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A WEEKLY POLITICA Oufaric Obserues. | AGRICUL TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, gis --" Wala *q yy 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PRRRY, ONT. CAPITAL tus ; coo B R OKERS, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, $3. ,O0 0, PORT PERRY, BAIRD & PARSONS. PORT PERRY BRANCH. | ALE Jonge yams of money on hand for x tin. 4 . : 3 em . TERMS.--$1 per annum, if in-ad- : -- : v Investm: 0 7:qanges if uot $1.30 will bo charged No|gAVINCS DEPARTMENT. Purchased. ption taken e ; y » And no discontinued until all arrears o> Suis Dopustiosnt is now open is A Sumber Sf exeelient Farms for y And b Br Sai 3 {RATES OF ADVERTISING. FiveDollars and upwards received and inter= AG Forge THD i For each line, first insertion ..., est allowed thereon, : ENTS insertions, per line ...... 90% No notice of withdrawal required, i : Cards, under 6 lines, per annum .,,, . A. A. ALLEN, $F" Letters con ning money, when ads a: oy ed to this Office, pre-paid and. pegester- Mivaame. ; beatourrisk Lo a] 3 i. 8 Nonpareil, Ls "charged according tothe space they oc oy. ALLAN LINE Advertisements received for publication, No without specific instructions; will be inse! - until forbid and charged accordingly. advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for 1 ply LICENSED Tr. A liberal di t and others who adveitise by the year or 'ear, BEF" These terms will in all cases be to o Job Department. Pamphlets, Hand Bilis, Posters mes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Pooks, Checks, Cards, Ball Cards, solor, executed prompt han any other establish strictly home with tham. 3. BAIRD. H. PAREONS. Pro- Receipt Books, Circulars, Business &c., of every style and y and at lower rates t in the County, . rties from a distance getting hand bills, &c, printed can have them done to take AUCTIONEER ! COUNTY OF ONTARIO, Township of Mariposa Charges to suit the Times, C. DAWES, Port Perry, Feb 13, 1879. r Of Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office in Mr, Ross' Ontario Buildings, . Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan. 23, 1679, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, COoNYEYANCEE, Commissioner for taking Affidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &o. MONEY 10 LOAN n any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages carafessionyl © ran. 1 Bought, Accounts, Notes, &c., Collec and prompt made. J. geon and Accoucheur. Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Queen and Perry Streets. OMee hours from 9a. m. tol2 m. Residence, the dwelling recently ozcuple Paxton. H. SANGSTER, M. D., Physioian, Sur- OMmee over Nott's Furniture Store; corner of d by Mrs. Geo, R. WARI D Ontario, goncheur, Office. Opposite the town hall Port Perry. RS. McGILL D &c., &c, OM WM. M'GILL, MT. hysician, Surgeon and Oshawa, Coronor for tho GOunty | of c- & RAE, Physelans, Surgeons, 06 and "Hiesidonces, King st. FRANCIS RAE, M,D. 1) ETURNING my sincere thanks to my \ numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer daring the past eight years, I would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright, My long and extensive practice as Auc- M. F. Tospital, Lond a, @syawa. ee B. FAREWELL, LL, B, Cou JS Attorney for Ontario, Barriste Rafleitor, and Notary Public. suptad by 8, H, Cochrane, Esq. Whith, 9 nty Crow r, Attorney A ESR AR "YMAN L. ENGLISH LL.B, Solicitor! Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. Oshawa. QMee--S8imcoe street, opposite the Post Offic pphind RE ---- OUNG SMITH, LL. B, Baerister, At~ " n 5 > LEN, M.D;, M. R. C. 8., Guy's Mo on, England. The liye R. Office lately oc- Brock street, tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of | Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale, Bill stamps always on hand. Sale Bills irranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may be arranged at the Opserver Office, where a Bale Register will be kept. Terms Liberal. W.M.W. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877, n e Go and Insolvency, Notary Publie, &o. 'Omeoe--MeMillan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &e. Office hours puactually from 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Money pe Loan at 8 per cent,on all} = kinds of good security. Ofice, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. F. PATERSON, ter and Attorney-at Law, Sie 'or in "hancery, Conveyancer, Notary ub- jr thes over Brown & Curries Store Port Perry. (late of DBeaverton,) BE. MAJOR, § ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties lL wishing his services can call at the «Qbgerver" Office, Port Perry, and arrange for days of Sales, Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879, WM. GORDON, L da A Vv , &e. s OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa - land Eldon, BG Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given to their interests. 