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DEAR FLANEUR,â€"l have an idea, developed from my reading of Darwin, Huxley, etc.,land I would like you to apply your good, common sense to it, an! 01pm an opinion as to whether fipfl'ht or might not be. If we be- "Durham, May 7th. l903- PHASE” BY .\ “'OMAN. By ieferenee to another column it will he seen that the “\Voman on the Farm” is after “The Man on the Street." It’s a common enough thing to see a wmnan after a man in almost any sphere in life. but The Man on the Street isn't prepared for such an onslaught. The “Woman on the, Farm is evidently a Grit, and the Whitewash prescribed for the Ontario govern- ment touched her up a little. and it isn't any wonder. \Ve keep telling The Man on the Street all along to go it mild and not to he too hard on the Government in its time of trouble; but he wouldn't he advised. and it serves hun right to have his ears pulled. MacFARLAcho. cation of sllrh doings must, to a large extc-nt. he gm'm'nul by the original motives. So far the evidencv is of sm'h a nutuu- that thv judgosnre in no position to tw'k guilt on the accused whantvu-r tin-ir opinions may be with regard to tlu- matter. WHAT'S IN .\ NAME. Anyway the mere name of the polit- ical party has nothing to do with the making of good government and good laws. Being a Grit or a Tory doesn’t stamp a man as a good man, but it does seem that a large number of poli- tieiano are prone to grow into very shady characters. A had man is a bad man. anyway. whether in parliament or out of it. but once he's in the chances for improvement are not very ”wot-able. It‘s a good thing to get good men into our legislative halls, but unfortunately there“: a difficulty in making them stay good. On the whole. then. it’s better to put in good pnred so that any one without ex- perience can apply them successfully. Full directions are given on each pnckage. Pearcy’s Carriage Paints ere composed only of pure materinls, cerefully combined by Special ma- chinery; recommend them as the most convenient, economical, dur- able and beautiful Paints made. DURHAM CHRONICLE These Paints aye pre- men and to preserve their goodness let the electors have sense enough to turn them out as soon as they show signs of decay. The certainty of this treatment will prevent the “gallop- ing ” putrifaction so common amongst our legislators. Mr. J. P. Whelan, Hepworth, 0nt.. JOHN EX PECTS TO BE AN ANGEL. W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. ....F0r Sale By.... By 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. SANCTUM SIFTINGS. ,had any dealings with either of the ‘ Sullivans or with I). A. Jones, of Bee- ton. There’s a nigger in the fence somewhere, and now that the trial is wearing on to a close without anything that can be regarded as evidence of ' bribery THE CHRONICLE has again to 7 repeat the wish that the guilty party be punished whoever that party may be. So far the commission has appar- ontly, at least, given broad scope to the investigation, which on the whole, We think, has given satisfaction to both parties. Home of the evidence, however, can hardly he. taken serious- lv. Your questions open the way to such an avalanche of discussion as could not be carried on in these columns; I should require the entire paper, not . once a week, but every day, and then probably we should not have settled 3much. Personally, I am extremely fond of discursions into the wide field of speculative philosophy, but your questions I could not begin to reply to in less than a column or two, and then ‘ would have barely touched the fringe of the argument. Icertainly believe i the evolution, and also believe there is something in telepathy. but what kind #of perfection mankind may attain °would indeed be presumption to at- . tempt to define. There is a theoryâ€" and much can be said in its support-â€" that all progress only moves in a circle; that when a certain point is reached, everything collapses and eonuuences over again as if it was millions of years ago. It is a pessi- mistic idea, but it is the serious thought of serious minds of men who have made a life study of these com- , plex questions. g lieve in the theory of evolution, why not carry the idea of the enclosed par- agraph a little (say a million years or so) further, and