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SHARE OF IT. eh mi Followed by a Conductor In viding Up Cask NecelDis. 've heerd it s8id,"" remarked the rural ler to the conductor of the subuis ain, "thet, ia spite of what folks ez about big conibinations and syndi- | cates grindia down the laborin man aud swinclin the poor, tic company don't al- ways get the best of it." "No; not always," said the conductor, "But how kin a conductor--well, now, bein pussonal, but you, fer instance-- Bow could you get the best of the coms Duny just takin up tickets of which the company knows how many is issued?" "You can't get the best of it on tick- ets," replied the conductor, "but some- ies a pussenger boards a train in such a hurry that he hasn't time to purchase a ticket, und we collect his fare in cash. | I knew a conductor vthce--Bill Scruggins was his name--who made considerable out of cash fares, and yet Bill claimed that he always gave the company its proper rtion," "How's thet?" axked the rural traveler. "Well, Bill had a good route for cash farcs--he used to run an accommodation --and when he came near his last station he'd take all the money he had collected and throw it up in the air. Whatever part of it stuck to the bell rope he gave to the company, The rest was his," "I expect the wear and tear on thet there bell rope didn't amount to a greut deal." "1 expect you're right abont that. And yet they do say that a $10 uote got caught on to it one day." "Then 1 suppose he turned thet in to the company ?" "Well, 1 believe Rill did intend turning in that note, but when he took it down he found it was folded so derned peculiar that it just had to stick to that bell rope if it came anywhere near it, and so he i 'd had a sq deal." assengtr cling threw it up again' nto YOUR TEETH. i Without good teeth there cannot be | good mastication. Without thorough mastication there cannot be perfect digestion, and poor health results. | ITence the paramount importance of sound teeth, | Clean tecth do not decay. The impo® ance of a sound first set of tecth is as great to the child as a sound second set is to the adult, Children should be taught to use the toothbrush early. Food left on the teeth ferments, and the acid formed produces decay. Decay leads in time to pain and the total destruction of the tooth. The substance of the following rules should therefore be impressed coustantly upon all children: | 1. The teeth should be cleansed at least ouce daily. 2. The best time to clean the teeth is after the last meal. 8.'A small toothbrush with stiff bristles should be used, brushimg up and down und across and inside and outside and in between the teeth. | 4. A simple tooth powder or a little soap and some precipitated chalk taken up on the brush may be used if the teeth are dirty or stained. ©.It is a good practice to rinse the mouth out after every meal. | 6. All rough usage of the teeth, such as cracking nuts, biting thread, etc., should be avoided, but the proper use of the teeth in chewing is good for them, When decay occurs, it should be at- tended to long before any pain results, It is stopping of a small cavity that is of the greatest service. Gladstone In a Huff, Max Muller told me about a curious experience he had when staying in Glad- stone's own home at Hawarden. The conversation naturally turned to matters Iiellenic, and in the course of it Glad- stone made a grammatical mistake in Greek. His learned guest mildly tried to @orrect hii, but Gladstone rather haugh- y that be was perfectly gl After another fruitless attempt of Max Muller, Gladstone became so Im- perative in his assertion that his guest quietly answered: "Well, we can easily solve the difficulty. No doubt you have a Greek grammar in the house, Let us look into it!" Thereupon Gladstone rose in a huff, | No Greek grammar was brought down, mor did the great statesman appear him- sclf any more on that occasion, It was a most painful scene for Max Muller, Mrs. Gladstone tried her best, in the meantime, to apologize for her husband's behavior. "I am sorry to say," she re- marked, "that he cannot brook contradic- tions, I hope you won't mind it.' Quaint Old Custom. Bome quaint old sayings regarding Whitsuntide have come down to our times. Perhaps one of the most curjous of all is the one to the effect that a ehild born on Whitsunday is fated either to ¥ill or to be killed. In some country dis- tricts it was customary at one time to go through a mock form of burtal. The In- fant was laid in a small grave and sprin- kled lightly with clay, while sod, support- ed by twigs, was placed over him. He was then taken ont and by virtue of this resurrection was considered quite free of the taint. There was an idea, too, that "whatsoever one asked of God on Whit- sunday morning at the instant the sun rose was sure to be granted."~London 'Chronicle. Edueation. No, Indeed! Regret having cultivated the art of boxing at college? The idea! | "Why, I can put my baby to sleep with ~ one punch in the solar plexus!" exclaimed ~ the young mother, glowing proudly. | Iy we envied her her savoir faire, 'but still we felt it incumbent upon us to affect misgivings as to the expedicncy, "mot to say propriety, of the higher educa- so called, for women. 