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5P. Published every Thursday morning at-.the ofiice, Gagafraxa Street, Durham, Ontario, by Frank Irwin, Editor and Proprietor. The Chron- icle is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of $2.00 per year, $1.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of_Ameri_c_a, @150 per $331556: six months,'65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. Whosoei'er is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truthâ€"WATSON. The: Ti-mpcl'ancc Advocate is the now paper that. takes the place of Th» Piom-Pl'. for many years back the otl’icial organ of the Prohibition party in (mtai'io. In the issue of June: is}. wow thought. we must have pickm] 11p a political journal in- ;twael of 0m: wliicli has the morals of Hm province at heart. and with politics banned as part of its makeâ€" up. This is what we read: ‘ "A gi'eat. deal of discussoin has a1i.~en owr the no“ list of Kings Conny-“015 appointed 113 the On- 1111111 liloverment. The claim is n1a1l1- that it is exceedingly 1:lifi‘icult to determine. the principle on which the appointments were made. Une thing. howwexe1. is cer- tain that. illOll"ll in. the last Pro- \1n11al election tl1e1'11 “ere sexe1al 1.111._t landing l:1\\}e1's. who might be 1'li‘Jihl1', 1,111 “1111 ian in opposition to Premier Fmguson's liquor policy. not one of them was rec- 1'.1mmen1le1;l as 3 KC. When one 11111<i1l111~ all the circumstances of the appointment. who makes the. recommendation. etc.. perhaps the attion “as to he expected." PAGE 4. \‘.'.- nutiw hy thn TOI‘ODUt daily newspapers that Hem'go) Young. the Catalina 'Ihannvl swimmmn who is training; for th» «j. N, E. Marathon no-x't Swtpmber, had had a falling nut with his coach and trainm'. who announced that they were “thrngh” with him. The next day canw the gratifying news that they had made up thpir oiit‘fvrences and that t-w-i'ything was how lowly as a mni'n in May. Fo'tllowim,’ the Dempseyâ€"Tunney lnallth. in tho North American dam {v19~‘s. \w are naturally sus- picinus of the genuineness of the ”tailâ€"Hm" lmle'Il Yonnj,r and his manauvrs. Is it not Missilile that, the Toronto swimmer and thosei who have his interests in hand are looking for some cheap publi- city? In the last. Dempsey-Tunney fiasco the newspapers Were falling all over each other in an attempt to “scoop“ their opposition in news of the big fight. and of course that old owl, Tex Richard let them do it and incidentally raked in the Shekels. Baseball. racing. and other such sport also receives a good deal of ’the "free" stuff from the press. and we. were much inta- ested in an article in the last Chicago Referee. edited by Bert Collyer. a former Durham boy. who said that “when the publishers awaken from the lethargy and lay down the law to the avaricious baseball magnates and make them py in proportion to the space de- voted. just so soon will we have not only a better brand of reporting but also better baseball: uuv w-v' _' There is one thing that can be said for the city sports promoter, though, and that is he 'is always willing and anxious to supply the press with all the publicity stufl at his disposal. It is good busi- nessâ€"for him. Smaller town sports are worked on a different pro- gramme. Here the local press ,is expected to boost whatever game SKINMON [manumym Thursday, July 19, .\' HWSI’APICR B.