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ONLY BANK PORT PERRY BRANCH, - - Upto: $5 to $i0to $3010 Payable without Charge 30 50 vunsisseeel5 EDIE. AND THE UNITED STATES. A CHAS. BALLARD, Manaaar. p. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria M.B. Torouto A id GEO. JACKSON, d Ancti , Valuator, &e. 1.1, R. Uaiversity ; De or tae "College of P t.; Licentiate of the "Royal nt on Rdinburg ; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin- are} Member of the Facult ot 2h Gi: w 5 Popitof the Rolu for Wamea. west of Davis' Furniture Emporiam, ood iy Office hours--9 to IVa. ., and 2to 5 p.m, and evenings. 1 have taken as partser, my brother, Dr R. Archer, M.D.,C. M., Member of Col- ege of Physicians and Surgeons, Out. Port Perry, June 9, 1897. DR. 8. J MELLOW, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, &C Port Pesry Gice and Residence, Queen St 1to3 pm, Uer hours--N to 10mm ; rue 3 Tigeninge: -nhsie in office and house, open night ie lines south, counected | eof GL Vv 15, 1504 Nov APHIS, BAL LLB. ZISTEXK. &c., to and geenpant he a Ont. Buccessor cessor of the late F Port Perry, - MONTY TO ALBAN. Private Fesds at § per cent. NF PATERSON, KX. c. Barrister, Solicitor. Notary Public, &c., Nes. 310311, Temple Building, Cor. Bay sad Richmond Streets, Toronto. Teronto, Mareh 31, 1993. FE. FAREWELL, K.C, LLB, Coney So Crown Attorney, Barrister, Cou: ar, &c., Notary Jfice--Soath wing Court House, Ont. W. A. SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. Office Hours--9 to 12am. 2106 pm, Also open Saturday evenings, oa Gold Filings, Bridge and Crown York a Specialty. ' Vitalised Air. Dr F. D. McGrattan (DENTIST) :D3.9 of Rayal College of Dental Surgeons, also D.D.8. of Toronto University. CfBce in the Allison Block over Allison's Drug Store. Office hours--8 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Fort Perry, April 9, 1902. J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, Office over the Post Office. PORT PERRY. All branel of 0.4 8 Crown and Bridge Work successfully ineludi Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Aluminum or Rubber Plates Hos olf Dubin, | turn thanks to his numerous pa rows fcr Office and Residence, eon Robson, V.S { Nov. | A Weekly Political, Agricultural and YOR THE COUATY OF ONTARIO AND TOWKSHII OF CAKTWKIUHT, ISHES at this the commencement ef another Auction Sale Season to re past favors. In requesting their esteemed and continued patronage he desires to state that ne effort or pains will be spared on his part to make all sales entrusted to him successes. His very extensive practice in the past should Le a sufficient recom mendation as to his ability. All Sule £100,000 STERLING (British Capital) To lend at 4. 4% and 5 per cent on good Mortgage Security. Apply to given into his charge will he attended t wilh promptoess and dispatch. Sale list made out and blank notes supplied free, on application. | Partics wishing to engage his services may consult his Sax RroisTer either at! the Observer or Standard Offizes, Port Perry, for dates claimed for Sales and make arrangements, or write to his address && Phone at Residence, No. 31 ®a CHARGES MODERATE. GEO JACKSON, Port Perry P. 0 1, 1901. AUCTIONEER. FPYHE undersigned tukes this opportuoity of returning thanks for the very liberal patrcnnge he has received an Auctioneer in the past. The increased experience and extensive practice which I huve bad will be tarned to advantage of patrons, and parties favoring me with their sales may rely on their 1uterexta being fully protected. = No effort will be spared to make it profitable for parties placing their sales in my hands, My Sale Register will be found at the Leland House, Caesarea. THOS. SWAIN. Csarea, Aug. 26, 1896. BAIR CEN © 'ED AUCTIONEER for Cl J County of Ontario. Sale Register at the OBarrvrn Office Patronage solicited. Manchester, Jan. 19, 1899, {7 MH. McCAW, Er ISSGER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Ont. Port rey, Dec. 19, 1883. WM. SPENCE, Township Clerk, Commissioner, &e. s prepared to Loan any quantity of Money on improved Farm Security at 6 and 7 per vent (Trust funds). All kinds o Conveyancing executed with seatness and