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The contaminated liquid mattâ€"Jei‘fliit least will percolate the gravel, and, it is not at all improbable will find its Tr my to a nearby well and disease will in contaminated wells and similar sources. The very nature of the soil in Durham is conducive to the promo- tion of disease from efiete matter of any kind, and we believe that ordinary empoob are a menace to thecommun- ity who have to depend on ordinary wells for their water supply. “('6 do not. condemn the householder who in the absence of a proper system of sew- agetakes the cesspool method of dis- -_ " vw-"V’ as the poet beautifully expresses it. Seriously now. since re-foresting is be coming alive issue would it not be well for citizens of town and village to wake up to the importance and comfort caused by a little exertion or a little expense in tree ornamentation. The extension of the water mains to the station and along Bruce street is only the beginning of a great work yet before the town. To have water con- venient and to have it always is ex- ceedingly important. and to have good water that any person can drink with a feeling of safety will do much to les- sen the diseases that have visited this town too often. It may not beeasy to demonstrate, but there are many who believe firmly that instances of typhoid in this V91"! town have had their origin in contaminnma .Mm M“: 4.4.-- The. tree planting season is now on and we would like to see the property holders take a. hand in ornamenting their properties. As pointed out a few weeks ago the cost would be buts. trifle and the pleasure resulting to many of the present and to all future generations would be iucalculahle Many who give this subject onlya pessing thought now in the cool days of spring will he found at midsummer, l instance of history repeating itself and the tree planting resolution will be again forgotten till the neglectful’ “resolutionist” is again reminded by DURHAM, MAY 17, 1906 DURHAM CHRONICLE MacFarIane d’z Co. That’s why our wall paper deo partment is doing such a rushing business. One glimpse of our beautiful papers and the state- ment of the price is all the argu- ments that is needed. The good judgment of our customers needs no further urging. If you are giving any thought to the matter of paper let us show you these stylish patterns. Would like to have you see them whether you buy or not. It doesnt take long for people. to find out where the best wall papers are to be had for the money. Varnish Stains that transform plain pine into cherry, wal- nut. mahogany, etc. Enamelsâ€"difi'erent kinds for dif- ferent purposesâ€"for willow and wood furniture or bath tubs. sinks. e'c . gilt enamels, aluminum enamels, etc. Floor paint, roof and barn paint. screen door paint. wagon and implement paint, buggy paint, . varnish. brushes. etc. Household paints in small cans all ready for use. Ready mixed palms-the reliable Percy brand-in all shades. What We Know About Paints Dmggists and Booksellers IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. [5 worth a great deal to us and worth more to you. If you go by what we know you will insure getting ut- most paint value for every cent of paint cost. Our paint stock Includes everything ever needed for any kind of work. . But. apart from the onus of the past, . the session would suggest that the i parties should soon swap names. The ;\\'hitnev Government has proved it- ?self nothing if no i and advanced. Its legislation has been , even more remarkable, the Libernl leader evidenced a continuance of that close consideration of corporate and capital- istic influence that so many think as- sisted in his downfall. In this position Mr. Ross is loyally joined by Mr. Hat. court, and the result is that they have 4 been gradnaily. and, mayhap, nncon-l sciously. separating themselves from their on following. The parting of A “'EAK OPPOSITION. The Government has been favored by fortunate circumstances. It has proved itself strong, but its strength is magnified in the public eye by the weakness of its opponents. The con- dition of the Liberal Opposition has been sadly unsatisfactory. The im- pression grows that Mr. Ross has fail- ed in his leadership. His forces are not only small, but they have been hopelessly divided. The young mem- bers were not satisfied to accept a standard which included the vast “has been,” with its Somewhat tortuous course and its lost public confidence. Mutterings of discontent have been heard the session through and the ruction of its final days, over the Beck Power Bill, was only the appearance on the surface of the commotion which had heretofore been effectively res- L..