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“tors early in the week with Mr. and Mrs. James Weir. Priceville. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Ritchie enter- hned a number of No. 9 friends at a mressive euchre Friday evening. Miss Mary Machaig and Mrs. P. aiegner, Walkerton. were visitors with llarion visited Chesley relatives 3 day early in the week 1m. McPherson spent Monday in Allan Park (Our Own Correspondent) The A. Y. P. A. meeting on Friday evening, January 8. was in the form of a social, the Durham A.Y.P.A. having been invited. and together with a large attendance from here the Orange Hall was filled to capacity. The president had charge and opened the meeting with a hymn and the Lord’s prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The orchestra favored with a selection after which llss Mary Hazlitt rendered a solo, ac- companied by Mr. Harvey Smith on the guitar. Miss Florence Willis gave a reading which created a great deal of mirth. Mr. Clifford Ad‘lam gave a fleeing harmonica selection. This was followed by a solo by Mr. Harvey with “Cowboy Jack". Another har- monica selection was given by Mr. Bernard Allison. A number of contests were -joyed and a number of the Durham visitors staged a short play en- titled “The Glove and the Lions". Miss Olieda Hahn and Jean Rowe oi Dur- ham sang very sweetly and the orches- tra gave another selection. Commun- ity singing was indulged in after which ch was had and the meeting closed the National Anthem. The A. Y. P. A. members meet on January 22 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aylmer Reay. can) enjoyed. The next meeting will he held at the home of Mrs. Robert Lawson. on February 12. Dr. Lauder, Owen Sound. called on The end of this (mi/(ear certainly affords thflghter out] as was predicted In Sir Josiah Stamp. â€"St. Catharines lcClocklin and Mr. and Mrs. Nichol of Toronto are spending a few weeks at their camp at the Rocky. Kr. Campbell "clean and sister lsther were visitors this week with their cousins. the McQuarrie family. The U. P. W. 0. held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Murray Ritchie. There was a good attendance 1 members. The new president, Mrs. loll McLesn, was in the chair and op- oed the meeting with singing followed by the creed. Several items of business were dealt with and a splendid pro-3 Itré. McCannell Thursday evening. Mtute in this neighborhood met at the home of Mrs. John McGirr on Tuesday afternoon and patched a quilt which will be included in a bale that ts being packed for Western relief. Mr. and Mrs. George Collinson vis- tted Tuesday evening at Mr. Alex. A1- Harlan visited Tuesday with ,Mr. and In. Albert Keller. PAGE 8. The members of Durham Women's Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Patterson and Darkies’ Corners (Our Own Correspondent) Rocky Sangeen (Our Own Cm'rupomdent) OUR STORE IS FULL OF FOODS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND FRESHNESS FOOD FACTS m 1'“ “LESS BONDINON BROUGHT MD RESTORE THE CHILD T0 WLEASANIAS SUGAR Tiger Brand Catsup, quart 2 lb. Jars Peanut Butter ........... Robin 3006 Rapid Oats, only mm, per tin ....................... Gun, 3 tin: for ....................... Lard tnd Shortening, per 11). Blue Ball Ounce, per 1b. ......... Shelled Walnuts. per 1b Corn makes.- ’3 pkgs. (or WORM POWDi M I LLER’.S “YOURWANDIOLLS Iduh'lolthendnowttythebeu! Some things we have priced low: E. A. ROWE WEDEIJVERTHEGOON ahead with the proposed reform as ac- ceptable to the governments generally as well as to the commercial, financial and industrial interests that are virtu- ally unanimous for the change. The demand is also general for fixing a permanent day for Easter, which will probably be April 9. As the various religions have not been able to agree on all of these changes, theAleague has decided to go And act as though it didn’t break your heart. If you have faith in those with whom you labor. And trust in those with whom you make a trade; If you believe in friends and next-door neighbor And follow the example our pioneers have made; If you can expect the sun to rise to- If you are sure that somewhere ' skies are blueâ€" Wake up old chap, and pack away the futile sorrow. For “better days” are largely up to The following anonymous poem is quoted by a writer in an Australian journal: (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling.) If you can see what some folks call “depression" As nothing but a spin of fortune’s wheel; If you can keep your poise and self- possession, No matter what you think or how you feel. If you can view a stupid situation all cluttered up with “ifsf’ and “ands” and buts,” A challenge to your common sense and guts; If you can rise above the mess and muddle; If you can glimpse the rainbow through the cloud Where doubt and dread and fear are in a huddle And hope is being measured for a The consensus of these consultations is that, with the exception of certain religions, the world as a whole prefers a new calendar of 13 months of 28 days each, with the extra. day at the end of the year set aside as an inter- national peace holiday. shroud; If you can keep a saving sense of For stories that are slightly inexact If you disregard report and rumor~ And not accept a statement as a fact; If you can spread the gospel of suc- If you can stir the spirit that instills The latent fire in lathes and looms and started by the League of Nations through a committee of experts can- vening at Geneva. The experts wil ca-ardinate the res- ypauses which have been