be F Hur" 'lives, aud will rank with personal |'niesns an indefinite aid. The men who | the # of Scott, of Dickens, 8 Sag or otk, make, Wee what comes. to them cheaply or fand other » 6 al i works, In America 'auch an | arrangement, Me. drecly know what follows, and the ex- today "Ben Hur" is being drawatiz. Bax requested 'Mr, Jalivey to] perience of the individual would be fed with apeotacalar effects which bave until he has had time to: trifling 'as' compared with the experi- uever been: equalled. wonsider 'the situation, and 'of wh: ithe public, Justitutions. with} Ln i es Dans ia EE a B... hog be, ' avenues for, service, g : there is no better road in Cenada [that it is well. graded and h . As a gov ernment work Ss ------ 5, IR IN INSURANCE CIRCLES. news from New York, and re. Fouitable Assurance on The information is that the president "the Equitable and alt ity chief ofli- which is thet either the vice president, James, Hyde, shall go ut of Equitable Assurance So ho. began life humbly, ae z | i to adopt. Bo, with great faith in his | own capacity to carry them out, he lf launched the society which in to-day J one of the greatest financial affaics in BH America, with cash aseots and securi ie 1 tion that amount to $479,000,000., ' | has, in a series of articles, the Equitable, + the New York Life, I and the Mutual Life~have been specu: ating with the funds of the policy. holders. 11" haw indicated, by evi dence BH] trust companies have been formed of "the officers of the insurance compan: , and that these "trusts" speculated with the inshisice monies, deposited with: them, in a manne imperilied. by' the "triste? in' eagerness to amiss wealth rapid. | ! are said J to be attracting wide attention, and his Equitablu associates think at last, Ef be should bo retired. Ho is given to! § fool ideas and fool as bis revignation in the of the goverment, It is not to; understood from this that any dil: te has occurred between the pro / amd the premier with respect to the public highway, Mr. Jafirey, how, ever is, a liberal who had a busy life, and who is not anxious : to continue Jin a position of great responsibility. He would be glad to find relief be cise the boad of the railway com ' ou would, perkiaps, be wore com he were, a political ally 'of government, and Mr. smooth, lie utilities should that ite cars are warm and t the quarcel between the. in high financial society. been showing that the "Big Three most carefully collected, that! Ros div will have the Yoles {readjustment of the constituencies, but 8 gerrymander, || make itself solid with. the lighor men. dence, 'and thal all who at a lower gost. : aid them, lpg Colin grain doris FLT ts afleey. remain as a granted, {o them. Every charity in; develop bo. BE ah, youth Should a: suciving it the ho city. woukd have. tu be Areated in 1 CLLR ELL Tt inalinost in- hin wecumulted. experience, Alf the sume way, including the House of Urntaries| some six millions of dollars | Providence, the House of Industry, | Tob! ; "ibe Orphans' Home and. the Child: people, and in a way that |oause he has s{ren's Home, They. are all Jed an liberally the public purse 3 on this plan. It' involves council and the boards more. mindful af how it Mark: you,' the Whig favours larger aid to the hospitals and charities, but in money grants, as the city can afford, ---- DEFYING THE FATES. lars of Temperance, has threatened the Whithey government. Tt has de: clared that unless the new Novern: ment. ondoty Jegislation which will he favourable Ao the temperance men the forces which turned the Ross govern: ment out will turn out their succes. tore, The Hamilton Speetator sniffs battle in this and prepares for it by remarking : "There is no doubt that some pro- hibitionists and some liquor men vot ed for My, Whitney, probably about as [many of the one a+ of the other. Two years ago the conservatives had a Soliulae majority over Ross of about 000, without a vote from either the sls or the liquor people, g Mowat gereymander, by which Mr. 5 was ' enabled to © hold on with What' majority against him, will be wi Out, and the conservative par " ansfie_of those 7,000 i} the prohibitionists un. Hertake to tury Mr, Wistney nut be- Eatisg he refuses to give them a prohi- tory- law, or 'because ho refuses to liquor trade to constant harassing encroachments, th ill rive" the whole of * the liquos rand ited: trades into the sms of (he