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DURHAM CHRONICLE In another column' we give a des- "wh from Toronto. announcing the (loath ol the Hon. A. S. Hardy, n flutlenan whose life for the past quarter of a century has been in- “wobly interwoven with Ontario politics. and the Premier of the Pro- Vince lrom the resignation of Sir Oliver Mowat until 1899 when ill- honlth caused him to give up the reins of government, and retire lrom public life a comparatively r man. During the latter years 0! Sir Oliver Mowat’s premiership, he was regarded as a lea'ling figure in Ontario politics, and an the strong- ut man of the Liberal party the mantle of Sir Oliver fell on the chainâ€"Jere of the deceased gentleman whose demh the whole province new mourns, irrespective of their politi- 61 leanings. The tax question is not dead yet, and though we do not claim credit [or originating anything new, we believe our references of late to the abnormally high prices demanded for unimproved property has caused name to think the matter over and our Opinion is considered sound by the intelligent portion of the com- munity. To put a fair and equitable value on all vacant pmperties is cer- tainly a ditficult problem, but if thn - -_L. value is base! on the owners esti- mnte he has surely no ground for compleint. We always have held. had still hold the Opinion that a man owning unimproved property and holding it nt 3 prohibitive price to intending purchasers is a detriment to the progrew of the town in which he lives and should be made to pay in some way into the town treasury. Let the agitation go on. Many a piece has rem-nine] stagnant through the greed of obstructionists. Speaking of the huge Ottawa ex- penditures the Winnipeg 'l‘ribnne (Lib ) says: ‘ To us it seems to be a more heinous crime for Liberals to do wrong than it was for Tories to do it. for, for twenty years we had the highest ideals held up before us by our leader, and we Wt re educated to regard as reprehensire any line of public conduct which would not conform to those ethics, Is there a man of sense who doubts that if the Conservatives were in power at pres-‘ out and had pronosed the same eSti- mates that were voted last session, that the halls of Parliamentâ€"«aye, and of every hamlet in the Dominion, would not be made to ring with the denunciations of the Cartwrights. the Mulocks. the McMullens, and the rest of the old guard? But we loolt in vain for any indignant repudia- tion on the part of Liberal ‘ states- men’ of the colossal expenditures already made and proposed. Sir Richard complacently excuses the vast espenditures on the ground that they are ‘ generous donations for the purposes of development.’ Should the present 'Liberal’ Government have the misfortune to be defeated at an early date it will, politically speaking, be out of court for many years to come.” The County Council meets in Mark- dale this week. and in conversation with Mr. 'l‘hos. Kells, of Vandeleur, an old and well-informed Councillor, we learn that the disposition of the portion of the million dollar grant to the province by the Ontario Legisla- ture will come up for discussion. That the county commissioners are going to ignore the opportunity of taking what they can get for the purpose of road improvemant is an idea we do not for a moment enter- tain. but where the money can be expended to the best advantage to all is a problem for the Council to consider. We know perfectly well that every man would like a large slice of the grant upended in front 0! his own farm, but as Mr. Kells points out we are equally well aware that the nearer we come to a town or village the greater will be the trafic on such road, and therlore the greater will be the necessity for ex. penditnre. In view of such a " wind. fall” we hope the wisest possible distribution of funds will be made, and the proposed expenditure of a million dollars a year over the pro- Vince will be felt and appreciated by every one. irrespective of the parti- cular locality in which he may hap- pen to be living. In regard to roa. gating we may repeat what we of- un laid belore. and give it asour meiotic! that a mile of permanent "ad is better than ten miles of patch work. thet will need the bum mount of pntching every year as tho nonlone roll round. The