Fok of Wellington The Leading Lat Auctioneer. be able to say just the is do- a line of correctly ing Thermometers iE DAILY WHIG. © REALISM IN PRACTICE. Pictures were printed of the school in 4 : dich "wag "burned -some {time ago. In these. pictures the 3 scholars were~ shown' to be: steadily ng down the stairs amid the smoke, and instinctively the exclama- {tion of the beholder was, "Bravo." Put it seems that. thy children were treined to pass through smoke. There 'were in that particular school "smoke drills."" That is, at different times, and when least expected, ths smoke would pour through the registers and fill the halls and rooms. Then the alarm was sounded and the evacuation took place. "Thus, as a matter of fact) the scholars filed out of the building on this. particular day all unconscious of the fact that there was actually g fire. | Réalism is the thing to be desired, Can it be had without the smoke drill ? Can theto be an embrgent an orderly dismissal of a school, amid smoke, cid' without some little ex: pericnce in its offects ¥ ---- THE REST WILL COME. Tho clecing remarks of Mr. Ross, in the legislature, in reply to Mr. Whit- ney's opening attack, were particular- ly sharp, -M#, Whitney had. been leav ing the impressisn that the business of the house would be faci'itated with his consent on certaiy conditions. He kad Leen tery boastful of what he could or would do, 'and Mr. Ross deemed it prudent to remind him that he bad been a long time in the ser- vice ol his party without accomplish- ing 'much. Said the premier :- _ "My honorable friend, has heen long and has failed to come®ite t haven of refuge which he has so 1s tought. He has a crew that are, 1s Jjpose, as anxious to reach the haven as Le is himself. Not- *| withstand the Saprain's efforts, she is still in troug of the sea. She is watsrlogged. (Cheers.) The car; whe canies. brought her below the water line by two or three feet more or los {Renewed cheers.) The crew are always mutinous against cap- tain. Some day the ship will be scut- tled the ship wil go down; the wave of indignation which the angry storms roll will overwhelm them. (Ap- y ) Then there will be 'peace in province - of - Ontario. -this lormy petrel that goes out to con: tit with 'his stock of vitupera- tion and brings to them some lieu- Senaiits hat are not too much ap- precited" by some of his followers, this stormy petrel will have a rest, ond the house will meet in its usual wav, will vote supplies, will pass legislation, will be prorogued by the lieutenant - governor, as ordinary houses are perly . prorogued, and | the honorable 'gentleman will not find that: wave of indignation which he claims has rolled over our vessel." Patl'aments come and padiaments go end Mr. Whitney seems to be®ver in the same place. He has long (#een in the fight, sometimes hopeful, sgane- timed mbt so hopeful, and ever and always the unsuccessful leader. = The mah must be weary of it all. He must be desirous of rest, and he will probably have it before Mr. Rosy for whose government he has so little ve. gard. PRIZE RING TACTICS. The Toronto Telegram is very se- vere upon Mr, Whitney and his sup- porters. Tt expected a red-hot time when the legislature met. The opposi- JOHN H, MILLS tion was supposed to be in firhting trim, and the Telegram looked for a battle royal as moon #3 the parties met and faced each other. Three times the occasion came and went and no wen was hurt, Hear the Telegram : "An opposition with unequalled tri- v wphs to ire it, with cruel wrongs to ¢xpose, should have gone at the Ontario government hammer and tongs as soon as the house could have been cleared after the opening formali- ties of the session. "The solemnities of five o'clock tea politics should not have restrained Mr. Whitney from delivering an at- tack in his own way and on lines of his own choecsing the minute that the rules permitted the attack to be op- ened, "But My. Whitney permitted the gov- ernment to escape him the first day. And Monday the opposition was as tame and its leader as submissive as if the government had thirty-five ma- jority at its back. "Ontario wants sincerity in its poli tics. The brave words of the obposi- ton leader on the platform and the tame actions of the opposition in the legislature form a strengthening and nutritious food for the Ontario gov- ernment. "On Thursday' Mr. Whitney initiat- ed the French Guards in .his 'Gentle- men, you fire fist' attitude towards the government, which he should have taken by the throat at tho first op- portunity. On Friday the onposition and the government were like "Al phonse and Gaston.' d "Opposition stvle of warfare con- sists, mainly in frontal attacks, full of "sound and furvy signifving noth- ine. The opposition should learn to ficht on sround of its own choosine, and should once and for all ston suit: Jing its plans of hattle to the convehi- onde of YW. 1 "the Telegram, is warfanted in this , THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. to say, "I am not in it." : S-------- REAL