Men's Wear Store Ha ---- ESSED thes. Not all of th ssed do, at any rate, Al can wear better this country, d out clothes fora aT Bi gal line of MEN'S TWEED SUIS, made of imported! ~ * assortment of patterns. Reg-| ~§ MEN Mm, but mo Clothes thay OF any other egy. D See exceptional Suits and Over, 4 Overeoats [HE. WESTMINSTE materials, made up in the $13.50. $14. $15. Overcoats. Some very vorth Suits 1 the smart dressers. nglish Tweeds, Worsted mark of expert w tents to retain their style last day they are worn. special. S, etc. ---- R.THE CHAM. neatest styles, They are made orkmanship in all those and originality ). BIBBY (0, 's Wear Store. D GENTLEMEN nificent line of CH RISTMAS GOODS will find here the stmas Shoppers. grandest array of use: Space will not permit appropriate articles, carefully selected for without doubt, be cipients of the same. > and Children's 1d Overcoats the most appreciated ou cant make a better paving invest : stock here. ats are new, right out, and tailored ele- there is immediately before Christmas, e their selections carly [he People's Clothier n Redden's and Crawford's Groceries. Shoe Store ST ALE brands. LAND, AGENT. 341 King St. ---------- 0000000000 0064 TAL CO., Toronto, Ont. ¢ ,PECIALISTS. ¢ 1t Babbitts.' ¢ 1000800 G0000¢ A weed. and there's a good ular $12 to $15. Special A velvet collar and lined with to 44. Regular $12 to Price 1 eisaracenssinss Pte cc vs... iu. STOO; special line of MEN'S WINTER OVERCDATS, made with farmer's satin, sizes from 33 $18 garments. Special $10. We are also enabled-to offer you special inducements in our Vv ery complete and well assorted stock of GENTS" FUR- MISHINGS, FINE FURS AND BOOTS AND SHOES. This is your change to secure your Christmas Presents at great y reduced pric L. Abramson, The Remember the place : Up-Town Clothier 336 PRINCESS STREET. Snow | Shovels Solid, strong Steel Sbevel, suitable for stable, store or furnace, as well as snow. 2 sizes, 20c. and 95¢. each McKELVEY & BIRCH, 69 and 71 Brock Street, Kingston. THE DAILY WHIG. NG BARGAIN ARE NOT THE SAME] In Matter of _ Banking--Lord at. Strathtona Quits. | BIG JDIFFERENCE BETWEEN | \ontreal, . Doe. 4.~At the Bank of Montreal 1 meeting today, in BONUS AND EXEMPTION. ier Sir J. B. Walkem Speaks of Value Locomotive Works Are to City" --Could More Easily Spare Two or Three of the Banks. Kingston, Dec. 4.--(To the Edit. | or): A question was asked in one of 1 the local papers, with reference to the { application of the locomotive works | and the knitting mill for exemption from taxes, as to what the members of the committee on industries would | do if such a question were brought before them for consideration.' I was chairman of this committee, whilst a member of the council, but as I have retird from that body I um at liberty to give my views on the ques- tion, simply ax a citizen and taxpay® ier I understand that both of the in- lustries referred to ask for exemption, or twenty on certain condi tions, viz., that the works in both in | standes are years, to confuse the. two terms { and "exempting," | objection to the former, to condemn the latter. In considering the ques { tion we must, as it w¥re, have a pro- fit and loss account opened, and if {the balance is on the wrong side, af ter all the entries are made, the busi ness should be closed as unprofitable, I understand there are between five and hundred hands employed n | the locomotive works, and supposing { the works themselves were not taxed, the city Would receive directly taxes, | irom, say one hundred and twenty families, -taking five per family as the | basis; one hundred and twenty houses ! would heve to be occupied, and about $250 per day expended for the of these employees. If we take a rental of £5 per month for this is a low rate, ve have the sum of 87,200 per vear {paid to landlords, and take sixty cents per day for the food of each | family, we have $26,280 per vear, or {in all, AR0 distributed amongst the owners, of real estate, and the mer- wants who supply the food. . This [total of 33480. is only about on» to be enlarged, with a | consequent increase in the number of | employees. Many ratepayers are apt "bonusing" and through their Six b ipport cach family, and SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH-WEST HOMESTEAD REGULATIONS Any even numbered section of Domin- lon Y sada in Manitoba or the North- west Provinces, excepting 8 and 26, not ed, may be homesteaded upon by anv | eerved, person Who is the sole of any male over 18 years of age, extent of onepEnrier section, acres, more or less. tolry ay be nade personally at the local land office for the district in which