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'l‘he oi-l established and well known house of S. l“. .lorlock inaugurated their Spring opening Friday and Sat- uririy of last week under the moss favorable auSpices of an unusually large attendance and a. magnificent ‘1i8lli3y of a new spring stock com. plete and "10‘”, comprehensive in awry detail that goes for the making of a leading; and high class house. 'Plii~ tirm has gained the enviable reputation by years of experience in the linea'r . ml most exclusive novel- rep! the ties ’One exceeding pretty Parisian model was a flat turban shape of white tucked chifion A light sequin was draped around the brim. Foliage and grapes were gracefully disposed on the left side, and a large flat bow of black \elvet ribbon. caught with black buckle, completed the trimming 8: the back. The window, so tastefully and at- trnctively dressed. received much attention and many admiring com- meats. Another hat that. was much ad- mired was 3 large black turban with rim of dainty sequined not. A Iago mum crown was 'used, and a hund- Owing to the immense variety of pttterns, it is useless to attempt a detailed description of the various lots. The many visitors at Ireland’s showroc :.is and the delight expressed by delighted sight seers augurs well for a good season’s trade. The de- partment is again in charge of Miss Ryder. whose services during the past seasons cause her to need no special introduction. Everything is up-to-date and all that high class millinery can demand. Intending purchasers must judge for them. selves. Here areafew of the lead- 078 :â€"-- 'l'hx'o:_u,v,hout the days the handsome aw! spacious establishment was thl'unge'l with crowds intent on margin; N-lecnonq of some choice It, is an ideal place for Shopping. all the mrroundiugs in harmony with so much to choose from and styles to suit every type of face. The color efiects are the prominent feature in the trimming and ribbons, flowers. fruit and straw blend most. harmoniously in the color scheme. Pink in all the rose and geranium- tones promises to be very papular. while the forget-me-not blue is a. great. favorite. Selections were made with great satisfaction. Sign in headgear ct\‘§‘.‘ {. . .. b>r>rwrnrurua..MLuuHLHLMgHLHchchHLHrHrHrHrHlfierfiHQ‘HrHrHRHR. MLEX.RUSSELL MILLINERY OPENINGS. IRELAND’S MORLm'K’s Successor to J. A. Hunter. The materials and trimmings shown were lovely. Many flowers and much fruit. were shown. A apecial feature» of most of the models was their light weight. Miss Bertha Reid returned from Dakota where. she Spent the past year: A childs hat that received much attention was a large fl0p in tuscan chip. A drape of pink silk was on the rim and ended in tabs at the hack. and a. pretty wreath of foliage across the front made a simple but very effective trimming. Mr. R Mathews is now living in our neighborhood on the farm which he purchased from Mr. Joe. Corbett. Mr. “'11:. Livingston purchased a farm from his brother, John, of Dar. ham. Mr. J. Crozier and Miss Maggie Bailey attended church in company with Miss Sarah Hopkins. some plume curved gracefully over the left side. Miss Dick has also a line display of all kinds of millinery goods and fancy notions. and devotes her atten- tion exclusively to the one line. which is complete in every detail. We feel confident that no one need send out of town for anything in the line of millinery when we have such excellent establishments right in our midst. A view of the goods will do more in effecting a choice tnan any- thing we can say by way of descrip- tion. The Ebenezer S. S. ,which has been closed for the winter, will be re- opened. Mrs. Hess, who has been in the vicinity for some time, has returned to her home in Hamilton. Misses Flossie Clark and Beenie and Mina Gsdd visited'at Mr. W. Gum’s one day last week. Lizzie Allan went to Hamilton Tuesday where she has got asitua- tion. We wish her success. Thomas Saunders called on Var- ney folk this week. Thos. J. P. Gadd and Thos. Derby visited at C. Gadd’s one day a week ago. George Grant. is home for a visit n his mother’s and trother Will’s. Thos. Petty has engaged Wm. Beckus for the summer mon'ths.. â€"â€"â€"uâ€". 