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i1pS, owing ; oâ€"day for tents and RED INE§$ assed df farm ttiement A m y o« Highest . Horse lor, UwTork. [} rham. i1s ISs & n very sb con. evancer se acres, m â€"Mr. iAYrDn owned known to healte ral years® d diseas@ n to hi# hose wheo charge) & : will Amd remedy eription prove & 0t great 11 at 5 ay 15 modâ€" CS O ++ +â€"0i+ [ dgassesse iess e We take this opportunity otf thanking our customres for past patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continmuance of the same. 6 6 VPPER TOWN DURMHAM 8848 â€"â€"S8+4 Oin Black and Colored Wool Serges, 25¢ a yard. Fancy Figured Lustres (a snap) at 30, 35 & 50¢ a yd. Double Fold Cashmere. (in black only) 12%e a yard. Challies in dark colors, 66 a yard. Our Prints are guaranteed fast colors. Large White Counterpanes, worth $1,50 Tfor CI.â€"La;Fc white, all linnen table covers. worth $1.75 for $1.0.â€"Table Oil Cloths in white and colors. in wide, 2#%¢ a yda.â€"Men‘s Top Shirts from 25¢ up.â€" Nee our Ladies Oyord Shoes before buying, they cannot be beat.â€" Best Ladies Shoe dressing. 10 and 2#¢ a bottle regular 15 and 25¢.â€" 21 only, Crystal Table Setts at 2%¢ a sett. 8in Im,. Cut Glass Fruit Bowls, 20¢ each, Nappies to match 60¢ a dozen.â€"Whaps at all prices, a good rawhide at 50¢.â€"Salada Ceylon Tea at 25¢, 30c and 40¢ a lb. LACE CURTAIN®S. 1Durhiim. Aug. 9th. °906. [ JPPER TOWN [J[QURHAM... \GCGutters A4%88%%4% > & AT i ODur Piano and Organr trade is firmly established. Best makes. Purest tones. Do you want a Sewing Machire? Try the New Williams.â€"â€" Highest dprice paid for Wood in exchange for goods. C. McKINNON. Stoves We beg to inform our Customâ€" ers and the Public generally that we have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its equivalent, and that our . Motto will b } arge Sales & Small Profits." â€"»â€"The CASHâ€" yards Long VOL. T HE BIG 4. \t prices that will surprise. DRESS GOODS. UPPER TOWN IMPLEMENT WAREROOMS. BEAN & CO... *%4% 50 . McKINNON‘8. %%% inches wide, ¢ a pair. #+ 4 650 64 #* #* 75c 64 ‘ S Tt e m ADOPTED BY c J. McKechnie. NO. 18. .. G. & J. McKECHNIE. of all kinds, COOKING STOVES, HEATING STOVES, BOX STOVES Cutters and Sleighs of the best quality and at prices away down. £1.00 he Burha *"VImV SHGIP Nearts be as cold as t | The Mobammedan inha:tbit.ant.s‘of ie wordas are bot, they might puts 'plains are an industrious, highlyâ€" restraint upon theirclamor, Aret] skilled people. The negroes, or P *PU ‘not misery, want and sorrow eno lans, of the mountain regions are 4ttle / in the world that we must needle known savages. Tobacco is cultivatâ€" increase them by shedding each ott | ed as a government monopoly by neat" | poog ang destroy the common stc ly a million impressed laborers, wh9 | The great improvement wanted is t are slaves in all but name. Bemd,es'fireeating politicians, preachers, jou these, every native in the settled disâ€" | alists and contractors, when they h tricts is compelled to give forty day‘s set nations by the ears, should th labor every year on the public roads© selyes be sent to face the shot. and bridges. _ Spanish oflicla.ls senti ied Wemennenss i ree ae maiinide oo e ie 5o+ / â€" AOLOWINSHITR of TiE wan tunes as rapidly as possible, and are | o mbegs quite unscrupulous in the methodsi The first shot bas now been fir they employ for the object. Hente and who can say how far, in the 1 the general disaffection and Cert@inty | gon; state of the world, its echo»s n of a faurious uprising, as predicted,â€" on Ay. the appearance of a fleet hostile to| The government of Cuba as a â€" Spain., ‘There are seven regiments Of pendency by Spain is hopelessly b: infantry and one of cavalry entirely and ought to end. Her emancipat composed of natives. The only Span. will be a natural step in the gene _ Phese are twelve hundred islands ‘in the Philippine group. In reality ) they are the summits of a group of subâ€" inarine mountains, immany of which are active yolcanoes. As may be imaginâ€" ed, earthquakes are frequent, and sometimes very destructive. During: the change of monsoons terrific hurriâ€" canes sweep along the islands, making navigation extremely hazardous. The rainy season begins in May and lasts till December, and is unhealthy for | Europeans. _ The total area of the group is estimated at a hundred and twenty thousand