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Good 'going Dec. 81st, 1904, and Jan. 2nd, 2905; valid for retugw until Jan. 3rd, "Fare and One-Third Going Dec. 28rd, 24th, 26th, 30th, and 81st, 1904, and Jan. 2nd, 1905; return- tng until Jan. 5th, 1903. Full particulars at K. & P. and Cc.p. R. Ticket Office, Ontario Street. F. CONWAY, F. A. FOLGER, JR. Cen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Supt . BAY OF QUINTE RAILWAY New shorl line for Tweed, Napanee, 'Daseronto, 'aad all local points. Trains Joave City Hall Depot at 2:25 p.m. F CONWAY, Agent B. Q. Ry., Kiagston. ----------te---------------- FORTHE WINTERGO TO BERMUDA malaria impossible From New York, 48 hours by elegant new twin screw steamship * Bermudian,' Sailings every 10 days during January Every five days during February,- March and April, 1905 FOR WINTER CRUISES GO TO WEST INDIES 80 days tri. About 20 days in tropics Spectal cruises to 5 Rico, Windward Islands and Cuba, SS Pretoria, January 4th, February oth, March 22nd, 1905. For further particu- lars apply to A. E. OUTE BRIDGE & CO., Agents, for Quebec 88. Co 89 Frost * unknown, Bermuda, Porto Broadway, New York ; ARTHUR AHERN, Secretary, Quebec _or J.P. BANLEY, and to J. P. GILDER- SLEEVE; 'Ticket Agents, Kingston, ALLAN LINE "**" oso xpmnm D Royal Mall Steamers. ¥ From St. Jébn, From Halifax Parigian, Sat. Dec. 17, Mon. Dec. 19 Sicilian, Sat. Dec. 24. Mon 6 Ion Sat. Dec. 31, : , Sat, Jan. T; RATES OF PASSAGE. sdnd , upward. and don, $2 50 extra. 'Liverpool, Derry, dondon. WHEW YORK TO GLASGOW. Mongolian, Thursiay Pec. 22, 11 am Third class Belfast, Piiaer' dipol. (J.P. GULDEF i -------------------------------- Lake Ontario and Bay of Quintie . Steamboat Co.. Lim:ted. STR. "ALETHA" {HOCKEY Tips. between Queen's rink vesterday. afterncon, did not ma- terialize, { their intermediate team any more help than necessary. Two Queen's teams in: | dulged | ever son here so early in the season, | Last 'svith the | Knight and from the way the different forward players got busy in practice, yesterday, 'it is evident that they are working hard play goal this year, and several new Cream Sodas Juees are many hot shots, land and Macdonnell better than ever at defence. bruce Su- therland, Williams, Curtin, Templeton, Farnham, Mahood and Squeerey, "for? and the vacancies of the first team will probably be First Cabin-- Second cabin, Liv- ndonderry, $30, $32.50 and Glas- For: farther particulars, apply to ; BUCHU ll RACTICE MATCH DID NOT MATLRIALIZE. All Out, With Two Excep- tions--Dick Mills Won't Play Goal--Frontenacs And Strol- lers Tractise. The proposad practice hockey match and cadets at the i owing © probably to Queen's isinclination to give the rivals ~ of in one of the best practices first team exception of was all 'out, year's Scott and to fill the vacancies. "Dick" Mills persists in refusing to being tried out. Pennock, ormerly of Brockville, showed upwell n practice, last night, and stopped Walsh and Richardson are travelling their usual fast gait, and Eric. Suthe: are apparently merly of Quebee, are all working hard, filled from their ranks. Harold Clarke at.cover point, is show- ing up well, and is an extremely hard man to pass. The practice, last night, fully demonstrated that Queen's has | An escedent picture of the assailant of plenty of material for at least two Nogi is full of the Japanese military fanat that not fast teams; and the intermediates are fondly hoping to get a team on the | ice that will put the cadets out in the | first round. Frontenac senior and Strollers junior hockey teams had a good joint prac- tice at the 'rink, last night, with a good turmout of both teams. Derry and Powell were. out with the * Fron- tenacs for the first time this season. Sporting Notes. ( hicago is to have a 330.000 ska- ting rink 'next year. Queen's 111. has entered the O.A.A! junior series. I. Gilroy and L. LeSeuer will be the a team in official O.H.A. referees named by Smith's Falls. : R. T. Shillington, ofthe Ottawa football club, denies that he will be a candidate for the presidency of the Canadian Rugby union. . Cobourg will play in Port: Hope on Christmas night. - The Port Hope juniors are trying to arrange a game in Whitby for that evening. Jack Marks, last year with Belle ville, has turned up at Regina, N.W. T. An inquiry has been ' made of the O.H.A. as to his amateur status. Miss McLaughlan has made a new world's record for lady swimmers at Glasgow. She gwam fifty yards in thirty-seven seconds, which is a second faster than the previous record. Jim Parr won from "Farmer" Burns in two straight falls at Buffalo on Monday night. Parr wen in 35.40 and 34.45. Gotch, the champion, has un dertaken to throw Parr three times in one hour, Gravenhurst is desirous 'of entering a team in the intermediate O.H.A, series as well as in the junior series. Gravenhurst is anxious to have the Burk's Falls club reinstated, a most unlikely happening, The meeting of the executive com- mittee of the OH.A., which was to have been held on: Thursdav night, has been