'WM. GORDON, Britian, "Notaries Public, &, Port Perry. FB A large amount of money per cent. John Billings. J. A. MURR ATE Patterson & F Fenton, Surgeon Dentist. Office over i * Corrigth & Camp- S88 hell's ¥ i 'in 0 'atest and satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. 8 loan at A the very MeGILUIVRAY, Barristers | John A. McGillivray. Tegra sn WIRD best style and warranted to give Sunderland, Brock. T. H. WALSHE, ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County of Victoria. Residence==Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office; or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, and prompt remittances made. Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. 8 WM. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer. OC. N. VARS, L. D. 8. 'H inserted on all the latest princi p and as good in Gold and Silver. without pai esis. Dentical Roo Teeth ext {the and as cheap as the cheap- wl Cah the id Teeth filled n by producing local anmsth- ms--in Cowan's new block, ovor Atkinson's Drug Store, King $greet, Oshawa. ie HE Undersigned having taken out a T License as Auctioneer is now prepa to attend to all sales entrusted to him.-- Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, &c., also Farming Imple. ments of all kinds, Farm Preduce, &c, &c., parties placing their sales in my bands may rely on getting all for the property that is BUR Office, Gould's Block, Uxbridge. forthe Freehold Loan & Savings Co. VEYORS, CIVIL EN- omssrs, Draughtsmen, Solicitors of 0. W. LALLY. 0 Loan. --C. G, Hanning, Agent ible to bring. Ler arders promptly attended to, sale bills made oul and sale notes tarnished free of CN beitios leaving their orders at tbe Opsenver Office, Port Perry, will receive immediate and careful attention. Charges Moderate, 4 WM. HEZ2ZELWOOD, Raglan. Raglan, Sept 10,1878. M. SPENCE, CoxTracToR, Bumner, &c, Surgeon, W. BURN! Clerk of the Third Divi J. Hom Goart. * Ones 1 Blog, Offioe hours from 10 a.m Perry. L103 p. Mm. 9 OF 1 ly a al or 'to without dela; direotlyseuth » of INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES Port Perry, Nov L |. TOWNSHIP OLERE, of Marriage. veyancer, | weer of MANiage Lae T. C. FORMAN, For the County of Ontario. 1876. Ante Office] |. © FORMAN, ; | Port Petty Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker, House The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of Interest once a year (not in advance), and J. ADAMS, |' Money, Land & Insurance best cities, * HE Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public, W, HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo: dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province surpassed by none out of the Commercial Travelers, the Traveling ers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will in ai bo THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of J dation and moderation in charg: rhe Ohargep are No Higher at the Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up throughout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the choice of the market and the utmost atten tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS. An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlors, i W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. poze PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY. JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comtort- ably fu d, and Guests are cred for in he can at any timo, just as permit repay Jar or all of the principal, the Company binding themselves inthe mort- gage Lo accept such sum, whether large or small, and apply it as a direct reduction of principal, immediately cancelling the interest on the sum paid. No extra charge is exacted on such repayinent. Loans made from 2 to 2) years on farm, or good productive town property. In all eases where the title is perfect, cost will be very slight to the borrower. am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there can possibly be no publicity In the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be fad here in two weeks after making applica~ on. , the AsI JAMES LUND, Broker, &c., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom Uxbridge, May 17, 1877, MONEY TO LOAN, The igned hasany tof Money to lend upon Farm and Town: Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Broker, &c. Whitby, April 10, 1873. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a Inige amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrows ers--intepest at eight per cent. Expedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN, Manchester, October 17, 1877, MONEY TO LOAN. HE Sitbscriber is prepared to lend motiey on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, Agent for Western CaxapA Loan ap Savinas Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter:gt Eight per cent, No Commission. N. f. PATERSON, . Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, HS Money to Lean on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers. Mort. bought at lowest rates. Accounts, otes, &c., collected on reasonable Com. mission. Apply personally, or by letter to WES A Atictioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY [Private Funds,) To Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, BasnisTer, &o., shawa November 21, 1866. 4 WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1851. ne Tororo vary Tiboral Bi iris te OAPITAL , stowed an bt Tt [3:3 (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) : ; | Perty and_moved into v % ar cure Patents of Luvention, prepared | Zihert | ne wil 1, future, give) Andis HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. i re 5 hy - now ty undertalee | per » flocted at the lowest tare whieh hewil too . cqirent rates op Build! Merchandise, ; : at ihe vi rhich ) : Srv oiass workmanship, SPENCE. JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, Prince 1 1876, [3 , Port Perry. Atbeth ATHY) Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879. THE ONTARIO Famers' Mutual nsuance Co'! Head Office, Whitby, ---- the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country, Fare $1.00 per Day. (2 ERnaL HOTEL, The subscriber having succoeded Mr, Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams- burg, Cartwright, intends fitting it up witha view to the comfort and convenience of guests The supplies for the table and bar care- fully selected. PETER HOLT, Cartwright, March 4, 1879. YEVERE HOUSE, MANUHBSTRR. By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. NTARlO HOTEL, WHIgRY, T. MASON, ~ - PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at howe. 'Whitby, Nov. 9th, 1876. UEENS HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Ox. D. CAMPBELL, ProrrizToR This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers every accommodation to travelers. p&y First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached, Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 AZSo-aurRicay HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, PROPRIETOR. Having purchiised the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and ted the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the best Liquors and Cigars! Strict attention paid to the comfort w - = nests. The table and bar well supplied. W. H. PA v RE. Pritice Albert, June 12, 1875. ;A BESTRONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION, WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. Over the Bars. 8 milking time, and the cows came up from the meadows sweet with clover, d stood in the lane, while pretty Jane Had a quiet chat with the drover-- a quiet chat that it scarcely seemed a single word was spoken ; Ww fo : Jags spell with the night dews 4 Tel ' And the rhythme of song was unbroken, The cattle stood at the lovers' side, Without any show of vexation, As though impressed with a five-bar rost 'Was u part of their restoration. And as Jane listened to the riotes that came Right under the bars and over, Her béart took wing, the silly thing, And nestled up close to the drover. She heard him say his home was poor, That he'd nothing but love to give her; And she smiled content; as though love had spent Every arrow he had in bis quiver; She smiled content, when the evening air With voices of birds are ringing, And het lips confessed that a lowly nest Shottld not prevent her singing, So over the bare the lovers lean, In the jor of their sweet communion ; And their looks declared that puverty ne'er Shall be a bar to their tnion; 0, Sweetest music, go thread your thyires; Now under the bars and over ; Where pretly Jane, in the fragrant lane, Bewitched the heart of the drover, MY NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW. A