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g G. J. MGKechniei Departmental Store Durham ‘AMMMWAAAAAAA A A A A 3 Departmental Store Durham *WXWWWXWWMe‘Aé § Large Sales Small Profits § Mr. Kerr, and Mr. Harold Ellis. of Rockl) a, Mr. Geo. Stuart and wife and little girl. and Miss Mc- Mrs. I. Rabb of Palmerston. and daughter, Mrs. Dunlop, of Torqu- to spent a week with their son and brother, Mr. \V. J Rab?) and f amily. Miss Leo O'Neill left for the west on Tuesday morning: to vis- it her brother. Mr. Michael O‘Neill, at Delisle, Sask Mrs. J. Markle of Buffalo, NY., was th: guest of her sister. Mrs. Haber. this week. Mr. Alex. Hildebrand: returned 1351: week from Stratford. Where he has been attending Normal. " Mr. Moore McFadden of Picker- igg is visiting in town and vi- cinity. It got in two days after getting order. Our aim is to have the newest styles made on good fittmg lasts. A large stock continuallv on hand, and any special kind you may want can be A fine stock of Dress Goods, in the newest styles and in the neatest patterns Fresh Groceries continually arriving. Try our Star oi India and Light of Asia Teas. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR PRODUCE Continues all This week Your Choice of a Dozen White Lawn Blouses Linoleums They are English, Scotch and Canadian manufacture all in and Floor the newest designs. For neatness of design and pretty color- Oilcloth ings, those made by Hairn 00°, of Kirkaldy, Scotland excel Have a look at them. w a” Paper All or uanaalan manufacture. made by the cele- brated makers, Staunton C0. The style is Up- to-date, and the appearance is good, yet not too costly. Made to order and a good fit guaranteed, to be finished in one week from date of getting order. A nice stock of cloth to choose from. . y . ; _.-- vâ€" v~â€"v «:v-vv “HO-nun Aarlvuhv, LUQDUHGJUJU Kugb 1n prlce. yet havmg the (mental appearance for which the Eastern Rugs are famous, a pretty stock to select from. Wall Paper The stock IS large and varied embracing the neu est designs in the neatest patterns of \V all Paper, Rugs, Linoleums, Floor Oilcloth and Stair Oilcloth Rugs The J. D. Abraham Company The Cut Price Sale of FINE SHOES If yom size is here you mav have 69 am one of these Blouses for 0 Come To-day for First Choice SEE SAMPLES IN OUR WINDOW PERSONAL House Furnishings \Vorth up to $1.75 621611 They are produets of_the best English Looms, reasonable 4. » ++v9++6++++++++++++§+é+é++¢¢ (On the Second Floor) 1 Mr. and Mrs. John Nichol' of gWingham, and their cousin, Miss iM'cVittie, of Toronto, were Visit- 'ing the fore part of the 'week 3 with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nichol, at i the Middatugh House. :Leod, of Fleaherton. motored\over :and Snent Sunday afternoon at 9M}. John McGowan’s. Mrs. David Burnett, who has been in Cobalt for nearly two years, is a guest with Mr. and Mrs. W. B Vollet, and will visxt her many friends for the next few weeks. When leaving, she will visit in Detroit, Toledo, Peoria the American 800. and Seattle. be- fore returning to Cobalt, which which she expects to reach short- lv . before Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. George Arrow; smith and daughter went to Port Elgin Sunday to visit rela- tives of Mrs. Arrowsmith. who were bereaved through death bv accident of a cousin, Mr. Crow, who was killed near Welland. BOOTS AND SHOES All of Canadian manufacture. made by MEN’S CLO] HING BAILEYâ€"In Durham. on June 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bailey Allan Park, a son. GREENWOOD. â€" In Glenelg‘, on June 13, to Mr. and Mrs. John 0. Greenwood, a daughter (Mary Alva). South Grey Women’s Iqstitute, two cots, $100. GLENELG CENTRE. Contributing $5: Mr. and Mrs Geo. Binnie, T. H. Binnie, Mr. and Mrs. A. Beaton, J. P. McGillivray and family, J. Gray, Mrs. Emma Brown, P. Nelson, G. Finney, Mr. and Mrs. A. McNab; C.Kennedv $3. Contributing $1: Miss L. Mc- Gillivray, D. M'cArth-ur, M, McMil- Ian; A. Beaton Sr., 500., N. McGil- livray. 