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HEAD OFFICE. - TORONTO, ONT. Capital (Paid Up) $8,700,000 Rest - 2 - 8,000,000 EST ARLISHED 1867. A General Banking Business Transacted BUSINESS WITH FARMERS Loans made to farmers for periods ex- tending from one to nine months for feed cattle and other farm purposes. Farmers' Sales Notes discounted or col lected at the most favorable rates. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of One Dollar and upwards received and interest allowed at current rates Intarest is added to the deposit TWICE in euch year, at the end of May and November Ths Depositor is rubject to no delay whatever in the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit, No Charge is made on withdrawing or depositing money. Port Perry Branch CHAS. BALLARD, Manager R. D. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria University ; M.B. Toronto University, Memb + or the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Out.; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg: Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin Member of the Faculty of Physicians burg; and Surgeons . Glasgow § Late Resident Pupil of the Rolunda Hospital, Dublin, for Wo nen. Office and Residence, second door wt of Davis' Furniture ¥amporium, Queen Street. Office hours--9 to 11 a. ., and 2t0 5 p.m, and evenings. I have taken as partner, my brother, Dr R. Archer, M. D., C. M., Member of Col ege of Physicians and Surgeons, Out. Port Perry, June 9, 3557 R. J. H. SANGSTER, Physician, Sor geon aud Accouchenr, and Dr. W. A Sangster, Dentist, may on and after to-day, be found iw their new Surgical and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will be fonnd as heretofore, prepared to attend to their respective professions in all their branches. Port Perry Dec. 8, PR. B: J. MELLOW, PuvYsICIAN, SURGEON, &0, Office and Residence, Queen St., Port Pecry Office hours--8 to 10 a.m ; 1to3 pm, and Evenings. Telephone in office and house, open wight and day over the lines south, connected with the residence of (. L. Robson, V.8. Poet Ferry, Nov. 15, 1894. WM. H. HARRIS, BA..LLB. BARRISTER, &¢, Successor to and occu ant of the offices of the Jate F. M. Yarmold. Port Perry, - Ont. MONEY TO LOAN/ Private Funds at 4 pct cent. Feb. 7 1801 JNO. W. OROZIER ARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, B &c. Office at residence, 6th Con. 'Reach {ome mile west of Port Perry,)-- Moxey to Loan: N. F. PATERSON, XK. C., : Pe Solicitor, Natary os. 310 31! 2 ons g, Cor. By 'and! "Toron Toronto, March 81, 7898. ee *E. FAREWELL, KO, LL.B, FaSusty "#) , Crown Attorney, Barriste , &o., Notary Public and -- oy Das South wing Court House, Whithy, BETS Bae wry ~W. A. SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. Office Hnours--9t0 12 a.m., 2 to 6 pit, Also open Saturday evenings. Gold Fillings, Bridge and Crown otk a peslsity, Vitale in Dr F D. McGratban (DENTIS Tr. © .D.8. of Royal College of Dental Sufgeons, also D.D. 0.8. 8. of Toronto tp | fies fu the. Allison Block over Allison's Drug Store. Office hoyrs--~8 a.m. to8.80 p.m. Port Perry Agri 3 190% 'MONEY_T0 LOAN. YHE Subscriber. is | to LEND Y Se on Farm ig &F MORTGAGES BOUGHT. EA BUBERT L, SEBELS, OF. CANADA Prt Perry Agency. Salis Bik Deprimest. Deposits receivad at the highest current tates. Interest caloulated an ited to each d¥poritor seftif- annually. H. G. HUTOHESON, MANAGER, Yort Perry, June 26, 1897. STERLING (British Capital) Ts lend at 4. 4% and 5 per cent on good Mortgage Security, Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, For Pm, Ont -- J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, )Hice over the Post Office. PORT PERRY. All branches of Dentistry, including Crown and Bridge Work succesafully practiced. Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Aluminum or Rubler Plates Fillings of Gold, Sil¢er or Cement Painless extraétion when required: = Prices to suit the times® GEO. J ACKSON, Licensed Anctioneer, Valuator, &ec. FOR THE COUSTY OF ONTARIO AND TOWNWIY OF CARTWRIGHT, \ ISHES at this the commentement eo another Auction Nale Season to re turn thanks to his numerous pa'rovs for past favors. In requesting their esteemed and continued patronage he desires to state that no effort or pains will be spared on his part to make ull sales entrusted to him successes. His very exteneive practice in the past should be a sufficient recom | mendation as to his ability. All Sale | given into his charge will be attended to with promptocss and dispatch. Sale list made out aud blank notes supplied free, on application. Parties wikhing to engage his services may consult hie SALz REGISTER the Observer or Standard