dispatch. Otfice--One door west of Town Hall, Manchester. Manchester April 11, 1588, North Ontario Observer Family Newspaper | 18 PUBLISHKD AT FORT FERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY H. PARSONS TERMS. $1 por anoum. if paid in advance : if noc $1.50 I be charged. No subscription \aken for less six onthe snd nc paper disconunned until arrears are paid up. | LETTIRS onptalaing movey, when sddrassed to this | sce, prepaid and re istered wil Le st our risk. | ADVERTISEMENTS measured Ly Nonparie!, and charged according to the space Lhey occupy. ADVELTISEMENTS received for pablicatioa. instructions, witl peridot pr 1 aod charged socordingly No ad ment will be Laken out until paid for. A LIBERAL discount allowed to Merchants and other who advertise by the year er haif year. THESR terms will in all cases be stic'ly adhered te JOB DEPARTMENT. Hand Biils, Posters, Programs, Dodgers, Bill Heads, "Checks Lotter floads, Wedding Invitations, Rao Fors, Recsip Books, Business Ca Xi Sl 1. home of every aryle and Desizn and Ohina. Doraration. 17 hd 1.30 fet wdic Bows sg 4 BIER SRT .. Parties from s dis'anee ge'ting hand aripte | can have them printed '0 take hove wi ? HEPARSONSS HARRIS i hiantic Maloy fo anton. the dies she has moved to Ler 4 fem inthe Allison Block wher : Yahe 1a, prepa: Tro execute all orders rhs acd Mantle Making in i unsurpassed for * Hiss 0H DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, Port LI, Ont, Jamieson's Livery HE undersigned takes th opportunity of thawkiuy the iububitunts of Port Perry and surrounding country for the lieral and still inercasi ronage bestowed upon i wines commencing Carting and Livery in Port Perry und now intimates that he ig better than ever prepared to supply all requiremcute in his line, Hay stensively a my iRise) ins we god conveyances of the lutost type of construction for comfort und pleasure, Lam in « position to meet the requirements of the most fastidious na to style snd . desirable equippage in uvery respect--in every way suit able for private driving. wed- dings, funerls, &c. Parties wishing an afternoon drive can have their choice of nitulle double or single rigs and care ful drivers will also be suppli- ed when required. 1 ess a nuniber of good Spring and Diay Wagons and will, 'aball times, attend to Curting with the utmost care and promptness. I wish further to state that in futare suitable conveyances will be at the Railway Depot to convey passengers and bay gage to private residences, and will also convey passengers and baggage to the Depot in time for departing trains, on being given notice WM. JAMIESON. Port Perry, July 30, 1903. WANTED A man to represent "CANADA'S Greatest Nurseries" in the townol PORT PERRY | and surrounding country, and tak orlers for OUR HARDY SPECIALTIES in Fruit. Trees, Small Fruirs, Ornamentals, Shrubs, Roses, Vines, Seed Potatoes, &ec. Stock tru: to name and free from San Jose Scale = A permanent pos on for the right man on either salary or comaussion STONE & WELLINGTON * FONTHILL NURSERIES ities Loven 808,a0n:8 ToroxTto, | = - x 4 pt ONTARIO! HE aD ACHE Neuralgia «wud Negzousness cured quickly by AJA LESS HEADACHE HA alo. NEURALIIA CURE No heart Take mt devs nd AvsTIN & Ci) Sinica, i matished. Er Ont. Money back if no Coan! Coal-=The firms of Purdy x Archer. coal dealers, have to hard iu their Coal Sheds-- Water St.-- mineuse quantitiss of Coal of every | ariety know to coal miners, Their on! stock of genuiné Scranton willl found, true to name, direct from he celebrated Seranton mines, so fat parties ordering Scranton Coal "thems will obtain just 'what they. Jer. Thefirm intend to cater for! iw full requirements of this entire <manmily "and their prices will b rif the value. of p= Window Screens. 