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BOOTS AND SHOES A large stock continually on hand, and any special kind you may want can be got in two days after getting order. Our aim 1s to have the newest styles made on good fitting lasts. 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 MBKEBHNIES’ WEEKLY NEWS Departmental Store House Furnishings MEN’S CLO'I HING ~ Time «Fare Orangevine Lv. 8.00 a.m ...... $2.30 Fraxa Jct. 8.17 ...... . 2 15 Laurel ‘ ' '. 8. 27 .-. ..- 2 .10 Crombies 3. 41 “ ..... . 1 90 Shelburne . 8. 55 1 80 Melanct hon ‘ 9.03 . .. 1.7 0 Corbetton 9.13 ..... 1 60 Dundalk 9.24 ...... 1.50 Pro-ton 9.34 1.35 Saugeen J ct. 9.41 ...... 1.25‘ Flesh-erton 9.50 ...... 1.20 Markdale 10.05 ...... 95 Berkeley 10.15 ...... 75 iHolland Centre 10.25 ...... 70 , Chra-ts worth 10.40 ...... 45 RockEOrd 10.50 ...... 30 Owen Sound arrive 11.05 am. [Durham L‘ ‘ McWilliams Glen j'Priceville ‘Sagugeen Jct. Flesherton Markdale Berkeley lHolland Centre I Chatsworth Returning, Special leaves Owen Sound; at 7.00 -p. m. Durham to Owen Sound and Return ; Time Fare Durham Lv. 8.00 a.m ....... $1. 80 McVVilliams 8.10 ...... 1. 65 Glen 8.15 ...... ‘ 1. 65 ‘Priceville 8.25 ...... 1.45 Sagugeen Jet. 8.40 ...... 1.25 Flesherton " 8.50 ...... 120 Markdale 9.05 ...... 95 Berkeley 9.15 ...... 80 Holland Centre 9.25 ...... 70 Chatsworth 9.40 ,,,,,, 45 Rockford 9.50 ...... 30 Owen Sound arrive 10.05 3.111. Returning. Special leaves OWen Sound at 7.30 p. m. Rates good on specials as well as on all regular trains. War Tax of SC. on fares of $1.00 or over. ' Patriotic Airs only are requeste] bv bands, etc. A loafer never allows himself to get out of practice. Don't call a man a foolâ€"he may be foolish enough to fight. ORANGEVILLETO OWEN SOUND AND RETURN 12th of; July Fares to - Owen Sound How Service Passed From the Role ' of Trainp to That of Poet. London Tit-Bits has the following article on Robert Service, the Canaé dian poet: ,>. The name of Robert W. Service is to Canada what that of Kipling is to the rest of the world. He is the poet whose “Songs of a Sourdough” present a picture of life “out West” mcre vivid, definite, and truthful than anything which has yet been Written, and his career provides an equally striking story. _ “At twenty-one, to the horror of my parents, I kicked over the traces and precipitated myself violently into the wild West." That is how Mr. Service himself relateshis mi- gration to Canada, which occurred after he had spent some years as clerk in a bank in Glasgow. “Hay. ing reached years of indiscretion,” he says, “the routine of the omce be- gan to pall upon me. I seemed to see my life an endless vista of drab days, and myself growing bald and paunchy in a halo of reSpectability. I rebelled. I wanted color, action, change, excitement, with the thrill of not knowing what was round the corner!’ “I was tired,” he says, “of being kicked about from pillar to post, and once more I sought a situation in a bank. I was tamed down, and then I had a stroke of luck that changed my whole destiny. For at the height of the gold rush’I was sent to the Yukon by the bank which employed me, and remained there for eight years. The extraordinary virility .and eolor of the life made a great impression on me, and it was during the solitary walks I used to take as a cure for dyspepsia that I first be- gan to write. . anâ€"vâ€"v And Mr. Service got it; for, after traveling steerage as an emigrant, he landed in Vancouver with exactly five dollars in his pocket, and had to start workby picking stones at the surface of a field destined for tur- nips. Tree-chopping, farming, school-teaching, newspaper report~ ing, Indian trading, and various oth- er miscellaneous occupations followw ed before the Kipling of Canada came to the conclusion that his par- ents were right and that the work of a bank clerk was his forte. wâ€" “I had read'so many stories of the North, and I had read so much Kipling that I began, out of sheer boredom, to versify, Kipling