E 1gs ls of lady , we have a Christ- e in the see, 2c. unlined, 15. erge, $10. Cap, $1 cerchiefs, 0. R : 2 ® © S 44 CL PBOTEBOSEG A \ Mrs. Louise Westbrook, No. 9 East | Deputy of Detrcit Independent Order of Columbia St., Detroit, Mich, Secretary | Good Templars; writes as follows: of the West Side Lotus Club, writes: "For several years I suffered with leucorrheea and painful menstruation, which was followed by general debility, until 'IT was but a wreck of myself. Thanks to Peruna I am a well woman to-day."--Louise Westbrook. s "Peruna has been a blessing to me and gladly do I indorse it. For two years I suffered with catarrh of the stomach. I lost flesh and grew thin and emaciated, nervous and exhausted, so that I could neither work or enjoy life. I began taking Peruna and can now eat and enjoy everything I eat. I have Miss Jessiemens Westland, No. 767 [Beaubien Ave., Detroit, Mich., District been well over a year now." -- Miss Jessiemenoe Westland. CR Sage Brought on by Catarrh of the . Pelvic (Pe-ru-na is a Tonic Especially Ada Organs. pted to Their Peculiar Diseases.) Catarrh is a very cause of that class of diseases kaowat a2 female weakness. . of tho pelvic organs produces suct: o varicty of disagreeable and lreltiti P toms that many ey majority of peoplo--bave po idea that By catarrh. she hes consulted by as different names. These women ve been treated and have taken wilh no relief, simply because the remedies are not adapted to catarrh. Itisthrough ofltakes nation as fo the recl natare ®| diseases t polo Pergo Bi oiL 16, the, It all the women who are lori with any form of female w would write to Dr. Hartman, bus, Olilo, and give him a complete description of their symptoms and the peculiarities of their tropbles, ke will immediately reply, with com di- rections for treatment, free of charge. '*Health and Beauty," a book written especially for women, sent free by Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. tener apdbetia-- ------ at Miss Alice Dressler, of No. 1813 North Bryant Ave,, Minneapolis, Minn., writes as follows concerning Peruna: "I was suffering from catarrh of the throat and head. One of my college friends, who wae visiting me, asked me to try Peruna and I did so and found it all and more than I had expected. Tt not only cured me of the catarrh, but restored me to perfect health."--Alice Dressler. Miss Mamie Groth, Platteville, Wis., writes: "I have for several years suffernd with frequent backache snd would for several days have splitting headaches. Several of my friends advised me to take Peruna and I, asked my physician what he thought of it. "He recom- mended it and so I took it and am entirely without pain of any kind now." ~Mamie Groth. In a recent letter from No. 2 Grant Ave., Denvet, Col, Mra. Ida L. Gregory writes: : "Some six years ago my husband suf- fered with nervous prostration, and advising with a friendly druggist he brought home a bottle of Peruna. His health was restored from its use, his appetite was increased and restful sleep came to him,"--Ida L. Gregory. Miss Florence Murphy, No. 2708 Second Avo, Seattle, Wash., writes: "I suffered forover a year with female trouble, and although I tried several physicians none of them seemed to be able to help me permanently. "It only took alittle over three bottles of Peruna to make me well and strong. Inever have backache, headache or bear - ing down pains any more."--Florence Murphy, " A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever " Beauty you may have--and more Beautiful, Serviccable and SENSIBLE Gifts you'll find here in profusion. Our Ladies' and Children's Coats are leaders; our Ladies' Tailor-made Skirts unequalled. Ladies" Long Silk Raircoats, worth £15, for £10. Ladies' New Neckwear, 25¢. to 81.50. New York Hair and Corsage Ribbon Bows, all colors, lovely styles, 25c. 75e¢. Smart Blouse Waists, in Silk, Lustre, Sateen, Vesting, Chamoi} Cloth, New Kimonas and Wrappers, $1 to $1.50, New Initialled and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Se. to 25c. Children's Toque, Sash and Mitt Sets, 75¢. to $1.25. Millinery I! Millinery !! Millinery !!! Lots of it! Many