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Durham Chronicle (1867), 19 Oct 1916, p. 2

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Send him 10 cents for" 9 package of his new discovery, ric.” Write him your symptoms end a sample of urine for test. ’ience has taught Dr. Pierce that ric” is the most powerful agent, solving uric acid, as hot water sugar; besides being absolutely ess it is endowed with other rties, for it preserves the kidn healthy condition by thorouga; ling them. Being so many times active than lithia, it clears the valves of any sandy substances grates which smash up mse each grate is three- STRENGTH AND BEAUTY with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical wry. This is a blood cleanser and Live that starts the liver anu stom- zto \‘irr runs action. It. thus assists My manufacture rich red blood 1 fo-o-(‘:_~ L'nw 'nuurt, nerves, brain tad c of H'- mm. The oraans work ‘.; . x f. : running in on. .001 Candi. :~'I‘u1l;{ {Hid Streuuou b Save Your Co upon introduce Lord Baltimore OI adore. knew his job. I :3 my guarantee as well 16 ounces (about 90 sheets‘ of writing Paper. and 50 envel- oDes to match, for FIFTY CENTS W111 give for two weeks ore DER 26AM y “Annrlc” II a- INSURANCE ?nst Sudden Death; know you will like the lity. - It’s A1 McKechnie ’LY “sum L tired, weak ind faint. Writing Paper PAGE EDDIE MONTGOMERY Spray flying over, we sighted a ship coming right end-down for us, on our Starboard bow, with never a light set, and never a signal, though her .sky- light was wide open and out of it streamed a flood of queer lightâ€"sort of greenish yellow! “Wilfred Denne and me and Will Langley, all ’prentices, were standing by the mizzentop halliards when the shackle broke in the tie, and down crashed the mizzen tops’ yard. Then, suddenly, While we hung to the hal. Bards. with the deck reeling and the “Andâ€"believe me or not, mister-â€" there was a red bar of light low down among the black clouds in the west. where the sun was setting, and I saw that bar of red light right through the ship! She’d no sooner passed than the squall went away, the sky cleared and the sea died down. Next day wec aught a seven-foot shark and nailed the tail to our jibboom, and that brought us fair breezes.” SAILOR BOY SAW {A GOOD (:10me 1 mm; 11mm FROM OLD MA‘E‘EREALI Eddie went on: ““ver since I ran away from Hull, and shipped on the Annie, I’d been lookin’ for the Dutch- man. We sailed to Australia, making the 10,000 miles from Montevideo to Adelaide in 38 days. We left Austra~ 11a, bound for London, and were skirt- ing the Western Islands when one afternoon, the sky being clear, all at once a squall came on and it grew dark. b; 2: skylights, and greenish-yellow SluLfi‘ie pouring out of her funnels. “Any adventures this voyage?” he was asked. “I’veâ€"seenâ€"it!” he gasped. “Seen What?” “Why. the Flying Dutchman. Only. .he’s not like the old one you read about, that sends past at night with sails set and spray flying and not a soul aboard. She’s a. steamship, with two funnels, bearin’ down on you in the murk of a storm. Weird Ghost Steamer That Frightened Whole Crew of English Tramp or. Long Voyage Edward Montgomery, seaman’s ap- prentice, aged 18, sat on a coil of rope, with a malinespike in his belt, gulping unmgullion from a big dinner plate. It was high noon, on the deck of the square-rigged Annie M. Reid, where she lay tied among tugs, lighters, sail. mg craft and steamers from the seven seas. To amum: :1 number of young folks make a large ball of black and yellow strips of crepe paper, or of muslin. As you Wind the ball insert all kinds of small favors, which have been wrap- ped in red paperâ€"a. penny for fortune --a ring for marriageâ€"a. key 8181111? 