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But my big army shoes were tramping heavily as I came on right towards her. Her heart must have been beating loud, because she could easily have escaped since she saw .me when I was still a long distance away, but what was she to do with he babies? She couldn’t pick them . up and run, and she was too loyal '- Gmandteavethemindanger. he waited until I was about to do u h.- hdcn ehe moved. In ‘I. Thu-anhlruryu,“ The Red Flavour There were twelve little partridges cuddled up snugly under her wings, and she was anxious that no harm should come to them, just as any other mother would be. She even might have considered remaining very still if I had gone by on her side of the log in case I was six or so feet away, because Nature had given her brown feathers very much the same shade of color as that of the dead leaves and old log in order that she might more easily escape discovery when either on or near her‘ nest. Knowing this fact she perhaps did not intend to race away unless it became absolutely necessary. I jumped. because right from un- der my feet a linlt' brown partridgi- that had been sitting on her nest hid- den close under the side of a big log, in a pile of dead leaves. dashed away from fright, making a loud noise most unexpectedly. She has! heard me coming when I was several hun- dred feet away and had watched me. keeping very quiet, doubtless hoping that I would go by on the other side of the log. "Mrs. Mcllvrido was giwn a warm u~c,.-._-pti011 by the members of the mmvvnti'm and good wishvs folluw her in her work." "She is nut fur morn businrss-likc "ll'lhflds in limmcils {llld tn curtail wxpo-niliturvs and is wry forthright in hrr spm-rh. She is a little causâ€" lir ahnut lhr man \vhn volml for her iii-ramp 3hr was herself but hoped that liwr rli-rtinn would not immune 3 I'l'rrmlo-nt for woman councillurs 35 3'0th without ability might run. Sho- puintmlout to the gentlemen that tlwso strictures did not apply to lhr brrlhrrn, naming mu- mrnilwr ul‘ :1 Ilnuncil “ho could not read thi- nintiems put. (MJ. Phillips in ()ur Dumb Animals "Bt'l'oro lwr marriago Mrs. Moll- widv taught. school in Ontario. Her married life has been spent on a farm within the town of Rapid City who-re she brought. up four childron. finding tinu'. during tho six years her husband served on tho School Board and Town tlounril to study with him tho Muniripal Art and the School Art. SM is a workor in tho Wonwn‘s lllSllllltt' and tlu- Quomi Mary Needlework Guild. “For the first time in the history of the linion of Manitoba Municipal- ities there was present at the recent convention in Winnipeg a duly ac- credited woman delegate. (Since then we have noticed the presence of a woman delegate at the conven- tion of the l'niou of Alberta Munici- palities. the Deputy Mayor of one of the towns. who was elected to the viceâ€"presidency ot’ the ['nion. And. by the same token. a woman has been elected President of the Ontario Union.) The Manitoba woman dele- gate was Mrs. May Mcllvride. (loun- cillor from the town of Rapid City. Mrs. Mcllvride has been Councillor since last August. There was a ho- tel in Rapid City which was owned by a number of the towusmcu who proposed that the town should take it over and run it. .\ by-taw was submitted to the electors and MN. Mcllvride, working assiduously a- gainst it. was giyeu credit for its de- feat and elected to the Vacated place on the tlouncil Board. ' 1.411 FORMER DURHAM RESIDENT 18 FIRST W0!“ DELEGATE The January issue of The Win-stern Municipal News enntains an article under the heading "A Woman bele- gate that will be 0: interest tn many residents of Durham and \‘irinity. The Western Municipal News is the official organ of the union Hf the municipalities or Saskatchewan. Al- berta. and Maniteba and is of the same impertance to the Western municipalities that The Municipal World is to Ontario; The Mrs. Mc- llvriile referred tn is the eldest «laughter of the late Mrs. George Hepkins of Durham. The Municipal News says ; A PARTRIDGB RISKS HER LIFE Superior to the best Japans, Gunpowder or Young Hymn. Sample Free-Salado. Toronto. ll SALAIA" olthcgudnc “GREEN” Ta h h every GREEN TEA “Mamma, are there women in heaven?” “Surely, why not ?” “Well, here in the eighth chapter of Reve- lations it says: ‘And when he had opened up the seventh seal. there was silence in heaven about the. space