DR. WOOD'S 'NORWAY PINE SYRUP. troubled Jon oF { you fj about gift-ma Sead for it to-duy. . : 'COULD NOT DO IT. So Busy That His Plan Wasn't v was kept '#0 busy by hitherto been so effective. Corbett has Jalways depended to w great extént, on THE DAILY : ie "E ondon shop-kee hid over the! 3 y this Srough is regarded as . Not since the | meen widny ntmbloyed workmen, of the times oxtends to the humblest ranks of industry. The for tho winter are parti- "bad in the building world and the riverside and shipping business, normal conditions the West End shops would now be filing with Christinas buyers. But the real hoii- day rush has failed to materiaiize as yet and the sl rs view: the con: ditions with a pessimistic eyl. Ths allways likewise anticipate a great falling off in holiday travel this year. Only in the topmost ranks of so- cloty is it expected © that Christmas this. your will be observed without any curtailment in the exchange of ills and the sual feasting and en- tertainment, The King and. Queen of Portugal bought a number of Christ- mas mts while they were.in Lon- don, chiefly diamond-studded bhonbon- nieres, flat pencil cases, studded all over with ious dtones, and sigareite holders, made of delicately tinted transparent stones, sometimes studded with diamonds or encrusted with tiny pmeralds or rubies. King Edward sand Queen Alexandra wre oxpectad to do their Christmas {he ing'! the latter part of this | week, always make their selec. ts early in the season, as them are to be sont great distances--to their royal relatives at & hi Potorshurg, Bucharest, Darmsuadt, Barkin and other courts of Europe, The gueen's orders to submit seled- tions for her approval have already heen received by a number of the royal * warrant-holdors. The instruc tions to the shopkeepers lay down the class of goods that her majest wishos to be sent, but ample latitude is allowed in this matter: Mention is made of the day when they should 1 vench Buckingham Palace, 'and moan- timo the shopkeeper selocts his chipicest wares, > In charge of some responsible mem- bers of the firm these are duly taken to 'the ace, where rooms are nas i, or, their display. As many tables as are needed art available to set them out in their most alirac- tive array, and covery item is labelled with the name of the shop that is sending it, as well as the price, which must not be a "fancy" one; but the ordinary selling retail value, Her Majesty Spends considerable time in Selecting hor gifts, and some days will probably elapse before the shops are summoned to remove what will not "be required. ; ewelry and silver work always fig ure largoly in the collections placed before the queen. In occasional in- stances, very rich and costly orna- ments are chosen, hut more gensrally hor majesty looks for fanciful grace of design graphic frames of the most dainty and delicate description are favorite ifts of the queen. Brooches for lace, harming Tittle pendants and fascina- ting bangles are other favorite forms, in diamonds, pearls and other stones. A large vumber of pins and links, too, are invariably kept by the queen, to its recipient. ia 'characte the several societies forme '| enéourajgement of home industries, in | cluding 'those of = Scotland and Ire study writing = tabled gives hor ma chosen in some quaint setiing. ol giving presents to all the ser vants of the royal establishment These are always of useinl characeer vahts being a dress length silk, either in eolor or black. Toys {of delight to her majesty, who, how ever, bestows also mote lasting me mentoes upon them, Li } drug store, man's first love if ®he is sure of bely his last, > | iusteated By an Bogtin | mous product of the vegetable world] and dainty novelty. Photo- joints aching, muscles sore, head stop- hose aim is always to give what ion of the bowels, liver and kidneys dil afford 4 real and lasting pleasure which is always beneficial when the | arg. Ascheton Smith Helped Late In sending to Denmark of other tack of the grippe. For sale by all courts, the queen usually chooses what druggists. rlatically English, while to her English friends a very favorite New Caledonia's Brass Band. form present with her majesty is | London Express. that of pottery from the royal works | At the French penal colonv. Nou at Copenhagen. In the selection of { mea, New Caledonia, the convicts who left property worth over 3600, ; have