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[EESime ms Trunk Ry System IME TABLE PORT PERRY. HAL Shaking he. yublic foe the many years I Bave kept a Livery Establish montis Port Perry, Ihas et pleeure in sunouncing that I have removea MY LIVERY! to my former place of business "Water Street : 'which Iam abeut to lwrgely extend in- + eroaso facilitien so thit the public may be better Sesummodated th safe and desir- al RIGS AT MODERATE CHARGES R. VANBICKLER. Pors Perry, June 21, 1900, G. J. MORRISH ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LiCENSES Port PERRY, ONT. "May 10, 1907. JOS. BATRD JCENSED AUCTIONEER for the jo. Sale Register at Patronage solicited. Manchester, Jan. 19, 1809. GBO. JAOKSON, Ziconsed Auctioneer, Valuator, &c. Poll THE GOUATY OF ONTARIO AND TOWNSHI oR OF CARTWRIGHT, "JSHES at this the commencement cf another Auction Sale Season Yo re- ture thavke to his numero trons for past favors. In requesting their csteemed and countioued patronage he desires to state that no effogt or J pared Sielis part to make all sales cotrusted to successes. His very exteneive practice in the past should be a sufficient recom mendation as to his ability. All Sale given' into his char ilk be attended ' with promptnsss an: Sale list made out sud blank oa supplied froe, on application. Parting wishing to engage bis services may t his SaLx RucisTen either at the ver or Standard Offices, Pos Perry, for dates claimed for, Sales, and make arrangements, or write to his address #7 Phone at Residence, No. 31. ™ CHARGES MODERATE. ' GEO. JACKSON, Port Perry P. O rison, 'Dress and Mantle Waker * {1JISHES to inform the ladies "YY that she has moved tothe sopms jormcrly occupied by her over Mr. £11 ~ Diag Store where she is preoaicd to execute all or ders for D in a wumer unsurpassed for Corvectness of 'Style +7 nd Chirmse Effect "dele hu . and Mantle Making]. have worked have learnt sil partice- ons of the gang em- ployed in the house in some capacity 24 false references. There are prob- ably several reasons why he should not endeavee to. eommunicate his knowldge da other members by lot: ter, and to be seen With his pals while he is still employed there might ruin their plans, 'especially it the latter's movements are being watched by the Folie He therefore communicates is information as be gets it by cer tain privatd Signals.™ The veteran' wientioned that there were quite 8 mumber of codes in exist: ence am: 'the various gangs. As s matter of fact, each gang--and as a rule burglasg. work in gangs--invent their own seeret codes of signalling in such circumstances. But there is one ingcniows code known to most burglars. & For instance, neath the bottom bar of the front gate, out of sighf, but deep enough to be counted by ng in the dark, indi- cate the number' of occupants. An old clay pipe broken' in scveral bits indicates meh and bow many, and a thimbl» buried Py the gste-post means women occupants only. A glass bat ton or oyster-shell indicates diamonds or. jewels, and a piece of broken plate indicates plate. A scrap of iron warms the burglar that firearms are ii A bone carelessly thrown in a dark cor ner means dog, and a forn rag or cloth shows that he is fierce. And it is a fact--wbich must often inake burglars th vos laugh---that these signals, when, a burglary has been committed, are often referred to in the newspapers as clues do te identity of the criminals. How valuable these signals are was' strikingly illustrated' an incident rel by; the ex-convict slready te- forred tw," He and two. other mem- bers: ofa gang decided to rob a house in onc of the remote corners of Bur- rey. had surveyed the pre. mises, angl; a suitable opportunity oc- curring, they decided to do the job without waiting to get full particulars 48 to the precautions adopted against burglary by the inmates of the house. Luckily --at least, for the burglars-- one of the men. while opening the outside gate in the dark, laid his hand on the gatepost, on the top of which had been cut a rough diagram of a jemmy. He at once recognized it aa a signal adopted Xr another gang to warn the ater That 'it was no good trying to use jemamies to force anything. How- ever, the burglars proceeded warily, and effected an entrance through the skylight of the greemhotise atiached. Rar they left a way open for retreat, sod" it-was fortunate for them that they did so, for no sooner did they at- teropt 40 enter the house ffom the Geen inside the gresnhouse than elec- bells Fore the alarm, and they » 'deca That the nature of Humor has ait altered greatly in the centuries may be ascertained from a perusal of the jokes given herewith, which are taken (rom o jegt-book en- titled "Asteria," whoge authorship is mrgonly attribul fo Hierocles. That the collection was made by Hier- ocles is unlikely; one writer states with pesitivencss that it 1s lie work of a later hand. A more potent argu- mens against him is the character of the. work Hierocles did, He was a Neoplatonio writer, and devoted is h attention to philosophy. But whether | Rov. are 8 or the "Asteria" anol! they scrve to show that the joke wi ast fiteen} her whole life." AF "Wha. are you. 'about, wig? 1 aid the flora o won a laugh in the vaudev! lle houses | tandan of Herculaneum might--snd in some cases samo end in this enlightened age. meet! notches cut under- | that may be, i 'sou are a notorious lar; my informant was a person of credit." 2. A man wrote to a friend in Greece begging him to purchase books. From negligence of avarice he foglected to execute the commission; but, fearing that his correspondent might be offended, he exclaimed when next they met: "My dear friend, 1 never got i gd you wrote to mej about the 8. A robust coun hysician, ran to bi Pr asked the cause, is so long since I have am ashamed to look: n, meeting 8 'behind » wall; been sick that 1 .am a physician in the face. 4. A man, heard would live two hi 8. A man, meet ' *"T spoke to you last nighigin a dream. "Pardon me," replied the others "I did not hear you." o v7. A man tbat" had pearly been drowned while bathing, doelared that he would never enter the 'water again till he had learned to swim. 8. During a storm thé pi on board a vessel that danger seized différent implements to aid ther in swimming, and one of the nuriber selected for this purpose r. A wiftol, a barber, and a bald- headed man traveled together. Losing. their way, they were forced fo sleep inf {be oper air; and; to:avert danger, it was ced to keep watch by Surna, The lot fell first on the barber, for 'amusement. : shaved ngers appesred in hirg, and the lool. raising to scratch his head, exclaimed: "Hare is a prety mistake! Rascal, you. have aus she bald-headed man. instead me.. oy ai 10. A gentleman had a cask of fine rine, from which his-servant. stele a ntity. When the.master per- deel diligently in. 4 ¢ cask, Hy u ould 'Loo! ind' po 'traces of '8 : Xk if there be not A Yok 45 $he bottom." said 'a bystander. *'Blockhead." he nd, "do you not that the des is st the £: KNIGHT i he replied, "It who, | tablighed fool's |® head while he! slept; he then woke band { f ot ak the & ance owing to het ables to work . The letter wa and the prisoner. had written it Pootsbox. imp dozens: in existende--¢: many different" ways. years a young woman, doubtedly seen better to induce many mag kingdom to advance the 'poor-box. 8h» would make a pret ting suicide ste severing a ve! erally "very is not only oa