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“That certainly was a very fine sermOn,” said an enthusoastic chum-member who was an ardent admirer of the minister. “A fine ser- mon, and well-timed, too.” “Yes,” answered his unadmiring neighbor; “it certainly was well- had their watches out .”â€"Wati:hman ma Miner. :‘ caPEfUl l'hilll'o' Hf \ul'iptips 8'10“!de mail" if 0110' .‘ gm“;- 2.. 13‘ in several ban-Ms. or mum- Hum the family can use in :1 mnntli 01' so, as notwithstanding favorubl» condi- tions for storage, the length of seas- on that any variety will remain in prime condition is limitml.~.~\\'., 'r, Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, Next in impnrtam'v is retaining the moisture in the fruit. If the in- dividual specimens are PVpnsml tn 3 very dry atmosphere they will wither. hence the desirability of Reaping them in such a way as to retain tho- movisture as much as pos- siblP. Pwn tlmngh the air of the sto- rage rmim be dry. This can be Oh- tainecl tn Snmo' extent by keeping the fruit in a closed package anal. better still. in :nlolitinn. by '.\’l'tlpping each individual specimen in waxed or oiled paper. which will de much to presvrw the moisture in the fruit .nd to keep ttlst’as‘t‘ frnm spreading from one- Stu'i‘ilnt'll tn nnntln-r. It is also t‘lesil'alvlv. it' nnv has lwmillg else in storage that will lu' :nlx'o'rsvly afipcted. t0 kt't‘P all Htwll \‘o's‘s't'l \‘x'llll water in it in Haw t'Hntll. ran hr Krpt to tho host ai‘lvantagc and whorp (how will host ri'tain their flavor. Thr llt‘ill‘t’l' the conditions approach thaw in this old earth cel- lar thr hrttrr HIP rrsnlts will be. First. the fruit should he kept as tool as possibh- without freezing. If the temlwraturn can hr kvpt be- tween 35 and ’10 degrees Fahrenheit, this would hr host. The highrr the u-mlwratl‘trr thv stlnl'h‘l' thr life of tho fruit. OLD EARTH CELLAR IS THE BEST FOR APPLES Experimental Farms Note.) {mu nt‘ the problems of the house.- lwhlo-r mu-h year is what quantity n3 applow he! van store economically, and zumthnr question : “Why did not my applvs knop well last winter?” w "ls llu-n.» any way by which I can lump them lwtlvr this year?" This «inc-s nut, amuly. ul' courso, tn thus..- wlm aru fm-tnnatv in having (luv 0qu fashionml c-vllar without a furnace‘ which was wml. but frost-prmn'. am! mmst. withuut hving damp. It was and H m sm'h :I cellar that apple: We extend our hearty congratula- tions to Mr. Joe Dixon and Miss Gladys Tucker, who united heart and hand on Wednesday last at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker, where the marriage was witnessed by only the immediate relatives of the contract- mg parties. The young couple start out under bright prospects on the groom's fine farm, where we hope nothing will toil their happiness or prOsperlty. McWilliams. {Our own correspondent.) This beautiful Uncomber weather is surely a hmm to farmers and a 300d opportunity to get their war}; 380- “'9 understand he intmuiis building anot'lwr addition next sumâ€" mer. We wish to extend our sincere sympathy to the Martin-lane family in this. their bereavement and trou- ble. For years we haw known Mr. Macfar-lane as a cleanâ€"lived. hard- working and industrious man. The funeral to Durham cemetery on Friday last was very largely at- tended by mourning relatives and friends who turned out to pay a last tribute. or respect to another of our faithful pioneers who has passed on to meet the. absent ones who had gone before. Bunessan l'.l“.(), Club held tlwir annual meeting on Monday night. and elected ofiim‘s for Um ensuing year as follows: Archie Brawn. Presidé‘nt; G. A. \Vatmn. \‘icv-Pros- idem; Dan. McArlhur, Secretary. iwd the Hartfnnl home over." {he week-end. Messrs. Lawro-m-c- McFaddvu Abraham Hooper haw had tlw telephone installm] rr‘cmztzy. -v-- IICI 'W I‘L' Ilt'. TOD Clifl schmI is making I)“ MIP- “ions for 3 b0): gm iaI and mum II on the list of this niniiili. Al the last I°°1xgulai meeting “I I ..H L. “92. the Inlimsinu 1)II'i1:11-I‘~' \"wi elected: 'I‘Immas \\ Iiitmm 1'. \\ .M.: Reubml “again. I) .\I., ‘ GMH'QI' \VIIII- morP.Lh|pH1'1ng1' H0pkins.I'I'1-a- surer: vagv B12]. III-coming: Sw- retary'. Lawrvmto' Mri'addvn, Finan- cial So-I'I'1'Ial')': JHIIn Anoirmvs. I). «If 0.; Donald Watsun. First Commitm- man. Mr. HI-III'y Spun-y has rumplvtml a fog stab!» as :I sIII'lIPr fur his stuck and wiII. in a trivial way, I-vpiacv the buildings hurm-d 22 few wo‘wks Mr. Hector McEachern of Tim Cliff is assisting us for a few days. Mr. Oliwr Sihbet of Durham Vis- PAGE EIGHT Hp and ll He Rose Again. .