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'pt'. 79‘ t I? Fin: 1' II '11:" ”I!!! p,, 3:3,: F,7,hl' p, F'l p, 1': Pat McKenzie 'vtihs. "t.t'rve h(' was than» lung thy rlmrnw of the ston took puss”- siun of him and he made an engagement with the ship"Garnet Hill," sailing for China. The tirst letter received by his parents arrivedahout the beginning of February and several others followed at intervals smt‘v. INTERESTING LETTERS FROM A DUR HAM BOY. Last Netttetultt ml Cecil Gun. in left on a trio Front these interesting letters we have been ptivileged to make extracts to present to unr readers. The first letter is frcn, “Ghee Foo, China, Jan. H mp" and he says: "The Garnet. Hill arrived in the har- bor of Chee Foo after a passage of ninety-ninedays. We had a long and trtliuus mssage. and since we entered the leiuw Nea we have had nothing but gales and storms resulting in the t':ll'lylll){ away ot' all on" deck cargo and half the bulwarks. CheeFoo is not a grunt shipping port. " Is mostly stt' un-lmats and tttett of war that come in here. Scum-times as many as five s-te,aus-ltoats come in here in one day. You wantml nw to lump a "log" father. and I triml todo so, but when we ware on our ilt'illH-t‘lltis fur five days in the hillow Sm. with salt wattw. and lwing “mum in lmul iumcil not much can he lll'l lull " "II Hll't' to write sint'v. Do lll‘l “wiry about luv and the ship, she l\.l LIIuNl ‘lllill shir. inns good ruptuin. m.m-~ and t'rt'W. l will aicsrwilre our ship. llvrmpm-il)‘ is L',l'C, tum. is 1:50 ti. In“: and has p.) t't lk'HIl. draws ill n ot' "nit".', masts 17.3 ft from the 1lecic .nnl 1vuvitrs ll? mi“. Wh.," in 1'hetstro Wt' My alrout " tnile from shore and no um- th as' allowed to go on shore but the captain. so Isaw Very little of that plate. We left ('he'e-fim on the 2nd of March and wet'e towed up to Ti-ku. .300tniles. by the fine triple expansion tug. the Fa-wan. We did it in a, hours. Rico-chow is not much of a place. is just beginning to grow but they have maumiticent forts and men-uf-war guard- ing it. It is very mach land-looked and on all the good positions they have every wan apparatus imaginable. Very close to us is the huge German cruiser the "Deutehland," and on the other "I wrote you in I'l nut had a (-ham'o- to not worry about. me isa good solid ship. 1 main and crew. I shir. Her capacity i: ft. "tttt and has 49 " I of water. masts 175 t on a. n “land. Ur Sn J,_A. HUNTER, MR It I) nds for ith salt l pencil 80 Wt ton, w ch P1061! " spirit I the Wt "vFoo and have write since. Do and the ship. she ms good captain, will descrilw our VLF?) tons, is 350 wan». draws 21 ft ft from the deck Pt ll In- deprived of tt in April is v- up: . li’tl‘) NH. l't’lllt'lll can Efifiggxxmxawxwxwmxmwxmemmwmmmmwmmwxfimmgww [sh rpri my: Mrs SHIP is the German truism. Kaisevin- Augusta, and a little way off is another. ttuisee and battleship. This owning i’rnm- Wilhelm of G'vr'tttttu.v, who has been staying here, left on the lhutthland with the Kaisttiue-Ausrusta as escort.” [This place is the port seized by Gor- mzmy two yle ago. and now strongly fnrlitio-(H Writing on the 29th of May ft'nm Shanghai. he suvs: do is step over the ganj: plank and we are ashore. Whru, you are t)ll('t' ashore you walk aliout, .30 yards to then-xt street and tilt-IF are hundreds of "llit'kshans" waiting to take you to any part of Shanghai you want to go to. They are two-wheeled (-arls drawn by t'hiuaitum, who vital-gt- ten rents an hour, and run along as fast as the slow trot of a horse. Shanghai is made up ofdiffevenrsettlvmentsi, here is English town, there American town, in another part is Frenehtown and in another part Chinese town. Shanghai is a great, shipping port, there are a lot of sailing ships here with case oil from New York. large. mail steamers direct from England America and all parts of the world. There are many coasting steamers here too, and what. with men-of-war, tugs. launches and