{ For Father, Brother or Sweetheart For About Half Price Bilt During the Two Closing Days of Roney & Go's Gigantic Sale The golden opportunity to give a useful present of a New Suit, Overcoat, Pea Jacket, Fur-lined Overcoat, Working Coat, etc., at about half regular price. THE VERY LATEST IN NECKWEAR, (30 dozen just arrived). Sold all over at 75c. and $1.00. We put them in a fancy box. Price, 59¢. each. FANCY TIES, in boxes, at 39c. and 45c¢c. FANCY SUSPENDERS, in boxes, at 45c. FANCY VESTS, in boxes, at Manufacturers' Prices. THE NEWEST IN SCARFS. Prices from 18¢. up. MOCHA GLOVES, (lined), all sizes, from 69c. up., Kid Gloves, Fur-Lined Gloves, Buck Gloves, Gauntlets, ete, at prices to clear in a hurry. Mitts, Don't fail to visit our store during the remaining two days. Bargains for everybody. Open Evenings Roney & Co's 127 Princess Street, Kingston. The Store That- Sets the Pace. Yes, Sire Eddy's Fibreware! --and you'll find it the Lightest, Tightest, Most Attractive and Most * Durable on the Market. 4] Every Pail and Tub made of Eddy's Fibre- ware is a Solid, Hardened, Lasting Mass, without a Hoop or Seam. 4 persist in getting EDDY'S. Always, everywhere in Canada, ask for Eddy's Matches Usetul New Year Gifts ™ . WORLD'S HISTORY (Continued from Page 4). Latin America. Revolutions,as usual, dot the year's record in the hot-headed nations to {the south. Mexico had a serious raid ito put down near the Texas border in | June. Central America hovered on the verge of war, but fmally the itsué was laid before the new Central Am- erican court of justice, set up at Car- | tago, Costa Rico, with all the states | represented. Venezuela added Holland to the list of her 'don't speak' neigh- bors by expelling the Dutch minister for some indiscretion and the lmtch were hot for coercion. A virtual blockade of Venezuelan ports was efiect- ed by Dutch warships, which succeeded in capturing some Venezuelan gunboats: On December 16th the people of Cara- cas arose against Presidont Castro. A mob swept through the cily, wrecking the property of his friends. The peo- ple rousded up the statues and pic- turcs of President Castro, ffom the clubs and other semi-public buildings and burned them on the Plaza Boli- | var. Castro's rule in Venezuela prob- ably ended with his flight to Europe. Paraguay in July was the scene oi a | successfull - revolution, Dr. Naveiro THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TH URSDA « : Fe ; ! oy hs g 3 Steadman, poet; Morris K. Jesup, patron of science; Edward A. McDon- ald, composer; Angust Wilhelmj, vio- linist, Louise de Ramee (Ouida), author; William B. Allison, senator from lowa; James H. Oliver, plough inventor; Francois Coppee, French au- thor; Peter F. Dailey, comedian; Henry B. Potter, Episcopal bishop of New York; Murat Halsted, journalist: Joel Chandler Harris, author; Bronson | Hewalrd, playwright; Tony Pastor, original vaudeville manager; Ira Sankey, singing evangelist; A. R. Spofford, former librarian of congruss; Speck Von Sternberg, German ambas- sador; A. P. Stewart, confederate gene- ral: Daniel Colt Gilman, educator, Charles .Eliot Norton, Harvard pro- fessor; Mrs. William Astor, society lender; Victorien Sardou, French play- wright; Donald Grant Mitchell, "ik Marvel," novelist. NEW YEAR MOTTOES. How to Make the Time Care For Itself, Each day is in itself a little sphere. We have but to round it out to per- fection and the year will tdake care of itself. ' Let us walk softly, friend ; , For strange paths lie before us all un- | seizing tha government. Cuba rose io ler new opportunity with orderly elec- tions in ember, Jose Miguel Go- méz, tho liberal leader, being chosen president. Hayti was torn by two revolts, that f min in January being crushed, but the seeond, under Antoine Simon, re sulted in the capture of Pori au Prince and the fall of the Nord Alexis gov- ernment, December 2nd. Simon clected president. Presidential Election, Few campaigns in the United States {have developed so little uncertainty. {At the very beginning, William H. Taft, having behind him the support of tho chief executive, appeared as the only republican "possibility." In like | manner, Bryan dominated the demo- {cratic party. Taft . was nominated, June 18th, in Chicago. On the first ballot: he obtained 702 votcs out oi the total of 980. Congressman Jame S. Sherman, of Utica, N.Y., was ne- minated for the vice-presidency, ob- taining 816 on the first ballot. Wil | liam Jennings Bryan was nominated {the third time by the democrats al | the