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[Torys "$1 r---- 2 ~IER ANXUR 18 Avvawel: © 7 hii] FOR ONTARIO CO, "Quomsx St, Port Perry :~8--10 a.m. 1--8 pm and enings. Telephone connection over Bell and ndependent lines. wy HARRIS, BA. LLB. BARRISTER, &c., and upant of the ces of 7 late F ¥ At Port Perry, - Ont. MONEY Te LEAN. Private Funds at & per cent. wer Jno. W. Orozier anmisreR, Sortoiron, CONVEYANORR, B &o. Office ab residence, 6th (on. Reanh (one mile west of Port Perty,)-- Mongy To Loan, ; Issuer of Marriage Licenses. mieten _B. FAREWELL, K.C,, LL.B, 1B Cody J . stornay, County Bol of Cro Public and _noeT tor, &o., Notar o . a Whitby, ns, ios Court House, Phones --Bell 68 r 2. Ind. goo. | 3.B Lundy, L.D.8,D.D.8 3 DENTAL SURGEON [Buccessor to Dr. R. L. Graham) Graduate, Royal College of Dental Sur- goons and Unplversity of Toronto. Office - PORT PERRY, Ont J. A. MURRAY DENTIST =* Rooms over Rose & Co, "The Fair." (~ Hours 9a. m. to 6 p.m. PHONE 03. MORTON M. GIBSON, ONTARIO & DOMINION LAND SURVEYOR AND CIVIL: ENGINEER {Buccessor to the late W. B. Yarnold, Ontario Land Surveyor, 0 of Pert Perry.) w HIT B Y \ 'Rhone 231 Beit SMITH & SMITH LAND SURVEYORS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS PHONE@--DAY 848, NIGQNT 407 BOX 28 LINDSAY, ONT. North Ontario Observer A Weekly Political, Agricultural and Family Newspaper 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. KVERY THURSDAY MORNING a a PARSONS resp, MEET * ¥ntil atvests are pal on dats riggs mi pen ay i , meseured by Noapariel sod REV,C. F. STRNT, BA, L. Th. S Till 9 pom. Egg erly Doubled ally speaking, the number | ot eggs gradually 'gors down from week fo week from September to ices at iy. grin iio ni only. ) at 8 pam. a R. 0. CHURCH. BEY Dillon Hinge-StayFence Manufactured by the Owen Sound Wire Fence Uo. Litd., and am prepared to supply this whole community with the very BEST WIRE FENCE produced on this Continent and at prices that can not fail to satisfy purchasers. The Dircon Fence is without a peer, It is the BEST because it is flexible ; it is a square mesh ;itis a perfect hiuge- -stay fence, therefore it is impossible to bend the stays in fact it is the best fence made in this or .any other country. Before purchasing a Wire Fence don't fail to inspect the DiLron Fence. J. H. Brown, Deater IN AGRICULTURAL IMpLE: MENTS AND MACHINERY. : SEAGRAVE April 6, 1903, Miss Harrison, Dress and Mantle Maker \ ISHES to inform the ladies that she has moved to the rooms formerly occupied by her over Mr. Byer's Drug Store where she is prepared to execute all or ders for Dress and Mantle Making in a manner unsurpassed for Correctness of Style and Charming Effect. Our charges are consistent with the value given. Port Bort Perty, April 1, 3: 1909. LOCAL AGENT WANTED FOR THE OLD RELIABLE Fonthill Nunsaries Thousands of Orchard Trees need replacing. WAR GARDENS call for small fruits, early bearing fruit trees, Asparagus, Rhubarb plants etc: The demand for Ornamental Stock in towns and villages is large. Secure a paying Agency with liberal commissions, Experience not necessary. STONE & WELLINGTON, Established 1837) Toronto, ONT. " GEO JACKSON, Lissao) Assionen; Valvater. &o. "omasoE "MODERATE. GEO: rat hes ¥o | B.A. ADAME, Bell Phone No.41 ADAMS DAVID J. INSURARGE FIRE LIFE S Real Estate Steamehip Tickels HR. G. HUTCHESON, Bell Phone Office No. 6 & HUTCHESON ||| UCCESSORS TO & DOUGLAS ADAM Mortgage Loans i January end then thre is a slow but | gradual increase unfil Mareh, April {and May, which in Dutario are the best motiths for cgd production. 1t {1&8 unusual, an§ in most cases | very uawise, to publkh figures in re- | 'gard to esperimentd unt{l the' mas ! ! terial bins been very thoroughly test | ed, Lut in this partiqular case, com | sidering the hikh codt of feeds and | < ! | Residence No. 4 S FINE EN1 the general scarcity of new laid ¢ we are giving the figures on ard { ghort test of but fou} {tion The resulfs aprar I erally true in all pens jtest | in accord with Tesults/obta | where, 1 The increase In egk v $5.0 for $4.9 | obtained by the J | lights, or prolonging | facts of the matter kbpe | a hen's crop ig too smal to hold sufficient fed night. A hen, to gurplus of feed