square miles, and for natural wealth is unsurpassed, it it is equalled, by any similar extent of ‘territory on the earth. _ Mineral deâ€" | posits of great variety and plcntit‘ul-’ ‘ness abound, the soil is wondefi'uily; | fertile, the rivers and lakes are many |. {and teem with fish _ The m(»untains! , which often rise to seven thousand feet, ! ' |are clothed with forests of the most| {\'al 1able timber, and these forests are || ‘inhabited by an astonishing number 1 and variety of birds, monkeys and | !l‘cptilcs. For a naturaliss the Philip-;I pines are a paradiso of inexhaustible | , }treasures. In possession of a murej progressive and enterprising nation | g than Spain, their wealth and importâ€"| | ance would be incalculable. Thef; population, estimated at about eightfo millions, is divided into widely diyerâ€"| Â¥ sified races, all of which are more 9" /A less opposed to Spanish domination. ; $ But bere, as in Cuba, the halfcastes; n arve the most disaffected. In January, (a 1872, an insurrection broke out, and'fi was suppressed with savage ferocity. l p Again last year there was a formidable ( h; rising, which has not yet been sup-!('l pressed, and whichis sure to assume r greater proportions now that Spain is h at war with the United States. Ex 1 cannot now give further details. The spirit of the navy and volunteers is excellent." ‘"‘There was considerable loss ofW‘l’ife Captain Cadarso, commanding the Maria Christina, is among the killed. "Our fleet, considering the enemy‘s superiority, natcrally suffered a severe loss. The Maria Christina is on fire, and another ship, believed to be the Don Juan de Austria, was blown up. ‘"Our fleet engaged the enemy in a brilliant combat, protected by the Cavite and Manila forts. They obligâ€" ed the enemy, with heavy â€" loss, to manocuvre repeatedly. At 9 o‘clock the American squadron took refuge behind the foreign merchant shipping, on the east side of the bay. ‘ took up positions, opening with a strong fire against Fort Cavite arsenal. Early last Sunday morning, the first naval engagement between the opposing fleets in the present war took place at Manila, in the Philippine Islands. _ Spanish reports claim the Americans were driven off but three of their ships were burned or sunk and it is reported that 200 are slain. Spain still controls the cable, so the Americans, without a base, may have trouble in doing more at present. The following is the Spanish official report : "‘Last night, April 30, the batteries at the entrance to the port announced the arrival of the enemy‘s squadron, foreâ€" ing a passage under the obscurity of the night. At daybreak the enemy These are GREAT NAVAL BATTLE United States Victorious. THE PHILIPPINES. DURHAM. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898 _ The first shot bhas now been fired, and who can say how far, in the preâ€" sent state of the world, its echo»s may Ay. The government of Cuba as a deâ€" pendency by Spain is hopelessly bad, audl ought to ent'i. Her emancipation mM Buss m lee m eR H nay c 1 e us " _ Few of us really lay to heart the | guilt of an unnecessary resort to arms. |Soldiers who have seen a battlefield | know what war is They know, one | of them said, that it is heil. Most of us are the dupes of abstraction. Men | and women who yell or shriek for this | war with Spain baye before their mind‘s eye a lay figure in the garb of |a bullâ€"fighter which it is glorious fun . ;tfo{belabor. The hideous réalities, the‘ | battlefield heaped with carnage, the | hospital filled with agony, the crew drowning or being scalded to death in the sinking ironclad, the mourning ‘homes they do not see. If they did, though their hearts be as cold as their words are hot, they might put some restraint upon their clamor. Are there not misery, want and sorrow enough in the world that we must needlessly increase them by shedding each other‘s blood and destroy the common store ? The great improvement wanted is that fireeating politicians, preachers, jourrâ€" alists and contractors, when they have set nations by the cars, should themâ€" selyes be sent to face the shot. Bystander in ] paragraph on t] append : Bells in Chicago and elsewhere were rung in rejoicing at the declarstion ot war. This ghoulish teeling will be changed when sons and brothers, who went forth in pride return mained or lic rotting