15¢C. Screen Doars - 6uc. rt our Factory. VICKERY. This falling of your hair! § Stop it, or you will soon be | bald. Give your hair some Ayer's Hair Vigor. The Li | you can make it hair nearly all s Hair Vi or ina ie fall ie RR - fe Sift buggers. for [Thick Hair out, T then one bottle stop Sir reat thicy and Mus. L. M. SMITH, +04 Jowell Mani. ROXCAORORORORATAOROROROKOK Copyright, 1906, by T. C. McClure O¥O¥OXOXOXOXKOKOKOKOKOKOX "And no man can foretell what the future has in store for him." Nature herself, to judge from appear- ances, had the dumps. A despairing sky looked gloomily down on a de- spondent earth through an atmosphere as damp and chilling as a wet blanket. With a little shiver of discomfort at the aspect of things, Katherine lald the book face downward on her lap in the way that one should not and, picking up the poker, gave the fire a thrust or so as a rider spurs his horse to greater effort. | "Ugh! What a day!" her thoughts ran. "One would think Joy were dead. Fire won't burn, sun won't shine, even the sparrows huddle together lumpish- ly without energy enough to scrap." She picked up the book again and re- read the last sentence, "And no man can foretell what the future bas In store for him." This time she closed the book and placed it on the table be- side her. Decidedly she was in no- mood for reading, and with hands clasped idly In ber lap she sat staring OX OXOXOXOXONO¥O. ° 3 5 : By KEITH GORDON Oo x into the fire. But that last sentence'. | aogged her thoughts. Thanast, ith its smiles and tears, was left io The | present seemed momentarily a thing te ! be endured as one might. But the fue ture! the the ring that she wore upon the third finger of her left hand | tiful ring--a pink pear! that reminded one of tender dawns flanked by tw diamonds--her engagement ring. Ordle narily she could not look at it withoul a kindling of the heart, warmth and happiness. Today she eyed it with languid, restless Interest. That, then, represented her future, It was as fixed and irrevocable as th past itself. How well she knew wha it would be like. Had she not seem dozens of her friends marry, bubble blissfully for a brief year or¥so and then subside into the stale beer of do- | mestic existence? If she had ever | thought that with Jack and her Hi would be different the 1llu | ished In the bleak light of this all re- vealing day, which brought out every sordid detall of existence with bitter | emphasis. | Different? Of course they would not be different. There would be the br dazzling happiness of the honey moon, Sy other. the glamour of new possessions, and then some day they would both suds denly tire of the play and see each 0 er for the first time plainly. beautiful woman in the world after all --though, of course, he would be tog well bred to say anything. He wou simply be a trifle bored at the let-dow | and plunge into business to forget, k | Ing her absently In the morning | evening as a mere form--a matter habit. And she? Well, she would rub h eyes about the same time and see | her amazement that he was just plain, ordinary, average man, witho a single godlike attribute and with, Dalofyh fod ur unmistakable tendency and stgut. But she, tog itt her face for that ! try to forget it all in a Fd thusiasm over house and gowns. they would grow more and more si- lent toward each other, conversing mostly in monosyllables. Never would they quarrel--her lips closed a trifle more firmly at the mere thought--but each would withdraw farther and far- ther Into lis own little world, and they would communicate with each other through small wickets, as the ticket sellers at the theaters do with the pub- He. | The details of this gloomy picture were as clearly visible to her mind as though she saw them with her eyes, 'and she laughed ruefully. Was this sort of thing necessary? How did she - know that Jack was the man? Might not the real person still bé imbedded At the thought she cai : and, leaning forward, dropped ber face | "upon her hands 3 35d Erged into the fire At this point her eyes turned from grate and fixed themselves upon It was a beaus: a thrill of sion had vanes Jack would squint his eyes critically and. discover that she was not the most: ] 3 n I HAN RIGHT OUR, MISTAKES, " Y, MAY %, 1905. A tons unm "Yen ke an index finger her mind acl rd to the day when big iad scemed the most' emtranc- ing things a woman could 0 inexorably it pointed agalm, p°to the sleeves she was then tight above the elbow, but t pouches sagging below. And pre now chic, and the others le. The poor old fashions of how ugly and deforming. da! Could it be that by any te likings, the loves of i ne hat thelrip! in her esteem were exactly reve , Aunt Ruth was kind, but un- | Interesting, while Aunt Grace was In: spiring.