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Editmial Note and Comment -1r Britain after all her mobilizing recruiting, furnishing, and other preparation doesn't strike something the unions wi'l be up: to say she is a brasrttart. week , It ---The November Heavens. This is the month of Meteors, and those inter eated in those tlying budiesshould keep their eyes open as the middle of the month approaches About the 13th and Itth is the predicted time, and the Andromeda shower about the 28th. Next year Nov. 1899 the 33 yeareyele is again completed when displays of extraordinary brilliancy are visible, but the year before has sometimes far. nished a lesser "shower." The cause is the earth passing through a zone of these dark bodies and attracting many of them within its atmosphere where they take tire by friction. The first set meet the earth “head on” con~ N'Illlt‘lllly appear to Iv with great swiltness, the Andromeda display are slum-r rs they overtake the earth. Many dart through the atmosphere and Cw"C'ill4', some explode and vanish, and muniwnally one larger than the toriftnessa, the slower rs th Many dart t and (scape, s tttul ocumium ache-rs ensues mm (scape, sullle expk mu] ocumimmliy one h echo-rs cmnes to earth a of our planet is by so 11 Great interest is being trumuucrs in the expel yea r to establish a standard of musical educa- tinn In this I-nunlry. the Associated Board will hold examinations in leading cetttres. in November. At the request of a number of l whim [unsicmns and others who de The Board. of which the Prince of Wales is president. is tpomposed of re- presentatives of the Royal Academy and Royal 1'ollege of Music. London, Eng. These an- the mdy two instihr tinnsnl’ the kind which arr aided " glnernnwm grunh‘ The Mini Canada is His Excellency the thttada ii His Kxcelleucy the Earl oi Aberdeen. and the honorruw gem-ml re- presentation Lieut.-1'ol. J. H. Madman. Montreal, a well known Durhausite. Centres have been established at, and His Royal Highness has approved the upponmm-nt of the following honorary local tvIttvientatives.. Halifax. Limit.- (ianLJy: St. John, N. B., H. H. Mac. lean, Q. l' l Que-lure. Hoc. It. It. Dom-ll, ('11 M 3I The exanti knew" mu land. and either Sir _.'i' Ii)istpr, a" " TN ctFra.sr9'.9:9Br39.P4:9:9ssr.99.,' and next ti and Lad, iddiue a he: EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC R NEW it Ilexand f the board been: Mres will lw vs! tl towns' as well, u y apply tor inf: van-wmutivc m P. A. Hrinwtml. l '. who is always an. Will be sent fr is not imnmlml . who is always a "ell m. Will be sent from Eng- is not ituptnrbahle that 'xandru. MncKenzic, the ttlt Aberdeen are this heartfelt Roou bve to cspair and wl n lack and Pb ng business at: and tie weigh mach increased lg taken by As "tted (lispluv thi The chairman fol and Iy thank you, war thol heard m N‘onlvs bet, "stuhltshed ll. until then infm-nmtinn t' Dr to the «I. Mammal. mu a “(ll er or Can- who desire llit in. he old tt prvsidrm "f the Rnyal Academy. or Arthur Sulln’auy, both of Wham members of the board, may be asked come out to furnmlly inaugurate Wt". k in Canada. lit“ ".r'ttuuloou i,rovinit so otuvoruirle they had to givr up the sport, fully de- trrminul to try lheirluck on a finer day. Messrs Hen. Pollock, Alf. Haas and J. Wilma; loft lust week for Allenful'd wluue Hwy are engaged In taking out timber fol-the erection of a. new barn in a few weeks. Mr. Alex. Allan took his lust trip tr-. round to his Creamery patrons last, Mun- Jay. Mr. (has. McKinnon has been inn-l proving the appearance of bis fat In, try) having a new "Cyclone