GOOD APPOINTMENTS. The railway commission has been formed, and Its chairman is Hon. Mr. Blair, by (far the ablest man that Canada has had in its railway department, and by far the ablest chairman of the rail- way committee of the privy council. The conservative press would have it that he gets office because he differed from the government on the Grand Trunk Pacific policy and has to be placated. Put the man fits the office to 'perfection and public opinion would have assigned him to it in any case. He brings to the discharge his duty an experience that will be very valiable and helpful. Dr. Mills and Hon. Mr. Bernier, late of the Ontario Agricultural College and Inland Revenue department res- pectivelv, are the other members. They, too, have been sneered at be- cause they do not, as one paper puts it, represent the railway and commer- cial interests of Canada. A railway expert would have, it is assumed, heen skilled for combat with the railway men, and a business man would have more fully represented the conflicting interests of the commercial world. But reason has come to the front, and it is now generally admitted that Dr. Mills and Mr. Bernier possess, in the fullest degree, the qualifications for the task before them. Dr. Mills has had a varied careeer, has shown himself to be a man of aflairs and an administrator of exceptional abili« ty. Mr. Bernier has been a leader in his class and the farmers, whose 'in- terest he pecially represents, 'will have an intelligent and efficient spokesman, The railway commission has large powers. 'It deals with all the ques- tions which formerly came before the railway committee of the privy eoun- cil, and with all new and complicated issues which may arise. The commis- sion, in short, will be the intermedi- ary between the great corporations and the people, and in the reconciling of their differences and settlement of their disputes will have its time fully and profitably occupied. SE -------------------------- EDITORIAL VIEWS. In the larger cities the school boards have their medical inspector. Why not Kingston ? Mr. Whitney observes, "We shall trust the people." But somehow the people do not appear to trust lim. The switch question is troubling the Hami!ton people to some extent. But the street railway company is not in it. Pancy Toronto's surprise when some audacious rascal personated Senator Cox in the local election. The thing almost passes belief. The temperance men are renewing thir demands for the closing of the bar rooms. Will they succeed ? There ia something coming from the logisla- ture. What is it to be ? The claims for damages and loss and personal injury, growing out of the Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago, now amount to $6,000,000, and the end is not yet. The theatre company are seeking to conceal their identity. The colonial secretary kas not mend. ed matters by defending Lord Alvers- ton and asserting that the Canadians are. acting like children. Mr. Lyttle- ton is evidently as defective in judg- ment as he is in information. The ordinances against tae clogeing cf aisles in churches and halls, by the placing of chairs in them, are being enforced in the western cities. What about Kingston ? Is the objectionable practice covered by the new fire vro- tection law ? Judging by the cut published in the Ottawa Citizen of the 'newly elocted mayor of Hull we should say that no race prejudices exist in that essential ly French city. If the colored element there is not large it appears on the influential side of the ledger. George Francis , Train, is no more. He died on Tuesday in New York. So ended the earthly career of a most remarkable man. He was very enter prising, very far-seeing, very clever, but lacking in judgment. As a jour- mlist his experience was meteoric. + For Skating. We have a few of our two dollar hockey boots, now onesixty, a few of McPherson's lightning hitch two- fifty boots for two dollars. These make good boots for any sport. Then Lockett shoe store. : The board of health of Victoria, N. S.W., has decided to treat consw NAVAL MEN] Offers of Men As Scldiers Of For- tune Declined By New Zealand Japanese Consul--Seoul Gov- ernment Micawter-Like. London, Jan. 21.--The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Daily Tele: graph, says he learns that Russia's forthcoming note will be courteous. It will note certain progress on lines of concession, but on the points that Russia deems essential, it will differ The correspondent at Tokio of the Reuter's Telegram company canles that the privy council met yesterday, and received a lengthy and detailed report from Foreign Minister Komuea, cn the negotiations with Russia. No statement of the proceedings will be given out at present. The Times Tokio special says: Pre- parations are rover for the issue of a short-time domestic loan. Mean- while private subscriptions are pour- ing into the treasury. Little con dence is placed in the pacific reports coming from Europe. The privy coun- cil to-day adopted the