREY ens, Blk. plan, designe, ap" 10. Botistaovion gebran teed, ETON, Bauare. ol . MERCH: Broek snd 2. BON, ARCHITE Building, oorue "Phone POWER & ants' Bank Wellington streets. ARTHUR FLLIS, ARCHITECT, OFFICR site of New Drill Mall, near corner Onesn ard Montreal Sts r Watch For The ate of Our ANNUAL RED LETTER Si HAAG a UR SHRIVER gs LD) SUR: JL EPL {dy eee {DON'T FINE THE FARMERS FOR DRIVING OVER THE COUNTY ROADS. Abolish the Toll Gates--Kingston Will Benefit--Now is the Time to Strike the Blow. Kingston, Feb. 3.-4To the Editor): Every loyal citizen should feel inter: ested in everything which has a ten dency to make Kingston grow and in order to attain growth every goed pranch of trade showld get encourage ment and every branch affecting that growth removed. Kingstonians must stop running dows their native city. Nothing injures an article so much as to run it down. So it is with cities-- run them down and they stay there; praise them wp and they assume a better apy ance, 1 Now there are many things affecting the advancement of Kingston, but 1 will only speak of one at present, and I wont some of my friends. in she county to aid me by writing their opinions "in the papers and bringing otis the atfumuts. ro and eon. I re fer to the ahominable toll gates. It hak always been a puzzle. to me what benefit is derived from oll gates. Now supposing a toll gate is rented to a pan for 2 81, be must collect back that $1,000 and 8300 to $400 be- sides for his living, and the 51,000 comes from the farming conanunity to whom he paid it; or to further simplify the matter, supposing he doesn't have to. pay the amount in advance, he just says wait till 1 hold. up everp farmer, who pas<es my door and | get five cents to ten cents from him and 1 will pay the $1,000, All over that sum | put in my own pocket. 1 am an evil necessity and you must put wp with me. have heard a8 great many, argu ments for and against. Every . great question hat Ms pros' and cons, but when 'we plisce the arguments for the toll "gates agningt the arguments against the toll gates there is a wide difierence, The arguments against them are an ant hill, - Toll gates and market ' tolls keep farmers from coming to our eity as often as they would like to, and are responsible from that fact of our not being able to get the supply of fresh produce, such as eggs and butter, as the consumption demands. [ have been told thoe and again by farmers that after paying tolls on roads and on our markets and hotel expenses, they have very little left, and in con- sequence m@ny only d¢ome in once a month. This grievance is sorely falt hy town and country and 1 hope im- mediate action will be taken. The Kingston retail merchants association just formed will do all in their power to aid city and county in having free markets and free roads. Eighteen toll gates around Kings. ton fining farmers and citizens for coming in and going out of city and country ! I tell you it is time to strike. Welcome strangers and friends to our city and don't fine them for coming. ~MERCHANT, The Facts Of The Case. Kingston, Feb, 3--(To the Editor): T noticed in your issue, Thursday last, in the report of the meeting of the Kingston agricultural society, a state ment to the effect that at the meeting it was said that the Kingston hory- cultural 'sociely was not of any bene fit to the Kingston fair association. It was also stated at that meeting that last year the hoiticultural soei- ety had promised to give to the Kingston fair association all of its government grant and membership fees. Bo'th statements are at variance with facts. In the first place the horticultural society has given to the Kingston fair association in three years, to Le ap plied to the prize liste, $935 in cash. One year it paid all the expenses of an expert judge of fruit. For two years it paid the salary of the sup- erintendent of the horticultaral hall. it has purchased plates on which fruit, ete, is shown, 1 hus every year paid for the fixing up and beautifying ° of horticultural hall, and paid for other incidentals, which might properly, and ought to have been paid by the Kingston fair association. In three vears the Kingston fair association has benefited to the extent of nearly £1,200 by the Kingston hortionltural the treasurer's books will show. horticultural hall ever look better than during the past three ox- Hhibitions ¥ for which thanks are due the horticultural society, . Secondly; no promise was made last year as Wo A gum the -hortioultur- al. society "would make the Kingston fair association; the grant might con- siatently have been $1, $100 or $1,000. The borticultaral oly was asked to unite with fair association, on the terms of past yehrs, show pur- pases, and accepted. The horticultural sable ¥ URLs hue} RE sald lass your a granted | amociation $225. The horticultiral society did not Sy 30 wo of fair ad- kets. Tn previous - years of the horticultural society cri 1 ium from their . 