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The time has come when chickens scratch the stuffing from your garden patch and cause resentment warm. The man who ownsa bunch of he,” should keep them shackled in their pens or give them chloroform. Fm hens have caused more strife and stress and broken lives and bitterness than anything on earth; one hen can bring more grief and care and wretchedness and black despair than all known hens are worth. Our village once was sweet and calm. and every sorrow had its balm, we never heard a wail; there was an atmosphere of peace, we had no use for the police, and no one was in jail. Then some one started keep. ing chicks. and soon we all was hrowing bricks and reading riot acts; and when at co'urt we stood in line his honor sprunga heavy fine when he had learned the facts. Disgust is brooding on our brows, we spend our time in raising rews, with voices and with pens; we shake our fists and deal in threats, assassinate each other’s petsâ€"and all because of hens. Be- cause of hens a million jays are cuss- ing daily fifty ways; and raising grievous howls. A law must soon be written down prohibiting the folks in town from keeping feathered fowls. Walt Mason Select, patterns that are different‘ from them'dmary kindâ€"~Papm's that have a, real demn'ative Valueâ€",«Pnpvl's you Wmdd be. proud to have hung on }‘OI_u-w:tll hecmwe nf their Style and imlividunlity. Thats the kind m- shmv. You owe it tn ymxrsdf to look them over before you buy. for they are papers of uncnmmnn merit. Shnp open every Saturday aftermmn or by appointment. Local representative for the best wall paper firms in America. The Central Drug Stare :: Durham Everything guaranteed a~ repres nted or money refuuded. JANUARY STOCK=TAKING SALE 25 per cent. reduction on all Fancy Goods. Central Drug Store HEADQUARTERS for all kinds of Horse and Cattle Medicines in the right kind. “0+0“ .OHsOHOOH 00. Mimi! .0 HHHOOI.OQH"HOOWUOWD:QO (In Caldera" Blnck. next to the Post Office.) MRS. A. BEGGS SUN Goods delivered to all parts of the town on short notice. “’INDSOR SA LT BRAN and SH( tRTS McGowan’s Eclipse and Sovereign Five Roses Chesley 000d L Milverton Three brands u'r‘ Flmn' MU TAKE NOTICE “P handle the we}! klmwn always kept, in stock. FA RMERS CHICKENS d Jewel uck The iceberg belt is about --U miles broad, and is known to every man who sails the North Atlantic. Tidings of the movement of the bergs is com- municated to all ships by the Hydro. graphic Department of the United States, and as these fields move very slowly, it is possible to chart them with some approach to accuracy. This Spring, however, there has been an unusually large number of the bergs, and it has been found impos- sible to keep track of them all. One patrol through the ZOO-mile danger zone, which can warn approaching vessels by Wireless of the exact loca- tion at these terrors of the deep. abound in early Summer. To the east is the Gulf Stream, as it flows to the Scandinavian coast. The bergs go south until they meet the warm waters. and there they melt. Ice- bergs are rarely seen south of 40 de- grees latitude. " of Montreal, who with hi daughter was lost in 1 wreck. a phenomer when it is re ninth of {hi water. The tanic Struck in the Labm in a germ-w round the - N020“: lac-'1 are the greatest terrors of the sea. Derelicts are few, and are the least destructive agent of the three. When there is a tea. the ship can stop her engines, if iiectrssary. and wait until i it clears. No cerrain way of guard- ! ing againsr. the iceberg known, i though every large ship has applian- l . i _ a .â€".â€".-~_â€"_ is . ces that it is hOpt-ci wil 3;:2'otect her. A and none was 'ever more better equip- ! ped in this respect than the Titanic. Sometimes a fog will indicate the pre- sence of gum masess of ice. When they are suspected, the temperature of the Water is taken at sht’rt inter- vals. and it it continues to dI'Op it is certain that a berg is not far off. It | has been found. however, that the thermometer is not an inv::.iab‘.e test, for there may be a current of warm; water between a ship and an iceberg} Again. it is said that the blowing of; the siren frequently reveals the pre-l' sence of an iceberg because of the re- . verberation. It' the berg happens to rise no great height out of the water 'it provides no wall from which the. sound will re-ccho, and this precaution; too, may be in vain. The Thugs of the Sea The dangerous bergs are not ihtz'se that rise perpendicularly out of the water like a cliff. The real thugs of the sea are the bergs that show on y faintly against the sky line. and that thrust out their base thousands of yards under water. By the time a _. i such a berg the ship might be so CtOSL? to the concealed base that a collision could not be avoided The regular, picturesque iceberg is the rarity. Captains do not fear