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Qathnm, Ont. â€"“Some time ago I had 0 general breakdown. It terminated in Dr. Pierce’s Favors ite Prescription was firecommendedto ”-‘f me by a. friend who used it and received ". much benefit. I be- : gan taking it and in .j six months I was _ - completely cured of 5? my ailment and 75:; have never had 811% ., " return of same. . ‘ can recommend thlB medicine as being good, if one will give it a fair triallfâ€"Mas. JOHN Away 67 Edgar Sm, Chatham, Ont. At the fist symptoms of any derange- ment at an period of life the one safe really help ul remedy is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. Thousands of women in Canada have taken it with unfailing success. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a true friend to women in times of trial. For headache, backache, hot flashes, mental depression, dizziness, fainting spells, lassitude and exhaustion, women should never fail to take this tried and true woman’s medicine. Prepared from nature’s roots and herbs, it contains no alcohol or narcotic, nor any harmful ingredient. In either tablet or liquid form. Write Dr. Pierce, Invalidsi Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., to-day for free medical advice. Dr. Pierce’e Pleasant Pellets not only the original but the best Little Live? Pills, first put up over 40 years ago, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, have been much imitated but never equaled, as thousands attest. They’re purely vegetable, being made up of con- centrated and refined medicinal prin- ciples extracted from the ropts of Americen v-v-v-vvvâ€" â€"â€" 'â€" 312573. Do not.g;ipé. One or two for stomach oorrectxve, three or four {at than» may World was; Sun. 4:: World use. At this 0860. - , Order Your: To-Day. UN DERT AKIN G § Mr. M.:Kress has opened a. shop at the rear of the furniture show room and is prepared to do all kinds of tinsmithing. Undertaking receives special attention â€"‘.'V' Rugs, Oilcloths Window Shades Lace Curtains and alljflousehold Furnishings TINSMITHIN G EDWARD KRESS Ontario Women. PERSONALS. PAGE 6. AND The towns owe their origin to two =torts, or castles, built on each side of the mouth of the Medina by Henry VIII., about the year 1540, as part of his great system of coast defense. The eastern one has disappeared, but the western one remains, and is 'used as a clubhouse of the Yacht Squadron. Then, close to it, is the =marine parade of West Cowes, and \the famous public promenade, so .well known to the visitor as “the Green.” And it is “the Green” that is, perhaps, the center of interest during Cowes Week. It is here that 3that curious, indefinable thing called society marks the end of another season. At Cowes, in Cowes Week, society has definitely left London behind. Before the day of the motor :car made it possible to get back and gforth so easily, society was wont, ”perhaps, to shake ofl the dust of 'London. when it went to Goodwood. iNowadays, it has put off doing so until it comes to Cowes. After "Cowes, there is a scattering to coun- ?try houses, and “events of the sea- !son” are at an end. â€". .- +++++++++++i+++++++$+++ ~3- +++ 1| I! The parish church of South Hack- Ogney is ultra-modern in its dceora- tions. It has, at its west end, the fragment of a zeppelin, with the in- '4' scription: “Portion of zeppelin brought down at Cufliey in Septem- ber 1916, after having passed over South Hackney. Offered by the War gOffice to the parish church. For the daring and the courage of our avia- tors, we praise Thy name, 0 Lord!” There can be no question of lack of appreciation there, and the example ;of South Hackney parish church -â€"v b+fttff++++++ Association of Cowes With British Yachting Goes Back Many Years HE association of Cowes with yachting goes back many centuries; back, indeed, to the spacious days of Queen Elizabeth, for it was in 1588, the same year that her admirals defeat- ed the Spanish Armada, that Queen Elizabeth had built for her, in the shipyards of Cowes, “a pleasure boat.” Cowes, however, had little more to 10 with yachting until the establishment of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1812, and it never really seriously took up the matter until the golden age of yachting, which began about the year 1870. During racing week the morning papers give the events for the day, and the even- ing papers report the winners. Every house in Cowes has its visitors, every available hotel is filled to overflow- ing. The waters of Cowes Roads are filled with all