the land to be taken i» siuated, or if the homesteader desires, he way. on applica tion to the Minister of the Interior, Utlawa, the Commissioner of Immigra- tion, Winnipeg. or the local agent for the district in _wnich the land is situate, remive authority fon: seme one. to makes etry for him. HOMESTEAD DUTIES : A settler who bas been granted an entry for & home stead is required to perform the cou ditions connected therewith under one the following plans : (1) At least six months residence upor and cultivation of the land in each yea' during the term of taree years. (3) 1! the father (or mother. if the father is deceased) of any person Who it eilgible to make a howestead entry un der the provisions of this Act, reside upon a farm in the vicinity of the land ~ mtared for by such person as a howe #tead, the requirements of this Act as UL fesidence prior to obtaining patent ma: be satisfied by ach person residing wit! b~ father or wother. 8) It the settler has his permanent residence upon farming land owned by bm in the vicinity of ims homestead, the requirements of this Act as to residence may be satisfied by residence upon the seid land. APPLICATION FOR PATENT should made at the end eof three years, be- fore the Local Agent, Sub-Ageat or the Howestead lmspector. fore making application for patent the settier must jnve six months' notice Ia writing to the Commissioner of Do- micion Lands at Ottawh, of his intention 0 do su. BYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH. WEST MINING REGUULATIOLS. Coal. --Coal lands may be purchased a! $10 per acre for soft coai sal $20 for sathracite. Not more than 820 acres can be acquired by ome individual or com- Pany. Royalty at the rate of tem cents 8 ton of 2.000 pounds shall be collected: ba the gross output. head of a family. to the ot 160 \uartz --A free miner's certificate is Srasted vol payment in advance .of $7.50 per wonum for an individual, and from $50'to $100 per annum for a com bany according to capital. A res winor, having discovered mineral a place, nay locate a claim 1,5003 1.500 feet The wee for recording a claim is $5. At least $100 must be expended on the Alm each year or paid to the mining re Corder in lieu thereof. When $500 has Jr expended or pa.d, the lccator may on baving a survey made, and upon mplying with other requirements. pur- hase the land at $1 an acre. ® patent provides for the payment of A royaity of 2} per cent on the sales. 100-ROFR mining claims early: Square ; eatry fee a free miner may obtain two leases to redge for cold of five miles each for a Sm of twenty years, renewable at the Tretion of the Minister of the Interior. © lessee shall have a dredge in oper- e date of $10 rally are . renewable . W, Deputy of the Minister of -3---Unauthorized : publication of this sement will not be paid for, - "THERE IS A TIME FOR ALL THINGS. Now, while prices are low, is the time to fill our coal bin with best uality SCRANTON CO m TO! P. Walsh's Yard BARRACK STREET. - + ~ -------- --. . HAVE YOU ANYTHING ' 70 SELL OUTSIDE OF YOUR SINS AND YOUR TROUBLES? COME To "NM EURRAY. The Auctioneer , EEE ------rs : : £ < J 8 = ecsesssssctseseseeTn ¥ a deeds with effect, not for 8 "PERRIN" GLOVE either _ for street or evening wear; they are perfect for fit and durability. "PER- RIN" ENGLISH CAPES, or "PERRIN" FRENCH KID GLOVES are the me if: you buy them on will ask for them again. best vou Your dealer sctis dischar gent-or poisoabus. Sold by Circular wnt on The Great English Remedy. ~~ -eure for allforne Sexual Weakness, Mental n ty, Insaaity'and an ear} ve. oor lg = for 85 , One will py are. A he +304 revelation kila to fire, China Painters sold. stand boiling water. solicited. "Miss "M. "M. iagton street. TAEN AND WOMER. vi @ for unnatural . inflammations, of muc Painless, and not astrin or gent in plain wrappee stron Asp Arrss Brain Worry, Kmissions, Sper matorrhoea, 1 E of Abuse or Excess, all of which to Consumption all druggiste or mailed in plain oa roogiptof Price. Writefor Pamphlet TEACHER OF CHINA PAINTING WATER-COLORS AND OILS, CHINA Materials for China mended Your patronage Brophy. 