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EIGHT. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. It Was Heavy. Wifeâ€"John. if that biscuit you’ro‘ eating could talk. do you know what it 'would say? Husbandâ€"Please pu- don me for not “mmâ€"Town Topics. His Planets. A young gentleman was passing an examination in physics. He was as]:- ed. “What planets were known to the ancients?” “Well. sir.” be responded. “there were Venus and J upitsr and”â€"atter s pauseâ€"“I think the earth. but I am not quite cermtn.”â€"London Tit-Bits. guage seems miles behindâ€"Interna- tional Hotel Work. Tho Word “Waiter." Isn’t there an English philologist with genius enough to find a new word for waiter? Waiting is only a very small portion of his duties. functions and qualities. In fact. the waiting part is most of the time done by the guest. We think the waiter is. above all. I salesman. Comparing the English waiter with those characteristic. ap- propriate and therefore beautiful words the French “sommelier.” the German “kellner.” the Swedish “kypare” and Italian “eameriere.” the English lan- Music Kills Men Young. Painting and sculpture are condu- cive to long life. Yet music kills men young. Schubert, with all his wealth of song. died at thirty-one: Mozart. who danced and laughed his melodies into being. died at thirty-five. the same age as Bellini; Bizet. the composer of “Carmen." died. like Purcell. at thirty- seven; Mendelssohn survived to thirty- eight; Chopin. who loved life so well. had done with it at thirty-nine. While Weber expired at the age of forty and Schumann at forty-six. But Verdi lived and flourished as a nonagenarian. -London Standard. “It was a terrible moment. 1 knew she would have him before l could get another cartridge into my gun. but i had not reckoned on Black. who was sitting on the ground at my right. and just as she was about to strike he shot her over the left eye with his .470. The rate at which she was traveling carried her to within six feet or the machine when she tell dead. 0n ex- amination we found that my bullet had passed square through her lungs from left to right and had lodged un- der the skin over her right ribs.” “Never before in my life have i seen anything come so fast. It was all over in the twinkling or an eye. It seem- ed to me that when she first started she had her eye directly on me. but caught sight of the camera two or three yards to my left and charged straight for that. 1 shot her full in the chest when she had come probably fifteen yards. but without any appar- ent effect. She came on with her low. quick glide until she was within tif- teen feet from the camera. when she arose to strike it with her paw. I think Hemment. almost up to this time, had been turning the crank. but now he convulsively pulled the cam- era over on to himself for protection. “The lioness was a picture to watch. She kept turning up her up and growl. ing savagely and once or twice made as if to charge. This lasted tour or five minutes and then Hemment said he wanted more action and told one of his camera boys to throw a stone at her. The boy threw the stone. and we also got the action. She watched the stone roll past her and then. without even looking back and without warn- ing whatsoever. she charged straight And the Lioness Kindly Obliged the Motion Picture Hunters. Paul J. Rainey writes 11: the Outing Magazine: It was simply a village funeral. just as he wished it to be. The cotfin was or plain. unpolished oak. The handles were at iron. fash- ioned by the blacksmith. There was no inscription but name and dates. The church ls a little stone building of the twelfth century which Morrls had helped to preserve. It happened to be decorated as for a festival. The frults of the year were spread round. There were pumpkins and marrows and great red and yellow apples on the seats to the porch. and red au- tumn leaves hung from the pillars. Only down the hill came a harvest wagon. Round and through its yellow framework were twisted vines and branches of willow. roofing it and hanging down over the red wheels. A bed or moss fresh from the woods was spread on the bottom. On this the great artist was laid. Wreaths ot flowers were hung round the sides of the rack. Vine leaves were twisted in the bridle of the man mate. The carter took her by the head. and the rest of the party walked behind to the graveyard. In accordance with ms wishes. the windows of his town house were not darkened. and no emblem of conven- tional mourning was shown. There was no hearse to receive his coffin as It was taken our of the train which bore it to Lechlade. Simple Village Funeral of tho Gmt Artist and Poet. In his death William Morris. who practived the ideal Industry ,that Rus- kin preached. was as simple and as near common things and common peo- ple as be mad always sought to be In life. He was taken from London to the anl-lent village of Lechladeâ€"so be» gins the lovely description In the late Henry Demarest Lloyd‘s ”Mania! and Other Essays”-â€"to be buried near Kelmsrott Manor House. where hls own country home had been. WANTED MORE ACTION. MORRIS WAS BURIED. tal. and by gooa management, poule‘ry can he made a very valuable Ldjuncb to the farm. 6â€"Beeeuse it will bring him best re- sults in the shape of new-laid eggs during winter when the farmer has most time on his hands. 7â€"Because. to start poultry raising on_ the farm requires very little cepi- 5â€"Because poultry raising is an emâ€" ployment. in which the farmer’s wife or daughter’s can engage in and leave him free to attend to other depart- meats. 