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; HT » at 7.30 » buy goods at the following ts itself to you. These we ared in Montreal from three reek. As this is their stock- sr than earry over into next s they are sold in some cases fer to turn them into cash. : WHITE SILK WAISTS The design is a very pretty of tucks and fine hemstitching, emstitched. Sizes 34, 36, 38. 3.00 to 3.25. o-night, $2.25. D SWEATERS Dc up, according to size. h, Any Size. LS nches long by 20 inches $2.00 a dozen. t, 12%4c, Each. Coat To-Night sin winter weights and at ing when you see what we ' TO-NIGHT if you are not may select a Coat or Skirt ired. ety of makes, 25e¢, 85¢, 45¢. nd Drawers, 25¢, 35¢, 49c, 'ool or Cashmere, 25¢,. 35¢, 10 O'CLOCK. W & SON. v 0 on A Hiccough Cure. ym a | Philadelphia Enquirer. A new and immediate remedy for Pres- | Biccoughs was discovered at the Hah- . the | nemann Hospital, Friday evening. hip Mu- | Pr. Peters, by whom George McClellan laid | Was cured of hiccoughs, which began man | ¥Wo days ago, by means of a pinch of cott, | Pepper. vith- McClellan had tried all kinds of cold | medies before coming to the hospi sued but without avail. Two hospitals we ? visited, but the treatment he receiv: r F.|ed was apparently as little good as , the| the drugs he had taken at home. He ditts-| became weaker X ule f St.| not eat or he weaker yng ovoid burg | It was in this condition that he ap- work | peared at the Hahnemann Hospital, a"on| one evening. mith, | "Here is something that you never for | tried," said Mr. Peters. He gave the id Han a pinch of pepper. The man was ig iccoughing violently at the time, but A managed to. inhale the stimulant. Hours came to his eyes as he did, anil Jngeied violently. He sneezed again and again and when he was through sneezing the hiccoughs were gone. ---------- Gilbert « Forsythe, a wealthy Welsh man, twenty-three years of age, who came to Toronto as a Barnardo bor some vears ago, was found dead in hi boarding house, Ontario street. The young man had been seized with an vent udge ving four oe on bail, spe- King | epileptie- attack. ry Bibby's for boys' overcoats. Winter Goods ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE } Lined Rubbers and" Bong Aroof 3-Buckle Overshoes ers. yp Overshoes with Stock- aroy, « Felt and Jersey ue, Red 'and Black Leg- of Winter Goo 1s at elt Shoe Store: El YEAR 74. LONDON'S MAGNIFICENT HI London, mayor of London, 3 just entered on der the most pr New, } | SECOND SECTION. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOV ~The new John Bell, 71 lord Sir John not have by means an easy task in succeeding William Lord Mayor Th Jor's year of office membered, if f account of » Crip long will be othe College, which he has founded at But ton. Jess find his own s and he has had just the kind of perience to fit him ot of a great ait Bell has Born in Brompton in v Mr. Clare, of Enfield. many important offices in city & 1 manship its com- vis ward ried, including, in of the finance & mittee. Two wears afterward | elected him to the court of aldermen. a member of No. 1 Grand Jodie, aud also of the Grand Master lo gpter n+ Royal Archrivsonr Sir John is Waster ry. He is also a commissioner for in- | x for the tity. and a past mas- ter of * the Glovers' and Fanmakers' companies. He served i city of London in 1902, and man and managing Wenlock Brewery company a wide and varied experience of mayoralty should prove an come ta yd improvem r Lord Meyors Stele Gooch la year and Mansion known as William the Conqueror. .| Group 2--Edward 1, the barons of | the house, Bell will® doubt- | the cinque ports, Simon of Montfort official residence by the corporation, here of usefulness, {and Edward, fiest prince of Wal are fitting accompaniments to the ex-| Group 3--didward II, Piers 2¢- | state he is called upon to maintain. for the n tv | ton, Hugh Le snser, barons, and {The sum in question, although con- | Henry Le Waleys, st M.P. for Lon- |siderable, is always very *much less than he is expected to spend during the che as sh director of his airs, iff of the With such led Edward II, Fl mish weav- [his vear. The first day of office alone merchants, 'Chaucer; Ed Lord Mayor's day--with its "show™ {and banquet in the evening, | something between four and five thou- which is Group «4 | ers, . of | ward, the Black Prince, and knights | from Spain, Cyprus and Armenia Group 5--Edward 1V, Earl of War- { wick, Duke of Clarence, Falconbridge jad men of Kent Group 6--FEdward V, the Duke of | York and Duke of Glau ar {or any other land finds in him the { Group 7--Edward VI ready and willing public receiver and | ages representing the | almoner of. the warld's charity, cation. . Mansion hotsé funds being jistly re Group 8--Our present King Edward's | nowned for their munificence and the | Genoese sand pounds, one-half of his two sheriffs. and person- revival of edu {reign represented by a car eptitled | promptitude | "The -H of the Peacemaker," {lected