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563v; The “'estern Fair, London’s popular agricultural exhibition, will be held this year from Sep- tember 10th to 18th It is consider- ed by the management that this year, above all others, should be the one when extra efforts must be put forth to make the exhibi- tion a great success: therefore with assistance given by the Gov- ernment the board of directors have decided .to make a cash ad- dition to the prize list of $3,000. Good as it was before, this will certainly make London's prize list very attractive. The list is now in the hands of the printer and will soon be ready for distribution. Thousands of advertising maps and hangers have been sent throughout the country during the past .couple of weeks an- nouncing 'the dates, ‘ and ar- rangements are being made as quickly as possible to ensure ex- hibitors and visitors alike that this year's exhibition will be the best ever held in London. Any in- formation regarding the exhibi- tion will be gladly given on appli- cation to the secretarv, A. M. Hunt, London, Ontario. Thos. Bogle. has purchased G. Calder’s old mill. and is erecting it on his own farm to be used as a barn. FIVE SAILINGS W'EEKLY: PORT McNICOLL TO SAULT STE. MARIE AND FORT WILLIAM. Canadian Pacific palatial Great Lakes steamships leave Port Mc- Nicoll Mondays, Tuesdays. \Ved- nesdays, Thursdays and Saturdavu for Sault Ste. Marie. Port Arthur and Fort William. Steamship Rx- nress making direct connection leaves Toronto 12.45 .p m. Particulars from Canadian Pa- cific Railway Ticket Agents, or write ML G. Murphy, District Pas- senger Agent, Toronto. 7 15 f! “’3 had a letter from Lieut. A Se-im to-day. He is at Alexandria. Egypt. He reports very hot and drv weather, but is enjoying military life. The Late'rains have improved the prospects for an abundant harvest in this vicinity. Buying has been commenced and is a fairly good crop. Other crops in- dicate a big yield. Miss Lizzie Ross of Detroit is home for .a. two weeks’ vacation. THE \VESTERN FAIR, LONDON Mrs. R. Morrison and Mrs \R’. J Sharp visited Letter Bree!) friends during the early part of the week. Mr. “'m. Horsburgh of the 12th concession is seriously ill. and bu little hopes‘ are entertained of his recovery. Longer telephone poles have been erected in the south end of the village, to prevent the neces- sity of cutting the tops off the shade trees. ‘ \ Ed. Hoy met with a serious ac- cident Monday forenoon. He started out driving a horse and buggy and leading a stallion. He had intended to commence haying on his farm near Orchard. ‘On the south side of the Orchard- ville hill he met an auto. The horse he was driving became frightened and upset the buggy into the ditch. Mr.'Hoy was bad- ly trampled and the fork pierced his arm. Those in the auto ren- dered all the assistance possible. and he was hurried in the auto to Dr. Ferguson’s office. At time of writing his condition was not much improved, being in a semi- conscious state. Next time you make a mayon- naise. or other salad dressing. try peanut 03} instead 0! olive oil. It is just as good to the taste and half the prim of olive oil. While John Manary and Arthur Irvin were driving to the station in an express wagon on \Yednes- day evening of last week, some- thing went wrong. The horse kicked and in so doing struck Mr. Manarv on the leg and Arthur on the knee the latter requiring five stitches to close the wound. John A. Marsh sang at the Knox church social Monday evening. Miss Ethel Sharp was accompamst and Dr. Marsh gave a splendid address. Mr. W. Moore’s little daughtez' met with an accident oMonday that is somewhat serious. Her brothers were using a cross-cut saw in -utting some wood. The stick being sawed became un- steady and the little girl at- tempted to steady it. The sax slipped and cut an ugly gash on the back of her hand, which reâ€" quired eight stitches. BOLSTEIN. Mesdames Atxater and Carter of Sault Ste. Marie and Grand Rapids, Mich, respectively. visit- ed ht G. McCall‘s this week. July 22: 1915. The St. Francis river on the boun. dary between Arkansas and Missouri can take care of from 500 to 5.000 cubic feet per second. but in flood time it has 100,000. and the surplus must overflow. The Miami river in Ohio has a normal capacity, varying at different points from 6 per cent to 5 per cent of its maximum