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In last issue we had a correspond- ence from Muloch to which we wish briefly to refer. It was handed in to us, and the gentleman who left it gave his name and told who gave it . to him. We always require to know the writer, and further to know that the writer is lady or gentleman enough to use no insulting insinua- 'tions about any neighbor. It appears however, that the article in question Can intended to do damage to certain us in the vicinity. but was so _ t as to throw us 0! our guard and \_ an the obnoxious paragraph. ln htnre, as in the past. we reserve ' wright to chOp out anything im- ”per. and we hape occasional con- ulbetora. as well as regal ir corres- ,. “M.“ will have suficient honor 4.“; tthen to co operate with us in ,;: u up the moral tone of the to where we think it should be. WALL Paper bugging at. The Big Store. SPRING goals just arrived. Spring bats. straw and felt, for man, ivy: nnd Misses. Other goods worth examining below buying elsewhere. Lowest prices.â€"â€"S. Soon. MB. 830‘" has improved the in- utior 0! his store by udding a liberal com. o! paint. flu. Canws McKlsxbx sold a horse last. week to Mr. James Law~ reuce for a good figure. Fnlsxw of Mrs. (Rev) Herbert (nee Frankie Hughes) should glance at the birth notices. It’s a boy. MAYon Cuban and the Hydraulic Engineer look a bath in the Rocky Tuesday. and didn’t. even go to the trouble 0! undressing. If the rest of the gang would only follow the Mayor’s example we might, count. on having 3 clean council for the rest of the year. THE Cox Bro’s moving picture show, held Monday night in the town hall. under Trinity Church auspices, was fairly well attended. and results quite up to anything of the kind seen here. The graphophone was quite a. powerful instrument, and the illus- trated songs very good. They paid their printing account like men and if the boys are not honest they fail to imitate some of their ancestors whom we knew over twenty years ago. We are pleased to say a good word from the impression made. The proceeds amounted to about 844. Tun Furniture Company is doing a rushing business. and prospects are bright for increased trade. During the month now ended we are inform- ed on the authority of the Book-keep er that the sales have run up to within a few dollars of one third of the whole sales of last year. and still the rush keeps on. Under the man- agement of Mr. Canon we feel we have a good thing, but we hope this reference won’t give him a swelled head. Every week sees large ship. Dents leave the factory. and this week two carloade are to go to Xanitoba and British Columbia re- spectively. For the amount of money invested there seems to be no industry that will furnish employ- ment to so large a number of hands. and we hope soon to see an enlarge- nent of the industry a forced necesei t y . W. LAIDLAW oflero his entire stock {or sale.â€"uow for bargains. Mn. Lunuw announces in this issue that ho is giving up business. See his 3d. ' Tm: remains of the late Geo. Rus- sel were interred here on Thursday last, the luneral being under the control of the Masonic Society. The service was a very impressive one. 030mm Flgx Seed at. 5c. per lb. - N. G. a J. McKocbniea’. Tm: Methodist church people are Improving their grounds by the ad- dition of a number of trees. which. in n few years. should add much corn- fort to she surroundings. Means. Yovxmm am) Burnett. the enterprising Portrait Agents, have invested in two new bicycles. They left town Tuesday morning win. their knapsacks on their hacks for an extended tour through Normanby and Carrick. "Billie” says it is cheaper to buy a bike on the instal- ment plan than pay a. liverv bill. The only thing that scares Ed is the farmers’ dogs. Owns“ to the absence of Ye Editor four days since last issue. the paper had to be got out chiefly by the office bands. I! it is any better than usual please let us know. Vol. 35---No. 1781. Yul! can ouch trout to-day, and the Game Wuden can’t catch you. Suwan- Wamwâ€"Apply to Mrs. T. 6. Bolt. CA8}! [or butter and eggs at The Big Store. LOCAL NEWS. As Mrs. Grasby is recovering her two daughters, Mrs. D. R. McNutte, of Duluth. Minn., and Mrs. Archie anng, of West Superior, Wit, re- turned home Wednesday. BUY \\'Ax'l‘|~:n,-â€"About sixteen or seventeen years of age, to learn barbering. Apply to 'l‘hos. Swallow. .‘llLl.lSERY.-â€"AS we are giving up business, you will get your hat. for less than half price a: Laidlaw’s. 