them, and pets sengers on the ship delight to view them from afar, with the li ght shining like diamonds nacles. tic icebergs do from Searchlight revealed the presence of; DOt their lofty pin~ As a rule the North Atlan- attain such a height as those that break away from the Antarctic. The latter are some, times 800 feet high, while those from' the north do not often attain a height of more than 200 feet. A Giant Berg Sir John Ross on one of his voy- ages took careful measurements of a giant here. and found it to be two and a half miles long by two and one- fifth miles broad, and rising 153 feet above the water. It is estimated that this mass of ice weighed not less than 1,500,000,000 tons. The bergs in the’t North Atlantic are distributed in at remarkable manner, and indicate 'he : general set of the currents. ’i‘hev 4 move in these currents and are on‘v l slightly afi't’t‘itkli by \‘tl'ZTd. If :8}: l a ._~.-. the no uncommon sight to see a great! berg moving: in the. teeth of the Wind,{ a phenomenon that is understood when it is remembered that only one- i h3rtflx n“ .‘., ‘ About 200 Miles Wide And Known to Every Trans-Atléntic Mariner ICEBERG ZONE The icebera. the derelict. and fog The Danger Zone H. J. ALLISON hr- bez'g's b1.” 9 berg upon uhic R was undoubted! 0F ATLANTIC 1nd indicate the currents. They rs and are oxl’y he “ind. It is to see a great his wife and the Titanic is above h the Ti- y moving i'Uh QANPA I'eczion d In the past we as Jews have been able to say that the Jews are great doers, the Jews are great philanthro- pists. Now when we are asked ‘Can a Jew die bravely?’ there is an an- swer written in the annals of time. And when we are asked ‘What en- abled Isidor Straus to do all these things?’ our answer must be ‘God blessed him and gave him Ida Straus.’ Ida and Isidor Straus were two per- sons with a single personailty. Be- loved and adored of each other in life. infldeath they were not separated. “Isidor Straus had a great intellect, Which moved quickly, and I have no doubt that in the last few awful min- utes he fully comprehended what would happen, and he laid down his life in the company of the great spirits. And there is not a shame attached to any one of those great spirits, American or Israelite, with whom he died. God sometimes in His infinite wisdom selects a man to die that his life may be remembered by all of mankind." “Isidor Straus,” Dr. Schulman said. “was a great Jew. All the traditions pf the Jew were dear to his herat. No death was more regretted in the United States than that. of Isidor Straus, the New York millionaire mer- chant and ' philanthropist, who had done so much in the interests of the common people. It will be remembered that he was drowned on the Titanic. His wife was also a victim' having re- fused to go into a lifeboat without her husbond. The Remarkable Tribute of Dr.. Schulman in New York The intimate glimpse which wos vouchsafed Major Butt of the history of two administrations he carefully recorded. Two volumes he constantly worked on. one an official record of the President‘s doings day after day, his journeys. receptions, etc. The other was Major Butt’s own observa- tions of “ hat he had seen and heard, and this may by his direction, he pub lished mam years hence. To Major Butt’s genius for friend- ship thousands of persons in United States are bearing witness. A charac- teristic of his rapid rise in the official world was that his friends of yester- day were his friends of to-day and to- mo I'TO‘V. Roosevelt, when President. found in Major Butt not only a keen sports- ma , ever ready for a horseback ride, t 1115 on the White House court or a long Ira» ‘9 through tfe’ rain, but al- so a man of shrewd judgment of pub- lic affairs and a sound zuste in litera- ture. Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members of the family were devoted to “Archie,” as he was known to thea all. To the American public Major Archi- bald Willing‘nam Butt, U.S.A., was a debonair attache of the President. Al- ways doing the right thing, always saying the right thing, he went where- ever the President went. An "Ad- mirable Crichton" he was, remark- ably combining the best qualities of military aid and secretary, intimate and adviser. “When I heard that the Titanic had sunk with twelve hundred souls,” said the Presidentâ€"and his face show- ed his sorrow-«“1 knew that Major Butt had not been saved. He was a soldier and remained on deck, where duty told him he belonged.” “Archie" Butt’s epitaph was written by President Taft even before the White House had received confixm- ation of his loss in the Titanic disas- ter. of Milwaukee, who lost his life in the Titanic wreck, from which his wife escaped. Captain Crosby was president of the Crosby Transporta- tion Co., and was one of the best known marine men on the great lakes. Captain Rostrom is one of the