overflow. The Mississippi. near the mouth of the Red river. has a normal flow of 200.000 cubic feet a second; when full to the top of its banks it can carry about 1.000.000 cu- bic feet. When all its tributaries are in flood it has to carry 2.500.000 cubic feet a second. As its banks are higher than the surrounding plains. these in- evitably receive the overflow. “A strange story. How long did that state of affairs continue?" Homemade Silver Polish. To make the best silver polisher and cleaner known. take a bottle of ammo- nia as sold in most grocery stores, and to this add two ounces of whiting. and just a few drops of oxalic acid. in this way you will procure for the expenditure of 15 cents as'much of the best silver polish as can be pur- chased for $1 in most of the prominent drug stores. This same polish is so cheap when homemade that the house- wife will not find it too expensive to use it in polishing all of the cutlery and also the brass doorknobs or. any other bright metal fixtures about the house-National Magazine. A Woman’s Strategy. “1 once heard of a sadly henpecked man who made friends with a mouse. and by keeping the little animal al- ways about him he contrived to get the upper hand." “Only a short while. The man's wife introduced a cat. and the moment the cat pounced on the mouse sne pounced on her husband." - Birmingham Age Herald. The Coldwater river. where it enters the flat lands from the hills in north- ern Mississippi. has a capacity of 900 cubic feet per second when full to the top of its banks. At maximum flood. however, 100,000 cubic feet per second pour down it. and it has to overflow. “I always have to stop and think. Anyway, she must be getting on. Yes. tprday I heard bur (-ontemptnously re- fer to the youngsters at a nearby pre- paratory school as a parcel of little boys.”-C1eveland Plain Dealer. “So.” said the weary writer. “but it takes eight pages to tell her 1 can‘t.”â€" New York Times. Dr. J. '1‘. Gwathmey. author of a text book on anaesthesia. said bluntly that it is not possible to chloroform a grown person while asleep. Another expert said he could not see how a person could be anaesthetized without realiz- ing the fact and instances a slight wo- man patient who required four at- tendants to hold her while being put under the influence of chloroform on the operating table. Some Streams Make Their Beds Too Small For Flood Tides. “A river is not made to order. It is nothing'more nor less than the acci. dental path made by water in follow- ing the line of least resistance.” writes Arthur E. Morgan in an article on “Why livers Overflow.” published in the Scientific American. Mr. Morgan goes on to show that the average river has found or made a channel that sut- fices for it in ordinary times. but that in flood tide is not large enough to car- ry 03 the water. Some of the figures he gives explain perfectly why certain rivers are in the habit of overflowing. These medical witnesses pointed out it generally requires the undivided at- tention or two surgeons and several nurses to induce a willing patient to yield to the fumes. If. it is suggested. the burglars have found a more expe- ditious mode of administration the medical world would be glad to hear of it. Dr. James J. Walsh. an authori- ty on anaesthesia. said that the appli- cation of a chloroform soalfed cloth to a victim‘s nostrils would produce a burning sensation that would at 'once arouse the sleeper. Tales of wholesale chloroforming. el- ther by saturated cloths or atomizers. may therefore. in view of this testi- mony, be relegated to the realm of the imaginary. Getting Along. “Lemme see. how old is your (laugh. ter?” Care Required. “Good heavens.” said the impatient friend. “are you writing yet? Does it] take four pages to tell her you will see her‘tomorrow night?" Caught. “How is it I didn‘t see you at the charity meeting last night?’ “It was I who passed the plate Tight. “He's close fisted. isn‘t he?” “I should say be is. 'Wny. man. he won’t even give up any of his bad habits."â€"-Detroit Free Press. Other men are !enses through which we read our own mluds.â€"-Emerson. “It was I W aroundZ”-Judge. 