or hell en-hour’.” ‘ ’ tn his mother, the smell had gone and she almost pushed him under her wings, so happy was she. She couldn’t understand; neither did he. w away the dreadful Odor. Later, when the little lonely fellow crept When the human hand had strok- ed it. the odor of perspiration clung to it. and she; like other wild things had learned to fear very greatly the odor of human perspiration that by sad experience was associated with the frightful noises of guns and suf- ferings from wounds and death when shot at. She had never sufl’ered in this manner directly, but somehow understood from other partridges, including her mother, that it is al- ways wise to fly hard whenever this smell is perceived on the wind or about trees and stumps, and to her emazement. the odor was about her baby, but the wind was blowing briskly that afternoon and soon However, at'h-l' she had called a time or le. “r-‘t one came out. Of hill- ing. then another and another, until all hriil mine. She i-lui'keil soothing- ly and they unitei'stm'nl that she would spread hel‘ wings and keep them warm Initil they were over their scare. hut one of them had Inmething ~‘tt'2uiue n. mut it She put lrw llt'ati cloun unit snn-lleil around . then peeked at it, It most unusual thing for this little loving: partridge mother to «to. as Illllt'll as to say, "I don’t want you: w away." and she actually pushed it away with her bill. as it’ punishing it. for something. It sat otl' to the side alone until the wind had blown away a peculiar smell about it that she could not unâ€" dcrstw 'l. but feared very much. I knew his mother was not wry far away; that sh» was at that very moment watching and listening from snmewhern, and that Sht' would comn hack as soon as I had gone and call snt'tly. l wantmi t1) hidv som'mvhm'n and watt'h hvr. hut sht- would have sc-nn mo amt wnnlct nut have comv hack. After a few moments of very care- l'ul looking I found one little fellim' partly hidden under a big ileacl oak leaf with his hill pushed «town into the soft forest soil. He was still as eouhl be. He didn't make a move for fear he would attract. my attention. I piekeil him up tenderly, looked at him just. a moment. then put him down gently because I could feel his heart beating. and knew that he was badly frightmnetl. and slipped away, being very careful where I stepped for fear I might put my heavy shoe down on one. When she was getting away from nw rapidly I thought of the little partridgns which I was certain were , in ttw nest, since it was the time Of ‘ thr year whvn partridge babios were to he). found if mm had sharp eyes. and racml back. but tlw nest was Ivmpty. Thorn worn hrnkon pieces ut' i-gg shvtls clusv by. which wvro tvlttalvs. I otvcidvd that there worn littto- partriitgos hidden under loaves and [)lt‘L’t‘S of bark, (won in grassvs partly rnwrod with dead loaves close by. I know thay wvrn wry young twrausv tlu- hrokvn stwlls lunkod as it' they might haw how-n pnshvd out Ht' thv nt‘st that. wry day. She. however, had risked her own life in order to save them, because she did not know whether I was the kind of man that always carried a gun when in the woods and shot at every little wild thing I might See, which I could easily have done in her case, since she tlew so slowly at first. the meantime, in some manner she t'XpIflIIIt‘lI the (tango-1' in her little hruml anil IIISII‘IICUPII them what tu it” in rase she had in leaw them. Then. just as I was about tn step on her. with a loud flapping of wings she pretended tn fly away. but so sluwly that. I raced after her. which was just what she wanted me to do. In that way she was leading me away t'rum her babies and giving them time. to hunt hiding-places. I raceil nn. thinking I might catch‘ her. but in a moment. she knew that' her little partridges were in all probability safely hidden, and flew away from me easily. I T'HE MOTOR CAR OF THE NORTH ’l‘he several great trihes of natives who roam over a vast section of Aretie Siheria amt Northeastern Asia many thousands of miles from rivil- ization. give their whole time to the raising amt breeding of reindeer, the motor power of the frozen North. In fact. these animals, besides being their sole source of food. clothing amt transportation. play also an im- portant part in their hurial rites and in all of their eeremonies. These nomads can neither read nor write; they have no money. amt no