RE ---------------- -- Weigh | Yourself and then after a few weeks weigh your. fll agai. Wy ae oun weight ak air day and night. Eat simple food. Try this for a few weeks. Then yourself The TYT8728%8R FL, vu WYVSVIVIVYIV'S and children is that Scot's Emulsion nereque; the weight. It Soave a i new . | simple treatment often cures a > 0 it e 8, - - )- | e k m = )- re . Three Stone Pearl Rings . will be much in vogue this gift-giving season. n Our stock 2 comprises = special Values in (3 Stone) ! ' g. (5 Stone) and Solitaire i, Set Patterns. g- .. ff SMITH BROS., - Jewellers & Opticians L. 'Phone 666 » ISSUERS OF MARRI- : AGE LICENSES. }. 4 n | SEEK NO FURTHER | For Men's Coon Coats 4, W.F. GOURDIER, 76, 78 and 80 Brock St. 'Phone, 700. Wood's The Greal' English Remed, 'Tones and invigoratesthe hole SDITTC ten, makes now ous Mental and Brain Worry, Do pie By ions, Sper- of. Exroesses. 31 por box. six for: One will please, six aly of po m in The ne a Taronto, Ont Saturday | Night Wants. Underwear for Men, Women and Children. Gloves and Mitts for Ladies and Children. Beautiful Handker- 3 chiefs, in Hemstitched & Linen, Embroidery and ¢ Lace Edge. Also hand- Corsets, Veilings and Rrillings can Bonn at very reasonable prices To:Night --AT-- NAYORALTY, 1308, TO THE ELECTORS: At the request of large numbers | of citizens, I offer myself as a can-| didate for the Mayoralty. If you deem my ten years of well-meant| service as an Alderman to have been! of value to the people, I can confi dently appeal for your support for ; a position in which experievice and intimate knowledge of city affairs can be most effective for the gem- eral good. R. H. TOYE. MAYORALTY, 1908 CITY OF KINGSTON. In answer to over five hundred qual- ified electors, who have, by petition, requested me to offer myself as a can- didate for the Mayoralty, I beg leave to state that [have consented to do so. I, therefore, request the vote and influence of all favorable to my elec- tion as Mayor for 1908. A. E. ROSS, M.D. The Men , Must Perform This Oséulatory: Duty Each April-- The Maidens Look Forward to the FlehSant Day: The charming country town of Hun- gecford, in Kerkshire, has an annual kissing ay Sach Aptil, when it cele brates its Hocktide festival. Then cer- tain duly appointed officials hold a court, collect the tithes and claim a kiss from the woman. of each house they have to visit ducing the. ceremony. The two ortunate officials thus appointed are kngwn as. "tutty men," or tithe men, and usually there is no small competi- tion for the honor among the etigblgs of Hungerford, The custom is héin- dreds of years old, and neithér husband nor wife, a8 a rule, objects to the ad- vent of the tutty men, with the inevit- able result. : Once every five 'years the good town of 'Newcastle-on-Tyne has been in the habit of holding a festival known as "barge day," on which day the mayor and corporation go down the river in a fine 'state barge to claim the rights of the town to certain dues at an appoint- ed spot.. Then the procession returns up the river 'to a well-known stone, where the mayor selects any woman he ikes from the large crowd generally there! and kisses ther before the assem- bled company--and let it be said softly --hefore the good mayoress herself. His worship then gives the favored woman a sovereign as a present, while the may- oress, to show that there is no ill-feel- ing, adds a gift of her own, such as a satchel purse, or other appropriate ar- ticle. Not only is it the duty of the mayor to do the kissing in this fashion, but {the appointed sheriff, not willing te be left out in the cold on such occasions, also duly carries out a similar privilege. He chooses another lady, and after sa- luting her gravely--or otherwise--he also hands to her a useful present. This cutious ceremony, which is supposed to Nov. 26, 1907. TO MS MAJESTY THE KING : SirJohn Power & Son Led. ESTABLISHED AD. 1791. THREE SWALLOWS IRISH WHISKEY Famous for over a century for its delicacy of flavor. i Of highest standard of Purity. It is especially recommended by the ° Medical Profession or account of its peculiar "DRYNESS" TONEY IN GANARIES book, "Money