little struggling plant of ivy, a out its gdlden life=this was all in singular altraction to my artist eye. All, I say? No, there was some- thing more, now and then. A girl's little songster; a pair of dark blue eyes, looking dreamily from beneath dreary view beyond; a girl's figure, charm. She seemed so unfitted to the life she muut lead in that wretched place with woes quite sufficient of my pathy to ber. Then, somehow, as time woro on, my pictures grew to look like her, until I determined to transmit her face to canvas. The picture possessed a strong fas- cination for me, It brightened all its beauty; it seemed a living, breathing presence in my chamber. I knew nothing of her life; her history, Even ber name was un- known to me, until one never-to-be- forgotten afternoon, I suddenly per- ceived before me a woman standing in the very path of two horses, driv- on hard down thestreet. Her fright had paralyzed ber, and, ere I could avert the danger, she had fallen al- most benpath their hoofs. Another moment and the wheels would bave passed over her body,ibut that 1 had seized ber almost as she fell, and drew ber torth into safoty. A slight cut upon the forehead was the sole injury she had roceived. For a few moments she remained The-Only Firet Class House in Town. {> ENSON HOUSE, Inte Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindsay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. HE QUEEN'S HOTEL, T WHITRY, ONT. McCANN & TAYLOR, ProprizroRs. Every dation for the ing public. ENTRE HOTEL, BAINTFIELD. mL iindersigried linving throughly reno-~ ; then, finding herself the cantre of a fast gathering crowd, she clung more closely to my pro- tecting arm, and whispered, 'Home!'4 «Iam nearly blind,' she said, as trombling with excitement, she still leaned heavily upon me. 'I should not have ventured out alone, My poor child! what will she say ?-- You must let her thank you, sir; I cannot} : Determining to avoid any expres: sion of gratitude, I was prepared to Jated and would now inform the traveling public that the utmost attention will be given to the comtort and convenience of all guests. Choice supplies for the table and the bar. Good Stabling and a careful hostler, JOS. BROWN, Proprietor. Balptfield, March 25, 1879. ivew Marriage Act. Port Perry, July lst, 1874. INRY CHARLES having been fo- leave her at the door, but when we reached it my resolution wavered.-- It was that of my neighbor, Per- haps it had been ber mother that 1 had been permitted to save. Slowly we mounted the stairs, up and up, until at length we paused. A door was thrown open; a young girl stood upon its threshold, a pale and anxious look upon ber face, As she caught sight of the blood slowly trickling down the woman's forehond, she grew white to the lips, and she sprang forward dnd oanght ber in ber arms, oblivious of the stranger who stood by her side, drinking in the beauty be had al- ready | d to know so well. i Marriage License Agente ee a - How could you--how could yoii ?' she exclaimed, 'Have I not said you must never go out alone? Tell me what bas happened ?' "Be calm, my child' the other answered, drawing her within the room, and motioning me to follow. ¢ Do you not see this gentleman ?-- be as low as ible Matual LL me 'Marriage Licenses. Bo NOVRE, Sogoiary Under the New Act. Offs, lot 10, In the W, H. BROWNE, General Agent. Brook, Aug, 5,197¢, 3 1t is he who has spared us to each shoulders to bear the burden alone, she never murmured, never complained. rose bush in bloom, a cage bung in| indow now, She had smiled and blushed the sun light, with a canary singing | when I confessed to her how long I had ' sie ambitions, when I looked upon it, until I head, making in hue the yellow | used to fancy the original shared uty hearth. on the bird's wing, bending over the | stone, cheering me with her cheer, warming | py ide, a gentle hand rested on my, head. flowers; a girl's hand, white and |me with her heart~warmth, inspiring me small, giving seed and water to the | With her love, Florence, some day shall | arg in our joy? Come, we are waiting. -- my dream be realized? When I can afford | 0; Roy | mamma has found two sons toe you a home, will you accept it? will you be ny i 4 my wife? With that goal in view, I fear : dark, sweeping lashes, on to the |,o4 put that I will win the race.' when the girl was absent--this was | was unprepared for the white look of what lent to the attic window its which overapread my darling's features as . o throwing out one hand as'if to warn me that even I, a