191 ember ‘ ASTON VILLA COMING Visit Canada VMontrea [der 99_That a eam fron he famous Aston a Association Football Club sit Canada next summer is the feature announcement at the social evening of the Mon- real leferee's Association held | I celebrate the second year s | 9 f tence of the association } DON T PAY RENT The announcement was made DY President Fred Davis, of the or High Rates of Interes | ince of Quebec Soccer Foot ba \ssociation, im response to WE WILL LOAN YOU MONEY he toto the mover TO BUY OR BUILD HOUSES Aston Villa is one of the great TO PAY OFF MORTGAGES f professional football organ TO IMPROVE REAL ESTATE ralions it he world, and have been Champions of the English league x times They have al AT 5 PER CENT. PER YEAR won the English cup four WE GUARANTEE om and Jerry at the Savoy the time when your indebtedness wil! by paid off wooeceneecione Office open evenings. Write, phone or cal Do you want a new Heintzman INTERNATIONAL piano (the best in the land HOME cheap? 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OXTAIL—Something that sel dom actually gets in the soup We have a large stock of dia- monds Do you want one this holiday time? These are abso- lutely perfect and we guarantee every one Our prices for the next six days are as low as the lowest Wark's. 206tf FOR SALE Lots 14 and 15, 3900.00 pair; H. DOUGLAS 338 Third Ave (Opposite P.O.) Block 15, Section 8, 1-3 cash, 6 and 12 months George Leek 618 3rd Ave. Prince Rupert |wonps ano THEIR MEANINGS SMALL BOAT WRECKED ON & Famous English Soccer Olub to}, OASIS. An csiuishiven' os WEST COAST GRAHAM ID inearly every street rer in the , ees |Boller Tube Burst in Heavy Gale OBEST A fat) = womear with! gad Boat Smashed on Rocky bushels of mone; Coast—Men Saved. OBEY—The little joker im the] Of course it was Bart who marriage ceremony Masset Dec 1 Aer has summested it. covetal wetha be OBITUARY—Kind words said | ne met with an accident in the fore Christmas. It was natural after it is too late | blowing out of a tube in its boiler OFFICIAL---See ‘Graft and becoming almost unmanage for Bart to suggest things, and OLD—A condition that im. | able, the steam schooner Mamie|i! was just as natural for his proves wine, but not women or|Of Queen Charlotte was wrecked|brothers and = sisters to carry song. jon the west coast last Friday them out, and even now, after OMELE A chef's disguise| 4 McPhee, = surveyor had|they are all married and settled for questionable eggs chartered the boat to take himj|in homes of their own, the ONE—A man and his wife, the|@nd supplies to the fields near} would not have hesitated to obey difficulty being to tell which ‘is|Tiahn Point, and engaged Cap-|him, even if his suggestion was rub one jtain Hall While in the broad|not as pleasing to themselves as OPBRA--A good place to study | *WeeP of the sea one of thelthe one he had just made anatomy, both on the stage and|beiler tubes burst and, though] The suggestion came by letter in the auditorium this was repaired after a fashion,|to Mary, the robust good natured ORCHESTRA. .Something- ho |i! Was impossible to navigate 1 haere sister, and she fell in line tel managers will have, whether | heavy seas and the boat drified|/ with it at once, and as Bart had they ean afford music or not ashore at the entranee to Otard| requested, supplemented his let- ORANG-OUTANG 4 large| Bay and there the heavy waves|ter with one of her own. Thus it smashed it to kindling wood was that the others, Henry, the Henry Edenshaw, in his gaso-|suecessful business man, of | line launch Josephine, was mak-|Pentroth; John, the commercial ing Naden Harbor on Saturday,|traveller from Riverside’s larg. when he was attracted by dis-|est firm, and Geraldine, the baby tress signals on the shore, and/of the family, who now had two putting in close he was hailed by| dark eyed little daughters of her McPhee and Halls who had/own, received two letters in- started in to follow the coast line! stead of fame. from Otard Bay to Naden Har- Geraldine, it was, who object- bor fed to going away for Christmas. They were brought to the Har-|fow eould she leave little Rita, bor on the launch and afterward/and to take her would be the to Masset They have returned| death of her surely, she argued over the trail to Otard Bay again.