OXandi. tan 0! the funds. in our Opinion, ehonld to {or permanent conetruc. tion independent of the hiree from which votee are to be secured er the noxt oloction. Thi a however, in not the principle by which our commie- eionere ere eetneted, end with no in- erenned power et their commend we hop. on long to nee n rut irnproreo nent in nil onr lending public high. W. Irwin, 20, 1901. Proprietot A young man from Bentinek was Wilma“, wuu, :. a visiting at Mr. John Quinn’s one day April 24th, 1901. last week, and the bright, sparkling . water of the Saugeen induced hi. to My Dun FATfllI,â€"I received your go fishing. Alter waiting. aa fisher- ' letter of March 10th to-day. and wan men generally have to do. he got a really aurpriaed to hear from you bite, and alter several elorta to land! after your long silence. but aa I re- his fiahsbip, the hook loat its hold: eeive the Calcium pretty regularly, and landed in the seat of his pants. I will forgiveyou this time. but if it The village Dr. had to cut it out. happens again, I shall have you tried ' ' ° ' led and Messrs Traynor and Laidlaw were ‘3 3 80110111 000" martia up here taking measurements a: to, '0'" down ‘0’ ‘ '008 term 0‘ years. the amount of water flowing down I am pleaaed to hear that my lot- the river. tors are appreciated. but don’t you -L2_L f -_:II -Aa - I360|A nm.ll-hnnt‘nfl Wedding bells nro ringing. We can hear them in the distance ; more ltter. A number 0! our villngere were visiting at Mr. John Collinson’l nenr Aberdeen one evening inst week end repor: n pleasant time. â€" A- C -Glenroeden pic-nic on June 22nd.i A good time is the order of things. Crops are looking well in this neighborhood. The late reins have renewed the hey crop which pro- mises to he shove the sverage. It is reported here that 300 men are to start work on the mammoth dam st Heywnrd’s Fells next week. So much for rumor, it any not be true. Mr. James Hepkirk. of Bentinck, was visiting his sister, Mrs Hugh McDonald. one day last week. Miss K. McDonald and her bra- ther, Johnnie. were visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Hopkirk, of Ben- tinck, for a few days last week. .\'lr. Allan Boyd is thinking of turning over a new leaf and settling down to work. Mr. Mike Kenny arrived home last week looking hole and hearty. He says some of the other young men are getting the start of him as they are now doubled-tip. Miss Vic. Banks 13 home from Tor- onto for a. few ween well earned hohduys. Mr. Win. Kingston is on the war path lately. some cattle running at large contrary to statutes, have been breaking into his crops. Mr. John Richardson. oi Paisley, was visiting his niece, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, of this place. Dan. son of Mr. D. McGillivray. got tangled in Wm. Morrison’s barb wire fvnce. Result, a nasty cut on his leg. It. is doing well. Juua HIM Rainfall for the week, .64 in. Hours of sunshine, 36 8. General direction of the wind, 8. W. to N. W.. raw and blustering. \\ hile the temperature in Ontario was considerably below the average during the month of May. especially during the latter part of it, in Maui- toba and the North West Territories it was from six to ten degrees above the average. but. falling, westward to the Pacific Coast as well as east. ward to the Atlantic. The rainfall also during the month of May. alo though in excess of the average In the North West Territories. Ontario and the lower provinces was some- what dificient in Manitoba and eastern Assiniboia. In British Columbia, although the. season is fully two weeks later than usual, the mom are reported as never looking better. Fall wheat promises a large yield. and the fruit crop, although somewhat retarded by the early frosts, appears to have recover- ed itself and now promises well. Seeding began on the second and was completed by the 20th of the month. In the North West Territories seeding was delayed on heavy lands by the rains, but nevertheless were finished by the 23rdol May, and the blade was well up by the 30th. Medicine Hat reports that crops were never more promising, and Edmon- ton, that owing to the very iavorabe weather prevailing in May, the crops are making splendid progress. But. in Msnitobs, though seeding was finished by the 18th of May. smell fruits in blossom eerly in the