2 Cast From Molds, Molds for casting iron can only be made sand. Iron or other metallic molds ll the iron, and it does not fill well. great heat at which iron melts will | 1 er material or will stick so A erk= What size, madam? : I don't know the size, but be os an Elephant. who bas ance followed a! hant will not show any 10 repeat the amusement. at an average pace of , regardless of the pom nbn ROBEY | of It." 'which sai | Rend this and SARCASI IN SIGNS. ADVERTISEMENTS THAT AT TIMES BECOME A MOCKERY. ; Reminiscences of Men Who Had Seen Worse Days and Irritating Announcements When They Were Hard Up and Out of Employment, The advance agent met the leading man of another show the other night, and, as they had not seen each other In seven years, there was a warmness about their greeting that was refresh- ing. Z "Dear old Tom!" said the leading man, "1 was thinking of you not five minutes ago. Sit down; you dear old tellow! 1 passed a bakery not five min- utes ago, and I thought of you. Why, here's Willis! 1 was just saying to Tom that 1 never see a baker's that I don't think of him, Tom and I were poor once! Mighty poor too. 1. re- member that we bad beén turned out of different homes on Ane same cold night and met each other for the first time by chance. We shared the com- forts of a butcher's wagon that night and went upon a rummaging expedi- tion the next day. We halted in front of a German bakery, half starved and disgusted with life generally. There was a huge sign in the window which sald, "There 1s No Cake Like Ours. We hadn't a penny betweeg us, but Tom stepped In and asked a sample of the cake, The Dutchuin didn't ap- preciate the humor of 'request, 80 | Tom sald, 'You may kegp opr cakes * chunk of but, 'ay; Rive » 8 bread, gtfck, or 11 cu 'ont your giz gard" I'll never forget that cake sign because It took us hours to get away from the police who were attracted to the scene by the baker's cries for help." "But that was not my only experi ence with a pecullar sign," remarked the advance agent after a hearty laugh. "The year before I went on the road for the first time 1 was in as hard luck as ever man was, [ had pawned ev- erything in sight and was almost starv- ed. I found ag umbrella in the ball way of a down town building, and the janitor told me to keep 'it. It was a fairly good rain shield, and I fmmedi- ately carried it to. mine uncle. 1 didn't know this particular relative, although 1 bad formed the acquaintance of hun dreds of his people. His place was on Sixth avenue, and;he gave me 75 cents on it, which 1 gladly accepted. As he was making out the ticket he said: " 'Do you want to save it from the moths? " 'Yes,' I answered, "*That will cost you 12 cents Per haps you would like to have it insured? It Is always advisable, but it will cost you 12 cents more,' replied my friend. *"*All right,' 1 sald. 'Take good care He could have eaten it for all 1 cared, for 1 pever intended to redeem it. 1 was about to leave the place when I saw a big sign on the far wall. It said: * 'No extra charge for putting watch- es and jewelry in the safe in the office.' "Watches and jewelry! It brought the tears to my eyes, and as I crawled foto my 10 cent bed that night 1 thought of diamond necklaces, pearls and rubles of priceless value and--cake. Ob, the curse of some signs! How they mock the poor!" They were all silent a moment, but | the one addressed as Willls was the first to resume conversation, and he sald: "There's my friend, Big John Bmith. Let me Introduce him. Since you chaps are talking of signs and bard lock, let me tell you of the time that 1 had to leave my trunk at the old Btevens House, on lower Broadway, and light out by the shades of midnight to get away from a botel bill that 1 couldn't pay. Everything 1 had In the world was locked up In that trunk, and as | could not remove anything without ex- SUMMER RESORT... PORT FERRY, ONTARIO. -This beautiful Town & itu i andl Boe raialng County of the Dominion County of On- | = done TR | ments re Granolithic «| tween Perry and Water ronks | Queen street, amounts to trolling partiex scarcely ever fall to obiain good string. Ma:kinouge, this reason, being plentiful. Experienced oarmnen being experts in trolling who nre posted onthe locations of the moat projific ishing grounds, fully sus plied with boats. are at the command of tw --in fi ois full of fish, waking Port Prey an ideal place for tourists. as well ax a grand resi dents! locacdon. The town looks out on the placid waters of the Songog, and i~ the beet -haded wwn Jia the Dominion. The stro: ta sre Tiued on either sido with beautiful maples, while the lawns In connection with many of the bandsome residences *how rich follugo.. Juxuriant bidecs, And. rare topical plants and flowers. 