in the tropics, or at the bottom of the sea. | _ However a good deal has been acâ€" ’complished. Many â€" thousands of |healthy Americans have been moyed towards Florida and the Gult of Mexâ€" ico. and before long will be in Cuba where their health will be greatly en« dangered by the guns of the Spanish j Don, and the dreaded ‘‘Yellow Jack". It will be of course decidedly unhealâ€" thy for the Spaniard to meet them there, so on the whole, casualties, fatal ones, are likely to be distressingâ€" ly numerous in a very short time. And then on various seas floating castles, armed as neyer was a land castle, are likely to become the coffin and the cortege of brave men, who having no quarrel with each other, are yet endeavoring to kill each other for| their country‘s good ! ‘ . Fifty million dollars spent by the United States up to a certain day last week and the only fatal casualities reâ€" ported was the death of a mule in the ramparts of Matanzas. | A monopolistic and prohibitory trade |policy has greatly retarded the develâ€" |opment of the islands. In tact, the |commerce is said to be little better |now than it was in the sixteenth cenâ€" tury, when the trade between China and the Spanish colonies of America was the richest in the world. _A bad greedy, fiscal system, restrictions on foreign shipping, discouragement â€"of all enterprise, not under the patronage of a notoriously corrup®, incapable government, ecclesiastical control in temporal as well as spiritual affairs, the utter neglect of education, all comâ€" bine to render these islands, prodigâ€" iously rich in all that should make a country great and prosperous, the most miserable and turbkulent region on the face of the globe. _ In spite of all, however, English and German and American merchants have established lucrative businesses, which, under happier auspices, would become of great importance. The best thing that could happen the islands would be to fall under the power of a nation that weuld know how to govern them and develop their wonderfal resources. â€"Montreal Witness. igh troops are two brigades of artillery and a corpse of engineers. The navy consists of a few old fashioned ships and a number of feluccas employed as revenhe cutters to prevent smuggling. THE ATROCITY OF wWArR. Sn +o * M § ts winnenese swsc last week‘s Sun has a this subject which we hbave been moyed d the Gult of Mexâ€" will be in Cuba will be greatly enâ€" general T arls 6s.cl, cieared, the remainder hardwood date Yankee to plan and precipitate a bush. war that could be conducted without The soil is first class and every acre loss of life. The American fleet has sueâ€" isworkable. Well fenced and convenâ€" ceeded in capturing a few Spanish scows ient to Church and Sehool. tood log laden with lumber and other truck. It house, frame bank barn, with stone was also reported that one Spanish| stabling. Three wells with pumps are merchantman laden with a bunch of| on the place. bananas and +wo dozen Spanish onions] It is 6 miles from Durham and 3 has been taken. _A later report, howâ€"‘ miles from the Varney Station on the ever, says there was only one dozen of‘ G.T.R. r onions, As to the Fpanish fleet it has.‘_ For farther particulars apply on the n‘t captured anything yet, and is not: premises to likely to. Its chief concern appears to Mrs. Wa. Gaop, be in keeping out of the road. This is a or to Prop. beautifal war.â€"[ Walkerton Telescope.) Jas. WEBBER, Durham. Tnxr War.â€"The Spanish American war has been on for a week now, but nobody has been killed, not even woundâ€" ed. That‘s the right kind of war. Civiâ€" lization appears to be doing much for humarity. Under the old order of things when nations went to war, somebody was sure to get hurt, and sometimes they actually killed one anotber, but it remained far the inventive and upâ€"toâ€" against the worse mind of the United States themselves, . separation of the Western from the Eastern hemisphere, which has been h going on for the last century, and is «| destined one day to be complete. The â€"| United States as a paramount power , |of the Western group of nations are warranted and even bound by nature, ‘ Jas the great European powers are in |their own group of nations, to intervene when there is absolute necessity, in | the interests of justice and humanity. | All three of these propositions, not