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%*$$$¢++*+$§*++§t~§§§+d M. mud» >40 zmmtfi ”w § Large Sales Small Profits The ONTARIO WIND ENGINE _g and PUMP COMPANY Our stock 15 large and varied, comprising the newest de- sions and the neatest patterns in \V all Paper. F1001 Oil- col th Lmoleums and Ruo s. Boy‘s School Shoe. a good substantial shoe 1.75 Ladies’ common sense. wide comfortable 1.50 Ladies‘ dongola blucher, vex-y serviceable 1.75 Departmental Stone ‘ McKEBHNlES’ WEEKLY NEWS The Wall Papers are made by the Canadian Wall Paper Man- ufacturers, Stauntons. They are reliable, new in design and neat The Linoleums and F1001 Oilcloths are of Canadian and Scotch makes in the best up- --to date designs. Notwithstanding the oreat adv ance in price we are still selling at the 01d prices. in appearance. Our Rugs are the product of the best English Looms in the best designs, having all the Oriental tints of the famous Eastern Rugs but at lower prices. Linoleums and Floor Oilcloths Our stock is large and full in all lines, special sizes and designs ordered and delivered at once. House Furnishings The Highest Prices for Produce W. D. Connor Durham - 0m Manufacture the Cheapest and the Best P u m pin g Outfit on the Market. Boots and Shoes Sold by Wall Paper Rugs Ontario Ladies’ dongola blucher. very dreSSY - Men’s Box Kip Blucher ............. Men’s Split Blucher ................. The lacrosse game on Friday! on the grounds here resulted in at win for the locals, 13 to 9. From the start. both teams were on the field with a determination to win, and as Hanover .had the best line-up in any of their out of town games this season, the con- test was the best seen here this year. The best team won, and ‘in this, as well as other games, the staying power of the locals stoodl out prominently in the last (mar-l ter. Jeffries, of Orangeville, was referee. . Something, however, spilled the beans at Orangeville yesterday when the Durhams were defeated bv the team .at that place by 22 goals to 5. Durham led at quarter time 2 to 1, .and the penalty box in the second quarter ended the half with Oran-.geville ahead 7-4. : Just what hit the locals at this iuncture will never be known, as they seemed to go to pieces, with iust as much of the game as the Iother fellows, and .from this quar- jter to the end was a walkover :for the home team. Durham Won and Lost This is all in the :game. however, and while it was conceded here that Oran‘geville should win their home game, the big score came as a surprise. Frank Doyle of .Toronto refer- eerl. and was impartial in his decisions. ‘ The locals have yet two games to play. one in Hanover on the 20th inst. and Owen Sound comes here on the. 27th. 'J\uu .v-â€"~ “7 ed close to home. local farms wxll have an opportunit} of seeing both games. ‘ These two games will be the best yet. and as they will beplay- Meetings will be held in the Public Library every Monday ev- ening at S p.m. until the 6th of September. Members and friends cordially invited. ‘An erghibition will be held in the Town Hall on September 9th, of which particulars will be given later. MRS J.S. MCILRAITH President CHRIS FIRTH, Secretary DURHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Durham THE DURHAM CHRONJCLE 2.!0 H. ..V... l A Monster Ic'ébu-g. “On my journey north," writa Lace! Amy in the Wide World Magazine. “we had striking evidence of the pos- sibilities ot the iceberg even before we reached Battle Harbor, the most south- erly settlement on the Labrador coast. Just before sundown we could see ahead a strangely misty object blend- ing elusively into water and sky in the way that so often takes the heart from a photographer: Its flat horizontal top was its first noticeable feature. but as we approached its great size made us forget everything else. The captain ran as close as he dared, and im mile of length and sixty feet of height rose vâ€" â€"'â€"â€" near us like a magnified block left at the door by the iceman. with the difo ference that in this gigantic block there was enough ice to stock all America for years. Since the opening of navigation it had been in the same place, .stranded two miles outside our course, and at that time it was three miles long and a mile wide. On our return some weeks later it was still there, but in the moonlight we saw three blocks instead of one. The sun was domg “.8 war .