Detwer convention of July 10th. Bryan had nine-tenths of the votes on the first ballot. John W. Kern, of In- diana, was nominated for viece-presi- dent. Taft was elected by an over- whelming majority, obtaining 32] electoral votes. Bryan got 162. The popular plurality of the republicar candidate was 1,162,200. Bryan ran behind his ticket in most states, with the result that five elected democratic governors, although giving their olec- toral votes to Taft. And Religion. Socialism of one sort or another figured prominently in many church gatherings of the year, and the move- fron toward Protestant unity took a great stride in - America. The Chris tinn Socialist Fellowship held a con- | vention: at. New York, and both the { Pan-Anglican conference and the Lambeth conference at London went lon record for socialism. | The Methodist general conference at | Balitmore took advanced ground for industrial reforms and prohibition, {but refused to change tho code of dis- AAA ACI Buy ' Ganong's Chocolates for Christm:s, alco Stewart's Fine Chocolates. See our special 60c, 75¢, and #1 fancy boxes. A.J. REES, 166 Princess St Phone 58. EARICIOIIIASICIISKACIIIIIICIOR ASIHIEK "«pline. The episcopal diocese of New | York made a/ working arrangement {with organized labor. On the other hand, the American Catholic Soecicty sharply condemned socialism. The | first assembling of the Catholic hosts lin this country took place in Chicago iin November, the occasion being the | ealebration of the transfer of the United States from a mission country to that independent national church. Signs of a coming unification of all churches were seen first in the warm interchanges between the Methodist | | * {the Methodist Protestant conference lat Pittsburg, in the union motions between the latter and the Congrega- | tional and United Brethren, in the union favored" by the Presbylerian | seneral conference at Kansas City, with the Reformed church, and finally fin the first meeting of the great fede- iral council of the churches of Christ of an FURNII me 10 to 15%. This will be a splendid |, 13th, 173 killed; opportunity to save money | R.J. REID Phone 577 230 PrincessSt. URE SPECIAL Everything reduced from | " lin America at Philadclphia, in De | cember. This council also took strong ground for practical social reforms. On July 6th, Peary sailed from New York to seek for the north pole. Sven | Hedin ended his latest journey into Thibet. Deaths And Disasters. | Among the were : Burning, January 11th, of the skyscraper, | oi the-Boyertown, Pa., theatre, Janu- burning of the Collingwood, Ohio, school, March 4th 170 children killed; Cheyenne, Wyo., mine-explosion, March' 28th, 70 killed; collision of British torpedo boat Tiger with a cruiser, April 2nd, 36 drowned; burning: of Chelsea, Mass., April 12th, 13 deaths, loss, $9,000,000; tormadc loss, $5,000,000; burning vetoes tarls! SPECIAL all - d | Our Own Blended Tea, 30¢., 40c., 50c sma cost an on easy payments. @0c, per 1b. of 16 ounces. Hvery ounce guaranteed. ' We also carry a full line of Staple and Fruits and Confection: Fancy Groceries, ery. . aN [a AIO 4 Au 2 'N - ELECTRIC 8 BE Fresh Oysters D. Couper, | "Phone, 76. 841-3 Princess St PROMPT DELIVERY. \ fa FINTURES IN STOCK ESTIMATES GIVEN "| over southern states, for two days. April 23rd, and 24th, 400 killed and thousands injured, property loss inlc millions; railroad collision in Bel gium, May 21st, 60 killed, 100 injur ed; forest fires over 100 square miles lin Canadian North-West, destroying | Fernie, and other towns, with great {loss of « life, and subsequently forest [fires during an oxtended drought through the central and eastern states, sinking: '0f the barque Star of Bengal, offi Coronation Island, Seplember 2nd, 110 = drowned; floods in' Hydara- bad, India, killing thousands and de- stroying £100,000,000 worth 'of pro perty: the Hamm, Germany, mine ex- plosion, November 12th, 300 killed; burning of steamer Sardiria off Malta. only safe effectual Mon! \ n.: W MAINT et Dye of strength--No. 1, $1; 10 degrevs stronger, $3; | } { 1 | [3 /, | | 1 1 | Bey Be te oF sen! 79 Princess St. donno ep -------------------------- You will want some Home-Made Mince Meat and here is the place to get the | Sook Mzmome Go. TORONTT, OKT. ¢ goud old fashioned Kind "that mothe: | used to make. Meat fis just 'Phone, 570 t ty Wi Also, ™ the RJ our Pork Sau dressing you n MYRRS, 1000 telephones. | Cook's Cotton Root Compound. The great Uterine Tonic, ana lator on which women can dopend. Sold in three