'I‘unsr: indebted to the band for skating tickets, etc., will oblige by immediate settlement. EDWIN Mc- CLOCKIJN. Sec. -'l‘reas. Mr. W. F. Cowham, of Jackson, Michigan. Spent a day or two in town this week looking: after the interests of the National Portland Cement Co. ALABASTISE. kalsomine,l’aris white, whiting. glues. colors and tints at Parker’s drug store. memrr A'l‘ I.A.~4r.â€"Everybody in the land should procure a pair of the new style corsets just out. called the B I They are made straight front, erect form, bias cut and bias filled, short waist. Every pair warranted non-breakable over the hips or at the waist line. Price $2.00 a pair. We are sole agents for Durham,â€"-J. A. Hunter. The Big Store. Mr. H. Ward. of Flesherton, was in town yesterday, Wednesday, and gave us a. call. Messrs W. Wiggins and W. Dan- iels left Friday morning last for Sault Ste. Marie where they intend to spend the summer. Dr. and Mrs. Lauder, of Cleveland, Ohio. were in town last week to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Russell. Tm; Rev. Mr. Ryan will conduct Divine Service at. Allan's Schoolhouse next Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Barney Welton and Jack Sinclair. of Mt. Forest, Sundayed in town. ' Mrs. D. R. McNuHe visited round her friends at Latona and the old homestead Saturday. Miss Tenn McLean returned to To- ronto to resume her . duties there after spending the winter at home. Mr. Archie Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown here, left Owen Sound, recently, for Manitoba. where he will enter business. A COUPLE of weeks ago we spoke of the desirability of putting out shade trees, and we are pleased to see a big move now going on in the right direction. For several days past Mr. John A. Black and his gang of men have been busy furnishing trees and planting them in various streets in town. The movement started up town. the modus Operandi being sug- gested. we understand, by Mr. Gil- hert McKechnie. All it needed was a em” and others followed suit. Now both sides of Garafraxa Street up town have a row of nice thrifty looking maples, each owner paying for all that stand in front of his property We are told the trees are put in at twenty-five cents each. a reasonable figure. and we hope that during the next week or so all pro- perty owners will do their share. Of course the trees will not all grow, but failures can easily be replaced next Spring. Rev. Mr. Farr. of Atwood, made a flying visit. home last week. Miss Emma Moflat is in Palmerston attending her father who is ill. Mr Rod. McFarlanq was on a busi- ness trip to Owen Sound last week. Mr. W. Laidlaw. Ex-Vlayor, is in Orangeville this week in the interests of the Cement Co. Miss McCaul went to Toronto last week to take another course in a business college there. DUTCH Sets, 3 lbs. for 25¢. potato onions, 3 lbs. for Parker’s. Mrs Archie Young visited rela- tives at Glenroaden last week. Mrs. Chas. Urquhart. who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. '1‘. R. Whelan, returned to her home in Beeton Monday morning. JUST take a look at Miss Dick’s millinery windpw as you pass‘by. Mrs. Kelly went to Toronto this week for a short visit. REAL ESTATE,â€" Real estate for sale appply to W. Laidlaw. Miss Beil, of Chatsworth, is visit,- ing friends in tow n. Rev. .\1r.(Jampbell, of Muloch, was in town Thursday. Mr. McWilliams. of Owen Sound was in town this week. FOR carpets and oilclotb go to McKechnies’. OILS. paints. varnishes, brushes. etc., at Parkers. STRAIGHT front corsets at N. G. J. McKechnies’. This old store on the street. is being moved. . PERSONAL MENTION. English 25c, at, For an hour or so we made a general survey of the premises, consisting of eleven large buildings wholly fire- proof, being constructed of stone, steel and cement concrete, and view. ed with delight the perfect mechan- ism so (at as we were capable of judging. After dinner, in company with Mr. W. F. Cowh_nm‘, (who built the mill, and who is now president At this particular juncture. we may say”we came and saw” the plant, that is we saw only the outside. We saw a number of buildings and a number of smokestacks, but still we were ignorant of it’s workings, and our mind still contained doubts that had to be expelled by an occular de- monstration of the machinery in actual operation before we could swallow all the Statements and be- lieve the apparent fairy tales of a mill capable of changing marl into cement, and actually putting it into bags or barrels without being touch- ed by a human hand. Show us this and our doubts would be dispelled. Mr. Arthur Laidlaw returned last week from the