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The Women's Institute held a very successful meeting at Mrs. Shortreed‘s, Top Cliff. one fine afternoon last week. There were two dozen of them assembled for the purpose of discussing the var- ious duties in connection with their noble work of aiding those in need at the front. As all the farmers were more than busy, and horses engaged doing their part, Rev. Mr. Matheson, with his auto. ran back and forth, till he gave all the good ladies a swift drive. Some went to the Exhibition. but not many. file are again having another spell 0f rain. The ground is soak- ing Wet and harvesting is again to cut yet. these are 'few and far between. We were digging some potatoes for dinner this Tuesday, the 7th of September. and found a number of rotten (mes. It's a pity, and them so large. There is always something to complain about‘ but we must take things as they come. Those who were camping for the good of their health left for their homes the latter part of last week. Two families from TOronto were nearby, and another was in Priceville. Mr. Matheson enjoyed having the privilege of doing his share in assisting in the work assigned to the ladies. for the ladies are al- ways good in attending to their business. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Miller, x'rincipal of the town school, back, and congratulate them on enter- ing the matrimonial life. in which all w mess. Hector and Donald McKinnon were home for a day or two from the camp. where they are in training for war. Robert Conkey and Goldwin Patterson were also home. They left again last week. ‘nut before leaving were presented with an acknowledgement of the esteem in which they {are held by the citizens and others. They Were presented with a suitable present 19 a reminder of their old home. ‘5. All wish the boys success and a safe return. ‘ {HE DURHAM BHRUNICLE 312's. Litter visited her daughter. Miss Litter. for :1 day last week. Don. McKinnon Thos. McDougali and Duncan Sinclair all from this zeigii‘rvox-imod, left for the harvest t‘ fields of the west a couple m Weeks ago. -' "1 f Mr. and Mrs. Angus Kennedy of Toronto are back again, and 'are taking: up their residence at the tuwn line on their own property. DURHAM. SEPTEMBER 9,1915. Gases Where Troops Have Fired Up»! Their Own People. It was at Beacon hill during the Boer war that there happened one of the saddest incidents in the history of the British army. The East Surrey were in a hollow between two hills creeping up the valley. The West Surrey regi- .ment. halt a mile away. caught sight of the crouching figures and took them '1or Boers In a moment a heavy volley rang out. and it was not until an officer, realizing the mistake. rushed out in front of the West Surreys that the firing ceared. A nurse. writing afterward from the ‘Estcourt hospital, said it was pitiful to see the West Surreys coming in one after another. bringing cigarettes, dain- ties, any present they could find, for the wounded men. then. hearing their groans. turn away. saying: ”God for- ;give us! This is our work!” One of the strangest cases of troops firing upon their own people occurred in Roumania in the year 1885. At that time Roumania was in a very disturb- ed condition. and bands of robbersâ€"- regular banditti~prowled over the country. raiding the villages and» farms. The Largest of these bands made its headquarters in the forest or Rhodope and gradually increased until It became 300 strong. It spread terror through the whole countryside, and at last the government sent a body of troops to hunt it down. W IRWIN, Editor and Proprietor The robber band was located on top of a fnountain. and the colonel in com- mand of the troops spiit his forces and sent half up each side so as to attack from two’ points simuimnoously. A, thick fog fell. and the robbers tool: advantage of it to sneak away quietly by a path known only to themselves. The troops. unaware of this maneuver, continued their ascent, and the two bodies, each crawling along under cov- er of rocks and brushwood. met at the top. They at once opened fire and fought desperately for a whole hour before the mistake was discovered. Eighty were killed and 300 wounded.