3t Act: In a Manner That Surprises the Medical Experts. Every now and then stories appear about individuals and even whole households being chloroformed by en- terprising burglars. A report of that kind in New York city induced the New York Herald to interview a number of experts on the subject with the result of obtaining a verdict that should ef- fectively dispose of that sort or fiction for all time. but probably will not. as previous exposures have failed. WHY RIVERS OVERFLOW. CHLOROFORM IN FICTION. Of course it was a very regretable misunderstanding. and the sultan sent a telegram to the kaiser to express his sorrow, and an imperial Ottoman prince and three Turkish ministers followed the victim’s hearse to the cemetery. But in the interests or discipline the murderer had to die despite an appeal for a reprieve from the colonel’s widow. The Albanian was shot by ten men of his own battalion, and when he was asked before the execution if he re- pented of the deed he replied twice in a firm voice. “Nol”-â€"Washington Star. Unfortunately the colonel did not know or did not remember that to touch a Mussulman’s chin is a grave on’ense from a religious viewpoint It is by the beard of the prophet or his own heard that he swears allegiance and makes his vows and promises. Ac- cording to a Turkish general, an Al- banian would kill his own father it he laid hands upon his son’s head in so disrespectful a manner. A Mohamme dan military service is simply a re- ligious duty. and it implies a volun- tary submission to discipline. But Turkish officers know better than to touch their men rudely or even to shout at them. Resourceful. Blondine â€" Gerty Giddygad is the most resourceful girl I know.’ Brunetta-eln what way? “The other day the young man she is trying to land for a husband called her attention to a spot of powder on her nose.” , “Well. well"- “And Gerty said, ‘1 always do that every time I eat marshmallows.’ ”- Youngstown Telegram. He Rode. While waiking along a dusty road in Illinois in his circuit days Lincoln was overtaken by a stranger driving tc town. “Will you have the goodness tc take my overcoat to town for me?" asked Lincoln. Some Forgotten Slang. The cheese. It is the forgotten slang. But there were days when the proper man was not the Champagne Charlie or anything else but the “cheese.” And the negative was “Oh, cheese it!” as a request to refrain from anything. And the origin was a song: ' Ain't I the cheese, Ain’t I the cheese. Walking the park With my happy Louise? It Is Sacred, For by It He Pledges His Word and Honor. Some years ago the German Colonel von Schlichting. instructor to the Otto- man army, was shot dead on parade at Yildiz kiosk by a young Albanian sol- dier, Hadji Bairam, because the Ger- man in correcting the faulty pose of the soldier’s head touched his chin with his riding whip. “With pleasure. But how will you get it again '2” “on. very readily! I intend to re main in It," was Lincoln's prompt re ply. Cause of His Pessimism. Orator -â€" On the surface things are often right. but it is when we explore the depths of things that we see the deceptions or our erow creatures. One of the Crown -â€" Gnv’nor. you‘ve been buying a barrel of apples. haven’t yuu?~l.ondou l‘it Btu}. The training of the staff officer is very thorough. A complete practical course in military science, extending over many years’ of active service with various bodies of troops, is augmented by years of study at the war college, which embraces the last word in the theoretical science of modern warfare. â€"l\’ew York Tribune. During defense movements it is of particular importance to observe close- ly the movements or the opposing forces in order to make preparation for counted moves. such as advances. re treats, the sending or re-enforcements and other movements of troops. The execution of these movements falls within the province of the staff officer. 1y provided for and the provisioning of the troops. Sometimes the commanding general intrnsts a staff oflicer with the observa- tion of the action of the opposing forces which may be beyond the view of headquarters. or he may be sent to the firing line with important orders to commanders there. which, however. the stair officer has authority to alter if in his judgment this is necessary. Among the duties of the stafl’ officer during action belong the gathering and compilation of reports which are con- stantly pouring in to headquarters and which give intimation of the progress of the battle. The stafl’ officer must ed, see that they'are properly treated