6 churches and schools are very substantisl and of modern srohi- thoturo : Tort Perey as a Beat of learning is noted fax nnd wide : to. graduate at onr educational institution is &'most & sure port to success in life. We also possess one of the best driv parks anywhere to be fuud----the elevated trac alone cast over § 000, besides it contain magni- ficent exhibition buildings. grand stand, &c,-- Our Hoteis for comm. diousness and excellence of accommodation cannot be discounted outside of our very largest « ities. The mails are despatched from the Post Office Port Perry as follo Going North-- 9.30 a. m. Going South--11.20's. m, Guing North-- 5.15 p. m, NORTH ONTARIO OBSERVER PORT PERRY, JULY 2s, 1901 WerL Dong Port Perry,-- While comparisons are frequently not interesting or instructive the one we are about to make is certainly highly creditable educationally to Port Perry. and its surroundin, At the lata Entrance: throughout the Province much in. terest has been manifest by all interested, and who is not, as to the results, The great seat of learning, Toronto, was expected to lead the van for proficiency; but what do we find. Of the 656 candida'es who wrote in the Queen city only 362 passed or 55 per cent.,, while in Port Perry 116 wrote and 80 passed or 68 per cent. and only three of Toronto's numerous candidates obtained more marks than Miss Foy of Port Perry who succeeded in ob- taining the handsome number of 865. Toronto of course has its advantages in some respects but when it comes to maters of importance to the entire country--our country's great. ness --then rural towns like Port Perry as in this instance frequently discount itby a considerable per centage. Tue PerkiNs.--On Monday last a number of the descendants of the late Michael Perkins together with their more closely connected rela- tives met at Greenbank--there being present Mr. William Perkins and wife of Oberhn, Ohio; Mr. Michael Perkins of Toronto; Mr. David Perkins and wife of Green- bank ; Mr. Thos. Warrain and wife of Sunderland; Mr. James Leask and wife and Mr. John Leask and wife of Greenbank, the latter three gentlemen being sons-in-law of the late lamented deceased. In order to record the event of so large a family gathering the services of a photographer were called in and a picture was procured of the paryy highly creditable to all concerned. The group is composed of rare thrift and intelligence. The entire company being such as any country might well be proud of -- Besides the wealth and intelligence the group contains one.of Canada's most successful and distinguished citizens--no other than Canada's greatest and most successful cattle. breeder-- James Leask--a world- beater in that line--he has no peer in the wide world as breeder and raiser and successful exhibitor of citing suspicion 1 thought it best to keep out of jail by leaving everything { behind me. I must have walked the | streets at least a week famished and | penniless. One afternoon 1 was pass- | ing along an up town street, boping te | die, when I happened to look up and | saw a sign as big as my hopes were | small. This sign read: | "'We Are Not Daylight Robbers. | Trunks! Trunks! From the Battery | to the Harlem Bridge to Your Room | For 25 Cents. | "If that sign was not tbe irony of | fate In my case, I do not know what | to call It." | "Oh, that's a small affair alongside of my experience," sald Bmith. "It is only a few years ago too. 1 had been unemployed for several months, and as 1 had sx little shavers to take care of | | did not have much trouble spending the little money 1 had saved. 1 didn't seem | to have a friend in the wide world to turn to, and I spent my last copper for | a paper to examine the employment col- | umn, It was about Christmas time, | and I dreaded golug back home to face | the scolding landlord. ¥ recall that I | stopped in front of the Harlem office | of & newspaper to see the holiday crowd go by, and as 1 did so 1 Faw R sign that made my blood run cold. It sald: . | "*"There Is No Reason Why You Rhould Be Idle. Insert a Want Ad. Four Cents a Line. | "The pronoun was printed In im- | mense letters, and 1 had the greatest trouble dissuadlug myself that it was | not Intended for me, and me: plone. | Of course it wasn't, but that sign burn- | ed Into my memory, and [I bhave i thought of It lnnumerable times since." | "Ob, pshaw!" rejoined the leading map after a pause. "1 suppose it Is Im- 0 wary ix with pub- » in Buffalo once ¥ ation, blind: ere which referred: 10 & new treatment for the blind. All: slgus cannot be expected to satisfy the ideas of everybody."