i disastrously to the religious inetitu- | was abrogated. The clergy no longer j | drew their support from the public b funds. At the same time public wor- b | tion of associations which were ap- , [Proved by the state. The Protestants « [fused to recognize any authority save | under the law of 1881; and have wor- Thers is a Tull in the activities of | the French government against the | | Roman Catholic church, but there is not an end to the difficulties which have so far in this month resulted 80 tions. The crisis came upon the people so sudd-nly as not to be understood, .cs- pecially at a distance. The church knew, however, that a year avo the law had Deen enacted which this month altered the relations of the government and the church, On December 11th the Concordat, or contract passed by the great Napoleon, ship was forbidden except under direc: and Jews complied with this loss. The Roman Catholics would not. They re- the vatican's in religious or ecclesias tical matters. They declined to act ship in the form of puldic meetings ap- proved by local dignitaries. The result has been a serious one. The church Property, churches, sem inaries and presbyteries have beén se- questered. The head of, the church in France has been driven out. theo- logical 'students have been ordered fo = ] | the position he occupies. He is resist oot Fe 2.3 x y JLT ny Lie famurnses XB | possessed But it is not 'at' all likely that the $|cnment to have the French people | the pope and' his counsellors cannot | palliate that. The spirit of the anti- | to supply | mand, by the people, the people's re- |'way of corporate or class legislaticn. "the assembly, cuts off _the cleri- |; thats takan to remove him ancl put in Bis office one who is "of the spirit 'of compromise. cardinal secretary of state is alone in ing the attempt of the French ~gov- repudiate the vatican; ani ~ Pubtic Lobby In Canada, The people's lobby, What is it ? Accordine to Mr. Maclean, M.P., it is a reportorial staff whose mission is to wive to the press the facts as they are revealed in parliament, and with- out modifitation. The lobby reports what the people do, accurately, fairly and fully. The World proceeds to say that there are occasions when the work of the gommittee or house will not stand impartial 'tregtment by the press, or the papers represented at Ottawa, and scores of papers have n, miogns of knowing what 'is going: on. The 'lobby will post: the people through the independent press. But thistis not the lobby which ob- tains in the United States and in some of the legislatures. ' Wisconsin -- il the Whig remembers aright--bégan this work, and bv the selection of a collece graduate, an expert in politi- cal economy. His work was not to report for the press, but to collect and tabulate and clgssify all sorts of valuable information on all 'sorts = of subjects. The plan of this man was the facts as they affected the public, locally, amd it was really fwénderful how his labour influenced the legislature of the day. lu time he became the most important official in the state, and he was in constant db. presentatives, and the press. . Other states copied Wisconsin's idea, Washington may have adopted this plan of saving congress from the on able. _ There is room for 'a public lobby at both Toronto end Ottawa, and at the expense. The great. requisite fquet sula, and of New York State, so far as the Buffnlo district 'is concerned, are being worked into a fever on the bread label question. The the loaf and the maker of it, if a mem- ber of the union, are boing indicated by paper mgterial on which is pronounced im- pure. determined that the people shall not be made sick and their practice tended, are denouncing the lgbels un- Falls, presumed to be familiar the facts, opens out on the bakers in this fashion : tact: with articles of diet, such as bread, ete., "is an imposition upon the '| public. - Ifs the users of bread saw the mgnv small bakeries they would be very 'loath: to use the bread. Any lady would be justified in refusing to buy a loaf plastered vertisements. crudely at Niagara Falls or Bufialo, but 'the label, as to weight, is put on | the bread in Kingston, and without resort to gum or stance. "The strip in which they are put in the pans, and the dough is laid upon the paper. In the process of cooking the labels adhere to the