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HAVE PURCHASED the laundr) business of Charlie Lee, and wish to announce that the business will br- :arried on in the high class manner followed by my predecessors. Han" ing had large experience in laundrg Work, spending: the last four yeazs in Wichita. Kansas, I guarantee satisfaction. All hand workâ€"No machinery. Washing done on Manda nesday and Friday. Iron on Tuesday. Thurzday and S Family Washing, plain.... Family Washing, starched, The Lanndryman EVERYTHING WELL 130N313 LEE GET and may pnm- a “lagging, “- Rev. EDW' AR" \. W'ILSUN B 1V 8 hev WI!’ 13')” .1. sun: 0"uw tor U0 Asthma. Chatarrh. Bronchitisamla mug flaiadics. m iwpm allsutfe 3086 W h .3 PP!“ 39559 "“le t" MVGG at $2033 9!: cent ire Finer my“ 1 Ill M113 Prices Moderate, and Strictly Cash. I” 1‘. Méchine Uil, Harness Oii', Axle Grease and Hunt Ointment, go to HAYE T0 CONSUMPTIVES Consumption. l 1 A \' I . P. SAUNDERS {he Public one on ‘Jonday, We'l- Friday. Ironing done ‘hurzdav and Saturday. The Harnessma k» RCHASED TH! Bri T?“ 3.8%., flew my? . 3‘ tag, Wunmon. D Durham. Ontario 0m silver? It spared to re- :ring it in now ve the time. uaranteed. - U Geo. Siirs. ‘We bst 3r )ll npuou uswt W .. for Consumpthn 'lvll'b ad that dread to make known \\' ed 35c doz 300 doz wanes IE M There are few towns of 1,500 popu- lation that can boast of three old maids and a widow living on the same street, but that was the case with Clifton. Miss Vinton was an old maid because she never had met with a man good enough for her. Miss Hopkins was an old maid because the young man she would have married at eighteen was sawed in two in a sawmill and she had vowed to be true to his memory. Miss Warner was an old maid because she was determined to marry none but a minister, and all the ministers who came were already provided for. The Widow Carter was a widow because part of a house had fallen on her hus- band. The old maids and the widow were on visiting termsâ€"in fact. they rather liked each other. Where there are no male candidates for matrimony con- cerned old maids and widows can sit down together on the same veranda without quarreling. After the widow had solemnly assured the old maids that nothing on the face of this earth could induce her to be false to the memory of her crushed. the quartet loved each other even more. One day one of the merchants in the town sold out and a stranger came to take his place. If he had been :1 mar- ried man the dove of peace would have continued to hover over Rose street, but as he was single, only thirty and The widow let no grass grow under her feet in calling at the store and in- cidentally mentioning her name and or- dering four pounds of sugar all at once. She was one of the Four Hun- dred of the town. and on the part of the other 390 she bade Mr. Strong wel- come to their midst. When he had thanked her she ordered two nutmegs and a paper of starch, in addition to the sugar. to let him understand that she wasn‘t ‘obliged to pinch pennies, and then departed. a “catch” the dove saw a hot time ahead. An hour later her reprehensible con- duct was known to the three old maids, and up went three pairs of hands; six eyes were turned upward in horror and three months opened to exclaim in cho- rus. “How shocking!" Then. dur of the old of the old man call at the star gramme carrim‘ Inch thought 5 The three old maids and the widow had had their eyes on this road from the first. They had 503:) begun 'Walk- ing for exercise. They didn‘t walk at the hours the merchant might be ex- pected. and it they encountered each other they made' 8.5 manner of ex- cases, but each one understood what the other was at and determined to Dame be: in the end. 111'. Strong had been given three month: in which to declare his atten- tions, and he hadn t deem-ed. Time was too valuable to be wasted. His habit was to return to his store after a )1") nvxt two days, each made an excuse to and follow the pro- )ut by the widow. was sly and slick. '9.th otht‘r nut. and \V ll it of (‘IH (‘11 OH n0- 10 'll 6 o'clock supper and remain there untn 8. Just before 8 o'clock, then, on this awful night four human figures might have been seen stealing out of the town and over the bridge. Each and eveq one of them would have pausegl on the bridge to listen to the musical plash of the river if they hadn't seen each other. The first, sec- ond