manner of yachts, large and small, while across the blue Solent is seen the green and gray of the Hampshire downs, rising against the blue sky beyond. Ports- mouth. The view from the famous parade is an animated one at all times, for the Solent is never dull. When there are no yachts, there are warships; when there are no war- ships, there are great liners making their way slowly between the island and theâ€"mainland, from Southamp- ton down the Channel, and so away to the west. Nowadays, of course, it is all very different. There are few yachts in the Solent, and the great ocean liners no longer turn their stems to “the Island” and steam of! up Southamp- ton Waters, or, how on, come down out of the north, where Gosport hails Ryde across the narrow channel, for Southampton, is a closed port. No- thing, however, can take away from the Old World beauty of Cowes itself or its surroundings, for it is singu- larly beautiful for situation. .It is a twin town, of course, East and West Cowes, one on either side of the Me- dina, a name which always falls so exotically on the ear. Each town is an urban district, and the port be- tween them is the chiei one on the island, and the headquarters of the Yacht Squadron. Behind it all the houses rise picturesquely on those gentle wooded slopes which are so characteristic of the Isle of Wight. And so, by day and night, “the Green,” in Cowes Week, is a scene of much animation; but it is at night, perhaps, that those who have ever attended the famous week will remember it best, for it is at night that the sea and the sky seem to merge into one, the sky spangled with stars and the sea with countless little lights, white, red, and green, with, every now and again, a verit- able constellation marking the place where a yacht, or a warship, illum- inated to the masthead, is riding at anchor. might be followed with advantage by those ridiculous peopleâ€"they are happily not numerousâ€"who vent their annoyance, at being bombed, on the British aviator, than whom no more “lion-hearted” ’fighter exists, nor more successful, provided he is given a chance. Considerable quantities of the bark of the South African wattle-tree have been imported into the United Kingdom from Natal in recent years, but most of it prior to the war was exported to Germany and Belgium. Since then wattle-bark has been utilized to a far greater extent by tanners in this country. The straw-hat trade of Lnton and Dunstable and other places in the neighborhood depergds‘upoq (he fact {Kaiâ€"tieâ€" sifaw Ifsed forâ€" plaiting is grown on adjacent c‘~.a1k land. The plant has great atfigity for t_he silica â€"â€"â€". Uâ€" _ {1;“ tie chalk fiand flints, and uses it for coating the outside of the stall: with its beautiful glass-pipe cover- Ten, power plants {or agricultural purposes were erected in the Bombay Presidency during the year 1915-16. Power Plants in Bombay. A Modern Decoration. Bark for Tanners. Straw Hats. But Brave Gunner “'anted to G0 on Fighting. During the recen' visit of King George to the battle fleet several tales of heroism during the great Jut- land fight were told, of which the following stands out Dre-eminently: A heavy shell struck a big gun- turret of a super-dreadnought with a crash that was felt throughout the ship. It put every man of one gun crew out of action. The gun-layer was least injured, but he haq one leg carried ofi. With the.limb hang- ing by a shred of flesh he tried to rally the dead and dying in his turrett and continue the battle. He never felt his injury. As he was call- ing on the dying men to go back to their gun he was removed on a stretcher, and the fleet surgeon saved his heroic life, operating in a lull of the battle by the light of an electric torch alone. 01' none do the men speak with more -_;>nthusiasm than of their surgeons. vâ€"’ w.â€" In another case a s-eaman remain- ed placidiy throughout the action on the turret roof cleaning the periscope and gunsights as the German shells shrieked overhead, and as, at short intervals, storms of splinters swept the armour. He bore a charmed life, and at the end showed never a scratch. Yet, as a sub-lieutenant told us, the big shells passed con- tinually over the ship. He himself was minded at one moment of the battle to see what the enemy was doing, and laboriously hoisted him.