--New York Mall aod Express. i It is a curious fact that mayonnaise dressing will disagree with delicate: people, whereas the same ingredients t together without an egg (French Sreasing) will be easily igeeted. | seit A Truly True Dog Story. {3 Here is an Australian dog story from | 'the back blocks: A sheep dog had been { . brought from a station inte a small. fretted after the sheep. | was to be seen | is. Bass, S50 the Juveniles were huddled up in the corner of a | the paddock, where the dog had rounded ' He had no sheep to look aft #0 he took the children. The nar | fact. | #1 badu't been for me, you couldn't ¢ they Grade Cattle, and still further his knowledge and judgment of that class of cattle is his passport to | victory on every occasion he has been called on to compete. Long may the entire party contained in the picture live to further extend their usefulness and may increased prosperity attend their efforts. CarLepoNiaN Games,--Read the announcement in our advertising columns of the big Scotch Gather- ing and Caledonian Games to be held at Whitby, on Monday, Aug ust 5. The Toronto Camps of the Sons of Scotland and Roderick Dhu Camp, Whitby, will jointly hold a great gathering of the Clans and Caledonian Games. A host of ex- pert dancers and pipers are to be present and great day's sport is assured, The Pipe and Drum of 48th Highlanders and Brass Bands will furnish music. Cheap rates on G. T. Ry. Wie Be Reapy.--We have just seen a telegram from the Captain of the Crandella the purport of which is, that the steamer will be ready for the Firemen's Excursion from Port Perry on Wednesday next. The repairs being made are of so permanent a nature that the utmost reliance may be placed in the steamers stability. Portators THAT ARE PoTAToES.-- There can be no question that for quantity and quality Mr. William Rodman, Port Perry, carries off the the palm for . marketing the very best quality 'of potatoes any 'wheré to'be obtained. Others may be his equal but as yet they have "failed to let their light shine in that line. " Mr. Rodman's potatoes are in such demand that good judges will take no others. A Rare' CHANCE TO SECURE A Cuoice Farm.--Parties wishing to purchase a good farm will find something interesting to them in our advertising columns. Mr. W. L Marshall of this place offers for sale his choice farm situated in the township of Scugog. The location is all that could be desired, health- ful, and pleasant, convenient to market, school, &c. Suitable build ings, &c.--See the advertisement. $50 Doc.--Mr. Samuel Graham hon place one of the best judges of horses and dogs on the continent is now in possession of a dog that has few equals as to superior instinct and intrinsic value. He is of Fox X'urrier variety and is admired by all who have seen him, BE EP Jones & Co. have had a magnificent season m millinery and -|'Miss James will take her well earn. holidays after this week. If any trons have special orders hould rush them'in at once, of the Archmlogical M wants either an apo from the Our Granolithic The total cost of Local ; of this the town pays $76 $719.4:% is to be charged property on Queen street, be Water and Perry streets, equal proportionate cost pel the whole frontage of 73% ce foot ; or if not paid at 3 amounts to a charge of $1.54 per foot, including interest at per cent. and paid in twenty equal annual instalments, QUEEN STREET--NORTH L Sebert James Carnegie....... Mrs. T, J. Ash..... R. J. Bruce... Mrs. Diesfeld .. Jonathan Blong W. H, McCaw....... Thos. Bedford..... : W.L. Parrish...» Mrs. A. Currie estate..... . 3108 QUEEN STREKT--SOUTH R. Penhall ......... : Fannie Hiscox. Jas. Carnegie. . Mrs. E. Sinclair C H. Allison E. H. Purdy Wibsterh Ba H. L. Ebbels . B. F. Ackerman ...... Mrs. McHardy..... sas aesana Of course the above assessments will be subject to the action of the Court of Revision--both as regards amount assessed to each party and actual measurement by an expert. The court will be held on Monday evening, August 5, Auction SaLe.-- It will be seen by the bills that Mr. Swain has. been authorised by Mrs. Thos Cook of Burketon, to sell by auction on her premises, on Monday next, July 29, all her Household effects, &c.-- The sale commences one o'clock and all will sold, so that auction prices will prevail and bargains may be anticipated, PersoNAL.-- Miss Nonnie Paterson youngest daughter of Col. N. F. Paterson K. C., is visiting relatives and Iriends here. She is enjoying a delightful time and is cognizant of the fact there is no more suitable place to spend hérholidays than the nome of her childhood. All wish her an enjoyable visit. With a view of influencing opini- on in the approaching Provincial elections, the Liberal press is try. ing to create the impression that the Opposition is lacking in materi: alto form a Government, As a matter of fact, taken as a whole, thé leaders on.the Conservative side are much superior in character and ability to the members of the Ross Administration. Granp Excursion.--On Wednes- day July 31st, the attractive and popular Excursion per steamer Crandella from Port Perry to Fene=| lon. Falls and return, under the auspices of the Port Perry Fire Brigade, will take place. That day July 31, being Civic Holiday for the corporation of Port Perry, a large proportion of the villagers may be expected to take part in the excur- sign. In fact layge numbers: from this section of country may be ex pected to gladly enbrace so favorabie an opportunity of enjoying so desir, able an outing at so reduced rates The contingent from Lindsay and other ports along the route will great- ly add to the attractions of the day. See posters later. =" Our spring and summer suits are "old reliable" in quality but 'up to-the-minute in style" and the price are within the reach of all.