fash- Ion.” Mr. Service, however, thought so little of his work at that time that the verses which emanated from his pen were thrown into the bottom of trunk, and lay there for some time. One lucky day, however, he came across them and read them to a. friend. This friend thought “they weren’t so bad for an amateur,” and suggested that Mr. Service should have some of them printed and hand them round to his friends as a Christmas card. “This, however, struck me as rather foolish,” he says, “and hap- pening to receive a bonus of one hundred dollars, I took the plunge, sent my verses to a publisher, and told him to go ahead and print them at my expense." The rest, according to Mr. Service, reads like a fairy story, for the pub- lisher was so impressed with the merit of the verses that he insisted on publishing them on a royalty basis. and before Mr. Service realiz- UG§8D. “u “ UVLVLV Q'IQ. ~vâ€" ed what a genius he was his verses had reached the seventh edition, and they have been selling ever since. wwwrv“ “v â€"â€" They were selected in the first place on the score of their high stand- ard of education. They are men who are more than ordinarily smart, men- tally. Over ten per cent. of them are University graduates, and over twen- ty per cent. are college men. There is __..--‘ “A“ A Remarkable Corps. Perhaps the most remarkable corps training in-Canada just now is the Fourth Brigade of Field Artillery en- camped at Toronto and Guelph. I‘l._L a large number of professional men among them. One corporal is an ex- member of the United States Con- gress and a graduate of three uni- versities. In the ranks of one battery there are thrte ordained clergymen. There are several college professors and demonstrators, engineers and mechanics of all kinds. There is noth- ing in the matter of technical skill that the Fouitii Brigade cannot do. Then in its ranks are a. number of men who have been in the royal navy. All of the twelve men who man the limber guns are‘ex-navy men 474the limber gunner is real:y the caretaker of the machine, as it were “LVbuuv- v- v..- -â€"â€"and all are excellent men, rehable, and careful mechanics. _ ‘ . L1- .-£.. “It.“ ‘4“. v- u- .â€"â€"-'___ Next the men are selected for their good moral character. “We have no time,” remarked Lt.-Col. Brown, the commander of the brigade, “to both- er with men of indifferent character. Artillery work is so technical that it is only men of the higher type who have suflicient assiduity to -master it.” Thirdly, physical fitness is look- ed for; and lastly, some special kind or fitness in the applicant. “(blg' “In.“ VII-v- v -uâ€" 'v son for the omission. Having heard a great deal about the qualities, good and bad, of the. Canadian military footwear, Lieut. Porterfield decided to import a pair of high boots from England. He sent $25 to pay‘foyr the boots, but when they were delivered he had to give $17 for duty and $10 for express and other details, making a total of $512 for the one pair. He intends to wear them out as quickly None of his fellow-oflicers are men- tion‘ing the subject of “boots" to Lieut. Chas. Porterfield of the Eaton Motor Machine Gun Battery these days, and there is a very good rea- â€"- “ LAA-A as possible. Quebec’ s Tobacco Crop. Reports regarding tobacco in Que- bec, last year while varying to some extent, appear to indicate a smaller yield, estimated at about 5, 000, 000 pounds or about two-thirds of an average crop. The quality is good and the area unde: cultivation was about 4.750 acres. “1.1.” .