OIA LAOTIAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928. THE D AILY _BR1 IisSH WHIG BEST'S Christmas Suggestions Tollet and Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets. Perfumery in cases. Perfume: Atomizers. Fancy Stationery. Fountain Pens. | . v Powder Compacts \ | Diamond Ring Safety Razors. i . . . Diamond Bar Pin or Diamond Set Cameras. Ribbon Watch Chocolates. for A big display and uscful gifts, "Milady™ or a OPEN EVENINGS. Diamond Scarf L.T. Best Druggist Phone 59. _ Diamond Set $1650--Frame Bungalow, § roomw, tol- for * DIAMONDS | CHRISTHAS What gift could be more | appreciated than a TPT TTT of beautiful let, electric lghts. Lot 338x115. $1800---Frame, Portsmouth, electric lights, 7 rooms, | | "FATHER, BROTHER $2000--4 rooms, toflet and electricity. | Several tv choose from. or #3300---Frame, 7 rooms, 3 p. bath, fur- BEST FRIEND mace; mice location; stable and Sarage; electricity. ABSA LLALAALLAALLSASAS We have a splendid se- | | lection and would be $3700--For 3 stone Cottage es. A Snap for glad to have you inspect quick buyer. $0000---Stope, 10 rooms, hot water heat, electric light, h.w. floors through- out; a beautiful acme. Bateman's .Real Estate 136 Wellington St. STARTS WITH SERVICE, ENDS WITH SATISFACTION SOWARDS KEEPS COAL AND COAL KEEPS SOWARDS PHONE 155. UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE 811. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE Genuine "Wear-Ever" Aluminum SEE THESE SPECIALS Celebrated Seamless f-- Double Roasters--med. size. Reg. price $5. 20. Special price $4.49 Lage size. Regular price $6.90. Special price $5.89 Four Quart Covered Sauce Pan. Regu- larly $1.90. NOW ...........$149 Handy Double Boiler, regularly $2.75. Sale Price A BARGAIN--A Four Quart "Wear- Ever" Tea Kettlefor .... ......$3.79 McKelvey & Birch, Limited General Contractors, Heating Specialists, Steam Fitters and Plumbers, Jobbars of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, Shelf, Horny and Mouse Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Olls, Best Supplies, Sheet Rininl and Ti» Werk; Electric work; ating and Vaper Hanging. Specia) werk of all kinds undertaken. { \ Christmas Gifts + The wise buyers are making their selec- tion now. This year we are in a better position +» than ever to meet your requirements. A Few Suggestions: Tea Tea Waggons, Smokers Sew- ano and Ches- tecfield Lamps, Pianos, Bruns- wick and Phono- grapha, | Records, Player Rolls. e store your purchases ti] Christmas, {SAFETY PIN STUCK ! child, had placed the pin Northmen Discover America. America was discoverpd long be- | fore Columbus was alive." The first | white men to find the new contin- | | ont were Northmen from Iceland | and Greenland. They came to the 'Atlantic coast of North America | about the year 1,000. Like Colum: | bus, they did not know much about what they had found. The leader of the first white set- [ covered America about the year 1000. les was named Leif. He was the son of "Eric the Red." Often he is called "Leif Erickson." Leif lved about five hundred years before Columbus. Like many other Northmen, he was a bold sea rover His father had spent much of his life in Iceland and Greenland. Before Leif sailed toward Ameri- ica, other Norse sailors had come | pretty close to the shore, but Leif's party seems to have been the first { to make a landing | Here is part of an old account of this trip: "Leif went on board the ship with 35 comrades. They made the ves- sel ready and went out to sea. The first land they sighted had glaciers on it. They went ashore, but could find no grass. The land between the sea and the glaciers was like a field of ice. "Then they went back on board and sailed out to sea and found another land. They Yushed off a IN WOMAN'S WINDPIPE Chatham Mother Was Dress- ing Child When Article Was Swallowed. Chatham, Dee. 13.--X-ray photo- graphs show a large 'sized safely pin, opened halt an inch, with points upwards, lodged in the windpipé of Mrs. Flynn, 151 King street east. There is one doctor in Detroit who is said to make a specialty of perform- ing operations such as this one which will be required to give re- lief to the Chatham lady, and a con- sulthtion is being arranged. The woman, when dressing a in her mouth and accidentally swallowed it during a toughing spell The pin will have to be extracted through the mouth, physicians say, and the point will have to be closed before it can beifted out of the windpipe. Big Cotton Mill Merger [Includes Hamilton Plant This picture shows a design of a church door in Ireland. | and Iceland were the '* stepping off " places for the Northmen, who dis. | Boston, Mass., Dec. 13.--The| stockholders of the International | Cotton Mills ratified the plan recent- ly announced for merger of its mills | at Lowell, Lisbon, Maine, Yarmouth, | N.S., and Hamilton, Ont. with | mills acquired by Lockw , Green! & Co. of this city and Pelzédr, S. C. | Tucapau, S.C., Hogansville, Ga. and Lagrange, Ga. The combination will be ca the New England Southern Mills. The combined mills have 362,000 spindles and produce a wide variety of cotton products. The only public financing in conmection with the menger will be an issue of $4,000,- 000 ten-year, 7 per cent. notes. Spend Christmas in Jail, Utica, Dec. 13.