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WE SELL PETER HAMILTON FARM IMPLEMENTS and Repairs DAVID MADILL, Markdale, Ontario (Mrsg' Capt. Parsons will spend the latter part. of this week. and the first, of nvxt week in Durham and vicinity. She will speak in Holstein on Thursday evening, and in the Presbyterian church. Dor- noch. on Friday evening. She wiil also address a meeting for women only in the public library, Dur- ham, on Saturday, at 3 pm. As Capt. Parsons was associated with the work of the Women‘s Institute for some years, every woman should make an etfort to attend. A mass meeting will be held 1:1 the town hall, here on Sunday even- ing after the evening services. (Mrs) Capt. Parsons and others will The above figures represent the estimated loss by farmers through Smut in grain crops in Ontario in 1916. If you had a field of wheat, barley or oats, you no doubt contributed to the great loss. By reason of the prevalence of Smut last year the danger is rendered greater this year. There is one way to prevent this and that is to The methnd usually adopted is as fullnwszâ€"Mix one pint Of Formalin with 40 galluns of water, Hr two tablespoonsful to one pail of water. Place the grain tn he treated in a heap on clean canvas or floor. Sprinkle the Formulin solution over the grain, then shovel. Repeat this until every grain is moistened by the solution; then cover the pile with sucking and leave for three nr four huurs. At the end of this time spread the grain out thinly to (try. tshufilling it over three or four times will hasten the drying; Fnrty gallnns ot' the Fermalin, solution is sufficient tn sprinkle liirty or forty bushels nt‘ grain, smaller amounts in propiwtion. lmmersing the grain in it bag is sumetimes practised and is equally effective. 248TH BATTALION NEWS MR. FINLEY GRAHAM, one of Ontario’s best- known Eyesight Specialists, has installed a mod' ern Optical Dark Room in the Central Drug Store, where he will be pleased to wait on all who desire his services. Mr. Graham has continuously. 'for the past this province, and has during that mine nesneu we eyes of nearly 25,000 people. A vast experience covering every possible case of refractive error. It will be needless expense for any one in this 19. cality to go elsewhere to be served when you now have a. Specialist right at your home. Examina- Those requiring further information, apply to Treat Your Seed for Smut Minister of Agriculture, TORONTO PAGE 8. Glasses only prescribed when fieoes- and has during that time tested the Capt. J. R. Beaten, paymaster of the 428th Battalion. spent last Fri- day in town. Needless to say both the ”filter in charge, and the men, were pleased to see him. J . F. Grant, A. Noble, R. Macfarlane, W. McLachlan, G. S. Burnett and Tln'tmgh the kindness Of Messrs. R. McDonald. N. McIntyre, R. W hitmore, J. P .Tolford. D. C. Town, R. Burnett, the boys have secured a first-class foot-ball, and already they have had some good times with SP 0, The boys hero, t«_)gether with the buys. in Mt. Forest, are organizing a baseball team, and hope to be in shape to challenge the men in Han- mer. Markdale and other recruit- ak. Four men from Mt. Forest and one from Durham were attested last \\ eek all of whom were passed by Dr. Jamieson. Two of the men will go before the medical board in Toronto for further examination this week, and the remaining three will go \next week. The mass meeting, which was to have been held in Dornoch last Fri- day night, was postponed owing to the bad weather, and will be held in the Presbyterian church, Dornoch, on Friday, April 27, instead. Rev. T. H. Ibbott of Holstein will give his illustrated lecture, and Capt. Parsons, Lieut. Yule and others will will also be provided. The boys are making good pro- gress with their physical training, and squad drill. As a number of them expect to return home shortly to assist with seeding, Lieut. Yule is anxious to have them learn .1s much as possible before leaving. Lectures are also being given on musketry, Visual training and other subjects. ' The boys will parade to the Meth- odist. church on Sunday morning. VICTORY OVER WOUNDS Canada should be as proud of her wounded soldiers’ victory over their \\ ounds as she is of the glor- ious fights in “111011 they fell. Their sir ugglo 1.11) f1om the depths of dis- ablemont is often as hard, and even as heroic, as their desperate de- fense of. Ypres. or. their. dashing capture of the Vimy Ridge. ‘wrvâ€"uâ€" â€" We hear little, altogether too lit- tle, of these hard-won victories won by disabled men, because they are fought out in the seclusion of a hospital, not in the theatre of war with the whole World looking on. But such victories equally deserve public recognition. They show the} same spirit, the’ same pluck, and still more indomitable perseverance. A preacher on Easter morning was thanked for the inspiring ser- mon he had just preached,\on the resurrection. He said: “I had. my Itext sitting in front of meâ€"a man iin khaki, with an empty sleeve, He Ehas had two resurrections already. EHe was buried by a shell.explosion, iand was dug out only just in time 'to save his life. That was the first. ing his way ba was the second. “Doctoring and nursing, of course, did much for him; so did the exer- cises and occupations that they provide nowadaysâ€"perhaps the best part of the treatment. But the man himself was working out his own resurrection, by resolutely putting his own will-power into the task. Now he is almost ready to go out into the world, a better and abler man, he says, than he was before, in spite of his lost arm. “While the rest of us are think- ing of a resurrection beyond the grave, he has won a resurrection this side of it, to a new‘ life of ac- tivity and independence among his fellow-countrymen.” A mechanic who enlisted in the Princess Patricia’s Regiment was wounded, returned to Canada, spent mremonths in a convalescent. hos- pital, and now earns double his for- Authentio cases resembling that are not rare in the records of the Military Hospitals Commission. Here are a few that have just been communicatedzto us:â€" mar The undersigned begs res- pectfully to state that he has purchased the Bakery and Confectionery business. of Mr. H. N. Burnett, and ' will take charge the ist of May. Hav- ing a practical experience 01' '17 years, and by using noth- ing but. firstâ€"class material, I am determined to keep the baking up to a high standard. Wedding and Birthday Cakes {astet‘ully decorated. A fair share of patronage 50-. licited. ', having taken full advant- Back to health. That, ' DURHAM CHRONICLE. age of the mechanical drawing and arithmetic classes carried on there. W’riting u he says 2â€"â€" “When I enlisted, I was earning about. $3 a day at my trade. At pre- sent. and since my discharge from military serV we I am, technically,a _ better man all around; I am able now to hold a job as foreman in a machine shop, with more than twice the salary I‘ was getting be- fore. This benefit to me is greatly due to your practical information, and mv only regret is that I was un- able, after my discharge, to continâ€" ue instruction with you as you had adV ised. Another letter received is from an ex-private in the 43th Battalion. Before enlistment he was getting $12 a week as driver on'a city milk round. "I always had a liking for drawing," he says, “and felt that if ever I had the chance I would take up a course-in mechanical draw- ing.” This opportunity came to him at one of the Commission’s con- valescent hospitals. After six weeks" application to the work there, he was able to secure an apâ€" pointment, with a s. lary beginni at $75 a month, with good prospects of advancement. A locomotive fireman enlisted. was severely wounded, and had 3.; have his left arm amputated. Under the Commission‘s scheme of re-edu- cation, which is ofiered to-all men incapacitated for their former work by service, he lweeiVed special train ing in telegraph? and railway routine. As a result, he secured an amminlment as station agent and despatcher, at $110 a month. Still another patient, formerly a mechanic, passed the Civil Service qualifying examination after in- struction in hOSpital, and has got a Custom House position at $900 =1 year, rising to «$1,500. A man who had been a guide and trapper. and had never handleâ€"Kl tools, returned from the front with one eye destroyed by a wound and the sight of the other eye impaired. In spite of all these old and new disabilities, by putting his mind to it he became a firstâ€"class carpenter after three months in the hospital workshop. Equally remarkable is the case of a Polish laborer. He came to Can- ada six years ago, and worked in a coal mine till he enlisted. At the front, he was both gassed and bar- ied. Tht‘mgh he knew absolutely nothingr about carpentry to begin to the hospital instructor, 2,1)" . 