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Ar? of M 2‘ $1! tl Alteration Sale . . . As we intend making some alteration in our store, a lot of Wall Paper must be either moved upstairs or out -â€"â€"we preter the latter. It’s yours at a snap, if you snap quick. All we want is to be saved the trouble of moving it. The profit is yours. Come and let us show you. MacFARLANE M30. DURHAM CHRONICLE Durham, August 25, 1904. " lyohiel': anal; yo takin' notes. ‘1’ faith he'll went it."-Bunxs. For some time past I have been keeping my mouth shut and my ears and eyes open, but I haven t lust sight ofeverything for all that. That la- croase match was quite an interesting event, but I couldn t get over to Han- over to see it pulled off and have now to content myself with healing the boys talk about it. Neat-l3 e3 embody from here went oven. the Editm and I seemed to be about the onl3 ones left. and l was curious enough to ask him why he didn't go with the crowd. His answer was; a little out of the ord- inary. and I’ll just tell what he. had to event, but I “mull” gt" 0"?" t“ Han- ‘. can estimate its educational value. over $0 3"" it pulled “it and NW“ ““Wl If the study of colyx. corolla, stamens, ‘0 content ‘“."-"“lf With hearing theEpistils. exogenous, endogenous, phze- boys talk about ii. NPEII'L" (‘Vt’I'YiuKiy i llUgtllllUllS. angiospernlous, angiocar- from ht‘l't‘ W9!“ “"913 ”W Edit"? and pous and all the other terms in Bot- ] seemed to be about the only ones any have an educative value, Why left. and l was curious enough to ask shouldn't a practical acquaintance him why he didn't go with the crowd. ‘ with the everyday forms of weed life His answer was a little out of the ord- ' be worthy of considpmtion. The inary. and 1'" 3““ ‘9 ll what he had t“ 2 move is a good one in our opinion and “y in NEW“? t” my question. H" 2 the directors should be commended said he was awfully anxious to go to ' for placing it on the list. Some of that match t” 5"“ the ”1““ "'i'" 0W?" the teachers started some time ago to SOUWL but '19 "“"mll’t manage to i mount their plants for exhibition and raise the Wind. The bank boy came 3 Wm,“ the fair day arrives we may ex- around that morning and got. him totpect to see a good showing. Prize 3609!” a draft for seventeen dollars { Lists will he cheerfully furnished on and he expected a fifty dollar draft {applying to Secretary Davidson. round inaday or so, he owed some i ' * a, other bills too, and he hated like the . . . . . mischief he said u, be caught making ; \\ e shouldn t despise httle things. a big fellow of himself on otherf Nothing is so small that it hasn’t a people’s money, He couldn‘t get a place in the economy of nature, and horse if 1“. “Quilted one. and he hated gan influence more or less on all its to walk and carry a lunch with him. ' surroundings. The serpent may be a “I'm not here " said he “because lilittle one, but tread on his tail and don't want to go. I am just aching to ; he’ll turn up to sting you. The Japs 2-... __-_____ -n- see that mutt-h." and with tears in his eyes he suitl it was his luelg any- Way. In a sort of half umlideutiul tone he told me how he'd hate tn eat :1 cold lum-h in mine th-iye shed while deliquent stihsei-ilwrs were having a hot supper and :1 high time at the Reid House. "liven when l was :1 boy" said the distressed Editor "I never could have a good time like other boys. The rim-us used to come round then every summer but I had to stay home and pull peas. while scores of loaded teams passed by and the happy passengers. it seemed to we took special delight in asking ”Ain't. you goin" “No, I never had any fun" said he again. ”Even on the 24th of May when every other boy in the country went to see the greased pig, and other fun things that would mkeahoy 13 h till doomsday. I had to stay home and help dad to “sheep. I had to hold their legs .mduddid the shearing. My how theoldramnsedtokick, Ican almost THE MAN ON THE STREET Dmggists and Bookseilers. W. IRWIN. Editor and Prepn'etor. .“NO” 8‘“ he! the re- I ' straint under which I was placed when pnirs; if he wouldn’t he’s no good for , a boy may have been a. blessing in a preacher, thats‘ all we got to say 3 disguise. The next morning I Saw about it. the Editor again and with a. half sat- ' iSfied grin he told me he didn’t feel so I was walking along the street a. few bad after all for staying away from evenings ago, and saw two commercial that match because it W00“ just kill travellers on the side-walk. Just then him to see the boys on the eve of a tough looking “drunk” came along, I ‘ victory and then see them licked. ‘ and tried to strike up a conversatian, #33 “'e have no authority for saying there will be no fools at the fair, but the management have given us