About one-half of thejr regular 8 Tams and Hoods. You will hots a fal, "Hitherto," says a contemporary, authorities have had posters." when it gives a glamour to erime. Jeity by a special by-law. it is supposed to have gone into ef- fect, offensive pictures have been put upon the outer walls, some of them in | places where they have been teaching very unacceptible lessons. '1 Kingston is sometimes reproached for its indecision, but it is not the fault of the mayor and council, but of those who have to do with the admin. istration of the laws. NOT A PAYING VENTURE, The report of the United States gov- ernment on the rural mail delivery is not at all enticing. The valué of stamps borne in the mails collected during the six months of this year was $080,000, and the pay of the carriers was $4,500,000, In other words the cancellation of stamps per month was $11.32, and the average pay of the carriers for the same period was $49. 98, "So that it is fair to say." ob- serves a critic, "that a fifty dollar man is doing a fifteen dollar business, It is the way it would be looked at by the commercial world." The lesfon is impressive for those who in Canada are hot for a rural mail delivery. Our population is too sparse to warrant even the experiment being tried for the time being. It would be a very costly proceeding and add enormously to the expenditure of the postal department, Hon. Mr, Mulock has laboured for years to give the people a cheaper pos- tal service without loss, and now that he has succeeded so well, that he has managed to balance his accounts, he will reflect before he indulges in any- thing so extravagant as a free rural mail delivery. NEW BILL SUGGESTED. The assessment law will be amend- ed, but not according to the bill which has been before the legislature and a special committee of it. Months ago this bill was discussed in detail, by deputation after deputation, and when, eventually, it went over for fur- ther consideration there seemed to be nothing to do but give it a touching up and refer it to the legislature for adoption. Practically, and as a result of the recent discussion by men and corpor- ate bodies, the bill is to be abandon: ed and a new one formed so as to give expression to the mind and ex- perience of municipal experts. The new measure, as outlined by Hon. J. M. Gibson, will provide for taxation from three sources, real estate, busi ness assessment, and income. "This," says the Globe, "leaves out of account the old personalty tax, the proposed new house tax, which was condemned as having a bad name; and not being desicable to any great extent, and for the franchise tax, which the new bill called for, there will probably he a tax on the gross revenue of the cor: porations which it would have affect telephone company at the general rate at so much per mile in rural districts. In the cities their real estate and a percentage of their gross income would be the only basis of assessment. The exemption of machinery in general was favored by many, but it was re- cognized that there were difficulties in the way of carrying that out." The business tax will probably be 2 | on a sliding scale, and be adapted to | the stock and trade of the parties ef- fected. The scale submitted by the assessment department of Toronto worked out so well that the estima- ted revenue from it varied little from the revenue derived from the present personalty tax, which is generally ob- jected to. The railways, (street and team), will be made to contribute = municpalities and the province. The marked change in public sentiment on farmers. They have been educated up been taxed heavier than the 'great Which the legis- ed, and in a way of taken notice. The local dature has 'a we indecent The amendment covers the objectionable literature The suppression or seizure will occur treal and Toronto, where the printing material of the theatrical : pa usually enters Canada. But | it escapes detection at these | places 7 Jt cannot be used, and its "| display has been prohibited in this Of course it is possible to defy fe municipal officials. Since the by-law referred to has been passed, and since school rates. It is said that 50,000 the exactions of the They. are for fight. London Advertise: have to depend upon the ravens. Ottawa Journal, it Mr a competent Canadian delegation will have to be sent over to lynch hinw Montreal Herald, prospect of a ten storey building. The place is rapidly getting over being a village, Toronto World. try a scrimmage with each other in the St. with Mr, Tarte on the touch line, the game will be worth attending. Montreal Gazette. story that if the conservatives are re- turned