58 Well seventh of the actual wages paid to | the employees, but 1 wish to be don- servative in my figures. I have not | considered the cost of clothing, ete. | Taxes are levied for several purposes, {for example, kecping the streets in | order, cost of the fire brigade, and the { police force, and other municipal in | cidentals, parks for instance I .do | not include school taxes, as they can | not be brought' into the question. | The, docomotive works was for manv | vears, and 1 regret to say during the | regime "of. "a conservative government at Ottawa, a dead and a live place. a {little -job now and again to keep the fires going, and the cost of keeping up the streets, fire brigade, and police has not been increased since that time, though the works, from an inanimate concern, have assumed the active, and 1 understand, profitable condition we find them in to-day. If Mr. Harty und his friends have been enabled to secure government contracts, and give work to our mechanics, it certainly was more than their predecessors in ownership could do, and whilst many of us may not be in accord with the that be at Ottawa, vet cannot overlook the great change that has come over the condition of thinas | at the works, on Ontario street since our opponents came to office in 1896. Bonusing 1 am opposed to. except in a very exceptional for ox powers we case, i number of banking companies and of MONDAY, COST DECREASING George Drunumond, vice-president, «re: marked that the profits of banking and consequently the cost to the pub- lic of the use of money. is steadily de: creasing. This is due mainly to the accumulation of wealth in the coun- try, the consequent increase of the their capital and the resulting keen- ness of competition. In support of this Sir George quoted statistics as to the accumulation of wealth and as regards banking facilities he went on to say: "A review, in detail, of the various trade and manufacturing industries may be summed up in the general re port of almost unbroken prosperity. In Canada and the United States crops of all kinds have been better in quantity and quality. Whatever, has been said of our tarifl unquestion- ably has had the effect of inducing the manufacture in this country of. goods previously imported with all the ad- vantages of increased employment and circulation of money in this coun: try." Sir George computed the value of 'the Canadian crop at $75,000,000 to be distributed among a comparatively small population. He added: "The great "extensions of the railway sys tem operating in this country must not be passed over." He went on to mention what is going on in that connection. After referring to the world's nolitical situation, he said: "l can in conclusion only echo the general manager's advice, that the abounding prosperity of our country shonld be prudently accepted and used." General Manager Clouston dealt mostly with the balance sheet in his remarks ~ to the sharcholders, One point was, "the low rate ruling for call money in England and the United States, during our fiscal year, afiected our profits adversely as we were ob liged to carry a large portion of our reserves in those markets, but of late there has been decided improvements which may be maintained during the winter, The advantages of the Cana- dian money circulation svstem has heen amply demonstrated during the late pressure for meney. : He comparsd the normal interest rate in Canada with the fludtations across the border. He also referred to the satisfactory working of the new banking law in regard to failed banks. referring particnlarly to the Rank oi Yarmouth, which first. came nndir the working of. the new law. Referting to the general prosperity he said : "During a vear like this every ome shovld set this house in order. Col lectiong should be pressed and manu- fictir re should husband their re sources, for they are to a great ex tent prosperous by the grace of their reizhbors, and when adversity comes to other countries she American bar gain eonpter will be opened in Can ada and our manufacturers and their employe 8 will: surely suffer." The retirement of Lord Strathcona after eighteen years' service, was an nounced. - The necessity for this was greatly regretted hy Sic George Crummond. No changes in the management were announced, to-day, but Sir G will likely succeed him as and BE. § Clouston will take the viee presidency. The annual report was adopted, er ---- | Due To Negligent Committee. It is rather doubtful if the extra twenty street lights can be put up till next month. The light and power ample, the employment of a non-pro ducing asset to secure a producing one. A gift of the smelter site to a live industry would not, 1 think, be objectionable, the city, of course, keep- {ing a kind of lien on the site, | that in the event of failure they would {have a reversion of it. The gift, | sale, at a nominal figure, of the fair | grounds, to say, the G.T.R. for their | shops which I think will eventually be brought here, would, I think; Le apy {proved by every citizen, and this is | what 1 mean when 1 spoke of the non producing being so or I asset made a pro ductive one. These sites cost the city about 