Fof Virtus ton is Delicious that you will use it er a trial. ; , 50c. and 60c, Per Pound. A¢ cers'. RE ae MENT ngston Who Wish ssed in dE ate 1907 Styles pessive tailor, begs to announce fo g districes; that he bas added td his ailoring Deparment and Costes. This 'néw addition be in charge of » ew York City ' years' experienct as'cutter and d. in New York, and ean guarantor fit, and workmanship. Mr. Johns ing Department a place worthy oi ity. Only the very best of material cs will be in reach of everybody prices or buy ready-to-wear gar- with a very small margin: of ATE: LADIES' TAILORING. The pney Refunded d to quote prices. ~ Company, ss Street Store. (tease; in Day of about $1,000,000, $600,000 on - the lines east of Pitts burg and $100,000 on the lines west Thadtiionthly pay roll of the combined svstem averaces about $10,000,000, of which the lines east of Pittshpuwy get 86.000.000, and the Rneswist 24.000: 000. Duzing the. busy: mnths of thé Veir the' inereasod, nunther of 'em: ployecs beings the, ftir 0 nea ly $BED00,000. Ineriasod comt of liv: ingr was the eanse the dirétors pesion® od for, making the advanoes . ---- Snowflake potatoes. Crawford. PRALLESLARELLEL04 004 VHerterrereter revel ¢ » $2 & bb ' it PRY S | i e® «<P ee? 4 3 «<0 o 4 3 \rts i we are proud of. The Percales and Madras, 75c, $1 and]$1.25. SALASAALALLLALALAAALAASASAAAALALEL ASSAA FR PU Iv TPP PP PP rT PPT PP PU Pr FS PP FU PP Pr RTO FUP COP CORES RSE EYE ASAP EELAAALALASEASLEAASASLLESREALLSS in many rtd. whert the land is : on elie defense eonditions are such as to of farming only few capitals, A long swmmer holiday spent abroad. Thev are coming from many parts of Futon the British Isles with pleasant. red8lleetions of Scottish heath. Gérman ruins on the lhine and the cosmopolitan gayety of the Parisian capital, but they are one .in the opinion that Switzerland is the plaroround of the world. The first picture evoked by the name Switzerland is one of mountains, white and shining in their eternity of snow, and of lakes as clear as lapis lazuli set in frames of dazaing emerald. But this is soon followed by a varied kaleidoscope of tourists from every part of the knows world, who come to spend their holiday in this small though beautiful republic Rehind the Fremch auto enthusiast, the English sportsman and the Ame- rican stood the Swiss folk welcoming strangers to their land, with the beauty ofggtheir coun- try. comforts and amusements. The Swiss eater ta foreigners and | have learned through necessity the art of being excellent hosts. Their great riches 'are then scemerv. Bat men cannot live on towering peaks, on snow-clad mountains, ranves and fertile valleys. - The very grandeur of this scenery has impoyerished the counirv, as far as the 'essentials of life are concerned. Switzerland © poor; its natural resources are few, compared with those of adjacent coun- tries. Much of the land is too sterile and high to be used for farmin~ and months of the year. Just as 'these sturdy, couraveous folk struggled to get' and maintain théir freedom. they have likewise toil- ed, labored and toiled 'to change their cold, haughtily sublime mountains in- to gardens of smiling beauty. They have pierced. the bowels of the earth to link their country with Italv and France. They have blasted the hard- est rocks, making roadways alone the seas and wp the steepest sides of their mountains. Through observation they learned that only genuine sportsmen enjoy as- cending high mountaing with pick and staff; therefore, scientists and en- gineers have worked energetically to perfect the cogwheel and mountain rdilroad, so that tourists micht be carried up Pilates, Stauserhorn and Rigi and heavenward toward the summit of the snow-clad Yungirau. They have adorned their cities with splendid © promenades, _vich in flower- beds and fountains. They have erect- ed handsome places of amusement and hotels that compare favorably with any found in the largest European The Swiss are excellent hotelkeepers whether they run a costly establish- ment of a small mn. The lodginos they offer are always immaculately clean and the board is good. They are much more ansious to please a guest than to quibble over a franc of room tariff, reckoning if the vlease their guests. they will come back an- other season. Before the season opens these hotel keepers come together and © discuss points of common - intérest, such as Improving the promenades, the tariff of room amd board, the amusements they shall "offer their guests and -if the roads are in good condition for driving and automobiling. A keeper of a small sion makes his place attractive with window boxes and an old-fashioned garden, while. the large hotel-keeners. have French chefs and Servants who speak many languages; an orchestra and a programme thre or four nights a week with talent suredied from the best