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I CURED By ”who manit} '0 all k J for Staff"! flue}; 3100 D. agent): (Ink Ind.- Coal-t. Hm Public. Ind Val“ 00-- lod... on. 1nd. I. Immunitie- “.mm tad-dd. Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, Conveyoncers, Etc. OFFICERâ€"In Maoâ€"gm Block, Opposite the Knapp House, Lower Town, Durham at'the (mica-First door east of the ham Pharmacy. Caldera Block. Bahamaâ€"First (1001‘ wast. I Pofi Office. Durham. Will be at the Commercial Hotel. Prheville. first Wednesday in each lucas, WM 8: Batson, BARRISTERS, snLICITORS, NOTARI ES, CON V EYA NC- ERS, ETC. UGH MecKAY, Durham, Lend Vela ' “or end Licensed Aucsioneer for the Canty of Grey. Sales promptly “tended to end Iotcl cubed. AXES CARSON, Durhsm, Licensed a Auctiouur for the County of Grey land Vdmwr, Bulifl oi the 2nd Divinion Conn Ssh. ad d1 other matters pronpt “to-dad mâ€"highoot refexenccl furnish Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Scotland. 0!- tioe and Residence, opposite Temperance Hall, Hobtein. Office and Residence a short distanw as: of McAllister’s Hotel, Lambton Street. Lower Town. Office hours from 12 to 2 o’clock; :Afl' 'ed DY neral Banking business transact- sits issued and collections made on'all points. Deposits received and in- wrest 8 llowed at curunt rates. ‘IOHN QUEER, ORCHARDVILLE, hss g massed his old business. sad is props:- sdto loss sly smut. of money on res! ssh“. Old scum paid ofi on the nssflibsrsl ssms. Firs sud Lit Insul- usssslsotsdin as best Stock Commiss ss tswsss rssss. Correspondslos so Ombudvill P. 0.. or s all solicit“! Interesf allowed on Savings Bank (10- pnsits of 31 and upwards. Prompt attention and every facility afford- ed customers living at a distance. J. KELLY, Agent. $93.00. to loan t. the lowest rate of interest . finsmmxcnâ€"Middaugh House. one. hoursâ€"9 sun. 0 61)."). required. R. J A M i ESON, Durham. I. B. LUCAS, MARKDALE. w. HAVRIGHT, OWEN SOUND c. A. RATSON, DURHAM. 2. A. L BROWN. ABRISTER, Solicitor. etc. Office over . L. Grant’s store. Lower Town. ARRIB'I‘ER. SOLICITOR ow. Oflco Upper Town. Durham. Collection and may prompu amndod to. Searches mod. he Registry nice. itandatd Bank of Canad a SAVINGS BANK. [load (misc, Toronto. “‘1‘.“ Durham Agency. G. LEFROY McCAUL. Elliott 85 Elliott Kiwi-i031 Directory. BBO\VN 3334.8 awn-hm Legal Dzreclory. J. P. TELFORD. DENTIST. fu’ 1303!! (means . of About the House. IBERE’S A mY IN’ THE HOME. A racket. a. rtttle, a rollicking shout Above and below and.round and about. A Whistling. a poundmg, a hammerlng of nails. . The buiggng of houses. the shapmg of em ; . Entreaties for paper. for scxssors, for string. For every unfindable, bothersome thing; ‘ A- bang of the door. and a cash up the stairs, . In the interest of burdensome busxness affairs. . ° And an elephant hunt for a but of a mouse Made it 9453' to hear there’s a boy in dy feet; If no one laughed out when the morn- . ipg was red. . . And wnth kisses went tumbhng all tu‘ed to bed; \Vhat a. wearisome. work-a-day world. th‘e house. But oh! if the tops were not scattered about And the house never echoed to racket and rout; . . If forever the rooms were all trdy and neat, And one need not brush after wee. mud- like a'niouse From dlsnrder and m the house! don’t you see. . For all who loved wild little laddles 'twould be; . And 1:1" happy to think. tho’ I shrlnk ”A home is the gateway to heaven? The talented clergyman did’ not say a house. but a home. Let us make ours. then. a broad, cheery, peaceful, gate- way. not a. cold, formal entrance way. miles from our destination. Put your- self into your house, and then it will It need not he an expensive house. only a quiet. harmonizing of effect and color. Have sunshiny. restful rooms. using the host of the house for the home Peopleâ€"giving the wayside guest 3. cheery welcome, a seat at the board. and a neat. tasteful room, though it be, at the back of the house, or even in the attic. Build first for the family. beginning at the living room. then the kitchen and bedroom. Cleanliness before beauty. iAim to bring out the best features of the house and to soften the dull. harsh ones in the different rooms. Refined. tasty, perseverance and skill are more neces- sary than money. for the latter alone would be useless. Be superior to fash- ion. not submitting blindly to her dic- tates. Be original. avoiding reckless- nose or timidiity. but work and study effect and cause. v____ sunshine. In winter have sufficient heat. and plenty of light all the year. VTh'e effert of- a room as a whole is what we desire. ”An up-to-date writer says “ period rooms are not homelike." Our rooms are usually too cluttered. White walls are never artistic and polished floors are cold looking. One of the first principles of success in house furnishing is to have a color scheme and to work towards it. It shows a better judgment to buy the highest grade of a more inexpenâ€" sive than the cheapest grade of the bet- ter furnishings. Choose rather a mea- gre allowance of substantial. well made furniture than an abundance of cheap and ordinary. Many articles of furnish- ing which may be perfect in themselves will not combine effectively. this fact must be carefully considered or har- mony will not he the result. Also “buy furniture for the place it is going to wfiegnember that with the most of us furnishings whether of our wardrobe or our houses must be used for several years. Neither mix styles mor different woods. Avoid large pieces of furniture in cramped rooms. also novelties any- where. Do not have elaborate drawing- rooms and scantily furnished bedrooms. Shpn “__tr_ying golors.” or combinations. fill.” --â€"-- vâ€"J "'C’ v Sidoâ€"lights of brass or wrought iron with either silk or glass shade in a cheerful tint form an additional bit of beauty to the furnishings. On snowy days a few flowers tell of the summer's cheer. If books and magazines can abound in your home. fortunate are its inmates. Cu.--"â€" 'vâ€"Jv \Vhen you cannot buy new furnish- ings. make the very most of the old ones. do not stop to lament, but get the best possible results from these. and thus learning. grow towards higher, better effects. 'l‘urn. gfld. paint and recover. with a happy face. a, willing heart and a determination to know and to do what is best. The woman who is not. domestic by nature. is not excused. by that fact, but rather she has the more to learn. By perseverance and determination. she may to her ioy become home loving and some day reach the height she is striving after. a neat and charming housewife. Be content only with your U“ be LA long. broad hall gives an impos- ing hospitable air to a house. but a small. narrow hall. if rightly treated, may be made very bright and cheery. thus showing to the guest at thy threshold. that your hearts are larger than yourhomo nest. ‘ 8‘ I - S-9_.L_ '-â€".- J v â€"â€" â€"â€" v A reception room should be dainty and elaborate and .the drawing room luxurious and dignified. _ When a library is properly furnish- ed. the room is rich. quiet. substantial and inviting; a reading. studyin and writing apartment. complete wit ' ev- erything astudent may need. Never. never sew in a library. for then it loses its character. ‘When you have your bookcases in the general sitting room. it becomes a very refined “liv- ing room.” but. never a library. Akn to make this luring room cordial. horne- lte. and shove ell._useable. '. '71? awn-Huh“: i031; home. in! a. cheer- tu‘l dining room by all m . Bri in an thq numbing N339. .and .. _to HOMFLIKE HOUSES. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, October 14, 1897 dinâ€"there’s a boy facts. this room must have an air of hospitality. welcome and cheer. In the kitchen. let comfort. convenience and mace reign at any reasonable price. Bedrooms and nursery should be light, airy and sunshiny and restful, a room that is indicative of the pwner's character. A man’s room requires Bev- erity in style. SPARE THE CHILDREN’S FEET. While we all admit the beauty of a child's foot why do so many of us try to spoil its perfect symmetry and 00t- line by squeezing it into a shoe too small for it? A boot or shoe in which every muscle can have full play is much prettier to look at than a small short shoe in which the child cannot bend the foot, and walks and runs as if it were -vvv w--\~ u.” ‘u‘. -â€"'-â€" on stumps. Not only that. but pain- ful uglinesses in the shape of comes and bunions soon disfigure the feet. and when these come. they come to stay. It should be kept in mind. too: that the feet grow along with the Chlld. so that shoes which fit now cannot be laid by to be worn later on. THE BABY ‘S RJG HTS. Baby has a few rights outside of the care and protecrion of its parents that are not always observed. Baby does not like a stranger to rush at and squeeze him or talk incomprehensible nonsense to him. If allowed to sit still on his mother’s