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But as it is bed time I will close my letter and retire. I only wish I were in Durham to-day, as I envy you the 1st of July celebration, but I suppose I’ll have to be a Yankee for I often attend the cock fights in San Nicholas. and although cruel. is fine sport in this country. Their spurs here are different from those in the States. They are about three inches long, made like a knife only they have a curved ltack. Small bets are made outside of the ring, and then the owners, backers and man- agers of the birds go into the ring. which is made of bamboo slats. and large bets are made. Sometimes, and quite often too, a man can get a $1000 bet from a single man. The fight seldom lasts long. as some birds will knock the others head 03 or pierce its heart. When all bets are made, eterybody leaves the ring except the managers. After they have let the birds pick one another and get them good and mad they put them together and “ vamoose.” They are left alone then till one ofl them drops or quits. The vanquished birds is then cut up and thrown in l the soup pct. About six o’clock thisj afternoon, our guard, Juan (Wan): was coming from the cock fight and was assailed by five insurgents who tried to boloohim. After a hard fight he got away leaving one mortally wounded, being shot through the stomach. Juan was boloed from the left shoulder to the waist, the bolo descending diagonally across his back and a serious wound, while two more smaller wounds were given him. He will recover in time and. I pity any insurgent he runs across now. vâ€"â€"â€"vv .\" a while yet, and celeifiaie _the 4th on Wednesday. Emulsion. mandkm; SGOTT’S EMULSION to his milk three times a day. it Is astonishin hf, how fast hewillimp rove. fhenurses, let the pmother take the The other night, Friday, Lieut. Hadsell and ten of us. with two non- commissioned officers went out about a mile to reconnoitre. (‘ur guide, Antonio. learnt the insurgent Gen- erals were in the habit of coming to Cebu and attending dances and fes- tivities on the outskirts of the town. So we took him and another guide, Juan, out with us. We got out so quietly that none of the natives knew of it; and marching through some of the rice paddys we came out on the main road at some distance from the quarters. We then formed a skirmish line on both sides of the road. In a few minutes two fine looking Filip- inos came along, dressed in white. We jumped out and surrounded them. Antonio immediately recognized them both as Generals. Serria and Padilla, two of the most influential and nep- ular men among theinsurgents. We immediately rushed them into a large sugar mill under a §trong guard and returned to our original places by the roadside. All this was done so quickly that the people in a house not two rods away did nor. know any thing about it. In a short time an- other bambrie came along. Lieut. Hadsell jumped to the middle of the road, and when the native came about three feet of him. cried ‘ alto !’ The nigger turned to run, but the Lieut. was too quick for him, and smashed him on the head with the butt of his pistol. He staggered back and fell in the road but speedily re- covered. After waiting a short time we came. back to our quarters. The i laSt man turned out to be a badly1 scared “ Amigo ” and was turned loose. The others were taken to Fort San Pedro for safe keeping. this summer? Then add a ls BabyThin DURHAM CHRONICLE MY DEAR FATllER.â€"- We are still in the same old barracks and likely to stay for some time. I think. We are doing a. lot of “ hiking ” around the Icon hills and are beginning to be quite successful. The Presidiente and Lieniente. of Mingoniela. who were implicated m the attack on M Company a week or so ago. were sentenced to‘one year at hard labor in the military prison here. There are about fifty prisoners there now, and are building streets and pleasure- grounds around Cebu. DURHAM AUG. 2331), 1900. Cock Fighting a Favorite Amuse- mentâ€"A Brief Account of THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. W. Irwin, Cebu, Cebu, P. I. the Game. Your son, FRANK IRWIN, Co. H. 19th Inft. Editor and Proprietor. July 13:, 1900: To REm.