in Cana 'we send free, ing than poultry. OW Book LAE a , 3 ee re a beso baping. Address * COTTAM BIRD SEED 82 Bathurst >=- Lomdon, Ont. to-day: stamps or coin. "Firds shipped anywhere 5 THE FRONTENAC LOAN ANv INVESTMENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED, 1863. President--Sir Richatd Cartwright Money loaned on City and Farm Pro- perties. Municipal and County Deben- tures. Mortgages purchased. Deposits received and interest allowed, S. C. McGill, Managing Director- _ lof course it always rests with the may- {as captives., ket BIRD BREAD. Also, "How to Rid Birds of | BuAD take place quinquennially, was last per- | formed, I believe, in the year 1901. But {or for the time being whether it shall {be performed When the pretty Thames town of | Maide nhead take$ it into its head to {have a "beating of the bounds" the ste- | ward appointed 'for that purpose is al- | ways accompanied by a large crowd of {curious people. These help him, or {think théy do, when he has to climb lover houses. which stand in his path, {or ta get through windows under which {the bounds pass. Also when the party meets any nan by' chance during its | progress it proceeds gravely to "bump" that individual; but if the person met | should be a lady she is given the choice las to whether she will be "bumped" or | kissed J Norsis England the only one with such compuisory kissing ceremonies { Halmagen, in Austria, has an annual | fair on St. Theodore's day, at which every man present has the right to | claim one lady and kiss her without her | having any right to object. This strange | custom is the outcome of a raid which was once made on the town by Turkish brigands, i But a band of men trayel- {Ting in the district chanced to meet the no very different p is still the mational (whence andalée to a less extent of Holstein, w what similar ancient game dle" obtains along the Baltic coast, and its Javed wi iron ning, 'reason for oh who carried off all the women | ronunciation to the| f "Kloot™ ing." or ice bowling, (eis-bossein ) : F Kon gone: oy ; Lcame our came 'the. Angles). A some- its 'pronunciation also is very similar. The main difference is that kloots is th a wooden ball instead of an and in the winter only, the the choice of this season be- partly that the ball may roll far- on the frozen pasture lands. A minor difference is that there is no mark in_kioots. But there was no mark originally in quoits, and as the word quoit itself is still some! applied to curling stones in Scotland, it may also be assumed that a ball may'\have been originally employ- ed in land. Of course there was no iton in Friesland, and even if the game really owed its origin to the discus- throwing of the Romans, the necessity of dispensing with a valuable material like iron would have been sufficient to employ a hard wooden ball (it is made of 'apple wood of lignum vite--"pocked- holz" is the German word) '~ leu of the discus, Like quoits, the game i§ played with an underhand throw, and sides are formed--usually village against | village. What is very unusual in Ger- many is that stakes are played for, and a deal of betting goes on--all of which completes the parallel. There are many instances of quarrels and even bloodshed over the stakes. The kloot is a ball the size of a small grange, and is weighted with lead.' A curved single plank stage is used for the throw-off, and the player invariably strips to his stockings, wearing no boots, and but a jersey and knickers, in order that he may avoid a slip in the short run that he takes. Sometimes he whirls his arm round and round like a sling, though this is now considered bad form. Eighty meters is considered a first-class throw,' the shots of cach side being pooled together and the highest total ful Dramatic ry ie Taantie Drama of Kui Days. "Twelfth Night" may be procured from members Club, winning. x Dod Prot. Rermann, of Jever, is an au- or RrR HONING or nd pie thority on the history of the game, and | word to A. VANLUVEN, 377 Brock Si. EAE mA 3 musemen 538s in the "The Fatal Flower" By HOWARD HALL. A Most Beauti. 