â€" Philadelphia Ledger. wish them muCh joy and happi- BLUNDERS |N BATTLE. PRICEYILLE. Skating ls Business There, and the Skaters Wear No Shoes. In the north of Holland, writes Temple Manning in the Indianapolis Star, I saw the serious side of skating, the side that is not an idle art, but a practical business. NORTH HOLLAND IN WINTER. The very first thing the tiny Frisian learns after he acquires the ability to toddle around is how to skate. If he wasn't an expert he would be seriously handicapped all the rest of his life. for the country is a netwrok of waterways, and when they freeze over all business is done on their slippery bosoms. To the Frisian it is second nature to skate. To him it is a delight as well as a necessity, and he is more at home on skates than he is on a good earth road. If you ask a F1isia11 which season he likes best. summer or, winter, he 11 111 answer “winter.” In summer he finds it hauler to pole or pull his boat through the waters of the canals than j in Winter to push a sledge along while he follons 011 his skates. To him the canal is his road. E The 61st oddity that struck me when I came into this land of skating de- , lights was that the skaters did not wear shoes 'Ihey snapped their skates to their feet over xeiy heaxy socks; that kept out the cold. They laughed. at me “hen I went skating with my skates clamped to leather boots. They; could not undeistand how on math I could skate freely and gracefully. As 3 l l a l a matter of fact I am far from being a graceful sk ater, but the insians wexe too polite to laugh at my clumsi- ness. atnibuting it entirely to my shoes. Of course I went to Friesland with preconceived notions of what the counâ€" try would look like. but the charm of the reality was far beyond my imagi- nation. It seemed to be a land of ice and snow that was not unhappily cold â€"~rather the frigid element seemed to be a completing touch of perfection. I have never seen Friesland in sum- L “‘5 mer, but I cannot imagine it separated from its frozen \v :‘1tem ays and its pic- tu resque skaters. __ - . ‘ ‘ - 1Were I to epitomize Friesland in a single description I would picture it as a sheet of ice flowing between two banks that glitter with snow, and in the center I would place a milkman pushing a sledge filled with cans be- fore him. as he skated whistling mer- rily behind. And behind him I would draw a bevy of boys and girls Skylark- ing on skates. Millions Are Taken Every Year From the Gullible by Sharpers. Human credulity passes all limita- tions. Before me lies a newspaper story from Chicago: A man was on the way to a savings bank to deposit $145. Two smiling strangers met him, fooled him with the story that they had “a magic handkerchief" which would dou- ble the stranger's money if he would told his bank bills within it. After the operation the strangers told him to watch the handkerchief and see his money grow. They disappeared. They had his money and the handkerchief contained waste paper. Does this sound impossible? Here is another story. even more im- probable, but true. In New York a company appropriating the name of a well known corporation advertised to sell its shares at a bargain, and fixed a price that was just twice the stock market price. A circular was sent to the Italian quarter intimating that a great opportunity was presented for workingmen to secure an interest in a wonderfully prosperous railway, that only a few shares could be had and that they must he bought at once. A rush was made for the stock. although every daily paper printed the quotation of the same security at half the price at which the swindiers were offering it. The police put an end to the game. If people are so credulous is it sur- prising that the postoffice authorities report that $150,000,000 a year is taken from the gullible by dealers in fake se- curities? If Wall street did this kind of wretched business it would deserve reprobation.~â€" Leslie’s Weekly. HUMAN CREDULITY. The Message from the Mother Country to Canada ANXIOUS TO HEAR IT. SIR ROBERT Having occasion to visit a town in Arizona. where there were no hotel accommodations worthy of the name. I asked a man 1 met on the street if he could tell me where I could find a lodg- ing in :1 private house. “Rec-ken l kin. stranger." he said. "Come right along with me." He took me to his own house and introduced me to his wife. a woman with as honest a countenance as ever I saw in man or woman. Several pret- ty children were playing about who evidently had the care of a good moth- er. I was given a fine supper. and when the Wife took the