to mentary elections a new Manitoba re. medial bill will Jrossd into law. Toronto Telegram, run in West Hamilton, poet remarked : Offered The Liberal Candidacy in noon a report got about that a rail way accident had occurred in the cut east of the town, and that four men ed to be false. tween two freights, west bound, and the caboose and were derailed, but was injured, although two men in the caboose at the time of the ac- cident, they escaped without a scratch. The cause of the freight was following the other pretty down the grade; the mail train east was delayed a od, Another idea was to assess the clear to accept should he decide not to accept, the day for Rochester, being called to the Awful Experience With Heart Dis- larger sum to the revenues of -the this question is largely due to the all solid leather, no shoddy, can be to the point of seeing that they have | got for $1.25, at The Lockett shoe store. corporations, and they have protest- running well with the party. bureau's there was a panic in the cotton mar- ket and fortunes were made and lost. The experience was without a paral- Jel. Mitchell, of the Miners' Union, ad- vises the Colorado men to strike until they get better pay, better hours and better conditions, The men must be pretty badly off when they require this advice. Hon. Mr. Prefontaine and Mr. Tarte as opponents in 8t. Mary's division of Montreal, would make an election for the gods. Mr. Tarte has been in- viting a hot time, and he is likely to get this to his taste. The Mail's correspondent expects the conservatives to carry all the divi- sions of Montreal in the next elec- tion. With Dr. Roddick out of the contest it is doubtful if they will car- ry any division. Seven thousand Free Churchmen have appeared before the magistrates of England for refusing to pay their people will suffer distraint and im- prisonment before they will submit to | which she drove to this city while pre- paring her trousseau, Education Act. OBSERVATIONS, The Last Resort. Tr. lijah (the Third) Dowie may yet Hamar In Danger, . Hamar Greenwood keeps on, Putting On Airs, Toronto is feeling haughty over the Sight For The Gods. If Mr. Bergeron and Mr. Prefontaine James division of Montreal The Canard Again, Some newspapers are printing a ower at the coming parlia- be introduced and Some enemy must ave originated such a report, Barker Cuts Loose. Hooray ! Sam Barker, M.P., is to of whom the Sam held the banner upward From trailing in the dust, Ho -eut loose on monopoly, And cussed; "and cussed, and cusFed, DR. J. P. VROOMAN. Lennox. Napanee, Dec, 7.---On Saturday after: were killed. This was quickly disgover- A rear ond collision had becurred about twelve o'clock be- two other coaches fortunately no one were accident was one close and the first slowed up coming following train could not be got under control and the accident was the outcome. The short time, At the liberal convention, held Sat- urday afternoon, to nominate a can- didate for the Dominion house, the unanimous choice was Dr. J. P. Vroo- man. The doctor did not see his way at the time, and, matter was left in the hands of six re- presentative gentlemen to nominate a candidate, at a later date. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Huff left yester- bedside of their daughter, Edith, who lies critically ill of typhoid fever at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. A Bartlett. sn ease. L. J. Law, Toronto, Can., writes: "I was so sorely troubled with heart disease that 1 was unable for eigh- teen months to lie down in bed lest I smother, After taking one dose of Dr. Agnew's Heart Cure, 1 retired and slept soundly. I used one bottle and the trouble has not returned." Sold > Henry Wade and H. B. Taylor.-- 5S ------------------ Recommended. Good, solid lace hoots for women. Handkerchief and glove boxes filled with Cadbury's chocolates, at Fergu- son's. ; mess of the business. Things are not -- Five minutes after the issue of the report on. the cotton crop rheumatism, were red and swollen, she suffered: con- siderable pain degrees. symptoms but the fever subsided. She, turn of her original symptoms. When whelming. The health tined her father's residence and its Wound Up a Spree By Shooting At Stratford, Endorses Chamber- ential trade with the empire, and urg- er Away Than the Memoranda Showed, ' Alaskan Boundary Commis- sion. Toronto, from Vancouver says it has heen dis- covered that the two small islands United States receives by the' terms of the Alaskan boundary award, do not, after all, command Port Simpson har- bor. The despatch continues : "Instead of lying respectively two and three miles distant, as stated in the memor- anda before the boundary commis- sion, these islands of Sitklan and Kannaghunt, according to surveyors, who have just returned from Fort Simpson and who are engaged in the railway exploration work, are twenty and thirty miles distant, and there fore, would not by any means com- , as previously announced the new Pacific port. It is stated that the error of distance arose through a mis- take in typing the commission memo- randa. 