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He ong WHICH SHOW THE are OF THE DOMINION. « & e Divbree Courts in ad New Brunswick and British Co- Handles the Sub- fox the Remainder of Canada-- Tie Eminently Sacred in 'matter of divoree Canada a unique position. So fi gredter part of the Dominion concerned there 1s no Divorce No authority can dissolve tie in Ontario, Quebct, . and the Territories which is required to each case independently "Land pass a spe dal Act whenever di- 'vorce is deemod justifiable. The de- "mand for a Divorce Court comes from a sutall and uninfluential section of the people, says the Aail and Empive. -When it, was presented in Parliament a few days ago it was met With the same prompt refusal it had elicited on former occasions. It appears, therefore to be the fixed policy of Canada, so far as any pol- ity can be considered fixed, to re- frain feom establishing a Divorce . Court, and to adhere to the costly, 2 but eminently safe ma tie has a ig stron, country. are a vor "ment, and there arc dm certain pro- vinccs Divorce Courts, but the nus ber of divorces is relatively small Altogether hundred divorces have n in Canada since Confederation. Thus there have been less than ten divorces a year in the Dominion, whereas the yearly aver Sg in the United States is [from 5,000 to 30,000 i "But the bulk of Canada's divorces have been in three small provinces having. Divorce, Courts. Novagcotia, . New Brunswick, and British Colum- bia have had 229 divorces, 'whercas the rest of Canada has had only 71 In other words, 'there have been three divorces in the provinces named to every one in the vest of Canada, and those provinces do not contain one- third the population of the Domin- jon. "This seems to indicate pretty clearly that Divorce Courts mean inore divorces, and a diminished re- gard for the sanctity of the marriage Rie.» Further light vorce question in Canada by the cent census This shows that there are in Canada 661 divorced persons To each hundred thousand of popu lation the provinces have the follow- ing divorces Ontario Prince Edward Manitoba Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Northwest Territories... British Columbia... Provincial Divorce Court. It is rather remarkable that al though divorce is solely within the jurisdiction O0f the Federal author ity, four of the smaller provinces have Divorce Courts I'hesc how- 5 ls of pre-Confed- n ee of the pro power of granting divorces was originally vested in the Gover nor and his advisers Nova Scotia was the first colony to obtain au- thority to dissolve the marriage tie As far back as 1759 an Lmperial Act _eonferred upon the Governor, or mmander-in-chief, and the Execu- tive Council of Nova Scotia the pow- er to grant divorces. A year before Nova Scotia entered Confederation the Legislature transferred the power to the judiciary Similarly New Brunswick had a court of divorce, acquired in the reign of George IIT. which consisted of the Governor and his advisers Its judicial character was established in 1860. Prince Ed- ward Island still preserves a Divoree Court nearly in its original form It consists of the Lieutenant-Gover- por and five or more of his council but the Lieutenant-Governor may de- pute the Chief Justice of the Su- reme Court to preside in his place Since Confederation no divorce case has arisen in Prince Bdward Island but still it has its full share of di- vorced persons. Evidently Prince Ed- ward Islanders go abroad for their divorces. Another province which has a Divorce Court is British Co- lumbia. There the Supreme Court exercises the same powers as the English courts by virtue of an ordi nance passed before Confederation. Thug at the eastern and western ex- tremes of Canada divorce is obtain- able by legal process, whereas in the rest of the Dominic. Parliament re- serves the power ®o itself Divorce Court Proposals. Sevefgl efforts have been made to fnducoéCanada to establish a Divorce Court. The first of these was the despatch which the Imperial Govern- ment addressed to the