81.200 per year in intefest. My remarks have been pointed principally at the locomotive works, but I wish it to be. understood that they are ap plicable; also, to the knitting mill, or any other live concern, employing large number of hands. the citizens are exemption a 1 don't think justified' in granting to any concern which de sires simply to improve its machinery, by introducing a more modern plant, unless such improvement also means a larger payroll to 'employees. The im- proved machinery is directly for the benefit qjeghe manufacturer, and may, in fact, for the saving of labor, and hence a smaller staff of em ployees Since writing this letter 1 see the finance committee have recommenvied that by-laws be submitted to the peo ple for certain exemptions, and this 15, I think, the proper course to take: Let the ratepayers decide the ques tion, and let the council give them a chance of doing so 1 have tried to condense my letter but I find it a very dificult thing to do, but perhaps before January, an other opportunity may artise to say something further on this important matter.--J. B. WALKEM. N.B2 Just fancy the locomotive works removed to Montreal, as was suggested about a vear ago. by a large stockholder. We could more easily spare two or three of the banks. Stone On The Roads. There has been more stone spread on the roads this year than for some time past. More would have been put on had the city engineer's department been able to get it, but the contractor way wads to supply :it-~fast enough. Ii this winter is a fairly open one, the board of works will be in a better posi tion next summer to repair the roads to a larger extent, and they can cer tainly stand altention, "ures aCold inOne Day; & Hern onevery box. 33¢ 2 Days committee, of which Alderman King is {chairman, was so negligent in taking {up the question of supplying the lights, that the winter has arrived be fore the matter is settled, Tenders for lamps have to be received and award ed, and poles have to be got. The whole matter could have been settled a month ago had Alderman King at tended to his civic duties. The light and power committee is an important one and its chairman must be on the alert. The work of the present' com reedingly disappointing. A Household Doctor. Once tested, you will realize that Wade's Cold Cure Tablets (Laxative) is a remedy which should be kept com- stantly on hand. It is a positive cure for colds, la grippe, feverish con ditions, headache and constipation. A scientific remedy that you can depend wpon. In boxes 25. Sold only at Wade's Drug Store. Money back if not satisfactory. To Get Out Of Cold. Brockville, Dec 1.--~On Saturday right the police found a stranger wan dering about the streets, He said his name was Henry Murphy and that he deserted from "B" battery, Kingston, last May, going to the Unitgd States, where he resided until he struck Brock- ville, with the intention of giving him self up. All Non-Believers Convinced. Once dgctors thought catarrh incur- abie. Now thev know better, becansé every case yields to "Catarrhozone." It cuts all the phlegm, cleanses the memhranes and instantly relieves headache, Stop experimenting. Use *Catarrhozone," that's all. ---- Smallpox In Hastings. Belleville, Ont., Dee. 4.<<A severe case of smallpox has... broken out at Bavside, six miles from this city, the victim being a voung farmer named Arthur Brown. There are. also several recently developed cases at Sidney Crossing ten miles. from here. ; James Milne, aged twenty-two, jani- tor.of..81.. George's . Episcopal church. and former fireman of Sarnia, Ont, susvended and shadowed, was practi- eally caught in the act of firing build- ings. - E. Norman Smith, city editor of the Toronto Globe, bas been appointed managing director of the Ottawa Free Press, bought by H. A. Bate. Mr Smith will make an efficient head. The Unpardonable Sin is a Moral mittee for the past year has been ex-| DECEMBER 4. x a eT NOT A DEFINITE ACT! ELSE CHRIST OR APOSTLES WOULD HAVE SAID SO. Condition, Character From is No Recovery. The Rev, C. E. Manning preached, last mght, in Sydenham Street Metho- dist church on 'lhe Unpardonable Sin," taking his text from. Matthew" xii, 31 ana 32 and several related passages. 