¥ = "It Is possible," she murmured tense ly to the fire. "Bomewhere In the fu- ture there may be a man who is all that Jack Is and more. And what if I should meet him?" | Her Ups parted. Half unconsciously she drew off the ring. Its pressure had suddenly become unbearable. How could she wear it withent kuowing-- without feeling sure in her own heart-- | that It sfeant finality in the matter of choice, meant that with all the world to choose from she would have him and no other? . And how could she know that? She might send back the ring and walt, but meanwhile whatof Jack? It seem- ed gcarcely probable that Be would acquiesce mildly fn such a proceeding. She laughed hysterically. Suc could imagine him under sutiicient provoca- tion informing her {hut there were just as good fish te be found in the sea as had ever been caught--aye, and find Ing them too! She winced as if some- thing she regarded as wholly hers were slipping away from ber, Moreover, suppose she should break er engagement becsuse of the uncer talnty as to whether he was her final choice and the future should bring no other. What then? She frowned In bewilderment. For the first time she realized with a gasp just how big a lottery marriage really is, She had heard that trite phrase many times, but it had never seemed significant before. Now she felt as if 'CAREFUL Attention diver to Business Entrusted tn our Keeping, THER WESTERNBANK OF CANAD: CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 188. 18TH YEAR IN The growing Financial Strength and Careful Management of this Bank 'Warrant Your Confidence. PORT PEBRY. { district pi chi ug, 40 make as liberal loans to owr customers | as sound financing will per- | mit, 0 Interest Dow' in aid or Compolend ear. Wait till you have a large sum fo deport. $1 will Open an Account, Small Savings form the Bane of Large Fortui es. ed Tw Begin with we Now ! WE CASH SALE NOTES. BANK MONEY ORDERS. Mistakes of othiérs, tier {profit by the same before it {s 'Poday, now, ok the loving wordy: idessage, write the. let=" send the t fer you put day by pig oy and don't" wait until you forget it or until bittef memories haunt you. A Drasflian Household Pet. Brazilians train a -snike éaled tha glboia as a rat eatcher. It is fifteeri' eet long, 1s. harmless to the human, becomes quite a household pet. ix lazy in the daytime, put at. ig the house in quest of | b Sromptly Wher) Weak Numan Nafure. From many selections from Mares Aurelius we choose this as showing his keen insight into this weak human na- tare of ours: "I have often wondered how It Is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of meu, but yet gets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others." A Luxury. "But," objected the heiress, "1 have | been accustomed to every luxury." Upta $5.0cuvs inne cise) Over $5 up to $10 6 cts. Best way to send small amounts | Over 10 up to 30..10 cts f Cashed c at any Bank Over 30 upto 50..15 cts For sums over $51 use Bank DrarTs, Best and cheapest way to send LARGE Am s. Special Rates. PORT PERRY AGENCY. B. €. night and done a lot or miscAler. I reckon you're willing te do the square thing about it?" "Of course I am," said Mr. Bebree. "About how much would be the square thing, do you think?" "Well," meditated the other, "I don't want any more'n what's right. I guess it'd amount to $1.50 if it was all figur ed up." "See here, Hatch," said bor, "you know I've been trying for a year to sell that old mare. Suppose you take her and call it square." A frosty, suspicious look came Into Farmer Hatch's eye "Sebree," he sald, "you can't drive no such bargain as that with me. I'd his neigh it were a lottery in which to a million lose $3.50 anyway it 1 made that tickets there was but one prize and trade You keep the old mare your- she owned the tenth of a ticket self. Tl take the cash."