Wire Fem-c" placed along the front of it. A meeting was held in the School. house Saturday evening to make ar- rangements for the Annual B. S. Entou- tainnwnt. It. was decided that the en- trr'ainlnent ho held in the schoolhouse on IN vdnrsdtty t'verung. Nov. 30th. A cotnnrittee has Ireen appointed to furn- ish a good programme. Tea sawed min ”-30 to tf o'clock. Admittance fee L'x-ts. Proceeds will be spent, in buying a. new S. S. Him-Hy. 22;; i.22Li, iilh-v.Vlr. Kitching assisted by Miss ”nutty weeks. I HPII' nu ml by twenty-tivt "titwd to take tht thes" bring a nun ee".er.t"- ""'"'..' IN plhnmsot Totteuhatn, has been on- ;ngml in holding spvciul services in Tav- ney Methodist Church for the lust two weeks. Then. lulyols have been reward. ul My tweuty-iive now converts dcter Illillt‘ll to lake the right stand. amongst llwsu- being it nutulttw "tMurdoch young prophu Miss Williutns took a you)“ " fq-rtionnh- mam,- of hee many Yummy frimnk on Friday mght and goes on to Hemhcole- to continue In her good rvietrils nu Heulhvnle work. A thunder storm with lit-ary min was the. scene hero on Saturday afternoon' Snow Hazards on Sunday, mm to-day. Monday, we white robe is melting off the mother earth. Mr. Lauebleu McMillan has rented Ina farm to Mr. D.-m McIunis of Pomona. Mr. McMillan rammed to the vicimzy ot Stamford last week. Mr. Alexander got dipped in the San- geen last week, it seemed quite familiar to him. Mr. W. H. Arrowsmith. tax collector. was guing his rounds in tlus neighlror- hood " furtuight ago In good tour, and cracking jokes as usual. Messm. Malcolm and Alexander Mc- Millan has their Gumbo] bridge contract about tini,lod and offers to elvdlenge. the whole tilivg for bridge building. Alex. is talking of coming out as a tronsmi,vsion- er at, tlm tr wing election. Mr. John G, Benton hm app'iied a third coat of paint to his beautiful large resid- ence, also made the purchase of " fine large horse hon, C. L. Craig, while A. McLellnn and one at your town butchers both dealt in 9,qu horse“. We are atrictiv informed to tcention, 1iuhtlya nnall joliihmtiou held by the' boyamtlw new nd~'i'i-m added to the; penitentiary on Tuesday evening of last) week. They bought high, plnyod well: and pal-took mermy. When summonedg for home Miledm ttnorerred, what? eht,' “right. Gnu-Icy left 1gtrl'gl Im. not " maniacs. Goon-sound habitable Miss Jessie A.Beaton spent the past few weeks in the employ of Mr. Wm. Laidlaw uf your town. Mr. Wm. Benton and his sister Mm Jennie spent. Sunday with frIF-nis or. thu Avenue. Did Hone call at John's with the sugar on Sunday evening. Mr. Angus McDmuld at pinnacle hills ahernn absence of two years in Mieh., brightens the old homestead at present. Angus declares he sprinst. o' to sl" Il r. [In Sharpe Mr. ll. Mark!) vnid ye scribe n. business. vi,it on Wednesday evening. Misc, 11eDonald, manager of the dress- making department J Mr. Wm. Laidluw'a suorsofDarhtstn, in company wuh Miss Benton, wsited the home of the latter and other friends on Sunday. They re- ceived a welcome from the bachelors " the line. . A lady friend inspected some new resid- ences on the concession lately, One pro- prietor cordially invited the aisitor for a return and the others anxious for an in- terview. Messrs. Geo. MeRae of Pomona. andl John Morrison Jr. of our stuff are two of the jurors at Owen Sound maize: thisl week. We will Lave law in chunks when} Jack returns, , The Derby Brzu. still find e: with the scribes of this section. Did Jack my the pine or was it pine he WIS after ' Mr. (it hi. D. _ n Frid " y Allan MR a week ago Tu??