poor, struggling artist, | oo Never speak of this again, if you own, felt my heart draw in sym- ship. clining. Would it not comfort her to know 'May heaven bless yohi' the daightor whispered; then, in 4 burst of bitter sobbing, sank at her mother's knee, hiding her face upon it. Ono hasty glance about the room. The old, familiar window was before me; the bird was singing his lond- est notes ; I could breatho the per- fume of the rose. Then, daring to intrude no longer, winning an assent that I might onqunire the next day how Mrs. Damrick was (she bad given ma her namie during our walk), I bowed my farewell. thw That night hood hai pO om its canvas, in the vain hope of doing justice to the beautiful otiginal, It may have been that eho felt she owed to me a debt of gratitude; it may have been that I first had been drawn to her through sympathy ; but from whatever cause, ere many weeks had sped, Florence Damrick atid 1 were firm, fast friends--nay, more, I had learned to love ber, and to hope the day might come when success would crown my efforts and give me the right to say, 'Be my wife! Accept the shelter of my home I" She never spoke of her past, though it was easy to read how, different it had heen from the bitterness ot the present. She, too, painted in water colors, filling orders for designs upon fans and boxes, and #0 stipported her mother and herself. The former at first had aided her, until her eyes failed, when it had fallen upon her brave But We had a little code of signals at the watched her among her birds and flowers, I forgot my lonely room, my unrealized I bad not meant to speak the words, but I an untarnished name. the window, yet it all possessed a |and how Ihad painted the face which had ) ¥ po! ato bewitetiod Tit. were again hers, I,an artist, struggling ' 1t was my fate, Florence,' I added then. | 4g her to climb it with me, When already had met by chance, which canght ny loved her dash lips?" : too generous to tell me why she must refuse my siiit. The fight was fotight I had won the victory, your card--your tiame~=I will ses this lady, and learn if your visit be distasteful to ber, If not, by to-morrow at this time I will give you her address.' * Distasteful I" he exclaimed, * It this is the face of Florence Damrick, I am her only brother! Itis a strange confidence give a stranger ; but you must know her well ta so America; 1 'Was arrested as o forger--as forging the name of the man who hisd been a second father to me, for an amount covering thousands, In vain I protested my inno. cence, I was thrown into prison. My mother gave all her?property tbat the note might be paid; thea, believing her bya fancy and somy brush. But no! S8houldI who the ctip of happiness from her She had loved, did love this man, but was Bir, I answered, 'If yon will give me lod tine; newly Hl then with the immediately into a hot o bake them fast. Turn them high, aod send them warm to fable, pull open dnd eat with butter, They will puff u Savy ig the last, you itir in & level team spoonfal of sod melted in Soul's ps a little warm arm OO -------- Buying his Reverence. Mr, Rochester gives notive, he stand in his place in the iy he nits ; recent election of a member of the House for the county of Carleton, the Hon. R. W. Scott, a member of the Senate, and then occapylog the position of Secretary of : did foterfere and intimidate in the said elec tion by furnishing money to the Rev. John May to induce him td become a candidate at the said election, and that the said Hon. R. W. Bcott did offer to bribe ofie John A. Grant, also at the raid election, to withdraw from the contest in favor of the said May, a Ce be i villain, left America for a foreign land, A year ago, the true culpret was d His confession at last struck off my chains. My i was made cl y mother's property restored--honor, wealth; position, agein within my gasp, But all had been worthless without my sister's kiss, my blessing and the knowledge that they shared in mp justification.' One moment his frank, honest eyes look- ed into mine ; then oiir hands met in a long, carnest clasp, as without further words I led him to the door and left him there, shut out and barred from shating in their joy. Long hours passed in my silent, lonely room. Now I knew the meaning of her words, She deemed her brother a to ine and in- gate into the said charges, and that said a bs be composed of MessrsMcCarthy, Thompson (Haldimand), Colby, Trow and Richey, with power to send for persons atid papers. SE ------ Leaving us out in the Cold. 0) British Coluinbia having