children up- stairs to bed the husband and I sat smoking and chatting together. “I believe." I remarked. "that you people out here have settled down and become more like those in the east than you used to be.” “lieckon we have. When I drifted into these parts We ivns all bad except a sprinklin‘. and they was mostly wim- men and children.” “Surely you were not one of the bad ones.” I objected. He took his pipe out of his mouth and looked at me. apparently wonder- ing if he had better trust me with 21 confession. I knew his thoughts and by my expression invited Confidence. “Stranger.” he said. "1 was one 0’ the gnfldurnedest Incomest :nfivehnfi low down crittels 111 the territory. 1 was mean euoug h to 101) :1 01.11 01.1111 of ohl bones. lut I 11zun1t afraul o nothin’. and when it come to a fight I was 111111. Fact is. I 11:15 1122111111011 so desp'rit that nobody dust inter'fme with me. Two sheriffs tried it and failed. and after that I was let 1110110 till I got so bad that the peonle couldn’t stand me, and the committee got after me. That ended my career as a des- perado.” “Evidently,” I put in. “they didn‘t hang you or you wouldn't be here tell- ing the story now.” “My story hasn‘t begun. One day when I was about as bad as I could git I went into a house for a meal, which I intended to pay for by takin' any- thing valuable I could lay my hands on. I run across a young woman and asked her if she could give me a meal 0’ vittels. "You just come right in here.’ she said, ‘and make yerself at home.’ “Waal, that gal cooked me as fine a meal as I ever eat in my life. Anyway, it tasted as good. for I was hungry, and there was somepin about the gal as cooked it that I liked. and when I was eatin‘ it she was sittiu‘ right op- Peculiarities of Some of the Herds of West Africa. In 1905 I found myself near the In- zia river. an important afliuent of the Kwiiu, flowing through a fertile region which is infested by herds of ele- phants. a source of constant anxiety and frequent losses to the inhabitants. GOOD NATURED ELEPHANTS. In a country like this. where he is not hunted by man in the ordinary way and the only means for his destruction are cruel but easily avoided pitfalls, the elephant is. decidedly good natur- ed. We were told by the mission boys at Penn that in the rainless season, when their usual haunts are dried mm, the elephants frequently wander near the river and attack the plantations. The'natives try to drive them away with sticks! CONVERSION “But it is no geod hitting them or throwing stones at them,” I was told. “They generally refuse to take any no- tice. Sometimes a mother with a calf will turn on us and chase us for a bun- dred yards or so. but no real harm is meant and the animal is not really an~ gry‘ fog all the signs of fume-spread By DONALD CHAMBERLIN THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. posxte me and asmn“ me an sorts 0' questions as innocent-like as if she was talkin‘ to a respectable party. When I got through with the meal what do you suppose I did? I just told her that 1 was Bill Hathaway. the noted desperado, and I wanted her to hand out any valuables there might be in the house without troublin' me to find 'em. “Somehow she didn't look frightened. as most wimmen would look under the circumstances. She got up without sayin‘ a word, went Upstairs and come down with a woolen sock with some coins in the toe and put it on the table before me. Then she looked at me. not with that hateful look I had been used to from wimmen I'd robbed. but With :1 sorryful look. as much as to say, ‘1"00r feller. what an awful life you‘re leadin' and how uncomfortable you'll be some day danglin' from the end of a rope? “Somehow I couldn't stummiek that sort 0‘ thing. 1 jist opened the stockin', and instead 0’ takin‘ anything out I put my hand in my pocket. tuk out a fist full 0' loose change, and some hills. rammed ’em into the stockin’ and shoved it toward her, tellin' her that :he'd given me a hnngup good meal and deserved to be Well paid for it. “She turned the stockin‘ over. dump- ed all the money in it on the table. counted out what she‘d had in it be- fore I put in anything and shoved my amount back to me; " 'We don‘t take pay from strangers hero." she said. “and if we did we wouldn't take money that had been mine] by robbery} x-- “I'd had all sorts o’ thing‘s said to me. but somehow I‘d never had any- Lhing like that. They