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k‘ or afe»? weeks after leaving Dur- 112111: he worked in the brick yard with “Kins-4111.“ right. of Henfry 11, till the W alter L. Main Circus struck Li~to~ wel. To go with the Circus was just the proper thing to do if " v0.1 v ould See the uorld. Consequentlv he applied for a position got it and made a tour through Canada and the pl‘iaicipal towns and cities in the Erstern States. leaning them when they put up for the winter to rejoin them in use $9: in. r to go the western ”no job was too hard for him to tackle when he wanted to earn an honest dollar. To his credit be it. said. he would do anything: rather ham: round as a parasite and sponge his living ti e i\ ay too many do. F or a few weeks after leaving Dur- A year ago last July, Frank Irwin, son of the editor of this paper, not seventeen years of age at the time left town on foot with only one dol~ iur in his pocket, and a borrowed one at that. Full of life, fond of when ture. boundless determination, and inordinate pluck were his full stock in trade. We are not aware that he was given to bad habits or in any way dissipated. He Was an exten- sive render, and took Special delight in stories of Travel and Adventure, and few, comparativoly Speaking. had a broader knowledge of the world than he had, so far as it could be obtained from books. But book knowledge. was too tame for Frank. and see the world he would ifhe had to make the journey all the way on font. It must not be inferred that Frank is an ordinan hobo. Nothing could be more foreign to his nature. He hadn t a lax} bane in his body, and causing the loss of three British kill- ed twenty-Six wounded and ninety captured. The Canadian Contingent should reach Capetown about this time. Another engagement gives a Brit- ish Victory in which the loss to the Boers is estimated at, from 800 to 1000 {Dbl} The reports of the week Show that. the Boers wrecked an armored train and while in the disabled condition ”fired on them from a position of vantage where their guns were fixed The Boers are no mean enemy to fight. against. They are determined. plucky, and good fighters after their own fashion. but they lack the dicip. line of the British and cannot cope with them in open warfare. General Buller’s whereabouts and his plan of action are still unknown but the forces are pouring in and making ready for the final struggle which when it comes will make a short job .of the war. To give anything like correct infor. mation concerning the war is quite out of the question. Reports from the interior take time to be carried to the coast for transmission. Subject- ed tofithe Censorship and withheld by the war olfice the neWSpaper and general public have but a partial report at best of how things go. ARRIS’I‘ER, NOTARY, CON- VEYANCER. Etc., Etc. Money to Loan at reasonable rates and on ‘terms to suit. bm‘rower. OFFICE-McIntyre Block, (Over the Bank) FlRANK ER'WEN SMELLS PO'WDER IN A SCRAP WiTfl THE FILOPINOS. fl Collegg'ljar0nto; Member of the Col- !ene of Physxcxam and Surgeons, Ontario; h 0 O Memberouf the petroxt Medxqal and Library Asswmtmu. Sxx years hospltal experience. RESIDENCEâ€"(11d Bank Building, 0 osite C. McKinuon's Imp't Shop. Upper Town, BERHAM. OWEN Souxo, MARKDALE DURHAM. NOTEâ€"At Durhamâ€"Mondays. 10 5.1. m to 4 p. m.. and Court Days, and at I’rlcex'i!le on Mondays, 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. (Commercxal Hotel.) DURHAM, Nov’r. 23rd, 1899. I I LUCAS MILL STREET: 'â€" THE CHRONICLE. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, NOTARIES goovaYAXCERs. Em, Etc. Money to Loan-Company and Private Funds Low Ratesâ€"Easy Terms. ONOR GRADUATE OF TRINITY {‘nllowp annnto: Member of the COI- PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. E. J. FBEEL M. ll. DAVIDSON, H. WRIGHT ornccs: DURHAM. c. A. “780 ~- NOTARIBS O 1 We camped in the fort that ,the mun-mm: deajtroyed u an gear mgrcu over me mountains After dislodging' the enemy 1 I spoke of. “ I ” Company mow crest of a large lxiil above the it ed fire on the natives. After several shots they fled taking 1 with them and \vhewwe got up not a native or a gun fins to quickly bad they disappe: an hour or so several woundet not Wuulldtfd were mountains. ‘ l At last the order came. The First battal- ion was ordered on the tiring hue, the 2nd to lloilo and we the Third to Cebu. I I l “L” and "E” Companies of the second ‘ battalions left. a