new ideas in Children's Headwear and Ladies' Trim- med, Untrimmed and Ready-to-wear" H ats. All at economy prices SPENCE & CO, ™ igi TO=-NIGHT We sell 4 Ibs. Pure Cream Candy for 4 he. /i i » 2 doen 35c. China Plates for 10e. 4&1 ach. 2 dozen Men's Watch Chains, worth . Soc. for 15e. each. Ladies'Vests and Drawers at 30c, on sale 19%. Men's Linen Hemstitched Handker chiefs, on sale 4 for 23c. MONDAY WE START THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY GOODS SALE Ever inaugurated in this city. We have an exceedingly large and well as- sorted stock, and as for the prices Fancy China, Wrist Bags, Toys, Dolls, and Tea Sects, Chamber Sete, Fancy Classwi Bibles, Prayer Books, Cutlery. All our Iron Toys at half price. Candies. Oranges, Nuts. and sell thera much lower than regu- well they are right : 8 Fancy Lamps, Dinner Calendars, Bound Booka, We have them in great quantities, a lar dealefs. Special prices for quanti tics. - - EE : BORN. SHAN E--At Deseronto, on December 13th to Mr and Mrs William Shane, a daughter WHITMARSH--At Deseronto, on Tecem- ber 12th, to Mr. and Mrs. 13 White marsh, a daughter, eee. MARRIED. DOWDLE--ABRAMS--At Camden East, December 16th, Edward Dowdle, township of Camden, to Miss Lily Abrams, township of Sheffield. THOMPSON--THOMPSON--At Roblin, p 16th, Miner Thompson, to 1 M. Thompson, daughter of Ilias hompson, all of Camden. EDGAR-PERRY--At Newburgh, on December 16th, Miss Mabel Pearl, eldest daughter of William B. dgar Camden East, to Alvin R. Perry, Wiltor BONGARD--HUDSON~--On Dec. at S. Frederickshurgh, Mary, daughter of James Hudson, John Overton 16th to Bongard, Adolphustown SHARP--WALMSLEY--At South Napa- nee, on Dec. 16th, Blake Sharp to Maud Walmsley, both of North Fredericksburg! ------------------------------------ COMMERCIAL. {MONTREAL MARKETS, Ba Dec. 19th. Canada Pacific Ry. 1oledo Ry. . { Montreal St. Ry, | Montreal St. Ry l'oronto St. Ry Halifax St. Ry -- 8t win City Transit . - 93% 2) Conimercial Cable - 165 150 Montreal Telegraph 163 160 Bell Telephone Co « ww 000 149 Dominion Cotton Co w- B13 03 Canada Colored Cotton ... +44 R. & O. Nav, Co. . - 758 Bank of M - - 250 Dominion Ste (Pref) .. 27 26% Dominion Ste - 94 9% Dominion ( I . 112% 000 Pominion ( 768 75% Detroit United vio ee 0% ON § Western Loan' & Trausit .. 200 000 Montreal Power 82 81 Nova Scotia St. Ry. .... 78 id Ogilvie Milling Co i" 3 119 Enion Bank wae 135 132 Bank of Commerce ..... .. 000 1513 Bank of Ottawa 213 000 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, Dec. 19th. Open. Close 781 79 Union Pacific wu we St. Paul 1 14 Manhattan B BR. Transit ...... see I'ref . und Iron ('oal Pac Southern Pac Miss Ont. & Western NYC Atchison, | Pref Louis & Nash Rock Island Pennsylvania R Atchison t. American Loco Amal. Copper n Y. M. C. A. Sunday Meeting. Last Sunday men were turned away from Whig hall. Another crowd is expected to-morrow (Sunday) al- ternoon, at 4:15, to hear a new comer to Kingston, Rev. .J. B. Grimshaw, who wes 'a Y.M.C.A. secretary in California. As a speaker he is full of enthusinsm and "says many new and interesting - things." Special seats are being put in for a crowd to hear his "Christmas talk." Miss Mabel Bailey will sing a s¢ln, "The Christ Child." Wevton's fancy mesareens, 50¢. Mi, "ilary : '8 ; [THEA A. J. SMALL IS AGAINST olum- | TRE T ! $2 A SHOW, Kingston Should Treat Him As Other Cities Do--Claims The Theatre Has Lost Money This Season. Toronto, Dee. 1S. --(To the Kdit or): 1 understand that the question of the apuual license fee for the Grand Opera House has been revived, and that another demand for $2 per show is about to made upon the thea. tre. lw comparison with the other Canadian cities, any such high tax as this in Kingston would be unreason- able, unjust and unfair; in fact, no other «ity in the 'dominion of even doubls or treble itsisize exacts any such fee from its amusement resorts. In Toronto, where the theatres are open continuously, night after night, from the latter part of August until the beginning of June, the license fee is $100 per annum. In Ottawa, a city of pretty neaily three times the size of Kingston, the