received from nearly every country in the world and draft an international convention pro- viding iar the necessary changes. The convention will serve as the basis of discussion at an international con- ference to be held October 26, when it is expected that the new calendar will be adapted. It is to be brought into force January 1, 1934. During the past six years that the league has worked on the problem of calendar reform, it has consulted virtu- ally every uatian in the world, circular- iziug all the leading religions as well as industrial, commercial and financial in- g give the work! a new calenau'wm be of Nathan t. Present Scheme Pallâ€"rum by Governments GETTING READY FOR Iii-MONTH CALENDAR And lifts the stream above a thou- sand mills; If, briefly, you can spread an extra dollar; If you can pry the sacred roll apart And buy another shirt, or shoe, or you. re masses or woman HEALTH. He does sayâ€"and demonstratesâ€"that the fish know his voice and his signals, which include beating on the surface of the water with the palms of his hands, and that they show, as much as any fish can show, real affection for him. They are careful not to bite him when they take food from his hands and they swim against his fingers as though they actually enjoyed his fond- ling. Mr. Lange was not content with winning the good graces of his finned menagerie and of training its members to jump for food. He wanted to prove his contention that fish can be taught to do real tricks. - So, by long and patient cajoling, he finally taught every one of his seven pets to jump through a h00p. At first he had actually to take the fish in his hands and toss them through, but eventually they absorbed the idea and would leap through the circle with no assistance from their master. Into this pool the Washington sports- man put seven salmon trout try, that is, very young trout. He learned from the fish hatchery experts that salmon trout prefer fresh, raw, ground beef to any other food and he always kept a supply of this food on hand. Several The first inkling that Mr. Lange was right in his ideas about the mentality of fish and the possibilities of training them came when the creatures were about half grown. They would come to the surface and literally eat from his hand, but if a stranger attempted to feed them they would sink to the bot- tom of the pool and ignore the bits of beef that sank slowly down. This made it apparent to the would-be fish trainer that fish have the ability to think and remember and that they respond to kindness in much the same manner that dogs and cats do. , Mr. Lange. of course. knows each one of his trout and has given them names, but he does not go so far as to say that each of the fish knows his name and will come when called. This, he admits. would be too much of a fish story. Lange, an ardent fisherman, decided that fish are much more intelligent creatures than they are given credit for being and that they could be train- ed in much the same manner as horses, dogs and seals. In order to put his then seemingly absurd theory into practice, Mr. Lange had a concrete pool built under his oflioe window. r times a day he would leave his desk ang‘ sgrvg a_ meal to his finned pets. At first the trout would swim madly about the pool to get away from their owner and they would not eat their raw meat until he was out of sight. Grad- ually they got used to their master, however, and would gobble up their meals as the morsels fell from his hand. man, owns a troupe of seven salmon trout which, over a period of years, he has taught to go through a series of tricks which would amaze the most im- aginative spinner of fish stories. It was several years ago that Mr. At feeding time the seven trout would thresh about as though they en- joyed being with their master. They sometimes nibbled at his fingers and darted away before he could take them in his hands. After a time. however, he got them to eat out of his hand. Today the fish actually will leap out of the water to snatch the bits of beef and almost will stand on their tails, like dogs sitting up and begging. Nor does it take a scientist to study and train fish. Mr. Charles Lange, a. Port Townsend, Washington, business Like the domestic animals, fish re- spond to kindness and are willing to oblige their masters by performing tricks when they once understand what is expected of them. It seems, indeed, apparent that the creatures get some fun out of doing their stunts, like the alert, interested and happy circus dogs that wag their tails and perform their acts with great animation and evident enjoyment. Even more remarkable than this feat is what Mr. Lange calls the “fish-out- of water” trick. When he placed food some distance away from the edge of the pool and calls to his gang of seven pound beauties, they will leap clear of the water and feed. For several sec- onds they will stay out of their natural element while they pick up bits of ground beef and, seemingly. take a long and affectionate look at their master and their surroundings. This may all sound just like another “fish story” but scores of people have visited Mr. Lange's pool and have seen with their own eyes the modern wonder of trained fish. The more mankind studies the fish the more it becomes apparent that the silent swimmers of the ponds, rivers and ocean are not so dumb and stupid ashadbeensuppoeedAflshcanbe taught to do tijicks like a dog. and it is master" responds to signs and signals, and in many ways displays a rather high degree of intelligence. - Road gets rougher