Brussels, ~~ All Wool, 2. Union, Libraries, Dining Rooms, and Drawing 'Rooms, , mow 40c.; 60c., now 48c.;. 7Be., mow CURTAINS £8 Of Cantata. "David The 'Shepherd Boy," cantata presented in, the City Evidently There Was a Stirring Fight. : Aden, Arabia, April 25.--Brig.-Gen. N , after an engagemen: the Mag Mullah'a force, has' relieved Col. Cobbe, near Gumburu, Semali- LIBUTACOL. HUDON, CM.G. Lieut.-Cok: Hudon, C.M.G., has been refeved ofthe command. of "I hal , RGFA. Capt. Lesslie is in hc Fhe way friends of the lonel, who commanded, with distipetion, 'C"' battery In Africa, will regret to learn of his retirement. Since returning from South Afries he has been on the sick list "more - or lens, suffering from the terrible effects of the campaign. ------ 18 NOW IN CHARGE. en W. W. Gibson Installed As Pro- . peiéter of Drug Store. W. W. Gibson, a native of Cataraqui;' but for the past dozen years a 'fesi- dent of Toronto, bas decided to make i his home in the futitte, hav. ing hased the drug businéks of vhe H EL and jake Poses). of Pharmacy, Toronio, and was gra- duated w th honors. For six years fol-, Jowing he was assistant manager of the section of Simpson's big de- partmental store, Toronto, and * his popularity was iully attested witen sev- ering his connection with that #irm by the receipt of many valuable gifts from employers and employees of the differ ent departments. He entered the suployment, as tra- veller, of the Chandler, Massie com: pany, wholesale deslers 'in surgical in- struments and physicians' supplies, and in thie capacity toured the whole province, acguiring a wide knowledge of the needs of the trade. Mr. Gibson brings to the business he has wired an extensive practical know! . This drug store, for years the Jeading one in Kingston has beéen Netablishe for over hali .a century, and Mr. Gibson intends that it shall retain its rank among the leading re- tail stores of Ontario. .He bas had a varied and successful experience in dis- Rensing and will have this branch un- his personal supervision: Mr. Gib son will be pleased to greet his many friends , and by strict attention to the needs of the trade, hopes to gain and retain the confidence of the I ---------- VERTICAL WRITING. -- A. ¥. Newlands Speaks About Its Continued Success. A. F. Newlands, the originator of the vertical writing system, has been in the city during the t few. days, eplled home by the death 'of his mol For some time past he has been stationed in Buffalo, N.Y., as su- pervisor in writing, but also travels and addresses teachers' institutes. The vertical s royalty, is now in use ten years, he- ing first introduced by him in ths A pablic schools. Later Mr. Newlands was called to Ottawa, and then to Buffalo. His system is now in exclusive use in mine of the United States. It has heen fought by othar publishing companies all along, but success came to it on its merits. In another decade there isn't the slightest doubt hut that it will be in use all over the United States. The system has now made its way to Manila where it has been adopted in the schools. Mr. Newlands says that o New York journal recently set out to prove that the vertical system was a failure, and invited opinions from teachers and business houses, Nine-tenths of the re- plies were! strongly in favor of = his , and all attempts to down it have failed when once it Feceived due eguiry and trial. sked as to how he came to origi- nate the system, Mr. Newlands replied that he was led to investigate some better method then the old slant style by observing the writing of two or a ha wi or © propr tho' wrote an upright a yet a fast hand. . Civic Finanos Committee. ion of land; forty-five miles west : tadi. About 2,000 of the. Wulahy - were killed. The British loss is not Wants To Resign. Police Constable Vanorder has tired ties the apy A. J. Small, for a reduction of the li- cense fee on the Grand Opera House, and asking that' the former license svstem be revived, was held over for further congideration. The . sub-com- mittee appointed to look into the ag- recment existing between the city and Cuonn's University, regarding the test vision made for bacteriological tests. '" Dunlap Hat." This spring's shape as shown by the agency, at $5, they are Here at $2.50. Jenkins. ' : tarps Ives, sixty-four, late of HM. 47th Foot rds, who came to years. "A vacht with a wedding party on board, in charge of two enon sailors is long overdue at Nice. Stories of mwder and the bride ca husband had several thousand who has ch of ts fromthe the distribution of and and has | in a od. "Robbers went thro | the tomst of " Lhave m for which he holds the Ke a meeting last night of the'ti io" to Mek by Mr. Gamey rign, with 1,100 immigrants has arriv- h & Burlington, ., train and wolfe] sleeping immi- ants of $1,000. : Lord 's parliamentary will visit T to exhibition during their tour of a. Queen Alexandra, on a visit to her father in 'Copenhagen, arrived in London, Friday evening. Four miners were killed by the ex- he | plosion ef gas in the French slope at the Reserve mine, Glace Bay, N.S. Robert Pandergat, painter, New York, fell sixty feet from a viaduet, a waggon ran over him, but he still lived, The . announcement is made of the purchase of the Westcott Express company by 'the American Expréss company. A New York messenger boy was de- coyed to a room and robbed of $250 he was carrying for the Garfield "Na- tional bank. New York inspectors investigations into the "barrel anys- tery. An eye witness of the ® agedy may be arrested. 