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Burnett em you advantages not offered in any is school is affiliated with Central ] iutt Business College. Toronto. The c \V E H The Ideal Gent’s Furnishing Store Plumbing and Tinsmithing i neatly and promptly executed. (‘nme with the crowd and see What: we have. an Buy Something He Can Wear.” \nvthing in the line of Furnaces, Ranges rm; es Tin and Graniteware can be had. REMEMBER . P. SA UNDERS MEN’S and BOYS’ CHRISTMAS GIFTS 'E HAVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE STOCK OF GENT’S FURNISHINGS IN DURHAM. m Xxus szssx'r PROBLEM \VON’T WORRY You LONG IF You DROP IN HERE. Hr‘r‘r are just a. few suggestions, to appreciate them you must 9 gunds yourselves. SHIRTS. HATS, MUFFLERS. HOSIERY. SKATING '10QI'ES, and lots of others; NECKTIES, we have the lrn'gvstv and most up-to-date stock in town; COMBINA- TION SETS OF SUSPENDERC, UARl‘ERS AND ARMLETS, something new and classy. SWEATER COATS, OVERCOATS, SHOES, GLOVES . McLachlan, u cztl¥€1ulétg98 not offered in any other school i ml is affiliated with Central Business College. Stratford winess College. Toronto. The courses ore practically the : '99 schools. The proprietors of this school are receiv' many applications as they hove students graduating. We ur you than any other similar schanl in (Yunnan mâ€"Lâ€" n the pro ~7~~7~2~€~t~++~§~++++++++++ goods are now on displ If It’s for “HIM” Buy It “HERE is Santa’ Headquarters for . 1911. its cures of 110 Opium) 01‘ l may be given ifnplicit confi- No TROVBLE TO SHOW Goons PRESIDENT ;‘Vn LOUISE WRLLbRILLERS .Also Agents for the Baker Ball Bur- mg Dxrect Stroke and Back Geared Pumpoing Windmills, Pumps and Supphes. Write and have “Q than an nnna . WATER : WATER z Stands in THAT OUR TINSHOP IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL. Come early and get the best. rst~class work is consid- rite for catalogue. TORONI’O, ONT. O . . C in all its lines l are receiving seven graduating. We can class by itself when If It‘s Here, It’s New. ua. lake a course ion. Your succeu week. Commence (1 don’t forget to . Kahle PRINCIPAL Lomsn P. O. 9’ the province tford. and the same ----. ++G§O 49++++ +€9fi%+Ԥt0{00:0 O}! 40050:. 0:. Ox-Oof-c "o o. . _â€"â€".-.â€"â€" acteristic each seg with its set so cl. semble h after am the efl’ec small so: undulatix wind. Sc as many legs. Th E “But w ly surpri i" E ‘4 Happiness. Happiness is rather a negative than a postive term in this world and con- sists more in the absence of some things than In the presence of others. â€"Sam Slick. ' ' Fine manners~ need the 811me 01 fine manners tn others-Emerson. Trinidad’s Pitch Lake. All eflorts to ascertain the depth of the famous pitch lake of Trinidad has been unsuccessful. At the sides of the lake the pitch is hard and cold. but at the center it 18 almost con stantly boiling. His Intentions. Mrs. Rasherâ€"Has Mr. Goldcoin. with Whom you have been dancing all the evening. at last declared his inten- tions. Mabel? Mabelâ€"Yes, aunt. Mrs. Rasher-I am so glad! And what did he say? Mabelâ€"He declared he would never marry.â€"Vogue. “You are evidently not used to so- ciety drama. The butler has his share or the epigrams."â€"Pittsburg Post. Staging a Play. “I can give you the part or a but- let." “I couldn’t take a small part like that” Sarcastic Wills. One eccentric Frenchman directed that a new cooking recipe should be pasted on his tomb every day. and an other Frenchman. who was a lawyer. left $50,000 to a lunatic asylum. de- claring that it was simply an act of restitution to the clients who were in- sane enough to employ his services. “You did!" he cried bitterly. “You gave me the greatest encouragement.’ “When ?” “When you told me your income was $25,000 a year."-Cleveland Plain Dealo Encouragement Enough. “But why should you be so dreadful. 1y surprised and disappointed when l decline your offer?" she asked recent- 1y. “I am certain that I never gave you the least encouragement to pro pose to me.” Millepedes. The little creature which possesses the distinction of having more legs than any other animal is that which belongs to the family of insects known as millepedes or thousand footed. There are several difl’erent species of these. but they all possess the common char. acteristic of having segmented bodies. each segment or which is provided with its own pair of feet. These are set so closely along the body as to re semble hairs. and when they move one after another with perfect regularity the eflect is precisely the same on a small scale as that of a field or oats undulating under the influence of the wind. Some species of millepedes have Dust Whirls. Seaward flowing waters are not alone responsible for the denudation