School of Practical Science, having just completed his final examination. The results are not yet known, but we have no fear for Art. He leaves in a couple of weeks for the land of Uncle Sam to fill a responsible and lucrative posi- tion. Mr. James Swanson. of Chili, South America. Manager of the Nitro~Soda Works, spent Monday and Tuesday in town as guest of his cousin. Mr. Adam Robertson, and his old acquaintances, Mr. and Mrs. At the outset permit us to say that our best efforts to picture the mag- nificent plant would be a crude effort, and that to do justice to the subject in detail would require the knowledge and skill, and an architect and me- chanical engineer, and the whole work being completed could only be appreciated perfectly by a person possessed of no small degree of archi- tectural knowledge. The perform- ance of the task, therefore, is an utter impossibility, and if possible to the writer it would be unintelligible. and. therefore, useless to the great bulk of our readers. Veni, Vidi, Vici, I came. I saw, I conquered, were the thoughts run. ning through our mind on Saturday afternoon laSt after passing through the Cement Mill at Cement City, near Jackson, Michigan. R. McGowan. He left, Wednesday morning for Liverpool, England. her many months we have heard of this mill. Hundreds, if not thous- ands. of visitors have been at the plant on the invitation of Mr. W. F. Cowham. hundreds have carried away testimonies of its excellence, hundreds have viewed with astonish- ment the unique character of the whole affair in its perfect arrange- ment and extreme symplicity, and hundreds have viewed for the first time in the world’s history asuccess- ive series of mechanical contrtvances capable of taking the raw material from its natural resting place and changing it into the finished product of Portland Cement without being touched by a human hand. Hearing these things, is it any wonder we. should be anxious to see the mill itself? For weeks we anticipated the trip, but preferring delay until the machinery should be in operation, we didn’t make the start until Thurs- day evening of last week. On Friday night we reached Jackson. about 7.3 miles west of Detroit. Next morn- ing a short run of thirteen miles brought us to Cement City, and a few rods farther on the train stepped at “Cowham,” just in front of the Cement Works. Mr. Thos. Orbist-m, of Appleton. Wisconsin, Hydraulic Engineer and Engineering Expert. came up Monday night with President \V F. Cowham to examine the water powers to be utilized in connection with the Port- land Cement Company here. Without saying much about Cement City, the site of which was a corn- field less than a year ago, but now has a number of prosperous business places, we go on to say a word or so of the mill. Tom Newhmn, a tramp printer, well known all over tlus part of the Country, and reported to have been killed near Hamilton a couple of years ago. gave us a call Tuesday morning. Editor Ramage and Ye Editor were in Cement City. Mich., from .Thurs. day till Monday night of this week to see the Peninsular Portland Cement 1113. Both of us were delighted. Mrs. O’Connell, of Stratford, sister of Conductoi' Lavelle. and her son. John. left last week after a stay of several weeks with the Lavellc family. Mr Joseph Lauder. of Omaha. will accept thanks for remittance. and as he wishes to be remembered kindly to his Durham friends we take this way of conveying his request. THE CEMENT QUESTION. It’s All Right. Durham, Ont, Thursday, May 2nd, 1901. d) .1 “’"I‘he rotaries to which we referred 'in the preceding portion of this article are sixty feet long each. They weigh 135 tons when empty, and when in operation the load of material they carry each for calcine- tion weighs an additional thirty tons, making the total weight on the Cement Concrete foundation 165 tons, yet there 19 not even a percepti- ble vibration. I‘he chimney of the power house is a marvellous oonscruction. To get a solid foundation an excavation ~ol thirty feet was made below the ground. This was built up from the bottom to about ten feet above the surface with Cemeut Concrete. From the toi'of this a steel smokestaék ex- The mill as awholo is the most unique thing we ever had any con- ception of. The machinery through- out the whole plant appears the acme of excellence, and the mechanical construction of everything in con- nection with the foundation and buildings is a simple example of crystalized perfection. To give an idea, .we may say that the engine in the power house is of one thousand horse