theatres = and concert halls of Europe. Ahmost every faroe city has a kursagl, where a band nlays during the afternoon. Here the promenaders retreat. from the heat of the day, chat with their, friends, flaunt their handsome frocks and furbelows, sipping wité{ cating: ice and listening to music. In the' even ne, during the height of the sea- "on. the prop of hese: Kirsanls: Hage the best i dlent of Europe, and '% 1S not uppsial to hear artists from the Academie Francaise in Lucerne, Interlaken and St. Morita All these places have: roulette tables, where vamblers from all parts of Europe and America gather to gain and lose large § h & Automobiling is another favorite amusement for strangers in Switzer- land; many Americans and French peo- ole shin their own Machines and visit the different, parts. of the country in a touring car, Others locate in Lucerne ot St. Moritz, and, making one = of these places théir contre, ride many miles daily along the sen, across rich Valleys "and over high mountain Tages. The beauty of the Swiss "cemery and the: comforts and plea "ros J avided hv dhe people have "uted in making Switzerland a per- feet Meoca in summertime. by The English come early and stay late. They wait impatiently for the snow to stop falling from the moun- tain so they can chmb the Rigi and | Pilatus; they cross the glaciers at Chanonix and Mont Blane, and then | dare such heights as the VFinsterhorn, | Shreckhorn and the Yungirau. 'they stay late, often entive winter, enjoying | themselves with skating, tobogganing | he 5 g bogga: ng! and icetoastmy. 'Lhe French arc no less busy scouring the country in their touring cars, blind to all dangers of mountain passes and ravines, more interested in | the records they can make than in the ! sublimity of the panorama. The la- lians come up from Como and Lake Lugano, glad to exchange the summer's heat /for cool mountdin breezes. Close on their heels are the unspoiled Germans, who usually locate in one place and make many excur- sions on the lake and up the mount} tains. Last, but not least, are Ameri- can tourists, to be divided into two classes--those who are out to see all' of Europe in a season and those who come for an epsy, comfortable holiday at the more fashionable places: in. Lucerne, interlaken and -St. Moritz. he (tourists find their pleasures in: visiting the museums ana churches in the historic towns of Zurich, Berne and Geneva. But Zarich boasts of its sibrounding beauty as much as it does of its historic interest. It is the cap ital of the canton and lies at the north end of the lake on the green rapk! summit. The time to approach the city is in the evening. As the train sweeps through the valley the Utle berg and the neighboring mountains reflect thousands of lights on the shimmering waters. Another vantage point is the Thonhalle, a concert hall and restaurant, perfumed by beds of roses from all sides, Zurich at night resembles gn single pegrl.set with many brilliants. Though less beautiful by day, it afiords a v y of interests. A ride up the Utleberg affords a splen did view of the town below, with a diadem on its breast. In the far dis- tal gléam the Rossburg, the friendly Rigi and defiant Rossburg. The town is rich in historic intesest. It has a handsome and well-equipped museum and two interesting churches The spires of the Fran-Munster-kirche is a staid picce of German: architecture that belongs to the twelfth and thir- teenth centuries. Its gray stone has been made dingy by time, but the dinginess is relieved hy the red roof of its, towers. The ehurch holds many treasures, including a letter of Zwingli to "his wife, three autograph letters two of Lady Jane Gray and another of Frederick the Great. Far more attrac » ix the Roman esque Orossmunster. Tt is an exceed invly: picturesque church, with its talt Gothic towers erowned with hel. met-shaped tops and gilded flowers. The art museum of this old historic town is among the finest, known i Europe, It is builtvin the' mediaeval style and has historical and art in dustrial ohiects from prehistoric days down to our time. An interesting feature of this mu seum is a series of rooms fitted up with mediaeval and rensissance furni- ture; Tt has some splendid models as they were. during the time of the Swiss cayedwellers, Another attrac tive foakiite. of this town is the broad sea-rg, with a beautiful promenade. Townrd sun-down the place 1s throng od with men and women out to emov the cool evening breeze. Many wander toward the Tronballe. where they dine ang listen to lively patriotic airs of a Bwiss band. Not far away is Berne. the ecabital of the Swice rensiblic, at the foot of the Bernese Oberland. Thonely the { i } - TAT UP TEE IDE LRT TAL, RO) TOL Ty CX, REA TEBE NDTTO -- steep gecent, it is were it not for the tops of the moun tains, the rush and roar of cataracts, chalets