month. end flowering shrubs and plants out before the end of the month. yet growth is now somewhat retarded and rain is much needed. In the Lower Provinces fair and foul days were about equally divided last month. but the temperature and the rainfall were above the average, so that vegetation is well forward and much in advance of ordinary eea- eons. Seeding was finished early in the month. blue violete in flower by the 7th, and by the middle of the month the apple. plum and cherry orchards were in lull bloom. In Ontario and Quebec. as already stated, the early part oi the month was rainv. and marked by an absence of sunshine. Still farm work made rapid progress. and espeeially in the northern portions of bath provinces where the temperature was shove the average, the erops are more for-p ward than they usually are at this season of the year. and promises well. From the southern and nuth eastern oountles oi Ontario, the re- ports are not quite so favorable as to roots. clover and lruit. but the recent hrightening up o! the weather will, no doubt, have a favorable influence. 'l‘mmsnAY. WEATHER BULLITEN. GLBNROADIN . For week ending June 7, 1901. 0.0 o-o~â€"-â€"-' TEMPERATURE. u. 53 Min. 71 81 0| I am pleased to hear that my let- tors are appreciated. but don’t you think I will geta little swell-headed. if you tell me so? Why I picked up; a paper the other day. and saw where sir. Bone, ol Beardsley, N. D., was enquiring for me. Well, I got so big-headed. I nearly died. 80 you had better be alittle careful about how you send me compliments or [Uncle Sam will be minus a soldier. That would not be of much account . to him, he would sooner lose a sol- ' dier than a mule. (over here a soldier ' is valued at 8300 and a mule at 81,000) but I should like, for my own sake, to stay on thie footstoola little long- .er at any rate. Dulocuoto, Cebu, P. 1. April 24th, 1901. Mr Dun Funnyâ€"I roooivod your letter of Much 10th to-day. und wu roully surprised to hour from you utter your long silence. but so I re- Nothing pleased me more in your whole letter than to know that Dur- ham is rapidly coming to the front among the leading towns oi Canada in the business line. In almost every paper I get. I see some new advertisement, somebody starting in business. and best of all where some one has paid his “ sub." in full for the CHRONICLE. and has received the “ Canadian Annual," the greatest of illustrated magazines, without which no person can be prosperous in busi- ness ventures or rest well at nights. I suppose if I were to drOp into Dur- ham now on some dark night I would have difficulty in finding my way. When I get back I know I shall be a regular heathen, as I have been so used to taking the middle of the road over here I shall want to do it in Durham. We have no sidewalks of any account, and even if we did, a soldier has to keep his eyes Open. or he may get a knife in his ribs to re- mind him that the [maple here have no use {or him and peace is not yet declared. By the way, Upper Town must 0 pretty well deserted now since C. McArthnr. The Big4 and several others moved their stores downtown. I hope that piece of cement sidewalk in front of the Knapp House I broke my back over is standing the weather yet. I wouldn’t like it to play out as I sweat and toiled something awful there for a couple ofweeks and once or twice 1 came near expressing myself in a manner that wouldn’t look very nice on paper. Well I got the ‘ sack ’ or “ G. B.” then got a job in a brick- Vard (worse yet) then in the circus. then another brick yard, the railroad and last of all the army. This last one seems to be the best job of all, for jusr. think of it, I haven’t put my hand to a tap of work for nearly two years. If I could only get my dis- charge and go sailing I would nearly be a Jack-of-all- trades. but as I won‘t get my papers until a year from next 20th of May there is no use of building castles in the air for who knows what may happen in a year. As you see by the heading we are not in San Nicolas any more. On, the 10th of April we got orders to pack up and prepare to move on or about the 25th. At first we were to garrison three towns, but later on the order was changed and now we garrison four as follows : Head- quarters at Argon, and detachments at Sibonga. here at Dalaguete. and