88e., §0c., 75¢. Seats now _on he WEDNESDAY, DEC, 1th SHIPMAN Prisents BIANCA of Capable Blavers Fi 'Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" By Chas: Major and Paul Kester, Sprsil 25.85-50-T5: Rot Rows, $1 Seats on shile Monday. ------ Queen's University Dramatic Club presents THURSDAY, Dec. 12th Prices--25¢., 88¢., 50c., T5ec. Tickets now on sale at Box Office, or of the RAPID TRANSIT DELIVERY. First issertion le. a word. Shares or HELP WANTED--MALE. ------------------------ SALBESMEN FOR SPECIAL 1 A a CONDENSED ERTISING 5% secutive insertion « word: Minimum ete ---- A DRIVER FOR DELIVERY WAGGON with referouces. Princess Apply at 83 hard workers. Helisble line. DETRCTIVES WANTED JooaMt salaries. i S---------- LL SUITS VERODATS TO. FALL SU AND repair and 'work done Sent ve make, also old ones a The Tedlor, 131 Brock St. Bibby's Livery. : BY RESPECTABLE MAN to look after furnaces, YW. 8." Whig office. RY CAPABLE WOMAN, P as housekeeper, or Sure City. preferred." Apply Box Whig office. SITUATIONS tic servants, . maids , ote 10th or 1ith, Address. The Drummond St, Montreal Up. 2.201, . STERN en and Tite Luke Brothers, Company, Moms -------------------------------- SITUATIONS WANTED. y N Roby to Box FOR BXPERIENCED house arrivi BOARD AND ROOMS. Bait cant one ine ---- weekly, EVERY i to 0SITION "" ng Dec: eleptione has written some accounts of the his- torical episodes connected with it in the periodical Der Freise. He tells us that wh 1755 a brother of the Empress Cath- erine of Russia (then lord ot Jever) in- effectually prohibited the game alto- gether on the remarkable ground that it did not form one of the Olympian games of the Greeks. Really the rea- son' of the prohibition was the quarrel- ng and fighting over the stakes that oc- curred. Un one occasion King George | f England was appealed to--as king of { Hanover. lhe last riot happened as late as 1833. Prof. Reimann has unearthed a me- dizval code of rules of the game, and it 1S certam tnat Its ongin 1s {0st In an- uquity All the technical terms employed are in the ancient Platt-deutsch--a lan- guage decidedly more akin to England than to modern German. The game is also played m West Friesland, in Hol- land. Great contests are invariably at- tended by crowds of Dutch visitors, and are sometimes honored by the presence of the urand Duke of Oldenburg. --FPall Mall Gazette. DESERT LIFE. How Animals and Vegetation Are Protected. Almost all life on the desert goes captors and forced them to give up their | victims, who were, then kindly escorted | lto their homes and friends. In grateful remembrance of the day the maidens of | Halmagen annually offer their lips mod- estly and freely to the strangers who | | frequent the town during the fair of St Theodore.--London Answers. ORIGIN OF QUOITS. re-- | Dutch Kloot Shooting and Triddle on Biltic Coast. The new Ex | that the origin of the word "quoit" is doubtful, adding," amid numerous medi eval examples of tl » of the word a possible French s se, and refers to the discus throwing of Romans It is probable, howev ciemt and, (alas!) rapidly dying English game had a very different ori- gin--namely, 'in the ports of our Saxon ancestors--and was neither French nor Roman | Moreover, the word "quoit™ itself has > the Hints for Christmas Shoppers. Only 14 shopping da those annoyances of not Size, Color or Pattern. House Coats from S 114 PRINCE being able to get the right We wish to draw your att Coats and Dressing Gowns. man appreciates more than these. Dressing Gowns from $6.00 to 15.00. Bath Robes from $2.75 to 5.00. | PJENKINS CLOTHING CO left before Christmas. to buy, you get over all ys If you start right in now ention to our House There is nothing a $4.50 to 12.00. SS. STREET. ' nglish dictionary tells us « | sert trees arc small and thick, so that| armed. In the vegetation world of the desert the cactus comes first with its | numberless species. They are all armed with long or short touch spikes that can penetrate the thickest boot. The slitary and often grotesque "Joshua," or Yucca, the mesquite, the catsclaw and numberless shrubs whose names have not been written, all are armed in {one way or another. Some exude poi- |sonous sap, others