1s ; constantly growing in favour. Guaraiteed blades, kmowlpdged, all the reliable Skates of other manufac- po tures to select from, CORBETT'S _~ Quality - is: universally ac- | for 4 on Weather and ice permitting. Fu ng 1 ay' Thursday and 2 EF iP natty p.m. on cy benifig; 8 pul, 10 © man. Sa 8 pm, tobpm. is the best Xman you sar Possibly wive yoor 2 BONTER, H.W. RICHARDSON, Manager, Bec."Trean. : I bof X 4 4 of the throat a: be openod, on. Ante ot Season | Dee. 1dth, NORWAY PINE SYRUP a NO ONE WHO HAS_EVER SEEN OR "HEARD THE HELPLESS CHOKING OFA CONSUMPT IVE ; GAN THINK LIGHTLY OF A COUCH A single dose of Dr. Wood's Norwa: Pine Syrup will convince you that it wi stop the cough, sooth the throat, and start you on the road to recovery. : DR. WOOD'S ; Rin in the Jung healing Sirtuse of the orway pine tree, ski i th Wild Cherry Bark and the soothing 'u expectorant the soothing and Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Pain in the Chest, Asthma, 'Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping Tough, Quinsy and all troubles of the t and Jungs, he, a 'not aly substitute Weod Norway Pine 1The ine. is ul up ins i pS per, tires pind ho trade mark, and the price 25 cts. ""Thad a very bad which settled on "lings. <I teibd bgt t no relief, the of a ppt pe Sond «Before ithe bot t of na h, and i ad race a cough, nm i Dr, Wood's Norway Pine S: En as a cure for coughs, colds, or any affection lungs, J. J. Mol, Woodbine, N.8. 18 alone 2obds enoneh for our Customers, We' hive heend in this business in' Kingston for on 25 years * and have learned hy experience many points in the coal trade Which make it possible for ws to Serve vou better, cheaper and 3 more satisfuctory than anybody $ else. | ---------- -------- R. CRAWFORD, FOOT OF QUEEN ST, . "PHONE 9. © + IN DAINTY BOXES FOR CHRISTMAS Perfume 'good Porfume'--is always pe i ted by a lady. We have all best odors in Fanoy Boxcs--suit- able for Christmas Gifts. We have a wre large assortment from 2c. a box up: These are all "choice odors," not "Buy old thing put iy a fancy box. Boxes are pretty gid the "1 os 'Our Perfume is our display before buying Pop. bi Our Prices cannot fail to inter- © estyou, Cuff Links = $5.50= Strength, quite as much as tasteful design, is re quired of one's cuff links. Those from Diamond Hall possess both qualities. In solid gold, the prices run from $4.to $60. One of the most noteworthy pairs sells for $5.50. These are of a dumb bell pattern that permits the engraving of monogram H aie which no 'extra charge is made. Diamond Hall's full catalogue is gladly sent op request. RYRIE BROS. erm LUM ETE Divers 134-138 YONOE ST. TORONTO - ONT. { last election, Lior information, | that {7 | FHE | "'Optrer per Ocbem Dior." Who Caused The Trouble ? The people who got Fa city into all | the "trouble with regard" to blame Alderman Mowat in some way, though without success. "|" "If any persons are guilty of double- depling th v_ are the gentlemen who J eaused the mischief and have not the vanliness Wise She responsibi y therefor," Let us repeat that which should not require repetition except for the bene fit of the tory machine, that Alderman Mowat was not ga member of the council when the subway difficulty was encountered. He was the solici tor of the county in 1902 and had no act or part in the work of the city 'Jeouncil, and that prepared .the case Hor the Pailway committee and brought expense upon the people. When Alderman Mowat reached the city council the damagp was fone. The 'otdé? of © the railway committee ad beer issued and the resourdés of the city 'solicitor wery exhfusted in vain to evade the lability. As: one. ritic has very pertinently, 'put | it, "All the subsequent action of i the ity council was directed to tryifiz to fet out of the hole into which the tory majority of 1902 had got * the city" It was Alderman King and. his as- dates whd involved the "city in the subway (difficulty, and they had bet- ter face 'the responsibility like men wd not Attempt the miserable eape- lent of casting it upon others. Post Office Deficit. The annual report of the postmaster- seneral for the United States has wen published, and according to it "here was a deficit in the operations 4 the year of about fourteen mil: dong... Me. Cougtely, u has. been look: ng [ito the caused of. thigi Heficit] and reached "certain corcluaions. They are that no, change can be ex- wected in . the . ovenue. until. thefe is a 3 'hange in the conditions, Cs The frariking privilege cost¥ the we has pountry in, the, carying »of anail mat. ok "about! 