Offic Perry, for dates claimed for Sales and make arrangements, or write to his address CHARGES MODERATE. GEO. JACKSON, Port Perry P, O Nov. 1, 1901. AUCTIONEER. rpuE undersigned takes this opportuaity of returning thankefor the very liberal patrcnuge he hae received as Auctioneer in the past. The increased experience and extensive practice which I have had will be tarned to advantage of patrqms; and parties favoring me with their sales may rely off their interests being fully protected. No effort will he ars to make it profitable for parties placing their sales in my hands. My Sale Register will be found at the Leland House, Cwmsarea, THOS. SWAIN. Aung. 26, 1896. Y H. McCAW, or MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Ont. Port Perry, Dec. 18, 1883, WM. SPENCE, Township Clerk, Commissioner, &c. Cisea s prepared to Loan any quantity of Money on improved Farm Security at 6 and 7 per cent (Trust funds). All kinds of Conveyancing executed with neatness and dispatch. 20s 2208s door west of Town Hall, Manch 3 Moitenter April 11, FRSS. North Ontario Observer A Weekly Political, 'Agricultural and Famgly Neavspaper I8 PUBLISHED AT FORT PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING H. PARSONS TRRMS.- §1 angum, J J ynid ju advan : Ang 80 iii Be ul and no paper ened Co EEE ota money, when addressed to this ice, prepaid and regittered wil. be st our risk. TSEMENTS L ADVERT] Hessred Nusparie), sad EMENTS received for tructions, will Be oder oan i THESE terms will in all casés be strictly adbered to Co 08 DEPAR RIMENL. = pe] i de har "hocks Letter Heads, Wedding In Blank Forms, Rocely Sout, Buslsom Corte Vitag Carte, gs ... Partie. Sd pedi fm, a ing bd pt 4e : . HW, PARSONS. Bo taf ak or Sela Rt WIE unine) | oflers for Sale orto 1§ story, e fot qbntaiug foi ase laud on whivh there arg a ndimber of DE , bearing fruit tices ; there ave rot good well and new pnmp. apply at Tus Omsgrver - proprietor, % JOSEPH BRYANT. Ay Manchester. 4, 1903, "The undefiigy his Challenge Threshing Machine at a Bargan Although the machine tras been in use about ghree years it is none the worse for that. Pitties requiring a good Separator should see this machine. Apply to the pwner. +AQHN COLLINS, Jx., June 2, 1903 Scugog. MISS HARRISON Dress and Mantle Maker \ ISHES to inform the ladies /V that she has moved to her fire Rooms in the Allison Block where manner unsurpassed for Correctness of Style and Charming Eflect. Our charges are consistent the value given. Port Perry, with March 27, 1q02 JOS: BAIRD ICEN ED AUCTIONEER for the 4 County of Ontario. Sale Register at the OssrrvER Office Patronage solicited. Manchester, Jan. 19, 1899, Jamieson's Livery HE undersigned takes this opportunity of thanking the inhubitunta of Port Perey sud snrroquding country for the liberal and still inereasing pat. Bim ronage bestowed upon since commencing Carting snd Livery iu Port Perry und now intimates that he is better than ever prepared to supply all requirements in hin line. Huving extensively added to my stock of hurves ; well an conveyuncer of the latest type of construction for comfort and pleasure, Tum in « position te meet the requirements of the most fastidious as te style snd desirable cquippage in every respect--in every way suit. able for private driving, wed. dings, funer ls, dc. Purties wishing an afternoon drive can have their choi of wuitable double or single rigs and care ful drivers will also be suppli- ed when required. I possess a number of good Spring and D=ay Wagons and will, at all times, attend to Carting with the utmost care and promptness. I wish further to state that in future suitable convevences will be at the Railway Depot to convey passengers and bag gage to private residences, and will also convey passengers and baggage to the Depot in time for departing trains, on being given notles WM. JAMIESON, Port Perry, July 30, 1903, WANTED A man to represent "CANADA'S GreaTesT Nukseries' in the towno! PORT PERRY and take and surrounding country, orders for ODR HARDY SPECIALTIES in Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Ornamentals, Shrubs, Roses, Vines, Seed Potatoes, &c. Stock true to name and free from San Jose Scale. A permanent pos ition for the right man on either salary or commission. STONE & WELLINGTON FONTHILL NURSERIES ovER 800 ACRER ToroNTO, ONTARIO g | £ | i i 4 8 k if Ea) i Ls i 13 be i : fs hg i I wa. No. 1 and No.2 aresold in Port Perry by C. H. Allison and A: J. Davis, Druguists ) ANTED.