it co fe old time rigors of chilling winds that nip to the bone, and frost that penetrates to th very core, especially as they have been OW fu our midst during the last two winter seasons, ean' fail to sde the appropriateness of the poetic ref- erences, or realize in imagination, as he has oft-times experienced in re- Y., something of the biting cold that comes from out the frozen north on the wings of the winter blast. And it may be said that Canadians have got to look upon these austerities as & matter of course, and to 'accept them as mere incidents of the winter solstice. But, as grammarians tell AS, every rule has its exceptions, and | 18 must not be wondered at if the job ly months of winter should hive theirs. Unlike Russell Sage, who boasted Jha in all his eighty years of active Tife he had never taken a holi- day, the months of wintet must - be accorded the usual vagaries -of hu- manity, and be on a spree; Days, eutle as. an. April maiden, with h ath as balmy and sunlight as sweet an a May morning, come in their stead and scatter spring = memories ff 40d vernal promises in the very face Hof January, What eare they for win- hi ter winds that have the keen edge of [a razor, Or +] ice floes thick enough to carry a battalion, or for clouds that hang heavy with the gatherings of a snow storm! They are summer children, and 4s such know nothing of frost or chill, or winter's cold; | Fwhose birthright it is to dance in open fields and make merry in the dim Aisles of he woodland. Jad y A Oi em, rejoicing in their LAE i dr with hands bare of mittens, play gail amid their ight mornings an asant «aft na, while the sick, propped up y. pillows, have their Nndows op- \ fened wider that they too may feel Fr ot. A i sii, the, sweet kiss af sunlight and have : onovgh Agagit the soft breath of the spring-like . sing BN . mig play. upon their faces. It #5 a festal season, with troops of {golden hours cone back to earth amid its winter dearth and snow to [herald in the warmth and beauty of SpCing #'er yet the winter has relax- od its geip. When, with the coming of Novem- ber, the weather prophet boldly de- clared this' would be an open winter, many were incredulous. The past two winters of cold so extreme as to freeze «the very heart of -things had been enough to persuade the most of us of the impossibility of such # met- amorphosis. When, however, Nov- cmber passed into the closing month ofthe old year, ang the Yl Tide brought deal winter, with a decided abSence of snow except sufficient for the the best of sleighmg--when Jan- uarg ushered in days perfect in win- ter Sunshine and roads almost un- paralleled for the season 8f the year; en' niost of all, the coal bin and the wood pile had not * so suddenly diminished as to cause wonder at their speedy disappearance--people began to change their minds 'and to give more credit to Wise Acre than had formerly been his meed. And as weeks went gaily by with the same beauty of winter weather, seconded with just suffigient frost 10 keep the roads m prime condition, the convie- tion deepened into certainty 'that the wild winds wete not going to have it alt their own vay, and that mortals would be remembered kindly in a season that contained, perhaps, more of sunshine and' Tess of show banks thay the former ones. And it is sure- Iy not to be doubted that, for the ma arity of people, the change is a' most agreeable one, and that in the sur render of double overcoats and thick lined mittens vo one has had cause to muranir except the futrier and the wceman. The former may be grieved over his present trade, and the latter over is future prospects, 'as he sees winter passing and the hot days of summer coming, and no suppli but far al t Ba a) of merit to in Bob ? To pure sugnr. ring. we have 'added "Very pound of 6 In better Sf ur 1 pleased hey § MEINE iver 3 hile it Woe 4 is if delight "ind n¥ evinings the present is 5 m Neres tothe g |truth 'may undoubs bth bespangle will yet pay the pi ' no eto It is beautiful « last and w le are Tight, oh! wet Welk oh "reck ou "the storm or the hurricane's blag, EA