00D Ga eae?' 1¢ pst Fhe cirtaifed." Tt" cant Tie* dtbpped be- ause there are, mails that must be sarviod free, "On; Uncle Sam's. Busi- ress." But there is a limit to {hi free nails, rather there should by, a imit, and Mr. Courtelyou, who cds' a or nan of ready resource, will see what we can do to bring it to pass. Thepe is a suggestion which. Kas nerited the consideration of the post: It has reference to the ackage or parcel delivery. The only naster-general. frawback is the danger of collision with the express companies, and they will not stand' unequal competition wen from the government, The great 'ghestion is how the de icit can be made wp or avoided. There s no thought of the rural mail, which millions . behind vear and whichuis being exploited by the politicians, The , deficit in rutal mail ¢ 212,000,000 % last there "is a sheck if the Ntravagance the shortage will pros tly be $20,000,000, rans many every account was vear. Unless President And Trusts." Senator Deyden, of the Prudential Life Assurance company, pow testifies, oefore the |gidative committee, that it subscribed a' gum of R200 to the funds of the republican party in the Was this company also alarmed lest Bryanism would succeed, and that its securities wonld suffer ? That was the original plea of McCall, of the New York Life, and McCurdy. of the Mu- tual Life, lH: did not hold, however, 'because subsequently they had to admit, un- der pressure, that they had for years! been contributing to the election funds ¥ and when the gold or silver question was not under consideration, i Judge Parker, democratic candidate for the presidency," attributed hig de feat to the power of the trusts, and and especially. the money power which they exercised. If 'the inquisition were continued pnd to the extent of tapping all the trusty it might be' learns considerable "force what .ludge Parker contends. The trusts were Mr, Roosivelt's spe- there is in MAKES YOUR CAKES LiaHT., MAKES YOUR BISCUITS MAKES YOUR BUNS LIGHT. MAKES YOUR LABOR LIGHT. MAKES YOUR EXPENSES Order from your Grocer. EW.GILLETT Soar TORONTO, ONT. a i Lots of fellows who appear to be | fgols are clever enough' to have, rich fathers. HT. Fountain stringes irom 5%. to $2.50! at Wade's. drog store. | tions he has despised, that have béen {more or less of a menace to the pub- | lic interests, lcome to stay, . § cial aversion. He wanted publicity'ito do its work in lessening their evils. | What must his emotions now' when is realized that be it the _instita- have been to his election. ; He cannot repudiate the work dt his campaign committee; and yet he Mad better do it than have it sued for the refund of the illegal contributions. v - Looks as # the snow shovel™ hud DAILY WHIG. the Grand Trunk, subway are trving | to' 00 a year when he could get £65,000. contributory [do some people The president's son, A893, and jumped to second vice-pre- ! THE DATLY 'WHIG, FMURSDAY, 'DECEMBER 14:1 general : 'ap? Peared in several cases since his ap. LJeuie ore, pointmeat to a place" in the govern ment, and there has been a' great out- cry because of this. - Thera would be some ground 'for it if the practice were unique. But it appears that all lawyers who desired it. and had it to do, while members of the gover nnient, gave their attention to matters com- ing before : the court and did pre- cisely sas Hon. Mr. Aylesworth has done, A . This has been made clear by Heury 4. Morgan, the author; the original publisher <of (he Parliamentary Com- panion." It has been the custom in England, he writes to the press, and it is the custom vet. for the attorney- general and the solicitor-general conduct casos in and it has been the custom in Canada for its leading lawyers, though : cabinet min- isters, to act for their law firms on important occasions. "I he continues, "recall the cases of Sir Allan MacNab, Sir John Macdonald, Hon. John to court, can." Ross, (president of the Grand Trunk railway). Sir G., E. Cartier (who was throughout his official career solicitor to the Grand Trunk railway), Hon. L. T. Drum- mond, Hon. Francois Lenvieux, Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet, . 'Hon.. William Cavley, Hon. L. N. Sicotte, Hon. Charles Alleyn, Hon. Sydney Smith, Sir John Rose, Sir Oliver Mowat, Sir Narcisse Belleau, Sir Henry Smith, Hon. James Patton, Sir Adam Wil- son, Hon: John Sandfield Macdonald. Sir J. J. C. Abbott, Hon. L. 