can BRINGS HEALTH "Fryit-aives" Builds Up The Whole System ho take 'Fruit say a-tives"' irst t ! hail , are often astonishe ds tiem up and makes eller all over.' They may be ta lives" for some specific tipation, Iud laches or Neuralg Trouble, Rls And gestion, Bladder r Pain in tl un "Fruit-a-tives" has eurec hat feel better a \ Th to | Jroperiies of Liese e Bacl they every way i 18 due / tomic ts, made from fruit juices, | ox, 6 for $2.00, trial size, 2c. | lersor sent postpaid by Fruit- | ted, Ottawa, For Hire! Closed and Open Auto- mobiles Two Closed Cars For Sale or Exchange. Taxi Stand, Phone 201. Reo Automobiles Also ET Christmas & New Year's HOLIDAY RATES Single F irst Class Fare Golug lLiecember valid for returs 1016: mise golng Sint, 1014, and Janu for retarn antl January Zaid, i : | First Class Fare and One- I | Third. fioing December 2int to December 24th, Incinsive, valld for return until Dee- ember 27th, 1016: also going December to December Mint, (016, valid for retorn until January Sed, 1917, k aul on trains | and 14 stations between ntreal, accommodation, tickets formation, apply to J y corner Johnson and One. Kingston, Ont. Agency can Steamship Lines. A - Don't send your wishes by mail; present them in person. The folks will be happy to see you. CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS via CANADIAN PACIFIC SINGLE FARE-Going* December 23, 24 and 25th. Return limit, Dec, 26th. FARE AND ONE-THIRD-- Going December 21, 22, 23 and 24th. Return limit, Decembaor 27th, Purchase in advance Ticlots On Sale Now F. Conway, C.P.A., City? Ticket Office, Cor, Prin- cess & Wellington Sts Phone 1197 CANADIAN SERVICER ax- Passenger Service | From London From Halifax Via Plymouth Via Falmouth to to Halifax London, 3 p.m. Hee. 2 ASCANIN Jan, 1 Pee. AUSONIY Jan, 4! CABIN AND THIRD CLASS, For information apply local Ticket! he Robert Reford Company General Agents, 50 King St. 3 aT Seating Feh, 10t Seandinavine Feb. Fri St. dehn NB te Glasgow Dee. 27th Feb, 2 , to Liverpool Dee. 24h Jan: Gh Jan 20h THETONG THAT { hemp cord. | forma of a baby boy, fist to his eyes {dren's ward, where the nurses soon Saag _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916, : ists Cheer " ORCET your devils and keep your pink lamps lighted," says Frances Hodgson Burnett. | "A pink lamp always makes | everything look lovely." The counsel is never more imperative than during | the holiday season when we not only want to be happy ourselves, but te | make others happy. Christmas cheer | should be a contagion unchecked and | unfettered. The universal brotherhood | taught by the One whose nativity is commemorated in the holiday seasom makes the element of cheer second te that of love. All Christmay associations are warm- ed by it. The great fireplace, through which the patron saint gains entrance, is ever the embodiment of cheer. The | face of the old gentleman ever reflects cheerfulness, if we may trust the por- traits. And the little folks who have an juterest in the stockings hung by the chimney but echo the sentiment Cheer is in the (hristmas air, as in the robin's spring note. But yet there are always some cor. ners where gloom rests; some shadows amid the sunlight. There are some clouds which none of us can remove, | but these are the fleecy clouds which Just obscure thé light of love from some lives. A little gust of wind, a touch of the human breath and they are dispelled, or at least shifted, and the sun shines over the shadowed spot. Says Robert Louis Stevenson: "A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five pound note. He or she is radiating a focus of good will, and Lis or her entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted." The Christmas tree should have many candles. Every little heart should be made to heat more radiantly, and it takes very little of this world's goods or of human kindness to reader even (he child of the street radiantly happy, A Lit of leaveneth the lump of human wiser The wreaths of holly becom ery unless we strive to add to the brightness of some neglected life i cheer REAL CHRISTMAS BABY. Found In the Shadow of New York's | Big Municipal Tree. { The varicolored lights from the big city Christmas tree were splashing the paths in Madison Square Garden, New York; on all sides trolley cars were clanging by, and under the tree more than 200 persons were chattering when, above the din, Policeman Matthew Adams heard the ery of an infant. On a bench in the shadow of the big tree Adams found a small buudle cov- | ered with coarse paper and tied with In one end was a hole, from which came the wailing of a | child. | Adams cut the cord and, unwrapping the paper covering, found a gray blan- ket. Inside was the nude and dimpled and sending out repeated S$. 