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Clearance Sale of Mantles. Clearance Sale of Skirts. “gfiamfigagflggflx,uununufiuu. It Has . . . . Leaked Out You’ll Have to Hustle . . We must reduce our stock by we commence stock-taking. sell the easier it will be to do so. Alex. Russell - Saturday - 15 .w Our entire stock of Furs is also included in this clearance sale. We do not want to take one of our Furs into stock. The prices will sell them. $11.0” Jackets. clearance price 9 w ‘u 63 ' «$.00 Before taking stock. (N) (M 3” 3(7) FURS THE BIG STORE. Skirts, clearance price 85.00 " .. 3.90 THE PEflPlE’S SHIRE ROBERT BURNETT That “ The People’s Store” is the cheapest place in Durham to buy your Only a few more shopping days left in this year, then we enter 1905. DURHAM -â€" -- â€"- ONTARIO J 00 00 Hair ViQOE Ayers You Ought to See 01“ Special lines for XMAS presente. A full line of Gent’s Furnishings al ways on hand. Losing your hair? Coming out by the combful? And doing nothing? No sense in that! Why don’t you usc Ayer’s Hair Vigor and “ A er’s Hair Vigor is a great success with me. 1y hair was falling out very bmily, but the Hair Vigor stop ed it and now my hair is all right.”â€" W. C. UOSDON. Lindsay, Cal. 91.00 a. bottle. J. c. AYER co. Lowo-ll. Mn“ All drufigists. for Thin Hair promptly stop the falling? Your hair will begin to grow, too, and all dandruff will dis- appear. Could you reason- ably expect anything better? . L. FLARITY ND the very newest to se lect. from. from the fines: Cheviot to the strong and rv liable Scotch Tweed am Overcoatings. Style. fit am. workmanship guaranteed. MERCHANT TAILOR. Bentinck. known as The Wheeled Plow. There are 40 acres of m The wheeled blow was known in an- Party For further D The French Tricolor. Red and blue, the old colors of Paris. linked by Lafayette with Henry VI.’s royal white, made the tricolor. A man’s dress showed his party. The patriots wore light coats with black waistcoat and trousers. The royalists dressed all in black with a white stock or else in the livery of Artois, green coat with rose colored collar. Aztec Bellows. The Aztecs operated bellows for the forges in the old Mexican copper mines by opening them with the hands and nushing them together with the feet. a mystical origin. Three and seven were mystical numbers, and their prod!- uct is more mystical and most perfect. So the salute to a sovereign or the rep- resentative of a sovereign nation is made as perfect as possible. A National Salute. Twenty-one guns is a national sa- lute. The number is supposed to have More Men Than Women. Egypt is the only country in the world where there are more men than women. The male sex in the domin- ion of the khedive exceeds the female by 100,000. Ocean Islands. There are about 100,000 islands, large and small, scattered over the oceans. America alone has 5,500 around its coasts. There are 365 in the bay of Rio Janeiro, 16,000 between Madagascar and India and some 1,200 off the east- ern coast of Australia, between its mainland and New Guinea. A Rule of Health. In order to be in perfect health one must be temperate in eating. The meals also should be regular. Regu- larity is one of the golden rules of a well ordered life. Odd Foods. In France the sea anemone is used as food. Stufifed like peppers and boiled it calls to mind crab or crayfish. The eehini of various species is also used, cooked in the shell, like an egg, and eaten with a spoon. A Ten Hour Swim. A well known Belgian swimmer named Janssens made a wager that he could stay in the water ten hours, swimming the whole time. He won the wager, performing the feat in the Antwerp baths. A Feather In His Cup. The origin of “a feather in his cap" is thus explained: In Hungary in 1599 it was decreed that only he who had killed a Turk should wear a feather, and he was permitted to add a fresh feather to his cap for each Turk whom he had slain. Haydn. Haydn was fond of imitating animal sounds in his symphonies. In these compositions will be found imitations of the cat, horse. cow, cuckoo, grass- hopper and donkey. Parish of Spinners and Widown. Spinsters and Widows comprise the majority of the inhabitants of Askern, near Doncaster, England, according to evidence given before the local govern‘ ment board inspector. The population has been practically stationary for the last thirty years. Flu-ted In Church. Flirting in church was one of the many weaknesses of Charles II. It is recorded that he was given to playing ‘teep” with Lady Castlemain through -vâ€" __-_ the curtains which divided the royal box from the ladies’ pew. Japanese Morning Glories. The morning glory is one of the eight plants whose flowers the Japanese chiefly value, the others being the apri- cot (mume), the cherry, the wistaria, the peony, the iris. the lotus and the Chrysanthemum. The species most gen- erally cultivated is Ipomoea trileba, a native of China, which blooms in To- kyo at midsummer. Postage Stamps. Few know that there is a difference between Winter and summer postage stamps. In the cold months the gum on the stamps is a little thinner and softer, .while that on those to be