50c. Contributing $2: D. McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ewing, Jas. Mc- Gillivray, R. McGillivray. Mr. and Mrs, A. Campbell. It is estimated that the area under wheat in the piesent year will be greater by 2,000,000 acres than in any year in the history of the D011:- inion. The total yield for 1915 should not be les. than 245,000,000 bushels. Canada’s wheat crop for 1915 will probably bring in 40 per cent. more money than in the pre- vious year. But the advantages of the increased acreage under crop and of the higher prices will not be fully felt until 1916. “I have seen quite a few Ameri- can Red Cross cars lately, and it is interesting and instructive to see signs on them such as ‘From Friends in Boston, U.S.A.’ Blood is thicker than water, and no doubt you have heard that the Saxons refuse to fire on our fellows in the trenches. I am filled with amazement and ad- miration for the British Tommy. I thought that I knew him pretty well, but I did not. He is really wonder- ful and it is a privilege and honor to do one’s bit by his side. What he suflers during the winter, is beyond description. Let us how that the nation will not forget him after the war." “There has been 'little doingâ€"Elm- ing the past few weeks,” he writes, “but I fancy that we shall shortly be on the move. A Canadian trooper at the front, writing to friends in London, ex- presses the opinion, which is shared by the majority of his pals, that the end of summer will see the end of the war, and that the trench war will soon be a thing of the past. Red Cross Cot Fund Forty Per Cent. More Wheat. Expects Peace BORN. The land rush into Southern A1- berta is beginning again. 0. T. Lath‘rop, returning from a trip to the coast and western States, brings back with him the vanguard of a whole army of landseekers who he states will be pouring over the bor- der to take up wheat lands in the West this_:.ummer. _ 7 _____,.. W Mr. Elderkin incidentally has done some emigration work, securing for Nova Scotia. twenty-five Dutch fami- lies, seven of which have already set sail, but the others, dreading North Sea dangers, are postponing their departure. E. B. Elderkin has returned to Canada after six months in Holland sIlperintending tne distribution of Canada’s Ielief gifts fo1 Belgians. The Bishop of London, whose vis- its to Canada will always be remem- bered, visited a certain portion of the Canadian detachment. His lordship had the pleasure of meeting several Canadian soldiers who had been con- firmed by him when he was Bishop of Stepney, and who afterwards emi- grated to Canada. The Bishop of London spent the whole of the Eas- ter festival with the troops in the field. Canadian chaplains are im- pressed with the wonderful efficiency of the medical arrangements. “The nearer you get to the fighting the bet- ter are the feeding arrangements,” says our informant. The Canadian Associated Press has received from the front interesting details regarding the work of the chaplains in the Canadian division since the contingent left England. The number of chaplains has been re- duced to eleven. They are mostly distributed in the clearing hospitals, where they get in close touch with those most immediately needing their ministrations. Up till recently the chaplains were taking long journeys all over the rear of the fighting, visit- ing the various Canadian units, who were distributed in many different parts. “In 1853 I was appointed an as- sociate judge, am; had the honor of sitting on the bench for four years with Chief Justice Robin‘son, Judge McLean, and Judge Richards.” “In 1844 I gained fiISt prize of £50 for a design 0! a malket house for Kingston, but got only $25, they were so poor.” “In 1842, built two stores on King street, Nos. 103 and 105, with Ger- man silver sashea and plate glass. No. 103 was built of the first white brick used in Toronto. I gave the brick- maker £60 for 20,000. They were of clay.” “In 1842 I shot: bald eagle flying over the city.” All this time Mr. Howard was busy putting up scores of residences, shops, and institutional buildingsâ€" and taverns. “In 1833 I built Dr. Widner’s cot- tage on Front street, Thomas Mer- cer Jones’ villa on th: corner of York and Front streets, Chewett’s Build- ings, and