= LIVINGSTON Christmas Showing Of Suitable Gifts For Him. Buya Man's Present at a Man's Store. And buy him what he would buy for himself. Something He Can Wear. Large assortment, the real swell things, at pleasing prices. Open To-Night. LIVINGSTON, BROCK STREET A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. Suggestions FOR THE Last Day's Shopping Sweater Coats, in all sizes and colors, 75¢c to $6 Each Silk Hose, Black and Colors, | ~~ B0c to $3.80 a Pair Black and Colored Silks," one yard wide, : 98¢c a yard Fancy Collars and Jabots, '25¢ to $1.50 a yard. 'Satin Underskirts, all shades, $1.19 Eac Ladies' Waists, in Muslin an Silk, 98c¢, $1.48. $1.98. Afternoon and Evening Dresses, Special Xmas Prices. This 'Store Closed ToNigh. WL BE BE LITTON HAS ENTER-| ALD. J. W. FD MAYORALTY CONTEST S-------- Has No Special Policy 4To Present, and Is Coming Out As An Inde pendent Candidate--Out To Work For the Best Interests of City. Kingston will have a mayoralty con- test. Ald. J. W. Litton announced to the Whig, on Tuesda Joming, that he would be a candi ' said Ald. "Yes, 1 am in the field Litton, "and at the request of sever: al hundred citizens who have asked ! me to run, represent all cl 1 had the matter under cousideration\for a few days, and then decided that | would enter the contest. | #'Have you any special policy to 'pre- sent to the people?" Ald. Litton was asked. | "Neo," was the reply, "I have no special policy to represent, but I am out to work in the interests of the, city. My home is here, and everything {1 have is invested here." | Ald. Litton has lived §n Kingston practically all his liie, and has served the city three years as alderman, re presenting Victoria ward. { For"many years ho has been a prom: inent contractor in the city. He has sorved on various committees of the 'city council. Asked if he was coming out as' the candidate of any party, Ald. Litton said "no," He was out as an inde 'pendent. STOCK MARKETS. #. B. McCurdy & Co, 86 and #4 Brock StH. WW. Nelles, Manager Closing Prices, Dec. 23rd. Montreal. i Cement com. ! Shawinigan Dominion Steel i Spanish River | Bell Telephone New York. COPPER +iiciiins siriecins snsersess sureirens Smelters . { GP.R. | Reading - \ Union Pac ; United States S | Irie . | Soo . ' . .. 1283 | Atchison . ' | Northern Pacific " 1094 Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Lehigh Valley 1 nl Northern Pacific 1094 | {American Can. ... saserases 204 {New Haven Railway ......... 72 Southern Pacifie 8948 | 1218} 1195 1221 1215 903 876 69) | 69% ay McCurdy"s New York Reports, Predictions of very favorable de- velopments next month are persist- ently circulated. money is said to have been given. Missouri shippers sue the Atchison: for $5,000,000 over charges in pass-. engers and freight rates. One year will he needed to separate the West ern Undon. Reading, Lehigh Valley, Union Pa- cific and Southern Pacific strongly recommended as purchasers on every little recession. Investment i= reported in G.q and N. P. Absorpt- ion of rails is very good. Steel is still oversold. Amalgamated and the may advance in skerts soon. The traction may do better soon, according to gossip. INCIDENTS © "OV THR DAY. coppers Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up By Our Reporters. Col. Irvine, warden of the peni- tentiary left for Quebec to-day. All the standard brands of Cana- dian and American "bottled lagers ai McParland's. Dr. Edward P. Byrnes, Ottawa, is spending Christmas with his par: ents, 362 Johnson street. Sale! Flannellette . Night Gowns, from 50¢, Dutton's. 4 Bread will 'applicants, on Dec. 24th, at McGow- 'an's cigar factory, Rideau street. Dr. Gordon, wife and daughter of Toronto are with Mrs. W. 8S. Gordon, Alfred street, for the holiday. Place your order for Christanas ale, wines and liouors, at McPar- land's. "9 ; Dr. J: C. Connell; wife and son left for New York this afternoon. They will be away for ten