--Cottage now occupied by myself. possession may be had Sept. lst, . Wm. Laidlaw. P. Lawrence’s gang of timbermen leave this week for Proton, where they have secured the material for a winter’s work. A keenly contested foot ball match was played in the village on Satur- day evening between the home team and the Walbeck team. During the first half time neither side scored. but in the latter half McDonald, of the Walbeck team, sent the ball through, leaving the score 1-0 in favor of the visitors. H. R. Riddell refereed the game. A return match will be played on the Welbeck grounds on Thursday. when a lively game may be expected. Mr. J. McGilvray, of Mulock, visit- ed relatives in this neighborhood the beginning of the week. A welcome and winsome visitor is at: Blacksmith McCalmon’s, in the person of his sister-in-law. Miss Lizzie Fee, of Varney. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Fallié, of Owen Sound, are over the week end visitors at the home of the latter, the McIntosh family. Miss Nellie Duggan,of Garry Owen, formerly of Dornoch. is renewing acquaintances in the village at pres~ ens. uv-vv- UA‘U Junior Leaving. They are both dili- gent students and will succeed. Mr. John McKinnon, of the Rocky, Sundayed very pleasantly in the vic- inity. Miss Maud Dargavel leaves this week {or Toronto, where she pur- poses to spend some time. Miss Maud’s pleasant and winsome society will be much missed in the village. We congratulate Misses Maggie and Carrie Hughes on their success in the late examinations held in Owen Sound the former passing in form lst and 2nd, and the latter the Mr. Fursman of South Line, Ben- tinck, near Allan Park, was for a few daxs the beginning; of the week the welcome guest of Miss L. Cle- ment..\1r.F isexpected backshort- 1y. Handsome Art. Hunt, of Vickers, was in the village over Sunday. He was the guest of his cousins, the Dargavel family. Mr. Robert Hay is being forcibly reminded the last few days of the joys of bachelorhood, as Mrs. Hay left on Saturday laSt on a two-month’s visit amongst friends in Manitoba. Miss Lizzie Smith arrived home from Toronto and spent two days in the village, leaving on Saturday for a trip to Brandon, Manitoba. I was i ot thinking of a thanksgiving dinnerâ€"It just happened to be thanksgiving. I was starving and I would have felt the gnawing hunger if it had been any other day. Well! I’m not sorry I will at least be warm in the prison for the winter, and the food will be better than the kindI would have to rummage for in the barrels. They are kinder to an old woman who steals than to an old women who begs.” She concluded as she tottered off to don a comfor- table Striped dress. Next morning when she was arous- ed from a stupor to be removed from the police station to the prison which was to be the first home she had known for months, she said, "I’m going to prison because I took some rubbish which I thought was too poor for anyone to claim. I took it to buy a thanksgiving dinner. But She did not even know she was committing a theft when she finally did take something that was not her own. In a doddering way, ignorant in her world of gloom that the day was one of thanks and merrymaking, she wandered aimlessly into a house on an uptown street. When the mistress of the house discovered her she was walkinfiout with an umbrella. and a small rug. She knew where she could pawn them. "I wasn’t a thief; I was hungry!” she protested feebly, when arrested. “Did they want those things I took ‘9” I thought they were like meâ€"old and worn out, and that they wouldn’t be missed.” (From the fact). Mary Jackson was a decrepit, half- starved old woman, whose battles between starvation and respectability has for months been watched by the police. When her husband was kill- ed she started out bravely to earn her living. She had