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Wm“ _..-_.._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" __ DURHAM CHRONICLE DURHAM, SEPT. 20TH, 1900. Conservative Camfidatc for Br: Hon. Clifiord Sifton Hugh John, as many of his political friends and opponents alike know, was never ambitions to shine in the field of politics, but in his case, as in many others, his talents have been recognized by the party, and in a large measure he has been dragged out to fight his country’s political battles. As a speaker he is not said to possess that brilliant oratorical efiect of some of the members, but he has inherited to a large degree that taking tactful manner which led his father to victory on more than one occasion. HON. HUGH JOHN MACDUNMB. Since Hugh John McDonald con- sented to accept the nomination for Brandon against the tion. Clifford Sifton, there Seems to be all kinds of speculation in Liberal circles Some have his destiny cut and dried, and predict that after the election he will net only be out of provincial politics, but be relegated to a. quiet private life, never to rise again into l)")ll[l(§tl prominence. They have also named him as the successor of Sir Charles Tapper to the leadership of the Con- servative party, and though they do not admit the probability of the pre- sent Government’s defeat. they have gone so far as to State the position in the cabinet he would hold in the event of a change of Government. His acceptance of nomination for the Commons has been exceedingly grati- fying to the Conservative party, and the reception he meets everywhere shows the wisdom of the party leader in bringing into the arena. of Domin- ion politics the son of Canada’s grand old Chieftain. Then remember that as Lamier contemplated the Conservatixe fig- ures he promised to xeduce them by four miilions. ”Mail and Empire. In a meeting of Liberals'in Mon- treal, at which Mr. "l‘arte was the principal speaker, he announced that. the parliament would be dissolved about the 21$t, and that the date of the election would be made known about the same time. In speaking of the chances of the party in the com- ing contest he says “The Liberals will carry a majority in Manitooa. the West, the maritiue provinces and Ontario, but suppose we divide the English provinces, we are even up to Quebec, in which I have the ambition to take 55 seats this year.” This is Mr. Fielding has just announced at Halifax that the eXpenditm-e for the year ending June 30,1900, reached $532,713. 809 3 This includes the two classes of outlaysâ€"those charged to revenue and those chalked up against the debt 1897 ................ $42 972.35?) 1893 ................ 45 a3 ,QDI 1599. . . . . . ......... 5.)1,7)4‘2,635 1900 ...... . ......... 59.713.810 Nmice how the outlays decxeased frou11894 to 1596. and afrain how. they have jumped from 1‘96 to 1900_ a strange contrast to the Opinions 'held and expressed-by Sir Charles Puppet and his party, who claim that the mari‘tine provinces and ‘ all west of Lake Superior. will give an over- whelming majority in favor of the Conservatives. It is generally cou- ceded that Quebec will go Liberal, but the idea of them getting fifty-five out of the total sixty-five conStitu- ence is not seriously believed by the most sanguine supporters of the Liberal government. In his conclud- ing remarks, which must have been very satisfactory to 'the audience, he predicted that the maritine provinces would give a majority of at least ten in favor of the government. The Here is a comparison of the extrav- agant, Tory and the economical be‘ ex-al expenditures :â€"~ NOtice how 1891 1893 1894 1895 1396 W. Irwin, 1’ REM I ER OF M A X [TO I} A Under Conservatives Editor and Proprietor. Brandon against ’3 43') 7;) -Q- 10,853”) #ELOOS 42572 41.702 The Brock ville Recorder gives the' l'ollou mg advice: “ If your boy does I not make the progress in school tbabl y ou think he should before censoring! the teacher make an observation; along mo lines: First, ascertaini whether he smokes cigarettes; and? second whether his reading out. of school is of a kind to help his wrork in school. Cigarettes