postponed until Friday night Some of the members of the executive were unable to attend. on Thursday night. : The Argonauts appear to have exeel lent material for' a strong senior team. With Reiffensiein at point, and Ham ber at cover-point, the defence will not be weak. McCallum, Kryer, Blom field, Thoms and Clemes are available for the forward line Milton has apvlied in the 0.1 for an and, perbaps, a junior team. Last winter Milton played its W.O.H.A, games in Berlin and Guelph, but when the return games were due these clubs defaulted, they were "in the hole." Charges that the: skating records made by Morris Wood, of Prooklyn, last year under the auspices of the Verona Lake Skating club tained over a short course, have been made to the National Amateur Skat ing association. The association will hold a special meeting to investigate the charges. The U.S. Intercollegiate slockey As sociation has announced a hedule of games for the séascn All the games with one exception will be played at the St. Nicholas rink, New York city, the one exception being the Harvard Brown game of February llth, which will be played in Cambridge In case of a tie the contest will be played on February 25th The Coney leland Jockey Club has tasued its list of stake events to we fun during its spring meeting, the most valugble being the Suburban (820,000), Commonwealth (310,000 added), Advance (315,000), the June SMITH'S Wonderful Bladder for membership intermediate because were ob- LITHIA PILLS. 10K: KIDNEYS, The Bladder, Rhou- at once Price only spirit hes i from the wr Gure. Blood -- ! leld d Batween Kingston, Picton and Belleville Shy x 'uh vox of kidney Filla steame: hy been ex. Butternat ALL SIGNED expressed the hoje the this the of of but the at od of 1 i Port Arthur; General Nogi General ifs, and with more than Spartan one of his three sons will return alive Cl extraordinary belief that the czar has eee handicaps (87,500 gqdded), and several others for three-year-olds , and: up- wit; the Swift and the Spindrift, for three-year-olds and the great Trial (825.000), the Double Event (820,000), the Zephyr and thd Spring Stakes, for two-year-olds. The Hea con ($3.000 added) 'and the ladepen- dence Handicap (82,000 added) are for steeplecharers. OBSCURE, BUT CONTENT. Flagman Has Blessings * Money Cannot Buy." New York Globe Albert J. Breckenridge, a representa tive of a large shoe company in Brockton, Mass, told a story at the St. Denis the other might of a flag man employed at a ratlroad crossing | all of year for potatoes which are usod between Malone and Huntington, on the New York Central "While up in Malone a few ago," said Mr. Breckenridge, "1 re ained over Sunday--I had arrived on Friday--and took 4 run out into the of the eountry. Some four from Malone, along the New York Central route to Huntington, there i8 a railroad crossing, and the situation is as peaceful and pictures gue yu Spot ms You could wel imagine in fact, what one secs in the color ed picture books. "(On pasting the crossing 1 got into conversation with the fiagmen, and was immediately struck by the man's remarkable power of conversation. 1 flatter myself on knowing a thing or two. but thie fellow put me complete 13+ in the shade. "Pregently be invited me to his shanty, a few yards down the tracks, and we sat down and continued our weeks talk. After we had chatted for half an hour, or so. 1 became curious to Jearn what the man did not know. He was a human enclycopedia. " 1 him how he had managed ashe to pick up all his knowledge. "Why." he said, '1 have little else to do here but read and store up mn formation. Only ao scare ' of trains pass here in the day, and | while away the time reading and writing in mv little cabin. See, here is my li bray.' and was works in examined the books, surprised to find tandard various languages. He had mastered French and German, was in close tonwch with Greek and Latin, knew Euclid like 4 Harvard professor, and conlil w¥ite shorthand gs fast a8 a professional reporter ventured to that he should try to put his gecomplishments to some hetier. account " "You might bhine if you only put vourseli forward." 1 said. But he only laughed and seemed to look at me pitvingly. *"WMhy," he re happy here--perfectly suits me. 1 have no the country, and I like study "493 New York, oht make more money. But suggest 'I'm happy worries, | perfectly The job love say, | money went tg isn't *all. 1 have blessings here that money cannot buy.' "84 1 left him--obseure, but abso lutely content." An Emergency Medicine. For sprains, bruises, burns, scalds and sinailar injuries, there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm, It soothes the wound and not only gives instant relief from pain, but causes the parts to heal in abut one third the time required hy the usual treatment. Sold by all druggists. fren Ragpicker. To Senator. From ragpicker to United senator is a pretty big jump, and yet States any kind, serving this purpose =o wel substitute still 'better than any penwiper which can be devised by man. It is used not only by the small country hotel, but also "by the most fashionable and costly in the cities. It] © guise its appearance. 