the Britlsh Coffee House, where the Rossin House now stands.” "On Thursday, Dec. 7th, 1837, I led the right wing of the scouting party up Yonge street to attack the rebels, who had congregated at Mont- gomery’s Tavern." “In 1834, the first Mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, employed me as City Surveyor, and I put down the first 11-foot plank sidepaths on King streetfl’ “The Lord Bishop Stewart, of Quebec, called to pay his respects to Mrs. Howard, who was busy washing in one corner of the. kitchen. She t00k her hands out of the wash tub and the bishop shook hands with hex. ” He arrived in Toronto at six in the morning, on Sept. 131, 1832. Mr. Howard was a trained architect and surveyor, and expected to find em- ployment at once from the Canadian Government. He experienced many hardships, however, until his worth was made known, and then he de- signed most of the houses of Toronto, and latter, as City Engineer, erected most of the civic buildings, including Queen Street Asylum, the old court- house and jail, the old market, and most of the bigger buildings on Front street. “At first we walked about with great caution, expecting to see wild beasts and reptile-2. I shot a grouse, a dozen snipe, etc., picked a quart of wild gooseberries, and lost about a. pint of blood by the mosquitoes and sand flies.” On landing on Canadian soil'some- where in the gulf, Mr. Howard said: The item about deer and quail hunting in High Park is not the only one of interest. From the date of his emigration to Canada in 1832» to his death, Mr. Howard’s life was full of event. In 1832, with his wife, he set' sail on a small ship for Canada, taking eleven weeks and three days from London to York (Toronto). Journal of John G. Howard Contains Many Interesting Entries. “0n the morning of the 25thâ€"â€" Christmas DaYâ€"I shot a deer and some quail at the rear part of High Park, near Bloor street,” say an en- try for 1837 in the diary of the late John G. Howard, printed in a duaint old volume which Mr. W. C. Wilkin- son, secretary of the Toronto Board of Education, recently unearthed in his library. Mr. Howard, one of the most notable characters in the early history of Toronto, is best remember- ed as the donor of High Park to the city. He kept a daily journal of the doings of Toronto in the early days, and in 1888 published the gist of it in book form, now a rare volume which a very few Torontcnians are so fortu- nate as to possesz. Mr. Wilkinson has, besides the printed volume, an actual volume of the diary from the year 1849 to 1855 in Mr. Howard’s handwriting, and so rich is it in lit: tle items of interest, personal as well as historical, that Mr. Wilkinson intends to leave it to the Provincial Archivist. Emigrants For Nova Scotia. Bringing In Settlers. A RARE OLD DIARY. Canadian Chaplains. 4' . ‘-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~‘J , The warfare of this tribe is pure- ly against animal life for food, and their weapons are represented by harpoons which are aboriginal, con- sisting of pointed pieces of stone fastened to very long leather thongs, and a peculiar instrument like a long stick with six pointed spears of ivory tied in groups of three, one at the end and the other half-way up the stick. These sticks are thrown in among a flock of birds on the chance of securing at least one. Wooden snow goggles are worn on very sunny days. but they are worn only by the landed. or snowed aris- tocracy, as they are made of wood. They fit across the forehead, just as the motorist’s, but very tiny slits are left for the eyes, not a quarter of an inch in height. The skins are sewn by the women with ivory nee- dles, shaped in a rough three-sided design, which indicates that the women of the tribe have not taken to inventing. They are contained in ivory cases filled with moss. Ivory is flashed about very plentifully, as, according to the local artist, the landscape must be made up of ”wal- ruses, vri-h men spearing them'and dogs chasing them in the spaces be- tween. For softening the skins, rough im- plements of stone are used. Domestic science is an unknown and