and dime! novels are the curse of many a. boy’ 3 life, and. parents should realize it beol government, he claimed, would divide the seventeen seats of the VVeSt, and he was willing to bet a silk hat against a straw one that Ontario would give a majority of at leasc twelve, while Quebec would be a cinch for the Liberals. fore it is too late.” In connection? with this matter it may not be out of? place to make a few remarks with l‘G‘l gard to indiscriminate reading . \Veg have a reading room and library here, } open every night. and we know for a. fact that some of our young people. read too much for their own good.l Take for example a boy or girl,’ twelve or fourteen years of age, who, reads, or professes to read, two cr; three volumes a week, and imagine, I if you can. the value of the intellec-; tual training received from such aé cursory perusal, Many read books,l not for any pleasure or improvement I they may derive, but merely to have’ to say they read such and such al book. It is rightly conceded that.‘ what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, and without any fear of a successful contradiction we stake our reputation in saying that the swallowing: of such an amount of literature, however good or bad it may be, is not of much intellectmtl benefit to the reader. In addition to destroying the mental faculties there is‘ a danger of cultivating a careless habit of reading which unfits a per- son in later life for reading the real nuggets of literature. One book every two or three weeks wisely chosen and carefully considered, will produce a much better class of men and women, and we belieVe it is the duty of parents and the older heads in the community to see that our free library is not made an injury rather than a benefit. And further we will say that in our best libraries there is a lot of trash of no benefit to either old or young. Let it be re- membered, however, that we are in favor of reading amongst our young peeple, but think there Should be some one to guide them in their se- lections. The gradual advance in the price of cotton. the shortage in the crop and the recent excitement, together with the advance in wages and all sorts of supplies, have all contribut- ed to the advances made this week. A year ago spot (middling) cotton closed at 6 7-160 in New York; yes- terday the closing price was 11c, and October closed at 6.01 agaiDSt 10.21 yesterday. ADVANCE IN CANADIAN COTTON. 5.10. Aline of cotton that sold last October at 4c is now quoted at :30, five separate advances having been made in the past ten or eleven months to bring it up to the present price of 5c. The lines affected by these advances are ginghams, ducks, cotton towellings and towellings. cotton quilts, grey and bleached cot- tons, cotton yarns and wraps, cotton bags, pillow cottons and sheetings. The country bride and bridegroom, with clmhiug creakingly new, walk- ed lovingly liand-in-hand down the broad hotel dining-room, two souls but with a single thought, and blind- ly oblivious to all things else but; each other on this great happy earth of ours. Almost crowded on one chair he fondly fed her as the par- ent bird its little chick. At the beginning of this week the wholesale firms here received a let- ter from the Dominion Cotton Mills Company, notifying them that all prices of grey and white c0tton goods had been withdrawn pending the issuing of a new price list. Yesterday a revised list was receiv- ed by the trade here, It quotes ad- vances on the various lines the company manufactures of 3 to 121; per cent., and on one list the ad- vance is as high as 15 per cent. A cotton that was 5c is now quoted at The following item from the Trade Report may be of interest to our readers and save money to those who purchase cotton now, before the price goes higher as it is almost sure to do :â€" The cough that hurts. the cough that gets tight in the chest, is daily getting dee er and deeper into the bronchial tubes an is making direct! tor the lungs, to bewme pneumonia. in ammation of the lungs or consumption. Such coughs yield only to the wonderful efficiency of Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine which loosens the tightness and cures the cough and cold together. 