'twenty and thirty' miles distant being copied 'two or three' miles, The despatch adds that Lord Dundonald, the general commanding the Canadian militia, who is now on the Pacific coast will report as to the military value of Sitklan and Kanna- ghunt, as well as the stragetic quali- ties from the British standpoint of Port Simpson and all the other pros- pective terminal sites for the Grand Trunk Pacific line." er ------ BRIDE DIES OF GLANDERS. Contracted Dread Disease From Pet Horse. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 7.--Mrs. Richard F. Mueller, bride of a week, died of glanders, Friday night. She caught the dread disease, always fa- tal to humans, from her pet horse, Mrs, Mueller was Emma Reichell, daughter of Frederick Reichell, who lives near Bridgeport. Whenever she drove to town s herself harnessed, unharneSsed and tended her horse, which lately showed unmistakable signs of glanders. About the middle of last month she drove here to buy garments she needed for her wedding outfit. On November 21st she fell ill. Dr. A. A. Holmes was summoned, and found his patient suffering from acute i apparently, Her joints and her temperature ran up to the dangerous point, 104 Dr. Holmes treated her for matism, and in four rheu- days all her her affianced, every one, believed she would soon recover, and she was married to Mr. Mueller in her father's house on Thanksgiving day. Friday night she died after a "re her young husband learned there was no hope for her his grief was over- officer quaran- inmates. ---------- A COLORED BARBER. Employee. Hamilton, Dec. 7.--Frank Johnson, a colored barber, wound up a Spree shortly before midnight on Saturday, by shooting Nathaniel Moore, also col- ored, who was employed in his shop. Johnson 'accused Moore of cheating him out of some money, and drawing a revolver opened fire on his employee, a bullet taking effect in Moore's neck, and going through his shoulder. He then fired two shots at William How- ard, another employee, but fortunate- ly both shots went wide. Johnson then attempted to take his own life. He first shot himself in the head, and a second grazed his shoulder. Johnson and Moore are now at the city hospi- tal, where Moore's condition is regard- ed as serious. Johnson is forty years old, and has a wife and family. Moore is aged fifty, BOARD OF TRADE. lain Policy. Stratiord, Ont., Dec. 7.--The board of trade at a meeting called to discuss imperial trade, passed a resolution en- dorsing Joseph Chamberlain's prefer- ing that such preferential trade should be voluntary, and not bound by any formal agreement; that each indepen dent government should consider first the claims of its own people, and be free to change or amend irom time to time, as might be deemed necessary. A copy (of the refolution was ordered to be sent to the late colonial secretary, and the premier. t Steamer Frozen In, Montreal, Dec. 7.~The steamer Bothnia, coal-laden, under charter by the Ogdensburg Coal company, is fast in the ice at the entrance to the La- chine canal. Steam is being kept up, in the hopes of releasing her should the weather break; otherwise she woild have to remain there until the spring. Other crait have been caught and released again at different points. It is reported that all of the Canada Atlantic railway barges have reached Kingston, and are now safely housed for the winter. At the present time the harbor commissioners are storing away the last of their canal craft, and in spite of the ice which has formed inside the guard pier, the tugs manage to make their way along without a great deal of trouble. ------ , Christmas Slippers. Every style and price at Aber nethy's. -------- Robert Leslie, thirty years old, a stowaway in the hold of the British freighter Rappahannock, was there without food or drink for fourteen days, and dropped in weight from 140 to sixty pounds. Our display of ladies Xmas gifts is second to none im Kingston. Tay- Which was Before the Dec. 7.