- ml at few munths in Guelph. ". Allan Durham. and Mr, w. 1lolstein. accompanied by a. t' Murdoch sports were out t the 5th, hut the weather in SCOTCH TOWN MURDOCH "l IY‘OL ru g l'l , of Dmul, of Dunno yill fin) employment did not break the Mr I) dk. and re. " (We II Sir ate in the [they couldn't stay. Two John's spoke firmly and loudly on a. threshing iterr. fAlex. wandered alittle. and kept a keen i eye in all directions. Donald enjoyed the fun but kept very quiet. White was in good action as well as good mode. Dinnie shook all over and laughed, but Angus laughed far the most The Arehie's 11ml a misunderstanding. but settled ens-y. ith/ans: Jack smoked and shined widely. [Further information can he had from our [Detective m0 ‘ARCHIVES TORONTO The beautiful wenthrt' nf'last weds gave ample time for the root ”up to be gather- ed in wlsieh was u fail average. Mr, John Sherman 1t busy erecting a hcuse at present. with the assistance of Mr. John Armour, who has returned from North Dakota, Mrs. Geo, Mickie of your town spent a few days visiting friends on the 8th lately. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Orr visited friends at. the county capital for a few days last week. Filood's Ind easy to operate, is true It IInod's Pills, which are up to data in every respect. Sate. certain and lure. All - u”, w Wu"... .. u..- u Hood's Pills, whlch are . up to date in every respect. I 5 Sale, certain and sure. All hugging. Me, C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only PHI: to take with HoodU Susana!“ Mr. Robert Twamley has purchased it wind mill from C. McKinuon of your town lately and has it erected on top of his barn. Mr. Twnmley is now prepared to do all chopping and steam cutting for his own me. Success Bob. When you an now. run. The-big. old-lab- loned, lumcoatnd pillsmbmh tear you unto the”. are not in it with Hood'u. Easy to at. Services were conducted in the Pres church here for the past couple of weeks by Rev, Mr. Khmer, of Knox Collogv. Toronto, and his services weze much up- “minted part 1 Mr. Sumln friends ; Halloween passed off yery quietly in i the village, of course were were a few of _the nice hula boys whose mammu's had l, lost dominim over amused themselves in :lmckiug telephone poles, throwing down I fences, catching turkeys ete,, such customs I should be relegated to the forgotten past. Mrs. J. Mills returned last work from during friemh in Vulcan Jiout. Co, mu! the w httnu'. part of Huron. BI-nkllrg merry tho home circle with her lyrfBeiICP is Miss Alice Corlett who has ppmt we last ft ur years in TUI'MIIO. Miss'Nay Skmw urrived homo the be- ginning of last week pfter sw-wling since Julv with fneuds on tho lake more road Sydenham. Messrs. G. Cmnp'n. li J. McKechnie of 1locky a committee meeting \Vudnesdny. Misc: Mun Hughes late of Toronto u at presentau inmate of the home circle. Her many frimnls are according her a hearty vxv!couse. Mr.Wiil Cmuernn arrived home lust week from Manitoba where he had been to help lather and gurxmr the guide!) gram them Mr. Christopher ftobettpon is: enjoying welcome from family and friends after aperdlng the past tire )ears as l. rpmttt1 in a mine neorltat Portage. Mr. llamrtscn looks hale and hearty. On Wednesday evening last the spirit of another of the old pioneers responded to the Master‘s roll-eall in the person of Mr. Aloxunller McIntosh of Sullivan 1'p. Up to withis six mouths ago deceased never know an hours sickness. A cancer- ous growth in the face set in, winch grad- ually upped his vitality away, his suffering being terrible at times, The fallen! on Funny was a very lugs one, Benin. Little of Chatsworth punched a. , touching but“! nerriee " both he!