‘9 Singing Birds’ Deadly Rivalry. It is well known that caged chat finches are celebrated for their eager- ness to compete with one another in singing. They deliver their songs al- ternately until one is exhausted and unable to take up his turn. So excit- ed do the birds become that it occa- sionally happens that one of the conr petitors drops down dead. The orig-i- nating and directive causes of the par- ticular song of different kinds of birds is not understood. But it is establish- ed that they have a great gift of imia tation. Parrots, piping crows, ravens and other such birds are familiar in- stances, while little birds such as bull- finches can be trained to whistle the melodies which human beings have in« vented. Even the house sparrow, which, though allied to singing finches. never sings when in natural conditions, has been converted into a songster by bringing it up in company with piping bullfinches.~â€"London Express. One Way to Sell a Horse. ' During the Peninsular war. when the British army was in front of the enemy. Colonel Mellish appeared mounted upon :1 wretched steed, which provoked the derision of his fellow officers. “I‘ll bet you if )0 I get over £40 for him. ” said the colonel. “Done!” exclaimed the other. The harebrained colonel immediately rode off in the direction of the enemy, who. of course, fired upon him. Noth- ing daunted, the colonel continued to advance until his horse was killed under 'him. when he hastily freed him- self and returned to the British lines. where he promptly claimed the wager. “It: isn’t worth £5.” one of them re- marked. The money was handed over to him by the other unlucky oflicer, for the government then allowed a sum of £45 for every officer’s horse killed in ac- tionâ€"London Globe. Market For Everything. “Is there such a thing as secondhand brass band instruments? Why, certain- ly,” said a musical instrument man. “Why shouldn’t there be? You can buy secondhand yachts, pianos, steam boilers, bricks, secondhand anything on earthâ€"Why not secondhand band instruments? How do they come to be offered secondhand? Why, just as any- thing else does. Somebody gives up using an instrument, and then he sells it; or somebody wants to buy a better instrument and then sells the old one. And for all these secondhand instru- ments there is a market. They may he sold to beginners or to players. and such a thing has been heard of as a new band equipping itself throughout with secondhand instruments for the sake of economy.”â€"Pittsburgh Press. With as a Noun. When Walter Scott was a boy his teacher asked him to give the part of speech of the word “with.” “It’s a noun,” said young Scott. “You are very stupid," said the teacher. “How came you to say such a thing?” “I got it from the Bible. sir,” said the future novelist stoutly. “Theres a verse that says 'they bound Samson with withs.’” Cave Spiders. Spiders of several kinds are found in caves. They are uniformly small. weak and of sedentary habits. No webs do they spin save a few irregular threads sometimes. What they live upon is rather a puzzle, though it is supposed that they catch stray mites and other such small fry. Burns’ Poverty. Robert Burns, writing only fourteen days~ before his death, implored his friend Cunningham to use his influ- ence with the commissioners of excise in order to get his salary raised from £35 a year to £50, “otherwise it I die not of disease I must perish with hun- Very Much So. “I saw young Jones do a touching act today." “What was it? Did he rescue a hu- man derelict or did he help a poor mother?” Who troubles others has no test him- mum Proverhi -v.”0â€" _1H, i::3_£..’. .- .AwOo-A - “No; be borrowed $5 from father.”â€" Baltimore American. Draft of a Vessel. Draft is the distance in feet from the lowest part of the bottom of a ves- sel to the actual water line at which the vessel is floating. We have two or three razors we can’t account for, and if the con- trioutors’ names do not appear in the list We shall be pleased to hear from them. We have 51 razors new and hope to have the num- ber increased to double that num- ber by the end of next week, when we’ll ship them for repairs. Durham’s population was in- creased a few days ago by a new arrival at the Chinese Laundry. It’s a girl. John Lynn 2, Chas. Ritchie 2. J. C. McRonald 2., J38. Whitmorre 1. A Lady Friend 1, Geo. Frape 2, Wm. Bill 2, Henry Storrey 1, Eric E1- vid-ge 2, Geo. Newell 2, Ch'as Reay 1. Robt. Whitmore. barber. 22. Dan. Cameron 2. Acknowledged last Week ...... 6 Acknowledged this week ....... 42 Untaccoun‘ted for 3 Total received to date ......... 