d fresh fruit j us the best " hy ST X wand he asked' fifteen dollar over- ed to see a ten-dol- "was taken back him it was $10-- dgment was bad. e coat 1s &S fine as aler gets $15 for, wake the $10 over- here. Y CO, Hall. T Jackets - -t® lelayed purchasing Furs and Jackets ortunity to securg 25. 'Sale price $17.- Sale price $26.50 e $45. Sale price lue 850. Sale price 0. Sale price $17.- » 850. Sale price . e $35. Sale price sizes 34, 36, regu- 86, for 81.50. 26 20. r £2.75 each. ue §25, for $17. alue $37, for $23. elvet collar, turn been in such de- late date ordered and 810 each. actual cost, and ROS. + Lineotype ioline METALS, 'er TORONTO, ONT. uling Piety fresh good money EEL Some people may scot at the idea of selling goods below 'cost, oo | are facts visibly=understood why we are inclined to clear our great Chotee stock at even a léss We wish to hold on to our leader- ship in latest styles and _ up-to-date clothing and gents' furnishings. * *! Gly loaded with WN ordinary holiday, i ten their. bur Our counters such, even rush_ effected 1 dens, All this selections fo --_----. >8e Ane is ow motto, - life. Do youd {dina JOSHuwe VER. 102 PRI SILVER, = STREET. P.S.~We haviRAL FOOD ( furs that will Int gue i «ed with fresh season. plamples of Baer 2 Our Coal Is As Clean As Though It Were Washed and Brushed. Each lump stands 'by itself. Good solid coal--so much solid fire, After coal reaches the surface of the earth from the = mines, tinpurities are picked out by hand. 'Thereafter it is screened several 'times before it reaches you, and dirt, slate, etc., «really have no chance, if the deulers are careful. We are very careful. Sanitary and Scientific Basis. Clarified milk and cream is prepared for delivery with the greatest care. Always ready, always pure, sweet and palatable. Try a sample and be convinced that our product will giye you more pleasure and satisfaction than you ¢an get else- where. 'Phone 567 your order, of purchase from any. of our drivers twenly quart tickets for a $1. I's Good and Hol TRY A CUP OF . Hot Vigoral. Hot Beef Tea. Hot Asparox, * Hot Tométoe Bullion. A. J REES, Princess Street, Phone, No. 58 Portable Gas Lamps We have a fine. line of these goods. PRICES FROM $2 to $5. With Shades, ete.--everything complete, in fact. = This is a rare opportunity to purchase a good light cheap. STREET BRECK & HALLIDAY, per 1903 Résolyed that' we go ' to" CrawrForD & WALSH fcr next Suit or Over- ccat. . Talors and: Impariers, | ATTENTION ! HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR NEw and Becond-Hend goods, Clothing, Fuiiltare; Furnishings, Jewplty, B _. Furnish AE ' ee Seoond-Hand Stoves and Furnitare that must be sold for want of space. | have everything from a needle to an anchor to sult the publia Give me » eal. ' ---- and 273 : ZACKS, 27 Princess St. Second door below Corbett's. Cosy Bright Fire Is an attraction for.every one. The cheery glow and immense heat of our coal will make idl felt with pleasure during the cold eather. It's just the kind to cook with, too, Let us fill your AN OBJECT LESSON. In a Restaurant. A physician puts the query : Have you never noticed in any large restau- rant at lunch or dinner time a large Su er of hearty, vigorous, old men at 1 ; men whose ages run from uty to. yh.y ears; many of them nd a Norhaps y, but none of ol a ae s the spectacle is so common as to have escaped your observation or; bommeént, but nevertheless it is an object lesson which means something. 1f you will notice what these hearty old fellows are eating you will observe that they arc not munching bran frackers nor gingerly picking their way through a menu card of new fangled- Lhoalth foods; on the contrary they soft to prefer a juicy roast of beef, a properly turned loin of mutton, and even the deadly broiled lobster is not altogether ignored. The point of all this is that a vigor ous old age depends upon gqod diges- tion and plenty of wholesome food and not upon dieting and an endeavor to live upon bran crackers. There is a. certain class of food cranks who seem to believe that meat, coffee: and many other good things are rank isong, but these cadaverous sickly looking individuals are a walk- ing condemnation of their own the- ories, The matter in a nutshell is that if the stomach secretes the natural di- gestive juices in swificient quantity any wholesome food will be promptly di- gested; if the stomach does not do so, and certain foods cause distress one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets af- ter each meal will remove all difficulty because they supply just what every weak stomach lacks, pepsin, hydro chloric acid, diastase and nux. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act upon the bowels and in fact are not strictly a medicine, as they actal- 'most entirely upon the food eaten, 'di- gesting it thoroughly and thus giving a much needed rest and giving an ap- petite for the next meal. Of people who travel nine out of ten use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets knowing them to be perfectly safe to use at any time and also having found out by experience that they are a safeguard against indigestion in any form, and eating as they have to, at all hours and all kinds of foods, the travelling public for years have pinned their faith to Stuart's Tablets All druggiste®sell them at 50c. for full sized packages and any druggidt from Maine to California, if his opin- jon were asked, will say that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the most popular and successful remedy for any stomach trouble, "READY Lunch Beef" and tasty as yes- Al ic Sddy's roasts Ask yopr Grocer terday's roast: for it. WM. CLARK MFR., MONTREAL, N.B.--Have you ever tried Clark's delicious Pork and Beans? SECURITY. Qenulne Carter's Little Liver Pills Must Bear Signaiure of Sloen Fodl See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and os 0n6y QURE SICK HEADACHE. NOTICE Is hereby given the public that we purpose making it warm for all persons using my Coal next winter. Your order is solicited. DL WALSH, STR Syne J ABSOLUTE. "id THE DAILY OURLETTER BOX AMUSING QUESTIONS OF MUCH INTEREST. Snliiat, Why Population is Drawn to the Cities--Why Young Men Go West--They Want to Make Wealth. Kingston, * Jan. 16.--(To the Edit or): 'the deputy minister of agricul: ture for Ontario. C. C. James says: "Man after man has stated to me that either the farmers must get a 'supply of fairly skilled labor or numbers of them must go out of the business." Continuing, he says, enquiry estab- lishes the fact that the farm has lost its attractions for the young man, he is induced to leave it, cspecially when times ave good, he drifts into the city, and its occupations. 'the popu lous centres are not as remumnerative for crdinary service es the farm. The soil is the source of greatest riches, and yields bountifully, usually, to those who work it 'well. The North West has drained Ontario of many of ite' young men; they have gone west to grow up with the country and in five years some of them have become wealthy. Their places have been taken by unskilled emigrants, hence the want of competent help, etc. And for the remedy the minister recommends the co-operative principle, which gives the faithful laborer a wage and a yercentage of the profits, This con- duces to activity, chrefulness, per- severance and economy. This, in substance, is Mr. James' complaint and his remedy. Although somewhat ampiguous, it is similar to the complaint®ihat Sie John Thomp son made; Thompson said, that it was the tendency both here and in the United States America that too many of the population were gravita ting to the cities. Now the first thing that strikes me is, why does "'the voung wall drift to the city, when times are good," and not stay in the country where, he says, "ordinary service," more remunerative ? And again, why do they go to the country of the North-West, in preference. to re maining in the country of Ontario ? I shall attempt to answer both of these questions, and ~ prescribe a re. medy, then I shall compare my je medy with the deputy minister's re: 8 medy. It is a fact that our cities are more attractive than the country, either old or young; hours of labor are not so long. Walks, water, light, schools and many other conveniences all tend to make the city more desir- able. These advantages slone would be sufficient to induce all that pos, sibly could, "drift" thither. More also, the finishing touches of labor to the production of wealth are largely put on by the application or adaptation of machinery in the city. Much more could be said on this line, but 1 am only giving a few pointers. The one principle cause of congested cities, here and in the United States is, the tariff laws. Only about eight per cent. of our population is dn the protected manufacturing, industries, and the ninety-two per cent. of whom live in the country, is taxed for the benefit of the eight per cent. who are nearly all manufacturing in the cities. 