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DURHAM CHRONICLES WNW”, "‘" "-’ ’-"-"â€""" "l‘~ T 0th Preparations And Tooth Brushes A big drop in the price of lumber is reported from the \Vest. owing to (lif- ‘ ficulty in finding a market. A \\'in-“ nipeg CUlltl‘aCtOP was recentlv in need I of twenty-six thousand feet of lumber! which he had laid down from an out-‘ side point at $12.00 a thousand less! than city prices. This looks as though? building operations in the \Vest are not quite so brisk as formerly, and whatever maybe said abont good crops and good times we have reason to fear we are entering a period of depression when times will not be quite so good as they have been. The tightness of the money market may have something to do with the present condition of thin ge. After thirty-two years of continuous Liberal rule the people of Brockville shook themselves free on Monday last by the election Cf Mr. F. A. Donovan by a majority of 2.30. This was a by- ! election for the provincial government I. brought about by the resignation of l the Hon. George P. Grahan’i, who was} recently taken into the Dominion l Cabinet to accept the portfolio of} Railways and Canals in the Laurier: administration. A strong fight was? made to hold the constituency, Mr. Graham. Mr. Derhyshire and the new- ly appointed leader A. G. MacKay taking a very active part in the cam- paign while Mr. Donovan was unaided by support from outside the constitu- ency. Mr. Graham is a very popular man in his own town and Mr. MacKay is a strong fighter, but not Withstandâ€" ing all their efforts the new Liberal candidate. Mr. Levis, was forced to an acknowledgement of defeat. The re- salt is significant of satisfaction in the honest administration of Mr. \Vhitney and IS no reflection on Mr. Levis who is regarded as an honorable gentleman and a worthy man. house, don’t you ? Paragraphic Serfâ€"I do. Editorâ€"How is it we never get any tough spring chicken jokes from you? Paragraphic Serfâ€"They can’t afford chicken where I heard. I write hash Drugg‘ists and Booksellers W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. DURHAM. OCTOBER 1“, ISM)? Editorâ€"You live in a boarding (r011 1‘80 to 511W: not even if they are snund. (1() it if thmu 1)1'(‘)1Ȣ-_»1‘<"al‘( W3 2 Eammmsm. met. 7......Ew tormmmm. 3. i2?!“ 40: 5.3,; from Call and sew 0111' \\ :1} >S(_)1utel y vour teeth 110W TH 18 \‘Ull LUV“ {I ‘. ()11 can .' YOU. ()1). In contradiction of a report being circulated to hurt the temperance cause in Durham, the following has been received from headquarters in Owen Sound: “Since the temperance people took over the Seldon House there has been no liquor sold in the hotel. No one has been fined. This is one of the many reports that have been circulated by the enemies of the temperance cause. There is no foundation for such a report. You may depend upon it. if anyone dared to do such a thing the Hotel 00. would prosecute Chem." 7" fl '1‘ (Signed) Owen Sound, Oct. 4th. All persons are warned not to tres- pus on the following lots with dogs, guns or otlu-x-wise, for the purp(‘)se of hunting. or prosecutions will follow :-- Abraham (lt'utchloy. N0. 62, 3rd Con. E.G.R.â€"â€"No. 3, lth (.‘nn. S.D.R. 'l‘lms. )chix-r, No. 61 :md 62. 2nd (V on Jnhn 1301!, NH. (37. 3rd (7011.. EILR. «â€"V.\'u. I; and ‘r, lst. (7011.. N.D.R. ('hfim Firth. Nu. 5.1M; C(m. N.D.R. \\'111.Ymms:.;\'0.‘% Con. 1. S.D.R.â€" \n. (3. ((_.)ll 1. \.D. R. Threshing is about ovvr in this burg. Groin has turnvd out. fairly well no- c(‘)rding to hulk of straw. Root lifting is about; all the order at prcsvnt. Mungolds are. :1. good crop. potatoes l'uir, turnips worse. “"0 frequently hear the question asked “ Are your turnips lousy 1"" \Voll ours are lousy, and good and lousy at that. Mr. George. Hooper, of (ilemnont, visited in this neighborhood one Sun- day recently. Miss Tenn lickhnrdt has returned home after sprnding some time with her Sister in Hunowr. Joeund Miss Mary Brown, of Hilly Dale. Visited her friend, Miss Maud Hamilton, last week. Mr. Andrew Picken has rented it farm down on the 