your gest captains in the Cunard fleet. He began as first mate on one of the small Cunard steamers fifteen years ago and has risen steadily in rank and honors. He wears a medal for capturing a Boer battery in the South African war. He was then Lieutenant Rostrom of the British Royal Naval Reserve. He landed a battery of guns and with a few hundred men captured one of the important Boer strongholds. It was one of the decisive victories of the war. Lieutenant Roâ€"strom was de- corated for his skill and daring. Captain R. H. Rostrom of the Car- pathia, the man who guided the ves- sel of rescue to the scene of the TH- tanic disaster. is himself a soldier and a hero as well as commander of an ocean finer. Major “Archie" Butt ' CAPTAIN ROSTROM iSiDOR STRAUS CAPTAIN E. G. CROSBY D URHAM CHRONICLE. the theatrical manager who 1011 m. ' life in the Titanic disaster. The Grand Trunk has since found the scenic assests of their route and are making proper use of them. “Oh, you know freight cars don't care much about scenery,” was the reply. Memory recalls one other great man who gave such a reply as Mr. Hays .would give to a man who asked how he contrived to get through so much work. That, was Sir Walter Raleigh. “When I have a thing to do.” said Sir “’alter'RaMigh. "{ go and do it.” “Will the scenery} along the Grand Trunk Pacific through the Rockies be as fine as along the C.P.R.?" was the poser. Away bank abour 1904. when the Grand Trunk Pacific was first loom- ing strong: as a future transcontinen- tal railroad. Mr. Charles M. Hays was in Toronto and was besieged as usual for information and comment. A Young newspaperman who had been through the west and felt the sublimi- ty of the scenery along the Canadian Pacific through the mountains put a question to Mr. Hays. Mr. Hays was in his fifty-fifth year. rugged and hale. with apparently many more useful years before him. Into thirty-eight of those he lived through, he crowded more than would be satisfac‘-tr:ry life work for a good half-dozen unusual men. He kept his health by following the simple ru.e of never riding or driving when he could walk. The i’oretime presidents of the Grand Trunk drove in state to their Ofl‘loes, With footmen to open the car- riage doors. Mr. Hays footed it. He did not own even a moror ('ar. Memory rtmalls one other great man who gave such a reply as Mr. Hays agination to conceive or the ability to do so vast. a thing, involving an out- lay so enormous. But it is practically done. Another year or so will See through trains from Moncton and Montreal running into Prince Rupert, the new Pacific port that has been created by the company. 560 miles north of Vancouver, and 1.500 miles nearer to 'l‘okio by sea than San Fran- cisco is. On January 1. 1902, Mr. Hays took 0p his duties as Vice-President, and manager of the Grand Trunk Railway. There was no ceremony. He simply went to work. He had planned the road to the Pacific and to that project he applied his energies and there be- gan the rise of the system to its present colossal pmportions, and the working out of his dream to span the continent and gridiron Western Cana- da With branch lines. For almost two years now he had been president, the first American to hold the position. Mr. Hays did them that way all his life. Otherwise he never could have done so much. But nething he did was unconsidered. He had the gift of prompt pert-option, and the instinct to act swiftly upon what he perceived. How much this co-ordination had to do with his long career as a creative and constructive force in railways is a minor question, since it would in- volve no more than the training of quailties that were themselves inborn ment of what he believed to be the most valuable asset a railway man can have: “The genius of railroading lies in patience; in the ability to see and hear all sides of a subject or a con- troversy, and then explain why you can’t do what the other fellow wants." [Canad Char‘es Melville Hays, presi- dent of titt- {errand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway systems. The story of” My. ErZays' rise from a humble clerkship on an American railroad to be the head of one of the world’s greatest railway companies is a very fascinating bile. He was a dreamer of high dreams, with power to make his dreams come true. He had the genius or hard work. In his room in the Grand Trunk building Montreal there was no clock. Being human. he did not question the ultimate supremacy of time, but he got all there was out of every hour as it went. and had no toleration for a clock watcher. “These peOpIe,” he said, “know only two stations on the lineâ€"Sundown and Payday." The only admonition he ever bestowed was, “do a thing, and do it quick.” To transport things is the whole purpose of a railway, and transportation cannot wait. Things have to be “done quick." when the Titanic plunged into the depths of the icy Atlantic that early Monday morning, among the 1,300 helpless victims was a man who was going big things in the making of i Man Who Made Things Move In Railway Construction and Transportation HENRY B. HARR|8 Mr. John Nuhn, has purchased from the Flesher estate the Woollen Mill property which he has had leased for a number of years. Mr. Nuhn is a desixa‘ale citizen and ' to see him locate permanently here. Mr. G. Myers has bought. from Mr. \an\.