- POR "STORY OF PREY I a Magazine," ' lo H, . Lr Ce Fo GE Pul who have branch in Sot Abie for" inwioen ye. rs, or an atenbe on ons or Hival work. teow of this that will mal (res our snyone r} 21, in the lot con. of Cartwi ret ' For paren] { ] she is prepared to execute all orders cash in Dress and Mantle Making in a | Jie | few counties, calling on retail merchants |and agents. For Sale a Farm, the East-half of lot 20 aad Has jyst taken possession of the FOY SHOE SHOP one door South of the St. Charles | Hotel, where he intends to make alt | kinds of Boots and Shoes; and do all kinds of repairing All comers strictly attended to. He wants to! to please all who come his way, 1} Smart possible. Port Perry, June 10, 1903. WANTED -- SEVERAL 1 ERAL IXDUSTHIOUN pEnsons | in each state rate or Da ttt Fears any with pita to | upon merc: ants and agents for , profitable line Permanent engagemefit. . TH hie ah salary of $18 and all traveling expenses and hotel bills advanced in Experience not sesential. Mention rence and enclose self-addressed envelope. THE NATIONAL, 381 Dearborn $t,, Chicago. | WANTED--FAITHFUL PER8&ON TO | TRAVEL for well established house ina! Loca! territory $1024 a year and expenses, week in cash an expenses advanced tiop permanent Business successful and | rushing. Staudard House, 334 Dearborne | St. Otesgo, | Salilary pryale $19.70 Posi. Grand Trunk Railway. TIME TABLE, Por | PERRY. Ly GOING ROUTH. | 7-25 a.m, GOING KORTHL 5 Ame 5.40 p.m. _ 7:33pm. Has Our fee returned if we fail. Any one sendi skeet ud d descr ption of any Tavention -- receive our opinsom i Tee onc ing the Richa of same. 'How to Oblain a tents secured Send TI VICTOR J. EVANS & CO. (Patent Attorncys,) Evans Building, WASHINGTON, o. & For Over Sixty Years MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used by millions of mothers, for their children while teething. Jf disturbed st night sud breken of you rest by a sick ohild suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Tecth, send af once and get a bottle of " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Depend upon It, wothers, there is no nulsiake slout it. It cures Diarrhoes, Regulates the Stomach and Dowels, Oures Win Colie, Softens the Gums, Reduces Inflammation, and gives tone and miergy to the whole sysem. 'Mrs, Winslow's So thing Syrup for Children Tes pleasant Lo the taste and is the pre-eription of one of the idest and hest female physicians sod nurses in the United States. Price twe: ty-five cents a bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout the world. Be sure and ask for" MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, i pate Bolence umd Huppluésd, The library of Hatioyef possesSes. a large numbef éf ¢hpublished manu- scripts left by the philosopher Leibalts. Among them Is a Methodus docendl, which reveals much of the nature of the man and his mental attitude. Lefb- nits was not a professor; he even refus- ed emphatically to enter om & univer- sity career. But pedagogical questions bad considerable interest for him. He conceived of an education much vaster than that of the universities. His doc- trine of science led him to believe that everything can be taught including happiness. He was veritably possessed with a seal for the public good, and, ac- cording to his view, the happiness of humanity depends on the progress of the sciences. Happiness, he believed, consists of three things--perfection of the soul, health of the body and the commodities of life. Perfection of the soul is obtained through science, Ww. teaches us what we are and what we | ought to do and Is the base of rational' ethics; health of the body is also ob- and medical skill depend on the knowl edge of nature! hdr, 4 the commodi- ties of life are furnished by science, which evolves the useful arts and makes man independent of, if not mas- ter over, nature. Thus the only way a betior Ta tv {1 work at the development of the sci- encen.--Hatper's Weekly. Ohamberiain's Cough Remedy. This Jreparation is intended espe- cially for coughs, colls, Sroub, whooping cough, and influenza. It these diseases over a large orticn of the civihzed word. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works ; of the aggrevating and per- sistent coughs it has cured ; of sev- cre eolds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of the child. The extensive use of it for whooping cough 'has shown that it robs that disease of all daffirerous results. It is especially prized by mothers because it contains nothing - injurious and there is not the least danger in giving it even to babies It always cures and cures quickly. 