18th con. of Egre- immt and is busy doing his fall pluw- ing. Andy isa. hustler and sure to make in pay. make in pay. Mr. James Ritchie has just complet- ed tht' brick walls of Mr. \V. R. W'ato Sun‘s house. It presents a fine appear- :meL'. Jim, :15 we all know, is :m a. 1 carpenter. Mr. George J act luvs, who has been absent fnl‘zl. number of years out; \Vest, is at present visiting his brother Will and other friends here. A Dutch friend who owns a mule has the following to say about him. “ A mule has got ours (hits a shame for any human being. It has a strong will power and sings liken drush, only clifi'ei'ent. .-\1nulevon’t (lo vat it don’t; want to (lid, dais vy der are only vom- un nmles. A mule is called de queen of horses and her brodder mule is a. jack uml dey hot; play (18 dooce un dey git started, A mule aint got sense win its horn. und as it grows older it gets more foolish. 'If u mule don’tlike something dey kick. Three years ago souvenir or picture poetal cards were on sale in about one hundred stores and shops in the Uni- ted States. T‘o day they may be had in eighzy thousand different places. What was originally a. fad has be- come a great business. The picture postal card flourished for years on the Continent. Every small town or inn had a pretty sou- venir of this kind, while, in the big cities, every place of interest was re- produced on a postal. Then the idea Struck the United States. The east- ern cities took it up. Now it has Spread to almost every village. Some idea of the extent of the busi- ness may be gained when it is stated that a man who has a booth at a sea.- side resort near New York sells forty- five dollars’ worth of postal cards a day. ‘It is estimated that as much as two hundred thousand dollars a day is spent for picture postal cards in the United States So large is the number of picture! postal cards passing through the United States mails every day that special regulations have been adopted for them. It was only recently that permission was given to write a mes- sage on the address side. It is in- teresting to add in this connection‘ that the official estimate of the num- ber of souvenir postal cards passing through the British Postal oflices last year was five hundred million. The value placed on these cards was esti- mated at five million dollars. The revenue to the various governments from postage on souvenir cards ap- proximates millions. NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. So wideSpread is the interest in these cards that what is called a. postal card congress is held every year at Leipzig, Germany. Like the stamp collectors. the card faddists have a paper. The sale of specially made albums for souvenir postal cards has become something of an industry, too. People trade postals as they trade stamps and rare coins. Friday, October 18th, at Lot 11, Can. 5, Glenelg, there will be sold by Public Auction on above date. Farm Stock and ImplementS. Bull Calf and E 5 Sale Register. and some of â€"the stock registered. Terms : 12 months’ credit, 5 per cent for cash in lieu of notes. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp, JOHN FALAISE, D. Manm, Proprietor. . Auctioneer. THE POSTAL-CARD CRAZE. Seldon Home Not Fined. --â€"a 0-9 .- N \V. E. DOYLE. '.} Form Iâ€"Vaddie Caldwell, Jamie: Farquharsou, Willie McAliscer. Lau dell Lauder. Arthur Backus. 1 PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPT , Sr. 1Vâ€"John Mcllraith. Ida Har-‘f bottle. Lottie Daniel. Willie Petty, Gladys \Vhitmore. I Honor Rolls. DURHAM. HIGH SCHOOL DEPT. Form III-~Maggie Weir, Emily Wilson, Louise Watson, Agnes Mc- Girr. Katie Clark. Form IIâ€"Ruby Mills. Nelliu Hep- burn. ‘Etfie Hutton. Winnie Binnie. Eva Renton. ' Jr. IVâ€"Florence Bryon, Devena Warmington. Edith Duncan. Rex McGowan, Carrie Jamieson. Sr. IIIâ€"Nettie Daniel. Ruby Cat- ton, Evyline Levi, Milton Mills, Roy McCracken. Sr. IIâ€"John Harbottle, Annie Rus- sel. Ella Carson and Jennie Kelsey aeq , Annie MCGII‘I‘, Sadie McDonald. Jr. IIIâ€"Ray Farquharson, Earl McDonald. Frank McIlmitn. Florence Barclay, Pearl