"HOTEL DIRECTORY. # DESERONTO. * Go to the STEWART HOUSE. Leading * Commercial Hotel. Rates, $1.50 per ¥ y. JAS, STEWART, Prop. TRAVELLING, = - YTS HAN JRL Sse Christmas and New Year . Holiday Rates Round Trip Tic hela will. be issued VIBRANT NERVE FORCE. SUPPLIED TO MAN. {From "Man's Maladies") Without stamina man is : gre. What is stamina? It con stitutional vigor-heaithTY 1s keen, responsive, vibrant nerve force that gives wonderful inner strength of will, sustains a sound body, supports a wise mentality, makes money and ds. Keen, strong, sen- sitive nerves makes stamina and man can excel in busi- sport, pleasure and social Without it he is apt t¢ be 'weak voiced, weak memoried feeble in motion, with cold hapds cold feet, nervousness, timidity fear without cause, trembling melancholy, pain in the back of head, neurasthenia and a eneral jack of grit courage" and nerve so that it is impossible to act naturally uhder alll eircumi- stances, as & man with stamina should it should be the aim of every man to correct the con- dition responsible for failure and unhappiness, for it can be dane by the simple fulfillment ofna- ture's law that the nerves receive their nourishment through the blood, which enables the nerve fluids to recover the dally waste which is constantly taking place The nerve "fluids and body tis- sues uhderge constant changes, and unless the supply is equal to the demand the stream of health ebbs low, and misery pre- vails - Astonishing Single First: Class Fare Good going Dec. 24th, 25th, 26th. Good to return until Dec. 27th; also going Dec. 31st, Jan. -1st and 2nd; good to return until Jan, 3rd. and at Single First-Class Fare and : One-Thir Jolng Dec. 21st to Jap 2nd inclu- sive; good to return until Jan. 4th, TICKETS ISSUED FROM KINGS- TON TO INTERMEDIATE BTA- (IONS ON MAIN LINE BETWEEN MONTREAL AND TORONTO WILL NOT BE GOOD ON TRAINS 1 AND § For Turibes I toriation., apply to P. HANLEY, Agent, Corie Johnston and Ontario Sts, strength nerve force and poise is quickly 're- stored by the following valuable formula, which anyone can pre- pare in the privacy of home First, Sbtaln three ounces of syrup sarsaparilla compound in a six ounce bottle! add one ounce of compound fluid balmwort, shake well, and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce tine- ture cadomene compound 1tnot cardamom) and one ounce com- pund essence cardiol. Mix. ke well and take a teaspoon- Ena after each meal an one when retiring. The above ingredients, except the Syrup, arecare concentrations of purest drugs without opiates and are used' for various pre- EOL AMES {BROK RAILWAY In Connection With CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Xmas and New Year Excursions, One Way First-Class Fare Good going December 24 and 26; re- turn limit, December 27th, 1910; also going December 31, 1910; Jan. 2, 1911; return Mmit, Jan. 2, 1911. First-Class Fare and One-Third Good going December 21 to . 1911; return limit, Jan: 4, 1911. Full particalars at K. and P. and 3 1 i 3 ii : : 3 3 i 3 3 | 3. Our Cry stal 9 o ANDREW MACLEAN'S, Ontario Street. Yhiey ental hed scriptions Saresassrsasssrsrssrsrrest Brand Of Standard YS Sugar is ua- excelled for preserving or table use. C.P.R. Ticket Office, Ontario Street. F. CONWAC, Gen. Pass. Agent. Pa Phone DAY OR: 201 'NIGHT < rr OF QUINTE RAILWAY, leaves Union Station, Ontari pores B) og) hm, dath (Bu aay sxoopted) or Tweed, e, Deser to, Beaand points north To secure quick ee Ae 0 Bannock bum, | Maynooth, and pointa' on Centre | ute your shipments via bay | or ulate "Hail vat Rot ATI ol ad hom, OT > and Porter. best. Agent, BIBBY'S CAB STAND FOR XMAS Drink McCarthey's Ale ft's the] i R. J. LAWLER COAL WM. "DRURY, 285 WELLINGTON STREET. Sailings each 'Phone 443 Sailings each Friday, i us auay ® a -- RECORD GROUSE YEAR, Reports of Big Bags From the Scot tish Moors It is this will be, one of the best grouse years on record, and that big bags ible' exception. of some ver: The severity of last winte? off the weaker birds, and, 2 ¢ aud healthy breeding stock was an a when nesting began ather could hardly have been more ate led favorable. of eggs per nest averaged seven. nd in some districts eight, and in all ni the birds hatched out well Birds arc already very forward--so h go that on some moors, espe: ly if the weather be at all un- settled they may be wild on the Twelfth. Another promising fact is no disease is reported anywhere. All other game have also done well, and ber muc 1910 will be a.great year for partridges as well as for grouse in Scotland, which has had the good fortune to es- cape the heavy rains that have