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spent three days of list weei Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Peart, Their is a lively crowd a1 O’Neill homestead on th concession. Mr. and Mrs. Lavelle and two children, ford, and Mrs. Jim Lenahan members of the family from A holiday season at the uwwww- old home. Mr Stanley Wellwood brought 2‘ ’ . uto load up from Toronto on Friday Two he dropped off at Vandeleur, but the others hisl mother, Mrs. W'm. Well wood, Mrs 1 J Garrod and her daughter Edith.l and Mr F. Bird, came to the home of Mr Bob Anderson. That even- ing Mrs Garrod suffered a para-- c stroke. affecting one side. lyti Ego‘s care since and is under Dr Mr- Garro x was sent for and rived on Monday. She is some better at'present Mr. Anderson motored to Mt Forest on Satur- day and gave an order to Mr A. Corbett for a handsome granite monument to be erected in the family plot in the near future July 29, 1915. - “slit, “1‘“ hw" . v V. Corbett for a handsome e erected in the: granite 3 Q :3 r: 3 ' m D H F. c c‘ '1 ; _ ~ ' , , Mrs Bert Summers. with Masters Jack and Murray. returned I" . ' ronto on Thurs- day, after)o_lidaying for some weeks at her parental home Showers of hail were numerous last week This immediate vicinitv escaped, but we got rain j Mrs James McClocklin 2101 children, of British Columbia spent last week with her sister.» Mrs. Will Timmins and Mrs A‘her: McNaliy. This week they are visu- ing‘ the EIcCiocklin homestead. Mrs. Ewen D. McNab and ba‘m daughter. of Arrow River, Man. scent last week at the home oi Mr Arch. McNab, and enio-yed a day With Mrs J. J Peart. ‘ 4....x THE WESTERN FAIR. LONDON. : September 10th to 18th., The Western'Fair of London. 3 Ontario, will maintain its reputa-i tion this year as being one of the: best Live Stock Exhibitions in the‘; Dominion of Canada. Live .tock' evhibitors are always loud in theirl praises of the treatment they re-l ceive at London and the amountt large cash additions have been; made to the prize list for the past: three years, this year will surpass them all, when $3,000 will be added to the Live Stock and Poul- try departments. This has been possibl through the generous assistan e given by the Dominion Government. The amount has been distributed throughout the differ- ent (glasses and some new classes sâ€"A ennfirma added. which will be 5‘.- .._ - large cash additions have made to the prize list for t? three years, .this year will them all, when $3,000 W and sections added, which will be of special interest to the farmers and live stock breeders. The prize lists will soon be ready for dis- tribution. Send (to the Secretary: A. M. Hunt, London, Out, for prize list or any information regarding the Exhibition. s ‘a lively crowd at the omestead on the 4th n. Mr. and Mrs. James nd two children. Strat- Mrs. Jim Lenahan and of the family from Owen Lre spending a happy 925011 at the hospitabli yf South Ben-t: by his nieces. Lizzie Hughes? last week “'ith In the year 1862 I was a private in the -â€"th Ohio canlry in middle Ten- nessee. and a part.of my company was detailed under a lieutenant toact as the headquarters guard to a division commander. 1 was one of theSe men. and my principal dutyâ€"when there was anything to doâ€"was acting as courier for the general commanding. I carried dispatches wherever the mili-' tary telegraph was not available. --jâ€"3 ‘A n ‘“.J “' O“ I One day the general handed me a communicatiov; that he told me i must not on any account permit to fall into t hahds of the enemy. I promised hi that I would defend it with my life. it was contained in a long ofli- cial envelope. and l tucked it into my saber belt. where we couriers always carried our dispatches. intending when I got without our canfp to put it in a less conspicuous place. I was riding down a turnpike south- ward when I saw a young soldier on ‘ foot a short distance ahead of me. It occurred to me that he had a peculiar walk. When I reached him he turned and looked up at me. He was the youngest looking soldier I ever saw except among the drummer boys. His cheeks were rosy as a girl‘s. and there wasn't a sign of a beard. “Like to ride. sonny?" I asked. “It '50. 