\LLYH4 m IS THIS POLITICS '3 is being played, there is no head nor tail toâ€"the management and as a consequence there is noplace to go for data, and in one instance when The Chronicle mildly up- hraided one of the local sports managers for not giving out certain information. we were told that it was up to us to “dig it up”. It pays to have a sense of humor. Last Sunday morning we went to Wasaga Beach. It had rained heavily the night before, and as we approached a piece of roadway now under process ot‘construction. we were met by a sign which told us to drive slowly as there was "fresh gravel" ahead. We obeyed the’ In- struction and ran into about the tinest bunch of mud we have ever encountered. There may have been some gravel in it. but as far as we could make out the greater part of the mess was nothing less than some of the soil that had been scraped 011' the side of the road and placed in the centre. We remem- ;ho‘i1'ed the fresh gravel sign, smiled Eat the irony of it. and slopped ftlirougli an eigth of a mile or so of lthe tinest mud we. ever laid an eye "Send Your Messa ages by Mail Sxxitt. Sure P11ix'"ate , is an acher- tisement hanging in the post of- tice.-.-\longsi1le it is another notice eliming 131,213 1e\\a11ls for the cap- ture of bandits “ho robbed the mails. “e dont understand ho“ \0111' messages can be swift sure and firixate “hen the mail bandits tan get them. but it is quite. pro- hahle that the fellow “he wrote the. ad. has not )13t heaz 1.! 11f the big mall 1°11bbei'y. OI]. Slati: tin? ti11oughout the “011113 :‘hcm that 1111,1113 is one automobile to own 621111011161. F111m tho. W'a} \xe ham to jumn to (Llodgo them Some- tin111:. \xe 1181i thouvht there were 632111105 to each person. Skins Will Just Cover the Knees. " ans :1 1‘11'01i1l‘1etic heading on mutt Win 5 “omen‘s clothes. Wall. that < a lot. better than most of H11 111 a10,doing this year, am- \V a y . The other day a friend askei’i me. says a writer in Answers, if I thought a change would do him gciioil. He meant a change of air and scene. but. his question gave me a elianee to tell him that. what he really wanted unless he wished to die. ten or fifteen years before his time. was about forty changes. For years he had had the same sort of breakfastâ€"porridge. one. lmiled (gs. and two rashers of bacon. It was served in the same way on the same plates. His Sunday dinner had always been leg of mutton. His‘fi'egetablesâ€" potatoes and cabbageâ€"had never Varied. ' He had a133a3_s read the same pape1 and sat in the same chair. He had always had cup of cocoa before retiring and 31332135 went to lwol at the <an1e l1".0111 He went to the same place of 33 orship e3 e13' Sunda3 and sat in the same pew. ll'fl3e13 e3 ening he 33 ent t0 the same club and talked 331th the same then on the same subject. In summer. he 3.133 2135 33 ent to file same seaside to33n and sta3 ed at the same hote1.‘ I could continue, but the story amounts to thisâ€"that. everything he did was done to schedplo. _He Ill. Lilla" Luuu; Just. Lu a“-.- -_____- Now. instead of his old “regular‘ life. he lives irregularly. He’s eating: leeks and carrots; has sau- sages. fish and other changes for lu-o'wikl'ast: has joined another club: takes two papers and in short, has got out of his groove. The change in him is remark- able. He has learnt that yariety is the spice of lifeâ€"Variety in fowl. in rm-reation. in friends. in every- thing, I grant that an ordered routine is necessary to business 'rtl'iviwncy. hut. in our {wrsonal lives it kills. To maintain your Vitality up to standard you must have var- teiv, What of yourself? Cannot you make your life more Varied? In such a simple matter as how you go to work there is for many a chance of introducing variety. Train one day. bus the next. walk o'iccasionally. Vary your diet. don"t tie yourself down to one recreaâ€" tion. Don't get into a groove. Why does eyeryone enjoy a picnic? Be- cause it. is a change _f_rom the usual environment of eatinv. Q u-v w-.- “as in a groove and “as deterior- ating: buth C.mentallv and phvsicalh. Soon his alteries would 1121\8 hard- 11111111 and his. ciiculation grox sluggish. But our com ersati‘ came jus t in time 10 ~ax 11 him. Serve with Whipped Cream Never use soap on hair brushes. Dip the bristles up and down in hot ammonia water. Rinse and dry with vanilla and raisinsâ€"Denver News. Straight From the Shoulder Asked to pray for warm weather so that her grandmother’s rheu- matism might pass away, a five- yeng-ojd gir1_knelt anfi said: .l L.