swept England. WALKING ON WATER A Remarkabe Scene Recently on the River Thames Embankment, London, were amazed to see an elderly man in an old frock coat walking in the. Thames. He was | up to his waist in water about 50 yards in the river, and the tide was well up. | A large crowd was soon attracted, and the river police rowed towards him and requested him to get out. said he would when he "had suffi- cient," and he calmly walked away from Lambeth Bridge to Westminster, landing very easily at the steps by St. Thomas's Hospital. It {seen that he had fixed to his feet a pair 'of small canoes about 15 inches | hollowed out with small air | He said he was | and after satis- | in length balls - underneath. trying an experiment, fying the police as to his credentials » was allowed to go, followed by a urious crowd, who had been greatly his defying the peplice in He had apparently at- walk on the surface of the and sunk to the level of his! He was perfectly dry from his upwards. water waist waist LIFE LOST FOR A PENNY' The Hard-hearted Conduct of a Man Who Tempted a Lad 8 The. callous offered a penny jorder fc iver at walked {drowning [ merited {| The boy conduct of a man who to_a boy of eight in him to dive into the gland, and then the child was subject of a well tho Coroner. am Still "A bre fod » InGuce 'Phone, eck Connections for Santiago, TE 'Points, for Havana Isle of Pines. Making connections for Mexico City for about rates and accommodations Sailings Where rigorous northern winters are ahd-all points in the Interior of Mexico NEW YORK AND CUBA MAIL 8.8, Co, New steamships, excellent cuisine, large comfortable rooms and lounging Thursday and Saturday eX hanged for wouderfut Cuban clim- a Cruz MEXICO = pleos Weakly First Salitngs BM AS Nausan Up. Write for literature and particulars --LIKE TOADS General Offices, Pier 14, Bast River, These holidays make a lot of sick New York. folks--some of them awfully ill. In spite of all you can do the little folks will overeat Xmas times. Don't fail to give them a CASCARET at bed time and help nature get rid of the overload. It will keep them well and lively. 5 THE AMERICAN CAFE 185 Wellington St. The Up-to-date Restaurant "Buy a 10c box CASCARETS--week's treatment--and have it handy to use every night, Xmas week. Little Folks Stuffed | and Eating House. Separate : appartments. Well furnished | | and lighted. Try our full 28e. THOS GUY Prop. course dinner, Fruit": AND <i OUR COAL > Ah known by its good burn- ing qualities. P. WALSH, 55-57 Barrack St. JOUR See New Goods for $ "Xmas Raisins, Currants snd Peel. All kinds of Cheice Greceries at' reasonable prices. £ Prompt delivery, M. NOLAN | 338 Princess Street :: "Phone 720 ' & Suggestions ts ------------ You thing useful a selection from 'want to give- some- ® Why not make the follow- (se Women, "ing for Men, and "Children: Men's Slippers, 75c¢, $1.25, $2.00. Ladies' Slippers, 23¢, 30¢, 75¢, si.00, $1.25. | Ladies _ Evening $1.25 to $3.50. ays: Hockey Boots, ne to $1.00, Slippers, Ladies Hockey Boots, SLT Quadruple River ate Ma Set aped nicure, Set shield-sha box, 'with mottled on full | lined , with satin ribbon in lid of bo | printed in gold [ siiyer Tate." containg "seven 5 qua uadruple silver plate tings with handles highly e | flowers nid leaves; Po pleces i & salve jars,' "natl "A Tree is Known by Its "warranted quadruple manicure 1) $= RE tend of going to it for a swim. When Villiam suddenly called | out, y, mY, come and get me out." He threw up his arms and ank. A man was sitting on the steps loading to the river, and when witness ! asked him if he could get his brother out he walked away. The same man had previously offered William a pen- iny if he would dive in. { A Juror The -man coward (Hear, hear.) < The jury returned a verdict of acei- {dental death, the coroner remarking | (that the conduct of the man was most inhuman, and it was deplorable to | hear that such men existed. {ther said school, th in th { "Mum was 'a great TRAGEDY oF THE ALPS A Woman Climber Who Saw Her .. Comrade Die | An Alpine tragedy of pecullar pathos is reported by the Grenoble corres- pondent of the Matin. Two climbers; M. Allimand and Mme. Baronnat, set out on Sunday to follow the course of the River Roize, and fell 30 feet on to a ledge just by a waterfall. and neither he nor his companion copld escape from the ledge. They lay theré helpless for three days and a half} at the end of which itime M. Allimand expired from his in- juries and from the effects of exposure and starvation Next {they were seen peasants. by Mme. | Baronnat was rescued and carried to | 0000000600006600000000 |a chalet, but M could-net-be moved Before his de ath M. Allimand wrote a message for help and pinned it to | his ha®®whigh he cast into the stream. The hat was found last evening, the | message still being perfectly legible. ! Allimand's body | STREET CRIES AND NOISES i* A hawker was summoned in Eng- | land for shouting "Coals," and an- ' other for calling "Fire Wood O!" y A clergyman from the neighborhood | of Liverpool-road, - Islington, com- plained that he suffered from 24 differ ent cries a day shouted by many more | {vendors, beginning with the early | morning milkman and going on until the vendor of tea delicacies had dis- | posed of his wares. The magistrate said that this kind of thing must be igtopped. = People were entitled to quiet and peace in their street. The! clergyman said that, if allowed, he would be happy to pay the fine. He had commiseration with these poor men, although he was a great sufferer from their cries. KING TO CENTENARIAN The King. through his private sec- retary, has asked the Rev, WwW. HE Jervis, rector of Orford, Suffolk, to convey his congratulations to Mr, Robert Mills, a parishioner, who has attained "the grand old age" of 100. The letter added: "The King is in- terested to hear of all the good t Mr. Mills has rendered to h creatures during his long life, trusts that he is in good health, tie. knife. and long handle quality. scissors of Tr any more trouble than ee _THE D pany Brits w HIG. 11 be the rile all over Scotland, with | h moors on which the snows | a decidedly rigorous winter linger- | the | + gain in most districts the gum- | whatever may be the case in England, | -| ammunition, shall be respected; A number of people on the Albert | Ke | was then | lost their way in fog, | M. Allimand broke his' leg, | morning | LAWS OF WARS. The Code Now In Use Among All the Civilized Nations. The "laws of war" as at present | 'formulated by the" civilized nations | forbid the use of poison against an en- pow practicall _ | emy; murder by treachery, as, for ex- p y certain. tha! | gmple assuming the uniform or dis- | playing the flag of a foe: the murder of those who bare surrendered, wheth- er upon conditions "or at discretion; declarations that po quarter will be given to sn enemy; the use of such arms or projectiles as will cause unn- necessary pain or suffering to an en- emy; the abuse of a flag of truce to information ecencerning an en- | emy's positions if unnecessary de- | struction of property, whether public or private. They also declare that Quly fortified places shall be besieged; open cities or villages not to be subject to siege or bombardment: that public buildings of whatever character, whether belonging to church or state, shall be spared; that plundering by private soldiers or their officers shall be considered inad- missible; that prisoners shall be treat. ed with common humanity; that the personal effects and private property of prisoners, except their arms and that the population of an enemy's country shall be considered exempt from par ticipation in the war, unless by hostile acts they provoke the ill will of the en- emy. Personal and family honor and the religious convictions of an invaded peo- ple must be respected by the invaders and' all pillage by regular troops or | their followers Strictly forbidden.-- | New York Herald. KEEPING TAP ON THE CROPS The Way the Agricultural Department Gets Its Information. s The details of the comprehensive sys- fem employed by the department of agriculture in gathering the crop In- forthation from all over the country are interesting. There are 30,000 township correspondents scattered all | over the Union, whose duty it is to go { carefully over the territory and submit each month concrete formation as to the condition of all kinds of crops, In | addition to this branch, 3,000 "county | correspondents" send in separate re | ports from those of the township men | A state agent makes a further report { direct fron his agents, and an organ- | ization in direct communication with | thesdepartment. comprising seventeen { travellhg * field- agents." { country and muke separate reports for groups. of states. Special cotton cor- | respondents are also employed' to fur- { nish accurate information concerning | the cotton yield. Five different reports . are sent to Washinggon each month by five different sets of correspondents, This safeguards the government crop | reports for accuracy in local crop re- i ports and keeps the great crop account and cost estimates for the millions of | Americap\farmers. These records are sent to the agricultural department. Of- { ficials of the bureau of statistics and a | board go over all the five reports from five distinct groups of correspondents, , and from all the figureg-a crop report | estimate is distributed to 70,000 post- { offices throughout the country every | month.