conservatives. Mr. Whit. ney, with the 'lesson of Mr, Ross at t to ride two horses, going* in dirvdetions, will net permit himsell to be tied up by the prohibi- jonists, will not take fright at the val Templars' threat." A free and candid confession, and a probable revelation of the conserva tive programme. There is to be, not a It is wot that this binay be," bat it will be done. Our con- temporary is emphatic upon that point, Then the government will forti- Hy itsell against the tomperance party and it will invite a collision so as to Jute French roh | I the li d vietuallers are not civil surrounded with wiotropolitan beau {880 respecttl they will be held up, | mistresses oh 188d Whe conservative party with a J the periot-but he iv considerable machine manned to ite liking, will de. ) of | fighter, and there will be fun before he is deposed. | Meanwhile the Era recommends the + | eomplete wreck of 'the machine in 1890, fy the fates. Ob, that's it; eh ? That is on a par with the talk of the Do- minion party for a while, and the fates, combined with the grits, made a it was impressed. apom the voters that | . [the plants were to be run upon their merits, with business instinct and pru- . used the light | would get, eventually, a better article Now, the "Whig i deeply consciotis of the deserts of the hospitals, But it realizes that! the cut in rates of com- mon necessities for their benefit exelu- sively will not be the better way to Hit be felt that they should 'be given larger grants from the public treasury they should be voted, #0 clearly and definitely that van' be no doubt about their quality, To give away light, water, or to give them at cost, be managed on | them, This ends the fun of the Spec their merits, Water and light should {tator with. the French-Canadians. It {be "wapplied at' the lowest - possible There is economy in do- definite action on behalf of both the is applied. | The Templar, the organ of (he Rem: nerve to singing may no "Ben "the ns is W. F. i Mr, Whitney; | receiving the ap- plause of 1 of b-Canadians be: n ognized them bv a re- presentative fia lis cabinet. He is also going 'to Ottawa 'lo be banqueted by Awill not, spell Nhe premier's name "'Loriyea™ any wiore. --_-- The reformers in "the New York legislature have uodertaken to penal ize the manufacture of cigarettcs. The idea is to make thet so unpopular that no one Will want to smoke them ~at 850 or $1,000, the fine their use involves, It" will 'be interesting to voto what the fate of 'the bill will be. The Whig ppadints that it will lie on the table, on in: the waste paper bas ket, and eventually veach the furnace or rubbish bhp 'Sa urany of the legislators smoke, SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, Location Everything, eal Si y PR alae to look on the bright side of things, Spring begins on March 1st if you are far enough south, Question Of Fire, Montreal Star, he Ontario civil servant is as lucky as they muke them, but he is boi these dave that Be is not on "yl « Bring Rag: ons Not, Just Yet, Ti " What did he wy | mean by saying that Sir enzie Rowell hung on to the Prenvictship in 1806, "like a sick girl ¥° Will Sir - Mack explain ? A Frosen Remark, Torouto Glebe, | s i Can is now magufgcturing brass, Our' neighbors may be unkind enough |- to suggest that we allowance wi manufacture. Question' Of - Houry . Ma s ty by ~ slection the rom ques tions was :, "Where - did . ¢ money towe from?" Now the, bunt for - the surplus prompts the Ottawa Citizen to nek : "Where has" the money gone ?' After Great Britain. New ¥ tik ing. ty cloar bad a sufficient 4 teubarking in the but 'the evi t the senate want, 'and does not mean to bave an effective arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Tt is with that country that-the pinch comes, Sk [Of A Triste. ch Gs Er Khgusta' Syows-Gullen Toron to, urges that. woman be gipen the ballot 'and she | will eloet better men. wish we' ool itis a dence is pret does not in 1900, and in 1904, § that E. N. Smith J y run entworth. ' But the , Toronto, adve- of singing in the 1 uh comes from | It Would Appear That Local Rem- jo Citizen launched a edies Would Be Best For Cure J the "fads." . a few Of Catarrh. . DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. London, Feh. 1%,<The Lady, a weekly. newspaper, # that a cigar * Lette on the flour ianited the Duchess of Marlborobgh's tulle overskirt at Lond Grenville' ball, in Dablin, and the next moment her clothing was in ition, nd | fe .