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able, both in ability and intent, to fully amount of money in the safe and had protect the interests of Cicada and of received a share ofthe plunder. Pontoo- the Empire. If. for instance, any ; was again arrested, but. liberated on measure of reciprocity be arranged. the i bail. and the trial‘ol’ him and Maekie Dominion will get as as she gives. commenced at Napauee over a fortnight Ifany progress is made towards settling ago and. ended on Saturday last. The the sealing dispute, it will be upon jury, who were fairly worn out with terms equitable, not only to the sealers, their ten days’ work. brought in a ver- but to the nation, and if additional priv. diet of guilty against Mackie, but dis- ilegcs are given to the Yankee lisher- agreed is to l’onton, ten standing for men on the Atlantic coast, it will not acquittal and two for conviction. Mao CHRISTMAS Is comma: Enaltge Cu er Just a word to remind you that our Grocery Department is complete, with everything necessary for the Xmas pudding : NEW NUTS NEW RAISINS lion in per be without compensating concessions in return. The disposition to pre-judge every action of the Government, and decide beforehand that its policy must necessarily be prejudicial to the country. kie was sentenced to ten years imprison- tnentiu the penitentiary, and Pontou was liberated on giving bail to the amount ot‘Slll,000. Pare and llolde‘in were to have been tried immediately NEW CURRANTS NEW PEELS NEW FIGS 'NEW EXTRACTS In fact only a call will convince you that we have the freshest, cleanest and cheapest stock of Groceries in town. has led several of the Opposition papers after )lttckie and l’onton, but will be to arrive at final conclusions which can- hold until Ponton‘s nest trial, as they not possibly be properly reached until will he wanted to give evilcnce against. everything has been publicly and fully him. As to his guilt or innocence, announced. public opinion appears to be about evenâ€" _-____7‘ iv divided, and his case. being. as the ~ A Fowl Tip. Globe says, Still sub judt'ce, any com- ment on it at this stage is not required. WOULD DO \‘VELL TO For quality and price can’t Don’t forget the FREE SILVER‘VARE. be beat' , While every class of agricultural pro- The feeling i” m”: film" is 5“ “WW-1 iu‘ . "-â€" duce has increased its export business N“Pam” “‘“t l_"““°"-‘5 “"‘3 l"':‘0“93”)' , Dealer in coal and iron. during the past year, largely because suSpendcd during the had. day oi the of the aggressive policy of the papa“. trial, a. howlingIr crowd of sympathizats “Lenin closely observing and intelligent, surrounded the court house», and the w I B U R G o Y N E _ Highest price for scrap iron, .,, v- 4"! an THE RED STORE. SEASONABLE GOODS. Gent’s and Ladies’ Hockey Skates, Boker’s and the Starr. The Acme Spring Skates. Greening’s‘ Steel Wire Cow Chains. Racer and Maple Leaf Crossâ€"cut Saws. Toronto Blade Crossâ€"cut Saws, 5% feet, at $2.50 each, a firstâ€"class article. Oak and Hickory Axe-handles. American and Canadian Axes, from 500. up. Stoves, Cooking and Parlor. Prices lowest in the County. Cash for Hides and Skins. JOSEPH HEARD. NEW GOCDS. Fancy Dress Goods in the latest designs. Blouses in the newest styles. Millincry in styles and prices to suit; New Spring Capes. Lace Goods and Trimmingsâ€"~-a very large assortment. Inspection invited. WM. CAMPBELL. The difference between buying a pair of " Slater Shoes " and a pair of gomtntm suoes, is just the difference represented in a sealed letter and an opened one witlt a responsible signature. The sealed letter may contain a large cheque, or it‘li'iiliff's notice. The opened letterâ€"well you know just what it is. . The common shoes may be good ones under file but how do you know? ,torritory in the Yukon for the purposes ‘Sincc reliable export data has been 'along the river valleys and beds These .tions appear to be in every way equit- .even the Opposition critics so far are brass and copper. rHos. Enosou. The Fenclon Falls Giiiettc. Friday, December 9th, 1898-: New Mining Regulations. Regulations governing the leasing of of hydraulic mining have been issued by the Department of the Interior, and they bear evidence of a thorough under- s'anding and appreciation of the pecul- iar condition prevailing in that country. available it has been recognized by all miningr men that vast sections ofthc northern gold fields can only be proper- ly worked with ecstly machinery, and that substantial inducements must be offered before capitalists will undertake the arduous and financially perilous experiment of investing heavily in the necessary plant and other preliminaries. The new regulations provide for con- cessions of from one to five miles long. with a maximum depth of one mile, concessions will only be granted after public advertisement and tender, and annual fees will be collected of $150 per tnilc frontage, with a royalty upon the output over $25,000, and a requirement that work to the value of $5,000 a year be done on the. property. The regula- ublc both to the investing miner and to the country; so much so, indeed, that unable to take exception thereto. The Ottawa Citizen. for example, observes, “Capital is required, and Mr. Sit‘ton’s new regulations appear to give the, ' necessary encouragement for the invest- ment of capital in the Yukon, without imperilling the prospects of the ordinary miner. The conditions as to open and public competition and the restriction of grants to heart fidc miners, the re- quirements as to actual location and test of the property. as well as the stip- ulations for working within the yearâ€" all these look to the interest of the real investor and actual operator, as against the speculator and claim grabber.” To the general regulations there are certain qualifying exceptions in favor of those who have recently commenced opera- tions. These exceptions follow the principles universally recognized in such cases, and give no undue advantage to any individual or company. The fact that all kinds of ulterior motives are suggested by the critics for the insertion of'this qualifying clause would appear simply to indicate that the old spirit of carping criticism has not been killed by the accumulating evidences of its fool- ishness in the past. The Washington Commission. The Commissioners at Washington are working hard to complete the ardu- ous task which has been assigned to them, and the intense interest which is felt in their proceedings, not only on this continent, but throughout the world, naturally places a heavy premium upon any scrap of intelligence relative to the progress of negotiations. That a.“ re- ports should be taken with caution is manifest from the great variety of state- ments made, and it may be accepted as a general principle that nothing authen- tic will be made public until the treaty itself is completed. There is. however, ‘son. Onc \Yestern Ontario firm alone ~ the lead, and she evidently proposes to ;saddcst and most startling of the phe- nomena of modern social life." ly catering to the British market, the greatest relative progrcss. among perish- able goods at any rate, has been in poul- ,try and game. In 1896 the total value of poultry and game exported was less than $10,000 ; in 1897 it was over $57.- 000, and for the year ending June 30th, last, it has exceeded $100,000. That the trade of the current season will be far and away ahead of even this latter figure is clear from the activity develop ed by the approaching Christmas sea- is shipping 60,000 turkeys to London, and other firms are doing a proportion- ately big business. The demand for good poultry. both fresh and canned. is rapidly growing in Great Britain, and continental exporters have realized this and entered to the demand ; but Canada is now in a position with her vastly imâ€" proved cold storage facilities to take do it. The bus'ness is a profitable one, and should engage the attention of the Canadian producn‘s to a greater ex- tent than it appears to at present. Is It the. liesul‘t of (lidtiiming ? The following paragraph is going the rounds r. “ Das- Echo, of Berlin, in an article drawing attention to the statistics of German schools for the ten yearn from 1887 to 1896, shows that 402 school children committed suicide. All these cases occurred in State schools; 331 wore boys and 76 girls, each under 15 years of age. Whether or not Germany is more productive than other nations of this horrible tnodcru symptom of child suicide, it certainly, as Dis Echo remarks, may be regarded as one of the In Germany the suicide of school teachers is quite com man, and the pupils now appear to be following their ex- ample. In the casc of the teachers self-destructioa is caused by want, the supply of pcdagogucs being so greatly in excess of the demand that many of them, really learned men, are absolutely unable to earn enough to obtain the bare accessories of lilo, and seek refuge , in the grave from their misery. As all the suicides of children occur in the State schools, it is probable that the wretched creatures have their brains softened or their lives rendered intoler- able by the severity of their studies; and if the school system now in vogue in this Canada of ours be made much more oppressive than it is at present, we shall not be surprised to hear of some of its victims escaping from- it by bang- ing, drowning or otherwise making away with themselves. The Napaheei-iiatik Robbery. Probably no crime less heinous than murder has ever attracted so much at- tcntiou and cansad so much comment as the robbery in August, 1897, of the Napaucc branch of the Dominion Bank. The amount tak en was about 833.000. of which 810,000 was in unsigned notes. Suspicion fell upon W. H. l’onton, the teller in the Bank. a young man very rcspectnbly connected, of good character and itntnenscly popular, but a bit ofa “sport,” and he was