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Paints . . \ Bv the use of Pearcy’s Carriage Paints, mixed ready tor use, any one can repaint a carriage, buggy or wagon, so as. to secure with a single: coat a high gloss finish, of such beauty and per» manence as hitherto has been found only on new work and secured at great expense. -_ "â€"4- ,_.-, These Paints are pre- pared so that any 0 erience can apply them successfully. p 0 Full directions are given on each package Pearcy’s Carriage Paints d only of pure materials, d by Special ma- d them as the chinery , recommen most convenient, economical, dur- able and beautiful Paints made. #.___. ....For Sale By. . .. MacFARLANM 00. .Dmrtiots'rs AND BOOKSELLERS. burnt CHRONICLE W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. Durham, April 30, 1903. M SANCTUM SIFTINGS. # 'l‘ln- (Barney investigation still drags, . and to all appearances the (.‘mntnis- sinu will haw a haul time to ('Ulllt' to ztzllt't‘isinll. if gnu-rtn-«l by the evidence- Hf llio- \fill' witnesses" “hum- swm'n tes- tinmnirs :Il't‘ tlialm-ll'it'ally Opposite. At tin-milsrt \Vt‘ tit't'illt‘ll in t‘Xpt't'ss nu opinion lllll‘illg examination |.n A 6|... a».|‘:":," 1". t“‘. ‘.":.'.Lrt.r\in , impor pressions which ne without ex» One practical application of this 9‘ tant principle is the first im- our town makes upon strangers and how far we as citizens are responsible for these im- pressions. Every one knows that ‘ appearances have much to do with °f ourlikes and dislikes, and first ap- “ pearances are especially potent in this direction. Let us suppose a case. Astranger arrives at the G. T. R. station here. Wishing to know what kind of place we have he walks from the station the better to observe the town. When he arrives at the Methodist church he pauses to ad- mlre the view presented to him there. eet lies the Lambton Street with its tumble-down and ' treatiesâ€"surely one of the ancientest structures of ' its kind to be seen anywhere. In 11 spite of himself he writes the town down as a back number. He cannot ‘ think that the peeple of a town with I ' such a bridge are a progressive people But like the Seer in the Vision 0 Mirza he casts his eyes eastward in the hepe of seeing better things be- yond the bridge. What does he see? ' To the North of Lambton St,, along ‘ ' the river bank. lies a triangular area T upon which is collected the most be- iwrldering jumble of all the ugly ‘ . nameable and unnameable things which could well be collected upon ‘ so small a Space anywhere on earth. It looks like the dumping ground of all the untidy peeple of a planet. For relief from this ugly sight the stranger turns to the south side of Ethe street and the view there is much the same, only possibly a little worse. Fringing the river bank is a mass of scrap-tin, old kettles and ‘ waste rubbish which must make him think all the tinkers of Gipsyland were bivouacked there for a month and out of pure spite tumbled their dirty scraps down the bank, chant- ing hideously meanwhile the infer- nal witch-song of their ancient in- cantations. Without allowing him- self to think further on the other. tequally entrancing views presented to his sight our stranger passes down the street expecting to meet a care- less, slovenly, musty, mouldy, croak- 'ing lot of citizens and the rest of the :town in keeping with his first i l ! impressions, The point in all this is that, even if the stranger were inclined to become a citizen of our town, his flrstimpressions would repel, if net ldisgust him, so that he would turn elsewhere for more congenial quarâ€" ters. A man can ruin himself by neglecting his business, by refusing The (lamey investigation still drags, and to all appearances the Commis- sion will have a hard time to come to azdeeisiun. if governed by the evidence 0! the star witnesses whose sworn tes- tiumnies are diametrically opposite. At the outset we derided to express no upiniun during the examination regarding the validity of the eharges. Sn far We have kept tolerahly clear, in print at. all events, hut we. have very derided opiniens. nevertheless, and these ()pllllhllS are nut based 0n the evidenee uf the witnesses already allu- ded tn almve. 'l‘lmse who have read the ex idenee earel’ully with a View to getting the truth have already form- ed the lnwis of a tnlerahly guod devis- iun whether pruuf ean he established or not. c'lll:o.\'l(‘l.E (‘l..\ssII-‘l(‘.