But we'll revel in gafety while it doth last; © ix i And wel fake: what Way 'come when certdin, i notwith: standing ull that 'toay Be said in fa- vor of on-open win and hei of : said in its praise--a winter devoid of the usual manifestations of Jack Frost and snow, Horm with blocked high- ways and frozen fakes and rivers as its usual omitances, is not un- attended with' its dean backs that go to offset its many advantages and almost compel one to ask if it is profitable in the Jong run. The mat- jor tof health may not unjustly be taken as a primary consideration, as health 1s doUbtely the most pre- cious possession one 'may hold, and the loss 'of it "beyond any remedial compensation. Every doctor knows how largely affected his practice is by climatic conditions, and how séd- den changes in temperature ificrease the sick ike sometimes at an alarm- ing rate.' An open winter, with its varigbleness of temperature, from ex- treme cold to mild' April weather, and buck, to freczing ¢old again, 1s generally accompanied by a corres- ponding sick' list, while the rate of mortality is greater in consequence. Why it should be so is not easy to tell. 'Carélesshess, unseasonable hab its, immoderate 'dress, foolish risks, overliedting and unnecessary expos- ure are undoubtedly some &f the rea« song, 'wid the sad part of the win- ter's tribute to disense is, that.iff the majority of cases it all might Have utend to en- QUEEN MAUD. * : .Conisort of thé new King of Norway, Haakon and formerly Princess Maud of Wales, youngest daughter of King Edward. " Generous Miss Gould. 'Miss Serabji came from India to proéure $1 for her rescue and educational work. Her eloquence, her claims and the merits of a noble work moved the hearts of Christ ou this confinent very, very slowly, and at the ead of a long pilgrimage. she had but. $3,000. - Miss Helen Gould, knowing that . Miss Sorabji's health could: not much longer stand this nor, pera climate, has some 1 her relief by giving e much-need balance of +7000. As after an cight-months visit; returns to India. at: once grateful, - even though discouraged by the general apathy of the people of the churches. In their railing agaiust the rich. so- cialists and pessimists must surely except Miss Gould, who is constantly assisting benevolent and religidus purposes, with wise discrimination. ast year her gifts exceeded $600,- ' Not a New Custom. Laxity 'in public worship has lon Been a theme for preachers In 174 one of them wrote of the congrega- tion of St. James', Piccadilly, Lan- don, that "they seem to be more tak- en up with' viewing and ¢ontemplat- ing 'each' other's dress and equipage been avoided by the exercise of a few necessary precadtions and a little | carefulnéss iA commonsense. Con- | tracted colds, usually got by careless | habits, unattended to and allowed to develop into 'Some serious bronchial | trouble, which if not checked in time leads from bad to worse, till it ends in_a hospital or cemetery---this is a brief ¢épitome of a multitude of cases that Riss pv in our land, during any open winter--ar severe one eéith- er, for that matter, With the coming of fall and early winter there is gen- erally a yer marked increase in the e harvest of Lrim reaper, especially in the towns and cities. jrse it must not Be supposed that all the sickiess of the winter months: is due to carelessness or lagk of pro: per 'precaution. A great many cases would undoubtedly occur anyway, but it is" Sad to tink of those that need not Sere Boole wiser and more careful to guard against sodden changes 'of 'temperature, = One of the staunchest and most ap- preciative friends of 'the open winter, in a country like ours, is the railway company, 'In our land, where the system of railway traffic in winter de pends so greatly' upon the weather and 'the amount of sow fall, a severe winter, accompanied by heavy falls of snow, blocks fhe highways and fills the tracks with huge snow banks, rendering traffic almost impossible, and uecessitating an enormous ex- pendhture in clearing the tracks. An open winter, like the present, is