'S. Huntington, Hon. Lewis Wallbridge, Hon. Edward Blake, Sir A.A: Derion, Hon. R. Laflamme, Sir Alexander Campbell, and a -great many others, all of whom did' exactly what, Mr. Aylesworth is deing to-day." So that the practice has been les tablished beyond a doubt. That it is not a good one is another matter. Me. Avlesworth is perfectly justified in ! closing up the cases in which he was interested as counsel before his call to the government. He could not hand these over to another with jus. tice, to his clients. But onee the re- gister is clear it is not probable that he. will take on new cases to which he cannot fairly give his time and atten tion. Editorial Notes. It's néarly time some one hand on Mg Cobb, of Toronto, and $0 end the mutilated , pictures News is publishing of hin. put his the Winston Churchill has been appoint. ed the wider secretary for the colonies. Now we'll hear 'S6mething. Winston is original, yu know, dnd 'cecentric, ea Hon. Mr. Flv has been retired from the leadership: of the Quebec provineials. - He has mever been a sue- cess,' and the party 'is well rid of him, 2 The water at Montreal is alleged to be alive 'with microbes, but the Peo- ple drink. it: quite freely all the same. The microbes are' not in it with a thirsty city. Mr. Roosevelt mast be pained to realize that the trusts and their money had much to do with his cle tion. He cannot comfortably go in pursuit of his friends. -- Jerome © can persuade as well as prosecute. Ryan refused to tell about the Harriman hold up, but when Jerome said he eould be forced reveal the se to ------ The Montreal Gazette extols the con servatives who meet 'without oflice in The crowd: does in convention prospect," Oh no. Bot meet anywhere without an eye upon: the grait, -- The Quebve conservatives, in © con vention = assembled, have declared for many things--which. they have ne no. tion and no intention of carrying in- to effect. The French-Canadians may be humbugged, but Ibis not likely. ---- Thomas F. Ryan was held up by Harriman, the railway plunger, for half the stock he bought from the Hyde estate. «fle seems to have threatened te do something if he were not gratified. Ryan eould not be terrified. The Toronto News is referred to by the Mail as the "junior grit organ." ------ During. the last provincial election the |. 0 a Prock%ille appeal case regard News was read more faithfully than op Snwiage re Be a ary . a . Seaman, 1. Rogers, T. Fdgloy, ap- the Mail, and did Wore effective ser. pellants, and A. Kirkwood respondent, vice for the conservative party. What | the appellants were fined, 21, and has produced the change ? casts amounting to '811.80. ' Now is the time to get bargains in Wallace, . the ex engineer of the | harness while the Rudd Harness Co. | § Panama canal. did not like {he ofi- } Be closing out: their business, mate at the isthmus and the condi tions of the country. But in partiou- lar he did not like to work for 25, Who would * Not Secretary Taft. et he let it go. satisfactory. g asburg, and Edward F. Gamble, Tren- ton, were married November 20th. y | 57 ¥ $ K - sident "and. $30,000 in 1905. The fom- ily' compact again. kt is irrepressible. The dismissal of Mr. McKim, the re- gister, 'of Dufferin, has been referred to ad "bratal." It: is properly labelled, though the premier did endorse the act. Mr. McKim-was removed from of- fice without notice and cause, to the everlasting discredit the govern- ment, ol FWHAT WILLIAMSVILLE WANTS Street Car Service, and Better Police Protection. A street car to run on our efetric track, an ¢lectric light on the corner, by the Methodist church, have vards and outhouses cleaned, keep refuse barrels outside the city, compel them to be driven through the city in an enclosed rig, prohibit the practice of rotting manure in the city limits, sell to citizens to put on their lawns and of throwing peelings and refuse from the house, such as old tins and bottles, dead dogs, cats, ete., dish water, on vacant lots, and on the streets. The old tins and bottles lie there, vear after vear, fill with water which becomes stagnant and' the house to garbage eventually smells, and cer- tainly must be an injury to the health of the city. We are unfortunate to have all the slaughter houses here and they are not all kept in a good healthy state, Some have kept in them in the summer as many as nineteen hogs in one pen, The cattle are slaughtered and the refuse 4s-fed to the "hogs, in- cluding slink éalves.. This pork, 1 know, has been sold to our citizens for consumption. The drain. of one rung by tlle door of a house across several vacant lots, through to a street sewer. This must. throw