-\Tlox. It will pay all our readers to glance over the " General News " items every week. They are short. crisp and read- able. ropied or re-written from the City dailies. \Ve are making this a ‘ sperial feature for the benefit of hnsy ‘ readers and for those who take no city paper. The " District News ” column should also he regarded as an iniport- _ ant feature to those who wish to know more of what transpires in and about the (Monty. ” The Man on the Street" deals vhielly with the town, and ‘: though he ma; appear to hit hard at , tilnes. his motive is to do good and not , to rouse any feelings of antagonism. In any event. it is admittedly the duty ; of a lm'al paper to discuss local topics. even if the disrnssion should happen" to hurt. somelxuly. No great Inovea Inent. either social. political, moral or religious was ever achieved without ' llist'usslun. witlu mt agitation and sometimes without war. The. " Sane- tnni Sittings " eoVer a wider field. and reflert in a large measure the opinion ' of the ('hroniele on the topic-s touched. The “ Hits and Misses " are in alighter ‘ vein and when original have general- ly a local significance. unknown, per- hapS. to the outside reader. For those who read continued stories We try to make a good selection. and keep out the class of light literature that can only demoralize. Om- endeavor is, as far as possible. to classify our work so that regular readers may know where to look for any special article they expert to find. -0 V. "" IGIIJJ ‘1“: "“0 SUV UV ”VII .- “aw-av has any knowledge of business or . , , , . public life will deny that a good firsc on. 600d advertising. ‘8 plain’com- impression upon the public is essen- mon sense. expressed in primer s ink tie] to success? Msny an enterpris- and backed up by honesty and truth. in: business man knows to his sorrow fulness. th“ some trifling incident, some 011- ARBOR DAY- towsrd sccident. some cueless word. The Minister of Education has is. he beginning of his1 sued s circular ssking tbsc Arbof Day are”. he: been the ruin of his enter- { and Empire Dsy be observed in ' that particular place. It is , every school by the beautifying of FIRST IMPRESSIONS. We all talk about the good or ill elects of first impressions. There is no man, however blunt and thick. skinned, but when he desires a favor will try to impress his benefactor Invorsblv. He iss fool who would not. It is just as true in the case of business concerns and municipalities u of private inflit‘ridnsls. Who, that -3 L__-: ______ THE mm on THE STREET. ' A (Mo-1‘s Inning}. takin‘ “Mean. An' faith he'll Dre-at it."-â€"Btnxs. therefore our highest good. our bonn- den duty to make as favorable a. first. impression as we csn in say business or profession. to take advantage of his opportuni- ties. by slothl'ully allowing himself to sleep and dream while his neighâ€" bors are energetically pushing for. ward. So also a town ruins itself by neglecting its Opportunities for advancement, by wilfully being as blind as a bat to its defects and refusing to move forward on the wave of progress. Ten towns are literally killed by the stupid indifier- ence of their citizens to one that is injured by straight opposition from without. Success in business is not to be reached nowadays in the easy-going methods that obtained a generation or two ago. Times have changed with them. Push is the only thing that will carryaman ahead, and it is the liveliest pusher that gets there first. He muscn’t sit down and wait for business to come to him. or he may sit till the seat of his pants wears out, and be that much the poorer. The chronic pusher, the dyed-inothe-wool hustler, he is the man that lets other fellows wait while he rushes ahead and pockets what they’re after. \Vhat is the manner of his pushing? How does he do it? Well, in two or three ways, but here is one in which he, puts implicit faith. As a general rule the chronic pusher is a'chronic ad- vertiser. Printer’s ink is the lubri- cating oil of his business wheels, and he never allows them to lag or creak for the Want of it. He may pinch and economize in other directions, but he? would look upon "cutting his ad” as only another phase of cutting his throat. Hard times and poor business are incentives to increasing his ad- vertising rather than any argument to him for cutting it dawnâ€"«upon the principle that it needs more pow er to drag a cart up than down hill. It will pay the semi-occasional ad- vertiser to ponder over the pusher’s success, and he may possibly find in . the cause of it some cause for the lack of his own. A Grand Rapids (Mich) furniture man began advertising his ofi‘ice fur- niture six years ago, spending ten dollars a month for neWSpaper ads. Gradually his advertising brought such results that he now spends more than $5000 a month for Space in the leading newspapers. He has succeed- ed in winning a trade which other manufacturers could have had by ad- vertising in their home newSpapers. In these days men have to advertise. not only to secure more business, but to save the trade they may have. The business man who is satisfied with a mere hand-to-mouth living ' has no need to advertise so long as he has enough‘ income to keep body and soul together. but the man who is provident enough to provide for a. “rainy day” has got to get a hustle on. Good advertâ€"{sing is plain comc mou sense, expressed