- 1--.... . CANADA’S KIPLING. / Who Said Boots 0) THE DURHAM’S WIN FIRST LACROSSE MATCH The first intermediate cham- tives there. nionsship Lacrosse match in several A goodly number from this yeax.s'took place here on Friday ineighborhood purpose vattending afternoon, when the Orangeviile fithe Sunday school convention in team played their opening game ithe Rocky church this afternoon. of the season in No. 1 district of The statute labor in this division the O.A.L.A. Though neither ,is to begin on Thursday, With Mr. team was in mid-season condition gFrgsl Stages as PatnmaSter. the game was strenuous ‘ at all times, with flashes of bright com- bination by both teams that tell of an excellent brand of lacrosse when they meet later on in the seas om . From the first blow of the ref? eree’s Whistle, the Durhams had th-eedge on their opponents, and while both teams were evenly matched the locals were 1n just enough better condition to take advantage of the breaks and had the better of the game in ever)~ quarter. The final score was 7-3, iand by quarters 2-0. 6-0. 7-1 and The last quarter was a freak. as the referee, Hartley of Port El- gin, lOISt his head and started af. ter the Durham team, ruling them off right and left. It looked like a clean-cut intention to present the-game to 'Orangeville, and the crowd was not slow in voicing their opinion on some of his rul- in:g2s. As neither team had indulg- ed in any rough-house tactics, it is not yet clear Why he decid- ed to hold the men down more in the last quarter than in any of the others. With the first three per- iods, nobody has any reason to ;'complain of his decisions, and had {he proceeded along the same lines .in the fourth the one little fracas {that did occur between two of ’the players never would have {happened Refereeing, hoWeVer. ilike playing the game, requires lpractice, and will improveas the llseason advances. Anyway, it was a good game for this season of the year, and just about as clean as will be seen anywhere.“ Whatever roughness that did come through, and there was very little, appeared to be from lack of condition and pracâ€" tice rather than downright inten- tional cussedn-ess. Mrs. Satherland of Fort William is visiting at Mr. W.B. Voll'et’s. Mrs. Capper and children. of Mason City, Iowa, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. XV. Saunders Miss ’Grac-e Barclay of Toronto is visiting her parents here. Mass'rs. R. J. Ball and John Tay- lor of Hanover were in town on Tuesday. Reeve Calder is attending the County Council in Owen Sound this week. . Rev. W. H. Hartley of Delaware 18 spuendlng a couple of davs in town. ~ Miss Julia W'eir, of the High school staff at Smith's Falls, is holidaying with her parents and relatives here. Mr. R. J. Sprould of Flesiherton was in town yesterday. Mr. amd Mis Struthers, of Horn- ing’s Mills. accompanied by Mrs. Hogaboom, spent Tuesday uith Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly. Mr. W. F. Dunn of Moose Jaw, is visiting friends in town, and rejoins Mrs. Dunn, who has been with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Laidlaw, for the .past four weeks. Mr. Eric Kelly of the Standard Bank, Blenheim, is . spending? a couple of weeks at the parental home here. Mr. Beales, “tobacco” editor oi‘ The Toronto News, was here as reporter for that paper at the Conservative convention. Mr. Tho-s. Allan of Toronto re- newed acquaintances with Durham and Egremont friends and rela- tives last Week. Mr. C. Ramage of The Review, attended the Grand Camp of. the Sons of Scotland in Hamilton this week. Mrs. Ramage accompanied him, and before returning thev will visit in Toronto and Puffalo. EDGE BILL. Mr. Arthur Wilson of Bentinck is engaged with Mr. J G. Firth for a month. Miss Emma Ritchie was home from Sullivan over the week end. Mr. W R. Edge' was in Walkerâ€" ton a couple of days last week. Mr. W G. Firth delivered‘ four nice cattle in Durham on. Friday for which he received a good price. PMiss Belle Firth left on Monâ€" day for a trip to the west, (going as far as her sister’s. in British Columbia. er. and Mrs Gordon Geddes o'f Egremont were guests at the home of Mr. Thos Greenwood the beginning of the week. ‘ _ 'I wMrw W. G. Firth and sister, Miss Maggie, attended the Wedding of price for a horse, which he sold at the fair last Thursday. ..n am 1‘1: r'rmmnu - PERSONAL their brother. Mr. D H. Firth, in Hamilton on Wednesday. and vis- ited a couple of days with rela- .tives there. Miss Mary Edge, teacher in Drayton Continuation school. 