0.. ._.. VARNEY. Miss hIrK’s VICKERS. LL London's Highest Level. The highest part of the. city of Lon- don is the middle of l’annier alley. run- ning between Newgate street and ’aternoster row. lion Jonson tells us that in his day this was a stand for tripe sellers and earlier still for bakers. The exact spot is indieated on the east Wall by a stone monument t-onsistiug of a boy sitting Upon a pannier. or baker's basket. holding in his hand a buneh of grapes. ()n the pedestal is the following: inseripthm: “'hen ye have sought the city round. Yet still this is the highest ground. Aug. 27. 1688. Were we to include Gr'ater London then Ilempsteac‘l heath would be the Spot. for it is 424 feet above sea level or 84 feet above the cross of St. Paul. The. Polar Bear. The animal par excellence which the hunter, the amateur arctic traveler and the young explo1er hopes and dreams of killing is the polar hear. The reason for this is the magnificent trophy which the great white skin makes. This feeling was no less strong centu- ries ago than it is 110w. for we read that one of the early Icelandic sea rov- ers to Greenland quarreled with and killed his bosom companion because he had slain a large hear instead of leav- ing that honor to his chief. With the modern repeating ritie the hear stands no (hanee Htgtinst the hunter no mat- ter under \\ hat conditions they may meet, and if he is hunted in the native way. with the assistance of dogs, there is hardly more exeitement than in kill- in: musk oxen. except for the wild. heiter skelter dash over the ice to over- take the animal after the dogs strike the hot stent. ~Leslie’s Monthlv. 01d Maids and Climate. The unenlightened frequently make the mistake of thinking that lack of op- portunity is responsible for the exist- ence of single women. but I lay most of it to climate. The New England cil- mate is not conducive to matrimony or even lovemaking. And even after the crucial moment has passed and the single woman has drifted from girl- hood to spinsterhood. a cold climate, raw winds, ehill rains and snow tend to increase the loneliness of it. There may be old maids in the south, but I never heard of them being called by that name. I have known some single women, selioolteaehers. anywhere from seventeen to fifty. and some of their grown boy pupils were eternally and perennially in love. with them. A sin- gle woman who has made up her mind not to marry has a hard time to keep her resolution in the south, for she is always assailed to break it. The very climate breathes love. Ah, there it is! As I said, old maids are surely a mat- ter of elimate.~-IIarper‘s Bazar. Taking Cure 0! the Heart. A physician writes: “Life would be prolonged by a little more attention to the heart, by paying a little respect to the tnost faithful servant we ever have. Much good might be done also it‘ par- ents would teach their children the danger of over-taxing the heart. They should teach them to stop and rest a few moments during their play when they begin to feel the violent throb- bing of their hearts against the chest Wall." The Whichnell o! the Thu-oh. Susie J acksou (ecstati(-ally)â€"Oh. mud- der, l'ze shuah Absalom luhs me. ’cuuse when he prvsses me toe his bosom l kin feel his lwurt t'robbin’ violently! Mrs. Jacksonâ€"Humph! Am yo’ shuab It ain’t his dollar watch yo’ feel t’rob- bin”? 1 got fooled (lat way mahsait on youah rudder. The Reluctant Bequent. Edgarâ€"Ethel. I’ve left my umbrella downtown. Cthelâ€"Well? Edgarâ€"I'm afraid you’ll have to lend me the gold handled umbrella you gave me on my birthday. A curious practice of the Bulgarian masons (the above scene is laid in Bul- garia). which survives to this day. tes- tifies to the vitality of the legend. To insure the solidity of the houses they build they measure with a reed the shadow of the first person who passes after the digging of the foundation has been completed. When the foun- dation is commenced, this reed is buried under the first rock, usually the corner- stone. A Notable Occaulon. “Quito :1 