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fimokcrs’ 3‘, equisitcs 0 io.. 7, Can be cleaned in four '3 seconds { clean, cool smoke guar- 1 .’ anteed. E Also a very fine line of '... 9 don’t keep stale cigars “' lthe popular brands of ‘ bacco always in stock. 2‘ James said that he considered! "the gift of his title by his Grao' 3 Royal Highness, was more a :fiiition of the commercial value ' horal work of the province over destinies he is presiding than ' ls apersonal tribute to himself. l ,F’rovince of Ontario. so broad' t9?‘;enerous in her sympathies and t“; and charitable in her friend- ”i' had participated in Quebec‘s ‘ I1: historic celebration in aspirit ' M clearly demonstrated thr- reek. $3 t l ‘1 : glish-speaking Upper Canada” .‘irit ,it not in geography, pro- ; {1,1 lines were being expunged ‘ 1' 'y. and Sir. James esteemed itl or and privilege to represent Cntario in French Quebec knour that both provinces nada. Sir James said he appre- ' the honor his King had done d he hoped he would be able 13 his appreciation by promot- interests of his province and 10, This had ever been his purpose. and he trusted he never swerve tram the line or ‘ vs duty and honest open ipe Racks Smokers’ Sets Tobacco Jars Tobacco Pouches Cigar Holders We hold the most exten- Lve and choicest. selection this section. We now have on hand a .11 line of smokers’ requis- no Pharoh Irving Jap Boston I Bachelor Druggists and Booksellers RHAM CHRONICLE Hon. James P. W'hitney receiv- P honor of Knighthood last we-k hands of his Royal Highness, rince of Wales, adistinguished at the Tercentenary celebra- the historic city of Quebec. onor was received modestly by rem'er, as atribute to Ontario. than apersonal recognition or "wn services. The Mail and [am- l”presses his feeling in the fol- '3 paragraph relating to an in- !w after the ceremony: . IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. DURHAM. JULY 30. 1908. acfarlane (Ho. from 250 to $1 50 t latest idea in Pipes willlanm’s Palm .obe despatch from Quebec on 'd of July says:â€" lay the visit of the Prince of 'was signalled by the confer- abatoh of honors, and among flipients perhaps none was Igreeably anrprised to find ! basking in the smiles of y than Hon. James P. Whitney. he is now, Sir James ~Whitney. y honored in the Premier or p, and Mayor Gnrnuu, or Que- nh of whom receive Knight,- name dupatch is given a .0]: of Sir James’ career. a EDITOR] A I. . Emma in tho THE The Pea Top Pebble Sayso Richard L. \Vhitney, and was born at Williamsburg, Ontario, on Octoberithe 2. 1843. He received his education atllot. the Cornwall Grammar School, and fait taking up the study of law, was (3311- set ed to the Bar in 1876. In 1890 the Mr Earl of Derby created him a Q. C. For the a number of years Sir James was an enthusiastic volunteer, seeing active service during the Fenian troubles in 1866. Twenty years ago he turned his attention to politics. Elected then as the Conservative member for Dundas in the Cntario Legislature, he has repre-ented that constituency ever since. As apersistent critic of the Liberal Government Sir James ac- quired considerable prominence in his party, and his services were reward- ed in April, 1896, by his appoint- ment to succeed Mr. Marter in the leadership of the Conservative Oppo- sition. In 1889 he was included in the commission appointed to revise the Ontario statutes. With the dek at of the Ross Government in January, 1905 came S'r James” great political Oppor- tunity, his p0pularity with his party Insuring for him the Premiership. His record as Premier is amatter of recent history, to which it is ne~dless to refer, and his re-election to power last month was, as it turned out. but the preliminary recognition at. the hands of royalty. Sir James is an Anglican 'in religion andis one of the representatives of the Diocese of Cn- tario in the General Synod of the Church. He married in April, 1877, Alice, third daughter of Mr. W. M. Park, Cornwall, Ontario. The Liberals have been in office since 1896. The platform upon which they entered power was full of fair promises, and notable amongst these were the “alarm" felt at the enor~ [nous expenditure, and grievous tax- ation to be borne by the peOple Amongst the promises made while in Opposition. they pledged them- selves The Parliament at Ottawa has come to aclose and the chances are that anofiher election will come on before many months, and before the holding of another session. Everything at Ottawa has not been smooth sailing amongst the. Liberals, and during the past session, the little handful of Opposition members, though shame- fully in the