opr 1 t required for body ms | In these paviicilar ® | sults of which aty given % GIV E lights were turngl on at | were turned off ht . { night. The birds get i | 40 the morning dt seven o k War-Savings || |r Sie a noe | for about one hur. | The usual feqd of ) given at tamons | about four to five o lo¢k in the after A | noon 1s missed br only a handful or ve | two of grain ls! given to twenty-five 5 5 : ~~ birds, simply té¢ keep them mov As Christmas Gifts | & Hilo. The be feed is given at "ars about eight o'clock UY a WerSavings Stamp for-$4.00 and The. rollowing 'results have been affix it to space No. 1 of the Certifieate | " that will be en you, in: the | name of (ha one th whom you wish to make this Christ. { 2 a may Girt~-the most desirable of Gifts, for it wey well | wo > 2 @ a y mark the commencement of habits of Thrit, the 8 1 stepping stone th Su | gd A - ww ~ i 9 srs i Eg A t= 5 © wo The Certificate Rw no = In lo ofering your gift you could say, "If you inv 23 d 2 5 a a , regularly 18 Wer Saving Bran CEN os hs A bt i this cate, w! bepomes. i kz Semen - pledge to pay you $50 on the fiat duy of 1924." ° 3 "With every 25 cents you save you can buy a THRIFT 4 = ova a Btamp, 16 of which on a Thrift Card will be exchanged o = ake © fora W.S. 8." & Bl "An excellent investment for small ~ savings ; and a strong incentive to © ery zeonomy," SIR THOMAS WHITE o Minister of Finance = ~ : x oF FOR SALE AT x 55 Money-Order Post Offices, Bani aud J aC Wherever the W.-5.5 sign is displayed. 3 - ° a. There people keeping poultry v electric 8 Fair to ults have tb Shei Sree pm a -- . A iment cared by using ordipary rg TR To barn linte The danger f - when using lanterns is materi CARABAS RAE AS A oe FROGUCER creased have not tested yet but hope to have them ind: DENMARK, RRR RETR RATA ORAAB ARS RB Soon." For electric lighting we use 3 threetordioary bulbs for a pen of one HOLLAND, ananaaesaAdacaneaan 3 hun birds, tor one' light ia a twenty-five bird pen--Prof, R. W GERMANY, "RAR NSRBRATARHN 1B Graham, O. A. College, Guelph, UNTO rEs ammaowan § COMPARED WITH OTHER Ringworn. NATIONS ON THE BASIS " Ringworm is 4 contagious disease IRELARD anmaaca 7 OR THE NUMBER OF to which all classes of animals, and a 0 ANIMALS TO THE man, are subjéc : FRANCE, aaa asn § Calves and young cattle nppear to : = HUNDRED ACRES OF susceptible. 1d ihe trouble T - 3% LAND IN FARMS. than other animals, but no age ren: BRITAIN, Ban ders an animal Immune. It is purely i J » a skin disease, and is due to the ITALY...» Sea, 4 presence of vegetable parasite, QAN whieh is readily capable of being con- ADA, aan 3 lei from one animal to another by HOLLAND a ITALY. "CAMS WARK AS A CATTLE MONEE FATTY a Is o AUSTRALIA YO YF PT RTT a NATIONS ON THE BABIS OF THE suMaZR OF [afadadaadntaindeipbnbnl eda ada do do doded i oesuins, FF BY IOF-BF 7 OF FF BY 57 07 4 00 (OY EF YF FY RT EY IY FTRY. a var {, the hands of th stable niensils, iadstics i direct con! fondant, poll mE ina clot ST MEDICINE FOR WOMEN" Lydia E. Pinkham's able Compound Did r Ohio Woman. --r WITH OTHER th, Ohfo.--*1 suffered from CARA RANK AS A SWEEP PRODUCER wurne " ih hahahah hobndadadadal Si Pan nen SRR ih sini lichivki ib S350 he paivs in my sido and was CANADA TROT. ) IN PARMS a 50 Weak at sisies | : .8T0 0 my ; work, or as [had four in m family ? and three boarders | "it made it very hard mEERR E. ne nRwW from day to da root an as she wos | comfaL: 0: OnE AnIMai 'itn The Stain, ete., of affected animals, etc. In likn msoner, eurry-combs, brushes, rub- bing cloths, etc., thal are used ow affected animals of any class, if used on other animals, become a fertile cause of infection. Symptoms.