--Youth's With a sadden swish the rain washed | Companion. smoothly down over the outside of the CATHERINE THE GREAT window pane as if the surcharged sky could no longer control itself. Kath- Am 0dd Woman Was This Empress ecin@ turned her Lead impatiently. She ef ihe Russinus. fad no sympathy for any perplexities save her own. ain dhe Hel@*the little bejeweled up before her with the tips of two s and gazed at it solemnly, but it ed to have lost all meaning. It no longer a ring ordered by Jack @ designed especially for her, It had "any man fo any woman" look that plays got upon her nerves. She stared it long and fixedly and then jumped er feet and dashed acress the room ppulsively, sitting down at the writ desk between the windows. Vith nervous hasfe she pulled some pr from a pigeonhole, took up the and dipped it deep In the ink, as always does in moments of intense ling. Then she pushed the pen back forth across the those , scratching strides that character- the writing of the modern woman, the sound was as balm to her es paper in 'You'll laugh and call it nonsense," wrote, "but Jack, I'm not sure! of course I must be sure, mustn't --sure beyond any doubt, beyond any 0ssible man that may come toward me out of the future? And so I'm send back the ring" e was interrupted by a commo- in the street, where twd rival fog ns seemed at first to be vylug with A woment later her dazed 8 dizentangled the sounds and she de out from the fearful din the one yrord "Uxtral Uxtral" She pushed 'the window and leaned out, Dreadful smashup on th' 'L!"" roared bigger of the paper boys, holding "a black lettered sheet invitingly, Katherine nodded her head in gorous assent and flew down to the ih Lor foetsteps. Accidemt on the L,' and Jack always went up amd yn that way! It must have hap- ed, too, at just about the hour he Jd have been going downtown to } in print now. he fairly snatched the paper from boy's hands, not even waiting to e door as her eyes clutched at . A moment later the thin, strident voice of "Is ley there?' And the answer Naw, hasn't been down to- She leaved imply against the and there a moment later Fil and the latter leoked back | amazement, the drawing room. He see you," she stammered 'alive then! For one mo- stood still trying to realize ul truth of it. "hen with a ed laugh she ran lightly up and, snatching up the dis- kissed it rapturously and finger. " a Expensive Still, it in midsummer a horse be- Sebree broke into Farm- her heart beats keeping time | A recent writer says of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia from the year 1762 to 1700: "She rose at 6 and lit her own fire. Her table was ideally simple. From the reproach of overeating and over- drinking she was free. hough she could not sing a note, she and Prince Dashkoff, who could sing no better, oc casionally performed In a concert. A sudden burst of the most exalted and ridiculous discordant tones wus the consequence, one seconding the other, with scientific shrugs and all the sol- emn, self complacent airs and grimaces of musicians. From this perhaps she passed to cat concert and lmitated the purr of a cat In the most droll and ludicrous manner, always taking care to add appropriate, half comle, half sentimental words, which she in vented for occasion, or else, spitting. like a cat in a passion, with her back up, she suddenly boxed the first person In her way, making up her hand into a paw and mewing outrageously When playing whist one night Cather- ine could not get her page to answer the bell "After she had rung twice, again without effect, she left the room, looking daggers, and did not reappear for a considerable time. The company supposed that the unfortunate page was destined to Siberia or at least the knout. As a matter of fact, Catherine on entering the antechamber found the page, like his betters, busy at whist "When the bell rang he happened to have so interesting a hand that he could not make up his mind to quit it Now, what did the empress do? She dispatched the page on her errand and then quietly sat down to hold his cards until he should return." THE AGRA DIAMOND. 