in primer’s ink and backed up by honesty and truth- {ulness. the school grounds and by exercises ‘ that will foster the spirit of patriot- ism. This is commendable and it is . haped that both days may he obserVo l ed so that good will result. These 3 should not be taken as such but thel pupils should be instructed along the ! lines suggested by the official circu-i lar. No pressure of other studies can excuse teachers from the due perfor- mance of these duties which may, and generally do. result in far high- er and more important pre1 aration for citizenship than the usual grad- grind of Arithmetic. Geography, Grammar and all the rest of it. Teachers must realize that all of life is not comprehended in the dry-as- UHUJ uv-vv moulding oiâ€"Wthe 'future citizenship? of this growing country they will, embrace these opportunities for teach? i ing a broader culture and a morel national aim in citizenship, in moral- ' ity. and in the deeper significance of { human brotherhood. We must admit 3 that the narrower pedagogue of the} past rather despised these innova- ‘ tions, much to his own discredit and to the detriment of national progress Arbor Day this year is on May lst and not only school children and teachers but citizens in general should rally tOgether to plant trees, clear away rubbish. remove objection- able obstructions and othe wise make their surroundings neaxnd attractive so that the day may t ly become the pleasantest holiday of the year. UNCLE san’s com. 2 chants one of Uncle Sam’s nickles,i7 Like the Irishman with the lobster,i foreign silver is bad enough. but I, draw the line at nickles. Of late! the passing of American coin andl even paper is on the increase and! Canadians are a soft sloppy lot of} people when they accept and passl foreign coin as if it were good Gena-i dian coin. Catch our Yankee cousinsj accepting and passing our coin or} :any other foreign specie except gold. i E'l'hey refuse to do so except at a; discount and they deserve honor and respect for their stand on this ques-l tion. They even go further andl refuse to accept 'defaced, worn out or 1 plugged coin of their own mint. This 7 also is commendable and Canadians should do likewise. It should be , known that it is a criminal ofience [07 mar, deface or injure in any way any coin and if citizens were to refuse all perforated or defaced coins in change ; it would go far to stop the practice, 7 now becoming so common that one: can scarcely see half a dozen coinsl tOgether without one or more of; them being perforated or otherwise despoiled. Canadian coin is good enough for me and I hold up both hands for'rejecting unceremoniously all foreign coinage whatever and ac- cepting no specie payments except in lclean, honest, current coin of the realm. Irl R. Hicks May forecasts show that a regular Vulcan storm period is central on the lst. extending to the 4th. The open- ing Stages of this period fall in the laSt days of A pril, that is change to Warmer, falling barometer and south- erly winds set in on those days in western sections of the country, From the lst to 3rd inclusive. these changes to growing storm conditions will increase as they advance east ward across the country, resulting in Wide cloud areas, with active storms of rain, wind and thunder on and touching the 2nd and 3rd. In the nature of things. rising tarometer, change of winds to westerly and nor- therly, and much cooler weather will follow close on the rear of these storms, giving many northern to central sections touches of chill and frost during some of the nights in the first week in May. See if this does not prove to be true. On and touching the 5th and 7th look for decided and rapid change to falling barometer and quite warm, resulting in sharp electrical storms on the 6th and 7th. Moon crosses the celestial equator on the 5th in a reactionary storm period, and heavy thunder storms will be most natural ,on and nexc to that day As these storms pass eastward across the country, change to rising barometer and much cooler will follow from the west, giving possible frosts in sec- tions northward on the nights be- ,tween the 7th and 10th inclusilre. i See! About the .IOth the barometer will begin falling in the west. a decided change to summer temperature will begin in the same section. vast cloud areas will begin to move eastward across the country, and from the 11th to about the 14th, storms of rain. hail and thunderâ€"~some of them furious l'fld tornadicâ€"will visit many states in their sweep to the Atlantic sea. board. Storms at this and the re. maining periods in May, are apt to repeat themselves in daily cycles. or at about the same time of day for several successive days. A decided rise of the barometer, change of wind to the west and cooler. will mark the end of the series of storms, and be followed by nights cold en- ough for frost inrnortbern '0 central states. We must