degrees x 2 NO. 3 box ' id on receipt of joo | | Free pam hlet. Add oes! The were : | ormer| ndsor) |: ee ------------------------ Sagn vew York and its suburbs have 450,- November 25th, 123 tpst. Ii. the Panama canal zone, Decg¢mber 12th, a dynamito explosion kill&l twenty-one and injured scores. By the Italian earthquake, on December -28th, 125,000 lives 'lost; towns engulfed and in ruins. Famous who died in 1908 Grover Cleveland, ex-president doi the - United States: Sir H. Camp- | hell-Bannerman, premier of England: {Nicholas Senn, physician; Charles "A. astronomer; Edmund Clarence t | persons Youn, led by Junean and Fir- | was | Big Strides In Science, Educatior | Episcopal coniarence at Baltimore and | more notable disasters | | Parker building, a modern New York | trod ; The New Year, spotless from the hand i 3 0 ' | Is thine and mine, O friend ! t oo --Lillian Grey. i Anotlier year is dawning ! { Dear Master, let it be, | In working or in waiting, Another year with Thee. kr --Frances Ridley Havergal. | Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, * The last of life for which the first was made ; Dur times are in His hand, whe saith, "A whole is planned, | Youth shows but half ; trust God, | See all, nor be afraid." { --Browning. 1 0, tender Christ, bless thou this year! Bless Thou its dawn, aud bless | Its noontide and its evening, Lord; And let each heart confess, As days and weeks and months go by To help the year grow old, That to Thy glory, King of kings, The half not yet is fold. --Mary D. Brine. Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your liv- ing shall be bent. Mean to be some- thing with all your might.--Phillips Brooks. I see not a step before me As 1 fread on another year, But the past is still in God's keeping, The future His mercy shall clear, And what looks dark in the distance May brighten as I draw near. --Mary G. Brainard. We live by days. They are the leaves folded back each night' in the great volume that we write. They are our autobiography. Each day takes us not newly, but as a tale continu- ed. It finds us what yesterday left us; and as we go on, every day is telling to every other day truths about us, showing the kind of being that is to be handed on to it, making of us something better. or something worse, as we decide.--J. F. W. Ware. Once more we cross one of those im: aginary lines which measure the lapse of time and mark the beginning of a new year. The old year had its mournful record of sins and follies and neglects, of opportunities lost, of tal ents unused and time wasted. But sorrowful as we stand to-day amid the ruins of a thousand plans formed only to be broken, and as with sad reflec- tions we recall the selfishness, the aimlessnesg, the littleness of our past lives, we turn with a new hope to the {new year that has opeued before us, | looking up in the midst of our regrets | and misgivings to our Lord and Savi- | our for pardon, comfort and strength. | --William G. Haeselbarth. I doubt not that there are very | many to whom, as they look through | the year, it seems like some old ca- | thedral that once was resonant with | music and radiant with altar fires and | filled with the glory of God, but that {now stands with the roof broken in, | with the windows out, with the altar | desolate, with the priest gone, with |the congregation dispersed. Look | again. Turn back and see if there has been nothing in the year but the tran- sient. Although individual histories | and experiences and feelings have been fluctuating and changing, yet the | great framework of God's purposes of {mercy and love and justice and hur { manity has stood sure and is un- | changed and unchangeable.---Beecher. {0 patient, willing doers of the word-- Who worship tireless at the Mas- i ter's shrine, | With hearts that gentle |" stirred | To acts and deeds and pity half di- charity has i vine-- tO blessed, faithful . children of the King, whom the Saviour's shield of faith is given, Wh grms A Full many a golden sheaf your shall bring \$ When all the reapers gather home in heaven ! To --Ida Scott Taylor. ---------- . Have It Handy. In every family some oné receives serious or minor injuries every little while. Life is beset with bumps, bruis- es, strains, aches and pains. For all these Smith's White Liniment is 'the best possible remedy. It heals and soothes all hurts and cures all pain. Have it in your home. Large bottles, 25¢., at Wade's drug store. Everybody knows Dan. help him ta become mayor. per is a Kingston favorite. Our electric skate grinder will do work to please you. Halliday Elec- tric Co. : Are vou going to resolve not take another drink till next year ? Only One "BROMO QUININE," that is Laxative Bromo Quinine Cures a Cold in One Day, 2 Day They will Ald. Cou- to E Hom 72 apbox. 