3 Sold by A. J. Davis. EZ Mr. Vickery has just to hand} a car lo«dof Portland Cement, which he i is sclling at $2 75 per barrel, apd in lots of | has become famous for its cure of | St Ba five barreis and upward, lower prices will be quoteds' i it stways restores' y hair, all che rich, fark solo of uy life. am Reh Fi i Ta "te me ities ron. ee ig woth} IN THE ORM'S ICE Copyright, 1908, by T. C. McClure id mask 0-0-0 "Tommy, this is the fourth time in | ten days, and you promised to behave | 1f Nell Jet you come!" "But § couldn't help it this time, dear, It just slipped out." Then, in whee ling tomes; he added, "Besides, this is a | the ddy for declarations." "Ot independence," Interrupted Har riet ruthlessly. "And your declaration calla for ingegadence. I should be @ependent pos you for everything-- the roof over my head, the food on the table, the furbelows on my back, even my happiness' -- "And would it be so hard, little girl, to accept them? Why, I have dreamed of nothing else for years but giving you all these--and more. I am willing to take my cf chances of drawing big div- idends in happiness" -- "Men are born gamblers," replied Harriet, with her big brown efes fixed on, he line There blue water and Kppliog lstes. Tom fat very re and dug the of his tennis shoe viciously Into the stony walk. "Of course you are not taking any chances in going on the stage. You are going to be a star imside of a year, just because the man to whom you've been paying good money says you are his most promising pupil"-- "] think that will do, Tommy. | really didn't know you could be so rude." Harriet had risen, apd was dusting off ber linet{ skirt witli elaborate care. Tom wags on his feet In an. instant. "Forgive me, dear, but you can't un- derstand how I feel when I think that in less tham a short month you will pass out of my life, perhaps forever, and if you do come back that you will not be just the same girl, but one Im- bittered by hard experience. Hattie, do you think any audience will ever listen to the music of your voice and bang on every word as [ do? And the critics, they will say things that will hurt and cut you, and I--I won't be able to punch. their heads off! Oh, if you only could" -- "But I can't. And I think it is very horrid of you to spoil my vacation by erying for the moon, for that is what you are doing when you ask me to give ap my career." Harriet swept across the porch and down' over his eyes and plunged into the tangle of laurel which screened the house on the right. He was perfectly Ing's conversation and lost the coveted opportunity involved in a long three hours of Harriet's exclusive company. The rest of the house parfy had gone across the lake by boat to participate hich | 'n a 'good eld fashioned up state cele bration of Independence day, but Har riet iad begged off on the plea that she ud a day of absolute quiet to get | a new role. Tom knew better. It waycbecause sbe hated firecrackers, fd firearms generally. He had ly when he beard her ex- ndering what she would de dramatic career cast melo untied 5: way. m had stayed behind because, med Mrs. Walton, Harrlet's cottage in the heart of the Adi- § was no place for a young wo- all alone. Mrs. Walton knew , but she held her peace. It would improve those golden urs! Dear knows, the whole opposed to this silly notion 's. om smoked dri shied pebbles d birds and insects Har her room looking over some which had arrived In the , 8he had ordered them for whose company she was & head clouded in tulle, to ig of half a dosen less strik- 'With a band that was quite that Tou bud only two weeks' vi into %he house. Tom pulled his cap far | aware that be had bungled the morn- | rates, &c. for it ever since she could remembér. vaca tion, that this was the biggest boli- day of the year, and he had given up the jaunt with other members of the house party. Why? Because she wes afraid to go. She hated the long , ored to be clearly established, and Famcy-- ride on the water--she had always been afraid of boating--and she bated the nolse of a country celebration. And : Tom loved It all. | She lay on her couch trying to stpdy, but her thoughts reverted unpleasant- ly and persistently to Tom--Tom who had carried ber books and ber lunch to school, who had fought for ber and fetched and carried for her ever since she could remember. Bag of course there might be another Tofm op the road. If not--well, ber art would com- fort her. The room was snddenly shrouded in gloom, and. from the distadice came the mutter of thunder. Ah, that was why she could not study! Electricity in the alr always unnerved her. It was mere- | ly a case of depression. She closed ber window, then passed rapidly from room to room, closing doors and windows and busying herself in sheer desperation, for an electrical storm in the Adirondacks is no trifilng matter, Down came the darkness like a mighty pall, and with hinds that trembled she lighted the sitting room lamp. 