‘ IA“ c- v . ---â€"-v "~70 Lora, grandma please make it hot for Deferred Payments “9 got this from the Demer (Col. \ews: Arizona Judge Sent- ences quintet to hang in three in- stalments. Kn;ows Ber Inseét' “My dear” remarked Jones, who had just finished r_e_ading _a book. on -awv- uâ€"‘v â€"__-_ __v ‘The Wonders of Nature,’ “Nature is marvellous! When I read a book like this it makes me feel how puerile. how insignificant is man.” “Huh!” said his wife. “A woman doesn’t. have to wade through 400‘ pages to discover that.” VARIETY MEANS VITALITY NOTES AND COMMENTS ROADWAY IRONY Mrs. P. Ballennie-and son of To- route, and Mrs. Burton of In le- wood, Calif., formerly Misses va and Gertrude .Campbell, visited with their brother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell and family the first of the week. Miss Jean Coutts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Coutts of Bentinck, who underwent an operation for appendicitis two weeks ago in the Red Cross Hospital here. is progressing most favorably and ex- pects to be able to return to her home in a couple of weeks. Her case was a serious one but she is responding nicely to treatment at the local institution. ‘4 c A Ul.\l -va‘ ---v Vâ€". Mr. and Mrs. Finley Graham of Montreal are Spending a week with his sister, Mrs. W. Calder. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are on their annual holiday and motored from the Quebec city, coming to Durham by way of Cleveland, Toledo and De- Major Alex. Firth of Brampton is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. F. Wright. for a week. He was ac- companied here by his brother. Mr. William Firth, who had visited him for the past week and who has spent. the summer in Durham. Major Firth intends Going up into Muskoka in a week or so for a holiday. We were pleased to have him call and to see him looking__s_o troit. well b n: .‘111.a11«1 M115. (1001319 Harbottle and iamil} of Pine Falls, Manitoba. me \isiting uith M11. and Mrs. C. Lam-1911. M11. and Mrs. Albert Noble. and 0111011 relatives. "Hon. Lincoln Goldie and Mrs. Goldie. Toronto, were guests of Hon. Dr. Jaminson and 3113. Jamieâ€" son at the il‘ \\ i1der's Lake cottage ”\Pr the week- end.’ ‘__ 311'. and 311's. Harry Fall and family leave this week for their 11111110 at. Edmonton, Alberta. after 51-1131111i11g the past month ax six weeks in the East. whom thn formm attvndecl nwetings of tho. Sxxitt Packing Compam in Tm'0111o Montreal and (11111390. Then take the boat. from Sarnia to thé 1:17.311 (11' the lakes. makin" the lemainde'l' (11' the jmnnm bxc1'ail..\lrs.‘Fal1 \isited here \\i111 1101' parents. 311'. and Mrs, R. Aljoo. Mr. and Mrs. John McGowan re- turned this week from at trip out West, during which they Visited their daughter. Mrs. Roy Mc- Gracken at Munson. Alberta. and with friends and relatives at Port- age La Prairie, Man., and other places. ‘1'! 0n I ,_, 1 -_»l M/‘11.nna l....-._,._. Mr, Joe \Vhitchurch and mother. Mrs. Whitcl'mrch, Toronto. Visited with Mr. \Vhitchurch here the first of the week. the latter being on- gineer at the Consolidated Sand and Gravel plant. \V’hile here they were guests of Mrs. H. Morlock and family. We were pleased to learn that. Mrs. Schooley. mother of Mrs. Whitchurch and well-known in Durham, was quite well. though {she did not make the trip with them. which was made by motor and in a hurry. _- --O 'All' i A ll \- In“-- Mr. and Mrs. A. McKinnon and tamily 11311. Winnipeg Tuesdax to \isit his sister. Mrs. John B111gess here 0. Mrs. Neil McKinnon and sons, D1. Neil and Bobs. and daughter. F1121 Toronto. \isited Sunda} \xith U111 Smith and \\ eir families” Mrs. Robert Gregor and daughter, Grace of Mount Forest, visited over the week-end. with her sister, Mrs. Johnty Long, and her niece, Mrs. John Pearson. - w‘...