of soils. Those who have watched dark dust storms approaching will be interested to know that estimates or solid material susilended in the air run from 160 to 126.000 tons per cubic miles of air where such storms are prevalent. The aeolian geologist. Ud- den. taking conservative values and using fairly accurate data for the num- ber. velocity and duration of the dust storms in the western states. con- cluded that “on the average about 850,000,000 tons of dust are carried 1,440 miles each year. thus doing in this region alone about 1,225,000,000,- 000 mile tons of transport" The dust whirls run each an average distance of 218 miles. Morgan as a Mathematician. J. P. Morgan was almost bred a mathematician. While at Gottingen Morgan specialized in mathematics. and with the professor of mathemat- ics he would spend long hours at prob lems. Some years ago a number of New Yorkers who had been at the Gottingen university together held a dinner and invited their old professor 01' mathematics. who happened to be visiting this country. to be present. The German stood his groundâ€"he gave them his own idea. Looking at Mr. Morgan. he said that he was in- deed very glad his old pupil had suc- ceeded so well as a banker. “But I regret." he went on. “that you did not remain at the university. Had you stayed with me you would have been my assistant as long as I lived. and unquestionably at my death you would have been appointed professor of mathematics in my place.”-Metropol- itan Magazine. a party of friends he was being en- tertained by the rajah of .Iowra. who exhibited his rare collection of wild animals to his guests. General (then Majorl Wood was a daring horseman and on a wager offered to ride the giraffe with no bridle save a rope. The rajah warned him or the danger. but he would not listen. So the giraffe was brought to a balcony. from which the major vaulted on its back. In- stantly the great creature was off like the wind. and. once fairly started. it settled down into a curious gallop that soon made the rider so sick and dizzy that he fell off like a log. receiving a blow on the head from the animal’s knee and then in the face from its foot. He was unconscious for an hour. and the first use he made of his voice was to resolve that he would never ride a giraffe again. Riding a Giraffe. General Wood of the English army was the hero of many adventures, but the one he calied the strangest is the time he rode a girafie in India. With ny as 350 separate and distinct They are all perfectly harmless. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. 7-. Strategy. Miss Highseeâ€"But it is time for the guests to leave. Hostessâ€"Yes; that's way 1 want you to sing-New York Sun. Tommyâ€"No: 1 only know he doth ttIâ€"Today’s Magazine. Stung. Teacherâ€" Tommy, do you know “How Does the Little Busy Bee?” Legislatively Expressed. “No one can go wrong if he follows the Ten Commandments.” said the sin- cere citizen. “Yes." replied Senator Sorghum, “the only trouble about the Ten Com- mandments arises tram the amend- ments people try to tack to them.”- Washington Star. Honored the Old Men. A unique festival occurred in Paris In 1797 in honor of the old men. The Idea was the encouragement of the family circle. and the old man who was a happy grandfather was held up to the younger generations to follow in his footsteps. "A gracious Hebe crowned their white locks with gar- lands of roses. while the soldiers or France presented arms In their hon- or." “Your parrot may be a better talker than mine. though I don’t believe it.” Then. with an air of presenting the final clinching argument in her favor, she added. "Besides. you’ll have to ad- mit that mine has the most beautiful foliage.”â€"Llppincott’s. For a long time there ensued ani- mated discussions as to the merits or their respective birds. Finally the housemaid said: The Green Kind. A naval omcer who has seen consid- erable service in South American wa- ters once brought home two parrots, one or which he gave to the house- mald and the other to the cook. Berlin. Aug. 6.â€"Tho recognized gen- tleman who found a purse. valuable beyond explanation. begs that the loser will call at his house at the earliest convenient hour. Berlin. Aug. 5.