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Those who are the first to give other people “a piece of their mind” are usually the first to resent tak- During the perusal of a story the other day, we came upon the above significant sentence and were forcibly struck with the truthfulness of it. How many of us are inclined to go out upon the highways and byways pointing out the shortcomings of some, giv- ing unsought advice to others, and, generally speaking, making nuisances of ourselves! We mean well, and undoubtedly think we are right, but in the end, uncon- sciously develop into “constitution- al naggers.” Webster’s dictionary defines a nag as one who “annoys by petty faultfinding; irritates ny persis- tent scolding or urging; or one who frets pertinaceously." Nag- ging, it can be seen, means .1 lot more than the general public ac- cepts as its definition. To Lost pe0ple, nagging is the cons nt scolding, sometimes carried on be- tween members of a family, but in the wider sense, it includes any- one who, to use a vulgar expression, does not know enough to mind his own business and persistently en- gages in the pastime of attempting to make his neighbors think as he thinks or do as he does. The “pertinacious fretter,” too, is a nuisance and the more to be pitied because he, least of all, realizes the nuisance he makes of himself. There are some people who are not content to fret over their own troubles but must include in their programme everyone of their ac- quaintance. Placed in any company they are always in trouble, and if by any chance they become free of it for a time, they will fret about that. If the weather is cold, they fret, if it is hot, they fret; they fret about this, that and the other thing. until even their most loyal friends and ardent admirers balk at spending an hour in their com- Pal‘)’ - "A “They meant well, but they were constitution! wagers.” Published every Thursday morning st tbe oflice, Gsrstrns Stree Dur- ham. Ontario, by Frank Irwin, itor snd Msnsger. The Chronicle is mailed to an sddress in Consuls st the rste of .00 per yesr 01.00 for six months. so cents for three ”.25 for six months. 5 cents {or three months. Foreign subscription rates on spplicstion. “ember Csnsdian Weekly Newe- papers Associstlon. r "V wNzigging is a pernicious habit, and the pity of it is that the sub- ject himself is generally uncon- scious of the trouble he causes both himself and his friends. The strike of the anthracite coal miners of Pennsylvania has been settled. according to dispatches in Saturday’s dailies. One hundred and fifty-eight thousand miners PAGE 4. they will go back to work at once following the ratification of the pact Tuesday of this week. In reality, the rank and file of the miners gained nothing, for they go back to work at the same wage scale as before the walk-out on September 1 last, though the miners claim a victory on the check- off demand. Undoubtedly, for the first time in the history of mining strikes, this is the first occasion in which the public “has been in any sense the victor. Though forced to burn soft coal and substitutes in order to tide them over the winter months, the fact that this was done with the minimum of discomfort must have shown the strikers that their supposed strangle-hold on the fuel situation was not so deadly as they had thought. From now on, the public knows it can get along with substitute fuel, and it is now a; Went-known fact that those whom the miners haped to bring to their knees wintered a whole lot better than their would-be conquerors, many thousands of whom are now in destitute circumstances through being idle during their most pro- ductive season of the past six months. “The public be-damned,” the mot- to of the strikers, now means lit- tie, and the winter of 1925-26 will probably go down in history as the year in which the public, instead of being “the goat” emerged vic- torious. Whether .this hypothesis be true or not, one eminent author- ity has asserted that the lesson learned since last September will undoubtedly assure the public an abstinence from strikes for the next twenty