4 1 ' can be found is not known. 'The man T deg ot o To Tia TV POTATOES AS PENWIPERS. swer The Purpose. Louisville Courier. Homely, ugly, without beauty ol yet serving a purpose and : that no n can be found which wil perform the same task as 'well, the} © irish potato, that protector of hun- gry and the standby of the poor is the ingenuity ol is simply plain potato, too, in all] b places. No atiempt is niade to dis} hi Louisville hotels them,and the bill at the end for this simple purpose is not small. 6 Just who discoverey that the Irish} © potato is the best pen receiver which remains unfamed, and- his mame is not written on the long list of American | I; inventors. But he deseryes something. | b. Some historian delving 'into the past | h and endeavoring to dig up lost events of the past which are important in] V the present, should tind the name of the man who first jabbed a pen into a potato and found that it would clean and preserve the pem without attach-}v ing to it small fibres which would smear the ink if the pen was put to use, Louisville hotels have been using the potato for years, and they still use it. On the desk im each office is a large potato, and in it is a bristling array of penholders, the. points stuck deep into the inky sides of the tuber. Many substitutes have been tried, but all of them have been found wanting, and the. potao rules supreme. At Seel bach's hotel, recently. a new desk stand was bought. Jt had an arrange- ment for holding "the pens, but a few days trial seon convineed the clerks that it was no good, The steward was called up, a potato was hurried to the front office, and soon was occupy: ing the place of its aristocratic sub stitute, "There is a peculiar seid in the po- {ato which neutralizés the ink on the pens and prevents them from rusting,' explained H. M. Sveor, of Seelhach's Hotel, "and that is one of the main reasons for using them." They keep the pens clean, too, and there is noth ing hanging to the pen when it is drawn out. It is the best thing we can find, and 1 suppose the potato will be used for a long time to come." t § RR Senator's Story Of A'Bad Pen. Boston Herald Senator Pettus, of 'Alabama was writing with a noisy; #pluttering pen. Laying down the pen, he smiled and said : "Ogee 1 was spending the evening with a friend of mine in Selma We kitchen eame a dreadful scratching sound. " NMartha," said my friend to the maid 'what is that seratching in the kitchen ?"' It must be the dog trying to get in.' "Huh !' said Martha, 'dat's de cook a writing a love letter to her honeysuckle." Nash Bros. Views Of Kingston: A great souvenir - book to wend to friends and relatives. Enormous sales! A gem of fine art. Nearly 100 beauti: ful illustrations, including two two- page panoramic views, Specially de: signed cover, Now is the time to se: cure a few copies before the holiday that ix just what the - new senator from Massachusetis has made. not "ragpicke exactly as we might un- derstand it, but almost that. His schools to take. a position in Gibson's Red Cross drug. store, J anteed, only 30c., at W + sh ? grandfather, Zilnas Crane, founded al small paper mill at Dalton in the] western part' of Massachusetts, and] his father, also Zilnas, succeeded to the business, When Murray Crane was geventeen-years old he left the public | the | A two-guart hot water bottle, guar- | ade's. rush. Edition limited apd will be ex- | hausted before Christmas. For sale at | Wade's Drug Store and British-Ameri- i can Hotel newstand, rm, Kidney Losses Stopped. { The escape of albumen from the sys- tem is most dangerous. The trouble is you may not know it, Get to the disease--the kidneys-- by Pills. Ini boxes | rout of the tu since have ; ir es lowes © Fnsing Peck's Kidney cents Eat ingly welptul Sy nll Seginaing it the lowest place, 2c = at ~ Wade's, Money back if 'not A urine now runs t Packer. .atisfact ; CURE atthe and gives mo een j satin acta) Peaple's Price. 0 ue iano ihe A woman who is weak, nervous and Th ' barks \ . } aleepless £ " e owner of a barkmg dog if a My Bldmey book | bok i surely | sleepless, and who has cold hands and he-9 . k anon 8a e m feet, cannot feel and act like a well vays the first 'to complain about the mpl with i ' sent Free to any ad-| 82% De person. Carter's Iron , Pills equalize noise made by the neighbors" child dress REG 3 ' ' a . . . DR. GOODALL, | the circulation, remove nervousness, ren. : ' Ee W.F.SMITH CO. Fo.18 Market Mh and ng 8 inh iy si A few children's brooms left, only Oe. 3 ortemouth, N. f aN i. . el 3 A ee cnt' 133 8%, James 8t., Mensreal h Best American oil, 20c. a gallon; Also a spe ial © show "braom-at 15c. To cure Constipation, Sick Headache and Bilions- | (| gall d be eonvinced. Lem- Lemmon, Claxton & Lawrenson. fry gallon and be convinced. Lem gs 4 u pess in one night, see Smith's Pineapple aad | (layion & Laweenson's, Mission farniturd in 'set or separate » - The most . beautifal