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c -â€"‘}gw-‘hmsu-â€"m * .‘ lnter than Saturdey noon. . ‘The copy for & changes must be left not later than Tuesâ€" . _ _ \." Siigh c _ + OHRONIOLEâ€"TELEGRAPH "Yo! BAVID BEAN, Proprictor, _ 1o=soo-nu‘m.'..;a. arge of whis x . | seif to G be . â€" A. 0. MOYERS, lheot uttatlnee. x Waterloo, Out ment, which even the administration admits they did not expect. The two Elgins went Couservative by a comâ€" bined majority of less than a hundred nd the gain of a much contested seat is all that Mr. Whitney has to remind him that his party was working overâ€" time to do something splendid. It is unnecessary and it would be unpleasâ€" ant to go into the details of the fight and crossâ€"fights in these constituencies. ‘The TorontoWorld, which is as shrewd an observer of affairs as we have with us, seizes the opportunity to give Mr. Whitney a lecture. This indicates that the world believes that the Manâ€" itoba Conservatives baving set the pace and won a victory, the leader of the Ontario Opposition should consider himself spanked by the constituences he has just appealed to. The World practically tells Mr. Whitney that he does not understand his business, and that he has been "unequally yoked with unbelievers" of some sort. I quite agree with the World that Mr. Whitney has nothing to brag about and that he hing. South Ontario and SouthBrant garesweeping majorities for the Governâ€" ; (*Don" in Saturday Night.) ‘The four Ontario byeâ€"elections held on Tuesday seems to have Mod noâ€" has missed the tide with which bis friends expected him to make great headway. Unless he is deposed and a reorganization of the opposition effectâ€" ed the Ross government will be & winâ€" ner. â€" The wind is blowing all the flags in that direction, and as I have poiftâ€" ed.out in another paragraph, this should not have been so had Mr. Whitâ€" ney been properly seized of facts or capable of making use of an extraordâ€" inary great opportunity. Able Reply to an Offensive Article of Robt. E. Barr by Thomas O. Hagen. Mr Barr says:â€"I find that in those years Canada tranformed something like a hundred million bushels of good wheat into spirituous liquor, but her production of books Auring the same time seems to have been so infinitesiâ€" \lnl that the statistical Yearâ€"Book does not even mention the output. In the November Canadian Magaâ€" zine, Mr Robert Barr, a successful Canadian author, now resident in Lonâ€" don, Eng., where he has acquired fame discusses the lack of appreciation for literary merit, found in Canada. His article is a most offensive one, and charges Canadians with being much fonder of whiskey than of books. It drew forth an able and spirited reply from Dr Thomas O‘Hagan of Toronto. We reproduce the part of Mr Bar‘s article referred to, and the reply to it. "It will be seen by these statements that it is not the lack of money that es Canada about the poorest book et in the world outside of Seneâ€" bald truth is that Canada has oney, but would rather spend it n whiskey than on books. It prefers to inflame its stomach, rather than inâ€" form its brain. And yet there are fie who actually hold that Canada 36 an intellectual country. & "My advice then to the Walter Scott iramping the streets of ‘Toronto is: #Get over the border as soon as you ean; come to London or go to New "Â¥eek; shake the dust of Canada from yOU feet. Get out of a land that is wwilling to pay money for whiskey, but hhmlrtonmnfree in the shape Of Ayer‘s Almanac, in my day the ‘rhrd work of reference throughout Abe rural districts, because it cost noth â€" 1‘ Vamoose the ranch. Go back bj all the rest of the world is acâ€" @quainted with, and you may find that mud with, and you may find that Janada has, perhaps, some knowledge t your