1‘11 take you up behind me." I' noticed his eye turn upon the dis- patch in my belt. but only as it might rest on anything about me. and he said he would like a lift if I didn’t mind. since he had several miles to go before reaching camp. i noticed that his ac- cent had the southern flavor in it and asked him what regiment he belonged ‘to. He said he was one of an east gTennessee cavalry regiment that I ‘knew all about. This accounted for . his accent. ile put his foot on mine. and. giving me his hand. 1 lifted him up to a seat behind me. I chatted with him on the was. though 1 could not get him to say much. All of a sudden when we came to a part of the road where no one was near I felt my revolver being drawn out of its holster. and the first thing I knew after that I heard :1 click and felt the muzzle against the back of my head. “I'll take that paper in your belt.” he said. It didn't take me long to form a theory of what all this meant. He was a Confederate who had got hold of a Federal soldier‘s uniform and come into our lines on secret service. But I didn’t let on that such was my opinion. A SECRET SERVICE FAILURE "0h. stop your fooling." I said. “or I’ll put you down.” I knew he was mare frightened than I, for I felt the muzzle of the pistol shake against my head. which indi- cated that his hand was trembling. However. he managed to control his voice sufficiently to say quite severely for a mere boy: "You give me that dispatch or I’ll make a hole in your head." “Are you in earnest?" I asked. “You‘ll find that out pretty quick it you don’t do as I tell you.” He was so excited that he omitted to put a masculine‘tone into his voice and gave himself or herself dead away. "Come, little girl,” 1 said. "don‘t you think you have embarked in a pretty dangerous business?" “Girl or no girl. 1 want that dis- patch.” "Well, if you want it Why don‘t you take it?” There was no immediate reply to this. She was evidently thinking what to do. A man would have reached for the dispatch with one hand while he held the pistol in place with the Other. I didn’t believe that the girl would kill me intentionally, but I confess I was mightily afraid that in her agita- tion she would pull the trigger with- out knowing it. “I’ll tell you what 111 do, ' I said. “Lower the revolver and Ill give you the dispatch, on the honor of a sol- dier.” “Give me the dispatch or I‘ll fire." I didn’t believe she could bring her- self to shoot me in cold blood. I re solved to risk it. “You’re welcome to it. my dear." I replied. “but you‘ll. have to take it yourself." I knew she was afraid that if she reached for it I would adopt some method to circumvent her. ”Suppose,” ). added. "1 give you the disbatch. What will you do next?" "You‘ll dismount. and I’ll ride away on your horse.” “How do you know but 1 have a re- volver in mv bootleg? She didn't know. but I knew I hadn‘t. She made no reply. but I felt her trem- bling. 'A Story For Memorial Day. By F. A. MITCHEL “If you're going to succeed in this job you'd better reach down and pull out we other weapon. for if you don‘t I can shoot you as soon as I've dis- mounted. I could give you the dis- patch. get down and put a ‘bullet through you as soon as I touched xhe pike." “Why don't you?" she asked in a voice that had perceptibly broken away. I‘m sorry I haven't time to tell the Test of the story. I can say. however. what after the war I took her north twith me. “Because I wouldnt hurt you. my dear girl. for the world. " This was too much for her. She broke down and put my revolver back in my holster. --~- -â€"- A.- u... ~â€" _..--._.â€"- . 'â€" London’s Bridges. At a time when the population of 1 London was well over a million and her houses lay for miles on each side of the river she was apparently well content with her one London bridge. At length in 173-1 Westminster was seized with the desire to have a bridge of her own. Application was made to parliament for powers only to encounter the fiercest opposition from the city. the 40.000 watermen, the in- habitants of Southwark and the west country bargemen. all of whom im- plored the commons to protect them against this new enemy. The result was that the bridge was not built till 1750. Blackfriars, at first called Pitt’s bridge, was finished in 1700 at a cost of £260,000. defrayed by tolls. Water- loo was opened on the second anniver- sary ot the famous battle with great pomp by the prince regent in person, accompanied by his royal brother. the Duke of York, the Duke of Wellington and many distinguished people-Lon- don Answers. 