fine Hazor for $1, all and aves, Trom 50c., to ought to see ovr made- Our All W 001] Mail, the city has not got what it : 'desired, and for the reason that the s from $3 upwards. friends than a Caput Pils & Ole. Apa, s _ Cedar Blocks, Hard Wood. Ready for use. . Cut or uncut, 8, ANGLIN & C0, 'A FIRST-CLASS D. FARM, CITY AWooh Bree. Baer nequalled t nent of B beautiful lot of perfumes, large and small packages, suitabls for ady or gentleman. No need to fear the perfume--it is of the tply of Evy Gots ls Miso Unequal, | +O pul In case of errors or omissions in legal other advertisements, the ot hold himself liable col ns at's P otherw| Limited, WARD SYSTEM AGAIN. disposed, naturally enough, to especi- ally 'serve the districts which elected cause for complaint the legislature Pair of Pants was asked to amend . the Municipal al vote. And yet, according' to the amendment to the law provides for cumulative voting. neutralizes the benefit of the voting A £ -- WLAND BROS. | That." says the Mail, "pretty well A in a given populous ward. Outside of his own ward he may not be well known, or may be unfavorably known. 'pull' in that ward he need not des- control. When he was aldermanic can- didate Ke had to canVies each man a task to canvass each man now for the four controllers' votes that be- sufficiency of votes in his own ward the board, of course, he would feel vielded him the winning vote, * * * * up, not of the delegates of localities or of classes, but of representatiNes of the citizens as an undivided dy. voting after the first election." cil than for a section of it. The pro respe:t. a larger power than the own ers determine, ---- : ANALYZING THE PROPOSALS. | Prof. Shortt, before the Canadian 3 | Club, in Toronto, expressed a some- what unsavory estimate of Mr. 2 | Chamberlain. The leader of debate in England is a very clever man, and es- ainty Perfumes 3 | pecially clever in his persuasive 8 is ersion of the mind. [Tt cannot be restrained in' its develop: ment along industrial as well as agri- | cultural lines. He cannot see, as the Whig has said it cannot sce, how lo- cal conditions are to be altered so as TO BE THE COMMISSIONER pressed The British workmen in work or the Driti business by the Canadian market un- and | Jess Canada is allowed to develop it nit" natural way." "Incidentally the professor deals with the proposed tax on grains, Chamberlain says partment has been advised that the | Sheba, who had learned of his wis- Summerside," where she was coaling | him with bard questions. and taking on supplies yesterday pre- | The material development of the paratory to taking up her position off | kingdom under Solomon is simply the Lurcher shoals. marvelous when we remember that it will not affect the cost of food materially. Some of his friends say 'the consumer will not "The foreigner might pay "all the duty," said Mr. Shortt, "in which cade the price would not he raised and Canadian grain raisers 'would not profit. 1f the British duty Canada might benefit." French and German consum- | ers paid the bulk of the duty on the goods they imported. Moreover, Can: adian grain was, used for mixing with inferior grains, and if reduced in Bri- tain to the grade of ordinary grain, because of its common use, it would appointing J. F. Fraser, engineer-in- | had been past hardly a hundred charge aids to navigation Montreal years. Besides the building and forti- Kingston, to be commissioner of lights | fying of a great many cities, and the for the dominion. Mr, Fraser will [providing of a fine water supply sys- have charge of the operation and [tem for Jerusalem. Solomon develop- maintenance of the aids to navigation | ed a large foreign . commerce. Great and of the installation of 'all illumin- | caravans on the land and a fleet of ating apparatus. The construction | merchants' ships on the sea were con- work of the department will be cai- | stantly pouring the riches of the rizd out as heretofore by the chief en- | world into the royal treasury. giveer's branch. Sheba (or Saba) was in the south: of a contract the ad- I conse and" that porto te al rw for casual advertise sible publisher will not be respon: y n . All advertise a Sone oro to the approval of the Lrecent meeting decided to co-operate | Sea. Coins and many important - in- bi with