years. THE END OF THE STRIKE Thursday, Yancy 18, mo. UNKNOWING NAGGERS NOTES AND COMMENTS “that of “The Prisoner’s Four states now join Illinois in her fight to legalize an extraction of water at Chicago which is already costing the commerce 'of the Great Lakes millions of dollars a year. Deceived by propaganda emanating from the noisome region of the sew- age canal, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis- souri and Louisiana through their respective attorneys general have united with the drainage district to resist. the suit in the federal supreme court which, if successful, will stop this disastrous diversion of water. The case will, of course, he heard and decided on its merits. We re: fuse to believe, however, that if the [’00]th of these four states had any adequate appreciation of the facts involved. they would not for a single moment, sanction the aetion taken by their chief law enforcement of- tlcials. ()n the same day that these four states joined forces with Illinois to raid tiw lakes. thv «liwrsion iSSlli‘ again made its appoa'anco on tho floor of parliament. at Ottawa. Thero indoe-cl. is a lit forum for its disâ€" cussion. hc'cmiso the water which Chicago is taking from the lakes in deliancv of law is as much Cana- dian as it is Amurivan water. Answering qnvstions asked last, work by Dr. R, J. Manion, Conserv- ative umhm' for Fort. William. Charles Stvwart. minister of the in- tm'im'. told the housv that the gov- vrnmvnt. was km'ping close watch «if ”in tlhirago situation. was in mmmnnicatinn with the administra- tinn nt \Vnshingtnu. but that “we haw nn tlt‘llllllt‘ assurance that. the curtailment. provided fur in the pvvmit (0f tlw war dvpartment) will ho ptfm'tml, Since such curtail- ment is ilvpi'mlfml 0n thv sanitary district and tlw municipality of Chi- mum concurring in and fulfilling all provisions and cnnditions imposed in thu‘pm'mit.”‘ Song” is dead. Some of the rest of us will follow soon if its popu- larity keeps up. An English judge has freed a Birmingham man from a drunk and disorderly charge on eondigipn sooner the government at Ottawa informs the British authorities that Canada is no haven for the tight little Isle’s beer soaks the better. Deportation is the remedy. John D. Rockefeller has den' the rumor that he recently queathed ten million dollars for the erection of a church. Possibly America’s oil magnate has joined the forces who think in literal terms and believe that salvation In ONIM‘ words. Um gcwm'nmnnt at Ottawa is satisfiml that, “fishing- ton intvnds tn summoss Chicago’s at'linn bu: has 110 vmflidvncv that it. will 1w onfnrcml. In View of the histnry of thv vase covering the lust. twu domlolvs. “'0 submit. that Mr. Stmval't's skepticism is well gx-nunclml. This was not. of course. the first appearanee of the question in the Canadian parliament: it, has a habit of appearing.' often. and always in a way disturbing to that tine Spirit ut' eomradeship that. shouldmlwaeys exist between men of the dominion and men of the ‘republic. Thero- is now pending in the house a resolu- tion by Thomas L. Church, Con- servative member from Toronto. urging that. "immediate and drastic aetion be taken by the mivernment. through the British government, to enforce the boundary waterways treaty (1909 and to forthwith col- leet damages from the United States for breaches of the treaty by the Chicago drainage canal. These dam- ages. this same resolution recites. amounts to several millions per an- num, in injury to Canadian interests» Even if Chicago had the law on her side, which she has not. even if a waterway to the gulf required 10,000 cubic second feet of lake wa- ter. which it does not, even if con- gress, the supreme court and the common consent of American opin~ ion upheld Chicago. which they do not: even if this extraction of wa- ter carried no penalty to the great commerce of the lakes. which of course it doesâ€"even if the whole set-up of fact supported instead or demolished Chicago’s pretensions. Chicago's policy of continued extrac- tion should be suppressed. No pro- tit that could possibly accrue to Chicago, Illinois