--A. F CARNEGIE. The Globe's Ottawa correspond. ent says : People who are usually well informed in regard to steam- ship matters expect to see the Government advertise for a twenty- three knot service in connection with the fast Atlantic service. They say that is about -as fast a speed as is shown to be practicable at present, the modern New York liner, Deutschland, averaging scar- cely more than twenty-three knots. Such a rate per hour would enable the run across the Atlantic to be made in four and a-halt days, or twenty-four hours ahead of New York. The contract, it is thought, should be awarded for only a limit ed number of years, so that the Government might be free to take advantage of any new conditions whereby a faster rate of speed would become feasible, We had hoped that "flag inci dents" were to be things of the pas but there have been sev authorities of the Buffalo Exposi- tion for removing a festoon of British flags, or the Provincial ethnological exhibit withdrawn. Up in Huntsville, the Postmaster caused great indignation by flying a Stars and Stipes over the Union Jack on the 4th of July. Mr. Hoyle, North Ontario's able representative in "the Provincial Legislature, has rapidly made bis way, and is already made his way and is already numbered amongst the front rankers. The Weekly Sun (the Independent farmer's paper) says: "The Conservatives in this Parliament are stronger, both ing numbers and ability than they were in the Parliament that preceded it. Amongst others, Mr Foy and Mr. Hoyle are both decided acquisitions 5 and have not only done useful work in the Legislature, but are excelle! speakers on the stump." X For the next thirty days you oy BL for Bargains all along the line at Jones & Co's as they are determined to clear out balance of | summer stock regardless of profits. The Demand for Good Horses Oon- stantly on the Increase. y We call the attenton of our readers to the sale of Western Horses conducted by Mr. John King, the great Kansas stockman, which will take place at Port Perry, on Saturday, July 27th, Mr. King has been engaged in the horse business. all His life, and only handles the best stock. His Western horses are handsome to look at, of splendid build, hardy and are as docile and kind as the native horse. People who have purchased these horses speak in the highest terms of them. He has hundreds of testimonials as to the quality of the stock and their adaptability to requirements of the people of this country. In conversation Mr. King said it was supposed that electric wer would cheapen the price of horses but such is not the ease. I would advise the farmers and others of Canada to go largely into horse raising. Itis a sure, money maker for not only will millions of army horses be required, but the opening and development of South Africa the Phillipines, and of Cuba, will require an untold number of these noble animals. : i Mr, Ki boys. BZ Jones & Co's dress making rooms will close on Saturday. The past season has shown wonderful progress .in this department and Miss Hutton their accomplished dress maker is building up a splen: did trade, Ashburn. That Ashburn Post Office has been made a Money Order office, All parties can send or receive money through this office. A Garden Party under the aus picés of the Povey Church, Ashburn, is to be held at the resi dence of I. | Davidson, Esq.. on the last day of July. This is to be the Grand Garden Party of the season. Seagrave. The Sunday School Anniversary Services in connection with the Methodist Church, Seagrave, were very successful. On Sunday, 7th inst, earnest and thoughtful Ser mons were preached by the Rev. H I. Lewis, B. A., who also addressed the Sabbath School in the afternoon with Mr. James Munro. Special music was supplied by the Choir and School. On Monday the Annual Pic-Nic was held in Mr. James Leask's Grove. The Pastor, Rev. S. F. Dixon took the chair and called on the Epsom Brass Band to give the opening number or the Program, Excellent music was rendered by the Bard, Messrs. Gal- loway and Gibson, Miss: O'Hara, and the children of the School, who also recited. Inspiring speeches were delivered by Revs. Limbert ind Lewis, and Messrs. Thompson, art and Sharrard. = Miss Board of Port Perry recited in her best style. > The bounties of nature were par taken of in true picnic style, the Confectionery stand was well pat ronized, and the people dispersed delighted with their outing and look- ing forward to next years pic-nic. The Committee deserve great praise for the arrangements. cine .. Toronto's Poor Showing. Out of 656 candidates who wrote the entrance examinations in Toron to 362 succeeded. Out of 377 candidates who wrote on the entrance examinations in London 327 succeeded. The London schools passed 84 per cent of their candidates for the collegiate institutes in an examina- tion which was successfu'ly taken by only 56 per cent. of the candidates from the Toronto schools ! The successof a pupil in an ex- amination is not always the test of efficiency in the school which edu: cetés him, but why should there be a difference of 28 per cent. in favor of the London schools, according to the test of this year's entranee ex- aminations ?