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"Why, have you been ill?" her friend "Shquired, red, surprised and solicitous. "No, I really think it was worse than 'that," she replied. "You know I'm a little proud of my hair, for it's my one redecming point" -- modestly--"and because it is naturally 'wavy it Is always fluffiest after it has been shampooed. "A day or two before the party I avashed my hair, using what I thought was borax in the water. When I at- tempted to dry my erstwhile 'bonnie brown curls' they were stringy and bard and looked as if they had been frozen in wisps. Then to my horror I discovered that I had used powdered alum in the water. It took me a whole week to get it out of my hair. I miss- ed the party I had set my heart upon attending and wouldn't let any of my friends sce me, for I was a perfect flection on a pure character, If this confession of failure and magnifying of the office of the tongue seem exag- gerated, let any one git down quletly is and think of the sins and cruelties of human spepch.. The careless words which no Tepentance can call back again, thé rash promises which it has cost us so much to fulfill, the expres- a slonof the lower nature which has : shamed the higher, the confessions of evil and yielding to falsehood, the hot and angry words which sober thought condemn--these are some of the perils of the tongue. On the other hand, like most of the uses of the world which fi 5 turn so easily to evil, the tongue may i be the instrument of great and lasting A Rejected Novel. he 3 Before be had achieved fame the French novelist Xavier de Montepin, on 'concluding a long and elaborate tale of adventure took it, full of hope, to a publisher, who promptly declined it on even the most advantageous terms, to the writer's poignant morti- fication. Twenty years afterward this identical publisher besought at his hands a sensational story, one of those serials which were the delight of gri- settes, offering any price within rea- son. "Well" said De Montepin, "I will oblige you, but my terms must be hy somewhat heavy. I want £4,000 Aft- er many protests it was paid. In telling the .story De Montepin used to add, "The best of the business was that it was the very same story avhich he had previously rejected and which I had In various directions en- deavored in vain to dispose of," A Curious Tree, There is a peculiar tree in the forests etl bf central India which has most curl ps ous characteristics. The leaves of the i tree are of a highly sensitive nature and so full of electricity that whoever touches. one of them receives an elec- tric shock. It has a very singular ef- Yect tipon a magnetic needle and will gnffuence it at a distance of even seven. ty feet. The electrical strength of the drees varies according to the time of day, it being strongest at midday and weakest at midnight. In wet weather its powers disappear altogether. Birds never approach the tree, nor have in- sects ever been seen upon it. Wanted All Good People Nice, Those who have complained that vir- tue is uninteresting have usually been branded as cynics or, worse, as people trying to be clever. To all such this i true story of 'a little girl may come as {consolation, for "out of the mouths," "ete. Little Alice had been put to bed and told to say her prayers. "O God," she prayed, "make all the bad people good and make all the good people--all the good people--all the good people-- nice!" Cruel Dlow. hides you aware of the fact" re- marked Miss Cutting, "that I am a mind reader?" #Nevah suspected it, weally," an- swered young Softleigh. "Would you-- aw--object to weading my mind, don- cher know?" "Certainly not," she replied. "Bring it with you the next time you call." He Needed the Momey. "Will you please raise my salary?" "Why, I gave you a raise only last week because you told me that you had your mother to support." "y know, but my mother got mar- #led, and now I have two to support." : His Straddle. see Oldboy is pretty gay yet, yes; he's got one foot in the other in society. 