two grown gchildren. but they had married in a lshort time and moved to the other parts of the country. When their assistance was withdrawn the lonely1 old creature was soon in the street, dispossessed because she couldn’t pay her rent. She was willing to work and unwilling to steal. Often she had been as hungry as an old woman may get and still resisted the tempt- ation to help herself from the boun- tiful supply of Others which was re fused her. The streets and the alleys and the deserted hallways may be endured even by a feeble old creature, half-starved, through the warm weather. But when the evenings grew chilly, and the rains came on. Mary Jackson sought shelter in the police stations quite often. MARY’S THANKSGIVING. DORNOCH Q 0.. THURSDAY. ~CuAs. E. Tom. * Supplies at NEW Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is the world's greatest restorative tor pale. weak, ner- vous men, women, and children. In pill form, 50 cents a. box. at all dealers, or Edmanson. Bates Co.. Toronto. Don't cough. use Dr. Chase’s» Sifup 9f Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cents a “ Since using Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food I have been completely restored. I can walk a. mile without any inconvenience. Though 76 years old, and quite fleshy. I do my own housework, and consider- able sewing, knitting. and reading be- sides. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food has proved of inwtixnablo value to me." bottle. Toronto Industrial, Aug. 27 'to Sep. 8 The Western Fair, London, Sep. 6-15 Great Northern, Collingwood, “ 18-21 East Grey, Flesherton, October 2-3 Glenelg. Markdale. Sept. 20-21 Centre, Walters Falls, “ 25-26 St. Vincent, Meaford, " 27-28 Euphrasia. Rocklyn, Oct. 5 North Grey, 0. Sound “ 16-17 Central Canada, Ottawa, Sept. 14-22 Kemble Agl. Society 27-28 South Grey, Durharn ” 25-26 Or anget ille, “ 28-29 Shelburne Sept. 25-26 Walkerton " 18-19 Owen Sound “ 12-13 Strathroy “ 17-19 Goderich “ 18-19 Berlin “ 18-19 Listowel “ 18-19 Guelph “ 18-20 Mildmay “ 20 Pinkerton “ 20 Palmerston “ 25-26 Teeswater “ 25-26 Ripley “ 25-26 Harriston t' 26 27 \Viarton H 26- 27 Port Elgin “ 27-28 Wingham ‘° 27-28 Stratford Oct. 2-3 Brussels “ 4-5 Fergus “ 11-12 80 Weak she couldn’t sleep or Work-'- llands Tumbledâ€"Gould Soaroely Walk -â€"Rostored by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. Mrs. Margaret Iron, Tower Hill, N. B.. writes:---” Dr. Chase's Nerve Food has done me a world of good. I was so weak that I could not walk twice the length or the house. My hand: trembled so that I could not carry a pint of water. I was too nervous to sleep, and unable to do work or any kind. Wornout Mr. A. McIlvride. of Normanby, is not well at present and his $011 from the west is visiting him in his ill- ness. Farmers are grumbling about too much rain. Some of the grain is growing in the shock. Had the weather kept dry a few days all har- vesting operations would be com- pleted. The potato crops will be small unless improved by the recent rains. Miss V. Carmont and Miss M. Reid of Bufialo, N. Y., are visiting at. Mr Schram’s. Tom Caldwell shipped “Black Dia- mond" to his brother harry at Dau- phin lass week. Mr. John Garvey has erected and completed a large barn. Miss Isaac has returned from Her visit north and resumed her school duties Monday last. 1.1-. G. Schram is engaged in mason work in Durham. Mr. Hoefiin did the first threshing with his steamer some days ago. Crops in this vminity are good with the exception of late grain. ORCHARDVILLE Scbool - 0.. 