23c Y, DECEMBER 31, 1908. Every occasion on the calendar, even day in the year will have an added pleasure from the use of this sparkling, healthful mineral water-- White Rock. F. X. ST-CHARLES & CO. LTD. AGENTS, MONTREAL. Distributors for Kingston : Messrs. Rigney & Hickey, F. X. St. Charles and Co. Ltd., Agents, Montreal. Dr J Collis Browne's af THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. The Most Valuable Medicine ever discovered. The best known Remedy for CoucGHs, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS. Acts like a charm in DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY & CHOLERA. Lffsctually cuts short all attacks of SPASMS. Checks and arrests those too often faial discases- FEVER, CROUP asd AGUE. The only palliat ye in NLURALGIA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, Chlorodyne is aliquid taken in drops. graduated according to th It invariably relieves pain of whatever kind; creates a calm refreshing sle allavs irritation of the nervous system when all other remedies fail: leaves no bad chects: and can be taken when no other medicine can be tolerated, INSIST ON HAVING CONVINCING Dr. J COLLIS BROWNE'S MEDICAL TESTIMONY CHLORODYNE. WITH EACH BOTTLE. Sold byeall Chemists. Prices in England : nh. 2/9, 4/8 Sole Manciacturers: 1. T. DAVENPORT d.. Lt LONDON, S.E. The immense success of this Remedy has given rise § to many imiiations. N.B.-- Every bottle of Geavin- Chlorodyne bzars on the stamp the name of the inventorg: Dr. J. Collis"Browne Wholesale Agents, Lyman Bros. & Co., Limitec, Toronto. Hockey Boots Men's (Hockey Lightning Hitch, Tan and Black, $2.50, 2.75. " Boys' Hockey Lightning Hitch, Tan and Black, $2, 2.25 and 2.50, Men's Hockey Boots other good makes, $1.50 2.00 and 2.50. Boys' Hockey |other good makes, | 2.00. Boots, $1.25 Ankle Supports, 25¢. H. JENNINGS, King St ~~ Look! | Would Any of These Suit You? | | 1e=Now Brick Dwelling, 9 rooms, B, & OC. and furnace, also good stable and driva-house, large lot, $2,600. 2--First-class Nearly New Frame Dwels ling, 4 bedrooms, B. & 0. $1,650. 8~New Frame Dwelling, 4 bedrooms B. & C., large lot, $1,550. 4--Good - Stone Dwelling in excellent repair, stable, garden and orchard of the choicest varieties of fruit, $1,650. ° 5--Stone Dwelling, stable and one acre of good garden land, $1,850. o "STOVES." o We carry in stock one of the largest as- sortments of Cooking Stoves, Ranges and Heaters in the city, and invite you to ex- examine before purchasing. See the "Art Garland"and "ArtTreasure" 'Heaters. \ The "HAPPY HOME" Range has a large ventilated oven, handsomein design, econ- omical in fael and a perfect baker. ELLIOTT BROS., QOLUTO T. J. Lockhart, 159 Wellington Street. MONUMENTS Inspect our stock and work before placing your order, INSCRIPTION WORK SOLICITED. The Kingston Granite and Marble Works WELCH'S OLD STAND. Cw Princess snd Clergv Sts Take Notice Highest prices paid ture. | | 0000000000000000VOCOORITID | for House Furni« We have on hand a good. line of Antique Furniture Suitable for Xmas Presents At very reasonable prices. ® i For Sale at Automobile, Automobile, Automobile, Model, 25 .. Model, 5 .... CANADA CYCLE& MOTOR CO'S SKATES | "Aluminum Top "RL $4.25. "AL : in 0000000000000 000000000 0 Just Arrived Specials in STRACHAN"S HARDWARE Winter Goods L. Lesses, 507 Princess 8t., Cor. Chatham St, Many wait until the garment is use- less before they part with it, and yet call it giving. rs simi * Just ¢ Arrived & We have just received a new stock of the following lines. All these are now in-greatest demand : Men's Heavy Calf Bluchers, $5. Men's Overshoe Rubbers, $1.50. Men's Low Rubbers; $1. Men's Hockey Boots, $2, 2.50 to 3.50. Men's Ankle Supports, 25c. Men's Ice Creepers, 25¢ and 35¢. Men's Good Carpet and Leather Slippers, special values at $1. Many other styles of Slippers, 50c,! 75¢c, $1.50 for men and boys. Children's White Rubbers, 75¢: ABERN Ladies! 2.50. to $1. Children's Overshoes. $1.50. Skating Boots, $2.00 and Ladies' Spats, all colors, 75¢ and $1. Boys' Moccasins, 75¢, $1 and 1.25. ® _Ankle Supports, for children and la- & dies, all sizes, 25c. » And many styles of Warm Slippers for children, girls and woman, just ar- rived this week. Slippers from 25¢ ETH