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WHMW+M+++WM+++H+§ .two miles éési of Durham 09990099090009009306000090zOOOQOOQOOOOOOOzQOOOQQO Specual Bargains in Men’s Shirts Underwear and Overalls Mr. Mitchell Richardson. Owen Sound. was in town Sunday. Mrs. Young and children, of Toronto. are visiting her mother. Mrs. John. Kinnee. Mrs .Geo. Moore has returned from a trip to the West. Mr John Stedman spent Mondav at his home at Weston Master Eddie Hildebrandt is vis- iting in Stratford. Miss Irene Latimer of Sound is spending .Augus-t her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Glass Eugenia are visiting friends town. Miss Rita Irwin is spending a few days at GrimsbyBeach. Mr. C. M. Bowman. M;P.P,, was in} town last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. Coorper and children of Paisley, visited her naments. Mr. and Mrs. H. Burnett. Mrs. D. McKechncie is spending a few weeks with her brother, Mr. W. T. Wilson, in Egremont. Mrs. J. Carter and children, of Owen Sound. are visiting at the O’Neil homestead". Miss Rita Darling returned this morning to Simcoe. after spending two or three months with friends in town. Mrs. 'W. Dawson and son. of Tor- onto. visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Wells and other relatives last week. Miss Lina Bowman and a party of ladies motored from Southamp- ton on Saturday and w'ere guests of her sister, Mrs. Bradshaw Jam- ieson. Mr. and Mrs. W. Laidlaw went to St Marys on Monday, to see their son. William. who was tak- en suddenly ill. Mrs. Laidlaw will remain with him for a time. Mrs Isaac Petch of Edmonton. is visiting her sister. Mrs. Thos. TurnUull and many other relatives a‘nrl friends in this locality. Ten pieces colored ribbons, good and heavy, seven inches wide. 25c. per yard. At Grant’s. Horse for sale.-â€"Property of Al- fred Heather, who has no further use for him, as he has enlisted. for the war. Apply to R. J'. McFadden PERSONAL TEE DURHAM; CHRONICLE of Feats of Archery. In the days when the buffalo was found in vast herds on the western plains there were Indians who while riding at» a gallop could send an arrow through a buflalo’s body. Remarkable as this archery was. it did not equal that reached by the archers of ancient It is or record that the MacRaes of Gairlock. Scotland, were such skilled archers that they could hit a man at the distance of 500 yards. In 1794 the Turkish ambassador at London shot an arrow in a field near that capital 415 yards against the wind. The secretary of the ambassador. on hearing the ex- pressions of surprise from the English gentlemen present. said the sultan had shot 500 yards. This was the greatest performance or modern days, but a pillar standing on a plain near Con- stantinople recorded shots ranging up to 800 yards. Sir Robert Ainslie. Brit- ish ambassador to the sublime porte. records that in 1798 he was present when the sultan shot an arrow 972 yards. Cult of the Cow. In “Sva."‘ a medley of the east. Sir George Birdwood has a note on the minute ritual. instinctive in the race or Brahmanical Hindus. observed in re- gard to cattle. especially cows: “You must not step over a rope to which a calf is tied and must always approach and pass a cow on your right hand. and keep your right arm covered the whole time you are in the cow shippen. You must never ride a cow nor interrupt her while suckling her calf nor in any Way annoy her. Short- ly after the railway between Poona and Bombay was opened. a cow hav- ing to he sent by a Hindu in the for- mer city to another in the latter. its entrainment for the journey was tole~ graphed by the sender to the receiver in the equivalent of these terms: ‘Her holiness just booked by the â€"â€" a. m. train to Bycula (a suburb of Bombay). Please be at the station at -- p. m. to receive her holiness.’ " Anxious to Please. The colored population in a little Alabama town was having a race meet at the local fair grounds. An aged ne- gro whose shoes were slashed to give his gnarly toe joints air sat in a seat on the grand stand. Immediately in front of him Stood a large. excited damsel who had a whole dollar wager- As the horses turned into the home stretch the woman jumped up in the air. coming down squarely with all her weight on the infirm extremities of the old man. A groan escaped him. and she turned and begged his pardon. ed on the favorite in the free for all trot. “Uncle Zach. 1’s awfully sorry!” she said. Regeneration. Starfish will grow new arms. lobsters new claws and lizards new tails. A new lizard will not indeed spring from a new tail or a new lobster from a discarded claw, but a new starfish will grow from a detached arm. In the vegetable kingdom, as a writer in Knowledge remarks, this phenomenon is still more common and has been put by man to practical use. Although identical in principle. the growing of a plant from a cutting may not seem so astonishing as the growing of a new starfish, but growing not one but many plants from a leaf seems almost as extraordinary. Among the many plants that can thus be propagated is the begonia. and every housewife knows a geranium plant can be grown from a leaf stalk. ~ “Dat’s all right. honey," answered the old man gallantly. '“1 only hopes mah feet ain’t too corrugated fo' yoah pleasure."-â€"Saturday Evening Post. Treatment of a Dog. A dog is a pet, a friend and a help- er. The confidence of a dog, once lost. is hard to regain. In teaching tricks always reward the dog with some tidbit when he man- ages the trick pronerly. A dog can be so trained that he will watch a cat eat without attempting to touch the food himself. When you go into a yard and a dog growls as he comes to meet you speak kindly, act as though you were not afraid of him and be will regard you rather as a friend than as an enemy.- Detroit Free Press. Information Sought. The bookkeeper approached his em- ployer diflidently. "Seven years ago, sir,” he began. “you engaged me on a week’s trial.” “Well, what of it?” “May I presume now that my posi- tion is permanent?” â€" Philadelphia Ledger. Fool Question. Green â€" So an express train killed your foreman? Did it run over him? “How?” “Coming home from the club in sev- en reels.”-New York Sun. Grumpâ€"No. It hit him on the el- bow, and he died of bydrophobialâ€"St. Louis Postâ€"DiSpatch. Perfection. “How are the springs on this car?” “Simmy wonderful! You don‘t notice a child. and even when you run over a grown man, it’s no discomfort at allz”â€"L1fe. ’ Censors. Censors were originally Roman mag- lstrates, vested with the power of con- trolling the manners, morals and du- tjeg of the neople. ‘The Resemblance. “Tippler reminds me of a moving pic- Canadians Are B. and to Teach the Game to Old Land. ‘ I was strolling last week across an English lawn, put down on the celebrated formula: “Lay right in the beginning and roll every day for a hundred years," says a correspon- dent in England. This was one of the great famous English estates, and the whole picture was as Eng- lish as roast beef. To the left lay a forest of ancient English oaks and yews; to the right the ground sloped away toward the quiet, peaceful Thames. Out of the wood rose the fascade of an Elizabethan mansion, and in the distance a steeple crown- ed a village green. We approached a hedge, and from the other side arose s'ounds so famil- iar I recognized them as incongrous. This is about what I heard: Bill _-~ vv â€"â€" v â€" ~â€" “Now, come on 31";th a move; take a. lead. He'll drop it! Slide, “Take the lid off your lamps!” I peered over the hedge. Nine men in perfect British khaki were scattered over the village green; nine others making gestures, sur- rounded a man in civilian clothes. This was baseball, real baseball, and the umpire had “pulled a bone!" A colonel in the Canadian medi- cal corps, who came up to be introâ€" duced, explained the mystery. “These are orderlies in our hos- pital corps,” he said. “I am a fan myself. I have a season box every summer in Toronto. We’re stationâ€" ed over there at the covered tennis court, which we’re using for a hos- pital. This is only a workout. Two weeks from now, when the boys get into shape, I’m going to have a four- team league. I’ve a hundred and thirty men under me, with more to follow. That pitcher there was on the Port Arthur team once. The second baseman is an Englishman. He plays cricket, and he’s picking up baseball. You can see from that throw that he’ll be pretty good when he learns what it’s all about. “Are we the only Canadians play- ing baseball? I should rather say not! We started it at Salisbury Plain. The fellows over in France who are waiting for a chance have organized a regular regimental