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suit case, nor for.:once dreamed of its disappearance. The contents were valuable, being worth about ‘ $309, consisting of a Government check, - a gold watch, a bank pass ‘book,’ in fact all Bob’s worldly belongings, including some of his Sunday paraphernalia and. - in all probability, a box of choc- olates' for his best girl. He had ~ old suit case also, and this. contained some of his .5. c y wearing appare , was not Bob doesn’t like to _ F; ? . yone with deliberate I thinks it may have , . mistake and will yet . % never missed it ‘ l 1 H and. natur.’ to have lost. m .‘f;-.' 8 work. Mr. Robt. Laidlaw is spending a few days with his parents here, renewing the .friendships of his former associates, and trying to figure the whereabouts of his“ lost grip and contents. On leav-- ing Toronto Saturday, he placed his suit case in the Durham coach but later on went forward into the next car to talk to Mr. Tow- ner, who was returning from the city. He never thought of" the While attending the patriotic concert in Varney last Friday night, two or three whips were stolen from buggies in the church shed. We happened to be one of the losers, and as we have no idea who the thief was, we can make no threats of what we’ll do. with him. He’s. a small potato, anyway, whoever he is, and he hasn’t much honor or brains or t he would never engage in such a small business. Such petty thefts‘ are common around there, and we! understand the boys are to some extent encouraged by a few cheap Johns, who buy the stolen goods for a trifle- The pur- chasers of such stolen goods are no better than the thieves. Frank Clemas, a British re- servist, and a former employee in this office, was called to England at the outbreak of the. war, leav- in-g’ his Wife and three children in London on a few hours’ notice. YVe have just learned that he did not fully meet the requirements of the British medical examiners. 'and will return home again abOut the middle of October. The Women’s Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. Jas. McGirr on Thursday, October 1, at 2.30 p. m. Mrs. Patterson will speak on Ways of Cooking Poultry, Mrs. McCannel and Mrs. Ritchie are to speak on Helps in Housekeeping and Homemaking. All ladies are asked to come prepared to give some ideas on the last subject. On Friday night, the .9th of October. the Durham branch of the South Grev Women’s Institute will give a public entertainment in the town hall here. Dr. Marsh 01‘ Holstein has been secured for the occasion and will give a talk. il- lustrated with limelight views. Further particulars will be given later. You will be sorry if you don’t take in the Egremont Fall Fair at Holstein. The directors and vil- lagers are sparing no pains to pro- vide for everyone in all needs and comforts. September :29 and 30. High-class concert the last night. Persons or parties desiring to hire an automobile can be accom- modated at C. Smith 8: Sons’ Gar- age. Careful- and competent driver furnished. ‘Rates on ap- W'e have been requested to an- nounce that some of- the town merchants will keep their stores open on Wednesdav afternoon and evening from now on. Frederick C. Trapp, a former resident of Ayton, and an em- ployee of the Wenger Milling Co. died on the 9th inst. at F01t William. He was in his 74th year All indebted to The Chronicle will oblige by paying up. We need the money, as we have big payments to meet. Flags and .War pennants from 1c. to 25c. At the Variety Store. Noticeâ€"Fresh grapes, peaches and tomatoes for sale. Mrs. A. Beggs 8: Son. ‘ ‘. .47- N EWS 'AROUN D TOWN the district representative of the department of agriculture. We do not wish to discourage the efforts of the young people of the Egre- mont schools, but it may, on. the other hand, prove a source of in- spiration if we Say the exhibit last year in Proton was superiot in many “respects We hope to see the ‘Eg'remont children set a bet- ter pace for next year They can increase the quantity, but will be unable to improve the quality of this year’s work “s- We attended for a short time. the Children’s Fair at Holstein, yesterday afternoon. Many of the exhibits were good, but there seemed a lack in the number. About five schools were repre- sented. and the pies, cakes, pota- toes zrain, etc., were quite credit- able to the few contestants. The chicken exhibit as far as it went. was considered good by Mir. Duff ‘Rev. Mr. Ashoo. a native of Persia. and graduate of Knox Col- lege. Toronto, addressed a small meeting Thursday night in the Presbfterian church, narrating many incidents in the,habits. char- acters, customs and superstitions of the Persian. people. His English though fairly good, was a little difficult to follow, and his ad- dress-to us 'Was less interesting than it‘ would have been under more favorable conditions. Mr. David Allen, Who has been in the Cochrane district since early spring. returned home last week. He has been in the employ of the. government as fire ranger for a number of 'years past, and on ac- 'count of the war a number of them were released a little ear- lier than usual. Mr. Allen thinks there will be a lot of hardship in the north country during the com- ing Winter. ’ Last week we reported the pro- ceeds of the patriotic rally at about $100. Since then we have learned the «gross receipts were about $135, and the net amount contributed to the Red Cross movement will be over $100. Since then an unsigned letter, cnotain- ing 25 cents, has been received, and Miss Bell Firth of Edge Hill sent in an additional $6.10 contrib- uted by her Sunday school class. The entries for the show and membership promise to be well up to the average again, but .