the Canadian Association for the scriptions have recently been discover- Prevention of Tuberculosis in estab- | ed there. This kingdom was wealthy lishing a home in the neighborhood of | 4nd already ancient Ottawa, where consumptive patients day. Various references in the Old wil be treated. Testament show that the Sabaeans 1 pub. for urther than tue amount re ; him for advertisement. PEERLY BRITISH WHIG. 1a : ublished every a Year, if paid .50 per year. one of the rapid, #ty- e improved has been passed appointing Benjamin d perfumes. Concerning Russell, B.C. MD on Bante, NS and perfun Concerning the name of chief justice of Nova Scotia ih the place of Chief Justice Macdonald, superannuated, under the act of last-| jng'catch questions, riddles, etc. kind session on account of old age. Finally Mr. Shortt dealt with the the manufacturers, be raised against the United States. The great success i lav in their development of the country's national resources, and the more this policy was continued the greater the prosperity. The doctrine is sound that business safely buttressed by tariffs or support- od by tariff proofs, Sooner or later it is bound to collapge, and, besides, it invites more serious competition, and a competition that is destructive in its recent demand of THE DAILY WHIG. "4 Opifer per Orbem Dicor.' re -- OBSERVATIONS. of playing with riddles and intellectu- al puzzles, and by these this illustri- Hungry For War. ous visitor tested the wisdom of Sol- London Advertiser, omon, who readily solved all her h but .the government appears to have | an account of them. She had dressed «Toronto has had an experience wit ! the ward system. and an experience which ix not satisfactory. Its board of control has represented the city, and yet the Mail alleges that it has been given occasionally to irritating ward discriminations. The controllers were no stomach for it. we are told, five hundred hoys as girls -- and five hundred girls as boys, and Varying The Remark. collected one thousand carpets 'of gold Toronto Star and silver tissue, a crown adorned instead of saying "Christmas box on | great quantity of perfumes. All these 3 i you," "they say 'Ballot box on you." | were sent to Jerusalem, with them a There are some who will say with |* v Foster that Mr. Chamberlain is in dead earnest in his campaign and when the times comes he will get down to details and work out the problem of the hour satisfactorily. Perhaps he can. But there are Hamilton Times, box. Her envoy returning immigrants left New York | he wete really a prophet, he could tell in the steerage for Europe. The Ding: | which were boys and ley tariff does not make the working: | the train of he men happy. the contents of the box, pierce, the them. To get rid of that feeling and Act zo that the controllers could be lected, like the mayor, by the gener. the agitation of the day to provoke Montreal Herald Trade, imperialism, colon 3 the other night used limelight to throw | statistics on a screen before his audi ence. This, however, is not the first time he has thrown light on the fiscal situation in Canada. may be stimulated by tarifis but not controlled by them. EDITORIAL VIEWS. In the increase of {rade during the seven years Canada leads world. Is a liberal entitled to some of the credit ? ob large requirement. Take candidate Publick Observer. stated that the debt on Ontario -is in- creasing at the rate of a couple of thousand dollars a day----we are afraid 3 ; that Mr. Dunlop is getting the Ontar- let he filled with water gathered from io finances mixed up with his own. current news that company cannot raise its rates without the consent of governor-in-council, law ought to apply in Kingston. If, however, he has a good strong pair of being elected to: the board of of the appointment of J, A, Good- earle as assistant general manager of these thy serv : oP 3 . $ y servants, which stand con- . the Thousand Island and St. Law- tinually hefore thee, and that hear : rence River Steamboat companies. | po. wisdom." on Mr. Goodearle has had an experience "Blessed be the Lord thy God ® of over twenty vears in the transpor- | hich delighted in . Alva tation business. He was first in the local freight office of the G.T.R. com- pany, under the late Robert Thom- made He thee ki . 