51 Additional Razor Contributors While men continue to make cannon and use them, isn’t it almost useless to pray to: peace? ’When a man begins to brag about himself he starts advertising his great.- est weakness. Any person craving excitement can get all he requires by becoming a war photographer. When conscience keeps a man awake at night the best thing he can do is to behave ' himself. Should this war keep on six months longer the tr00ps will all be suffering from spring fever. An ounce of prevention isn’t worth a grain of ocean sand unless it is applied to the right: spot. If the war is a long one, keeping up its present rate. human endurance will establish a new record. Self confidence is a good thing. yet there is nothing so productive of ab- surdity as an excess of it. It is all very well to talk of disarma. ment after the war. but What if the winners refuse to disarm? The real destruction In the war is being carried on by machinists and sur- veyors. The soldiers are targets. Nothing has been heard of the slight- est indication on the part of Jack J ohn- son of desire to get into a real fight. Ambassadors formerly gmmbllngbe- cause they couldn't rent a palace are now fairly content with a comfortable hole in the ground. _ f), W. CALDER, Town Agent, eggardlng transportation west of Winnipeg, «ensue, nearest man. Agent, 0,. m1” For full particulars r M. G. MURPHY. District Passenger Agent. Can. Pac. Ry" TORONTO August 13th and nthâ€"From Kingston. Tichbornc J:-t.. Sharbot Lake. Ronfrow and East in the ‘ valncesut Ontario and Quebc-Jncludin; inh-rquéulu stations and bran Chas. Augusfl 21st and Nthâ€"From Toronto. Smut Sip. Marin. 0131.. and Raw In use Pruvlm‘e of Oxz‘urio. includinginwmmliatc stamens and hram-lws. lnzt nu East of ur to». including Kingston, 'l‘k'hbonsc 3km. Shax‘hot Lake or Rearrcw. ZSthâ€"me Toronto and Nations Wm: and North in the Provinoo of (mania, but not including 1513th on 12m- Nurth of Toronto to Sudbury and Sault Ste. Blaric. Ont. August 24th and “GOING T5123? EVES?” $12.83 W ‘s’é’fifififififi together with $1.10, which covers the cost of distributiom “'ill, When Presented or Mailed to the office of MAIL ORDERS.-â€"-If flag IS desired sent by ma 1, $1.10 and ac additional postage in first: zone (or' 4c in \‘Seggnglie- ian point). . FOR HARVESTENG lN \ME ST KERN CANADA A FLAG FOR _YOUR HOME MANY THGUE‘BANB FARM LAfifiE’A’g WANYEQ DURHAM, ONTARIO Entitle the reader of this paper presenting same to THE DURHAM CHRONICLE PREPARED TO DECORATE 311 -‘ J THIS FLAG COUPON A BRITISH FLAG ' GIMNG DATE EDGE HILL. Miss Campbell of Swinton Park was the guest of Miss Alix Edge over the week end. Mrs. Ellis of Owen Sound was visiting at Mr. Geo. Ritchie's last week. Miss Black of Chesley is the guest of Miss Kate McFayden this week. ' We congratulate Miss Edith“ Edge on passing with honors the entrance to Normal examination. Messrs. Hudson and Clark. of Hanover. were visitors at the home of Mr. C. H. Moffat on Satâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Geddes of Dromore were visiting at Mr. Thomas Greenwood’s the beginning of the week. Mrs. J. Ritchie of Port Arthur was visiting the Ritchie families here last week. She left on Satur- day for Sarn‘ia. being ioined by her husband at Guelph. Mr. E. J. Pratt is busy these days drilling a well for Mr. W. G. Firth. The young Ladies of this neighc borhood met at the home of Mrs. D. Edge on Friday to do sewing in aid of the Red Cross. Misses Alix and Edith Edge are visiting this week with friends in Egremont. DARKIES’ CORNERS. \Ve extend our heartfelt sympa~ thy to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Black and family in their sad bereaveâ€" ment. Miss Matilda Cain of \Valkertnn is spending her holidays at Mr. Robert Lindsay‘s. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Tolchard and family of Toronto. who are visiting in Chesley, accompanied bv Mr. Geo. Tolchard of that place motored over to Mrs. C. Ritchie's on Sundav. Mr. and Mrs. John McGirr spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Noole. Hutton Hill. Mr .and Mrs. Robt. Lindsay and family spent Sunday at Allan Park. The girls’ meeting of the “'0â€" men’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Sam Patterson, when twenty were present and a prof- itable afternoon was spent. Sorry to report Miss Lillie An- draws is under the doctor's care. Mrs. Bob. ‘Vhitmore and child- man of town Visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, “RE'FURN 'E'RBP EAS?” 32.339 $29M 1352mm August I. 1915. Phone 321