â€"The gentleman who found a purse. valuable beyond ex- planation. in the Blumenstrasse. ls re- quested graciously to forward it to the address or the loser. as he is recog- Checkmate! In these days. when various schemes are being suggested by which the loser of personal prOperty may recover it without ofl’ering an extreme reward, it Is interesting to note two advertise- ments which appeared last summer in a German paper. In these advertise- ments nothing so bald as a suggestion of reward appeared. They seem mere- ly to present two wits fencing, and the reader forgets the matter at stake: Killed by a Shout. A joyful shout thoughtlessly given by an Italian smuggler on having eluded the customs guards on the Swiss frontier was the cause of his six companions being killed by an avalanche. The party. coming from the Grisons. had. with a thousand pre- cautions. successfully negotiated the Forcola pass on the Swiss-Italian bor- der. Five of the men were loaded with valuable contraband goods, and two acted as guides and scouts. When they were all safely on Italian soil one of the guides named Maretoli gave vent to a joyful yodel. in the still air the least sound causes a vibration which may set enormous masses or snow moving. This is what occurred here. A quarter of a million tons of snow detached itself from the moun- tain side and came thundering down upon the party. who were swept in an instant into an abyss. Maretoli alone was able to extricate himself. “Of course singing alone will not save you from consumption or cure you. Besides singing you must have plenty of fresh air and good food. And. speaking of fresh air. I must say that not one person in a hundred knows how to inhale it. People seldom breathe deeply enough. They seldom properly ventilate their lung cavities, which resemble stufi’y. insanitary apartments. where all germs thrive un- disturbed Acquire the habit of tak- ing the big. deep breath which is a pri- mary requisite for any kind of singing. bad or good. and the physical joy de- rived from it will never allow you to relapse into lazy breathing. Further- more. the mere effort of singing com- pels the singer to stand straight and to throw out the chest. a good correc- tive for the bad physical habits of weak chested people.” sing!" said a medical man. Don’t Breathe Lazily. “If you are consumptive. if you think you are drifting into consumption. Extremes of Temperature. Science reasons that the lowest tem- peratures at the earth’s surface are not found directly at the poles. but at some distance to the south of the north pole and to the north of the south pole. Likewise the greatest de- gree of heat is not. as might be sup- posed, to be found at the equator. but prevails at some distance to the north and to the south of that imaginary line. The coldest place on the earth’s surface of which there is authentic record is in Siberia. The lowest tem- perature ever recorded in the open air was 90 degrees below zero F. at Wer- chajansk. central Siberia. on Jan. 15, 1885. The highest temperature of which there is an authentic record is 124 degrees above zero F. in Algeria, northern Africa. on July 17.1879. These places or extreme heat and ex- treme cold give a range or tempera- ture covering the whole inhabited world of 214 degrees, or two degrees more than from zero to the boiling point. Obedience Is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart In db. gamma-Sandi. Courier. His Strong Face. “Bilkein’s is a strong tone or I’m no judge of physiognomy." “1* ought to be. He and his who]. family are living on 1t.”-Bufla.lo Usua! Reason. “He and to be a straight enough young chap. What made him get crooked?” “Trying to make both ends meet. I believe."â€"Toledo Blade. 30.0 Not of a Kind. . .- Maine’s famous political ' 1 ~ is worth quoting. The king of England reigns but does not gov- ern. The president of the United States governs. but does not reign. The president of France neither reign- nor gamma-Boston Herald. “No.” Mr. Edison replied, “the first one was made long before my timeâ€" out of a rib.” ,c’ ‘ “And you. 811'." he said to the in- ventor. “made the first talking ma- chine?" Corrected Him. A reporter was once Interviewing Thomas A. Edison. creature. that the colored pigment whereby this change in color is eflected is contained in envelones in its skin. in the tissue of which are muscular fibers actuated by nerves. Should these fibers become relaxed a dark pigment appears. The phenomenon is said to be analogous to blushing.