2 as a mountain compared to} 5 @ UNHEALTHY: NERVES. i Reasons Why They Arve Beuefited by Drinking' Water, | A well known nerve specialist has said | that "all oeurasthepies--that is, people | with unbealthy perves--bave desiccated derves and suffer from an insufficiency of | fluid in the tissues of the body." It is probable that we all in mere or less des gree, even when not conscious of suy defi. nite symptoms, are suffering in soe part of our system for the lack of enough fluid and especially of enough pure cool water, We koow that so nicely is the human body adjusted and adapted to its uses that one part eaunot suffer without all suffering. If the nerves are desiceated or dsied through lack of fluid, then it is ¢er- tain that other tissues are also suffering from the same lack and that the wheels of the wonderful machinery are being clogged by reason of waste matter which is not washed sway. We see by this that water does for us a threefold service. It feeds, it washes, and it earries away the cinders of the body furnace, and through the want of it we are ¢xposed to many and great dangers, The tissues become too dry, the bleod is thick and its flow sluggish, and the re- tained waste of the body sets up a condi- tion which the doctors call "antolntoxica- tion," or self poisoning. This condition may give rise to almost any known symp- toms from a pimple to heart failure and is really responsible for most of the semi- invalids with whom the world is largely peopled. To obtain the best results from water drinking certain rules should be observed. People do not all need the same amount, "and it may take a little experimenting to find out just how much should be taken in individual cases. It has been stated by some physicians ve or six pints should be taken du the twenty-four hours, Of this only a moderate quantity should be taken with the meals. It is a mistake to take no water with a meal, but it is perhaps a greater mistake to wash food down with water, especially with ice water. ; ih The best time for Water drinking is at night and early in the morning. It is well to form the habit of slowly sipping during the bath and while dressing two or three glasses of cool, not ice cold, water. Two ot three more may be sipped at bedtime and again two or three glasses an hour or two before luncheon and before dinner. In a very short time the value of this "habit will become apparent in the result- ant general improvement in digestion, temper and appearance.~Youth's Com- panion. ' WAVES OF WATER. The river Jordan has its origin In one of the largest springs in the world. The Amazon is 3,044 miles in length, rising within seventy miles of the Pacifie ocean and flowing clear across the conti~ nent, The Amur, the great stream of China and Siberia, Is 1,500 miles in length, but for nearly nine months in the year is ice- bound, The Pacific ocean covers 40% per cent of the water surface of the globe, the At- lantie 21 per cent and the Antagetic 19 per cent. ' The water of the larger Norwegian fiords, or rock bays, though in direct com- mugication with the sea, are so saltiess as to be drinkable. The Detroit, river is the outlet of the greatest bodies of water in the world, ag- gregating 82,000 square miles of lake sur- face, which in turn drain 125,000 square miles of land. The river Platte during the summer is dry along the greater portion of its course. The water runs underground, only an occasional pool appearing on the surface. By digging almost anywhere in its course a supply of fresh, cool water may be ol HAMMAN She Didn't Move. The recent efforts to canse a young wo- man to vacate he apartments in a mod- ish uptown hotel recall those tried not long ago with a beautiful singer who has for several years lived in a flathouse near the park. The proprietor decided for several gen- eml and no specific reasons to rent the apartment to somebody else. So his agent informed her that in the new scale of rents adopted for the building her rooms would in the future cost just exactly twice as much as she had been paying. This was a little bit heroic, and the agent awaited the result with some un- certainty. - "I was of course surprised to receive- your letter," she wrote him, "and of course mot delighted. But I am so well pleased with the apartment that I Had already arranged to stay. here. So will you please send me a