and sent to lazarets. He must see to it that prisoners are properly cared for and that the commissariat is adequate- How the General Staff Keeps In Touch With the Firing .Line. In wartime the many threads lead- ing from the long battle line at length reach a common point. which is the headquarters of the general stafi’. The activity of each olficer attached to the general stall‘ is therefore of the great. est importance for the success of ev- ery military enterprise. During the action every officer of the stafl' is at the immediate disposal or the commanding general and assists him in the carrying out of orders. BEARD OF THE TURK. DIRECTING A BATTLE. 84 l -â€"London Chronicle. TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. At the entrance gate the com- mandant, the senior surgeon and the senior physician are stationed to decide in which ward each case is to be placed. A hospital kit IS assigned to each patient as he ar- rives consisting of a blue hospi- tal suit, vest, day and night shirts. socks, handkerchief. towel and slippers. To distinguish the blue suit from that worn in militarv hospitals, the one worn by the Red Cross patient has a red band around the sleeves and the trous- ers have a blue instead of a White lining. HOW THE W'OUNDED ARE REâ€" CEIVED INTO A RED CROSS HOSPITAL The following account of one of the details of the dailv routine of a Red Cross hospital will show the military precision with which these hospitals are conducted: an inventory is made of it, and it is held in .the pack store until the patient leaves the hospital. The Red Cross Column The hospital is warned before- hand when a train load of wounded is expected Just before the train is due, the Red Crdss buglers sound the “fall in” 02111 in the central square of the hospital The orderlies required are parad- ed bv the sergeant-major and Dro~ ceed to the station platform. The Registrar enters the train and distributes tickets marked “medical”. or “surgical" as the case may be to the patients who are to be assigned to this 'particu- lar hospital As soon as this has been done and the “nominal roll” taken. during which time a mug of beef tea is distributed to each patient, the orderlies brine stretchers and wheel chairs for the conveyance of the wounded to the Red Cross hospital. Probably there never was a pub- Lic fund administered with greater precision and discipline than the Red Cross Fund. The public can be well assured that every dollar th-ev contribute is carefully ex- pended. \ ' The Great need of the Red Cross. combined with this assurance of careful administration should stimulate public generosity to The dress. worn by the patient on entering the hospital is then taken bv the orderLies to the Foul Linen store. From there it is taken to the disinfector. After disinfection oo]_ 8= (9 O G 3 l ( A most ' for ailmen for promp aches. am constipath faulty live mmm _o < a: (0 ~ A pleasa effervescir. 352 am -â€"â€"] p4 O s) â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"--. O_Q® 809000 000 .0 “U 0 EU §§+§§§§§§§§+§§§+§§§#060000 §§§§§§§+O+§¢§¢§§§+§§§§§§§§§§§#QOOOOQOQOO QQQOQOQQQOOOOO ¢§¢++¢§§¢oo§oo+oo+¢¢¢+¢o§§o++§¢o+§+++++§+o++¢+¢oo+o+¢oooooo§o++¢+ooooooo+++¢§¢o¢ ° r' WW a. C.P.R. Town Office ““7 M”â€" Liver Salts A most reliable remedy fox ailments of the liver for prompt relief of head- aches. amte indigestion, constipation caused by faulty live action. A pleasant quick-acting effervescing salt. Gent’s Lisle and Silk Ankle Hose, “250 per pair. Children’s Stockings and Sex All colors and qualities, from 100 to 25c per pair, Ladies’ Lisle and Silk Ankle Black, \Vhite and Tan. Ex- tra quality 25¢ per pair. Gent‘s Cotton So'cks, Extra Quality. 2 pair for 2.50 A Volley oi Bargains which are holding the High Price Advance back daily Hosiery Dishes Stamped Goods Ladies’ Cotton Hose. black and Whlte. Zpair for" Se. 352 and 50c Bottles -â€"â€"1‘:‘}' Itâ€" The VARIETY STORE 0n the Firing Line Macfarlane’s Drug Store nOffice The M Store Get'l It must not be forgotten that Great Britain as the senior partner in the Great Alliance, has had to give generously to the weaker al- lies, particularly in the matter of Red Cross work. The condition of the w oundec‘ in Montenecrro and Serbia. particularly Serbia has been appalling. The need for medical help in the latter country has been due largeâ€" lv to the heavy