--A Globe special outlying Wales and Pearce, which the Niagara-on-the-Lake by city reported that 325,000 neither light nor ventilation. sistants, ~ GLENS This is a very good desi low in making a house frock. an informal occasion. made of some pale loose woven fabric. A pale dull blue would look very well; gray, biscuit color, or even ing to the figure. lace in rather cream colored. The pce diamonds should be of the same lace. The Lut- tons should correspond with the col- or of the ffock--rhinestone; if pale blue; cnt steel, skirt is seven-gored, with a circular stitching. There is a stitched strap down each seam, ending with a but- ton. The high cuffs are of the all-over lace. PITH OF THE NEWS, The Very Latest News Culled From All Over The World. Mrs, Clemess, wife of "Mark Twain" is very ill in Florence, Italy. Another issue of bogus Globes is said to be in preparation in Mont- real. Thaddeus A. Nealey, inventor of the adjustable roller skate, is dead at Muncie, Ind. In deference to French ties the name of changed to Cabak. Frederick Bush committed suicide at opening an susceptibili- Fashoda has been artery in his arm. * A bush fire is raging in California in which over five million feet of lum- ber has been destroyed. August Kent, Oswego, a painter, was badly burned by the explosion of a can of benzine while at work. It is reported that Archbishop Far- ley, of New York, may be made a cardinal at the next consistory, Herbert Spencer, the noted author, who has been ill for some time, is in a critical condition. He is eighty-four years old. Some 10,000 Mexican cigars sfugel- ed into the United States by the crew of the cruiser New York have been confiscated. T. B. McNaughton, manager of the Merchants Bank at Tilbury, commit- ted suicide by shooting himself through the heart. Paul O'Connor, Oswego, had his arm and hand mangled by being caught in a belt at the Mohawk Manufacturing company there on Friday. Awful atrocities have beén commit- ted in the Congo under the '"'rubber regime." Slavery and barbarism in their most revolting forms, exist. The czar and czarina arrived at St. Petersburg, from : Shierniewice, Russi- an Poland, hér"majesty having conr pletely recovered her health. The tenement inspectors of New York they found over occupied rooms which have A male student was smuggled into a fancy dress party by a woman at the University of Michigan and as a result both have been dismissed. It is reported that the struggle against obstruction in the Hungarian parliament has at last been terminat- on terms satisfactory to all part- ies, The Robinson Bank of Randfontein was attacked bLy masked men, who, after gagging the manager and his as- secured $15,000. The robbers escaped. A strike of all the memBers of the Livery Drivers' Union in Chicago, is threatened. There are 16,000 drivers in the union. They want more pay and shorter 'hours, Joseph Smith, is at Virden, Il, with a family of twenty children all living. The cldest is a son thirty-two years old and the youngest also a son, eleven months old. One of the densest fogs on record is enveloping London, and the electric light system has failed in some dis- tricts. Buckingham Palace, and the whole of Pinlico were plunged in dark- ness. The typhoid fever epidemic at But ler, Pa.. is increasing. There were for- ty deaths yp to Friday morning. The greatest suffering 'is in the wretched homes of poor foreigners. Nurses are being sent from 'all sections of the country. The new building, erected at a cost of 81,185,000, by the First Church of Christ, Scientists, in New York City, has been declined as a gift by Rev. Mary Baker GG. Eddy, founder of Christian Science, and head of the faith. An edict just issued appoints Prince Ching the grand secretary; Yuan-Shik- Kai, the governor of Chili province, and a Manchu official to be a commit- tee to reorganize the armies of all the Chinese province on a national bas- is with similar arms, equipments and organization. A daughter of Mr. Mulligan of Pol- timore, died from appendicitie. She was operated upon by Dr. McComb a few days ago, who took from her ap- pendix no (less than twenty-four grains of partridge shot. At the time of the operation very little hope was lor's "the guality store." given of her recovery, not too dressy for a dinner frock for It should be | O@ colored cloth or black could be made irom this desicn. The large box plait hanging loose in the front is becom- The little square yoke is of .all-over a heavy mesh and if grav, ete. The flounce stitched on with thin rows of In our Stormy Winter Weather colds and chills are prevalent. When you feel a cold coming on a cup of steaming hot BOVRIL "At any time when you feel run down or out-of-sorts it is far better than stimulants It is as good as a meal when you're not feeling hungry--better than many Kinds of food when you are. 3 That's what you'll be if you buy your NEW SUIT OR