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Mrs. Geo. Ritchie and son George, of Acton. were visitors at Mrs. C. Ritchie’s last week. Mr. A. M. Bell, Holstein. spent over the week-end at his home at Pine Hill. . Mrs. J. Vessie of town visitezl lagt Week with Mrs. C. Ritchie. Sorry to report the painful acci- dent which betel Mrs. Jos. Atkin- son, while preparing to go to church on Sunday evening. She slipped and fell, breaking her left wr_i§t. alaoudiglqeating it. The adult Bible class'win meet this Friday evening at the homi- offlMr. Samuel Patterson. Wm. Davenport, ownm, a; Lawrence Gallon. in cha. 20 of iceboat which killed a girl Hamilton Bay, are held on manslaughter charge. Mr. Edmund and George No 1" of Bentinck spent an eveninv last week with Mrs. C. Ritchie. Mr. and Mrs. Bert. Ritchie enter- tained a number of friends to a party on Friday evening last. January 21‘ 1915. 81 The “ Happy Thought ” News fr The “Red Front” Hardware l 8'; Reduce Prices h'nr't fm'gvt, while at. UN Pnultzy Show and Hnlsv 19.! [his \u-ek th W “e are H. ulqum-teh for all kinds ”{8ka and Poultry 3pm.» ifitgs. “3- 59” the Interna- tional and Royal Purple pr»- pumticms, the most on the market. The-y bring results. Ordinary $1.50 nnv II “"9 1mm- :1 good ass:_n't- me-ut of SNOW SHOES and nnw the. serum) is here would be pleased to shnw them w you. Sims from l :0 H. Price $2.00 to $4.0". L \V;, are also headquarters for those good Stoves and Ranges you heard so much about Kn A Shipm DARKIES’ CORNERS. H )0 n )X'l‘ p 'ndin . Black \\' the Front H Ht ll a 05“.» mm <n>mu xflfimxvmeznm ll (t The ware but? us Sh<)\\' you them lcs‘ Ilfits “RED txxtl ix\ fig" clock know 1)lll)l( :1 fm COIIH’ $1.1m uh! O a- ~‘-'me1mWMWIW "i.'l'"”‘1 .‘ l~.s The pension rate for privates who return to Canada sick or incapaci- tated by their wounds will certainly not appeal to Canadians as the prop- er reward.for national heroes. A private who is only “sligh 1y .inca- pacitated.” which may mean any number of painful and distressing conditions, is allowed $75 a year, which means approximately $1.50 a. week, an amount that would not give him a room in a good boarding house. not to mention a supply of food or clothing. If “materially in- capacitated,” a term which carries its own meaning, he gets $110, a trifle over $2 a week. If wholly in- capacitated. he gets 3150, nearly $3 a week. The latter sum represents, perhaps better than any other item, the serious insufficiency of the whole Canadian pension arrangement. A soldier who gives to his fellow- countrymen his last jot of bodily usefulness is “taken care of” by a weekly allowance which will keep no man in the necessaries of board and lodging, let alone any provision for his wife and children. That, how- ever, is the letter of the Canadian law. and precisely that reward will be foisted upon the widows and the wounded unless the change comes about at the next session of Parlia- ment. PENSIGNS VERY SMALL ‘ CANADA “TLL LIKELY REVISE ALLO‘YANCES AFTER \VAR. If she has two or more childrenâ€" some of the soldiers have eight and tenâ€"she must make ends meet on $2.50 a week. That allows her just about enough money to rent one of the poorest houses in town or city, and leaves nothing for maintenance. The widow of a lieutenant who sacrifices his life for patriotic causes is faced with a schedule of pension rates, slightly higher, but still leav- ing her no alternative to working for A Little Over Two Dollars a “'eek Is the Amount Now Payable to the \Vidow of a Soldier, and it She Has Children She Gets a Few Cents Moreâ€"Totally Incapacitat- ed Soldier Gets $1.50 a “'eek. As the law of Canada now stands, the Government allowances to the widow of a Canadian soldier who gives up his life tor the country amounts to a 'trifle over $2‘a week on which to maintain herself for the balance of her days, says the Toronto Star Weekly. a. living or subsisting on the good graces of relatives. She may expect. with no children. $209 .a year; or with one child $2.02; and with two or more children $1165. The lieuten- ant’s widow. therefore, has a mini- mum gua‘bntee of $4 a week. are, of course, and h :se: (1 on which would. 