--While any part of the hima may be the seat Or the dis- the skin &round the eyes and e face, and on neck abd back, appears to be the favorite sear, The first symptom ows is _usugl- {tehiness, which is Tollowed ais whieh soo of ry body. Treatment, ---1t great care be taken to avol veyance of the virus trom eased "to heslthy snimals. Where practicable, it is well to remove all non-infected aninfals to non-infected is necessary d the con- the dis- premises, The infected - prenyises | should be disinfected by thoroug {ly sweeping and dusting, and then giving a thorough roat of an insec cide, as a lot 10 per cent of one of | the co i RE ny HAVE (i QUEER PTS Lonely Men In Signal Tower Welcome All Sorts, Cockroach That Likes Tobacco' and Drinks Ink is One Visitor--Toad Regularly for Its Feast of Filles Cane A Boston and Malne rallrodd signgl towernian tells this st of pets he tins made in bis lonely perch above the tracks: At roach pt graph La the Iokwell: widnight tine months out ft bout that time I cigar, do n the desk and began rk the telegraph key The cockroach walked over to my eigar and sucked at the moist end for a second or so, then to, the ink well again und took a ¢ then came back to the cigar: he roneated this perrormance several times and sug gered away drunk as a lord. Every night around miduight for the past nine months this cockroach has drunk from the Inkwell cn my desk and either sucked the mn!st end of my | cigar or some moistened tobacco I | place near the lnkwell for him, One of the boys found 4 tiny rmugks rat in the marsh back of the signal tower one day, and he brought it into the tower. tame and proved a most pet. He slept on the desk near the telegraph {pstrumsents for over two yearg, Although he went out very often, he wouldn't stay long, and would seratch at the door until some of us would run downstairs and let him in. Unfortunately: our pet killed by a freight train while cross. ing the tracks near the tower one day. | After the muskrat died we brought in & tiny woodchuck that a traluman had captured out on the became very much attached to sil of as, and, a Hike the muskrat, he became clever and amusing pet stayed with us two years, and finally he disappeared one day, Fos sibly some dog got him, or he may have been crushed by a train, For the past 20 years an English sparrow has nested In the eaves of the tower, and this sparrow flies In and out of the tower at will, picks up bread crumbs on the floor and catches an o@ casional cockronch. What worrfes the tower men 18 that our pet sparrow may some Jay eat our pet' cockroach, Last year a toad hopped up on to the doorstep of the tower aud sat there blinking. One of the boys fed him g fly and the toad gobbled it In an instant, and' every afternoon all soo. mer Jong that tond hopped up ou fo: the step nnd ate flies as fast as the { raliroad men would: feed them: to hin. The boys took "tirns and fed him relays; tle yardmaster said the boys were neglecting thelr work to feed the | toad; but be became so fascinated watching the performance that he caught fites for an hour one day and { fed the toad. I'm afraid the toad will go Hungry { this summer if he shows up, for we're' too busy raoving war sanplies to both- er with feeding pets around & raflrond Every stray dog that ever wandered into the ward has found a haven in the tower, and several litters of pupples | have been born there. We've had cats galore; ons éat ih partlcalar wes o snake catcher, and "he brought 13 a snake nearly every | day. | Good Recovery In Saskatchewan. | Tha ovineial Department of Agriculture estimates Saskatche- | wan's wheat crop at a little over ten bushels per acre, or 98 % millions all told. While the crep ls very mtch smaller than last year, the value is only five million Golars lees than in 1817. At one time, Premier Martin says, it looked as if Saskatchewan woul Jot have 60,000,000 bushels MAKES. LIVING PEDDLIRG TIME Somewhat Peculiar Gccupation English Girl ls Said to Bring Her a Fair Income, of Probably no other bill jn the world has had so strangely varied a history or. played so important a part in the nfairs of men as thut.at Greenwich, in England, The granite line gcross | that | { then she The muskrat became very | affectionate | was | line, and he | the TOOtPAR on tts summit is ine meridian from widch the longitade on every British, map and chart if calcu lated, All "Fh gland sets its time by the mean solar clock. There ts a large galvano-magnetic clock fixed on the outside wall of the observatory and divided into 24 hours, There are many who believe that this clock Is kept going by the sun, They do pot know that the fixed stars dre the real tie keepers from Wich Drituhia cheek thelr, aly progress. Ming Fours ago the then astrrriower 5 