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St. Paul's church will hold their annual garden party on the school grounds on Friday evening, Aug- ust 13. The usual good time is ex- bected: good program. good eats and drinks and other good at- tractions. As trouble never comes singly. so it is with the McMeeken family. as Mrs. Melleeken is now laid 1m and under the care of Dr. Hutton. as well as her husband. Have you any old or spare raz- ors? Razors not in order. or razors you don’t need? If you have, you will be doing a good turn to the boys at the front, and at the same time doing no harm to yourself oy giving them away and having them put in order for the soldiers. A letter from Cutler's Hall. Sheffield. states the inability of the cutlers to meet the demand. Mrs. \Vm. Caldwell «01' your tOWn visited her niece. Mrs. Tho-s. Wil- son. last Thursday. RAZORS WANTED FOR THE SOLDIERS and it has been suggested and urged that discarded razors be sent to the makers, where they If you have any to spare, leave them at The Chronicle office. or at any hardware store in town, to be forwarded to Thomas B. Lee, 30 Front street, East, Toronto. If you prefer to send them to Mr. Lee direct, do so, and he will for- ward them to the cutlers in Eng- land, Where they will be put 1:1 order. No razor is too badly used up to send, as all repairs will be made before sending them to the troops. Act to-day. Seventy thousand have alreadv been received, but more are needâ€" ed. Now is your chance to add a little to the soldiers’ comforts. Tuesday's Wind and rain has given grain a bad lean. that will make harvesting a little mOre difficult. can be put in order and sent for- ward to the troops. The annual garden party of Zior Epworth League will be held near the church on Thursday evening. August 5th. An excellent program will be givken, of songs. music. reCi~ tations and addresses. Invitations have been sent to 1H. J. Ball. 31.1“. H H. Miller, Rev. 8. M. VVhaley, Mr Angus McIntosh, Miss Margar- et Hunter and others Rev. Mr lroyer will preside Tea served 1mm 6 to 8. Admission 25c. and 10c BORN. “'ILSON.â€"In Egremont, on Sun- day. July 18, to )Lr. and Mrs. XV. T. Wilson, a son. DIED. 'WILSOXâ€"In Egremont, on Tues- day, July 20, inIant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wilson, aged two day.s . . ‘ . L w ‘ ‘_‘ ‘ ..â€"â€"‘ a1 and are grateful tor tne vex, "U- era] patronage they received, and especially for the helping hand given by thee Durham ladies. The proceeds amounted to about $27. and will be devoted to Red Cross work. In some way or other we failed last week to report the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. ”Wilson, on Sunday. July 18, and death the following Tuesday. It was by no means a forget. But just happen- cement silo. The Ladies Aid held a Very suc- cessful sale of home-made baking and other produce on Saturday, and are grateful for the very lib- era] patronage they received, and especially for the helping hand given by thee Durham ladies. The proceeds amounted to about $27. and will be devoted to Red Cross Mr. and Mrs. Smallman of nor-- manby spent Sunday with Mr. T. Johnson, and attended service at St. (Paul’s. The little folk feel very sorry to hear that Ernest McGirr has en- listed for the struggle in Europe. He taught our school last year with great satisfaction, and the pupils were hoping against hope that he might be with them again the coming year: but now the war will have greater interest for them than m’er, and no doubt they will send chocolates to Ernest when thev hear of him at the front. Mr Sa.m. Patterson is right in CORNER CONCERNS. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of Dur- ham spent the holiday With the latter’s parents at this place. August 5, 1915. Sa.m. Patterson is right in with the up-t-o-d-ate farmers, ng just completed a new of N01“ Mr. T. In breaking away from the captain .he ran for the beach. The latter fol- lowed at his heels. shouting for him to stop. but the unknown ran to the wa- ter. plunged in and swam straight out to sea. looking back now and then and seeming to he in a terrible fright. He held to his course until he could no longer be seen. and there was no doubt he went to his death. as he did not re- turn. In a dense thicket the captain found a rude shelter which the man had used. and among the dried grass forming his bed were a few fragments of cloth. which had once been a pe'a packet. There were also a sailor‘s pipe and an empty tobacco box. The center of the island was con. siderably higher than elsewhere. and exactly in the middle was a single tree. surrounded by a thicket. which the captain had never yet penetrated. In carrying out his explorations he en- tered this copse. finding a hard beaten path. evidently made by the crazy man. l‘iled up at the roots of thenree the captain found a great stock of small iron bound boxes. and it needed but one glance to satisfy him that they were treasure boxes. There was the cavity where they had once been bur- ied. and the boxes were weather beat- en. as it long exposed. Two or three