day or so ahead of us, and L arrix ed at lloilo to relieve the first. Tennesee 'volunteers. We started on Tuesdav wi:h ‘the Third battalion. and “A” and “C” Cum- panies of the second battalion and arrived in Iloilo in thirty-six hours out. from Manila. \Ve stayed there a'tiay or two. and then steamed out for Cebu, where we arrived about two and a half weeks ago, and we were here only a few days: when we had a scrap with the enemy. \Ve started out (that is “H,” “M” and “1” Companies.) and marched about three miles and then pitched our tents and stayed in entrenchments used by the Spaniards. and the farthest out they had ever get. The next morning we started on our weary march up the mountains, \Ve came upon a one of the native forts up the mountains. i and sent our scouts out to recounoitre. They 1 opened tire on it, and several shots were ex- l changed. and our company was ordered up I 0:. it. We marched up the ravine and tired as we went. when we dis-Covered another fort straight ahead of us, and two small rifle pits to the left. We opened fire onl these and had Just got up the ravine to al waterfall when they rolled boulders and» D rocks down on us from a steep hill on the l right. At this time. “ I ” Com anv opened 5 tire on them and they went bac ' to the fort. .A Mauser bullet struck in close quarters, with .me as we were going up the ravine,’ striking between the feet of the first ser-l geant who was about two feet in advance of me. The enemy opened fire with a cannon from the fort. ahead of us and several bullets and cannon balls came in close proximity to us. After dislodginsz the enemy from the hill 89qu of. u I " Company “loved up to the g crest OT 21 lam-r9 ,\;il “k \--_- A1 .- . - - ___ ' ~“C- ‘ lutl I which we reached in an hour or so. We almost iunnediately embarked. aboard the ."l‘arter.” an English vessel. and stayed in “ Frisco” over Monday and Tuesday. and on l‘uesday night about 1:30, a. m. we set sail for the Philippiuem Nothing of note occurred on board the Tartar except. the usual routine of tram- port. We had revielle. haeakfast. exercises and retreat, for six weeks, till we arrived at .\Iaui.a. We disembarked and were put in barravks at Maletta, a >uhurb of Manila, where we stayed for nearlv two weeks. H’e were now nearing our journey’s end and awoke on Sunday mornmg near Cah- forma. The first section of our regiment had a wreck one morning: about sixty miles from San Francisco. and this delayed us for a. time We stopped a few minutes at Sacra- mento and then s‘tai'ted for San Francisco -I" I \Ve had a fine view of Salt Lake for about ten minutes b.1t a blizzard or sand sterm. I don’t. know which came up, and we had to shut. the windows, and couldn’t again open them till we were past the Lake altugether. At Ogden we changed to the Central Pacific and had a fine run over the rest of the mummy. ' We left Chicago about 12 o‘clock M. and started for Colorado Springs 001. We stopped over a short time at Des Moine and Omaha, also at Lincoln. the ca‘pital of Ne- braska, and Paeblo. Colorado. At Colorado Spring< we changed again on to the Denver and R10 Grande. “'6 ran alternately over the Denver and Rio Gramleand Denver and Western over the Rocky Mountuim and through Utah. Nevada and California. stopninu‘ at. all the large plare< such a< Salt Lake City, Winne- mucha and Ogden Utah. This is the old division I need to fire on. and knowing every inch of the road I took a last look at everything I saw at least the last I would see of i: for .~ome t'me From Pith-burg we took the P. F. \V. S: U. R. to Fort. Wayne. Indiana, and on to Rook Island. and Chicago, 111., where we changed to the C. R. I. P. About 11 o‘clock we left Harrisburg and ran over the Middle division of the Penn- sylvania Railroad t0 Altooua. After stay- ing there a Short time we took the Pittsburg. Division to Pittsburg. “’e stayed in Camp Meade till the 17th of Iulyaud then started on our long journey for the Philipines. At four o’clock in the morning all were a~'tir at Cunp Mend“. Reveille was sounded and we started, marching: abouta mile to the depot where we boarded our special cattle car that was to iumhle us through. Along with me were Benjamin F. Darid- son and Albert M. Stine. tw.» Ohio boys, and we left fur Middletown. Pa” (about 300 miles journey). where Camp Meade is. We were nearly the first ones there and had a good time ofit for a while. but as the recruits came fluckiugiu we were soon crowded in all shapes; Along about the first. of J une our regiment, the l9th.arrived at Camp Meade. and we “ rookies”a.