unneed- ed study, as most of the menu is eat- en without the'formality of an inter- view with the chef. There are bowls of animal skulls. When a walrus is caught and killed, it is just eaten, and that is the end of it, with no dishes to wash or other inconveni- ence. Lip ornaments of ivory are still worn by some of the really chic Eskimos, who probably trust that, the vogue wiilremain in since it re- quires a slit in the lower lip about, an inch in length. Some clever aboriginal artist has produced miniatures of the tribal life carved in the ivory from walrus tusks. There are dogs lying stifl‘ly down, a large boat such as the wo- men use, a family party returning from a sealing cruise, with the seal lying neatly in the bow of the flat little boat. While father paddles and mother, with the inevitable baby on her back, sits apparently enjoying the scenery. There is a clever little ‘carving of an igloo with the ice win- dow, and there is also a comb about two inches wide and evidently made for art’s sake. Most of these are the work of one member of the tribe who is full of artistic temperament, and greatly honored. He is a con- scientious soul, and a realist, for in his carving of the sled he has lashed the tiny ivory slats on with minute thongs of skin. Wood and metal are practically unknown in this losn corner of the earth. The only wood received is driftwood. and this is immediately carved and polished for household use. Most of the cooking utensils are of stone, and Mn. Flaherty has brought several stone bowls and a flat affair in which the burning oil used for light drips. The baby Eskimos of this tribe wear funny little sacques of baby- seal with just a threat opening. Evidently they slip on and remain until they become too small, when they are replaced by a larger size. All of the tribe live in igloos, which inside melt slightly from the burn- ing fats and form an ic3 coating. Windows consisting of sheets of ice are seen in some. For Mrs. Eskimo there is an immense hood attached to her fur garment in which to carry the baby, just as with the other Eskimo tribes, but an ingenious de- vice is seen in the museum robe con- sisting of two long tails, coachman style, of the reindeer. which are folded up as a seat, since she works sitting on a snowbank. Polar bear coats and mocassins with lining and teps of bearskin are also on exhibit. There are no reindeer on the mainland, and as the fur of polar bears is rather bulky, some hand- some clothing is made from the skin and plumage of the eiderduck. They must be artistic Eskimos, for the colorings or the plumage are clever- ly blended to form White bands about the middle of the big coat, on the cuffs and the bottom, While the immense hood forms a head, with delicate green plumaage outlining it. Of course, it is unlined. Where the reindeer can be obtained, intri- cately blended costumes of the fur are worn; in winter one with the fur turned in next the body, and one for an outer coat with the fur turn- ed out; in summer, which is the month of August, the outer coat is discarded. "promise a taste of the thrill of dis- covery, even in the twentieth cen- tury within a few days. The life of a race of Eskimos who have never seen white men, unless their ances- tors left them records of the visit of Henry Hudson, is here, to be pieced together bit by bit, from stone harpoons, spoons made of ani- mai skulls, and wonderful carved dogs in ivo;y clear, down to Baby Eskimo’s fiat, wooden-faced doll. From his winter spent with this tribe on the 4,000 square-mile island which had been removed from Hud- son’s map because we couldn’t find it, Mr. Flaherty, who has been ex- ploring for Mackenzie and Mann, has brought a collection which will probably be of great historic value. At least to Canadians it should prove a vitally interesting section of the big museum. EXPLORER FLAHERTY BROUGHT BACK BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS. Canadian Geographer Has AJso Made a Marvellous Collection of Stone Harpy ms, Skull Spoons, D088 Carved From Ivory, and \Yooden Dolls -Cooking Utensils Are Mostly Made of Stone. All the traphies