\ certain rolorml prearher was holding a meeting in a large tobacco barn in Kenturky. An empty hogs- head was used as a platform. Warm- ing tip to his subject he soon berame excited. Swinging his arms into the air above his head and elevating one foot. he exclaimed: "De right.- eous shall rise, and do wicked shall fall." At the word “fall” he empha- sized his point by bringing his foot down vehemently upon the hogs- head. Like a flash it gave way and he dropped out of sight. being of short stature. During the uproar, he grasped the chime of the barrel and drew himself into view, when he shouted: “Bress de Lawd, dey shall rise again!” The first successful cable across the Atlantic was laid 72 years ago. grass Some highway to happier make; If you cant be a muskie, then just We cant all be captains w‘m! got to be ere“. There s something for all of us how- 'Fhere’s big work to do and there’s failâ€"â€" Bo- tlw hvst nl' \vhatmw' yml ul'v Be a bush if vou can’t be a tree. If you can t be a bush, be a bit of the There’s big work to do and them’s lessor to do And the task we must do is the near. If \Ou cant be a higlmay, them inst v be a bassâ€"â€" But the livelivst bass in tho. lako! ‘, r be, a trail; If you can’t hn a sun. be a star It isn’t by size that. ,vnu win 01 'l'hv vlnargv was laid under section .3 of Hip Act which stains that a man may nut prucuro Imaging in a stand- ard hotpl for himself and a woman not his wife. and that both man and wuman am- liable law such an of- l‘enco. It is new logisaltion with which the public has not lmcnmv ("ll- tiroly familiar. Ross denied that he was married. 'l‘lm woman in the caso is said to be a member of a resnocted family in‘ Hamilton. Prmimflal (Innstiuhln Jones and Li- m-nsv Inspector Beckett. visited Mea- I'ni'cl Wmli‘wsday aftl‘l‘IlOOIl and brought the pair back to Owen Sound. 'l‘hvy amwaiwl in i-nui'i mmn their ai'i'iVal with the" m-suit that tin-y plezulml guilty and \W‘I‘P linml. Ross and (hp \mnrm with wlmm lw had hmm living \wrv Hum! 833% and costs and $100 and msts respect- m-ly by Magistrate Creasm' upon plvmling.’ guilt-3' tn ”I" ('hal'g'vs laitl against thvm. Frank Russ. whosv [)m'manPnt plam- Hf l‘vsioh'ncv is Niagara Falls. Unt.. and who has been living in Mvafnrtl for svvnl'al months past. was convivtwl in the police court in mwn Sound on “'mlnvsday‘ after- Howl] 03' last \vupk unclvr tln- new Standard Hutt'ls Registration Act of 1923. which c'amo' intn throw an May 8 last. MAN AND WOMAN FIRED UNDER NEW HOTELS ACT Prank Ross and Woman Brought From leatord Hotel and Heavily Fined in Owen Sound Police Court. 'l'hv Uwvn Cereal Mills Limited want a loan of $25,000 from tho- city with a first mortgage on their plant as H‘Clll'lly, This company is in lN'JI'l'P~.~' ol‘ 1"enrga.nization and with- out the loan from the city it will hl' otill'irnlt for the company to rtl‘cct illl)’ arrangement whereby business run he continued. The Canadian Mallealilo- Iron tinni- pany's term of exemption from taxa- tion has expired and the company is asking: for a renewal of this rxemlp- lion and :it the same time the rear- rangement. of the principal and in- terest. due the city on a large loan received 10 years ago. The princi- pal and interest in arrears is $20,000 and the company is asking that this amount be made payable in ten equal annual instalments commencing in 192-5. They intend to maintain pay- ments on their present loan. owns 30mm 13' name fiaospnc'r or THREE BY-LAWS On January I the“ vim-Mrs of Owen Sm'mo'l an» likvly tn he» facvd with thv nvcvssity of making a decision un tlu'm' lty-la\\".~_‘. prvsvntml by thrm} Hf 0an Sound's n'xanm'acturing in- elustrins. 'l'lw North Amwrican Bnnl Chair ‘Inmpany is asking for u Iixml assess- mo'nl 01' 520.000 fur 10 ymirs. This, huwc-wr. will nut afi'o-ct thv amnunt (If lam-s M. [w pain] by tho? firm for schmv! and mm] imprmvmt'nl pur- 1H).~'6'>’. Industries of Baby City Want Con- ccssions.