08 SLOT, t That Failed e.. Me. Go Box REAT SALE h to got Ih: a vhs po of 98 pieces English, Irish and whadian Twoeds, French and English Finis: Worsted, also Bluos and Blacks. the time is rapidly drawing a clowe snd you will wurely rogret ving missed this Glorious Chance. "North Bnd of Wellington St. fobn JH. Mills The Leading Auctioneer. ; may be injury. : bdominal Warmers, § ioe. Belts, Health Bands and "Trusses of all § tions. washed § {The pio; 1s- are Having tes muck of Jtwned into bear ried into everything--the legislature, the council, the school board, the '| charch, the home. It is a case of politics for bueakfast, cimner and 'supper, and politics all the while. the th'ng, and they have taken to ataircl ing over some of the things | | which have a politi:al complexion. This makes the Spectatoy mad, and it proceeds to administer a well-merit- {ed rebuke. In a recent issue it said: "Now, gentlmen, of the tory de partment of the city * council, you we.e not elected for the purpode o! quarreling with each other at commit tee meetings and council meetings. If sou but do it 'without' so meh noi'. It is not in the interest of the city that the com- mittee snd council meetings should he performan- ces. You cannol, all be mayors next year, gent we think that the alderman Who does: the mast avarreling during the year wil stand the least © Br getting into the mayor's bn Quit it, gentlemen. It you. must Warrel, do it in pri vate," / When the Spectator has been moved to make theds comments the situation is pretiy bat. It is not accustomed 10 baulk at any trifing political in cde DANGER IN THE The College of hi BU de cided to educate the people against the use of habit-forming drugs and narcotics and the danger arising from the handling, of poisons in the homes. The papers contain the record of many cases in which accidents and misfortunes occur from a careless handling of deadly drugs. A case of this kind has occurred in Kingstoy, and a most respected citizen is at this time suffering very much as a result of the sale to him of a rank poison in place of a common and harmless drug. Ihe painful experiences -of miscal culation, misunderstanding, and care lossness make it necessary that th: law should be amended, and that drugs and narcotics be sold only by those who are familiar with their qualities. Prosecutions should follow the sals of these by unlicensed per sons, and in this way the dangers of the people will be reduced to a mini: mum, As to the habit-forming "drugs they 3) A not be held in check until the doctors end the pharmacists co-oper- até ani for the purpose of largely do- ing away with their use. There are some people who become acquainted with certain specifics by having them prescribed during an illness, and the taste then formed cannot be broken. Thus, it is that men and women have become hddigted to the use of mor- phine, of'opiam, and their tinctures, and from them they find no way of escape, Any movement which will protect them from this drug enslavement will be greatly appreciated. CONFESSION OF WRONG DOING. The humble confession of Alderman Woods. of Toronto, has its depressing side. Tt involved the bona fides of a clergyman, whose family owned a plot of land in Markham Place and whose object in assigning parts of it to dif- ferent persons was to increase the number of votes. . Alderman Woods 'wanted all the guaranteed wannort he could secure, and so he laboured to pad the list by handing in the names of several per- sons who were understood. to be friendly to him. These did not know' how they pot' on the voters' lst. Some of them voted, and some of them did not. Not one. so far as the evidence indicates, thought it worth his while to enquire what the proceed- ing meant. The man, outside of | Woods, who was most interested in the case, Rev. Frank Forster, nut a new face on things when he exvlained what he knew about them. A change in the ownership of the rronertv was under' contemplation, and learning of this Alderman Woods had undertaken to make voters in conseauence, but without the consent or direction of the family. Nineteen names were add- ed to the list. Alderman ~~ Woods' only plea was that not until after the changes in the assessment department, at his suogestion, did he realize the serious. ness of the offence, or that it was an offence at all, hundreds of other chang- es having been made in the voters' list under similar 'circumstances. - He could not cite other cases, however, and had no desire to look them