minority. brought the government to tire'r knees, and forced them to yield against un'air, unjust and iniquitous legislation they were anxious to have placed on the Stant- utes of the Dominion. The Senate was to be put on a new and stable basis, the indepen- dence of parliament was to be as- sured, the purity of the electorate was to be guarded, and the stand- ard of public life in this country was to be elevated. These and other pre-election pled- ges were embodied in the Liberal platform. How many or them have been keptt? How many haVe they tried to keep? Is aparty worthy oft a renewal of public ocnt’idence when absolute failure {or twelve years is the result of its effort? The elect- or who considers tor a moment is forced to the conclusion that the present party in power at Ottawa is the party or unrede:~med pledges, and when the time comes to make a choice the people should rise in their might to secure a new administration and test the sincerity of pre-eleotion promises. “'e have two political candidates in South Grey. They are both honor-l ahle men, and to say much evil of either one of them would be apiece of foolish local journalism. It isn’t Mr. Miller, the Liberal Member, we are going to find fault with, only in so far as he favored actions in the government that were diametrically apposed to the promises and pledges which led his political party into‘ power in 1896. The platform of the, party, made use of in 1895-96, is out- lined above. and if those who formu- lated the scheme have wholly disren garded the importance of being true1 to their promises and keeping faith with the electors, the member who upholds them by his personal sup- port, is guilty of a wrong, and un- deserving of a continuation of bit position in the House. Did Mr. Mil- .ler fight to maintain the honor of the Liberal party in carrying out their pro-election pledges, or did he help to break them at efrery poem! A. To obtain reciprocity with the ’Unitod States. To reduce the oXpenditure of the country. which was “mon- strous.” To 10p oft over-exxrenditures in the. C'wil Government. To cut down the gross expend- iture at Rideau Hall. To lighten the burden of taxa- tion. which it declared “grievous.” To rid the [maple of the burden of Superannuation. To make the Civil Service more in consonancc with the require- ments of the country. To abolish bounties. To do away with subsidies to railways. To diminish the public debt, which was “vie-wed with alarm." To eliminate the principle of Protection. To diminish the number of Min- isterial positions. To secure for us a mutual pre- ference with Great Britain. To destroy newspaper and print- ing patronage given to party friends. To keep the lands for the sett- ler, and away from the specula- tor. and honest confidential: of hit: actions along this line should aid the elector in the way to cast his bal- lot. The Liberal party has broken faith with the people and do nOt de- serve to be continued in power. Has Mr. Miller assisted them to violate their pledges? In Mr. R. J. Ball, the standard b( arer for tl e Conservatives of South Grey, the electors have a man whom they bel'eve to be honor- able and conscientious. Ile is as yet untried, just as his Opponent was in 1905, when he sought the suffrage of the electors. The plut'7orm of the Conservative party is ”air and le.lSOIl- able. It seems like a good platform for aparty to get in on. and a good platform to stand on when they get ‘in. Twelve 01' thirte- 11 years of un- fulfilled promises is quite long enough to be endured by the peOple. and it’s surely time for a change in the Government at Ottawa. Canadians have a vast heritage in the great North-west. During the past twenty or twenty-five years, hundreds and thousands of our On- tario boys have gone West and turn- ed out well. Many who did little or nothing here in the days of their greatest earning powers, went West as poor as church mice and in the course of a few years returned to vi-ait friends in the dear old homes with an appearance of apulence never dreamed of by those they left behind them. Some who were always con- sidered as dilatory in the land of their birth, and mere parasites on their parents and friends, went to the West, and once they were thrown on their own resources, they became thrifty citizens and succeeded well. Parents often make a mistake in try- ing to keep their families under the parental roof, only half employed, without an aim to look forward to, of any great prize to win, should they reach the goal of parental am- bition. The young man who is made of the right kind of stuff, and a willingness to exercise his muscular and