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dis- nt’s .stivc just test opiies J u re bar 'rice 90: PAIR' t1 ‘C UB1 9 U. at } UGE MachAY, Durham, Land Valu- ator and L2 censed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. Soles promptly attended to and notea cashed. )ARR lSWR. Solicitrr, etc. McIntyres 7) leCk, Lower Town. Collection and Agency prgnzpt.,\' attended m. Searches made at me Registry Office. ! AMES CARSON, Durham, Licensed a; Auctioneer for the County of Grey Land Valuator, Bailiff of the 2nd Division C. m Sales and all other matterstpromptly w : ended toâ€"higheat references urniahed 1': rccmired. iown â€" An} unount of money to loan at. 5 per cent. on is: m pxopercy. OHN QUEEN, ORCHARDVILLE, has L resumed his old business, and is prepar 25. 2: [can any amount of money on real same Old mortgages paid off on the mghrmberal terms. Fire and Life Insur- anne uyfecmdin the beat Stock Companies 3: Eowest rates. Correspondencg to 'Residence.â€"L‘irst door west of the P031. szme. Durham. W a r A Knapp s Hotel, Lambton Lower Town. Office hours from o ’.clock Officezâ€"Fzrst door east of the Dur- ham Pharmacy! Caldcr's Block. _ InteftaL allowed on Savings Bank de- posits of $1 and upwards. Prompt aLLc-ution and every facility afford- ed customers living at a. distance. J. KELLY. Axent. 1 don‘t see why. She is a most Chnrming woman. But she’s as deaf, as a P031? .- Th;.-.t. isn't any defect with her; She can rsad your lips so cleverly that you $02.11: never suspect she wasn’t hear- lng: vvery word you said. That’s all right at times, but 138 Claims that it is wearing him to: gkm a11d bones to have to get up and hght the gas every time he has to tell her that the baby is crying- Bathe the sore with the B.B.B.â€"â€" that relie’» es the local irritation. '9? ke ti 8 B. B. B. internallyâ€"that C c '1- :; the blood of all impurities on v.‘: 1. sores thrive. . RiLss D. Melissa Burke, Grind- Si e Magdalen Islands, P. Q., says: “ L 5 --..i.h pleasure I speak in favor of BB. 2:. . Zr: ch cured me of a. running sore 9"- Inv leg. I consulted three doctors and thug; em me salve to put on, but it did no 10.! IO Agendas £81109. ’.pit81 J aid UP Office and Residence 21 short distance AME-S BROWN, Issuer 0t Marriage Licensea,Durhum Ont. A genegal Banking business. transact- ! Draits Issued and oollqcnons made a all pcznfs. Deposxts resewed and in- refit alicwed ac current rates. R. J AMIESON. Durham. Standard Bank of Canada Viihen it comes to healing up old :azzzng sores of long standing there m:- rcznedy equal to Burdock Blood 'E‘hc “Chronicle? is the only axe Locna' hewspai‘er m Mann untano. \ 1WHILE-How so? *' 113’ 1 strongly advised him against 11‘}ng Miss Ernot ., but he won "dn t ‘91) to me, and now he repeats it «BRISTER, Solicitor etc. Office ovat- Gozlou’s new jewellery more, Lower DR. T. G. HOLT, L. D. S. BIEXVH AT INCONV EN IEN T. Mumâ€"I had a good chance to say old-you-so to Thompson toâ€"day- :3. Finally m lefg became a solid 7:15; mm. In fact for nearly a month 4:". not put my foot to the floor. Afas advised to use B.B.B. and di-J mun: bottles healed up my leg CI! so that I have never been troubled. SAVINGS BAN K. Head 0flice, Toronto. G. P. RBI D, Manager. ” r1“ - o O ‘ ‘ $2,000,0(m 1,999,090 G. LEFROY McCAUL. I smce. ’dville Medical Directory . Legal Dzrectory. 5 In all principal points in Cm Quebec, Manltoba, United Sam-5 and England. Fund . J. P. TELFORD. lie, P. 0.. or a. call .solioibed Miscellaneous . DENTIST. ham Agency. '600',oov A beautiful woman found dead in the gray morning on the outskirts of the town! Two laborers going to their work in the woods had discoverâ€" ed. the body, and in their fright had thrown their axes down ,and beat a hasty retreat to the village,' where, under great excitement, they reported the matter to the authorities. All Brounfield was excited over the ter- rible news. Never in the history of the town had such a tragedy occurred. The woman was well known in the community as a young widow, whose husband. had led a somewhat rez‘kless life, but who had left her well: pro- vided for at his death, which occur- red after two years of wedded life. The sLuire; five (_ouu-i1men, th: chit! inspectors, and perhaps fifty villagers of Bro‘unfteld, after they hazi heard the story of the two laborers, followed them to the spot where the body Lay. I'hc Tuft of S? flair, It was a fitting spot for a murder. The sandy road, arched by meeting trees that shut the sunlight out, led abruptly to a covered bridge, which spanned a bEeak and sluggish stream, and just fifty yards from the water, in a clump of bushes by the: roadside. the body lay. Why did the murderer leave it there? was the question we involuntarily ask- ed ourselves, as the white face and staring eyes met our gaze. \Vhy did he not seek to conceal his crime. by throwing the body into the river? The woman had been strangled; the print of