- self out of the man-hole at the top of the turret. Just as he did so a monstrous object passed it with a scream overhead, and he knew it for a big German shell. He did not pro- long his observations. In another case an officer found a huge stokerâ€"Who weighs 17 1/3 stone and pulls like Hercules in the stok- ers’ tug- -of-war teamâ€"carrying on with a deep cut a foot long in his arm and bad burns from the flash of ashell. Nor would he leave his sta- tion to be bandaged till a direct mili- tary order to that effect had been given by his superior. It is probable that an Anglo-Can- adian and his wife, a Halton, Ontario, woman, will be the next Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London. C. A. Hanson, M.P. for Bodmin, who, as a former member of the firm of Han- son Bros. of Montreal, ts widely known in Canada, is the senior of nine aldermen of the City of Lon- don, who are eligible for the ofiice, and the probabilities are that he will be elected and will take possession of the Mansion House in November. Mrs. Hanson was Miss Appelbe, a daughter of the late James'Appelbe, J.P., of the County of Halton, On- tario, and one of the founders and early directors of the Bank of To- ronto, and long one of the prominent men of the province. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson have two children, a son and a daughmr. Her son is Captain C. E. B. Hanson, 3rd West Riding Regiment, and also Lieutenant of the city of London. Her daughter is Mrs. Poole, the wife of Frederick C. Poole, D.S‘.O., Royal Artillery, a son of the late Rev. R. H. Poole, of Rainton County, Dur- ham, whom she married in 1906. Mrs. Hanson, while always taking her place at public functions, is never happier than when surrounded by her family and friends in her Cornish home. She has not visited Canada for years, but retains the deepest interest in her birthplace, and welcomes Canadians to her house in Wilton crescent, S. W., and her country home, Fowey Hall, in Corn- wall. She was educated at the Ladies’ College, Hamilton, Ont. In England, during the Middle Ages, though no theatres were built, some forms of dramatic entertain- ment were extremely popular, and were carried on with much splendor of dresses and other properties. In the fifteenth century almost every one of the great guilds or sacred fra- ternities acted some sort of miracle- play, usually chosen with reference to the patron-saint of the guild. In- ventories of the theatrical prOperties of some of these guilds still exist, and in some cases the list includes the most gorgeous silk and gold damasks and magnificent damascened armor, altogether worth in modern money some thousands of pounds. The story of St. George rescuing the princess from the dragon was a very favorite subject, the princess being jclad in the richest dress, adorned {with real jewelry of high value, and ' St. George wearing very costly and elaborate armor. The dragon was an immense monster made of leather and large enough to contain seven or eight men, who worked the various [parts of its body. Retail prices of food in the United Kingdom showed a rise of 1 per cent. during June, according to the Board of Trade Labor Gazette. Meat has increased from 3 to 5 per cent., but bacon and fish are lower, While the introduction of Government cheese caused a decline of 7 per cent. in the price of the commodity. Prices on June 30, 1917, are in average 28 per cent. dearer than on July 1, 1916. Compared with pre-war conditions, butchers’ meat is double to treble the price of July, 1914, cheese more than double, tea 7 4 per cent. dearer, but- lter 65, and milk 69 per cent. dearer, Lin Australia 25 to 26 per cent. high- |er, in Canada 59 per cent. higher. The total value of the exports Of the Union of South Africa during the Year ended December 3lst, 1916, was £23,946,283, as compared with a total of £15,768,000 for the previous year. Transmitting the Voice. One year after the telephone was invented the phonograph was.. pro- duced; in 1876 the human voice was transmitted,'and in 1877 it was m- corded and reproduced. LEG “’AS TORN OFF, Dramatic Entertainments. The Lady Mayor-€55. Food is Dearer. African Imports. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. All Great Britain’s Industries Har- . missed tar War. The British army has undergone changes of a far-reaching character since the outbreak of war in 1914, and it now possesses many branches unheard of in pre-war days. Every resource afforded by the manifold capacity of this great industrial community has been harnessed to the war chariot, says a British statement from official sources. There are certain respects in which the problem by which the' British army is faced is unique; and one of the most suixing 01' these is that it must be capable of campaign- ing in any part of the w011d and in any climate. In the case of armies like that of Ge1many, on the other hand, the problem of preparation for war was relatively simple. The ground on which the army was de- stined to fight was know;n it was an a1 my designed to do battle in a par- ticular theatreâ€"Europe. In conseâ€" quence everything could be, and was, planned along certain well dehned lines. In the present war the importance of field works was apparent at a very early stage, partly owing to l . I . 