mental faculties, should have little to fear in the journey through life. As a rule, it is only the indolent and thriftless laggard who swells the pauper ranks. Good men are in de- mand everywhere, but to reach a position of independence, there is no surer anchorage than a farm in our great North-west. peOpIe who ever see the bright side of city life, till they enter its actual realities. Then, and only then will they discover that the silver clouds have their dark linings. In a recent issue of the Toronto Saturday Night, the following para- graph appeared, and goes a long way towards explaining the position in which the averale country boy finds himself when he enters the city throng and is forced to tight for an honest living : “It is true that tow-headed boys from lthe farm have come into Toronto and have reached places of prominence, but it is true likewise that thousands of others have come in and have reached nothingâ€"have worked and worn (themselves out in meaner emplot- themselves out in meaner employ- ments and in a shallower life than any they would have known ments and in a shallower life than any they would have known had they remained on the land. The success of many men in the city who have come from small places is often more seeming than real. Much of it is but a sur- face success ,while underneath is disappointment and failure. There is the look of Opulence, but not the real thing. There is the ap- pearance of ease while a thous- and business anxieties are at work. But it is useless to talk in this way. Men will strive and climb and search for a man knows only what he finds out for him- self.” “Yes," remarked acountry mer- chant, “I certainly have a snap. Wholesale houses send duns every month and draw on me On sight, but if I send a bill to afarmer he be- comes swearing mad and quits trad- ing at my store. While [am hard up for money ,many of those who are owing me are sending money in ad- vance to mail order houses. If Icon- tribute money to any cause peOple say Iam bidding for trade. If Idon’t they say I am ahog. Every day I am eXpected to dig up for everythingl that comes along, from a raffle tick- et to achurch fund by pe0ple who claim I ought to do this because they do part of their trading here, but our friends, Robert Simpson and T. Eaton neither buy tickets nor help the church fund, and yet they get the cash in advance business. If I? sell apair of pants I must treat the: !family to candy and cigars; if I buy :aload of potatoes Imust do the ’same. Customers who are able to pay .hang onto their money, while I pay ,10 per cent. at the bank for ready cash. I have abig business during hard times and poor craps. from peo- ple who are willing to trade with me provided Ican duplicate catalogue house prices and wait until harvest for money. My scales weigh too much when I sell sugar, and too little when I buy butter. I am athief. aliar and a grafter. If I smile I am a soft soapy hypocrite. It I don’t Iam agrump. You, certainly this is asnap." And he looked over $10,000 worth '01 ac- counts, all good, and wonders how he could raise $350 to pay asight draft, doc to-morrow. _ , The City has attractions for young Musings of a Country Merchant. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The deceased, who died on her fifty eighth birthday, was admired here for her quiet. iDOIfensiVC and woman- 1y character. She was amost kind and affectionate mother, and atrue, loving wife. She will be greatly missed by the sorrowing husband and son, who live here in the pres- ence of many reminders of happy days gone by, and of her much loved daughters in their own homes in distant lands. Mr. Johnston was absent at the time death occurred, bring about twelve or thirteen miles North-west of Meaford. engaged in his work as Organizer for the Independent Order ott Foresters. It took some hours to get into communication with him. and we can only imagine his feeling (when the awful news was first brok- en to 'him. He started: for home im- mediately and reached here on Friday morning. Who was Knldhtod by the Prince of Want at Quebec last week. Mr. Wm. Johnston has a deep fog-:41- ‘ing of gratitude to the citizens of Durham for kindness shown him and his son during their late l err-avement. We take this method of conveying his thoughts to the peOpIe, who, we believe. did nothing more than what they felt to he their duty under such circumstances. The peovle here are always ready to lend a helping hand in time of trouble. Many of us have realized this, but words cannot ade- quately exnress our gratitude. Annie (Mrs. A. A. Moody), in South Dakota; Elizabeth (Mrs. John