1118 a journey, etc. One person com- mencing to unwind the ball starts to tell a story and continues until a gut IS revealed, and then the next one takes the ball and goes on with the Story until his fortune is discovered. This continues until 33 h”. m. PAGE TWO. The Mystery of the Ball - Mark the lines carefully and saw .dowly, turning the piece over and sawing from the other side after every tenth stroke. When you have cut {deeply enough bore two holes with a Ethree-quarter bit in the pieces which 'are to come out and saw from the holes to the other saw cuts with a . c0ping saw. A coping saw is a small Ewire frame with\ detachable blades, 5 and may be purchased for 15 cents. Finish trimming your mortises with 'a wood chisel and finally rub with sandpaper wrapped around a square stick. The top of the post is shown in Fig. 4. It is shaped with wood fchisel and sandpaper. ' The cross. which acts as a base, is {formed of two pieces fitted together. ‘LV‘V‘u vv 'wd â€" fig ii; the éT-fi. shops at Stratf-ond, {enlisted on Saturday in the Cana- dian Mounted Rifles. g Here’s an ornamental article 101‘ boys to try a hand at. It isn’t as easy as it looks though it’s simple enougl for a beginner in the use of tools to make successfully. Something That a Clever Boy Can Make With the Aid of Very Few Tools It will be found useful in the hall- way or in sleeping apartments. You probably can find an old wooden bed- stead in the attic which will provide enough material when torn apart to do nicely for this clothes-tree. If you order from the millyou can have the upright post out tapering to just suit your needs. You will notice that it is three in- ches square at the base and only 2 inches at the top. Fig. 2 is the base of the post. It fits snugly down on the cross. Use the pieces that form this cross or base proper to get the right size for your mortises. Olagram showing completed clothes- tree and how the different parts' are made. Study the diagram marked Fig. 3. The notch or mortise is in the top of one end and in the bottom of the other. The cutting is done with saw and chisel, the final part of the fitting be- :ng accomplished with the old reliable sandpaper rub. The curves are easily managed with the coping saw. Wher- rver the pieces come in contact with each other in the assembling use a thin coating of liquid glue. In finishing the surface. first stain any desired shade and then fill with paste filler of the same shade it hard- wood is used, lastly polishing with be jammed between the standing part and the hook. And then pull on it with a team of horses, it you wish! It won’t pull out. The carrick bend is a complex apm bearing knot, made with two ropesg which is in reality very simple. Mab‘ abightinthefirstmpapassthem «theotherthroughthisbight,m thawdof thefirstromandtfl'omd [ta standing part, thenoverflnmx in: part of the ”contend throat}: “Blackwell hitch" doesn’t look like 9. knot at all. You’d expect it to pull out at once. But if you ever have oc- casion to hang a heavy weight to a book, just try this little hitch. Form a. blght at the end of a rope and pass your hook through the bight in such I. way that the end of the rope will Both Have Their Uses in Handling of Heavy Weights the bright again. Four of a party of young ma- chinists from Boston, Mass., who arrived a few @ays agojo yyor}: TWO HANDY KNOTS f]?! fle. O. '|-â€"â€" 13‘ .4 1‘16. 4. FIG: .3 16- 'lhe woods are getting stripped of their summer garment, an iii- .dication that Winter is fast ap- proaching. It will soon be neces- sary to prepare for the cold. seasâ€" on by putting in a good supply of fuel, but the country people have enough timber yet for some time to come. This Will be a hard Winter on many who have to buy fuel and. all other necessities. Flour away up to nearly $5 a hundred, butter 30 to 32c., figgs nearly three cents apiece, and some selling potatoes at five or six cents a pound, meat at 15 to 20c. a pound. There will be no 25c. meals in the hotels now, for it is impossible for a hungry En- glishman or Scotchman (I don’t know about Irishmen) would con- sume a Juapter’s worth of meat at any time. But what about the Dutchman? W’e have heard tell he would eat seven pounds of meat :1 day. Two pounds at every meal. and one pound before going to bed! This is a fact, for we heard the fellow telling it many years years ago. But then pork Was only selling.at from 5 to 10c. a pound dressed. This week, live hogs are only selling at $10.40, and the sell- ers think it mighty cheap. Many a home is minus a boy and some two or three, by way of enlisting. Some are saddened by; hearing of their loved ones being wounded or taken prisoner. but it is sadder still when the news com-es that some have fallen in battle. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson. north of Priceville, received. the sad news that their fine boy, Goldwin. was killed in action. He was a fine specimen of manhood. 21 years of age, and, six feet. four inches tall. To the bereaved father and mother. all friends and acâ€" quaintances send. them condolence in their loss. Sacrament was administered in the Presbyterian church here on Sunday, When a large number availed. themselves of the privil- ege of being there. One adult, who joined the church for the first PRICEVILLE. Here is a great work in which all can share. The Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John is the only institution which carries voluntary aid to the sick and wounded of the British forces on land and sea in every region of the war. Thousands of lives of our bravest and best are saved through this splendid work. YOUR gift may save a life. Isn’t it worth doing 2 It is. gift m: GIVE ! Red Cross Gift Day Give on October 19th Ontario’s princely gift in 1915 of $1,514,000 rang, a clarion mercy call, throughout the Empire. The British Red Cross were grateful beyond measure, and their appeal through Lord Lansdowne, President, now comes to us as to friends who sympathize and help. The need is greater to-day than a year agoâ€"it is ever growing. Will Ontario do less than she did last year? No l GIVEâ€"give a day's pay, give all you can. GIVE Premier Hearst Has Seen the Work “MyvisittoEnglandandFrancehasaronseddeepa-appto- daflon than ever of the splendid work of the Red Cross. It deserves every support, and I trust the people of Ontario will He 2i The Motherland’a only direct appeal to us for help in this great war is her great Red Cross mercy work. Ontario’s response must and will be quick and generous. Give through the Treasurer of your Local Committee-â€" or, send your subscription to the Clerk of your munici- palityâ€"-or, make it payable to Hon. T. W. McGarry. Treasurer British Red Cross Fund tor Ontario. Parlia- Appeal for October 19th.” Don’ t Let Your Stricken Defenders Call in Vain, but ment Buildings, Toronto. Make “Our Day” Your An urgent call for help again goes forth from the Motherland’s mighty life- saving agency â€" the British Red Cross. The Empire is called upon to give greatly, give lovingly, give quickly, that the sick, wounded and suffering on all the battle fronts may not languish and perish in their hours of deepest need. TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. wgm | The Red Cross workers are nev- er behind in doing their share in ivreparing necessaries for the boys at war. On Thursday of this Wee-1' 7th.:‘y meet at the home of Mr. anx’ 'Mrs. (Duncan McDonaLd, Durham 1 road. Glenelg. -- - § 1 AV§--v-v .vvâ€"vâ€"â€"'_h- Threshing is nearly finished. :only a few barns to do yet. Grain in many places .did fairly well for ktho season. time, was_bg ptized. V--. â€"- _ -__ There is not much p10“ mg don vet. as the ground in general is too hand and dry. "A gang of wining workers veer» fixing up the new cemetery at the town line :on Satunday. There ari- afnumber of fine monhments put up therenalready. Our mill man was glad to sr the rain coming a day or th ago, as he can turn out a lot of Wurk now. ”The Rev. Mr. Matheson attendâ€" ed the Presbyterian synod held in Toronto last Week. Bernaâ€"To Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Mc- Arthur, on the 9th inst., adaugh- ter: to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mcâ€" Intyre, south line, on the 30th ult.. a (daughter; to. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLeod, south line, on October 4‘ a daughter. A drowning accident happened at Bob. Fisher’s a few [days ago. Two little things that thought they would have a good feast by descending into a pail half full of milk, got .down all right, but suffered death before getting uh. It wasn’t any of Bob’s little ones. but two innocent kittens that felt .dry, and_got a sad wetting. Mrs. Graham and sister-inâ€"lnw. of Toronto, and little boy. \th spsnt some time at Mrs. Grah:m.’.. father’s, Mr. J. S. Black, the vemrn :xhln clerk of Glenelg, left for their home last Week. The sale of the estate of the late Alex. McEachern on the 9th inst. went Well. Auctioneer McPhail did the calling eff. Seven more measles cases were admitted to the Camp Borden hos- ritul on Sunday. Ldeal Weather the last week for mangels and potatoes. Both are a poor c1_'op_t4his year. Mr. Geo. Hopkins is having his house sided and painted, and also a new wood-shed built. This will add to the looks, comfort. and convenience of his home. Mr. Roy Lawrence, Miss Maggic, Mr. and Mrs. Farr Lawrence, and Mr. A. Lee motored up and spent Sunday With Mr. and Mrs. Arthu.‘ McNally_at _Z_ion. Misses May Sproule and Elva Schutz spent thanksgiving at Mr. John Whitmore’s. Mrs. A. Tucker And Master R03 are spending a few days with friends at Proton Station. Mr. John M. Lawrence and Mr. A. McCuaig are in Owen Sound this Week as iurvmen at the fall assizes. __ Mr. and A Mis. "John Andrews spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Watson. Mr. R. Morrison, Varney, spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Reubc- Watson. A fire? at Pontypool destroyed the Methodist church and four private houses. those who have relatives at wounded. I believe every- 3% E g8 EST 'D 3.33 Wounded In the Tractionâ€"Official Film. “Battle of the 80mm” McWILLIAMS. flURHAM BRANCH. Lv. DUI I The Red Cross looks after the transportation of sick and woundedâ€"it equips thousands of hospitals, rest and convalescent homes, it supplies countless requisites for hospital work, clothing and other com- torts. Over 2,000 Red Cross Motor Ambulances are at work on the various fronts, while “rest stations,” hospital trains, steamers and launches, food for pri- soners, books, special work for the blind, etc... etc... are a few. only, of Red Cross activities. '. Rowell, K.C.,‘ Brings .a Red Cross Message Your gift will go entirely to the British Red Cross. where, again, through much voluntary work, the working expenses are cut down to only 214% of the total revenue. Thus, if you give $10, actually 39.77% goes to the healing and saving of some stricken hero. The expenses of the Ontario Committee, advertising, printing, etc., are being met entirely by the Provincial Government. 3381.6 STANDARD BANK mmumwmmmm ,w'm 08.“ Wafer: “WM mrmmm'hm. an dhomdmgthodmm. mwmu.mmnmunm “numdmwmm. WthRBSBRVBFUND. knmhhcdoimcidooodifiom and The Sick and Wounded Call For Your Heip Give on Geisha-r 19th i The Grand Trunk Railway Sysâ€" tem issue round trip Homeseekers’ tickets at very low fares from staâ€" Etions in Canada to points in Mani- toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, each Tuesday until October 31st, inclusive. via North Bay, Cochrane. and Transcontinental Route or via Chicago, St. Paul and Duluth and are good returning two months from date of issue. Through tour- ist sleeping cars are Operated each Tuesday for Winnipeg, leaving tinental Route without change. stervations in tourist sleepers may be obtained at nominal charge on application to any Grand Trunk ticket office. The Grand Trunk Pa- cific Railway is the shortest and quickest route between Winnipeg Saskatoon and Edmonton, with smooth roadbed, electric lighted sleeping cars, through the newest, most picturesque and most rapidly developing section of western Canada. Before deciding on your trip ask Grand Trunk agents to furnish full particulars or write C.E. “Homing, D.P.A., Toronto, 54 HOMESEEKERS’ EXCURSIONS T0 WESTERN CANADA TKI October 19, 1916.

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