PHBE DAY WHHi WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3. TRAVELLING, ETE RAILWAY Adhd BRANCH LINE TIME TABLE rains Leave the City Depot, Foot of Johmaston Street: GOING EAST. = + 2, Eastern ¥1, 2 2:28 AM. 16, Local . 8:15 AM. Mail 12:53 1:17 I AN AGITATOR. WOMAN WHO "ORGANIZED W.C.T.U. IN ONTARIO. A Sketch of The Work oi Mrs. Letitia Youmans, of Picton-- Addrecses in Favor of Temper- ance--A Writer's Opinions. Iicton, Dée. 1.--To the Editor) : A little less than thirty years ago, in - Sept 'mier, 1875, the Dominicn gov- ernment called for a temperance con- vention to be held in Montreal, ask- ing temperance organizations to send delegates. They came from all over the Dominion, and among those pre- sent was Mrs. Youmans, of Picton, Ont. She had been one of the leading a itators in the temperance campaign in Prince Edward county, the pre- viogs summer, where the Duncan act had been carried, just one week be- fore the date of the convention, by a majority of six hundred. The dele- gates were all very enthusiastic in their admiration of little Prince Ed- ward, which was "held up as a bea- con light" by them. Une delegate from the west stated that there were one hundred delegates on the steamer ' in which he came, and, as it passed Xingston & Pembroke & Canadian | I'rince Edward shore, they all came : i leck and gave thice hearty cheers Railw ys. on "we: . Pacific » for the prohibition county and the wo- led the van. Learning that was there as delegate convention insisted on hearing irom her. Among other things she mentioned a circumstance that took place at a temperance meeting held a short time before in the state of In- diana. A very large audience had cathered, and, the church bell tolling at short intervals, some one asked the minister the reason of it. He said "in the United States alone, every Passengers leaving Kingston at 12:40 ».m.: eight minutes a drunkard dies, and arrive in Ottawa at 5:00 p.m.; Pel | the bell is tolling for their lost %:10 p.m.; Toronto, 7:30 ®.m.:. Boston, 7:30 | .ouls." "And." said Mrs. Youmans, a.m; St. John, N.B., 11:36 a.m. "Would that bell were suspended in Full particulars st K. & P. and C. P. RB. | the dome of the Dominion parliament Ticket Office, Ontario St. tl at, when the prohibition question is ¥. CONWAY, F. A. FOLGER, JR, | up, it might toll every time a drunk- Gen. Pass. Gen. But. | ard dies in Canada." Aiter the Montreal convention _re- THE BAY OF QUINTE RAILWAY quests came pouring in to Mrs. You- NEW SHORT LINE FUR mans from all sides, ashing her to come and get the women organized Tweed, N end all local pois." Train aves Gity Hall Depot at 4 pm. R J. of fice. Clarence Neo. 3. 7 ny No. 15, Local Nos. 1, 2, 8 except Monday. 5 6, 7, 11, 12, 16 and 16 daily, except unday. . a Dulin 2000! mmoda Yon, tickets and tion, y to. S AT HANEY, Agent, City Pass pot. who Youmans Lien Mrs, the TRAINS LEAVE KINGSTON : Ql BErey habian. Horton, To ronto, Chicag nver, rew, Sault Ste. Marie, Duluth, St. Paul, Winnipeg, Vancouver, _ Beatle, Portland, aod San Francisco. 8:30 pim.--Looal for Sharbos Lake, .. eon- wootisg with C.P.R. east and west. 8:10 a.ni--Mized, for Renirew and inter mediate points. ' to first requests that came to her! was from Cobourg. A convention was to he held there with the object of unit- ing two orders of Templars, and an invitation came to Mrs, Youmans to he one, of the speakers in the mass meetings. To go or not to go, that was the question. For Cobourg, though not Mrs. Youman's birthplace, was, nevertheless, the town where she had passed her gitlhood and the town where she had received her education, and where her father, John Creighton, had been in business during the last twenty vears of his life. And she ve membered that "A prophet is not witkout honor save in his own coun- try." Besides whith, says she "Co- houre was alw ave a conservative town adhering to timehonored rules. What was popularly known as woman's rights was in this town at a discount. Strong-minded women and blue stockings were below par." So it was with feelings of misgiving that she accepted the invitation to speak there. She thought curiosity would bring them out and dreaded their cri- ticisms. When the right arrived it