OVERCOAT here. You'll take no chances for we sell Clothing for just what it is--ask only what it's worth--sell wool for: wool, cotton for cotton; have but one price, the same to everbody, and that price is marked in plain fi- gures 'The bashful boy can ob- tain the same value for his money here as the shrewd trader. We are proud of our good name. When you wish to buy, go to - some honorable firm--one that has earned a reputation for straight-forward dealing. We protect you from the possibility ot making a mistake by guarantee- ing a price as low as you can buy clothing of similar grade for any- where. If you are in need of a New Suit ask to see our DUNDONALD SUIT at $12.50, $15, and don't forget OUR CHAMBERLAIN OVERCOATS,, $12.50, $13 50, $15, $18. OUR WESTMINSTER, $10, $12.50, $13.50. OUR GROSVENUR, $7.50, $8, $9, $10, $12.50. THE H. D. BIBBY CO. Cash and One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall. $10, S12, Mute Hioe Hockey Boot HOCKEY BOOTS The Geo. A. Slater Invictus Hockey Boot Is the best in Canada. Price - = §3. Come and see it and you will say so. It is made of mule hide, oil tanned and waterproof. We have others at $2.50, $2, $1.50 and $1.25. 1 In ------ Shoe Store The Sawyer Telephone 159. A THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL MME E. ELDER MASSAGE AND DRESSMAKING Parlors. Capilli Forma produces new growth of hair at any age, prevents falling and gray hair, cures dandrufl Neuralgia and Eczema. Latest styles in Ladies Costumes, Tailor made suits Carriage and Evening Gowns, Shirt Waists ete. Prices moderate Elocu- tionary readings and recitations for church and parlor Entertainments (Scotch dialect a specialty), by E. Elder, 251 Princess street. Is Not Backward In Coming For- ward, Dublin, Dec. 5.--~The Freeman's Jour nal thinks the next session of parlia ment must be an Irish session, for the reason that no other kind of ses sion is possible, for the government. "Once again," it says, 'there is chaos in the British parties. The Irish na- tional party united and determined, | and knowing what they want, and how to get it, are absolute masters | of the situation. The government, | thereiore, must come to terms with | the Irish party, which want the la- | borers' bill, the university bill, and ! above all the home rule bill." CHRISTMAS BOX Style H., '* Coronation." Style F., ** Beautiful.' Circassian, ** Walnut." Style 1., *" Chamberlain." From now to Christmas we will give | special Bargains in Pianos! p-- | The ®* MENDELSSOHN " has no su- : hi erior. Call and see them at The Genuine Thing. (mae TO The genuine Shag proof 2S ie rub | THE Up- DATE MUSIC STORE bers, the won't crack kind, are sold | 286 Princess St., City. at The Lockett shoe store, one buckle, | mr two buckles and the leather top. + | Established 1890. 3 EE HT 0 The steamer LaTouraine, which sail-! Ww. F. DEVER & . ed from New York on Friday had 1,- | i by Rg 000 steerage passengers on board. She | 159 wan nSY , Kingston was obliged to leave 200 additional | a MANAGER. : passengers with tickets behind on the . dock, owing to want of accommoda-| I. @. BOGART, M.D., C.M, tion. { | FORMER HOUSE SUR- What 'you see _at Taylor's is the | geon of a General Hos very latest from New York, The qual- | pital. Office and residence, 138 Wel- ity stores | ington St., Kingston, heary Oppo: site Post Office). one 475, a EEE aan STORAGE, FOR FURNITURE dwellings, stores and.' om Canp's Ileal Estate Office, street. -- FINE STORE. 163 PR street, 'Possession Dec. 1st. tions to swit desirable tena sly to C. H." Powell, 10: Road, ARCHITECTS. Y P. SMITH, A ARC HENRY achor Bullding, Square, "Phone 245. & SON, ARCHITECT POWER 4 Bank Building, corn and Wellington streets. 'Pb i r------------------ '"HUR, BELLIS, ARCHITE( axl site of New Drill Hail, id Montreal ¢ per of Queen an WM. NEWLANDS, . ARCHITE( fice, second floor over Mahoo store, corner Princess and Si Entrance on Telephone ARK Bago WHEN YOU PA Your fuel bill are you satisfi you've got your money's worth We're not talking about short | no reliable 'dealer will cheat you But have you had the corteou ment that's due vou We give our orders prompt, ca tentiqu If vou want your fuel a certa or a certain day, you get it so Yhu know what you want--we vou no mere for th actory service. Command us R. Crawford, King Christma Presents Our Christmas trade has ') in earnest hy the number 'of chages we have stored for C mas delivery. Buy carly and have a c¢ These are few suggestions :-- Children's 3-piece Toy Red or Blue; Children's Chairs; Children's Rockers; na Closets, Sideboard, Jard Screens and Easels. 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