-.- wâ€"â€"â€" “.:‘\Jlrs...lames Smith and family of Holstein were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith angl family: “Ana- â€"-â€"_ Mr. apd Mrst'ordon Coutts 61' Conn usth her parents. Mr, and Mrs. Dan McArthur over the week- end. ‘- Mr. and Mrs. Chester McDonnelI a‘hrl daughter. Mary Louise. of T0- ronto are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonnell for two wreks. 311151111 Mrs. Francis of. Bright were week-end Visitors Wlth Rev. and Mrs. Fiddos and Mr. and. Mrs. after, his recent'serious 'ill- THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Here are the four members of the crew of the dirgible Italia re- ported starving as they await. death or rescue on an ice floe of! North- eastland. Lieut.. Lundborg, who rescued Umberto Nobile. their commander and subsequently was taken off the pack after» an un- successful second attempt at res- cue. says the men are going mad. Even with stringent rationing the food supply has been exhausted and the marooned men have lived sole- ly on bear meat. They cut the meat of the polar bears with scis- sors. as the encampment possesses no knives. It is cooked with soli- dified alcohol and eaten with a horn. as there are no table utensils. Their plight. is disheartening. for rescue appears next to impossible as the ice is fast breaking up. des- troying chances of a plane landing near them. The four are: (7) Lieut. Alfredo \‘iglieri. ('2‘ Felice Troiani {'3 Guiseppe Biagi, and (47 F. Behounek. 11.15.915.1' 11‘. Mclh'aith and C. H.! 111111.111 are in attendance at the muting ot Masonic Grand Lodge at. London this week. representing 1:)111111n1 Lodge No. 306, .â€"X.1~‘.1\-X..\l. 311'.\\.J, l~j_.lliott 111' Kingsxillo “as in town \esterdaV afternoon 111111 \\'1 111111 the pleasure of a brief '1'all from him. It. is 36 y.ears sinco 311'. Elliott was. in Durham. and while hero 1111 was inquiring for "Dave Mach’enzie and Jack Mc- .Xrthur." two 0111 school chums 111' 133 \'11a1'sa{_.ro.He has not seen 11ith1'1' "111'11111n1 since school days. He knew 1h: 11, D1. Maclx'enzie was. located at Fort Frances. but. had been told that Dr Me .'XIth11r was practisin" in D11 ham. \\ :1. haw) no knowledge of a “.‘Dr‘ J11; 'k .\11'.-X1- __th111' of Durham. but when it was mentioned that. he was a great. athlete we called up Mr. Angu» 'McArthur north of town. hut 1111-. fortunately he was out and we could get no information. Mrs. McA.rthur however. 10111 us that she, thought "Jack" had taken a medical course. and M1'.E1‘iott and 171111'selves came to the. conclusion that, he was one and the same per- son. 'Mr. McArthur is now a resid- ent, of Vancouver and is in the real estate business. Mr. Elliott, who left. for his former home at Deshoro. is a school teacher on the staff of the King, sxille school. J. S. 310111211111. Mrs M. J. Beatf}. of Fergus \is- itud 11111‘011115111,.\11‘7. (Rm. 11151110 on Tuesday. Mrs. Alex. Russo“ of Toronto \‘lS- “ml the past. week with 311'. and Mrs. Thomas Allan. Miss‘ Malgawt Hmlis of Hamil- Ion \isitml \xith Miss 31 A. Hunter and other f1imuls._last_\wok_ .