‘ the Directors would Welcome any new members and would ask that all entries from both old and new members should be sent in as soon as possible. Leave entries at John Snell’s, or send to George Binnie at Durham. Wm. Eidt, a Normanby farmer of 20 years of age, was instantly killed while feeding a threshing machine near Clifford. His hand caught in the cylinder and he was drawn into the machine. which came to a sudden st0p. The. cylinder had to be turned back to remove the body. .The Agricultural Society has ar- ranged for a first-class concert in the town hall the last' night of the show, Friday, September 25. First- class talent secured. Plan at Cen- tral Drug Store on and after,Mon- day next. Secure your seats in time. Holstein Fall Fair, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 29 and 30. Bigger and better than ever; good accommodation, lots of seats for the ladies. Band and bag pipes in attendance all day Wednesday. 2 A large number of entries are promised for the horse races at the Fair here to-morrow and a (good day’s Sport is assured. ' The French Government has placed frozen meat, oil cakes, flour cereals, salt meat, potatoes, hors- es. cattle. sheep and hogs on the free list until further notice. Fall Fair Day, special bargains at the Variety Store. Nothing over 25c. English buyers have arrived at Pittsburg with enquiries for steel rods and Wire. For sale.â€"A quantity of dry slab Wood. At the Foundry 7 '23 South Grey Fall Fair tomorrow : .-I"} a 7', v. mm brethréninit,‘ ,» c some very pleasant associations; He would always retain a happy memory of his relationship with On Tuesday evening a large number of the members 'of Durâ€" ham Masonic Lodge turned out to an informal meeting to give ex- pression to their feelings ”of re-e gret at the removal from Durham of their Worshipful Master, Rev. W. H. Hartley, and to Wish him well in his new field. 'Dr. J. F. Grant occupied the chair, and af- ter the brethren in turn had spoken of their regret at Mr“ ' Hartley’s removal, and the high regard in which he was heldi by them, and the goOd Wishes which acoOmpan‘zied him to his new; field of labor, a most beautiful‘ mold-handled umbrella was pre-! sented to him. The presentationj was a ‘ complete surprise. Mr. ' Hartley sincerely thanked the brethren for their my kind words, and expressed his appreci- ation of their handsome gift and the brotherly feeling which prompted it. During his stay in Durham .1143 had gained man 37 warm friends and had formed an address to Rev. and Mi‘S. Hart- ley. expressing the appreciation of the young peoplefor all the in-; terest taken in them during the? 'past four years by Mr. and Mrsfl Hartley. The address was accomâ€"f named by a beautiful silverâ€"j mounted salver and butter platefl Mr. Hartley thanked the 'young' people for their kind words ofi appreciation of Mrs. Hartley and himself, and for their beautiful’ gift, which would always serve as a link connecting them in memory with the happy associations form- ed and retained among the young people of the church in Durham. * On .Thursday «evening of last week. some young people, mem- bers of the Trinity church A.Y.P. A., met at the home of Miss F. Meredith for a social few hours. During the evening, advantage was taken of the occasion to read The editor of this paper acted, as chairman, and. feels a personal; pleasure in congratulating the? audience on the extremely, good? order throughout the “11101" meet-I: 1AA". MRu " MRS HA RTLE‘: HO? ORED The church was nicely filled. and $25 was announced as the pro- ceeds, and will go in aid of the Red Cross Society. ? Rev. Mr. Wylie’s address was along general lines, full of patri- otic fervor, and delivered with intense earnestness. Mr. Ramage of The Review gave a thoughtful address on the compensating side .of the war situation. ‘ Mr. Boy favored the audience With a recital of The Absent- Minded Beggar, and another ap-i propriate number. The choir \vias in good form and delighted the audience with a number of selec- tions, but the most entertaining part of the musical program con-1 sisted of the well rendered solos‘ of Mr. T. H. Marsh of Holstein! and other numbers in which Miss| Brown and Miss Hunter, also of ‘Holstein, took part. A couple of: duets by these talented young ladies were highly appreciated and thev were forced to respond with: Towards the close of the meet- ing the' pastor, Rev. Mr. Newmâ€" ham, in a few brief. remarks, ex- pressed his personal thanks to all who assisted in the program. an encore to the prolonged ap- plause of the audience. Mr. Marsh gave evidence of fine musical abilr ity, has a good stage presence, and evidently a bright future. Rev. Mr. Prudham gave a brief. edifying address on the Union Jack., in. which he explained the nature and significance of the crosses of 'St. George. .St. Andrew and St. Patrick, and other facts and features of the flag