1 Frc Ire Pilt clergyzrzen. 3:;})Cz‘ leaders. and Others, the next session of the House will see the subject under debate and a remedial measure probably introduced. As Mr. N. W. Rowell, leader of the Gntario Opposition, pointed out in a recent address. the rates allow- ed by the Ontario Workmen’s Com- pensation Act to widows of men kill- ed in our factories were more than double what Canada was willing to pay to widows of soldiers under the present pension law. The widow of a workman will receive, under the Act, $240 a year if she has no chil- dren; if one child, $300; if two or more children, $360 and up. There is an additional allowance for chil- dren up to the number of eight. If a. workman is incapacitated, slightly pr seriously, so that he cannot follow his usual calling, the weekly pay- ment is based on 55 per cent. of the man’s wages. In place of the sol- dier’s pittance when wholly incapa- ‘citated of about $3 a week, the work- man under the same circumstances will draw on an average of from $6 to $12 weekly. It is essential to remember that when the war is finished and the great task of looking after the de- pendents commences, there will be no patriotic or other public funds from which to supplement the Gov- ernment’s pension. The $1.50 and $3.00 per week handed out to the heroes will represent in most cases the total resources upon which those men can rely for the rest of their lives. Pension funds in all countries appear to be based on the assump- tion that the widow of a soldier should devote the balance of her life to day labor, and indeed the same assumption would seem to be di- rected at a lieutenant’s or captain’s widow. A wealthy Canadian citizen. when asked for his opinion on a pension increase, made the remark that wives of soldiers should not be “supported in idleness” for the rest of their lives. This will probably appeal to most Canadians as a bitter and most unjust comment. It amounts to a declaration that the service of a soldier to his country may involve not only his own death, but a lifetime of penury and drud- gery for his wife and family. Cana- dian public sentiment would give hearty approval to any preposal that would guarantee the wife of every enlisted man a decent income for the rest of her life, should misfortune be- fall the breadwinner. “I am ready to give hearty support to a new pension schedule.” remark- ed Mr. Edmund Bristol, M.P. “In- deed, I have not the least doubt that any Government measure designed 1:; mat the pensions on an equitable ‘- 7.. would receive hearty endorsa- :2 on both sides of the House. It '21: a controversial matter, surely, :‘nd what injustices there are in tho greatnt law should be removed with- out delay." - a)?! CO '1. 1n of .essly out of date, zmdard of living poverty in nearly the world over. is. very little at- .rected toward it. (I in a number 0t indie nmen as 1’2. l'llil lich His Stock In Trade. The nervous little man next to the her window leed up the fat man who shared the seat with him and ventured Q the inquiry: “How‘s business 1’" “Can‘t complain." said the other la- comically. “What do you deal in?" “L‘luthers-ln-law. billygroats. tramps. the weather. stranded actors. candl- dates. politics and the like." “Whattyye tryin to do?" snarled the nervous little man. “'I‘ryin‘ to kid 5 me?" Fines... Finesse Is one or those wonderful French words wnlvh seem to mean so much