-- Telegram. Fall Show.--The Scugog Agri- cultural Society will hold its Fall Exhibition for 1901, in the magnifi cent Exhibition Park, Port Perry, on Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday. Sept. 17, 18 and 19 The Directors are doing their best to make the coming show worthy of the intelli: gence and enterprise of this favored section of country, but the success of this as of all similar shows de- pends to a great extent on the efforts it by exhibitors and it is m e s on ti f the ladies in securing the success of our shows, but the ladies of this locality never uire to be éd of their duty in this respect gh their skill and activity J halls from time to time 'worthy centres of attrac. dmiration of all who visit and it may be expected the hal that "the coming show will even excel those of the past. dehylle for the preservation of milk d is being investigated in Chie go. The on while efficaci: ous in preventing y or fermen- injurious, and means its use.-- ssary to take precau 'at Toth to have the Frans tional ures, as there is reason to e drug is used in this city. ; P uly 21.--Mrs. Kruger, wile : esident Kruger of the frican Republic, died rnoon of [after of three days. She Oanada Show the Way. PHILADELPHIA, Juey 20.--Sensa. tions and surprises were again in order atthe winding up of the Na | tional Regretta om the Schuylkili today. Chief of the startling fea tures was the defeat of the Vesper eight by two crews from across the border. It is true that Baeche and Geiger, two men that rowed when the crew woy the championship of the world at Paris, were not able to handle their sweeps to-day, but the defeat was felt by the Quakers just as much, and the 20.000 spectatdi went home, sorrowful from one of the best day's sport ever provided by the National Association o Amateur Oarsfien. The Argonauts carried off the chief honors through the downfall o! the Vespers, while the Winnipegs who only graduated to the senior class by winning the intermediate eights yesterday, finished a length and a quarter behind the Toronto crew and a similar distance in front of the Vespers. The victory of the Argonauts wasfégarded as another indosement of the English style of rowing, for -the Canadians come nearer to the long body swing of the Britons than any other crew on this side of the water. : The Parry Sound Star is mucl, suse Mr. Tart 'Wh 5 a n is th ly with our Board of Trade and Town Council that they have not invited Hon. J. Israel Tarte, Minister of Public Works to visit this town and have a look at our beautiful and extensive "esplanade ?" Mr. 'larte has been at Depot Harbour, French River, Midland, Collingwood, and Owen Sound, and yet he was not asked to call here and look at the miserable apology we have for an esplanade Was it because the town fathers are ashamed to invite the Minister or is it that they intend to kill the harbour and its shipping industry by allowing everything to go to the terminus ? It does seem asit we were destined to get the small end of everything, and no one seeks to protect our interests. Wake up, Parry Sound, or you will find your- selfa little stop-off place in the march of progress, with every har bour of Georgian Bay leaving us in the rear. The Manila Times says that the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association there were a blaze of glory on the occasion of the recep tion to three prominent and repre- sentative Christian missionaries, foremost among whom was a Can- adian, Bishop Warne, of the Meth odist Episcopal church, a brother in law of Dr. B. Grant Jeserie, now of Chicago and formerly of Orillia and Beaverton, The speakers contrasted former conditions, in the Phillippines when there was but a handful of Protestant Christians in Manila, labouring under the worst and most discouraging conditions, with the brilliant outlook of the present, when the assemblage of hundreds of the best and most rep- resentative Americans and Filipinos Protestant Christians alike, was a glad and hopeful reality. r Post Huron, Mich,, July 19.--The Supreme Tent, Knights of the Mac: cabees, have decided - that all the old members must be rerated on the same plan as new members at the age at which they joined the order. The systera of medical ex- amination also has been changed so that in every city having over 25,000 population the . Supreme Board of Trustees as will appoint as many medical examiners as it pleases. Met i a Horrible Death. Stockholm, Sweden, July 23.-- An explosion to-day of petroleum on board the American schooner Louise Adelaine. Captain Orr, which left Philadelphia April 24, and Portland June 4,for Stockholm, in the harbor here, resulted in the death of Captain Orr, ten members of the'schooner's crew and four Swedish customs officials. Two of the Louise Adelaide's crew were saved. The explosion set the schooner on fire, and the blazing petroleum enveloped the vessel and those on board. ---------- Ottawa, July 19.