was all either afraid of me and criugml or hated me and spittit‘cd at me. I got up from my clmir and went out 0' that house like a whipped cur. “When the men folks come home and found that Bill Hathaway had heen'there they organized a committee to run me down. It was :1 long chase. but they finally cornered me. 1 was full 0‘ tricks. and since none 0’ those that tnk me knowed me by sight I tole 'em they'd got the wrong man. So they talked together and agreed to take me to the gal I‘ve been tellin’ you about for identification. “They brought me before the house with my arms tied behind my back and a rope around my neck. The gal came out, and they asked her if 1 was the man that had been to the house before. When she saw the rope she palod a bit and. pretendin’ that she wanted to git the dust outer her eyes to see better, drew her apron across wv w- - ’em. But I know ed it was to get rid of moisture. She looked at me pitiful, and at last she said: ‘4.-.“ - “ ‘\'0; that ain t the one. The other was a villain. Shis one is a good man. If he's ever done anything: I’m sure he has repented. ’ “Hist!" he said. putting: a finger to ‘ .- .‘--\ 3*“ ;"L3 ” The food value of an egg is enormous, { but an invalid tires of eggs served in the ordinary way. Here is a method in- ; volving some trouble, but worth it for 1 the sick person’s sake. Break an egg ] into a flat dish of cold water and let ; it remain covered with muslin for n... _A __--‘ L‘\A “n+n“ A“ ears and raised trunl‘I'Lare absent. All the same. we do run away. although we know there is no danger. One day a boy fell when thus pursued. but the elephant only threw sand on him.” As I have myself seen a man just pushed out of the way by one of these good natured monsters, when the ani- mal had more than enough provocation to kill him, I was inclined to accept this account as trueâ€"Wide World Magazine. l“ LU u not... ‘- it remain covered with muslin for twelve hours. Then pour the water of: very gently indeed, so as to prevent the egg going with it. Now pouch the latter in boiling water. adding just a tiny pinch of salt. This, nicely served, can be eaten by any one, for it melts In the mouth literally. Two might be cooked. for done in this way one egg is not muchâ€"Buffalo News. The Chronicle to January 1, 1917. $1 to new subscribers. . t ‘- 0 § oV ips. “She's, comin‘ dounstairs. Poaching an Egg. Master Sherwood Rowe was vis-i itring in Toronto last week. i l i . Mr. Alex. Kearney of Believi‘d is visiting at his home here. Mr. 'W. B. 'Vollet is spending a few days in Toronto. i 3 Mr. John Smith attended thei exhibition last week. I ('4 Mr. Geo. Kress was at the exhi- bition for a few days this week. Mrs. W. D. Connor has been auite ill, but is recovering. M.rs. W. D. Connor has been Quite ill, but is recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Allen are attending the exhibition this Week, Mr. Ben. Benton left on Monday for Belleville, where he will enter Albert College as a student. Ptes. A. M. Bell, E. J. IVI‘GiI‘I‘ and G. Lloyd, now in training at Niag- ara, were home over Sunday. .Mr.'W'i1bert anisley of Little Britain, spent over Sunday with with his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Arrowsmith are visiting in Toronto and Ham- ilton. Mrs. M. K. Heddle and little daughter of Hamilton, are visiting their cousin, Miss A. L. MacKenzie. ‘ Eggs .................. Potatoes, pm bag ...... :Dlied Apples ........ ‘ Flour, per cwt ......... ; Oatmeal, per sack ..... ’Chop. per cwt ........ ' Live Hogs; per cwt . . . Hides, per 1b .......... 5 Sheepskins ............ \Vool .................. ‘ Tallow ................ ' Lard ................. . Miss Devena Warmington has accepted a position as assistant mill-iner cat Oshawa. Mr. Peter Ramage, and sister, Miss Alice, were in Toronto over Sunday and attended the Exhion tion and Press convention. Miss M‘arion E. Gun. L.T.C.M., reâ€" turned to Toronto Tuesday to re- DURHAM. SEPTEMBER 9. 1915 Fall W'heat; ......... ...$ 9!) to $1 (:0 Spring \Vheat .......... 9) to 1 W Milling Oats ....... 35 to 38 Feed Oats ............... 35 to 38 Peas .................... 1 50 to 1 65 Barley ............ 48’ to :30 Hay ................. . ...]2 00 to 1:2 00 Butter..: ............... 2") to :22 Eggs .................... 1!? to H Potatoes, per bag ....... 45 to 45 Dried Apples .......... 3 to 3 Flour, percwt .......... 3 In to 3 25 Oatmeal, per sack ...... 