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Founded 1847 The Biltmore G. B. Borsalino Velour Hat Hats $6.50 $7.50 CAN'T TAKE A PROPER PRIDE WHILE WEARING AN'OLD HAT. COME IN AND TRY ON ONE OF THESE. 3.0) LIVINGSTON'S 75-79 BROCK STREET "If Off Your Route It Pays To Walk" Turnbull's Ceetee Underwear Turnbull's Sy] IN YOUR APPEARANCE S | ANDERSON'S QUALITY LARGER MARKET SERVICE PHO NES----Retail Order Dept. 2600-2601-2602. Business Office 800w. Accountant's Office 363J. Wholesale 1767. Saturday Night & Monday Specials 1000 rolls Toilet Paper . . . 6 rolls for 25¢. 1000 bars Wonderful Soap (laundry) - 500 tins Classic Cleanser . . . . .. .3 for 25c. 250 pa Lux eer. .2 for 22¢. 300 packages Handy Ammonia . 3 for 25¢. > 200 4-string Brooms--just a good, general cakes Castil Soap, ure, 1m SALE OF PEACHES, PEARS, PLUMS 7to 10 p.m. GRAPES---MELONS 15¢. off 11 quart baskets. H0c. off 6 quart baskets. CAKE DEPARTMENT N "rae Sebtsnsenns "ue srberrsesens SOC a a aah o THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG PICTON FAIR IS OVER 24,000 ATTENDED During The Fair Days--The Horse Race Results On Friday Afternoon. | Picton, Sept. 27.--Picton fair was {brought to a successful conclusion jon Friday evening when five thous- and people passed through thé gates. During the fair twenty-four thous- (and people pald admission. | On Thursday afternoon the | Judges' stand was honored by the | presence of "Billie" Burke, the {noted artist. Present on the stand were the whole of the four genera- {tions of the well-known Bolton family of Picton--Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bolton, aged eighty-six, who in spite of their age keenly enjoyed the success of exhibitions, Mr. and Mrs. C. H, Bolton, aged sixty-two. C. H. Bolton acted as official time- keeper in the track events. The results of the horse races were as follows: 8 Minute Class. Black Joe... .. .. .s .. Jae Territf~.. .. ..'.. Middred C.. .. ... .. 2 2.12 Class. Jack Canuck .. .. .. .. | Vola Bell.. .e iHsrmon B....... .. .. .. day | was the performance of Jack Canuck | owned by W. Martin, Caproel and driven to victory by C. E. MoCaf- fery, Russell, Ont. | The following were the prize winners: Carter Bros., special for best horse--Wellbanks, first; Hagerman, i second, and Cole, third. Best pony outfit--Mary Curry, | first; Edith Willams, second; and Fred Moffatt, third. Standard bred stalllon--Willlam Wellbanks. AN EPOCHAL EVENT SAID THE SCIENTISTS Of The Visit to Canada--They Saw Splendid Evidence of Disputed Point. Prof. M. B. Baker, of the geolo- gical department of Queen's, has had two distinguished geoiogists here this past week. They were Prof. Watts, of the Imperial Imsti- tute, London, Eng., and president of the geological section of the British Association For the Ad- vancement of Science, and Prof. Phenason, assistant to the professor of geology at Glasgow. They had heard of the remarkable evidences in the neighborhood of Kingston to sustain the contention of three dis tinct periods in the pre-Cambrian age. They saw and went away satis- fled. Both of the distinguished sei- entists went away saying the visit to Kingston could be regarded as one of the epochal eventg of their visit to Canada. special HEARD ON THE STREET Local Briefs Qathered by Re- porters--What the Merch= ants Are Offering. S-- rouse Teachers' Bupplies--Dut- 's. Mrs. Stephen Dorey, Perth, is a patient at the Hotel Dieu, Kingston. Mr. Swaine, piano tuner. Orders received st 100 Clergy street west, 'phone GSdw. T. 8. Heury, Napanee, father of Mrs. R. Cartwright, University ave- nue, is seriously ill. Miss R. Porritt, Tweed, under- went an operation for appendicitis in Kingston General Hospital. The General Hospital needs a great deal of money, Be generous on its Tag Day, Oct. 4th. On the close of navigation the steamers Yennek and Missisquol will be brought from Gananoque to King- ston for the winter. The Canadian Farmer, Toronto ,has very kind words to say of Kingston's pageant and the exhibits of the Frontenac Women's