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You will find that drugcists everywhere speak well of Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy. They know from long experience in the sale of it that in cases of coughs and colds it can always be depend- ed upon, and that it is pleasant and safe .to take. For sale by all dealers. . I! you have MONEY to invest or debts to COLLECT you should con- sult. me. 28 year’s exlmrienre and knowledge of the incality. vmmts for somethinc. Do business With m9 and get the bene- fit of it. 100 Acre. One) mile South of \Villimnsfurd. (hmd huildings. good suil, spring vrvvk. offered at snap. Owner in \Vest and bound to sell. 100 Acres near antinck P. 0. Fair buildings, gnml farm, very low price and easy terms. 130 lore. Nov-manhy. near Hamp- dvn. (inml buildings. a fine stm-k farm, Snnwhudy wnll snatch this bar. gain quickly, “by hat you? Many other farms. of all sizes and kinds. for sale cheap. If Von wish to SELL. BORROW or INSURE it, will PAY yuu to see me. H.H. MILLER, Hanover If you want it ' We Sell it, If you don’t want it We buy it. 99000OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQQQ090000909999OOQQfiOOOQOQOO 0906090909OQOOQOOOOOQOOOOO OOQOQQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO nonwowuuunononw owoowwoonow‘nwowo~> is just the kind you get under the very best conditions at any one of Shaw’s Vichools. Toronto. The (‘rntral Business College. the (‘entral Telegraph School. and Four City Branch Business Schools. Our new curriculum explains the practical courses given. \Vrite for a copy to THE ROYAL BANK OF ‘ANADA (‘Pntral Business ()ollsge, Yonge Gerrard Sts.,'l‘uronto \V. H. SH A‘V. Pres. LONDON. INC. . OMCI Bank Bugsâ€"Bin“: SI. EDUCATION THAT PAYS Matthews Latiner Presents for Lady or Gentlemn Watches, Rings, Lockets, Necklets, Bl'b( Cuff Links, Bracelets, Etc. A visit to this store will make ycmr Christina‘mying a pleasure in place of a worry D. 0. TOWN, Christmas Suggesti A nice new stock just opened ready to choose fr: You are always welcome whether you buy or q Capital Authorized Capital Paid Up Reserve Fund . Toul Amt: . DURHAM BRANCH 3 , S. HUGHES. For Flour Feed Seed \ Fresh Groceries New Fruit and Nuts \ Choice Confectionery Pure Spices and Vinegars No I Family and Pure Manitoba lours Fine Salt. F8 mers Produce \Vated 290 Branches throughout Cane THE TRADERS BANK OF BAN! Do your Shopping Early Savings Department at all Branches. WITH WHICH IS UNITED Open Evenings INCORPORATED 1869 At the annual election of olt'icers in the Presbyterian Sunday hool last week, the following We ap- pointed for 1913: Supt, rank Chard; Asst, Chas. Stewart; Sec., George Stewart; .Asstn Jas. H rris- on.; Treas., C. 8 'art; Libra ians, Robt. Chard, Ed- oucks; Gigan- ists, Vera Louckl Rita Bulkin; Teachers, Mrs. son, MW S. Irwin, Mrs. W. 3 rt. Miss Lily Thistlewafte, Ch _ Stewart land J.7F. Chard. ‘ r. S. .Shunk has been engaged caretaker of the Presbyte an church. Mr. W. J. Boyd attended ‘he anter Fair at GUEIDh Innf uroolr mr. S. Shunk has been engaged caretaker of the Presbyte an church. Mr. W. J. Boyd attended lhe Winter Fair at Guelph last week. «_ progress 5 n the town hall, and; e crowd ii ‘0 t in. 1 chu, (008C005, cigars, and : smokers’ supplies, at the Central“ Drug Store. Cut glass and walk-out prices. Store. The C.O.F. here held a box social in the town hall on esday evening of last week, at w 'ch a pleasant time was spent. rogram was given, hite presiding, after whi boxes were disposed of br Auc- tioneer McPhail. After ilefresh- mgnts, fiancing was indulgtil in. The skating rink opened‘m Fri- day night with a good attend- ance. A mishap occurred m the ice on Saturday night, whenMast- er Frank Thurston fell and frac- tured a bone in one arm. ‘ A case of liquor shipped from Toronto to a resident ar Eu- genia, was seized here so e days ago by Constable Cook, (1 on Friday last the consignee 3 sum- moned before Magistrates chul- len and Shearson, who up hea'z- ing his denial of having rdered the liquor, or having giv order to ship in his name, dismis d the case, but confiscated the booze, about $12 worth. ‘ ed in the daily papers, ilversha'.