LL FOR MARCH AT es rpenters, Machinists and Fellow Workmen We homie the BEST TOOLS io the city, and our 'prices ere rook bottom. Come let we show them to you. A full end complete line of wll. goots in the Hardwace Tire. W.A MITCHELL MODERATE MARGINS Ty By this hotise on ondary for Stocks, etter v The same judsciously uirthsed Bm vetwrws, hak 1 amounts, wied tn ua " " Guide to Investors," us bend you our 400 page. | COMMERCIAL, Linnie MARKETS. : (3.30 pm), Feb. 1, Northern, ; red winter, Om. } , & 2d. 28~Wheat 2d Ro i Us. 74d: ds peas, Ou. Bi: J34.; bacon, short clear, i beeduy , clear, heavy, 4, olear, light, 45s. Wd; tallow, Aus cofored, 49s. 6d. » 3 ---- NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. "completed their work, and left [ET] COMMERCIAL MATTERS, --c What is Going on in the Busines World--The Marxer News The lurgost cargo of four thal ever at San Froncech wes muds up of 57 barrels, with which od on the 21st uit, lor Hoog Rong During 1901 the Twin City system earnsd suificiont to pay § per cet. on the common stock, aber providing for ioterest on debits, prederrod "stork etd, and wiill emery forward over BHR Eulisl, Canadian and suranos companies dotny business av th minions dh pot sl soything to thet ¥ fonds during last year, of thems lost moBey A despatch from Adelaide, Sogth Australia whos eared fre m In HAVE a lew American in last, on reports the average wheat yield of the « iy at five baddeds of G0 pounds per wer from 1,500,000 ares, surplus st 146,000 tons. Exports of wsaimels their praciieally all bome grown, have steshly and progressively increased from sevens millions at eomfederation to eighteen millions in 1880, to bwenty-rix millions in 1890, and to $56, 209,282 in 1961. The Standard oil company dividend of 20 per cent. for the first yoarter of 1902. Tt "will 'amount to $20,000,000, of which Jobs D. Rockefeller will got 19 per eent., or. about $8,000,000. To be ths " oil Mao" for about & week would turn most men Crazy. ---------- THE CORONATION CHAIR. amd he exporiahl and pronhue, hos declared a -------- 0 It Was Made Over Six Hundred Years Ago. London Chronicle. Some speculation exists as to the renovation of the coronation chair. Before the coronatibn of queen Vic toria there was an expressed wish that this chair should "be restored to something like its pristine beauty, and hope again prevails that the pre- sent year may see something done. In the jubilee year the modern lions were freshly gilded but mach more might be dohe for the" coronation. This chair has suffered §o much from mutilation that one wishes Fdward I. had carr ed out his original idea and made it of bronze. It is improbable that & schoolboy would then have been able to carve on it" the legend "P. Abbott slept in this chair July, 1800." For many coronations it has blén the custom to cover the chair with a oloth of gold, but ancient drawings and the remains of its fine work show that at one time it required no such clothing. Its excellent workmanship is a credit to Walter of Durham. who finished it in 1201, ard was paid, ac cording to the wardrobe accounts of Edward 1., 100 shillings for its manu: facture, with a further sum of lds. 4d. for carving, painting and cilding the leopards. A little later "Master Walter' was paid £1 19. 7d. for making a "step at the foot of the new chair, in which is the stone of ileot- Jand, in pursuance of the order of the king." The present step, like the lions, is modern. ------ A STRANGE STORY Told By Police Magistrate Flint, Of Belleville. Belleville Tntelligencer. On sciotor Sanford's yacht, on the beautiful lake Rosseau, some years ago, were Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Sir John Thompson, senator Sanford and others. The talk ran on mesmerism, and Sir Mackenzie offered to exhibit some experiments of an hypnotic char acter. Sir John did not desire them, and said he would give a statement of a similar experience of a personal nature. While premier, one afternoon, a young men entered his office, ana introducing himself, said, that he de sired to make a statement to him. He said that Sir John Macdonald had appeared to him, and had desired him to eall on Sir John and give him some information relative to certain roperties in which his daughter, Miss ay Macdonald, was interested. He then proceeded to give very important information to Sir John. Sir John at once placed himself in communica tion with the solicitor .of the Macdon ald estate, and told him what had been stated: The - solicitor said that no other person possessed a knowledge of these properties, and considered the suggestions very