sampans. there is much din and tvaftic. The ship will he here a long time. I dare say she may not go hark to Portland when she is suwveved and fixed up. She may go to New t'aledonia to load silverore for England, she may go to Rangoon to load rice for Germany. she will not, load in Shanghai for all the tvaific here is done b.vsteuru-hoats [am writing this in the seamen’s mission and I must Hose now as the chinaman who looks after the show, has come to tell me he wants to close up." About a month agn word was received by his frit-mk that the Garnet, Hill had arrived in Portland after a 36 days I',:",'.,')',',")"),.',. from Shanghai. Cecil was on man! safe and well, hut duos nun say whether. he is going to stick to the ship or that he has had enough of the ocean. Iwo regret this budget did not reach our office last week till We had gone to press-ED.] Mr. John Richardson. of Muskoka, attended the funeral of his sister. Mrs H. Bony. We arrived 1tepe pussugt- from Kioo-c. in the vivee till yestt the dry dock Imw, ' do is ‘10]; over the ur, Mm Lena Johnston is at present very low with typhoid fever at Mount Forest. The home of Mr. David Donnelly was brightened by the arrival of another w, Intended for last week. Vlckers. hen ' after " tt-lrday’s how. We lay out, why, but Wt' are in Lml all we have to an}; plank und we mm are unm- ashore Ov. “'ednesdey. the filth inst.. an- other of those pleasant events whith we all like to attend orenrred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. t‘orbett. when their. youngest daughter. Chviso. tine, was united in marriage to the man of her ehoir'e. Mr. Thos. Living- stone. of Mount Forest. The reremony was performed hy the Rev. Mr. Jansen in the presenre of about it)” guests. The bride looked charming and was becomineg attired in white silk with bridal veil and orange blossoms and was supported by Miss May Living- stone, while Mr. Jos. Corbett. acted as groomsman. The wedding march was played by Mrs. w. D. Mills The cere- mony being over the crowd then as- sembled on the lawn in the. front of the house and were photographed by Mr. Browne. There was a fine display of useful and valuable presents. Mr. Cot- hett’s large family of five sons and four daughters, although separated for many years, Wt'te all gathered home. Those from a distance were. Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Corbett. of Sault, Ste. Marie l Mr. and Mrs. James (‘orl-ett. of ('ali- fornia ', Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Corbett. of Algoma: Mr. John Covlrett. and Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong. of Gram-n- hurst. and Mrs. Jos. Parker. of Hirk. well. A family group was also taken by Mr. Browne early in the day. After all had partaken of the excellent. spread prepared by Mrs. Corbett. a pleasant evening was spent in sorial chat, mnsic and song, while those who were. so in- clined tripped the light fantastic, far into the morning to music supplied by Mr. Saunders. of Durham. The happy couple left amidst showers of rive to take the evening train for Gait and other places. Was the hall that hit G. B. Steudmnn of liewark, Mich. in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers than no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Al- nies Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises. Burns, Bails. Felons. Corns. Skin Eruption. Best Pile can; on earth. Me Draggists. I) ' ht" Red Hot From The Gun. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Gl Ill tttartist/e In tln v, Mr. Thus. Living. n'osl. 'l‘hovvwnmny Emu. Mrs. Henry I mgr. Her ru- in the Hanan-r TORONTO XPERIENCED MALE TEACHER; E wanted for s. S. No. 3, Betttinek, l for 1900. Applications giving} experience and qualification received 5 by the undersigned up to Nov. l, 1899. t J. W. VICKERS, I Sept. PS, 1899. Secretary. cur», whethpr he lives or duw. In "ll run dawn and don't our" whethur he lives; or diva It did nwre to give me new etrength and good appetite that: 'uwthiucr, I could take. I can now eat anything and have u new lease on life." Only 50 cunts at our drug stores. Every bottle guaranteed. 