~National Magazine. : The Electric Fan. i Back in the early eighties Dr. 8 8 | Wheeler, an electrical engineer of New | York, was experimenting with a small electric motor. In the course of his ex- periments the doctor concelved the o that steamboats might be run | with electricity if tie propellers could | be directly connected to high speed | electric motors, doing away with all the gears then in use in steam propul- | sion With this idea in mind he -had a {| small screw propeller constructed and | fastened it to the armatare shaft of | his small motor. | experiment resulted in a fine breeze of cooling Fir which more than delighted | the expbrimenter, for the day was de. cidedly bot. It is needless to add that | the experiments with screw propellers ! enided right there, nnd the engineer | took up the study of the electric fan, | with the resuit that he soon perfected | the device until it was a commercial success, | : Bonnyclabber. | New drinks have sometimes a glori- ous and brief popularity: Lord Straf- ford," writing to Lord Cottington in 11635, extols "bonnyclabber," which he | says "is the bravest, freshes{ drink | you evep tasted: Your Spanish don | would, on the heats of Madrid, bang | his nose and shake his beard an hour over every sop he took of it and take | it to_be the drink of the gods all the | while." | No one, however, seems 'to know | the exact composition of the seductive "bonnyclabber," although from an al- | Jusion to it by Ben.Jonson it would seem to have been a mixture of beer and buttermilk. --London Chronicle, { "Willing to Divide. should like to lend" you that $10, old man, but I know how it would be if 1 did. It would end our friendship. Eo vol, old chap, there has been a great deal of friend- between us. I think if you could 8 3 Ave we 'ship B. Whitney a seat on to succeed the FRIDAY, go about the | To bis surprise the ' 1 purse in' gold DECEMBER 23 10. [AN OLD-FASHIONED - G HRISTMAS DINNER {| mene What Wishington Irving Saw--Fine. Descrintion of the Oid-Time east of Yuletide bad ---- 'the old- | has been on Irv. No better description of fashioned Ch penned than ing: The dinner was served, he Says, ug | in the great hall, where the Squire avays held his Christmas banquet. | A blazing, crackling fire of logs had been heaped on to warm the spacious ristmas dinuer that of Washingt Florida Grape F ruits A A ti et ttt AN Nl Navel Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Ripe Tomatoes 5 Ripe Bananas : NAR Pt PA A 166 Piess St. A. J. REES, EN A Nat Phone 58 apartment, and the flames went spark | -- ling and wreathing up the wide" | mouthed chimney. The great picture of the Crusader and his white horse had been profusely decorated with ! greens for the occasion; and holly and ivy Bad likewise been wreathed round the helmet and weapons on the opposite wall, whicll A understood were the arms of the samé warrior. A sideboard was set out on which thet display of plate might have vied (at! least in variety' with Belshazzar's par- | ade of the vessels of the temple; "flagons, cans, cups beakers, goblets; basins," and ewers, the gorgeous uten- sils of good companionship that had gradually accumuldfed through many generations of jovial housekeepers. Before these stood the two yule can dles. beaming like two stars of the | first magnitude; other lights were dis- | tributed in branches, and the whole array glittered like a firmament of} a silver. The parson said grace, which was not a short familiar one, such as is commonly addressed to the Deity in these unceremonjous ¢ays, but a long, courtly, well-worded one of the an cient $c¢hool. There was now a pause, as if something were expected, when | suddenly the butler entered the hall with some degree of bustle; he was attended by a servant on each side with 4 large wax light, and bore a stiver dish on which was an enormous pig's head, decorated with rosemary, with a lemofi in its mouth, which was placed with great formality at head of thg fable. The tablg was literally loaded with good cheer, nd presented an epitome of country of overflowing larders d X guished post was allotted to Senciont sirloin," as mine host termed it; ing, as he added, "the standard of English hospitality, and a joint of goodly 'presence, and full of expecta tion." There were se veral dishes quaintly decorated, and which hed evidently something