2 A 3 20 shale 100 son, and he sold the first tickets is- made He thee king, to do Judgnient Xide width, value 20c., on sale for 0c Also 24 only Kid Body Dolls, marked keenness, made a wretched failure of | 81, to-night 69c., for but one vote. It is nearly easy 2 i is nearly ss eany | The conservative papers in Toronto trial, They expected a political. sensa- tion, they predicted it, and it has not come to pass. What a disappointment! dong to him. Let the candidate be persuasive enough and he may get a to put him in one of the four leading The man who differs with the masses places. At worst ho has but to make hiiiself "the favorite of two wards. In sued from the city passenger office when it 'was first opened here. Eigh- teen years ago, he was appointed to the ticket and freight department of Folgers' office, and has continued there ever since. No more capable or obliging official could be found in any railway or steamboat office, than Mr, Goodearle, whose appointnient as as- sistant to thy general manaser, How- ard 8. Folger, will be learned with pleasure 'by his wide circle of friends here and among the tourists who con- stantly come this way, who will. be glad of his decision to remain here, since he had good offers to go to Tor- onto and Winnipeg. Shortt has been dubbed by the Mail because he has his bound to. fight for the territory that | own idéas on the Chamberlain The city's executive should be made There are a great many things King- ston wants more than one permanent auditor, but there is nothing There should be no more cumulatye | Persistent candidate for the office This reasoning will have some in fluence here where the abolition of the ® | ward systom is under consideration. The latest objection to the general vote is that it will take some time for an ebetor to mark a ballot for twen- ty-one aldermen. Suppose it does, There is room in all polling divisions for two men to vote at one time, in opposite corners of the room, and the average elector wi'l appreciate the privilege of voting for the whole coun- and province, it is said, have one permanent auditor each. Yes, and they have auditing departments and a host of auditors. There is simply one No. 217, C.O.C.F., these officers were head to each department. ; elected : C.C., James Daly, P.C.; V.C., John McKeown; recorder, I. Staley. treasurer, Mrs. DD. Staley; marshall, Him ? opened Your heart to W. Driscoll; prelate, Mrs. J. Daly; warden, Mrs. C, Cushion; guard, John ni wig Daly; trustees, M. Kom: a. Sipe cerning Him is more than true. "T he The Hamilton Spectator is impressed with the thought that Canada jmports a hundred millions of dollars of manufactured goods" J. Garrigan; medical examiner, Robert x the United States, i Han council, James Daly, D. Staley. A pe. | 70° than 1% given to Him. Have you solution, expressing syiipaihy wich given, m yourself and all that you Mrs. Cushion in the death of her | 12Y¢" 3 All manufactured ? perty owners will not have so many votes, says another. He will have vote for every eligible candidate, in his opinion. He wil not have, in this not covered by the one estimate ? Renfrew should defeat the government er of less property, but he will. not lyse anything by that. Councils do not add to the debt. of the city by public giits or bonuses. These things ange. Apply | are referred to the property owners, ringess street. | in special by laws, and they are car ried or rejected as the property own daughter, was passed. The council is en in a flourishing and satisfactory con: Why Catarrh Poisons The System. dition, The catarrhal germ excites inflam- ---------- mation. offensive secretions are thrown Couneil Tidings. off and pass into the cireulation, con- terminus at North Bay in place of Mattawa. We thought the railway was built for the develop ment of New Ontario and not the Ot at four o'dock this Herneon iy wreck the whole body. Every catarrh elect returning officers for the forth- | coming municipal elections. There Catarrhozone, the surest cure for every was not any other business slated for , i congideratlo, tarrhozone can't fail to c The abolition of the canal tolls did the sixteen million morrow afternoon for the last time the cause of the trouble. Then, it this year. The most important item 1 voli ou, of business will be the naming