out an offensive odor. There are wells on. a certain street that are unhealthy. We "have humerous pig pens, with little: pigs a, day old, . up, to .a vear old and the smell from them some: times is intense. Why does not Dr. Bell and the board of health run out of the city such trash ? Then look at the state of the walks up here--loose boards: and siding. The upper end "of Princess street is in a fearful state. Regent street is another street that has deep ruts, if a stranger drove there after dark, he would be liable to be thrown out, and hurt. The walk is partly torn up. ' Look at the upper end of Johnston street--mud and water down to Me Donald street. Stand in the road of mud, and spé the dangerous holes in the sidewalks. We need a policeman to patrol our streets day and night. It was the conservatives who took our street car off, and then said it would do us good to walk. Williams- ville will make some of them walk on election day. Tf we don't get an olee- tric Nght for 'the MLE. church, we may have a mavor of our own some day. but it won't be Alderman King. ATW. BURTOCH. este SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Out In Thé Cold. Hamilton Herald. oor 'Winston © Churchill may well ask, "And where do [ come in "Y He doesn't come in at all, Play On Words. Toromto Mail Lord Rosebery, who 'said he could not! fight 'under "that banner, has evi dently been passed over by the Ban ner-man, Won't Die Yet A Wiiile. Montreal Star. man in Nova Scotia refuses to oo to the senate, He probably figures that he «1 be a long time dead, and doesn't gee why he should go into raining now, Sarah The Thin. Montreal Herald In the old days Sarah Bernhardt was painfully thin. Eugene Field onee wrote of her. "An empty cab "drove up to McVicker's Theatre last evening, and Mme. Bernbardt got out." Work For Osler. ¢ Toronto News, * Prof. Osler, of Oxford, is support ing 'Mr. Chamberlain. There are un good many old free trade voters to ha chloroformed hefore the new fiscal policy will haveraity chance at all. { A Desperate Thought. Toronto Star Twenty thousand. Montrealers had their water shut off, hut the ey citement 'is nothing to what it would be if somebody would onlv go down there and shut off their wind. have Be Ready For Pain. A liniment may be needed any hour, Keep a bottle of Smith's White Lini- ment in the home ready for any emer gency. This is the best of all family liniments. A large bottle for the price and the remedy meets a wide range of needs. Cures neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, stiff joints 'or muscles, vain in' the back and all ordinary hurts Be. at Wade's, Money back ii not For "cuod perfume" in faney boxes, 20 to Chown's Drug Store. Miss Mabel Blanche Do Long, Amel "u LX 3 HCH RET 0 0 0 9 EEE HARARE : EEEEEE FERRER ES KE EEE EEE E. 3 #) things for Christmas. another store in this vicinity where there are appropriate gifts for men and boys. know what's right and correct and we know w like. Christmas Neckwear! 'BIBBY'S--The Me a's Wear Store. BI BBY y $ pl! Man's Christmas You can hunt the map all over and you can't find SO Many Come tp a man's store for a man's things. We hat meg Overcoats, Suits, Raincoats, Fancy Vests, Hats, Gaps, Mitts, Cardigans, Shirts, Collars, Mufflers, Scarfs, Suspenders, Hosiery, Umbrellas, Un- derwear, Bath Robes, Night Robes. ; Gloves, Sweaters, Neckwear Elegance Neckwear Perfection From London and New York, in all the popular shapes, Ascots, Derbys, Flowing Ends, Ascots, Puff, Bows, Four-in-hands, Strings, etc, at 25¢., 50c, 75c, $1. THE H. D. BIBBY . CO, The Men's Wear Store. If the water used in 3 2 Lh \ » ale is impure, the best id of equipment, skill and other ingredients can- not produ a pure; § health-giving bev J ¢ er The water used in Carling's brews is taken from Carling's private springs at a depth ot one thausand feet, and never tested less than 09.08 degrees pure by Government Anal; AES sts. with Carling's plant is equi every modern fa for pure, wholesome ale. Sold everywhere by all enterprising dealers. Carling's Ale . Noted for its Purity, Brilliancy and Uniformity: Fy = hd Ed 3 £ 5 tH J. S. HENDERSON, Agent, Kingston. KEEEEE KEEFE CEE EEE FHS LEER y : le Pure Linen Table Covers 25 only Pure Irish Linen Hem-stitched and hand ) Embroidered 5 o'clock Tea Covers, the 'samples ot an old ) country traveller. No two alike. Bought at 50° off I gular wholesale price, Very desirable for a Christmas gilt. We are offering these at exactly 331% of a saving on any cover. 