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and Be Telophoue in aloand aise; open vight and day. over the lines sonth, cone with the residence of (¢. L." Robson, V.8. Port Farry, Nov 15, 180% WMH. HARRIS, BA. LLB: BARRISTER, &c., essor to amd occu ge of the Jate F. . Yarnold. Port Perry. - Oat. rem TO LOAN. s nt 4 per cent. MON Private Fu! b 190% eee Jno. W. Crosier, ARRISTFR. SoLiciToR, CONVEYANCTR, B ce. Offisa at vesidenoe, 6th Con. Reach (one wile west of Port Perry,)-- Moxey mo Toan. Issuer of Marriage Licusen. BE. FARTWELL, K.C, LL.B., County Crown Attorney, Bar rister, County Sol- Stor, &o., Notary, Public and Convey: uncer: | Jffice--South wing Court House, Whitby, Ont. W. A SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. Office Hours--9 to 12 a.m., 2 to 6 p,m. Alse open Satuiday evenings. or Gold Fillings, Work a Speciality. DR. R. L.. GRAHAM Success & to Dr. FD. Bridge amd Crown Vinshasd Air. MCG RATTAN DEI TST PORT PHRRY, oNT, ye Al "brane of Dentistry, including "Crown aud Bridge Work successfully practiced. Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Aluminum or Rubber Plates. Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: && Prices to suit the times® North Ontario Observer A Weekly Political, Agricultural ana > ~ kamily Newspaper % 18 FUALISHED AT : _ FORTY PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY © 'H. PARSONS REMS. $1 unum, Hod ia advenvel s harged: a ibe Evo akon for ioe papor en for less iF ier discontinuvd up. ney, whoo addressed to this = THESE term will In all cases be sttitly 2 Rl DEPARTMENT. Hand Bile, Ty tis -- Checks Latter Heads, Wedding Tavitations, Blank Forms Rocelnt Books Busioess Oards Bova | Oisoulam, Amembly Cards 5 = Visiting Curds, So, sof grey syle hi rand t of the a om ee} R, 0, CHUROH: REV -- RICHARDSON Thisd Sunday 1030 a m, o JOS. BAIRD ICEN SED - AUCTIONERR for 4 County of -Ontarig. Sale Register at | the OBrricvicr Office. Patronage. Soliefted- Mauchester, Jun. 19, 1899. & ae Dillon Hinge-Stay Fates Manufactured by the Owen Sound Wire Fence Co. Ltd., and am prepaied to supply this whole WIRE FENCE produced on this Continent aud at prices that can not fail to satisfy purchasers. The Ditton Fence is without = peer It is the BEST because it i Hexible; it is a square mesh ; it iss perfect hiuge-stay fence, therefore it' is impossible to bend the stays in fact it is the best fence made ir this or any other country, 4 Dtore purchasing a Wire Fence ont [ail to inspect the D Fence. et a J. H. Brown, BALER IN AGRICULTURAL IupL MENTS AND MACHINERY, " SEAGRAY ¥ Bn yn lt, I~ Fetucniuyg thanks to the public for t patronage extended to me for over years, [ whuid respectfully intimate tha noi, as usual, now ready -for busincss, a have a Large & Assorted Stock OF DOUBLE AND SINGLE HARNESS which 1 am determined to sell very CHEAP As an inducement to Cann purchasers will be allowed on all Sales from wow until _ Jan, 1st next. All work being g2r MADE BY HAND®J and no factory. work kept in stock, the super ority of ny goods will at ence become apparent. ateuding purchasers will find that by wiving mea call before looking elsewliere they can he suited in quality and priceymy long experience ju the trade being an indis putaule guarantee thut perfect satisfaction | will he given by any article parchased. Everthing inimy line of business kept constantly on hand and repairs neatly and promptly attended. to, Port Parry, De JOHN ROLPH. FURDPERY AGNECY cam Sachin th ry ET Yd BE ha 4s Suh rp me eee community with the very BEST Ee Ib Dood of 10 por emdee) PORT. PERRY BRANCH ik ee mre 1] re Rrogl¥n, Claresiont 3 {-NeRrvous, NO NAMES USED WITH! FEATMERT. BE3=HOTICE for Canadian business Write for our private address. YOUNG the victims or who are Fim in life--you are the cepted eakness? w Me dure So Win iy has Bon for oe Tt will 0 matt who LIFELESS. DEBILITATED RAEN AND MIDDLE-AGFD MEN, early fudiscreiions and later axe wo can restore to manhood end revive ho spark of Spore and