> BATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923, ---" A Merry Christmas to all our friends and customers and may their new year be a prosperous and happy one | O, Scotiand is a bonnie land With sea encircled shore, Her banks and braes of bonnle doon || I } I iever thet dors Re HOTE | north Perched on dark Pentland's side; Rolls Solway's restless tide. Then on the east the Firth of Forth Sends forth her waters free, To share the glory of those waves, Gone down in history, | And gave us peace instead of war | And joy instead of woe. \ Now to the west we turn our gaze Where river rolling wide, Bears on its bosom many a ship The cream of Britain's pride. Thy banks o'Clyde, where row on | row Those iron ships are made, Which bid defiance to the foe In sunshine or in shade. | Encircled by those crystal walls Dear Scotland sits at rest; Her throne the hearts of her own | sons-- | What country is so blest? There Bruce and Wallace drew the That smote for liberty, * And drove the tyrant from the land With John O'Groat's house on the | i O'er hill and dale far to the south, | JI Where Beauty. once, and yet again, | [Il Humbled tyrant foe, | | "MADE IN CANADA AND MADE IN KINGSTON Rose" and THE VERY BEST FLOURS'IN THE MARKET SOLD BY ALL DEALERS i } sword, And brought tranquility, | | But heroes such as her's demand, A muse of noblest power, To record their deeds of great re- nown, Their country's richest dower. ENCOURAGE KINGSTON INDUSTRIES And thus we have a Scott, a Burns, r g ) * = 1ce S all hE 7 With eloquence and skill | Ht i | [To stjr the. deepest depths of soul And touch the beart at will, | Her Listory yet is incomplete { While there's a wrong to right, | | Her loyal sons will still respond | . Will still be in the fight. , | il : Phone 845 { We'll call on Robertson to guide, Brave Douglas Haig to stand As they have done, to do again ! For God and native land. | --Suggested by GRANT WALLACE. | | | News for Christmas, It will be ; i | here December 25th. Mail packages | [ll | early £0 you can get an answer. | About a dozen sets of new false | (i | teeth would make a swell Christmas | gift for a gossiping neighbor, GAS AS A UNIVERSAL MEDIUM FOR GENERAL DOMESTIC PURPOSES THE COST is reasonable. GAS is always available at a moment's notice. Gas for cooking is easily controlled, and unlike any other fuel, can be readily adjusted. ; As regards HEAT, itis easily and immediately applied to the work. 4 There is NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSE entailed through ash or waste material, and you have no worry as to storage. Fuel conditions the last few years have been such as to en- courage the use of substitutes for coal for both heating and cooking. While we admit great advances have been made by elec- trically operated devices, the old reliable "GAS F OR COOK- ING" has more than held its own. | Let us enumerate some good reasons for furthering the use of GAS for general domestic purposes: 2 | TW A EE Ore mo INES Fn = a SP TL, J AR AR PBA ERE EI Ar L404 HSB 48 Gh RMA Visa AO Bers