bread. There therefore, in this compliance with a civic by-law. ie vense with the labelling of the one and a half pounsl loaf, and the couh- cil has bern asked to amend the by- | law making it aml not the two pound loaf the not acted, fearin- the people, and the labelline of the bread goes' on. year attracting wide attention. the voting on Saturday. It will be a great surprise if C. R. Devlin is not elected. ennounced. But the registration courts ment will be adopted. of Saskatchewan, is despaired of. His has been a short but useful career. It 'las gas plant avers that he can pro- Mz, Blair made at the Emmerson bhan- "in Bt. Jobm. The ex-minister of railways intimated that he was at the disposal of any tituency that desired him, that he was pleased Mr. Emmerson was his successor, and that if he (Blair), returned to parlia- 'ment he would give that gentleman his "hearty support." As to Mr. Blair returning 'to the liberal party. He cave his own version of the case by saying; mover left it." Perhaps the) Mail will go into details and' show that. Mr. Blair does not understand himself or his own position. Labels On The Bread. The people of . the Niagara penin- weight of attachments, the sticking The doctors, euriously enough, as if ex- aringly. Ome physician of Niagara with "The matter of labels in direct con- Mhy manner in which this is done in with these ad- IL believe it to be a means of disseminating disease". It, may be that the hykers do things other sticky sub- 'are cut from the printed and is: nothing offensive, An attempt has boen made to dis standard. The council hys Editorial Notes. The school board elections are this The trustees are doing things these days. The Nicolet election will end with Manhood suffrage will remain, it is will go. Some other form of enroll- ' The life of Hon. Mr. Scott, premier is hoped he will not become the vie tim of pneumonia. The Telegram invites those who are not wedded to partyism to go to the polls and put an end to the Coats- worth rule. And the Telegram is an independent conservative paper. The Brantford Courier is against compulsory voting, because it may compel a man to vote when he does not want to do so. The man must vote, but he can deposit the ballot blank. The conservatives that noted the de- parture of Mr. Blair for the liberal convention at St. John, and announc- ed, "Watch the fur fly," must be dis- appointed. Mr. Blair was most en- gaging in his manners. One way has been found to make the lords behave themselves. It is, pass the educational vote on condition that the money is expended only under public management. The lords cannot inter- fere with the supply bill, -- The federal povernment ought to get something very notable in architee- ture for the new departmental build- ings, when four hundred artists - will compete. May a Canadian be the win- ner of the handsome prize, --p-- The public schools act will be amended, says 'the Mail, but the gov- crnment will not deviate from its vol- icy im regard to teachers' qualifica- tions and stipends, The people may, however, deviate from the government on the subject. The superintendent of the St. Thom- duce gas at 83c. a thousand feet. This Quite Likely. Toronto Star, ot air some of the Ea fering froin water on the brain, A Record Year. [Hamilton Herald, railway built in this country. with lati than six millions, © enty out of 123 municipalities i Manitoba, have said: "No," ina ares resonant voice to Mr. Roblin's telephone proposition. Yet Mr. Rob- Ba says he is delighted with the situ- ation. Woman's Hardwork. Toronto Mail, he supply of Canadian bank clerks is falling off after the manner of the supply of school teachers, and the suggestion hag been made that girls and women be admitted to the service of hanks. As if to check the adoption of this economy, aloig comes new that the wrecking of the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank of Pennsylvania was the work of seven women clerks. We ourselves suspect that there was a woman in the onse. Here's To The Vets. Toronto Telegram, How many think, we wonder, as they enjov the splendid conditions to- day, of the ips endured by the pioneers of early days, who labored and suffered in obenino wp this coun- trv and made the present marvelous prosverity possible ? t's all very well to sing "Carpe Diem 1" but Canadians all owe a deep