and for the cattle grazing on the slopes, the tra- voller: would forget that he was being rosa a chain of high moun far off dances and § it breaks over the side precipice, On every mountainside and a neat little chalet. whem the peasants tend their cattle during ving 'wood during points of. interest The new part of the eity is handsome " old is quaint and picturdsque. The handsomest building in the new part is 'the Bupdestath, or Swiss parliament house, pares fayarably with our capitol. The with stained glass, windows illustrat- ine the aris and erafts of Switzerland shields of the different apartments of the president, his cabi large hall where the The RBwise presidents are. ae a rule, journey across the Bernese Alps is a KINGSTON: ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DEC usually 'posscesing superior culture, | who have served their "countries in other afficial capacities before they are. elected ta this office. . They hold their position only one ye but they may be re-elected several times, The streets in the old portion are very quaint; they are flanked on either side by small arcades, which sérve as a! covered way for foot passengers. An | interesting spot is the Kornhaus | Plate, which' in olden tithes was used a8 a place of exchange. It ix embel lithed with a grotesque fountain call bo! of Berne's protection. Berne is a handsome as well as an interesting town. The River Aare divides it into two parts. This quiet stream is span ned -hy sovéra! handsome bridges. The heauty of the #ity is seen ft its best from the little Schautele, a laroe park and terrace. In the foreground are seen the new public buildings, proud in their solendor. Bevand rises the wood ed Gurten; the Rernese Alps on the left; to the right the Stockholm chain. But the traveller refures to leave German Suitzedfand without seeing the Rhine; the most beautiful stream in itzerland. Jt welcomes the stranovr with rash and roar and by a series of terraces it falls in» whirlpool below. This stream is of wondrous heauty. Splendid are the licht cand play of eolors with the sun or moon shimmering on the hissing seething waters, These waters dash and play on the little island of Worth, situated on the left hank, while beyond the castle of Tanfen rs its prond head. On the hip sloped of the right bank is a beantiful hobdl with: a "tor race, and a wonderful garden of flow- ers, Ths hotels are so well managed that pirle come here from thé Ea: rowndine cantons to study | cooking and hotel beoning. In these parts (the hotelkenreor always comes forth €6 re ceived his ovests snd when thay ao he save: "Awfwiderschen' hy pe i each one with a hounevet of fio Atfractive as are the Rbinelal's seer all eonditi thew are 'most. snladid at night. when illvminated by enlored lichts. Like a weird dracon it fleams now red. thon green ang black in a fingh. Nut the Rhinefalle have a ervel rival in the Vrwaldetattor Soe. To cornea 'a the | startine point of this Inka, and by Aprust it haeomes a per fect Mocca. Under the handsome pro- menade hordering on the lake are seen men and women of every natiomality. Walking under. and arch of shady frees prs a groan of Parislan women dross od in most perfect fashion; lauehing and coquetting with friends they have met. Russian dinlomata hensh he then auickly, enioving the wpandevr of the surrounding montane whila © (hae Fgruge imuortant ofipirs of state. In shears coantradictinetion are a ovorn of Heliare ton snvions ta eniov the ros and saln of thn mworntein breezes to cancider anthing weiohiy, EMBER { i a ai-------- It is vot difficult to recognize the English tourists, dressed in their smartest white frocks and suits, seat- jel before u fashionably hotel sipping afternoon tea and planning a trip up the Rigi for the following day. Rus San women are scattered here and there, smoking their cigarettes and commenting on handsome gowns that are shown from many parts of the world. Americans are' scurrying in many | directions; there are those who are | hastening for fear they shall miss the * od - the * ogre" fountain, decorated with | i : & vrotession of armed bears, the sym hoat going up the lake; others have tlanned td hear an organ concert giv- en at the church daily, None think of leaving Lucerne without a visit to the handsomely: carved lion erected to the memory of those Swiss guards who died fighting to protect the Lily of France. There, are plenty of Ger- mans who are too busy sightsse- ing to: worry about handsome ted- lettes. There are . high officals from the South American republics who are glad to escape the uncomioctable heat known in their countries There is the promenade for those who 'like to walk: handsome roade for the mutomobilista: mountains for those fond of sorts; the. casino and rou- letie table 'for sporting people; ma sums and old churches for tourists, and grand