used during the summer and in southern states is not so easily affected by heat. The Meat“. Girl. The mestiza girl of the Philippines is noted for her beauty and for her grace- ful dancing. In her dress she streets bright colors. She will wear a skirt of burning red, with a gorgeous under- garment, over which she dons a waist of silken texture, dark and ornamented with the gay and beautiful “pins," which is thrown over her shoulders. A Weary Monarch. Stephen II. of Hungary abdicated out of weariness in 1131 and spent his time after that date in travel. He visited al- most every continental capital, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and en- joyed the reputation of being one of the best traveled men of his day. Gelatin. Gelatin is the animal jelly obtained by boiling cracked bones, gristle and meat. The extract is then clarified and evaporated till it dries in the shape we obtain it for culinary purposes. Alaska is large enough to allow ter- ritory equal to the size of the United Kingdom of Great Britain‘fid Ireland. the empire of Germany, the republic of France, the kingdom of Greece and the republic of Switzerland to be carved out of it. .4 -"’ d; ‘ -. U Bushels of 50,000 BARLEY Owen Sound. Dec. Nthâ€"2m AT EATON BROS. BREWERY 8 CENTS per bushel for N O. l 4 will be paid at the Brewery. MIDDAUGH HOUSE. DURHAM. Easy terms. Apply to MRS. J. \V. IRWIN, Box 80, Durham, Ont. U York and Chicago. Diseases of Eye. Ear Nose and Throat. Will be at Knapp House. Durham. the. 2nd Satmdsv in each month. Hoursâ€"lâ€"G p.m. Specialist: Eye, Ear, Throat and None DR. GEO. S. BURT. Lsm Assistant Roy. London Ophthalmic Hos.. $113., sud to Golden Sq. Throst snd Nose Hos IXCLUBlVILY Will be t the mddnngh Home lot Wodnobdl! of etch month. from 12 to 4 p. In. AND METAL CLEANER COMBINED The only Patented Polish in the World. No Dust, No Dirt, No Smoke, No Smell. Contains no benzine or other explosives. PULVO makes more polish and lasts longer than any other. Prince 10:. AT ALL anoczns C. L; GRANT. W. BLACK. PULVO”BBGE°J Middaugh House for Sale. L. R. C. P.. LONDON. ENG. RADULATE of London, New OTS 34 AND 35 IN THE 3rd CON- I cespiop. west of_th_e_ Gunfirnxa Rand. -" l 0“ (A ___ ,’ HOTEL FOR SALE. DR. BROWN For Sale. Ufll UULV " I fraxa Road.‘ Smith fum” . on this pro- ‘ apply m '3' ' ac ' VII“ 32,“. Our store is better '-'-" stocked than ever efore with articles a." ery suitable for '°'° hristmas Presents. Hardware. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. D0 drop in and see tor yourself. ”THERED DURING THE PAST WEEK FOR CHRONICLE READERS. page 5. Remember th Local News Items SKATES Foundry. A SCAR LET CHAPTER he held in Caldvr's “all. Saturday next, Jam. Nth NOW is the time your .~ summing, you can gnt thvm d .t the Durham Foundry. Fan SALEâ€"The Moore pmpm-t y town. consisting of twmny-lhrm- I. half acres. Apply tn ll ugh .‘hit‘l‘ SEE Ben (Jriltvndvn this issue. Rmnemlwr day, Jan. 17th. IF you want from now (H t]: Parliament \w Toronto \Vurld fifty-fivvm‘nt s. H 16 u EST Furs at I’m nounvmg I Implement particulars VARNEY L. U. 1... Nu. m their regular mwting on I‘ Jul. 20th. wlwn a numlwr will he in atwndanvc. I respectfully requested tn J. W. Blyth, Master. I!" the party who accidoutly lr the glue in W. Black's stow wim on the night of Jan. 2nd.. will and Bettie, it will save Ll‘Oulblv, as {our parties are known that vwn gether. Auctionem WE‘leal'n that Thus. Scarf «k Sn through their solicitor, Mr. I. B. Lu have received satisfactory settlvmc from the Grand Trunk Railway. in l of their claim for delay in shipment cattle to the west in April last . OFFICIAL information. from (Tuunq Clerk Rutherfond, announces the. elet flan of Messrs. Bull and McC-annei Last week were unable to state posit! vely whether 3100391191 or lema took second phu'v. Th9 tutu! Vote the candidaws revvivml in H10 l,i\‘i\i¢| are as followszâ€"rlhll. 1039: VIN 'snnw 74 7:M¢‘Lean. 73‘: \‘hnrp. 173: V .p!“ (ll). tion ”2' 44‘ disqualifi DOIIIN'iIIf.’ SEE Grant's ( Tlearing 8V9" ‘ I‘ side. i‘ chum 'l xt smumm again Imnm'm Mnynr "mum Haym- withuu FRANK Imx'lx :mn m n. afteran H‘IM'IH‘I‘ Hf six ) half. 3105‘ l't’adt't‘s Hf lhi‘ of his escapadvb as a sub Philippines, and thvl‘vk In: would only unwind himw hi0 thoughts on papvr it \ luterestiug ruling. He i uncovered from his H‘t‘t’ll typhoid. but is muusing 1 week helping to set up the H era. and others. W" the coming 68880"- communicate with m Albert Street. mpply necessary i' flan forms, 9“- P mm to fll‘lllt’l'h. Government. "Vet“ friends here by lwr kind? \' ”den, and will ho much miw-uf “home. Two dwghwrs and f “like. all of whom visitwl ' way, except onv in a oum'ilh OWING to :m ( (mum rld {sh price slu K \\'IN supp!) are I) (“V ml his recent M!» ii amusing himso! to net up the paper with Brigndier Huwe set. Toronto. who w Iry information. applic Dc. Fares paidlfmm 'l good daily I) IN N0. 1974. Ill I Army is bringing« of immigrants to \w in the spring- '1'" glass of men, and fa wanting help duri urr Ann. age-<1 Ann“ Mc-lhmg: 3 of her dtulhu morning. after tl 1t ll {I 3398b?“ \V ul \V window nvm-nt cment‘ . in lieu bruk AllCIl Ill the