4 -Because. while cereals and fruits can only be successfully grown in cer- tain sections. poultry can be raised for table use or layers of eggs in all parts of the country. 3â€"Because the manure from the poultry house would make a valuable fertilizer for either vegetable garden or orchard and the fowls, if allowed to roam in plum or apple orchards will destroy all injurious insects. : If “'7 g Zâ€"Becuuse poultry will yield him a quicker return for capital invested them any other branch of agriculture. lâ€"Because with intelligent manage- ment, they ought to be an all year re- venue producer. with the exception of perhaps two months in moulting seas- The eig ht reasons given hv Profesq- m Gi bberh: of the Central Expenment- al farm of Ottawa, as to why farmets should take up poultry keeping are:-â€"â€" Not one case of rheumatism in ten requires any internal treatment whatever. This liniment is for sale by all dealers. Many sufferers from rheumatism have been surprised and delighted with the; prompt relief afforded by applying «Chamberlain’s Liniment. McKeehnie is a tall. muscular young man who might have been a. good citizen and might yet, if he could be directed 1n a proper way. He has b1 en sailing for a number of years and though debauched by whiskey has yet some. manhood left as was ev- idenced by his heroic act last Fall, u hen 1n a 1aging stm 111 he voluntee1- ed to go to the 1escue of a shipwreck- ed we“ in Lake H111 on \Vith a, Cutlple of others he bravely entered a. life-boat and. knowing full well the dangers of their trip. they never fal- te red nor never gave up until every soul was taken from the doomed vess- McKechnie’s is a sad, very sad case. A boy debauched hy the villainous liq- uor traffic. a life wrecked. a home des- troyed and a mother’s heart, broken. 'l‘rue, man’s inhumanity to man makes cnucless IllllliullS mourn.â€"-â€"Goll- iugwood Bulletin. 9]. SO heroic was their act that! McKnchnie and his _ companions were i recmmnended for at Carnegie medal. I The police having been notified, Constable Hauck arrived on the scene, but to find that McKechnie had left the house. Following on his trail Hauck soon came upon him and was received with the threat that were he to approach his head would be blown off. Hauch however was there to do his duty and he did it, Hugh being overpowered and made prisoner in less time than in takes to tell of the in- cident. Once in the lock-up he began to realize his position and on Sunday he was quite sober. On Monday he had yet improved. On Tuesday when he again came up and was sentenced to three months in the Central Prison he was a pitlable spectacle, with his mother in the box telling of his mis- deeds. \Vhen young she said he was a good boy, but whiskey was at the bottom of his trouble. She told of his acts and concluded with. “then men will sell whiskey to him. It is terrible to think of.” Hugh McKechnie, her son. was charged with being drunk and disord- erly on Saturday evening. The offence was committed at the family home in the east end where Hugh, lo-uied with booze. inside and outside. arrived and after locking the doors announced that a “clean-up’ was a.- hout to take place. Proceediag with the “clean-up” he attacked a little niece. who escaped lip-stairs and jumped out of a second story Window. l‘he brother came next, but he got a way and the mother was left to battle with the frenzied fellow. According to her sad story, he was practically (erz-zzy and used such language as would disgrace the lowest type of human beings. Mother-like she tried to quiet him and for her trouble re- ceived blows and kicks. “It is awful for any mother to give evidence such as this against her son who should be her protector instead of her would-he-murderer.” Such were the pitiful words of Mrs. D. McKechuie as the aged mother stood in the Witness stand in the pol- ice cum-t on Tuesday xmn'ning. A HEART BROKEN MOTHER WHY I KEEP POULTRY We invite the Ladies of Durham and surrounding country to call and see on? display of New Spring Millinery, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26th and 27th. I No reserve, as the proprietor is {giving up farming. Papers for all [Registered stock will be produced {at time of sale. SALE AT ONE O’CLOCK, SHARP TERMS; All sums of $5 and un- der, Cash: over that amount, 9 months’ credit on approved joint notes. 5 per cent. per annum‘ of! for cash in lieu of notes. G. FIN NEY, Proprietor. R. BRIGHAM. Auctioneer. w... w-v-“ ‘u‘n 1 set iron barrows; 1 set spring- tooth barrows; 1 scuffler: 1 root pulper; 1 hay knife, new; 1 scy- the; 1 set Whiffletrees; 1 neck- yoke; 3-horse doubletree and 1 extra doubletree; 2 pig troughs; 2 manure forks; 2 shovels: Hay forks and other tools: 30 bags: 1 set double harness; 1 set plow harness, new; 1 set driving harv ness; 2 martingales, 2 breast straps and 2 Whips, all neW; 4 kitchen chairs; 2 kitchen tables: 1 Washing machine; 1 single bed; a number of hens; a quantity of roots Will be sold for cash. of Farm Stock, Implements, Etr. . The undersigned Auctioneer has been instructed to sell by Public Auction at PART LOTS 57 8: 55. CON. ‘2, VV.G.R., BENTINCK, on TUESDAY, MARCH 26th, 1912 the following; 1 general purpose mare, rising 7 years; 1 horse, aged; 14 dairy cows, calved or in calf: 1 thoro- bred Durham cow. due to calve in June, Registered; 1 thorobred Durham bull, Registered; 1 bull calf. 7 months old, eligible for reg- istration; 4 heifers, 1 year old; 3 young heifer calves; 1 sow, sup- posed in pig; 5 pigs, 6 months old; 1 Massey-Harri mower; 1 2- furrow plow, new; 1 Fleury single plow: 1 Woodstock Wagon, with new box; 1 top buggy: 1 cutter: 1 dump boy; 1 hay and stock rack CREDIT AUCTION SALE March 2181:, 1912.