up. since he had no wish to involve his friends in his troubles. : The padding of the voters' list is an ned Alderman i | indictable offence, 'and fAlderman Jcumstance--that "so far $78,800 has |. EDITORIAL NOWES. New "Selephoties are boomed in every direction, What has become of the in- dependent line in Kingsign ? What the snow nuisance is in Mon- treal is marked by one significent cir- heen spent by the council in its re: moval, The inspection of the churches and: public buildings, in regard to fire pro- tection and fire edeapes, | is going on. Ht should be: mado-us- quickly and as] reasonably , as possible. John Ryan's fee for foo for seliing the gov- ernment timber limits was one quart- er of one per cent.; but the sale was so remunerative that Mr. Ryan's net sum is $9,218.34. That will do. The heroes of 1866 must have been very numerous (when 7,000 of them have yet to secure their land locations, They are in ng hurry about a choice. Some of them are waiting un- til the new surveys are made. The man who approached a Hamil ton alderman, and suggested that money was going on the Bell tele phone by-law, writes to the papers to say that he was joking. Some mens' sense of humour is exceedingly faulty. Mr. Tarte is suffering from what Le Canada calls "diplomatic rheuma- tism,"" which prevents him from ap. pearing in the election meetings with Mr, Monk. He has realized, apparent- ly, that he has beem rushing things a trifle, = I-- » New York state is legislating cn the trading stamp question. The aim is to give every stamp a money value and make them negotiable at cny time they are presented. A wiser course would be to abolish their use under any circumstances, Wireless telegraphy dispelled the suspense which followed the non-ar- rival of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse in time. She was detained by storm and stress of weather, but in perfect, safety. And what a relief the message gave to thousands. The imperial government thought they had modified the Irish people with their Education Act and Land Act, But John Redmond says they want all they can get, and they will be satisfied only when they get hoe rule, The Balfour government may call a halt in the distribution of its favours--for the present. Dr. Koch's theory, of the non-cam- municability of tuberculosis from ani- mals to men, is being thoroughly test ed in Germany. So far the d@vidence is in support of the doctor's conclusioas, And in Canada the idea was that all tubercular-tainted cattle should be killed. One alderman in Toronto has be: come ashamed of the election me- thods which prevailed in that city and will not sit again in council until all suspicion in his case has heen swept away. If it remains he will, it is pre- sumed, resign, though he does not say so, The St. Catharines people want a Curfew bell, and when some one there asked the police magistrate. of Orillia what he thought of the Curfew bell in that town he wrote a niece long letter apd told all he knew about it. In Kingston it is infra dig for the chief. of police to offer any opinion upon the subject. Canadian Anglican Charities. London, Feb. 8.--The estate of the widow of Herbert Binney, fourth bishop of Nova Scotia, is valued at £24,000. The will bequeathes £250 to the bishop of the diocese of Nova Sco- tia to apply the income thereof for travelling' expenses of accepted Cana- diang in holy orders from England to Nova Scotia: £250 to the President of King's College, Windsor, the interest to be applied to a pe Ro tion of the Binney prize; £100 to the church institute in Halifax; £400 for the purchase of an altar and pulpit to be placed in the future cathedr at Halifax, provided it be erected within ten years of the death of the testat rix; £200 to the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel in foreign gor, to be applied by the bishop of Newfoundland for the benefit of some r mission in his diocese; £50 to St. Stephen's church, Halifax. Pleasant Valley Views. Pleasant Valley, Feb. 5.~The roads are again full of snow and for the last three days the temperature aver- aged thirty degrees below zero, but since the bear could not see his shadow on Tuesday, we may hope for a change soon to a more moderate DOr cir Thus far we have had a real old time Canadian winter. J. Hughes, Sr.,, who has been cn the sick list for the past few weeks, is convalescing. Several are suffering from grippe. Visitors : Mr. Randolph and sister, who have been visiting at J. Hughes', Sr, bave returned to thei me at Odessa. Miss DeLyon and iss David at James A. Hughes', H. Watson sold a fine team of Ciyae colts to Mr. Moss, horse deale oT, Renfrew, for the sum of $325, -| Collection Of Norman French Ro- mances. New York, Feb. 8.