stormy time at the theater thm week. " said the jocose manager. “\‘ hut h unveiled?” " ’z‘: Iivlnniug calculator performed 10 tlmndms of applause.” -â€"Wash1ngton Nine master masons who were en- gaged in building a citadel in the time of the Voivoid Neagoe found on re turning to their work each morning that the portion of the wall which they had completed the day before had fall- en to pieces during the night and was lying in a heap of ruins in the ditch. Mano] of Curtea, the head mason, in- formed his comrades one morning that a voice from heaven had warned him in his sleep the night before that their labors would continue to come to naught unless they all swore on that very morning to immure in the struc- ture the first woman, be it wife, moth- er, daughter or sister, who should ar- rive with the morning meal of one or either of them. They all took the oath. and the last man had hardly been sworn when )Iauol's own wife appear- ed. carrying her husband's breakfast. The oath was kept. and the woman, known in the legend as “Flora of the Fields." was murdered and her blood and flesh incorporated with the wall of masonry. 014m of 5 Curious Cu-to- Observed A STRANGE LEGEN D. Custom Work and Re- pairing promptly attended to To the People of Durham and Surrounding Country: Also some of the finer lines in Box Calf and Dougola for ladies and gentlemen. misses, boys and children which I will sell at lowest possible prices for cash. Will be pleased to have you call and examine my stock and prices whether you buy or act. A. Calm“. the gvnial chairman of the Loukout (I mnuxntmu was \‘0twl to the (thaw. A progrmnuw of impromptu a(ldnes~r.~. music and recitatiuus was rendered with plaasmv and profit to all. 'l‘tm duet. “ 'l‘wu hives” by Mrs. Witvhchurvh and Miss Wright. solo by Miss Burma Sparliug. "Shall I \leel My MamaThrw ‘3". duet, " Hope [ivy-uni ”. h} Mifis M. Saunders and 'l‘he «puntm'lv fun- Social Evening of the Ymang Pc‘Ova's [wague 0f the Mrthoduat church Wan held on Mon- day running In tlw school room. Mr. QNEVVâ€"â€"â€" Boot 6: Shoe STORE. The letter is realistic. It is possible that twentieth century traveling, al- though unromantic, has its compensa- tions after all.-â€"Youth’s Companion. “On a sudden the eoaeh proceeded at a rapid rate down a hill. All the. boxes, iron nailed and Comic? fastenmi. began to dance around me, and every nmuient I received such violent blows that I thought my last hour had come. Shak- en to pieces, bleeding and sore. I crept back to my former position. And it rained incessantly, and as before we were covered with dust so now we were soaked with rain. “My neighbor every now and then fell asleep and when in this state per- petually rolled and jolted against me with the whole weight of his body, more than once nearly pushing me from the seat to which I clung with the last strength of despair. I looked and certainly felt like a crazy fool when I arrived in London." “This continual fear of death at last became insupportnble to we. and l carefully crept along the top of the coach and ensconced myself in the basket behind. All this may be so, but a traveler who made the journey from Ports- mouth to London in 1780 shows that even stagecoach days had their shad- ows. “The getting up on the coach alone 'as at the risk of one's life.” he wrote. “and when I was up 1 had nothing to hold on to exeept a little handle at the side. The. moment we set OK I thought I saw certain death before me. The machine rolled with tremendous rapid- ity over the stones and every minute seemed to fly in the air, so that it ap- p *arml to me a eomplete miracle that we stuck to the emu-h at all. Story of a Trip From Port-mouth to London In 1780. There are men and womenâ€"and they are not always the oldâ€"who deplore the breathless pace of the age. In stagecoach days. they tell us, life was a different thing. People journeyed through the years leisurely then; ex- istence had a flavor. A century ago a journey meant fellowship and merry adventurl‘rs and a comfortable enjoy- ment of the beauties of the landscape. . S.