royal suggested to her father that If he took the corrected time of a euril« fied chrofiometer every week he could no doubt fled ouwmerous clients. Bo Mr. Belleville bought a watch mude for the duke of Hssex and then worked up a business with it, his widow sold the time until she reached the ape of eighty-oue, and banded over the business to When he died her datghte When Miss Belleville { visits" Greenwich at the heginning of very week her chronometer is cov rected and she is given an oficia! cer 50 customers bes and clocks How Military Stores on Mexica Border Ara Salvaged. Nothing That It fs Possible to Repair, or In Any Way Maks Ueeful, Ever Thrown Is Away as Worthless, fexican bor y uniform, ders and a serious look always rushing with Uncle Sam's junk division w Jliss (Tex) correspondent of the it Sun, two bars on for Capt dix bere, New wing Ta are re cpuiréd b {been sallors or who haye experience {fn repairing canvas. Canvag col cov | ers which have been torn are cut up inte small pieces and mmde Into cloth { fog bags... These cot covers were for- merly disen a. A tuflor shop has been established where worn and torn | uniforns ave repaired. buttons sewn { on, the u wins steam cleaned and | présséd and returned to the owners Army shoes which have been word many over the desert near the fort sre half-goled by nery, ripped places stitched, new ches by sands 1e nes sent back a gerap of ed by 0 be | ment repaired pre rip | ped to pl r used for | repairing shoes are tl rket for use in the ma of composition | belting. | Recently or pre. { paring ment cone | demued 'and ® mation | deparfinent Ine stead, the separated, reas gémbled an ¥ good grinders obtain. ed, 'while the ining werd phrts stored: for repal | Broken parts were sol . | Wagans, automobiles, tank wagons, | soup kitchen A every ofhér kind of { fie!d equipment' is received by this do- I partment; Wagonmakers replace worn {5 rte' of. transport and Ru nition | wagons with new ones, Al "wutdino- | bile parts are tiassi & and crew of | garage men repair the cars as they { come to: the shops on tracks for { ecterpifiar trucks are Kapt for rephir- { fug 'those big tricks which lanl sup- plies over the desert Broken #y fings. eyeléts from harness. saddles. the ropes and even 11 whips" used by the army mule vers avessalvogesd (ni: Unefe Sam's big Junk Ehep here, and the govern ment 1% saved thousands of 'dollars by repairing ermy property which other wise would huve to be replaced with new, = de ie CENTER CF MANY LEGENDS wornout puttees, | | Famous-Dome of the Rock, In the Holy of Land, Has tong Beén Held i : Sacred Place; The Mussthman's grief at the fall of Jerusalem is lorzely centered in the fate of the Dome of the Rock, For | centuries devout Mohammedans bave journeyed to this spot, which they count second only to the holy places of Mecca in religious significance. | Directly under topped with fhe Turkish crescent is the sacred rock about which a host of tra- ditions---Jewish, Christin and Mos hhmmedan--have been ¢ 'ected. 1'rom this rock Mohamnied wocended intra heaven on his steed Ki Borak, the light ping. Here also, if tradition is worth anything, rested Noah's ark, and Jacob ' saw the angelic vision. Thjs spot iy 18 miles nearer heaven than any othe | er on the earth, and (he Turks secept" | the old Jewish theory that this is the ! center of the earth. Here on the judg: ment day will the 'angel Gabriel stand when he sounds hia trompets ! There Is little room for deprint over those stutements. You accept ar i refect them as you will. Bat lanz and , galvano-magnetic clock ia } every Monday a wou 4 the rounded deme. WHOLE No, 612 5 2 5 { fo teen CEA "Do not cough or sneess without. a handkerchief ince the outbrezk of infiuensa, often have doctors, and: advised wa ested in public health; a this, and, yet how frequently ia a | warning discegarded? | Tha failere to obey this ih rule is probably responsible for the. spread of much contagion. Take for, example those in the early, unsus. pocted stages of consumption--a $i unguarded an ns of dea By 4 tw be Frentned in'by fulness i One "ex phtient of ehat nf writes as follows: "Just e i ft ago this Christmas time I "ene { your Sanatorium, I was a very sad. and