was very dark, and storming hard. And the gentleman, who told her a carriage would call for her, "We will do well if we have a baker's dozen out to-night. It's ay awful wht! This would have been very discoura- cing © under ordinary circumstances, hut it brought to her yz feeling of re- liek **1f 1 break down," she thought, "there wil not be many to witness the catastrophe. = She put on - her wraps and waited" for the carriage that* was tos come tor-horg--feeling, as she sail, "like a condemned criminal," When she arrived at the hall to her dismay she found it packed. But af- ter the first sensation of stage fright and to work. And one of the very Ves LSON, C.P.R. Telegraph street. DOMINION LINE MAL. STRANSMIPS. LIVERPOOL SERVICE eNorseman .. .. .. .. -. .. Dec. 6th *Ottoman . .. Dec. 18th Colonian Dec. 20th *lrishman soa Co California, 1903, .. *Norseman .. Steamers en~ers. RATES OF and upwards. Fer Avonmouth Deck and Bristol Frew Portland. about 6th Dec. Turcoman ve... «.. about 20th-Dec. Englishman... .. .. ... ... about 3rd Jan. FROM BOSTON PASSAGE--Saloon, $50 Manxman tenaciously Merion ... ia inme iain Tinian Dec. 10th Saloon, $50. Third class, $28. NEW SERVIC Boston to the Mediterranean. New England - { ... Dec. 6th Commonwealth, v..... Jan, 3rd, 1903 Midship, Saloon, Li tric light, Spa- cious promenade uccks. . P. Hanley, J. P. Gildersleeve, Fgt. G.T.R. Station, = 42 Clarence St. D. TORRANCE & Co., Gen. Agt Montreal & ALLAN LINE CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND. Tunisian, from Halifax, Dec. 8th. From St. John. From Halifax Bavarian, Nov. 29. Dec. 1. 10 pan. Tunisian, Dec. 6.. Dec. . 8,.10. p.m. Corinthian, Dec. 13. Dec. 15; 10 p.m. Yretorian, Dec. 20.. Dec. 22, 10 p.m. ¥IRST CABIN--Tunisian and Bavarian, $60, upwards. Parisian, $53 and upwards. Pre- torian and - Corinthian, $50 and up- wards. SECOND CABIN--Tunisian and $40, Other steamers, $37.50; Londonderry 'or London. Third Class--$256 'and $26: Derry. Belfast, Glasgow, London. New York io Glasgew und Lendonderry rat Soi anni Nerve Disorders dintan carries 2mxl and 3rd class Of Women passengers only. J. i. 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ARTHUR ANE Secretary, Quebec. \ Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, -- The feminine organism requires an enormous quantity of blood, not only to sustain the network of nerves which are found in the woman system but also to make good the periodical loss which so weakens the bodv. Consequently it happens that just as soon as the blood gets weak and watery. or is deficient in "quantity the nervous system suffeps, and in woman the eects are most severely felt in the form of irregularities' and: weak- nesses' of the feminine system. At the beginning of womanhood, at childbirth, during the nursing periods and at the change of life, calls are made for an extra supply of blood, and as a result nervous disorders are ex- ceedingly common at these times, and the health and happiness of the re- mainder of life yay depend on the care of the system. Because Dr. Chase's Nerve Food ac- tually forms new blood and creates new nerve force, it is the most efiec- tive prepafation ever used bv women to build up the sestem and restore vi- gor and strencth to the body. Mrs. R. XY. Allen, 306 Montreal «treet. Hingstun, Ont., and whose hus- ban! i: a bill poster, states: "For a long time Ih\was a victim of slee; lissness which was accompanied bv exhausfion of the nervous svstem. Some ago I began using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and can now sav that 1 have been wonderfully built up in health. Mv nerves are stronger and steadier, and I am able to sleep well, somethine that was almost impossible before using this medicine. It is a plea- sure 10r me to recommend Dro Chase's MAYORALTY 1903 | Nerve Food since it has proved so To the Electors of Kingston : beneficial i I LAPIFR AND GENTLEMEN --I respeor : Dre tnacs Nero F " fully solicit vour votes and influence to elect Dr, Chase's Nerva Food, 30 cents a "| box. at all dealers, or Edmanson, ®e as Mayor for 1908. ! JL. B, BELL, Bates and Co, Toronto, of sailing MAYORALTY 1903 "To the Electors of Kingston: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :--As