lease for three years at the new rental? It is high, but I would rather pay it than move." Siuce that time the tenant has not been disturbed, although she did not get a Jeane for three years. One was the agent's mit, The Invention of the Panorama. The panorama was invented by «= Scotchman named Robert Barker, who obtained a license in London in 1787 and erected a rotunda om Leicester square, He was associated with Robert Fuiton, the practical inventor .f the steamboat, who introduced panoramas into Paris in 1796, but resigned in favor of Thayer perhaps in order to give his attention to the application of steam to boats. "Weayer anda on the Boulevard Mont- assage ed plans to be drawa up for eight pano- ramas In which his conquests were to be shown to the Parisians, whom he always tried to Impress with the magnitude of ; the achievements in order to keep them faithful to his star. But these projects were never realized. _ His Clever Scheme. Tt was just a lesson in table manners. The best plece of toast was about balf NaF down Wie yiis; and ba started 0 Wie mother, "you "Willie,® said his shouldn't do that. Take the top piece al THE: DIANOND DRONNERS, RARELY TRAVELAT NIGHT AND DON'T TALK OF THEIR BUSINESS. They Journey About Without Trunks or Satchels, Yet the Stock Each Carriea May Be Worth Up to Half a Million Deliave, No set of commercial travelers carry stich a precious stock as the diamond salesmen, There are about a hundred ! travellug salesmen in this country whose stock consists of diamonds, and all but a very small percentage of them travel for firms in New York city, for New York has always been the diamond market of the country. Of course there are many jewelry salesmen who take along with their other stock a lmited amount of precious stones, but they are not in the class with the kind mentioned, who 'carry no other goods and are not bothered with sample trunks or satchels. Few as is the number of traveling dia- mond salesmen, they probably carry a combined stock of a value equal to that carried by ten times their number in other branches of trade, or which, if converted into dollars, would probably be equal to the capital stock of some of the largest concerns for which other salesmen travel, From the point of view of the light fin- gered gentry one of these salesmen would be worth for a "touch" 100 of his fellow travelers, and yet one rarely if ever hears of a diamond salesman coming to grief from contact with this class, Few as have been the instances 'of jewelry sales- men being robbed on the road, the cases where diamond salesmen have suffered in this manner are even fewer. If you ask the travelers whose starting point is the Maiden lane district why this is, they will tell you that the diamond salesman is a peculiar kind of individual and that to catch him napping it would be necessary to sit up a good many nights. While on the road outwardly he appears as care. less and debonair as any other drummer who lolls around the hotel or plays cards in the smoker, yét underneath there is a caution in his makeup which is required of the man who sells the most costly of the gifts of Mother Earth. When it is taken into consideration that a traveling salesman for almost any of the diamond houses of John street and Maiden lane seldom starts out on a trip of any length with less than $100,000 worth of diamonds in his wallet, and more often the stock is worth three times that sum, it would seem to the average man that he would have to be possessed of the caution and nerve of ten other men, and that is just about what the diamond salesman bas, Then, too, it would seem to be necessary that he possesa the confi- dence of his house to an extraordinary de- gree unless the firm employing him cared to expend the amount of money necessary to have him followed by detectives every time he started out oh a trip. While this is true of some of the men who earry Inrge quantities of diamonds over the coundly, yet probably three-fourths of diamond salesmen on the road are mem- bers of the firm for which they travel. If the business belongs to one person, gener- aily he himself takes goods on the road. There dre cases, however, where the diamond salesman is only an employee, but in these eases most of the selling is done on commission, and there is a lot in it to the salesman whenever he makes a sule, Hence the gisk to the house is pretty small. One of the largest houses in the diamond district has a salesman out most of the year who is not a member of the firm. Yet be frequently starts with loose stones in his wallet aggregating in value $300,000, Implicit confidence is placed in him, and he has never violated