at Pp + YWORDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923. THE DAILY BR 1G Get tiem from L. T. Best Druggist Phone 59. $1050-TFrame Bungalow, 3. rosie tol. | Jet, electric lights. Lot 33x115 $1800--Frame, Pewrtsmouth, electric lights, $320004 rooms, tollet amd electricity, Several to choose from, $3500--Frame, 7 rooms, 3 p. bath, fur mace; mice location; stable and| Sarage; electricity. | $3700-For 3 stone Cottngen. A Samp for | quick buyer. | 4 #h S0000---Stome, 10 rooms, hot water heat, electric light, h.w. floors through- out; a beautiful some. | Bateman's Real Estate q | | | | | { celebration 1 | With some - peo--| ple. the start of the New Year is i season , of | and | gift giving. So that if any one has | been forgotten during the rush of Christmas | R New may be considered appro- { priate, Our stock has been reassorted and pre- | sents many possibilities, STARTS WITH SERVICE, ENDS WITH SATISFACTION SOWARDS KEEPS COAL AND COAL KEEPS SOWARDS PHONE 1505. UPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S CIGAR STORE. PHONE 811. ~ PLUGS 1 Richard's Part PY the "Holy Wars." An old tale says that King Rich- | ard got his name, "the Lion-Heart- | ed." ffom a fight with a Mon. Rich- ard, so runs the tale, was in a forest when a Hon attacked him. "The king had no weapons so he plunged his hand down the beast's throat and tore out the heart, Of course that is only a foolish | story told by someone who did not | know any better. The real reason was no doubt the | bravery and power Richard showed In war. It was thought to be 'like the courage of a lion." 'So he was called "the king with a lion"s heart." Richard spent most .of his boyhood {in France. He became ruler of Eng- | The money thus raised was use | to buy arms, horses and ships. In| company with King Philip of France, the English made their way into | Palestine. | Arriving near the town of Acre, | they met some of the German Cru- | saders who had been with Frederick | iF Red Beard. Together they began | to/attack the place. - The saracens put up a hard fight, | but the Christians won. In this bax- | tle, Richard proved what a bold war- | rior he was. i The Crusaders. won other fights | against the Saracens, but could Bot | take Jerusalem. | By and by, Philip of France left | to go back home. It is said he was M i fi SUR A [f= | A scene when the Crusaders tried to take a Saracen city. Notice the | such | ments. | land, when his father, Henry, the ll | Second, died. The new king spent | Hitle time in England. He wanted ll | to go on a crusade to the Holy Land. In raising money for the adventure, Richard did some rather mean things. He and his under lords fore. ed Jews to lend them money. Then they caused fighting against the Jews, many of whom were killed. | In this way they got rid of part of ther debts! Another way Richard raised money was by selling church offices to almost anyone who wanted to buy them. He also sold offices of other kinds. He sold the earldom of North- umberixnd to a bishop, saying: a new earl." | £ | Bumber of ladders being used to scale the walls. You will be able to make | | out quite a number of crosses, as were sewn on the Crusaders' gars| | jealous of Richard. Before long, the | { "lton-hearted" king followed his ex- | ample. | Philip got home without trouble, | but not so Richard. He was ship- | wrecked and came into the power of | the German emperor. This emperor | disliked the English king. He would | not let him go untiTa- big ransom was agreed upon. . Not long after that, Richard was | siruck by an arrow while fighting in | France. He died from the wound. | A scene when the Crusaders tr | ied to take a Saracen city. Notice the | number of ladders being used to sea le the walls. You will be able to make out quite a number of crosses, { "Out of an old bishop I now make | such as were sewn on the Cru- | saders' garments, CASTLES OF COMMERCE. | (Continued from page 1). ITISH WH PROBS: --Sunday, northeast winds, mostly cloudy and colder. Local snow falls or flurries. pr [ 1] ---- CY Ringing out the year with many special opportunities for 'thrifty shoppers. If you have not all ready participated in this great Year-End Sale come to-night and Monday. To-night and Monday Double Discount Stamps YOU SAVE 10% Concentrate your shopping at Steacy's and sae 10% on all your regular cash purchases, as well as taking ad- vantage of the many added sale attractions. 