a great friend of the railway company, | as it keeps the track clear at no exs pense to them, and enables trains to move with the same regularity as in sumnrer time. ' This is an "tem of very considerable importance, any one can 'see at a'glahce. * The last two winters with 'theif unisaally heavy Snow 'storms and high winds, were a tremendous drain tpon the resources of our Canadian railways, hundreds of thousands of doMars being spent to keep the 'tracks clear that traffic might go' by utfiipeded. Tht this goes into'the pockets of the poor man who may badly need it may indeed be true endugh; buf as railway compan- les are not in themselves philanthro- pic enterprises, but exist argely to pay dividends t6' the shareholders, the benefit of dn open winter to the latter is again apparent. It is that much "money in. pocket--that much gained because that much saved; and the shareholders 4nd the railway company as a whole are gainers. And so are the people--inh 4 more regu- ar train service and better accoma- than in paying their devotions to the Divine Beng they pretend to adore, and it is asual to see people bowing to their neighbors, with a 'Glory be to the Father" in their mouths" And again, "The ladies show surprising memoties on this occasion, being able to relate on their return home what clothes every woman of figore had on from head fo foot, the fineness of the lace and the color of every rib- bon worn' in the assembly." , Quaint Benevolence. The most curious almshouse in England is St. Mary's: hospital at Chichester, : There eight ~ old ladies live actually in the church; a fine old building dating from 1680. It was originally: & monastery, but ueen Elizabeth turned it into an mshouse: to: endure as long = as almshouses exist. 'The old ladies have two. meat little rooms - each, down 'the sides of the main church, with windows looking out on the garden. They have each a coal supply, a kitchen range, water and gas. At a chapel, daily services are held. The! choir stalls are beauti- fully carved old oak, the original seats that the monks used. " He Saw His Duty. Rev. Wilmer E. Coffman, of the Delaware Water Gap (Penn.) Meth- odist Church, preached to one per- son--the sexton. A heavy rain was the cause. Ile said: "We are Here to worship Almighty God, and should * not desist because others are absent. Our worship is a debt we owe to God, and necessary to our own spiritual life. Jesus spoke to single hearers--Nicodemus and the woman at the well of Samaria Paul and John wrote epistles to in- dividuals, which are preserved with the gospels and other epistles. Then preacher and sexton sang the hymns chosen, recited the creed, bowed in prayer. and: rezd the scripture les- sons, I -------- This from a tombstone in an Eng- lish churchyard, robs death of its sting and the grave of its victory: "Sacred to the memory of Nathaniel GadboM, Esq., 'Inventor and Proprie- tor of that excellent 'medicine The Vegetable Balsam, for the Cure of Consumptions' ahd Asthmas™ At a reunibn' at Trawden, near Burnley, the choir inelitded mothers,' and grandmothers and a great-grand- mother, fre we A TORONTO MAN TRIES dations for thie prospect of waiting for a train notil 10 pm. that should be in at Six 8 not a pleasing one for the most of us. One of the delightful sides of bulniy, spring-like weather such as this, whether it comes in season or | Out of season, is the beautiful morn | ings and evenings which it brings-- | mornings of Helden sunrise, gilding | clouds with a crim- | fon glow, and making radiant the great vault of heaven with a sea of | molten glory, and evenings 'of calm, | [Serene beauty, with a blue arch stud | | with the soft meteors that twin- | ein its azure depths, or with silver | ght of the moon playing wpon the | slumbering world ull it seems a very fairy land of beauty, the image of | | childish dreants. And when the eve is born, In the hive lake the sky, der reach: ing far. Is hollowed otrand the moon dips its horn, RM : And twinkle¥ many 4 star. { That it will not always be so. as we i are told by the sage weatherman, may | possibly 'be true. 