it. Even it he were unscrupulous his commission is so large that it would pay him more to keep the confidence of his employers in the long run than to disap- pear with his wallet with the certainty of being tracked by the special detectives to whom such matters are generally intrust- ed by, the dinmond dealers and jewelers of the United States. The diamond man carries his goods in & wallet abbut ten inches long. This wal- let is invariably earried in a pocket on the inside of his vest, The diamond salesman rarely travels at night. One reason for this is that time is of no particular con- cern. Another is the greater risk in night traveling. When he does trave! at night, he either keeps his vest on or else he wears a shirt inside of which is a poeket similar to that in the vest. Of course the necessity often does arise of night travel. ing, and to be ready for it not & few dia- mond salesmen always have with them siich a garment in order to be comfortable and not have to go to bed in the sleeper with the vest on. Diamond salesmen sel- dom talk of their business while traveling, because they don't exactly care to be known. Diamonds are always shown in papers. All of the salesmen carry a certain amount of what is called in trade par- jance "melet"--that is, diamonds below a carat in weight, generally of the size suitable for mounting im jewelry. Of course the Uiamond salesman tries espe- cially to sell the largest stones, weighing from a carat up. These are what make their stock so valnable, and to sell only a small portion of them is worth a trip from one coast to the other. What astonishes those to whom eare seems to be an essen tial in selling valuable goods is the cus- tom pursued in the diamond business and, | for that matter, the entire jewelry busi- ness, of leaving goods on what is called "memorandum." A diamond salesman, if a jeweler tells bim he believes he can get a customer for some of his stones, will leave a paper of dismonds with the | jeweler withont anything given ay secur- ity. but with the understood right to get them back when be wants them. At the end of a week or two the dia- mond salesman will walk into the store Dull Raser More Liable to Gash You Than a Sharp One. "How long have you been shaving your self?' asked a young man during lunch time at one of the Herakl square restau rants of Lis companion, whose face bore marks indicative of an encounter with an angry feline. "One consecutive time, and I think it will be the last.™ "You're too easily discourmged." "Kasily? Why, man, 1 must have shed about a quart of what they call ruby in prize ring parlance." "Perhaps, but that was probably be- cause your razor was dull" "Dull, you say? Why, the thing found fts way inte my physiognomy with a readiness that was absolutely astonish- ing." "Only imaginary. It may sound para- doxical, but you will cut yourself a dozen times with a dull razor to ounce with a sharp one, aud then most likely that once will be due to a pimple or some other ex- rescence." v "Perhaps you'll elucidate the paradox for my benefit, then?" "Yon see, it's this way. If a razor be sharp, it will ent right threogh the hair, while if it is dull it will catch and even in experienced hands will turn and enter the skin: As a matter of fact, a rasor's edge, when the rasor is held nearly flat, as it should be, pever actually touches the skin. It is only when it turns in the hand of the one using it that it comes in eon- tact with the face. Perhaps you didn't strop your razor the right way." "Most iikely not, though I worked at it hard enough." "Doubtless, but in the wrong direction. You have probably seen pictures of a razof's edge highly magoified under the microscope. It had teeth like a waw, hadn't it, only more irregular? Well, it is these teeth that catch hold of the hair and cut it when the razor is in use. In order to do this, however, they must be proper. ly set. When you attempt your next shave, just notice whether you give the razor a sliding wotion forward--that Is, from the heel to the tip er backward from the tip to the heel. In the former case the microscopic teeth should be set toward the tip and in the latter toward the heel, and to do this you must strop your razor in the direction opposite to that in which you shave." CULINARY CAPERS. Add a little sugar to milk to prevent it sticking to the vessel while boiling. To keep cheese moist and prevent its molding wrap it in a cloth wet with cider vinegar, When recooking cold potatoes, cut them in thin slices, dredge with seasoned flour. and set in a little hot fat. It corned beef Is very red, which means it is very salt, put it to cook in cold wa- ter. This