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’BCI'IONER GROCER.... Durham W9 'ies, Cook. on Hand ++++++++W ++++HW lanuary zlst h ree Weeks )1! .51)“. March 10th 'ullv stocked With g at. close prices. 1.00 2.59 GRATH +4+++++++++++++++ ht Lking Sale Bargains Shoes, all sizes, ii we are cutting fl." 9 to the Whole town Goods )GPS Garafnaxa St. DURHAM QfifiPER [arch 30th Sale UI‘S ines that we ::>0ds -. Now is the ended t0. 1112 March 30th, 1911. +MM+MM+M+¢¢+++4°~E+¢M+ '1‘ .0 Q Â¥+++++++++++é++++++++++++¢v Spring andeummer vv iMétthews Latimer§ MILLINERY FOR FINE STATIONERY Now that the first Millinery Openings are over, we direct our whole attention to the Easter Trade. The rush is on for Easter Trimmed Hats. We would advise those wanting a smart hat to get their order in as early as possible. Our large staff of experienced trimmers and assistants is compelled to work every evening to get out the orders. We are constantly adding new smart styles in tailored and dress hats to our large stock. Our prices are moderate and our goods best quality. Stylish Trimmed Hats from $2.7 5 to $5.00, and from $5.00 to $10.00. If you should favor us with your order we will make every effort to please you in a smart hat. For Four 5 Feed Seed 1 Fresh Groceries a New Fruit and Nuts 3 Choice Confectionery : Pure Spices and Vinegars E No. 1 Family and Pure Manitoba Flou-rs: Fine Salt. Farmers Produce Wanted E (199 1an {en (19:: The Chronicle - 2m Lambton St. 'V"‘ v.- '-â€"'7 Anvono sending a sketch and d m! gummy «curtain WOW {now other!!! nvention to probubly untenable. Communica- uonssmouy confidenaal. 5mm on Pam lent. n-ce. owes: cy for W Panama mun mm a; meal“ Your Plumbing, furnace Work {afaaammm ' 1.3-. rm ar- 8202 of any scientific jonmal. Team! $3.75 a gamma prepaid. D! W? 3mm M Tinsmithing §f(("al}11iu8(n 1?de after which it will advance order now with C. SMITH 8: SONS, DURHAM, ONT. For Four Feed Seed Fresh Groceries New Fruit and Nuts Choice Confectionery Pure Spices and Vinegars will be [Some in a ianner If You Leave . H. STERNALL I‘fauhuigtirg Emil Alli] let f"€:1.(€ in piun Law your ofoow+ok rioofifiO? 'vo’» J. ’3 ~+¢++++¢++++++++++++++++++ l SHOMESEEKERS’ EXCURSIONS! To 'Western Canada. via Chicag) including certain points on Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, April 4th 18th. May 2nd. 16th, 30th, June 13";h. ’27th July 11th, 25th. August 8th, 922an September 5th, 19th. Winni- ipeg‘ and return. $33; Edmonton Eand return, $41. Tickets good for $60 days. Proportionate rates to‘ iprincipal DOints in Manitoba. Sasâ€" ‘katchewan {and Alberta. Home- ‘seekers’ ’excursion tickets will ivia ‘Sarnia and the Northern Navi- x. gation Co. Secure tickets and i1- ‘lustra‘ted Eliter-asture .from an)" IlGragnd Trunk Agent. or address A. ‘1‘}. Duff. District Passenger Agent. Toronto. Ont, 2 First-(lass and l'p-tc-date it to Us. DURHAM Nojob THE RED YEAR Then she remembered that Mt. Mayne had taken her to one of the cellars of the Residency in which the women and children were secure from the leaden hail that was beating on the walls. She had a vague notion that he carried a gun and a cartridge belt, and a new panic seized her lest the Moloch of war had devoured her only relative, for her father had been killed at the battle of Alma, and her mother’s death, three years later, had led to her sailing for India to take ’charge of her uncle’s household. The women near at hand were too sorrow-laden to give any real informa- tion. They only knew that every man within the Residency walls, even the one-armed, one-legged, decrepit pen- sioners who had lost limbs or health in the service of the Company, were mustered behind the frail defenses. To a girl of her temperament in- action was the least endurable of evils. Now that the shock of Mal- colm’s departure had passed she long- ed to seek oblivion in work, while ex- istence in that stifling underground atmosphere, with its dense crowd of heartbroken women and complaining children, was almost intolerable. UHLLUL cu, '7 “D ulmvwv nonvvâ€"vâ€" -â€"~___ In defiance of ordersâ€"of which, however, she was then ignorantâ€"she went to the grourd floor. Passing out into the darkness she crossed an open space to the hospital, and it chanced that the first person she encountered was Chumru, Malcolm’s bearer. The man’s grim features changed their habitual scowl to a demoniac grin when he saw her. ‘th, miss-sahib,” he cried, “this meeting is my good fortune, for surely you can tell