not be understood as saying that tornadoes must Occur at this time. but we do affirm that the astronomic outlook is such as to make such storm decidedly probable. Let no one yield to foolish and over- msstering fear and forebodings, but all should have some place and plan in View, calculated to reduce danger. to lite and limb and property to a The Weather Forecast. minimum. in case of sudden and de-l stractive storms. This general ad-w monition is always applicable in heavy storms at this season of the year; but it is of special importance during the present combination of Venus. Mercury and Vulcan periods. The general aspects of sky, clouds, wind currents. temperature. barom- eter and hygrometer, will give time- ly and ample warnings us to whether the storm centres are coming your way. The center of the Mercury period' falls on the 18th and the reactionary storm period is central on the 17th. 18th. About these days storm con-: ditions will reach another maximum,‘ even if the daily cycle which set in at the preceding period should n0t subside up to this timeâ€"a thing very probable in a combined Venus and Mercury disturbance. After storms about the 17th and 18th look for change to very much cooler for two or three days. The last regular storm period for May reaches from the 22nd to 28th. merging really with the reactionary disturbances due on the last three days of the month. This is another period in which heavy and dangerous storms are entirely probable. Mon- day the 25th to Thursday the 28th will be the time of great violence and probable danger; although general daily disturbances may continue to end of the month. The Moon 18 at new on the 26th, at greatest declination north on the 27th, and in perigee on the 28th. These tacts. added to other existing causes, lead us to say that storms of wide and dangerous proportions are very probable on and touching the 26th, 27th and 28th. Phenomenally high temperature, high humidity and very low barometer will precede the storms, serving effectually as pre- monitions and warnings of coming storms. Many parts of the country will get heavy, Venus downpours of i rain and hail at this and other May Eperiods. Narrow outlets and chan- lnels should be kept free of all ob- ;structions, so as not to torture and 9 retard the outflow of sudden floods. 3 Builders and contractors might save z themselves and others much loss and iembarrassment by heeding these sug- l gestions. and by bracing and securing unfinished structures against other , phases of elemental perturbations. May and June are the months this year in which to collect and store i supplies of water. Those depending on rains for such supply will do well ‘to heed this warning. As we close f this last form of May Word and " Works, harrowing letters. describing ,death and ruin in recent tornadoes, {are pouring into our office. f The undt rsigued having been restured tn health by simple means. alter suffering for several years 'with a. severe lung,r affection. and that dread disease Consumption, in anxious tu make known tu his fellnw sufferers the means of cure. To 1 those wlm desires it. he will eheerl'ully send (free at charge.) a copy 0f the persct'iptinu ttaed, which _the.\' will find a sure eure tor Consumption. ; Asthma, Chaurrh. Bronchitis and all thrmtt and lung naladlcs. lie hopes all sufferers \Villtry his remedy. as it is invaluable. 'l‘huse desiring the perscridtiuu, \thieh will eust them nuthiug, and may 1mm: a blessing, will please address, Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON Brooklyn .\'v\v Yurk' Pure-Bred Clydesdale Stallion Macgregor’s Last. T0 CONSUMPTIVES. o“ 0.0 O". From one of the largest Seed Houses in Britain per 8. London City. 0 Beet : Sugar Giant Green Top end Hull Suger Fleld Seeds : Mangle. Currot: ’Gienc White. Orange Ginnt. Mangle : Mammoth, Long Bed and Norfolk Giant. Rape : Dwarf Essex. Sowing Turnip : Swede. Certer’s Elephant, Sutton’e Champion. Bengholm, London Purple Top, King of Sweaes. Carter‘s Imperinl Hurdy. Aberdeen Purple and Green Top, Improved Grey Stone. Garden Seeds: Turnips. H. PARKER. 1861 Fall Wheat ........ Spring Wheat ...... Oats ............. . Peas .............. Barley ............. Flour per cwt ...... Oatmeal per sack. .. Chop per mm ...... Live Hogs ......... Dressed Hogs per cx Hides per lb ...... Sheepskins. . . . . ... 'VVool ............. ’ Lamb ............ j T8110‘V ....... . . . . ' Lard .............. iClover Seed ...... iTimofhy Seed ...... American and Canadian DIRECT IMPORTER DURHAM. APRIL ‘29, 190:3. SEEDS Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Lettuce and Gd t0 3 63 to 28 to 66 to 40 to 00 to 14 to 10 to 76) to 90 to ~10é 10? DURHAM MARBLE a: GRANITE Direct importers American and ‘ DRUGGIST AND SEEDSMAN Opposite Middaugh House Stables. Latest Design In Markers. Headstones and Monuments. DURHAM. WORKS. a from European. Canadian quarries.