scepery. fox lovers of na- ture, lucerne, on the left side, rises in un dulating hills that are sprinkled with handsome villas, while on the right, | bohind "the town. Pilatus rears its ingged head. "Tes neighbors are Stan. orn and Burgénstonk. « Smilin on them from the opposite side of the lnke is the broad Rigi. The mountginclimber ascends at last | Pilatus and Rigi. From: Pilaths be pts a mornifieent view of the feenam Oberland, with a whole chan let of peaks, including the Schreck. horn. and' Finsterhorn. From the Rigi hé gets a splendid view of the intire caton, with the Vierwnldstater See clegming in the middle, There are two other wavs of enjoy- ing the Begquty of the lake---hy large gleimers that go from ans end to the oldwr stpredne at the different points of interegt: the other in He touring the ilake, for there are excellent roads all" Wone the shore The | Lake of . Lucerne is a perfect labvrinth of beaut and is best de scribd ad "a 'erossdayed slantwise. Every. Kind of beanty is seen along is ishre. from the tender-rushitie walter 'of Lenan to the gramdeyr of Vilatue and the milder beauty of the ligi. Ome arm dips into lovely un- dulatne hills: another touches the maiestic threshold of the Alps, and the corthern arm hugs: the-Bav of Uni. From ovr the Brumig the snow reaks of the Oberland are reflected as beavtifal asa desam on the surface of the lake The Purpenstock, with ite fire: the Rigi, with its oliffe. are mirrored in the deep: half hidtlm in {fruit trees poen the hamlet along the Al arms of the Take. while in the once the towers of Lucerne greet np Tr Ta Cf and, ind ©. iL ra ' N is." Here ig the loveliest 'part of the lake: here are reflected myriads of colors from the vallevs and the en- circlin~ mountains. The wan plays in turn on the blue waters, the sharp faces of the mountains and the dark forests. By September the season is at its height; the tennis tournaments begin and' soho of the bist plavs made in Europe are shown on the tennis court at Lucernc.: A rival of these are the races, where fine horses, and women handsomely gowngd are not wanting. There are, the daily ooncerta and élg- borate programmed at the Kursaal, which afford satisactory oxcuse for those who desire to play at 'the rou- lette tables. The peasants of the town occasionally give homely folk plays. Lucerne shares the honor' of receiv. ing guests from all purts of the world with Interlaken, which lies in o low valley hemmed in by three mean: tains covered with perpetual snow-- the Eimer, Morisch and ~ Yungirau. These haughty mountains were over: powering were it not for the smaeious hotels, the Kursanl and the life of the street. The Swiss have brought the gran- deur of the scenery wearer by build: ing a railroad throigh the lovely valley of Lauterbrunnen, that winds its way through the woods of Grindel wald up the Kleine Scheidig to the Yungfrau bryomd. Here, the stran- gers enjoy the beauty of the three sister mountaing, Hee he views ao ranorama that has only. been myde possible dtweause of the dnuntless encrey of the Swiss. The most fashionable of the Swiss summer resorts in St. Moritz, in - the Engadine. Tholigh the summer season only laste eight weeks, more money is spent here than in any of the other Swiss resorts, German barons, French comnts and English lords and Ameri | can millionaires vie' with eath other trying to see how much they can spend. The price of rooms mounts from week to week as the seaven advances; but proprietors reckon that their sea- sons are short; the guests carry large letters of eredit and will be seen there at any cost, Ths following story well illustrates this point. A guest, being asked an exorbitant price for a room, Leomplained, Theéproprietor said : "Hat you need not care; you are a rich Frenchman,' * The guest answered that he was not. The proprietor retorted : "Well, then, 6 rich German, Ttalian--something." Hearing his guest was an Americnn, he explained : "I have given it to vou too cheap; so you don't appreciate it" Bt. Moritz lies at such a high al titude that its climate is donsiflernd beneficial for those who can stand the altitude, Some come © to take the hathe and drink the waters; this duty in lightened by handsome and morning concerts, The scenery of the place is delight- fol. The mountain i= set with a beau- tiful lake, and its environd are cov- 9 a cod with woods wnd most. attryetive Pontresina, at the other end of i The pathways ; vigor and health, treatment at Wade's Drag Store, ---- 10,000 "Passive Resistors Johanmeshiur~ Dee. 1.~Lord Elgin' Indians has giten' local ominion in commission, which as an interference With colonial righte, it to the terms i : v declare that 10,000 of them have to adopt thin TRE me ees etn. It isn't whist we want to know worries us 80 much as what we would rather not knows Astonished The ~ : i Hy x rid i & i As 0