power, the bal- ance wheel is about 18 feet in circum- ference, weigbes 16 tons and turns with a speed of 107 revolutions per minute. This immense machine, an- other 500 horsepower engine, and two large eletrical moters. stand on the second floor built of Portland Cement Concrete. Underneath the bearings of course are concrete bases and notwithstanding the weight 01 machinery the vibrating motion is so small as to be imperceptible, and a square ended pencil placed standing on its end will not be thrown out of its vertical position. Another fea- ture is the noiselessness of the engine which is really more silent when running than many a domestic sew- ing machine. At the bottom of this “ hopper ” is a unique contrivance for screening out the .marl and retaining sticks, stones or other matter not needed. The slush, (water and marl mixed) is next passed to the ” compressed ” air machine, a coutrivance having a pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch and from this it is forced up :to the mill, sixty rods away, and sixty or seventy feet higher, and emptied into a Luge vat where it is thorough- ly mixed by a revolving arrangement similar to that used in the old fash- ioned way of grinding clay in a brick yard. Right along side of these vats the ground clay is to be seen in a hopper. After the marl is thorough- ly mixed the chemist is called into requisition and an analys1s is made to ascertain the strength of the two constituents. This being decided the clay and marl are united and again mixed and ground thoroughly. before entering the rctaries where they are subjected to a heat of 3000 degrees Fahrenheit. These rotaries six in number are each sixty feet long, lying nearly horizontal, being inclined, we would say, only six or seven inches throughout their whole length. This is simply a very imperfect generalization of what we saw. To particularize fully is away beyond our reach, but we may be permitted in a rambling way to narrate a few facts culled from observation and elicited by enquiry, From here the clinkers are convey- ed to a grinder, then to a refining machine, and finally to a system of carriers, away of! into a large store- house. divided into bins. and capable of holding 100,500 barrels. and yet the material hasn’t been touched by a human hand. Our prejudices were conquered, and hence we repeat Veni, Vidi, Vici. of the mill to be built here as a duplicate of the moneter concern we were admiring) Mr. J. S. Irving, of Jackson, Michigan, and Mr. Ramage, Editor of the " Review” in this town, we started out on a tour of ins-pec- tion. {\lr. Cowham led the way through a labyrenthine walk, and finally landed us on the dredge. now ready for operation in the lake and having beside it an immense scow fitted out with steam appliances and a huge compressed air contrivance for forcing the marl through a ten inch pipe to the mill about sixty rods distant. and elevated above the lake to a height of about seventy or eighty feet. Here the dredge was put to work, sending its immense scoop down we imagine about twenty feet into the lake and coming up loaded to over flowing and changing its course as if possessed oi human wisdom, and discharging its contents into the scow along side. The wet mixture enters the rotaries at the end the smokestack is on, and is met by the intensely heated ground or powdered coal, blown in from the front end. The rotaries, as the name implies, keep constantly turn- ing, and being as we said a moment ago, lower at the end where the pulverized coal enters and ignites. cause the burning mixture to work its way towards the point until it is discharged in small “ clinkers” be- low the front end of the rotary. {$032. 1901. By the r0tary system of manufac- ture, it takes only six hours to take the marl from its natural resting place, put it through the whole process of manufacture, and bag it up for shipment, with every assur- ance of a first-class article. By the ‘shovel and wheelbarrow ’ process. it. takes as many weeks, and then there’s no certainty as to quality. The mill here will be a rotary of the most modern and most perfect type. a duplicate of the one at Cement City. The hydraulic engineer is now at work examining the a ater pewers. The stock is now in the market. but we hold out no guarantee as to how long it can be bought at. the par value. The Company wishes to sell only enough to put up the mill and not a dollar more at the par value. Those who want it should take it now. those who don’t needn’t. There’s no coercxon, as we said last week. Along the lines