-Blection on January 1. JUST BE THE BEST 01‘ \‘011 cm thv «)thvr hand. an nminvnt gus- trmmmh' writm' says that it is only nnhu'ky tn «lino 13 at a table if tlw t'mnl i-' but sufl'icio'nt far 12! Fullvr l't‘l't‘l'i to this in an anvmlotc' tc-lling hnw a vm'vtnus murivr «'umpluinml tn Kim: Edward VI. that Christ's tlnllvgv. tlamln'itlgv. was a sum-rs“.- tinus t'mnnlativm mnsisting of :1 masto'r and txwlw t'c-llcms. in imita- tion of tlhrist and his tm-lw Anus- th-s. HP HH‘l'Pt'm'v athiSNl “10 Kim: tn takn :m'h)‘ nm- “1' twn l'vllms’ships m as tn clissnlw that unlut'ky hum- hm‘. "0h, 1m." Implied the King, “I haw a hvttm' way than that In m‘at' thvir rum-wit, I will add a ”lil'tt‘t‘llth fellowship to ttwn1â€"â€"â€"-" which hr at?- mrolingly dict. The very prevalent. superstition that it is unlucky to sit down 13 to a table is as old as it is general. This is usually traced back to the fact that 13 was the number at the Last Supper, Judas being the thirteenth. Some authorities carry the origin of the association of the number with misfortune still further back. Among the Hebrews the sign repreâ€" senting “i3" and that representing “death" were identical. The twelve tribes. too, were said to correspond to the twelve months in the year, but the year held 13 lunar months, and for that. reason the number “13” was declared unlucky. Beyond this. however, it is an actuarial truism. founded on the calculation of insur- ance otl'ices, that out of 13 adult per- sons. taken incliseriâ€"m‘inately. one will probably (lie within a year. Just the Minor day. fut" instance, 'a wedding: party in a town in the mirth worn thrown into a state of si'imvthiug amn'oaching panic when it was discc‘ivm‘ml that there were 13 in thv cunuian)‘. and not one of them would sit down tn tho table until anothm' guvst hzul been secured! As the “Hiding trust was taking place in a hutvl tho difficulty was got over and the Status duly [)I'Opitiated by inviting a stranger from the adjoin- ing smoking room to become one of the party. Don‘t you believe the individual who insists that the "13" supersti- tion is exploded. It is not. Evidence of its existence is forthcorning everv day, and while you do undoubtedly come across some stern matter of fact people who openly laugh at. the old superstition. it is quite the re- verse with those folks (and their number is legion, who are brought into intimate touch with the ill- omened number and its sinister sig- nifieanee. (from file Glasqow Herald.) \“13” Superstition THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Public men or the first rank. at any rate, are not often influenced by superstitious beliefs. Yet Parnell, the great Irish Parliamentarianâ€"â€" one we would have thought the least likely of victimsâ€"was a devout be- licvrr in this particular taboo. He would never dine 13 at a table, nor occupy a bedroom numbered 13, and when he discovered that the draft of a hill amending the Irish Land Act had 13 clauses he threw it aside, ac- cording to the account given by Sir H. Lucy, “as if he had been stung.” l\e sane person. of course, realh believes that if there had’ been 1’ or 14 at that. table instead of 13, their deaths \wulil net have occurred. It is difficult, nevertheless, to entirely eliminate the sinister influence of the ill-omened number; and needless to say, a stery like that with its tra- gic sequel does not tend to lessen the number 01' these who swear by he, sum-rstition. The three men then rose. The se- quel was remarkable. About six months later Matthew Arnold died suddenly of heart disease. Next, E. 8â€"â€" was found dead in bed with an empty revolver by his’side. And finally Edgar Dawson. coming home from a trip to Australia, went down in a ship which foundered off the mast of New Guinea. All three deaths happened within a year of the 13 dinner! \Vlhen'the ladies were about to rise Matthew Arnold observed with a laugh : “Now, Miss 8â€", the idea is that whoever leaves the table first will die within a year; so, with the permission of the ladies, we will cheat the fates once. I and these fine, strong lads,” pointing to Edgar Dawson and E. â€"-â€"â€", “will arise to- gether and I think our united conâ€" stitutions will be able to withstand the assault of the Reaper.” Still the lady was not at case; she lwcamv very anxious and said re- pentedly : “I fear some calamity will happen." At (minor one day Miss G. Sâ€"-â€" callod attention to tho unlucky cir- cumstanon that 13 had sat down at. tho lahIo. Shv dared