and third were obliged to go on to avoid the last one. She was the widow. She knew the value of a bridge and a river and a musical plash, and she de- termined to stick. One old tramp and a dog were re- sponsible for most of what followed. The tramp came humping alon'g through the town. bent on finding a country strawstack as soon as possible, and as the widow on the bridge heard his footsteps she began to look artless and coy. It was labor thrown away. The tramp was nearsighted and bumped up against her. and in her fright she went over the low railing and down into the water. If she couldn’t swim like a duck she could at least scramble like a cat, and she managed to get ashore. Her condition was dripping, also drOOping, also indignant. She re- alized that no dripping. drooping wo- man stood the slightest show in that contest. and she dragged herself home- ward and was not improved in looks or temper by having to wade through a (-ouple of mud puddles. Miss Yinton came next. She was sauntering up the hill wondering how “that widow" dared he so bold and brassy when the tramp, who was now on the run for his life. overtook her. In his nearsightedness he took her for a horse and wagon and tried to shy out. She shied to the right at the same time and was sent sprawling by the collision. She got out of the roadside (liteh to run into a patch of hriers and scream for help, lmt there was no help. She had to extricate herself and follow the bedraggled \\ ido“. Tho dog alone was responsible for what happened to the other two old maids. Miss Warner had discovered one woman ahead and two behind her, and, suspecting their fiendish inten- tions. she had almost made up her mind to abandon her object when the dog. who had been calling on his hroth- or out in the country. came along and set up a barking and growling. Trag- edy was the result. The old maid nex- er had encountexed a big bobtailed dog at night on a hill. and she at once scrambled over the fence into the weeds and ran for her life. She fell down and rolled over, and she rose up again and struggled on, and when she reached home mo hour. later she im- mediately went into hysterics, and Dr. Seuton got his first night call for four- teen years. The dog had met with such success that he was encouraged to persevere. He came upon Miss Hopkins out of the shadows like a frisking hnystack, and as she screamed out and spread her wings to fly she tripped and went down. The {all might have injured her but for the fact that she fell upon soft mud. She couldn‘t go back to town looking like the mortar mixer for a skyscraper, and she continued on to the merchant‘s boarding house to get the use of hoes and scrapers. They were furnished. but while she was using them she heard the ten-year-old daughter whispering to her mother that she'd bet a cent that Miss Hopkins had come out there to giggle for Mr. have ye failed. and thrice will ye. fail if there be no blood in it!" “'ith those words she snatched up her child and threw it into the molten mass. The bell, when cast. was found to be with- out a flaw, and to this day the people aver that the tone of the bell as it peals forth is the piteous wail of the child. “Mother, mother. oh. mother!" The legend, it would appear. finds a counterpart in the diflerent countries of the far east, as do so many in the western world. The Social Sea Gull. Gfills love society. Thny all? In colonies and live torom'or t year. They are most useful bit the water fronts of our cities gulls have develoxied pertain t: mark them as land birds rat birds of the sex . In southern ‘ 112:5“ of the 5":1. 11181111117‘1111..11_1:-- niu .1311 Oreron I 111W) :1: .11111111 flocks of them lcmc tho 11111311. .1121 xiv1 111: at daybreak ex cry mun-13:1: and sail in- land for miles skimmishiu: about the country to p ck m1 a 12 11119: in the fields following the 111011 .111 day 1011:. as blackbirds (13.111111 fighting at the farm- ers heels for angleworms. I have seen others rummage daily about Pig- bird is useful to man, the gull is cer- Mott what naughI papas mama give ’6 Heâ€" love 2 awhile mm): of great ‘economlc importance as money a scavengen- -â€"Amériam Magazine. “. Pros. DU RHAM CHRONIC LE Thr‘y always nest atom-or the entire useful birds about our cities. These certain traits that birds rather than southern Califor- be news 311'. um psxillo to git ’5 gain to bring Slut. IIain‘t