organized a band. The leader is 000 » year. Out of his income the de for the |'a notorious murderer and was once ceased, through the business sagacity gifts she is also a natked patron. of jesty a wide range of charming little | der, with robbery as the motive, and items, and, clocks are alto frequently | one of the clarinets, a tod, enter largely into the queen's Don't Endure Neuralgia. Hist, and the immediate pleasure of Neuralgia is the most excruciating | ways be dopended upon. It has heen pain that a human being is called up- | in use for many years and has never «| on to endure. Those who suffer from it | been known to fail, viz. : Chamber- - | should never resort to opiates, that is|lain's Cough Remedy. M. F, Cpnip- making a bad matter worse. The ail- | ton, of Market, Texas, e®ays of it, her grandchildren is an especial source other powders, as it is both soap and po! ap A good two quart Fountain Syringe (guaranteed) only 5%. Others from $1 to $2.80, at Wade's Probably the most deadly and veno- which this 4 ces is the pois: onous Upas 'of Java, around which have Shuktired vo many. 'ay ths and legends, and of which so many extravagant travellers' tales and mea: dacious hie Dave been from time time disemingted. . ccording t. veracious, explorers of a by ge the Jothal tree grew ina w : terrible district Kriown ab the valley of death; a veritable churnel ground, encumbered with the whitened bones of men dnt women, horses and eattle, birds and reptiles. Here the bones of a horse intermingled with those. of its rider, both having simultaneously dropped dead under the influenct of the fatal miasma; here the remains of & herd of animals which had ineautiously ventured within the fatal zone, of of a flock of birds, which coming within range' of the pes- tiferous vapors, fell suffocated to, the rovnd; and here, all around the y tree, piles of hones of coi slaves, pent thither to collect the pois onous juice of the tree, with a prom- ine of freedom if they succeeded in re. turning. But all this is mostly fable; for al- though, if the milky venomous juice with which the tree is saturated roots, trunks, boughs, and leaves--be injected into man or animal, or even accidentally Touche scratch, death' may ensue in a few minutes, the na tives therefore employing it to poikon the barbs of their 'arrows, yét the lurid descriptions of this dismal val- ley of death, this parched and arid wilderness, are pictires drawn entively from the imagination, For the valley is a very paradise of besuty, clothed in luxuriant verdure, adorned' * with many of the lovely flowers and grace- ful palms and ferns of the tropics, and the home of innumerable brilliantly plumaged birds and of resplendent, glittering butterflies, Strange to say, another tree of the same family (Atrocarpus) is the price- less bread huit tree, a tree which provides * notrishing sustenance to multitudes of 'the human race; the one therefore. being literally a. tree oof death, the other a tree of life; the fruit of the ome, a virulent and bane ful destroyer of life, the fruit of . the other a valuable and nutritious sus. tainer of life. And is. there not, too, in the spirit ual 'world a simile to all this? * For those-who have heen 'poisoned by the deathly Upas tree of sin, and who know for certain that unless the venom is purged from them. they can- not by any possibility whatever in- herit the glory-land, must press to- wards the symbmlical "tree of life which, God"; in other words must cry eafn- eetly for the never refused aid of the Divine Justice, and that through His healed, Grip Quickly Knocked Out. "Some weeks ago (during the Inv winter weather both yy wife and my- self contracted severe colds ich speedily developed into the worst kind of la grippe with all its miser- able symptoms," says J. 8. Hgleston, Maple Landing, Jowa. '"Knecs and od up, eyes and nose running, with alternate spells of chills and fever. We. began using Chamberlain's Cough of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and by its liberal use soon completely knocked ont the prippe." These tablets promote a healthy act- system is congested by a cold or at- -.