\-...l J . I .. Mr. G. Myers has hnu‘ McDonald the fox-me! fellow bricx residence 1' moved last week. " MmJar-nes Hemphill uf Tm-«mm is ' \‘Is’ting his brother and recupvmtmg ~ after an operatinn for appendicitis. Mr. 0. ‘V. Phillips. visited friends at Collinguwmd «m Sunday. About twenty-five married young people of the village acm- an invitation to visit Mr. (7h Stewart’s Sugar cmnp one eVe last Week and after a jolly time at boil down and tafl‘y pull. the pom; wended their way home at midn Mr. \‘Vm. Sharp news by telegram on Saturday oi death at the Soo. Ont. of his hr( John. who was asphyxiated by but the. particulars not yet . The remains will be brought here burial after the. arrival at the So the deeeased‘s only daughter wl married and living in I‘- Mr. Sharp, who is about " age. was raised on the old homes near this village and there are n friends who sympathize with the ily. bereaved. Mrs. Geo. Johnsor and Mrs. Jos. Blakely are sister the deceased. received the Mr. ‘V. J. Mnfl'nt past, four Illullths with Osprey, left last week stead in Saskatchewan your Cor. and (whey uh Laking train. Mr. \Viil\V:11kerw}m went to the \Vest, .‘L few weeks ago with Mr. Chas. Stafford is now reported 1” with ty- phoid fever. Mr. J. E. Marcellus has been SH“- c-sssful in his e xaminutinns {'01- the (It‘- gree of B. A. and is now the subject of congratulations from his friends. Mr. \V. Flynn has taken a [agiliun ‘ ' Hogarth. . " .: muployed last, seawn. Mrs. J. A. Boyd’s fx-ien to see her sufficiently rm her recent, railwav .u-(-id( to move out, a lit! 19. but; weak and suffvriug cnndi Mrs. John Osborne. :L lady, is at, present vex-v il Mr. \Iax Banmm. of Duttnn, was hmn9 on a. visit fm a few day. ' \Ii. Robb. H9ndexsnn 0f Rah Roy, was a visitorat Dr. Murray’s the he- gining of the week. Miss M: md M< Donald h Collingwgud to take a, posi Mr. Arnold Thmston of Torontn. re- turned last week from a trip to the Old Country and is «m a. visit with his parents her». I WELL. 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'Lskatchewan and called and other I‘II on old friends before . â€"-\'.I\..“ (‘1‘ {W (tsp (] sufficiently lHOVt‘led from ‘. 0))liuv .‘â€"~ twenty-five, married and ple of the village» accepted ion to visit Mr. Charles Sugar camp one evening md after a jolly time at the thI‘ ‘n LE, ° .80de friends are plu. "H’;II;n-\LI_ FLESHERTON. MERCHANT TAILOR 500. Ont. Of his brother 'as asphyxiated by gas, culars nut» yet received. will be brought here for he arrival at the Son 0f smilly daughter who is Mrs. Geo. JohnSOn Sr. Blakely are sisters of fox-me} John (mod ing hi (’ialefm-nia. about 59 vears of (:(n'lditinn. and has gone to a pOSitiou in the “\. Sm "urda y of the in to which he 01d homestead COST AND UNDER [Ant U) be able she is yet, in u. are many fam- used 100th of May This is a snap in Sumnwr Suitings will Five desperate criminals escaped from Kingston penetentiary, but were subsequently captured. sinn to the west wing, which will in- clude some 50 rooms for guests; a music room. 30 x 30: tea room, 30 x 30: billiard room 30 x 30: and a store out- fitting department. 30 x 32. This Store Dupt. is unique, as it contains every- thing from a needle to camp equip- ment. Tourists desiring to make trips through the Park. can be supplied with tents, boats. canoes. fishing equipment. supplies and guide, the price not exorbitant. The rotunda is largely increased. also the dining room: necessitating new kitchens. serving rooms. etc. An additional room for the use of children and nurses. will be built. and the guides are to have a separate establishment. \Vith a new ice house, cold storage, enlarged dancing hall, and other alter- ations referred to. will make this Inn one of the most complete and perfect in the lake and mountain parts of On- tario. A large tohoggan slide will al- so be constructed during the summer. During the winter tourists from all over Canada. have made use of the hotel, and the daily average guests from 18 to 25. and it is pleasing to note that most of these guests are from our own and other (‘anadian cities. The Grand Trunk Railway in View of the WW large incx'eaeed number of winter tourists this season at High- land Inn. in the National Algonquin Park. are making extensive improve- ments to their Inn. These improve- ments will be completed about the lst. 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