to un- ‘derstand that the faker W111 be a missed attraction. Some last year ;went home sadder. hut wiser men, ‘their pockets were lighter, and their [hearts heavier, but it is to be hoped ’the lesson so dearly learned will stick tothem for life. We would just as isoon go into a lazaretto and expect 'toescape contagion, as to play with 3a wheel of fortune man, and expect‘ to beatl1im at his own game. The ;public have been warned time and .again to give these fellows a Wide berth, and if 1n the face of such warn- : ing the} wilfully act the fool, who {should weep o1er their foolishness. , This subject has been so often dis- cussed in the public press that no man : _ with a grain of common sense would stand up there before a faker’s tent has a living advertisement of his own . i idiocy. \Vhen a child plays with fire ’ 'l he is apt to get burned, but the pain- 'ful experience is usually a lesson to the child. It isn’t always a good plan 1 ' to try to get rich too quickly. l The Prize Lists for the Fall Fair to' be held here the let and 22nd of September are now in the hands of Secretary Davidson, who is anxious to give as much publicity as possible to this great annual re-union. Many ‘ people come out loaded with the pro-1‘ ducts of the farm, and many go home loaded with the products of the brew- % ery and distillery. Many come out to see their friends and exchange greet- ings with those they haven’t seen since the preceeding exhibition. At present we are unable to predict the real character of the fair of 1904, and as the people of the vicinity have witnessed many good ones in Durham, it may be out of place and perhaps untrue to say that that of 1904 will eclipse all its predecessors. The man- agement are. determined to make it “a better fair than has been,” and the new feature of expert judges will have a tendency in that direction. The. competition amongst the schools of South Grey to present a large col- lection of noxious weeds, for which good prizes are offered is another special attractitm that will cause mueh interest. Few imagine the magnitude of the task the society has this year imposed upon the teachers and pupils. and we will venture to say that only very few outside of those aetually engaged in the work place in the economy of nature, and an influence more or less on all its surroundings. The serpent may he a little one, but tread on his tail and he'll turn up to sting you. The Japs d] e a little people and a few years ago they were scarcely heard of, yet today the eyes ot the whole world are turned to that little nation who have proved themselves courageous enough to measure strength with Russia, the long standing menace of all other European and Asiatic countries. “'liatever the end may be the result sofarhas Shown skill and daring in the little Japs never before dreamed of. liven Russia has learned the lesson that an honorable compromise would be better and Cheaper than (lis- honoraole and dishonoring war. Don‘t despise the little things. Don’t imagine for a moment that you’re the only wiggler in the puddle. There are other wigglers too, some of them, perhaps, smaller than you are, but size doesn’t always count, and it may surprise you some time to run against them and find yourself outclassed. Russia has long been trying to act the bully. and her very actions have won sympathy for her enemies. So it is when the loud mouthed street bully is sent to sleep byrthe quiet, harmless, inoffensive little fellow in whom no- body thought there was any fight. Then the little fellow is olionized and the big fellow is held in disgust by his former associates. There are noisy little rats. too, who make their» selves so repulsive by their blatant insolence, that even a preacher would aside and sent to for re- I was walking along the street a few I evenings ago, and saw two commercial travellers on the side-walk. Just then a tough looking “drunk” came along, and tried to strike up a conversatian, but finding the commercial man had no time to bother with such cattle he passed on without pressing his impor- tance on the stranger. “This is a great place for drinking” remarked the unaccosted stranger, who went on to say that he never saw a Worse place for its size. It struck me at once that such a reputation from men of wide public experience was no credit to the ! town, but feeling that these two gen- tlemen knew pretty‘ well what they were talking about I made no attempt whatever to argue the question. Com- mercial travellers have a ‘good chance of judging, and a favorable or unfavor- able impression, as the casc may be, is quickly formed by men of such keen insight. Surely it must make a man feel disgusted with his surroundings when accosted by a dirty, drunken, slobbering sot who