existence. â€" Anyhow, when you mnyou will bave a good time, for are some of the finest people in the world in Canada." Dr. O‘Hagan‘s reply is as foliows : The first of Robert Bart‘s papers on "Literature in Canada" l:gpem in the November number of the Canadian Tm. It is a compound of truth fiction, homor and sarcasm, savâ€" and bad taste. From his metâ€" E‘n chair in London, England, Mr imagines n:nc(llon:t, tba:. he can "hang, quarter raw" the Canaâ€" dian people with impunityâ€"charge cepted up to scon Wednosday of cachwoek them with "stupidity," "drunkeness‘" '_"._sa-b_gflgtfl SAVOry vices. LITERATURE IN CANADA. WHITNEY‘S FAILURE. TL V the Te saey i how butain and fhe | . > Burr mean to say that there is : land. If so, he bad better 100k UP BI#! w , _ Eaen and the Water Commissionâ€"| was splendidiy given:. â€" . "= .. _â€" faue en t dn e mnetes ts hemusior ~" |, on arieage, a cte ns t i ale and portét of * "tbe JaR|* ..uu.‘mwl Aunntâ€" and ‘alf you know." As usual a large number of the canâ€" m were highly successful As to the charge that the mm-â€"uâ€"n-‘w and sustaied the reputation â€"of are not a reading people, if Mr. Bart | limited number are now in the St. Petors. 5 *»~~ will ascertain the u-u:“;f“‘nl- :ho-a:nnlu‘.: fully hl.l: ~mla-l-£-um also on 1e concnel con t popiier weres | all ofiece wes banded in s0d , Mayor alr miooy ty ts matertadiment Ths of these the clever| Eden is again Berlin‘schiefrwagistrts> little oves sang und recited . and . reâ€" ma“uu&::â€"wflu- All the Water Commissioners mre reâ€"|eeived their presents. . There was a lng Canadian he will reaâ€"| elected and the School Trustees in the | very lirge attendance and the festival uuuwwmbhhm But | Centre, South and West Wards go: iD | <as a.success mznp‘lubmahdlhd;: b’m“mm.f £RA c ENNO 1 speak of povel bere,asit will more | the slate at present. hew LOF)I%T‘ - ad uo m“ém&gfln:: â€" â€"yinck Scrvice ui °"'°". n Mr Bats o 4 ture!â€"are we suppose, "David Haram,"| John R Eden, by acclamation. "%m o 'lhdlm:t ;‘”m "«Richard Carvel" and When Knightâ€" Counciliors. Mennonite Church was very largely hood was in Flower." It will be foundâ€" mm« attended, the church being crowded in fact, I am assuredâ€"that the sale of these three works in the City of Toronto is equal to that of any other of like our young men and women one whit. hohmdthom men and women of England, I or Scotland in general culture and intelligence. It is very well to lecture the Canadian wmgaople from a throne in London, E â€"â€"it is a very commanding position no doubt; but facts are facts, and you can meet|! just as wellâ€"read men and women in the cities of Montreal, Ottawa and Toâ€" ronto as you can in London, Live f or Birmm?um. & 2 ‘The real truth is that London pubâ€" lishing houses have stamped mre litâ€" er.uy trash and made it a vogue during | the past quarter of a century than any other anbllshing houses in the world. In fact, the average popular writer of toâ€"day is merely a flower of fortune nursed by publishing hoases. | His work will have no permanent place.| in literatureâ€"it copldn‘t for m not with what is permanent or 6 in life. Literature is life, but most of our writers of toâ€"day who are floatâ€" ing upon the crests of the popular waves ploughed up by publishing houses seem to consider literature as the incidentals and accidentals of life. You cannot tipâ€"toe a people up to litâ€" erary greatness. It sometimes require: centuries and the conjunction of fortâ€" unate stars before t‘o fire of genias is dashed to earth. â€" It is not born, as : some superficial critics teach, of the throes of political, social and religious uphea1 als. â€" While Bacon, Spencer and Shakespeare were being rocked in Protestant England, Calderon,Lope de Vega and the inimitableCevantes were being purtured