297 tn: with the fash- hich have ht that this was automatic and aat the narrower worker cell touched the button, so to speak, that brought forth a fertilized egg. But the queen 'will lay worker eggs in drone cells if she thinks fit, so that settles that. If the drone is male and the queen female, what is the worker? The new woman of Beedom. She bas given up her motherhood for a business career, Sometimes, though, she lays eggs, but they always hatch out drones, of which ' it is strictly true to say they have a mother, but no father. If the queen's 'wings are crippled so that she cannot ! make her marriage flight, her children are all drones. An Itulian queen in | a hive of black bees will beget work- ers of mixed blood, but her sons are pure Italians, Drones are useful as fathers of workers, but they cannot col- lect the honey they eat, Their tongues are too short. or § Claddagh Rings. 3, old "poesy rings" are 8 much souvenir than more modern guel.oA Snead BAS one te which liad be- motto, en- graved inside In old lettering, was as follows: "God above Increadé our love" The "Claddagh" riugs of Ire land are now very difficult to procure-- that is, the genuine specimens, of course, 'There are many imitations. These rings were heirlooms with the people of the Claddagh, a distinct gyp- sylike race of fishermen, and were banded down from mother to daugh- ter as a wedding ring, a marriage be- ing scarcely considered legal if an or- dinary ring were substituted. They were made of massive gold, decorated with a heart, bearing a erown sup- ported by twv clasped hands, signify- ing loyalty, love, friendship. The Unattained. The quiskest way to make any man weary of his life is to give him all his beart's desire. The struggle for the unattained is the secret of joy. Here is 2 man who has been giving his years to a reckless round of pleasure. Now you see him waking up to find that the deepest needs of his soul are still un- touched. Or there is another man who has given twenty-five years to the ae- cumulation of knowledge, and at last we see him, like Dr. Casaubon in "Mid- dlemarch," dying with the stores of knowledge all around him, which he does not know how to use. Didn't Care to Try. A woman, in a railroad station the other day bad a great deal of trouble with one of her children, a boy of sev- en or eight, and a man who sat near her stood it as long as possible and then observed: "Madam, that boy of yours needs the strong hand of a father." "Yes, I know it" she replied, "but he can't help it. His father dled when he was six years of age, and I've done my best to get another and failed. He can't have what I can't get. Would you care to try yourself?" The listener had fled. I! A Family Combine. Deacon Jones--I know of three broth. ers in a g town that would afford excellent material for a sermon on the theme of brotherly love. Deacon Brown--I'll make a note of it. Tell me more about them, deacon. Deacon Jones--Well, John, the eld- est is a physician; Thomas, the second brother, is an undertaker, and William, the youngest, is a marble cutter. Better Than Wealth. Employ your time by improving yourself by other men's documents; so shall you come easily by what others have labored hard for. Prefer knowl edge to wealth, for the one is transi- tory, the other perpetual. Let Them Romp. It is a good thing to remember when the children are noisy that some doy they will all be married and living far away, and the house will be as quiet as a tomb. Perfect Blas. Gladys--How did yon enjoy Mrs, Up- perton's reception? Ethel--Oh, great! It was the most complete failure I ever saw!--Puock, The Tramp Ready For Any Job. The gay cat applies for a job where he bears men are wanted, he knows not for what. "Can you drive four?" asks the boss. It may be the hobo doesn't know whether it is four nafls or four tent stakes he is to drive, but he tly answers; "Sure thing! Had a job driving four last month at --" (any. of the 10,000 places he has been to, 80 he can answer Sutin it it the boss is inclined to put them), and the mext morning, flading the "four" bo is to-drive are horses, he confiden- tially approaches a fellow sent for the clerk to vouch for its ac. curacy and, finding it right, the man it would be paid. As the clerk "was leaving, however, Mr. Armour sald . him: i "I wish to say to you that I have packed a great mdny hogs in my time, | but I never dressed one before". They Didn't Interfere, Governor Bob Taylor: of Tennessee bad a heart as tender as a woman, and the way be pardoned out convicts was something awful. He was walted upon by a committee of the legislature, who. very flatly and In bo uncertain way told him that this "wholesale pardon. Ing must stop." *'Gov'ner Bob" looked at the commit tee, tapped a bell, asked for his pardon clerk and when he came