--Christmas cheer may be in the air for some folks, but 39 immigrants, most of whom were sentenced by Judge Frabk Cooper in the Federal Court here to-day ére despairing. They musi serve 30 days fn jail, pay $250 fine, and then be deported to their native land. Ah =. were caught at the Canadian border after they had immigrated from the British Isles, Italy, Norway, Hel. Jand, Greece or France without a patpots. A -- Round Sea a ™m, . Sirloln Steak ......:.y. 30 Ih Poem. Reset « Gam ---- .----_ boat and went ashore. This land | was flat and had forests on it. Leif | said it should be called Markland, | (which means 'land of the woods'). | "Leaving this place, they sailed | for two days before they saw land again. After spending a little while on an Island, they sailed into a channel toward the mainland. It was ebb-tilde and their ship went | aground. | "They were so anxious to get | Greenland | \ { after this trip by Leif, the son of | ashore that they did not wait till | the high-water reached their ship. | Then ran out on the beach to a spot where a river flowed from a lake. | "When the high-water set their | ship afloat, they took their boat and rowed to the ship. They towed it | up the river into the lake. Casting | anchor, they took their leather bags | ashore. They decided to stay there | for the winter and built large hous- | es. "There were plenty of salmon in | the river and lake, and they were larger than they had seen before." This account goes on to say that grapes were discovered not far from where' the Northmen were staying, There were so many grapes, in fact, that they gave the place the name of | "Vinland," meaning 'land of the vine." Three other trips to America are said to have been made by Northmen Erie. RECEPTION AT "TE WHARE." A Bazaar In Picton--Bridge at Mrs. Gillespie's, Picton, Onmt., Det. 11.--A recep- tion was held at "Te Whare," Bloomfield, on Tuesday, Dec. 11th, for the many friends of Mrs. Wil- llam Wasson Cox. Mrs. Cox is better known as "Charlotte Carson Talcott," the writer of poems for many publications in Canada and elsewhere. She is a member of the Authors' Association. Pretty rust colored mums adorned the dining table and intimate friends of Mrs. Cox capably served the guests, many coming from Picton and other parts of the county. The Ladies' Aid of St. Andrew's church had a bazaar on Tuesday, Dec. 11th. There were many useful and fancy articles displayed for sale, also homemade cooking and candies. Afternoon tea was served and there being a good attendance, the results were satisfactory. A seven-table bridge was held at the spacious home of Mrs. J. F. Gillespie, King street, this after- noon. Mrs. William Rankin was the lucky winner of a beautiful cup and saucer. Dainty refreshments were served, several ladies coming in for the tea-hour. CURE FOR WHEAT RUST. Agricultural Experts Expect Great Results in Five Years. Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 13.-- That rust has caused a loss of $20,000. 000 this year to the farmers of Manitoba, and that in about five years' time experiments which are being carried on With the hybridiza- tion of wheat varieties would re- sult in the development of a variety that would be absolutély rust-re- sisting, were statements made by experts of the Manitoba Agricultural College before the Royal Grain In- quiry Commission. Tadlors Fight Sales Tax. Ottawa, Det. 13.--Holding that it is like a reversion to the luxury tax, which had a bad effect upon their business, a delegation of about fifty retail merchant tailors "waited upon Hom. Jacques Bureau, minister of customs yes- terday, protesting against the new sales tax. which comes into opera- tion on Janu. ist. At the present time the tax 1s Spe materials at port * PROBS :--Friday, fresh to strong west to north- west winds, mostly fair and colder. Just Nine Shopping Days-- Then Christmas Jolly Old Santa Claus is at Steacy's Limited He arrived with a big load of Toys, Games, Books and pretty gift things for the grown-ups. He came by aeroplane Wednesday and is leaving for the North for his last load of gifts for big and small to-morrow af- ternoon. See him in our window to-morrow afternoon between three and five o'clock, and if you have not written your letter yet, mail it to-night in our care. Suggestions from Toyland for [| good little boys and girls | | There are Ma-Ma Dolls, Pansy Dolls, Steam Engines, Toy_ Soldiers, Cap Guns, Target Guns, Hockey Sticks, Footballs Rubber Balls, Stuffed Animals, Kiddie Kars, Sleighs, ale 4 Automobiles, Horses, Magic Lanterns, Movie Machines, Shov- els, Drums, Baby Carriages, Waggons, Doll Sleighs, Electrical Organs and Tree Trains, Mechanical Toys, Books, Horns, Decorations. Shop Early FridaySave 10% From 9 to 12 O'clock DOUBLE DISCOUNT STAMPS! Here is an opportunity for all thrifty shoppers with gifts to buy. All departments are represented in this fea- ture event for to-morrow. The broad Christmas aisles - with their innumerable gift suggestions for Men, Women and Children are a great help to holiday shoppers. We invite you to come in, if only to look! a Sd TTL LTRS HE i The Store with the Chita Spi --in the Heart tof King: Shopping Block, SAL