Governor-Gen- eral in 1859. At that time Great Britain had just adopted a divorce law, the authority having been prev- fougly exercised by. Parliament, and the! Secretary for the Celanies gested that it wouldebe adv sable Canada to enact a similar measure. This was. advanced with a view to securing uniformity in the mafriage and divorce laws of the Empire. But the suggestion was respectively pig- eon the di re- is thrown on Island led. . « teniper 'of the Canadian Par- Jiament touching this subject was re- ,in 1870 when an ionocent makibg provision * for _ the administration of the New Divorce Court, already es- was submitted the Gov- It was the = direct pro- 'a Divorce Co The motion ' Fe A and from the Com y g enrls @very year There Parlia- |f Har- Aa BAA RB. United States £6 obtam a living ex- ample of caénsequences of cheap and divorce #:It means that the Hardage Cte: easily discarded is , thought ! anagmod amd that in of the all the family, of husb, d, {fa 'and parent, the iy "ewhich Christian civilization has for ninetesn centuries been building up, are undermined and weakened. . a STRINGER'S FIRST VERSE. Doggerel, me nie 'Tencher Saw Frothise Sta ¢ Kourenn oY Cliike, Neb., LR hs follows = to The Toronto { Globe: In You# lterary notes re- cently reference was made to Mr. Arthur Stringers visit to England in | the interests his poetical ven- { tures. This is Dy no means the first | printed evidence of bis growing im- portance in the literary world, with | which his friepds and acquaintances | are well pleased. Ere. en tly recall | him as a student of London Collegi- ate Institute, in which 1 was for a time an instructor. I enclose you a copy of what I believe to be his first | attempt in verse. The occasion was the removal, in the spring of 1891, of my moustache, which moved Ar- thur to pen this parody, and, after | showing it to his classmates, to slip it surreptiously into my overcoat pocket Instead of a possible exple- sion of wrath en the part of the dominie, who, by the way, was ten- derly referred to as ' 'Frenchy, the effusion was welcomed with smiles, has been cherished among other memories of my Pleasant sojourn in the 'Forest City.' Te be sure, the verse is but doggerel, but its author subsequently + did more and better work for the Institutd magazine, and therein, presumably, discovered his poetic "talent A Pathetic Lament: Or, the Sad Tale of A Moustache. Who killed Frenchy's mustache? sald Stringe "With 4 little 1 wrung it ofr." | r wringer, "No, 1," sald Little, "With my toy pistol, I shot it off. "Not I," said "With my little 1 stroked it off. Latdlaw, paw, Who'll make the shrond? * sald Waters, neat smile so sweet ond." With "I'll make the shr Who'H Dual the, coffin ¥ L 1d Hobl "For I make yan; ri pant the coffin Wah go to the funeral si Plewes, wipe I he the I'll gto to the fur blues, ral." { "Who'll preach the sermon? 1"! sald Clarke, All stiff and stark; "I'll preach the sermon." Who'll toll the bell? =" sald McMillan, The Mitle v n »I'll toll the bel Wao sing the psalm? sald little Sam, With many a quam; "I'll sing the psalm." | What'll take its place Op his elegant face? } Naught but mnother Just like Ite brother; That'll take its place, ---- eri Roberts® Animals. Roberts has yield- ed to a fad in order te keep the pot boiling--as, for instance, in his ani- mal stories--he has introduced some- thing of the ethereality which char acterizes him when engaged on more congenial subjects His animals do not talk like Esop's or Kipling's, but they have affections and in- stincts, which Mr. Roberts investi- gates and presents gracefully, says The Toronto Star. His love of na- ture, and his knowledge of {ts most subtle nuances, shine through every- thing he writes. As poet, novelist, short story teller, Mr. Roberts will always be found handling the fine tools. His is the art which pieces many little jewels together to make up a whole symmetrical and beau- tiful, and just large enough to be comprehended at a glance, and to be looked at again for pleasure of its shimmering