|with her slow going spouse. __ However, he insisted, much to CURFEW BELL T0 BOOM |her surprise, for sinee her mar- riage she had gradually become | big | new for } indeed be Little’s NEWS Ag Magazines :: Periodicals :: Newspapers CIGARS TOBACCOS FRUITS | 2nd Ave. Below Kalen island Club) jj. i. quite enough nuisances of { tt {K{ LSS SS = cana Complete Home Furnishings 4S Geo. D. Tite Third Avenue XMAS CHEER Why Not Make a Practical Gift ? The tendency, as each year comes around is toward A useful present for mother’s comfort—for father’s den or office. useful gifts for service and comfort. Handsome Leather Easy Chairs and Couches, Substantial Buffets, China Cabinets and Dining Chairs For the Bedroom Our large assortment fo: command, For the Floor Draperies A neat Dresser, Chiffonier and Chair or a hand- Lace Curtains, Tapestry Curtains, piece goods some Brass Bed in the latest designs and finishes by the yard in many of the latest creations and color effects. and a useful present NR Xmas buying is at your is money saved al our special holiday prices . ninoster or Brussels Square in A good Wilton, Ax! ' Eiderdown Comforts—l'o) choice selection Blan- ) any size required, Our stock of squares can be kets, Spreads, Pillows at al! prices, Hearth Rugs, \ supplied in all shades and colors and selected to Bath Mats, Door Mats, Blinds, Brass Poles and harmonize with your room treatment Trimmings-——all at Xmas Special prices , FOR SPECIAL ORDERS IN UPHOLSTERING SEND IN AT ONCE—EARLY SHOPPING IS ESSENTIAL GEO. D. TITE “The Quality Home Furnisher”’ THIRD AVENUE PRINCE RUPERT — Se | He oO =oOm—eooeaaeoO=20ET— |}be used for no other purpose than THREE TIMES PER DAY tv gentle dictator of the heuse- jhold, and sinee the advent of the Big Bell to Ring as Signal for |ittle ones, pons — not —_ Starting and Quitting her I will stay and take care of them,” he urged. “They will Work. 7 |be alright with the nurse about that when the up at the station at Hambelton, Geraldine was there her laughing sister and boisterous brothers. old house was just the even the ancient dog ken- {nel near the kitchen door—the home of Fido and Gyp, they re- meeting of the Council that the} |membered so well, was there, but 2,000 pound fire alarm bell | j}minus an occupant. “Where is the of} old Gyp?" whispered Harry. rung daily at the | “He's dead for a year,” 12 noon and 5 the response of his elder This is to serve brother starting and quitting 7 didn’t know,’ he murmured, ely and, after a pause, “Say, we've treated the old folks rather shab- bily, leaving them all alone here every Christmas. It’s four years since I’ve been home for the holidays, and I know that Gerald- ine hasn't home for and she was the last one The others nothing, Mary, who was to squeezed his arm. The gently flickering the window pane told fore they looked that great open fireplance the fectionately Sure but erying With nervous fingers look out his knife and opened the window, as learned years before. Now So it came to be jtrain drew Prince Rupert is placed| distinetly the not by in a unique cities of the prov- of the whole of the! three being called to or- The daily by a sort of cur-| same, position | amongst to join ince, if Dominion, der thrice few bell. It was decided at last nights in position in tower the fire hall be hours of 8 a. m., been was p. ™m bitrary as an ar- time all The private employees. of the city, as well as municipal, will able be said to be run like cloekwork. Alderman Bullock-Webster, with his known temperament might deplored affairs both well artistic been aesthetic introduction of there almost the unseemly one say but him, said any such noise, closest that kind already in the thought that the bel! should city light them be- before the they would “old people,” as they af- called their parents. enough, they were there surely mother was not No, on that intended namely, which it was a fire alarm. for see CAPT. WEARMOUTH IS PRESENTED WITH GUN People of Graham Isiand Give Captain of Prince John Fine Token of Esteem. it must be laughing. John gently he had they Captain Wearmouth, of the G. two, of us.” The Night Before Christmas By 