human fingers was visible on her white throat. The fingers of the right hand were clqsed tightly, until the blue nails seemed to pierce the bloodless palm. Evidently she had not died without a struggle. ‘ “This may be a clue to the. murder- er," said the squire. “Mr. Brown, you will hold the inquest. Had we not better remove the body -at once to Brounfield.» ?" “Look 1" cried one of the men, point- ing to the closed hand, and we saw for the first time that it held a. little tuft of coarse, black hair. Brown assented, and we formed a little funeral procession and bore the dead woman to the town. The two laborers who had discovered the body were witnesses, but the in- quest developed nothing except that the woman was fond of taking long walks in the afternoon, and that on the evening of her death she had been seen leaving her house, by a woman who testified that she saw a man, who wore no coat, join her in the, little town park and enter into conversation with her. Here the witness lost sight of them, so thought nothing of the incident. She could not describe the man in his shirt-sleeves, for she was not near enough to distinguish his fea- tures. She remembered, however, that he was a tall man and seemed to have a stick or walking cane in his hand. Who could have committed the crime? Robbery was not. the obfict, for the woman’s purse, containing two dollars, was found by her side, or rather in a little satchel which she carried suspended from her neck. My business kept me in Brounfleld a week after thrs event, but when I left they were no nearer to solving the mystery of the murder than they were when the body was found. I remember how, a month aiterward asl lay on my bed in adistant town thinking it over, the testtmony or” that woman at the inquest recurred to me and set me thinking. She had spoken of a man "with his coat off” wno had stopped the woman and engaged he1 in LOIIVBISflthD in the pa1k.Had they looked upon this as a clue and followed it up? Was there a. man in that town who habitually went in his shirt-sleevcs? A man who had been 13 miliar enough with the woman to address her as [1318 men did? V“ “v â€", My roomn vfas in the second story 01 the little hotel. It was a hot night in July, and although fatigued by my journey, I could not sleep. It was perhaps near tuelve o'clock, when the stillness of death seemed to reign in the house, that I arose and resolved to seek the balcony for a breath of fresh air. As I walked out I :saW' a man in his shirt-sleeves, bare- headed, sitting at the far end, with his feet on the railing. He gave an involuntary start at my approath. . “Ah," he mid, with something like a. sigh, “out for a breath of fresh air, The more I thought of this the more it appealed to me. 1 could non ridicule it into silence. It seemed-to take in my mind the indefinite shape of a clue to the murder, uniii at last I felL con- [idenL that I could clear up the mys- tery in which it was. shrouded. I packed my bag and Lough": a ticket to Bruunfield. i had yet some unfin- ished business there, and so a good excuse for going._ ’ Arriwd there, I made inquiries (on- cerning the murder. A reward had been offered for the murderer,- but as yet he had ngt been captured. LL- _.....,.,1 fl+nflw THE DURHAIVI CHRONICLE, January 18, 1900 it out here I do not know that the man’s man- ner would have impressed me if I had not seen him in his shirt-sleeves, but putting this and that together â€"the way he started at my approach â€"1 his nervous, jerky manner of speakingâ€" and then his being in his shirt-sleeves â€"but pshaw, I more no coat myself. Who could on such a burning July night 9 I do not know whether fate or Pro- vidence led me to this man but! I do know that a half hour's conversation with him made me suspect that he knew something about the murder of that poor woman whose .body I had seen on that memorable morning by the roadside. I naturally led the conversation to the murder. He did not seem inclin- ed to talk of it, and soon changed the subject. But I brought him back to it by easy stages, until at last, with a gesture of impatience, he said: “I don’t care to talk about it;‘the authorities are at work on the case, and I expect they’ll ferret out the murderer in time." The best detectives sometimes blun- der in their work. I was an amateur in the business; hence my great con- fidence in my theories. “A tall man," the woman had said. Here was a tail man. A tuft of coarse. black hair clutched in the dead woman’s palm. My friend in his shirtâ€"sleeves had just sub-h hair. These were the memâ€" tnl notes I made While I was» talking with. him there on the b‘il ony. “Are you a. stranger here,’.'