3 The) people here urn (-mnplnining of the nuisnm-v of dvoces of pigs running the road how. A few days nun a, little girl was sent to n stmv. and going horn" she was attacked by those raven- ous hrutvm she had to run to a fence and (-limh arm- into n field. and in the scare lost. some little change she had. She camp hack to one of the houses here and had to get assistance past those pigs. Tum. Victims tn stomnch, liver and kidney troublerx as well as mum-n, and all fowllhe rosults in locs ufupnetile. poirozm in the MOM. luackacllr, nev'xnnwnvsm headache anal tired. liutiess, tmu-down fvellng. Bur zlwre's no need to feel lllh- that. Lute“ to J. W. Gardner. Idavillv, Iud. He, saw-‘1 "Electric Bitters. are Just the thing for A mun whom he i., all run down. nml (innit cur». whether he lives or dim. lt all run pains in nxmg up n rvam-o 14w HH'I!‘ preacher. hnw. The Lmlius’ Aid m superintending the finishiv4r, up of the inside detpuvtmeur. while u first rims carpenter supm'vist-s the mnpunler work. Heavy funds at whivh ripouml up lat: Tho Mora-nob part puitrs in fixing up " ()m- budget of nmvs last w in the paper. We export reach the office in time. MM IEHGHER illllllifl) Lvicudcd Brave Men Fall. Hopeville t tN'H" night (mi tst Wm F,'rF',1Aytli,Tdlf lust week I st uff. ll fl was in did In thch ' Fill T: “I ij,'; i'i'i P. t: 11:11}: " '0rL1olrL90rLVDoriortVTor ll b?. " I I: II‘ - x 5’ r." P,, III Pgip, Ph, p, p, I?! " " " " (In {if}: Pri if: Fl', " p, 'ld'r1i11i'l,'rt h'.' C McArthur, We take pleasure in "mum/wing] In the General Public thut we here mmureed our Shark (lo/(w 1mm um] are new opened W" /or basiness in .11 eCruckeds .VMI' Slow on G'ara./'raaw Street. We slut/l he pleustul to hare the ("at/mud patronage (3" our frieutls and mark esteemed eustinm'rs, and at the smug. time we /'npe In htereuse our "eeitiniuueeship am] solicit increased pa- tronage. lhw Stock, as heretofore, will consist in Full Lines of U [rm-(late Gouls--lny Goods, iteudy-Made Clothing, Hats rim] Cups, Boots and Shoes, and a. Complete Line of Groceries. (Mr Goods and Prices are always flight. We invite special inspection ofoar Large Stork of Boots and Shoes. Come and (Il'qltallt yourself with our New Store and Location, we consider it always a pleasure and privilege to show our goods. Opening Announcement. ~L The Peter Hamilton Implements: Binders and Mowers, Horse Rakes, Seed Drills, Spring Tooth Cultivators, Gang Ploughs, fkutflera,' Long Ploughs and “arrows. A ent For several good Fire and Life Inmnnoe g Companies. Money to loan at lowest rates. at The Busy Farmer ity a _ii)ri: of the saving of expenses. G'aaiiii tad CARRIAGES ot every description " tine prices. Wants the best and wants it at once. To meet these two conditions he will examine and buy, . MacFARLANE, Sr OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH " ITS EQUIVALENT. WE GIVE THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR BUTTER AND EGGS TRAVELLERS the farmer gets the behetit Gy, Durham, Ont WI are now opened G'ara.f'raaw Street. patrouage Q" our Me same time we Lui' m it has also been in columns - evel hook of $4 pug should he i gran 'Funily Baud "sipttoet lists ti pwmiums fot delful pupm‘ Weekly Star.’ that to mark I publislwrs are this season tw instend of one two decided " picture "Alum pic-tune eestiU ly whoa-men not a. dolly-'8 The Family ivy auction. " er. October 2% We Inn-:1 er. tttopt " 'vet it II HHS M M Tl week and gentleman. um-eemry a the will mm arts evePy intelligent wordy In The Sun Ryan-Ide- the Sun ti of next ye Phi. , h't'oatt . moving In A mum" mum " mth. ing pie impun is the tf th Trim 1'ot% ltatt CHAS. RA [Mid]! tttit TH E IEE' IN Hill)". Fur the l HM " _ ' Local - Lucas, lh TIM ll meet itt Assam Tl” Il At the) (Sear NAN ' H. I 1nd tt " d u N Al "