--In the Exche Juer Court this morning Mr. Justice urbidge gave judgment in the ueen v. The British American ank Note Company, condemning the company to pay $99,163.13 damages for having supplied litho graphed stamps instead of engraved. Laden, bAy 19 --The Pall Mall Gazette publishes this afternoon a somewhat remarkable communica- tion from its Paris correspondent, giving circumstantial details of an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the French Republic and instal Prince Louis N as poor of that 14, upon which date the Czar intends to pro- mote Prince Louis to a full general- ship in the Russian army, has been selected as the occasion for a dem- onstration to support the claims of this Prince, who is such a close friend of their Russian ally, by all the elements oppossed to the present i The names of M. Derou , the Marquis De Lur Saluces and {M. Marcel-Hetbert are men- tioned as the leading spirits of the movement, and several high func- A recent test' of salt-water fire service ve satistaction. Salt water extinguguishes fire much more rapidly than the same amount of fresh. Asiong the Burmese fostball fo popular as in English-speaki i the Bufman ne | the pivots and wheels work less freely | hamlets of Christendom? The evil of .. YOUR WATEH. 1n laying aside a watch be sure that it rests upon its cai ' A watch shouid be wound up every day at the same hour. Avold putting it on a marble slab or near anything excessively cold. : If suspended, the action of the bal ance may cause oscillation, which will interfere with its going. A sudden change of te e, con- tracting the metal, may sometimes cause the mainspring to break. The cold also coagulates the ofl, and and affect the regularity of the time- keeping. y : To keep your watch clean take care that the case fits closely and see that the watch pocket is kept free from fluff, which is so often given off by linings, * Avold sudden jars and falls, for even if it does mot seem to affect it at the moment,' a watch will resent rough bandling by becoming gradually "out of order" without apparent cause. pr ---- How Banana Trees Grow, It is a peculiar fact that but &me bunch of bananas grows on a tree. After the fruit has been cut the tree ls then cut down to the ground, and from the stump another tree sprouts which bears another bunch the following yeur. The greatest trouble of farmers is to keep the farms clear of sprouts. i the As the fruit is cut from the trees it is placed on the backs of little pack donkeys and transported id this way to the coast. One donkey can carry from three to six bunches, according to the .size of the bunches and the dis- tance from the coast. In the season at Baracoa there are more than 3,000 don- keys that stretch along in a line for miles, plodding toward the coast with thelr loads of bananas, nt Don't Dine Alone. How. many people dine alone? The restaurants all number solitary diners among their regular clientage. How many thousands of people, men or wo- men, will eat a lone dinner or supper tonight in the cities and towns and eating alone is the subject of an ear nest although cheerful warning from the London Lancet. The hygienic val- ue of gregarious dining is insisted up- on. The necessity of taking food In social fiehion Is an inherent racial sort of thing, and those who go against it for years usually have to pay for it with some of the ills of indigestion. Breakfasting alone is not bad for a busy generation, but dining alone is | not a habit to be long continued, In civ- | {lization or out of it, without disastrous results, --. Cronje Weary of Detention New York, July 20.-- The British steamship Reading, now lying at Jersey City, has just arrived from St. Helena and Ascension. Captain Fishley of the vessel, speaking of the Boer prisoners on the island, said: * There are just 4,700 prisoners there, and of these 17 per cent. are Transvaalers and Orange Free Staters. The remaining 83 per cent. is made np of other nationalities m this order : Scandinavians, Italians, a few Russians, Irishmen .and even Engl 'handful of Scotch men,'a few Americans, a few Greeks and scattering from other national- ities, "The number of Scandinavians is surprising. I found that many of the Scandinavians hold masters' and mates' certificates There were many desertions from Scandin avians ships in South African ports. '* At the St. Helena Club, James. town, where the Boer officers write, play billiards, drink, smoke and lounge, I talked with Colonel Schiel, the German artillery expert. 1t is difficult to judge of his age. His hair and moustache are snow white and his countenance ruddy and youthful * Colonel Schale is disgusted with his long imprisonment and has offer- ed his service to the British, He told me that in his opinion the Boers should have surrendered after the capture of Pretoria. " General Cronje is also weary of his detention but says little. 