traditional their embellishments; but abou a which, as I did not like to appear over-curious, 1 asked no questions I could not, however, but notice a pie, magnificently decorated with nea- | cock's feathers, in imitation of the tail of that bird, Wirich. over-shadowed a considerable tract of the table. This, | the Squire confessed, with sofne little | hesitation, was a pheasant pie, though 8 peacock pie was certainly the most authentical; but there had been such' a mortality among the peacocks this season that he could not prevail upon | himself to have one killed $ When the cloth was removed butler brought in a huge gel, of rare and curious worKmauship, | which he placed before the Squire. | Its appearance was hailed with accla- | mation; being the Wassail Bowl, so! renowned in Christmas festivity, Its contents had been prepared by the Bquire himse}f; for it was a beverage 'of the skilful mixture of which he particularly prided himself; alleging that it was too abstruse and complex for the comprehension of an ordinary servant. The old gentleman's whole coun Ry ance beamed with a serene lgok indwelling delight as he stirfed this mighty -bowl. Having raised it to his lips, with a hearty wish of a merry Christmas to all present, he sent It brimming round the board, for every one to follow his example, according to the primitive style pronouncing i the ancient fountain of good feeling, where all hearts met together." A the silver ves VELOCITIES A high wind travels from miles an hour; miles an hour The velocity of the earth on its exceeds 1,000 miles an hour; around the sun it is 66,000 miles, an hour; the velocity of the moon is 2,273 miles an hour. Sound travels through air at 17000 feet a second; through water 240 feet a decond; along steel wire 17,130 feet a second. Electricity travels along wires above ground at 24.360 miles a second. Light, the swiftest of all, travels at 186.770 miles a second. 30 to 45 a hurricane 80 to 108 axis WHAT IT SHOWED' "Gentlemen," said the quack doctor, who was trying to get together some money for Christmas, "I bave sold these pills in your market-place for past ten vears. Never during that period have ! had a single complaint about then Wihet does that prove to you, gentlemen? Lama "I Pasi we... proves that dead men tell) no tales." replied an on looker as he moved away "Nour /name nicely printed on your or. on any kind of] leather goods al the Whig Office hook | bindery. Fart Grex. is expected to go to the! Arete feoan by way of the Ala enzo | river, , Fancy Leather a in' this seasor | Felt Slippers, Overshoes, - Dress Shoes, Rubbers Beisiseisssssinisisie veneer ens THE HOME OF ; GOOD Confectionery : : rr -- NAA in Full line of LLowney's, Moir's, Perrin's and Cowan' Chocolates in boxes and bulk. Our Specialties : ® our own make. Fudges. @ Satin Butter Gups, 25¢. 1b,, Also Creams," Taflles and Cream Goods all pure and fresh.. Prices right, McLAUGHLIN'S, ® 204 Princess Street. y PEE Ease Hints on mas. Presents Presents for all members of the family For Mother For Sister Felt Slippers, Evening Slippers, Slippers, Overgaiters, Spats, Ice Creepers, Overshoes, Lined Rubbers For Father For Brother Hockey Shoes, Rubber Boots, Moccasins, Leather Slippers, Overshoes, Carpet Slippers Bedroom Slippers, Skating Beols, Overgaiters, Overshoes REID & CHARLES sassssssssssesenssasessnsnstaseseseisssssssesasasanass Hl ee an) $6. less for Flour ie sq 2a " How did it happen? "l used 'BEAVER' Flour last. wear. It makes so much more Bread and Pies and Cale, that | did not have to: buy so much of it. > I am using it this year, too." DEALERS Write us for prices on Feed. Coerre Grain and Coreals. THE T. B. TAYLOR C0. LIT D, Chatham, Out, TICEROERIRE IY --- --_--_--_ - - - ---- _-- Aeseasessstetansastsestssestststittettstsse 9 . Xmas Presents Good and Best EX CIVIC III IVI PIPPI ITI JIT I VIII IV IVI IP IPP IPPs Pv eee I MADE EXPRESSES BEST GOODS PRICES. THAT ACTLY AT THE LOWER] "aekvmont Chaire gent and back, 36.30 to $25 Morris Large spring Easy Chairs for 88.50, to 300, wire frames in leather. China Cabinets, $12 to 340 Medicine Cabinets for $2.50 to 55 enamel. oak, mahogany amd white Gentlemen's Chilloniers, $10.50 to 370 Ladies' Princess Dressers, maho to $40 Smoking Sets mabogany, 31 to Tem Curates, rattan, 81.50 fo 8 Tea Tables, 83.50 10 815, Solid Mahogany Paridr Sets, $157 The Latest Parle wo set, Gentlemen's Tea Curates, 3 5 loose «, from 218 to §5 Robt. J. Reid's, Abste the Over Ho 4 0 Princess Street, Telephone 57 Cnderbuying and Underssiling Secret of the Wonderful Values we offer. fe WIISIISIIIIII III CEP EIIIISIINIINS Peo » rr 7