‘ MCILRAITH “l was very poorly and could hardly get about the house. I was tired out all the time. Then I tried Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and it only took two bottles to make me feel perfectly well.”â€" Mrs. N. S. Swin- ney, Princeton, Mo. Ask your doctor vb“ he think. of Ayers Bntuparma. Ho how. .11 that“ this mud 01g! 1gp!!! mgchggo. Follow MI um. sad v.â€" -â€"â€"â€"v' __v n will be mfijéi.‘ Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get $3, tired all the time. hy? Your blood is im- gure, that’s the reason. on are living on the border line of nerve ex- haustion. Take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and be quickly cured. firm Remember the. placeâ€"Jordan's 01d Standâ€"Next. to Campbell’s Implement Warehouse. I beg to announce that I have just opened up a stock of Boots and Shoes in Jordan’s old stand. Durham. which include the well- known Williams’ make of Eng. Kip. Chrome Kip. Grain and Split Blutchers, especially adapt. fer farm wear. STAGECOAC H DAYS. 7red Out CHURCH N OTES MH'I'HUUISI‘ Or, “when you see a better thing, take it.” A better thingâ€"sayâ€"Our luocha Coffee. We have secured scores of customers With this particular blend. They have dropped all others after giving our special blend a test, and it’s up to you to get in the game and make the same experiment. This Coffee is sold only in bulk at 400 a lb. and you can only get it from JORDAN 8: BURNETT Never Leave Mt. Forest Laundry. Frank Vickers, solo by Mrs Witch- church. “Kentucky Babe,”quartette, "Come Where the Lilies Bloom.” by Miss King. Mrs. Hopkins. H. Ben- ton and F. Vickers, duet by Miss Wright and Mr. George Wright. Ac- companists Miss King and Mrs. Wrsy Smith. The members all did well. and the pupils of Miss King certainly showed the results of her tuition and training reflecting credit on them- selves and their teacher. The read- ing by Miss Maud Irwin. “ Suppos- ing,”was pleasing, natural and in- teresting. Miss Irwin has the gift of entertaining as a reader. The two instrumentals by Messrs. Wright and 'Yiirs were fully equal to their old form which is saving: a good deal. The pastor will preach in the Methodist church 0': Sunday. Sub- jact in the evening, ‘° Christian Socia- hility.” Opp. McKinnon’s Implement Shop. RAINI.’ROOF COATS, the best and cheapest. Don't Buy your flat until You have First Seen Our Stock. The newest range that can be had. Right up- to-date with the New York styles. will get it. we {Vill have it. make this the store for men. Merely wanting your trade. and if small profits ; will get it. we will have it. We are bound to F01 0111 5111113 whem \011 131111 wet the most 1'01 \11111 (10111115. W13 1119 told 111111\. 1111111111 1111113 111111\, up.- -to- date woods 101 men “0 1111\0. 1110111, 111111 111 11 p1 1126 that cannot be touched. When we say that 110 11.11 v 11151 11 111\ ml tlw Best Faun \ W111 x1911 11011.11 to \\v;11(‘l11tl1111u (wer 8110““ in l)111°zl11m. The best 111:.1110 Host 111111122 Best looking. The King 8 tailor couldn’t make them better. ' THEOBALD A good thing behind you until you know there’s a better one in- front. Next Door to Mockler's. Phone ll. â€"â€" SOLE AGENTS FOR Gammage Cut. Flowers. Nasmith’s Bread. N0 Bottom out in Prices Making Don’t be Surprised "v- vvnvcsn‘sI‘¢‘v Ll “VI-0W. A just outside the corporation: Limit on Lunbtou street. aboutfiacres cloned. and in good state of cul 'vatiou. well watered b Paugeen River. an I never-failing wel. Good brick, seven roomed house. good barn and stable, and a good young Urclilrd. Will sell or rent on right terms. Apply tn Apply :0 THOMAS H. LAWRENCE \‘i'câ€"ller} l'oflnflice. or m MRS. A. Ill-:55, 200 Mac- aulay Street. East, llamiltmx. March 11th, â€"6m. The "F raser l’ropertv ‘, I-uIIIaiIIiIIIz l iftv acres nearly all cleared and in good state of cultivation. BI II k duelliug. frame bani small mclIaI‘Il. befiidu post utliIe and “lllllll half: a mile iii ()lIIIII II and \I‘luml at! Mar. 30thâ€"5. The Clothier. Sole Agents for G00. A. Slater lnvictus Shoe EING LOT 60, CONI N. D. 1%.. 'LO'I‘ CONTAINING 11 ACRES For Sale or Rent. Farm for Sale. Tracks JAS. L‘UX_A 1414". ruprietor.