nauseating odors i The sagebrush is about the only one that does not seem to have any protec- | tion. In the animal kingdom most are | for evaporation in the dry air. great and eyer 'present struggle for wa- ter is noticeable everywhere where men come together om the desert. struggle all who come to the desert must engage instantly. must have its water barrels, every burro his water bags, each mgh his canteen. -- From the Los Angeles Times Genesis of Churches welcome another volume from the pen of the former genial editor of the Ca- nadian Presbyterian Record. year, he which has feature. was a prize essay on the county sionary Problem," of Martyrs," ject is merely to give a short account of the origin and of some of the Newfoundland. been gathered judgment. church, Montreal, fd attachment to The In this Every wagon A VALUABLE WORK. in the United States of America, in Newfound- land and the Dominion of Canada, by James Croil, author of "The Missionary Problem," "The Noble Noble Army of Martyrs," ete. It is with great pleasure that we Though Mr. Croil is now in his eighty-sixth still retains great mental and that eatholicity of spirit ever been a distinguishing Mr. Croil's -first publication of Dundas, to be followed by '"The Mis- The Noble Army "The History of Steam Navigation," and other books. The present volume does not pre tend to be a church history, its ob- vigor, early development more interesting and important churches and son 'ations in the United Si . Caunda and Som Clima + as 2 from smadiilable source, and has Deen with great eer Th Str Paul's # fidm in his the principles of the Presbyterian church, yet in reading this book it would be difficult to de Mr. Croil is an ® family. Must be entigfactory, will pay Address "A.J. J. MEDICAL. J, Surgeon, Hospital, b Barrie St. DR. STANLEY Chief Resident York Polyclinic an office, at 337 'Phone, The danger t sither armed sharp tee spines) : easel Sither gp with ha p seeth, Senos termine to what Christian denomina- odors, © ison 10 serve ce 13S L neimes oe pi di tame : hile or a | tion he really belongh] as all are enemies stance, while the others| . , k -- > s es f € Others) ated in the same Catholic spirit, or artful {depend upon their fleetness { skulking and hiding | The spined and repulsive Gila mon-| t Canterbury Ol y { ster, the horned toad, the sidewinder| with his two horns and deadly fangs, and its cousin the desert rattlesnake; | {the tarantula, scorpion, and desert bee, | each of whose sting is exceedingly pain- | | ful and sometimes fatal, are among the| | deserts denizens. Then there are many | f varieties of lizards, large and small| and of many colors, who | selves by their speed alone | ing coyote, boycat, mountain lion, jack | rabbit, cotton tail, mountain sheep, ibex, | |antelope and an occasional deer | there. A visitor, ats health, springs was | Among the smaller animals are the|disinelined to sociability. After ho { gopher, kangaroo rat, trade rat, hydro- | had been there a few days a young | phobiacskunk, ground squirrel and in-|womar stopping at the same hotel numerable mice. But the traveller sel-{took pity on his seemin; loneliness dom sees any of these, The prospector,jand tried" fo engage him in éonversa- however, soon becomes acquainted with tion. After a few conventiopal re them. carry away all that portion of his outfit] lor stone in its place call and lunch from any that may be lying about, not disdaining a nip at Mr. Prospector's nose if the opportunity offers. It is said and firm- ly believed by the sons of the desert that the bite of this little skunk pro- duces hydrophobia. The Gila monster is seldom seen, and the writer having spent nearly a year on the borders of the Death Valley, has yet to see one of them at large. Rattlesnakes are also scarce, except in some favorable local- ity. The mountain sheep and ibex are gradually becoming tame, and this sum- mer they have come to springs where miners were camped as regular as do- mestic stock and with little more timid- ity. The mountain - quail follows the miner and his burro. In the Avawatz Mountains they were unknown until this year, but they are abundant