a oan- didate. for Mayor lor 1908, I respecthully eo Beit your votes and influence $0 elect me. C. J. GRAHAM. MAYORALTY 1903 To the Electors of Kingston: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :--I am acer didate -for the mayoralty for the year 1903, and respectlully ask for your votes and in fluence on my behalf. J. T. WHITE. time Th bedi Aas a 'dies of that city. Arrangements was over, a choking sensation in her case "which - threateiied to obstruct utterance," she talked for over 'an hour without a written note of any kind, not to advocate 'women's rights," as she assured them, but to remonstrate against women's and children's wrong. 'But, 1 believe," says she, "in the right of every wo- man to have a comfortable home, of every wife to have a sober husband, of every mother to have sober sons. The meeting was a great success. There were thirteen hundred present, and the criticism was mostly favor- able. She had no sooner got through with her lecture in Cobourg than, through The Temperance Reformation Society of Toronto, she received an invitation to go and organize the la- were made for a number of public meetings in the different churches of Toronto, and in public halls, ete. She found the ladies earnest and zealous, but they already had so much work on their hands, such as relieving the poor, vis- iting the hospitals, the Haven, etc, that they thought it would not be ad- visable to undertake any more. She asked them what was the cause of all this work ? And theiv reply was, "The liquor traffic to a very great extent." Then she asked them if it would not be better to drop that work and con- centrate their efforts on the cause of it. And as_ an illustration she told them of a lady, who "returning after a temporary absence found. the house in the utmost consternation--servants busy with dippers and mops, trying to dry up the water that was flowing over the floor. She inquired, 'Have vou examined the faucet?" The ans- wer was, "No, indeed, ma'am! We have not had time to look at the fau- cet." She examined it herself, and finding it open turned off the water. "The women," says Mrs. Youmans, "saw the point, and fell at once into line for definite, persistent and aggres- sive temperance work. On the Sabbath following. Mrs. You- mans visited the Central Prison, and was given charge of a class of bovs, none of them, apparently, past their teens. She talked to them kindly and the poor fellows could scarcely keep the tears back. Asking one after an- other what. brought them there, all, with the exception of one, said drink dil it. "Then," said Mrs. Youmans, "Boys, don't think I am unkind if I say I am glad you are in here." They looked for a moment indignant, but she went on, "I mean it. I am glad these walls are thick enough, and those gates strong, so that vou can- not get out to the liquor, nor the h- quors get in here to vou. You are better protected than the young men walking the streets of Toronto to-day. You have in here a prohibitory liquor law, which (heaven helping us) we will have some day for the whole country. Then you can oo out safe from temp- tation. After mentioning several other plac- es where she visited the victims of the traffic, as the women's prison, the Haven, etc., she savs : "The best place of interest I visited was the great dis- tillery."" And, as the gentleman ac- companying her was an influential citizen, every courtesy was shown her, and any information she wished was given. She was told that during the working season they employed se- venty men, consumed forty tons of coal per day. ground up 3,000 bushels of grain, and turned out 9,000 gal- lons of proof spirits, and that more- over the institution was run on tem- perance principles. On her askin~ how that was, the official said : "Well, it is this way; if we find 'a man in our em- plovment intoxicated we dismiss him at once." "Oh," said Mrs. Youmans, "this is: the first-time I ever knew there was a prohibitory law in force in Gooderham's distillery. Then you must admit that the article you manu- facture incapacitafes, . both. mentally and physicall-. for any useful employ- ment." Said a stranger through a certain street" in Toronto; as he stood looking at the