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1. This is a | _ probability is that â€" years to come. T â€" the chance of a 1i _ best of any firewo ,:‘1 in favo prests,. we . say ' he fuel situation does not . seem |{ ‘‘to improve. Hard coal > is scarcely ‘ | procurable and even soft coal is beâ€"| _ coming scarce. ‘The coal dealers are | \ doing their best to supply their cusâ€" tomers and in order to do so are blig _io give each one a limited nantity. Of course, wood is necesâ€" marily scarce in sympathy with the searcity of coal. Some farmers are * ’M to the rescue by cutting green : wood 'l\i;hagoodld&,u the ‘ probability is that firewood may not K W M prices again for many â€" years to come. ‘There is at present â€" the chance of a lifetime to make the \ best of any firewood available. Much _ as we are in favor of preserving our ores ‘- we say emphatically that _ present conditions fully justify the ‘ ‘bringing to the market of any fire wood that can be used by the people; " i order to tide over the present fuel m Republic, Venezuela‘s uaâ€" 3 is a President, who is for two years by the Conâ€" consisting of two Houses, the ate and the House of Representaâ€" “ ‘The former consists of twenty members, elected by the Legisâ€" "' of each State, while the latâ€" %er cocsists ° of filtyâ€"two members, rd directly, one member to every ,000 of population. _ \For the first time in the history 1m¢b Post Office departâ€" ment has shown a surplus, for the fiscal year ending 1902. This is a &riumph for the principle of small l ofits and quick retuins. The more " effici it the postal service, and _ the tower the rates of postage, the greatâ€" wood that will burn without seasonâ€" ing should sieze the present opportunâ€" z to dispose of it for a price that they_may never again be able to reâ€" THE FUEL SITUATION $ last dispute between Venesuela Great Britain‘ was over ‘the g between that country h Guigna, which, however, ttled by the award of the arâ€" tribunal, delivered in Octo The Bell Telephone monopoly has failed to inveigle the city of Hamilâ€" ton into entering into a fiveâ€"year conâ€" tract. The council has decided . to follow Ottawa‘s example and wait to gee the nature of the legislation to be introduced at the next session of rrllmt before committing itsell. ‘It should now be in order for repreâ€" ‘gentatives of the chief cities to hold a convention and formulate a case 10f the municipalities embodying their idea of what parliament should do in their interest and prepare to back it 1899. i"fi";'.'g;} _ deputation when : house is in session. The hard coal famine seems to have affected the inland places in Ontario worse than those on the seaboard, , coal was delivered in â€"small | ties all â€" Sunday. ‘"Shivery" " y, the papers called it. Galt and Brantford are going through the same experience as Guelph. So great was the distress that the Brantford â€"Coal Company kept their various ofâ€" Mees open all day Sunday and sup~ 7 soft coal to â€" poor persons . in _gut of â€"ote hundred pounds One thousand people made apâ€" for fuel, and large numbers turned away. Local churches held in basements . in f cases. as, the capital, and La Guayâ€" ‘;_”‘m,mn-bd M,w”buflhht mt an | area of 53,000 j at present only 500 miles Kay are in a working condiâ€" A TELEPHONE PROPOSAL BRANTFORDS EXPERIENCE 18 in & EDITORIAL NOTES. a standing army of nearly ‘supported in time of need fonal militia, consisting of the inducements, to utilize the A PRIZED MEMENTO Ottawa Citizen liver, of Woodstock, is the ressor of a valuable memenâ€" he received from a flx ‘ Â¥t% consists of a fom Toh Cctnine Field hy means of a5 rica, trades | Toronto . Star. . Young. â€" bat e t erean oo ©0008, ND |ricglar, They want somethi & Compuisory well, wili stand* the ¢iiiate, y backward |and live on alkali water, sage brush f and loneliness. ‘And old maids are 34 0n tcs »Fharred. » 5 3 © Rdward . Hormbustle Mr. C. Berck, contractor, Berlin, has lately returned from & trip north and east. Mr. Berck has inspected some® of the largest boilers and . enâ€" gines in Ontario with a view of obâ€" taining a practical knowledge of the most approved methods of walling in lhoibn. Mr. Berck‘s first contract since acquiring . hie present expert knowledge is the putting in of a large boiler for Mr. McAllister, of Bloomâ€" ingdale. _ es ts o Haysville correspondent Hambutg Independent: ‘ Last week, while Milâ€" ton Pohl was out Mlb in . the woods adjoining the Pine Hill school. grounds, & number of children ~ weht to join him, and while lcr% around a stump the gun Was &A entaily . discharged, â€" shooting John T. Orto‘s seven year old boy in the leg. Aithough all the shot has not yfihe.mvednhnflexpnhd that any serious results will follow. Hamilton © Spectator: Four barrels of Seagram‘s whiskey . were quietly rolling themselves into the United States by way of Detroit, without going through the formality of a cusâ€" toms certificate. A deputy U.S. marâ€" shalc&ugh&nsnlflol&heboouud stopped its further progress. It was sold. yesterday in . Detroit, the lot bringing $444.75, which was considerâ€" ed a pretty good price. The proceeds F9 C M hn t 7 go to the officer who detected the smuggling and to the ;ovemmfn\. Galt, December 9.â€"The six ‘young men arrested and charged with highâ€" way robbery, burglary, and shooting with intent to kill were brought beâ€" fore Police Magistrate Blake toasy. ‘Their names are Alvin Pepper, m. Pepper, Geo. Nichol, Perch Daniels, Jos. Bullock, and Wm. Stevens. Wm. Pepper was charged with shooting at Policeman Caldwell, and he and his brother with highway robbery in holding up and robbing Milkman Bryâ€" don. These two would not elect to be tried, and .in view of this, the magistrate committed them to Berâ€" lin for trial, at the same time statâ€" ing that without rebuttal he would feel inclined to send both to prison for twenty years. Geo. ‘y)chol wu‘ PP PERd EC NSE acquitted, and Bullock, Stevens and Daniels were remanded for a week. }Thz greatest interest was taken in the case, the courtâ€"room being ctowdâ€" Wiarton, December 16.â€"The sugaI factory _ was completed on Friday night and started running. The first sugar was produced on Sunday mornâ€" ing, and is a very fine sample. The company has about fourteen thousand tons of beets in the sheds at the facâ€" tory and on the docks here. Large quantities are yet to come in by rail and some from short distances by water. The mill is grinding 350 tons per day, and it will be March before the supply of beets is exhausted. im imâ€" WIARTON SUGAR FACTORY ‘cmTéan' who first saw the wemamas .. old man wit.l:h; fish a‘rne now TELBORAP] grown up ave children the met (oes cramt He lfl‘fl Scott‘s Enmiilâ€" | #.1., â€"was becsed. aham: k esod liver & . P. &. has sump ai‘z umMfll e‘clock yesterday afterncon to ...ummm-rhbl‘m":‘! avarice that has ever been vecorded. Tha: a wealthy old mau corld for over -y“fi.yfi.p‘n“l‘mu ‘"u'ithout detection seems inâ€" credible. . The death of Eli Hyman, how> ever, revealed the fact that he was worth at least $100,000, and . possibly wuch more. . Uncer the name of Henry | . WILL _ THE_ FAIKR BB MU Telinel{ he went to the hospital on Sat: w r last, cture of fAltb| Toronto, December 16. â€"Mt .'.'..‘!.M..