me where my sahib is?” 3- JV“ vow-g w‘â€"â€" _-.._ W Winifred was ncfi “welvl versed in Hindustani, but she caught some of the words, and the contortions of Chuxnn- “U1 “D, “Ll“ LLLg vvaavv- vâ€"vâ€"_ ru’s expressive countenance were fa- miliar to her, as she had laughed many a time at Malcolm’s recitals of his i11- favored servant's undeserved repute as a villian of parts. “Your sahib is gone to Allahabad,” she managed to say before the thought came tardily that perhaps it was not wise to make known the Chief Com- missioner's behests in this manner. “To Illah-habad! Shade of Mahom- et, how can he go that far without me?” exclaimed Chumru. “Who will cook his food and brush his clothes? Who will see to it that he is not rob- bed on the road by every thief that ever reared a chicken or milked a cow? I feared that some evil thing had befallen him, but this is worse than might that entered my head.” V- vvâ€"U ___ All this was lost on Winifred. She imagined that the native was be“ ail- ing his masters certain death in striv- ing to carry out a desperate mission, whereas he was really thinking that the most disturbing element abo1: t the sahib’s journey was his 011.11 absence. "wu-w w 'â€" Seeing the distress in her faxe, Chumru was sure that she sympa- thized with his views. v--â€"_ ‘ “Nexer mind, miss- -sahi,”b said he confidentially, “I will slip away now, steal a horse and follow him.’_’ y‘vâ€"u '- â€"_ Without another word he hastened out of the building and left her wohd r- vwâ€" 'â€" ing what he meant. She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she could reâ€" call them, to a Eurasian whom she found acting as a water-carrier. This 'rn'anvtranslated Chumru’s part- ing statement quite accurately, and when Mr. Mayne came at last from the Bailey Guard where he had been sta- tioned until relieved after nightfall, he horrified her by telling her the truthâ€"that it was a hundred chances to one against the unfortunate bear- er‘s escape it he did really endeavor to break through the investing lines. v And indeed few men could have es- caped from the entrenehment that night. Any one who climbed to the third story of the Residencyâ€"itself the highest building within the walls and standing on the most elevated siteâ€"would soon be dispossessed of the fantastic notion that any corner was left unguarded by the rebels. A few houses had been demolished by Lawrence’s orders, it is true, but his deep respect for native ideals had left untouched the swarm of mosques and tempies that stood between the Resi- dency and the river. “Spare their holy places!” he said. :fet )ltfiahamniedan and Hindu (.id not scrapie now to mask guns in the sacred enclosures and loop-hole the hallowed walls for musketry. On the .zity side, narrow lanes, lofty houses and strongly-built palaces offered se- cure protection to the besiegers. The British position was girt with the thousand gleams of a lightning more harmful than that devised by nature, for each spurt of flame meant that field-piece or rifle was sending some messenger of death into the tiny area over which floated the flag of Eng- land. Within this outer circle of fire was a lesser one; the garrison made up ' for lack of numbers by a fixed resolve to hold each post until every man fell. To modern ideas, the distance between these opposing rings was absurdly small. As the siege progressed be- siegers and besieged actually came to know each other by sight. Even from the first they were seldom separated vâ€"v ____. - by more than the width of an ordi- nary street, and conversation was al- ways maintained, the threats of the mutincers being countered by the scornful defiance of the defenders. Nevertheless Chumru prevailed on Captain Weston to allow him to drop to the ground outside the Bailey Guard. The Police Superintendent, a commander who was now fighting his own corps, accepted the bearer’s pro- mise that if he were not killed or cap- tured he would make the best of his way to Allahabad, and even if he did not find his master, tell the British officer in charge there of the plight of Lucknow. Chumru, who had no knowledge of warfare beyond his recent experiences; was acquainted with the golden rule that the shorter the time spent as an mvoluntary target the less chance Is there of being hit. As soon as he reached the earth from the t0p of the a hare in the direction of some houses that stood near the Clock Tower. He was fired at, of course, but miss- Ied. and the sepoys soon