debt of gratitude to the sturdy men and women who faced conditions which would likély make manv of us wilt. So here's to the Old-Timers ! The men who did things! Mar they all be soloists in. the harp orchestra up above ! Whitney's Trick Commissions. Belleville Intellegencer. Ontario put Hon. J. P. Whitney in office to do a great work for the pro- vince. ' : The Whitney government cannot de- ecend to the lowly exercise of doing small chores for the partv without impairine its power for good. The Van Zant enquiry, does not grade high in the estimation of the public. H. G. R. Van Zent. is unworthy. of his office. Let the Whitney covernment make its own enquirice and dismiss him on its own responsibility. There would be eourame even if thera was no justier in such a volicy towards Mr. Van Zant. noliev "of trial by vartizan commission lacks size, it lacks cour- age. and' is nof in harmony with the really large qualities of the Whitney government. NAPANEE NOTES. Interesting Items From a Near-By Town. Napanee, Dec. 20~Dr. and Mrs, Harold Ward are guests of his father, Dr. G. T. C. Ward. Mrs. Battle and son, Gordon, are spending the winter with Mr. Battle's father in Montreal, Miss Millions, Carleton Place; is the guest of her sister, Mrs. (Rev.) J. R. Conn, at the manse. W. A. Rose met his son-in-law, C. V, Sale, at Smith's Falls, one day this week, and accom- panied him to North Bay on the Over Seas limited, on which train Mr. Sale is. a. passenger en route to the Orient. Arthur Fraser, New" York, spent a few days this week in town with his mother and visiting his uncle, J. R. Fraser, who is very ill. E. W. Grange, of the Globe stafi, spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, W, Grange, John street, Henry Martin, Napanee model school, a salary of $500. George H. Crable, Oshawa, late of Napance, is in the general hospital, Torento, very low with typhoid fever. Mrs. (Dr.) Rat- tan, Woodstock, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Tay- lor, South Napanee. The sleighing is very fine just now. The winter so far has been perfect. The holiday season has been one of much pleasure, weather conditions ze NURSE CONFESSES There is reason to beliove that. if the hy candidg tes are Think of it--three thousand miles of country thi year | That beats: ihe Canadian reore) and also the record of every other ia Sence, and fined each $2 and costs. and size! has accepted the Consecon school, at] making outdoor pleasure very enjoy- able. Mrs, McCoy, Carman, Man., arrived in town to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Parrott, and other friends. The little son of Mrs. R. Din- ner is very ill with appendicitis, Fred- tack of pleurisy. Mrs. F, E, Van] Luven and daughters, Helen and Edna, are spending the Christmas holidays with{ her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wright, Violet. Fractured Her Leg. * Mrs. George Leckie, Pittsburg town- ship, visiting at the residence of her son, Adam Leckie, Brockville, met with a painful and serious accident. While down the stairs she made a misstep. and falling fractured ove of her limbs. Mrs. Leckie. an aged lady, was removed to St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, where the fracture was re ---- ------------ It is edtimated that 45,000 immi- grants. settled in Ontario, during the. % sum to cover all chargés in conneo- over 50,000. 4 Carroll, of McGill, is holidays here and Mrs. W. B. Carroll. Clifton Johns- | ton, Montreal, their parents, Mr. and Mrs, George A. erick Lloyd. is recovering from an at-] Johnston. | | : LON G TRAIN OF EVIL FOL- | LOWS WILFUL PERJURY. Ruined a Home, Destroyed Repu- tations, Drove a Woman to Suicide and Fooled a Jury-- Remarkable Story From Aus- tralia. . Vancouver, Dee. 20.