govern- ment. All t‘ade is carried on exclu- sively hy harter. They live out. their nomadic lives in their own way. wandering around with their rein-J deer herds and living.r in skin tents. I The Siberian natives raise reindeer tin immense nnmhers. They are the most snm'essl'iil breeders of them in the world. Their herds often num- her from two to live thousand head. amt all the time amt energy of the herdsmen aml their families. are de- voted to kt‘t‘lllllg these herds togeth- er. For at le'ist nine months in the year the ramp is ehang'ed every few days. for the herds. are rontinually kept on the move in search of fresh pasture. Largo herds, especially. have to move forward after a few hours. am] actually keep movim.r the whole Winter. The heri‘lsmen drive pr tn replaco the coal which she could 1101ng And if straight retal- iatic‘m wm-v rpsm'tnd in. wo might iiml lil‘v morn uncuml'm'i:Ihlv in other ways. Moruovrr it should not be forgot- trn that Canada has products which wr need. A good many factories in Buffalo arr oprratrd by power ob- taim-d from tho Canadian side of Ni- agara Falls: a good many factories and tnwns east of Niagara Falls got their powrr from the Canadian sidr. If wr cut off Canada‘s supply of coal, Canada would haw to nsv this pow- It would be impolite to cut 011‘ Canada’s share of the meagre supply of hard coal. We may want to sell coal in quantities next year and in Iall other years when there is a nor- :mal supply. We might find it diffi- cult, to re-create a market which we had deliberately destroyed. Accord- ing to a London dispath to the Ment- real Gazette, Welsh colliery interests are planning to Open two depots in Canada for the crushing, grading and storing of cnal from the British Isles. “Now that ocean freight. rates are down, we can compete with Amer-‘ ican coal as regards price,” a Cardiff representative of the industry is quoted as saying. These plans should not be overlooked by individuals in this country who are mindful of the importance of maintaining an export] trade. And it should not be forgot- ten that one of the problems of the American coal industry is its over- development. 'l‘hat problem would be, enhanced if the Canadian export trade were arbitrarily curtailed. g m A coon POI-W! (Bulalo Express.) Representative Rogers of Muse- chuaette has introduced-a bill in the house to prohibit the export of hard real to Canada. He alleges that Ca- nandians are not only getting more coal than we are, but that in some instances they are getting it more rheaply. The Toronto Globe mildly remarks that. it has been unable to learn of coal being sold cheaply in any part. of Ontario. And certainly news reports in various Canadian nmvspaliers reveal a fuel Shortage quite as distressing as on this side of ”1.. border. Must folk who ought to know say the Canadians are getting as little real from the Pennslyvania fields as we are and that they are paying more for it. JOHN McGOWAN The People’s Mill Durham. 0m. Sovereign Flour ................ $3.60 Eclipse Flour ................... 3.30 White Lily Pastry Flour ...... .. 3.20 Bran ...................... '. . 1.40 Shorts ......................... 1.50 Feed Flour (middlings) .......... 2.00 Mixed Chop .................... 1.75 Oat Chop. . . . '. .................. 1.50 Crim d Oats ................... 1.50 Blatc ford’s Calf Meal ......... '. 1.10 Custom Chapping, per 100 lbs. . . . .07 OUR FLOUR IS GUARANTEED These Prices are at the Mill, and Strictly Cash Highest Price Paid for Wheat delivered at the Mill Goods Delivered in Town Every Afternoon Phone 8, Night or Day. The People’s Mills Prices for Flour and Feed Bran ....... ' ........... Shorts ......................... Feed Flour (middlings) .......... Mixed Chop .................... Oat Cho ....................... CrlmfieJJ Oats ................... Blatc ford’s Calf Meal ......... '. \h 1111'. ”III “1‘ ISO” lquscI «If pain. \\ hat lIIssnns thIIIIII aIII butlght! Lvssnns «If :I suhlimIIII strain 'lhan anv PISPVHH‘H‘ taught. \mIiIl its IHHHIH‘SS and gloom ("h-aw mIIaIIiIIgsI aIIII IIIOIIII clear IIIIII tn IHI 031“!” IN Piling-place SII I Ims Hm] su strangely IIIIaII! ~Florence Earle Coates. The Walkerton Telescope says : The new Public school Geography which was awaited so long and pa- tiently has now been in general use for a few monthsâ€"long enough for teachers and others to size it up. The new book is handsomely gotten up, beautifully illustrated and makes a very attractive x’oulme. But when one begins to look into the subject matter. it’s a different story. Teach- ers are finding it. full of mistakes, not trifling inaccuracies, either. The railroad map of Canada shows only two transcontinental lines. Many of us were under the impression there were three. The papers have been full of the controversy as to whether the eastern headquarters of the Canadian National Railways shall remain at Tin-onto or be removed to Montreal, but the new geography settles the question by stating that, Moncton. NJL. helds this coveted plum. .