aedle'snd maintain wreagh for fof the early summer, 6c. a quart,and Ll hi Eli Jost 'week, a result of which is frac- turi of several ribs, and ather pein cuts about his face and head. le was picking apples and when at the top of the ladder missed his hold and fell to the ground, some twenty Hay is being imported from Mont- , due to the scarcity in the coun- ty, at $19 a ton. However, the price delivered hére amounts to about $22, which is about on a par with the price on the local market, Town milk dealers have failed to} "bold togdher" in keeping up the price of milk to Se. Yesterday two of the local dealers reverted to the price A Christmas Limerick The interest in our last Limerick was so keen and the o the whole that we aa ts « er Mow Limerick, which will close soon ¥.08 to pay the money to winners in oy g time it buying Lh are os te to of the oy rtnity of ' contribut- fiChristmes good cheer. ing our share tot IN CASH PRIZES TO 128 WINNERS FIRST PRIZE, asd CASH 50 Prizes of 75 Prizes of 5 Each Each [it is likely all will fouow suit by the week-end. the daily round of duties. « Sohn Salls and William Kenizen, who have spent the past season in the employ of D. J, Soran, quarryman, Montreal, from ne he they I proceed to their homes Vr' peak Vue than. | | in Vermont. The local branch of, the W.CT.U., met. this evening at the home of Mrs. William Megge, Garden Blouse Of 1 Htoaddloth. words ® 50 ako a that |i n record | ia 10 Gp re tha follotvieg wmmary SIT The drawing shows a blouse of light weight cloth, having a strap trimming material stitched gnd fastened 3.03 as shown with buttons of the cloth: The shawl collar was of satin and the chemisette was of tulle lace in was applied around the top of the collar. The undersieeves were of lace ruffles. all the old tricks, some' and Coils | springs up ALY sy Plt ois ather dike the story a the | JWG SR butler, Wher yout keep a cask ft Plug wint him to draw you a pi , then are hound not to be defrauded, eh? Or so, at least, it was jn the past. "Well, there was a man engaged a new buf and as of yore the first | day he wanted beer, he said : 'James, here are the keys to the beer closet. Take this pitcher down and fill it, and wind you whistle all the time you are gone. * 'Yes, sir, * said James, and he de- parted, . "The clear, sweet notes of 'Home, Sweet Home' floated upstairs for a | minute twa; them they ceased. The thaste¥ r to the cellar doot. "Tdmins," he shouted, angrily, | 'what are you deing "With a gulp James answered : "Nothing, sir; only changing the tune." Deaf Mutes As Auditors. New York Press. At an autdaoe political mesting a pol hadi ty in making one Lompigtd crowd stand back. After a while) he: diséaxored that the reason the man did not obey a because he was a geal mute. ! "Why in the world does & person | who cannot possibly hear a word that | is spoken want to go to a political | meeting, " asked a hy stander. "1 e it tell you, [mang "but I find thal al! these public mootings, whether political, religious | lor what nos, draw a number of mutes. A ERIEA'S on look at--a panorama or moving pio- RICA'S GREATE: Lois Rw ere {tures or anything like that---I could fi® bistand around and waich a man spout volumes of words that they can't hear sires me. as pret > tertain. Prince RA i HITMBNPOT Rea said the police. | Ra {unflerstand the attraction, but just to ETE hos ny vow what it _ ~ There is nothing better than an Ale or Porter, the purity snd merit of which bas been attested perts wt the grea exhibitions. pe tle ts : i 'in dine for & Jgives areca Lativet Te aghiatts as Hedit ithproves thi cumple sion; =f cleanses aud & * he skih ; Land protects {t' from need Walcr, stfghg Stn or wind. * Baby's Own" is Lhe best soap for every toilet purpose. oy Albert Soaps Lad. Mis, - Mestreal Beware of imitations and substitutes. i . , with a Jace jabot of the same, A little bow of satin was placed at the top of this lace cravat and a narrow band of sat- hrs tr Gna Dut 8 S3iptom of. and nod | The good faith of Pat in this respect sew Dolige. 1 TION N Hilary K. Adair, the westqmiiilotoc- | yo ones thin inc fiat frst cormetly fed De > + 3 ve. Golng stomach net Success 2 y and his jan her visit to the hospital one day. original and. highly TI pnp 58 | "What do they really say ? You can't Tasting gy wey hurt me by telling the truth,' an~ alloy w complexion, ea iy Be Soom | swered Pat. 'Well; Pat, they say Will de weld de that you cannot live," der } a gs fxn Sh i ¥ Se me dhe no 2 DI. Shoop's ik li": bok LIE a wk on REStOTAtive "ALL DEALERS" Sure Results Foc. for colors, 25. for diack. dit hho #4 at MR SUPPL ¥ OO. Windaor, Mar, Ont. Gener. Azonts for {Ti there was anything for them to ! MONEY IN CANARIE a as mer BA Ee ML CoTTAM, BIRD RO BEED Mrs, George O'Brien has returned home affer a three months' visit in Winnipeg with Mr. and Mrs. J. Red- mond, formerly of Picton. Mr. and (Mes. J.C. Wilson, Glenora, have taken ap house in town for the winter imonths. Mg. Jenkins and son, Ger {ald, of Belleville, have been. spending a few days in town. Mrs, H. Moxon is ill, Herbert Hare, first year me- diéine, at Queen's University, has re- turned home, having decided not to continue his course until next year. Partnership Not Lasting. | New York Press | lin Manhattan and Brooklyn. Two men formed a partnership for | the prosecution oi evangelistic work At the end of two months and each proceeded world jin accordance they separated, to reform the' with his own {for yoursell. | Brigst laborers in that field are par- 1} one of iain lasted long, : Le Mr, Sankey tra. "1 could have told you in the be- gianing," said an experienced church svorker to one of the men, "that it was useless to form a partoership with anybody, but it