and applied. | | hearing Peace, who is enthroned over | His public duties are innumerable. | .. | the four quarters of the earth. and common council, presides over the liv- over every ings of the courts of aldermen Status Of London's Chief. ar The city of don is a familia "the street, but of ery in common hall, and great méeting of citizens in the anci- ent (Guildhall. These meetings during Lon man lord mavor of the r figure to ified succe and he will enter upon in the his real powers his work "with the good wishes of all | and privileges aud the history of his the South African war fever were fre- | good Londoners. | ancient office very little is known to [quent and uproarious. He is ex-officio The annual show known as Lord [the average Londouer How many, (a member of many of the corpora- | Mayor's day, was, this year, one of I for instance, are aware of the fact tion's committees, although attend- | remarkable impressions. Tts most that within the city itself he takes tendance at these is not looked for | striking as "The Edwards of |} precedence of every sul t of the king | to any extent during his mavoralty. i princes of the royal blgod pot even At coronations, by immemorial | England," a historic pageant arran by Louis consisted of ing the periods i fessor and the seven King England. Group ! abbot bes Abbey. which was 1 : n ; . 0 : Earl Godwine and Tos- | called), he is a necessary component | Such old-workl privileges as the | him on state occasions, and he wears tic and Harold, and. ri 1,{ part. iright to go a-hunting Epping forest | the collar and jewel conferred upon " Si No later His princely emolument of £10,000 and to proceed in glorious pageant | him as a mark of royal favor. His (and the chair William, of Nor prancel; » {a proce $ | | 3 Parker. of This pa d the Confessor, 3 ] of Westmix this re acts as cup bearer or chief | butler. He is chief magistrate in the city, coroner of London, trustee of St. Paul's cathedral and chairman of excepted ? usage, he title of is by "right honorable,' no mea a courtesy pre: for he is by virtue of his office a wr of the privy council +t the meeting of that body call- yn 'the den the death of the re his majesty's ancy, to which body he alone has the of the crown" (as [highly prized right of nominating to) g sovereign is [fll vacancies thereon. } and, in- greater than himself in his own do costs | main--the monarch. borne by him, and the rest equally by {to him eignty--the Every great national disaster in this | returned, royal proceésion until the city's boun- {though in more stormy times, it was daries are again reached. the| No troops may euter the are Wile save by hie Toave first ob- las the tained, and by day or'might he may | them being a full earl's robe, which is ordinary occasions. commission of leuten- | DerdardilTayors. Buckinghomsture [ome "lordly pleasure house," upon the River Thames have died, but | I pon. 11 provided as his | be is still admiral of the port of Lon- | don *énd ex-officio chairman of the Thames conservancy, a right, however, which is now never claimed. | {death of any member Way For The King ! The Jord mayor ouly recognizes one Him he meets on royal visite so the waty his emblem | | he bears in front of the city's with which they are cols [claim admission through the gates of the password | tod being duly furnished to him from time |yvikit the city as its the tower of London, | He is chairman of the periodical meet- [to time hy his sovereign. Not only in the matter of emolu- ments and residence are his surround- ings magnificent. There is his coach, a wonderful equipage, built in 1757, weighing nearly fonr tons, with ex- quisitely painted pails and so gilt and regilt as to earn for it the so briquet of "'the ginger-bread coach,' as distinct from the more modest, though very handsome vehicle used on The coach was built by a contribution of £300 a head from the aldermen who had not served as mayor, and is now seldom seen, save in the eivie procession of to-day. His chains and insignia are all worthy of note. The badges of rovalty are attacked to his office; the | sword and mace are carried before EMBER 30, STORIC PAGEAN ling of the great bell of St. Paul's, A sword always reposes on the table at at Temple {the corporation's fortnightly meetings Bar or Holborn Bars, and yields up [at Guildhall, and by ordering its ve. of civie sover- {moval the lord mayor can summarily sword--which, being duly {and automatically end the sitting-- a 1907. BROADBRIN'S NARNNG SCONE IEDICTMENTS AGAINST BANK OFFICIALS. Have Increased Greatly--Thanks- giving Shopping--France Us-| ing Balloons to Guard. er Frontien--World Advancing. to Better Position. Special Correspondence; Latter No. 1,691¢ New York, Nov. 27.