in Catholic Spain. It seems so absurd to be attacking Canadian literature periodically, now on one side, now on another, because as yet we have not produced a Shakeâ€" speare, i Milton, a Fennyson in poetry ora Dickens, a Thackeiy. or .a Scott in fiction. ‘The best that Canada may expect to do in literature for many, many years is colonial work. The flowâ€" er of literature will never blossom from Canadian soil in all its strength and sweetness until we are a nation. . No people by takinig thought can add one cubit to their literary stature. Literaâ€" ture cannot come before its time, We caunot obtain the oracle before the Pythoness feels the %od ‘There can be nothing more ridiculous than the leadâ€" ing minds of a fation setting out conâ€" sciously, gravely, delibrrately to proâ€" duce a literature. A real national literâ€" ature is always the spontaneous exâ€" pression of theâ€"national life. _ Let us see how the genesis of literaâ€" ture will bear this idea outâ€"confirm it. Athens was a free republic many cenâ€" turies before it produced agreat writer. England was a nation three bundred years before old Dan Chaucer had regâ€" istered at the Tarbard Inn, and the reâ€" public to the south of us had broken its colonial ties a half a century before William Cullen Bryant had given to the world his "Thanatopsis"â€"the first American poem of real merit. _ A writer some few years ago in The Canadian Magazine scored Canadian prets and poetry because Canadian verse lacked the greatest elemeat in poetryâ€"human action, forgetting that the day for the presentation and reâ€" presentation of human action in poetry had passed awayâ€"th t ours is an age of soul analysis, introspection and thought. _He might just as well have attacked Tennyson and charged him with mediocrity because he had given us "In Memoriam," a great poem of thought, and not a work of vital draâ€" matic movement. What Canada needs just now is, not lecturing from London, England but the infusion of worldâ€"thought, ere. he may hope to produce a world‘s masterâ€" piece in literary art. Mr Barr is quits right in ridiculing the epidemic of litâ€" crary banqueting which bas lately seizâ€" ed our goodly city. It is but wind and words, and signifieth nothing. What Canadian literary toilers require is, not praise and puffery, but practical symâ€" pathy and appreciation. As Mr. Barr points out, they have their bread to earn, and the man who will give them the vantage ground to do this is the best and truest friend of Canadian litâ€" erature, though he bad never uitered one word of gfl.ln and puffery around a l anquet table. There are sometwenâ€" ty chartered universities in Canada. Why are not some of our most gifted Cauadian authors invited to fill their professional chairs? Look at what the Americans do in this way. Such pracâ€" ical recognition would be worth more than all the pértods and puffs that ; might garland or grace a bundred banâ€" quet tables. ‘There is something else that Canadian literature needsâ€"and needs badiyâ€"a corps of wise and scholâ€" arly critics. Here in Ontario a literary opinion from such scholars as Prof. Goldwin Smith, Prof William Clark or Dr Rand is of real value, but it is not too much to say that threeâ€"fourths 3( the literary apgrg:menh which oat through or atu pages of our lc:nadim ‘wund magazines are of no value mmm they in the United States. Nor are Casper Braun Conrad Euler, Oscar Rumpel, R Pinke, Hy Vogt. A. L. Breithaupt, Jno Poure, G. A. Gruetzner. V. F. Weber, H. A. Hagen, J. M. Staebler, Moses Unger. West Warp . Dr Bowlby, John Cochrane, Anthony Kraen, C. H. Walper. * J C Bréithaupt, H. J. Bowman, P 8 Lautepschlager, J S Anthes, all by acâ€" clamation. ‘The usual Commencement Exercises of the Berlin lng:lSehool‘wore held at the school on Friday, afternoon and in conjunction with them . the Formal Reâ€"Opening of the school after the exâ€" tensive improvements of the past sumâ€" mer, took place. . There wore R_ruent Dr. Bowlby, chairman of the Trustee Board; Trusâ€" tees Kranz, Sherk of Bridgeport, Werâ€" ner of Elmira, Principal Suddaby of the Berlin Model School, Rev. P. Macâ€" Ewen and others, the busy season keeping many away who would otherâ€" wise have attended. Speeches were made by Dr: Bowlby, Mr. Hugo Kranz, Mr. Werner, Principal Connor, Prinâ€" cipal S1ddaby, Rev. P. A. ‘MacEwen, Dl:(ll.