large shells lay about. which had doubtless been used to dig out the dirt. and one of the boxes had been opened. :1 volcanic {slam}. vhich was simply a barren rock about a mile in circumfer- ence. was pushed above water where his island was supposed to be, and it is there today with a fringe of trees all around the outer edge. It has been searched inch by inch for treasure. but not a single gold piece has it yield- ed up. The captain shouldered this box and carried it down to the spot he called “home" and there inspected its con- tents. It contained about $6.000 in gold. In the pile at the foot of the tree were fifteen other boxes of the same size. In the space of tvco years he made three difl‘erent voyages in search of the island. and when the story leaked out three or four other expeditions were fitted out. but in all the sailing to and fro no human eye could find the looked for spot. If it had been raised from the sea by a volcanic disturbance. had a second disturbance caused the sea to swallow it up? There are many reasons to believe that this was the fate which overtook it. About ten .vmrs after the captain's last voyage Well. there was a big fortune there. and it belonged to the finder. but it might have been so much sand for all the good it could do him. Days and weeks and months passed away. and one day the castaway counted up the pebbles he had laid in rows along the beach to mark the time and found he had been eleven months on the island. On that day there came a furious gale from the east and a very high tide. and from some wreck at sea the waves brought in a vast quantity of stuff. There was nothing to eat or wear among the wreckage. but there were planks and spars and a carpenter’s tool chest. and as soon as the storm had abated the castaway went to work to b‘ld him a raft. He had determined to leave the island at any hazard. and after four or five days’ work he had his raft completed. It was a rude but stout affair. Wild fruits were taken for provisions. and fresh water was carried in a wine keg which had come ashore with the wreckage. From one of the boxes the captain took $500 in gold pieces, and one morning when the wind was from the west he launched his raft and drifted ofl’ before it. By his reckoning. which was probably cor- rect. it was seven days before he was picked up by the John J. Speed. an American merchant vessel. homewar bound. ' Captain Graham at once set about finding a ship to bring the tremre oflf. A brig was finally chartered and sailed with him aboard. but after a cruise of months she failed to find the island. Along the beach were oysters and shellfish a-plenty. What struck him curiously was the entire absence of life on the island. He had been on theisland a week or so and had twice walked clear around it. when one day. as he was gathering fruit in an open spot. he was suddenly and fiercely at- tacked by a naked man. The surprise was great. and the captain had not yet recovered his strength; but. shaking the man off. he seized a club and laid about him so vigorously that his as- sailant ran away. ing came on. Night passed and anoth- er day came. and toward the close of that day Captain Graham lost con- sciousness. He may have drifted a day after that-perhaps two days. When he came to his senses again he was lying on a sandy beach with his feet in the water. He had been cast ashore on an island. We had called at Mauritius on our way from Liverpool to Bombay in the ship Farewell and were five days out from the island when the adventure oc- curred hy which we lost the captain and laid the foundation for this story. He was swept overboard in the course of a heavy storm. Almost before he realized his posi- tion the ship was a mile away. and he felt sure that no boat would be lowered to make a search for him. Having found a spar and lashed himself to it. he drifted away to the west and even- Copyright. 1915. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. The Story of _ Captain Graham " "h i if E; E as: xfi By M. QUAD were similar in principle to those of the present day, and the knots used to keep them in place were reef knots. the same as those now taught to stu- dents. The bandaging. as today, was done so that the folds crossed at right angles. with a View to their being kept in place. Palm fiber was used to serve the function of cotton wool and a fine linen to take the place of gauze. The First Doctor. The oldest physician whose exist- ence was known practiced at the court of a Pharaoh of the fifth dynasty about (3.000 years ago. His popularity with his master had apparently been great. for the Pharaoh had given an order that he should be supplied with slabs of stone for his tomb similar to those he was having prepared for him- self. His private life had evidently been less happy. for in every case the name of his wife had been erased. Splints found in the Nubian deserts His One Luxury. A wealthy London dandy was noted for always wearing a costly flower in his buttonhole. Then he lost all his money and in time became shabby, but still every day he wore a fresh and