do away, in time, with ' the sense of sight. We all believe in mind reading to a certain extent, why not again carry the idea furthei, and when mind reading has reached a state of perfection we do away with the ne- ' cessity for the sense of hearing and the art of speech. I do not need to go further propounding my question. Do you believe that evolution will yet bring us to such perfection that we will be what men call spirits? If there is any scientific ground found for tele- pathy we will then be in a sense omni- present. \Vhat do you think? In his evidence on the investigation the accused minister, Hon. J. R. Strattun, pledges his oath that he never bribed Gauney, and that ne never The passing of the By-law to grant a loan to the Durham Manufacturing Co. is rapidly followed hy active ma- terial advancement. Last week some very fine machinery was received here. and installed temporarily in the. foun. dry huildmg now occupied hy Charter Smith Sons. The machin- ery consisted of three fine looking lathes and two large drills, hesides o:her smaller articles. Further arriv- als are expected this week. and by the heginning of next week the work of preparation, if not actual manufactur- ing. will be well under way. \Vork is also in progress on the new factory. which is to he erected near the (i. T. R. yards, the walls of which will he made. of hollow cement hlocks. It is expected that in a couple of months the new shops will be sufficiently ad- vanced to permit the company to com- mence work in their own premises. Thelocath‘m is a good one, lying as it does alongside the track and affording easy facilities for the receiving of ma- terial and the shipping of manufac- tured goods. The Company is 'apital- ized at $54K“). and the stock is going rapidly. The other day I was asked the ori- gin of the slang phrase. “I feel like thirty cents.” It is sometimes very ditficult to trace such phrases to the pmper source. but this one is so re- cent, so forceful for denoting small, mean and contemptible in one’s own sight that it has not yet heoome ob- soured bv the lapse of time. A Phila (lelphia lawyer in the "Telegraph ” thus vouches for the origin of the belittling little phrase: " There is a vagrant law in New York. under which a person having no visihle means of support may be placed in durance. It has also been decided in that State that a person having so small a sum as thirtv cents in his possession has viSible means of support. Now there is no law in New York, except the vagrant law, under which poolosellers and gamblers of that sort may be held. Shortly after the decision just mentioned was formulated, two gamblers were cap- tured in a raid and taken to the Ten- derloin station house. They sent for a lawyer, who came and had a talk with them. " It will never do to make any show of money here,” he said. ” Give me your rolls.” Thar handed their wads over to him, and he gave each of them a quarter and a nickel with instructions to produce the coins when he asked them to do so in court. THE MAN ON THE STREET. ‘ A chic-1'3 muang ye takin' notes, A n’ faith he’ll prent it.”-BL'RNS. .. I FEEL LIKE THIRTY cums.” hl'RllA M MANUF.“"l‘l.'l{l.\'(§ (‘0. A NIGGER IN THE FENCE. Wednesday, May 20th. “ When their cases were called, the lawyer got them 03 on the plea that they were not vagrants. each having the legal amount of funds in his possession. Just as the decision was rendered in favor of his clients, a messenger entered the court room and required the lawyer’s presence at the Supreme Court. He left with- out seeing his clients. and they wen- ded their way to the nearest saloon. H ‘ How do you feel?’ said one. “ ‘ I feel like thirty cents,’ said the other. and probably will until I get my roll back, or what’s left of it.’ “ And that is how that phrase was started on its travels.” PLAYING .. uooxr. ” This is the time for the truant ofii- cer to be abroad and to keep his eyes Open for truants who are also abroad; If the many boys apparently between 8 and 14 who are at large on the street and in out-of the-way places are not registered pupils of the school, so much the worse. both for the boys and for the whole town. It is the duty, I believe, of the teachers to notify the truant otiicer of any absentees from school within the above ages, for any cause, and per haps such duty is performed. Per- haps not. In any case the boys are at large. to their own hurt and to the future danger of the state. Pa- rents should assist the law officers to enforce attendance at school at all proper times. There is a mischievous notion abroad among some of our citizens that the town is made up of so many sections or streets, each independent of the rest, and each bound to oppose all improvements unless a large share falls to itself. :l‘his notion is enough to sink the town in a hole and keep it there forever. It has been the bane of our town from the beginning of its history to the preâ€" sent. It used to be Upper Town vs. Lower Town and the evil that the supposed antagonism between the two caused. has been enormous. Only those who have grown up with the town know it all. But for it, we should have had a railroad years be- , fore we had and Durham would prob- ably now be at least three thousand strong. It should be understood that the good of one part of the town is, the good of allâ€"that the business portion is what makes the town, that any improvements there reflect. line prOgI'essive Spirit of its citizens much more than to the back streets. and that every facxlity should be giv- en our business men to make the best possible appearance even if such facilities should coat the back Streets a trifle more. Once in a while, even an alderman will be heard to say that ' the front street should get no more attention than any of the back ones. Such talk is the veriest rot and it should be called by its right mame. Thais is no antagonism between back street and front street until It is aroused by designing plotters for al ‘ dermanic honors or other municipal l favors. I do not live on the frontl street, butIam willing to bear myl fair share of expense for maintaining. agood watering cart to keep downi dust even in the business portion of the town. Middaugh House, DURHAM, on “ Have you heard of the town of No Good 011 the banks of the river Slow, Where the Some-time-or-other scents the air And the soft Goansies grow? It lies in the valley of What’s-the-Use In the Province of Letoher-Slide ; It’s the home of the reckless l-dou’t- care, Where the Give-it ups abide. The town is as old as the human race. Wrapped up in the idler’s tears. It’s streets are payed with discarded schemes A rid are Sprinkled with useless tearsfl’ w "U These lines were applied some time? strel ago to our town but lately we have ‘ past wakened up and are proving our- ; to C selves worthy of a better name. Let 3 west us not cease our eflorts. but push on 1 C until we have proved to the worldll”:3 that we have the go-ahead qualities to make a really first-class, upto- date, twentieth century centre of in- = dustrial activity. ‘ A“ COMING! COMING! COMING! Call early and avail yourself of his valuable services, as this is a rare Opportunity to have your eyes proper- ly tested, free of charge. No guess work but a scientific certainty. Diffi- cult cases accu ratel, y fitted. ALL WORK GUARAX’l‘l-lb‘l). Graduate New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto Optical Colleges. FRONT STREET VS BACK STREET. T. P. SII‘I’H, sclsmnc eve snouusr “'1 never call at private new THE T0\VN 01“ NO GOOD. WILL BE AT THE ONE DAY ONLY. Council met regulur meeting. Mom. bere present N. McIntyre, Mayor; Councillors, McLechlun. Brown. Mc- Kechnie, Hunter, Sharp, J. L. Browne. Report of Finance Committee to the Mayor and Council: GENTLEMAN,-Yonr Committee have under consideration the following accounts and recommend payment: Fred Seignor hardware for fire hall ...................... .3 2 77 R. Torry 4 months salary chief of fire brigade .............. Ed. Kress 'work and material town hall .................. Colin McDougall papering, painting. class glaizingn Wm. Moore work on George and Queen streets .......... George Meikle work on George and Queen streets .......... James Falkin ham work on George and Queen streets.. . Thos. Smith work on George and Queen streets .......... Chas. Brown work on George 8 33 7 33 52 4O 46 45 9 37 8 l2 3 75 and Queen streets .......... Chas. Ramage printing account. John Smith. D. R. 0., con. 0011!] Dunn). U. n. U., 0011‘ stable rent poll booth ...... Joseph Burnett, D. R. 0., con- stable ..................... Clifton Elvidge, D. R. 0.. con- stable rent poll booth ...... Wm. B. Vollett salary for April $22.08, postage and express 40c., R. 0. $6, stove $1 ...... Thou. Flanagan wood to town hall ...................... '. B. F. Warner work ........... T. R. Whelan salary to May lst as constable . . .7 ......... Clifton Elvidgs part salary as assessor .................. . McKechnieâ€"J, H. Brownâ€"That the clerk be instructed to notify the Assiguee of the Mockler estate to have the storehouse on the said pro- perty removed from Garafraxa street such portion as is on street.