--An amazing confession of wilful perjury, that ruin- ed a home, destroyed reputations, forced a woman to suicide, and made a fool of jurymen is brought from Australia by the Aorangi. The con- fession is that of a female nurse nam- ed Greville, who has just been sen- tenced at Sydney, NSW., to two years' imprisonment for obtaining goods under false pretences. It has drawn attention to the terrible injus- tice that may' be inflicted on innocent persons by wilful perjurers in the courts. The woman, according to her own statement conspired with] another Woman nurse named Kathleen Dwyer to give false evidence in a civil case, which resulted in the jury returning a verdict. for $700 damages acainst Wal- ter Benjamin, who was charged bv Dwyer with having beaten her and torn her clothes at a private hosnital where Dwyer was nurse, and where Reniamin's wife was a patient. The Greville woman stated in her confes- sion that Mrs. Dwyer, who has also been recently jailed for two vears for fa'se pretences, induced her to give evidence against Beniamin. She said. in addition, that she consvired with the Dwyer woman to bring a false charee amainst a well-known doctor of Sydney, Dr. Chisholm Ross, in oon- rection with a divorce case. Dr. bas told that. owing to the: false statements, he was joined as co-re- spondent in a suit for divores acainst the matron. of the private hospital mentioned, whose name also was Dwyer. and the latter woman was so worried by. the untrue acensations that she committed suicide before the enka came on. for hearine. This fearfn]l rédord of unobserved suffering inflicted on innocent versons hv two wilful verinrers was rerform- ed! according to the confession. by a desire to extort worey, so that the two 'prisoners micht live in a whirl of excitement and nleaswre, GANAN OQUE CASES Heard By the rolice Mag- istrate. Gananoque, Dec. 285.--In the police court, yesterday, John Wright, an old offender, was arraigned before Police Magistrate Hcaslip, on a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and final $5 and costs. Frederick Brennan, for a like offence, was fined $2 and costs. Ford Ormiston, young- est son of the late John Ormiston, for many years pollector of customs here, appeared before Police Magistrate Heaslip, charged with vagrancy, plead ed guilty to the charce and received u term in the Central at hard labor. Chief Ryan left, this morning, with the prisoner in charge. The second installment of culprits, charged with violation of the town by-law in keeping unregistered dogs 50 came up for a hearing. William Brennan pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $2 and costs. Robert Henderson and "John Joseph Lloyd, failing to answer to their names, his honor took the evidence, in their "The entire class of the recent session of Gananoque model school have pass- ed their final examinations and will receive certificates at onee: Janet Crouch, Hazel Noble, Florence Reid, Lelia Seale, Theresa Adams, May Chapman and Lena Grothier. Miss 4 -- - - 1 4 : M ) : ens * * * $10 and 12 Suits ) p ® * * : $ Good Suits at medium prices will be Very scarce in meg stores this season. ; There has been a big advance in the price of , trimmings, labor and, in fact 'in everything that goe Suit of Clothes, We anticipated this advance made provision for Our Fall Stock before it took Woolens, S:into 5 and wisely place. The Result To-day, we are showing the best $10 and $12 Men's Suits , the town affords. The best taiforing. The best fabrics ang the best of everything that it is possible for the money to @ procure. Ebb HL EL ] The' Man, who wants a medium priced Fall and Winter Suit, will make a bad 'blunder if he fails to come here for it. ~P The H. D. Bibby Co. THE SUIT STORE OF THE TOWN 78-80-82 PRINCESS STREET : SLLLLLLLELLLLLLLOL LL 000004 | Useful Presents What wculd be more useful for a "Xmas Present than one of the following articles: : Meat and Food Choppers, all sizes. $ Fancy Agate Tea and Coffee Pots. Fancy Nickle-plated Tea and Coffee Pots. Carpet Sweepers. Carving Sets from 75¢. to $10.00. $ ' Rogers' Silver Knives, Forks and Spoons-------- And other articles too numerous to mention. ELLIOTT' BROS, 77 PRINCESS STREET. FRR WPREP RRP RR RGEC CREB REE rave Anna Cannon and Ne'lie Thetis Wright will receive certificates as soon as they are eighteen years of ago. 1 Theresa Jordan and Mifinie Wallace will receive their certifiacates when they have passed 'the junior teachers' examinations. The following renewals have also been granted : Mary Coch- rane, Thomas W. Cornett, Rhoda Dack, H. D. Leader, Lottle McCalpin, Nellie Scanlon, Lucy M. Rourke and Lorne W. Yule. Cadet Harry Lawson, of the Royal Military College, is spending his holi- days with relatives in town. Miss Edna Snyder, Toronto, is spending a few weeks with friends in town. George A. Whitmarsh, Stone street, is Spe his holidays with his daugh- ter, Mrs. (Dr.) Bedell, Merrickville. Miss Gladys