- 2.. It is Well to call it the \Vhitney . Government. The Premier‘s personal- »; ity has dominated every department : of it. the session through. He has in- , sisted on handling and controlling the ,' reins, coaching the backward members of Cabinet. restraining those who é chafed to dash forward. Every Minis- i ter who had Government legislation to , introduce was summoned down to I’share his leader’s desk while he pro-j ' pounded the new policy. If the debate grew warm or acrimonious, Mr. \Vhit- ’ ney jumped in with relish to clear the 3 way for his associate; if the criticisms lOI' queries were embarrassing he un- ' dertook to answer them; while, if the l leader of the Opposition ever showed a desire to “create a dust,” then, of all times, the Premier rushed into the fight. Mr. “'hitnevis always earnest, always emphaticâ€"so much so that he sometimes endangers the destruction of his emphasis. “'hen every word fall with the momentum of a sledge hammer, there is asameness about the sound which may cause it in time to lose its force. ' Looking hack upon the busy session of the Legislature just closedâ€"the bus- iness in many moonsâ€"â€"the general pub- lic verdict will be that the \Vhituey Government has made good. The most Radical Legislation ever placed on Provincial Statute Book in one Session. J The obituar) poetry business still ‘ runs in some of our exchanges. \Ve’ll but the orders are not coming in very rapidly since we fixed the price. Cross roads poets in anv line are not usually literar y prodigies and their strained effusions to become Tennysons and Longfellows and \Vhittiers and Shake- ; spearesand the rest of them are laughed i at by themselves as well as every other reader. “'hile we can tolerate What the author himself puts in as four-line chunks of nonsensical jingle. we hope not to he asked to give place to a class 1 of (log2e1el that brings reproach upon ; the departed as well as upon his living } | 1e latix es. ' I we have often referred to the im, ' portance of a. fountain at the main cross streets of the town or at some I convenient place along the front street, Many a. time a. person goes thirsty rather than go into a crowded barroom to ask for a drink of water. The hotel i in any case is not obliged to act as free dispensers of water and when the bar is lined with drinkers as it may be found sometimes there are women and I I children who would suffer before ask-4 ‘ ing for a drink. How would it be for the councii to erect a nice little drink- I'linur fountain for the goodof the public? I ' \Ve belie\e it \\ ould be a proper thin" i ? Ito do, and mum a person would thank I them in their hearts for so generous aI ? Iblessing. Let the council of 1906 con- I ’ sider the matter at once and once the I drinking place is established the only , cost would be for a supply of water in the summer season.'1his, “e think, I would not he v-ei) much. LEGISLATURE PROROGUED and devise some means by which the health of the community will not be endangered from this source at least. follow in its train. We think it is high time for the council to take this mat- ter up, even at considerable expense, (Toronto News Stock Tonic and Blood Purifier Antiseptic Healing Indigestion and Colic Cure Breeding Powders Spavin Cure Cough Rernedy Poultry Tonic Heave Relief Lonse Degth Navel and Joint I”. Gulls and Thrush Cure Diarrhoea Cure for Sprain Emulsion Lump J aw Cure Worm Remedy Ench pkg. contains a coupon entitling the holder to free veto: SOLD BY BARCLAY BELL, Implement Agents. DURHAM. COLIN McMILLAN, Hunessmaker, DROMORE . SCHWINDT MUTE. Grocers. Under the supervision of DES. VANZANT . WARING Tor °nt01 of over 25 y “1'8 practical experience. Mrs. Msrr, who formerly lived here with her daughter, Mrs. (Rem) Wilson, died at the parsonsge. Mark- dele on Wednesday of last week aged 83 years. The remains were taken to Omemee for burial on Sstnrdey. In the absence of Rev. Mr. Wilson on Sunday. Mr. M. K. Richardson of this place supplied his pulpit st Msrkdsle. nse due to typhoid nnd Numerous friends sincerely sympa- thize with Mrs. Albert Scewgr: on the death of her sister, Miss Perego, at Feversham last week. Miss Pere- go lived here for some time and was Mrs Wm. Wilcock, of the back line, met with a bad accident on Fri- day last. In the barn she slipped and fell to the feed room floor below a distance of about ten feet sustainâ€" ing severe injuries internally and also concussion of the Spine. Dr. Carter is in attendance and we 'frust soon to learn of the patient improv- { At the last regular meeting of the :Women’s Missionary Society in the lMethodist church here oficers were ;elected for the ensuing year as fol glows: President. Mrs W. H. Thurs- .' ton; lst. Vice-Pres. Mrs Joe. Clin- .: ton; 20d. Vice-Pres. Mrs. Fred Nich- fiolson; Rec Sec.. Mrs. Geo. Mitchell; .' Cor.Sec., Mrs. \V. A. Armstrong; li'I‘rea. Mrs. W. H. Bum; Pres. of iSySYematic Giving. Mrs. (Rev) J. T. iCaidWell. The Society has 24 mem bars on the roll and raised $53 00.: during the past year. A barrel of1 ‘clmhing was sent to Mattawa and a box of fruit to the Deaconess Home! Toronto. ' Mrs. “7. Patch, who moved from here last fall to T ronto, met with sore bereavement on Sunday when her youngest child John. aged 5 yrs. died after a brief illness with pneu- monia. The remains of the little fellow will be brought here to morrow (Tuesda,) to be interred be- side his father who died nearly five years ago. Mrs. Petch has numerous friends here who deeply sympathize with her in her sorrow. Regular Government caucuses have been held throughout the Whole ses- They were wise words, and in so far as Mr. \Vbitney and his supporters live up to that standard they may ex- pect to continue their strength and prosperity. of conscientious conviction rather then political exigency. “ The Cabinet is liable to err.” he is said to have frankly told them, “and in the multitude of councillors there is wisdrmi. Let each member study every measure as though it were his own and the result of a free general discussion must then be great- ly