Institutes at the fair, Music Teachers' Supplies--Dut- tons. Mrs. Adam Shortt, Ottawa, pro- vinelal vice president of Mothers' Allowance Commission, will be the guest at Napanee, of the Lennox and Addington Loeal Board, om Oct. 1st. The death of Roy Wbodcock, of Sheffield township, Addington county was mot due to moonshine whiskey but to blood poisoning. His mother had opened a boil on his neck with a safety pin. Office Supplies. Cash Books, Ledgers, and Loose Leaf Devices. The Jackson Press, 177 Wellington street. Mr. Price G. Bryan, of the general stores department, of the Canadian National Railway, Moncton, N.B., a former Kingstonian, is spending a few days in the city renewing old acquaintances. He has been visiting in London and Detroit. LITTLE PROBABILITY OF EITHER RAILWAY or James Bays, J. E. Haw- ley Thinks. J. BE. Hawley, who is visiting in the city after spending four months on a private survey in ths vicinity of James' Bay, thinks there is little probability of either (ratiroad to these waters, the C.N.R. from Win- nipeg or the Temiskaming Northern from Cochrane, being continued through to the coasts of Hudson's and James Bays. He could speak more fully regard- ing the proposed railway to James Bay, where he the summer. This road is now .throtigh to Three Carrying Place but the land is of little value, ,except for trapping, there is only a fringe of timber farming country along the line of iil LETTERS | {ll To The Editor ||! General Hospital Thanks, Kingston, Sept. 25.-- (To the Edi- tor): It affords me great pleasure in acknowledging through the press a donation of $100 from the Kingston Industrial Exposition. On benalf of the Board of Governors of the King- ston General Hospital, I extend to Mr. Bushell, the energetic manager, and the other members of the exhi- bition board, our heartiest appreci- ation of this generous donation. Wishing the directors and their board a continued success, I am, Yours very truly { --F. TAYLOR. Superintendent. Those Bathing Beauties, Apparently no person is making any fuss in Kingston over the plae- ing of bathing beauty "stickers" on the autos. In Toronto and some other cities, strong objection has been taken to the placing of ths "stickers" on windshields of the ears. It id claimed that they are a the tr tinental will receive the preference from settlers for a long time yet. Moose Factory was pro- posed as the terminus, but there is Bo good harbor in James Bay for sea-going vessels. In the Hudson's Bay there is a natural harbor at Fort Churchill but not at Fort Nel- son. The season is short and the ice treacherous, Mr. Hawley spoke' of the high prices in the James Bay territory. Flour went as high as $24 a hund- redweight. Y.M.0.A. NOTES The programme for the setting-up conference at the Y.M.C.A. Saturday night and Sunday is as follows: Saturday, 6.15, supper, chairman, F. L. Newman; devotional period, Charles Anglin; 'address, "Some of Stanley Brent, National Secretary, 'Toronto; physical programme, C. 0. Chamberlain; membership matters, F. L. Newman... Sunday, 9.30 &.m., chairman, F. hinderance to the drivers, as the| 4; pictures obstruct their view and are Hable to cause an accident. At Hamilton, on Friday, the chief of police refused to foliow the ex- ample of the Toronto officials and ban the bathing girls from the mo- Being Continued To Hudson's| and no pulpwood, and the good' A Message for Thrifty Shoppers . If you are looking for the ut- most value obtainable for your money, then shop here. 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For Girls Very neat fitting Wool Cashmere Hose --fine rib--shades of Black, Brown, Camel, Sand. Good quality--sizes 5 to 9. 50c to 85c pr. Ladies' and Children's Vests and Drawers Ladies will find a com- ~~ Children's Vests and 'Blete assortment of all Drawers in White and ind Dra W fortabl ity, Yous i : kin e quality, made 8, Harvey, by the Turnbull Com- Lennard's and Knit-to- any. Well made and Fitmakes. Bah Fits fr ed. All styles. 5% to $2 pment law & Son Ltd. 170 Princess Street