‘m’ B. A. and Mr. F. Sheppâ€" ard. : In these speeches the speakers reâ€" ferred to the necessity of the recent improvements, and the present high stauding the school enjoys, thanks to the able management of Principal Conâ€" mor, who is, and always has been unâ€" flagging in his efforts to improve the work of the school in every way. Mr. Kranz gave a short history of the school from its éstablishment in 1855 to date. Mr. Werner in addvessing the scholars pointed out that only the foundations of education were laid in the schools ; students must continue to work for themselves. Principal Cconâ€" nor complimented Mr. Forsyth on 1.is able assistance in the architectual wnrkl of the improvements to the «chool. The chairman then _ distributed diplomas to the follqwinfi Miss Annie Bowman, Miss Mabel Dunham, Miss Evelyn Lackner, Miss Lucy Howel, and Messrs Frank Dunham, Andrew Faber, Arthur Foster, and Jos. E. Stouffer. e Certificates from the Educational| 84" Department were presented to the folâ€" tins lowing: jl';“ n 1 C. H. Bechtel, Jane Ogram, A. Bitzâ€" er, F. E. Schmidt, Alice Chishoim, Ada C. Snyder, Minnic Fiyun, Vina C. Weber, Frank Hodgins, Alice Wray, Homer Hymmen, Jno. Wray, Hilda Merner. â€" FORM I. J.H. Bactz, J. Â¥.* Borobold, L. E. Eby, 1. Gastmeier, E. Grassor, A. Kaufman, P. Moriey, F. Morley,%J. R. Reid, â€" D. 2. Stouffer, G. Treusch and A. M. Weber. East WarDp Eph Bricker, PeterItter, Jos. Binge Annie Bowman, Arthur Foster, Maâ€" bel Dunbam, Lucy Howell, A. Faber, Evelyn Lackner, J. E. Stouffer, Frank Dunham. NoRTH Warp John C Meisper, J. P. Starnaman. FORM IV. Harriet Collard, Alberte Squltz, Ed. L. Connor, Gordon Travers, Alice Doering, A. 0. D. Weber, Emily Groff tnd Hugo Wellein. CEXTRE WarD Geo DeBus, by acclamation. East Warp Aaron Bricker, Poter Itter. Boutk Warp Dr Hett, by acclamation. West Waro H J Hall (acclamation). Leroy Fear, J. E. Stouffer, Abner Hallman. Our school mesting which was held| _ . â€"â€" 9!“-.'-5‘1_1.--3‘:-'_-':«"'9-.-,- ‘The Crown REâ€"OPENING OF THE BERLIN *‘ ‘HIGH SCHOOL FORM IV Dilton Bingeman. to, Noxv 3. > > e ~ Water Commissioners NoETEH WARD School Trustees. SoutH WaARD BRESLAU. FORM IIT. FORM II. FORM IIT. OR EICEE EBC 9 1 the Formal| The ‘County‘ Board ‘of" Examiners ifter the exâ€" | completed thefr "Work in ‘connection e past sumâ€"| with the eÂ¥niningtion of the Model Scboolstudent# atBerlin andGalt, Tuesâ€" )r. Bowlby, | day. There were eleven caumdaâ€"c> oard; Trusâ€" | Berlin all of #hom pass d, aud nine « report, Werâ€"| Galt, seven of whom passed. â€" The fo! Suddaby of| lowing is a list of the â€"successful can ev. P. Macâ€" | didates: a fuil bouse Of w'&u--} The children and and a cantate ad"“tubtb Gileaner" ;â€"“t-‘.d'm;';m" "â€"ung' _ crowded so that all could not gain admission. member, attended in a body. The rll-bunn were,â€" Messrs V Bryant, Wright, W Sage, G DeKlinkbaus, W Brechbill and W Moyer. d _ ‘Thé funeral sermon was preached by Rev M Hallnan of the New Mennoâ€" pite Church. ST.ANDREWS S. S.ANNIVERSARY The avnual anpiversary services of St. Andrews SRlndsy School were held on Friday evening, being attended by lar,e numbers in addition to the memâ€" bers of the school. The program was a splendid one consisting