1 don't understand what the ueputy means by referring to the young man as "drift- ing"" to the cities where times are good. My experience is that they drift thither (out of proportion) whe ther times are good or bad. (One-tenth of the population of Ontario is in To- { ronto to-day.) | In the cities people meet to exchange wealth, stores, banks, hotels, doctors, lawyers, mechanics and professionals of every conceivable kind are a con camitant, and to cap the list the land speculator must not be forgotten, Here landavalues are at their best. cl am not sure that "ordinary services" are better paid in the country than in the 'city; I think not but they ave, there is no chance to "strike luck' in the country like there is in the city. Some do get wealth more rapidly in the city than they could in the coun try. I think 'the above are sufficient reasons to 'bring population to. the cities. Why do the young men go west in preference to rempining in Ontario ? 1 We cannot blame the tariff nor the pre land value for this. Is it not be sent cause come of them in "five years be. ! come wealthy ?' And if som® can in others can in six, eight or ten i five, vears, or il not wealthy, they gre like ir to obtain 5 competency, which they are not so likely to do in Ontario. 1 think this is 5 sufficient answer to my second question. It is not that they are not wanted at home for they are, , and because of their absence their i places have to be filled with incom- | petent or unskilful emigrants; who are i to be made active, careful, persevering {and economical, by a participation of | profits as well as wages, Co-operation then is the deputy minister's remedy. In my next letter I shall propose the remedy.--Yours truly, A. HOPPINS. Married On Wednesday. At St. Mary's cathedral, at 9:30 o'clock, on Wednesday morning, Miss Katie M. Murray, of this city, and W. D. Lantier, Watertown, N.Y., were joined in the honds of matrimony. Her bridesmaid was Miss Maud Jeffers, Bufialo, N.Y., and the groom was attended by Mr, Fitzgerald, Water- town, N.Y. The bride was given away by her father, Capt" James Murray. The wedding was a quiet, one on accommt of a late bercavement in the family. The popularity of the bride was attested by a large number of handsome and costly prescnts. Mr, and Mrs. Lantier left by the noon train for their future home in Water N.Y -------- Tumbled Down. Prices have tumbled away down at The Lockett Shoe Store great dis- count sale, which closes Saturday jn -------------- L « Bibby's."" Oak Hall. © Bibby's Exclusive designs in colored shirts, | smaggest to be had, 75¢c., $1. The H. "DD. Bibby Co: » Trunks And Valises, | At cost at Abernethy's sale. ------------ town, 4 pany, INOIDENTS OF THE DAY, Be 5 Newsy | Picked wp by srters On Their Rounds. 25 oranges, 20c.: sausages, 12{e. Crawlord. Our New York chocolates are always ivesh. H. B. Taylor. Those lemon and chocolate cream fingers. W. J. Crothers. William Dewey is improved and his weedy, recovery is expected. Ex-Warden R. J Spoor has yet recovered from his illness. Cooking apples, sweet apples. Craw- not ord, The civie finance committee will meet to-night at eight o'clock. J. M ornbrook, Winnipeg, for- merly of Sydenham, is visiting in the city. Gilbert sells Victoria creamery but- ter, 25¢. Ib. This afternoon the employees of the Carnovsky company attended the fu. neral of the late Mrs. Butlin, Dufferin street. > Butterséotch that are butterscotch, cream peppermints and glazed fruits, assorted. W. J. Crothers, Principal Gordon is using the form- er senior classics' réom in the old Arts' building a8 a private office, un til he takes up residence, Our 'Special Blend" is put up by ourselves and that is the reason we can sell a 50c. tea for 35c. Have you tried it.? Jas, Redden & Co. Rev. A. E. Lavell, Waterloo, will give his famous lecture on *'Life in the . Kingston | Penitentiary," tin the Methodist church, January 23rd. F. L. Spence, with the Hardy com- Napanee, for the past two years, has secured a situation at Port Perry. He is a former Kingstonian. Gilbert sells 40 kinds Christie's bis cuits. * BE. A. Rikley, Napanee, formerly of Kingston, - attacked by apoplexy, is improving daily, and hopes are now entertained for his ultimate recovery. William Clark, of Cardinal, organiz- er for the A:Q.U.W,; is in