-Visdount Chricton took off prop ile bin coat and smothered the fire before even Porter, the duchess was even scorched, , temas AT FIRST GLANCE t It would seom at first glance that catarrh being a disease of the mucous membrane, that salves, sprays, otc., ; being applied directly to the mem ¢ y i i. Ballour declare branes of the nose and throat, would that the Britis government is for free | ho the most rational treatment hut trade, hey do not explain how | this has been proven not to be true, they . trade and protec} The: mucous membrane is made and Sion 'ab time. Sir Charles | "Paired from. the blood and eatarrth Spa . is a blood disease and any remedy to Tupper Salve the problem when make a permanent cute must act on be gets. : Erte Blood, and when the blood is $e min purified from catarrhal poison, the General Low Wallace is dead, but i secretions from the mucoils membrane will become natural and healthy. In this climate, thousands of people seem scracely ever free from some for, ol catarrh; it gets: better at times, but each winter becomes gradually deeper-seated and after a time the suflerer resigns himseM to-it as a ne- cessary' evil, Catarrh enves arc almost as numer- :f bus. as catarrh sufferers, but are pear- ly all so inconvenient and. ineffective as to render their use a nuisance near- ly as annoying as catarch itself; any- one who has used dovches, sprays and powders will bear witness to their in- convenience and failure to really cure. There are a number of excellent in. ternal' remedies for catarrh, but prob- ably the best and certainly the safest is a new remedy, composed of red gum, blood root and similar antisep- tio' remddies and other © valuable ca- tarch specifics. This remedy is in tablet form, plea sant to the taste and sold by ---- gists under the name of Stuari's Ca- tarrh Tablets, and anyone suffering from catarrh way use these tablets with ahsohite 'assurance that they contain no cocaine, opiate wor any poisonous nfineral whatever. A leading druggist in Albany, speaking of eatarrh cures says, "| have sold various catarrh cures . for Years, but have never sold any which gave such general - satisfaction * as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. They eon Gain in a pleasant, concentrated form all the best and latest catarrh remo dies, and catarrh sufferers, who have used donches, sprays and salves, have astonished at the quick relief and permanent results obtained after a week's use of Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets." AH druggists sell full sized packages for fifty cents. Will Be Rebuilt. Oswego, N.Y., Feb, IR I¢ is official- ly stated that the Corn Products com pany's plant, recently destroyed by fire, was fully insured. Enough pro gress has been made by the insurance adjusters to assure officials of the company that the damage done will not exceed $125,000, The plant will h rebuilt at once. The company is feel ing the loss. of the Oswego plant severely. February and March are us nally among, the heaviest months the year for business, "Swiss Food'* Got Medals. The judges' at' St! Louis and at the Liverpool colonial exhibition voted "Swiss Food," their highest awards -------------- To Cures A Cold 1n One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab- lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W, Groves signa Sure is on each box, 28e. Henry Crack, hotel porter at St. Thomas, had his scalp torn off by falling on some trunks. He may not recover, : A skin. that burns with eczema, and is covered with eruptions that dis charge a thin fluid, 'may he made smooth and _sightly with Weaver's syrup. f "Satisfactory results" in eye testing at Chown's. : SMITHS I ) Suits. kind of Ten Dollar Sui just Ten Dollars in a S interview you. kers.§ ts. uit Our New Hats Have Hrrived tea BIBBY'S di Our $10 Suits Don't judge these Suits by the price--see the Ten Dollars is'a small We'll Do Business Very Quickly After you have seen our line at this price, Well built in every way. Justthe same cut and style as suits sold for twice Ten 'Dollars, If you are Ten Dollar Suit hunting we would like to & A WE McKE With The AND BEGI chines, Special Discount of 20 CASH ONLY. DECLINED TO DINE Governor Of British Bow.st Tears old Columbia. he oa I pp on PR Vancouver, B.C., Feb, 18.