8's in lusty yells, The big policeman at first wis so surprised that 'be stood and grinped a welcome little stranger. The youngster stopped crying long enough to take one squint at the policeman and then renewed his throaty protest. Running" fo Twenty 6th street, Adams hailed a tagicab and, jumping in with his burden. ordered the chauf-: feur to speed to Bellerne Lowpi(al. Dr. Care sent the bey, who, he sald,' was two or three days old, to the chit had him busy at a bottle The Military Hospitals Commis sion has arranged for the accommo- dation of 1,600 more invalided sol- diers at various centres throughout Canada, besides the, 2.615 already here. Ebel PRO © CARE OF E CHRISTMAS © PLANTS FARRAR AAC AARRARRA RATTRAY HAT is to become of ail the Ww Christmas plants that are de livered from the 'florist at Christmas time? Perhaps it would be as well for those who Jike to see thlugs growing dislike the thought of anything dying uot to seek the answer, for I have no doubt that many which and { bave Leen for the time greatly admir- ed will in rapid succession follow the same course te a common fate--the trash can. To some, of course, such a fate is more or less inevitabie under the best of care. For instance, a poinsettia could uot be expected to last all win- ter, aud it wight not Le enjoyed if it did, being distinctly a plant of the Christmas season. However, it may be kept in a fairly healthy condition ior several weeks if it is kept in a somewhat warm room and watered sparingly. And when it does begin to fade It should be remembered that it Is capable of serving other years of usefulness after this ome. So if you lave no way im which ro care for it give it to some friend who has her own place for keeping plants, To care for the plants that have come to you in comparatively good condi- tion is not a dificult task, for they probably have been given suficient fertilizer to last for some time, and therefore that particular want need not be considered for the present. But they will need attention in three things --water, heat and light. In watering remember that Slower- ing plants require, as a rule, plenty of water, particularly azaleas, cyclamen and bulbs, The lovely little avdisias, with their red berries, can be given less water; also geraniums. Heather has strong roots, and the mistake is often made of watering it too much. for its small roots are in a very fine mesh, and they hold the water and are liable to rot if given more than, they will absorb right away. Orange and lemon trees will take more: By this it is not meant that one should keep the plants soaked perpetually. Let the soil begin to get dry again after each } watering before more is applied. This is a safe rule for all potted plants, Ferns require liberal watering and frequent shower baths. though the lat- ter should never be given to the dell- cate maidenhalr adiantum, although # | requires much water at its roots aad likes a moist atmosphere. !1 The ordinary room temperature is satisfactory, or at least bearable, to most plants that come from the florists, aithough azaleas will do much better it allowed to stand at least part of the time in a cool place. Sunlight may be given to the dra- cenas, crotons (both foliage plants), gerauiums, also parcissus and other bulbs until they bloom: partial son- light to the begonias and ardisias. but {the ferns will do well without direct light. Adiantum should never be put in a drafty place.. A Short Christmas. "Christmas day fs only three long in the Finnish town of Tornea." sald a traveler. "I spent last mas there. At suntise I got ip tose my presents and ed fe mas mail, and night had fallen 1 got through brewkfust." > i ------ ; Christmas s The world's bright with Soy. so forget all your woes. The earth's full of beauty. of love and Marvy Uiristias to. all sod a happy New ar! ? ouTne ; ts Company, will on Wednesday the wages for ny tire month of December, based on the wages earned from Dec, 1st to 1th. i oe nS Ai ARN PN Sha management of the Quaker]: Peterboro, I LIVE STOCK MARKFTS. + Toronto. . Toronto, Dee. 19.