~The approach of Thanksgiving and the time-honored holidays that are to follow, have fill ed the stores with an array one did goods that has turned all the sity into buyers, Christmas is only a few weeks away, but Thanksgiving comes first. Turkey at twenty-five or thirty cents a pound is rather a damper an our joyous celebration, but, no mat ter, about the expense, must crown the table at our Thanksgiving dinner. It's a mystery to me Ww all the money comes from. Every- body appears to have some, and if you happen to mention economy in their buying they Jook/at you as if you had committed the unpardonable sin, so 1 have given up all thought of preaching economy. "Look out for to-day, and let to-morrow look out for itself." The weather has beet execrable, but it has not been enpugh to keep the women at home. They have crowded the streets stores, and if we can reach the end of the year with anything left in the family purse, it is more than we have any reasonable right to expect. The week has been a memorable one for many things of the most vital im- portance. France has sent her first war balloon into commission to guard her frontier, and all Europe will be compelled to follow. One encourage- ment it gives is that it will afiord easier communication between f nations. No Chinese wall can bar out Furopean civilization. The id ad vance of Japan is all the ts that make a great nation seems - al chain, which is five feet long, con- ¢ sists of a series of gold 8 links (hence called the SS chain), the jewel being suspended by a ving of diamonds, The Swords Of Office. There are several swords attached to the office, one being the magnifi- cent and unique "Pearl" sword, pre- sented by Queen Elizabeth in 1571 on opening the Royal Exchange. This, however, is seldom seen, being carried only at great national functions. An- other ® the black sword, borne on the of the royal family. On these occasions it is the lord mayor's duty to. direct the toll- course not often adopted nowadays, freqyently resorted to. The robes of office are as magnificent other appurtenances, one of os and heavy in Japan has astonished the civilised na- tions of the world by of the finest of m floats the seas, and not a Mi eigner has been 1 | worn with a collar of pure gold (da- 1534), when ' foreign sovereigns ts. | As recently stated by the rotiring {lord mayor, Kir William Treloar, the road to this high and ancient office is |het in the work. The ship is of na {a long and dificult one, and prob- |tive = manufacture from stem to [ably unique in the number of times |stern. In small arms she is to-day {the aspirant has to submit himself | turning out some- of the finest of for election before he reaches it. modern gunnery. Ht must have been First he is chosen as alderman of |a matter of profound satisfaction when {his ward by the inhabitants, such ja check for twenty-four million dol | choice. having to be confirmed by the | Jars was received at the Japanese em court of aldermen, who have (and oe | bassy, in London, in payment of the casionally exercise) the right of veto. | war claims, in full scttlement of all Then in due time he presents himself | debts i by Russia in the late to the livery for election as sheriff. | war with Japan. {The same body again has to nomin- Another remarkable disco! which ate him at a later date as lord may- [has been made public ng or. The court of aldermen elects him {gent week is telophoning to that position. and finally the crown |earth. A French inventor has approves the choice. ered a system by which he The process occupies thing from ten to fifteen years, ac- cording to the deaths or resignations of the aldermen standing between him whole less telegraph telegraphs through the air. It's no longer a doubtful experi- ment. The invention is perfected and the words sent from the transmitter are heard in the receiver at a greater Jameson Lee EF ii i i i jnney and Miss Box.' at The | SWORDS FLASHED; BLOOD LET. Incident at Military School. Berlin, Nov. 30.--Sworids flashed and | blood was spilt in a dramatic intident { at the military riding school at Ja- | roslay, Galicia, when Lieut. Kahn at- | tempted to cut down Gen. Gemmingen. The general had presided the previ- ous day at a court-martial on Lieut Kahn, decided was not wor- thy to wear the emperor's uniform | The disgraced officer sought his re- véngd on 'Gein. Gemmingen by attaek- ing him from behind with his swor!. Another lieutenant sdved the general's lif¢, dashing between the two men and receiving a dangerous wound from Kahn's sword. Swords were drawn by several other officers, who cut down the maddened Dramatic who it lieutenant Kahn received fatal wounds from swords of his brother-of- ficers. Youthful Criminals. St. Thomas Journal. The head of the Boston police force states his conviction that the city boy of his generation is much more apt to act in defiance of the law thau the boy of years gone by. This defi: ance is often manifested in relatively small matters, such as window break- sence of wholesome vestraints former day is notable everywhere. As instances of the operations of the youthful thieves in Boston it is stated ing and petty thieving, but the ab-! of aj OLORED EVENING DRESS Men fis on Trial in Paris. Paris. Nov. 30.