of the followâ€" ing numbers: . Recitation, Jean Forsyth. «4 Ruth Moffat. Song, Melvin Dover. Recitation, Liilie Bietz. id Gibson Pearson. Soldiers of the Queen, 8. &. Scholars. _ Solo, Mrs. (Dr.) Arnott. . Recitation, Dorothy Pearson. Flute Solo, H. Illing. A\ \ Maple Leaf Forever, School. f Solo, Mrs Watt. : Recitation, Raby Dover. i Georgie Debus. * _ i€ Maud McCabhon. lkis Stanley Reid. * ‘The voeal solos of Mrs. Arnott and Mrs. Watt, aud the flute solo by Mr. Illing were excellently rendered and were greatly apreciated by all present, as were also the songs and recitations of the wee ones. _ At the conelusion of the entertainâ€" ment the children were each presented with a bag. of qmweet meats. _ _ BERLIN. Gertic ‘Bilger, 8. Cayuga; Aunic Bowman, * Bloomingdale; Alice _C:â€" Cowan, Berlin; Mabel Dunham Berlin; Della Fowler, â€" Hawksville; Evelyp Lackner, Hawksville; Mabel Williamâ€" son, Berlin; Milton Bergey, New Dunâ€" dee. Arthur Foster, Berlin; ‘Andrew Faber, Berlin; Wm. W. Nash, Berlin. _ GaLr. Mary Cooper, Galt; Alice M. Limnâ€" ert, Hespeler; Mary M. Livergood, Preston; Jennie V. McDougall, Galt; Beatrice White Galt; Andrew Simpâ€" son, Galt; Wilber E. Wolfe. Hespeler. CHRISTMAS AT THE HOSPITAL Christmas at the hospital, through the bospital staff and the generosity of tho citizens of the two towns was made most enjoyable to the patients who were tonfined there during the festive seasori. The different wards and the balls on the first and second floors were gaily decorated with evergroons, Union Jacks, and Christmas mottos,«in Engâ€" li<b and German. Follon ing is the list of Christmas doâ€" nations to the hospital. From Canada Sugar R‘r‘g Co., Montreal, 1 bbI granâ€" ulated sugar; Wilson, Lytle, Badgerow & Co., Torouto, 1 bbi white wine vinoâ€" gar; ‘Toronto Coffee and Spice Co., 24 tirs Moja c ffee; Mrs. C. Breithaupt, 7 jars fruit, 1 pr gloves; Mrs. Geo. Davidson, 1 glass jelly, 1 glass marmaâ€" lade, 1 basket cakes, 9 handkerchicfs, 1 book; V. F,. Weber, 1 turkey, 1â€"2 dozen clothes brushes; \Wm. Hendry, 2 turkeys, 1 box raisins, 1 box candies; F. Colquhoun, 1 turkey; J. B. Fischer, 1 turkey; J. Fennel; oranges and granes St. Andrews . 8. 8., 6 fruit and jelly cakes; Wm. Metcalte & Co., 2 plum puddings; Mrs. J. H. Webb, oranges, raisins, nuts, candy, pickles, 1 jar maple syrup; C. H. Doer, 6 boxes choice candies; McCormack M'f'fi Co., Lonâ€" don, large box fancy biscuits and candy; Mr. Josef, 2 towels; Mrs. E. Bricker, 1 dress and 7 jars fruit; Mre. G.‘Wefonut, 1 pair gloves; Mrs. F. Knell, I pair gloves; Mrs. Ruampel, 2 Xmas trees, 1 lterl‘ng silver dressing case; Mrs. Hugo Kranz, 1 hankerchicf; Mrs. Geo. Randal}, figs, raigins and nuts; Mrs. W. H. Riddell, 1 cake; Mr. J. E. Seageam, 2 turkeys, 1 duck, dates, raisins, oranges, candy, nute, 6 flannelette night dresses, 3 handkerâ€" chiefs, 1 calendar; Mrs. W. H. Bow!â€" by, 1 turkey; A. E. Sanderson, 1â€"2 dozen loaves short bread; Ladios Hosâ€" pital Auxiliary, 4 pair socka, 1 pair ladies overshoes. 1 pair men‘s shoes, 3 books for children, several yards silk. 4 pr stockings, 2 dresses,2 pr gloves ‘The Supérintendent, Miss Duncan, wigkres to convey the sincere thanks of all connected m:h‘ '::lde hoapital k»\nd the patients to people making the above long list of Christmas donaâ€" TEACHERS NOW. Florence Clemen loyal *\ OVERPLUS â€" OF â€"VOLUNTEERS. Lisntâ€"Col. Lo sard and Lisut.â€"Col. Siecle WIl Commend the . Kiflesâ€" Major Horester sid Wajor Willisms the Two fquadress, und Col. Drury Oltawa, Dez. 28.