23ceutsa bottle. Fami- ly size 60 cents‘ sold everywhere. “ Darling.” he murmuringly chuckled, ‘7 shall I skin ye a. perta- xer?” " No. dearie,” she gurgled, one already skun !” WHEN IT HURTS T0 COUGH. “ALREADY DONE !" THURSDAY. were led to believe. were unfounded and resulting from differences be- :tween two factions, but still the dissatisfaction prevails, and a slight inveSLigation gives conclusive evi- dence that some of the walks at l least are not what they ought to be. ; Whether the difierence is caused by iusing imperfect or insufficient 7 material. or whether the work is not iperfectly done, we are not pwpaved 'to say, but we have no hesitation 1whatever, in saying that a. piece of iwalk on the west side of Countess 'Street is something- over which the ,petitioners, in that locality, have a. l just right to kick. This spring thé council was yeti. nioned for more walks. and we have no doubt the petitioners expected an article equal to the “sample” and had a right to get it. Complaints have been heard from different. parts as to the inferiority of the walks now being put in. These complaints, we Two years ago we had about two miles of sidewalk laid in town, and the test of time so far has proved them all that any reasonable com- munity could wish for. A few days ago we spoke to one of the managers (‘9) of the work, and the answer was so grOSslv impertinent, that we did not consider it any satis- faction, and now apart from all per- sonal feeling or [ersonal interest in the matter, we invite the attention of the council and ratepayers to in- vestigate the charges, and see whether the town and petitioners are being gulled or not. For nearly four years we have been asking for money from our subscrib- ers, by notices in the paper and cir- culars enclosed to those who were away behind, We have no w placed for collection over five hundred dol- lars of subscription accounts and in that amount there is not one who is less than three years in arrears. Surely any reasonable man will know we need money like other peonle. and now when we have b. en obliged to resort to this means of getting: our own there Should be no hard feelings incurred. In addition to the delinquents referred to above we have alarge number right here in Durham and vicinity. This list we haVe not yet given in for collection. but will do so shortly if payments are not made, during the next few weeks. These remarks are addressed only to tliOSe who ate " away ” lie- hind. Our delinQuent list of “ two years ” and over will be the next one dealt with. It,would be better, cheaper and more satisfactory to have there accounts settled direct at the office as the dollal‘~:t year rate will be accepted now on all accounts nOt yet transferred. Mr. Alex. \IcDouald of \0m toxxn, visited at the old home on Sunday, 9th inSt. Mr John Fallice’s little boy and a little «rirl of John Glasliy’s lune been sexiously ill of late. How. the) ma) soon recover. Mix-John Fallice, Sin, also has been dangerously ill during the pass fortnight. Mr. Peter McDonald, from Balsam Valley, was a caller in the burg on Sunday. Mr. John Beaten, Berkeley, spent Sunday week in our burg. Mr. Charlie KVatson and Miss Lamb, from Glascott, attended service at the Centre on Sunday, 9th inst, and visited Bunessan friends. Mr. Brown, from Durham, uvcupied the pulpit. at, Glenelg Centre last Sunday in the absence of Rev. Mr. McGregor. Rev. Mr. Parqulmreon will preach here next Sabbath at 2.30. [An account of Mrs. Beuou’s (hath is in our obituary list.â€"-Ed.] We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. When strength is full and spirits high, we are being re- freshed, bone muscle and brain, in body and mind, with con- tinual flow of rich blood. This is health. \Vhen weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved ; our blood is poor; there is little nutri- ment in it. There IS nothmor else to live on or by. -.