tries to entertain him byhis incoherent ravings. I have often been told the same thing about Durham, and while I regret the report I fear it is only too true. Don’t think there are anv others. In alllikelihood there are non. Don’t think the first snbj ect you stirke has ever been used before. The chances are no one has ever thought of it. In any case, it is very probable you will handle it. much bet- ter than any of your predecessors. Don’t have any doubts that your article will be accepted by the first editor to whom you send it. He has been waiting for you to arrive for a long time. If you should get it back. don’t permit any unpleasant doubts as to its perfection to find a resting plece in your mind. Its return should be attributed to some mistake 1n the of- fice to which you sent it, or at worst to a deplorable lack of literary taste on the part of the editor. Don’t re-read the manuscript in the hope of finding something that might be changed to make it more suitable from a commercial or other standpoint; but try‘ another maga- zine at once. The postal rates are so absurdly low that you can better at- ford to send the bundle back and forth a dozen times than waste valu- able time in making changes in a masterpiece. If-you should noc le able to sell your work after areasonable number of trialsâ€"say fortyâ€"don’t change your literary style. Merely reduce the number of your acquaintances as much as possible, permit your hair to grow toa distinguiehed length, smoke a churchwarden pipe, assume an abstracted manner, and you will be able to congratulate yourself that you have established your claim to genius. Genius is. after all, but a matter of diflerence. . Finally â€"if you would at some future time make a living by writing don’t follow any of my advice with the exception of this paragraph-- Jacques. A man’s earning capacity is seldom as great as his wife’s yearning capa- ci.y. Lives of trust men oft remind us When the tales of squeeze are rife, That each one must be neglecting Lots of squeezing due his wife. Even the glove manufacturer doesn’t like to have his stock thrown back on his hands. “ Don’t marry a man to reform him,” is an old saying. \Vhat about marrying a. woman Who needs refor- mation? Editor Ramage was over at. the i lacrosse match. and as he is reported 1 to have struck Hanover just four; minutes after he was in our shop he; must have gone on a. flying machine. y Fools, who fool with fakirs, needn’ t'g come to the Fair this year because there’ll be no fakirs to fool with. ' Our Varney CorreSpondent tells of Stinson’s horse falling at Crawford’s Hotel. Surely the horse has’nt add- ed drinking to his other bad habits. It’s an interesting sight to see a. fellow get mad and then not speak. We have seen some in that state go round with their lips up like Wes. Theobald’s pnp when he took away the sucking bottle. A WELL KNOWN Co.. was sufiering from a. protracted attock of dierrhoec. “I tried Cham- herloin’ a Colic, Cholera and Diurhoea remedy. ” he soys, “and obtuined 1m- mediote relief. I cheerfully recom- mended this medicine to those simil- orly efliotod." Sold by H. Porter, About eighteen months ego Mr. S. W. Menning, of Alheny, N. Y., wido- ly known in trade circles as the re- presentive _of the Albeny Chemice} Recommends Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Don’ts For Writers HITS AND MISSES. w People We Know THE GOING AND OOHINO 0F VI8ITOR8 IN THE MONTH OF AUGU8T. Mr. T. Moran is in Toronto this week attending the meeting of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. Mr. Chas. McKihnon returned last week from a pleasant and profitable trip out West. He went as far as Ar- cola. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Newton, and Master Gerald of Goderich, are guests of his brother Rev. Mr. Newton and family at the Baptist Parsonage. Mrs. Duckham of Chicago is visiting Mrs. (Rem) Newton. Mr. Herb Kelsey, uf Port Burwell was in town this week. Rev. Mr. Farr preached in his old church at Atwood on Sunday last. Miss E. Black spent a few days last week and this with Toronto friends, and returned Tuesday. Miss Annie J ardine was in town Sat- urday getting things in readiness for her trip to Dauphin. She did Well t1) secure the Chronicle and we hOpe she will enjoy its weekly visits. Miss Fodey McKinnon spent a few weeks with her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. James Staples, of Glenelg. Mr. Joe Collinson, who has been en- gaiged in the drug business for a time in Hamilton. has given up his position there and is visiting friends here. Mr. Edwin Allan, who is engaged on the Board of Trade in Toronto, came up last week and spent a day in town shaking hands with old friends. He went to the Lacross match in Hanover