got her back up over some unfulfilled promises threatens to throw the Dominion overboard and go still further and oast off Great Britain that she will no longer take charge of them but leave them to their fate, sink or swim, The first day of May is set apart for the great catastrophe to the empire. Whether his shatite hers. % But now all was changed He was restored to her, honored, and with 'Wealth and position for a foothold on the ladder of fame, dare I without my aid she might stand upon the topmost rung? Even as I questioned, the door gently opened, a soft footfall stole to' ¢ Roy I' a voice whispered, 'will you not I a brother and a--" She did not finish the sentence, #s I held her close strained'in my arms--fiiy darling, who had come to nie in uly dark hour, to be tall, and young, and slender, leaning | sould not arrest their course. But, when then, and evet more, the sunlight of my against the old casement; a memory |onve spoken I was glad it was so. Yet I * life. she listened--one fleeting glance of rupture, then white hopeless despair. «Hush I sho sald, springing to her feet and would still grant me the boon of your friend- It can never be! Do not let my mother know it; at any cost keep it from her!" + And why so, Florence ? It is an honor. able love 1 offer you. Her health is fast de. you were not left alone ?' + You think she is ill ?' she excldimed, her face blanching to a deadly whiteness, 'Am my lonely room; it dazzled me with [1 then tobe left alone, alone in the world-- |., yp ows" his affect] alone with my secret ?' The last three words were whispered. do not think she was ious' of 1 "There njusic in the heir," moaned the young husband as he reached for the pare, goric bottle, A Judge has decided that a woman is not an * old maid" until she is thirty-five. Do you hear that girls ¥ The fall of Adam was not as humiliating as it might have been. There was nobody around to say, " Come here, sonny, and I'll pick you up." Emma Molloy,;a new temperance advo- cate, has been lecturing on the subject :-- " Why do men drink?" When she finds out she; will want to know why the play poker. Love iaa game of pitch and catch, He this British Columbia will allow us castoffs to live, move and have our being, when we are cast oft from her protection may be a matter of after consideration, all that fs known so far is that a message to that effect was transmitted to Britain a few days ago, and we are awaiting our fate with the resignation of martyrs, The British Columbia members declare that they will not sit in the Hoiwe of Commons after May 1st, and one of theth is said to have stated that if the G: t will not them for joining the union they will take their chances elsewhere, but to stay in the union and be humbugged they declare they won't, Of course Mr. Bunster is the 3 of British Columbia rights, and is doing some tall talk on the question, -- 8r. Thomas, May 8.--This afternoon while little five-year-old son of Mr, Robt, Haggerty, silver. plater, was playing around the G. W. R. poney engine, he fell and was run over, both legs being mangled and crushed to & pulp. Drs. Smithand Corlis were quickly on the spot and had him con- veyed to the nearest house, where it was found necessary to mmputate both limbs above the knee. They cannot say as to his recovery. 'The little fellow appeared to be ingengible to any pain, never uttering a sound except that he asked for his father, who fainted away upon seeing his son's mangled 'form. The engineer shed tears upon seeing what had been done. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community, and she ly catches them on the first bounce. In the end both fetch up at the * home base" hem, 'Not alone, Florence,' I answered, draw- ing her to me. 'My darling, sccept my jove, and find your shelter in 'my heart I' For onc moment she nestled there, then drew himself away, and rood at bay. + Enough I" she said. ¢ I can never marry. Beme my friend, my brother, but never seck to come ove step nearer, I can never be an honest man's wife I' An awful dread thrilled me at her last words---a dread the memory of her pure, pale face in the hext moment forever drove away. Whatever of mystery and suspicion her words may have held, I could not wrong her by a thought unworthy her noble woman- hood. . Bo we, dropped back into our old role of friends; but the dove of hope folded its wings close to my heat, nor could 1 bid it leave me, Now that' fortune had lost its potetit charms, it came unsolicited, One of my pictures, recently sent to an exhibition, had sold at a higher price than I had dared to hope. Men of art and appreciation found their way to my quarters, humble as they were, and rarely left without carrying off with them some pieces of canvas, which I bad painted hopeless of a purchaser. 