“ a an". .Docusod hives t widow and thi Messrs. Cr-..~s aul Elliott Sr., ot Ches- lov was on Thursday last in the vicinity inSpevtirg some will propetty of Um luter'a By the way Mr. Elliott 1- up in his nine- ties and is as active and hearty as most About a dozen sturdy workers were last. week employed under the supervision of Mr. J. Smith in opming uh the much needed drain through the village by the end or this week we CXpect the tile laid and covered, and hope duriug the next treshet to be al le to enter our cellars with- out having to don a diving suit. mm: are an. sixty, Home over a. week ago came Messrs. It. Skew» and ll. Ledingham from a pleasure trip of three month'a dumlmu through Manitoba and the N. W. T. We regret to say irotlt are suffering hom severe ouhis since the” return. Mr. Crass of (Ihosley late of bobbing. ton has leusm‘l the will ploperty ol A. F. Smith,attd “in take possession on the 15th. Mr. Smith intends to move to Cuesloy, something many will regret to hear us Mr. Smith and family were well liked and rewected by all. Rev. Mr. Hayley of Knox College. Tor- onto, Jo fir," rrolmtlmxer to the mount pulpit rt Doruoclr and Rocky Snugecu ur- rivml on Saturday M's-mug and Is pleasant- ly dotnieiled at Dr. Smith's fora fortnight. HIS discour,e on Sabbath wan scholarly and iustruetisc. No Grit??? Ir. John t of thi.., ia I' He reports a very wet llilrvest I) ll): -- - .00 Allce-nsan-l 3. very ph'asar " tue Villuyt CRAWFORIL . McDonald wet pk very p!eus%t; mm of Pr :kley fiiivdl Ihesb.1 tt rinn churel DORNOCH. Ov- 9x11 Mat ol ontly with of anhell and Banana" umundod in Domooh last tsintly Mat thy tore In ("has h , '.o My id tune ltss Ill _ Mr..Antnte Jackson had A hm that} g in list Fridty. Mr. Bailey. student of Knox collage oupiod the pulpit here last Sunday prtstyrittir, vet; nble "fren.. sons and two daughtets to mum-n the los, of a kind husband n ud pun m. We ex qend our sympathy. Mr. Alex. McIntosh who has been severely affiieted with cancer in his Jaw departed this life on the second day of November. Deceased was a strong rugged man. He leayes a. widow, tiris sons md two daughters, The funeral took place on F nday to the Latona ceme- tery, which was largely attended, Rev. Mr, Lmle of Chatsworth ottieiated " both home and an". From an m-msionul thwrcrtpotltmt. The must of our farmers are very LURy getting up their tnrnips which are a very vood crop, "tangles and sugar beets are also a good crop. The Bectmek Council gave a Iewdullarsl that the Hanover people had no use for at the present time, to do some ditching , in our town. Our merchant Mr. Hunt is! overseer of the work and no doubt it will] be well done. I Mr. Wm. Cnmerou mnvei home from the North West where he spent the last three mouths' harvesting and threshing. Will liked the West very well, but it has been cold and wet there this hall that a. lot ofthe grain was destroyed. We are glad to have Wdl hack tVI he is a favorite with all and especially with the fair PBX. Mr. Ed. Simpson, farmer and black- smith erected a eouunodious dwelling house last week. On Monday oflabt week quite a number from here helped the Rev. Mr. Limo to move his tstufito Chatsworth. Mr. Little made many friends during the the years he labored amongst us, and we twat that we will have the priyilege or hearmg him on different occasions as he hasn't far to come. “:53 The board of manugms of Latoua Pres. bytennn Congregation met on Wednesday otlast woe-k to mukc arrangements for probatiuners. . Delegates from Burns' Mr. Dan Stewart arrived home with his pockets We'll iitlcd wizh the necessary. aitertxsojouru of eight. months as iote- man on a farm in the vicinity oi_Ptxisley, a Halloween passed off very quietly with the exceptinn of a few ietes being pulled down, 22-.