and the Mississippi valley could balance the injury done to international relations by permit- ting this raid on the waters of a great. commercial highway. as nothing in comparison. Losses of population to the, states are over- looked. troubles over smuggling, dis- putes over power rights and other issues constantly arising between neighbors are merely parts of the day's work. But the diversion of water at Chicago is in quite another category. It alone at the present moment threatens a friendship that. has oulived a century. This is HIP nnv conspivnons griv- nncp Canada now holds against. the l mtml State's. Tariff resentment IS A bee dies when it stings you. Now if that was only tho «so with a man who sells stocks. . Chicago may go ahead enlisting help to perpetuate her policy of de- struction. may bring to bear on the issue all the. weight of her wealth prestige and reckless determination but the facts stand out plain and indisputable. She is wrecking a commerce worth hundreds of milâ€" lions a year and making an enemy of a people which wants to be friendly. The ultimate logical step from such a policy will be a chain of lakes dotted with men-of-war --if water enough is left to float themâ€"and a 3.000-mile border marked by forts and armed sen- tries.â€"Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindealer. At times it is hard to distinguish between a cool head and cold feet. TIE LOGICAL STEP for EXPORTING GRAIN VIA THE lARl'l'llES The Maritimes ports’ plea that they be given a larger share of Can- adas export grain traffic is receiv- ing much sympathy from journals in other provinces. There is a gen- eral demand that Canadian in which is now exported via the nit- ed States should be diverted to the Maritimes, and reference is being made to pre-Gonfederation prom- ises that geography should not be allowed to prevent the Maritimes from participating equally with sis- ter provinces in the prosperity of the new Dominion. Saturday Night, a journal with as man readers in the Maritimes and the est, in pro- portion to population, as in the cen- tral provinces. desires no less than its contemporaries, the welfare of the Maritimes, but it believes that there is a general lack of informa- tion in the present matter, and that nothing but harm can result from neglect or refusal to face the facts. The truth is that if Halifax and St. John are to handle a large vol- ume of export grain, the whole of Canada must pay the cost. and that cost would heavily outweigh the benefit derived by the ports. Grain handling is not quite so remunera- tive as some peOple in the Maritimes seem to imagine. There. are. not. millions in it... A writer pointed out. the other day if a Halifax elevator were to handle fifty million bushels of grain. it would receive but. some $2fll000 for its services. Outside of the regular liners. which take grain t'or hallasting purposes. :50 vessels might be. required to carry such an amount. and assuming that each vessel would spend $1,000 in port while loading. and that half of this, or $500. was profit. the city’s mer- chants would make. $125.01]! from the. custom ot’ those 250 ships. Add this sum to the. $200,000 received in elevator charges. and we have $325.- 000 as the profit to the community from handling fifty million bushels of grain. Now as to the cost of getting this $325m0. At the present time, in orclor to pi'ovido grain to ballast passongor liners. the railways haul grain all tlw way from (‘loorgian Bay ports to Halifax and St. John for 9.1 cents pm- bushel, including olovatm' charges. This works out at about tlu'oo-tonths of a cont [‘wt‘ ton milo, whm'oas tho normal freight rato on grain is about threw-(inm- tors of n cont pm' ton milo. This. moans a loss to tho railways of tho (lifforonco hotwoon those ratos. or sixtoon and oiglil-tontl‘is conts [WP hnsliol. Thus if it oari'iocl fifty mil- lion hushols. tho Canadian National Railways “'Ollllt, upcoming to Mr. A. A. Wright who rompilod those {lg- urns. have to contribute tho "irr- littlo sum of $8.411).th to enable Halifax to got. its $325,000. And lla- (‘u‘madian National Railways moans tho taxliayi-rs of Canada. 