but wasn’t any too well pleased with the result. Rev. Mr. Boone accompanied by his son Charlie, of Leamington, arrived quite unexpectedly Tuesday and are the guests of his father-in-law, Mr. C. McDougall. It was quite a surprise to the women folks. but finding they had a clean table-cloth and a spare bed they soon restored their equilebrium. Mr. Boone has been preaching in Lon- don for the past two Sundays and will occupy the Owen Sound pulpit on Sunâ€" day next. VVe were pleased to have a short talk with him as he knows many Leamington people that we knew years ago. Mrs. Robert Smith of Grand Rapids Michigan, and four children returned this week after a six Weeks’ visit with her brothers Messrs“. H. and H. Dean of Glenelg. Mrs. J. O’Donoho and Mrs. G. Sim- mons of Toronto sisters of Mr. Dean are visiting at the. old homestead. Mr. Edward Burnett is visiting friends in Muskuka. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allan have w- tunwd from a. fortnight’s visit in Gar- afr 1x t township. \VATCH for posters fur the Lahm' Day colehratinn on Monday Svpt. 5th. \ PRUMINADE C(moert in the evening at the rink. Monday Sept. 5th. THE South Grey Agricultural So- ciety are giving good prizes for their big celebration on Labor Day Monday Sept. 5th. S . nrt 5p ARRANGEMENTS are made for a big day here. on Labor Day under the auspices of the South Grey Agricultur- al Society to raise funds to improve their grounds. Lacrosse Baseball and Football Matches. Races and other DURHAM FOUNDRY 0. SMITH SONS McCormick . . Binder Twine The best in the World. For sale here. Try it. 0-.0â€"1 The merits of our Footwear that we have manufactured and bought tor this season’s business. They are certainly great sellers and wearers. We must believe it for the people say so. The best $1.75 shoe value is found in our Men’s Box 031! and are regularly sold for $2 25. Our Women’s 81.25 Oxford is said to be the nicest ever shown at the money Have you seen our Women’s $1.50 Dongola Laced Boot? It very closelx' resembles the $2.00 values. Our $1.00 Ledies’ Commonseuse Strap Slippers heve met the approval of every purchaser. Hay Forks and Slings See our lines in Babies’ Soft Soles Laced and Buttoned. in black, tau, rc white and blue. We can sell you a good strong TRUNK from $1.7 Almost any reliable make of Shoe Dressings alw on hand. Owen Sound and Durham. REPAIRING DONE QUICKLY. MASSEY-"HARRIS SHOWROOMS. WRITE or leave word at our Show- rooms ii you are thinking of getting one put. up with short netice. We also put up wood or Channelled Steel Tracks where wanted. and all makes. See us before buy. It will pay you. mun meusmu, Agent DURHAM. ONT Showroomsâ€"Welt of the act-oi more or less. hrs apply to PARK LOT NUMBER 13 ham of Stddler street in the T01 . in the countygf Grey. c: _ ___-_ fl-..- ._ I- Park Lot For Sale. Fitted up with round rod tracks saves time, complete ready to go to work. PEEL, the Shoeman â€"Weat of the Middungh House Sables. .I. Bulls, Heifersâ€"agfao:'; aligns < be unsuited. VERSCHOYLE (Imp. h had of herd. H.PARKEK. PURE BRED DURHAMS. YOI'M' RUNS. Beifgrs and Cows. Terms «'33 March I‘m-1f Boots and Shoes. A In _ _ to be known gs the c ‘1 (f (1: est Pltce in Durham, but u do try ‘0 Rive everyone {a value for my money th. Spend in our store. poir of geziuiu bond-mod. Boots or Shoes {u I hive now ojournoyman shoe-- mokor and con ottend prompt 4 5° your thtfi. oither in repair- ” I or canton work. V1.1“... TOIGBCOpes. ”W 3‘". Harvest Mitt: STRICTLY CASH SYSTIZ M .3 up. Durham itb Bhop- {1V GRAIN CRADLE WE SATISFY. CAGES GASOLIN E ST BREAD MIXER: NEW P ALL “'01:! let live. To our Frier and Custnme lm Pumps. DEERINU and l fsrmel BIN SUM E PRICES SNOWBA 1.1 CHURNS. the bes1 BINDER TWINE DILLON HINGE kind that wi‘ ox on their 01 House Traps . . . . Lemon Squeezere . Brooms .......... Silver Spoons ..... Wuh Boerds . Fruit. Funnels. . . . Odd Knives ...... Silver Forks ...... Tubs ............ Spittoous ........ Egg Floppers Grenite Covered P Granite Hill: Pitc Horne Muzzle .... Dog fluzzle ...... Granite Weter Pa Buck Sewn ....... Copper Nickle Tee Cerpet Sweeper .. Solid Nickle Ledl Solid Nickle Tea Churn ........... Wheel Barrow Washing Machine RAYMON 1) Sr“ HOCLAR’) DOWSWELL W that will w Wringer that not tar. WILKINN HEAD STONES a of the best wo: BUGS tint will In dry no the kit PALMERS crate. unpt CURB. WELLS Our store is quality and v: we bundle, and for us to uric: JOHN Only 2 of t! Gain Cradles} Who cun be 1 Every woma one of our Bra in too short bread in lhe ol We have a fin Bird and Squi our prices ure one SlZf you requxre on a number of Bi â€"elSles market. W.B inc me t1 DER TWIN} Stoves {or w Do not forget* the Binder I with the Iowa \V e BI ike 00 EYE (KcKinnon (‘flli‘llt GEO I‘O\ IDS