and treasures brought lrom his rediscovered island far up in Hudson Bay by Mr. R. F. Flahcrty, F.R.G.S., are. notv in the Royal Ontario Museum awaiting ar- rangement for public View, and they THE ESKIME'E’S FINERY “A" WI‘T‘TT’F’WE ’0‘“... ‘- Mr. and Iv'Irs. Tom. Andrews of the 10th of Egremont, spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews. . a Mr. Barry Smallman spent Sm;- day with MT. and Mrs. Arthur Lawrence. M‘r. T. J. Moore is preparing to erect a summer kitchen. Mr. Ha- ley of Toronto, has the carpenter work. He is a city carpenter. but reports times dull in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ford attend- ed the funeral of Mrs. Ford's father at Hanover, on Sunday. Mr. H. 'W. Hunt of Vickers was engaged cutting wood for some of the farmers in this part last week, and when he was Within about an hour of finishing he broke his engine and had to send it to Toronto for repairs. M’r. Hunt was giving good satis- faction, and we feel sorry for his misfortune. _ 0, ,i Sorry to report the accident which happened Mr. Austin Hann while engaged with Mr. John Lawrence .shing'ling his barn. Mr. Hann was coming down the rope which they had for drawing up shingles, when it gave way and he fell on the barn floor, breaking his wrist and some small bones in his back. Mr. Hann is also bad]; shaken. up, but we hope he may soon recover and be. able to be around again. M'r. Vs’m. Moore of Durham! has purchased Mr. Thos. Kennedy’s farm. Mr. Macro nuw owns 209 acres. The warm showers of the last Week have made a good growth but the wire w‘prm has thinned out some fields of oats. < . Messrs. Buller and Brebner are busily engaged now in turning out a car load of broom handles. Mr. Ja's. Eccles has been ap- pointed village constable and pound keeper for the year. No doubt that the by-laws of the vil- lage will be enforced. ' Rev. and Mrs .Ibbott returned from conference, and will Settle down for another year. w 9k. They had their annual fish- ing outing, with varying success. D. P. Coleridge boasts of gar- dxen peas in full bloom on 11th inst. Mr. Ray, of the B; 11 Telephone Co., London, uas the guest 01 D P. Colezidge on Fliddy of last 1 Mrs. R. M. Tribe. nee Nellie Dowling, passed away after a lingering illness ton Tuesday. the 15th inust., at the. age of 37 years, 6 months and 15 days. Mrs. Tribe was born about a mile and a half south of the village and has lived almost all her life in this vicinity. About 13 years ago, she married Mr. R. M. Tribe, and spent a few years in Alberta. but on account of ill health, she returned to this \;illage. Her last severe illness was of sm'eral months’ duration. but it was en- dured with Christian fortitude. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist church, and took. when able, a very active. tart m the W. M. S. society, oi which she was a life member. She loans to mourn her early demise, her hus- band, mother, 1‘ive brothers and two sisters. The funeral is to be held on Friday afternoon to Mt. Forest cemetery. WAR COSTS BRITAIN FIFTEEN MILLION DAILY D. Grier, J. P., was in Kingbton during the past week attending a meeting of the general assemblv. Mrs. J. Gow of «Hamilton is a guest at the manse and, being an artist, has sketched several \‘iEWs of scenery down the river. The British House of Commons voted another war credit of $1- 250,000, 000, making, uith sums al- ready voted, 3 total of $4,310- 000,000 for war purposes. The ex- penditure from April 1 to June 12 penaiture froméfpril 1 to June 12 has been at the rate of $13 309 ,000 daily and it has been estimated that the daily expenditure during the currency of the 11911 c1edit will not be less than $15,000,C00. Louis-e were callers at Mr. R. W'hittaker‘s the first of the week Mr. L. Mathewson. of Markdalc has engaged with W. Fletcher. ' A heavy hail storm 'passed over this vicinity on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Urquhart. of Highland Park, Detroit, are the guests of Holstein friends during this week. Mrs. Wm. Fletcher is tended visit with frien onto. FOURTH LINE, ARTEBIESIA MC’WILLIAMS. HOLSTEIN. ith friends in Toy- June 17, 1915.