â€"~Carried. Sharpâ€"Hunter-â€"â€"That the Board of Works are hereby instructed to build a granolithic crossing Opposite Mrs. James Burnet’s store. Upper Town. â€"â€"Lost. And that the account of the Royal Artifical Stone Paving Co. be held over, all of which is respectfully submitted. J. H. Brownâ€"McKechnieâ€"That the clerk correspond with London Manufacturing Co. asking for quota- tions of street sprinklers of one and two horse draft and report to the adjournment of this meeting on Mon- day, the 11th.-â€"Carried. Sharpâ€"J. L. Browneâ€"That report of finance committee be accepted and cheques issued for the several amounts.â€"Carried. The yeas and uays being called for by Sharp Yeas, Sharp, Hunter; Nays, McKechnic. McLacl.lan, J. H. Brown. J. L. Browne. A petition was presented to the council ty the bus1ness men. suple- mented by a subscription of $180. asking that the council take action towards watering the streets. McKechuieâ€"J. H. Brownâ€"That the mayor be instructed to get legal opinion re those in arrears of taxes for granolithic sidewalkâ€"Carried. Petitions were presented to the council for sidewalks under the local improvement By-law No. 337 by Geo. Spar-ling and others for sidewalk from George street going south along the west side of Bruce street to Sadler street. Ed. Kress and others for a sidewalk beginning at. Garafraxa street going west on George street past Queen, Countess and Bruce Sts. to Colleage street, then north on the wesc side of Colleage to Chester. Council adjourned to meet Monday 11th, for further business. Town Council. JOHN MCKECIINIE, Chairman. WM. B. VOLLET, Cle_rk. George $291 68 4O 00 18 00 756 From one of the largest Seed Houses in Britain per S. S, London City. ° Beet : Sager Giant, Green Top end Helf Sager Field Seeds : Mengle. Cerrot: Gient White. Orenge Giant. Mengle: Mammoth, Long Bed and Norfolk Giant. Rope : Dwerf Euex. Sowing Turnip : Swede. Carter’s Elephant, Sutton’e Champion. Bengholm, London Purple Top, King of Swedes. Carter's Imperiel Herdy. Aberdeen Pnrple and Green TOp, Improved Grey Stone. Garden Seeds: Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Lettuce and Turnips. Fall \Vhest ......... Spring \Vheat ...... Oats ............. . Peas ................ Barley .............. Hay ................ Butter ............ Eggs.... ....... ADples ............. Potatoes per bag. Flour per cwt ...... Oatmeal per sack. .. Chop per cwc ...... Live Hogs ......... Dressed Hogs per cm Hides per lb ...... Sheepskins ......... \Vool .............. Lamb ....... ’ ...... Tallow Lard .............. Clover Seed ...... . Timothy Seed ....... H. PARKER, 1861 American and Canadian Seeds Market Report. Vheat ........ ............. 6 per bag r cwt ........ 1 per sac' .... 2 r cwt ........ 1 23 . . G ........... DURHAM. MAY 6, 1903. DIRECT IMPORTER C‘R’t. (3 00 14 '10 10 to 8 00 to 2 ()0 to SEEDS 66 65 .28 ()() 40 to to to to to 265 (is) 00 ‘20 4O 10 1-1 1 up farming and otters for sale Lot No. :25, on the 6th Concession of lientinck. The lot is well fenced. in a good state of cultivation, 75 acres cleared. no waste land. house, driving shed. bank barn 50x70. two never failing wells. good bearing orchard, school on adjoining lot. now otiice and tele- phone on premises, church close by. over 60 acres growing grain and grass which will be sold with the farm at a valuation. Will sell at any time and give ptltifififih‘iOfl. Price very reasonable and on easy terms of payment. Apply on'premises or address ELYDESDALE STALLIUN. Lord Walter [2652. i P. O’NEILL. Mulock 1'. 0., 0m. May 2, 1903.â€"3m.â€" pd. ‘HE UNDERSIGNED IS GIVING up farming and offers} for 8311ng N9. For Route for Jim!) see large posters. DRUGGIS’I‘ AND SEEDSMAN DURHAM. JOHN STAPLES. Prop. Farm for Sale.