044 Manner Tn Which It Was Smug- sled Out of India. Like many other diamonds, the Agra diamond has had adventures. It gets its name from the fact that it was tak- en at the battle of Agra in 1526 by the Emperor Baber, who was the founder of the Mogul empire in India. The Marquis of Donegall was in Agra in AT eh the diamond was taken the king of Delhi. Donegall was | at the time engaged as secretary and | belonged to the same regiment as the young officer who obtained possession of the diamond, It was resolved among them to smuggle it home to England rather than give it up and to | share In the loot money. The question arose how were they to get it home. No one seemed able to hit upon & method that would be likely to meet with success until the last evening pre- vious to the departure of the regiment. During the course of dinner the youn- gest subaltern suddenly jumped up and said: "I have it. Wo will conceal the diamond In a horse ball and make the horse swallow it." This met with gen- eral approbation, a ball was secured, the inside scooped out, the diamond in- serted, the end stopped up and the horse made to swallow it. When the regiment reached the port of embarkation the horse was taken 11] and had to be shot. The diamond was taken from his stomach and brought over to England. It was sub- sequently sold to the Duke of Bruns- wick, and since then it has been recut from a forty-six carat stone to thirty- one and a half carats in order to get rid of the black spots in it, and it is the most perfect and brilliant diamond of a rosé phe color. BRAVE DECATUR. The Story of His Fierce Attack om = I'ripolitan Vessel. Allen in his book, "Our Gardner Navy and t Barbary Corsairs," re tells the « story of how Commodore Stephen Decatur, then a lieutenant in the United States navy, attacked a Tripolitan vessel. The Incident occur red in 1804, when Preble was lying off Tripoli. Young Decatur had been told that the cag n of this vessel had treacherously urdered his brother John De after he had surrendered A Allen writes: "He ran id 1 at once boarded with d the remnant of his tur singled out the captain a man of great size and strength, and ked nsly The Tripoli t I thrugt with his boa 14 tempting to parry ¢ wv De cutlass was broker i at the hilt ing him for the mo ment unarmed Another thrust of the Dec: it away pike wounded him in the arm seized the weapon, wrenched and grappled with NI§ antagonist. er a short struggle they fell to the deck, with Decatur on top "Meanwhile the t ing fur a Tripolitan aimed fight and ) Crews were lead {ously al at Decatur's head with his sc ter £ named Daniel Fraz i arms disabled by w ids his head laid captain, catur, soon turne holding him down wit! drew a knife and was it into his breast "Decatur seized the upl with his left band, while he to get his right into his pocket, where he had a plistél. Giving it the proper direction, he fired through the pocket The giant relaxed his hold and fell dead. Having lost seventeen killed, in cluding their leader, the seven surviy ing Tripolitans, four of whom wounded, soon gnve up the fight." and re open the 1 I being 1 powerful than De rneath and his left hand about to plunge 1 hir fted were DID YOU EVER WONDER Why a baby car a erycycle? Why it is so much e than it is to be presi Why some people manage to talk a great deal without saying anything? ge isn't known as fer to be wrong t? Why so many of our coming men seem to be handicapped from the start? Why the company that issues the map has the curveless railroad thereon? Why the average man- Invariably makes a fool of himself every time he tries to act up? Why men are nearly always embar- rassed when they propose--either finan- cially or otherwise? Why so many men who are anxious to work when sick are just as anxious to avoid it when well? Why some men are not as black as they are painted and some are not as white as they are whitewashed? " Rig crak only Plain Clothes Men. In a small Bouth American state which had recently undergone a change of administration the new potentate summoned an artist and ordered new designs for all the offielal uniforms. gd | wish showy costumes--very showy," he sald, "for the people are im- pressed by them, I bave here some sketches that I myself have made. Look them over and be guided by these ideas as far as possible." The artlst examined the sketches carefully. "This," he sald, turning the pages, "Is evidently for the navy and this for the army, but, if you