of a | 20d relieves the stuffed up condition successor to John Wright. bushels of grain William and Port Arthur fully fifteen millions went to, Europe Lawrence route. The steamboat say they did not that is another matter. mittee will meat for the last time this | 201° Which is guaranteed. Use only year. The request of the Fair Asso. | COtarrhozone. Complete outfit, 81; ciation for a grant of $500 will come | (ial size, 2c. up for consideration. speeches, but he is shifty in his plans, and he cannot, as Mr. Shortt declar- od, be pinned down to details. Men are divided in their admiration of Mr. Chamberlain and their doubt regard- ing his proposals. Some of them ap- plaud him as he appeals for the sup+ port of scheme which means the con. solidation of the empire, and some question the genuineness of his pro- ceedings and look at them as a div; meily one of the proprietors of the | table choose "Clark's Lunch Tongue." Quinte hotel, Picton, occurred on Mon | It is sure of a wel:ome at the table. day after an illness of a comparative. ly short duration. He was well-known Mrs. Joseph Holstein, twenty-five to the citizens of Picton. Deceased | Years old, dropped dead of heart fail- was in the forty-third year of his | ure in Syracuse, N.Y. in an office age. where she worked. She had been mar- know what so many politicians Renfrew ? They are There is a goodly sprinkling of conservatives, and some have been heard Standard should inquire. tage, Peterboro, who conducted ser. | the office: to help familiarize her suc- vice at St. Mary Magdalene's church, | cofsor with the work. and at the Parish house, Picton, last | Say, Tom, 1904 is leap vear & * if Sunday, has accepted a call to the |/U& IR 2B made I. [ want U 2 parish. prowize me U will allow me 2 buy For such pretty red feit slippers for ladies, misses or children, at The Loc- kett Shoe Store. Mr. Shortt does not criticise Mr. Chamberlain's motives, but (as a stu. dent of political methods and politi- cal othics, he cannot agree 'with his contentions. He does not gee that reform candidate will be held in Pic- | His teas and coffee and all his sup- Walnut maple gream, 15c. ton on or about 7th of January. plies R bevond compare. Walnut cream chocolate, 15¢. Peanut cream, 15¢. Almond banbons, 5c. Chocolate caramels, 15c. 'Cocoanut bon-bons, passenger station at Carleton Place in | meeting to consider the reply of Rus 1904, bert's. NEW APPOINTEE| ~~ =vwax sromes. The Queen of Sheba Was Much Im- The International Sunday #ehoo] "LIGHTS. lesson for December 20th is found in or u 1 Kings x, 1-10.--The Zolden text is Proverbs xxix. 2. The last lesson was The New Lightship Lurcher Has on the building and dedication of the Reached Summerside--To Erect temple, one of a series of fine build- a Home For Consumptives. ings erected Ly Solomon. To-day is Ottawa, Dec. 16.--~The marine de-. | discussed a visit from the Queen of -- new lightship Lurcher has reached dom and greatness, and came to test An _order-in-council has been passed | the disorganized period of the judges The Ottawa Humane Society at a | western corner of Arabia on the Red in Solomon's It is stated that an order-in-council | ware exporters of gold, precious stones Jehovah: Solomon's fame rested quite largely on his temple building. Came to prove him: Or test him with puzzl- of wisdom that is greatly admired in Orientals. They have always been fond The Japanese Diet is hungry for war | questions. Legend has been busy with The report is that in North Renfrew, | with pearls and diamonds and a --- single pearl a diamond cut through in No Use For Them. zigzags and a crystal goblet in a : ought also a letter In the week just ended about 10,000 | to Solomon, which intimated that, if which girls in r ambassadors, guess -- : pearl, thread the diamond and fill the Turning On The Light. goblet with water which came neither 5 from carth nor heaven. The king Sir Richard Cartwright in Toronto | the contents of the letter, br told opened; distinguished the boys from the girls as they washed their hands--the boys only dipping their hands in the water, the girls tucking Ae " vw thie Seve to their shoulders, 4 - . and washing their arms as well ; hy Getting Things Mixed. the help of a magic stone he drilled 5 hole through the pearl at once, and he threaded