noi. slu- said. l'u- «mo of thu l3 al'tm‘ llm' painful l‘xlwl'il‘m'l‘ «m a former HCUflSiOIl. \\'lll'll 13 \wx'n prvsvnt; aml Millais. failing tn laugh lnm' nut 0f supersti- tion. asked his son to go and dine in tho drawing mum. for example, who used to take con- cert parties and Opera companies round the provinces. found that few of his artists (certainly none of the foreigners} would sit down 13 at a table. or occupy room number 13. Probably the. most. weird and curious of all the numerous stories concern- ing the 13 at table superstitions is that told in The Life of Sir John Millais. the celebrated painter, by his son. (in one «warsion Millais was at Birnam Hall, Murthly, with a number of guests, including Mat- thew Arnold, Miss G. Sâ€". and three of his son's old college friends, Ed- gar Dawson. Arthur Newton. and E. It is the same in many other coun- tries. (in the Continent \ou max search all the hotels without find- ing a bedroom numbered 13. The unlucky bedroom is numbered, as a rule. “12b," or “12a." which is supâ€" posed to make it safe to sleep in. In Italy the Italians expurgate 13 from the numbers .in their popular lot- teries, and the Turks so dislike it so that the very word is never used. The popular objection to this un- p0pular number in Austria was so strong that No. 13 boxes in the Im- perial Theatre were never let, and all had to be renumbered. In the Austrian hosDitials the same preju- dice is also apparent, for none of them contain any one of the follow- Se universal. indeed. was the 0b- .ictinn to numbr 13 during the years just, preceding the war that this number disappeared from about :35 per cent. of the streets of the Me- tropolis. aand "1:3n“ appeared in its place. Many hutcls have nu rooms with the unlucky number, and on heard many liners it is conspicuous by its absence frnm the cabins. Accordingly; she changed the number to "12a." but unfortunately omitted to ask the consent Hf the London City Council first. They in- sisted that she had no right to change the numlwr of the- house. Finally she \V-ils cnmpellml to dis- pose of the l03.Sl‘ at a great loss and move elsewhere. Lodgers gave notice after stopping with her for a little while, because any niisfortune they fell in with was attribhted to stepping in a house numbered 13. i'Jther lodgers ppsseil her by. her. How this sueprstition practi- cally ruined a house and deprived a woman of her method of making a living was strikingly illustrated in the case of a certain London hoardâ€" ing house keeper. The lady rented on a‘long lease a house which was numbered "13." She had no super- stition herself. but soon found that the would-be boarders had. Roassured. the tourist started out. As the water lapped about his chest he called back : “You're 'cortain than.» are no alli- gators hero?" he inquired of the guide. “What makes you so sure more aren't any alligators?" “Nossuh,” replied that functionnry grinning broadly. “Ain’t no 'gai ,rs hyahi’ “Day's got too much sense," hel- lowed the guide. “D9 sharks done skewed dem. all away."â€"â€"Americnn Legion Weekly. Of course it is only the misfor- tunes and sinister associations of this evil-omened number that are recorded, though a very interesting tield of inquiry lies Open to the st»- tistician in connection with the oth- er side of the story. Some pemle will tell you that instead of l3 being their unlucky number it is actually symbolic of all the good they ever had. Pix-President Wilson is one of those who pin their faith to 13, and that well-known sportsman, the Duke of Portland, has also happy recollections of the luck associated with the same. number. He once liv- ed at 13 Grosvenor Place. was mar- ried from that house and while he resided there his horses, Ayrshire and anman. won the Derby! 'l‘lm Florida [Mich and blue sky looked inviting to tho tourist from the north. but. het‘ow wnturinz out to swim hf thought to mako sure. ingzâ€"‘Nm i3 ward, No. 13 block, No. 13 staircase, N0. 13 bed. Silver . Black Foxes Thursday. Deco-hr 0. MI ‘ Priceville Fox (30., United Pricevllle. Out. at $100. Par Value All registered pure bred stock. Low capitaliza- tion. All comon stock. Absolutely no watered perience breeding. Stock from P. E. I. Write: for turtle:- putlcnlan to PRICEVILLE FOX £0.41.“ A limited number of shares for safe in PRICEVILLE. ONT. All Serena.