1 “No Quarter Given.” “It is forbidden to declare that no quarter shall be given.” So say The Hague regulations. That is a more modern rule than you would think. The Duke of Wellington said that he understood that the defenders of a for- tress taken by storm had no right to quarter, although he himself did not. as a rule. adopt such a cruel practice. A century ago, when a feeble garrison stubbornly held out in a feebly fortified place against a force manifestly supeâ€" rior and apparently able to take it eventually, it was usually refused quar- ter. There was an attempt to justify the refusal by a doctrine of “futile re- sistance”â€"that he who uselessly resist- ed and caused assaulting or besieging forces unnecessary loss of life did not deserve to have his own life spared. But that doctrine has been rejected. Carried to its logical conclusion it would mean that every member of a weaker force in any kind of armed con- test could be killed.-William M. Colâ€" lier in Forum. A Troublesome Cargo. “An elephant's shoulder is never still" is a Hindu saying with refer- ence to the restlessness of the animal. An Englishman tells how the elephants passion for moving about once came near wrecking a ship. A number of elephants were taken on board a vessel at Calcutta, and the steamer went down the Hugli river. At night it anchored off Sangor point. The sea was as still as oil, but the ship rolled so much that she was in danger of going over. The elephants had found that by swaying to and fro all together they could produce a pleas- ant rocking motion. As the ship had no other cargo and rode light the cap- tain was much frightened. The ma- houts. or keepers. were hurried down into the hold. and each one. seated on his own beast, made him “break step," but they had to stay there for a long time. Why Milk Sour-s. We are told by those who study the ways and ravages of the mischievous microbe that he is very fond of sugar and that he delights to gratify this liking by turning the supply in milk into an acid which sours the milk. These microbes are constantly in the â€".'_'~' air. alive though invisible. and ready to drop into the milk when they can. If it were possible to keep the milk from the air after the cow is milked it would not turn sour. Warm milk is particularly inviting to the microbe and favorable to his operations. He does not get along well under chilling conditions, and that is why the sweet- ness of milk can be preserved if it is kept cold. Boiling fresh milk changes â€"v‘-' _,__v v the sugar in such a way that the mi- crobe cannot feed upon itâ€"Baltimore American. Precious Manuscripts. Considered one of the finest manu- scripts in this country. the “Evangel- istarium sive Lectiones ex Evangeliis.” illuminated and of French-Carlovingi- an origin. may be seen in the New York Public library. The manuscrript is of vellum and consists of 200 leaves. Its date is set in the neighborhood of 870 A, D.~ The late twelfth and thir- teenth centuries are also represented, and among the works from the four- teenth Century is the oldest extant complete manuscript of the Wycllflite version of the New Testament in Eng- lish.-Argonaut. There’s a Reason For Everything. “Wouldn't you try to get a divorce from a woman who abused you and neglected your home and thought more of her club than she did of you?" thun- dered the big man. 0 - 1‘1-.. UDILU tn» v-5 --_-__._- “I don‘t think 1 would.” replied Hen- ry Pack. “1 am afraid I'Ienrietta would not. let 111e.”â€"Philadclphia Ledger. Coral Builders. Com] reefs and islands are formed by the coral building polyp. These animals only live in clear water. the depth of which is not greater than twenty-five fathoms, and the tempera~ ture of which does not sink below 68 degrees F. dear?” -'v‘- ‘ Pretty bad 15' I fear. Even the chil- dren wouldn t have a second p1i”-ece. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Secret. “This is very confidential. Marian.” “Yes. dear. I shall be most careful to whom [repeat it.”â€"Philadelphia He who did well in war just earns the right to begin doing well in peace. â€"Brown'mg. ,.__-_4.‘- 7" -"°‘ “ The Extreme Limit. "How did your cake turn out. er. TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. my The opinion of :a “remore pos- sibility” of using Hydro is where the shoe pinches Mr. Catton, and here, too, is Where many others fail to fall in line with putting} the sub-station in a sense outside? the control of the town. As a matter of fact, the Cement Com- pany has not yet entered an agreement to take Hydro power. though Mr. Calder says the board has decided on taking 1,500 h. '9. As soon as the contract is signed. sealed and definitely and posi-- tivaely decided on, there will be liewer opponents to the scheme. I 9 Continued from page 1. 