vitality. Don't give Shik despair Fle? other doctor various drug tore nost! ur New. Moth you have treated with used electric beits and tried § rums. od Treatment hes snatched ho brink of des - JOWN ADH edics for each fudividus end complications --wo have no sym] patent medicines. This is one of the Seorets of our wonderful success as our treatmen not fail, for we prescribe each individual case, Duly Surah curable case ac- t can- remedies adapted to . We bere done for over 20 Years. CURACLE CASES GUARANTEED OR NO PAY ERA you a victim? Have you lost 008 bee or dca nian to marry? fie You u aig RE EAD ER: Sod for ter Consulta! Sin ear you, Sida for -- hioest Ht Free of Charg Booka shoot, Manno, Fatherhood. W ubsoat n Diseases oi CONSENT. No na: QUT hu on bozes or evel: Lis Gonfidentisl.. Question List and Cost of Troament FREE FOR OME Drs KENNEDY & KENNEDY Cor. Michigan Ave, and Griswold St., Detroit, Mich. All letters from Canada must be addressed 2 to our Canadian Correspondence Depart- ment in 'Windsor, Ont. 8 EISEN see es EAR Ime in Detroit as we see and treat fons in 7 offices which for Corzi and | only. Addis an 3 If you desire to 'DRS. KENNEDY & KENNEDY, Windsor, Ont. R Hn ADAMS, Bell Phone No. 41 "FIRE LIFE Real Estate Steamship Tickets H.G. HUTCHE SON, Bell Phone Office No. 6 Residence, No. 4 ADAMS & HUTCHESON DAVID J. Es 10 Dans INSURAHOE MARINE ACCIDENT Mortgage Loans Mails Closo. The mails are dsapat! iad from the Pos Office Port Perry ay follos : Going North-- 9.00 a. m. Going South--11.20 a. m. Going North-- 5.16 p. m, {10ing South--10 p.m PORT PERRY. 'RARTILY thanking the pnblic for the liberal patconage received during the many years tf have kept a Livery Establish ment in Port Perry, 1 have much pleasure in announcing that I have removea | a LIVERY ~ Street, Central Livery Counting the Cost. 0 maiden, you are fay to seel O maiden, will you be my bride? Bay that you'll run away with me And be forever by my side, For I will shield you from all barm, Be your defense when tempest tossed. Your shield shall be my strong right arme= Er--say--what did that outfit cost? That hat Is a bewitching thing. It matches your sweet eyes so blue, 1 like that droopy sort of wing. That ribbon bow's a daisy too, You look just like a poster girl Beneath that stunning kind of hati That's a swell buckle. 1s it pearl? What Aid your father pay for that? That hobble skirt is quite ail right. It surely does appeal to mel Perhaps it is a trifle tight. Oh, what a comfort you will 'be To me through all life's winding ways! Your love makes glad this moldy earth, Your Jaugh will brighten gloomy days-- Say, what is such a hobble worth? So you'll elope, my pearl of pearist You're sure the step you'll ne'er regret! xs Joie you are the best of girls. urse, sweetheart, 1 love you yet. mats sili ahemi--Ta better state . eloping, thanks, today. I Ani convinced 'we ought to wait Until the boss shall raise my pay FOR THE OUST oF ONTARIO AXD TOWNBEIT OF CARTWRIGHT, ISHES at this the commencenieng of i another uction Sale Season to re- turn thanks to his numerdus fie for past favors. In rs ie the isemey | mown tral | world had Nah the Big n re Airec- and Bozeman, then present Helena and Vie "In war and Indian depart 1t is known as the Boze- " Jinmediately, bowever, it was sre She ore romantic mune, {and for of reasons. It led to | what were; the richest deposits of gold. I a relatfeely small territory, that the ever seen. Out ot Alder gulch and Last Chance gulch, wi 200 miles of each other in Montana was taken, In ten short ment an | years, considerably more than $5U0, 0U0,000 in'pune gold. It was anybody's fortune, apd the wobderful luck of the Califoruia goMl diggers a few years be fore rouse! men to brave every bard- ahip for these prizes. it did net matter at all that these guiches pare 2,000 miles from the nearert rafiroad and that other gold fields were gar. easier to reach. Here was the great El Dorado, and with- out a qualm the gold seekers burried into the muknown territory, defying Red Cloud and every other Indian, out- law, renegnde and holdup man. How muby Hives were sacrificed along this trail 80 wealth wil never be known JAfl that is certain is that there never Wwas another chapter in tlie world's ry lke this. 