the city, and is adding a number of new members to the local lodge of that society. This can be said of our pure Java and Mocha blend of cofice. "There is nothing better." Jas. Redden & Co, The 'Varsity hockey team arrived from Toronto this afternoon, and en: deavors will be made to have the match to-night begin at eight o'clock sharp. Gilbert sells Coleman's hams and bacon. The aldermen are gathering: informa tion #0 as to be in a position to dis suse the mayor's address in a satis- factory manuer on Monday evening. The address is th be the first consid eration. The strange floating light which hov- ered about the corner of Clarence and Bagot streets late al night recently has been seen by students at the corn- er of Earl iT Clergy streets, near Chalmers' church. | Arnot's pills of Chamonicle and Mandrake, for all bilious and nervous disorders, sick headache, constipation, disordered liver. Trial bottles, free McLeod's drug store. A. U. Brander, ofie" of Boston's lead. ing baritones, is to conduct a "winter school for singers' in Kingston dur ing February, March and April. Mr. Brander comes very highly recommend ed, hoth as a concert singer and teach er, having been for eight vears with pupils of Lamperti, Vannucini and Shriglia. Tweedledum, Tweedledee And The Other Triplet. They eficct a reformation. This Is Her Last. New York, Jao. 16.--Mme Adelina Patti, probably, will make a tour of this country for the very last time be fore the year is over. As planned at the present time her tour is to begin in this city on November 30th. The Best Yet. One lot ladies' high laced box eali Empress walking boots, this season's make, 83 regular price, going now $2, at the Lockett Shoe Store sale. Save 30 To 50 Per Cent. At our sale of Lonelies. See adv A pou ages, is the popular tea the day. The iy 35c. per pound. | way FRI_AY. JANUARY 16.0 © DISTRICT NEWS. SPICE OF THE ARTICLES IN VICINITY NEWSPAPERS. The News Put. Into Cindupmed Shape -- The ' Episodes and Hereabouts, i Nearly $10,000 is invested in pianos in! Lanark village. has . suspended The Trenton News publ cation;, after having been in the field nearly a year. Prospects ave -for a rink in Belleville, nidzhborhood of $12,000, At Lyn on Wednesday, George Strat- ton and Miss Walker were married. They will continue to reside in Lyn. Thursday - morning Miss Mary 0' Mara became the bride of Thomas Ri- ley an 'employee of the Frost & Wood Co, Smith's Falls, On January 7th, Miss M, Ettie El liott, daughter of the late James El liott, Pittsburg, was married to Her-of man Pierce of Lansdowne. Steps ave being taken to reward Leaf Dano, the Rockport man who aisplayed great bravery in resewing an old man named Kelly near Pine ls and. rT. H. Macdoyild, a former Ganano- quean, hut for some time past residing in Worcester, Mass., has been appoint large, up-to-date Victoria, B.C, The election to fill two vacancies in the "Athens municipal . council, took place Wednesday, resulting in the re turn of two old councilors, viz, C. L. Lamb, and William Jacob. Joseph Jones, a prominent resident of Frankville, who has been in poor health for some time, died lately. He wassa member of Brockville cheese board, a Methodist and conservative Mus. Jones and one daughter survive, The Highland home of Mr, and Mrs John McLaren, Dalhousie Lake, was the scene of a happy event Thursday evening, the eldest daughter, Bella, was married to Henry W, Budd. a progperons young farmer of North Sherbrooke, Louis Majore, Darling, while driving a skidding team near Flower Station, was knocked down by a falling tree, but escaped with only a broken shoul der, and a few cuts, owing to his fall- ing,on a couch of houghs - which lay on the snow, Mrs. Emily Wood, Delta, celebrated her ninety-eighth hirthday this week, at the home of Thomas Connors, her son-in-law. Her eye-sight is gone, but she is remarkably strong both physi: cally and mentally, being well posted in all the affairs of the day. William Connors, who resides in Thurlow, sold his farm a few days ago, and it is said that the sale net ted him $3,000. He disappeared and his wife got a warrant out for his ar rest. He was arrested and committed as a lunatic. The strange part of it is the money has disappeared. The death of Hugh Corbett of Belle ville, on Wednesday, « deprives that place of a worthy citizen, Mr. Cor hett was horn in County Down, Tre land, eighty-one vears ago, and came to Canada when guite young. He