and yet. when one hunts them right down to their fundamental ea sence. turn out to mean really nothing so very much at all. The word finesse as originally intro. duced into this country meant the maneuver in whist by whim you take a trick from your opponents with a card iower than your highestâ€"a card inferior also to one possessed by your opponents. Speaking generally. without chasing the word too near its .lair. tin‘esse means the art of doing things niftilyâ€"l find it necessary to refer constantly to American slang in order to get the best definition for subtle French ex- pressions. Now there is. sisters and brethren. an old saying which saith that it isn’t so much what you do as how you do it. The thing has a tang of the south about it. and I suspect that it really isn't much older than the Louisiana purchase: but. be that as it may. to Mt an expression from the newspaper editorin: writers finesse has to do with how you do things. George \‘aux Ba- ('01) In Green Book Mag: zine. Louis the Magnificent. As smm as he rose he was dressed Dy his mum in :1 mat 01 blue cloth. Two tittle epulllvts 0t geld cord were sewed ru tlw c-inth. tinder the coat was a white waistront. whil‘h was almOSt enâ€" !m-iy hiddmx by the ribbons and Wide sushi-S at his m’dm‘s. His satin hr'mN‘ht'S und‘od in :1 pair of high boots or guilcrg ut rm! veivet. wtlivb name above Uw km-es um} wvre mnro sUmne than leather, 101' the thix'kuess 01' lqumr on 19.25 that were: often painfu: from gqm would have created too much frivtitm. [19 made a grout {mint (21' these bouts. He thought that they umm- nim Inok like a general. ready at :m)‘ [noun-2m to spring; Upon a horse. Uvmzh this was a physical impossibil- Itv. for him since he was muvh too fat and too infirm. Ue UM-d powder with a View to hiding the white locks of age. and this gave his comptexiun an '1[)pearuu<-e or south IL'PI'OUJ “The Re- turn of Louis .\\ Ill." Among the Lions In the Dark. Let-turn .2 at the Royal Photographic society. reports the Dundee Advertiser. A. Rndolytfe Dixgnmre said that on one night in British [inst Africa he. saw twelve lions and suvcm'ded in photo- graphing ton of them He set np three :ameras near a ('urcnss, oonnevting them with a fiashtiuht apparatus. He watched through the night in a hiding place. and wlu-u a lion appeared be pressed 3 hmton. Whit'h opened the shutters of all three cameras and ’19;- nited the flash powder. Immediately after the flash the lions ran ofi'. growl- ing. and it was then nocessnry for the photographer to go out with a hand lamp and then reset the instruments. Fnttl a man had (lune that ho nova-r knew what darkness was. Lions at night. said Mr. lmgmore. went by in troops of any number from three or four up to thirty or forty. “Nope." the fat man grinned. “The things i have named in a large meas- ure comprise my stock in trade. You see. my dear sir. I am a professional Writer of jokes and unevdotes.”â€" Youngstown ’l‘etogram. “Millions!" replied the buy. “How many does he put on at a time?”â€"Lus Angeles Examiner. Couldn't Wear Them All. A small boy was one day asked by a clergyman if he knew what was meant by energy and enterprise. “No, sir: I don't think 1 do." The clergyman said: "Well. I will tell you. my boy One of the richest men in the world came here Without a shirt on his back. and now he has millions." Ohio River. The Ohio river was named from an Iroquois word. Oheo. meaning "beauti- ful." It appears on various early maps as the Albacba. Cubach. 0-0. Ochlo. Sabogungo. Causisseppione. Kigono- cepe. Obuipeekhanna. Ohio. Opeek, A1- liwege-sepe. Oheezuh. 301110 and Yonghiogheny. Nonsupport. “You say that your husband don’t buy you any clothes?” “No. Judge. If my tongue were con:- ed It would have to be at my own ex- pense.”