Govern: ment House on one of the four corn- ers, the other three containing, each, a larce church, a college, and a saloon. "These Canadians have things terribly mixed up." "How so?" in: quired his companion. "There is legi lation," said he pointing to the Gov- ernment House; and to the colleve, "There is education"; and to the chirch: "Phere - is"salvation' and. te the =aloon, "There is damnation." And, Mrs. Youmans says she has of ten thought of it, when she saw a church on one side, and a saloon on the. other; and also thought of . the speech Of "the Deleware Indian chief, Wabuno, at Guelph, a short time af ter she leit Toronto, where she at tended a meeting of the Grand Lode of Good Templars, in which he that the ship that brought the mis <ionary brought them the fire-water, and that "while a few Indians betaine Christians many became drunkards." «The Bible in one hand, fire:water in the. other--constant counter-acting for- once, in_passing got said ces, At the same meeting at Guelph, she met our present premier, Gi. W. Ross, at that time MPP. for Middlesex, and the prohibition leader inthe Do winion parliament, *'and,"'. spvs she, "we have never had such a valiant champion for the temperance cause at Ottawa." In speaking of an address of his. at that time, before parliament she savs' he showed that the traffic was costing the country K11.000,000, and as the revenue was only 85,000 000, there was an annual loss of $36, 000,000, She says, "He gave details of facts and figures which have never heen contradicted nor disputed." it- is evident that our premier, Ross! has been a life-longv temperance man. not only in theory, but an ac tive advocate of the cause at all tithes. And it scems eminently fitting that he should be the one to intro duee in Ontario the prohibition bill called The Liquor Act of 1002." and cay in effect to the people of Ontario, "Make the law yourselves by polli a sufficient number of votes. and it is vours." Could' there be anvthing fan or than this. There is no shifting of the responsibility to'. some one else. The people of Ontario. if they the law. make the law by merely ing for it. From Gueiph Mrs. Youmans to Hamilton, to Dundas, to London and to Brantford, in each of which nlaces = Grganized a WO TT ana the ladies went vigorously to work. Qhe savs numerous petitions were cir want vot went. out Ontario to get prohibition if pos- sible_and if not to have the licenses cut' dewn and with such good results that as the Hon. Mr. Ross showed in his speech of last February, the to- tal number of licenses previous to this time were 6,163, while, at the present sme, the total number of licenses is sued are only 2, I will not further tax the patience of vour readers by mentioning the in- cidents of the campaign carried on by this very earnest and talented woman, throughout the counties of Northum berland and Durham, Lennox and Ad- dington, in - Which he says "it was no small task to present the different provisions of the Dunkin Bill (our on- ly available substitute at that time for prohibition) to meet the current objections to it, ete." Let it suffice to say that we have at present in "The Liquor Act of 1902," a prohibition bill than which! no stronger or better bill has been or could be introduced for provincial prohibition. The old argu- ment against the: Dunkin Act that one could go to the next county and buy liquor and thus carry the trade into the county in which the act was in force, cannot be used here. The argu- ment, that it can be bought in an- other province, that has been urged, is equivalent, and no whit stronger, to saying it could be bought in the United States, or England. if we had Dominion prohibition. Of course, un- Jess we have world-wide prohibition, it will always be possible and buy it come place. The main point is it can't be bought or sold in Ontario without a druggists' license and that ouly on advice of a reputable physi- cian.