of profit we have referred f1equentl3 in these columns The large dividends of 70 fl and oven given by our Canadian mills to stock owners. Show the eaining 110\\er of crude and antiquated plants laboring under the disadvantages of rov alties as well as etude and uncertain meth- ods of calcination, “inch is wholly obviated by the use of a perfect working: rotary. Our material here will cost us practically nothing and as an institution wherein to invest money safely, and with a certainty of good returns there seems nothing better than the National Portland Cement 00.. We have also referred to the mills in Germany, the great cement pro- ducing country of the world, having over eighty mills in a country small- er than ourprovince. yielding a total output of twenty million barrels a year, and exporting only about three million barrels. One would think under these conditions the dividends would be small, yet in looking over a tabulated statement of profits we find them ranging from 10 to 45 per cent. Many of the citizens of Durham are sanguine in the matter, and well they may be, deriving as they will a direct revenue (mm the money they invest as well as an indirect benefit from the increased population that’s certain to follow such an industry. Outsiders, of course, have the bare dividend only to depend on, yet the majority of the people realize there’s no more profitable investment. Our supply of material here is practically unlimited, the demand in this country is rapidly increasing. We are not over-stocked with mills and a long step in advance has to be made before our manufacturing pow- er is equal to that of Germany and our profits reduced to the lowest shown on the German table. There is absolutely no risk to run so far as we can see, and we believe from the way stock is being bought up the majority of moneyed men entertain the same Opinion. And so we might go on through- out the whole structure. dealing with each individual part in turn to discover 'the same degree of perfec- tion throughout the whole concern, but “by take time and space in trying to elaborate when the “hole idea is conveyed in the one shont sentence. " it’s all right." tenas adistance of17z'» feet, and to us the most marvellous thing about it is the absence of a single guy wire. The mill we have attempted herein to describe is the 'mill to be duplicat- ed in Durham this year. Mr. W. 1". Cowham who built the mill referred to will build the mill here also. The same engineers and mechanical ex. perts will superinteud the work. and we may rest assured that our mill when complete will have no superior in the world as regards. workman- ship. simplicity and perfection. The capacity is i000 barrels a day. The number of men to be employed in comparison with the output is small. The demand for cementis greater than the supply, prices must therefore continue, and a handsome dividend is assured. Ilis brow was puckered and @Wriukled ; Then slowly, csutiousl he said. As o‘er an egg the en t he sprinkled,â€" “M darlln wife, I must confess I 0 not t ink it very needful To say a Grace ; another thing. 'Of words to do so I'm not heedfnl. “ So take your food and do not fuss," The little women's eyes shone brightly With pu se firm. and she replied “ But mlieve in starting rightly “ Your life and mine as men and wife, And "â€"ere another word was uttered The power of God was felt.-â€"snd then Some prayerful words the husband stuttered. And you who smiled as you were told The strangeness of that bride‘s behaviour. Think how she led her husband from A {01111; man and his fair young wife ' ‘he first ds in their simple «1 Welling, Pre red to s are the morning meal. ith mutual love their hearts were swelling, The little wife whose earnest look Betrayed a weight thought was pressing Upon her brsin._sei4_.tenderly_. “Now husban'dmin m 5231: a blessing r' Tlggfigubund’a face 3111511911 rgqily, . . . - The breakfast table to the Saviour. LEADING AND LED. oâ€"¢ 0.0 J. J. HUNTER. Cash for Butter and Eggs. Highest Price. For a Hobby Hat we are Headquarters. 'l‘ne finest selection of Tweeds, Worsteds in town. Suits to order from $10.00 up. I-Icm'icttas, Serges, Sateens, and all shades and qualities of Ladies’ Dress Goods. The Busy Store Go the Busy Corner. For Gentlemen ! .IN THE FRONT RANK WEARING QUALITIE§ Priestley’m, Fancy Black K’ Dress Goods. (aka-c ikWMk '4: $1.00 Per Year. POI THEIR vs WW’F +1 coast". The straight from cores: in siz:~819.‘.’0. 21. :22 23, 24 k 25). All sizes in other kinds. Dupe Gncofully In «my Fold and Phat. C. L. GRANT. '13“.