license fee is $50 per annum. In St. Thomas and St. Catharines, both of which citiss are but very littla behind Kingston in population, the license fee is £10 per year in the former and $25 per vear in the latter city, 'In several mumici palitiss the councils are inclined to encourage the theatres by exempting then from taxes altogether. When 1 first thought of leasing the opera house in Kingston all sorts of promises and inducements were held out, and 1 was given to understand by the Grand Opera Hduse company that the city council had positively promised them: that the license fee would be a very low one; in fact, I confidently expected that it would not exceed $25 per annum. Ii 1 was ob- liged to pay $2 per show, this would make the license fee in Kingston three times greater than what 1 pay in To rento, and six times greater than in Ottawa." In a city like Kingston, I can play only a limited number of attractions and the manifest unfair- ness of such a fee as the one about to be demanded must be apparent to all when compared to Toronto and Ottawa. Tnasmuch as 1 did every- thing that a man possibly could do to promote the erection of a theatre in Kingston when the matter first came up. 1 certainly feel that I am entitled to at least fair treatment. When the Grand Opera House com- pany decided to build a larger house than they at first contemplated 1 ac- ceded to an increase of rent, although the lase had already been executed. And when the citizens were glow in subscribing stock, and the opera house company needed money to proceed with the work on the theatre, 1 fur- ther agieed to pay two years' rent in advance. ; 1 imagine that some of the city fa- thers must have the impréssion that the Grand Opera House is a wmoney- making proposition and that its lessee iz piling up pretty large margins, but when T tell you that at the present time the theatre is 8327 loser on the current theatrical season, you can draw your own conclusions. For a verification of this statement, 1 would be glad to have anyone eall on either my local manager, W. C. Mar- tin, or the treasurer of the opera honse, J. P. Hanley. Simply because people go to the theatre and happen to see a big crowd, it doesn't follow that the management is pocketing all of the receipts. On the contrary, the visiting company always takes away the bulk of the money, the terms con- ceded the various attractions being seventy, seventy-five and in very many cases as high as eighty per cent. This leaves a very meagre share of the receipts for the lessee; and in this connection I might say that my expenses in Kingston are proportion ately higher than those of any other theatre under my control. Take the lighting of the -house for example. 1 am obliged to pay the sam¢ rate to the electric light company in King ston as I do in Toronto and London, but the rate of difcount is twenty per cent less in Kingston than Lon don, and thirty per cent. less than in Toronto, although the production of the light probably costs no more in Kingston than at does in either of the other cities. . I am sure that any thinking person must frankly admit, tipon reflection, that any such license each performance in Kingston would be little short of real hardship, as far as the local management is concerned: as a matter of fact, almost prohibi: tive, and if such a by-law was enact ed, T mioht just about as well cloge up the house altooether.--Yours very truly, A. J. SMALL. A Fine Publication, Acta Victoria, the student magazine of Victoria university, has issued a notable Christmas number, beautiful ly and profusely illustrated, giving scenes and literary descriptions . of Acadia, the Rockies, old Quebec, Lab- rador, and Hudson's Bay country, be- sides numerous poems and articles of established credit. Prof. Shortt, of Queen's writes of histori sidelights of western development. 