valuable, indeed. A second time the same young man appeared to Sir John and said to him that Sir John Macdonald had appeared to | him again, and advised certain changes in the cabinet. On mentioning this to the cabinet, Sir Adolphe Caron said: 'What, is the old man at it again?" Sir John din not say whether the advised changes were made. Repaired The Locks. Fosterville, Feb. 2~The carpenters in repairing the locks have for Smith's Falls, M. Freeman's new house is completed. The many friends of Mire. M. Murphy are pleased to hear of her recovery. Miss M. Mur phy, after spending a couple of weeks with friends here, returned to See- ley's Bay. M. Murphy and sister are visiting friends in Kineston and viel nity. Visitors' Miss 8. Rodgers, Ce dar Valley: Brady, Bedford Mills; Mr. and Miss Burns. Singleton; Mr. Judee ; Mr. and Fair View, Feb. M.Mr. and Mes. John Bennett, ill of grippe, are re gaining health. Henry Rooks and fa- mily, and Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, + at John Loucks'. Mr. spent Sunday at J and Mes HH 000 | the stenmship Arab sil | Wail of a Mechanic. Pitiful Toledo A JOB. He Tells Of His Experiences --His Daughter Was Running the Very Machine He Had Worked. : Chicago, Feb, 25 vear-old daughter in a factory where years, learned to operate the machine | had charge of, and 1 am now on the rosd looking for a job Such is the stavy fold hy Louis, of Toledo, O., who the other day foul his way to the headguart- ers of the Chicago federation at IS7 Ny seventen ation that might place him in a po sition to find work, He said he had read an account of ration of labor on the age-limit ques- presented his case in a proper manner to the officials of the union, He carri ed a eard which showed him to b¢ a member -of the allied mechanics' un ion, and answered in 'a way questions put to him by the lal or men, ; ¢ Telling of his ewperience, he saiil "I had been employed firm, in Toledo, O., gave perfect satisfaction. I ran per day. On this amount I managed to keep my family, which consisted of myself, my wife, a daughter teen, and a son ten vears old factory closed down for a month last fall, and when it opened up an adver tisement for girls appeared in seven asked for my old they job, but was tdld wouldn't be able to put one on for a week or two anv do. We didn't have much monev. and week, it the door till I got back to work. i" and she told me she was running a machine. 1 didn't think anything more about it at the time, but as the weeks went by and my applications for work were always turned down, I began to think everything wae not what it should be in the factory. On question ing my girl one night, T found out she was rumning the very machive | has operated for years, and 1 had no chance of getting my old job back Phe other machinés were also operat ed by girls and a lot of men thrown out of work: 1 couldn't get a steady job in Toledo, but with the $5 a week my daughter got for taking her fath ers place and odd jobs 1 picked up we managed to get along. "One day my daughter's hand got caught in the machine and was badly hurt. She couldn't work, and another rirl got her job. We couldn't live on the odd jobs I got, and I made up my mind to leave the city, and look for something to do elsewhere. I am not an old man yet, but I have found it hard to get a job at the class of work | am used to. I have discovered girls in Chicago running drill presses and other machines, just as they do in Toledo, and 1 guess I may as well go back home." : ACCEPTED. TERNS. So\That The American Trust Can Be Assailed. London, Feb. 25.--The of Salmon & Glucksdan, british "tobdeco sharcholders the largest retailers, agreed with but four dissensions, to accept the terms of ten per cent. intervet offered by the Imperial tobacco company, in order to fight the American invasion, The chairman said that by the accept ance of these terms they escaped the risks of a commercial war. The Am erican company, doubtless, would spend a vast sum of money and the weaker houses would fall in the strug: gle, but they did not fear the ultimate result. % QUITE UNTRUE. A Story Afloat As Botha's Offer. London, Feb, 25.--The war office, to-day denied rumors which were cir- culated in the lobby of the house of commons, last night, that Gen. Louis Botha, the Boer commander-in-chief in South Africa, had made an offer to surrender on certain conditions. The story appears to have come from Paris. It had a good effect on Kaffirs. To Gen. Instantly Killed. . Winnipeg, Feb. 25.