expensive bouquet. Curiosity prompted one of his old time friends to ferret out the reason, and he dis- covered that in the man’s prosperous days he found i “a bit of a fag” to pay for his flower every day, and so, in a very lavish mood, he struck a bargain with the florist that for a lump sum downâ€"and it was not a small oneâ€"he was to be supplied with a fresh bou- quet of his own choice every day {or five years. The result was that. although sometimes he had not enough ready cash for a crust of bread. he was always able to claim his flower and to sport “a poppy or a lily" as he walked down the Strand-London Answers. Simple Nail File. One of the nicest nail files you can get is a bit of Whetstone, say one and one-half inches long. Try difierent stones and select the one whose tex- ture best suits the texture of your nails. By using it frequently you can eliminate the cutting of the nails. It leaves a beautiful smooth edge on the nail, is quicker and easier to use than a steel file and never produces any of those unpleasant sensations that so often attend the use of a steel nail file. -Farm Life. g “In that case if 1.‘were you 1 think I’d go and live there, my doar.”â€"Kan- 8113 City Journa‘L Some Shy. Patienceâ€"Was she shy on her birth- :23‘? Patrice-Oh. yes; she was shy about ten candles in her birthday cake. -Yonkers Statesman. Advice. “Because they once saved that city to this day geese are honored‘in Rome.” The Submarine. There is little glorious about the service of the submarine. She is the sneak of. war’s bloodthirstiness. creep- ing upon her victim like a murderer in the dark. For her there is no defiant battleflag. no glint of sun on wave. no thrilling roar of battle. She worms her slimy way through the murk to kill or be killed in the horridly practical business of slaughter. Her seamen toil amid mere machines. For the scent of burning powder she supplies the reek of gasoline. Her crashing broadside is but the hacking cough of compress- ed air. And her end comes not with mastheaded ensign. but upside down. with her people tangled in the gear. And this is the service which takes the strongest. the bravest. the dauntless. There can be no trepidation in the Spirit which guides the submarine twisting through the depths. where. if she cannot be seen. she cannot see and where death lurks everywhere.â€" Hartt’ord Times. “Aye! His father was awfu’ prood till a wire czun' sayin‘ it Wis a mis- take. It Wis a coart martial.”-â€"Lon- don Bystander. Horse of Another Color. ‘That‘s marvelous quick promotion 0’ that ne'er-dae-weel son 0’ Donald- son’s. They -tell me he’s been pro- posed for a field marshal." Chivalry means far more than rever- ence of men for women. It means the reverencc of strength for weakness wheresoever found. ,_ ,_ _ n ‘_ Getting It Straight. Husbandâ€"You spend altogether too much money. Wife-Not at all. The trouble is you don‘t make enough.â€" Xew Orleans Times-Picayune. In the case of a bigger leakâ€"When the ship has been stove in below the water lineâ€"a large mat made of can- vas and oakum is used. This has to be fixed into position by means of ropes. But the fixing is not a very easy matter. as one rope has to be got right under the keel to the other side of the ship in order to drag the mat down to the hole. Two or three other ropes are also required at different angles to guide the mat to its right posifiomâ€"I’earson’ 01' course the pressure of the water effectually forces the canvas against the ship's side, thus stopping the leak. But to make it more secure the handle of the umbrella. which is formed like a screw, is fastened by a nut inside. so that it will open like an umbrella. leaving the canvas outside. Patching Battleships. After a battle Jack tars have sev- eral methods of stopping the incoming water when a battleship has been hit below the water line. For instance. if a small hole has been made in the ves- sel’s side an apparatus like an umbrel- la is used. This is thrust through the hole point first and then drawn back H. UMinGGGOGQGG o c 000 0000 0” “Oh. I didn't ask you.” said the con- ductor.â€"Bufl’alo News. When the chap who spent the past few days visiting his old home up country brought his neWSpaper par- cel down to the office, did you get your chunk of forest confectionery? “Sap’s runnin’, sap's runnin’ ”â€"-has been the welcome call throughout- the province. Ontario produces a trifle over 5,000,000 pounds against nearly 14,500,000 pounds to the credit of Quebec. The lower prov- inces lag behind with another half- million pounds, and exhausts the tale of this industry for the Domin- ion. There are about 55,000 Cana- dian maple sugar producers, and their picturesque if strenuous labors represent an annual valuation of al- most two million dollars, says a writer in a recent issue of the To- ronto Star Weekly. Gentlemen Didn’t Answer. “Will the gentlemen please move up forward a little?” called out the polite conductor of the trolley car. Talking. ' Talking is like playing on the harp. There is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music.