'But so much merit is in sad contrast to the very weak attempt at jokes in the closing pages, Did Good Work, Chief Elmer, of the fire department writes to say that if it had not been for the timely assistance rendered by the fire department the bridge house would have been destroyed, along with a good part of the bridge. The firemen had to cut their way into the building and held the fire in check un- til hose could be laid from the corner of Queen street, when it was used to advantage and extinguished the fire. Fo -------------------- in Are Talked Of. Messrs, Fisher, Mathewson, Ken- nedy and Halliday are mentioned in connection with the reeveship of Ports- mouth. It is probable the race will Le between Fisher and Mathewson. ---------- We doubled our stock of Christmas furniture and reduc ice, 80 everyone can buy furniture for Christ- mas presents at R. J. Reid's, Lever's Y-¥ (Wise Head) Disinfect ant Soap Powder is better than other powders, 4s it is both and disine AX fee as £2 for | ONCIDENTS OF THE DAY, Newsy Paragraphs Picked up by Reporters On Their Rounds. Music cabinets from $1.50 to $25 at R. J. Rai '8 . Mrs, Hugh Walkem will leave for her home in Portland, Me., on Tuesday. The Whig will publish readable Chyistmas articles for the next four days. Choice selection of case pipes, suit able for Christmas presents, at PE. Webster's, The young people of Portsmouth are joici wood skating rink is open for the season. The wind shifted to the south-west at ten o'clock this morning and 4 milder spell arrived. John L. Pope left to-day for Mon- treal to six weeks with his daughter, ny W. Spooner. Warm, good wearing mits for work ingmen and drivers, cheap at Lem- mon, Claxton & Lawrenson's. George Black, charged with assault- ing Miss Taylor, South Elusley, has | been arrested at Smith's Falls. Michael McGuirk, Portsmouth, seri ously ill, is improving, and is expect. ed to ke able to be around shortly, H. Pikering, conductor of the Ba- | got street car, received, on Friday, a { Christmas present of very great inter } i et. i Charles Lyons, with the Dominion i Express company, Toronto, came home this morning suffering from an injured og, {/ At this season of the year it is | helpful to know where to get gifts for | Christmas. This can be seen in the Whig, The' Kingston Penitentiary Hockey Club will meet next week to organize, The team will be stronger than last year. ¢ The Belleville hockey club want the Frontenacs to play there on Christ- mas night, A mixed . team may be sent, Corsets of every description at 25¢., 0c., 50c,, and up, New York Dress Reform. Special Christmas music will Le ren- dered at Rockwood hospital service to- narrow morning, The orchestra will a $list. i arles A. Dewey, formerly of Kings: ton, and now of Renfrew, has been elected president, of the Ottawa Valley Hockey League, Mayor Smallfield Says he is not candidate for the mayoralty of 1904 end he generously nominates his journalistic confrere, Mr. Gravelle, for the office. E. V. Orford, manager of the DeLa- mar gold mines in Idaho, U.S.A, ar: rived to-day. to spend Christmas and the holidays with his family at 439 Princess street. Saturday night and Monday, hoys* $5 to 86 overcoats for $3.75. Roney & Co. The natural impulse of every heart is to make Christmas tho happiest time of the year in our own homes, es- pecially if there are children; but an] even better thing id to help bri Christmas to homes where, withou such help, there will be no Santa Claus. THE BOOKS AUDITED, And Found ' Correct--Receipts and Expenditures, At last night's meeting of the civie finance committee, T. D. Minnes, au- ditor, presented the following report : "I certify that I have examined the books and aecounts of the treasurer of the Kingston District Fair Associa. tion for 1903, and have found them correct. All receipts have boen ac- cotmted for and vouchers produced for all payments' made. 1 submit here- with an abstract statement of the re- ceipts "and disbursements : | "Receipts--Balance, £75.68; dona- | tions antl subscriptions, $1,130; race | entries, 8109.25; general entries, $244.- | 80; privileges and rentals, $212.75; dmissions, grand stand, ete., $1,900: incidentals, $2; balance due treasurer, i & ; total, $3,767.83. | disbursements Attractions and | races, $076.70; supplies, 815.20; print- ing and bill posting, $403.41; working | expenses, 8811.88; prizes, 81.4565; inei- | dentals, 970.55; total, $3,767.83." The following accounts remain wn- I paid--Prize money, 8190; printing and | advertising, $90.60; bill posting, $60.. 