-- owed all else. Mrs. Ll’e. the foally murdered woman, l‘as Very highly respected, and hemntimely end cast a deep gloom lver the community. The funeral; which took place here on Sunda,- was very largely attended. Tie Cap- tain of the Salvation Arm at Fev- ersham, conducted the blilll ser- vice. assisted by Rev. Mr. cLaren, of this plave. l The terrible tragedy ‘F (‘eyl village last week, so trey repo Pip”, tobaccos, as and fancy China, at prices. Central Drug NE‘WHK Asmcv C0221: “’1"; and Cedar SIS. FLESH ER TON, Watchmak; Jeweler an own aches, (‘9 y 10 n '1‘ ll not generally known that than in a grave quutlon u to tho actual date of Chmt'n blrth. For many venturin- In nnvo celebrated Chrlstmnn on Doc. 20 not! have not troubled oumlvel wltll chronologlcnl lnqnlrles. That com-Io In no doubt reamnnblo nnd proper. to: the «matches have sanctioned lt. As a matter at fart. tow modern theologian- and vnmnologlatl agree In to the date of the hlrth ot the Saviour. What most of them agree In. however. is that It dld not ”war on Dec. 26. A point on whlrh there is still more unanimity is that Christ was not horn In the year Which we call 1 A. D. 3. was born at least four years earlier. The present method at mmutinl tho years was introdured by the ltoman abbot Dionyslus Exigulls in the sixth century and came into general use two centuries later. during the reign of Charlemagne. He placed the Na. tivity on Dec. 25. 754. A U. 0.«â€"l. a. after the”founding of Home. Nearly all chronologlsts agree that he was wrong by about four years. Christ. according to them. was born 750 A. U. 0., or 4 B. 0.. If not earlier. WHEN WAS THE H CHRIST CHILD BORN? Much evident-e is offered in support of this According to Matthew it, i. Christ was born in the days of King Herod l. or the Great. who died, ac- cording to Josephus. at Jericho A. U. U. 750. just before the Passover. 'i‘hia date has been verified by the astro- nomical cairnlations oi‘ the eclipse 0! the moon. whirh took place on March 13 in the year 750 A. U. 0.. a few days before Herod's death. ‘ Allowing two months or more for the events between the birth of Christ and the murder of the innocents by Herod. the nativity must he put ii?|"k at least to February or January .30 A. U. C. or 4 B. (J. The star which guided the wise men has been brought into service in the attempt to fix the birth of Christ with scientific accuracy Between itit’l3 and 1604 the great astronomer Kepler ob- served a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. which was made more lumi- nous hy the addition of Mars in the , month of March. mm. In the autumn of the same year he observed near the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars a new fixed star of uncommon brilliancy. It was blazing and glittering "like the most beautiful and glorious torch ever seen when driven by a strong wind" and seemed to Kepler an “ex- ceedingly wonderful work of God." He thought that this phenomenon might lead to the determination oi the I There were other genunections going on. It is hardly worth while stating That acoustic escalating Baptized that British Christmas before dawn. The sacredness of the mistletoe has always been respected. particularly by the Britons and the Scandinavians. It was a part of the religion of the “druids. and they regarded it with the utmost veneratlon but restricted their worship of it to the plant w hen found _ growing on the oak. "l he oak was the favorite tree of their divinity. 'l‘utane. which the books say appears to have been the same as the Phoenician god Baal. or the sun. was prayed to under -dlt‘l’erent names bywthe early pagans At the period of the winter solstice. iwhich was about ('hristnlas tltne. a 3 great festival was celebrated in honor - of 'l‘utane. When this anniversary ar- rived the Britons, accoiiiptlllletl by .iilclr priests. the druids, went forth a it“ glorious pomp and joility to gath- the mistletoe. which they believed v. â€"â€"--..â€"-_..- ._. (‘l Allowing two months or more for the events between the birth of Christ and the murder of the innocents ny Herod. the nativity must be put inwk at least to February or Junuun .30 A. U. C. or 4 B. (J. It was blazing and glittering “llke the most beautiful and glurluns torch ever seen when driven by a strong wind" and seemed to Kepler an “ex- ceedingly wonderful work of God." He thought that this phenomenon' might lead to the determination ot the date of Christ’s birth. By careful cal- “ uh glorious pomp and jollity to gath- m the mistletoe. which they believed to possess wonderful curative powers. _ With them they took two white bulls firnd sometimes human beings to be 1 sacrificed. Upon finding the oak with the mis- ; tietoe clinging to it the chief druid, Maui in white. the emblem of purity. ascended the tree and with a golden A Perfect christmu. Let us try to imagine what a scene the world would present if all men the earth around could have and enjoy one perfect Christmasâ€"one day in which the Christmas spirit should manifest itself in every human heart in all its happiest. truest. largest