--Reaceipts of live- stock at the Union Stock Yarc o-day were: 4,657 cattle; 485 éalves; 1,482 hogs; 1,223 sheep. Trading in cattle | was slow, with prices inclined to 1weakness. Export gattle, $8.25 to $9.25; butcher cattle, choice, $8.50 10 $8.75; do. medium, $7 $8.25; do. common, $6.25 to $6.75; 'buteher cows, choice, $7 to $7.50; do. medium, $6.50 to $6.80; do. canners, to feeding steers, $6.40 to 37; stockers, | choice, $5.75 to $6.25; do. light, $5 to $56.40; milkers, choice, each, $50| to $120; springers, $50 10 $120:] sheep, ewes, $5.75 to $9.23: bucks and, culls," $3. to $8; lambs, $12 to $12.25; hogs, fed and watered 5; calves, $0 to $12 Montreal, Montreal, Dec. 1B. --The offerings amounted to 1,500 cattle, 509 sheep, 1906 hogs, and 600 calves. Excep- tionally brisk was the trade in hogs and good cattle, Lamhe were in good demand for fancy trade at $13.50 per 100 pounds, There was a large at- tendance, and the market practically sold out. Quotations per 100 pounds--Choice sthers, -§$10-to $11; good, '$8.75 to $9.50; medium, $7.60 to $8.75: com- mon, $6.50 to $7.25, Choice bulls, $7 to $7.50; good, $6.75 to $7.25; medium, $6.25 to $6.75; common, $5.75 to $6; canners, 50 to $5.80. Choice cows, $7 to 7.25; good, $6.50 to $7; medium, $6.60; common, $5.50 to $6; canners, $4.50-- to $5. Sheep, $9 Lambs, Ontario, $13.25 to $13.50; Quebec, $12.75 to $13. Calves, milk- fed, $9 to $11; grass-fed, $5.75. Choice select hogs, $12.75 to $13; light, $12.25 to $12.50. Sows, $10 to $10.75 Buffalo. East Buffalo, Dec. 18. --Cattle, re- caipts, 4,100; fairly active; sheep steers, $8 to $11.25; butchers', $6.50 to $9.25; heifers, $5.26 to $8.75; cows, $4 to $7.50; bulls, $5.25 $7.75; stockers and féeders, $5.25 to $7.50; fresh cows and springers, active and steady, $560 to $115. Veals, receipts 3,000; slow; $4.50 to $14.50. Hogs, heavy, $10.65 receipts, 14,500; slow; $10.75 to $10.85; mixed, to $10.75; yorkers, $10.50 to $10.65; light yotkers, $9.76 to $10.85; pigs, $9.75; roughs, $9.50] to $9.65; stags, $7.50 to $8.25. | Sheep and lambs, receipts. 9,000; | active; lambs, $8.50 to $14; year- lings $7 to $12; wethers, $9.50 to $10; ewes, $4.50 to $9.25; mixed sheep, $9.25 to $9.50. Chicago. - Chicago, Dec. 19.---Cattle--Re- ceipts, 28,000. Market weak. Native beef cattle, $7 to $11.65; western steers, $7 to $10.10; stoc ers and feeders, $5 to $8.10; cows and heifers, $3.85 to $10? calves, $8.50 to $12. " Hogs--Recelpts, 69,000, © Market slow. Light, $8.15 to $9.95; mixed, $9.60 to $10.15; heavy, $9.65 to $10.10; rough, $.65 to $9SB; pigs, | $7.35 to $9.10; bulk of sales, $9.70 | to $10.10. Sheep--Receipts, 23,000. Market | weak. Wethers, $8.85 to $9.70; | lambs, native, $11 to $13.26. GRAIN QUOTATIONS, Toronto, Toronto, Dec. 19.--Wheat mar kets toned up a little to-day on fur- ther reports of renewed buying for export, which caused the shorts to run to cover. Government reports indicated an increased acreage for! fall wheat. Manitoba flours are an-! other 30¢ lower. | Manitoba wheat--No. 1 northern, | $1.90, track, bay ports; No. 2, $1.- 87; No. 3, $1.82; No. 4, $1.70: old crop, 4c above new crop. Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 65c. | American ¢orn--No. 2; nominal; | No. 3, new, $1.06, December ship- | ment subject to embargo, track, To- | ronto. | Ontarfo oats--No. 2 white, 60¢ to | 62¢; Neo. 3 white, 59¢ to le. Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.60 to $1.62; No. 3,°$1.58 to $1.60, 2 nominal, car lots, milling, $1.16 $1.18; iced barley, nominal. Bockwheat--Nominal, $1.25. Rye--No. 1 commercial, nominal; No. 2, new, $1.34 to $1.35. Manitoba flour--First patents, in Jute bags, $9.20; second patents. in Jute, $8.80, strong bakers, in jute, $8.50, Toronto. to choice, to, best grade new hay, car lots, $12 $4.40 to $4.60; do. bulls, $5 10 $7.75; | May tol i to choice, | 24¢. | second, 40%ec to dlc. | to 44¢; No. 1 stock, 40¢; No. Ountarie flour--New wiater, $6.90 to $7 in bags, track, Toronto, 'prompt shipment, Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- | real; shorts, $37: bran, $33; feed | flour, per bag, $2.80: middlings, $38 to $40. | Hay--Baled, No. 1, track, Toron-| to $13; No. 2, to $4.50 $9 to $10; straw, $8 hoxes, jnuts, dates {variety, pineapples. tomatoes, celery, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Dee. 19. --Wheat-- $1:70% to $1.71%%; July, $1.- 657 cash, No. 1 hard, $1.70% to $1.75%; No. 1 northern, $1.67% to $1.703%; No. 2 yellow, 87% to 88- No. Oats--No. 2 white, 47 to 47- 1% e¢ Duluth, Duluth, Dee. 19.--Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1.69%; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 68%; No. ' 2 northern, $1.60% to $1.65%; December, $1.68, nominal. Linseed--To arrive, $2.83 %: May, $2.86 Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 19.--Ohts--Cana- dian western No. 2, 66¢; Canadian western No. J, ide; extra No. 1 feed, G4c. Darley--Manitoba feed, $1: malting, $1.30 to - $1.22. Floar-- Manitoba spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.30; seconds, $8.80; strong bakers, $8.60; ° winter patents, choice, $9.25; straight rollers, $8.50 to $8.80; straight rollers, bags, $4.10 to $4.26. Rolled oats--Barrels, $7.05; bags, 90 lbs., $3.40. Bran, $32; shorts, $356; middlings, $38 to $40; moullie, $43 to $48. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13, 1dv lL. Liverpool, Dec. 19. -- Closing: Wheat, spot, steady; No. 1 Manitoba, 18s; No. 3 Manitoba, 16s 104; No. 2 hard winter, 16s 10d; No. 1 north- ern spring, 17s 6d. Corn, spot, firm, American mixed, new, 13s 10d. Flour, winter pateats, 47s. Hops in Lon- don (Pacific coast), £4 15s to £5 15s. Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Dec, 19.--Wheat--No. 1 Northern, $1.68; No. 2 Northern, $1.65; No. 3 Northern, $1.60; No. 4, $1.47%; No. 5, $1.19; No. 6, 91¢; feed, 76c. Oats--No. 2 C.W,, 53%¢; No. 3 C.W,, 60% c; extra No. 4 feed, 50% c. Barley-----No. 3, 94c; No. 4, 89c; rejected, 66¢; feed, 65¢c. Flax No. 1 NW.C, $2.68%: No. 2 C ( W., $2.55%; No. 3 CW, $2.32% New York. New York, Dec. 19. Flour firm. Spring patents, $8.40 to $8.45; Winter patents, $7.80 to $8; Winter straights, $7.55 to $7.80. Rye flour unsettled; fair to good, $7.25 to $7.46; choice to fancy, $7.50 to $7.75. Hay steady; No. 1, $1.05 to $1.10; No. 2, $1 to $1.02%; No. 3, 90c to 96¢; shipping, 76c to 8§0c. Hops steady; State, common 1916, 45¢ to 60c; 1915, 8c to l4c; Pacific Coast, 1916, lle to 1l4e¢; 1915, 8c to 1le. Hides, steady; Bogota, 44¢; Central Amerl- ca, 42¢. Leather firm; hemlock firsts, 67¢; seconds, 5G5c. GENERAL TRADE. -- Produce at Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 19.--Cheese---Fin- est westerns, 25e¢; [finest easterns, Butter---Choicest creamery, 43c; selected, 42¢ 2 stock, Eggs<--Fresh, 60c; 36ec. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.75 to $2. killed, 13%e¢ to Dressed hogs--Abattoir 17¢ to 17%e; country, 16%ec. Pork--Heavy Canada short mess, barrels, 35 to 45 pleces, 37¢ to 38¢c; Canada short cut back, barrels, 45 to 65 pleces, 3Gc to 36c. Lard-----Compound, wood pails, 20 Ibs. net, 161%¢ to 16% ¢; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 20¢ to 21¢ Produce at Toronto, Toronto, Dec. 19.--Butter, choice dairy, 40c to 42¢; Eggs, new laid, dozen, 55¢ to 60c¢; Turkeys, 1b, 20c to 25¢; Do., spring, 28¢c to 32¢; Fowl, Ib., 15¢ to 17¢; Geese, spring, 16¢ to 19¢; Ducklings, 1h, 16c to 20¢; Spring chickens, Ib, 17¢ to 20c; Squabs, pet dozen, $3.50; Apples, Baldwin, bbl., $3.50 to $5.00; Do., Spies, bbl., $3.00 to $4.50; Deo. Greenings, hbl,, $3.00 to $4.50; Beets, per bush., $1.10; Carrots, per bag, $1.25; Turnips, per bush, 50¢ to 60c; Parsnips, per; bush., $1.20 to $1.30; Onions, per 75-lb. bag, $3.00 to $3.25; Cabbages, per doz, 60c to $1.50; Potatoes, per 90-1b. bag, $2.10 to $2.20. TRANSPORTATION OF WOUNDED IMPROVED Superintendent ted See to Comfort Je Traversing Continent. Ottawa, Dec. 19.