3 en Pure Linen Sideboard and Dresser Searls % About 50 Elegant Pure Linen Scarfs. No two she Samples from same concern as the Table Covers a) bought in the same way and will be sold between now and Christmas at the same great reductions. Pura Linen Tray Cloths 25 Sample Pure Linen Tray Cloths. ferent quality and different patterns. Same reductic while they last. Pure Linen Hem-Stliched Handkerchiels For gentlemen, in plain and initialed. | SE TE Ev cry . To oT «and fancy Great assortment of Collars, Ties. Belts and fancy 50% OFF BALANCE OF EVERY LADIES JACKE » The James Johnston Store 3 According to the World the con- servatives of Quebec, in their meeting in' Montreal, had a time of it keeping the hot ones under. Nothing would from declaring that; Leader Borde should go. How they were silenced has not been 'explained. re - The Prudential Life Insurance com: pany, has its pets and its scandals a Yydung man, at 83,000 4 vear. in began : service in The old cold goes; a new one quick! comes. It's the story of a wea throat, a tendency to consumption. a fur side' of the river, and smug Windsor, undeg We bave no secrets! We 0. i {he formulas of all ser madmen oar 180 Wellington Street. I EEEEN em .« JUDGE HORNE'S COURT: quest of plaintif 4 e a In --- PU asain Odette hadsy Two Prisoners Before Him Were Ladics ! JAadies . ; Discharged. ' ta the city Sandwich, Dec. 14.--James CU. Gibbs, guarantee t O a ] Andordon township, charged with hav. | b, Lkinds of ready-made ' Reform setter than othe Rassidi » 1s Detd : Sunlight soaf when used in f 'soaps, bul received far factory, stolen from United States garments, on the ed into is best Sunlight Sos? Ayer's Che Pectoral breaks up J | Canada, was acquitted by the jory in | Sy oeht ¥. Buy Sunt the taking-cold habit. It strengthens, J | Judge | s conrt { and follow directions jun heals. Ask your doctor to tell you D. B. Odette, ¢harged with having | See Chown's line of peri all about it. "Then follow his advise. obtained money from John Scott,' of { ov hoxes. at Ginson's Red £F05 false pretences, wus | The best tonic. discharged" by Judge. Horse, upon 1 beef, iron and, wine, 3 i : § . HEALT Beecham's Pills' are the "¢ revention" that saves man ar for cure. Keep disea getting ny and it will never The safeguards against ommon lis are: Healthy Kidacys, Regular and Pure Hundreds of thousan men and women--keep he using BEEGHAI PILLS a remedy that has stood for half a century and is 1 over all the civilized glob purify the blood, streng nerves, regulate the bowel: kidneys and cure stomach Id up the nervous force pair the ill effects of ov The best safeguard against tion, biliousness and dyspe Take Beecham's Pills and vou will maintain go at small cost. At Small ( Sold Everywhere. In boxe DOUBLE RUNNER SKATES For the Little ( This is the nicest presen possibly get for your {itt boy. Impossible to hurt thems] way. last vear it was imp got enough of them. Con them while they last. Only 50c. p: Sold only at W. 2. MITCHELL'S HA DR. A. W, CHASE'S CATARRH CURE... is sent direct to parts by the Impr Heais the uléers, passages, stops dn throat and 1m Catarrh and Hay | free. All dealers, or In Medicine Co., Toronte MISS KELSO GON She Left' Last Night ; East. Miss Kelso, whose fathe June 20th, arrested and lat Sed té a term. in Central Blabbing her young man, 1 der public eve. Last ni ten he "Woman Agains ul Grand, with a trav .- chaperoned b The midnight the fwo persons went to Brock the mother r the "to have stabbing to pr now sh double woman 1 keep herself b and doing odd it cannot he mg woman hack te The mot but no, leave a issu < money to bri home » Miss Kelso will k t long as she choose Some Ginger Te itlered a good thi ill, but something a teaspoonful hot water. Ner warmth Ih mal pains of Polsbn's A 25 ttle Barber Shop Rem Jones will, dn Sat rontenae hotel | street. moving fr merican shop. He for past patron thom ta his new sho mely-fitted H A out in the | y a tune I in grave danger, fan explosion. The guished Without casua ut S500. roke and adlitz powders thson's Red Cross dr lothes line thief got residence of Mrs. . when two new s+ stolen. Brhwn, Bellevil the Smith's and will take a pos t & Woods, rer ---- DEAFNESS CANNOT focal applications, as d red hy Tea nucous lini Tube. When thi WW have a rumbli hearing, and deafness is inflummation tule restored Wearing will re Mne cas's out of is" noth dition of the nv 1 =ive One Hund case of Deafness (oaus cannot be cured by Send for circulars. d this that Cure a J. CHENEY & CO Old by Tirupeists. The "ke Hall's amily Pi bation,