meaning. What a foretaste of the millennium such a day would be! What sorrows would be mitigated. what misery as- suaged. what enmltles. jealousies. bit- ternesses. would be hurled never to be renewed! Such a Christmas even for one day would be a source of immeas- urable blessing to the world. It could not fall to break the crust of human selfishness beyond reeloration and set many springs of kindness and good will flowing. never to cease. .While such a Christmas. even for a day. can exist only in the realm of dreams. it is within our power to make each recur- ring Christmas measurably like it by translating our Wishes into deeds. by making the best oi our means and op- portunltles to make life a little bright- er and a little sweeter for those around ‘_ us and a little nearer like the life we could truly mm for all mankindâ€"Lel- lie’s Weekly. culation he ascertained that a similar conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, with the later addition of Mars and probably some extraordlnary star, took place repeatedly between the years 747 and 748 A. U. C. The majority of theologians agree that the date of\0hrist’s birth cannot be fixed accurately from the New Tefl- tament or from any other source. The Usual Result. “What do you want tor Chflltmu this year, John?" asked um I“.- ”I don’t know," neweplled. “Au right." an. and. “I'll no u! ”momma to: the non-g." .-A__L‘.A‘-‘ §§§§§§O The discovery of Kepler was almost forgotten until the nineteenth century, when it was independently confirmed by several eminent astronomers, among them Schubert of St. Peters- burg, ldeler and Beneke of Berna and Prltchard of London. THE CHRIST CHILD. m DURHAM CHRONICLE ” At”,OOOQQOOQOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO09909969 t .,. 904§§§§§QOOOQQQOQOOOOOO¢ “ HE hanging of the mistletoe at this coming Christmastide in- vites the usual tour across the mystic. musty pages of the past. This branch of the holiday's decoration treasures within it sweets that to the young people are most tempting. It was the same ten centu- ries ago. and so it will be for centuries to come. THE [563"] OF THE MISTLEIOE. While their Iadyehipe were waiting And their lordshipe were debating ~oooooooooéooooooofoo'oow‘ Here are just n fvw suggpstiuns. To appreciate them you must see thv guuds yourself : Them» novelties me put up in h: Ind smm- individual boxes vnIIIIIiIIiIIg wither mw article: In- NIIIIhiImIiuII M-Is ev'er shown for the Christmas trade. \JIJI It‘! 'I."" \"".~ \. l‘" ' ' , \I he Will prize mure highly. than what ynu wull ‘ hunght hero is sure tn please. Ladim mm hpy . ‘ ‘ ‘. their men fnlks wnnld (:hnnsp. (mum and se‘lm tun umny of. Ynu (lnn’t need tn mmh’de \mu's lmnse cunts, hath rubes. shirts and a hnndflafltc \Vuuwn who wish 34"zgfiugaagy'1: 'E‘hf'i}. I”! '4“ § furnishings. (_‘lll°i>tlllzls gnnds in fight attractive lmlidn)‘ («)lm's. Neck-ties, Garters. Suspenders, Arm band: You rwml thvsv for Your Christ- mas Gifts. \Ve can shnw you things that. will be sure to please each and every man or hny whu is furtunute. enough to be on your list for a present. 'l‘lmt Chri-‘tnms prnhlmu “mu”! \vm'ry'yuu long if you drop In hue. something he ca we r. UUI' gnmls are 1M tit] ls Santa’s Headquarters for Men aifi50y sCfirist=§§ . mas (lifts Knitted mufflers, msdnufl .................n ......................... ._.......... . rf (- r $9.1. x ...n9§ X$.?i n ‘L11..$‘ Largest range Intro cut the "he. n It ten tt wee l The Trustee Board of 33, No, ought to the folds of the robe of en- 5 h ve enmed Mr. W. R. Wallace, other priest. Then the hull. and none- ot a’arney, on their teacher (or tlmee the hnmeno were 039'“ to 1". 1913. Mr. R. P. Dawson leaves on tone. and rel-lone feetlvldee followed. Friday {01‘ hit! home 3t Port But- The mletletoe thne gathered was out well. - lnho smell portlone end dletrlhuted Mrs. Curtain. of Newmarket. and among the people. who hung It over MPG. Embury, of Toronto, have the entrances to their dwelllnn to been guests the past few days of their kindred, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. notify the ”"w deltlel that the! Cook, of Rose Lawn. The former were welcome to shelter during the is 8‘2 ears of b , d Ieuon of froet and cold. for a yuvpn-m..:Ԥ..°.’.mq“£.?f.’.9.l.. 3'3: Thou rite- were retained throughout the Roman dominion in Britain and for 3 long while under the Jules. 