\ pedagogical friend of ours‘ has found ”Vel' a hundred mis-state- ments of fact in a few chapters of the book. These things naturally make one curious to learn the auth- orship of such a Volume. By in- quiries we have learned that the De- partment. commissionml two gentle- men to get their heads together, and out of the abundance of their know.- ledge compile a'new geography. The result is this'somewhat unique text. One of the authors acquired his fa- miliarity with the teaching of Pub- lic school geography by serving as lttreek Master in a High school. So tar as we can learn he has never seen the inside of a Public school since his early youth. His. collab ir- ator prepared himself for the auth-- orship of the geography booé; by teaching English in a Winnipeg High school thirty-five years ago. That these gentlemen made a. few hundred inlistakes in their book is surely not to he wondered at. They have produced the kind of book you would expect them to produce. 'l‘hese gentlemen are no doubt lice fellows and close friends of the otl‘i- rials who had the handing out o" the contract. And they were no doubt paid a snug sum for their work. .\nd now their book is the getea‘raphical authority for the children of the Province. Heaven help the children! If well pastured and not over- worked, a trained. harnessed rein- deer is swift, and a pair can. make «me hundred miles a day, provided the snow is thin and hard on the tundra. \Vhen tired, the deer must be given immediate rest. If compel- led to make further eti‘orts to travel they will become exhausted and of- ten drop dead on the Spot. Among the reindeer peUple an trade is carried on exclusively by barter. WALKBRTON PAPER SLAIS NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY out ’ shelter. carrying their spare clothing on their backs and living practically the same lives as their animals. Reindeer cannot remain too long at one place, since the con- stant scraping of their hoofs hard- ens the snow and thus makes diffi- cult reaching the moss under it. They scraps the snow with the boots 0f-thcir forefoot. the sharp rims and pointed ends of which penetrate own a very hard crust. Reindeer moss grows throughout the year, but if too much trampled upon, it will wither and dry up. fiifl Died at. his residence. Prieeville. on the 6th of February, 1923, Mr. James McDougall, after a prolonged illness of some years. at the age of sixty-live. Mr. MrDougall was born on the South Line. Glenetg, in 18.38 on the old homestead at Lot 57, Con- eession 3. Of a family of the broth- ers and four sisters. only two are left, \'iz.. Donald and Mary. The depart- ed husband and father left lonely a sorrowing widow and a large familx to mourn the loss of a dutiful hus- band and tather ”the funeral on 'l‘hnrsday, the 8th, was fairly well attended considering the. inelemeney of the weather and bad "ends. The Rev. Mr. Jones preached a comfort- ing sermon at the funeral. basing his remarks on the uneertainh of life and to be piepared at the conIinL.r of the 511m messenger. Death is no respect-er of persons. It. reaches the chambers of those in high and honor- able positions in life as well as the one who often experienred adversity ; more than prosperity. and as the; wild and frozen elm “as shmelledi in the e old bed of a dear. depaItedl tathI r and husband on this afterâ€" noon, “ho honorahh passed his‘ eomparathels short life in this \i- ein'ty, SI it is ofte II III some ot the rulers of our country only with greater display ot' honor than our I'leparted friends in hIIInhlI- position. The remains were laid to rest. in Mr- Neal’s Cemetery at the town line. The pail-bearers were six ot‘ the nearest 3 neighbors and friends. 'l'wo dIIIIuh-I .