--Announcement IN BRIEF FORM. 2 Despatches and Cnllings Telling Parts of the Earth. The fair build was burned' at Sullingwood cn ursday. Lows ~$3;- The Empress of Japan, received $20, mw worth of clothes from Paris last you hs Bell Telephone' London 5 vhize. Frof. Arthur W, Palmer, of the Uni- Joumity at Illinois, the great chemist, company offer 82,500 for a five-year fran- Private messages in secret language gotac be accepted for any place « in The fuel famine in Stratford was re- liaved on Friday by the arrivals , of carloads of oul, 1 The beekeepers of Piast, decided on Friday to sell their product directly 16 the consumer. Lieut. Uraham, of the Canadian Mounted Killes, and a South African 'veteran, is dead at Winnipeg. Hon. J. M. Gibson has secured for- ty-three new life members of the Hamilton Art School, at $50 each. The® London, Ont., Yolling mills re- sumed operations on Friday night, having secured 5 guantity of 'coal. Peach growers in the. vicinity of Middletown, N.Y., declare that all trees in the lowlands have been frozen. There is a dificulty between the Tyr ographical Un'on 'and the employ- ers in the city of Windsor over a new scale of wages. The second trial of prisoners con- nected with the Kishineff massacres has-not yet begun and the date of re- sumption is not known. The customs revenue of - London; Ont., for Janvary, was 870,761, a de- crease of $9,203, as compared with the same month last year. Fernando Materzio, charged with the murder of Alexandro Zispoia, is on trial at Sydney, N.S. The jury dis- agreed. The prisoner will have a new trial. The eight-wecks-old baby of Ethel Hogan, with whom she plunged from a rear window of the burning Cadieux street lodging house, Montreal, into the snow, died Saturday, from the ex: posure, : Col. George W. Johnson, of Clarence MacKenzie Post, in Brooklyn, was attacked while reading the burial services over an- other member of the post and died in a few minutes. The Duke of Portland's new picture galery opened on Thursday, is 230 f et long, and covers more than a quarter "of an acre. It is the finest ga'lery in the world. One picture is valued at $27,000. Abeel, the young man who courted Miss Eleanor Anderson, under the name of Ogden Goelet and who was brought to New York from Cana- da, to stand trial on a charge of. for- yery, was released in $5,000 bail. British Columbia had an. abnormally mild January, only occasional light frosts, moderate rainfall on twenty davs and snow on three days. Very little sunshine, but a good many flowers and shrubs still in bloom in gardens. The thicknesses of ice reported in Ontario are: Port Arthur, 80 inches; Parry Saund, 14 inches; Southamn- ton, 16 inches; Port Stanley, 24 inch- es; Kingston, 16 inches; Ottawa, 30 inches; Bissett, 20 inches: Toronto, 18 inches; Parig, 30 inches; Hamilton, 24 inches; Midland, 22 inches; Birnam, 22 inches. MORGAN BUYS RARE LIBRARY chaplain G.A.R., has been made that J. Pierpont Mor- gan has purchased the Lewis Sayre Burchard collection of Norman-French romances, for which several universi- ties and colleges of America have been anxious to. bid, but have been hamp ered by the lack of ready funds. The collection will be placed in the marble library, which is being built at the rear of Mr. Morgan's house here. The sum which Mr. Morgan paid for the books is not known. The Burchard library was gathered by 'a 'student of the chivalry. of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth cen- turies, and contains more rare illumi- nated manuscripts and block printed books than anv' other collection in this country, with, one possible excep- tion: Previous to his Canadian trip Mr. Morgan conferred with his nephew Junius 8. Morgan, a banker. He left word with him to look the collection over, and that if it was what it wae represented to be, to buy it. A GREAT MEETING. To Re In Favor Of Free Trade, Held To-Night. London, Feb. 8.