6. M. Alistair. could bear the voices of the dear jold dad and little mother, My! jhow changed they were. How jmueh older looking; and mother's hair was almost as white as the snow covered ground—but what was she saying—listen, | know, Jot, | shouldn't be crying, and that they are all happy in their own homes, but—" “Don't ery, Annie, don't ery,” pleaded the cracked voice of the old man, and the listeners out- side gulped and in eaeh throat arose a strange lump, while down the girls’ cheeks trickled the tears which the boys successfully fought back. “IT know | shouldn't, John, but it does seem lonely to be just by ourselves on Christmas. I know the Lord has been good to us, John, and we have such a good family, but they just forget, John, they just don't think. I remem- ber well, as if it was only yesterday, don't you, John?” “Yes,” the old man murmured in ignorance of what she remem- bered, but he, too, pictured the past years vividly. “How Geraldine used to stand right there, John, every Christ- mas Eve and say that old piece, ‘Twas the Night Before Christ- mas And all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse.’ ’ The old gray head of the “Little Mother” fell over on the old man’s shoulder and his hand stole up and brushed the thin white locks. “There, there,” he murmured, “be brave,” but those outside in the snow knew that he, too, was erying. “IT ean't stand this,’ declared Bart. “Come on,” and with a erash and a rattle and bang they broke into the kitehen and on into the big sitting room, regard- less of the snow they were track- ing in on their feet. “Eh! what's this?” demanded the old man. “What, you all here? Well, well, I knew you'd come—" “Yes,” interrupted Geraldine, releasing her mother from a bearlike hug. “And what's more, so we are coming every Christmas.” “You bet we are,’ chorused the others. “But, where are the little ones?” asked the bewildered little mother, when she got the chance from the kisses of her children. “They will all be here tomor- row,” answered John, “but we wanted you all to ourselves to- night.” “Because,” broke in Geraldine, ‘Twas the night before Christ- mas, And all through the house Nol a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse.” “Oh, John,” murmured the little mother, “I'm so happy, and they didn't forget.” “Yes, my dear,’ responded her husband. T. P. steamer Prinee John, on his arrival on Saturday, is to be tendered a by the set- tlers of the northern part o ham Island and will! be with a $100 shotgun monial of the is held here. reception Gra- presented as a testi- in which he Leader esteem Masset SCOTTISH CUP Drawings in the First Round of Scottish Cup Glasgow, Dec. 24.—The draw for the first round of the Seot- "The u tish cup was made yesterday, on- . shown in ly two games having to be played Kilmarnock yv. Nichdale Wander- and Hamilton Academicals vs. St. Bernards, the other thirty teams receiving byes The draw is lows: ers, second as fol. PERRIN’S GLOVES you get, as this assures you perfection of Style, Fit and Finish. Best dealers the world ever sell the genuine PERRIN’S GLOUES. 4 to your Friend known Perrin trademark as cuts should be on every glove Aberdeen University Peeb- les Rovers. Hearts of Midlothian fermline Athletic Greenock Morton vs. Falkirk. Dumbarton vs. Aberdeen. Avr United vs. Airdronians Clyde vs. East Stirlingshire St. Johnstone vs. East Fife Celtic Arbroath Hamilton Academicals Bernards vs, Glasgow Rangers Queen's Park vs. Hibernians Dundee Thornhill! vs vs. Dun- Our Christmas stock finished opening a large from Japan, ineluding va or Bt Fancy Japanese Vases Fancy Jardinieres va Si. Mirren ves. Third Lannark Broxburn vs. Raith Rovers Fancy Cups and Saucers A visil to our store will See A. W. Edge Co. for wall your Christmas gifts. Our paper. Low prices to make room be secured for new spring stock 285.tf Dainty Xmas Handkerchiefs and Collar Sets at Demers 423 Fifth Ave. 297.302 is now shipment of imported goods direet prices are tire) complete. We have just Watohes Handsome OCtocks and Jeweiry of All Kinds help you the selection of lowest that can in the MUSSALLEM & CO. Phone Biack 228 ithe ny i ax RR _ GR er alt ——a Pm ame ie — i a ge teem Spee — a ibs ili Maver