Aus- tin), in Saskatchewan; Alice (Mrs. Frederickson), in South - Dakota: Jessie (Mrs. Philip McKechnio), in Mason City, Iowa: Ruth (Mrs. An- derson). in Portland. Oregon. and William, at home. Mr. George Watt. of Normanby, Robert Watt, of the Canadian 800, and Mrs. Peter Reid, of Egremont are brothers and sister of the deceased. MR8. \VM. JOHNSTON, 8“. We regret to chronicle the death of Mrs. Wm. Johnston, which took place very unexpectedly on Thursday morning last. The news was ashock to the whole community, few of whom knew that the deceased had been at all ailing until the news or her death. She was born in Buffalo, N. Y., fifty-eight years ago. came to Canada with her parents when quite young. and lived for awhile at Port Robin- son, and afterwards came to Norman- by, where she was married to Mr. Wm. Johnston on the 13th of July. 1869. They lived on Lot 4, Concession 2 of that township for eight years, when they came to Durham, where they have lived ever since. The marriage resulted in an issue of five daughters and one son, all .of whom are living, as follows: Next Monday is to be observed in town as Civic holiday, and all places of business will be closed for the day. The first Monday in August of each year is fixed by town by-law as Civic holiday. and citizens will not be held in doubt and kept waiting for a proc- lamation from the Mayor. This year the Public Library is taking advantage of the day and will have an excursion to Owen Sound over the new 0. P. R. to Saugeen Junction and then by way of the old Toronto Grey and Bruce Railway to Owen Sound. In our no- tice last week we expected to take in all the stations from Hanover to Sau- geen Junction, but on account of a previous arrangement made between Hanover and the Railway ()0. nothing was allowed us but Durham. We hope. however, to see a good turn out on Civic holiday. People are learning that etemal vig- ilance is the price of life as well as liberty. It has been thoroughly d9- monstrated that certain diseases fol- low the bite of certain insects. It has also been established that disease erms are carried from place to place gy insects and the busiest of all disease disseminators is the apparently harm- less house fly. Experiments have been conducted which show that a ily falling into a pan of milk or walk- ingupon apiece .of butter will leave so cient bacteria to innoculate a whole community with a fatal disease. The remedy is as accessible as it is effectual. Fly screens should be on ‘all doors and windowsjnyummer and - v -â€" wwm-uv- -Iul\l food should be 'c'mruny protected against contamination. One might as well have a. garbage pail in the din- lngroom or a pest house next door as to admit flies. SIR J. P. WHITNEY OBITUARY. LOCAL Two big Stores For the June bride we have the most lmnitiful stock of gold watches, brooches, necklets. lockets, chains, fobs, fancy combs, etc, which w» haw ever shown. We have the most beautiful stock of sulid guld tea spoon to a tea set. Our stock of fancy china is most COlllpléJtv and a. most beautiful stock of 97 piece china dimlm'svt. Wedding Rings 18, 14 and 10 carat Gold For wedding presents we have the gnnds. Silwr. ware of the best makesâ€"everything frnm :1 silver Talcum Powder Toilet Waters Disinfectants Paregoric Sponges Toilet Soaps Fly Paper Insect Powder During the warm Weather there are some things in um 13 are. perhaps, specially requiring. These and many other articles you will find he w M l'nm th always lean your way. «*1 Gun’s Drug Store Special Bargains for the Month of June R. B. Keeler Sons July Weddings “71: might mention : Durham and “'vlland iguana per bag. new 'l'lour pOl' cwt ........ 3- ' two.“ per Isck. . Gap per cw: ........ , . flu Hon. per cm. All] quwtity, Win-119d“! lH'. “11. “I thh the highest p11. . “i paid in cash or trade. “'e lave a very fine a» dblmketfi. tweeds. flumwl cotton 80006, flunnvleth's nude clothing. overalle Hr he very best at Inn‘est y! z:- ouh or pmduoe. Wedding DURHAM . i. MI first-class Silwr‘ .‘Itock for the WHM t . P . _ lilverwu-e IS mm NHL} Wing np-mdale. m. W has the mum ‘ V0 “We II'IYS in Mnt'k .. I“ dozen wedding lungs ‘u ‘0 every style. and .4" i “Mug-geuwnt rim». H nL ‘- Shply the visible .3 not forming rapid Luck of nourishmt Wedding Engagement Rin TRY OI'H '1‘}; 3» Butter and Eggs Want ALL DRUCQISTS: .MI, and alwa y.~ u M i. ouch a thing ah fluent. Iew issue of the Donna. Juiy -‘-‘ I? h’-"*â€"--* r~ Moods, so you haw- ”go t'ny disappmm ml S. SCOTT Telephone Dire Dry Goods Groceries ‘ Central Ontari Met quclu Ill Optican. . A. Web muons. than his 0' street “1 .01“ should be VII. mm, Lot KSSUI‘! t0 t0 t0 [’91