there now. {Jt is an unwritten law among the min- | ers on the desert that no game animals lor birds shall be killed or in anyway | disturbed unless one is in actual want, {and he must make proof convincing of | that fact if he kills a quail or sheep. | i All life on the desert lives by its pow- | jer 10 resist thirst | so constructed that they are able tof jconscrve and store up moisture against | the time of drought i | wrought peculiar forms of both animals land plants, and in time it also {indelible mark upon men who | amid its wastes. The leaves of all de-| Ithey expose as little suriace as possible' i i. | eognized. n protect them-jof ef Ihe prowl- | continent. are| Kansas City Star. The first, or at the latest, second | marks she asked night of his stay in any one camp, he him to the springs. will be visited by a trade rat, who will plied, {glad to make {that is not too_heavy for his ratship iN tor doden't want me to be alone, { handle, and religiously leave some stickinot even { young The hydrophobia skunk will be apt to] unsociable man was bothered bacon rinds | more. All desert plants are Princess, street. Christmas. Cushions, This necessity has| New York Dress Relorm. : leaves its student's pen, only $1.50, at Gibson's dwell | Red Cross % and with the same impartiality. The book is dedicated to the Archbishop Each degpmination ve ceives due consideratioff, aven Hebrews and the Mormons 'ape. ngl-forgotten, whilst the Salvatién Amn duly re- The author had heen singularly hap- py in his selection: of Hlistrations, as they present fany of Sypes {f ecclesiastical ard Tteetdre, this enti iiillien in Got Rid Of His Company. what had brought "Fits," he re confidingly-- 'fits. 'And I'm so acquaintances, for the two minutes." ~ The disappeared, and the no for woman Clock Entirely Of Straw. An extraordinary addition hgs been peril of the make-believe. 1b is the [SPF hticn of the Local Matter ng age of the masquerader. Men are not [his 'Auction Rooms, on B o_ a what they seem. They pretend for a 'the Uity of Kingston, on FRIDAY, the profit. They join a church for the Fh day 24, Dutuiint nat, ot. the hour sake of business patronage. They goiiowing parcels' of y parrot the old to be on the safe side. | Parcel No. L~The suop on the corner the dol. (of Wellington and Brock streets, known They take the dogma with | lar. They stay in the old ruts rather | than risk the financial wrench of get- BY YQUNG MAN IN BUSINESS, and room " ally lqoated. If $25 per month. Whig office. KEYES, LATHE in the an » O New pposite A Top Sp EA mete fbiohis ga' a by the Bar. PRINS 16 Gore street. 2 mo ee ---------------------- Ae iu 174 Tn. AN ER EET BY age. by N OF SRY Way 300 "and Prose 898 Princess 15% ' MONEY AND BUSINESS. oUR_poLIGIES COVER Momm OF re at Coduine Insurance v vo for security the Farm eit! of all Tuten. Before ger yo] ® Strange, Ages. ses. MARRIAGE LICENSES. ---------------------------------------------- 8, KIRKPATRIC JSSUER OF Ce P 3 aX Ree Get What You Ask For. There are many reasons why you ask for advertised articles, but absolutely none why you should let a sub- stituting dealer palm off something which he claims to be "JusT AS GooD" or "BETTER" or "THE SAME THING" as the article you requested. The advertised article must of necessity be of the highest quality, otherwise it could not be successfully sold and the advertising continued. fe The buying public recognizes the superior quality of advertised articles. The substitutor realizes the fact and tries to sell inferior goods on the advertiser's reputation. Protect Yourself by Refusing Substitutes. THE PARAGRAPH PULPIT Judical Salo of Propaty In REV. O. W. CASSON. OTTAWA. The Make Believe Menace. to which we, as country, are at present exposed is the a the City of WH STEAM HEX ; ogn xix 3 TED ROOMS, TT a FRAME HOUSE, "a ALFRED ST. 7, et EE ne Ror iY Ane " = rosiamhn mpvus, Fie agi. 5 , to J. 8. R. McCann. PERSONAL. PALMIST AND Prof. ray IST . Halstead APRA. will give a | rn city. ~ Coaaulted, 78 Wilkes St. Pursusut to an order of the High Court of Justice made iu the action of A. H. 8S. McKee vs, W. LD. Mcles ot al, "there the lapprobetion of the Local Mester al King- as the Golden Lion Grooery Parcel No. 2.