draft of urgency ordinantds relating to maritime de fences, the railways, 'the transporta- tion of troops, and the. organization of the field postal service. The symp- toms of gtowing unrest in the Corran provinces gre an anxiety in Japan. The: correspondent at Seoul says an imperial decree announces the re-con- struction of the government, commenc- ing to-day, the minor departments he- ing entirely suppressed. The govern- ment maintains 5 Micawberlike atti- tude, but all is quiet here. The Wellington correspondent oi ihe Tinies says the Japanese consul there is receiving numerous applications of New Zealanders to fight for Japan in case of war, but the offers are being declined, on the ground that Jagan is confident she can protect the nationmai interests, without the assistance of outsiders, The correspondent of the Timea at Vladivostok cables that among Rus- sian naval men the war feeling is in- tense, but the public seems indifferent. The prospects of peace are improving. No military movements are bein made there towards the south." The new railway under construction through Mongolia to Kielgan is re- ported to be stationary. ; OBSERVATIONS. Hittle- from -her-originat-standpoint: The Expected Came. Montreal Herald. Hugh John Macdonald Wesitna ata contervative meeting in Winnipeg, Thursday, and in accordance with the customary proceeding, the next day it snowed. Tom Is On Top. Hamilton Times. Tom Johnson's enemies have for years poured ridicule on his efforts to terure cheap fares for the people of Cleveland, Now the laugh is on his side. He has won, gnd three-cont faves will ke the result of his campaizn. Good Man In Sight. Ottawa Journal. It seems to be the general impres sion that Capt. Laurier, in choosing Charles "Hymen as -spare man on his team, has picked out a good man against the time some of the present scrimmage drop out. Penitence Qr Cant--Which ? Simcoe Reformer. 3: Une night last week Tarte and Fos- Toronto and the latter expressed the hope and opinion that the days of race and creed criss in Canada were rast. And it isn't much over three years since this same Foster was tramping the country holding * Tarte up in Ontario as a French-Canadian Catholic ogre. Does he imagine that all the people are afilicted with loss of memory ? Romance Revealed In Court. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 21.--Miss Repe Atwood, Philadelphia, through Attor- ney Rush Trescott, of this city, has begun a breach of promise suit for $10,000 damages against Dr. Alexarder Dean, of Scranton. She alleges that while he was at the University of Pennsylvania, from 1896 to 1899, ihe paid his tuition, his board and bought his clothes, and when he opened of fices in Scranton she furnished them. He was married about a year ago to Miss Grace Smith. Generous Gift From Strathcona. Winnipeg, Jan. .21.--St. John's Col- lege is the richer by the generosity of Lord Strathcopa. Though on bu.i- ness of state in England, when Christmas in Cenada, and marked the season by sending a cheque for $10,000 to Rt. John's College, which is the Anlican Mammoth In A Glacier. Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 21.--Charles Runner, a well-known hotel proprictor of Skagway, will head an expedition next month to investigate a report brought by Indians of the finding of » well preserved body of a mammoth in a glacier north-east of St. Michael. The Indians say the body is twenty | feet high, and the tusks over a foot: thick. The report is that it is frozn solid and can be moved in one piecr. ---------- The relatives of Miss Florence Rose- borough, daughter of a dry-goods and clothing wholesaler, who disappeared | from her home in Canajoharie, N.Y., | two weeks ago, have found that che is at the home of relatives in Canada. The cause of her disappearan-e can- | not be learned. A woman named Mibro, from De- troit, has received the degree of doe- tor of science (Cum magna cam laud) from the University of Berlin. She is the first woman chemist to whom the university ever has granted the de- gree of doctor. The attorney-gemeral's report to the court of cassation in the Drevfus ap- peal is in favor of the captain, but i the government it wishes to tion as "» Win 5, = i & : rebuke. Mr. Whitney is forev- iy SousUmptives "t np- an infectious . disease a to v isolate all sufferers. Jt has | arranged to accom te & number the quatantine ! station. the decision is pot expected for some weeks. We have a Ist of ladies' overstock-- ings and rubbers combined, regular one twenty-five, selling now for seven- ty-five cents. The Lockett shoe stove." IN RUSSIA ARE ANXIOUSFOR | i. (.11oniis are cxisacts from Sic WAR. Wilirid Laurier's speech before the ter sat around one dinner table in | the | season. comes round, the | high commissioner did not forget in- | stitutions in which he was interested | college of the University of Manitul.a. i ways. CANADA'S DESTINY. To Be The Child Of The Twentieth Canadian Club ' at Ottawa, Monday, January 18th : nation, and it is a matter for pride