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sprinkle in a few {ul of _these dainty, pent httle flakes of west soap, and stir bout. Instantly they Ie, imparting their 38- ftncss to the water. ould enjoy your bath IS much if you could :cr as soft as summer he kind they used to n the old-fashioned or rain-barrel. There :tter way now, to get ne result, with any and that is to use g Store ORE Kodak in Winter BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO Good Grocers, 10C. ofi most refreshing tot/7c Skin 0r Games I‘MLD' n Bath Delightful ONE CO. $1.00 AND UP Let Us Show You cords 51K to have a LUX tooâ€"- it makes the an and healthful. Durham I won’t shrink ens enther. {y ku‘s- ”skin's ii'ro- to \‘ill (14‘) l \' 10 on y vamvs pre- ishlvvs that ii":- I!) keep. .HI (In it, for \' tn ”pm-ate Izeansive. 15, 1917. e the Coupons 100 up lllt FINANCIAL REPORT. June 13,1916. CR. L 1511 in Bank... . $49 (12 "1 .111111 115 to French fund 600 .‘vIrs. John McGirr’ 3 tea ...... 1 00 1 11,25“ 55 \‘1 :11 pictures ..................... 300 iif' rilUS_ ..... ..-... ....--..- 55 Wm pictures ..................... 300 5'1. Paul’s ladies-u..- 118 94 ice cream, Jul. Aug. 63 90 \215. Catton. for wool ......... 200 '213.Jas. Hopkins tea ......... 260 11155 Belle Rutherford ......... 1 50 Mrs. W. W'eir’s tea.--... 155 2" Glass’ tea-- 150 fus- D Jamieson’s "tea-- . 1111-0 -' :m. 1] for cotton Varn" ...... 300 “353'": Hill ladies... 22 5F .22: ( Ritchie’ 5 tea-- .. 300 1.1.1112 people gave a dance in hall. The Boy Scouts gave :1 n c- 1L. when half the proceeds Wore given to the Red Cro .55. "139 r-ivLjv supplies work to a num- ' -.-1' of outside points. Sixteen dol- lars (111d 50 pairs of socks were wt.t to the French Sock Fund in l";r'nlxl(,). One hundred and thirty ;;1'il‘s of socks were sent to the 317th Greys. Christmas boxes. .flllh‘d at $1 each. were sent to ‘ boys who had enlisted from Durham and vicinity. The money :‘ur these boxes was partly -aised 11y -(lonations and the rest sun- llliK'd from the funds of the so- 'i;t\ The following goods haxe : (en shipped to Toronto: 1378 pairs socks, 329 face cloths. “"5 pillow slips, 55 pillows, 444 towels. 9 tail bandages. 193 shirts. 1 pair wristlets, 1 scarf; 2.695 articles. Th:- Durham branch of the Red ('1' )SA has just concluded another successful six months’ work. Dur- ing that time the ladies met every Week for work. During July and August ice cream and cake was will every Saturday, at which a mnsidcraoie amount was raised. A number of the ladies gave teas, and a lawn social was held on Dr. Jamieson’s lawn. On Show Day the ladies served meals and some of the young people sold flags and roses. Mr. A. Bell and his willing yorkers have done a great deal {or Lie Red Cross. Meetings \\Ll't-' .n 1'1 in all the surrounding sec- zinns. and in almost all cases local wranches were organized. besides mnsiderable sums of money rais- .4. -\ tea and dance were given by ’lw Laidlaw family, and some of financial Reports of Local Red Cross and Patriotic Societies Sgd.» Annie MacKenzie. DURHAM RED CROSS Holders of this stock will have the privilege of surrendering at par and accrued interest, as the equivaient of cash, in payment of any allotment made under any future war loan issue in Canada other than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like short date security. Proceeds of this stock are for war purposes only. A commission of ones-quarter of one per cent will be allowed to recognized bond and stock brokers on allotments made in respect of applications for this stock which bear their stamp. ‘ ‘ DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA, OCTOBER 7th, 1916. Interest payable hart-yearly, 1st April and 1st October by cheque (free of exchange at any chartered Bank in Canada) at the rate of five per cent-per annum from the date of purchase. - : 3% BEBEwaE smck January 18, 1917‘ HOSE VJHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING WIVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE AT PAR For application forms apply to the Deputy Minister of. Finance, Ottawa. Principal repayabie Tst October, 1919. TO INVE$TQR$ Secy IN SUNS CF $500 OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF. 150 12m) 300 22 50 3 00 «wax. v.1. The work, as in the pre- vious year, has been entirely {or Red Cross needs, and splendid enthusiasm is, and continues to be shown at each meeting. Tot-.11 receipts for year..