it ight in Clifton, no hearts knew was. Morning maids and a more was still 1t. “'11 vorlu t every lC 10D 1d I'M Cruelty of Swan: as Dispmyeu . Toward Other Fowls. “file graceful swan is one of the most ungracious in its ways. Not only (in the breeding season) does a male bird resent the intrusion of a strange gen- tleman, but it will spend the day in driving of! from its domain any un- lucky geese which might be plainly as- sumed to have no designs upon its do- mestic arrangements and have, indeed, no desire beyond that for a comfortable wash and swim. It will also pursue even the most innocent of newborn ducklings while they unwittflfil‘y re- joice in an early taste of their common element. 0 ‘ .lo Possession of a Country More Loyally Loved and Revered. There is no possession of a country which is more deeply revered, more consistently loved or more loyally sup- ported than its 11a1ti111a11 fia1;,".1n our country is this especially true for in that one 011111211111 :1. e embodied all the 11i11eiples \\hi("1 Ulll f;)1efa.s1ther up- hehl, :1” the hen fits of a1 eentur' and a quarter of enlightened 1110:1'ess and all the hope and a1.s.s11ra111eeot‘ a1 prmnis- in}: future. When an only child has passed out of the cygnet stage of life and grown to full physical it not mental maturity father and mother swans have been known to fall upon and deliberately beat it to death with wing and beak. The gratified parents‘swam gracefully about the mere in which they lived while the great white corpse of their son lay battered and dead upon the shore. The following year, after an- other had been born to them and in in- fancy carried upon his mother’s back, they began to treat him so roughly that, not being pinioned like them, he wisely flew away, and we saw him no more. Curiously enough, geese which have experienced rudeness {rem swans in the lusty spring have been known to retaliate in the calmer autumn, when the fierceness of their enemy had become mitigated. I have seen a gan- der leap upon the back of a once arro- gant swan and pound away at it in the full enjoyment of gratified revenge. The stripvs of alternate rod and White proclaim the original union of thirteen states to maintain the Declaration of Ixnlvpendcnco. Its stars, white on a field of Dino, proclaim that union of statvs mn<titnting our national constel- lation whit-h rocoives a new star with ovory statv. Thus tho stars and stripes sig.‘nify union and “in union there is strength.” The very colors have a significance. \‘x'iiitc stands for purity. rod for valor and blue for justice. together forming a combination which it is our inherited privilege In honor and uplmid. It is not the 11:13.: of :1 king or an em- peror or a president. It is the flag: of he people. brought into being by their will, defended when necessary by their patriotism and to which they turn for protection in time of danger. No matter into what parties our people may be divided. (1110 to political beliefs and leanings. they all stand united under one flag. It is the emhlem of unity, safety and f:iith.â€"â€"St. Nicholas. shows gus. " I’opvs varh :: cuss " “sp: mlgus“ doubt the ciglltvt was the last. and good now. Hugs and Storms. Hogs are al rays more restbss than usual on the approach of bad weather, and when these animals run to and fro with mouthfuls of straw. leaves or ltranehes the indication is for very {uul weather. In their native state pigs probably made their own beds, and when bad weather was coming perhaps gathered a larger supply of straw or leaves than usual to serve as a protection against the rain. Fireu'orks. Fireworks originated in the thir- tvonth century, along with the evolu- tion of powdor and cannon. They were first mnployud by the I-‘lorentines, and later the use of fireworks became popular in Home at the creation of the games. The first fireworks. which re- :temhlo those which we see nowadays, 'were nmnufnctured by Torre, an Ital- im artist. and displayed in Paris in I'ieS when I see the disc;qufizxtnwnts of the girls who are married I begin to be- lieve there is, after all. something in this doctrine of the survival of the fitâ€" test.” Experience. Motherâ€"Now, Tommy, you know what happens to little boys who are naughty. Tommyâ€"Yes, I know. Their papas give ’em a licking, and then their mammas pet ’em and kiss ’91:: and give ’em nice things to eat. The Millionairess. Heâ€"Do you think you could live on love alone? Sheâ€"I'd like to try it awhile. I’ ve never had anything but money and flattery. - Detroit Free ‘on xtec ~ent! BIRDS OF ILL NATURE. [)3 ITO W 'lJ Consolation. "So you are stili unmarried.” said the 1‘1 frivml. THE NATIONAL FLAG. \Vnrd Fashionu. :0 history 01‘ the word asparagus vs how, even in the days of diction- 5, word fashions change. In the teenth century, even in elegant us- the delicacy was regularly called m-ow grass.” A dictionary of 1791 5 that “sparrow grass" is now so .