'l‘ho llana- dian Parilir Railway is out. propor- tionati-ly on grain rarriod to St. John. and it‘ tho. amount. \\'(‘l‘t' in- croasod. Ult‘ loss. would have to ho made up. as it “is now. by othor users of tho lino. It is ohyious. thnrot‘oro. that raâ€" thor than ship largo quantities of grain to Halifax and St. John, the rest. of Canada would find it bottor to pay to thaw ports a subsidy in plat-o of paying larger amounts in railway (lot‘lcits.â€"â€"'l‘oronto. Saturday Night. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE What He Said Larchdale farm was the scene of a pretty wedding on Wednesday, February 10, when Miss Chrnstena Alberta. second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Machnnel of Pro- ton. became the bride of Mr. Wil- liam J. Hey, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hay, of the 19th concession, Proton. - V'v-UI The bride looked charming in .a gown of ivory canton crepe and bl‘l- dal veil caught by orange blossoms and carried a beautiful bouquet o Ophelia roses and lily of the valley and wore a spring of heather sent from the Isle of Mull, Scotland. She was given away by her father and entered the drawing room to the strains of Lohen in’s wedding chorus played by iss Jean Mac- Cannel, her cousin, and took her place under a prettily decorated arch where the ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. Mr. Harrower of Flesherton in the presence of about thirty guests. During the signing of the register, Miss Mary MacCannel, a sister of the bride, sangvery sweetly, “O P‘erfectlfovel’l The same evening. a rmeption was held in honor of the bride and groom when about one hundred friends and neighbors assembled. The happy young couple were the, reripients of many _heaut_,iful gifts. After the ceremony, the bride and groom led the way to the dining- room where all partook of a dainty repast. The groom’s gift to the bride was a travelling case. and to theorganist a bar pin. Mr. 'and Mrs. HaS' left the follow- ing day for a short honeymoon to Toronto. 'I‘hv bride truvollmi in a gown of rosewood satin faced canton, brown. \olonr coat. with Opossum trimming: and hat to match. On thoir rotIn'n. thoy will rosido on the groom’s farm on tho 19th mincossion, Proton. Friends from a distance were Mrs. D. (hulln‘aith and Mr. A. Mac- Leod. Carman, Mam. Mrs. Ronald Machnnald and sun. Dnuglas, of (lollingwnod, and Mr. Smith of Normanhy. An early Febru nary wedding was 3111111111111“ at the home of the brides parvnts, Davids1_,111 Sask. (111 'luesdav. February 2, M1011 Miss Norma lansloy, dang htor of Mr. and M13. Howard 'lansloy of that place, hvcamo thv bride of Mr. Wilher Knisloy. 0f the stall‘ of the Bank of Montrval. Domram. Sask. and \oungvr son 1'11 Mr. and Mrs. ’lcsse Knish-y Durham Tho yuung couple wol‘o married by the pastor of the l’nilcd church ntDavidson, at 2.30 p. m., in the pre- scncv of about twenty relatives and c1050 friends, and after a wedding lnnchcm: and husts 0f gnod wishes, lhn young couple lmax'dml tho train for thc liast. whm'n thug nrv spcnd- ing ton «lays‘ honcymon with the grunm's parcnts hm'c. 'I‘hc host wislws of many l'rinnds hvrc 20 «ml. In tlw happy cnnplv. on ”H‘il‘ rvcc-nf nninn. and thn hnpc that thcir yours toguthuc may [:0 fraught. with much happiness. ,A__ Mr. and Mrs. Brucp Turner of De- troit. Michigan, announce thn Pil- gagemcnt of their daughter, Flor- cncc Pauline, to Mr. Nathan Calvin Stevens of Plymouth, Michigan. The wedding will take place on Easter Eve, April 3, at the Church of thn Ascension, Detroit. A I'm-ight «lm'ailmvnt south of Palmvrston 'l‘uosday hold up the traffic. and as a result. the noon 0. V. H. train was two and. a half A hnurs late in l'vaching town. WEDNESDAYS TRAIN LATE KNISLBYâ€"Tâ€"ANSLEY HAYâ€"IacGLINBLL ENGAGEMENT SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. E. Renwick of Toronto spent last week with her sister. Mrs. T. Atchison. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Etlis and daughter, Ads, from Holstein. spent Saturday afternoon ‘with Mrs. '1‘. Atehison. Mrs. P. 0. Hopkins of Drgmore is Varney. .Mrs. John Renwick of Tomato is vnsntnng her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Atchison. .