please, what Is this-- a long plume on a three cornered hat, yellow dress coat trimmed with purple, and"'-- "That," replied the chief of state gravely, "is for the secret police." Be Kind Today. Less spent on the dead and more spent on the Hving would bring about many happy results. Hearts are break- ing, loved ones walt and tears flow all because of the withholding of kind words unspoken and letters never sent. The aged father and mother far off In eH HUTCHESON, Manager. | | | Aft- | suntv would often be cheered did ? "That's all the more reason why you should marry replied the impe- cunious suitor. luxury my= welt." me," "I'm a Andrew Johnson's Writing. The letters of President Taylor are rare, but perhaps those of Andrew Johnson are the rarest, as he did buf little of his own writing His son conducted most of his correspondence and signed his father's name to the letters, It is related that one remson why President Johnson wrote so little was owing to an accident which haps pened to him when he was working ut his trade as tailor. One day a tailor's heavy iron goose fell on his arm, 80 injuring that member that he found if extremely difficult to indulge in pen manship thereafter. Andrew Johnson was the poorest writer among the presidents as well as the rarest His handwriting was very much of a scrawl and can scarcely be deciphered by the average reader Natural Cross of Pearls Some ct ve been found in the ep, but one of the odd est | 10 em made of pearls which washed ashore on the coast of West Australia are nine good sized gems In this natural curiosity. These have been joined to- gether to form a perfect Latin crdss. Seven pearls of equal 2 comprise the upright and two more form the trans verse CC The joining has been th2 work ture. The odd prize, dis covered \ pearl oyster, Is sald to be worth at ts 00. It is called the reat 8 rn Cro; earl oth T And ! rie { y r the self as- ( both Vhen ¥ 8 v new hat the clinging 1 f th t the I y s to the self as- 56 he AT ly gets the dress or the hat Opposites. "Why does he wish to marry her?" "Ile says people sliould ma their opposites." Why, they are both dark." "Yes, but and she has a million If you get angry with a man or wo~ man, make upsyour mind what you are going to say and then don't sav it, SHRINES IN MOROCCO. Why Some People Look Upon Theme With Suspicion, A traveler says that Christians in Mo- rocco with suspicion on the ines of Mohar 1 saints in that mntry., He tells the following story: Once upon a time a boy was traveling through the count and as night came on he found himself near a white- washed tomb, Knocking at the door of the shrine, he asked for a meal and a bed. When the next day dawned he was about to continue his journey, but the keeper of the shrine besought him to remain In order to help him keep the shrine and collect the offerings of the faithful. The youth said that he' must first consult his parents, and the elder man bade him take his ass and | seek advice of his parents and return. THt® boy took the ass and rode a journey before the ass fell sick and died. Then the boy knew not what to do nor where to turn. But when he had considered the circumstances of his case a brilliant idea flashed into his' mind. "Having dug a pit and cast the ass therein, he piled great stones over it, whitening then with lime, and set a white flag above, saying to all who passed by, "This is the tomb of 8t. So- and-so.' Then worshipers came from every side, alms were poured in and offerings showered upon him. The keeper of 'the forrier shrine lost his customers and came to visit the new saint. He when the crowd had gong approached the young shrine keeper. I ask thee by Allah,' said the old man,' "who 1s this saint of thine and what manner of thing Is buried here? "I will not deceive thee, but will telf thee the truth,' returned the youth. "My saint who is buried here is none other than thy beast, even the carcass of thine own ass. And now, pray, who. is thy saint and who In truth is buried. in the shrine thou keepest? 'I will not decelve thee, but will tell thee the" truth,' repfied the old man. 'My saint' is the father of thy saint." 3 eb away, | but he had not accomplished half tha