-r:il that "asparagus“ has an air of ness and pmlzmtry. “Spei'age” had 1 the usuul English form in the eeuth century, but in the seven- nh herbalists brought back the orig;- Greek and Latin spelling "aspara- ." I’enys varies between “sparrow mswcrofl. Miss Cayenne. “And 1‘8 tho dim};vgmizxtmonts Of the IC as Displayea Composition : in the seven- 1t back the orig:- polling “aspara- tween “sparrow “spamguc.” N0 century relapse “a” is back for Composition of the House In Which Man’s Spirit Abides. The foundation of the human body is composed of 206 bones, covered with 522 voluntary muscles. The smaller blood vessels are so numerous as to be beyond the telling, but we have no fewer than about 1,000 arteries through which the blood is always flowing under the government of the heart. The blood is composed of two constit- uents, termed by physiologists red and white corpuscles, numlming some thou- sands of millions. Our house has somvthing like 600 tiny telegraph Wires. called nerves, connected with the 1:11:31} and spinal cord, and these little unres are always throbbing with messages which they telegraph to the main n liceâ€"the brain. Besides these there are the sympathet- ic Wires. or nerves, 11111:.l)ered by thou- sands, whlch help the fen-men The front of our hotlr'c. the skin, has been measured up and :‘uund, if spread out, to cover fifteen Square feet. The ventilation scheme by which we get our fresh air is built of such fine porous stuff that, if spread out, it would be found to cover a stretch of land bigenough to contain a fifteen roomed house. We refer to the lungs which have hundreds of miilions of air cells. To every square inch of the palm of the hand are 2,500 pores, while the number of. sweat glands in the skin generally is 2,500,000. Their function is to deposit secretions upon the skin; hence the necessity of a daily tub to wash this stuff away, otherwise it clogs the sweat glands and prevents their proper working. Properly Speaking, It Should Be Called Heat Apoplexy. What is called “sunstroke,” the ef- fect of great heat, should be “heat apoplexy.” The misnomer leads the multitude to suppose that death from it is caused through being struck down by exposure to a special ma- levolency of the sun’s rays. This is not so, for patients are with equal fre- quency found in houses and barracks and tents and at night as well as day and, whether in sun or shade, are gen- erally those whose health is debilitated by dissipation, disease and overfatigue, and the evidences from all parts of the world show that exposure to in- tense sun rays is less to be feared in dry countries than in countries where the temperature is much lower, but the atmosphere is moist, and perspira- tion is consequently retarded. People suffer more from a tempera- ture of 87 degrees I“. at Brussels than at 122 degrees F. at Cairo, owing to the moist air of the first and the ex- treme dryness of the air in the latter citv. The inhtrhitants of the eastern coasts of the United States hear with amazeâ€" ment of temperatures from 118 to 128 degrees F. being tolerated in the dry regions of Arizona and South Colorado without harm and that the ordinary avocations of farm and factory are pursued without inconvenience. This is due to the cooling effect of rapid evaporation from the surface of the body, and hence the sun's malignancy is unknownâ€"Loadon Mail. Family Crests In England. She had discovered the family crest and was having a die made for her let- ter paper. “You'd have to pay $3 a year to use his crest on yo 1r stationary if you were English," sail the stationer. “There is in Eng-1 land a tax of $33 a year on all who sport a crest.” “So few people are entitled to a crest, though,” she said. “I shouldn't think such a tax would bring in the English government much money.” "The tax brings in $250,000 a year.” replied the stationer. “There