arrested and taken before a local magistrate, who decided that there was not enough evidcne: to commit hitn for trial, and he was at. once released. Going back to his desk in the Bank, he was told that his nerv- iccs wore no longer required, and he thereupon commenced an action against the Bank, claiming damages to the amount of $50,000. Afterwards l’arc tnob of mm and boys that foll-wedi Judge Ferguson to his hotel became so demonstrative of‘ their indignation that the sheriff had to read the Riot Act before they would disperse. W A Small Bonus Proposed. Public opinion regarding a bonus to the Rathbnn Co. appears to have under-- gonc n chingc, and a petition to sub- mit a $4,000“ by-law is now being cir- culated in the village. As Mr. O-‘Lcary remarked in one oi" his addresses here,. the practice of giving bonus‘es‘ to indns- tries is wrong in principle, hot it exists, and we- have to deal: with things as they ate.‘ The change in opinion is due, firstly, to the cutting in half of the first bonus proposed. and secondly. to the promise of the Rathbuns to bind thctn- 'sclvcs, should they come here. to build a mill at the expiration of' the lease to be transferred to them by the Bank of Toronto, if they ctnnot obtain a renewal 'upou fav'rablc terms from tho execu-r ,tors of' the Smith estate. $4,000 is it good deal of'money to a. primto person, but, when cxtcndcd over a term of ten years, is nothing to a village such as this, and there are a very few ratepayers who- will not make, in one way cr-another, a good deal tnorc bv the presence of tho- R‘athbuns at the Falls than will coun- terbalance the slight addition to their taxes. The» outcry that is generally raised if there is a proposal-"to increase the taxes arises from the‘ fact that th) equivalent ior~thcm- is not received at the time they are paid; but there is no- just cause for complaint unless they are squandered, and it is a fact that. ad a. role, the most highly taxed places are- thc most prosperous. Whether or not the Rathbuns will accept a boan of $4.,00030r- whether or not a by-luw for that amount will carry we do not know; but it can only be carried by an affirm- ativc vote of a majority of the property owners, and our columns are open to all who wish to, oppose or endorse the- proposal. Home From Dakota. A. few days ago we fell in with on. Irvine Junkin (eldest son of Mr. John» 'Junkin of lot 21, con. 4, Verulnm) who ,wan to North Dakota in March last, and returned home about a fortnight: ago, with the intention of going back next March and‘ taking up land, as he was well satisfied with the soil and the climate. The farm upon which he worked, a few miles from Dr'nyton, was. a still’clay, and during the entire sca-~ son he found only two stones, about the size of grey-birds' eggs, which he brought home with him.. The chief product was wheat, which yieldch about 23 bushels to the acre, and was selling when lie-loft at only 5'2 cents per bush- el; A good many horses were necessar- ily kept to do the work, and oats enough to feed- them were raised, but the onlv other live stock upon the place were a tniloh cow, a pig audio lot of poultry. Besides wheat and oats. several kinds of vegetables were grown for home use and did very well, but scarcely any- thing; was sold except wheat, which, as soon as it was ready for market, was dumped into light waggon boxes, made to hold over a hundred bushels, and drawn at once to the elevator at Dray- tou. The only outbuildings were the stables, the walls of which were made ot‘a single thickth of matched inch lumber, and in winter were generally cove-red inside with a thick coating of ice, but the horses did not seem to sui- ’ fer from cold. The fuel used tvas pop- l1r and oak. both of which won: VL'I'? “ Slater Shoes ' ’ bear a pedigree tag which tells exactly the leather they're of, its wear, pecularities or faults. Goodyear \Velted. $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per pair. CATALOQUI “THE SHOE.” a general agreement in the despatches and Holden, two self-confessed crooks , dear. and cool, the price of which he that upon the main issues good progress l and burglars, and Robert Mackic, a alliterdtd not hear or had forgotten. has been made. While the final results Bellevillc hotel-keeper, were arrested l Them were no fences, and any animal may not be as conclusive as was at first ‘ and underwent a preliminary cruniua- l luruml out to graz": was tethered b3.- i hoped. much more will be done than tion, at which the first two tlcClat‘ed f"'p0,{1ttlicotbcrcnd of which “than tnanv at one time believed. One thing i that l’ontou was implicated in the crime tron run: that hill aion'.’ a thick wire ‘ nt-n hrs more certain every day, viz, l -â€"that he had assisted them in variou: ' iailmlc-l to two pith driven into the 73: ~-' - ‘ V"? ’0“ Fenegcn Faus- ! :E‘i’. tie Baiti~b CotntutSsionei-s are well. ways, had kept them posted as u the mound Several ru'la apart. and moved .u.