~ the old soldiers call recruits were divided into the several Companies of the regiment. “ Philippines ”. attracth my attention I made up my mmt to enhst. When I unlisted I was in East Liverpool Ohio on mv way tn Connecticut to join Walter L. Main sCixncus I saw the notice pOsted up fut: soldiers and as the word States and then to Australia. Dur- ing the winter he worked for a time in a brick yard in Bolivar, Pa. We next learn of his securing asituation as fireman on the Pennsylvania R. R. The wages being good, we thought the had struck oil at last and would anchor down. But it wasn’t to be so. He hadn’t. seen enough of the world yet and the next thing we learn is? that he is ofi again to join the Cir- cus and a few days later' that be abandoned the idea and enlisted for three years in the American Army. [or till discharged if the war shotfii the war close/sooner. The following letter received here on the 16th inst.. and published without authority tells the rest of the story and will be of interest to many of our readers:â€" CEBU Island of Cebu. Philippine Islands. Sunday, October lst, 1899. MY DEAR FATHER.â€"AS I have not writ- ten you since I was in Honolulu. I take this opportunity of giving you a fuller account of my doings during the past six months. meats used by the Spaniards, :hest out they had ever get. The ng we started on our weary the mountains, \Ve came upun mtive forts up the mountains. P ben:ifo A... A... “A- .--. n the fort that night .- A , . me enemy from the hill )mpany moved up to the 1 above the tort and open- iy‘es. Atter enhancing 15 fled taking- their cannon aucxe got up y) the Fort m..-~ isa ppenred. although - in ral wounded. and more a seen on the opposue at night and in and started on V... be seen so l‘HE DURHAM CHRONICLE, Nov’r. 23rd, 1899.- I 2 1 in baby’ 5 boitie thrc: or gmr i 1 times a day you wiil seen sec ! [a marked improvement. For 3 tags? chilcren, from half to? a teasposnfm, acco ding to : age, dissoivcd in their milk, 1 if you so desirs, win very] soon show its great new: ish- I If ‘he moth 3’? s « m: 23$. does net neurish times baby, she needs €16 emui-I sien. It WEE! shew an effect? _”~QOmHQ...“â€"fl-QQ 5 ”"afit '0 CD ‘5 6D 3" nay ..... Butter . . Eggs De} Fall Wheat. . .. \‘m'inp’ \Vheat. Oats ........... Peas ........... fiarley ......... I Babies and children need! 3 . I proper food, rareiy ever media 5 i cine. if they do not thrive i 5 on their food Something is g. Iwrong. They need a litiie ! ihcip to get their ciigcsfiiveig i machinery'working preperly. f BEATS TEE KLONDIKE. Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Tex., has found a more valuable discovery than has been made in the Klondike. For years he suffered untold agony from consumption. ac- com panied by hemorrhages; and was absolutely cured bv Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He declares that gold is of little value in comparison with this marvellous cure; would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. ASthma, Bronchitis and all throat and lung afiecrions are posi- tively cured by Dr. King’s New Dis- covery for Consumption. Sold at any Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. CG'JEJVER 0 s a. Wm'fii’POAIYOSP/WTES 0d W55 5 019A THE \Va-Hoo Company is giving concerts in the Town hall every night this week and on Monday night next week when a gold watch will be given away to the most popular baby. When the kidneys are kept healthy and Vigorous bv the use of Dr. A. W. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills. It is uric acid left in the blend by defective kidneys that causes rheumatism. Dr. A. W. Chase’s Kidney- Liver l’ills make the kidneys strong and active in their work of filtering the blood, and thus remove the cause of rheumatism. ()ne pill a dose, 25 cents a box. “’6" I believe I have writtel} a long enough letter and will close With best respects to all, We are now in en old barracks in Cebu. being the only Company 01 the Nineteenth m the city, we having left “K” and “ I ” Companies on the Mountains, and ‘ M ” Company on their way to some town or other down the road. Altogetiier there were in the neighbor- hqnd of fifteen forts taken inside of five days With only two men killed and eight wounded. Lt; Rheumatism Can’t Exist DURHAM. Nov. 22nd. 1899‘ both upon mosh» but“ 'John F. Irwin Co. “ ti ” 19th Infantry. 