â€"-Har- The Blushing Ootopui. The octopus freouently changes In color like a marine chameleon. It would appear, from studies of this A Political Genius. Congressmen sometimes adopt queer expedients to gain the good will of their constituents. Years ago a mem- her from a western state was afraid that his first term would be his last, as he had not managed to make him- self a power in congress. While he was debating what he should do a friend said. “You live near the center or the United States. don’t you?” “Yes." “Then why don’t you intro- duce a bill to have the capital moved to the principal town in your dis- trict?” The congressman introduced the bill. and the people at his district at once concluded he was a great man and sent him back for another term. He reintroduced the hill in the next congress. and. although it was prompt- ly pigeonholed in committee. his con- stituents gave him a third term as a reward for his genius. The Crocodiles Dived. The cunning of wild animals in con- cealing themselves in moments of danger is well known. A party, spend- ing a week on the Nile, were watching eight or ten crocodiles sunning them- selves on the surface of a small la- goon. It was determined to trap these monsters. if possible. The water was breast deep. including about two feet or more of heavy mud. Four nets were tied together. so as to make one long enough to reach across the lagoon. and this was weighted on the bottom. This net was drawn with long poles from each shore. and behind the net came a line of men a yard apart. prod- ding the mud with poles. The scheme looked like an admirable one, but thel crocodiles sleepily dived. and that was l the last seen of them. The water was i dragged backward and forward. but,‘ they had burrowed so deeply in the“ mud that not one could be found. . Liquid Dynamite. The Mexicans have a native brandy called aguardienre. which is a species of liquid dynamite. as palatable as cor- rosive sublimate and as full of poten- tial deviltry as an egg is of meat. When you find a Mexican gentleman adorned with a belt full of deadly weapons decorating and deluging his interior with aguardiente it is the part of prudence to retire to a bombproof. There is another tipple. a white. inno- cent looking fluid called mescal, which is distilled from a cactus of the same name. which has in it all the com- bined energy. activity and homicidal possibilities of a volcano mixed up with the gable end of a mule. In for- mer days the Apache Indians made a crude distillation of the same stimu- lant. which they called tis-win. and as a preliminary to a raidamong ranches" and settlements it was a great success from an Indian point or view. -â€"Boston Herald ' The famous Missouri watermelon case was just as trifling and even more disastrous. The seed was planted on one farm, but the vine crept through a crack in the rail fence. and the melon grew on the other side. Both farmers claimed it, and instead of perceiving the humor of the situation they went to law. To add to the puzzling features of the question of ownership there was the further complication in that the fence stood on a county line, whereupon a ques- tion of the jurisdiction of the courts came up. The farmers bankrupted themselves without obtaining a de- cision as to the ownershipâ€"Green Bag. Good Money After Bad. It is a curious fact that many men. level headed enough about ‘_ other things. seem to lose their wits entirely when they become involved in law- suits. In one case recently concluded in the German courts a Berlin mer- chant paid out over $900 to recover the value of a five cent postage stamp. He had written a letter asking for an address and inclosing postage for re- ply. Failing to get an answer, he sued for the stamp. Mrs. A. SULLIVAN Upper Town - Durha- Butter and Eggs Taken in Exchange New Grocery Store Fresh Groceries . Always in Stock 5.15 7.50 “ Toerto “ 11.15 7.55 R. MAOFARLANE. - Town Agent. OQOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOQQQOOQo 3.15 Trains will arrive and depart as fol. lows, untfl further notice:â€" CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TIME TABLE 24') LE! pt. dam on. mam DAY m I '1. Gr Elliott, A. E. On . G P. Agm D. P. Ago} “W . 1k J. TOWNER Depot Agent JAMES R. GUN. Tewn Age»! W. H. SHAW. PRESIDENT Yonde Gerrard St: Toronto In the Central Business College of Toronto begins Jan. 20d. Commercial, Shorthand, Teleg- raphy or Oivnl Service Coursesâ€" 26 teachers â€"- 151 typewriting machines â€"â€" multigrnphs, roller copiers and filing cabinetsâ€" everytbing to thoroughly equip our graduates. \Vrite to-day for catalogue. PUMPS OF ALL KINDS Also FRESH GROCERIES Cooked Meats and Candies DON’T FORGET OUR I-Cl CREAM PARLOR and Restaurant. LUNCHES Served at All Hours Grand Trunk Railway _ TIME-TABLE Winter Term 6 25 Lv.Walkerton 6.38 “ Maple Hill 7. 47 “ Hanover DURMM This is Also a limited amount of iron work and machine re- pairs. A call salicited. Ask for quotations on ‘your next job. . N. BURNETT The undexsigned begs. to announce to residents of Durham and surrounding country. that he has his Planning Mill and Factory completed and is gut-pared to take orders for â€"â€" and all kinds of __ House Fittings Allan Park “ 12.08 Durham “ 11.54 McWilliams“ 11.44 Glen ” 11.41 Priceville “ 11.31 Saugeen J. “ 11.18 Toronto “ 11.15 Manufacturer 0! And Dealer In gt Durban d d 7.15 3.3. ONTARIO THREE. . A FULL HAND. M 9. 19