25; miscellaneous accounts, $13 : organ Shaw, balance of salary, $23.. E> C. Dean, amount overpaid, 38; total, 8500.51. | 8 { A Popular Teacher. An entertainment was held in Glen.' burnie schoolhouse Friday night. Mises Cambell, who is retiring, was present. ed by the pupils with a handsome clock -and fish knife. Several private gifts were also added. The address of | the pupils was read by Miss M. Hudg- son, while the gift was handed over by | Miss K. Cashman. The address set forth the popularity of Miss Campbell and the regret that was felt at her retirement. Miss Campbell was an of ficient and painstaking teacher and her departure is regretted eee Holiday Travelling, | To correct any wrong impression | that the Grand Trunk patrons may. have obtained from erroneous notices in some papers that Christmas and New Year holiday tickets are not good on the Grand Trunk's best express trains between Montreal and Toronto, the company desires all its patrons to know that all Christmas and New Year holiday tickets sold are good on any of its passenger trains. It's Worth Something To know that the furs you buy can be depended upon for service and every buyer of our furs knows that. What about a nice fur jacket, scarf, muff, collarette, cap, fur slippers, etc., for a Christmas present. Ask or write for our' illustrated catalogue. Campbell Bros., manufacturers of reliable furs. "Phone 79. Belleville's oldest mason is dead, in the person of Donald Urquhart, born in Stockholni, Sweden, in '1820. His wife died last Saturday. He was a member of St. Andrew's Kirk, and the Sons of Scotland. Two unmarried daughter survive. Two well-known hunters, one from Kingston and the other from Glenvale, lost their way yesterday while out rabbit hunting. They wandered into Railton, and mistaking a church for to "put wi Maring, an hotel, proceeded | is just about as < an % MALFORMATION A Remarkable, Discovery At Post- Mortem Examination -- His Heart On The Right Side. . Brapkings, 8.0. Ded." 19.--Surpris- ing results have developed at a post: morten examination of the of 'William Allison, twenty'one years old, who died after ten days' illness, ap. parently from inflammation of the sto- mach. The surgeons were as to find a most peculiar displacomen of the internal organs. The ShorbiCes complete] filling the left side of the thoracic cavity, taking the place of the left lung. There was no left lung, only a small rudimentary 1 abofit one inch thick and three inches square. Lying under the stomach was found the ascending and descending colon with the appendix attached in its usual place on the lower end of the colon, and 'alio in the thoracic ca- vity. The heart was located on the lower right side of: the thoracic, heav- ily extending parallel and next to'the spinal column between second and fifth ribs. The right ling was not normal size. There is no guestion but the anato- matical malformations of the different organs had existed from infancy. The' young man never been ill and this is the reason his peculiar condi- tion had never been = disclosed. The case is believed to be one of the most remarkable in the history of surgery, IN OUR OWN CIRCUIT. hb. News or the District on Both Sides of the Line. Mrs. T. D. Pruyn, Napanee, has left for Belleville to spend the winter with John Taylor. : Mrs. ML Warren, Picton, has turned from Kingston. Her health a h apart. he alty contest an Na t mayoralty 08 will be between Councillor Madole and G. F. Ruttan. William MN. Baird, near Anderson's church, Lennox, died Thursday, aged seventy years, Deceased. leaves a wile and two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Clark, North Marysburg, about to take up their residence in Picton, were presented with an address from their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lander, Sr., died, Sunday, at Brookfield, Mo., within an hour of each other, were the parents of H. P, Lander, Napanee. Invitations have been sent out an- nouncing the marriage of Miss Hele na May Gonu, Selby, and Frank Les. lie