1 modern artillery and partly to the : confirmed entrenching habit of the Germans. One of the cardinal in- structions given by the German com- manders to their troops on first in- vading France and Belgium wasâ€" “make trenches everywhere.” In fact all the continental. powers had in addition to their corps of engin- eers large numbers of trained pion- eers, organized in battalions, and suitable for use either as fighting troops or in the construction and maintenance of field works and ._.. --.. .~._.â€"-.._. __... . ._,. l communications. The absolute im- % portance of the last-named can per- haps only be realized by one who has seen the roads during an advance. . But, while the continent was to this extent prepared for trench war- fare, as was natural in the circum- stances, it was otherwise with Great Britain. In the British service only the Indian army possessed pioneer regiments, these troops being al- ways necessary in conducting cam- paigns in the hill country. When the need for this class of troops be- came evident, steps were taken to form pioneer battalions for the ex- peditionary force. From the first they proved their value. The pioneers are prepared to fight or work as may be required. They perform such services as the con- struction and repair of communica- tion trenches, fire trenches, and dug- outs, the digging of trenches and wiring. Their duties are manifold, In the great advances on the Somme and in Artois the pioneers performed work of the greatest importance. The duty of consoli- dating the captured ground and connecting it up with the old front line of the attackers, largely fell to them. In many places they took part in the advance as infantry, in others they kept the advancing lines sup- plied with ammunition and water, and beat of! counter-attacks. Their losses have been heavy, but they have accomplished their tasks in the face of every obstacle. As a rule, the pioneers remain in the vicinity of the trenches all the time their division is in the line, and do not go back for rest, ex- cept at long intervals. The pioneer is as yet a new type in the British army, but he has long since passed the trial stage, and has proved his worth and steadfastness. His metal has been tried in the cmâ€" cible of war and very thoroughly it has stood the vest. Drunkenness Decreased. During February of this year the weekly convictions for drunkenness in London fell considerably below the lowest level of 1916, and in many areas were reduced to proportions not previously attained. The Metro- politan police area showed a total of 409 for the week ending February 25, against a weekly average of 560 in 1916 and of 997 for 1915. Man- Chester gave an average for the four weeks of February of 30, as compar- ed with 50 for 1916 and 83 for 1915. Edinburgh figures have fallen to 44, as compared with 7 5 last year. Glas- gow had only 180 convictions for drunkenness, compared with 522 in 1915 and 319 in 1916. Aberdeen and Dundee are _ also satisfactory. The general result is that in January and February, 1917, in the scheduled areas there has been a decrease of about 21 per cent. from the weekly average for 1916. When the Shah of Persia visited England, many years ago, he was presented to the Duchess of West- minster, and greeted her heartily. “I have heard much about you,” he said. “Your worthy name is well known in my country.” The Duchess was surprised at first, then a light dawned upon her. “Gracious me! I do believe he mistakes me for West- minster Abbey ?” she said. What was more, she was right. The flour milling capacity of the United Kingdom is said to be 30 per cent. in excess of the requirements; 44.28 per cent. of the flour manufac- tured, exclusive of all English wheat- flour, is produced by the mills at the Thames, Mersey, Humber, and Sevâ€" érn ports, and the other 55.72 by other English and Welsh mills. To equip a B ' ' . ntlsh s ‘ 2:21:13; eight. times as magflgoréakes with allralelquu'ed to provide a 801:5"en . e needs in the w ler thDS. ay of