- Ir. , Eburcb were also presgnt. J‘L-JLLJ,%LJ+L£JF#;LJ.EJL 'IF'WF‘IF“! r,1ir.ThrTntrt , 'ce, armrmr 'ith JIL- rye '=ni'-i,_ii-,fRyy)i/tsjiiti?.'.,, dl MORLOCK. Ite.. iijECash and One Price iiiiiiist'i,"ti'i-#hiyf:, GLITHiNGM Do You RequireW A. SUIT, OVERCOAT, TROUSERS? If so, a solutely Perfect Garment anti style, with Linings l Ion-made garment, you c ting the best quality for at the busy store of 'id [r-i-l "LE1. LEJ LkayAtpii? {Li-1 1yrl":riia, scg:,cygeri'ryF'diS-id, La, ‘rfimfinimfrfifmimtmumfr‘infia: rT'I. C4yr-jriei7i'i All ratepayers and others who have not raid their ttrat instalment of taxes shou d remember that 8 pet cent will he added for collection. Fr up " once and MWtt the costs of collection. A good hand-made very desirahie art icle. A second hand. platf oer-at. Almost new.3,; A Second hand bu R, Can be Been at E riage Shop. Uppet ro, When improvements now being made are completed, about, the 1st of January next, they will be prepared to execute all kinds of custmn work in their line....... Ch REG. WATSON. FAIR WELL MID} Public that the bush to-fore conducted nude name of P. & G. Wa henceforth be known G. Watson...... The :Imlw's-iylml 9me 'r2i2cur' . .,. ..‘. " w F I I I w h' ‘r “r 'h' " f _ 5:51. ., L U _ sw. NW, Fr. , .3 .u. oh .'_. " u - - - -- -- ri r Calder’s Block, Lower Town; :31- "crLiuci'.1 L444]my"y419:;L91LJ;*L-=J;tee-l:l-.l-l;lâ€",-.J.L4;‘e#459}9315’ Lilli-J} tpF,"F(Afrirt,'rr"e5ir-rnrrrrite1 r,.'iie'irtic'rtr0,trn r31 rnrmrw Ft d ,'ul "r1 r that the business here.. conducted under the firm P " n - __ BUGGIES rtiit SALE " 9m M -------OF--- Weak & Impure Blood, Liver d; Kidney Diseases; Female Complaints, (Eco That Touches the tipoLi'LLLC"eo- Ask l)ruggis-.. or write direct to Sold by a""--....-, TAX NOTICE. Earmcut, the proper itiitrgs equal to any tai- t, you can rely upon get- 1itv for the Least Money beg to .notify the Il. PARKER. platform u k in good order. E Ull/Std,,,',',,',' Cats Town. a.n and want an new Watson, will or extra pair of spring dem. buggy, as m Durham. cut ab- The tyyur,isrnajs, a fittt-clys thoyrutrhttAsii Durham Bull for Servwe on 58 aod av con s, Bentinck. "3ttetrA1?fi. Peditpee may be soon 2 eatte, mir"G'a%i"i- Ilu. iit‘lu of B. Parker. Durham. Pr/licu""'..yl be Been 'R,'?,'. ,ppiication. Truth mun Payable eh. lid, 1899. The un4er,usrnera" km-p f, 2 season I”, at. Int“). mm. 2. S. I thomughlml Durham nun. STE‘AYED from Lot 20. (mm. :L " ?ttyi,ityf. five (G) sheep, n rum. 2 and Alumhs. lnfm-nmIinn Hwy I " this otrlce or McFavhme's drug: R. MacFA H LA N r'. That desitahh, tvsidvitt" Lumhlml Sim t. nwu- lin- uccupied by the umlmz-igl of land in connection. I" formation "PIES.” -- A - THOROBRED DURHAM ELI LL J. M. MscLEOI), Gcderiel, th,t House and Lot to Rent BULL FOR SERVICE. SHEEP ESTRA Y -THRESTUN trEo. lu'sslcu 11108. HIGHTON. ALFRED mshue, PM». z k 'e ' “I hrll.u 317711-21 F71 f. aTr- an. EFL 3; 3E the SM! It tit'tA H y I . late l ewe " let st! "1 60s. i REMEMBER / F Foil 1H6; MACFAR’. and o. puRHAM O LUC office per- mun Sun r um tr Ut MRRISTER. soucn’on m s you" PdBLIC. cm. Offi MC) ( , m. an ttwt UPI “oarnv PU IS 25M U OFF" 'ns COMI'A.\) auu boa:- in sums ll honowet't'h ( oi, Town or Farm W ot Interest- 'GrioiGitpotto, Ami UPC Barrister, Dublin. Sept. 2 BaRm Ioney tn and on " W. S. U h Mane . sefrd Cell MI’AX Y LOWER TtW li Repairing '1.“ to Loan m terms Cir.. anMr Y an l ms I (On ,1st'ttt HY "