Yule, Queen's, is spend ing her holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John J. Yule. Mrs. G. H. Walker, Detroit, spending several months here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'H. White, Ham- | ilton, spending a few weeks with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as White, Wellington street, have re- turnnd home. Miss Florence Whitney i* spending a week with friends in town. | James Lattimore, spent a few days, | this week, with friends at Lyn. Har- | old Lloyd, Queen's, is holidaying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George | Lloyd, Garden street. Frederick Ar- thur, of the E. N. Heney company, Montreal, spent a few days here, this week, with his wile and family. John spending his with his parents, Mr. Toronto, and Harold Johnston, | are spending a week with | Control of the McKinley-Daragh- Savade mines. of Cobalt, has passed into the hands of the New York eapi- taliste at a consideration of $3,750,- 000. e Stomach Medicine Is Useless: mpossible ® to cure ocatarrh in the nose by dosing the stomach. Send the héaline vapor the plish good. Any case of catarrh is ctrable,--all that's necessary is to in- hale Catarrhozsone--you of Catarrhozone after germs and you at once accom- stop hawk- | ng. nostrils are cleared, throat | | healed and freed of phlegm: everv ves- tige of the trouble is forever driven from the system. If vou want per- {aneint Sure for catarrh, throat trou- or bronchitis, Catarrhozone i ! year, and next year the total will be ciandde. 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REES, 166 Princess Street : ~ | { 1 ---------------- What Sulphur For the Human Rody and Disease. a COSTS NOTHING T( 'we mention of sulphur Tie of us the early 3 our mothers and grandmot us our daily dose of sulph Jasses every spring sand fall It was the universal spris "plood purifier, ° tonic a and, mind you, this old-fast edy was not without merit, The idea was good, but was crude and unpalatal large quantity had to be 4 y efiect. a oe adays we get all th ofiects of sulphur in a pals centrated form, se that a js far move efiective th spoonful of the crude sulph In recent ycars resea ment have proven that th phur for medicinal use is tained from Calcium (Ca phide) and sold in "drug 8 the name of Stuart's Calci They are small chocolate lets and contain the activ principle of sulphur in a centrated, effective form. Few people are aware of of this form of sulphur i and maintaining bodily health; sulphur acts direct liver and excretory organ: fies and tntiches the bloo prompt climination of was! Our grandmothers knew they dosed us with sulph lasses every spring and fe crudity and impunity of orc ers of sulphur were often the disease, and cannot ce the modern concentrated j of sulphur, of which Stuar Wafers is undoubtedly the most widely used, They are the natural an liver and kidney troubles an stipation and purily the b way that often surprises physician alike. . Dr. R. M. Wilkins, while ing with sulphur remedies, that the. sulphur from C superior to any other forn "For liver, kidney and blo especially 'when resulting | pation or malaria, 1 have prised at the results obta Stuart's Calcium Wafers. sufféring from boils and pi even deep-seated carbuncle repeatedly seen: them dry appear in four or five d the skin clear and smooth. Stuart's Calcium Wafers i tary article and sold by d for that reason tabooed physicians, yet I know of =afe and reliable for c liver and kidney troubles ¢ ly in all forms of skin dise remedy. At any rate people who pills, cathartics. and so- "purifiers" will find in 8 «cium Walers, -a+ far: safer, able and effective preparati Send your name and ad for a free trial package yonrself, " F. A. Stuart Co., 57 § in~ Marshall, Mich. NewYork Chinese Re 83 Princess SU Open from 10.30 a.m. tc The best place to met » Lunch fu the city; Meals on shortest notice. English dishes a specialty. H. JERV Home-made special® for 220 Prix Next Door Fresh Cand Christmas and Nice Mixtures, 10c. 1b, 25¢c., and also Candy f Chocolates, 20c. 40c. and Lowney's, in boxes. Ci be satisfied. New England ( Restaurant 33% Open from 10.30 a.m. t Th best place to get Lunch in city. Meals on shortest notice. English Dishes a specially. "Phone, AUCTION S Book at once w Leading Aucti JOHN H. 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