--E. J. The Late George Darling:on. The suicide of George A. Darlington, late of Strathcona, at Ann Arbor, Mich., after attempting Bertha Sheldon, is said to have been the result of a deranged brain. B.B. Johnson, of the Ann Arbor Y.M.C./ writes tothe parents of deceased, <howing that he was laboring under a great strain, that the breaking off of the engagement with Miss Sheldon had been weighing on his mind. "I am sure,' wrote Mr. Johnson, "that if his vital force had not been so nearly exhausted he would have won the struggle going on within him." He was spoken of as an exemplary vounx man, an active church worker "and we who knew him, feel confident that his lite and character were without spot right up to the end. I cannot help but feel that had he not been worn out physically he would have been able to have fought out the battles of the recent weeks without succumbing tv so horrible an expedient to ond then: His faith in prayer and the Christ who answers prayer would have sus tained him." Deceased was married about vears ago to Miss Annie McKimon, cf Dexter, N.Y., a native of Picton, who died of pneumonia five months after their marriage. Building By-Law Criticised. Copies of the new building by-law have been distributed lately among the architects, contractors, ete., in the city. Concerning it a local archi- tect yesterday remarked : "I have read it carefully over and I fail to see that it. has much, ii any- thing, to say concerning buildings. It deals almost exclusively: with the piling of building material on the streets and the - obstruction of the walks. This = phase of it is repeated coveral times in the by-law, There is nothing in the law, however, that compels a man to put up a building that will be safe, and this precaution seems to me to be more necessary than anything clse. There is no clause in the new by-law which states how thick the walls must be. 1 know of a case-in the city where the. joists of Awo houses rest on a Tour-inch brick wall. How - the building ever stands ix a mystery to me. It is positively dangerous. .- Speculators are allowed to put up regular shells of houses, constructed on the cheapest possible lines. Then - they paint--them finely and sell them. 'Chis should not be permittea. We need in Kingston, it seems to me, a building inspector as well as a plumbing inspector: So you : from my point of view, the so- called building by-law falls far short oi" what it should be." sit SO, Harvest. Christmas Maine's Christmas Tree Bangor, Me., Dee. 3.--The tree industry has got an early start in Maine this year, and already car- loads and even vessel loads"are: going forward to the large cities. Only a fow years ago the fir tree was looked upon. as rathet a nuisance in- this state, because it as rank as burdock, crowding out better growths, and was of no earthly use, save as 1t might be, considered an ornament to the landscape. Now the fir, no longer despised, is a source of considerable income to hundreds of Maine's rural people, and to the transportation com panies as well. Last vear more than one million and a half were sold, and it is expected that this year's crop will net a profit of at least £100,000. arew Christmas Gifts. ee our French stagware in manicure s, brush and comb mirrors, ink stands, whisks and holders, hair brushes, toilet and numerous pretty articles. Taylor, 124 Princess street. sets, sets, ---------- H. Cunningham, piano tuner from Chickering's, New York. Orders re- ceived at McAulev's hookstora. If vou want coffee which is fresh and fragrant buy at Stroud' let. culated, not only 'in these cities and towns, but in Toronto and. through- | to kill Miss" TO GET FREE. FREE TOLLS ARE NOW THE PEOPLE'S QUESTION The County Council's Plan is On- ly Experimental--Has to go Before the People Again--The Call for Reform. Tolled roads are now at of the people of Frontenac. The mer chants of Kingston made the first move; the county council have, for the first time, liberally responded and have proposed an experimental plan for doing away with these long-suf- fered intlictions upon the public. Up- on the vote at the coming election de- pends the whole outcome. Ii the elec- tors do not take an interest in it and express by their ballots their desire to get rid of 5 daily tax, one expensively collected, and one levied with the greatest inconvenience, it' must re main. If," by their indifference, the mercy 'they do not vote, or through miscon- ception at the hands of mi-bading arpument they vote no, that