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Thex e is perhaps no place on the : Amer 1c11n Continent more exte11si3 e13 l advei Use (1 than the little mining 3 il- l lage of Cobalt. In ev er3 metropolitan , pape1 3 on pick up the word ‘ Cobalt" stands out in bold lettel s. and the W3 of the text assures the un3311r3 reader of 11 dead certai11t3 to make .1 fm tune quick b3 investing in Cobalt!I stock. F ortunes ha3 e in the past been i made and lost b3 dealing in 33' ild cat 1 schemes all over the world. The wise man may rest assured that another 3 Wise man isn’t honestly anxious to give away something for nothing, and ‘ to say the least it is the height of fool- ishness for the man of small means to throw away the little he has in order that speculators and mining sharks may live luxuriously while he wears out his life and happiness in trying to regain what he gave up foolishly. ' The _ mum-millionaire may spend money if 1:, h61ikes, andthe lossto himmay not g mean poverty to himself and family, “Int the man who is struggling to get .13 4°38 has no busmes fooling with ,3; ”stocks, We get letters every ism whilefromNew Yak informing Jr '1 I l l 1 It is Time to Begin Holiday Buying . . - Do not think because our gcods are of high grade that they are necessarily higher in price. Such â€"v is not the caseâ€"we really save you money on these finer goods. We bought a big stock at lowest prices and sell at proportionately lower prices. A comparison of our prices with what you have been accustomed to paying will reveal how great is this saving. Next to the magnificence of our sseortment the chief character- istic of our stock is its usually high quality. Whether the price of a. gift be low or high its quality decides i's acceptability and we make you safe in this regard. Our assortment provides an al- most limitless selection of desir- able gifts. To attempt a descrip- tion of the various lines in this space would be doing them an injustice, and we prefer to have you see them than to try to tell you about them. Every Kind of Good Gift is Here. EDURHAM CHRONICLE From the munerous abuses brought; to light from time to time, it seemsl . , . | that the present system of voting by l ballot. has outlived its day of useful-3 ness. and many good right thinkingi men to-day would delight in :1 return to the old system of open voting. The I following article from the Mail andi Empire is short, pithy and sensible,‘ and will, we believe, be approved by many of the best men on both sides of politics. It says :â€"“In the Parlia- ment at Ottawa on Tuesday, Lieut.- Col. Tisdale made the common-sense suggestion that one import-ant means to secure more purity in political elec- tions was to return to the old system of open voting. There is no doubt that the evils the ballot was intended to ,cure have largely passed away, the chief evil was intimidation of work- men by large employers of labor. There is also little doubt that the sys- tem of voting by ballot has opened the door to much abuse, such as ballot switching, forged ballots, fraudulent returns by returning omcers, persona- tion, etc. The ballot has led to many more and serious abuses than its use has in any way prevented. Vote by ballot at political elections, is an ex- pedient that has failed.” and it might be well to again return to the Open voting system. If we are to judge from the various strikes our country has been subjected to of late, we can hardly conceive of employees of large concerns being much intimidated, and if the days of intimidation are over, it seems that the evils of the ballot system could well be dispensed with. Things could hardly be worse than they are now, DURHAM, DECEMBER 6, 1906. iRW/N. Editor and Proprietor. THE MINING CRAZE. POLITICAL PURITY. 'Ood: Druggists and Booksellers. us of the great chances that are stand- ing out waiting for us if we only act wisely and invest in Cobalt shares. These big speculators have evidently learned that we have saved up a few millions and would like to help us in- crease our wealth. We thank them for their kind interest, but respectful- ly decline to make any investments until after we get our taxes paid. \Vorcester, Mass, Nov. 22, 1906. MY DEAR 808,â€"1 was disappointed in opening your letter yesterday to find the “Durham Chronicle Special” in- stead of one of your usual breezy let.