300 beautiful, Afternoon, Evening and Street Dresses with many exclusive models from Paris and New York--developed in the season's smart:~ est fabrics and shades. All sizes--the street dresses start at $9.00 on up through a broad range to the highest priced Evening Dress at $100.00. - ----See Window Display To-night---- Rrobably one of the most anomalous situations ever created by the tariff- mongers is thet now presented by the finished work of Mr. Fordney. Canada and the U.S.A. are both exporting nations in wheat. What can be the gain to the American farmer by shutting out our product, when that BOYS' WORSTED HOSE same product must later be encountered in the open markets of the world ? | Sale Price Talking to one of America's wheat experts, he tells me that New York was once a wheat-growing country. Says he, "My great-grandfather | : : and my grandfather both grew wheat here in this state. But the west beat | 300 pairs extra heavy, Ribbed, us to-it, and finally New York had to abandon wheat growing on account | pure Wool Worsted Hose, mn sizes 6 to |0--regular 60c. to 75c¢. pair, Many people have had Electric appli- MEN'S COMBINATIONS Sale Price 60 Suits only, Penman's Pre- ferred Natural Combinations- sizes 34 to 44. Regular $3.00 a Suit. ances given to them for Christmas and now find that if they had an extra base plug how much more convenient it would be. se y of that pre-eminence which was moving westward. | Let our Electricians put the Plugs in for "Now the pre-eminence or aioe once again, this time, not wast- | ward, but northward, and I tell you the duy fs coming when the Ameri-| can farmer will have to give his attention more and more to raising | products, for which his climate and soil are better adapted. { "Canadu bas now beyond ull question established her proponderance | in wheat. This preponderance wil rest with her increasingly." When I came across the western prairies this spring from the Pacific, the season's crop was growing green. What potentialities were in that crop! Even before it had begun to show its tiny shoots above the earth, you, or any other wiring you desire. WOMEN'S CASHMERE HOSE 4 BOYS' COMBINATIONS Sale Price .. $1.59 and $1.69 100" Penman's Natural Com- binations -- winter weight -- sizes 22 to 26. Regular $2.00, and sizes 28 to 32. Regular $2.25. : * Sale Price 108 pairs Penman's pure wool Black Cashmere Hose with Silk Clocques. Regular $1.25 values. George Broomhall's Corn Trade News was proguosticating og the harvest. As that orop turned from green to gold the exchangds of the world noted its growth In their datly gossip. | If you would grasp a vision of that wheat crop, take your stand at Port Arthur or Fort William and gaze upon those elevators, storehouses that would have astounded the Pharoshs, not for hundreds, but for mil- Sions of 'bushels. . From Winnipeg to the fiead of the Jukes 45-a mammoth funnel along Which thousands of cars are pouring daily, with their Sreighted cargo for a hungry world. | In the grain elevators of Font William and Port Arthas we see the Castles of Commence that } against the sky, vast and | protentious, shadowy reminders of our pire of Wheat. / « * For the Canadian citizen with the seeing eye, ~ ----------_-------- TT fr WOMEN'S WOOL GLOVES Sale Price . ... 25c¢. pair 75 pairs Red and White Wool Gloves--odd sizes to clear -- reg. 50c. and 65c¢. values. CHILDREN'S SLEEPERS Sale Price . . 48 only, Fleeced-lined Sleep- ers for Children of | and 2 ; years. Regular $1.00 each. he. ENGLISH WOOL OVER. STOCKINGS Sale Price . ...... $1.00 pair f 1} | | WOMEN'S BLOOMERS hundred miles farther . Thro . : : : 3 won splits eevtar far carn? or ng as 300 pairs extra heavy, all-wool | Sale Price .. . . . ... 85¢. pair fy tor wheat i ag ver Yyvurd snd Wotan ca Hose in colors Red, White and | 120 flesh colored, extra heavy, 'world would have been a different story = Without him our. goMen west | Brown--sizes 8 to 10. Regular Knitted B ; SEE : would have been anything else but golden. lh : : ; $1.35 ir i A lar $1:00 a il sizes hi Furnishings, | bs | +2) pair egu "UU par. Gata tn Chin rosin of sions, hundedy of ml a aah torfield sets, Rockers and odd Chairs|at greatly reduced prices. : : . not heard is name, nome can escape --SPECIALS -- wh §| than half of the bread wheat of North 4) po at Late 9108.00 the discoverer of Marquis. SE is LR a ooo. steno Jf TWORy yer ago all the Matquls Wheat in the worid was harvested . ! - Jj} I" * paver envelope by Prof. Suunders at the experimental farm at Ot. tawdh " Fg : ; ad RSA RL 1 CC EC pe og GR SE