2a Hon. Mr. Tarte was present at thé annual banguet of the Galt Board of Trade on Friday night, and replied to a Right Hon. Robert William Han- bury, president of the board of dgri- culture in the British cabinet, is ill of influenza and pneumonia. Sir Henrv M. Stanley, the African explorer is ill at his home, at Brook- wood, of malaria. The crisis has pass- ed and he is convaelescing. Tt is announced that the Canadian Northern railway will build another elevator at/Port Arthur this summer, with .a capacity of 3,500,000, The union bakers of Hamilton, Ont.. decided to enforce their demand for all day work instead of night work, beginning the first of June. It is rumored that a hitch has oc curred in the negotiations 'in connec tion with the visit of King Edward to the"Vatican. Nothing has yet been de finitely settled. The United Stat¢s war department declines to grant a court of enquiry to investigate the conduct of Gen. Funston in the Philippines. His ao- tion in endorsed. George Murdoch was kilfed by a dy- pamite explosion at the Elizabeth mine near Fort William, Ont., on Friday. The shaft house at the west end of Silver Mountain mine was bu L The steamer Indiasamha of the Port land and Asiatic line called at Vie toria, B.C.. and landed a large con- tingent of Chinese, who are' hurrying into Canada, because of the proposed increase in the head tax. \ Adolohine Kok anneared before the law tribunal at Rotterdam, on Friday, with her husband, and passed the ne cessary 'examinations. She is the first woman evef admitted to the practice of law by the Dutch bar. Lawrence Dorey, trainman on N. Y. C. railroed, dreamed last week .of a hodv broken and twisted, and last nicht the train he was on struck and killed a man. near Brockport, whom Tt is reported in Belgrade that M. Machoff. the Russian consul at Uskuh, also fulfilling the duties of the late M- Stcherbina, the Russian consul at Mit- rovitsca. has been attacked and wound- ed by Albanians, M. Stcherbina was shot by an Albanian soldier of the name of Ibrahim, who is now under sentence 'of death, . Justice Kellogg, Ogdensburg, N.Y., held valid a bond issued by the Aetna Indemnity company to Wenry Wowker, saloon keeper, although it had been issued by a clerk instead of the agent. The company refused pay- ment on the ground that the bond had been iss by a clerk, in the ab- sence of the agent, and that, al- though it had been accepted by the county treasurer, it had not "been miade valid by ' the agents signature until after the violation of the law had occurred. HE. NEXT LOOK OUT. FOR {Bargains in Real Estate house, contains 12 rooms. é No. 436 Alfred street, modern brick house, contajns 7 rooms. Nos. 23 and 25 "Frontenac street, solid brick houses, each containing 7 rooms. No. 187 University avenue, modern brick house, 8 rooms. No. 184 Alired street, new brick house; modern in every way; 11 rooms. 3 Besides his mentioned we have a large number of houses. in' different localities of the city. NOT A DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH Dy. Beattie Nesbitt says be proposes | American liner, Assy- | ALA ae anae. LADIES, Tt is both useful and ornamental, . © Address The A ---------- "uy A 2 ar th, a4, ad bulk. Send us your address, and get by relure' mall hur * Hopsexserza's Rexmpen® J + # Kalsomine, but & preparston gros on the wall jalnars oy Paint e Never sale by Hardware and Dealers everywhere. * are pursuing | ' what we are doing in the line of economy and . But we make it a point to look after the inter- Dorey identified 'as his brother Frank. |; «JOHN LAIDLAW & SON... No, 170 Barrie street, modern brick ! dozen--The more thea merrier. We print'the news of the store day by day as much for your guidance-as. snything, Fast as buying chances show. themselves we tell you and that makes this column as igteresting as anything else the paper prints. At the same time we want to be known for what we are-- for what we are building in the shape of business. If there was nothing better than bargain-giving here we should scarcely profit ig the long run. ests of our customers so that the buying and selling of goods is only a part of the business. 4 Immenemmnl, Never Before So Many Pretty Things. Chambrys, Zephyrs and Cambrics, in plain and fancy designs, 12%c¢., 15¢., 206, 2§¢. . White Basket Weaves, silk finished, for Waists and Dresses, 25¢., 30, 336, 35364 39¢. Satin Striped Embroidered Tissues, 39¢: Fancy White Waistings, 20c, 25¢, joc. Sheer White'India Linens, 10c., 12%c., 25¢c, 20c. and on up to 40¢. : Dress Linens in Navy and Medium Shades of Blue, 25¢, 33¢, 35¢. 39¢ : Madras Suijtings and Waistings.' p int P Pri t 325 Pieces of the best quality of Walter Crum & Co.'s Famous English Prints, guaranteed. abso- lutely fast colors. 'Full assortment of the very newest designs. Price only 12%4¢. YARD. v Until Further Notice LTO Liquid Shoe Polish Come and get one ttle or a Could Not Sleep At Nig : Was All Run Down. FOOD WOULD NOT DIGES Mrs. I. W. Warner, Riverdale; N.S. 1s glad there Is such a remedy as Burdock Blood Bitters IT CURED HER AND WILL CURB YOU, Mexican Central. New York Central. 'Colorado "Fuel. Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Southern Pacific. Amalgamated. And others. Write us. We ch but terest foros carrying a a I you have mever traded and ade money in the stock merket ONTARIO. Cor. Brock and Wellington Street Commission Stock Brokers. 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