days. rs. M. Winslow, Toronto, came to the city to-day to be with her sister, Mrs. R. Crawford, Barrie St. Famous Waltzes, "Nights of Glad: reren"', "Little Grey Home in the West" "A Little Love, A little Kiss," "Valse Seplembre'" 35c, Dutton's. Mrs. D. Walker and children, To ronto, came down to-day Jo spend the holidays with Mrs. Walker's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Robert- eon, Earl street. : "High class sweets" D. G Laidlaw went in that 5% Hour times : | shortage. of 814,500 Promise of easier i being | be distributed to all THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. By L. Frank Baum. The Copy, | "Clark Co., Limited, Toronto, Pub lishers. Uglow & Co., City. How many /delighted children have been carried into the mysteries and the beauties of fairyland by the lbooks of Oz] Their numbers must be countless. Nearly every child has read ther Road to Os," "The Land of 02," "Ozma of 02," '"Doréthy ~ and the Wizard of oz, id "The Emerald City of Oz," And now comes another charming 0z book, just the kind every little boy and girl will love to read, What dun | they will get out of it pnly their own little hearts can know, The adven- : | tures of the Patchwork girl are won- | derful adventures, and some of them are very funny, They provide a world of amusement for the child who revels in the quaint and pretty fairy * stories--~and what child does not. 'The new book is handsomely hound, very large (it contains 340 pages), and is beautifully illustrated. There fy maby a lored Plates by ohn R. Neill, A ther, it is just such'a book as be tickled to death with. So, if you have a little fairy in your home, make sure that she gels one on Christmas morning--or later. i | A FINE CHRISTMAS TREE His Worship, Mayor Rigney will to-morrow play Santa Claus to all the little people 'of the city, who will gather at the City Hall. He has ex- tended an invitation to all children under eight years of age to attend a Christmas Tree in the afternoon from five to six o'clock. The city hall will Be a land of happi- ness and delight for a few hours to-morrow. Prete t rest brates PILL AE LL PEOL ED i i] THE WHIG'S JUMBLIA, 77 A Lot of Short Items Rum in To retnher. | Smoke "Cubana" Cigars, 10ec. Pik ofiially announced at Addis a, yssinia, that the Emperor Menelik is dead. Mén's 5H0c Ties, 35e¢; Dutton's. Sale ! $1.50 Ouitease, Dutton's. { Linegln Beachy looped the loop in a biplane at Fresno, {Cal. He also flew upside down for an eighth of a mile. | Men's Lined Kid Gloves $1.00; Mocha Gloves 75¢, Dutton's. Fdward Morgan, cashier of the ! I First National Bank, Jamestown, XN. , has disappeared and there is a in the cash re- | serve of the bank, |. Heavy Silk Neckscaris from {for men or women, Dutton's. | By a presidential decree every day | until the end of the present year is made a 'leg: holiday in order to check the 4d on the banks of Mex- ico City; "particularly that 'on the fBank of London and Mexice. | { "Grant" Cigars made in Kingston. Christmas bonuses were distributed | in Wall street, New. York, by some banking institutions; the Central Trust company leading with a dis- buraement of fifty per cent. of an- nual salaries to all employees under the president. 21.25 i ADMIRE "BISHOP FALLON | Hiberniams Deny Connection With | Anti-Department Campaign. Ottawa, Dec. 23.--An important re- solution was passed at a special i meeting of the County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, held | in St. Patrick's Hall. The resolu- | tion was as follows : { "That we express our profound ad- ! miration for the Right Reverend Michael Fallon. as 'an eminent eccles- iagtic, a distinguished Canadian, a true Irishman, and an educationalist of remarkable ability. "That we proclaim the right of every Canadian to preach and to hold the doctrines of imperialism, anti- | imperialism, or of Canadiah autom- omy, without meriting the insults of his feMlow-citizens. | "That we deprecate racial and re- ligious strife, and affirm our earnest desire ito live on terms of peace and ' harmony with those of other religions and races; and t "That we deny absolutely any con- nection whatever, on the part of the | Ancient ;Order of Hibernians, or of Irish Catholics of Ontario, with the | above jmentioned campaign against a regulation of the Department of Edu- cation." i FATALITY AT OSWEGO N.Y. re. Grease On Stove; Girl Dies Of Burns. Oswego, N.Y., Dec. 23.