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Sale of Lace 89’ Insertion These are all won ch more money We want you to cmnpare them with others you have seen at the same price 27 inch Swiss Flonncings. in all the new patterns. 7diflerent pieces to select from. Very special value 500- 48 inch Swiss Flonncing and Skirting. an extra fine quality and dainty patterns. Eleven patterns at 65 cents. l’mn- patterns at $1.25. The J. 9. Abraham Co. EMBROIDERY FLOUNCINGS Short. or lung Sleaves, some with low neck, some with collars,lmtt..n- front or hack. White Lawn Blouses 1-25, 1-50, 1.75, 2-00 'l'wn. three and some four rows of Insertion and Lace. $1 .25 White Skirts for 99 cents WINDOW SHADES The) best ()il Opaque Shades 40 cents \\ e have just npened a v'er3 attractive pattern in Scotch Linoleum. Four yards wide, best quality 500 Scotch Linoleum 500 THE “You Pay Less Here” We have just Sixty-nine pieces of Em- bmirlery Edgings and Insertions, in dainty Swiss patterns, all widths 50 to 15c. EMBROIDERY AND INSERTIONS THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Underwaists 25c 50c Drawer-s 500 Gowns, Special 990 and $1 .25 Special $1 .00 Long White Silk Lave Gloves Long \Vhite Silk Lisle Gloves Lung \Vhite Snvde Gloves Long White Silk Gloves The Old Bedlam. Bethlehem (prononm:ed Bedlam). the London lunatic asylum. was originally founded in 1247 as a priory, but is spoken of as a hospital for lunatics in 1472, and when the church was de‘ spoiled it was granted to the city of London as such an asylum. At one time the wretched inmates were exhib- ited to the public like so many wild heasts, as Pepys notes in his diary and Hogarth shows in one of his sketches. Patients that were harmless or half cured were given badges and released to beg on the streets. Edgar in “King Lear” impersonates one of these wan- dering Tom-o’~Bedlams, “A surgeon’s fee is 12 pence a mile, be his journey near or far. 10 groats to set a bone broke or out of joint and for letting blood a shilling; the cutting or amputation of any limb is £5, but there is no settled fee for the cure.” The system of regulating the fee according to the pocket of the patient is almost as old as history.â€" Westminster Gazette. “For.” he continued gravely, "a man is as much the son of his father as he is the daughter of his mother.” Medical Fen In Bygone Days. At the beginning of the eighteenth century the usual fees to physicians and surgeons in England were “to a graduate in physivk. his due is about 10 shillings, though he commonly ex- pects or demands 20 shillings. Those that are only licensed physicians. their due is no more than (is. 8d.. though they commonly demand 10 shillings. A certain professnr was struggling to make the point that both parents have an equal influence upon a child. Man's Dual Nature. The prufessorizll mind for all its anuteness is liable to occasional lapses. like less highly trained inlellects. One amusing case in point is reported in the Philadelphia I’uhlie Ledger: A poet can put 1.000 words together and make\them worth fifteen plunks. payable onxpublication. That's poetry. ~Wa8hington Herald. Law and Poetry. ‘ A lawyer can put 1,000 'words to- gether and make them worth $1.000. That’s legal ability. Corrected. The Doctorâ€"But. my dear sir. you must masticate your food. What were your teeth given you for? The Suf- ferer (calmly)â€"They weren‘t given me. I mught ’em.-â€"Loudou Sketob. What It Wu. Gusher- Everybody Is crazy about this house. Bonner-What is it-a swell hotel? Gusher-No. It’s a private In- unth- asylum-Chaparral. .49 China the oath or brotherhood 1. taken by breaking a pup... "If that wurked in this country our (1qu WUllld be sealed to us for life.”â€" lnulsville Coui'lerulo'urnal. A Chinese Oath. g.- Q) ”C Floor Oilcloth 1.1, and 2 Yard: Wide Splendid Patterns pvx' yard ifih-mzts Stair (Jib-10th, specill lfit-ents Ladies’ Seamless Cotton Hose 2 Pairs for 25¢ All Silks H [u 10 : noooowo¢ououw”90“”ooooooooonoouwnwu o e . *fififii. fifififi w > 35.3% Ewing.“ .w McIntyre Block, Lambton Street Durham. Ontario ALLOVER Seven patterns in Swiss Allovers, sold everywhere at $1.25. We have marked this lot; for quick sale at only $1.00. \llnshmmn Shapes. Boat Shape, Sailor Sb and Napaleon Shapes are all represented lwr This wwk we will Show some. of the very newest stylPS in trimmed and untlrimmed hats. fm Spring and Summer, and invite you tn mu- Millinel-y Purim-s to try them on. \Vu haw plenty L0 choose from in «w: y imagin :lhlt’ Sizv. Shape and Style that is felhhimmhlv. unw early in the week and get the first ('hnit't MISS E. E. MOONEY (One dour \Vest of Standard Bank) The J. D. Abraham Co. Priccd on Urocer Redpath Gran. Sugar. per 100 ....... Canned Corn. best Quaker brand 3 tor . Canned Beans. Quaker. 3 for ........... Canned Peas. Quaker. 2 for. . . . . . . . . . . . Canned Tomatoes. Quaker. 2 for ....... Comfort Soap. 6 bars for. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunlight Soap, 6 bars for ................ 3 pound pkgs. Seeded Raisins for . 7 . . . . 3 pounds selected Valencia Raisina ..... 3 pounds Seedles Sultanas for .......... 3 pounds Currants t'( r ...... .. ... . .. . . 5 pounds :ilc Green Japan 'l‘ea ......... 5 pounds Iik‘. Black Ceylon Tea. . .. . . ... 3 tins of Old Dutch Cleanser ..... 3 pkgs. Handy Ammonia .......... 3 tine Gillett’s Lye for . . . . ....... 3 tins Comfort Lye for ........ . . 2 cans Silver Moon Rad Salmon for 5 tins Pennant Salmon . . . . .. .... All Plug 'I‘ohaccos 3 for ....... . .. Ivory Gloss Starch 3 for ..... . . Best Cornstarch 3 for .. .. . . . . . . . . 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