}in the orchestra of the Paris opera house, The cymbal player killed a sub- land. poena server and the drum player | : : ' "Tho squipwent of ho boudoir . of { murdered his landlord with a ham: | choles Dull, who married Miss er mer, The first cornet is gifilty of mur tavernkeeper new organization. ment should be rudically cured and i Lover's a, (Wise Head) Disinfeo- | can be with Dr. Hall's Rheumatic] Reedy in severe cases. of croup with tant. Soap . Powder is better than fre. ouralgia is a constitutional | my children, and can truthfully say it i . Its source is in a disordered | always gives prompt relief." For sale state of the blood. Dr. Hall's Rehum- | by all druggists. atic Cure removes the cause, and it go regulates the vital organs as to make Manitoba Legislature. i the cure permanent. This is the pre | specidt to the Whig. 'A woman cares nothing about a paxation that cured Mrs. A. R. Gam-| Winnipeg, Man. Dec. 6.--The Mani- lé, Wemyss, Ont., and hundreds of | toba legislature convened, to-day, for others. In bottles, 50c., at Wade's | the specinl purpose of passing an act 2 This Up-To-Date King. ork Press. i 7 i : of <8 coats and silk hats, while his mili Bit n, 100, never using slang. dat visited every civilized = conntry thing for his own and. ------------------ "fn Old Riddle. A vost person' can catch ? Noy. it's easy to answer, 3 3 ey ------------ ; Ruther han bvoma A spinster the ' is in the midst of the paradise of Holy Spirit ofl God to enable them to grasp the great fact that the Son of God paid the penalty due by them to stripes theys way, if they will, be Remedy, aiding the same with a dose ned to MI hie potions f : a Alanis sotains tO: kindly ned to hii his patrons for the same custom initinted by Queen Victoria ndmaster was | tional winner in 1903, sonviewll, of having his wife to pieces, This convict band gives daily ; * | concerts to the inhabitants of Nou- A Certain Cure For Croup. ' ¢ > ants > Wh child shows symptoms of a Very favorite one. fof the cr, | ea, who are enthusiastic over the en a ap d . Ki Si : the purpose of remedyNg a technical hi 4 am, ho has just nb omission. After the legislation has « is one of the most Eurof : idav tive #ulors, He. al t SrGpenn until after the holidays. bly wears the latest things in frock | from each he has taken some- Lily white potatoes. Crawford's. What is the quickest thing that even WHIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6. THEM. Held To Be Partially Responsible For McKinley's Death--Arrests Made In Chicago. Chisage, Dec. 6.--Sensational raids, made in the effort to clear Chicago of its numerous "fake" patent medicine concerns, threw 'a i the president was in part due to the "When McKinley was first wound- od," declared the official, "'the physi- T BECOMING A CRUSADE MADE AGAINST n Natural Green Tea is displacing Japan because of its absolute purity. Sold in the ight upon the death of President McKinley and re- tea everywhere, » Black tea in sealed vealed the charge that the death of| same form as the celebrated "Salada uke of 'a upurions. medicine. lead packets only. By all grocers. Given the Highest Award and Gold Medal at St. Logis Exposition, 1904. : cians hurriedly. sent to a drug store] = for a quantity of aristol, the best known substitute for lodoform. "They secured the alleged aristol and applied it to the wound. They no- ticed imuncdiately that' the effect was exactly the opposite to that which would have heen produced by aristol, and after a, few. Widents 'changed the treatment. "It was afterward discovered that the stuff which the physicians purchas- ed and which they nsed as aristol was an imitation made of fuller's earth and oxide of iron. It is believed that the. spurious stuff was partly responsi- ble for the death of the president." Prompt action on the part of the government officials broke up a ring which has been engaged in the exten- sive sale of alleged' spurious 'drugs by) the use of a mail order system. Five of the agents were arrested by Detec- tive Sergeant, Woolridge and turned over to the government officers. War- rants ave out for twenty-five others, sdid to be engaged 'in selling spurs ious drugs. 3 The crusade is being personally con- ducted by Col. J. E. Stuart of the Uhited States postal department, aid ed by 'Inspector Kimball. Thus far spurious drugs valued at $15,000 have hoon seizéd dnd taken to Harris on street police station. The government agents say that the ring has been selling cheap compounds labeled under the names of well known drags represented to have been imported from Europe. FASHION'S FORM. One Of The Latest Styles Just Out. A modish house dress of light brown etamine trimmed in bands of ecru broadcloth and ecru lace. A folded broad girdle of brown panne velvet confines the waist. The bodice closes invisibly in the back: RICHEST WIDOW IN ENGLAND. Husband. London, Dee. 6.