muni- The best sand for glass manufac- ture comes from Fontainbleu. Knew of the Duchess. British Flour Mills. Equipping a Sailor. OOOOOOOOOOOQOOOQOQOO9060096ooooooooooooooao‘ooo6ooo¢ WW #- . moo-oomom OWO“”““W; Harvesting is almost; a thing 0" the past :gain. and threshing is the urdcr 01' the day. Some of the farmers have. got. their fall when: sown, and others are busy at, theirs Mr. .1. McDonald, JI’., has securud the services of Messrs. T. Whitmore and G. Gray for the threshing season Mr. Runciman of Durham spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jame‘. McDonald. NOW IS THE TIME to. make the decisinn. You are going to win or lnso by it... You pay fur the course, even if ynu don‘t take it. in lost. 01,)purt..11nitins and smaller earning mm or. Why not. start, at once"? flntpr :my day. Write or can at once for our free catalig Of infwnmtiun. Time ih mum-y. so DO 11‘ NOW. MOUNT. FOLESI ONT. D. A. MCLACHLAN, President. L. A O 1‘ FOREST 3W Miss Marion Morton has gone to Special Prices on Feed We have a stock 01 good heavy mixed Feed on hand which we are selling at special prices in ton lots. If you need Feed oet our prices. The Rob Roy Cereal Mills Co. Phones Pandora Conveniences LONDON TORONTO VMONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER ST. 30}!va .‘3. HAMILTON CALGARY 12 SASKATOON EDMONTON ABERDEEN. M‘CIGUS PANDORA RANGE . Day NO. 4 ' Night No. '26 The “Pandora” Range has triple grate bars that turn easily because each bar is shaken separately. The firebox is made smooth to prevent clogging of ashes and the ash-pan is large enough. to hold more than one day’s ashes. Write for booklet. MOUNT FOREST Oatmeal Millers. FOR SALE BY F. LENAHAN. Mr. J. Ewen and family motored to Owen Sound. and atended tlw Show. Miss Jessie McDonald left on Mon- day for her situation in Toronto, af- ter spending the summer with her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLean, of Mn- lock. and Miss Maggie McLean, of Toronto, visited one day last week with Mrs. Smith, at the post office. 1101' 3011001 at. Toeswater. Mr. and Mrs. A. McDonald, Price- ville, spent. the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McDonald. September 13. 1917.. L. A. FLEMING, Principal Being Lot 58, Concess Glenelg. containing 10( ises are new tram "use sheds and outbu mug stream through 1 bout 10 acres hardxma in good state (11' cum“ further partiC‘llaI‘s up; i868 to Mrs. Jtvhn 8:31-13 Clenelg, Cuntaimng 1N Durham. Onturiu. LOTS FOR 8 North part. of Lot 6, in: Rink site, Garafr: ham, and the north p Albert St. Apply to Durham. Ont. The property of th Eva, in the Lawn of I terms and particulars Telford, Durham. Lots 8, 9 and 10. K‘ West. Apply Ali. .Iac PROPERTY FOE That splendid reside in Upper Town hnlnn hi0 Mrs. \Vilsnn. wil' masonahle terms: mm more or less: cnmfnrta 7 rooms; hard and sof bearing orchard and situation. Apply «m 10 nos. RitChie «W In: Executols. FOR SALI One 14-11.). traction orloo; one 36x48 sep shaker, dust collect Waterloo; one No. 3 I Blizzard corn cutter: ('2 bank nearly new. Ex good order. Apply LC livray, RR. 2 .PriceVi POULTRY W Wantedâ€"Yearling Reds, Leght‘wns. Wy priceâ€"T. \V. Weir, '. Toronto. Ontario. SPIRBLLA CO Spirella Corsets Stores), made in Cans with the indestruct stay, the most pliabh corset. honing in the anteed not to break ( year of corset wear. by mail or telephone attentionâ€"Mrs. .I. C. 107. Durham. Phone taiI‘ ing 100 acxvs two storeys high dition; never-Tm shed; will sell (‘. ing in the city a need of farm. ] ises, or at Rub lot, for the next ter that, apply t1 Alex. Coutts, 47 ronto. Advertisements of one for each subsequent, i1 double the above amou FOR SA! A brick house and land just outside of LC able stables. hen-hou other buildings are ises. Will also S fowl, and a quantity particulars, apply on Lambton street, to It FOR SALE 03 A double brick 111 street. Will sell at on reasonable terms right. Apply to Mrs me, Durham. â€"â€" , STRAY. CA“. Stray“! from the 1 undersigned about. t] two black steers, 0: face; two gray steer for, and one red stee {ivâ€"if} information v ed. ohn Wells. Ali: FOR SALE AT A A3011 Cutting-box engine, horse-mum»? nections.-J. Murdock w"I‘d "'RENTrâ€"A go stable and driving 5 convenient. Rent. Apply at The Chmn Mrs. (fivurg‘v h' Wish tn ('«mwy tl 1,0 neighl‘n‘ws and many kindnvssw illness of Hm lat tor the kindnvss bereavement. Th Dr. D. B. Jamie‘s Nurse Car-mum faithfulness in m ceased. 00000000000000 FARM FOR Lot 30, Con. 10. FARMS FOR 8. September 13‘ OYSTE CARD OF T FOR SAL For- Co {I H