13 home for the summer vacation. Five pupils from No. 3 are writing on the Entrance examin- ation in Durham this week. We hope they may all be successful. - Mr. and Mrs Hugh Firth and family, of Markdale, motored over on Sunday and enjoyed a visit at the home of M'rs. R. Edlge- Mr. Fred Staples and his broth- er-in-law, Mr. J06. Porter, 01‘ Allan Park, were over to M'arkdale on business on Wednesday. Rev. Mr. “’hale‘y conducted prayer meeting in the Grange on Tuesday evening. There was a Large attendance. We extend hearty congratula- tions to Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Firth. who were married in Hamilton on the 16th inst. They were visiting here a couple of days with Mr Firth’s mother, Mrs D. Firth. prior to leaving for their future home in Winnipeg Mr Ernie Greenwood and sister. Miss Minnie, visited with the Cor- bett family, near Dornoch, Sunday Mr Adam Anderson has put a neat woven Wire fence across the from: of his lot, which adds mater- ially to the general appearance The wire fence has many distinc- tive advantages over the old zig-zag rail fence, which it is rapidly replacing throughout the country Mr Geo. Bailey of Bruce. was visiting with Messrs. J. and C. Moffat for a couple of days. and purchased from them a thriftv young Foiled-Angus bull. 311'. M‘offat delivered the animal in Durham this W'ednesday morning. and shipped him Via Grand Trunk to Port Elgin, which is Mr. Baiiâ€" ev’s nearest railroad station. Mr. E. J. Pratt, the well known well driller? erected a new Baker windmill for Mr. C. H. Moffat on Monday. It is 45 feet high. Wind- mills are quite common in our neighborhood now, as we have eight of them in less than two miles. No other machine on the farm requires less attention than a windmill, and very few invest- ments are more profitable when labor saving is considered. Messrs. Thos. Greenwood and J. G. Birth have excavations made for silos, which the Edwards Bros. of Bimessan, are to build in the near future. Miss Mabel Meade is home from Toronto for her summer holidavs. The masons have complete-Ll Mr. Joe Lennox’s barn foundation, and made a good substantial iob. The auction sale 'of the effects of the late John Wells on Tues- day .was a great success. Good liberal bidding, and evervthing realized good value. M'r. Malcolm IvIcInznes of Price- ville vicinity, purchased a bunch of good Ils-teers from the Nichol brothvers'on Monday, giving a good price. It is the first time he has come into this neighborhood to buy, but created a verv good impression. The union picnic oi the dav and Sunday .schools of this section is to be held, as usual. in Mr. Thos Wilson’s bush on. July 2nd; A real good time is exuected and everybody is cordially invited. That suggestion a Week ago to fix up time sides of the road. is .a good one. It is about th': oulv part of the road farmers can use They have been building roads all their lives for autos and motor cvcles and it.is about time they would think abbut themselves. To avoid any.f11ture coni'liction between _ Conservative annua‘ meetings and Varney Grange pic- nics. we might just say the annu- al meeting will be held on the third Friday in June of each year, as set forth by the Consti- tution published last fall, and distributed by the hundred throughout the riding. We were very much surprised at the clash this year, as we understood your correspondent is head of the Varney Grange and a prominent Conservative. We were also a little surprised to hear him say his oversight might be the cause of him turning- around on voting." day. Of course we were_ aware- that a weathercock would turn with almost any Wind. but if so slight a breeze would turn him in the opposite direction he would certainly be a veritable whirli- gig in a storm. M'r. Thos Pollock of Saskatche- wan, Who is spending a couple of months in old Ontario, is in this part at present visiting old neigh- bors. He retains wellg his boyish spirit and is entertaining companv for young, as well as old. CORNER CONCERNS. June 24, 1915. k? k