'The long road Into'itie' mysterious conntry and the setti: up al a single night. 'I'here were onl tye men in the Httle party when Bi} '¥atrweather "wasbed" the Brst pan iy Alder gulch nod made a dls- covery evém more wonderful thas any days of California or Inter era of the Klondike. inter Alder gulch, at one nza tral's two ends, was most picturesque places in Fhe wyrid wns ransacked d wowen to give perform- @ theaters, to offer free en- to the patrons of the vari #0 hunters, gorged BONE the count tor men ances nt A) Cn at great expense from be- he sens. 'I'he smallest money wents five cent pinch of gold en from a pouch It bought h a copper cent does in any e (oited States today. fime ap unending stream of | ured toto the new country. muted Ly some that 90,000 in fhe tall at Fort Laramie '8 of the trail were those of | | 1nwiessoess, and many are the Bue stories that have come f Over the big road disputes rds were of dally occurrence. bn who started an argument did 'the knowledge that it was bis he other mans, for be Was call: bp question the "buuor" of the Swindlers sold "mines." ith tbett proposed victinng nod fi bont cowpunction. robbers ran off stock, stole ow one class of {mwmigrants a then to Another. As the as the sole means of transpor | ind valuable beyond buman life, Bleaing" was set down by the © as a crime punishable by bere were few eourts, and | there were were miles frou A jury would hence be at paneled among those present, i tried and If found guilty bang: § tree without ceremony. ls flourished and were prosper gond lmagining, for every oue Smoney, and there was much Bg In the higher grade estah- te beverages were served in cot ha pagoe was common. Kvery as crowded with people. ers frequented these places in it information, pald 25 cents for nm of beer wade from barley iby the ex Confederate soldiers jean and sold to the Virginla es for 8 cents a pound, and not | onld be received to supply the Table board cost $7 a day very cheapest. and If one slept h ats in the 6 otel lobby at night, : ¢. be h bet the thnmb, as bas bred | cents. There would | with some men to take 'more. When that ten ed in a man be was 0 lenve town--and it was bours. The wise man ceremony or protest-- jo eamp vervacular, of the city sold for red bot from the press, of lynehings, new dig: " "hold ups" "bad p of a breezy charac wn to order cost $2.60, bh 50 cents aplece and of deer or buffalo nce what & man back io "the states" pare" in Virginia of mining camps grew | The | Voth arms and a Jeg. and Ju was hobbling round again he went on a waterntelon stealing espedition with six other Loys. The others got away, but the dog cmoght Kzra and chewed bin up untill the farmer came along and he put on finishing tonches with a hurpess trace. He tell in love when he wus seventeen, spent all he had for buggy rides and candy for the red checked object of his adoration--and she shook lim and married another. A mule kicked him and broke six ribs, He had a lot of hogs and they died of cholern on (he Identical day when hogs reached 9 cents a ponnd, live weight. Me bad a big crop of wheat and a batl- storm came along and rulned it one hour after his hall losurance policy had lapsed. He got $500 to ake a payment on his nud, pat io the bank and tbe bank busted. "A cyclone wrecked his house and barn and crippled all his family ex- cept his mother-in law, who escaped unburt. He bought four gold bricks and took some conunterfelt money In pay for two good horres, "Then be died. Ing him to the cemetery the team pull- ing the hearse ran away golng down hill aud scattred the ramains of Kzra along the slde of the road. "In the course of time hls family marked his grave by an appropriate stone on which the stonecutter got the (ite of his