?” I ask- ed. “Not exactly,” he replied. “I’ve been in business here a little more than three months. ,I’m a survey- or." W'e ported for the night, and before I retire-(ii I decided to dismiss my foot- ish impression of the man and turn my attention to other matters. but lige-dld not; quite rid my mind of the idea that in some way or an- other he was connected with that munder. In the morning, after breakfast, he walked across the street to the post- office in his shirtâ€"sleeves. I saw him a dozen times that dayâ€"always in his shirt-sleeves. All that week, whatn- ever I met the man, he was cout- less. It seemed'to be his habit to' go that way. I was strangely attracted to him, and the more I thought of him the more I felt convinced that he knew something about the murder. “av-“VI.- -v - â€" I sought the woman who had testi- fied at the inquest. If she saw that man in the park again, would she be able to recognize him? She thought she would if she coutd see him standing in the same posx- tion. He said. he was a surveyor. Perhaps that was the reason he took long walks every afternoon. I had seen him in the park a dozen times, but he seldom wore his coat. vâ€"v“ I slipped a dollar bill in her hand, enjoined her to secrecy, and obtained her promise to be in the park every evening after that until she met the man. The next day at twilight I saw a man standing in the park with a coat on his arm. In his hand he held a heavy cane, and appeared to be con- templating some object. in the dis- tance. While he was in thin position, the woman, true to her promise, passed hurriedly by, keeping her eyes fixed on him as she went. 1 followed her, and when we were well out of hearing, she stopped, and said: “Before God, I think it’ s the man I saw with Mrs. Huntley. I know him by his shape. ” I was wild with excitement. ”Do not breathe a word of this to any one, " was my caution to the! wo- man as I hurried to the squire ’9 man- sion, as he was the magistrate. 1’ “ImpOssihle!” he exclaimed, when I Laid the story before him. “That is Captain Carleton, a surveyor, whose character is above reproach. It is true he had paid the dead woman some attention. butâ€"" man’s testimony,” I said, “and place this captain under arrest. It mat- ters not what his. character may be. The woman says it is the man I" The inspector was called in. “Find Captain Carleton,” said the squire, “and tell him I wish to see him im- mediately, Oxn business.” It was, perhaps, a full half hour be- fore the captain put in an appearance, and when he did the magistrate did not know what to say to him. “Well,” he said, with an inquiring look, “what can 1 do for you 2" The squire said nothing, but looked appealingly at me. " -' â€"â€"--_.-.. n r Ulla the “Don't commit another murder, captain," I sand, placmg my hand on a revolver winch I always carried. “I imprecation, but drew back at the sight of my weapon, which was level- ed at his breast. By this time the room was .crowd- ed with curious villagers, Who had overheard the oaths of the caged captain. He was soon secured and taken to jail. The bl LL'uLJ o “\Vhy, captain," said the squire, in a nervous voxce, ”there IS a woman here who says that she saw you; with Mrs. Huntley.” , The man started at the name, and a faint pallor overspread his face, which soon-changed to an indignant red. He did not wait for the squire to finish the sentence, but, stamping his foot, furiously exclaimed: “It is a lieâ€"a black lie; and.l I'll strike the man or woman dead who says it." I interrupted him gesture. '- r‘fx‘Vâ€"e sEquld send for said. citedly. ‘ \V hat woman ?’.’ asked Carleton, ex- soon secured and taken to woman was brought face to with an impatient the woman,” I The lock of hair in the dead woman's hand matched his own exactly, and finally a confe sion was wrung from him. H: had loved the woman, but she had repulsed him. He soon found that she loved anorher, and on the evening of the murder he had met her by acci- dent, and “walked with her to the place where her body was subsequently found. In a fit of jealous rage he had choked her to death, though he did n01, mean to kill her. face with him, and he cowered before The sound of a waggon approaching had frightened him, and he fled, leav- ing the body where it was found next morning. The captain paid the penalty of his crime in due course. It was the first detective work I had ever done, and I hope it will be the last. I was not working for the reward, but the squire thought I deserved it, and I was five hundred dollars better off in the bank when the 'case was concluded, and I left Brounfield. A Fine Buttery of Light Aruncryâ€"Effec- (Honeâ€"s of the Fire of ”nose Adz-tumble “'13:: pons. In the first few engagements of the present war in South Africa it became apparent that the Boers were wonder- fully well provided with field artil- lery. The guns were bandied in an ad- mirable manner, but they were up-to- date guns to begin with. A battery of six 75 millimetre piecesâ€"practically 3 inch gunsâ€"has attracted particular attention from the :war correspon- dents. This battery Was purchased in 1896, and was constructed at