-Spokane Spokesman-Review. Not Out. Jobson (pocketing his pay envelope) -Now for good baseball 'luck. Jones-â€" What do you mean? Jobsonâ€"To reach uome without being touchedâ€"Wash- lngton Star. Looking Backward. Knicker-Doee your wife understand :he nae ot leftovers? Bookerâ€" Yes:she '8 constantly pointing out to me now we might have married themâ€"Judge. Practical Genius. Our Idem of a genius Is a man who tan make a mountain cm! of a mole bill and then sell it for gravel. -Ga|~ veston News THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Dourtion Discowaged. 01ch King. the Web Known 800- logist. was a man or nerve a: we“ as genius. One suuuuet He.- waa with a ' government expedition to (be far west. -o--.~---. A -.4 .-< and the men De was vumpellea to em- ploy were. for the 01051 part. rumuns and deSQemdoes. Une night one at them deserted. and MI. ng Knew [that It meant a Swulth- ll we de- serter were allowed to go unpumsned. He chose a compumon. on Whose : silence he could rely. overtook me (it.L setter and landed him 1n a convenient ion. The runaway nao subsumed tor three days on game. and ms white horse was streaked with blood from . the game mm" on the acidic: Mr King and his companion rode baok . teadlng the crimson stained nurse With all the deserter‘s belongings and said nothing. The men sent a vouuuittoe to ask what had become at the doserter. “Be is gone." said Mr. Km; Impressively, “where anybody em. wno tries to de- sert will go too.” The vounuittee res tired with a scared nook. and there were no more Commons that trip.- Philadelphia inquircx. The Perfect Theater. \Vhal some may no disposed to re- gard us the pez'z'evt theater emsts 1n Muscuw. A corrvsgmudvut gives this picture or it: “A pvz‘iet'uy clean the. mw. wzth \mxml mums and no dirt H'w) In the mailer}; :1 simple [neuter wimum imam m swung. with hard hm, eivgum 5'th vu in Hw stalls: a “water \thl'c twhn't- 3'0!) outer. YOU inns! than; up your Hut and overcoat n z. :1 3*: : :md hike U3} MINI U\‘et'sllues;a ISM-Mm s): [m whipping or hummer and [on wind: )Hll rumwr m- :uhmttvd it will .13"; :2NMHM'E:;:1. um) :H‘X‘iVe utter will an» :szayvlmctszu. and flfl’in- after Hw :Iuthm has I‘UHHHO‘XH‘PUI a theater \‘fnt‘t‘v, (301“?le Hm nuts 3‘0!) all :eave yum units In WM}; and mil; in the "or. l'MHi'h mu pic Inw jrmnx'ies 0f the the Mer 01 m MI and Luke (affect in the I‘ustmn'unl; a “mute: wimre the raising of me cm'min :H’x'vsb 15 um herzmlvd by hvlls or Klmrks‘ 0U (ht: floor. but by turning [13v eu-otriv 2mm um. first a mmrtwr, than a ham. then Lhree quarters " {-5 A Fighting Snake. There is only (me snake in the far east.--that is. India. Burma. Siam and the Malay peninsulu4mn Wm always and at all times attack a man on Sight. That is the namzxdx'yua. justly more feared than an) other animm that crawls. Fortunately for nmnkina. they are not common except in limited districts. They are so feared by all that the native sbikarris or hunters Bunyan and HIS Book. The imperishuble allcgnry un whit-h Bunyan‘s claiw tn imumrtazity vhipfly facts, the “Pilgrim‘s Prozl'oss." was at least planned in jail. and prmm'ny the first part was written more. His ”Grace Aboundin‘z.“ “Holy City." "lipsum'ev- Uon of the Dead." with other trontises and tracts. were also vompused in the den where he languished [WHIVH years. He obtained his full rohmse thmuuh the intervention of the Quakers. and his name is included in the gmwml pardon passed by the king in mum-ii in hohalf of the prisoners 0f that persuasion hearing date of Sept. 13. H372. Bun. yan will perhaps always hold rank as one of the first among religious writers in the English I:mg11:1ge.