1 “It has been stated that possibly 1 the Cement Company woulz" 3 change their motors from 25 cv-‘I cles to 60 cycles and use the HV» : dro current. Ido not hesitate totl say, and I am sure that it is . generally agreed that this is a very remote possibility but should they- do so. then. in hav- ing the sub-station at then i plant, would give them some‘ advantage. If the ratepayers' had the positive assurance that this change would be made. and 3 that they would use the Hydro power, then I for one. and Iaml sure every ratepayer in towns would be willing to give" the. Cement Company all the ad- vantage they could reasonably give them, but until this as- surance is secured, let 'us not “If the ratepayers had the pos- itive assurance. etc,” as Mr. ‘Cmtton puts it, “then every rate- payer in town would be Willing to give. the Cement Company all the advantages they could reason- ably give.” Up to the present time We have no “positive assurance” and Up to the present time we have no “positive assurance” and until such assurance is guaranteed it is the duty of every citizen to keep clear of all complications and entanglements. In any case. Whether the cement company. or any other company agrees to take power or not. the Hydrty should be separate and distinctl [from any other concern. ‘ As to the [position taken by the press we may say that our col- umns are open for discussion of the pros and cons of all public questions, but in doing so, there is no reason for charging us with doing any knocking. We hope the town has no person foolish enough to injure any of our in- dustries. \Ve need them all, and we’re going to support them. be subject to nor dependent on any other institution, no matter what their financial condition is or what their future prospects Yes, some of them go so far as to get marriedâ€"Kansas City Journal. 'l he Hydro Sub-Station Aug. 20â€"Durham at Hanover Aug. 20â€"Owen Sound at Dundalk Aug. 25â€"Orangeville at Hanover Aug. 25â€"Sh-e1burne at Dundalk. Aug. 27â€"0wen’ Sound at Durham Aug. 30â€"Dundalk at Orangeville. Aug. 11â€"Durham at Orangeville Aug. EEOâ€"Durham at Hanover July 29â€"S-helburne at Duxham. Aug. 6â€"Hanover at Durham. @‘ LACROSSE SCHEDULE HOLSTEIN. Mr. Ed-.-Hioy is so far recovered from the injuries receix’ed as to be now able to attend to the management of aiiairs on the farm. Rev. John “'ard of Conn adâ€" aressed the congregation in tin- Methodist church last Sabbatl evening. He rela‘eed the story of his life from a sailor boy to the pulpit. Mr. Graham of Millbank was tha guest at the manse last Sunday. In the non-jury case held in Owen Sound about a month ago, Mr. Boy was given judgment for $48 and costs, the balance of a chattel mortgage held by ,him against Wm. Wiltz of Proton. S. Smith took .an auto load tn Teeswater last Saturday. Andrew Hunter had quite an' experience last Saturday evening.‘ He was driving into the village and at the bridge he met Howard Drumm leading a heifer. Mr. Hun- ter’s horse became frightened anzl commenced kicking. The fron‘: iof the buggy was completely de- molished, but the driver escaped with a slight bruise on the left !h:an:l. It was a miraculous escape. Mesdames Barton and Lloyd, of Mt. Forest, were the guests of friends here during the early part at the Week. John Brown lost a valuable mare last Saturday. They were en- gaged in unloading hay in the barn, using the mare on the fork rope. The barn doors on the high side of the barn were open and the mare walked out, falling to the ground. uHer neck was broken. Mr. Shaw, the “pain king" man, is in the village on his annual canvass of the vicinity. Census Nearly Complete. the paid $5.85 for gravel.â€"Car. The pure-bred live stock census‘ Mclnnis-Youngâ€"That J. Bell be started last fall by the Ontario Govâ€" . . c ‘ . ernment has been completed for all pag‘d 3.6 5‘” sheep killed 13" dog's. -- -arrie . but the counties of Essex and Lan- . ark. This census gives the name of Peart-Youngâ€"That the Reeve be , every owner 0f pure-bred. horses, paid $1 for inspecting culvert at cattle, sheep and bags, in each lot 58 con 1 OS road C'ir county, and the breed and other par- , ticulars of stock. The information Pe'al‘t-TUrnoullâ€"That T. Me- is gathered by the district repre- Knight be paid $3.75 for repairs to sentatives and is being published in John Reav's buggy.