8n:- onn and Angie; The most beautiful legend retardlnl tho mistletoe and the one from which it derives It: mystic powers is of Scan- dinavian origin. Balder. the god of poetry and eloquence and second son of Odin and Freja. had a dream in which it was intimated that he would be killed in battle. Be communicated this dream to his mother. who was very fond of him. and she. to protect him. Invoked the powers of natureâ€"hrs; earth. air and waterâ€"as well as ani- mals and plants and obtained an oath from them that they would do Baider no hurt. Wlth his lnvnlnerahlllty as. lured. as he thought. he entered the combats of the gods and was very suc- cessful in slaying all who came for- ward to engage him. They struck him with thelr arrows. but he plucked them out and derided his antagonists as they fell mortally wounded before him. It was about time for Lake. mi gran enemy. to challenge him or sufler tho Ignomlny of cowardice. but Lake WI. a schemer. The designing Lola procured a shoot of the mistletoe, made an arrow of It and then sought the aqsemhly of the gods. There he met the blind Heda and concluded that the humiliation of Balder's family would he more com- plete if Raider should he killed hv a eighties: god So he asked Heda. “Why do you not mntend with the ar- rows of Balder?" Heda replied that he was blind and unenpplled with ar- rows, whereupon Loke gave him the mistletoe arrow and said. ”Raider is in front of thee " Heda shot. and Balder fell pierced and slain.â€" Cincinnati En- quiror. all the productions of the world had sworn not to lnjure him Lake was very much dlscouraged and was about to go away when Freja added that there was one plant she dld not con- Jnre because of Its Inslgnlflvauoe. Wlth well felgned lndlfl‘erenoe Loke lnqulred the name of It. and Freja said It was the mistletoe. He disguised hlmself as an old wo- man and. ~determlnlng to discover the secret of Balder's Immunity from death. called upon Freja. He address- ed the mother with complimentary re- marks upon the valor and good fortune of her son. and the goddess replled that her son was safe from harm, as Christmas goods an arriving nearly every our special offer on Scott. Durham. (111 TV ZI‘OCPI‘K After spending a couple of hap- py months in visiting the cos old homestead of Mr. and Mrs. Kl. J. ,Davis. and other kindred in the vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Van- etta. and their two handsome wee Ihovs. Masters Cecil and Davis. left Ion Monday for their faraway homo '"t Aldergrove. B.(‘., a suburb of Vancouver. where they possess valuable farm property. Theyfte- lport her brothers. James and ' - Inn. as “making good" in» he Pacific province. while “Dick” is doing a big smithv trade :in ‘Bruce. Alta. We regret to report otheir father. Mr. M. J. Davis, ”as :heing but a shadow of his for- mer self. and in a very mine ,rondition. V‘" a an at the Ebordale pdst‘dfrié'é on Thursday morning tut. Owing to the slippery condition of things last week. several por- s_on_s_recei'ved some bad falls. Mrs. â€" ‘1“- v -avuu‘ ”I.“ lu|lug "‘1 D. EtuiicArthtir‘ was quite severely hurt, while Mrs. Wm. Timmins sus- taiped '3 b_ad nervous shock from Tom Cook has his gasoline saw- ing outfit at work this week cut- ting poles for '11. E. Blair, John Haber, J. H. Robson, John McNally and your scribe. It oawes a lot of elbow action on the buekaaw. The late Mys. Loye. of_(‘eylon, Despite keen competition, It. Jas. Ross, of the mill am ured bush farm, lot No.1 on the 10th conces- sion, at the recent sale held in town. It has a lot of valuable timber on it. The late Mrs. Love. of Ceylon, was born and reared on the farm now owned by John McNally. of the 6th concession, and the school- mates of those by-gone vears were horrified to learn of the terrible fate that betel their old playmate. Some would like to meet out just- ice without law costs. Mrs. Curtain, of Newmarket. and Mrs. Embury, of Toronto, have been nests the past few do a of their indred, Mr. and Mrs. . J. Cook, of Rose Lawn. The former is 82 your: of age, but would pun for a well-preserved matron o! 60. She returns to her home on Mon- day. but Mrs. Embury is remaining for some time longer. What \\ 1th rural mail eanvasdfiig, wood bees, church bees school meetings. Fhristm 1s alm- certs. Christmas re s, and municipal nominatio elec- tions, all that the afar will get done at ho 2 he next fortnight \xon’t amount alto much. But such things must, ”‘3”, and ’tis a slessing to haxe tlfbm all hustled together. .._ M1. George «1 the from the west gflflast fie has had :1 mos. sMfgon there. ill-health. "Mt“fifltmm-smule “ill be much missed in the north- ern p:11t of the tmx nship. wire thew havewpem WW Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sprqule are moving from the: farm :thlt‘Mek to Duyhglngwitlg' to his cantifqu ~,_ _ n . _._ TR AVERSTON. yoo¢¢o§v¢iooop‘