--Don Shilleto, La- combe, Alberta, while lifting a Win chester rifle from a load of hay was instantly killed through the discharge of the n. : Dominio® immigration commissioner Smith has received a message from Halifax stating that 152 immigrants arrived on 'the Tunisian for points in Manitoba and territories. Tell Of Poor Catches. Victoria, B.C., Feb. 25.--News from the sealers who have been engaged off California and Oregon coasts tells of poor catches, weather has Leen stormy there, and there have been numerous wrecks. The winter season fromiscs to be the worst in years. -------------- A Bank Closed Its Doors. QUSTED BY DAUGHTER. NO ROOM FOR KIM iN SHOP. HE 1S NOW OUT LOOKING FOR | | Rambler hockey club will take In | Chicago, Where He Had Gone | | Donald & Manning Co., wife and iam- ecured a position | I had worked for | Robert | | kewprie, { was killed by a freight train at Washinton street, looking for inform- | the action taken by the Chicago fede | - | in Peterboro, where she was called by tion, and had code tv the conclusion | the that he might secure assistance if he | Mrs. Little. | Chambers, this {to be tried summarily. satisfactory | {in dodging by a bicycle for years, and | a | small drill press, and was paid $1.75 | i I I 81.75 | [0 engaged by the company this sea- the | newspapers, I wen J tory and |. x 3 : pay went to the factory and | dian Architect and Builder ( Toronto) I then told | : t 1 pe hy onecige deseriptive sketch my daughter to go to the factory and |! ied. By 3 conte p sce if she couldn't get something to | "Q : : | federated societies and all other She applied for a position and pot | ] I asked her what she was doing | | between Prescott and Ogdensburg y INCIDENTS OF THE DAY, Newsy Paragranhs Picked Tp B; Beporters on Their Rounns. Oh, BeHeville'! Lieut. and Mrs. Grant left at noon { to-day for (ntawa. Lunestone oily oncangunent met last wight awd initiated two new memiet he Whig on Wednesday will be shi page paper. Good reading in H Britton, the scales company. Montreal, "an Charles representing Fairbanks is in the city on business The second annual banguet the place of on the evening of March 6th. W. J. Marrow, manager for the Me ily. Cotean, were in the city to-day. 11 is predicted that hy Saturday wheels will be seen on the streets, of the present w arm- weather continues The ranks of the army secvice corp are rapidly filling wp. Early mn March the company will begin drill in the af iponres, Speen] $2 hats Pot Clark, a N.Y... twenty-one Bibby" voung Pough old, Au Has, VOears burn, N.Y. The Grand operas house will be put in perfect order this week. Every | thing will be in place for next week's pegformances. Mrs. Frank Jones, Thion street, is serious illness of her daughter, John La Gree, committed for for gery. appeared before judge Price, in morning, and elected were kept husy to-oay the ice and snow which were constantly slipping from the roofs of buildings to the streets be low, ~ Two stewards who have been many vears in the employment of the R. & 0. navigation company will not Pedestrians for son. A city milk vendor writes us a let The ter for publication, but he neglected © | to send his name with the letter. We cannot publish letters unaccompanied by writer's name. In the February issue of the Cana ents of Queen's hall, splendid are several building ant arts accom new New hats, ; Bibhy's, } The annual meeting of the Kingston | women's council will be held on Thurs or ho N {9 4 A [ thought if she could earn 83 or $4 a | j.v February 20th, at would keep the wolf from | (j» . | 2:90 pom., in Members of wo the city eouncil chamber. men are cordially invited. The car ferry International, plying terday broke of her shafts and dropped one of her wheels in the St Lawrence, near Ogdensburg. The Don nelly wrecking and salvage company will replace the wheel. United States senator W. A. Clerk has sold his Coluga-Parrott group of mines to the Amalgamat«d or Ana conda company. The consideration is withheld from the public, but the nrics is understood to be in the mil lions one ---------------- Curling Matches And Tea. There were two interesting contests at the Kingston curling rink yester aay afternoon. The matches were mix- ed, each of the four rinks being com- posed of two ladies and two gentle- men, the skips all being ladi¢s. The results were Rink No. 1--Col. Drury." Mrs. Mac kenzie, A. Strachan, Mrs. Hooper, skip--10. tink No. 1--Lieut.