detail Charles G. D Even when Mr Our Good Chance. Fernow, of New York, in a recent lecture at Kingston, Ont pointed out the admirable condi tions prevailing in Canada for the organization of a system of forestry, owing to the foresight displayed by the Dominion and Provincial Gov ernments in retaining control of the timber lands by a system of leasing, while in the United States large tracts are held in fee simple by railway corporations a thers Prof Canada's Onward March. The last two years have wrought a marked change in the status of Ca- pada among the nations Unques- tionably this change is largely an outcome of the period of phenomenal prosperity into which Canada is now entering. Already the per capita wealth of the Dominion is in excess of that of any other country in the world, the United States not except- ed--New York Posty What He Really Said. A gentleman calling on an M. P, one day while waiting in the reception room" was attracted by the manner of the small attendant and started a ran- dom conversation. "And how much do you earn & week, my boy," he inquired. "Ten pounds," said the youngster with avidity. Being shown into the member's pri- vate office just then, the visitor's sur prise found 'ent in words. "Mighty bright youth you have there to be getting £10 a weel " he remarked. "Why," said the M. P., "be only gets now you. P. and he be said, "did 'Wad paying sald the touched the bell. fell this you gh a Week T diaurer Well, it 0 ad you "I said I earned it," was the prompt and rejoinder. A MAN THE WAY HE ACQUIRED HIS HATRED FARE flank snd tooth marks on neck and led 4n a bunch So, not improve in position. Some of the scores the blue roan colt paid in kind, some he did not, but he learned the game of give and take. Men and horses alike, he concluded, were against him. If he would hold | his own, he must be ready with teeth ! and hoofs. Bépecially he carried with him always a black, furious hatred of in general. Bo he went about with ears laid bik, the whites of his eyes showing and a bite or a kick ready in any emergency. Day by day the hate in him deepened untll it became the master passion. A quick footfall behind him was enough to send his heels flying as though they had been released by a halr trigger. He kicked firstand investigated afterward. The mere sight of a man within reach- ing distance roused all his ferocity. Toward his own kind Blue Blazes bore himself deflantly. Double harness was something he loathed. One was not free to work his will on the de- spised driver if hampered by a pole and mate. In guch cases he nipped manes and kicked under the traces un- til released. He had & special antip- athy for gray horses and fought them on the smallest provocation or upon none at all. As a result, Blue Blazes, while know- ing fo masters, had many owners, sometimes three in a a icon He begart bis career career, by fiting month' engagement ag & Woors ors but after he had run away a times, wrecked several carriages and disabled a hostler he was sold for half his purchase price. Then did he enter upon his wander- ings in real earnest. He pulled street cars, delivery Wagons, drays and ash carts, He was sold to unsuspecting farmers, who, when his evil traits cropped out, swapped him unceremoni- ously and with ingenious prevarication by the roadside. In the natural course of events he was much punished. Up and across the southern penin- sula of Michigan he drifted conten- tiously, growing moré vicious with each encounter, more daring after each victory. In Muskegon he sent the driv- er of a grocery wagon, to the hospital with a shoulder bite requiring cauter- ization and four stitches. In Manistee he broke the small bones in the leg of a baker's large boy. In Cadillac a boarding stable hostler struck him with an fron shovel. Blue Blazes kick- ed the hostler quite accurately and very suddenly through a window. Between Cadillac and Kalaska he spent several lively weeks with farm- ers, Most of them tried various tam ing processes. Bome escaped with bruises and some suffered serious