-A Back of. the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. “7 hen it fails, take Scotts Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. It sets the whole body going againâ€"man woman and child. If you have not tried it. send for free sample, in agreeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT 8: BOWNE, Chemists Toronto. 50c. and 31.00; an dmggisn. ACCOUNTS IN OTHER HANDS. ABOUT SIDEWALKS. GLEN ELG GEN TRE. raw-Vt , - I'wis'z‘ Rainfall for the week 0.6 in. chrs of sunshine for the week 56.5 General direction of the winds west- erly and northerly and moderate in force. The last month has been the warmest August within the last sixty years, the average temperature being six degrees and over above the average throughout the Province since the year .1840. In the Territor- ies on the ether hand the average temperature of last month was one to three degrees below the average. And in the maritine Provinces and Quebee one degree below th 1 average. At the same time the Georgian Bay and Muskoka regions chiefly, but the entire Province and Quebec and the maritime Provinces as well as On- tario suffered severely from t‘lrouths, while in British Columbia and the north-west 'l‘erriteries the rainfall was considerably above the average. In British Columbia. generally, Lhc weather upon the whole has been beasomble, the rainfall a little above the :werane, sunshine record below the memgo, so that luging and har- vesting, althovwlx dol ayed in some localities, were xxoll advanced gener- ally. However, there are loud complaints of the daunago done by cut worms and grasshoppers. The North Wesn Territories and Manitoba have also suffered from the continuous wet weather of last month, and the cyclones and frosts which were very gene ‘al,much delay- ed haying and liztrveSLing. In the neighborhood of Calgary also a severe snow storinâ€"â€"tlie firSt in the month of August for the last seven- teen yearswragcd for twelve hours and of course did more or less dain- agc to standing grain 0r0ps. However, of late the weather has improved, harveSLing is proceeding rapidly, mismrage is excellent, root crops good, and present conditions point to an abundant harvesc. Jan. W, 1900. m! a. box of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. ‘cize used this treatment. for several weeks. and from the first we noticed a. (Ea-:i-itied improvement. Her appetite be- ("1?110 better. she gained in weight, the witur returned to her face, and she uncanny became strong and well. I u'rrrwz-z-Ir. say mo much in favour of this var-"1v vfui treatment. since it has prov- (.:: sec; :1 Messing to my daughter." Mr. Isaac Foster, Erie View, Norfolk (30., Ontario, writes :â€"“I was troubled with itching piles tor about two years and could not sleep at nights. In fact 1 was half crazy from the terrible itching. Reading about Dr. Chase‘s Ointment I purchased a box. After the second application I experi- enced relief and one box cured me thorough- ly and permanently and that was W0 years ago.” Dr. Chase’s Ointment. 60 cts. a box, all dealers. 1 ‘lm sale lots 8 on 13011.21. Egremont :111113011c011.4 \‘ I). 11’... (Juletrelg. Lot8 conshtsothOacles 90clea1',ed well watered and fenced 7011mm 111 to run machinery 0ve1.(1’n1ndl;1r;:e b1ick house 11itl1 110011 sl1ed20x 50 11nd driv' 1111,); 511611 same size and bank b11111 small o1clia1d.1.§ miles from school. Lot 0' consists 0154 acx es,’ 25 cleared. balance hardwood b11111. Clear title. W11l be sold on easy terms. For further partw- ulars apply to JOHN WHITMORE. March 27th. 1900. Durham P. 0. RICK. HOUSE AND LOTâ€"THE Melligan Property on George Street. one. acre of good land in good location, a desxrable residenoe, will be sold on easy terms. Apply to ED. MILLIGAX, Palmerston, or to W. CALDER, Durham. In Ontario and Quebec the weather thronghout the month of Augusc was fine and phenomenally warm and dry, so that harvesting operations were well forward. And generally the harvest is reproted as being plentiful, while the root crops and pasturage are excellent. In the lower Provinces the month of August was warm and dry. The crops are reported as being, general- ly, verygood, hay, grain, potatoes and vegetables, generally, a, good average cmp. Local thunderstorms are reported to have been