--~The meeting in fa vor of free trade, which the Duke of Devonshire is to address in the Guild hall, gives promise of competing in numbers with, if it does not equal in enthusiasm, the meeting addressed by Mr. Chamberlain in 'the same place. The demand for tickets is enormous. The Duke, who will be accompanied by the duchess for the first time ata city political meeting, will be sup- ported by Lord Rothschild, Lord George Hamilton, Lord Hillington, the governor of the Bank of England, the chairman of the Union Bank of Lon don, and manv other influential men prominently 'identified with the trade and commerce and finance of the city. As in the case of Mr. Chamberlain's meeting, no resolution will be submit- ted. The speech will be regarded as a missionary enterprise, and the duke will simply be thanked for his exposi tion of the economic policy to which he continues his depotio The Cure Of Kidney Disease. Weakness or disease prevent the kidveys from cleansing the system of waste matter. ' Peck's Kidney Pills cure by removing the cause. Two weeks' treatment, 25c., at Wade's Money back if not satisfactory. Assorted pies at Ferguson's; just. right. made , | OCCURRENCES RECOUNTED Many Il Of Grippe. in, youngest daughter Mrs. Wiliam Rankin, South Na- pance. Besides her aged parents and sorrowing husband, one sister and two little daughters, of eight and tem years, are left to mourn. The deceas- was a popular teacher, and belov- ed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. The funeral takes place Sunday. The deceased's mother, Mrs. Rankin, was so ill that it was deemed wise not to acquaint her with her daughter's death. H. L. Vandervoort is seriously ill. Easton Embury was obliged to come home from Picton yesterday, through illuess, and the doctors Pronounce his trouble appendicitis. Mr. and M (YM. Deroche have been confined: - "the house . for the past ten . days with grippe. Yesterday morning the fire bell aroused the citizens 'and firemen responded promptly. The fire was dis- covered in S. Casey Denison's store. The fire engine was practically useless and a pail brigade was organized and soon had the fire under control. Dam- age to the extent of $30 or $40 was done. The fire was caused by the chim- ney, which burmed out in the morn- ing and heated the brick and adjoin: ing wood work, so that it ignited. It is reported -that two of our po- pular young people took .a trip to Kingston on Thursday and were quietly married. Mrs. W. A. Daly was "At Home" to a large iin? of her friends last evening. Nr. and M S. Wartman, Colebrook left Tusday for a three months' visit with his brother at Phoenix, Arizona. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre are re- covering from an attack of grippe. A great many of our citizens are report- ed on the sick list, all suffering from the prevailing malady eginne." The in- fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Perry, died Thursday. Fred. Perry sold one of his farms--the old "Sey- mour farm," Big Creek,--to Alfred Scriméhaw, who takes possession on March Ist. W. H. Lovst, Hayburn, has leased his farm to Henry Galt for a term: of years. A. E. Douglas' brown mare, "Egyptian Liniment,"' took sec- ond money in the green grace at Tren- ton, Friday. and Charles Hambly's "Nellie Bay," third in the 2.30 class. IN STRANGE JAPAN. Incidents That Seem Peculiar To a Westerner. The Japanese eat more fish than any other people in the world. With them meat-eating is g foreign innova- tion, confined to the rich, or rather to those rich people who prefer it to the national diet. Public story-tellers ~ still earn a good livelihood in Japan. In Tokio alone 600 of them piy their trade, pro vided with a small table, a fan, and a paper rapper to illustrate and em phasize the points of their tales. Before the westernizing of the Jap- anese war do] partment, a battle was frequently decided by personal encoun: ter between the two commanders, the retainers on each side giving their chiefs encouragement only. The emperor of Japan is an ath ete in his way. He has introduced football into the land of the chrys- anthemum, and amuses himself by playing an amateur game in his pri- vate grounds with some of his friends, most of whom are not so fond of it. A spectator in a Japanese' theatre, on payment of a small extra fee, is permitted to stand up; and the per- son behind him cannot object, though the latter's view of the performance is ohstructed. An evidence of the striking uniform- ity of size among the Japanese is found in the fact that recent meas- urements taken of an infantry regi ment show no variation exceeding two inches in height or twenty pounds in weight. BOY GAMBLERS. Nest Found in Select School in New Jersey. Trenton, N.J., Feb. 8.