mortality among the military doctors. A despatcb sent out from Kragujevatch. the Red Cross headquarters in Serbia shows that 98 Serbian doctors out of a total of 387 at the beginning of the war are now dead, 82 falling victims to the terrible typhus fever. Thus Serbia having lost nearly one-fourth of her medical men is dependent upon outside as- sistance. Thirty-five however. out of the foreign doctors who have enlisted for Red Cross work in Serbia, have perished. These fig- ures do not include medical stu- dents, nurses and other helpers. been even higher. Subscriptions for Serbian relief work can be sent to the Canadian Red Cross Society, Toronto. Those who would prefer to give to the Red Cross work among Canadian soldiers should realize that everv fresh contribution by taking from the British Red Cross the respon- sibility for Canadians, leaves the British Red Cross freer for this necessary work in Serbia. CONDITIONS IN SERBIA. Sir Thomas Lipton, who trans- ported to Serbia the English Red Cross unit in his ship the Erin, has written in a British Red Cross journal a striking state- ment of the miseries of our Balkan allies. “It would be impossible for me.” he states, “to describe the terrible condition that the country is in. The hospitals are full every- where with typhus. In a hospital at Ghevgheli, there were 1,000 patients, and seven out of twelve nurses, and three out of six doc~ tors were sick with typhus. Ty- Dhus :is also raging at the Serbian armv’s headquarters at Kragouye- vatz. The sole assistants in the hospital were Austrian prisoners. who acted as hospital orderlies The matron in charge was short of every necessity, drugs, blankets even greater efforts. Cheese Dishes. good size, L5c each Egg Cups, 3 for 103. Clm er Leaf ,Cu'ps and Saucers 3 for :00. Clover Leaf Plates, 3 for" .5c. Butter Dishes. Fancy. 15c and 25c. Glass Tumblers. Extra value (’3 for .53. ' Glass Tumblers. extra quality, 3 for \Vine Glasses, 50 each. Salt and Pepper Shakers, 50 each Cream Jugs, all shapes and sizes from 5c to 15c. ")C. THE MISERY OF SERBIA. ‘ The prettiest ever ff 3:; "-~ From 25c up (Tome in and see them New Pieces in Souvenir Pieces Flags of Allies Royal Doulton \Iinton Wedgew 00d and R0351 L10“ 11 Derby CHINA â€"â€"and â€" â€"â€"also-â€"- The Set-Price Store NOTHING OVER 25c Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely der ange the Whole system when enter- ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from rep- utable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall‘s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney 00.. Toledo, 0., contains no mercury and is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sl’stem. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure, be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.J. Cheney 8: Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. 75¢ per bottle Take Hall’s Family Pills for con- stipation. and sheets. “Travelling through the countrv as far as I could see all the big buildings were flying the Red Cross flag. Something serious has got to be done .at once regarding Serbia.” A British surgeon in Ser- bia corroborates Sir Thomas Lip- ton's opinion. In the British Red Cross hospital at Skolpje. the sur- gical staff for 14.000 patients com- Drises only six doctors. There are no nurses or trained attendants There are only voluntary helpers called Bolnichars. who come and go as they please. Only four British ships were destroyed by German submarines during the past week. 2 ONE SPOONFUL GIVES ASTONISHING RESULTS Durham residents are astonished at the quick results from the sim- Dle mixture of buckthorn bark. glycerine, etc., known as Adlerâ€"i- ka. This remedy acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel a id is so THOROUGH a bowel cleanser that it is used successfully in apâ€" pendicitls. ONE SPOONFUL oi Adler-i-ka relieves almost ANY CASE of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it, the gasses rum- ble and pass out. M'acfarlane 8: Co. i10ju22sep2 Cushion Covers and Centres Linen and \Vhite Colors. 1”: to L5c. Pin Cushions, all shapes 10¢. Stamped Towels, 2.50 pair Rope, Silks. Royal Floss and Crochet; Cotton. Carpet Tacks, 2 packets for .30 Mouse Traps, 2 for 50. Brooms. Special 25c. Thread 3 spools for 100. Gent‘s Spspenders, Regular 000 for Inc. \Vindow Blinds, 15c. SPECIALS