0â€",. of A Full Stock arithmetic and and Grammar Geography School Public Nerves. DRUG S TORE 16-17 14-22 27-28 25-26 28-29 25-26 18-19 12-13 17-19 18-19 18-19 18-19 18-20 20 :20 2:)- 26 25- 26 25-26 26-27 26-27 27-28 27-28 No dairy is complete without a Malott Cream Separatorâ€"the best and easiest handled separator in the market “co-day. Malott Cream Separator FOR THE HOUSEHOLD we have FOR. THE FARM we have Deering Harvesting Machinery, Maxwell Binders and Mowers, Chatham and Snow-ball Wagons, Car- riages and Buggies of all the very best makes. W innipeg Delomiuu Antler Estevan Binsm wt h Moosomin Ha mitolm Now We Have a AUG 281a, RUNNING UNTIL OCT. 27 SEPT. 11; H. NOV. 101 For further particulars apply to the noarvst Canadian Pacific Agent, 01' tn Swan River From all points in Ontario. Onaping, Samlt Ste. Marie, Out. Windsor and East. Shop open every afternoon. IMPLEMENT WAHHUUMS EXCURSIONS All REPAIRING promptly and prep- erly attended to. HARVEST Pumps of all Kinds. W. D. CONNOR Fall Term Begins Sept. 4th. 01W .m flfl No less than eight large business col- leges have a plied to us within the last six weeks f‘or our graduates to "take positions as teachers in their schools. As many as five business firms have ap- plied tons in one day for ofiice help. l‘his is surely the best school for you. It pays to prepare for profitable, pro- :zressn'e and permanent employment. Catalogue free. . Galvanized and Iron Pipâ€" ing; Brass,‘ Brass Lined and Iron Cylinders. PIOWS Scufflers, Turnip , Sewers, Cultiva- tors, and in fact everything the farmer needs. the Bell Pianos and Organs, Woodstock Organs and Pianos, Raymond Sewing Machines, a full line of McClary’s Stoves. Farm and Deme§tic Implements and Machinery. Pumps from $2 upward. DURHAM CHRONICLE. Having moved to our new stand a few steps south of the Middaugh House. we are pre- pared to do business better than ever, and at the lowest figures and best terms. ‘W. D. CDNNUR. RETURN FARES TO Assistant General Passenocr Agent. 1 King St. East. TORONTO. Manufacturer of And Dealer in â€"â€" STRATFORD. Ont. W. J. ELLIOTT. Principal. A. H. NOTMAN, Regina Kfmmvjaw Yurkton l’l‘im'u A wa‘t (hllgnl _\' 31:“:le Red Deer Edmonton a full and com- plete line of RUN ON WILL BE I I $35 $40 "I $30 Monuments Repaired and MCINTYRE BLOCK. â€"â€" DURHAM. Swedish, Scotch Canadian Wm. McCalmon, $1.25 each Men's Heavy Shoes from $1.00 up. Our Ladies' $1.25 Oxford Shoes cannot be beat W. H. BEAN. We have a full line of Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Dress Giuglianm, better and stronger than print for children’s dresses, 7c and 10c per yard. Ladies” Pure Silk Mitts, Black or Cream, 250 per pair. 72-111 wide Heavy 'l‘willed Sheeting, 22c yard. BoSt Table Oilcloth, 454a wide, 250 per yard 15 only Glass Table Setts, 25c per sett. 24 only Glass Cake Plates, 15c each. 38 only Glass Berry Bowls, 10c each. Glass Nappies at 30c, 400, 450 and (Lie dozen. l4-in Granite Spoons, 100 each. Large Size Granite Pie Plates, 130 each. Granite \Vash Bowls, 256 each. No. 9 Copper Tea Kettle Nickle plated, only d0! .1. Teas and Coffees are a Special value. Fresh Groceries Granite and Marble Work OF ALL KIND. Special attention given to local and exchange trade. Chopping done promptly. Try “Excelsior Meal” For Your Fowl . . .. Imperial or Manitoba Flour, Bran, Shorts, Chop Middlings Having renewed Opera.- tions with improved power facilities we are prepared to furnish on short notice any quantity of Inscriptions Cut on Shortest Notice. The undersigned wishes to announce to the residents of Durham and vi- cinity that she has opened up a Grocery and Confectioner ' Store one door east of the Post 0 ‘ce, where she will be leased to furnish all goods in her ine at reasonable prices. 1??“ CALL AND SEE US! Bouts Shoes! ‘â€" DURHAM. Importer of and Dealer in . McGoWan Calder’s Block, THE . . . LOWEST PRICE. Great .I'l‘lll’ "l "dd «Wu. W$%%%%%%%%m%%%gr%r WRemember them is :1'1‘111111‘ Dug Sale on at the Shoe Sto1 0 M1810 \ 011 1:111 buV anything; you want in Smmnm Font Wem f1 om 25 cents up. MINING SALE. Everything in Summer Wear Goes â€"at and Below Cost.â€" Childrens’ Canvas Oxfords for - - Misses’ “ H - . Women’ s “ “ - A few pairs of Child’s Don. buttoned They must go. Every article up to-date. Come and investigate. If you want bargains new is your time. Ready-made clothing, boots and shoes and groceries. are to be handled at C. McArthur, Aug. 23 1900. Durham, Ont. 2:) cents. 40 cents 50 cents '25 cents