- ters. Let me say right here I did not receive any letter at St. John, N. B.. and 1 wish you to repeat it and send to me here for Iwant to hear from you. Next to a letter you could not have sent me anything that has given me more pleasure than the Trade Edition of Durham First let me say it is a credit to the publisher in its matter, arrangement, cuts and typography, and should do your town a lot of good. Durham has grown much since I last saw it. I had forgotten that you had anything in the way of manufactures but the Cement. and that is much larger than I supposed. I am glad to see that the Cochranes are still repre- sented in the municipal and business interests. Miss Cochrane in the im- plement line, Mr. Morlock in the mercantile and yourself. God bless you, in the municipal. Durham without the Cochranes would not be Durham. Last night when I finished the Re- view, I fell into a meditative vein and my memory carried me back over a long distance of time: and I remem- ber that with the possible exception of your brother-in-law, and any of Arch- ibald Hunter’s family that may be living, there is no one alive who knew Durham before I did, and oh what memories it calls up. February 3rd, 1847, mother and I landed at the s‘ Buckhorn.” I suppose Father was there for he was not with us on the way. You will remember I was ten years of age, and all agree I was mighty small at that. I do not re- member any house in Durham but Hunter’s. I think it was known as The Time to Buy is Now. In all your Christmas thinking kiep this ought uppermostâ€" buy early. There is every pos- sible disadvantage in putting 03‘ the choosing of gifts until you‘ have to pick from a depleted stock, in a crowded store and amid all the bustle and confusion that attends the last few days be- . fore Christmas. If you come' now our clerks have time to show you the stock at leasure, to sug- gest desirable gifts and to give you attentions that are not pos-t sible later. Further, the goods that would please you most are here now. but a little later may be sold. If you have’nt all the money now. pay what you can and the goods will be laid aside for you, but whether you want to buy or not be sure to come in at once and see the stock while it is practically intact. Every day will count from this onâ€"every day things you would have liked best will be leaving the store. Don’t delay seeing them. Come at once and as often thereafter as you at once. The Sovereign Bank of Canada Spins mm at all Offices '“m'mmp'fifl'r: ' J. C. TELFORD, Manager. DURHAM. AN INTERESTING LETTER. can, but. be sure to come Cash on 83nd and :t Bankers “““ a? Canal dpup Reserve Fun? Bonds. Debentures. etc. $ 439,363 ‘A‘ AAâ€" Chartered by Dominion Wt. 420,373 523,461 1,335,847 Profits 240,000 'as ten , Calcutca, and if 1 had another I would I was 2 send it: to Rode m Bombay, as they are not; re- about, the only ones who can appreciate m but I it. Is U ncle Adam’s house occupied ! W!) as ahy Dr. Jamieson9 . Bank No'tes in Circulation the Saugeen Reservation. It was all! woods to the top of the hill. You’ know I was the driver, and when it was necessary to take “ Buck and Bright” I had to go, and several jour- neys Father and I made to Dunsmore’s mill at the Rocky Sangeen with a five bushel grist on the ox sleigh 1n June, or other summer month. I remember one occasion we had to stop all night and on the way home we called at, I think, Schoflield’s store which was then near the Rocky, and Father ask- ed for cheese. I fancy he might as s 759,??? V“ -vâ€" -_,, readily have gotten “Durham Port- land Cement.” No doubt he was put down as a “ dude” by the natives, for thanks to his admirable pride, Father never left the farm unless he wore a white shirt and starched collar. On that same occasion we called at Hunt- er’s as he wanted a piece for me, my recolection is they did not have any bread in the house, and that was a condition that prevailed in more houses than Hunter’s. m amw. mz.n.. 111. Two or three years went by, then you came, and how glad I was, for there was no boy in the neighborhood to talk toâ€"for we did not know any- thing about playâ€"but Bob Turner. How often I have recalled Bob Turner and his lame father. Time sped, and it was decided that I should go to New Sarum to attend school. The morning of the 6th of