- $594 55 Total expenditure ............ 433 46 The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian church held their annual business meeting last week and a most satisfactory am: gratifying year’s work was re- i‘heques issued for material 719 49 Cheques issued for Christ- mas parcels..- . 60 82 Cash in bank Jan. 15, 1917.. 20602 PRESBYTERIAN LADIES’ AID Mrs. John Bell’s tea...-.. .. Mrs. S ”Patterson’s t. .21"--. NO.9,(.I‘1LDPI°'..-. Mrs. Jas. McNally-.. Mrs. W J. Ritchie’s tea .31..» (Sr 0. Ritchie’s tea“ Mrs. Brown’s tea.- Balance in bank Laura McKenzie. Treasurer. $161 09 $986 33 $986 33 . People Whose business in Eng! 111d jut, the present time 1s not a matter :11 1"4'd'3:1b0111te necessity should remain in “(11 dICdnada. Otherwise they incur the to 1isk,asalre.1dvs1ud of being unable 04,5 to convenientlyretm'n, and 1n admit, in 0, i011 the p0s~1h111ty of becoming 111018 :33 46 111 less if :1. care to the Biitish author- '_â€" itm‘. 40 13 5 00 55 30 ‘24 '35 100 U.) 30 Once more it is desirable to call attention to the fact that Canadian women going to England at the present time are running the risk of heingunahle to conveniently return. At the present juncture of the war it is deemed highly important that travel he restricted to a minimum, shipping facilitic< being taxed to the utmost capacity for purposes connect- ed with the war. Thos. Allan, Auditor Unpaid ...... Amt. mod to Dec. 3 ...... Paid PaItiotic Fund" Paid Red Cross Society" PIinting account Abstract statement of the reâ€" ceipts and payments, up ‘to the 30th December, 1916, of the Dur- ham Patriotic and Red Cross fundv. Amount subscribed.--........- $571150 Amt. paid to 30th Dean..- 5-874 60 Sewings held everv Monday af- tcrnocn in basement of church. Officers for 1917.-â€"Pres.. Mrs. R. Macfarlane; Vim-president. Mrs. Whaley; treasurer, Isabel McKen- zie: secretary, Mitrg‘aret L. F‘ ter; executive committee. Mrs G‘o McKechnie. Mrs. Henburn Mrs. McIIraith Mrs. Heughnn. Supplies shipped during vearzâ€" 607 pairs socks, 150 field shzrtl. : . h()spi‘,:1fl.shi1'ts, 90 pairs hospétul shoes, 6 sets pyjamas, 12 she. h, 276 pillow cases, 53.9 towels, 46 large. feather pillows, 77 small fem ther pillows, 154 finger stalls. 18 handkerchiefs, 33 binders, ‘26 lmurv-m wives, 405 wash cloths, 996 c:.:T.~ Dresses. 2050 wipes, 1662 soongws. 136 rolls bandages, 6 hot-water bottle covers, 1 white bed spread, 1 flannelette sheet, 2 hospital table cloths. $5409 30 Balance, cash on hand $465 :10 PATRIOTIC AND RED CRG S FUND A Timely Warning ertified ‘to be correct A. H. JACKSON. Treasurer. m DURHAM CHRONICLE 5874. 60 3333 0.") 2066 30 10 OC A German inventors improved “autograph uses light rays to repro- duce on photograph films writing; or brings made at a distance. . wheelbéxrow by a. Main man’ w}; 1;; invented one with springs between the axle ends and side bars. ' For household use a simple device has been invented in Germany which measures the proportion of carbonic acid gas in the air of a room. _The jolt has been taken out of the Motion pictures are being extensiveâ€" ly used in Italy to tgach several mn- hon illiterate voters, entranchfiised by 9. new law, how to prepare. their bal- In 1866 a young Bretonl named. Cognacq .Went to Paris as assistant in a little dry goods store. By 1872 he had saved up'$60,000 and opened a store which he called the Samari- taine.’ That Breton store assistant becalme 'worth $60,000,000. ’ A clergyman who is hale and hearty at 78 years of age, gives these rules which have governed his life: The use of plain food, with plenty of fresh fruit and pure water. Personal cleanli- ness by frequent baths from head to foot. Flannels next the skin the year round, graduating weight according to the season. Open air exercise every day, rain or shine. Ventilation of sleeping room, summer and winter. Eight hours’ sleep each day. Touching this matter ,of Cabinet secrets, by the way, Mrs. Lloyd-George remarked in a public speech that she. at least, could not disclose any, since her husband never told them to her. but it is well known that other Cabinet Ministers have not always been . equally discreet. In this connection I l i l I it may be recalled that the famous Lady Holland once asked, at one of the Whig consultations at Holland House, why her husband should not be Foreign Secretary. “Why, ma’am,” said Lord John Russell, bluntly, “they say you open all Holland’s letters.” Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand, was of opinion that a Minister need have no secrets from his wife, and how nobly Mrs. Gladstone justified his con- fidence is well known. Another aid to the preservation of Cabinet secrets is the system of com- munication between the members which is adopted. This is effected by the circulation of special despatch boxes. and one of the most important possessions of each Minister is the “key" which unlocks all these boxes. In all memoirs of Ministers will be found constant reference to “sending round a box,” groans at the arrival of “piles of boxes” from other de- partments. and so on. When a Minis- ter wishes to circulate some memoran- dum among his colleagues for informai tion or comment he does it in this way. Altogether the Cabinet is a very won- derful institution. In England Cabinet Councils are conducted in the strict privacy, al- though very occasionally important oflicials and other outsiders have at- tended a meeting for the purpose of giving information or advice on specific matters; while the remark- able step was taken of inviting Sir Robert Borden,_as Prime Minister of Canada, to attend one of the meetings while he was in England. Otherwise the most stringent measures are adopted to secure the inviolability of Cabinet proceedings. ‘Trusted jani- tors keep watch outside to guard against the possibility of eavesdrop- ping, while the very blotting pads are destroyed after each meeting lest they should betray anything that has taken place. How British Affairs of State Are Strictly Guarded U 'v-vâ€" ~- There is a tendency to scout the idea that whales are becoming scarce but the fact that the Whalers are go- ing further and further afield demon- strates that the old grounds are be- coming depleted. Although whaling is still a flourishing industry in certain quarters of the globe, these enormous profits spell the doom of the whales unless an international agreement can he arrived at to regulate the killing. Economic Folly Of course, an increasing scarcity of whales may make the business un- profitable and, as in New England, the majority of the hunters may be driven from the field. Then the whales may get sufficient respite to enable them to re-establish themselves. But, leav~ ing the conservation of natural re- sources to the blind play of economic forces is both dangerous and unsatis- factory. Not only may it lead to the utter destruction of an irreplaceable resourceâ€"as an animal speciesâ€"but it builds up a huge industry in the boom daysâ€"when the principal as well as the interest is being greedily con- sumedâ€"only to be followed by a wretched decline when large numbers of men lose their livelihood and ex- pensive plants rot through lack of use. mum 14 per cent., a rise of 10c to 20¢ per gallon after the outbreak of war five a very pronounced impetus to whale fishing in Pacific waters. War Affected Prices The pursuit of whales for oil and bone has declined very seriously from the high-water mark reached in the middle of: last century. While the “right” whale has become so scarce that the price of baleen or “whale- bone" has risen.from $1,250 per ton in 1835 to about $12,500 to-day, the price of oil, despite the upward trend caused by the war, has seriously de- clined from the level of former years. Are Whales Becoming Scaredâ€"Ream htlon In Killing May Preserve Declining Industry Whale fishing, like every other in- Gantry. has felt the far-reaching economic effects of the war. Glycer- lne, which is useful in the manufac- ture of explosives, is obtainable from the oil of the “humpback,” “finback” and “sulphur obttom” whales. As Pacific whale oil averages 6 to 10 perl cent. of glycerine content, with a maxi-l DECLINE IN WHALE FISHING INDUSTRY Rules for a Long Life CABINET COUNCILS Fruits of Saving Mollie was a traitress! Ile had been fooled by a chit of a girl, for whose sake he had suffered two years in the pentitentiary. Anger overcame all other feelings. He would show her! He would show them! What should he do? .4 For an hour he lay thinking, gnaw- in; his lip in rage. His passion for her had been so strong, his love so large a part of his existence, that the revulsion was terrible. He must con- 'trive some punishment commensurate with the crime. Among the hill wo- men there could be none other so base as to betray her lover, as Mollie had sought to betray him. He had recognized one of the men in the par» alor as Frank Merriman, the sheriif. He i had been a suitor for Mollie's hand ' before she gromisei herself to Ben. Doubtless he had persuaded her. Ha! He had his plan. It flashed nace of his wrath. Doubtless Meni- man would be at her home the follow- dgnt, and that '. ~n did not anfl'clpate. Ii was not fear that made him pant like a marathon runner, but wrath and self-cpntempt. An hour later he dropped exhausted upon the ground inside his cave. It was a bear’s hole, cunningly hidden on the mountain side. Among that waste of burned-over pine ntnmps With an oath he flung back into the brushwood. He Would have fired, but, treacherous though she was, he could not bring himself to kill her. He heard yells behind him, Mome’s screams, the shouts of his pursuers. lie's window a rag fluttered. The hub tive understood that sign. She was alone. Grasping his rifle he went for- ward boldly. He was within ten yards when the door opened. His heart leaped. Mol- lie stood in the doorway, her arms out- stretched, to welcome him. Behind her was the flickering candle. But as he drew near, suddenly a sight froze his blood. The shadow of a man had passed the candle; another, and an- other. He halted in his tracks. Be hind Mollie he saw a rifle barrel. “Dore Ben,” it ran. “I hid this and brout it here thinking you would come here. Come to the cabbin on Monday nite at nine. Lovingly, Mollie." The full moon gave almost as much light as the sun. The fugitive crawled down the slope and approached the on his part to the wild glen in 'ivhi'ch they had plighted their troth had re- sulted in the finding of a package of food placed there by Mollie. In it was a little note. But since his flight he had not dared go near her home. It was too des- perate a chance to take. But a visit He looked round cautiously. No one Was in sight. High up on the opposite hill he saw the outlines of a tiny- cabin. It was his sweetheart’s home -â€"Mollie Stark’s. It was to avenge an insult to her that he had shot and crippled , Seth Baldwin. That was two years before, and he had been sent up for ten. Mollie had sworn to be true to him. He had heard them seeking for him eternally; on the very 'day after his escape he had come upon one of the guards dozing under a fir tree. He had taken his rifle and then, awaken- ing him, scornzuly ordered him to do- part. The man had obeyed feu'flfly. and the rifle and a box of matches had enabled the fugitive to live. But every time he brought down a rabbit or partridge the sound of the shot, echoing through the valleys, at once informed his pursuers of his where- abouts By GEORGE A. BAFFIN. , He crouChed In the undergrowth. E v'aUtiOUSlY parting the bushes with ‘ one hand to peer out down the moun- tain side. He was a ragged giant of a man, clean-Embed, yet with a strange pallor upon his face. Upon each wrist, too, were half healed caped from the state penitentiary three weeks before and his pursuers had never been able to discover ha secret hiding place upon Bear moun- Convict’s Mountain Sweetheart Clung to Him Through All His Troubles. WAS TRUE TU HIM He Wat Free at Last. l He felt her tears drop on his hand. He listened dumbly, in an agony on ‘ anticipation and doubts he dared not," Later. . “Listen, Ben! You are free. Free. to go where you will. When you es. caped the newspapers took up your: case. They demanded that you should: be set free. The governor was ap~ pealed to. He said that you had been; punished enough. Your pardon ar- rived the week before you first came. to the cabin. That was why I went. to the mountain. I should have told; you, but I wanted it to come as a surprise. That night Mr. Merriman was waiting here to hand it to you.