‘L .lf:md begwed &1 ames Denuty .Minister <of wisery and disease. He"“m"'! %h“u,mmmh hos very appearanc: was repugâ€" nant and he was so dirty that the ward t-d-n.momlutbc{ulh-‘ things, shrank in disgust rom his preâ€" sence. _ He had a city order and was :umdmhlaflm I% was _ that he was suffering from pnenâ€" monla »~d pleurisy combined, and that the diseases hfil already -'“‘h?"; strong bold. avured' war six, a public ward, and given. every care. » When Hyman entered the hospital h« ddthunmnfier‘-m-'#.’u‘ had . "no mou&nht s or. friends." The name of Rabbi 8. Jacobs of 577 Church street was given as his only acâ€" uaintance, and that eman was no . a!hdudvigiudm man until the H)â€":‘md.:t“l; io bud eersting was mo an and demanded “‘.dP:‘“‘ attcation. Wh?h put to bed he hdnded to the nurse a AND sEGGED Cok@raweey. â€" [br Ouelpiâ€"bs !tg y *y>«% [Faie '-‘u! "a that was * C ‘ that Guelph proâ€" t â€" an _ Aged _ Jewish _ Te@PIGK®"],)i, proposition _ from â€" Mr. Waltef ; the General Hospital at 1 9ClocK|;;,rizng Smith, and it was decided aterday afterncon Wougbt to lght|;, remain here. The show will (be mie of the most remarkable sases 01 |peld under the guspices of the Horse rarice that has ever been vecorded. | Breeders‘ Association of Canada, who hai a wealthy old mau corld for over | make & grant of $1,000 for the purâ€" 5 yeare play the part of a destitute| pose. Rrizes are offered for heavy t nA NO L Aikeifinn safom in Thorses ounly. h S < near the bed. . No one suspected that Zolinski was any other than a destitute old rmyhhr, until his death came,. ‘Then cl-‘::‘ were ennim;!.,d and %; astou were revealed. diriy red "Ranghercinet Sontained a for dirty red handkerchiet loosely tied in a Cict and the ‘put it in a fables drawer widable roll of 1 and amount« lng in Paine to #1000.â€". Of this 817,000 was in one compeny and $14,000 in anâ€" ot:x. His pock :ts, . moreover, vore‘ stuffed with similar securities, and the total value of those found in his effects at the hospital was over $50,000. ‘The rulingh:-ion of the old miser remained with to the end, and with bhdylng breath he gasped, "My vest, my vest. Before this he had said that he wanted to say something to the Rabbi, but put it oflyan account of his weakness. . Fli Hyman is known to have been the old man‘s correct name.. "Henry Zolinski‘ ‘and "Davis" were pseudonyms which he used at different times. _ He was 70 unolav,wubominmm and h-dy been in Toronto for 32 years. Begvn. ging seems to have been a mani® with him, for, nlthnn? nmonzhloln of the Jews of the city his fraudulent life was discovered last spring, he continuâ€" edâ€" his old manner of living. In the mornings he appeared as a rag, bone and bottle collector and begged from door to door. _ He was well known in the eastâ€" ern parts of the city around Jarvis, g:tlton, Parliament and Quoen‘ streets. would ask most or & car tisket, saying that m:: in the h::kfl and wanted to get down to Ye street. In the evenings he was in the habit of selling newspapers, and complained that the newsboys interferâ€" ed _ and _ tried _ to _ stop _ him. When night time came he would be ‘seen trying to sell his "last paper." He always had this last ome tucked away beneath his coat, as though it were ‘;:dou-, and his appeal was freâ€" quently successful. When The Sund:y World New York paprs came Te P opend m prce m was lo '”Im.a This often resulted in & kind man givinfi him ten cents instead of five cents. e had no home in the city, but slept in alleys and outâ€" houses. & / is Hyman was a married mian. . Mrs. mhh Hyman, his wife, lives in Churchâ€" e, a village . near Streetsville, and is â€" currently reported. to be v* off. They were married in 1 by the late Dr. Jennings, She was _ notitied nxuteruy ~of