are 50,- 000 English with crests on their sta- MO! 10:" The Marriage Knot. A good deal is heard of the “marriage knot,” but very few of us realize that the knot was ever anything more than a figure of speech. Among 10 Baby- lonians tying the knot was part of the marriage ceremony. says Home Chat. The priest took a thread from the gar- ment of the bride and another from that of the bridegroom and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the bride, thus symbolizing the binding nature of the union \vnieh now existed between herself and her husband. Highland Deaths. Pennant in his “Tour of Scotland” tells that on the death of a highlander, the corpse being stretched on a board and covered with a coarse linen wrap- per, the friends placed a wooden plat- ter on the breast of the deceased con- taining a small quantity of salt and earth, separate and unmixedâ€"the earth an emblem of the corruptible body, the salt an emblem of the immortal spirit. The Speculato‘r's Progress. Grahamâ€"So you sent your boy around the globe for a little trip, eh? I heard he was dabblingsome in stocks? Rit- chi%Dabb1ing? He probably was-â€" at first" but when I discovered his prc~ dicamcnt he was floundering in them! A Man 0! Ability. Tomsouâ€"IJohuson has no ability of any kind. Jacksonâ€"No ability? Non- sense. “115’, he can ask you for a loan in such a way that you thank your lucky stars for the opportunity to ac- commodate him.â€"London Tit-Bits. Used to It. Mrs. Knickerâ€"Weren't you frighten- ed when the'bull bellowed at you on account of your new dress? Mrs. Bock- er-â€"No. It was exactly the way Hen- r: behaved when he got the bill. THE HUMAN BODY. SUNSTROKE. to pay $3 a year to use your stationary if you " said the stationer. The Great Dancer of the Great Day. of the Bullet. The elder Vestris, who flourished In the middle of the eighteenth centun. called himself the “god of danc1ng. and declared in all sincerity a: 1d Mm. out rebuke that his century had Dro- duced but three supreme menâ€" ~himsg1f Frederick the Great and \ oltuire, On one occasion when reproving ms 80:; Augustus for refusing to dance before the king ct Sweden at the request of the king of France he said that he would not tolerate any misunderstand. ing between the houses of \‘estrig and Bourbon, which had lived hitherto upon the most friendly terms. Madeleine Guimard made her debut when she was thirteen years of age‘ and for nearly thirty years kept :11} Paris worshiping at her feet. This was a success of art and not of beauty, for Guimard was so aggressively thin that she was known as ‘ the spider." She discov cred the great painter David who helped Fragonard to adgr n her house with frescoes. Indeed, 1mm nard, for whose paintings today ram. Ious sums have been paid, lost his com. mission because he dared to fall 13 love with his patron. Guimard hada theater in her own house, and her en- tertainments there were deemed 9;. travagant in an age of luxury, Paris could not spare her to London until she was past her tortieth year. She was a sort of boudoir adviser to Marie An. toinette, and so great was the esteem in which she was held that one of the most distinguished sculptors of the day molded her foot, and when her arm was broken in a stage accident a mass for her speedy recovery was 0019. brated at Notre Dame. A Marine Butcher That Kills For the Pleasure of Slaughter. The bass is like a roaring lion going about seeking whom he may dei‘our. i have seen a good sized specimen get into a school of minnows and eat and stun? until he could not get any more into his capacious insides, then go off by himself, throw up what he had eaten and begin over again, after which he would keep on killing the poor in- nocent minnows, apparently for the mere pleasure of killing. Very young bass will attack minute water 111’ which flourishes on water plants and get away with every one in sight, adopting the same method as their eld- ers. To illustrate the extent of he cannibalism of the black bass here. is the experience of a superintendent oi one of the fish hateheries in Pennsyl vania: “EVE EH {if} “The superintendent made an ac: count of 20,000 young bass about inch long and placed them in a pond by themselves. He gave ti food six times a day. and. accordin; his statement. each fish ate on an :1 age three times its own weight of prepared food every twenty-f our be They were placed