can CODSldBI‘ myself lucky. This is one of the finest places I have yet seen. the people being better 05 financially and with seemingly more intelligence than the majority of Filipinos. They seem to be more in- dustrious here than in Cebu or San Nicolas and have much better houses. The town is well laid out, the streets running in squares equal distances apart and kept scrupulously clean. There are scarcely any cattle or horses, and very few caribous. these having been driven 08 by the insurg- ents and Ladronee. Of late these .latter have been making themselves ' hateful towards the resident popula- tlon, and it is not to be wondered that they are getting tired of their thieving habits, and gradually turn- ing over to the Americans, who pay for all they get and together make themselves more agreeable. The chief man here, the President. seems' to be a very nice old gentleman, more enlightened than the rest, and, speak- ing Spanish. I haven’t much difi- culty in carrying on a broken con- versation with him. The Padre, too. seems prezty nice, but we trust no one except our rifles. There are about one hundred Chinamen. (or Chinos as we call them) in the town. and they, of course, have the greater part of the money. The way they rob and cheat these people is some- thing ridiculous, but they are pretty good to the soldiers, who will stand no fooling whatever. Deleguete ie e much cooler plece then Cebu. being eitueted on the ex~ treme Southern end of the ielend, end getting moet of the breeze thet comee from the Southern Beee. We heve e flue ewimming plece here, end I enjoy myeelt pretty well. The bottom 1e nice end eendy end ee level ee e floor when you go out e few yerde. Ae there ie no lend between here end South Americe, there ie quite e eurf end e pereen een enjoy himeeu toeeinc ehout on the wevee. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. The water is clear and there are no aharka or dangerous fish near the shore, so I don’ a think you will ever hear of my getting chewed up. In the channel anu further out. in the ocean you can see all kinds of dol- phins. sharks, flying-fish. and in fact nearly every kind 63h immaginable. The peeple here seem to be more friendly than those in San Nicolas or Cebu. Of course they are rather shy yet, as the soldiers have not been stationed here a month. This will soon wear 03 though. and before long I eXpect we will be overrun‘ with them, [or they are the greatest: nuisance any person can imagine when they get acquainted. The President asked for troops to be stationed here. as the insurgents ‘were preparing to attack them. Everyone has taken the oath of al- legiance and we will have no trouble from the city folk. We have one post. and, there being fifteen of us for duty. we will get four nights in bed. It is very hot here now, and, in the middle of the day, it is almost impossible to move around. The only time you can enjoy yourself is for three or four hours in the even ing. and even then it is uncomforto ably warm. From two to six in the morning are the coolest hours and a blanket comes in very handy. As we have a telegraph office here, we are not so badly off as we might be yet being sixty miles from Cebu. we are pretty well out of any kind of civilization. Our rations come up in a boat and we get rations for thirty days at a time. There was a native buloed a short distance from here. and although cut up pretty badly I think he will re- cover. He has two bad cuts on the hip and arm, the bone lwing partially damaged A runner from Oslobe is repoted missing and it is thought he was captured by insurgents. We re- ceived a message last night that Generals Luga and Gnrdiuas are marching on us from Cat-can. As yet we haveheurd nothing,r from them I can tell you we kept our eyes open. With our guns loaded and a good guard on, I think we can give a good account of ounselves. Well, I hOpe Durham will get the Cement Works running all right; forI can tell you lam going back some time to settle down and might like to work there ii I forget all about printing. But I must say, that being half way around the world, if chances prove satisfactory, I must see the other half, if I die in the attempt; and if a tropical climate and Mauser bullets cannot foze me, I do not think a boat ride around South Africa can do me any harm. f- This eignature is on :nu-ry L0: or the genuine Laxative iir-fiznanQninine Tubm- the remedy thct «are. a cold In one W Canned Goods of All Kinds. Season will soon be on. Don’t forget we are still in the ring, and will pay the highest prices in cash or trade. Ready made clothes. A choice stock jus_t in at pric- es from 311.25 to $12. A large assortment of Hate, Straw and felt. Groceries.