~Lhe stores op ton street being Nos. 150 to 184, oe Ontholie ings > o . cupied respectively by The ting out. Bt he . ' me ah ~ 7 I R iaotiation, Te de temptible, after all! God send us J wior and James Crab, together with men who will dare to risk something up-stairs, and being part of the for the sake of the truth! and shame ! ture. CONSTIPATION ous DRUGLESS CURE, al diseases. Particulars free. made to the exhibition of inventions pow being held in Berlin. A shoe- maker named Wagner, living in Stras- 'a clock burg, has sent the | grandfather shape, nearly six feet | high, made entirely of straw. The | i wheels, pointers, case and every de- tail is exclusively of straw. Wagner has taken fifteen years, to -somstruct this strange piece of mechanism. It keeps perfect time, Rut under the most | favorable circomstances, saunot. last longer than two years. Christmak Cards. The Whig has a fine assortment of elegant Christmas cards, for large or small orders, with printed message. Safety guards for incandescent | lamps reduced from 0c, 1p 124¢. Just | the Newman-Spriggs thing for shops an factories, | Electric | Co., Nice lot of burnt leather : several designs, If Address, Mr. Casson for free liters I Cured Myself "=f OF INDIGESTION AND physicians and remedies failing, Marvel- | (no bread stufls), all forms Stomach and Intestin: 953" Princess GERMAN GRAINS, No. 525-West 124Lh St., New York, N. Yu WEATHER STRIP Keeps out the Cold, Costs Little and Saves Much, Good Variety at | STRACHAN'S PhbbbaRibbht Dr. Brock's BEST'SSHORTS Cures ALLCou ALWAYS, AND COSTS BUT kinds of underwear. 25e.; Al flecce-linod vests, jsiebEaten Fes ops BO Bold in Kingston, atthe Arar PHUG STORE, 124 Prin cess street. Midled om receipt of TOP GHS oods for A ---- - See our | Water drawers to "Fountain pens' for Christmas," the matoh, 250. New York Dress Reform. toke, © fH. plane toner, 21 Cunni King street. and MoAuléy's bookstore. Picture frames cheap at Weoeses's, ni eo-- ---- - - "Beautiful hand mirrors," son's Red Cross drug store. folding "#nd triplicate, for Christmas, at Gib- One-third of Britains telegraph oper- alors are women, you hape been pretending, behold your sin teoancies Golden leon Block, Parcel No. 3.--~The old stone residence on Clarence street immediately In rear of parcels Nos. 1 and 3. Parcels No. 4.~Those parts Golden Lion Blogk bounded by ton, Brock amd Clarence streets mot cluded in parcels Nos. 1, 2 and 8. The above parcels will be offered for sale en block, bul if mot so sold will be els as above. 0. O.~The stores being Nos. occupied by Welling io 1170 end 173 Plincess street, Mills & Co. Parowl No. 7.~Nos 277 Princess street, wivich is a frame dwelliog. No. 8.--The premises being No. street, occupied 4 Be {Corbett as an User ng e, ment, | Parcel No. 9.--Lot No: 6 on the side of Collingwood street. On parcel fs sithatod an old frame dw Boe property will be offercd for sale on reserve bid. The purchaser cent of his purchase of sale to the vend- and the balance ter imto Court to West this Ll the J. By WALKEM. Dated the 21st day of N. , 1907. Wire hs Stands, Wire Railings, Flower Ga A ens ad Wire Work of al} winds manufactured by U your furnace needs ant Borie men like long | cause it shortens' their :| Wm. Murray, Auctioneer -- New Piano Warero ------------ Represen thé KNABE, WILLIS, DOMINION, SOHMER snd FARRAND PIANOS, KNABE-ANGELUS, SOHM- ER-CECELIAN and FARRAND-CECEL- JAN PUAYER PIANOS and the DO- MINION ORGAN. We will be pleased to Have you drop our goods. DAWSON & STALEY, anv Princess Street. High Orade Pianos, at Living Prices. ------------------------------ C. H. Powell |Carpenter and Jobber 103 Raglan St. 83 Princess Street. Open from 10.30 a.m. to 3.00 a.m 53 penis ht Dishes a specially. ; New England Chinese Restaurant 331 King Street. Open from 10.830 am., to 8 a.m, best place to get an all round Lunch in the city. Meals of all kinds on shortest notice. English and Chinese dishes & £ - meet ~ 27 BROCK ST. New Carriages, Cutters, Harness ete., for sale. : : aa 'Sale of Horses every Saturday. "Bivby's §1 underwear is fme,