'Surely Tom would come In few moments If he could find his iy through the blackness outdoors. A flash of lightning played on the window, and she jerked down the shade, With the thunder there boomed another crashing ' sound, and a forest monarch lay prone on the lake's edge. Another crash and another, with the wind whistling and howling a minor accompaniment to the thunder. Harriet lay face downward on the wicker couch, her head buried in pillows. In the Inky blgckness of the entry stood Tom, his face grim and set, * his arms crogsed over his chest. Bud- denly there came a pause, one of those awful, portentous pauses that presage | + an exceptional burst of fury. On the | ominous silence rang & trembling voice: | "Tom, where are you?! Why don't you | come?" | He reached her side just as the yel- low blue light of the bolt seemed te en- velop the entire cottage. When It was over Tom was holding a llmp, uncon scious form tight to bis heart. "It's all over, little girl. It was just a tree or something that was st KX. There can't be another crash like t Look at me, dear; it's Tom. I'm with you." » Mr. Walton was smoking his post: prandial cigar two nights later In = peaceful frame of mind on the widest hammock the porch afforded. His wife was talking in an undertone, "Well, thank heavens, Hattie has giv- en it up for goed. I think It wan that | bit of scandal about {he manager's' being divorced and marrying his lead- ing man's wife. Buch a tangle!™ "I den't believe it was anything ef | the sort. It was that storm." | "Nonsense, How do you know?" "Tom." And Mr, Walton lighted a fresh cigar and rolled over to watch the figures of a man and a tall, slepder girl disap- pearing in the direction of the lake. | | | | Restless a and Cross. | When infants or young children | fare restless and cross or peevish it, | is a very certain sign that they are | | not well. The mother may not | know just what the trouble is, but! she can depend upon it the trouble | exists. Give the little one Baby' Own Tablets, see how promptly it | | will be changed into a happy, smil | ling good-natured child. The little | lone will sleep soundly and naturall iy | | and the mother will obtain her m: ct | | | | needed rest. Here is the proot, g ven by Mrs, John E. Ramsey. Port Hill, P.E,L., wbo says :--*My baby was cross, restless and did] not sleep well bot after giving him Baby'y Own Tablets he became | better natured, sleeps well and is| growing finely. The Tabicts have aeen a great blessing to both baby | and myself." The Tablets are a prompt and certain cure for such troubles as ir- digestion, sour stomach, colic, con- stipation, diarrhoea, simple fevers and other minor ailments. lhe, | always do good ond cannot pos:ibl | harm the most delicate child. Yo can get the Tablets from any m:d mail at 25 cents a box by writi « « Th+ Dr." Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. On*. > EF Klondyke, British Columbia, North-West Territory and Man- itoba. Parties going 2 any of the above parts zi Davis, C.P.R ticket oA i mation Croup. The peculiar cough which ind' cates croun. is nsually well kn ven! to the mothers af croupy children. | No time should be lost in the treat ment of it yaud for this purpose no, medicihe' Nas received more univer- sal al prov Chamberlajn's Co'rgh | For sale by 4] Davis. now, In a few brief weeks, she fre irrefutable testimony, and all | ment cine dealer, or they will be sent by oroup ik ae > : WHY THE JUROR HELDDUT. a tuition at a well advertised dramatic Whe Seoret That Was Imparted to om Ohtel Justice. © "stending out' aga nst what the of one man, | before Chiet Jludien Dyer neo. Be presided at a in which everything the pris¢ner, who on knows to have Bad a Sart with the deceased and feared he might get into trouble. The hay- fork with which the man had been murdered had the prisoner's pame on it. In other respects his guilt ap- ffi the chief justice was convinced of it, but the jury returned a verdict of "Not gullty." | This was Chief Justico Dyer's case, and he put some very searching quee- tions to tie high sherifli The cause of the acquittal, said the official, was undoubtedly the foreman, a farmer of excellent character, esteem- ed by all his neighbors end very un- likely to be obstinate or vexatious "Then," said the judge, 'I must sce this foreman, for an explanation of the matter I will have."" The fore- man came, and after extracting from His Lordship a promise of secrecy proved at once that the prisc nor had been rightly acquitted, 'for he said, "it was I myself who killed the an It had been no murder, for the oth- er had attacked him with the hay lork, and--es he thowed--severely in- jured him, but in