in- jury. At Alpena he found an owunen who, having read something very con vineing in a horse trainer's book, elab- orately strapped the roan's legs ac cording to diagram and then went into the stall to wreak vengeance with a riding whip. Blue Blazes accepted one cut, after which he crushed the aveng er against the plank partition until three of the man's ribs were broken The Alpena man was fished from un der the roan's hoofs just in time to save his life. This incident earned Blue Blazes the name of "man killer," aud it stuck. He even figured in the newspaper dis patches. "Blue Blares; the Michigan Man Killer," "The Ugliest Horse Alive," "Alpena's Equine Outlaw""-- these were some of the headlines, The Perkins method had borne fruit. The Bagred Road. "There is only one road to success in life," said the man who had made his lucky and retired. "And how shall I know the road?' inquired the budding young man. "Well," replied the man with the lucky, "you go right along this path of adversity until yow reach the first turn to the right." "Yes, yes." "And you'll find a road barred off with a gate and a sign that says 'No Trespassing.' Well, that's it." a Her Own Fen. "Your daughter," said Mrs. Oldcastle after being conducted through the new ly finished wing of the magnificent pal ace occupied by the Bullingtons, "has such a splendid vocabulary!" "Do you think 80?" her hostess re plied. "Josiah wanted to get her one of them escritoires, but I made up my mind right at the start that a vocabu lary would look better in a room fur nished lfke bers is even if it didu't cost quite as much." - 1 = Knew What He Meant. "That grocer of ours speaks the most fragmentary English of any one I ever heard," said Mr. Precise. "You mean 'broken English, my dear," corrected Mrs Precise. "You know he is a German." "] mean fragmentary," repeated Mr. Precise, "The man stutters."--Judge. JINGLES™AND JESTS. Lasy Man's Hankering. I'd like to have a nice, soft job, Where I could simply be A sort of weekly Jistéek, To draw my sala) And then, as that i burdensome Ir a The Important jortant Question. "How do you like your new serv- ant?' "That {sn't the question at all" an- Mrs. Torkins. "We , x > 'a Domestic Limerick. ' A strenuous matron named Maul" & 3 af When she lit on his features and'clirud. J Nearly he Limit, "Yes, I know him slightly. He's | ways impresses me as being rather 8 hard man." . "Hard? Say, that man ra adits knife by just carrying it in his pocket" May She Fare Well. frande and MRTHOD 'We treat end Bladder List for Home will clean anything cleanabl floors and doors--in fact, anythi GOLD DUST lightens lab Made onty by THE N. New York, Boston, and dishes, pots and pans, cellar to attic. 8Sens care. GOMPANY, Chicago, Montreal, it is also the robber that steals from many a business man the SppaRIhuity to become wealthy 'to plan for smerhing. fom in Adveriplog for | nd, winter. business, A a large space in «, Bircular, or "and it is always $90 genta ) Central Livers PORT PERRY. I EARTILY shanking the public for the liberal patronage received during the many years The kept a Livery Establish ment in Port Perry, Ihave much pleasure in i that I have removed MY " LIVERY ! to my former place of business W ater Street which Lam about to largely extend in- crease facilities so that the publie may be better accommodated with safe and desir able RIGS AT MODERATE GWARGEE R. VANSICKLER. 1900. Port Perry, June 21, North Ontario Observer 4 Weelly | Political, Agricultural and Panily Newspaper IS PUBLISHED aT] ovr. H. PARSONS TERMS, - 81 por anos, if paid in advance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. pd ae hken for lese than six months; and no paper discontinned unti! arrears are paid up LETTERS containing money, when addressed to thit O.bce, prepaid and regitterod wil. be at our risk ADVERTISEMENTS measured by Nonparie', and charged according to the space they occupy. ADVERTISEMENTS ceived fan publication, wit out specific in tructions, wil Le inserted ry forbid Pen charged Roronding ly on advertise