sald: "Make out pardons for every man in the penitentiary." The clerk bowed and withdrew, Then the governor looked at the committee, who were staring as if they thought he 'was going mad. "Gentlemen," he said finally, "I am governor of Tennessee, and if this com- mittee or any other ever aguin soeks to interfere with my constitutional right to pardon I'll sign every one of those pardons which the lek is aking out. Good morning." THE Bouse When John Quincy Adams was elghty years of age, he met In the streets of Boston an old friend, who shook his trembling hand and said, "Good morn- ing, and how is John Quincy Adams to- day?" : "Thank you," was the ex-president's answer. "John Quincy Adams himself is well, sir; quite well, 1 thank you. But the house in which be lives at pres ent is becoming dilapidated. It is tot- tering upon its foundation. Time and the seasons have nearly destroyed it. Its roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered, and it trem- bles with every wind. The old tene ment is becoming almost uninhabita- ble, and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon. But he himself is quite well, &ir; quite well." With that the venerable sixth presi- dent of the United States moved on with the aid of his staff. Hid His Whip. The late Lord Queensberry's famous protest at the performance of Tenny son's "Promise of May" bad a quaint sequel. A society journal, now deceased. made some scathing comments on the incident, Lord Queensberry armed himself with a heavy whip and called at the office, asking to see the editor. He was conducted to the presence of an elderly woman, who regarded him severely through her spectacles. Remembering the "Queensberry rules," he hid the horsewhip and mere. ly remarked that he had called to talk the matter over. ¥iis Obligation. The Duc de Roquelaure was far, very far, from being handsome. One day he met in the street an ugly Auvergnat who had some petition or memorial to present at Versailles. He Immediately introduced him to Louls XIV. remark: ing that he was under a special obliga tion to the gentleman. The king grant: ed the favor asked and then inquired of the duke what was this pressing ob- ligation. *'But for him, your majesty, 1. should be the ugliest man in your do minions." IC y akes short roads. XLE nd light loads. (JBLASL ood for everything that runs on wheels, ' Sold Everywhere, | 'Mads by IMPERIAL OIL €0, A Cold Snap In Illinois, A cold snap is as bad as the fishing season for making liars. A West Alton man says that a citizen of that town threw a cupful of water at a cat one cold morning last winter. The water froze into #. chunk of ice In the air, hit Gold Pens. The first gold pens made in this coun- try were all manufactured by band, the gold being cut from strips of the metal by scissors and every subsequent operation being performed by hand. These handmade gold pens cost from $5 to $20 and were far inferior to the machine made article of the present day. with, "Say, Bud, show me how to put the harness on the plugs, will you?" Asked if 8 knew HOW 10 make waiehiey o cartridges, be would doubt- Ses ) did. He might fail at el- ther, but be would not weakly deny himself an opportunity to try. This is not true of all, but it is a distinctive born of necessity in men that seek ish, were formerly Rp House and Lot for Sale or to Rent, The undersigned offers for Sal: or to Rent that fine property situat edand Rosa Street, Port Perry lately occupied by Mr. un Mc. EAST I z Kenzie. This is a desirable pr + 7 _ D. McKAY, Wists W. MBanARRY, Port Perry. 10r to were in ry te 'the. 4:4 Fug April 15, 1902. |GHOIGE FARM FOR SALE a y ton] \ PRO: use, Port Perry, and proceed to Alex. 's Sonya, for night Tu ntfield, noon ; Greenbank, night. Ww Alex McGregor's lot 6, con. g, Reach, 3 ca, night Th Burn, noon ; Brooklin, night. . Frio tle, noon ; his own stable, Sebert House, 3 i n until tiie following Monday afternoon. et 55 he by Kaasblstontap 16: 6 was the ire of 85 30 list, is the old. Many of H: ties 3 Muto he Mint 3.95 amilton'y colts al to 1t shiey be traced no doubt they would add 5 . Little Hamilton's sire, Bay Middletod, the sire k 2.203 Mayle Middleton 2.289, and is t! re of the dams of seven In magie cirgle guch as he inherits the Hi ilton, and the Ro and thoroug-bred blood of Lexington, that i nicked so well with trotbmg:6red sires from the great brood mare PENVILLE ' 24885 (formerly known as Black