--John Houston, the pioneer member of the Ld are > 1 awl Hdne legislature for Nelson, has declined to abox. ly Ys »e they meet at dinner, Sir Henry Joly de IE od So one of xs j Lotbiniere, lieutenant-governor of A CURE af the was Jere the British Columbia. His honor sent the PRICE. member for Nelson an invitation to Cet a Ek y dine with him at government house penetrating than other linimenis Slight Misunderstanding. - n° as sos bo Lresived. day the house opened. SUL son's Nerviline acte like a charm. Pest rn A aay a mre Have vein | The member For Nelson; in view of , remedy in the world for ach Mohigsal Star, peter in Hamilton, was| WF. SMITHCO, aredaie ©0G the fact that Sir Henri declined to pains of any kind. Try a 2c hit on the th a club while 18590 amen 1, Mowtrenl 2 Peckham Ao Jeon: him in a minister of the crown, | Nerviline--it's really extra go ing to ae to one of the | Yeewe Blak Hendachoand Bitions. | thOUERL the invitation "cannot be ac- | hotels. a 'of the man who | 9% in ene night, wee y sad "cPted, in fairness to his insulted con- Cherry Cough Cure for throat irrita <i it will probably be that he knew Pills, OdlyScents ot dolore. | tituency, as well as in due regard to | tion. Chown's, & who he was hitting, but hough he he motal_ standard of government | Holfbran Malt Extract, 2 botilé: 2 ie gob' : 'house, while his character rests un- cents. McLeod's Drug Store. had Lon his gob onthe 25 Rouse SIGNED. absolved under the moral stain cast up- | "Buy Castoria" . Gibson's con it by Sir Henry Joly and Premier " EK OF SPECIALS Fibreware Woodenware A Discount of 20 Per Cent. NNING per cent. MoBride, for if the member for Nelson cannot be met publicly by the ant governor and his minis te THE H. D. BIBBY CO, Clothiers and Haberdashers, Oak Hall, Kingston. price to pay for our If you want to invest LVEY & BIRCH, . 69 and 71 Brock St. cotncil, he surely is not fit to be as sociated with them far more intimate ----B. Can be cured at once by a rubbing with Nerviline lv on a social and private occasion > Your Raw, Sore Throat All th Bammation will be drawn out; get ease at once. Stronger ar i Cross drug store, i n vl wl Re WN and bottle d Japan only at "SAL Sold enty In sealed lead packets. By allgrocers, Given the Highest Award and Gold Medal at St. Louis Exposition, 1904, A. A a -- y sd TATA N Steere aP MONDAY. Feb 20 In this sale you will find a nice assortment of Pastry Boards, Step Ladders, Clothes' Horses, Rolling Pins, Ironing Boards, Washing Ma- Tubs, Pails, Wash Boards, Bread Boards, Clothes, Wringers, Meat Boards, etc. Everything in these lines for one week at the Sale terms, I Hiss Anielia Weymer, \ fundreds of Women Curcd of tire First Stages of Concumpt on by Pe-runa. ur The Following Letter From a Thank-§EX ful Woman Tells Its Own Story. Mrs, Mary E. Hoblit, 2501 Clinton a Minnespolis, Minn, writes: y i "My son suffered fc r three months wish i eatarth of tho brond hizl tubes which! threatened to becorio very serious, The doctors advised tit he scck a more favorable cl' mate, but as he Lid beard of Perpna a8 a specific for decided to give itatrizl b 'ore ho left! Zl ng trouble he 7h | Iti bis family for an ecpensive journey eure song strangers. wd 1 faithfully azd found that the | trouble graduaily disappearcd and bless- | od heath took its place. In two months was porfectly well and able to per ep duties. You have indeed a grateful mother's thanks." --Mrs, Mary 'Hobie. Yor six months he so pc adve this Pe, sum) isch been agro $100:0 90d deCcOOS R- ESS --- FO NEW DR STEACY & CANADIAN DOCTOR DEAD. His Many : Failure, Seecinl to the Wiig gatand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 18 --r. pain. . Bessey died in St. nial, a i dicine and Mary's City charge, after having SIXLY years practised pie urgery. William E. Bes: born near Montreal, graduated NeGill University medical depart Ment when he o as twentv-one vears of Nf Practise in Montreal manv in several a8 ambitions and enguoed ded iy h prises, all of which , d Rapids « p Grand Rapids' « rr, nd married a : Oman. and star wal jenna) 3 ol ra * w The journal way mrnal went the takings ou the doctor's early, under hy * doctor and his wife sep" ar ated jy Mithal agreament This former's the lat straw to the Sy toth OF troubles. Dr. Hes of bgp i Prononneed a pufe pase Sad po, Geers The doctar's friends Alves will see to his burial Timah dontg one of Brockville's repected residents. St Vincsnt de Paul "five, after an nth, Enterprizes Ended In | | Bus i {A