â€"The tinl list of officers of mo..uflm apined ast Poning. . ans _ hes been handed out by the Hon. F. W. ‘The Government has decided to send Galling Gun Howard in comâ€" mand of a battery of four Maxim galloping guns. *"Gat," who was most anxious to go, andâ€"who is by no means in want of the sinews of war, offered to provide a Maxim and two horses at his own cxpense, but the Administration will not accept his offer of personal expendiâ€" ture, although they are glad to obâ€" tain the services of s0 experienced an officer and so intrepid‘u fighter as is the famous "Gat." Fqvadron‘s Staffâ€"Lieut.â€"Col. Les surd, K.C.D., in command. Fecond in command, Lieut.â€"Col. ‘T. D. B. Evans, R.C.D. Adjutant, Cupt. C. M. Nelles, R.C.D. Trarsport officer, Capt. C. F. Harâ€" risonn, 8th Princess Louise Hussars, Medical officer, Surgeonâ€"Major H. R. Duff, 4th Hussars, Kingston. _ _ ficers of Equadrons. The offcers of the two squadrons are as follows: _ _ Veterincry officer, Major Hall, R.C D., ‘Toronto. â€"4*&* Eci;.d;baâ€"lhjor. Capt. and local Major Forester, R.C.D., Toronâ€" to. Captain, Captain C. St. A. Perce, it. C. D. Licutenants, (1) Lieut. J. H. Elmsâ€" ley, R.C.D.; (2) H. Z. C. Cockburn, G.G.B.G.; (3) Capt. W. D. Johnston, of Prince of Wales ‘ Canadian Draâ€" goors, Peterboro; (4) Major A. H. King, 1st Hussars, London. _ Garrison Artillery, Montreal. ‘ y -éfin;d;t;;â€"â€"'uajor, Capt _ and local Major V. A. 8. Williams,R.C.D., Winnipeg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Captain, Major H. 8. Greenwood, of 8rd Prince of Wales‘ Canadian Draâ€" goons, Peterboro. y Lieutenants, (1) Licut. Van Strauâ€" benzie, R.C.D.; (2) Lieut. F. V. Young, â€" Manitoba _ Dragoons ; (3) Capt. R. G. W. Turner, Quecn‘s Own Canadian Hussars, Quebec; (4) Major H. L. Borden, Queen‘s Canadian Husâ€" ‘The other two squadrons will be selected from the Northwest Mounted Police, exâ€"Mounted Police, rough ridâ€" ers and others. The officers will be announced later. They will be soâ€" lected from the Mounted Police, and will be recommended by the commisâ€" sioner and afterwards . approved by the Minister of Militia. ‘The officers of the Brigade Division, Royal Canadian Artillery, are as follows : Staffâ€"In command, Licut.â€"Col. C. W. Prury, R.C.A. Medical officer, Surgeonâ€"Major Arthur Worthington, 53rd Battalion, Sherbrooke. Veterinury officer, Vet.â€"Licut. J. D. 8. Masscy, K.C.A., Kingston. Oficers of the Batteries. ‘The officers of the three battcries are as follows: "C" Batteryâ€"Major, Major J. A C. ludon, R.C.A., Quehec. Leslic, R.C.A., Montreal; (2) Lient. W. B. King, Tth F.B., St. Catharines; (8) Lieut. L. E. W. Irving, Reserve »f officers, Toronto Field Battery. Lieutenants, (1) Capt. T. W. Tuy], 6th Ficld Battery, London; (2) Lieut. E. W. B. Morrison, 2nd Ficld Battery, Ottawa; (3) Licut. J. Mcâ€" Crae, 16th Field Battery, Guelph. "D" Batteryâ€"Major, Major W. G. Hurdman, 2nd Field Battery, Ottaâ€" "E" Batteryâ€"Major, Major C. H Ogilvie, R.C.A. â€" â€" â€" _ Captain, Major R. Costigan, 8rd Ficld Battery, Montrcal. Licutenants, â€" Capt. E. H. Taâ€" Liberte, 1st Field Battery, Queâ€" bec; (2) Lieut. A. T. Opilvic, R. C. A.; (3) Capt. W. C. Gon1, 10th Field Battery, Woodstotk, N.B. Attached for Daty, The following officer will be atâ€" tached for duty: Capt. H. J. Mackic, 42nd Battalion, Lanark. . He will take the place of Capt. Panet, who is now in South Africa. Maxim Battery. In command of battery of _ four Maxim galloping guosâ€"â€"Capt. "Gatâ€" ling Gun" Howard. énnrurm-lm. Capt. Wynne, 2nd Ke Evidence Offered in Charge Against Liberal Organizer Smith. Winnipeg, â€" Dec. 28. â€" Yesterday morning at the Police Court, when the case against J. Obed Smith, the Libcral organizer, charged with bribâ€" ery in connection _ with the recent election, was called, the prosecution announced that it had no evidence to offer, and Mr. Smith was accordingly discharged. _ Mr. @mith and â€" his friends naturally feel indignant at the tourse pursued; as it was done purcâ€" ly for political effect. London, Dec. 28.