-Col. Ogilvie, Mrs. Almon, W. Lesslie, Miss L. Tandy, skip--4. link No. 2-L. L. Henderson, Miss L. Dalton, F. Shaw, Miss Irene K3ut, skip--4. Rink No. 2--Dr. McCammon, Miss F. Cunningham, W. B. Dalton, Miss C, Waldron, skip--6. After the matches, afternoon tea was served in the directors' room by the ladies. The presentation of Lieut, Grant's prize of a sterling silver co logne bottle to Miss C. Walaron, hy president Shaw, of the curling club, followed. . Dr. McCammon responded on behali of the recipient. ¢ What The Kick Means. < Ottawa Journal The vete polled for prohibition must be as large as the vote "which wins the coming genecal election. But as that has averaped in the past but thirty-seven to forty per cent. of the electorate, it was thought mot to be wo big a figure for the prohibition ists. But the prohibition leaders are pro- testing Lercely. They want a simple, unqualified majority to decide the is sue, and they want the vote taken when the general election is on, awd the voters will be at the polls whether they care for prohibition or not. Which seems to illasteate that the pro- hibitionists are certain that not forty per cent. of the electorate care enough about prohibition to turn out to vote for it when nothing else is on. And that again means that the prohibi- tionists admit that not foruy per cent. of the electorate are willing to take any active interest about pro- hibition or would bestir themsalves to support a prohibitory law after wn actment. If not, this province has no business with a @rohibitory law, ------------------ Hopes For Surviving Twin. ~Paris, Feb. 25. Latest advices of the condition of Rodica, the survivor of the Hindu twins, are extremely sa- visfaetory. She is eating with appe- tite and gaining strength daily. As soon as ane is in condition wo be mov- od she will be sent to Dir. Malibran's sanitarium. near Menton. Rodica is still ignorant of the death of Didiea, as the doctor fears the result of shock from letting her know. Asleep Six Days. Varcouver, Feb. 15.1 is mow six days since Ah Sing, Chinaman, went to sleep, after taking an overdose of opium, aod he is sull in the land of dreams shows no signs of awaken ing. The man is gradaally ing weaker, and it is feared that * can administered by The cals is crea TO TAX CORPORATIONS HOLD- ING PUBLIC FRANCHISES. But The Report 8f The Assessment { Commissioners Must Be Care- | fully Considered And First by | The Public. i Toroato, Feb. 25.~Hon son announced this morning that general translation on the question of | assessment would be brought down by the government this year. The report of the assessment commission must be carefully considered first by the pub ! lie. A bill, however, would be brought down by. the government which it was would give satisfaction to the providing for the tax ation of corporations holding franchises. This would be done in| view of the failure of last year's hill to remove the "scrap iron' difficulty At opening conference of the secretarss of Tormgn mesa hoped municipalities publ the ms of Can ada and the Umited States, this morn ing, at Knox church, gates present from all over the conti peng. Rev. J. W, missions of the American church, denounced the mission leailet and booklet as a 'sleep proaucer' and declared that they did much harm | ey were not read. | work | to mission work. T) The best points of "mission should be set before the people in the daily press The attorney-general of Ontario this | morning the entered suit to recover frcm exeentors the late H. B Payne, who died in Clevelana in 1895, succession duties to' the amount of £199,262. It is claimed that Payne left an estate in Ontario valued at $3,087,218, consisting chiefly of in vestments in advances to the Caha dian copper company and the Central Ontario railway. W. H. Jones this morning began ac- tion for £25.000 for alleged malicious prosecution against F. L. Bennett and Henry Myles, of this city, and J. J, Gibbons, Montreal. It is asserted that these gentlemen sought to prevent Mr. Jones from going into the manu facture of a bronchial medicine, and had him arrested on an unfoundea charge of forging testimonials of Westport Warblings. Westport, Feb. 24.---Miss Lela Dier has returned from Brockyilie Miss Jerry, Gananoque, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Berry. Portland hockey team were beaten in phe match on Sa turday with Westport Miss Daisy Arnold is able to be out agniv Mes. PP. Furgeson returned from St Vincent de Paul hospital, Brockville, and speaks in glowing terms of treat ment received there, Miss Annie Der mady is caliing on fiends here, while on her way Montreal millinery openings. A number Westport boys are returning Copper Cliti. N, FE: boys. to of from Jencle eame home lust week, and is laid up with a very | Jack Croskery | bad pain in his side. had to leave work on account rheumatism, Mrs. Samurl Green, of Westport's oldest and most