seemed best to let you leara the futility of the plan Of all partnerships that en can enter into the religious com- bination. is usually most, short-lived. ly deep set. in their convictions "and arg. likely to resent advice. I have | ied, several such partnerships mypelf and 1 have seen others. try them, but elled topeti fig a good many years, but With, that exception niost persons who ; combine to conduct a religiodis | campaign, whether preachers or sing- | ers, or both, soon become dissatisfied | with each other's tactics and, concludé'! that they can accomplish more by go- ing it alone." ¥ -------------------- % tack of pneumonia from which he has Somat | just recovered. : Pat, the. doctors say In Caadest convey my thanks to the proprietor rt be for the admirable manner in which my Trveens | paxty has been served at this re Breaking The News. | Philadelphia Record. The matrimonial failure of Pat, a bartender in the centre of the city, | has been common knowledge for some | time, and it has also been no secret that Pat really does not blame his 1 wife for her impatience with his hab- its. Pat is in dead earnest when he { says that his wife really is too good BE A HR ES I 0 {for him, and deserves a divorce, which | the wit abasing Pat would gladly | grant her if it wasn't so expensive, | was, however, never mere forcibly il- lustrated than, during the severe at- vou are very sick," said his wife dur- whispered the wife, finally yielding to Pat's insist- ent. demand for the truth. "Don't you [believe it; doctors make 'a habit of drawled Pat in his wearisome style. 'They are only breaking the news to you gently. I am going to get well.' | Mike's Tribute. A rich and well-known citizen of an, {eastern city boasts of an extraordin- jary collection of books, wherein the {authors have inscribed their auto- { graphs. It:is ramoured that the envy and frequently the scepticism of his {friends have been aroused by the flat- {tering inscriptions in question, and some cynics have even gone so far as ito hint of a similarity in handwriting | throughout the collection. i The citizen recently purchased a Irare edition of Montaigne's Essays. {One evening, at dinner, thé costly {volume was passed from hand _ to (hand, and for a time the owner Tost {sight of it. When, however, it "did |inally come back, to him, he was as- {tonished to find on the fly-leaf this in- Iseription : "To John Blank, from' his old friend and classmate Mike Montaigne." Chivalry Of King Edward. A delightful "story of the King's | chivalry comes from Marieobad. His {majesty was having tea at a little | restaurant in the pie woods with a few friends, and at a table near a | German prince was the host of a { party. An English waitress served both parties, and his majesty could inot fail to notice the rude, bullying manner of the royal German. Before Jensing, the king turned to Sir Stan- ley Clarke and said: "You are to rent." Ti aildition, Sie Stanley Api Seder; Frebented. CONDITIONS READ CAREFULLY. The conditiaps of this competition are perfectly sim- ple. All you have to do is to Gill in the last line of the Limerick whic shown below and then send it, acogm- nied by a TIX D (with label atiached), of a package of LIPTON'S TEA, Gold, Red, Pink, or Orange La- bel, or LIPTONIS GOEFEE, (embossed lid only,) which entitles the read to send in one Limerick. You may send in as me as you like so. long as.a TIN LID diceom pandes riek. Postage op Bi must be prepaid at letter rates. e ON 's "APPOINTMENT TO. HM. THE KING TEA The Finest the World Can Produce. Packed Only in Airtight Tins. FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS. ee noms - \ LIMERICK G A CANADIAN SAID " CHRISTMAS FOR ME WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT LIPTON'S TEA* AND ALL THE DOMINION ENDORSED HIS OPINION Rot WT RTI 1 ares to abide by the decision of the Editor of The Toronto omndenier Span clin __tict a rstanding. ER i i " Address - Pr - aatsiadiiese a : asd Ses AF het $s Se ee Bio ssaoabias cs batt sp taR tea Sristnsailarivense i FL § The com ln will be decided by the Editor of The Toronto MAIL | AND "PMPIRE, whose decision must be accepted as final. Envelopes i must be addressed 'Lipton's Limerick," and sent to MAIL AND EM- PIRE. "Toronto, Ont. All answers must be mailed by last post, Tuesday, December 10th. Winners of our last Limerick will be published in The Kings- ton Whig on Tuesday, December 3rd. "Peeriess™ Oven Damper J dd Gives Absolate Control. 4 Most oven dampers have only two positions. © They ! are either wide open or a tight: shut... The "Peerless" dampers are adjustable. If the oven and keep, a adjusting ' Wis the ordinary oven damper to keep the oven fiom getting too hot, the heat mug be all thrown up the chimney. Thea the drafts have to be turned on again, because the temperature drops. too rapidly. Ask your dealer to show you this special damper. Also he * Peerless™ ~- Drop Oven Door, Daylight Oven, and Duplex Grates. These points of advantage ovet other stoves, are exclusive. Write for catalogue. "Peerless Peninsular" Ranges Clare Bros. & Co. Limited, Preston, Ont. Kingston Aaents: ELLIOTT BROS. for gxpert players--for forward and defence work. Serrations on handle prevent stick from slipping. ! = Boubie! dont blide--the low ted to insure accurate shooting and also hid the stick. = Cut from straight grain, second growth yellow birch! The word "Rex"" as trade mark, and the design of the Rex Infringers will as an industrial design, are; copyrighted at Ottawa. be prosecuted. The Starr Manufacturing Co., Limited "DARTMOUTH, R & CANADA. 18 ¥ _ BRANCH OFFICE "le site S: vohgiva: 6) X RE soadd AY: A RRR THERE ARE A I= The Ori ASK ANY H( He IS SUR J. HM. DOUGLAS ¢ be Raggy Porter JAMES