'lhe verses fom Matthew read : = "Wherefore 1 say unto you all man- ner of sin and blasphemy shall be for given unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be furgiven unto men. » "And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him, but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world neither in the world to come." The statements made by Christ and the apostles. concerning the unpard onable sin, have been the occasion of more despair, than any other words in the New @estament, There are two views in regard Yo this sin which have very persistent advocates. One is that it consists in some specific act . which cannot be fgegiven and the other that it i¢ a moral condition, a fixedness of character from which there is no re- covery. If the unpardonable sin is some one act for which there is no forgiveness it is surprising that neith er Christ nor the apostles ever named it that by so doing they might warn against it. They specified other sins, but of this one, the mest heinous of all, the world is left in doubt. To me it is inconceivable that if the unpar donable sin * was some definite act, Christ would not have named it, This leaves one open to the charge of overlooking the statement of the text, but wheh Christ answered the Pharisees in these words He had not I think any specific act in mind of which they were guilty, but rather re ferred to the moral condition from which their charge sprung, that He cast out devils through Beelzebub the prince of the devils. The sin of which they were guilty on this occasion was simply symptomatie of a=moral con- dition that 'gives rise to all forms of sin any one of which is as unpardon- able as another since the state of soul from which they spring is a hopeless ly unsaveable state. There is no, single act of which men have been guilty that has not heen forgiven 'again and again, but there is 'a state of moral corpuption from which there does not seem to be anv possibility of mercy. Hf yon accept this view vou will see how little ocean a Fixedness - of Which There tion there js for any ohe to be'con cencd about doing some one thing for whch there is no forgiveness. Our peril does not lic in some great sin which if committed would give a hope bess shock to our moral nature and doom to eternal death. It centres in the many little things we do day after day which never bring a blush to the check or remorse to the conscience Many a man who could not he tempted to commit perjury does not hesitate to prevaricate or circulate false reports.. Many a one honest in other respects is very indifferent about false appeerances. It is the little dis honesties, the little =ims, that give permanence to our characters and make us ursaveable. So whether there is any one act that can be designated as unpardonable there is a fixedness of character so permanent that it cannot. be altered for -the good and this we need most to fear. No one who is concerned about his soul 1eached an unpardonable state has When Christ said, "He that blagphemeth against the Holy: Ghost hath never forgiveness," He did not mean that there was any sin of which if a man repented he could not he forgiven. God studs pledged in the strongest terms to reooive and pardon all who turn to Him, He is greatly to be pitied who has sinmed beyond the hope of mercy, but scarcely less to be pitied is he who, though not a greater sinner, will not regent and accept Christ. The one cannot he saved, the other will not I may not be speaking in the hear ing of anyone who has reached the unpardonable state, but' it is fearfully pcs ible that some of vou will die un forgiven Jackson says "The only unpardonable sin is the rin of refusing the pardon that awaits for all sin." George "Three Swallows." Sir John Power and Son's "Thre Swallows" Irish Whiskey, famous for over a century. Of highest standard of purity. Distillers to His Majesty the King. CT A | Married In Peterboro. Miss Isabella: May Best, -BA., was united in marriage . to Rev, John Watt, of Manswood, Halton county, in Peterboro, on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. Watt, both graduates of Queen's University, left upon the C.P.R. train for the west, and will take up resi dence at Manswood, the groom heing the pastor of the Presbyterian con: gregation at that place, Mr. and Mrs. Watt were the recipients of many handsome wedding gifts, On Friday one-half inch of ice form- ed, between Garden Island and Wolfe Island, but has®ince melted, . You Need The Other. zone is a germ-killer and a valu- able remedy, but to get the best re- sults from it you must have a tonie laxative to fake with it. olution of Ozone (the coupon kind)" is the purest and best form in which Ozone is sold. Every bottle of this remedy contains a coupon which entitles you to-a- bottle of Celery King," "the well-known remedy, free. ' In buying this solution'you get about twice as much Ozone for your money as by buying other brands, in addition to, getting a package of "Celery King" for nothing. 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