Mitchell. Jr. II (a)-â€"a‘reorge Douglas. Willie Heslip. Myrtle Daniel, ‘Willie Mor- ton. Wilburc Knisley. Jr. II. (b)-â€"Jack Bryon, Pearl \Vright, Etta Saunders and Mary McIlraith aeq , Willie Lauder, Nellie Fluker. Part IIâ€"Isaac Mitchell. John Dun- can, Irene McPhee, Gladys Search, Gladys Vollen. Sr. Pt. Iâ€"Charlie McDougall, Alex McQueeanez Redford,Hilda Brooks, AthUI‘ Ramage. Jr. I-Vera Allan, John D. McPhee, Loztie Wilson, Rosie Hillis, Octavia Marshall Jr. Aâ€"Giadys Bryon, Mildred Vol- lec. \Villie Lawson, Maggie Kelsey. Annie Graham and Edie McKenzie aeq. Jr. Bâ€"Edich Hughes. Jemima. Law rence, Ralph Canton, Lorne Living ston, Ethel Whitmore. Jr. Câ€"Lucile Kelsey, Joe Whit church. Reany Snell, Campbell Mitch ell, Jack McK'echnie. S. 8. N0. 10, BENTINCK. IVâ€"Pearl Wilson, Ross McDonald. Sr. IIIâ€"Marjorie Clark, Mabel Smith, Robert Putherbough, May Grierson. Jr. IIIâ€"Clara. Honess, Gladys Mc- Donald, Edwin Lunney. Sr. IIâ€"«Howard McDougall, Roy Lamb, John Smith,Donald McArthur. Jr. IIâ€"Juo. Grierson,UoraLunney. Bertha Honess. Jessie Clark. Pc. IIâ€"Celia lioness, Carlyle Mc Donald, Carrie Grierson. Sr. I-Steriing Lamb. Bella Mc- Quarrie, George Wilson, Jean McAr- thur. 11.5. 5.1%. 1,N. dis E. Sr. IVâ€"Haze! Barber. Jr. IVâ€"M. Kerr and E. Barber eq., W. Blyth, A. Pettigrew, C. Wilson, E. Morrison, B. Barber. H. Barber, M. Hoy Sr. IIIâ€"A. Morrison. Jr. III-«F. Kerr. M. Leesen, A. Pectigrew, M. Burnet, S. Grant. Sr. IIâ€"E. Morrison. W. Hutton. E. Wilton. M. Leeson, w. Eden, L. Pet- tigrew, A. Lauder. Sr. Pt. IIâ€"G. Grant, C Barber. Jr. Pt. IIâ€"P. Barber and C, Petti- greW eq., J. Kerr, C. Blyth. Sr. Iâ€"E. McIlvride. J. Leeson. Jr. Iâ€"R. Clark, A. Boy, A Petti- grew, G. Petty. Average attendanceâ€"31. . ANNIE C. MCKENZIE, Teacher. ‘ Jr. lVâ€"Joseph Morrison. Sr. IIIâ€"Margaret. Woods, Agnes Allan, Earl Meade, Sara Allan Ger- trade Pollock. ' Jr. IIIâ€"Annie Ker, Wilfred Bar- ‘bour, George McLaughlin, May Allan, VVilllie Gray, Bridget Woods. Sr. IIâ€"V‘Villie Woods, Mary Ker. Jr. IIâ€"Alice Gray, Willie Finni- Sr. Iâ€"Howard Meade, Eva Mc- Meeken, Robert Marshall. Jr. Iâ€"Elsie McLaughlin, Ben Woods, Elmer McMeeken. Average attendance ‘26, CLARA E. ALJOE, Teacher. THE LOCAL OPTION MOVEMENT. From reports received at the office of the Ontario Branch of the Domin- ion Alliance in Toronto. it is learned that there is likely to be another tremendous Local Option campaign in the Province of Ontario this fall and winter. The Secretary of the Alliance, Rev. Ben. H. Spence. has handed out a list Of eighty-nine municipalities in which campaigns are more or less ad- vanced, and it is likely that this list will yet be added to. Jr. Iâ€"Archie Wilson. During the past few years there has been a great advance in the movement for bar-room abolition by the Local Option method in the Province of Ontario. Within the Past six years. 191 municipalities have polled a majority for Local Op- tion Bnyaws. Last year the three- fitths requirement prevented coming into force 44 of these municipalities. and in some other places the By- Laws were quashed in the courts, but there are at present in the Prov- ince in which no licensss'are granted Jr. Pt. ITâ€"James Finnigan. v! M. MORTON, Teacher. DURHA M ‘ CHRONICLE Mc- - 1 LEARN DRESSMAKING BY MAIL In Your Spare Time at Home. 1 Or Take a Personal Course at School.' To enable all to learn. we teach on cash or instal- . ment plan, We also teach a personal class at school Once a monthâ€"class commencing last Tuesday of each month. These lessons teach how to cut. fit and put together any garment. from the plainest shirt ' waist suit to the most elaborate dress. The whole family can learn from one course. We have taught ‘. over 27.000 dressmakers and guarantee to give $500 ; to anyone who cannot learn between the ages of 14 : and 40. You cannot learn dressmaking as thorough as this course teaches it if you work in sheps for years. Beware of imitations, as we employ no one . outside the school. This is the only experienced , Dress Cutting School in Canada. and excelled by 1 none in