~n 1’ Mr. Rm \ickms 0f \\ 1art0n “as in t<mn vesterdm \isiting \xith M15. Vickérs. confined in the. hos- pital here for the past, month 01- so. __--_-. â€"â€"-‘_ Mr. \V’illiam \Vhite of Toronto is Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John White in Bentinck Mr. White was born 76 rears ago in Durham. England, and the firs t paper he remembers reading was the Dur- ham (England Chronicle. He. has been a resident of Canada tor the past ’15 vears. and as he has 9. daughter married to a son 01 Mr “hite. thought he mould Come Up and see “hat the counterpart of his old home in England' looked. like. \Ve were pleased to have a brother, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dufi‘ield. Mrs. Trotter of Owen Sound was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Dufl'ield, the first of the and relatives. . Mr. Harold Sharpe and friend, Miss Gwladys Richardson, Toronto, are holidaying With his parents, Mr. and Mrs.l.Benj. Sharpe, for two weeks. Mrs. Charles Ogg and the Misses Ogg of Guelph, have rented the E. A. Hay cottage at Saugeen Park for two weeks and are holidaying there. __ â€"- 0.1 ‘ mA_-n_1A L110]. Lo Mr. J. H. McIlraith of Toronto was in town over Friday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .9. S. McIlraith. . Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wilson visited friends atMitchell the first of the week. A pretty wedding took place on Saturday. afternoon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Muir, Ceylon, when their daughter, Ruby. was united in marriage to Earl, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mc- Leod. Priceville. The bride looked lovely in her gown of peach geor- gette with silver trimmings, and carrying a shower bouquet of Ophelia roses and fern. The bridesmaid was Miss Annie Mc- Leod, sister of the groom. Mr. Stewart Muir, brother of the bride. supported the groom. Rev. F. Sullivan. pastor of St. Columba United Church, Priceville, was the officiating clergyman. while Mrs. MCLEODâ€"MUIB. ‘ Following the ceremony the guests, who were the Immediate families of the brlde and groom. sat down to a sumptuous weddmg I‘e- past. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod left later by motor on q honeymoon trip to North Bay,. New Liskeard and Cobalt. _The‘br1de trgyelled in Harry Huston, sister of the b . playgd the W§§Qing_ music. mde a fiavy and red ensemble x115; blonde shoes and hose. Thursday, July 19, 1923 BRITAIN NOT TO BLAME FOR CHINESE OPIUM WAR opium smoking against. the desires of the Chinese Gt'wemmlent"; and anbther that “China vainly strug- gled t9 free herself from the grip of oplum, a made, fostered bv Great Britain.” ‘ Now What are the facts? IS it true. 3S 3110,2011. that ”:0 use of the poppy. “NM {or meoiiv- inal purposes. \\‘as mxknuu‘n 1:; China until the British "fun-«34” 1“ upon the Chinese maple? It is not; the Chint'so hm! o! quaintance of H10 gm‘opV; standard medical \Vuz‘lh I'iflfi the plant and thu ('nilo‘MiuH preparation 01‘ its jLirv. Proponents 111 this 111111 force to comiwl 1111' 11111.. Indian Opium 2119 1111111. 1 a group of f'm- 11301111» examination 01 1111* ~11: been fairly C(mlln'viu‘lnm whom 1111‘1‘e. D1. P1911919 1' Bridgeman.‘ 1111111 11:9. \\'~11~ were \mm 119311 H1.- 1.11:.9: W. H. 310111111151 :11141 11.9111 50, being British. 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R. mev. u‘f It; timv cnsinnw. yum he says: "'J'hc' I'v‘u} . was H131 1110' UN: treat. (m towns Hf 1 diplomatimllV n:- with imci; mm m: sistmi an Hw right 1 Dr. Hawks PM! Of Chillt‘s‘v Histm‘ “apart fl'nm «own inmital_‘olv”~â€"~thu was the real mm C0101) Rushing. 1h- tiwary to China Ham 1 ins; in 18“. .4sz1: with England \\':1.~ v conduct. Of HIP Chm. at Canton. in dis rights of public oii'iw sented tho lingil‘h :..' In somn instanws. v pears inch-'licatv 1‘. «in the British gm'nmmvx: Sponsibilify. Hu- myfh by accusing: Hm mm: Company. This ‘hmwa itself did nut “mum“ though it<1ir<3 Nadir»; establishml in Canton 1 establis 11011 111 111111011 Prior 1111M»; I“ had been (29131111511011 hundred Mm 111 both COllnii‘ivs 5111M until 178-2. whim 1 Griswolds of] Now \ Girards Hf 4111111112 into a ”gm-1011s 101‘ both “11* 11111111 :11 making i111‘11:11i.~ n2 1‘ the 1111101. as 11110 *‘11 the 1012111121 «11111.1 was 1101 l1.1 2111.11 1.}' (901111101 1101* 3 SUD! 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