every mile; (Cluck) Jog on, Jehosonhat, an’ show some style. Mule’s gone lame, an’ the hen’s won’t lay; Corn's way down, an' wheat don’t pay: Hogs no better, steers too cheap; , Cow’s quit milkin’; meat won’t keep; Oats all heated, spuds all froze; Fruit crops busted. wind still blows; Sheep seem puny. an’ I be darned, Rye field’s flooded an’ the hay stock's burned! Looks some gloomy. I’ll admitâ€" (Cluck!) Jog on Jehosoohat, we ain’t down ylt. Seats all busted; end gate drags; Hay hang t’getherâ€"b’lieve it will; mm Cu: Be Taught and Know Owner's V smâ€"Vouched For E 25 i5: Trained Salmon That Stand On Tails m'old steed. “106 ON. JEHOSOJ’HAT! ” THE DURHAM CHRONICLE (Soldier Boy) .wvh Yet .so far evidence as to the date re- mains vague. Mr. Mitchell-Hedges has been for 17 years collecting specimens for British and other museums, and is accustomed to judging probable ages by indications afforded by masonry, pottery, etc., but he hesitates to express an Opinion on his find. One of his clues consists of a number of granite statu- ettes, 17 inches high, and crumbled to the consistency of paste by time. Find Caves or Vaults Under the city are great caves or vaults. accessible by man-made shafts. the perpendicularity of which has since been hOpelessly disturber by vol- canic forces. Mr. Mitchell-Hedges has never been down these shafts, but next Spring will make the attempt. At least, he believes, he will find that they were repositories for grain and such supplies, and he has hapes that articles of great- er worth may be found there. The pos- sibility exists that they were used as burial grounds. A city older than any other so far brought to light in the three Americas, so old and so marvelously constructed. indeed, that it may be the long-sought cradle of the Mayan and Aztec cultures, has been found somewhere in Central America, the exact location of which is being kept secret, according to F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, British explorer, who is working under British and American auspices recently intervied at Montreal. A walled city, with mounds within the walls and rings of rectangular stone blocks arranged after the Stonehenge plan, it is accessible by way of the Honduras, Mr. Mitchell-Hedges said. Earthquakes and tropical vegetation have taken their toll of it, cracking and upsetting buildings and prying stones apart. Giant lizards crawl through it, seven feet in length, and as ferocious as alligators. Turtles are found there 11 feet in length, and crabs measure three feet across. In the lagoons are crayfish five feet long. Many Interesting Relics Tangible evidence concerning so mysterious a place is not lacking. Mr. Mitchell-Hedges hastened to add. Last year he brought to the Museum of the American Indian, over a thousand pieces of pottery, tool fragments, wea- pons and ornaments. These have been found by scientists to be entirely dif- ferent from the relics of other Indian civilizations and the inference is drawn that the newly-discovered city repre- sents a civilizaton that preceded and probably gave rise to the others. May Be Cradle of Mayan and Aztec Cultures and Wu Found in Central Americaâ€"Oldest Ruins Found. - Mr. Mitchell-Hedges is strongly of the opinion that the Indian population of America is indigenous. And be- leves that a nomadic race, such as others deem them. could not have made the contributions to civilization that have come from the Americas. He mentioned, among those contrbutions of a material kind, cotton, chocolate, R. J. C. Stead, Canadian author, told the delegates at luncheon that, “When the world gets back to where a man earns what he gets instead of acquiring it, when he pays as he goes and still save a little for a rainy day, we will have taken a long step toward solution of the trouble in the world today.” mmmxrm duty on diverted shipments to protect against imports from other than the point of production. That the weight for duty purposes should be uniform throughout the Do- minion. Led by President Kari B. Conger of Ottawa, the 73 delegates discussed the recommendations at some length be- fore passing them. ANCIENT CITY’S the great cradles of civfljpation, mdegd, ln a'cultural sense as well as a material one, is to be found in Central America, he says. To that home above without a. tear. Those that help the body we also meet, Doctors, and A . a minister too. Are with us. on estreet. The recommendations. to be present- ed to the Dominion Government ere: That all duties should be specific. That seasonal duties should be high enough to fully protect Canadian pro- ducers and so, obviate the newestty of fixing of values for duty purposes. That out-of-season duties should be suaicient only to provide the revenue the fruit and vegetable growing Indus- try were approved at the annual meetâ€" ing of the Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association at It is nice to walk on a pleasant day, Down one of the streets of a pretty town, And greet our friends in a kindly way. We may not be at great renown, Buttosomeotusclingthoeememoriee sweet. Which, like silver bells. will echo and ring; Forever down our street. We pass by hordes, some are great, some snail But all filled with love by those who are dear, Achurchontheeomerwhichpolnu SPECIFIC VEGETABLE EARIEFS REQUESTED Guanine-It Wâ€" All Wen “monthly Disc-led Mon Pan-ad. That there should be an additional OUR STREET RUINS FOUND £57}: {us meet, ALSOâ€"DR. HESS’ wuss ILL'ER -â€" ROUP muggy .. a minister too. 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