birth wrong and misspelled his name In two places. thing as Post. luck ["--Saturday Evening | A LIVING TOWER. Captain Meeker's Unique Idea In the | Building Line. What 1s kuowun as the "llving tow- er," says & writer in the Wide World Magazine, stands on the very summit of a hill more than 200 feet high at ner that we owe a tb © detalles regarding the fable of 'well | wi do Englishmen in the reign of big | majesty King Charles LL, of hillarious memory. What will be thought of the follow- | ing for a nice, dainty little meal? It | is the menu of a little "feast," as he | calls it, which the dlarist gave every | year in commemoration of bis being | operated on successfully for a danger ous disease. He proudly chronicles | (hat the dishes on this occasion Includ- | ed "a fricassee of rabbits and chickens, | a leg of mutton boiled, three carps io a dish, a great dish of a side of lamb, | a dish of roasted pigeons, a dish of | four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey ple"--a most rare ple--*a dish of an chovles and good wine of several sorts. | And all things mighty and noble and to my great content," be adds comn- | placently, \When they were tak- | The number of guests on this ocea- | sion 18 not given, but at another time, with slx guests, he has "after oysters | a hash of rabbits and lamb and a rare chloe of beef; next a great dish of roasted fowl--cost me about 80 shfl- linga--and a tart, and then fruit and | cheese." | "feasts." | fare is, of course, "And still yon say there is no such | enough to get that, | had cold meat on washing days. y= Cuwp Meeker, n summer resort in Bo- | poma county, Cal It was Captain Meeker, an old pioneer, who first cou ceived the Lilea of building a tower on | the very summit of a high hill near his hotel, and while looking around one dny for n suitable site be found four young redwood trees standing about twelve feet apart, representing a per- fect square. the trees were each about 150 feet high KIfly fect of each | top was lopped off, and the work of building six stories was then com- menced. Krom top to bottom the liv- ing tower was a bundred feet high. Each floor is about 12 by 12 feet and rests on strong timbers, the ends of which are securely uttached to the four trees hy means of steel cables and bolts. So strongly wus every part bruced that tbe whole structure does not move as mnch as one would natu. rily suppose, even when rocked by heavy winds. In the building great | eare was taken by the workmen to cut ouly the branches growing oo the In- About 10 o'clock at night he sends his guests away "after & good mack possett and cold eat." The wbole | will cost him, he observes, about £3-- say £20 of present day English obey. These are what the diarist calls On ordinary occasions the wuch more modest --for instance: "Dined nt home with my wife. It being washing day. we had a good ple baked of a leg of mutton." No doubt the poor man was thankful | for ome gathers "Diary" that he geverally | In those days, look you, washing day was --washing day. Mrs. l'epys and her "people" --two or three maids and cook maid--dld it thermselves--no washerwomen, and the good lady and her helpers were generally op at 4 o'clock in the piorning in summer. from the Men Who Walked on All F In the kingdom of Poland th formerly a law according to which person found guilty of slander was compelled to walk ou all fours through | the strects of the town where he lived accompanied by the beadle, as a sign | that he was disgraced and uopworthy | to sppear crawling upon of the name of man. At tbe next pub- | | lic festival the delinquent was forced | hands and knees underneath the bangueting ta- ble and barking like a dog. Every | | guest was at liberty to give bim as many kicks ns he chose, und he who bad been slundered must toward the | | end of the banquet throw a picked | | | side of the square, und the trees were | | wot chopped. | uny more than could be avoided. Leading wp from each story are broad stalrways, so that