- You are free, Ben, free to go where you willâ€"tree toâ€"to marry you want to!" (Copyrlzht. 1913. bev. a. “Mollie!" “Ben, dearest. Did you think I m betrayed you, Ben? Did you due a: thigh gust} was untrue to your? He went to the door and called the girL Ben heard them whispering out- side. And presently he was aware, in his weakness, that Mollie m bending over him again. You’l haxe to put me in a cart, I reckon," answered Ben. “Frank ” he continued, “I’m likely to get a life sen- tence now and we aren’t likely to meet again. I want to ask a promise of you. Treat Mollie ‘well. She’s the finest girl in the world, and it :she was false to meâ€"well, I reckon it was for your sake, Frank." The sherifl stared at him. Then he {turned abruptly away. “Theâ€"devilâ€" youâ€"say!” he muttered. “When will you be ready to start?" he asked. “Well, I guess you've won,” said Ben teebly. “When are you going to take me back to the penitentiary?" Frank Mertiman scratched his head. then, fingering his bandages, he scowled; at length a smile broke out upon his face. you were gone when I saw the whgck he gave you that night." “That night! When ?” “Two weeks ago tomorrow. Yep, I reckon you’ve kind of lost count of time," he continued, smiling less evil- ly. “You’ve been mighty near death. young fellow, let me tell you.” “Well, young fellow!” Merriman was scowling down at him. “You've done for yourself pretty well now,” he continued. "If my nephew. him, Ben dimly wo'ndered-how ‘he had such a fellow. He was too weak to lift a finger now. “You had better ieave him for the present " It was the voice of Merri- man. He came into the circle of Bens vision, a mighty man, his face swathed in bandages. Looking upon ally, as the rug cleared from his brain, he realized that he was lying in a. little room. He lay in Mollie's room, upon a bed, and the face that he loved best in all the world was bend- ing over him. “Thank God he is coming to. To and fro they wrestled. The ta- ; his was knocked down. The clumsy chairs went spinning across the room. The candle was dashed to the floor. only knew that he was fighting for life with an implacable adversary. Ben dug his knuckles into the hollow space between the point of the jaw and the great cord behind the earâ€"an old woodsman’s trick, to compress the carotid and produce unconsciousness. He felt his enemy weakening. He had him at his mercy now. Suddenly a tremendous blow fell upon his head from behind. He heard the shivering of the cheap rifle stock, flung out his hands, felt for some stable hold in the encompassing darkness, and tum- bled to the ground. The last thing that he saw as his senses left him was the faint glimmer of the relit candle and Mollie's agonized face, in its aureole hair. “Ben!" “Mollie!" He started out through the whirling phantasmagoria that surrounded him. He was dizzy and deathly sick. Gradu- He sprang to his feet and rushed through the open door. He saw- in- distinctly; the world was revolving in a fiery mist, through his weapon. Next moment, too enraged to fire. Ben had dropped his rifle and his hands were on the sherifl’s throat. it for a moment against the mud wall. The watcher knew that his time had come. Mollie's hands were on Merri- man's arm and she was pleading very earnestly. Ben fancied that she was crying. u unly mernman would lay aside his rifle. But he kept his clasp of it even at the supper table; it was only later when he arose that he placed the outstanding hours like a man in a; delirium. Day dawned, the sun blazed upon the wild-eyed man who paced to and fro upon the mountain side. The shadows lengthened as the sun de- clined; at last the fiery orb touched the horizon. Shouldering his rifle hq marched doggedly through the scrub! until once more he saw Mollie's cabln '9' P‘GB THB BE. coming to.