beneficml." the ways has been reached in the minds of every unbiassed onlooker. The future of the Liberal party in On- ! tario is no longer associated with the ‘ names of Ross and Harcourt. l l 3 GOVERNMENT PARTY A U.'IT. ' their numbers the Government sup- porters have hung together with a fealty perhaps born of the tribulations of long years of 'Opposition. The Premier has done wisely in this: He has propounded to all his supporters in the House the doctrine that they must ‘ freely express their opinions on all ' public questions and Government measures submitted to the caucus, and that these opinions must be the result These Are Not Stock Foods NOTES OF THAT BURG BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT must be the result DURHAM CHRONICLE Mrs. W. A. Armstrong and Miss Wass went to Dundalk on Friday night to hear Saul of Tarsus render- ed by the choral class there under the leadership of Mr. Newton Large and were very much pleased with the cantata. Mrs. A. McPhatter, who has been on an extended visit with her mother Mrs. Wm. Wright, back line. return- to her home at Owen Sound on Fri. daylast accompanied by her sister Miss Vina who will visit a few weeks. Mr. T. J. Sheppard of. Toronto Junction, spent a couple of days last week with friends here. “‘“ Mrs. M. Gillespie of this place lost her valuable cow a week ago. Hav- ing lost a cow a short time ago the loss of this one meant very much to her. but it has. we are pleased to learn. been made good. Through the kind offices of Mrs. Andy Wilson a number of friends contributed suf- ficient to purchase a fine cow which has been done and the animal presen- ted to Mrs. Gillespie. Professor Joseph Stafiord and chil- dren of Montreal. are visiting the farmer’s sister Mrs. J. P. Ottewall. Mr. R. J. Sproule was at Fever- sham on Monday conducting an auction sale. Mrs A. Bentham has returned from an extended visit with her daughter at Toronto Juncrion. Mrs. Andrew Shields. of Detroit, is visiting her sister Mrs. Jane Thomp- son who is ill. Mrs. (Dr.) Murray. who underwent a critical operation in Toronto two months ago, returned home on Fri- day last much improved in health. Mrs. Murray’s friends are pleased to see her home again and wish her con- tinued improvement until perfectly restored Mrs.Geo. Mitchell is Spending a few days at Palgrave where she at- ten ed the funeral of her aunt Mrs. Shore on Saturday last. At the Quarterly omcial Board meeting of the Methodist church last week Mr. Joseph Blakely was elected representative to the District Meet- ing at Owen Sound on the 29th. inst. Antiseptic Healing Oil Breeding Powders Cough Remedy Heave Relief Diarrhoea Cure fox; Colts Lump J aw Cure 240 acres. also 160 acres Manitoba Land near \Yinnipeg. Torrens Title. no encumbrance. $900 per acre. Will accept in payment part cash and part National Portland Cement Co.’Stock at $60.00 per share. holder to free veterinary adv 100 sion, every important bill, with the ‘ exception of Mr. Beck’s power measure, being submitted to the members for consideration. The result was many amendments and changes, some of 5 them readily acknowledged to be ad- ; vantageous. The power bill is un- l dou btedly a Cabinet compromise which l M r Beck has accepted with good grace. EThe secret is leaking out, moreover. 3. that the energetic member from Lon-* : don, in view of pronounced public sen- . timent, succeeded in getting a good 'deal of his own way, and that he en- . listed somewhat 1ad1calassu1ance f1 om ' his colleagues as to the future. \Vhile the Government is particularly anxious to avoid bringing the drastic expro- priation clauses of the Beck bill into ope1ation. it may be stated upon the best of authoxity that their hand will not he stayed should the occasion £01 this action unfortunately arise. Apply to Big Bargain. , Grocers, HANOVER. JOHN ADDISON, 154 \Vellington St. HAMILTON. ONT. Ottéwell. ch: While we are selling goods for $1 00 (see window) we are opening a chan- nel which enables us to turn our stock over many times a year. Eggs taken same as Cash in exchange for Custom Work and Repairing as usual at the Down‘ And take this Opportunity of thanking all, who have in any way, given us a share of their patronage. We are still doing busineSs at the old stand. and will do our best to please all who favor us with a call. We have just entered upon our 4th year of business in Durham ASH ONLY.DURH~L\1 A\D OW EN St REPAIRING and ORDERS our SPECIALTIES Don’t fail to see our NEW DRESS SHOES An Ad. in the Chronicle is a Paying Investment. For $1.00 PEEL, the Shoeman d. S. MclLRAlTH Merchant Tailor and Gent’s Furnisher . L. FLARITY A superb line of up-tadate EGGS WANTED. SEE THEM. .-town Shoe Store. ,1906 Typewriter. Meat Choppers. Bread Mixers. Carpet Sweepe Bird Cages. Bicycles. Fishing Tackle. It’s the qua quantity of on that increases 0 ness. ; ~ 5â€".*¢__‘. A. $120.00 Jewitt for one-quarter value. Have you seen wrxnging MOps? other kinds also. No home is comp! one of our Bread 1 a number of 012:1 have found it so. If you dressed Who will be wit}; or Food Chopper our prices and the choice. \Ve have Why wear out tha pet with some b! you can buy a Car; so cheap. SPEGI 3L H Neat BIG‘ Bird fancier-s are examine our ass Cages. We have a large Bicycles and Bickl If you want to ca buy one of our Pi and Tackle. MAY 17, 190 Ask Th Have Y0 In facr an d We a h a