one nay as- | cend and descend with ease and per fect safety, while around the edge of each Boor are strong railings to pre- | vent accidents. Since this tower was | completed the trees huve grown and | flourished just as weli as before. This | Iiving tower 1s claimed to be the only one of its kind to the world. Paint of Our Forefathers, A white lead and oil paint, the finish | of our forefathers, is easily and eco- | nomieally mized from the raw mate rials ns §t Is needed for use. With each | 100 pounds of white lead mix five gai- lois linseed oll, one pint turpentine and one pint drier, An allowance of 50 cents for the labor of mixing gives eight gallons of white paint for about $13.16, or $1.64 a gallon. 'Two coats of this, or better three, after conting knots and pitchy, sappy places with erange | shellac, provide a good finish either ' outdoors or in.--CQountry Life In Amen | tea. SR i Conkling's invective. r {ike Jolin J.-1ogalls, wal' doit armory "Conkling, ! "it 1s said, once upon a time in summing up to a jury thus attempted to belittle the testimony of a rummy faced, knob- uy noscd witness for the opposition: | "Methinks, gentlemen, 1 can see that witness now, bis mouth stretching across the wide desolation of his face, | a sepulcher of rum and a fountain of | falsehooal™ ret s-- Contradictory. Randall-I've written an article oo | "Why Men Do Not Marry" and Mus trated it with photograpbs of dreadful. Jooking, strong minded women. Rog: ers--Where did yon get the fictures? Randall--They're wives of the men 1 now.-- Life. | p--_ ps i 10 The Snipe's Bill, ~~ "he bill of the snipe is provided with a nerve running. down to the tip x then distributing itsclt over the end of the beak. This Is the only instance. of this kind among birds and is' a 'singular case of the care of nature | w providiug for her creatures. The saipe socks for lis prey. in mud and where lie cannot see, and it 1s | Pres give him that the nerve advises him of eoce of food when his ayes | no. Sfpraativn, ! mutilated or weakened | bone at the culprit, who, picking it up | with his mouth, would leave the room on all fours. | es | An Easy Way to Stretch Shoes. To ease a tight boot or shoe take a pair of shears--the longer the better-- wrap the blades with cloth and insert | | the handles Into the toe of the shoe: | then spread apart the blades. That | will, of course, spread the huodles at | the same time. If the shoe presses nn- | duly io one particulur spot place the round handle of the shears at the polnt of pressure; if it ls dexired to loosen the shoe equally from toe to ftostep turn the oval handle toward tbe side to be stretched. The stretching is made easler if the shoe is first moistened with alcohol. It does not injure the leather.~Youth's Companion. Capacious Commandments, | "A little girl at our church," sald a | Cleveland minister, "kuelt beside ber | mother while the comwandments were | being read. When the rector read, 'On these two commandweots bang all of | the law and the prophets,' the little girl whispered: " 'Mamma, how many"-- "'Shl' hissed her mamma. « But, mamma, bow many prophets are there? "Why, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habbakuk, Jonah, Haggal, Malachl, Zephaniah, dearie. | can't think of all of them without looking thet ups but 1 fancy there must have been about twenty.' « "I'wenty? And they hanged 'em all | on two commandments? "--Cleveland Plain Dealer. ia They're Off. The card club's started agalng Once more they pay their dues To battle now with might' and main For stuff they'll never use, Once more these sixteen ladies 3 Into a verbal scrap, And some of them'go home to bet That she who copped the prize--Annette-- Kept three trumps in Ter ap. The card club meets st {Wo o'clock. Once more the chatter starts. 