June found William Mountain, uncle Hector and myself ready to start “ to the front” with all 'our possessions tied in handkerchiefs carried on our shoul- ders on the end of a stick. Father’s eyes were pretty moisb when he bid me good- -bye, for you and he were go- ing to a. logging bee at Mcu‘rregors The tears coursed down mother’ s eyes as she kissed her baby good-bye and we were off on that long walk to Dun- das. On Moifat’s hill I took a last look at my home, that never was my home again. In three days we reach- ed Flamboro, where Adam was work- ingâ€"and we had walked every foot of the way. In due time I was put on board the stage in Hamilton for Lon- don where we arrived next morning, then the stage to Saint Thomas, and a walk of 7 miles brought me to New Sarum. Four years later one evening in June L found me once more at the Buckhorn. Father did not know me, but mother, _. who was in bed. knew my voice and i was up in a minute. 0 : Shortly after that you and I were i found gathering stones from the ineighhoring farms to build the Dur- : ham Foundry. Later we were quar- i rying at the Saugeen flat stones to he 1 used as hinders for the round ones, 1 :my first and only experience in quar-j irying. You had the oxen and I had a. baulky span of horses. Do you re-1 member hitching the chain round my horse’s neck and the oxen at the other end. and how for a long time the rat- tle of the chain would make that horse pull. Summer slipped into fall and the foundry was almost completed when suddenly there was a crash, and the end of the foundry had fallen out and down. It wasadark evening, but it was a darker night in Adam’s house for we did not know the extent of the damage or how it was going to be re- placed. I waited and worked, drew bricks from Smith’s Tavern over an endless corduroy, and saw the foundry completed. and was once more in New Sarum in time to attend Aunt Bell’s wedding in January of 1855. 1,614;067 From that time the Cochrane family has been each for him and her selfâ€"all have made money. and all hav'e lost but you. It is a comfort to know that one had sense enough to hold onto what he had. ,. You and I are like the last rose, or roses. of summer left blooming alone, all our lovely companions are faded and gone. I fancy you can count on the fingers of one hand all whom you knew sixty years ago. In this count don’t include our family, for there are still five of ourselves. All this sad reminiscenceâ€"for it is sadâ€"has been brought about by read- ing the Durham Chronicle. masmuummiei} ”panama-tar. Commercial and Discounts W$2$W 900 8.7.7 mmmmw 'mbmties' to the Public ,,,, Total Anetta Excess of Now I would like to hear from you soon with your reminiscences. Love to all the family. Ever your affectionate brother, RODERICK. DURHAM. H. s DEPT. Form IIIâ€"Thee Allan. Mary Edge, Irene Latimer, Fanny Moran. Willie Farquharson. Form IIâ€"Edith Allan, Annie Aljoe, Charlie Ramage, Bessie Weir, Maggie Firth. Form Iuâ€"Vaddie Caldwell, Ruby Mills and Nellie Hepburn aeq . Jessie Smith, Laura Seigner. Ella Kinnee. P. S. DEPT. Sr. IVâ€"Jamie Farquharson, Lyle. Kelsey, Garfield Calling. Ruby Knis- ley and Agnes Ramage aeq., Marion Currie. Jr. IVâ€"Harper Kress, Mabel Lati- mer, John McIlraith. Jack Davidson, Gladys Whicmore. Sr. IIIâ€"Devena Warmington, F. Bryan. H. Murdoch, Bessie Saunders, M. Calling. Jr. IIIâ€"S. Kelsey. Vivian Craw- ford, L. Russell, Thomas Lauder, Mamie Mountain. Sr. IIâ€"Ray Farquharson Hilderbrandt, Helen Ireland Russel, Florence Barclay. Jr. II Aâ€"Thos. Wright, Mary Hartford, Marguerite Mutton. Eddie Hutton. Alice McGowan. Jr. II Bâ€"Sadie McDonald, Lillian McCrie, Bertha Havens, Ella Carson, Theresa Vollet. Sr. Pt. Ilâ€"Leona Pagan, Cassie McNally, George Douglas, Victor Mosley, Wilburt. Knisley. Jr. Pt. II Aâ€"Emma Fulton, Inez Redford, Gladys Search. Roy Vollet, Sadie Ferguson. Jr. Pt. II Bâ€"Nellie Fluker, Martha McDonald, Doris McAuley and Nettie Lloyd aeq., Marion Marshall, Cecil Townes. Sr. Iâ€"Jack Bryon. Etta Saunders. Norman Lenahan, Zeta. McClocklin and Alfred Wesley aeq., Mary Smith. Jr. Iâ€"Robin Farquharson, Henri- etta. Havens. Arthur Ramage, Percy McKechnie. John Livingston. Jr. A--Alex. McQueen, Charlie Mo Dougall, Ada McKinnon, Harper MC Girr. Nellie Lenahan. Jr. Bâ€"Albert Livingston. Ruby Williamson, Donald McQueen, Lorne Smlth. Muriel Snell. Sr. IIâ€"Earl Mead, Agnes Allan, Margaret Woods, Sara Allan. Ger- trude Pollock Sr. Iâ€"Harold Baird, Howard Baird James Finniflan. S S. No. 2, EGREMONT. Jr. IVâ€"Esther Tucker. Archie Allan, Joe Morrison. Pa. IIâ€"Willie Finnigan, Alice Gray. .