'That the old world | rice in tempestuous | lydon and a frost that nips to! the very marrow---this also ma be. | | But as long as heaven smiles its ore t in weather that is perfect and that ripples with: den young will enjoy it,-and { using Anti-Pill 1 can cat anything the ! regulate both | My old Something New and is Delighted ~Fepls Like a Boy. : ae ah De ager of 18t Brush Co,, 29 Col- bore street, Tor- onto, is telling his "irionds | how he found 'health after _ years of illness and © pain, e says: | "I have been -a te! slifferer from vepepsia for 'many 'years: EF have been teoated" hy local doctors and = have taken nearly all the - 2 M. N. DAFOE. advertised remedies with only tempore ary relief; if any at all, but since Same as when a hoy. . 1 have been taking one Anti-Pill at bedtime for the past three months; and find thoy ¢ stomach « and bowels, time vigor has returned, so that my spirits are buoyant' and tem, per normal. As a result of 'this uns hoped foe experience. 1 am in duty bound to give alk credit to this won: derful remedy, Anti-Pill Every draggise sells Dy. Loonhawit'4 Anti-Bill, or '6 sample will be sent free by The Wilsan-Fyle Co. Limited, Ni! agara Falls, Ont. = -- ---- SOME GREAT MEN WHO MAD A _ STRONG AVERSION TO MUSIC. Natural Green Ceylon Tea has placed it on * top. Packed only in sealed lead Packets, the 1same as delicious Salada Black Tea. : 25¢., 30c.. 40c., 50c. and 80c. per Ib, At Ang HIGHEST AWARD, ST. LOUIS, 1 ers, 00e ©8000 000000 00s, E. B. EDDY"S sens Rising, 203 Str "he subject, although one might natur- o J Parlor Match 'ally have imagined that felicity in ver- bal harmony would imply appreciation In neat attractive boxes containing about 780 MATCHES 'of music., 'Tennyson is reported to Ask Your Grocer For Them pmong the rank and fille of the world's Workers and drones, but among those 'who have in various. directions won distinction. : @ee® fave remarked once to Sir Hubert Par- ry: "Browning is devoted to music and knows a great deal about it, but there bd Is no music in his verse. I know | 208200 ECECOPRO@®@® Here are the special values for this sale To fit No. 8 Stove, 98c¢,, $1.35 and $1.70 ; Copper, $2 25 and $2 95. In most of these we show both flat and pit bot- toms. Values such as these are worth considering right now. a about ase and dows care for | dt in the least, but my verse is full of | 'musie" | It will cost you only Sc. to try them. op age. thoush he Brotasted that |@ > ' 3 4 no ear whatever and could not | a as", "aatevst and could not (28828 P00 ©00CO0COO® 900d ee : ted a oad I - : : I excellen © in his | uN 3 * " such as Palestrina and Car- | "issimi, and, much to his credit, loved | our English Purcell. "Good music," he : : Bald, "never tires me mor sends me to | sleep. 1 feel physically rétréshed and A WEEK OF SPECIALS ON THIS STAPLE y dt, as iton says he 3 . . . hi a | LINE is what we have decided on. It will begin at n other hand, Southey was in- | . . sw sensible to the charms of music, a dep- | 7 a.1M. ON Monday, Feb. 5th, and end Saturday night ®ivation which was shared by Scott. | , : 3 In November, 1815, Sir Walter wrote [at 10 o'clock. Most people have no idea of the variety, %0 his friend Morritt of Rokeby that he | « . : : : ; 1 was writing from a lonely fireside, hia | 10 Size and quality, in the ordinary every day WASH ©, and daughter having gone in to | : ys IBainburgh. to attend a great musical BOILER. Most stores will show you three or four val. "I ha indiff t d 4 : 3 oar or Jig" he continued, "but your Oilers. This store shows you 1 3. Wedo with Wash os and t i th 1 h | 3 a 5 hi - #0. ven remained pening to pre cy | Boilers the same as with everything else, put before oaks." . i Scot, avpdrentss, would have sym | you the largest stoek and the greatest variety to be pat] th Theophile Gautier, who ihili 10S 1 otice called music the most expenses | 10UNd anywhere. The responsibility then lies with you molse on earth. Of Gautier it is also | i 1 HOS selated that on one occasion when tan. | TO make a selection suitable for your