â€"Carried. booklet form as a guide to pur-l Pe'art-Melnnisâ€"That Angus Chasers. The chief advantage of= . . this scheme is that it puts the small ‘Black be paid $1 for repairs to ibreeder on the same foming as the Anderson’s bridgeâ€"Carried, 'better-known men, and the buyer; Turnhull-Mclnnis-That the clerk l ‘ h l ' th census refer o . n e . . “It e to t ca g t be paid $15 on salaryâ€"Carried. into direct touch with any breeder. . . ‘ in the county. The department isi' McInmS-Xoungâ€"That H. luck- {not taking the census again this fall, hardt be appointed as poundkeenv Ibut it is proposed that thereafter the er in Ward 2.--Carried .records shall be revrsed annually. l‘ Peart-Youngâ€"That Sam. Wright Pound Net Men Protest. } be paid $1 for inspecting sheen The pound net fishermen along killed by dogsâ€"Carried. I . . the north shore of Lake Erie from! Council adjourned to August 7. West Elgin to the westerly limits or. i ' .- I 1 Essex have registered an emphatic J- 3- B-ack, .Clerk. Pratest with the Game and Fisheries 1 After Council adjourned, the ermen, vhom they claim hate been gresumed. when changes in the comin inside the ten-mile limit to. g - \Assessment Roll were made as fish. I 3 follows: s l Pound Net Men Protest. The pound net fishermen along the north shore of Lake Erie from West Elgin to the westerly limits of Essex have registered an emphatic protest with the Game and Fisheries Department against the gill-net fish- ermen, whom they claim have been coming inside the ten-mile limit to Farmersthroughout York County who are the owners of extensive orchards are experiencing the great- est difliculty this year in ridding the apple trees of the tent caterpillar. In some cases where extra help was hard to secure, the trees are prac- tically ruined for this summer. British Columbia has 57.608 stu- dents in its__schools_ and colleges.r__r FIVE SAILINGS WEEKLY: PORT McNICOLL TO SAULT STE. MARIE AND FORT W ILLIAM'. Canadian Pacific palatial Great Lakes steamships leave Port Mc- Nicoll Mondays, Tuesdays. Wed- nesdays, Thursdays and Saturdavu for Sault Ste. Marie. Port Arthur and Fort \Villiam. Steamship Ex- press making direct connection leaves Toronto 12.45 p m. Particulars from Canadian Pa- cific Railway Ticket Agents, or Write M. G. Murphy, District Pas- senger Agent, Toronto. 715 ‘3 Tent Caterpillars Active. Education In B. C. ymfiifi'fifié I McInnes-Yonng.â€"That report lNo. 1 for Want 3 approprxation' as presented by Mr. Peart, for $5.40 lbe adoptedâ€"Carried GLENELG COUNCIL. . The council net July 3, pursu- ant to adjournment, all the members present, the reeve in the chair; minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Accounts and communications read as follows: R. O. \Vhitby and J. I. Graham on defect in part of town line G. and .A., from Lucas, Raney 8: Han- rv re Leitch claim, T. J'. Hannigan on Hydro-Electric. Jas. Boll sheen claim. the Reeve, on special work on Glencross bridge, the Treasurer on financial statement. 'TurnbulI-Mclnnes.â€"-That cheques issue for special .work on Glen- cross bridge to amount of $42.03 I Peart-McInnisâ€"That this council 1usustain the action of the local ‘board of health re Leitch claim. the council being satisfied that Mr Leitch was sufficiently .paid for services rendered, and that if the cheque for $9 be not accepted McInnisâ€"Trurnbull._That gravel accounts he paid as follows: 3‘. Stonehouse $3.05, M. Wilson $3.20. W .Legate $2.10, A. Anderson.$5.80. W. Ryan $1.45, J. McNally $3, F Kelsey 850., J. McCarthy $5.05.-Car Turnbull-Young.â€"That D Kevs be paid $60 balance on Morrison bridge and $486.75 balance m [Traverston bridgeâ€"Carried. by Mr Leitch as a settlement i full, that Mr Henry be asked 1 return it to treasurerâ€"Carried. Young-McInnisâ€"That the clerk be instructed to write to Mr. Ross and ask him to release the lien put on Traverston bridge.â€"Car. Peal'tâ€"MclnniSâ€"That J. McNally be paid $5.85 {or gravel.â€"Car. Peart-Mclnnisâ€"That Angus Black be paid $1 for repairs to Anderson’s bridge.â€"Carried. to Geo. Ritchie at $400. Silas Edu ards, name entered for lot 12, con. 1, S.D.R. con. 3, E.G.R. ch53. McFarlane. entered on lots 11 and 12, con. 1, N. D. R. John Sullivan, entered on lot 5, Johh McGillivary, Jr., enter for lo€ts 17 and 18, con. 3, N.D.R. Daniel Brodie, entered for lot â€" Turnbull-Peartâ€"That the asâ€" sessment roll, as revised by the Court of Revision, be no N passed and handed over to the clerk as the Revised Assessment Roll for the township of Glenelg for the Year 1915.â€"Carried, The Court of Revision closed. -â€"J. S. Black, Clerk. John Baird, entered on lot 29. Kate McKinnon, entered for lot entere 1 in t0