lea- sue. They’re playing it back of the line, too, just as the English and Scotch are playing soccer. Only yes- terday there came over a regular call from Macedonia for two mitts, a mask, and all the balls we could get in London. “Whenever we find ourselves short a man, we pick up an English cricketer and educate him. We’re going to do in this war what nobody has been able to do yetâ€"we're go- ing to land baseball on England!" So many soldiers are in training in Britain at the present time that ho- tels, restaurants, and boarding houses can practically command any price they like for the requirements of the boys in khaki, says London Tit-Bits. .L-.. the scandals which arose when the Canadians first came to England, and who were shamefully fleeced as a re- ward for their patriotic services by unscrupulous people who took advan- tage of the colonials’ ignorance of money values here to charge them all sorts of prices for food and drink. A few grocers, tobacconists, and fruiterers, to their shame be it said, have made Canadian troopers pay 50 and 100 per cent. over usual prices for their purchases. It was not long, however, before the Canadians learnt the correct prices, and the real value of our money, an '. it is some satisfac- tion to know that in a number of cases shopkeepers who have since en- 'deavored to fleece them have had their tricks promptly exposed by the men they tried to victimize. mile!” DELL“ «out! n “Aw, ye big stiff! He missed me W. CALDER, Town Agent, BASEBALL IN ENGLAND. slide! " together with $1.10, which cox ers the cost of distxihution \Vill, W’ hen Presented or Mailed to the office ( f . MAIL 9RDEBS.-â€"If flag is desired sent by mail. send the $1.10 and ac addmonal postage in first; zone (or 7c anv Canad- lan pomt). ’ Robbed Canadians. BE PREPARED TO DECORATE A FLAG FOR YOUR HOME DURHAM, ONTARIO Entitle the reader of this paper presenting same to THE DURHAM CHRONICLE THIS FLAG COUPON A BRITISH FLAG The Hampden. congregation had the pleasure for the past two Sundays Of having their former minister, Rev. A. L. Budge, of Creemore, minister to them. It was rnuch enjoyed by all to be able to speak face to face with Mr. Budige as of yore. We hope he 'may give us another call before such a lapse of years pass by again. We must congratulate Miss Polâ€" lock, our school teacher. in the successful, little Doris Whiteford passing ,with honors. Another of our smart young Sabbath school girls passing her Entrance and taking honors was Elsie McLean. Congratulations. Elsie. Miss Doris McAuley is spending two weeks’ vacation at the home of her uncle, Mr. Archie Park. ‘Ilfiss Maggie Gilmour, who has been spending the past few months with her sister. Mrs. Sam Allan. of Chesley. has again returned to her home here. Miss Rebecca Park of Cincinnati is Visiting her home and many rel- atives around these parts. We a!- ways enjoy haVing Rebecca in our midst. The garden party committee of Hampden are very Ezusy preparing a grand evening of different er.- ioyments for their garden party. A few from around here attend- ed the funeral of Miss Mary Ram- age of Dromore. Mmh sympathy is felt for the bereaved family. This congregation has spent many a pleasant evening in being enter- tained by this young lady and her father, who were so talented in music. \Ve are very glad to chronicle the news that Mr. Bert Marshall is again able to taste of the bean- tiful fresh air, and hope he may soon be able to take his place again, in the different sociabilities of life. \Vhile we sit in a reverie and think over the past year of war and strife, and think of the many homes and lives which have been destroyed and saddened by this terrible war, we earnestly hope and pray that the great Giver of all things may soon bring this terrible war of all Wars to a speedy finish and bring peace and love to the earth once more. Aug} Aug. Aug. A1102 Aug. 27â€"3wen Sound at Durham Aug. ISOâ€"Dundalk at Orangeville. Aug. 11â€"Durham at Orangeville Aug. 20-Durham at Hanover July 29â€"Shelburn-e at Dmhum. Aug. 6-Han0ver at Durham. LACROSSE SCHEDULE 6â€"Hanover at Durham. 11â€"Dundalk at Owen Sound 11â€"Durham at Orangeville 13â€"Hanover at Shelburne 18â€"Shelburne at Orangevil'xe 20-Durham at Hanover 20â€"Owen Sound at Dundalk 25â€"Orangeville at Hanover 25â€"Shelburne at Dundalk. HAMPDEN. August 5. 1915. Phone 321 _‘