was a strong conservative and & member of St. John's Presbyterian church An unusually interesting event took vlace on Wednesday, at the home of Mrs. S. M. Snider, Brockville, in the form of a double wedding, The brides were the two daughters of that lady, Wiss Fmilv was united in marriage to Thomas F. Howard, a povhlar resi dent of Ottawa, and Miss Nellie F. to William H. Kearney, a well known re- ident of Renfrew. Ross To Prohibitionists. Premier to deputation : "Whe ther my majority in the house is large or small, it must he maintained intact, and my duty as head of a responsible government is to consult the majority, and that will he done at the earliest opportunity when the house meets. Then I will see how for the members are in sympathy with the force of the vote taken and how far they will act upon it T hope we will agree upon some course satisfactory to vou, so that we will have legislation to meet with the wishes of the majority of the people. I do not want to have. you think that we play fast and loose with this or any other question. We have not played fast or loose with-it; have acted in all sincerity within the constitutional rights of the provinee constitutional limitations, and while some of von have not approved of our course, still we believe we have the confidence of the people in the mat ter. We hope for legislation when, the house meets, and we trust that that legislation will meet with the appro: val and confidence of the country." Died Of Appendicitis. Desert Lake, Jan. 13.--~Many, il with grippe., are recovering, Mizz M Pomeroy, Bell Rock, has heen re-en gaged as teacher, and Mise T. Coult er, Mountain Grove, for school No. 10, Many attended the funeral of William Freeman om Saturday. Deceased was the son of T. Freeman, of this place. Death was caused by appendicitis, He was taken to Kingston hospital for an peration, but never rallied from its shock. His body was interred in the cemetery here." Rev. J. Metcalf con ducted the funeral services, we an! The Gentlemen Get A Share. Williaws, Kneelands & Co., celebrat- od Boston make of genta box calf and enamelled leather hoot, sold every. where at 85. Now down to 34, at The Lockett Shoe 'Store sale. ea------ 20¢. Fresh Butter. 20c. 20c. rolls of choice butter; © or anges, 20c.; cooked ham, 233 fous sages, 124c. J. Crawford.' -------- Saturday. . Fo.morrow's sales will geke a big reduction in the choice of 'Lonelies." See advt. on front page. Jenking, . a------------ Evening Slippers. At cost at Abernethy's annual Janu ary sale. A ie tients Mee, (Rev.) C. E. Melotyre, Napa nee, a severe fall, fracturing a rib, She will be con to the house for some weeks. Gilbert offers 4 | It will cost in the ed manager of the Albion Iron Works, To Rl ee ------ Bovril Is the only essence of meat in all the beef. Extracts contan the Bovril contains all the muscle forming Fiber, too; giving it staying power, as well as stimula wo! properties, op Wel | Granby Rubbers The Rubber that has the largest sale in Canada, simply on account ofits goodness. mn Made fro (%... .) new rubber. - : "Granby Rubbers $e + Mile fron" STRAY PIL _ iM CURE All Forms of Kidney Trouble ! Backache to Bright's Disease. If you hi Backache, Si Scanty or Hi To Hered Urine ag syking veo With your Kidneys take ~ Doan's Kidney!Pill They 1 my haok, aver DN DBD THE Every Shoe in our big stock is marked in plain' figures --we have but one price to all and our buyer has no! superi- ® : in Canada. He has our shoes made specially for us by @ the best Canadian and Am ¢rican nianufacturers and' we pay @) them spot cash--(Mark th at point)y--consequently: 'nO fem @ on earth can purchase sho ¢s cheaper than we do. , \ 5 honestly believe that the firms who , are prepared to sell their goods at a reasonab le inside margin, 9 husiness and that is just asks for your patronage. t L privilege of taking 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT OFF our Best Shoes. This means that we are doing business. for the fun of it. But on Febrilary 1st, when we't ® our Annual Inventory, we can count up your money ® deal quicker than we can count up our shoes. oh. ® roagon ? That's why thiere | is never any old stock at _ Does i! 8 Sutherland's eee eee eee &8 a -- ® { ® ® a ® mos CHARCOA WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF VERY BEST HARDWOOD CHARCOAL 'AND WILL SELL IT! ANY QUANTITIES TO 'SUIT. F . ~~CHASERS,; «4 = : Special Prices 10' the MoKELV