respect el citizens, passed away on February 15th at the age of 'sixty-v#ix years. Mrs, Green has sullered a during the last three months. Her funeral on 17th inst. to the Preshyter ian church, was very largely attend ed. Mr. and Mrs. M. J, McCann visiting in Ogdensburg, NY. "Palace Grocery," under the manage « f one ment of W. North, has made a change. | Mr. Lamond has bought him out and there were dele | Conklin, secretary of | Reformed | to attend | great deal | are | The | } . The most sought after goods to-day are the new { designs for spring in Organdies, Chambrys, ; Scotch Zephyrs. nnoaan English Cambrics, ; Dimities. You know from experience there is a choice now impossible to secure later. : COME AND SEE WHAT WE ARE SHOWING and if not prepared to buy now you can secure a choice and have it laid aside until required. A SPECIAL LOT OF NN iti Waists AT $4.50. Just received and wonderfully goed value, considering the amount of work on them and the good materials used. JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. 70-172 Princess Street, Kingston. A a as AA INS oP aA? SAAN Great | will resume business in the old stand, | next to M. J. shoe store. McCann's boot ---------------- The Foolhardy Pessimist. Success A my. but willingly progress ol beauties of the universe, his ears to the joyous sounds of life and to the music of nature, and turns away from everything that would prove to an unbiased mind the falsi- ty of his creed. Though fortune has showered gifts upon him, though he may pos sess every advantage that wealth and education can give, though he young, healthy and vigorous, the pes- gimist looks only for shadows. Is it any wonder that he sees only sha- dows? Looking only on the dark wide of things, is 1t strange that be only the wrong side? The sun, the flowers, the trees and the green earth smile at him in vain. The low whis- per of the wind among the trees, the rhythmic melody of the brook as it ripples over its pebbly bed, the glad pesgimist is his own worst ene shuts his eyes to the closes be tritl of the birds, the myfiad voices of | love and life cannot reach the brain | of one anaesthetized by pessimism: Kitchener's Hope. Toronto Mail Lord Kitchener, stern as he to be, has a sense of humor. latea that commanders have been in the habit of telegraph- ing the eommander-in-chiei particulars of the actions in which they have been engaged, and adding ©: "During the action several Boers were seen to drop from their saddles." The thing was becoming - monoton- ous, for lord Kitchener insists that only those actually "gathered" shall be counted. So quite recently be has taken, when receiving the "seen to drop' messages, to wiring back to the distinguished officers: "I hope when they fell that they did not hurt. them: selves." i Se ---------- He Is The Petitioner. Sidney William Davy, anctioneer, Portland township, is the petitioner against the election of Melzar Avery, 'M.P., éouservative, Addington. F. S. Wartinan was the defea candidate. Bpring styles of hate. Bibby's. CATARRH--ONE APPLICATION APANESE CATARRH CURE will econ that = i. Sey 10 Sure Car trial positiv ware, ud gf wy it i ) 4 fe, or a Co mired, 21 Church St, Toresio. ASTHEA? Clarke's Kola Compound. KINGSTON YACHT. CLUB. HEETING 3 Festa: It is re of J vines and civilization and to the | soos | is said of columns | Expectations He refuses to walk in the light, | People Seem to Expect Lower Prices her | At the Lockett Shoe Store than they can get 'elsewhere and they are not often disappointed. We | have demonstrated our ability to sell GOOD SHOES IAT LOW PRICES. Watch for bargains all this 'month at | 'THE LOCKETT SHOE STORE Pret) SALE Co uc h es au efor Rh Bk -- QF ® While they last you ean seers two styles of Velours Couches st one balf ther actual cost They won't last Joug so buy early. Two styles of Couches with fall spring edge, seals and bead tofted with five rows of deep tufung and heavy fringe all around, upholstered in all shades of veloors. Our SPRING FURNITURE COVERINGS have arrived. They surpass anything we ever handled. it a point 10 have yoae Parlor Ses or Odd Obsirs recov rod, Ask for FURNITURE RZSTORER ! ee that 1t is labelled "Farniture Restorer." JAMES REID, undertaker. ~~ BUYING BREAD . . .. 1+ much like buying jewellery, you eso'd tell mnch by appearance ; yon mast it by using od , Qo / VAS { BUYING VIVA VAVLVVVOVE 3 ¥ it. Have 10 takes the denler's wird and frit. We gonrnates every kind of our Br Cream, Himes Made Baker's Brown, Com ker, White Breat, Ets --to be the best the the bees flour eau make. : . TOYE, KING STREET. $ BE OW "WR ed Sn Ae wh .