or nurse’s lap. he will make up his small mind about the visitor and make his own advances in due time. Babies must be wooed. not taken by storm. and it is one of their rights to be allowed to study those who approach them and give their confidence by de- grees. Occupation for the children on wet Sundays is often a difficulty. since it is not always advisable to have the same games and toys for week days. Letters will provide many suitable pasâ€" times. and a good way of employing chlldren on a Sunday afternoon .when they cannot go _9ut__to clfiurcjh IS to '“--V‘.u vvvv v Wu“ are Spelt out and ph-tmffia their correct Places with the letters from the box or bag. vuughvu vuv vv sziEe a map 315v the Holy'iehd on the dlning table or on a measured off part of the floor. ‘ . Archibald l‘orlms' Narrow Escape in the Servlan War. There are some exploits of a man’s life that become pleasanter whenlook- ed back at from asafe distance. Such an experience is one narrated by Arch- lbald Forbes in an article on “ Some ESCILpes of My .Life.” The occa- sion was the Servian war of 1876, and the scene the camp of the Servian army. ‘- ‘1‘ qu J-IVV.O 'A small map, such‘ as is often found at the end of children’s Bibles. will do for the model and the names of the various towns and villages of interest The huts and tents surrounded a large open space, in the centre of which, of all places in the world, was the magazine. And such a 111383" zine! Its sides and flat root were con- structed of mere hurdles of wattle. fastened together after a fashion by willow withes. ,Late one afternoon, just as the sun was sinking, there was a panic-stricken shout that the maGazine was on fire. Some one had recklessly thrown down a match into some loose powder about the wicker door-way. The magazine contained several barrels of gunpowder, quite an accumulation of cartridgeS. and an assortment of rockets. Instantly there was _a stampede from thecam'p. 179112-..- 09 wvmr “V 0--qu vuv â€" “My comrade, Frederic Villiers,” says the writer, “was fortunately With me. \Vhile he ran for buckets of water which was not far off, I clambered up on the wicker hurdles that formed a sort of roof. From underneath me came spurts of gunpowder, and the angry Spitting of loose packets of cartridges. The buckets, when they came, proved to be too small to be of any material service, but I did the best in my power with the scanty sup- ply, wetting the wicker hurdles of the roof, and pouring part of the water down upon the dangerous combust- lble matter below. Ireland at prehistoric times was the gold country of Europe; In no other ooutntry, at any rate, has so much man- ufactured old of early age: been found. not lean four hundmd Menu of Inshi gold antiques being qontamed m the museum of the Royall Irish Acad- emy alone, while the British Mmeum Gold Antiques. illustrative of Brjtgah history, are untimely Irish. Tnmt! College. Dublin.» ham-w {13° 92“???” ‘V‘v wavy ‘1va 7V “Presently the roof began to smoul- der, and then I fell through, so far 88 my legs were concerned, .but reâ€" mamed astride the only solid beagn whiqh the r0_ofi_ng present-(5.1x Water In srnall quantitgies was still .being 8UP- plled to me by the indefatigable Vil- liers, and I kept up my efforts to douse the dangerous material below. The cartridges, however, kept catch- ing fire in spite of the, water. and the loose powder which had been neglected set the legs of my trousers smouldering, with the result that the legs them- selges__we_r_e getting burned. J _-____. LL- “I finally ”contrived to drown the magazine, at the cost of my only pair of trousers and of considerable patches of scorched cuticle on my nether limbs- I was, in effect, in a species of Highland costume when I ultimately quitted the fragile roof of the damp- ened magazine, but General Doctour- off lent me a pair of trousers, and General Tchernaieff decorated me with the Takova Cross, which Villiers cer- tainly deserved quite as much as I did, if not more.” -, comm in m“ loulitiea in , _._-Q-;_A _‘-- can-d ANCIENT, GOLD COUNTRY. A MAGAZINE ON FIRE. A SUNDAY PASTTAIE. on wet One of the most remarkable waysin which a bashful man proposed to a young lady occurred some little time ago at a dinner party. He could nev- er summon up courage enough to tell his love to the lady of his choice. and whenever he was left alone with her by chance. or by the design of kindly relatives, he always spoiled his oppor- tunity. and stutteaing. talked