the struggle to get possession of the weapon he had tho misfortune to give the men = fatal wound. He had no fears as to his being found guilty of murder; but the assizes being just over, his farm and affairs would have becn ruined by a confession, through lying in jail ¢ long, so he suffered matters "ta take their course. He was horrified to find one of his own servanis ac cused of the murder He supported his wife and children while in jail managed to be placed on the jury and elected foreman. He added that it he had failed in this he would certainly have confessed to his own share in the business, and the judge believed him Every year for fifteen years the judge mude inquirica as to the fore man's existence, and at last, hap pening to survive him, he considered himself frce to tell the story, --Lon- don News. " THE ENEMY. Cnskilled in Letters, and in Arte wnversedy | Tgvioptnt of emplre; bownded in thelr By Bh one bilewing reldt, Amd at silences; as Apart---the farsuwn seed erst Net Alva's sword could tame; now bFmdly hurled where they np people parsed of thom that Against fhe march world, They fighe and ate, of the majestie with dann lew bosoms Crased If will; demented, nd te yleld Fre all be lost! And yet it wema to . They fought as noblest Englishmen did vee ne Te #ght, for freedom; and no Dritom ae, Whe to such, valor in a despeste field A knightly smlu€ation cng refuse William Watson, ment." In Time of Ewtrange- BELL AS;A LONDON SIGN Ite Adoption Due te the English Fond. mess for Bell Ringing. The English are a music-loving na~ tion, and they love to hear music ! even when goimg about their daily oc- cupations, and so it is that the spires and towers of her mighty cdthedrals are ht mg full of glorious bells. , So fond of bell ringing is "'Merri¢ England' that Handel once sald the bell is her national instru- It is not strange, therefore, we find this Instrument fre adopted as a public sign. From carly in the sevintecnth cen~ tury Bell Inns were numerous in London. In Krightrider street thera was en old inn, the walls of which were prelgecd with a glent bell car- ved in, bold relief, the keystcne had the initials ""M. T. A." and the date 1668. This (ne specimen is now in Guidhall. But a little step away, | in Carter Lane, there was another Bell Inn, which has the proud dis- tinction of being the hostelry from which Richard Quymney wrote, in 1598, to his "loving good friend and countryman, Mr. William Shake speare," the only letter addressed thy Baird of Avon now lmown to exist, The letter {s preserved in Stratford, the home of the "world's greatest poet. Not far sway, again, there is a modern Bell tavern, a place where it is said that Dickens loved to go. when making notes for 'David Cep- perficld,"' One of the most ancient and reput- able wholesale druggists in the city, while rebuilding on his old site, dug out of the foundation of the ancicnt house an old sign of "The Bell and Dragon." It had lain there for more than two hundred years, having becn used on a prior building before t!a disasters of the Great Fire, ard hod fallen through into the gemcral ruins. The peculiarity of the situation is that the firm had adopted "The Bell and Dragon' as their trade-mark be- | fore the discovery of this fire toucH- ed relic. This splendid old stcne bas- relief is jealously preserved, and oc- that quently trance of the Holbéi branch of the | iran a prominent place in the en- dint So She Corrected Warbert Fpencer. Amongst the stories told of the late Herbert Spcncer some time ago" | was ome relating to his: boarding- | house experiences. His doctor had ad- vised him that solitary meals Were not good for him, and he went to a | boarding-house, but did not stay. Pleasant, lady" who sat wméxt Io him, and who was to him in light and cheerful talk, was a sad | disappointment. A triepd', asked her Bow she liked thé: board use; | cou. { think I 'she replied; 'but there in a Mr. Spopcer who thinks that be + rs NG. a KmOWS @DoTU Niche and 1 have to correct him every meats One of Spencer's peculiarities was ta hsak of most remarkable case of & ground him became apnoyi! them out and put thee ' 1 . the Duke of Norfolk and that able man, John Burpa. ny not only the p _ i% time to prevent the ing-ho 1d she recominend it? "Oh, yes; I - get in hi! he locke carry about two little plugs et, and whenever con Morfalk and John Burry A good story is told. of Theta who, by the way, is rh ain land, in : ™ tarsea resident took to be a Drawing Burns aside, he him: 'Look 'ere, John, mocracy's all very fine, but don't yow reckernize what's doo to your posi- tion as a member of the "Ouse? walkin' about harm-in-harm, fn broad daylight, with a