--Lawrence- ville school, one of the best known preparatory institutions in the east, is wrought up over the alleged discovery of a full fledged gambling outfit in the upper house, which, is the abiding place of about 120 members of the fourth form or senior class. Reports differ as to the extent to which this gambling has been carried on, but it is admitted even by the school authorities) that nearly half of the fourth formers are involved in the gambling escapade and have already been subjected to discipline. Investiga- tion is said to have revealed some up-to-date gambling paraphernalia, which was being liberally patronized by the students. John McCutcheon, a typical north country Irishman, of Belleville, is still hale and hearty, though on St. Pat- rick's day next he will be eighty-five years of age. He was the fourteenth man to enroll himself in the Belleville Rifles, serving at Amhe rtsburgh in 1864, and at Aultsville in "66. Defective stays were discovered hy Inspector Donaldson, Toronto, in the new boilers installed in Brogkville's electric plant lately. A man went down from Kingston to make repairs. Hundreds of cases of grip cured hy taking Gibson's Red Cross grip tab- lets, 10e. box. A Gananogue the followinz sin: in misery when cently for 818 7: | » Ayers Cherry Pectoral Ask your doctor if this is the medicine that cured his hard cold. Doctors have used it for over sixty years. Lvalmin tndertaker displays "Why walk about I can bury you de- Death Of a opeiod Resident here. and match us if you can. Come ia to-day, iry.on one of our Suits, compare' If you want the snappiest, up-to-date, single or double-breasted Sack Suit to be had you'll ind it A be grey, blue or black. black, perfectly tailored. priced suits. FOR -$6,50 we can show youa good All-Wool Tiveed Suit, well cut and well made. FOR $7.50 we can show a wuice Serge Suit, Bie. FOR $10 we can show you a hosting swell, made from fine Tweeds, Serges, Clays and Fancy teds, and cut with as much care and style as high- Colors, brown, Gate orse from newest fabrics, which THE H. D. $6.50, $7, $7.50, $8, $8.50 and SIO. Overcoat News: We have an elegant range of Overcoats, made : we 'are going to sell at : Cash and One Price Clothing House, Oak Hall. ). BIBBY CO. | Jas. Furnishings, Hats, Caps, etc., our intention to continue the busines Bankru sold The door will be opened for this sale Remember the place, Jas. SPECIAL STORE NEWS Johnston .- Having purchased the stock of Men's Ready-to-Wear Clothing and Gents' at a low rate on the dollar, and as it ig not 8, «the whole stock will be sold at? } pt Prices Now to Make a Ready Clearance of the Whole Stock." We have Pathe pruning kmife into the prices, and many lines will be 50c. to 65c. on the Dollar. THIS IS NO FAKE ! Don't stay away from this sal: and then regret your LOSS. Thursday Morning, Fob. 11. You are specially invited to call and see the goods and prices. Grand Union Clothing Co's. Old Stand, Johnston Men's Rubbers, Co's. at The Sawyer ubbers! Rubbers! Ladies' Rubbers, 25¢., 35¢., 50c., 6oc. 50c., 6oc., 75¢, 9oc. Best makes, Canadian and Maple Leaf Rubber Shoe Wood -« Coal The central Wood and Coal Yard is located at 236 Earl All kinds of good hard wood, cut and split to it. dry kindling, always under cover. "Prompt delivery. Prices right. None Dut the pure Scranton Coal--no mixtures ¢ B. BARNEY Don't Send Away For .a Medical Battery when you can get it at Breck & Halliday's They will sell it to you cheap, and will re-charge it 3 whenever required. Store CANNEL COAL POR } YOUR GRATE: It lasts all night, Try it -P. WALSH - 55-57 Barrack Street. LET ME HAVE YOUR SALE And I will guarantee you satis- factoey results. We don't brag, but perform the work. Nothing sacrificed, but your best interest studied. W J. MURRAY, The Auctioneer. FROM fabrovens Vawson, ON Aon no BY THE 1 0 a Des yb west, occupied with Modern ar Water and Bath, Vaughag Terrace. MoNzY AND SAFE Incorporated ms," at lov en Gity and farm & : oe [ ME rroate A Nn Sand] ARCHITE) HENRY P.. SMITH, Anchor By Sviiare, 'Phone . 945 -- POWER & SON, ARC chants' Bank Butidi and Wellington agree: ---------------------- ARTHUR ELLIS, AR fice site of New Drill mer of Quoon gud Mo wa. NEWLANDS, AR second floor 'Wierd, 'corner Prin Streets,' Entraa Telephone, AOR, i. = CGenuln Carte Little Lives =H dorimbar Signa Jw Cures COUGHS, COLDS, BI HOARSENESS and all TH: LUNG TROUBLES. Miss Mailman, New Ger y N.§ I had a cold which i me bad I was afraid 1 into consumption. I was ad NORWAY P™ + solicited. Crawford & W Leading Tali'ors, Princess & Ba J.. WYATT TRENDELL, MUSIC . SINGING, PIANO, Viol 0 Welllogton Street = =