ment will be taken ou until paid A LIBERAL discour.t allowed taionimaty and other who advertise by the year or half y THESE terms will in all cases be strictly adhered to JOB, DEPARTMENT. miphlet Hapa Bills, | Posters, Programé; Dodgers, Bill Heads, Check Letter Heads, Wedding Invitations, Recolp Books, Creatas, Awsombly Cards, Widdog © of gd ] kei i 4 the County... pi 0 hand d bills, he. H. PARSQNS. Blank Forins, Business Card Bouks, Parties fiom a dis'ance J rinted can have thom printed Drs. Archer & to do all at Jiist west Office, is gh FL Wy Port Perry, Sept. 16, ih ? GEO. JACKSON, d Ancti : Val COUSTY OF ONTARTS KXD TOWNSHII OF CARTWRIGHT, ISHES at this the commencement o another Angtion Sale Season to re. turn thunks to his numerous patrons fer past favors. Itrequesting their dsteemed and continued patronage he desires to state that no effort or pains will be spared on his part to make all sales entrusted to him successes. His véry extensive practice in tho past should bes sufifcient recom mendation ne--to- his 'ability. AM Sale Es comp Hi iu gharge will be attended to off and atl Safe tist aa blank notes tied fed) op mudelad ind Parties wiehjer to engage hin sbrvioes may consult his SALE REGISTER either he 'Obseiver or Standard Offices, Port Er for dates claimed for Sales and make arrangements, or write to his address CHARGES MODERATE: GEO. JADKSON, 1901. Port Perry ¥. 0 Nov. 1, Apples Wanted. The well known, reliable house o! Edward Jacobs & Sons of London Eng, and Hamburg, Germany Consignments. of Canadiar Apples. Highest prices to be ob tained assured. Reasonable ad- vance against B/L allowed. Com- municate with E. P. Brackrorp Nurseryrman, Toronto. It will pay or ® ship to the firm of Edward bs & Sons. AINTIN rTYHE nadersignod would take this oppor tanity of thanking bis numerous pat rons for their liberal and still inereasing patronage during the time he has carried on the Lusivess of PAINTING in Port Perry,:and would state that he ir better prepared than ever to execute all orders for Painting, Kalsomining and Paper Hanging Parties cotristipg their work to me may rely or having it neatly aud promptly exe cated, My charges are moderate. 1 am also prepared to supply Paints, &c,, when contracting. A continuance of public patronage sol: cited. WM. TREMEER. Port Perry, Mar. 23, 1593, DESIRABLE PROPERTY IN PORT AT FOR six PE there i§ a and dius hall and cellar under the main of choice, thriv- aod Plums other which are a yf Burbiat oF £50 'GEO. GARDNER ISHES to inform the pabliv' of Pore WwW. country, that prosecutin the largest era he is bette pared 5 e following . Masonry, its branches Plain od rentaiu permanent in tat of Bi ay Dida * ¥ i all Sales factory work kept in arity of my goods w will at once to. pit Port Perry, Dec. 171892, on | Agricultural Machines ~----AND----- IMPLEMENTS Sl AY rt SUNDERLAND Cds wnderejgned keeps on hand and fot salea tl ollowing Agricu Bifack ines aj nln be fo io the am weg. OF PETERBORO: Bifiders, Reapers, Crown Mower, Secder, Tiger Ha: Rake, Tw, ob Plow, Three Fur ow Gang, bina- tion Plows, Cha pion Plows, 8. T. Cultivator, o>. T. Harrow, Laid "Rotter "Steet Frame Toot Cultivator, Binder Trucks, &e. Daisy urrow also the following, the manufadijre of JOHN ABEL, Toréhto. High class Threshing ontfts, Tractfon iat and Machines, V Tutor Clover Haller, Portable Triumph Eni find. T am prepared to supply, re farmer i in way of Xtachines, i: Bon Ono dor Wert of ments, Repairs, &ec. #4 A call solicited. R. K. BRYAN?. . 1893. McDonald's Hotel. Sealed Tenders the purchase or. Parcels-- Farm Properties;-- ing to Mr. John Adams, advert io be sold by auction onthe 2 November, and withdrawn at sale. . A. McGILLIVRAY, gi = Tem, le Building, Nov. 39, 1899. ' ny, Torontd' Cs AS So MONEY To. Losk - We Have funds mortgage a' uy FELCH CENT. Fi 2 eo ol orages. more dy Ere OW hare hare pertien ee 1 aie oom any Xind, Fire and and pa RE flected, and Ed oa o « © business transacted. 2 The. Portraits- of our Presidents with ys Bee Skates LUND 1 18 Vicworia Brest; Toxenre.