frequent. and severe, and to have done much damage to buildings and cattle. WHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS for sale lots 8 on con, '21, Egremont, Too fienous to Sleep, and Dally Grew Weaker and Weaker-Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Restored Health and Vigour. Mrs. E. McLaughlin, 95 Parliament street, Toromc, states:â€"â€"“ My daughter Was pale, weax, languid, and very nerv- x 125. Hcr appetite was poor and change- (file. She could scarcely drag herself UKULIC the house, and her nerves were ("unplctely unstrung. She could not Shep for more than half an hour at a. time without starting up and crying out in excitement. “As she was grcwing weaker and wanker I became alarmed, and obtain- rag awas Pale am? languid Sept, Sept. DURHAM CHRONICLE. HALF CRAZY WITH PILES. Farm for Sale. WEATHER BULLETIN. For week ending Sept. 8, 1900. TEMPERATURE. '11”S‘3.S’ Nerve Food is h. blood- .e'pc‘x he I‘ve \‘italizer of most un- warir. In pill form, 500. '9. box. ,rzmrs; or Edmanson, Bates and For Sale. Max Min. 50 63 SEND FOR our Catalogue and be convinced that we do Lower Town. Durham W. GUTHRIE, â€"-â€" BLACKSMITH. Call at the new premises a few doors south of the Middaugh House. Dress Ginghams. better and stronger than print for children’s dresses, 7c and 100 per yard. Ladies’ Pure Silk Mitts, Black or Cream, 250 per pair. $1." -5 each. Blacksmithing ! {mi Men’s Heavy Shoes from $1.00 up. Our Lmlies’ $1.25 Oxford Shoes cannot be beat. N aw PUMPS AND REPAIRS. DIG, DRILL, CURB. RE-CURB, 85 PRESSCURB ‘WELLS. All orderfi taken at the old stand near McGowan's Mill or at Shop at Charter Smith’s Foundry. FOR THE HOUSEHOLD we have the Bell Pianos and Organs, Woodstock Organs and Pianos, Raymond Sewing Machines, 8. full line of McClary’s Stoves. No dairy is complete without a Malott Cream Separatorâ€"the best and easiest handled separator in the market today. “’6 have a full line of Boots and Shoes of all kinds. W. H. BEAN. ALL WORK GUARANI‘EED at “Live and let live" PRICES. FOR THE FARM we have Deering HarveSting Machinery, Maxwell Binders and Mowers, Chatham and Snow-ball Wagons, Carâ€" riages and Buggies of all the very best makes. Malott Cream Separator Now We Have 3,qu IMPLEMENT WAREHUUMS Mar. 23, 99. 72-in wide Heavy Twilled Sheeting, 22c yard. Best Table Oilcloth, 45-in wide, 25c per yard 18 only Glass Table Setts, 250 per sett. 24 only Glass Cake Plates, 15c each. 38 only Glass Berry Bowls, 10c each. Glass Nappies at 30c, 400. 45c and 85c dozen. l4-in Granite Spoons, 10c each. Large Size Granite Pie Plates, 130 each. Granite Wash Bowls, 25c each. zNo. 9‘Copper Tea Kettle Nickle plated, only BEG LEAVE T0 INFORM MY CUS- TCMERSand the public in general that I am prepared to furnish umps. PAIRS of all kinds constantly kept on hand. Scufl‘lers. Turnip PIOWS, Sewers, Cultiva- tors, and in fact everything the farmer needs. N We Have a full and com- plete line of Farm and Demestic Implements and Machinery. 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. Bouts Shoes! mltmng : n ow fig PRICES THE undersigned wishes to in‘ timate w the general public that he is reputed to do all kinds Blackemit in: at one price to 311. Factory made Shoes, 25c cash. Hand madee Shoes, 30c. Setting, -- â€" 10c cash. CALL AND SEE US! GEORGE WHITMORE, 3 DURHAM. C. McKINNON. LOWEST PRICE. Great d 4 o I II \ éékéé’ !’ a \V/ \\ ’4 4 '5 v é \V $°€= 1 7t V 0 \Yb firs 33/ \V \v w w w ’0 v «m In? ’It? 45°4§04>04¢§ca0’ ’15? ’1‘? A‘ (\"V r 7103 $04 402‘ 7/5 \\ b o-o< \ ‘32 (4 A? Y szzs “a? ’ v é $12.9 ’11“ ¢ '5 \N vv \\ 713$ MOVING SALE. They must go. Every article up todate. Come and investigate. . If you want bargains now is your time. Ready-made clothing, boots and shoes and groceries are to be handled at C. McArthur, are buying and manufac- wring a class of Boots for Fall wear that w’ll break all previous records. The finst time you have at your disposal. call and see them. never mind whether you want to buy or not. Few Men’s. Women’s and Chil- dren’s Summer Lines all going at cost. Call and look through a Shoe Store. Durham, Ont. ,5 l4? .ol.'lc‘, 91 A?! I4? .‘bv‘, S4 WP» ‘74.