workin' man.' ""S-sh,'"' whispered Durns, the Duke of Norfolk.!" And it was! "that's SET net Reficetions About LaWyerr, When Peter the Great visited London in 1608 he was shown Westminster hall. He asked who all those busy peo- ple were in black gowns and flowing wigs. He wi answered, "They are lawyers, sir." "Lawyers?" sald he, mug astonished. "I have but twa ln my' whole dominions, and I believe I shail hang one of them the moment [ get home." When, In 1358, a lawyer tried to set- tie {n the Isle of Wight, he was hotfd- ed out of the place, with a pound of candles hanging at his side, all alight, and with bells about bis legs. In 1867 "a book about lawyers" was written by Jobn Cordy Jeaffreson, why declared: "Sweep away the lawyers, and forthwith there would be Hn en:l of triumphant roguery. The lawyer !s the typical knave, the arch yillain, the perjured monster, the heartless demon of our social system." As "the greatest scoundrel unbung, long since consigned by the unanimous but impotent wishes of his feilow countrymen to endless perdition" -- No wonder that "Death to thieves!" was the cry of the mob as they ran- sacked the house of Lord Mansfeld, Yet solicitors, at any rate, do not al- WiHFE grow rich, and there Is truth in SFAkey Smith's remark that "it is not in every man's power to say, 'I wild a great and successful lawyer, but it is In every man's power to say that he will be an honest man." We earnestly hope that all lawyers who read these lincg will do thelr best | to be honest, whatever may -he the dif- Aculties in their puth.--Loddon News. Wren's Dwelling. The great Wren was appointed sur- veyor general and principal architect of the new London which rose out of the ashes and would have built a city of magnificent distances, worthy of thy" opportunity, if the citizens bad not struck out for their private rights and fancles. The result was another maze of streets, above whose heads, however, loomed the wonderful dome of St. Paul's and the host of spires and towers which to this day soothe many a weard eye by their manifold beauties. Paral- lel with Pudding lane, now given up to the fishes, runs anotber, beetling pas. sage called Love lane, "It'1#8°80 mifrow, that you can glmost step across it. It curves like the folds of a serpent. Im places the houses overhang till their fronts almost touch. It requires some courage to struggle through the throng: of porters and fishermen which surges = to and fro, but it is worth the pilgrim"s trouble, for in the very middle of It is the back of the house In which Wyejy lived while he was bulldfing his chured- es and laying out the new city. A flight of stone steps protected by rusty Iron rally leads up to the massive oak door, now sadly battered, with great pieces chipped out of it, splashed with mod and choked up with the sweepings of rges. It (s a melancholy memorial. in much the same case as some rele which we have not the heart to consign to the dust heap, --Pall Mall TF tA BOLD HOAX, Daring Fergery Thut Figured im the Fa- meus Tichburne Case. It is rather a striking fact that the greatest deception of the last century brought about one of the most daring forgeries While the Tichborne case was dragging its weary length the coyrt was stagger- ed one morning by the receipt of a letter purporting ta bg gr ritten by Sir Algernon West at the dizestion' of Mr. Gladstone, his chief, to Lor Chief Justice Dovill The letter sot forth {hat the slow progress of the trial was a public scandal and that we could not fail to become a by=~ word to all civilized nations. Mr. Gladstone, the letter ran on, added: "Te is aware that you are not in any scence responsible for a state of things whi.h is a blot upon our cfv- il jurisprudence, but he thinks an carly expression of your and per. haps his opinion, from the high poss sition you occupy, Would tend to™* remedy a state of things which threatens to result im a virtual do, nial of justice." Pallantine used to say Ho Bovitt "With a little more experience-Bek- vill would be the worst judge of the bench.' Ie believed the letter * to be genuine and. spmmoned. kis tho. her judges to advise Bim how to act in such an unprecedented irterfercnce with the administration of justice. Luckily one of his junior contempors aries had the wisdom to suggest that the best course was to see if the, letter were really genuine before cone sidering the grave constitutional question involved. Thersupol. they . sent down to Sir Algernen. He fle) to Westminster, Of courses, was a monstrous fotgery, Fhe was not been wisclv cau > thor was ne\er discovered, nor they rtain how he R "of official treasury note per ik the purpose.--St. Jade zetle. . & owl rpm si as