1 could have taken another studio now, but not for all the luxury offered would I bave relinquised the view of my opposite window, and the face that smiled at me from the casement. One day a stranger entered my room. I wal busy at Florence's picture, Try as I would, I could fix my thoughts on nothing else, Usually I kept it with its face to the wall, where no prying eyes might dwell on its beauty, but now I was surprised at my work. The man before me was young and hand- some, his face bronzed as if by travel, with lines of cary on his open brow, strangely a; varience with his youth, «I saw a picture of yours in --=, a day or two since, Mr. Baird, which strangely re. minded me of one once dear to me,' Then, which I bad risen, he grew suddenly pale as his hand fell heavily on my shoulder and his glance fixed itself on the + Metcifdl heavens I" he exclaimed, * this is sought tho'world over! In God's name, tell me=-where can I find her ?' 'Phe room grew dark before meas he spoke, How dared I answer? This was come to seek fier, to take her from me for- ever. The medi ised boy enjoys his morn. ings practicing base ball, snd humiliates half a dollar to pay for the broken glass next door, with an earnest plea not to let on before dad," A-member bf the rhetorical class in a certaii college had jtist finished his decla- mation when the professor said : "Mr, ----, do you suppose 8 general would address his soldiers in the manner you spoke that piece?" * Yes, sir, I do," was the reply "it he was half scared to death." himself afternoons by teasing his mother for | p Epps's Cocoa. --Grarsrvs ax» Jon- omrtve.--*By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap. of the fine prop of well-sel ed cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our break- fast tables with a delicately flavoured bevers age which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such ar: ticles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure t. A victim of ibus pickpokets deter- mtned to get even with them, so Lie put into his pooket a A & only a slip of paper, on which were written the words : " This time you rascal, you've lost the rewards of your labor." He got into the same ibus and waited, ved slood and a properly nourished frame."-- Civil Service Gazetie,~Sold only in packets labelled--"Jaurs Errs & Co., Homeopathic Ohemists, 48, Threadneedle Street, and 170 Piccadilly, London." to have the first pickpocket that meddled with him arrested. Twenty minttes passed and nothing happened, and tired of waiting, Recipes. he got out, having first assured that his | Fever, Asthma, pocketbook was still there. He opened it and in place of his piece of white paper |Nyieases of there wis a blue one, which he unfolded and | lished for read as follows ¢ " What 4 aly joker you are I lin LEMON PIN. Ohe cup of sugar, two lemons, ll the A Werderfal Discovery. For the Speedy oute of Consuihption and all diseases that to it, such as stubborn neglected Sold, Bronchitis; Hay A lek 110; t! Er of the throat and ironic or nals. x orto: 8 EE For sale by 8 E. A 8t., Port Perry, Aso his eyes falling on the picture, from before juice and a teaspoonful of grated peelj a 3 io teaspoonful of corn starch, dissolved in «| BBucklem's Arnica Silve. little cold water; beat up well and bake | my, bestSalve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, - with uppet and lower crust, Sores, Ulcers; Salt Rheum, Tetter, HINGHAM PUDDING. % Hanag One cup of molasses, two-thirds cup of | give perfest butter or suet, one cup of water, three cups | money refunded, Price 25 cents per box.--~ of flour, one cup of raisins and, currants, one | For Sale by 8, E, Allison, Port Perry. teaspoonful of soda ; steam thitoo hotirs, It - is as good when two or three weeks old as when fresh ; put it in snd steam when wanted, One cup sour milk; one cup molasses, half 4 cup butter, jtwo eggs, one and & half tea- A A SR 167 OF DIVISION 00 L pis; Grated rind of two and juice and soft pulp | 0 © the originalethis is the face which I haves One moinent a lie trembled on my lips. | he could | portrait.~ | of thiree oranges, balf a pint of sugitr, balfa : Bosto . pit of milk, fot eggs, two tho man she lovede-this the man who hed | MIX Here, in this great city of London, other, never find her. 1 would say it was a unty of