--Two attempts have been made in Paris to introduce col ored evening dress for men. The mor striking of them was the other day at the first performance of "L'Eventan," a pretty comedy by Robert de Flers ana de Gallieat, at the Gymnase, where M. Dorguet, the well-known actor, appeared. in a beantiful chest nit brown Tuxedo with silk fevers of a different shade. There was a mirmur throughout the hou, hut it was not sufficiently pro nounced to indieate whether it was a murmur of approval or otherwise. So Paris is still left in doubt as to whe- ther the idéa will catch on or not this winter. In any case, the Tuxedo of M Berguet was, very picturesgue ana dis. creet, » There is a very distinct section of French society which is anxious to abolleh the gloomy black cogt which For mukes every one look like a waiter, and M. Mignel Zamacois, the well known author; thinks there should be a language of clothes as there is a language of flowers--a green suit for trivmph, a d'ore suit for 'American millionaires, mauve for a suit cover ing a dreamy temperament, and sky blue or bright ved for one who open- ly wishes to avow his politics] opine ions. > To Step A. Crying Baby. that boys and girls have stolen so many towels from the public bath- houses that there is talk of giving up the practice of furnighing these ' ar- ticles free. Residents of the immedi- ate suburbs declare that petty thiev- ery is so general that it is useless to think of trying to raise any fruit or flowers. The lack of restraint is men- tioned by motormen and chauffeurs who complain that their task of guid- € ing ears ewity because of the del Man On The one" by children in their « ie greatly increased in diffi risks Elsie leslie, in "The Grand, December 3rd. long established rules of the road, { It may be, cramps, perhaps colie, | pain or gas on the stomach {any case a few drops of Narviline i sopthes the pain and allows the <hild ito sleep peacefully. Nerviline cored minor ille such ax colds, heada'ho, in ternal and external pains as well a5 any doctor. --safe fo use because a gmall dose is required, Mothers, vom aut in | will find Nerviline an inaviuable aid | in preventing and gicknos. Keep a bottle right at curing shad, some ance of | day vou will need it badly. Sold ev. | who wants erywhere at 25c. distance than words are heard upon the surface of the earth. Qne of the most alarming discoveries of the week has heen that of the in- crease in the number of indictments which have heen made against officials. Sixty-one million dollars of the people's money should never have HARD TIMES IN GERMANY. Industry Hard Hit Securities Sinking. Berlin, Nov. 30.-- Hard times are be- ginning to make themselves, felt in Germany, and it' is evident that the Cotton di cial will most miraculous. Already her cotton wi bes A] Seo QO . Lot tow Japan: pensive | pre- | the right through the earth as the wire vidual, fidence ih 5 s g ur ii £ £ i { § i i £2 £ g § ¢ 1] i¢ 5. od i i Pa g i 5 yp the public : can see pu have given' away, Mr. Car present ti I Hs fy = short era of prosperity is over. ---- All inglustrial securities are sinking and there has been a considerable de- crease in the earnings of nearly all railroads. The ad¢ocates of free sil- ver are making the most of this and have Begun a strong campaign in fav- or of the white metal, claiming that the supply of gold is insufficient. The cotton manofacturing industry is especially hard hit and the fall in American cotton prices adds to the general feeling of instability. The only industry which flourishes ie the automobile industry, which is increasing. Manufacturers are prepar- ing a large international' exposition, in this city, where Edison's new elec- tric anfos are to Be exhibited for the first time PUTCH WORLD RUNNERS. Leave Unpaid Hotel Bills--Police Chase Them. Berlin, Nov. 30 ~The police are look- ing for two Dutch "world rogmers," William van der Hoven and Peter Cornelius de Weille, who are to race afoot around the world, hut who'hgve probably left for America. The two fast follows came here from Bremen, where they were joined by a | servant girl who was willing to rn {around the globe with them; smd the | trio have left. a trail of unpmid hotel { bills behind them everywhere. Runaing after them, but probably not fast enough, is the wife of Van {der Hoeven, who claims that he left | her and their three little children pen- niless at The Hague. | Probably the youngest Mayore A French scientist trying to discov- ler the life principle has produced sea- {urchins which 'have no stomachs, But | to be a hand-made sea the town's guests. & i archin ? England during year will be Miss Doris Foster, the fittle lady who is pho above sitting upon her father's knee. F. G. F " elect of Portsmouth, and as he is a widower, little Miss Do is act as Mayoress, and help her father in the 'duties of a masses nla on ganesh costes iti th: ss in Foster is the . a