1 was told that the proportion of native Boers are representative of their entire army." In Memoriam Mr. Joseph Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs Paul Hood, who was drown- ed in Lake Scugeg, July 14, 1901, aged 20 years, 4 months and 28 days. One more has left this weary life And gone to his rest, One more there lies within the grave, Que less to be caressed. Gone, ah |! Gone, alas To his eternal rest ; No more to greet ns as we pass, No more to be our guest. Drowned, ah ! drowned iu the waters deep After twenty summers brightened But he bas left this world ere To be with Christ vaited. Father and mother do not weep, Dear brothers do not mourn; For the one, who from us was torn Is not dead--but asleep. Brothers, friends, sweethearts, all, Do not wish bim back ; Ah ! who with cruel hands Could disturb that peaceful rest. He has left us all, whom we loved so dear, Mother, father and friends ; But we know he's resting secure In the arms of Jesus. His loving friend shall miss him now, Hia voice she shall no longer hear ; Ris face in church shall be missed by all Who his manly form did bear. : The True Blue Boye I'm sure will miss Their loving brother now ; No more his smiling face they'll see, No more to greet him there. pling laugh we no hear, las ! i ache Kidney ; i Tablets. Many penple are troubled with an irrit- dder alle condition of the kidneys and bln that conipels frequent ion during the day and frequent rising at night. z For such and wnnoying and scrions Kid- ney trouble, there ix no remedy so hepeficial as the modern Kidney medicine, Dre Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tablets. They allay all irratibiiity, regulate the Kidney action and permit undisturbed rest at nigut. X Mr. Isaac Hutel, an old and highly re- spected resident of Mount F rest, Ont., hus this to say ; *'For some ten years past, owing to hard work in my younger days on the farm, I have had a constant pain in my back thut rau at times up into my shoulders The Kidneys bothered me very much, and my liver somewhat also. I tried a good many remedies only indifferent anocess, until I gota bottle of Dr. Pitcher's Back- ache Kidney Tablets «t Yeoman's drag store in this town. The result of using thes Teblets has been beyond my expecta tions, They stopped the pain and soreness in the back and allayed the Kidney irrita- tiou, so that I ean now rest well at night. They have also reguiated my bowls and stirred np my sluggish liver, so that I am feeling better hun] have ina long time, and I um only too pieased to give this tea- timo 8 to ths gooy the remedy has ac- } 3 In the year 1854 Henry Ha thorne rescued Mrs, Fairfax from drowning at Dover. She has just died and he comes into a sum of £125000. He had forgotten the circumstances. A notice was recently posted in a church in West Kennington an- nouncing thesaleof five pews. One of the advantages of these pews, ran the notice, is that the contribution box is not passed to them. At the beginning of June in each year abont 300 organ-grinders leave I lay for Loudon. They return to their native land about October, and live well for the next cight months, when they again start on their pilgrimage. London, July 23.--Af the presen- tation of the freedom of the City of London to Lord Miliner of Cape Town at the Guildhall to day Lord Miliner, in a speech, said the com- promising of the settlement of the South African situation by injudic- ious concession must not be thought of. The speaker said there was an immense difference between stout old burghers ofthe late republic and the "roving ruffians" now harrowing their. fellow British subjects of Cape Colon SootchGathering = AND Games RL HITBY. On Monday, August 5, Civic Holiday, The Toronto Camps of the Sons of Scotland and Roderick Dhu Camp, Whitby, will jointly hold a great gathering of the Clans and Caledo- nian Games at the Exhibition Grounds, Whitby, commening at one oclock. A splendid program of National Dances, including High- land Flings. Sword Dance, Scotch Reels, Sailors Hornpipe and Irish Jigs, all in costume will be presented String Band and Platform in the Drill Shed for Society Dances. Also Bicycle and Foot Races, Vaulting, Hammer Throwing, Tossing the Caber and other Cale- donmian Games, Foot Ball Match for Silver Trophy, Value--$10 --Open. Tug-of-War---Toronto vs Ontario County, A Special Feature will be the Bay- onet and Quarter Staff Contests Private Geo. Stewart 48th High landers, winner of the comers. The Pipe and Drum Band of 48th Highlanders and Brass Bands + will furnish Music. Grand Marshall A. C. Gordon will conduct the Games. The Grand . Chief will also be present. Some of the most superb Dancers on the Coniiggnt will compete. Cheap ra n G. T. R. See program for prizes, &c, or address, F.S. MEARNS, D. D.G.C, $ Chairman of Committee, Toronto. or J. B. DOW, Chairman of Committee, 3 : Whitby. CHOICE FARM FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. : HE undersignd offers for sale that fine farn containing 100 acres more or less Toubabie of ens of oe ses = Scugog. On prem are a good frame us y taining Pos pautionlars sprly ts She Siop ator: . A LM oar. July 24, 1903,