in a pond on lst of July. and on Oct. 1, w pond by themselves. He gave them food six times a (my. and. according to his statement, each fish ate on an aver- age three times its own weight of ti prepared food every twenty-f our hours. They were placed in a pond on tlf‘ lst of July, and on Oct. 1, when“ they were taken out. there were only 11,000, and the record showed that less than 200 died from sickness. It is rea- sonable to sunnose. therefore, that in superintendent ther bass devoured by more fortunate c0 Meehan in Field an: Caring For the Teeth. Without good teeth there czi' thorough mastication. Wither ough mastication there canmt fect digestion, and consequent health results; hence the par importance of sound teeth. Clo: do not decay. The teeth shouhi brushed from side to side. If done the points of the gums WE jured and the too per teeth should top downward (‘5 ends of the teeth). the bottom um 1111!. also from 1} to the extremity of the tooth. sential to wash the teeth at 113 wise to wash them also in th ing. Rinse‘ the mouth after em Swiss Enterprise. There is a weekly journal p11! ‘i.‘1efl at Zurich, Switzor.and, called the 2-1:; gaged Couples’ Advertiser. which i ‘ agents at work alL over Switz:,~rla:: ascertaining the name of every :3: who is engaged to be married and tha‘ of her prospective nshand. Thost names are printed in the paper, W111 the addresses of the sweethearts and :‘ description of their social position Soon after the announcement of he: engagement a girl finds herself ahnos in a position to start a shop. so nnin a: ous are the samples she receives froz‘. firms anxious to sell their goods to her Gun Barrels. To brown gun barrels wet a piece of rag with chloride of antimony, dip it into olive oil and rub the barrel over. In forty-eight hours it will be covered with a fine coat of rust. Then rub th ‘ barrel with a fine steel scratch brush and wipe with a rag dipped in boiled linseed oil. To rebrown remove the 011 coating with oil and emery paper, they. remove the grease with caustic pot ash. GUIMARD, THE SPIDER THE BLACK BASS and eat and 'et any more , then go off that he had 1, after which the poor in- ntly for the Very young 2 water life 1' plants and ne in sight, . as their eld- “#A‘\§ In: +hn at!" THURSDAY MORNII “menu-mu Pammc HS'JSE. sAnArRA: DU R‘HAM, ONT. £MES ..... $4.00 pet annum. Adv directions willbc puL‘; im ”ding? lm'fiicn: 1‘.» “For 1c, etc.â€" 50 «32:, ”each subsequcm mw ~ ' THE JOB : : DEPARTHENT fl paid. cxccpt at {it Alladvcmscmcnts a»: cc. (1. L} v :ra.’ gcrs rm b 1n advance. Contract rates {C ye .ar.) as. enisc2nczzt§ f‘: Qpliauion go the ofi: u: ‘A- A .- in All advertise ne an, t week2 should be Rough: i ”mung. U short distance east of Knapp Lamb ton Street. Lower ann, 0566 hours from 1‘2 to 2 o‘clock. WERiISINC ff: U Garafraxa and Gen; foot of hill. ()fiice hm_;z‘~'-â€"‘ p.m.. 7-9 p.m. Telenhum: {HE WWW 8W Will be a 1\)‘«MX Saturdav m 0-” t * HYSICIAN AN D SURH 1-K _ fice in the New Hunter H‘mc hours, 8 to 10 a. m., to 4 p. m. p. 111. Special attentiun gum. of women and children. He‘ld posits Presbvterian Chum-1;. Lane Assistant Roy. L( 80.8.. and to Golden Sq. Will be at the Midiaug} of each death. 1': OFFICE ARRISTER.SOLIC1TUE ()fiice over Gardens new Store Loxser'lcm 1‘ D1 mam. A] of monex to 1« an at I; per «‘18: fl propertv. ; l Drs. Jamiesan Macl Oficeszâ€"lln 13; Standard Bank A. G. MacKAY. K. C ria’ge Licen sees: ness transacted. 0- 3, “â€"1 m. June 06 DURHAM, ONT. l. G. Hutton, M. 0., C. OHN CLARK. LICENSE $110011“ the County of G1 DTOQDflYattended t0. Orders :1 at his Implement \Varercvoms, ) on 3m. or at the Chronicle 0'. U. tioneer for ~the County Tours moderate and satisfacti; food. The arrangements an: sales can)» made at THE CHR fipe. Bandage and P. 0.. Ce: fading facilities FFICE AND 3123mm FFICE AND RESII,)E.\'CI«3; RADULATE Nov. 9. ’03. J. F. GRANT. D. D. S. OHN KIN N EB. LICE\ S tioneer for the Count 3 of G1 ARRISTERS 'OTARY PUBLIC, com; ‘ York and (hica DURHAM, ONT. Lower EDITOR AND Paormsm: er. Conveyaneer It. Money to L" SEPTEMBER 1:: veyancers Medical Dz’rm‘om Dr. Dentist LilcPHA‘IL, mom's Arthur Gun, DR- GED. S. BURT. Denial Di MacKay Dun DR. BROW’N .ycz hue each ’casionnl c W. IRWIN A. H. Jackson. Miscellaneous. 31, I. P. Telford. as: :11 NEW TYPE. for turning out F Is complctciy sta MCI 1. LON D OLI 0t 8f Loan. genera HF. Nose and first ween hroat W