brush, comb DCCs weathered ogk,, from £4.50 to and mirror sala are to be seen at #40 cach, at R. J. Reid. There are wen who wouldn't even ; pay a compliment without takieg a ERE 5} Work Provided But Pay Goes London has problem > with the unemployed in her east end those with which of ment has been | through in the administration "Mansion House of relief in st commercial depression. In consequence class of the unemployed a new me with settled men weve - bal colonies, but received nothing to spend the relief money going to the families number of ehildren. As far as possible preference was given could bring employers' references, and the record of the relief colonies show- class possessed far. greater powers perseverance than "casual" scheme was idlers and habitual dependents; it pro- duced a marked improvement in the physique of the men who worked, and insured continuity to utilize the principle in other their belief by -- graphs of the ctar showing a side face Tipy're Not Pretty, But They An- } v tion from their province waited upon the czar, meeting be divided equally among the peasants said own land." will divide the land." told been out with the boys. As ly opened the hall. door the melodious with this query : his spouse, "when the clock has just the word of a d----d against that of a Virginia gentleman, vou may do so, but 1 have my opin: | conds. It canse it penetrates like lightning to ache, cure is complete, sat in the dining-room, 'dnd from the} To Families. : ¢ in camnection gravity of which exceed any of ized charity in country has had to grapple. In connection an interesting experi- ally carried of a Fund" in avoiding evils usually attending the givin time of rial and exceptional distress in the winter 1903-4 relief works were organized, in order to the deserving An offer was made city, to on. ° rded and lodged at the home, being proportioned to the to those who that the men who belonged to this the lower grade of laborer. As a whole the found to eliminate ¢ and thoroughness relief. Plans are already under way aise iets than the metropolitan, ------------ The Czar Has Only One Ear. The uncducated peasants in the herson Province of Russia have an nlv one ear. They are confirmed in pictures and photo- iow, Some time ago. they say, a depute and in the course of the the czar is said to have an ounced that all Russian land would f the various districts, ] To this one of the deputation boldly soe your "As sube as you cannot divide the ears vou will not The czar's replv to this was to cut fi one of his (the czar's) ears, which e placed on the table remarking as e did so: "Ag surely as 1 now see my ear I Cherson peasants To this day the he has only one rmly believe that ar. Virginian And The Clock. { At the luncheon following the | wnching of the submarine torpedo | oat Simon Lake X., Foster M. Voor- os. former governor of New Jersey. this story on a distinguished | /irginian : he soft oice of his botter half greeted him "What time is it?" "It is early, my he Virginign. "How dear," responded can you say so," exclaimed | truck two ?"' | "All right," said the Virginian, his { voice thundering virtuous indignation. 'All right! I you choose to Yankee clock The Cause Of Earache. 1s usually 4 jeold. The one sure cure is Nerviline, which relieyes in ten se { 1 on of you!" { 1 i i | kills earache swiftly, be Away gous the just becguse Nerviline has been used. No house hold liniment so economical, so strong co good--all-round gs Polson's Nervi line, which has been Canada's popu lar liniment for nearly fifty years. Large bottles sold for 25c. everywhere. the seat of the pain Many Uses Of Salt. Philadelphia Record Besides being such an essential part of culinary art, salt haf many other uses perhaps not generally known. Sait cleanses the palate and Jfurred tongue, and a gargle of salt and water is often efficacious. A pinch of salt on the tongue, fol lowed ten minutes after by a drink of cold water often cures g sick head- ache. Salt hardens the gums, makes the tooth white and sweetens the breath. Salt added to the water in which cut flowers stand kecps them fresh, Salt used in the same manner as snuff will do much to relieve colds, hay fever, efe. ~ : Salt warm water if used for bathing tired eyes will be found very refreshing : Salt and water will stop hemorrhage from tooth-pulling. ! -------- Fur Scarfs, Fur Muffs. Style, comfort, durability and great moderation in price are combined in our fur sets. Campbell Bros. the manufacturers of fine furs, ------------ She Can, That's A Fact Smart Set oyee--Why does a woman give so much atiention to dress? Is it be cause she wants to stiraet men or because she desires to outshine her sister women 7 Mrs. Poyée--Can't a woman do two things at once ? Consumption can ce tainly be cured cine to quiet the cough and con- trol the inflammation--Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Ask you: § feceipt. ex! The son of the Old Dominion had | For Balls, Receptions, Evening Weddings ele. 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