about something else. One night they were both invited to a. dinner party. He was not. however. told off to take into dinner the woman he loved. but another lady. while his girl was given to a man who, .he had reason to believe, aspired to fill the same place as he did. The hated rival was by no means bashful, and endeavored to make his hay while the sun shone. He was most entertaining and delightful, and the bashful young man saw with despair thcprize of his life slippingasit were from his grasp. \VitIh a. sudden inspiration, however. he rose to the occasion. Oblivious of etiquette, and of everything else, he took out alittle pocket-book tore out :L leaf, and wrote a. few words upon fit. folded it up, and, calling one bf . the butlers. told him to take it over to Miss Jones. The girl got the misaive. She read it. She blushed. He turned ' Shevrread “the words once more. (His heart stood still. His fate was in the balance. f \Vhat would her answer be? Would It be yesâ€"and happiness [or him, or Duoâ€"and happineas for her? Horrors! She had no pencil and no paper. The unusual circumstance of his note had not been sufficient to overcome the usual idea that, every per- son is always provided with the means of writing a. letter in answer to one which has been received The bashful lover scarcely breathed. Was his hated rival going to take ad- vazntago. of the mntmeln't and speak aloud the words which he had never dared to utter? The girl rose to the occasion with a brxlliancy and a. wit worthy of her sex “Tell Mr. De Witt ‘yes,"’ she told thn butler. Mr. De \Vitt heard the message. while every one wondered what the communication cnuld have been that could have hrmwht such a look of hap- pinfss into his fare. Queen Victoria owns a dress mann- factured entirefly of spider’s webs. It was a present from the labs Empress of Brazil. who had it qucially prepared in her mlace by 20 nature s11k work- The omnmttnication on the paper was the. nuestion.‘ “'W‘l] V011 be my Wife?” {Ollowed 1’5. his name. Currieâ€"Have you heard at Jackson's great invention 2. Vokesâ€"No; what is it? Currier-«Hue has invented a way of storing up the energy used in trying to lift car windows. and proposes to run the: cars with it. N., NJ. ASBFUL LOVE R PROPOSAL. MADE F ROM \V BBS. A FORTUNE IN IT. We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that We have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv- alent, and that our motto will be “ Large Sales and Small Profits.” We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past patronage, and we are conv‘moed that the new system will merit a continuance of the ; same Adopted by Eicheehnie. THE Illlfiflflfll BflfiflNIflLE EVERY THURCDAV MORNING IT m “III“! "BIT!“ IN“. um WEE? DURHAM, ONT. 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All advertise nemx. to ensure insertion in currcm week. should be brought m not later than 'I‘Uuapa‘.‘ mormng. __ .v...‘ __â€"_.-â€".â€"..,o 7...- THE JOB : : DEPARTMENT The Chronicle Contains . . - All advertischems ordered by strangers must be {-m 2 hr in advance. _ . ‘ Contract rates for yearly advertisements {‘xmuhcu m: applifagign t_o lb? office. Each week an epitome of th world’s news, articles on the household and farm, an serials by the most popular authors. Its Local News Is Complete and market reports accurate. Travellers in Siberia tell of the won- derfuf. flower that grows there, and which 111001116 only in January, \t hen the winter is at its height. The bias- som has something of the. chi: racteristin of a “morning glory." lasting oniy a single day. The flower, when it opens. is starâ€"shaped, its petals of the asme length as the leaves. and about half an inch in width. On the third day the extremities of the anthers, which are five in number. show minute. glis- tening weeks. verita’cie vegetable dia- monds. about the size of a pin '5 headâ€"- these are the seed of the f.bw.er A Russian nobian named Anthoskoft took a number of the seeds to St. PeterS- burg. They were placed in a pot of Show and frozen earth. 0n the co d- est day of the [01.10“ mg January the miracuibus flower burst through its icy coveri and disp aved its beauties to the won ering scientists. The plant has been very appropriate.y named " the snow flbx'vefi“ fording facilities work. . . SIBHRIA’S SNO\\' FLO\\'ER. EDITOR AND PROI'RIETOR. W. IRWIN. t5 PU BLISHIL'D Is completely stocked vi 1; all NEW TYPE. thus 3.. {or turning out First-clan