Naya bi bredby Wm Bruce, of Penville, County, Ont. Was foaled April 26, 1892 In color he is & beautiful bl; white on 7 it hind fetiook. He js a well proportioned rae, standing 1 high, w 1810s, He hasoxcellont tostiand limbs. and free from blemishes. His gait ls Jortect, smooth, frictionless and He goes with light shoes, wearing nothing but quarter boot. He was about six weeks whun a two year old and started in the Breedors' Stake to the County of Kinicoe, fof. two-year.olds, Arinning in straight heats in a, qualifications to and & producer of Parties who intel izing PENVILL color, sound and his colts are admis and dam are both blemishes of any PENVILLE 'BOY has od First Prize for Road and Carriage Stallion every Sas 14,885, Vor. rly known as Black Mack) THE PR Paxt fake the Sea on) May 3 20}, of Iudnthoirht trotters. He is the sire of the dams of also sire of the daw of Flying Jib 2.05 it forty Sots bt and the re anda Blood Royal, toyal's dani was by Sir Tatton Morris' trotting mare, Boncs, sieterto Stay n:r Boy 2.98 n i ti Catskin Duroc. mare, pedigree untraced VILLE BOY'S pedigree that he is bred trom a produc. to trot fast and produe trotters with great uniformity. as jan and Blue Bull blood through his sire, Little Ham. . Nor is he a trotter alone but he possesses sll necessary him a great sive. He isa trotter himself, Elie Wa eorior rs, His dam, reeding mares "this season will make no mistake bY patron, ¥ for the following reasons: --1, He isa good sl action. 2. all who see them, having size and quality, Hin sire and sound wniinals id 0 here to tran: time exhibited since hres year old. EF sires of Roadsters i Hix Steck Is hag, to a ve rising foarARdiaN figures never before Dominion. Rent Recommendntlon.--Although PENVILLE BOY considerable extent, came in contact with ordinary wares, his stock has invariably proved of a high order and his progeny, soiie of which are now , and are in for voungsters the get of any other horse of the Roadster Class that has do this district ORE 8 firk dam was Lissic B., the dam of Lady Watson 2.1 PRLS XIII, ATR. OPERTY OF on & Collacutt. son 1902, as follows: « 5, will leave his own stable, aie: Cy iddleton the sire cf twelve trotters [rom 2.) , he by Ham- in the 2.80 list, and the grands re of close to grandsire of the dams of 87 trotters and 2 Teoord, 23% trial 218, General Lee 2.37, Minnie o ling that was sold for 3225. She Hp bred son of Lexington, Den the sire of four 2.30 performers and the he hg Douglas' Royalecrge, he by Field's Lizzie B., is a producer of trol tiers, He has proved 10 be a very sure horse and itary disease or He has already beconis ane of the greatest * great demand and are readily selling at --Prices ranging from $200 to $500, JOHN BOE, Manager, & --p aks to the general public and the .patticulat for their ang ) since 1 embarked in' busi to announce that 1 now have more com 'and far superior facilities for enter- tainin, iblic than I ever possessed in the past; having' taken possession of the Oriental Hotel which' future be known as the SEBerT Housk, and hay red neither skilled labor nor expense in order to jodel and fit it up in a'manner second to none if rovince. Having introduced the most modern r works system, every room will at all times be. 'supplied with hol and-cold water. The comfort sts will be the first consideration and no exper labor will be spared in 'order to meet their re pents and win their approbation, so that their got inion of the "Sebert House" may be heralded ughout the entire Dominion and the traveling thus made acquainted with the fact that Po Try possesses hotel accommodation in- ferior 1 one elsewhere to be found, and charges, the past, will continue to be noted for moderat In order to provide ample yard, stable and sk modation for all, especially on market days I jurchased the lot to the north of my already ous premises and have had erected thereos and comfortable sheds, and my patrons will - eir servicé an attentive and obliging hostler." ve every confidence that my enterprise will be preciated by a generous public and that Badly avail themselves of the superior 1 have provided. L. SEBERT. GN mn DECORATIVE . Rodman= Central Liver PORT PERRY. EARTILY thanking the public for the liberal patronage received during the many years I have kept.a Livery ish ment in Port Perry, Ihave much pleasure in announcing that I have removed MY LIVERY to my former place of busincss Water Street «hich Iam about to largely extend in reasc facilities so that the public may bi setter accommodated with safe and desir able RIGS AT MODERATE CHARGES R. VANSICKLER. Port Perry, June 21, 1900, North Ontario Observer IS PUBLISHED AT PORT PERKY, ONT. VERY THURSDAY MORNIN BY H. PARSONS ERMS. 2 per annum, if paid it advance ; if not §1 all be charged. No i taken for le per discontinm than six mooths: snd ng untii arrears are JETTERS containing money, when addressed to th Oboe, prepaid and registered wil: bo at our risk ADVERTISEMENTS measured by Nonparie', at + charged according to the space they 00cupy. ADVERTISEMENTS received for publication. | out. specific In-tructions, wil Le inserted un a i ment will be taken out until pad fo \ LIBERAL discount allowed toMerchanta and othe ertise by the year or half ; ear. 'HESE terms will in all cases bo strictly. adhered t JOB DEPARTMENT. Pamphlets. Hand Bills, Posters, Programs, Dodgers, Bill Heads, Check Letter Heads, Wedding R. 0. CHURCH." V --. RICHARDSON. Sunday at 1030s. m, Sold by All Newsicalas Furniahes Monthly t . Soag and Miaic volume of New, Seg and Come Semper the most popular authors: all Tovens of % Pages of Pam Jims * Half Yocal, Haff Instrumental 21 Gompisto Pieces for Plane' lc, for the Plage, I you will send us the Name and Address of FIVE Piano and Organ Pla Sea we will send you a copy of the Magazine J. W. PEPPER, Pontioner; Eighth & Locust 8ts., Philadelphia, Pa. PAINTING Kalsomining, &c YHE undersigned would take this oppor tunity of thavking his numerous pat ms for their liberal avd still increasing atronage during the timo he bas carried ou the busiuess of PAINTING i Port Perry, and would state that he i utter prepared than ever to execute al orders for dinting, Kalsomining and Paper Hanging cly or having it neatly and promptly exe uted, My his are moderate. 1 am also prepared to supply Paints, &c,, 'hen coutracting. A continuance of public. patronage sol ited, WM. TREMEER, 'ort Perry, Mar. 23, 1893. SUNDERLAND i undersigned keeps on: hand and for ines and Inplements manafustur ed by | the MIR BALLON WPPE OO Binders, Reapers, Parties ontrusting their work to me may { TAT sales the -followjny Agricaltural Mach OF PETERRORO: Crown Mower, Secder, Tiger Hay Rake, Two Furrow Plow, Three Furrow Gavg, Combina- tion Plows, Chumpion Plows, 8. T'. Cultivator, S. T. Harrow, Land Roller, Steel Franie ring Tooth Cultivator, Bioder rucks, &e. i dso the following, t tho manufacture of JOHN ABEL, Toronto. High class Threshing outfits, Traction ines and Machines, Victor Clover Haller, Portable Triumph En, ine. T am prepared to supply every farmer requires in way of Huachines, Tmples nents, Repairs, &o. 27 A call solicited. McDonald's Hotel, ing the One door West R. K. BRYANT. Sunderland, "Sundetland, Avrils, Im a Sealed Tenders. JEALED TENDERS will received by the undersigi Ci he purchase of all or any of if Parcels-- Farm Propertie: elo ng to Mr. John Adams, advert] : o be sold by auction on the November, and withdrawn at «ale, J. A McGILLIVRAY. © Temj le Building, Toro or JOHN ADAMS, . : Port Perry. Nov. 39, 1899. MONEY TO LOAN. We havo funds. from privat Tavastoven morgage BEE nr priv Phtaln wan wy Sed tar 5a have have customers wha Fut to ed who w e al, my San ied, deh fh And bn i Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Busluess Car Books, Cireulars, Assembly Cards, Visiting Cards, &o. «Parties from s distance hand bills 8 rrinted can have them printed to with H. PARSONS. DESIRABLE PROPERTY IN PORT PERRY FOR SALE! r[YHE undersigned offérs for sale at + I bargain his @ne property on Lorn Street, Port Perry, cousisting of a commo ious yang Bojus ouviving six rooms; bull and threo closets ; there is:& to iia i a BLE ot hich have OHN NOTT, = UNDERTAKER, and Funeral Director, PORT ~ GEO. GARDNER 1SHES tin n the public of Po « ye od ¥ckrssusin und iit for | SEES ¥ or ex i prosecutin, business ip some of the ir pry 4 | ama. od United: Stated, he is better prepared | man han Jer Sree Any of the following ranches i-Stone Masonry. 4 tn air its. Sanchrer Plain and Jrament on bh Conerete wil Forgot stra tion bo dosay or or give out. you are n pee: any of e, ¢ tome a Gh ire any er. any R Blascaror. Also Artificial |. 'that will a permanent | al The Portraits of our Presidents | With Biographical Sketches General Charles H. Grosvenor; , 3 Sink or CoNgRESS PUK NEARLY 20 pe Es, a EH of material required in my or ¥