purpose. en to task by a scandalized host for : talking while some one was singing he replied, "Je ne supprime pas la musi- Que, je ne fals que 'lattenyer!" A still more famous Frenchman, Vie- tor Hugo, objected strongly to his dramas being used as librettos. He sald the music spoiled his verses. Mil- ton took a veiy different view, He sang of soft Lydian airs-- Married to immortal verse, To fit No. g Stove, $1, $1.25, $1.45, $1.70, $2.25; Suen ae i melting soul may pierce | C 8 . J 6 notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn oat. | Opper $2 Sr $3 15 an $3 5- The composer of the deep organ har- #monies of "Paradise Lost" was prob- | 'ably one of the greatest music lovers ¥n the ranks of the poets. He was a musician himself of no mean ability, and his love for the art stands revealed in many passages in his works. Indensibility to music has been by NO means confined to poets. A latter day ducal governor of Madras is sald #0 have declared that there were only | two tunes ane was "God Save the o i Queen" and the other "was not!" He M¢ bs Kel V © & B ouliyhave appreciated the remark of 3 1 rc 1 9 e nchman that music. is "the only noise for which: one is ad nr 69 and 71 Brock St., Kingston. a "dictum with which Dr. Johnson would have cordially sympathized. } Tre > rr 'The doctor's remark at a violin per- formance is familiar. When a friend, noticing the great man's inattention to S T RD EVE ING AND MONDAY the dexterity displayed, remarked upon She. Junculty of the Bertormance to F Which they were listen ng, the doctor e Sel Soe Sntening, the doctor | For I Lo were 'unable to take advantage of the T wiah it wera Inpassbain [Searing sale of Ladies' Jackets on Thursday, we have decided i when Boswell in a gushing fit | ini i $5 0 Berio tow wel 10 A. gushing at | fo offer he remaining sizés of all our $10 and $12 Jackets c n strongly and paintully, producing in | aturday Evening and Monday at the same ridiculously low s mind alternate sensations. of pa- | hotly dlonerate Meusations of pa- | figure of........ A Polisi berets rll hds ten $4.89 to led Years and of 'daring resolution . " i 3 + 80 that he was inclined to rush into the Wi Kk . t thickest part of the battle, the docto ter 40% Smbly nd effectively gave him a cond In S 8 4 Off ouche--"Sir, I should never hear it if i ; Suche--"5ir. 1 shouid- ney ih To make a total clearance of all our Winter Cloth Lamb, again, although he numbered Skirts in dark colors, we will offer them on Saturday Even- ®ocomplished musicians among .his |} o/ i friends, cared little for ther wrod | I" and Monday at 40% off the regular marked prices. He Snfessed to having practiced "God ne ' ve the King" all his life--"whistli 3 and humming it over to myself ug Whitewear and Blouses solitary corners and am not yet arriv- . 'ed, they tell me, within many quavers At manufacturers' prices, of it" On one occasion at the Novel- los he managed to "weather the Moz- @rtian storm" with the aid of soothing Porter, but his power of musical re- @eptivity was very soon exhausted, as die has explained in his own inimitable | way in the "Chapt Ears." Else- 'Th J J h S mee © Be 1 1€ James Johnston Store 'Some cry up Haydn, some Mozart, 1 Just as the whim bites; for my part 180 WELLINGTON STREET. a -- I do not care a farthing candle For either of them or for Handel, Cannot a man live free and easy "Without admiring Pergolesi, Or through the world with comfort go That 'never heard of Dr. Blow? BROWN'S FINEST BUTTER SCOTCH AND MARROWBONE 20c. per pound . --AT-- A. J. Rees', 166 Princess St. CII OG ( The Peril in China. National self-assertion in China is And Gluck apd Beethoven, Bach and | Weber and Purcell are disposed of In a | similar light-hearted fashion. | 'A century earlier both Pope and | Bwift were equally unmusjeal Swir, indeed, whose feelings were never half- | hearted about anything, hated the art. He cynically made mathematies and | Juusie the two chief pursuits of his absurd Laputans. He was at Windsor one evening in 1711 and after much so- leitation was at last persuaded to go Into the music room. But he did not stay very long. *1 was weary." he wrote to Stella. "in half, an hour of their fine stuff and stole out so private. 