Amey, Napanee, on December 23rd, nm Carr, ~honths ago for San Antonio, Texas, for the benefit of his health, is now in the hospital, with little hope for recovery, E. Fraser Bell, pastor of Coe Hill Mission, was presented with a beauti- re: is LT ment Napanee, who left somo | THE BEST OPPOR [ istance for ng the Aun ful black fur coat, by his . tion. The ladies presented Mrs. 1 with a cloak and hood for Miss Paul- ne, A Y.M.C.A. will be formed in Picton. D. J. Shannon and Mrs. Maud Wer. den Carter, Picton, were married last Tuesday. The ceremony was perform - ed in Trenton. The couple are enjoy: ing their wedding trip west, 4 In Tamworth, on Wednesday, occur- red the marr of Miss Edith Brault, niece of Sampson Shields, of 'Queen's Hotel, and Thomas Jamieson, Clear Water, Man., son of William Ja- mieson, Tamworth, Fire was discovered in Mrs. Dow- ney's dwelling, adjoining Shaw's gro- cery store, Tweed, Thursday morning, causing a loss to the building and furniture of about $400. The damage to the building and contents is cover- ed by insurance. -------- The Late Prof. Mommsen. J. L. Bashiord writes of the late Prof. Mommsen, the German historian: "He was the father of sixteen children in all, of whom twelve are now living. This diminutive little man, with He emaciated frame and silvery 'locks, reaching to his shoulders, was the last person one would have expected to be a friend of children, and yet it was so, They reveled in his company and sought it, Nevertheless, when he was preoccupied he could not recognize his own offspring. One day when sitting in the tramcar on his way from Char- lottenburg, a little boy near him dis- turbed him by chattering loudly as he was reading, according to his wont. 'What is your name youngster? he said, in a sharp tone, intendin to scold him, and to his surprice the bo pronounced the word, 'Mommsen.' It was 'not till then that the professor became aware that he was talking to his own son. Earlier in life he h- ed his infant, who had been con 10 his care in his study, into a waste pa- per basket and covered him up with papers |" ------------------ Pickled Peppers. Montreal Witness. ' Some of the campaign arguments now in use, presumably for lack of better ones, by the conservative press, remind us of the "tongue-twisters'" of our youth, such as "Peter Piper pick- ed a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's "the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked ?"* The argument convincing, and its merit is the same--that if you say it often and. fast enough you get mixed up. ------ens Big Or Little Space Philadelphia Record, > Experts in publicity affirm that where it is the purpose to intreduce an article or give specific informa- tion," a single advertisement with am- ple space for displ is vastly pre- ferable; but that where the object is chiefly to remind people of their wants and of the place to fill them a small advertisement repepted on every pags, or on several peges, may be ef- ective. ------ Kant Krack Rubbers. Sold only at A. Aber N APRIL FIRST, 1004, sirable Sto 904 Last Rites Over Remains The last rites over the the late Rev. C. J. Hutton Dean of Ontario, {The . re carried from the rectory by members of the clergy, a ber from Ontario diocese tendance. At two 0'¢l officiating TEymen werd Dibb, the Dean of "Ontario deacon Carey, of Kingston train, ville, acco! where they were pl morning at ten o'clock burial service was "of Hastings. A Belleville cemetery, One pair in a box, Fred and Mrs, Morrison, diad of a virulent form of a C.'J. Hutton. Yermoga, aBathes aetvice was o ar Songreg fation "present. oe oles ing Rural Dean At hali-past. four o'clock the' mains hag placed aboard a G, going eats ond taken to by Rev, G. Beamish, rector of St, Thomas Mr. Beamish and Rural Dean Begun the remains of anges clergyman ta Christmas Braces. handsome web, roll leather ends, 750 Jenkins. See our all steel filled corset, at 503, worth 75c. New York Dress Ref Mary Isabella, the little daughter of rockvi Bi Elles of Revy Bath, Friday morning at tén o'clock wi oly Communion w by Rural Dean Dibb nsetitod by ta IS thé a held, chal il lk orm.