â€"â€"Raisins. Figs, prunes. curt-ants, etc.. etc. The best Teas and 003693 always in stock at lowest prices. DURHAM. Your son, FRANK Inwm. furniture warcrooms. THE PEOPLE’S MILLS. Having ‘dopted the Cub Sys- tem I beg to quot Flour, etc.. u the undormentioned prices to my Patrons and Cub Cus- tomato:â€" £9"? Quito}! Flog: por_bbl. ...... $4 20 --t\ Strong Bsken' V 7“ The above flours are equal to any other flour on the market. Pea Cbop per 1% lbs ................ Cl 10 Out Chop " ................ l 00 Low Grade Flour per 1001!» ........ 1 00 Give us 0. triel and be convinced that our prices ere right. Above prices are strictly cash. All goods delivered to all parts of the town. All accounts past due must be promptly paid or will be put into other bands for collection. Tclopbono No. 8. Stacks of Wall Paper. In all conceivable designs are here. If you knew how cheap artistic wall pa- per is at our store, you wouldn’t let those rooms go another season with their old wall covering. Freshen them up; it’ll cost you but little, and means lots of comfort. Sbcwcll s; [cnabm MacFABLANE CO. Draggists 6; Booksellers. Lower Town. Durham. The Furniture and Under- taking business formerly carried on by J. A. Shewell will henceforth be known by the firm name of Shewell ‘ Lenahau, a partnership having been formed for the transaction of business. Old Customers and new ones are respectfully requested to call and visit us in our new Show Rooms in the McIn- t,\ re Block, next door to the Bank, where we will be found night and day to cater to the wants of all. _. McGowan. III furniture . 't . During the Holiday Season. GIVE US A CALL: Lower To wn. ézeszt- M 2:». was? 0 ‘-' *' 53W 74? vfi ’4 m‘ in? we Ia§%¢£%§% '5 * 3: Peel, The Shoe Man. 3 No wire lighter than No. 9 used as horizontslsunone smaller than No. 7 for verticals. ell thoroughly galvenized. Not a} pound of soft Wire is used: This fence out be built upon rough and broken uroqnd. or In swamp land where It is impossible to build other roll wire fence. We give for less monev e fence weighing et lesst 25 to 50 per cent. to the rod more then woven wire fence. The herd wire bss twice the tensile or breaking stren h of soft wire of the same size. By the use of heevy uprights you are not com- pell toenchor stones between posts to revent h s from lifting the bottom wire an crowding pnder, The .l‘rogt Wedge L minke: s irect and perfect binding witlmut :t crimp. twin or binding in either wires. It is the only rfect lock whwh permits tlm use at hoary herd wire for it rights. The tee ere e of It end u inch steel tubing. braced wherever needed wit upright st tubes. The hinges ere edinsteble. no thnt the gstes cen be lowered to suit circumstsncss. New hinge ellows it to be lifted oi. D. J. MCKINNON, ‘9’; b1; 7! fié I‘Féi Al'e cordially invited to visit our Shoe Store. wlneh is so '1 ' often pronounced the only re- liable spot to get unto-(late footwear, We are always on the alert to have the best val- ues for our customers. The ladies should see our lines in “King Quality," and especially the Ameri- éan shoes. They are just the swellest goods that have ever struck this town. Peel, The Shoe Plan 9 Anon-M HATS AND CAPS in all stxles and at lowest prices consistent with quality. OVERCOA'I‘Sâ€"Dandies for $10.00, cheaper ones if you Want them. SUI'I‘SaThe very best for the money in the latest styles. l:‘O()'l‘ WEARâ€"Men's, Women’s and Children's Boots, Shoes, Overshoes, Rubbers, etc., etc. UNDERWEAR--You must see it to appreciate the quality. GENT’S FURNISHINGS â€"Collars. Ties, plain and fancy shirts of high quality and low price. FRESH GROCERIES ALVA 78 IN ITOCK. AND GUARANTEE SATISFACPION. Hard Steel Coiled Wire Horizontala G. Uprights. Frost Wire Fence C. HeArthur, Casb System. WE CAN FIT YOU AND STEEL GATES. fill People 0 O o o O 1 munhulhv InVIth In rm” 'm‘ S" é! .>\‘ '26' fi June 20. 1901. D. CAMPBELL.