her h death, and came to the city last night. She was attired in old. shabby , aid said that someons had recently stolen her money from het, so that eould not have good clothes. Mr. 8. who was Hyman‘s lawyer, called hq; and advanced her money last u;n'w wL good clothes and ob tain . comfertab quarters. _ Myman qentsndlhu-l--wnu.m only visited his wife cccasionally. There are no children ‘iy:::l-m‘ but it is reported that had a ‘l:vio- wife, by whom he is -umqn a daughter, living in San , and two sons in other parts. w the old man was well off, and a secret investigation was made, b{ which the extent of his wealth was , and hvuloln(!rubleubpungr mmu.-dmu:"m. e, however, joined the pension ‘u« ot the Holy Blossom Synm ind ob tained some small pay assisting in mmummn‘m services. _ Rabbi Jacobs considered bim ihhvunvendhthhvlllhwcfl THIBTYâ€"THREE DROWNED. Result of Heavy and Continued Rainâ€" Tunis, Dec. 18.â€"Consequent on the continaed rainfall very great damag» has dome and thirtyâ€"thres Mm&tfl.fl. o ’ WOoRTH â€" $100,000 | the: the last three days B persons en t denth in Hungary . at BREVITIES. sired except good hc _ In the evenings the annual meetâ€" ings of the various horse associations will be held. . James, Deputy Minister ~of Agriculâ€" ture, was asked this morning as: to probabilities of the agitation dfor 3 removal ‘oft~~the Provincial Win Fair to Toronto, in yiew.of the very poor hotel accommodation in Guelph, and providing the city held out reasâ€" onable â€" inducements, . Mr. â€" James thought Toronto should bave made some effort to secure the Fair three years ago, if it wanted it, 'hen‘ it Td n acs ow c Sihe fhredints /y on Aule in ie y 1 T was *g moved from‘place to place and the Government was looking for a suitable t location. . | He dldnotthln{therewuuy prospect ot the change taking place in the near tubure, but the agitation might . do good in waking up the Guelph pe_o!h 1 1 F7 PE mes oo 1k so that they would appreciate what they had, and make proper provision for the accommodation of visitors. FOR ONTARIO‘S S Opportunity tor Every Citizen to .Join in the Noble Work of Bringâ€" ing Health and Happiness to Young Lives. iph people were anxious to have :!htlullonl City, and °& ation headed by Mayor Kenâ€" waited upon the directors, and iged everything that could be de= When a farmer puts his seed under mother éarth he expects it to bear bushels of grain in afew !l!?nth'l.. A So it is with the merchant. He inâ€" vests money in merchandise, counting on a picftable turn over. P BKFORK AF TR ' young Canadians, boys and girls who will get make their mark inâ€"this growâ€" ing Dominion, but who. were it not for this noble institution, might have alâ€" ready Slicd an caily wave. ‘That‘s where your doliar can fnd a way to bring you ploa:tre and profit withont any doubts or fea‘s as to th> investment. Money is always at wo"k It is ceaseless in its Iabour, bat in n~ spot in this fair Canada is it put to better service than at the Ho:pital fo Sick Childiren. & You see your fnoney is at work from the very day it is placed at the Hosâ€" pital‘s _ disposal. â€" Your investmont quickly hfl-un back joy. for your contribution ontored into the task of life saving. body buildingz and health «iving. Look at a few examnles of the work done in the Orthopedic Dopartment. ‘The feet shown are those of ~hildren who live outside of Toronto. You seo the condition "before" enterint the Hospitalâ€"and you see the condition "after" hospital treatment. 'l‘lo-m ents of these children could not to pay for treatment. D-gbov of any child so situated? have him sent to the Hospital. THE FAIR BE MOVED! l2 } L voted AFTER J. S. Larke, the Canadian agent in Australia, reports to Ottawa that they will have to import grain, flour; oats, corn and barley, owing to & poor harvest. -luhmlfi-fibmfi"?