any other country. Write at once for par- ticulars. as we have out our rate one-third for a short time. Address SANDERS DRESS CUTTING SCHOOL 31 Erie Street. Stratford. Ont.. Canada. for various reasons. According to figures furnished by the Alliance Secretary a triking fea- ture of the Local Option movement is that when Local Option By Laws are passed in a municipality they stav passed. There seems to be an almost unanimous approval of the measure by municipalities Where By- Laws had been in force for three years or more. and where, therefore, a repeal vote could have been brought on. In H places repeal was tried, but in only one instance was it successful, and there, (the Town of Steelton). the temperance people claim that the cir cumstances were exceptional. During: the past :ix vears out of 1:300hances to repeal Local Option By Laws bya simple majority vote there has been only one successful, and that; Steelton. On the face of it, there would therefore. seem to be good ground for a. contention that the oondit‘on of Local Option is a much more permav nent one than that of license. The Alliance officials are making preparations. for a big campaign. There is a big: staff of workers in the ofiice, and the services of many very prominent speakers have been secur- ed. One feature oi this fall’s carn- paigns is the large number of incor- porated towns and villages in which a vote is being taken. Or the 82) places in which campaigns are in pregress, 3:") are incorporated towns or villages. There are at present 5297 licenses granted in these 89 municip- alities. BILLY’S BULL AND KITTY'S AXE. Now Bill and Kit got married, Which wasn’t any harm ; They pitched their tent and rented A fifty-acre farm. And Billy’s heart with pride was full; He had a handsome Jersey bull. He’d sit: till bedtime blathering About his Jersey brave. He wouldn’t step while lathering His face to have a shave ; And e’en in church his eyes would shine When the preacher mentioned calf or kine. Kitty feared the dangerous beast. And said he must be sold; Then Billy’s Jersey pride increased, And both began to scold. Kitty wept and Billy ravedâ€" Of course the little woman caved. One day she stood beside the door \Vith pillow-slips to dry ; She heard a fearful bellowing roar, A piercing human cry ; She watched the yard with fear and frown: The bull had Mister Billy down ! She grabbed an axe, a tigress now; She side-stepped, then she clinched; She smashed the bull. he turned on, her, But Kitty never flinched; For love is stronger far than fearâ€" She cracked the bull behind the ear. He charges her with roaring cries. He-â€"monorch of these lands and leas. She sends the axe between his eye, And brings the savage to his knees; And while with pain and rage he bawls, He staggersâ€"balancesâ€"he falls ! And those who heard the racket eped To reach the little barnyard soon. Bill was hurt, the bull was dead. And Misstress Kit; was in a swoon. No W these be just the simple facts ”Bout Billy’s bull and Kitty’ 5 axe. â€"The Khan. Smoking and chewing has been prohibited in the Post Office. Now another complaint comes of business men even. and ladies tearing the covering from their mail matter and throwing it on the floor. This wet weather parties do not appreciate a quantity of paper clinging to the soles of their boots. There is no excuse, and a. little attention of the general public to this matter would keep the post office in a more tidy shape during busy hours of the distribution of the mails.â€"Harriston Review. [A pro- hibition of this kind would be in or- der here.â€"Ed. Chroniclefl Do nothing in a hurry; nature nev- er does. "More haste, worse speed,” says the old proverb. If you are in doubt, sleep over it, But, above all, never quarrel in a hurry; think it over well. Take time. However vexed you may be overnight. things will often look difierent in the morn- ing. If you have written a clever and conclusive, but scathing letter, keep it back till the next day, and it will very often never go at 311.â€" Lord Avebury. DON’T HURRY. 3.3: E Everything Oct. 10, 1907