that brav- ed a thousand years the battle and the breeze. He also made an instructive reference to the origin. and growth of the Red Cross So-‘ ciety. of which he was proud to beI a life member. . A patriotic ooncerf was held on Friday night in the Methodist church at Varney, when a spirit: ed and entertaining program was proxided. DURHAM. out, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1914. VARNEY’S PATRIOTISM [5 From Rome they Went to the I l beautiful city of F101ence, and = l thence on to the city of Venice. = _ ’;Venice, as many of our 192111015 t will know. is built on a numbe1 D ' of islands. The1e new 82 01igin- = ' ally, we think. In Venice the1e t 'are no streets in the ordinarv D 1 sense of the te1m. Eve1y street is = 1 a canal between the rows of hous- : es and transportation from one 5 place to an10ther is made in gon- : -_dolas. Not a horse, an auto, or : other Wheeled vehicle is to be seerr : anywhere in the city Of course, > like all tourists to Venice, the I ‘“Bridge of Sighs” Was a point of = finterest not to be ’omitted This D bridge connects "the Palace .ofE 'Doges with the public prisons on , :the opposite side of a narrow D D icanal, and through a couple of 5 Windows in the sidb of the bridge*: ;a prisoner passing from the hall': 10f juStice to the prison gets his 1last view of daylight Though ,built on a lagoon, and the build- ings resting on piles, the city has a population of 130, 0001 l , From Venice, our distinguished tourists Went to 11112111, the best 2 ,city in northern Italy It has 1 population of. 325, 000, with many fine public edifices, amongst them: bema the Douma‘, a magnificent cathedral inferior in size only to St Peter’s at Reme, and the ca- W 01 SeV111e It is built of brick, faced with white marble, is 477, feet 1913, 183 feet wide and a town- we feet in height «- Confined 01143388 5_~ D t D D D D D D D 1:! ap D D D E D E D- D g They left Sydney on the-11th of l iMarch. and their first stopping jpiace was at Colombo. (fevlon. iFrom here they continued their mourse to the Suez canal, and whiie {the boat was passing on to Port iSaid, our young: friends took '1 ‘I‘nihVDV trin through Egypt and ivisited a daygor two in Cairo. in .seeinig the ancient pyramids. ohe- flisks. catacombs. mummies and other interesting antiquities. At Port Said, they again em- barked. Italy was the next point in their itinerary, and in this in- teresting and ancient land they Visited Naples, Ponipeii and Mt. Vesuvius. After three or four days of sight-seeing they Went on to Rome. Where they spent seven days of most genuine enjoyment. during which they visited the Vatican and other places of reliâ€" gious and historic interest. ' We had a pleasant interview on Monday last with Andrew Walker Bolger. who reached here. on Sat- urday fro-m 'his far-aWay home in Australia. On the 11th of March he left home for a trip round the 'world. He was accompanied by his sister. Florence. and four other Australians, at the com- mencement of the journey. With them it Wasn’t a trip of .“Around the World in Eighty Days.” on a wager of getting back Within the time limit. They were evidently well heeled and intended to do some sight-seein-gâ€"and they did it. Cities and towné and villages are being bombarded by the in- vincible and death-dealing: artil- lery, and all apparently for ‘no . Continued on page 5. The blolod-curdlinlg atrocities of the Germans, are horrible to even think about. Many of them are exaggerations, no doubt, but if onlv a tenth of them be true the situation will still form a climax to all former butcheries in war- fare. The English language Wants for words to express the horror": of the crime. The War in. Europe is still rag- ing. and for the'past ten days the world’s fiercest battle is being fought. between the Germans on the one side and 'the French and English on 'the other. Theloss of life and property is appalling, mil-I lion's of money and thousands ofi hum-an lives being ‘a daily sacri- fice in the awful conflict. Though the allies seem to be gaining ground slowly, neither side in; this last bloody conflict can. claim! a decisive advantage. War. ex-; perts however, are of the Opinion; that the Germans will soon be. forced to retire and that the next conflict on land will he on Belgian or German soil. - i A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD THE, WAR fiiV -- --â€"~~ S. F. MORLOCK We have a $1endidassOrtment iii Navy and-Black worsted also Tweed Suits, and during this month ive are going to give a splendid Safety Razor with every suit at from $4.00 up. order, see them, make a point of it. Progress Brand Clothing and Alert Juvenile Clothing have a tremendously strong reputation. Every customer who has tried them usually comes back again as the Linings, Fit and Style are super- ior to the Ordinary run of Clothing. . ' Great Value in HOUSE FURNISHINGS Remants 'of Floor OilCloths -in 42 yards, 1% yards and 1 yard Wide, at Bargain prices. Japan Matting Regular 256. for 190. 4. vards wide, inTbe regular $2.10, $2.25 for $1.95 per yard. 4 X 4 regular $18.50 for 15.50 3 x 4 regular 16.00 for?13.50 3 x 3% regfllar 13.50 for 11.50 Rugs, Linoleum, Oilcloths. Mat- tings and Curtains, at Greatly Reduced Price. Seamless Tapestry Rugs Linoleumns 0 \ 1n ; best quality, $1.00 PER YEAR , and