--In assiduity and concentration lie th» secrets of the success of the richest widow in Eng land. She is Mrs. Ascheton Smith, widow of the late Duff Ascheton Smith 'of his wife, saved as much as 8$15- 000,000, which goes to the widow. The estate itself is left to his brother, schoyle last vear. He is the father of Robin Duff, husband of Lady Juliet 1} Dui. The sucecssor to the Ascheton » | Smith property is also well-known as the owner of Cloister, the Grand Na croup there is no time to experiment with new remedies, no matter how highly they may be rec ded There is one preparation that ean al- t| "I have used Chamberlain's . Cough amending the consolidation act rela ting to the Canadian Northern rail wey bonds passed at the last ses sion. The amendment 4 merely for been passed tho house will adjourn Pocket full of dough. Spend it all for presents ' For everyone you know. "PROGRESS" Double Breasted Frock Coats For chiireh; day weddings, calls, and all formal occasions before 0 P. MM. « PROGRESS " a delight to the men, who are particular and fit .of every garment. : Made of black clay worsted --black and oxford vicuna--and black worsted --with silk facing, and with silk Frock Coats are about the style Extra Striped Trousers to complete Sold by leading clothiers throughout Canada. ] PROGRESS BRAND CLOTHING is sold in Kingsten gston & Bro. only. | Pure, hard water is the most important ingredient in ale. Water used in Carling's Ale is taken from a series of.springs with solid rock bottoms at depths of more than 1000 feet, and is come ducted to a' stone-paved reservoir Is entirely free from acid or alkaline and any Ask for Carling's Ale--accept no other, because no other is quite so good. . @arling's Ale The Ale that's Always Pure ENDERSON, Sellin COAL OIL We carry the following grades of Coal Oil and will deliver to any part of the city :-- American Headlight, Silver Light, Astral and Brilliant. The Brilliart Oil is the best made. PRICES REASONABLE. « ELLIOTT BROS .. Finnan Had 77 PRINCESS STREET. Do Your Christmas ~~ Shopping Now ! Now stocks are most complete; now you can leisurely and advantageously do your holi- day shopping. > A replenished stock of catchy Neckwear this week--Dolls Trimmed Hats--Fashionable Silk Waists--for Christmas shoppers. : Mantles ! Stirring ' times in' this department! derful how "Spence" Mantles have 'caught on'! Splendid choice now--every size in every correct design. S PE NC E'S, The Lead bbit With the "Canada Metal Mantles ! Don't sufiér from cold Joo, hes we | me look if the are selling hot water bottles rom at he wr oy. had B9c. to $2.50. Wade's drug store. % better English than most Eng Sing a song of Christmas, 8 and Mantle Store. Toronto, Ont; vgs, Joris he I ied WINTON LJ . TN # TY wish those who value a = hair to shampoo their head Witch Hazel Soap. Ir will pos the worst cases of dandrufl a) diseases. It gives new life a the scalp, and has a tendency a glossy and beautiful growth the complexion it is ghe best It makes the skin sof€ as velve it has no equal. Cures (ruy itching, and makes baby wee To those who have sallow « plexion, or who bave pimples any skin, eruption, I ean ros Paw-Paw Laxative Pills. = Th cure constipation, hillousness ailments. If you have dy~p weak and nervous. these pill vou well. ~-MUNYON. SSeven Sutherland Hair Grow Miss Marv, BritT. 128 Bond Street, Toronto, After Thirteen Years Miss | 5 ures 9 Feet Sutherland Sit e ay espected Ladies, -- It gives meg state for the benefit of the public, 11 afflicted with discased scalp or talling t I was afflictéd with both. I use ir Growerand Hairan ully followed directions, and in ave a beautiful head of ha gth. 1 cheerfully recommend 1 rower and Hair and Scalp Cleaner t reliable remedies now in use remain yours with re 2 #8 NOW at all druggists, two sizes, | r bottle, USEVEN SUTHERLAND g SOLE PROPRIETO! 3 Canadian Office, 266 Yonge 8 2 J. H. Bailey, Forsign Man : Recommended » Georges W.Mahood, cormer agot streets, Kingston. - Fresh Oysti Wild Ducl Kippered Her Poultry oM : 63 INION Fi Brock St. 'Ph fockey Boots al ~ Skat The season is here. 1 ew pair? We have a something cheapr that's . JENNINGS, Better Thai &