â€"Holmes. As the Twig ls Bent. Knickerâ€"What became of the boy who was kept in at school? Booker-- Grew up to be the man who was de- tained at the office.â€"-New York Sun. â€"â€"bulged out like an umbrellaâ€" such as the naturally growing forest maple. That accounts for Quebec’s record, her bush lots have not all been cut into for cordwood. The season generally begins around the middle or March, scarcely ever last- ing halfway through April. Fuel for boiling the sap is a big item, the average requirements being 10 cords of mixed hard and soft wood for 1,000 trees. The man with a small bush does not need to make a “business” of itâ€"generally the small fry attend to the whole thing from tapping to sugaring down, with his female folks putting on the final touches that help at the nearest market. The fire-tender needs patience. Some- times he works under a rude roof of boards, oftener not, he’s generally content with a sheltered, “warm," hollow in the bush. Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.-â€"Sanazaro. The best maple “milker” is the wide-rooted, tall, leafy-crowped__tree Once the great pine farests or all Old Ontario was plentifully diversi- fied with maple bush. Generations of original settlers and farmers have thinned both out woefully. Happy the Ontario farmer who to-day can boast his bush lot of even 300 or 400 sugar maples. It’s the same as money. Places in Ontario around which there still remain important sugar-making activities are Troy, Gowanstown, Cargill, Moira, Lafon- taine, Waterloo, Rednersville, Wrox- eter, Cookston, Bloomfield, Martin- town, etc., but there’s scarcely any county where some tapping has not been going on this spring. In the small bushes they are still employ- ing “old grand-dad’s way” of years back. Warm days and cold nights are best for a good run. Into the half-inch auger-hole, about three feet from the ground, goes the “spile” on which the pail is hung to catch the sweety flow. This metal spile was a hollowed out sumach branch in old times, and deprives the modern farmer of much whit- tling and pith-poking for winter evenings. The greatest improve- ments are noted at the bush “kit- chen.” The “evaporator” replaces the old-fashioned boiling pot that turned the sap to sugar, and the latest improved evaporators are quite elaborate and thorough in their get-up. Sometimes two of these flat, broad, sheet-iron affairs are used, the sap entering the first or “warmer,” and passing after fil- tration to the second or “evapora- tor,” steadily flowing in a shallow, down-grade stream past alternating copper partitions, from side to side; when the sap reaches the far end the heat of the fire below will have turn- ed it into a thin syrup. This is re- moved and filtered and set in shapes to “grain” or solidify into sugar; while the drippings therefrom are collected below and bottled or can- ned and labelled “maple syrupâ€"- warranted pure!” “I won’t.” growled Mr. Grouch. who hung to a strap near the door. 'QJUQJC'Q‘QJDQQCIQ)” 36/020;th tilt/IQ,- New Rexall Gum :’ 3- pkgs. for 10¢ Blackberry Cordial 25 Diarrhoea Remedy :25 Stomach Pills ........ 25 Healing Salve ........ ‘25 Headache Tablets 25 Baby Laxative 25 {ubbing Oil...... 25 Foot Powder ‘ ........ 25 C. P.R. Town Office Guaranteed Remedies SUGAR DAYS. . a .0- A Museum of Crime. Professor Hans Gross or the Uni- versity of Gratz. Austria, has the credit at establishing the first museum of criminology and a criminalistic labo- ratory, where the weapons. tools and other paraphernalia and materials used by criminals are assembled to assist in the analysis of the workings of crimi- nal minds and a study of methods and systems for dealing with this large and dangerous class of every community. This museum was established in 1895, and since then other establishments of the same character have been organ- Poetry of Words. When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems efiectively. but their shape and luster have been given by the at- trition of ages. Bring me the finest simile from the whole range of imagi- native writing and I will show you a single work which conveys a more pro- found, a more accurate and a more eloquent analogy .â€"Holmes. Mother Brook. After nearly three centuries of use- fulness Mother brook. the first canal dug in this country. still finds itself utilized to some extent, though the re- quirements which brought it about have long since passed. Its construc- tion was undertaken and completed by the hardy citizens of Dedham, Mass, in 1689, to provide water for mill pur- poses. The artificial waterway was constructed to connect the Charles riv- er with East brook, coveringa distance or about a mile. It was a great un- dertaking for those days, when every foot had to be excavated laboriously by hand. but the work was carried out with the usual determination marking the settlers of the day. The canal winds round the highlands of the town, and on both sides, extending al- most to its border, may be seen well kept gardensâ€"Exchange. One of the most important of these is the Society of Criminology and