1y¥ that everybody saw me and co led £ Empire is serious mercantile str ency due to the war; the succes a natural result of my heels in the clolsters till after 10."-- f the object lesson | Japan makes the hinese chaie Touden Globe. . of Japan's success. It has shown iy extra RY, of foreigners: - itself in the boycott of American the rapidly growing native press is -------------- {&oods and in aggression against | strongly anti-foreign. The Govern- Do the right ; | missionaries, some of whom have 1 dv : friends, and vou hing on -- Jos | Been. recalled 10 dhe seacoast A the: core of the apnle Toft. | mob at Shanghai Was suppressed by ment is unable to control these great forces. The remedy that cured Mr. Dafoe sg completely is surely worth a trial. 302 Fahout £7,000 000 government of India collects | fareign residents with sever nN of - 1 ' in E. i y: Glossop. | Though disorder: o % Captain E. Parrington, of G piu, from the. sate. of | ited, | England, has offered (£30,000 Io A f three factors betoken d : fo vpium, anger of an > ¥ i outbreak, 8 nursing and convalescent home n In the central part of the i the sick poor of the town. . ed = Flavor RN. F. Macfarlane's large "furnished "new house, n street, welcomed many Jotmston L inesdny afternoon an ois, . Mrs. Macfarlane held witg, stion since her marriage, frst in wedding dress of @ wore trimmed. with Jace. litune, furnished in soft, cing-room, oi v Ag much decorated with. v $ ilax py ins and smilax, the easton the chandelier, and a gle mtelpicce. A beautiful orna he Ie Jatter was the: hand mounted onyx clock, given oe popular mayor, bythe pi? ini room .a pol a the dining-roo cals. In { with lace doylies, raver table, €@ e, and upon a mirror in its centr oa large vase, and two sm son in which were carnations of es, tio . pink, and asparagus fem, cate : the Shaw poured tea, and Jobere B54 Io were Miss Grace the bride's two ni Viss Mamie and Miss Mabel Nes he Miss © Lila Nesbitt opened ' r for the visitors, tentive waitrd Jantyne, and doo - Mrs. James Dix, Bagot street, o little girl's perty, for her daug Vera. There were about twenty-five sent. The chief amusements of the ing Were the peanut hunt, won Lx Rath Martin, In the guessing ca of -anthiors, the litfhe Misget Ge Conway; Florence Fewart, and Macnee were ties, then five guesses wore given and Miss. Flo Stewart was the Iucky winner of prize; a watch pin Mis Jennie Kelvey won the consolation, a he hon-hons. Great delight was cl at the tablé over = the magic Aiss Phyllis Walsh, Mabel Hend and Olive Chown were the fort ones, in finding the money, ring putton, Dancing and other game od the evening's amusements. Tho gating were Misses Irene Dix, Hill and Beatrice Ockley. The was decorated very prettily 'with flowers and smilax . " . Nre. Hubbell, Bagot comb "of her friends to come for i of tea, vesterday afternoon, and Wiss Leavitt, who is visiting he cosy drawing-room. looked so y with its firelight, and its candle and the flowers which adorned it. sireet, of dafiodils upon the mantelpiece ip. pink and white upon table, upon another yellow " fodils, where Mrs. Be Browne dispensed tea, Among the ber who were there were Mrs. . Machar, Mrs. G. A. Grover, Mrs Stewart Robertson, Mrs. Carme Montreal. Mrs. D. Phelan. Mrs. . Fages, and Mrs. James Higgins. . we. Nes, W. G. Anglin, will give a) peaple's party, on Wednesday, fon SALE Every season quantities of Odd Tabl them at genuine sale pi some of the designs in Of superior qual all round. se Cl rot making any mo: cloths are perfeét and Napkins to match th Cloths 23 Yards Long. Worth 83.75, Worth 24.350, Worth 5.00 special price special prige .... , special priee ...... Worth 26.00, special price .... Ren Richardson's ow HALF BLEACHED-2 ye ial price 81.19, ote. 24 yards long, regular $1 4 vards long, regular $1. GRASS BLEACHED HE: floral designs +. 2 yards long, worth 81.30 2 yards long, worth $2 yards long, worth $2.5 Als » many odd lengths # R. Wa