~-Case and Comment. will go miles out of their way to avmd the Iocaiity ’m which they are known to exist. The namadryad will stalk a man as a tiger stalks his prey-Med- ical Journal. i Quite Sufficient. It was on a long railway Journey. and for six hours he had sat opposite a solitary traveling (-ompanion. and not a word had been spoken. “Excuse me." was his opening. “but are you an Englishman?” “Yes." rapped out the stranger. “Oh. then I beg your pardon." And after that the long journey was completed in silence-London Answers. lrroverent Youth. Her Fatherâ€"Young man. young man. would you take my daughter from me? You don’t know a father’s feelings at such a tlmel 1 must suppress them. Her Lover-Oh. that’s all right. If you want to give three cheers, go ahead.- Topeka Journal. Compensation. Dentist ctelltng storytâ€"l tell you. when I got to that point of danger I lost my nerve. Patient-â€" Well. you‘ve got mine. haven‘t you?-â€" Baltimore American. An Exception. Friendly Advisor~~ My boy, lazy mun‘s names are not Wt‘ittpn on the sand: at t'mw. Lammid Youth-.0h. l duu't kwnv. Look at Rip Van Winkle. - I’m-k A man nuver fmals the want of what it m-w-r nvr'tlrs to him to 88k tor.â€" fivlmpenlmuer. We wish to extend our sympaâ€" thv to the family of your Travers-n ton correSpondent in the bereaveâ€" ment that occurred in his home The kindly old lady will long: be. remembered by .all who chanced to know her Mr. David Hamilton delivered at Holstein a Week ago, four head of cattleâ€"three steers and acow .or which he got $290. He twins to keer the best of all kinds of farm stock. as he finds it is the good kind that pays. Mr Forbes Amos, grandson 0:“ Mr and Mrs. James IsIcMeckon. paid a flying visit to his relu- tives here before Parsing for tip war We hope he may have a szz‘b return and the best of succms While absent CORNER CONCERNS. There was a large shipment of hogs at Holstein yesterday. alâ€" though the price was just $7.13). They fear a greater decline Mr. A. McCabe. our “ffiri‘n‘ mail courier, has added a 1111-1 pair of bronchos to his 011 fit. He has now got the most likely-1:11:11- 9 111.9: team he has had 31110.9 ;1 skated tuo years turn. Mr. Jas Reid of Michigan 13 Visiting-1' 3:11:11 71:33 dauwztor 3‘1 3 13:11." BicMeeken. It is: 11:11“:-1-"': :1 were of 1;:3 53.1101: 11': 11:13 .1 1051518111; of. Va: 1193', :111‘1"11‘azr-':1;-"1'1 ram-ting his 111 my 01:1 1:11:13 1:11.: :1’3119 1112111035 Mrs “7111.1" 41"3 11mm of 33.. . .1 3:11:11: inst W29}; \1311111 .1: 11.2-- tC-PS. liesdamts :7};11".)O111‘1:=1. . 1103' 1111' other UN fit-:11.) ~11 t {‘4 l usi dent r119.“ tin“ a'tnlp‘nzz Mrs \\ .~{}t“:l: 1:18 t'c-vs. Mes IH)X axx' dd“: W t. W heart 1‘; 0 she. may 11cc Mr. cU'ti‘U Read The First Ensiaiment In This Issue st Tuc \viill iv M 21 u TEME 3‘11 II is S] 1H. PAN-MW No. l. appointing the following? officers, \ms givcn its first. second and third x‘cadings and finally passed: J. H. Chittick. Clerk: W. G. Rustin. 'l‘rvasurcr: J W. Vickcrs and H105. Clarke. fauâ€" ditm's: Dr. J. 1.. Smith. M O. H.’ BENTINCK COUNCIL. Beutinck Council met at La.lash on January 11. The members. after takimr the declaration of office thk their seats at the Council Boat-(i '1 he minutes of last meet- an: \H I'L‘ read and confirmed campafied the Hon. Dr and Mrs. Jamiasou to Toronto last week. m enjoying life very much at the Parliament Buildings. She reports mtg-rytmng‘ o.k. there. A Wilson. member of the Board of Health. :or mama: to shed. and for work on Some of the horsemen are away to th Mt. Forest hmso fair to- dzu' n th the horses they ,Wish to iisw «.3 of. They like to have the (“a chances. If they don’t so“ there they have the Chane? of tn: lenrter fair in Durham to-mor- F. Schmi meeting OI) A grant of i".'..'{ )zliLLrUI SOI’. *:"S {EUTHLESS w Ha Du $3 was ::1:1~1' L! UV {:5 Hospital, Toronto. Ira}: cm was paid $1.50 scrapers and grader 1m \1,1‘Iiii.f)1‘ Clarke committee re urnbull U'Y,