the fam- ous works of Canet 8: Schneider, at Creusot, France. The rapidity of the fire of these guns has led observers in the British camps to call them repeating or machine guns. This is obviously a mistake. They are merely "rap-id fire" guns. A rapid fire gun is one for which acart- ridge, (ombining powder and Igrcj-C't.;le has been prepared. The old style of breech loader used shot and shell that were detached from the packages of powder. Hence a good deal of time was required to load a piece. But when fixed ammunition is used a great improvement is affected with heavy ordnance just as with the small arms of the infantry. The desrription of this Boer battery of 3 inch: guns given in certain technical journals two years ago leaves no doubt that they are of When the Boers purchased this bat- tery, with its ammunition wagons and suitable ammunition, the negotiations were closed only afteru series of trials at Creusot, in the presence of a: com- mittee of French artillery officers dele- gated by the French Government by special request of the Transvaal auth- orities. According to Black and White, the gun, when mounted'in its carriage, fits inside a jacket, or hood, which car- ries on each side two cylinders, con- taining strong, spiral springs; it is fur- ther supplied with hydraulic buffers, which permit about eleven and a half inches of recoil of the gun from the jacket at the moment of firing-the gun being brought back each time to its firing position by means of the afore- said strong spiral spring. The recoil of the carriage is checked THE RAPID FIRE TYPE. BOERS’ CREUSOT GUNS. 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 convinced that the new system will merit a continnance or the same. Adopted by by means of. aspade placed half way between the point of the trail and the axletree of the carriage, and also by a wheel tire brakenvhish is put on Iron the front by means at a handwheel. The spade is connectedby a rod, the end of which is attached to spiral springs contained in a cylinder under- neath the trail. This particular form of spade and attachment is identical with that employed by the Russian Field Artillery, and is the invention of General Englehardt. THE ACTION IS SIMPLE.‘ At the shock of discharge the spade is forced into the ground, and the car- riage recoils, at the same time bring- ing the springs into tension; these, again, are compressed as soon as the recoil is checked, and the carriage is automatically run forward. The gun is provided with one row 01 sights, and with the maximum eleva- tion of 20 degrees, the range is said to 'be eight kilometres, or, roughly, eighty-seven hundred yards. The shells are shrapnel, common and case; the former contain 234 bullets of for- ty-four to the pound, each nature of projectile weighing 6.5 kilograms, or fourteen and a half pounds. The muz- zle velocity is reputed as 530 metres, or 1,836 feet, per second, which seems remarkably high when the weights are taken into consideration, the gun and timber complete only weighing thi rtyâ€"four hundred-we? ght. Th0 charge of smokeless powder is .8J0 kilograms, or one pound 12 ounces, and is <ontain~d in metal cases separated from the shell. The piece is served by six gunners,. two of whom are em- ployed in the service of the ammuni- tion, while one member is detailed to set the time fuses only. At the trials carried out in Octdber, 1836, with trained personnel, the re- ports show that a rate of fire from eight to ten rounds per minute was kept up. The battery of six guns cab ried 144 rounds per gun, or 864 per bat- tery, so that this amount will soon be expended in two or three engage- ments, if these phenomenal rates of fire are kept. Corn Chowder.â€"-Fry out a large slice of fat salt pork and siice six pota- toes and one small onion; Do the frying in the kettle in which you make your chowder, and when the meat is fried to a crisp take- it out, put in the vegetables and just cover with boiling water. Cook till the potatoes are done, then add one ean of sweet corn and a quart of rich, sweet milk. Season with a piece oi butter the size of an egg, and: salt and pepper to taste. Let just come to the boiling point, and serve with crisp crackers. Hi kory- Nut Gingerbread. -â€"One halt cup each of molasses, brown sugar and sweet milk; one egg; quarter cup of butter; one teaspoonful each of soda and ginger; half a teaspoonful of salt, and two small cups of flour. Pour the batter into a shallow pan and strew the top with pounded hickory-nut meats mixed with brown sugar. VValnut \Vafers. -â€" Many delicious cakes are made with the addition 01 nut meats. Among them walnut waf- ers make a pleasing variety, and some- thing odd. The ruie cans for one cup of chopped nuts, three mblespoonfuls of fiomr, one cup of brown sugar, two beaten eggs and a pinch of salt. Add the nuts last. Drop in small quan- tities on buttered tins. DOMESTIC RECIPES.