ends the matter for many years to come, The merchants are asking the city coun-il to take all tolls ofi the mar- ket; that means a big loss of revenue to the city corporation, which has al- ready taxed itseli heavily to bonus the county macadamized roads. The voi e heard in town is that of the shop keepers, not of the great masses of the people, and if Kingston is willing to tax herscH for a free mar- ket. when only a small portion of her number is practically benefitted, surely the county which pays nine-tenths of the tol's on the roads and all of the warket tol's ought to respond with one glad voice. Some objection has heen taken to the primary "scheme of the county council. It is only an experiment and will be subject to alteration and ad- justméht prior to final adoption by the council. The expression of all municipalities will be heard through their representatives, and any scheme that would be adopted, for practical operation must be a generous com- promise all around. This condition ix cuaranteed by the nature of the law. The question will have to go before the people a second time, that the debentures for purchase may be issued and legalized. The electors are only now deglaring. their desive for a right; later on they will have an opportun- ity of voting upon the merits of the actual scheme. Surely Frontenac will <how its public spirit, its abhorrence of old-time_and expensive methods, its ripeness for practical schemes of re form, and its appreciation of a united movement, by giving a strong voice, vea, on the first Monday in January. Acknowledgement. committee of the Orphans' thankfully acknowledge these gifts : Mrs. Spence, box of hats: Mr. and Mrs. G. Smeaton, Ann Arbor. Mich., 81: Princess street Methodist church, basket of cakes and pies; Mrs. Waldron, two pecks tomatoes and a mattress; Mrs. Hiscock, large box ba- nanas, two bushels pears, and nine baskets of pears; Mrs. Duff, apples: Mrs. Webster, Stuart street, two bags apples; Miss Muriel Walsh, plums; Mrs. Smith, candies; Mrs. Dalton, basket plums; Mrs. Britton, books, games and bunting; Mrs. R. V. Ro- gave the children a ride on the street cars to Lake Ontario Park, al- so a ride 'on the merry-go-round, can- dies, apples. and nuts; Mr. Mahood, basket of toys, and many useful ar- R. seven bags of ap* a friend, cabbage and cauliflow- Mr. Bond, apples; Mrs. George 'hardson, bag of hickory nuts; Mr. two baskets of peaches; Miss Taylor, box of books; Mr. Gil- bert, fifteen melons, soap, two pack: ages, cereals, apples, figs, oranges and pumpkins; Sydenham street Me- thodist Sunday _ school, basket . of cakes:- St. John's 7 church, - Ports- wiouth, fruit and vegetables; Miss Ad- ams' class, Victoria school, fruit and vegetables; Mrs. George Richardson, six dozen Chelsea buns: Mrs. James Hendry, five pounds candy: Woods' Fair, basket "of tovs: Mrs. Barclay: apples: Queen's College, sandwiches, four baskets of cakes and two bask- cts of grapes: Mrs. Cappon, four doz- en buns: St. James' church, basket of cake: Mrs. W, Cochrane, box of toys and dolls; Mrs. Mackie. leg of lamb; a iriend, two baskets of grapes. The Home gers ticles; Sears; Are You Haunted Day And Night? Mind and body racked and tortured bv evil forbodings, gloomy and dull, robbed of that "Divine Restorer," sleep, appetite gone nerves shattered, eenerally debilitated ? This ig none too dark a picture for great South Ameri- can Nervine to obliterate and set up in its stead the glowing tints of the the sun of perfect health. Sold by H. B. Taylor and Henry Wade.--108. -------- Are Consolidating. London, Dec. 3.--The work of solidating and amalgamating the jous firms engaged in the iron and steel industry in 'this country is pro- ceeding steadily tis; this morning; officially announced that Llovd: & Lloyd, of Birmingham, have been ab corbed bv Stewart & Menzies, Gins gow, which company the largest iron and steel and tube works in Great Britain. coh ar DOSSeSSes CC -- See that French stagware. Taylor's. All who are in favor of closing the bar-room, and stopping the Sold by all enterprising dzalers. Write for bogk- treating system vote "YES: THERMOMETER IN OVEN DOOR WORF degrees of heat necessary for baking The "FAMOUS ACTIVE" has every