draws out a portion of the salt. Two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and a teaspoonful of baking soda are equal to three teaspooufuls of baking powder. To make a boiled fowl! look very white put it into a floured cloth and let it sim- mer very gently from an hour to an hour and a balf in boiling water. When cooking a small roast, first sear it all over on a hot spider. This will im- mediately drive in the meat juices, and less hest will be required in the oven. If ¢ 1 is boiled in salted water with a bouquei of vegetables, a slice of onion, a stalk of celery or a sprig of parsley and halt a dozen peppercorns. its tasteless ness will be replaced with a very agreea- Lie flavor, A Joke on Roosevelt. When Theodore Roosevelt was governs or of New York, one of his customs was to assemble the beads of state depart- ments in the executive chamber once a week In a sort of a aabinet meeting for the purpose of discussing state depart- ment matters. At several of these meet- ings the civil service law came up for dis- cussion, and on all such occasions the jokers would have not a littie fun with the governor because of his views grow- ing out of his previous connection with the national eivil service commission, One of the governor's last cabinet meet ings was like "Hamlet" without Hamlet, Mr. Roosevelt being in the west. All the Joe state officers were present. Secre- ary of State MeDonoegh in a dignified manner rose and offered the following, which was adopted without a dissenting Yolce: "Whereas, Governor Theodore Roose velt has gone to Chicago, and 5 "Whereas, Oyster Fay has gone Demo- cratic; therefore be it "Resolved, That the civil service law be suspended for one year" a \ The Wolf In Disguise. Once upon a time a wolf who was going after the farmer's chickens took the ad- vice of a fox and disguised himself in sheep's clothing. "For," said the fox, "if the dogs see you they will take you for a harmless jamb and let you pass." When the disguised wolf was near the chicken house, he beard the dogs bark end saw them runaing toward him at the top of their speed. "1 am a fool," said the wolf, "for now the dogs think I am a lamb and have no fear of me. 1 will change my mind, get out of this incambering clothing and make a winning fight." But before he could get the garment off the dogs were upon him and took his life, Moral.--It is easier to change your mind than your clothing. Two English Ads. It is sald that in the window of a coun try undertakér's shop is displayed a full sized coffin whereon is placed this notice: "Winted---An adult assistant. loguire within." The case finds a parallel is that of the picture shop, the window of which contained a picture of Cupid, to which ! the legend was attached: "Wanted--A re- spectable boy."--London Globe. "Did the prisoner indulge in objurga- tions?" asked the young attorney of the Suits worth $15, $18, $20 and #25 at 812 this week at Jenkins. Nite, the museum dwarf, diea Caxsdify Sn HITIS BRON is serious, becanse it predis- poses the bronchial tubes and lungs to more serious diseases, as pneumonia and pleurisy, which are very often fatal, "For ever two J have been in 3 rum were mes POWLEY'S LIQVIFIED OZONE oxygen in form; you'll get rid of the bron- chitis and t fatal after Secs Ozone is splen- did for any of the ailments peculiar to this season of . the . It cures grip, bronchitis and any Iu trouble. It is blood food, forming sound flesh, an making all the tissues healthy. The zoe Bo. of Toronts, Limited, Toronto sad Chisago. ENAMELLED KITCHEN WARE. Beginning | February Ist And conlinueing during the whole monthywe will make a Special Discount of eran Ef 20 % Off All Enamelled Ware. To those who have betore taken advantage of our Special Sales in this line 'tis only necessary to name the date ; to those who have not we can only say, don't confine all the luxuries to the parlour.- . Plenty of nice Kitchen Ware is a luxury and makes work a pleasure, and don't forget that you may have for $4 what at any other time would cost you $5. Many have learned that it pays to stock up at our Special Sales. - The assort. ment is just as complete and the bargains just as many as during any of our Special Sales. ' SPECIAL PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. McKELVEY & BIRCH, , 99 and"7] Brock Street. abatt's ALE and PORTER AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL *" Expos EXPOSITION. 1901, For their excellent qualities "in, comparison with similar exhibits from all parts of America. JAS. MCPARLAND, AGENT. Everybody Sings The Praises of Our Shoes, They are To Be The Best In'All Guaranteed "Sins D. J. McDermott, ™{&i.