--Miss Mag- | delena, Bethka, daughter of Mr, and 'Mrs. John Bethka, Bast Albany | street, was fatally burned Saturday night, at the home of her uncle, J. Michalski. She died Sunday morn- ing. Flames from burning grease on. the Kitcheh stove ignited the girl's clothing. ! Her entire body was sevs , erely burned. fo Be "Sir" Adam Beck. Toronto, Dec. 23.--Rumor says that the name of Hon. Adam Beck, chair- man of the Hydro Electric Board, will be included in the list of birthday 'honors at New Year's, after which rh minister of power will be addressed as "Sir Adam." : Nature never wears. a mean ap- pearance, neither should we. For the = Blood HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA pos: SPECIAL NOTICE The following is the List of Boys and Girls who have won the prizes in our CHRISTMAS CONTEST And if they will call at the store TO-MORROW MORNING (Wednesday) before 10 o'clock they will receive their gift. GIRLS 1st Prize, $10.00--Helen Davy, 40 Queen St. 2nd Prize, $5.00--Marjory Holland, 182 Clergy St 3rd Prize, $3.00--Alice Fowler, 40 O'Kill St. 4th Prize, $2.00--Dorcas Randall, 73 John Sts and 21 Prizes of $1.00 Each to the following girls whose names appear, each in the order of the number of votes cast in their favor: Sth--May Goodearle, Upper William St. 6th--Marie Macdonald, 96 Earl St. Tth--Wilhemina Nobes, 79 Areli St. 8th--Irene Laughlin, 348 Broek St. 9th--Florence Morrison, 94 Rideau St. 10th--Membray Soles, 224 Sydenham St. 11th--Madeline Rawley, 291 Brock St 12th --Mildred Downey, 476 Division St. 13th~--Ina Couling, 41 Stanley St. 14th--Eva McCullough, 3 Toronto St. 15th-- Betty Adsit, 20 Plum St. 16th--Jean Healy, 49 Stephen St. 17th--Doris Bearance, 81 Quebee St. 18th--Lola Hunter, 10 Redan St. 19th-----Muriel Alexander, 493 Johnson St. 20th--Laura Fair, 221 King St 21st--Nettie Trenhaile, 490 Ordnance St. 22nd-->Mary Porter, 43 Main St. 23rd--Marjory LeFevre, 228 Bagot St. 24th--Mary Rose Bird, 80 Quebec St. 25th--May Thompson, 262 Earl St. The Boys' Prize List 1st Prize, $10--Bert Derry, Collingwood St. 2nd Prize, $5--George Laturney, 151 Frontenac St. 3rd Prize, $3--Douglas Warren, 438 Brock St. 4th Prize, $2--F rane is Turcotte, 83 Division St. 21 Prizes of $1.00 Each To the following boys whose names appear, each in the order of the number of votes cast in their favor: Hth--Joe Crawford, 124 Division St. 6th--Matthew Patterson, 421 Brock St: Tth--Hewitt Smith, 181 Division St. S8th--Knox Williams, 150 University Ave. 9th--Willie ( Jarke, 213 Earl St. 10th--Ciordon Carroll, 336 Johnson St. 11th--Willie Powers, 286 Barrie St. 12th--Avrchie MacDonald, 311 University Ave. 13th--George Jackson, 259 Queen St. , 26 Place D'Armes. 15th--E ar! Pigeon, 38 Aberdeen St. 16th--Clifton Drury, 290 Queen St. 17th--Bobbie MeFarlane, 25 Brock St. 18th--Willie Burke, 35 Main St. 19th--Willie McCarthy, 'Brock St. 20th--Harold Mellroy, 160 Redan St. 21st--Stewart MeDonald, 227 Earl St. 22nd--James A. Sutherland, 435 Princess St. 2%¢d--Guss Thompson, 119 Earl St. 24th--Oscar Fanning, 5 Pine St. 25th---T.aurence Jones, Princess St. Store Open To-Nightuntil 10 o'clock JOHN LAIDLAW & SON LEGGINGS 'AND OVERGAITERS For Xmas Presents. Ladies ov Overgaiters, nice black elt, - Ladies' High Overgaiters, nice Black 50c 'felt . 50c, 75¢ * Ladies' Best quality, leather binding, $1 00, Ladies' Felt Leggings to knee - $1.00 Ladies' Jersy Legging to rs - $1.50 Children's Felt, Jersy, Corduroy and Leather Leggingsz,;75¢c up to $1.50 'The Lockett Shoe Store