the diamond by making a worm pass through it with a 'ine thread in its mouth. The crystal gob- Mr. Dunlop in his public spéeches the sweat of a wild horse ridden furi. ously over the plain. A Popular Appointment. The Queen of Sheba was wonderful- A ly impressed with all she The announcement is ade to-day Rr exclaimed : aw au "Happy are they men, happy ares thee, to st thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore and justice." Solomon, with all his intellectual life in the end, because he did not re- sist the temptations of riches and luxury. The historian is careful to impress us with the fact that he did not fall without repeated warnings, such as this vision gave him. The choice of life or death is set before king and poor man alike, Each one may freely choose his way, '"'but walking in that way he must receive that to which the way leads." The lesson teaches : "A greater than Solomon is here." Have you come to him in order to profit by his wisdom ? 2. This greater than Solomon can answer all vour hard questions, Have you taken them to Him ? ve 3 He invites You to communce C with Him of all that is in your heart, Have vou fully Chosen Friends' Officers. At a meeting last evening of Council 4. All that has been told you con- half has never been told." 5. He always gives a great deal ).; representatives to grand The city council was called to meet | 2Minating the river of life and thus victim should use fragrant healing type of catarrh yet di vered. (a- : t « ure, because The board of works will meet to. | it8 vapor kills the germs and removes soothes and heals, stops the cough of the nose and throat. Tens of thou. Friday night the civic fiance com sands have heen cured by Catarrho- When In Doubt Get " Clark's." The death of George M.. Empey, for When in doubt What to get for the It is understood that Rev. Mr. Armi. | ried only one week and returned to The convention for the selection of a | what we 8 from Gilbert; the grocer. The C.P.R. proposes building a new The senior statesmen of Japan are sia to the Japanese pr We believe we have the BEST $10 OVERCOAT in Canada. We believe we have the BEST $12.50 OVERCOAT in Canada. We believe we have the BEST $15 OVERCOAT 'in Canada, Come in and see if you don't believe as we do. P. S. Dundonald Suits, $10, $12, $15. THE H. D. BIBBY GO. Cash and One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall. all Silk Taffeta Ribhon, 50 only Rag Dolls, marked 23¢. and 35¢., to-night 15c. 100 lbs. Imported Candy Jellies ou b. Thursday Specials on Wrist Bags, Calendars, Perfumes, Fancy Cases, China, of all kinds, All our Iron Toys at half price. Toys, Books for children, 3c. to We are headquarters Tree Supplies, with goods for both »ld A big special in Men's Gold Plat.l and without Fobs, regular 50c. chain on We are having great sales on Hand kerchiefs, the lace edge % a Great value in Parlor Lamps aud for ladies at 10c. being big value. ------------ WOODS' THE BUSY STORE. HOCKEY BOOTS The Geo. A. Slater Invictus Hockey Boot Is the best in Canada. FAIR 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. The Sawyer Telephone 159. I ---- Shoe Store \ A Musical Prodigy. Parig, Dec. 15.--Renee Billiard, rl of thirteen, has just. se cured the first place in a higher violin examination at the Paris conservatory beating 180 older competitors. Her fa- ave her a violin on her birthday, and her wonderful aptitude immediately became apparent. At the t the second violin aux conservatory, Was Not Her Own. Cleteland Plain Dealer *"I'hat woman in fron J me from seeing the stage. y "Well, that's too bad! I don't « can be done about it. pose she has the right to pile her hair as high as she likes." "Oh, I woulfin't raise a word of ~ob- jection if it was her Rair--but it lis ther nt. And the lady in the front seat heard every word of this. To get them now--chocolate bon- T Smith's érack: 8 's, A very acceptable gift, . pan. a gs or all a 8 crackers at Yerguson's vorlin - Tray a bottle of { hons.- almond and m Evening or other dresses made for 3 if order is placed mow at 15¢. Ib. Crawford's. Fur or other jackets to order layer raising, 25c., at Gil: | Pure geld salad dressing, 10c. pack- ) age, at Gilbert's. » : teacy's. : Holiday stationery. 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