3 50 Lo 4 00 Chop. per cwt .......... 1 5” to 1 75 Live Hogs; per cwt.... 8 9*} to 5 SM Hides, per 11) ........... . 13 to 14 Sheenskins .............. 35 to gm ‘\Q- \0' Thousands of farmers have 1051 t':~.o~.:.~;....i.< . . through Smut in wheat. oats and harhx This loss can be prvvemod in ONE \YAY ONLY treating the seed. Be sure therefore that you 1-.11 \2 treated before being put into the around this 1‘ 11. o1 .. y x 1. Mix one-half pint of formalin in ‘21 gallons of water. Pix-\- seed to be treated in a coarse sack: a bum suck is excellent f.-r the purpose. Fill the sack about three parts full anrl immm-s’» in the formalin solution for 20 minutes. During the treatment ref/49' :Eio ’-~wn‘ sack up and down several times in the solution to insure wen... ,3 every grain that it contains. 9\ () 1‘ ‘After treating, spread the grain out thinly on a clean flw". canvas where it can be stirred and allowed to dry sufficiently t 3 he sown. The sooner it .is sown after treatment the better. Twenty :31- 10an of the solution will treat about 20 bushels of grain. Saveral treatments may be made with the same solution. Each lot “xiii rC- quire to be immersed for 20 minutes. OR 2. Mix one pint of formalin with «10 gallons of water. Plum» the grain to be treated in a heap on a clean canvas or floor. Sprinxle the formalin solution over the grain, then shovel the grai: z-z'er into another pile so as to mix it thoroughly, then sprinkle and shovel again. Repeat this until every grain is moistened by tit: : tion: t'hen c'ovler the pile With sacking and leave for three lg“: {our horurs 'At the end; of this tifi'ne spre ad the grain out thinly to ary: shovelling .it over three or four times will hasten the drying. Forty gallons of the fOrmalin solution is sufficient to sprinkle be- tween 30 and 40 bushels of grain, smaller amounts in prnpm-zi v: For further information apply to 'l ', .L (3 l MARKET REPORT Western Fair ‘33???“ Prizes increased this year by $3,000.00. Exceflent Program ofAttpac- tions Twice Daiw. SINGLE FARE OVER ALL memvs West of W. J. REID, President There are two methods of treating the A Warning to Farmers Toronto, and Fare and One-Third from outside points PERSONAL 00.0.00... ats ...... ...... usuooctouo-OOQQI 000.000.0000... ".....'.....I..]2 5'. per cwt..... S l1b............ 15.00.000.000... 000.000.00.00... ........ 000.00.. .C...........‘. Music by the Best Available Bands $30,000.00 in Prizes Prize Lists, Entry Forms and all information from the Secretary and Attractions éthuit-a-tives” is the Standby ; in This Ontario Home 1â€"1 THE FAMllY SCOTLAND, Ont, Aug. 25th, 1913. “My wife team marfyrlo Constipation . We tried everything on the calendar . without satisfaction, and spent large l sums of money, until we happened on : ‘Fruit-a-lives’. We have usedit in the l family for about two years, and we 1 would not use anything else as long as l we can get “Fr11it~a-Ii\'os.” 5‘ J. W. HAMMOND. l l l .._._ â€"‘ . _ “FRUIT-A-TIVES” is made from fruit juices and Ionicsâ€"is mild in actionâ€"and pleasant in taste. sume teaching at the Tuuuu Conservatory of Music. Miss Florence Mountain and little niece, of Hamilton. \Tskeni for a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mountain. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.30, trial size 25c. At dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. Mr .Morrison Smith, sun cf Dr. Smith of D0rnoch,1>assed his A and B parts entrance to Pundit". at the summer 5311001. Turuntu Universitv. Mrs. Neil McKeehnio has :uohzm- ed from a two months' tri; wis- iting friends and reiatives i" Ss- katflhewan and other 12- rts in the west. Miss Jean Gilchrist. whn has been visiting her friend, Mi“; F30. Limin for the past (\vo wevks. re- turned Monday to her home: at Toronto. Mrs. E .VV. Limin who has 5; int the past three weeks \isiti- sister. Mrs s. J. A. Thomas. :1 summer home. Echovil'le. near North Bay, returned on Sat-mar; night. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson «.3 gr. Catharines were here on Fair honeymoon trip last Week. :1“. guests of the latter‘s cousin. Miss Eleanor Kress. Mrs. Andersm‘. 1:. known to many here as Evils-2 Carrie Hallett. (*1; , HON JAMES S. DI'FF, Minister of Agriculture, Toronto, Ontario Two Speed Events Daily. Fireworks Every Night. New Steel Grandstand. Midway Better- Than Ever. S 0 G September 9, 1915.. PHYSlBIAN I HUNT, Secretary {ONO