that we have more population than many of the nations of Europe who have filled history with their fame and renown. We have more population than Switzerland, than Belgium, than Sweden, than Denmark, than Norway. Our population at this moment cannoi be very far from six millions, and i! it not presumptuous to expect > that by the next census it may have reach- ed eight millions. We have witnesscd the happy phenomenon within recent ¥ais of .the end of what we used 10 call the exodus. At all events, T think we can claim that at this moment Canadian children are staying on Ca- nadian soil. For more 'than sixty years a current of population flowed fron, the north to the south, but now, hap pily, that has been stopped. © We are not only keeping our own people with- in the dominion, but are increasing our population by drawing, upon the country to the south. 7% 'has been in certain quarters some misappreher- sion as to the result of American im- migration to Canada. I have, for my past; no such misapprehension at ali. Whenever people live under good laws, well administered, and they are pros- perous, they never resort tq revolution. Whenever people are: happy under frog institution, each succeeding decudis only makes them more loyal and con- tended, and I have no doubt for my part that the American citizen who settles in the North-West Territories i and becomes 5 British subject under Canadian laws will in the course of time develop into a good Canadinu, and his children turn out better Cana. dians than himself. But, sir, while we claim with pride that we are a natin. we claim with equal pride that we are subjects of the British crown--{here. hear)--with equal pride, I say, because | our colonial status carries no inferior ity with it: it is not subjection. Wi have found that our Canadian ind. pendence is quite compatible with our dependency as a colony. The relations which we have with the mother coun. try produce this double result. Tue present relations, however, though very satisfactory and likely to remain so for a long time, cannot always remain ns they are. They shall and must im- Prove as time develops, but they shail and will be improved after the British manner, gradually, without violence, and giving justice to everybody as jus- tice is due to everybody. For my; part 1 ventured 'to express a few weeks ago the opinion that the time would come when we would = re- Quire our own treaty-making power. know too well the occasion of this | gathering to enter into the discussion of such a topic. This is not a poli- tical organization, and if I were to discuss such a question I am inclined to think that my friend, Mr. Borden would take the counterpart. [ d, not know that this is" his idea upon this matter, but I am sure that wo can both agree that we may well re serve the discussion for the house of commons, which will' meet in a few 'weeks. from to-day. © Ji'referved - io this matter; however, enly to say that it has been asserted somewhere that the concession of the treaty-mwai- ing 'power would mean. the severunce of the colonial tie. It is against that idea that I wish to protest. In my cs- timation, whenever the granting of power is necessary to such a colony as Canada, as Australia, as New Zealand, or any of the great self-governing col- cnies of the British empire, to carry on their own institutions according to their own laws for the development of their own interests, instead of lessen ing, it will simply strengthen the tie which binds us to the "parent state. | This has been the history of the past; | it may be the history of the future. No one could have supposed, for io- stance, in 1837, when there was a re- bellion in my own province of Lower Canada, when there was a rebellion in the province of Upper Canada, that four years afterwards the same two provinces would have been entrusted with responsible government ; that th. mother land would not hesitate to place in the hands of men who had been in rebellion the powers of seli- government. So she did, however, and the result was to convert men who had been rebellious into the most loy- al subjects of the British crown. Sir, in the past Canada Pe becn the pioneer tin what I deem to be the civilization of the world, wkich shall be based upon peace. I told you a moment ago, what was the difference between the Roman empire and the British empire. The difference can be sum- med up in this statement : The Romaa empire meant war; the British em | pire means peace and.harmony amony all the races which are subject to its rule. The more I advance in life--and 1 am no longer a young man--the more I thank Providence that my birth took place in this fair land of Canada. Can- ada has been modest in its history, , although its history is heroic in many But its history, in my estima tion, is only commencing. The nine- teenth century will prove to he the century of the United States. [I think we can claim that it is Canada tint shall fill the twentieth century. I can- not hope that I shall see much of the development which the future has in store for my country, but whenever my eyes shall close to the light it is my wish--nay, it is my hope--that they close upon a Canada united in all | & its elements, united in every particular, every element cherishing the tradi. tion of its past, and all uniting . in cherishing still more hope for the fu- ture. ---- Butter in rolls, Crawford's. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ss. Lucas County. od] : Frank J. Cheney mages oath that he is senior partner of the firm oi ¥ J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County aud state aforo- said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each 'and every case of Catarrh. that can- not be cu by the use of Hall's Ca~ tarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence; this 6th 'day of December, ., 1886. - A.D A. W. GLEASON, flealy Notary Public. all's Catarrh Cure is taken internal- ly, and acts directly on the blood and } Hill, Cradley Heath, Fngland, 'at . or testimonials. dee. oink: Send | ich a man named John Hill was Just Before Taking Stock. 2 J. SHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. | married to a young woman, whose | We offer all footwear, trunks and Sold by al 8, 7 We are proud to call ourselves a | IPTON'S It is the purity which gains them the preference over other teas. This is an honest statement. Prove "it or disprove it by trying a package of i i |. _LIPTON'S TEAS : = -- ! | ' : ) 3 + SEE HERE, HARRY It's just like this : I have tried all the Clothing Stores in town and have at last settled down on Tug H. D. Bissy Co. The Suit I get there is always sure to be stylish, and of good material Everything about it is right in every way. Now go around town and see for your- self, and I will wager you a good cigar that you can't beat Ture H. D. Bissy Co. on a $10 sur or overcoat $10 TRY IT! Ask to see our line of COLORED SHIRTS," 1904 styles, 50c.. 75¢, $1, $1.25. Cash and One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall. . POPPE S Jos. Abramton's Clothing House. Great January | Cheap Sale. We have built our business by selling at LOWER prices than other stores. In the Suit and Overcoat line: you will always find by comparison that our prices are from $2 TO $5 less on the same quality. We know that this is the best method for build- ing and holding business. We want the room and we want the money, but we don't $ want the goods. eoew Boys' Overcoats, Overcoats, Boys' Slits, Men's Suits, Boys' Reefers, Pea Jack , ¢ Boys' Pants Men's Pagts,; . © Underwear, Caps, ha Shirts, : Sweaters, ¥ % Hosiery, ; Gloves, ..... ® . Up-to-Date Clothier and Gents' Furnisher, 180 Princess St., Between Reddsn's and Crawford's. N. B.--We are the sole agents for Headlight Ur lon- Made Overalls. ay Unique Wedding Party. A short time ago a wedding taok bri ided at Old Hil lace at St, Luke's church, ~ Reddall } 5700 and: bride resi name was also Hill. The fathers of | valises at ¢ost for the balance of tho ruggis! - ke Hall's Family Pills for constipe- tion. : the bride and bridegroom were each j month. A. Abernethy. -RBULTY | { THE H. D. BIBBY GO. ; grossa ; LORONEOS : § AT COST Jos. Abramson's Clothing Houss, | {vamed John Hill, the witnesses 'were all named Hill, and both the. bride : | | ; > AND WILL CU She says: "I wish « Wony to the many other 80 highly as to the us Burdock Blood Bitters. down, had no appetite, could not sleep much headache and backache not digest properly. 13 = tised, 50 ET to gis ing if it did no good it « + But after using one bott «better, and by the time bottles I was feeling like am so glad there is suc ded for suffering Huo praise it enough for medicine like it on the m ? Stockta 'SAI "We are offering . ments to reduce ou before stock-taking. ;; bargains. Parlor Sets, in E 5 pleces, only $25, $30. Parlor and Music, Cabinets, only $6 : price, $8.50. Fancy Odd Parl Silk only, $4.50, orc Fancy Shade of Ve + fringed 'all around, c¢ : rice, $7.50. s HBLY pris, § These are a fow we intend closing out 4 prices. Thanking you ' for . and_ Boping for ec . sane: ¥ Respectfully yours, JAMES Ambulance "The North Ame 7" Life Assi 79° CANADA. Announce to it of poli. y-holders in tario, that the year , mo¥t, Successful in tl the Jompany. The new busine amounts to consider THIRTY MIL The assets have nearly « SIX MILLI Ard the surplus to CT HALF A MIL These 'unequaled re best guarantee of t turn to' policy-holde: W. J; FAIR," "WHOOPING "+ GROU * Don't let the child suffer. R. SLOC disease, Bla by Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limit A HARBINGER C : Siz Qf a Party Of 53 Dead. ial siffiicy 'Cincinnati, Jan. 21.-- New Year's, there was ty of boys and girls a fs debi Koch, in Mc Yesterday six of the th Threa of them had met William Boynhardt elevator shaft, Clifford Sibe ty, was run de Ah PLonls Meyer was "Taseball hat. Blanche E Mack both died from e 'heart. The funeral of the sixth, 'took place y You May Be Whe has not used ow : Onl ons way to find ness, that by using Green, black or mixed.