ceased their ettorts to put a bullet through him be- cause they fancied he was a deserter. “As seen. as- the! am his. face the? THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. i’fi'é‘ezé'. Veg-“it $373855); lot to fall â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ‘- i‘ioad héqyould a§suredly have been hanged at sight on his mere appear- MUG. Chumru’s answers to the questions showered on him were magnificently untrue. According to him the Resi- dency was already a ruin and its pre- cincts a shambles. The accursed Fer- inghis might hold out till the morning, but be doubted 1t. Allah smite them! â€"â€"that was why he chanced being shot by his brethren rather than be slain by mistake next day when the men of Oudh took vengeance on their op- pressors. He could not get away earlier because he was a prisoner, locked up by the huzoors, forsooth, for a trifling matter of a few rupees left behind by one of the white dogs who fell that day at Chinhut. Zn brief, Chumru abused the English with such an air that he was regarded by the rebels as quite an acquisition. They had not learned, as yet, that it was better to shoot a dozen belated friends than permit one spy to win his way through their lines. Watching his opportunity, he slip- ped off into the bazaar: Now he was quite safe, being one among two hun- dred thousand. But time was passing; he wanted a horse, and might expect to find the canal bridge closely guarded. w _Having a true Eastern sense of hu- mor behind that saturnine visage of his, he hit on a plan of surmounting both difficulties with ease. Singling out the first well-mounted and half-intoxicated native officer he metâ€"though, to his credit be it. said, he chose a Brahmin subadar of cavalry â€"he hailed him boldly. :‘IVBrotherfl said he, “I would have speech with thee.” “Even 'I,” said Chumru. “I have occupation, but I want help. One will suffice, though there is gold enough fpr many.” “Gold, sayest thou?” “Ay, gold in plenty. The dog of al Feringhi whom I served has had it hidden these two months in the thatch of his house near the Alumbagh. To- day he is safely bottled up thereâ€"” he jerked a thumb towards the sullen thunder of the bombardment. “I am a poor man, and I may be stopped it I try to leave the city. Take me up be- hind thee, brother, and give me safe passage to the bungalow, and behold, we will share treasure of a lakh or more!” The Brahmin’s brain was bemused with drink, but it took in two obvious elements of the tale at once. Here was a fortune to be gained by merely cutting a throat at the right moment. 7 “That is good talking,” said he “Mount, friend, and leave me to an swer questions.” Chumru saw that he had gaged his man rightly, and the evil glint in tho subadar’s eyes told him the unspoken thought. He climbed up behind the high-peaked saddle and, after the horse had showed his resentment of a double burthen, was taken through the bazaar as rapidly as its thronged streets permitted. Sure enough, the canal bridge was watched. “Whithe? go ye?” demanded the offi- cer in charge. “To bring in: a Feringhi who is in hiding,” said the Brahmin. “Shall I send a few men with you?” “Nay, we two are plentyâ€"” this with a laugh. “Quite plenty,” put in Chumru. The officer glanced at him and was con- vinced. Being a Mohammedan, he took Chumru’s word without question, which showed the exceeding wisdom of Chumru in selecting a Brahmin for the sacrifice; thus was he prepared to deal with either party in an unholy I alliance. They jogged in silence past the Alumbagh. The Brahmin, on reflec- tion, decided that he would stab Chumru before the board was dis- turbed and he could then devise an- other hiding-place at his leisure. Chumru had long ago decided to send the Brahmin to the place where all unbelievers go, at the first suitable opportunity. Hence the advantage lay with him, because he held a strategic position and could choose his own time. Beyond the Alumbagh there were few houses. and these of mean der- cription. and each moment the suba- dar’s mind was growing clearer under the prospect of great wealth to be won so easily. _ ‘ _ -A.‘ â€"“Whe}e is this bungalow, friend?’ said he at last, seeing nothing but 2 straight road n f1_‘ont. 7 “Patience, brother. ’Tis now quite near. It lies behind that tape of trees yonder.” The other half turned to ascertain in which direction his guide was point- ing. T‘It-is not on the main road, then?” “No. A man who has gold worth the keeping loves not to dwell where all men pass." A little farther, and Chumru an- nounced: "We turn off here.” It was dark. He thought he had hit upon a byway, but no sooner did the horse quit the shadow of the trees by the roadside than he saw that he had been misled by the wheel-tracks of a ryot’s cart. The Brahmln sniffed sus- piciously. - L‘- 2.. an, t-vâ€"v â€"~â€"' _ “Is there no better way than this?” he cried, when his charger nearly stumbled into a deep ditch. “mm. nnlv- but vou may deem it too 131'." was the quiet answer. and C311: ru, placing his left hand on the Era min’a mouth, plunged a long. L: knife up to the 1131: fietween his 1’13,» “One only, but you may deem SATURIDAY NIGHT EMI. Land HUMBI Look Hen: THE BUSH AFLAME WITH GOD. ‘ I Text, “The angel of the Lord appeared Se unto him in a flame of fire out of a bush.” up} ‘ on -Ex. ill, 2. God's schools are queer. Not many ac: would choose them for under or post , graduate work. Luther is first a back- 0° L1 woodsman monk. Columbus weaves 8“ mgs. First India missionary is Carey. ‘1“ the cobbler. God takes a negro boy 1 and puts him at Tuskegee. An unsuc- in“ cessfnl tanner becomes a great gen- ‘L: eral. He takes a boy born in poverty, ' raised in obscurity, uncouth, ungainly, L: and makes a Lincoln of him. He picks Moses, a slave child out of the Nile, puts him in a king’s palace to ; learn statecraft, then sends him back ‘3 of the desert to learn worldcratt. 2., There he cares for cattle, shears sheep, ‘ ' {weaves wool, learns the stars, beasts, H birds, trees and bushes in the great ‘ . university of outdoors. He sweats at A ~ common toil. How the Bible glorifies labor! Amos, the farmer; David, the ‘shepherd; Elisha, the plowman; Gid- eon, the thrasher; Saul, the drover; Peter, the fisherman; Paul. the tent- maker: Christ. the carpenter. The kingdom of heaven is easier to a busy man than to an idle one. The Burning Bush. One evening Moses is coming home ul‘wr '1' is heard way up on the hill. An 0W1 hoots mournfully in the tall cedars near the summit. Suddenly in the quiet of this familiar trail he stoDs. Look atethat acacia hush up there! Is it the glint of the evening sun? He’s seen that very hush scores of times. but never like that. Why, it’s on fire! Yes. it burns. But look! Faith of the fathers. it is not con- sumed! It is a critical moment for the lonely shepherd. Moses turns aside to look. And as he turns the world turns with him! Then the Voice speaks to him. “Put ofl' thy shoes.” Reverence. to start withâ€"a lost art today. People don’t even bow their heads in God’s house. Of course God doesn‘t speak to them. and they see no flame. The mountain might blaze like Vesuvius, but they wouldn’t be impressed. They might look. but they Wouldn’t see. There’s a difference between looking and see- ing. Some people look at the sun set, others see the sunset. Earth's crammed with heaven. i And every bush afiame with God. But only those who see. take 01! their shoes. A Small or large hag GI 51 fi ’ , no: g E Moses saw the bush, and it burned white, nutritious flour, is sold a in his brain from that day till the one brand. Have you ever tri'd it? “by Nebo’s lonely mountain." when he gom' grace:- to give you (mi. kind heard the same voice calling. “Moses, 54919 ‘fmd see the superior baking Moses!" Has God sent you back of thee 1t possesses. Better and Horeb. brother? Kept you there with- Sahilesome, because of asecret-PI at we put the wheat thrl out a vision of better things? Same old D ’t f task. same old path. lots of thorn| on orget. bushes. but none on fire? “Now“ â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"____. preacher. I know what you are going to say. but I’ve missed it. I’ve been ECLIPSE to the church. I-ve gone through the A blend of; Manitoba and; 01 Bible even. But I’ve gone by the Wheat and is a strictly first place. It's too late in the day for me.” family flour i guess that’s what Moses thought. , Many a long day and year he had SOVEREIGN trudged along this VQI’F road. “.110“ 041!" pure Manitoba flour ad‘ suddenly one year. one day. one hour. No. ] Manitoba wheat, 08:13:)? it one particular moment. he lifted up for either bakers or domesti his eyes. and lo. there was God! PASTRY FLOUR Today’s Call. ' Has the flame died out and the voice [5 made from SElected winte and is a superior article for n "eased? Or is God still nmr‘: l’ns- . ~ibly the vision is daily. commonplace. I pastry, etc. Taiaybe we are up looking at the bush. 3 Kicking at its roots with our i‘O‘i's'V 3 - . i ‘ ‘ - 01a] Reducti n F ' lecls. measuring at its height. pinch l pe 10 OBagnLoggnr "1 ing the berries. nipping off a leaf. Goods deliv d h , feeling the point of a thorn with our ‘; ere “WW em in thumb. Yes. we know this bushâ€"en‘s . ' an acacia. sure: botanically. it's a Chomnng Done Every 3 "leguminosaf’ Meanwhile the ether is _.,-____,,____-, l a-quiver and the atmosphere is vibrant l . ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ . ‘ All - ‘it’lth the unconsumed power. \es. the . up toodate flour and fee _ , , grocers keep our flour for $3,] church is built of wood and stone. The your grocer does not. kee it c libie is the same binding and print ithe mill and we will 11:: you .pâ€"o_._.- l as any other book. And Christ came Call us 11 b , g a baby. like your own. my good moth- . All kinds pr y telephone 1‘0 y er. Is that our view of the bush? God 0 ”Piggnght at 1 1 le patient! There’s a trick of the eye 3 in looking. men. That’s an abomina- â€"-â€""‘â€"“ I- tion to the Lord. Has your vision “a .. failed? Is the God of the bush no JOhn MCGO“ more? Is he the God of the ancients 7 i only? No! As JehovahJireh liveth. ‘ â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"¢â€"â€"4 ‘WMH w“ Alv 0 no! Ho’s not the God of the dead only, though their name be Abram. Isaac, .‘m-oh and Moses. Is he the God of "m fathers? Then by the Iiving bush ‘9 is the God of the sons! Now are .‘0 tho sons of God! Bo not disheart- wd. brother: soon you may see the its-h :xfiome with God. and a voice 11:31:: for you as the voice called kbmham. Moses! Samuel! Davidi aul! The Voice. .â€"<â€" m a Chopping Done Every Day voice :18 made from selected winter whe Pns- ' cmd IS a superior article for making ‘ pastry, etc. '\l-IDD ‘ 325 ACRES close to Proton Stat brick dwellingfine large outpbuiidi windmill c.: bay, 2 tons to acre, c $5,600. Knocks the sunshine off i"Alwaye Prompt. - Never Vegligent.‘ bei'ca bargains. 533 ACRES near Proton Station and Sangeen J auction. fine brick residues, splgndid barns, galendjd‘ soil.“good mt, __3n "1 ohhud 8pc. Win 3911 leis 'tfili acre. A bargain surély. A HARDWARE and Tinsmith Busi- ness.Grey County. post office in connection. Less than 810,011) will buy 40 acres of land, store and dwelling. barn. other frame dwelling and 84.000 stock. miles from Durham: very ch 330. Large number of cheap farm properties. Money to Lend at Low Rates. Lands bought. and sold. Debts collected All kinds of writings drawn. No man who doies business with H. H. Milhr is ever satt’fied to go eibewhoro. Our methods seem 0 please. H. H. MILLER GENERAL COUNTRY STORE five People’s Mills He Sells A small or large has: or a- fine gram. White, nutritious flour, is sold as our brand. Have you ever tritd it? Got. your grncer to give you our kind next Lime and see the superior baking qual- ities it possesses. Better and more wholesome. because of a secret process that: we put the wheat through. Don’t forget. LACE CURTAINS Large White Countex-pane. . . . .................. $1.40 each Best. Quality, large lit-4.912111- nellette Blankets” .31. 50 pair Unbleached Sheeting, 7? in. Unbleached Table Linen. 54 in. widen. ,, .25c yard Fine Bleached Table Linen, 68 im hes wide“ ......... 500 yard A blend offi Manitoba and; Ontario wheat and is a strictly first; clam family flour Axminister Rugs, 27 by 54 .................... $2.00 e_ach Our pure Manitoba flour, made from No. 1 Manitoba wheat cannot be beat for either bakers or domestic use F106!" Oilcloth, 1 and? yards The Hanover wide ..... 7:.v.30c squa're yard Stair Oilcloth ........... 156 yard A..~wuol Panama 1)) (255 Goods 42 ‘11. Wide in Hank. navy, brawn. (a snap) ...... .50c yard See our Dre» Unuds at 25c and 500 yard. They Cant-0t b» heat New Prints and Ginghams Cheap All up-to-date flour and feed and grocers keep our flour for sale. If vour grocer does not keep it come in the mill and we will use you right. CALL AND SEE Call us up by telephone No. 8. All kinds of Grain bought at Market Price: 'v'viil'é'f." .............. '. .30c yard Spring Tenn From April 3rd in the / ELLIOTT / /’~/ .__‘___-~«wh>"f -" ‘ , or 10110510 Thls school offers unexcelled advantages. Open entire year. Enter now. Catalqgue free. John Mch‘wan . H. EEflN long, 27 in. wide. 25c pair long, 30 in. wide. 500 pair long, 30 in. Wide. 70¢ pair long. 50 in. wide, 90c pair long, 60 in. wide. $1 pair . MILLER THE Opposite The ma House. Hanover SEVEN Calder’s Block in town.