--It was announ- ced by the Military Hospital Com- mission a few days ago that a hospi- tal train was ig constructed to Carty returned soldiers from Atlantic ports of arrival to the hospitals and sanitariums inland. This has been rendered necessary by new policy ng In bed-cases home from Another step had now been tak jhe interest af soldiers return: n " " 'conva The commission has emy aliens under the Canadian in- ternment resolutions, THE UNITED STATES, Will Adopt Compulsory Training as Peace Insurance, Chicago, Dec. 19.--The United States is bound to adopt universal military service as the best insur- ance of peace, This step was predicted generally by business men who spoke ut a pre- paredness luncheon in the ['nion Club to-day. fact is that universal mili- if operated jChristmas season: of less than you: can make it at home. | {And better than mother ever made. jete., P. H. Baker & Co. 202 King St. JOHN M. PATRICK ---- ules For 100 Acres Near the City. Good Ralidings, and land well fenced. Price $4500. W. H. Godwin & Son 39 Brock Street Phone 424 ¥ou to observe during the (1) Be of good cheer; (2) Smile, and . (3) Make sure that you get one} our special Christmas cakes, at | Pastry. light, flufly, pure and good. | Fresh chocolates in Christmas| best quelity, navel oranges, raisins, candies in great Our stock of geod things for Xmas is complete, and we invite your in- spection: Choice assortment of box chocolates. Choice assortment of mixed candies, chocolates and creams. Choice Dates, Figs and Table Raisins, California Navel Oranges (sweet and juicy, all sizes). Choice Malaga grapes--spy apples, Christmas stockings, candy canes, Christie's fruit and sultana © i Unfermented fruit wines (all flavors) Tipperary punch and palmo wines. | J, R. B. Gage, | The Store that gives Premiums for i Cash Trade. Montreal Street. and keep smiling Phone 141 a A Sewing Machines, Um- brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired and re fitted, Saws filled, Knives ' and Scissors Sharpened, Razors honed. Al makes of fire- arms repaired promptly. Locks repaired; Keys fitted, All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham Street AA A AAA AA A ENN NN A A MANN CROWN LIFE Have you seen the new Crown Life Policies 'approved by the Canadian Government Depart- ment of Insurance? They contain surprisingly liberal provisions. Let us send you some fresh Insurance facts CROWN LIFE INSURANCE CO., TORONTO Agents wanted in unrepresented districts a8 a do a -- A Ea to 7 Ag What about the Belgian Childrens Christmas? This is not an appeal to give the children of our Ally the same kind of a Christmas that our own little ones expect, with Santa Claus and toys and candy. They have given up hope of that till after the war. It is simply a eall for food--for enough bread and soup to stop the pangs of hunger that hun- dreds of them feel every day. The cost of a moderate size turkey--of two or three boxes of chocolates--of one of the many presents we have formed the habit of giving to those who do not need them, will feed a Belgian family a whole month | Don't you think the money will do more good if this year you give some of it to the i Relief Fo ? Wii it not be more pleasing to Him whose birth we celebrate? Send your contribution weekly, monthly or in one lump sum to Local or Provincial Committees, or SEND CHEQUES PAYABLE TO TREASURER Belgian Relief Fund 59 St. Peter Street, Montreal. * The Greatest Relief Work in History. RY TIA a (HIT No liver sufferer can fail to benefit from the use of Dr. Cassell's Instant Relief. Its action is natural as nature, sure as science. It is altogether different to ordinary liver stimulants and morning salts. ~ These weaken the liver by forcing it, till it csnnot work at all without the daily dose. Dr. Cassell's Instant Relief strengthens the liver and enables the system to cure itself. Then cure is lasting. Take Dr. Gassoll's Instant Retief for Ask for Dr. Cassell's Instant Relidf. Price 50 cents. from all Druggists and Storekeepers, or direct from the Sole 4 " Harold F. Ritchie and Co. 11d. 10, M'Canlet ree! oronto. War tas 2 canis exira. Dr. Cassail's Instant Relief is the sompanion preparation te Dr. Casssil's Tablets. Sole Proprietors: Dr. Casseil's Co, Lid, Monchester, England.