40 to to . bi . .. a, .s.u.»..mfln..vh~o@ m . gfifiyggég .»..P-é «.4 E? 81m" E533: gm. Dried Appies and Ery-PisE-isé a? I; an: \s 5% Gauntlets. «\Vl aw \V S? '0 ‘ $7 $9 $.34 (ax ‘\‘ Il‘i s, w, . . . .Our specialties this week are Over coats, Underwear and Blankets- These are unequalled in town. Conic and be eonyinced. New arrival of 1300115 and bIâ€"IOES. We keep our stock in this 11119 W Omens G1 63 Lamb, lst quality, “ Ashachan, “ Electi 10 Seal, “ “ Imitation Lamb, . . .. Child S Imitation GleV L1 1111b, Men’s Black Im. Lamb back, faced As the weather 0'1 ows coldei 3'011 1121111111113 think of something warm f01 3'0111 hands. Well, we ’ve thought of 30m needs and can give you Bai gain 8 in , w . A." ”gwggguvgnw@®figw thesn price paid for complete and up-to-date. DON'T DELAY. . MCARTE’EUEE. WA C. L. GRANT. See the Prices! '.. O \‘I Q3251": 2. J. \ 7/} \n C- co§ V 4 '13? r i Sh n v - rafts issued apd oollqctxons max“ nts. Daposxts rescued and m- lowed at current rates, ' rs living 0d 0‘13me 1 121:] H Offiae and Residence a short. dis east of Knapp‘s Homel, 1,31 ' Lower Town. Office hours Wm Baal: of Canada Offloaâ€"Fu'st door ea um Pharmacy. Calder Residence.â€"â€"b‘irst dc. Post Office. Durham. ABRISTER. Solicitor. e: 0. 01m Gordon’s new jewellery c'urc. 1. 'l‘owxl. Any amount of money to loan in 5 ;.~cv- on farm property. ' " \t tra . 1 Bankmg bumnesx. A 69091;; issued and oollqctxons I- DIG. _ mmeirn received a] 3100K Inwer Town. COLLogciiun ..; Agency promptly attended to. Seanw m... ut. the Registry Office. UGH MachAY, Durham, Lam"; :x “or and Licensed Auctioneer :‘u- '. County of Grey. Sales promptly an 1; ,I to and notes cashed. AMES CARSON, Durham, Li D Auctioneer for the Conan 0 Land Valuabor, Bailiff at the find 1‘ Court Sales and all other matter < p: « attended toâ€"highest references 23': if required. J OHN QUEEN, OBCflARDVI LLB, he» resumed his old business, and is gum-3.; edto loan any amount; of money 03‘: um estate Old mortgages paid at? or; 11c mostliberal terms. Fire and Life 1:91;;- mcelefiecmdin the best Stock Commune: at lowest rates. Correspondence Orchardville, P. 0.. or a call solicited B. J AMIESON. Durham. The “Chronicle? is {he only l2-l’dge Loom hchparvr m Western untario. Youthful Recklessncss. DOAN’S KIDNEY FEELS. These conquerors of Kidney IE'zs a“: nah“: the TlSing generation heaxny fat; Btrong. Hrs. G. Gunman. 5., Adelaide 51., 1102”?" oat. “ya: . -, J fiYfiButhter, now :3 yearg 013.. 113:5“; Wk hdneys since infancy, and he? fitmiK'fl " ¢° uence Ins always been poor. 7“.“- boxeo o Dean’s Kidney Pills hax'ejrcféfiiv“: §Veryg3vm tom of kidney trouble, am. 7.05 f at; tOpe ”health. I am truly Emit-:1» w eat ave con cx'z‘eu u;~‘~' beast benefit they 11 ‘ NO WHEELED VEHICLE. Eight miles due east, m‘er the mi 1111- talus from Oatores Station. on " - Mexman National Railway, is along Whose steep, Winding 511w“. s Wholeed Vehicle has ever been known to miss, although: it has a popuinzkizi 0f 40’0“) people. The city takes i:.~ name from once being the stronghold and PIOperty 0f 14 of the most desps-râ€" tat? and sucCGSSfllil robbers that ever .ld tuba“ on roads in Mexico. Tiey ascent-651 and for many years work- ab ”winch" deposits of silver 1m: mound there. Strange to 5.1}. ever}; frei ,0: “Chinery, every pound 0‘. fr 8M: and every Passenger to and zoom Cato?“ is transported to-¢:1y._ as ctr "Runes past, either on the bucks I“. m' 0!‘ mules. The streets are al! “Yea, and run up and down hill, many . than at. an angle at 45 degrees. Y'ui AA' DR. T. G. HOLT, L. "AMES BROWN, Issuer Licenses,Durham Ont. ' heaith. A Young life has been sacrificed. Any help for it ? Yes 1 Medical Directory s In all principal points in on- Manitoba, L’- niLed Legal Dzreczm‘y, LEFROY McCAUL. DENTIST. Miscellaneous . . P. TELFORD. red on Savings Bank de~ $1 and upwaths. Promp: and gvgry facxlltyflaffom- fiice, Toronto. .. P. REID, Manager- The natural exuberance of youth often leads to reckleta- 11688. Young people don't take care of themselves, g6? over-heated, catch cold. and allow it to settle on the fairl- neys. They don't realize :‘nc significance of backacheâ€"- thmk it will soon pass awavâ€" ’but it doesn't. Urinary Tram b1” come, than Dia‘Jclcs‘ Pdght’s Disease and simmer: .7. J'.’ KELLY. Agent Agency. 'déor west of 1h east of the Dm .er's Block. a short distance at; a distance 01 Marriage AA- ‘AA transact - from Lowe :ensed cem