â€"Hon. Ed. Blake, M.P. for South Longford, who was nominated as a members of the Comâ€" mittee of Reconciliation at the _ reâ€" cent Healyite unity conference, _ reâ€" fuses to act, excusing himsell by sayâ€" ing that the people have taken the task of reatoring unity into . their own hands. Big Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind. Fort Wayne, Ind,. Dec. 28. â€"Fire at 5 o‘clock yesterday morning . deâ€" stroyed the wholesale and retail dry goods establishment _ of George Deâ€" wald & and the crockery store of 3. Â¥. Haagy musing n as Adjutant, Capt. H. C. Thacker, R Captain, H. A. Panet, R.C.A., Queâ€" Licutenants, (1) Licut. Captain, Capt. D. I. V. Eaton, R Canadian Mounted Rifies. To e Announced Later. Blake Declines to Ant. WINNIPEG. Artillery. | Prosperous New Year We wish to draw attent.on to the above cut, which is but a fair representâ€" ation of how the people felt during and after purchasing their Christmas supplies at this great store, We, however, leâ€"r wich much regret, of some who were much disappointed, but it was those who could not wait long enough to be served, notwithstanding our extra help, everyone in connection with the business doing his utmost, even the orchestra con. tinuously pouring the sweetest strains of music as if with a vengeance, but in vain. We could not wait on them all. The crowd was too large; Quite frequently during the day the remark was made that at such a rate of going our stock would soon diminish, but no, we told you through the press we were prepared as never before, and we were. Our staff continually bringing in supplies from the rear, and when the day was over and our mammoth display again straightened up it was still a credâ€" it to any store, after haviny served more people "than we believe" were ever setved in any one day in any store in town since Waterloo is Waterloo While we do the leading confectionery business in town the year \_ round, the large sto&k yet on hand does not bother us much and could be â€" A worked off gradually, but this is not the way this upâ€"toâ€"date, progressive __ â€" business is carried on. We want to reduce it quicrly while nice and _ fresh, and consequently we will have a big swecping sale here on Saturâ€" _ day, December 30th, of which you will find a few illustrations of prices > underneath to show you what we intend doing. All mixed candies. 5 cents a poun ‘ ; choice soft gum drops, 7 cents a pound, or 4 lbs, for 25 cents : cream chocolates _ to cents a lb ; good double strong peppermints, to cents a lb., or 3lbs for 25¢ ; good, nice lozenges, 10¢ a lb. or 3 ibs for 250 ; ali one cent goods at 5c a dor; best mixed nuts 12 râ€"2c a cb ; oc on x duuts ree a poun ; Oranges: Californias Mexicans and > st8z mc ou to goc a doz. Rememben,this big sweeping saie is only on Saturda;y,Dec. 30th. The Orchestra has been engaged for this day once more to entertain you while you wait. All the latest productions are rendered. . Yours with greetings, Some Had To Go. Come and look at the LADIES‘ MANTLES, MEN‘S OVERCCATS, READYâ€"MADE CLOTHINC, FUR COAT8, _ > LADIES EUE MA . . t MMMAAAMMAARARARL 0 c Are as numerous here as the happiness is widespread. The quantity, quality, and every counter and in every part of the store, the freshâ€" ness, crispness and newness of everything and the price at which everything is sold, is an inspiration . It is an auspicious opening of the new year. The freedom of the store is yours. S}rnt snaps we are offering in and the remnmants of our large Xmas stock. Bricker & Diebel. \_ hos ness uags stor «has made oi muon to is past ur»de, we be.l go ‘e ~xtend to our numerous custeomers ag ond the many _ readets of The 's ‘hronicleâ€" Felegraph generally a very ** idappy ind Another Year: OF MARKED PROG!ES Hasenflug, BEFORE CL SING