‘Ir. Iâ€"Eva McMeeken Elsie Mo Laughlin, Elmer McMeeken, Ben Woods. Average attendance 26, CLARA ALJOE, Teacher. Jr. lIâ€"VVilfred Barbour. Ella Baird,George McLaughlin, Bridget Woods. Willie Woods. Jr. IIIâ€"Robb. Putberbough, Mabel Smith. Clarence McNally. Sr. IIâ€"Marjorie Clark. May Grier. son. Philip McDonald. Earl McNally. Jr. IIâ€"Gladys McDonald, Perry Caswell. S S. No 10 Bentinck. IVâ€"Thos. Putherbough. Sr. Illâ€"Thos. Johnston, Ross Mc Donald, Clara Caswell. Sr. Pt. IIâ€"John Clark. John Smith. Donald McArthur, Wesley Caswell. Sr. lâ€"Cora Lunney, John Grier- son. Jessie Clark. Jr. Iâ€"Willie McDonald, Cassie Grierson. Carlyle McDonald, Harvey Caswell. Jr. Pt. IIâ€"Roy Lamb, Howard Fletcher. Roy McNally. Don’t you want a Fur Coat eic her for yourself or wife? If you do come and try us we will do our best: to please you. or if you want a suit of clothes try us. We have a nice good looking suit and one that will wear 'well sor $6.00, $7.00 and our worsteds at $10.00. Children’s two piece suits as low as $1.50. Over- coats for men, boys and children all at right prices. Try us for any of the above and seo if we can’t please you. Fall Wheat...... .. ..1 Spring \Vheat ........ Oats ................. Peas.... . Barley .............. . Hay ................. l Butter ............... Eggs ................. Ponatoes per bag ...... Apples per bag. ...... Flour per cwt ........ Oatmeal per sack. . . .. Chap per cwt ........ Live Hogs .......... Dressed Hogs per cwt. Hides per lb ........ Sheepskins ........... Wool ......... ‘ ...... . ' Tallow .............. Lard .......... ‘. . . . GRANTS FOR CLOTHING. Market Report. --. 0.. o»- . .. ..1 DURHAM. Dec. 5. 1906 M. MORTON. Teacher. .600 to ........ 9to C. L. GRANT. 5 to 12 to . Alex. , Cassie 14 00 2 30 ‘2 45 1 20 6 5O 8 50 00 39 13 Our Hand Made Men’s French Kip Bluchers or Bals with leg at ............................................... Our 10 in. leg at. ....................................... . Our 6 in 19;: an ........................................ . Will outwear anyrhimz on the Canadian market coating 2 Hand Made Footwear . REPAIRING and ORDERS our SPECIALTIES. the Shoeman CASH ON LY. DURHAM AND OWEN SOUND. Everything at Your Service We are never undersold by any business rival. We aim at doing better by'you than any other J eweller. Percy G. A. .Webster, 'We have a large stock of all kinds of Rubber footwear suit- able for the present. weather. Also BOOT and SHOES in abundance. Our lines of Men’s Women’s. Misses’ and Chil- dren’s Slippers were never so nice as this season. In MITS and GLOVES we have a good assortment at prices that cannot be beaten for same quality. A few lines of HOSIERY in black for Men, Ladies and Children. We have not space to mention all the goods to be found here. but if you just ask we will deem it a pleasure to send you anything in our store and let you judge the value Costom Work and Repairing Done as Quickly as Possible at Terms, Cash. Eggs same as 0331: A strong characteristic in the make up of Peel's Handmade is Good Leather. Another point we give our very best attention to is Fit. Our heavy wearing shoe have a snap and nift about them sel. dom seen in goods of this class. It has been proven beyond doubt that ()nr Rubbers and Felt Shoes and Seam less Leo 0‘1 gs- are commanding gieat attention again this season Leggings for all Classes at Moderate Prices WHO SAID RUBBERS ? This Store will be open every night till Xmas. . S. MclLRAITH “'Dl/IJVIOJ‘CD HALL.” Christmas and New Years Display of Jew= ellery Diamonds and Silverwear JEWELLER AN 0 OPTITIAN See our Magnificent DECEMBER 6, 1906 G. Lawrence’s Old Stand. 15 in. more money DECEMBER 6, 19‘ Co‘me wit want laid And the best of all and we are ready our store bzch at this part Of the (’0 which cleaned (HI 1' every until And will Gold \Vatches Clocks J ewelry Kee Spectacles Eye Glasses Fountain Pens Japan China Bibles Choice Perfu Silverware Xmas is in the ai The great X1 rush is now on Keeler’s Store. thing brig V011 want KNNCAR WCH C k5 E CE Noam/t1 All cust 011191 2'00(