exâ€" cepting the last, may be received \ | without pronouncing the present war ) | wise or just. _ If the Bystander may |trust his own experience, few responâ€" |sible and thoughtful Americans are to be found in favor of the war. This holds gooud, as he is credibly assured, |even with regard to the West, the reâ€" puted hot bed of the war spirit. Unâ€" less Mr. Cleveland has been greatly misrepresented, his response to the adâ€" dress of the students at Princeten, while it is striclldy patriotic. shows that the strongest and wisest man in Ameriâ€" can public life regards the commenceâ€" ment of hostilities with sorrow. _ The war is the work of irresponsible and unreflecting muiltitudes, inflamed by a sensational press and too faithfully represented in Congress, especially in the Senate, the character of which has been miserably lowered of late years, while contractiors and greedy speculaâ€" tors of all kinds, not to mention Efilders [ot Cuban bonds, have been stirring the profitable fire. The President, a fiood man, aad himself evidently in favor of peace, surcumbs to the yviolence of his party as Madison _ succumâ€" ‘ bed _to the _ violence _ of the |â€" WarHawks who hurried him into the war of 1812 In deploring the| war, therefore, we shall not be taking | the part of Spanish oppression against the United S[t)ates, but that of the better | 1 ho Ask Druggist or write direct to J. M Weak and Impure Blood, | Liver and Kidney Diseases, _ Female Complaints. etc. :Touchesthe spot 4# * MacLeod‘s System Renovator H. PARKEFR KALSOMINE, PARIS WHITE, WHITING, COLORS, GLUES, MIXED _ PAINTS, VARNISHES, WHITE WASH BRUSHES, AND PAINT BRUSHES. ____.aa_ms also H. PARKER, DURMHAM # Alabastine should be used on every part of & building, to he whitened, tinted, painted, varnishâ€" ed, filled, grained or papered, from floor to roof, outside and in ; it is used under gaint, varnish and paper, but makes a etterfinish alone for walls. Sixzteen Fashionable Tints and White. FOR SALE BY TORONTO ALABASTINE WALL COATING. Alabastine makes a coat Review. et to J. M. MacLeon, Goderich, Ont, ARKER, Druggist, Dnrham. FOR The undersigned uffers for sale the frrm, sometimes known as the "Gadd farm" Normanby, bel% lot 15, on the 3rd con. It contains 100 acres about 80 gl:fia.red' the remainder hardwood The soil is first class and every acre is workable. Well fenced and convenâ€" ient to Church and School. Good log house, frame bank barn, with stone stabling. Three wells with pumps are on the place. Mr, (George McDonald being very sick. We all hope to hear of George‘s quick recovery as ho hbas made many lr?u.fi round Zion. First Class . . . Farm For Sale . . Suy, but was‘ut Johunie tickled when he got that long looked for letter last woek? Wonder how often hbe read it? No wouder he stayed so long round Barrie and Allandale this winter. Miss Susan Timmins has visited Durâ€" ham quite olter lately, ber brotherâ€"inâ€"law NMr. George MUcMonald haoino vare mlate A few of Zion‘s yoang people gathored at the Falls on the 12th of April and spent a jolly time. They buried the old miun in the museum, went over the river and fed the sheep a whole bag of burley, ‘any sougs, mauade speeches and, what! why ! went home in conples, Mr. Hugh Firth 1 for the Gem Wire ® ready for contracts. Mr. W. Taylor, says it scarce pays to race seeding so he 1s crossplowing onrly lout and neglecting to do uothing that will heip to insure & good crop. He eays the Musseyâ€"Harris Seedâ€"driil he bought of Agent Calder, Du:ham, is a dandy. Zion Church and Cemetery is being ornamented these days by n new wire fence. Master Huogh Firth bas the conâ€" Wact aud is sure to muke an good job. Mr. Tom Timmins 1s assisting. Mr. Tnomas Cook having rented Mrs, Deiancy‘s farm is making things fly in great order. He has upmwmards of six ty acres of crop to wrestle with. Well Tom is good for it. and oinerl«ite crops. This bas been one of the best of springs »o far. Mr. Wim. Kennie is making â€" things bustle this spring. Afier puting a large crop in at home, he is to put part of the W, Edwards‘ farm in on shares. Most of onur farmers nre ng with the exception of and other late crops. This of the best of springs »o fa ESTABLISH‘D 1 856.. WHOLE NO. 1051. Firth | DURHAM., has taken an agency tence Company, and is ZION. through seo(e a lhittle barley by H. 31 4. 3 4 I »