'Onoe more thelr ne 'While dealing spades Once more the out And whed they ho! ne we'll see a NOW they knook hearts, "Take this greatroaty friend. It belonged to 1ny deer hisihand, who has ; at the ceremotty aud at the' sn sn. furwarded his glove, which at the proper moment, when the two were, made one, was held by both the bride and the proxy. The wedding was duly registered at Amsterdam and at Pretoria, where th bridegroom filed an aftidavit with t landdrost, or magistrate. 'fhis curios forin of marriage is d purely Dutch tustitution, the custom having originated, it Is said, in the oid times of Dutch-Batavian rule. Jt however, a dead letter in the Trans. vaal since the English took over tbal colony. --~New York L'ress. 2X ' Shed | After the Deluge. Bhe had just returned from her rst, trip to Europe und everybody wad given no opportunity to know about it. One by one they gently extricated themselves, but at lust she found a &* jent youth 10 a corner who proved to be an attentive listener. To him she rbapsodized on the beauty of life "abroad," and especially in Bogland. | It is iScult, however, for tbe mos§ enthuslastic tourist to exist long withé out eliciting from an auditor some eX- | pression of wonder or applause, so she sought to break ber listeper's respects ful silence even at the expense of 108 Ing a little time herself. "Were you' ever in England tr" sbe asked. "Yes," he sald modestly. "1 was born | there, and I am tbirty-six years old. lived there until | came (0 America three months ago. If you can tell me anything about America I suould be awfully glad, as | wish to learn all ¥ | can.*--~New York I'ress. Diseases of Metals. Metals suffer from contagious ade | eases analogous te those of living bes | fogs. Among tbese diseases ove of the most striking is that called "tic pest" Sometimes a block, a plate or medal of tin attacked by this disease crumbles | and falls into dust, and sonetimes' warty protuberances appear on the' surface of the metal. Various other | metals suffer from a disease that same fests itself by a spottaueous Teer tallization. The most remurkab occur with lead and bard drawn brass These diseases are not due, ag bas been thonght, simply to moisture. Temperature plays a part in producing' then. The most extraordinary fae | perhaps is that the "tin pest" is capa- ble of spreading by contagion.--kHare per's Weekly. 0 Maybe a Little--After. The play was not by any means brid tant, and obviously the man was od. Buddenly be leaped to his feet. | "1 heard an alarin of fire," he sald. "| must go and see where It" 1a His wife, whose heuring was less acute, made way for bin in silence, and he disappeared. "It wasn't a fre after all" he sald, | on his return. "Nor wuter, either," sald "his -- | coldly, with a sniff.--HKxchunge Caustic. Scene--Train stopping at amall road side station. Irritable Old Gentlemab-- What on earth do they stop at a sta tion lke this for? Objectioonble Pas~ senger (alighting)--To allow we to get |out. Irritable Old Gentleman--Ah! F ! see it has its Rivaniages, thenl Showed Her Aga. Grace--They say that Miss Forty | 0odde was named after her Aunt Geor- giana. Uwendolyn--She looks us if she' was nained betore her Aunt Georgiana. --Judge. The art of being able to make good: | use of moderate ubliities often confery more reputation than real merit.-- ! Rochefoucauld. ywe Eternal Question. The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but aim had fled. He hailed us as we neared the wreok. "Have you a match?' he said --Cinclonat! kKnquirers { Maud Muller sald when came the judges: "At last bere is my catch." But all the jurist sald was: "Fudgst My pipe's outl poy 10 « match!" Denver Republicam in Wrong. 1 "Is tbls your fiancee, MAT" asked Jones, picking up a small portrait oft the maxutieplece. "Yes. How do you lke her?" asked Ed. Jones thodght a minute. "She must be rich, isn't she, EdY"--un Magasin: { Political Partings. 'The campaign seon will alip away. ale contest will be o'er, And friendships will revive, Wey say, oy 0 lust for four Yeats Mars. He Wae Safe. The Minister's Wife on oleing SME black sheep) ~And 'Low 18. Four: doing since he went to New Juek® Hudge---He's gone oi to | Cl letter