So- cial Defense in Paris. which has a membership or more than 200, in- cluding many prominent representa- tives of the law, the police and medical profession. and it was organized to concentrate and centralize the scattered efforts of individuals who were study- ing this disquieting social problem and to make the results of their work avail. able for mutual ‘information. Fasting and Health. “The practice of fasting. ” states a. medical man. “is. when wisely follow- ed, most beneficial. I am convinced that many people never feel the sen- sation of natural hunger. All they have is a morbid craving for food which comes of. habit rather than from any actual need felt by the stomach. Natural hunger stimulates the palate and is felt in the mouth as well as in the internal organs. It makes the plainest food seem delicious. Some unfortunate people suffer, it is true, from insuflicient food, but not so many as those whose ills arise from overnutrition, their digestions being continually over strained. A habit of judicious fasting would do wonders for them. The system would recover its lost tone, andâ€"in the case of mental workersâ€"the brain would work with an ease and lightness that would sur- prise them. for the brain is one of the chief sufferers from the practice or overeating.” Origin of the Lone Star. If a place name is often crystallized history, how much more a nickname! Witness the flowery synonym for Tex- as, which orators mouth as the Lone Star State. To most minds this sym- bolizes concretely the fact that the state was first an independent nation. Behind the fact is this story, vouched for by tradition more or less authentic. At the outset, after achieving independ- ence, Texas lacked pretty well every- thing but men. The leaders knew state papers required a great seal to validate them. and in default of any- thing better they improvised one from a coat button which happened to hear a single star. A document so sealed fell under the eye of an imaginative journalist. He straightway exploited “The Lone Star Republic" in print so fervid as to persuade Texas here was the device m‘ost apposite for her seat and her flagâ€"New York Press. at Langemarck The Three Musketeers i Ebenezer church held their a] garden party on the and a very pleasant evenir {spent Haying is now 1:! day. Sarge are near some have a lot t< fair crop this :year. W’e are glad to report Master Freeman McFadden able to. be 'out after his recent ness. severe sick- ACTION OF SINGLE SPOONFUL SURPRISES MANY Durham people who bought the simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine, etc.. known as Adler-i- ka are surprised at the INSTANT effect of a SINGLE SPOONFUL. This remedy is so complete a bowel cleanser that it is used suc- cessfully in appendicitis. Adler-i- ka acts on BOTH upper and lowez bowel and ONE SPOONFUL re- lieves almost ANY CASE of con- stip-ation sour or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it the gasses rumble and pass out. Maciarlane 8: Co. i24 as 516 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McClure and. children came up from Toronto on Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J'. Atkinson. Mr. McClure returned Tuesday, While Mrs. McClure and children will remain for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence, Sr., and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons of Toronto spent the last two weeks at the- home of Mr. James Brown; and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonald of Durham spent civic holiday with Mr. Will Lawrence. we extend our sincere sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. W. Ramavg’e in the recent sad death of their eldest daughter, Mary, who died on Wednesday morning, after meet- ing with an accident the day pre- vious by fallinrg‘ on the back of a chair. Mary will be much missed in the home, and also in the com- Mr. and Mrs. \Vill Jacques spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harrison. Messrs. A. M. Bell and E. McGirr, who enlisted for the War, are training at Niagara. We Wish the boys success, and a safe return. Quite a number from ‘this burg took in the sights at Priceville on Monday. Mrs. McPherson of Toronto is visiting her sister, Mrs. Neil Mc- CanneL Mrs. Geo. Wilson and Miss Ida spent a. day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McGirr. Misses Margaret and Agnes Mc- Girr are visiting friends at Shel- burne. Miss Agnes McGirr has accep-‘L- ed school No. 6 for next term. Mrs. John McGirr‘s tea last Thursday Was quite a success, when all the sexx‘ing on hand was finished for the Red Cross. Mrs. Flora McLean and daugh- ter spent last week in Swinton Park. Miss Gracie Lindsay is visiting in Allan Park. Mr. Samuel Patterson has his fine big silo completed. Mr. and Mrs. Jini Lyons of Tor- onto were visitors last week with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hargrave. We extend DARKIES" CORNERS. 5 last Thursday evening. large crowd Was present very pleasant evening was McWILLIAMS. a now the order of the are nearly through, and a lot to déo yet. It is a