discouraged girl that Christmas five, but 1 have been bome over, seven years, and I can hardly belleve that I ever had T. B. I 1bok ba the days I spent there, with thanks to, God and those taithful workers who understood our cases dnd needs, and ministered to us se i faithfully." o£ To carry on this great work the ig Muskoka: Free Hospital' for ; ) A sumplives is again appealing Bt : fielp. "There is much to dos wil you lend & hand? Contributions may be went te Sir William. J. Gage, 84 BSpadiad avenue, Toronto, or tq Georgé A. Reid, Seereiary-Treanurer, Gage Ins stitute, 223 College street, Terpate, | mearen nave been the learned' diseers tations to decide whetiier this Identical spot, already overcrowded with ssso- "ations, Is the site of Sblomon's tem ple or of the tomb of Christ. - Sclence" now leans toward the former conchww glon and grants that very likely the . rock marks the place where stood the altar of the famous Jewish temple. Even for a confirmed skeptic ted' place must hold some intérest, for the | structure protecting the rock is &° worthy rival of the Taj Mahal fo bean' ty of design. The building is octagon el lke & mosque aud popularly called' the Mosque of Omar, to the distress of the well Informed, who point out that if is only 8 shrine and that the" true Mosque of Omar is a Sal weal ite building In ne way connected with oH the sacred roth i Mobammedan worship is as yet une a disturbed By tha viceroy of the Chris + tians, the chief difference belfig' that the Mobimmedan is now the temaat apd the unbeliever the lsadiord. { ONLY NEEDED TO BE FED Bimple Reason Why vr imported ny | Couid Not Be Parsuaded ts § | Do fis Duty. a i The first locomiotive 'nsed om the { Champlila & St. Lawrence ratiroad' came from Europe, accompanied by aa " engineer who, for some ugexplained ; reason, had It caged and secreted from" 3 { public view. The trial trip wes made i by moonlight, in the presence of'n' few interested persons, and It ia net des' scribed as a wuceess: Later, the ha' ported englioeer made several attempts 5 td set the Kitten--for such was the' by nickname applied to this pleneer locos: \ motive--in motion toward St. Jehnsy' i: blit fn 'vhin; the engine proved refrae~" b ito and horses were temporarily sub stituted for it Meanwhile, the rallroad oficial call ed in a practical' engineer from the | United States, who anpounded that the ehgine, which wits thought te be hope 3 léksly unmdnagesble, was in goed or 4 der and reguired only plenty of wool and water, His pinion proved ews Hy réct, for after & Mitle practice the ea 4 | gine attained the extraordingry speed { of 20 miles an hour IP routs. Ballwarg of Canada. E sa taney - i | Tea Dealers' Troubles {Tea dealers claim that since the bes { glonlng of the war thelr proged® < B | have dwindled conetderably. Since § 1014 «otboah 'freights 'have increased® more than 600 per cent; and In ad' | dition to the increase In freight rates | there is a high rate of war insurance | quite. apart from marine insurance." The cost of tea 'at the gardens tn Ceys { lon #ifd India has ulso increased, prin- cipally because the British govern. ment takes a large part of tha outpat, A Canadian ton dealer said lately tar | tea: cofismmera fn 'Canada were betters | served in quality for price than any | other country in the world. RESULTS OF INFLUENZA. = Medical afthoritles Baye state oe A ing' ing th denilc Sein #Crom the Ee of he Is feared many eases of tubersul will develop. If you have nat rocovered from the "'#u," or you run down in health from some a ctuse, seek a doctor at ar Com- suniption may have ¢ even that nrdy I Tel time. A casd in polit has recextly been brought to our aitentiom -- tarm laborer with a wite znd fre: small children. feeling right for sonte months. pot sick enough to go to bed, or st vo jndoors, but glws 5 tired. Hig dally work about the tarmh had Sha task to hifi. So of his owh he went to the Muskoka Frre IXoss pital, to try and i out nat, the matter. He was w a fering from ers 'an Immediately taken in and Bat The doctors say (his mas' ig a good recovery, amd tine shortly be able to ny The Muskoka Free Ho Consumptives is now ald in fghting the help restore to 'hemlth Str» Will venue,