-w---vv Mr. and in. P. Gagnon and dons!)- ter, Norma. spent a few days an Toronto last ‘wgekgd . _ ‘ h funeral of her sister, Mrs. Donald Matheson, who died Saturday at her home near Kincardine. Mrs. J. W. D. Evans and Miss Jessie Reid Spent. the weekâ€"end VIS- iting with friends at Eugenia Falls. Mr. James Brown of Alpena, Mich., and Mrs. Thomas Brown of Lansing, Mich., were in town for a few days last week visiting their sister. Mrs. Bert Soneousm -_ ”fl 0 UUIIDUL|LJLI° Miss Eleanor Swalllow of Trans- 00118.. Man.. is visiting her uncle and aunts, Mr. Thomas and tho Misses Supornault in Bonlinck. Miss Swal- low, a daughter of tho lato Thomas Snallmv. was born in Durham but mowd Wosl with her parents about. sixtron yoars ago. She reports lwr mother and othrr members of tho family woll. For the past four or live yoars. sho has been employed in tho (‘1. N. R. offices at Winnipeg. W0 worn [iloasod to have a short call _l_'rom_ hoi‘ yqslorday. ‘â€""‘ ~vv' MP. Haruld' MrKechnie leaves for Regina. Sask.. on Saturday to attend a meeting of the Canadian Council of Agriculture in session at that place next week. Mr. McKech- nie is one of five members of the Prmincial I'. F. 0. executive to at- tend the meeting as de1egates from Ontarie, Mrs. J. E. Peters and Mrs. W. H. Smith wm I'P in Owen Sound On Mon- ciax moi-ting “ith tho inlmim com- mitten amioiiiivd to arrangv for the inauguxal cumontimi of the W 0- mzin‘s Missionary Sncioty for tho Furniture Dealer Window of April. " “Uh fly. and In. John Sin-s 1..” . the" home It Unity, Sash ' ""‘ “my. WNW" :lfh-r d In" weekq vultjmth tho. \k'.-m...,. If“ [“10th (ammo. and ullu-p .dlul um here. W“ Pres!) of Grey. Mun-I. m held “.1. on Sound nu Hm necident that is pufficienth MM” to «rant It being repormi 1.. In}. Wot-knew. Compensation “mm In normal times. there are nmn‘h' m, 000 employees under'oonipmmmn in this provmce. and in tlw [mm “L even years. there have been any,” necidents reported to on» Board. 33,- dieating an average slightly in ..\.. 0m 0‘ one TWO“. for (‘ery 3,.“ workers per annum. In tin. mm. eleven years. there wen- 4.3238 :n. wities under compensation “Im'h represents an average of murv Hum on death per day in that pt'l'lml, in”. ver encour ing feature of H... I.._ po 8 of the orkmen’s win”.....~;,, tion Bond covering the your mg, is that the death cases in that mm showed a decrease or fiftyâ€"Hm.“ from 192‘, there having “0le in; death cages in 192/: and 345 in 192:. v .‘vâ€". E»? workiiig for (m yqars accident that is Asufflcmnt The average worker in mam“? in Ontgljio [I‘ll QQOEQEIlaI'y q'lmnnc vâ€"vv' - _ A further docmnso in Svl'imls m- cidenis, including death ('asvs, ,. something for which «wvry t'lllplm and employee in industry in ”Indian can conwientiously work with nw- tual satisfaction and hone-iii. Mr. Charlos Miummi ni‘ vamn-g announces that he has Inn-vlmsmz the ocelvhratvd imporimi I’vi'vlwi'un stallion “Kossutli," and will put. him on the road in this vicinity IivV. Corrected Febrnery 18. 1926. Liw Hogs ............. $125.3” \Vllcat .- ............... 1.1.30 (a 1.3.3 S0380". ' Thur“. [chum-y |l DURHAM MARKET PURCHASED STALLION Charles Miuhlon Hf lh-ana-k "I 1'0 0!": 0‘ Cry. \_\’||i¢'h Y S “'“h nu; [c ent‘ly .m'l‘upus cnmbinfléan women] (In no he“ h}_m. I w WI}. IIIIII. During thv cam». sulu freely by both hams. Iorlock and Krvss. u wonderful glmv. The come“ was «me 4 0‘ we have seen fur a the semi-final earn-s. 4 when the homv tram m and of Uw sml M measure was mm. one. Sandy Limp ..:' . was on (Op 0f Ulv play and penulued Im mm the playing rulvs. 'I‘lu 0.18 drew (M'U pvlaalhw six. “my \x'mu- Inl' mi but “"3?" IS IN”! 1‘“. the refvrvv allcmmg m. away from hnu. hut!- hOVP mlxml I! up “w: v. mom of NW Iinmt v. 1 the wurlcl. Am! r 42' n likc‘ [0 pay u zmm'. as am- ul Hu' My ~' [‘(‘fvl‘m‘s \\I' hun- . \ - 4 of a gauw. Hr ~ all Hlv hmw . est. wu ha the mm:- when uw enfort'u~ non-war} derful difl' what “'0 first game week. 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