‘- Iiotnn$s Inoking batlta, . Mearing of yout wflhflmfiyhhmdw :::.'Lg:yun‘pulnymtw. : insd A D mc food and coffect und, s the bor reply. Address The Samaria Remedy Co., remedy was odorless and tasteless, he did not know what it was %lo quickly relieved his craving for liquor, _ He soon began to pick up fiesh, fis appetite for solid food returned, he FREE SAMPLE stuck to his work regularly, and we now have a aclc2 404000442 / is.â€"ecet Adcimc e whor e maet s home, After he was completely I m-huludmmu-;:t- dpduhbdhum-?sbu not the resolution to break of his own accord. â€" I heartily advise all women afflicted as 1 was 40 give your remedy a trial," door to the Hospital. _ The Ontario child is on a level with the Toronto child. Neither has an advantage. _ It takes a dollar a patisnt per day to maintain the Hospital. . The Ontario Government contributes $7,000 a year, or almost seventeen ceuts per patient per day, for there are always at least BRFORE AdMEEIE one hundred and twenty children under treatment. . This amount from the Sovernment is all expended on mainâ€" tunance. ‘Then the corporation of the city of Toronto gives $7,500, or sevenâ€" teen cents per patient per day, and remember, not for Toronto patients, but for every child no matter from what point he may come. And in adâ€" dition to this Toronto citizens donate $6,000 for the matntenance of all patients. s the children that seek FOMO!I ATUNE places outside are very numerous, and it ought to be as great a privilege and pleasure for the generous; citizens ~f the piovince to contribule to the matnâ€" iemance of this Hospital as it is for ‘the people of Toronto. ‘Ten years ago the Hospital was enâ€" cumbered with a mortzaze. Year by year the mortgage has been reduced, and it is now paid. ‘ "Lhe Mospital must précced ia porâ€" forming its great mission. Money is | nesded to maintain it. and this appeal Again remember all tnese gifts from Toronto are devoted to the mainâ€" tenance of patients from all over. Onâ€" tario as well as the city itself, anrdi E. S 1 18 is mAade for that purpose. . «Hospital wark camnot be conducted without moneay. To keep the machinery movâ€" ing the doliars and cents of the people of Ontaric are needed. . Nurses, doâ€" mesticsâ€" and officials have to live. ‘Their wages must be paid. Truc, it is, that some have to pay~â€" Lu,nllvloc.nlonll-om: man -'l""g' lmu.-.-a are too Laor ts nay, can have mal and PEroRR e Wa%‘::'.‘:‘“‘“ Eatond are t “:?*“-ifl-u :.l:i it snfiy‘!fil “3 :‘hm "“'.-4_ wiâ€" &:'bulâ€"“. L age 2s derfully imâ€" aa | maspont, g'g T have h) uoo 40 x .Z.t win he â€" done &“ % h a | eeniasens w eoniie Ararrient Eit hot ertousmetine onetgree Be hm-.lfi{:l.:“*’ budn.-lndwwl.‘ " . 3 and pamphiet giving full particulars, testimonials and price sent in plain sealed envelope. Correspondence sacredly confidential. â€" Enclose stamp a Remedy Co., 23 Jordan Street, Toronto, Canada. & A x ‘In order to save oursubscribers the trouble ot makingtwo or more Separ: . ate remittances wehnvemnde:ncidmungmfilhth lishe M‘.’v .’;.fi‘&‘h‘:.‘,:;'i.";%‘°°“:’m o 'Mui:uu “3,} wi e P aph,for one year at . Special. clubbing rates with ali other Canadian and American magazines quoted on application, & Rs '? . KING STREET â€"__ Star (with 2 prenminnts) . . . ... .. o cce e« ie + es s 6# +k e# gee Chronicleâ€"Telegraph and sÂ¥ ¥¥*k%«+ Ohronicleâ€"Telegraph and kzw‘g Wiknoss .. . Ohropicleâ€"Telegraph and Weekly farm journal). ommwmcmoe-fl-........... 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