â€"- -A Many farmers are scarce of watm‘ and in snme instancvs have In van-y it, for family use and for stock. A thaw would be highly welcomed by those in need of water. The weather was severe for the past week and it felt more comfurt- able to sit close to the fireplace than tn be drin’ng on the higtmay. But when June and Jul3 comes the N‘- unity of Februar3 “ill be forgotten when the mercury is Up 90 in Hu- shade. We extend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards on their removal to their new dwelling and wish them long life and happiness in their line mansion. Were we twenty years younger we might for the fourteenth time arrange to put up a night in the new cosy dwelling, but we were en- tertained in the 01d log house on the north side and also in the late resi- dence. 80 time has made a change in a double manner We are going down fast on the decline and the prosperity of our fr iend the rewrsv. Quite a number an: cumplaining \\ ith the grippc 01 colds. Some fam- ilies are all laid up and those of tho neighbors are attending to their stock. We hone all will be wc-ll 3mm Our own correspondent.) The ”aversion cor. claims to he one of the earliest correspondents to The Chronicle. with garner Conâ€" cerns. We beg leave to din‘er with him. We were an occasional cor. to The Chronicle when White John- ston were editors, also in the time of Mr. Jenkins, but not very regular, and now we claim that we are' a correspondent since the present ed- itor became prOprietor. But we don‘t always claim to differ with R. 'l‘., for he's a jolly, good fellow. We sat with him auditing the Township hooks twice and we may say he did the most of the work. We also sat with George Binnie, Dan. Mclnnes. the economical Council allowed us the magnificent sum of $6 for our service. Had old Mr. Edge charged us for three meals, a night‘s lodging and horses stabled all night, we might call it $4. out none more llll- oral could he. found in the olden times than Mr. and Mrs. Edge. “Then you’ll grow a big dirl." Miss Three has the right idea. Good Bread and plenty of it is childhood’s right. “EAT MORE BREAD, DOLLY !” Henderson’s Bread It. In, In“. 9! It. Patrick‘s. on"... mwumummvmua. Mnny of our religion: end charitable lnntitutionn hnn ndopted Zen-Bah u their stnndnrd shin-remedy. This fnct spanks for itnelf. The Sisters of Chnrity carrying on the noble work of humnnity. ere often called' npon to minister to the bodily as well as the spiritual needs of the niling end wielded. As the following letters show, these Sisters. with the skill and know- ledge of trnined Nurses. have complete faith in the healing and disuse-dispelling power of this great herbal balm. The rural prvss «of “Marin. with low (-xcvplinns will nu: alwt any party Ur lvaalvr lhtzl alto-nulls in monkey with tho Unlariu 'l'vnuwr- anon Act in Hip dirvvtinn ul‘ urvah-r laxity of languagv‘nr vnfm-cvnwnt. For instant-v. llu- girillia Parke-t. a stnnnvh Cnnsnryallw paiwi'. says: If the Conservatiw party slmnld on- h-r Ill!” 3 lln'taiiun WIN] llw Mmlor- :ilmn lmaunp. or any ulhm' pro- whquor organization. we should hayo t1} lw askml in lw c-xrnsvgl. Prohibi- tmn «if ”qu llqum‘ ll'all'ir Is llu- gl‘i'al- ost material and moral gain aNIIPV- ml by “I" “rpm-ill pi‘llo‘l'almn. 'l'hi‘ light in “Dial” ll was Inn shwnunus tn vxpm-l llum- whq vngagml In Uw slrnmrlv in Jvnparihzv lhv fruits or vu-lm-y fur thy .saku of any amiarmit lomlmrary lmlilical advantngp. weekneuâ€"‘huleft m beckhu eretrou ed! toteke L dink! 0am for l med cine ever sold. RM Lydinfil'fl- hn'svww taken doctor's medicine. witbom much benefit. It bu relieved my pin and gives me strength. I recommend it and give {on permission to use my teati- monio letter. ”â€"31“. IDA RYE, Glen Allen, Alebamn. Women who suffer ohould write to the Lydia E.Pinklum Hedicine CmfloboulE 229959 for"; .free copy of Lydia ONTARIO TEMPERANCB ACT MUST NOT BE TAIPERED WITH Inn‘s and their husbands frnm 'l'm'on- In atlcndod the fmwml. MOTHER 0F URGE FlIllY sores. and Shh aunties. and sha'il (omnue to use 1! for such." live! ybndy "0‘3!“ 2am Huh _ â€" write?â€"" Gentlemen. In the nrfihanauw dc: acumen! of the AbHuu‘. We inu- sound Zam~Buk_v_cry ‘ond for hralina cuts, cold. «rites 1â€"" Gentleuwn. In our institution. we use your lam-But and have found it most aficacious. It IS a splendid remedy {on son. and skin iroubles. You may gladly uw this information as a recommendation of yum ex. cellent preparation.” lit E. Pinkhunu V for [6|ij it in m Pfllb‘fi