31L ' '3' 9n ++++++++++++++++++¢+++++++++++++++++++¢+++++++*+++++ with, after two months 01‘ instruc- tion in hospital he was able t0 hold his own with am ordinary carp en- ter. Not every man: of course. can “double his pay.” But one of the most cheering facts. proved by ex- perience during the \w. ' has been thisâ€"that almost all the disabled men, incluling .the very seriously +é§M+H+é°§+++°¥°¥Mé++++H+ +4§+++M+++++++WW \ .‘r SpringMillinery ++%+++++++ '++++++++++ EMRS. T- H. MCCLOCKLIN You are invited to visit our Millinery Parlor on Lamhton St., one door West of Standard Bank, and inspect the array of models. We have this season an entrancing dlsplay of Imported Amerâ€" ican and Paris models. Even though prices have advanced in nearly every line this year we have secured our millinel‘y 812001! for Cash, at the Oid price, and will give our customers the benefit. The Newest and Best in American and Paris Models. wounded, can be equipped once more with power to earn a gmd livin". And often, as Lord Shaughneggy said the other d"y. the occupations and training pr NldC' hv the Mili- tary Hospitals system “reveal as- tonishing talents whim even the man himself did not know he pus- sessed.” April 26, 1917. Durham E The Rev. Dr. Sp‘ cenducl, special 0 Vlces in Durham from the 13th to is a man of wide periemte. Besides fully the pastorat churches, he has ‘ent of Missions a He was for five y i cut of the pr011_1b1 British Columhla. 1 gaini a 4.000 m as far ack as 1908, broad sympathies ‘ W and loves to labor: ‘ ferent denominau would gratify h1m ~ «eommg services t1 53's; «. eo-operatgon or all} in who are Interested Mu, ; welfare of the 0‘1 A our load of (term! Place your orders I Intyrv. Pte. J. H. Lawrence, Chas. Lawrence, Hutu recently I‘Pgnn'tm! as action. Pte. H. A. Tudor of E is I‘lelh‘d among»! H: InSpec Lur for t I u. REV. JOIN] Mu! spent a c'vuplc ”1' first 01‘ tho wank The 'l‘mmnm (i l< n‘w its subscriptinn mic taking effect Uw 1st. have not ynt hem :'ld\‘ creaSe in the prim: ul‘ Empih'. 10M I'Xln‘t'i i1 some 01‘ the 1 that PLO. \Vil W011 mind. I l is Petty. inld 11~ n1 ceiwu 1m sm'll Officin} 1 that his bad 9 leg Mn .5 MI‘. \Y'rhic- inck he» [um [19] pl‘nlkil‘ty mow how" in MchiMH'l. \x‘ gem; in Ari: The tmxn hall \\ as barn at the last 1“ n and suggested Hu id refrignratnr. “0 kn was wallx uncumfur cold at the minStrM.Q ment. On Tuesday Hi Om: hundred and members have mnist from St. Paul‘s Anglii Stralfnrd. Of these, either killed or class while 39 other; are wounded. This 18 a I one church 1n a sum Quite a lot of snow and the night before. have been left in a v6 dition. The. hackwal the weather will i! seeding. and consoqu mands for greater f< Some grain has hum] cold \Vnather thvrv i VOL. 50-NO réatvl Potatoes are «$3.25 May Day was : it was mum likv :1 part, of Novemhm like faVurable \V fishing, but Mr. caught twu hmzm ing. 'l'hf‘y mu'h ! inches. and «nv v and the. other 13. A Ween up fishing fmm 1‘ Mrs. 11:15am I watm' and \‘x Miniliv in his. half of the Be the esteem :11 met him. M' him 0n his. 1: Chrfiniclv. 1w- Mofiat. 01' MW :astic 30001111? send-0H gm (1415f Buttali ing for oxers MacKenzie \x: mand. MI plantut i1 m 1916, 1110 T opium tr; reachim: Of 1911 \\' porters h under «' March 31. an end. a opium at. law.-â€"-‘.’ml Rev. D. \\'. S I t terizm minidsn‘. «in the General and M COlling\V(_)mi. HP N there till txvu ymr resigned (m mcuun He was 42 years 0 Scotland, came. in C years of age. Ho 2 onto University an logical course at K held pastorates at pen, Listowel and NEWS Alth \V (30 )U I H‘ll'l', I 1 lot. 01' snuw night before u left in a v4 I‘he backwa' \rizun in 111( \\ :ham nnar local ill I1 H Mir h i! rum und lll IN \V ( LY.» H d N. M ii