range virtue and no rang M<Clarys Soap Prof. W. Hodgson Ellis, Official Analystio the Dominion Government. reperts that Sunlidhé Soap is *' a pure and well made soap." * Well made soap' means more than you may think. SUNLI REDUCTS EXPENSZ Ask for the Octagon Bar HT "NO TROUBLE To sweep any and everywhere with a first- class : a BILE 3 an > Soy > Sal McKELVEY & BIRCH, 69 a.nd 71 Brock Street. . Carpet Sweeper We have them from $1.50 Up. RESULT OF JULY PICNIC. Merrily Launched a MesSage in a Beer Bottle. An Oswego. N.Y., dispatch says: "While a party of woung people were picnicking at Peach Oswego, last July, one of the young women conceived fhe idea of consigning a message to the stormy bosom of Lake Ontario. A beer bottle was se- cured and the following message was launched : "Whoever. finds this bottle and message kindly communicate with Miss Kva Glynn, No. 127 East Al hany street, Oswego, N.Y. A reward offered to the person who rescues this bottle and message,' "On Thursday last Miss Glynn re- ceived a letter from John F. Deniell, of Amherst' Island, in the Bay of Quinte, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, containing the above megs- sage and one or two other slips of paper with writing on them various members of the party had placed in the bottle before it was sealed and consigned to the water. "Mr. Deniell wants the reward pro- mised and remarks that he is unmar ried and that life on Amherst Island is at times lonesome and could be made much more pleasant if he had a good-looking American bride. "If is said that a letter acknowl- edging the message will be sent to Mr. Denicll, and there is a presenti- ment among the young women who composed the party at Beach Oswe- go that other letters may be sent." SORROW IN THE WEST. Port Dalhousie Lost Three Resi- dents on Steamer. St. -Catharifies Journal The death list of the steamer Ban: nockburn--15 a terrible ane, especially to this district, three residents of Port Dalhousie and one of this city being "known to he aboard, while it is feared that several others from along the canal "have met their death with the sinking of the boat. Those who have gone are: Capt. George Wood, unmarried; mate, Alex ander Graham, married, with family of four children: cook, John Clark, unmarried, all of Port Dalhousie, and iceman, Joseph Dawson, aged twen- tyv-one, of this city, son of Engineer Jeseph Dawson. The latter is said to have shipped -on the boat a few hours before it leit Port Arthur on the fatal trip~having been all season on other boats, A report Walkerly same boat. ceived from boat started on: her ill-fated trip. G. W. Read, Port Dalhous eratuluting himseli on a very narrow escape. He had intended returning home on the Bannockburn, but ar- rived at the dock after the boat had started. He came home by train in William home on- the has been re- since the current that was coming but a letter hin. posted Was is con- conse que nee, ------ ' To-day's List" Oranges. Lemons. Cranberries, Bananas. Snowapples. Spies, Taliman Malaga grapes. Sweet potatoes. sweets, GV ately as the "FAMOUS ", which is put in the 'oven-door of every King street. "Onward'® is the watchword of the Corticelli Home Needle- work Magazine. Great changes and ' improvements are under way, and the next number will surpass all previous issues. The wagazine will be increased in size to that of the regular stan- dard publications, t dimen- sions of the pages being Gf x 93 inches. It will be hand- somely printed from mew type and on fine book 'paper, and will contain a vast® amount of which | valuable information to lovers of art "needlework, decore cro- chet, drawn, cmbroidery, ete, The usual number of beautiful colorea plates will appear, as well as many handsome designs and patterns for holiday gifts. Owing to the extensive im- provements made in the maga- zine, the price after January Ist will be 50 cents per year for the four issues, or single copies 15 cents, but orders from now till the first of the year will be re- ceived at the old rate of 35c. or 10c. for sample copy. Address Corticelli = Silk Company, Ltd., St. Johns, P. Q. Write for the great premium offers now being made. 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