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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 1 Aug 1878, p. 1

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AND GENERAL ADVERTISER PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 187 8. VOL. XXI, NO. 34.1 Forth Gutarier Obserur. A WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL §& FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS. --$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no Sipe discontinued until all arrears are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. $0 For each line, first insertion ... 08 Subsequent insertions, per line 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ..... 5 00 Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-paid and regester- ed, will be at our risk 'Advertisements measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc- cupy. Advertisements received for publication, without specific instructions, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or half-year, §@~ These terms will in all cases be strictly +. em d to Job Department. _ Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro- mmes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt ks, Cheeks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and solor, exceuted promptly and at lower rates shan any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand bills, &e. printed can have them done to take home with them, J. BAIRD. H. PARSONS ---------- Professional Cards. H. SANGSTER, M. siclan, Sur- J. geon and Accoucheur, - Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied by Mrs. Geo, Paxton. Coronor for the County of R. WARE, "Physician, Surgeon and Ace Ontario, coucheur, Office, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. a etm RS. MCGILL & RAE, Physecians, Surgeons, D &e., &e, Office and Residences, King st., Oshawa, FRANCIS RAE, M.D. WM. W'GILL, M.D. FM. F. MCBRIEN, M.D, M. R. C. S., Guy's Y Frospital, London, England. The kye R. 0, H. say Oshawa. -- E. FAREWELT, LL. B, County Crown oJ . 'Attorney for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Safieitor, and Notary Public. Office lacely oc- cuptad by 8. H, Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whi eee YMAN L. ENGLISH LIL. B,, Solicitor in Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &e. Oshawa. 0 Mce--Simeoe street, opposite the Post fice YOUNG SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At- torney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, and Insolvency, Notary Publie, &e. Office--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan A cery Notary Public, &c., &e. Office hours punctually from 9a.m, to 5 pm. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good segurity. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. N. 5% PATERSON, (late of be . Barrister anl Attorney-at Law, tor in 'hancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- lic, &e., &c. Office over Brown & Currie's Store Port Perry. rer p-------- ILLINGS & MeGILLIVRAY, Barristers Solicitors, Notaries Publie, &e, Port Perry. £@~ A large amount of money to loan at & per cent. John Billings. | Johu A. MeGillivray. A. HURD, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor « in Chancery. Office in the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Deutist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Store, Port Perry. All work done in the very latest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction. Port Perry, March 28, 1877. OC. N. VARS, L. D. 8. EETH iaserted on all the latest princi- yf bois of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- est, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Gold and Silver, Teeth extracted without pain by producing local anmsth- esia. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. HE Subscriber would beg to inform owners of Horses and Cattle that having completed a Session in the Outario Veterin- ary College, mm Port Perry, fession and is for the practice of his pro- now prepared to give advise on and successfully treat all diseuses to and cattle are liable. which horses Me and close investigat Jog oy habits of Horses and Cattle and | Glen Major, Oct. 10, 1876. " in ing the of such Toronto, he has now located pm Business eas. "ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $53,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. -- SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now open in connection with this Branch. Deposits of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter- est allowed thereon. No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. . BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- . §i 4%) Court. Office In Bigelow's Block, Port Perry. Office hours from 10 a. m, to 3 p. m. T. C. FORMAN, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES For the County of Ontario. Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:tf OHN CHRISTIE, TOWNSHIP CLERK, ssuer of Marriage Licénses--Conveyancer, Commissioner &c. Office--Manchester. ISSUER OF Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House Port Perry. T C. FORMAN, A. WC ol Hog eS New Marriage Act. Port Perry, July 1st, 1874. ENRY CHARLES having been re. I appointed Marriage License Agent-- (after sixteen years duty) continues to fur- nish Licenses as heretofore--at Port Perry. ee | R. RICHARDSON Re-appointed Issuer Marriage Licenses. Office, lot 10, in the Under the New Act. 1st con. Brock. Brock, Ang. 5,1874. ENRY GRIST, PATEN SOLICITOR AND H DravanTaay, Ottawa, Canada | 'Pransucts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Copyrights and the Registration of Trade Marks and Designs procured. Drawings, Specifications, and other Documents neces- sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared in receipt of the model of the Invention, | 33 ete WwW M. SPENCE, CoxTraCTOR, BUILDER, &O. ere | The Subscriber In returning his slac thanks for the very liberal patrons stowed on him in the past v sald inf public generally that having bought a pro- | perty and moved into the Village of Prince Albert, he will in future give his whole attention to his business as Contractor, an is now ready to undertake Stone rk, Bri Laying, Plastering, and rything connecte therewith, which he will execute on the short est notice and in the hest and most durable style, and at the very west figure at which a good job can be done, The best material clas nship. and first-class workmans Rn. SPENCE. Prince Albert, April, 1575, ine Alert, A es WwW. M.. WILICOX UCTIONEER. ETURNING my sincere thanks to my R numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me as Auctioneer during the past eight years, Il would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or | other property to sell by Auction anywhere in North Ontario, the township of Mariposa or Cartwright. My long and extensive practice as Auc- tioneer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock he may soon jose far more than his fee in any sale. Bill stamps always on hand. _ Sale Bills srranged and notes supplied free of charge. Days of Sale may Opserver Office, where & be kept. Terms Liberal. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. E. MAJOR, * ICENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties I wishing his services can call at the and arrange for LICENSED be arranged at the Sale Register will W.M.W. «Qbserver" Office, Port Perry, days of Sales. Jone Ie with the great advantages derived from & Session at the Ontario Veterinary I Aatter myself that parties placing their Horses and Cattle under my College, Toronto, treatment will find it to their advantage. Any order or communication for me left Store will be promptly at Mr. Allison's Drug attended D. BATEMAN, Port Perry, March 27, 1878. . Fusic. [ N her of Musie HARRINGTON, re asical Tn. ts. ROF. Al M Port perry, ee Jon Sion Avene 8. 8. Mie: & aclolted. Re Perry. es The VICTORIA . MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company of Canada, HEAD OFFICE,....... HAMILTON. one HIS is decidedly to insure Dr advantages of insuring with this Company: , H. WALSHE, Agent, Cannington, Ont. HARRINGTON, Teacher of cat or ron Menlo alon Avenus, Fort | Lected of the best companies WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, F Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa and Eldon, Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on theutmost attention being given to their interests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. T.H W. MUNEY TO LOAN | mproved Farms, Vi other Securities in this and at the lowest current rates of have funds on hand at all times Borrowers candep nd on yeking their money with the iteast poasible delay. Any number of Mortgages for which the highe est figures will be allowed. manent Building Socletv, the chea largest Monetary Insti up Capital $1,500,000. in from 2 to 2) years. ness transac [Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, JAMESLUND, BROKER, MONEY TO LOAN | of interest once a year (not in advance), and MORTCACES WANTED. HE Subscribers have la: sums of mon- ey placed in their hands for investment on F Ilage Properties, and adicining Counties nterest. As we WANTED TO PURCHASE, Weare also appraisers for the Caneds Per. SL an ution in Canada. Paid nstalments re-payable Lands Bought and Sold: Several good farms for sale. 22 Agents for several first class Fire In- Companies. Collections i and a general agency busi- #2 DEBENTURES BOUGHT." JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, General Agents, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Afidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &c. Mortgages In any manner to suit borrowe! lected and Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., prom pt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment he can at any time, just as circumstances permit repay part or all of the principal, the Company binding themselves inthe mort- gage 10 aecept such sum, whether large or nall, and apply it as a direct reduction of principal, immediately cancelling the Int on the sum paid. No a charge 1s exac ch repayment. mude from 2 to 3 s on farm, or good productive town property. In all cases where the title 1s perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. As am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there can possibly be no publicity in the transaction. If the title is perfect the money will be paid here in two weeks after making applica~ tion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &e., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom streets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 1877. a A MONEY TO LOAN. | The undersigned hasany amount of Money | to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at | Unusually Low Rates of Interest! | Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Broker, &e. Orrice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- | lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. Whitby, April 10, 1873. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a 1: amount of private funds which he Is red to invest for periods to suit borrow- interest at eight per cent. Expedition most reasonable terms assured. 8, H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1577. MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years, Agent for Westery CaNapa Loan axp Savings Company, He has also been instructed to invest a large amount of Private Funds. Inter.st Eight per cent. No Commission. N. F. PATERSON. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. Solicitor CLEMENT DAWES, AS Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers, Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c, collected on reasonable Com. mission. Apply personally, or by letter to . C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONE [Private Funds,] "J'o Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &0., Oshawa - November 21, 1866. Money to Loan per cent. No Commission. Enquire at P. A. Hurd's Law office, Port Perry. P, A. HURD, x Solicitor, &c. Port Perry, Jan. 9, 1878. ICENSED A for the T hip of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario; Mariposa, etc., in the Count; of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock Orders left at this office, will be punctually attended to. prompt remittances made. eer. WHITBY J. & R. WOLFENDEN, tles; Monuments, &c., Dundas St , Whitby, Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. 'Also Building Stone cut to orde:. JOHN NOTT, or at his residence Debts col- in Cannington, or otherwise, and Remember-- WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction STEAM MARBLE WORKS. HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man- THE ONTARIO Head Office, Whitby, This ( is now fully i and Churc] | thereby support a Home have now an op, by applying to the local Agen aible Mutual Insurance Company in Head Office--0 Brock St., Whitby. . C. NOURSE, Sceretary, a supply of superior Horses and C. ¥ ia pi pe! an arriages, is on Farm Property at Seven anda half Farmers" Mutual Insurance n'y Pp d and is pre) to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses hes, Those wishing to insure and sup rtunity of doing so, either e Head Office, or to any of ts of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any respon- pposite the Royal Hotel PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES C. M°'KENZIE, PROPRIETOR. [HE Subscriber having now fully ecu his new and extensive Livery 'Stab 8 pint to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. MCKENZIE, Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873 STRAW AND FELT HATS ADE OVER in the Newest Styles, -- Also, Dresses made to order, Satis action guaranteed. MISS TIFFIN. Residence--one door east of Mr, Prince's butcher shop, Queen street, Port Perry. May 30, 1878. Hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE PORT PERRY Ts Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public. THE WALKER HOUSE > whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Huth fntuinGbserber ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR JAMES BAIRD = « = PORT PERRY, AUG. 1, 1878. A Cunning Chairman. Europe stood amazed as the wily Bis. mark sat complacently at the head of the Berlin Congress table smiling and bowing as each rapacious power enatched away what. ever he could lay hands on. The cunning " Bis" seemed disinterested and appeared anxious that all should take enough or at least as much as satisfy them ; and com} plaisant « Bis" did not appear to care for anything, It appears however that the cunning chairman was only stuffing the rest 80 that when he is ready to take his reward the other powers would be muzzled. Itis contended that that the principle having been in a measure endorsed that the right of the strongest is always the best, he will not be long before he secures that sea board land he will be in a position to secure this and the other Powers, under the circum- stances, can scarcely with anything like good grace raise objections, ---- Repeaters. The Grit Government are so very anxious Province and surpassed by none out of the best cities, Commercial Travelers, the Traveling Public, Farmers and others doing business | in the Village and the gencral public will find in | THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges. t | The Charges are No Higher at the Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up thronghout in FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supphed with the choice of the market and the utmost atten- tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS, An abundance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and adtentive hostlers. W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. | PERRY HOUSE, PORT PERRY, JAS. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. The above House is now most comfort- ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best Houge in this section of country, Fare $1.00 per Day. AILWAY HOUSE, (Opposite the Railway Station,) PORT PERRY. This House has been thoroughly over. hauled, fitted up and arranged with a view to the accommodation and comfort of guests, Meals and Refreshments on the arrival of trains. First-class stable and shed accom- modation. C. HOLT, Proprietor. Jp Evens HOUSE, MANCHESTER, By GEO. HOUCK. Having leased the above excellent Hotel it will be my endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the appro- bation and patronage of the public, Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. Or*2%1 HOTEL, WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well cared for, and all Guests will please feel at home. Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. UEEN'S HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. CANNINGTON, Ox. D. CAMPBELL, . . PROPRIETOR This Hotel is now furnished in the best style, and offers. every accommodation to travelers B&F First class Sample Rooms. Livery attached. Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 "A JeLO-aNERICAN HOTEL, PRINCE ALBERT. W. H. PARK, -- - - PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above pleasantly situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired the Sheds. best Liquors and Cigars! guests. The table and' bar well supplied. w. . H. PARK. Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. A rusTEONG HOUSE, (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. Street, Lindéay. Board, $1.50 pe: - E. BENSON, Proprietor. ROTA EXCHANGE HOTEL, 'WILLIAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT, E. BRYANS, Proprietor, in this pl and renovating the entire prem 'he supplied with a superior class t brands of Cigars. The ch market p! for the Tables. stabling and attentive Ostlers. E, BRYANS. 'Williamsburg, Dec. 6, 1875. QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT, McCANN & TAYLOR, ProPRIBTORS. Every dation for the li and renovated the entire premises even to The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class' Style and Stocked with the Strict attention paid to the comfort of -- The Only First Class House in Town. JR ENSON HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent r day The Subscriber having succeeded Mr. Mason leasant and commodious Hotel has spared neither labor nor expense in re-fitting of Liquors and ce of the Excellent to favor their friends that they fairly en- cumver them with geod things so much so that even the friends of the Government are becoming ashamed, The Montreal Hearld, though Grit to the core, on Saturday morning last demanded the dismissal of Messrs. 8° Quinn and Dan Lyons, Inspectors of Weights and Measures Montreal, because they acted as special con - stables among the miserable 500 on the 12th and absented themselves from their regular duties. As Quinn and Lyons are two of the shining lights of the Grit party here, the course of the Herald is causing some re- mark, In order to strike at the root of the evil the IHearld ought to demand the dismisal of the Mackenzie Government and thus remov- ing the cause the effect would cease. et -- nt More of Blake's one sided Act. On Saturday afternoon among these who visited St. Helen's Island to witness the Fifth Fusiliers regimental games was Sergeant Richardson in civilian's clothes | who remained with a friend vntil the regi. ment came over at about nine o'clock in the evening, When the boat touched the wharg the Sergeant got oft and waited to sce the regiment fall in and march up town, and while putting his hand in his coat pocket to take out his handkerchief, was startled by a man who caught him by the collar and was about to search him, He stepped back in surprise, and asked bis assailant what he meant. He replied, "You've got. a rifle in your pocket." The Sergeant was somewhat amused, and said, "Well I'd require a pretty long pocket to cairy a rifle; don't you think so?" "Well, you've got fire arms of some sort, anyway, he said, as he proceeded to com- plete his search, * The Sergeant thought the joke had gone too far when the man began to rifle his pockets, and accordingly he demanded what authority he had to act us a constable.-- He replied, "I'm a special constable.'-- The Sergeant told hin that he was trying to search a Police officer, and advised him to go away, he answered, " I know you're Ser- geant Richardson, but I'm going to search you," Upon this the Sergeant took hold of his officious friend and brought him back to the Central Station, He gave his name as Thomas T. Flynn, librarian, and one of the 500 special®constables, His Honor the Recorder this morning Oned him $5 or one month for his assumption. Here is one of Major Beabdry's 500 lambs taking upon himself the responsibility of searching any one he thought fit. What is to prevent any thief from assuming the role of searcher for fire arms in order to get at the pockets. | Good for Canada. vor in the English markets, where they are now regularly quoted and as arule meet with better demand than most other import- ed articles, On June 29th at Liverpool cargoes of Canadian white wheat brought 9s 10d, red spring, 9% ; and red winter 9s 8d, or nearly as high a price as was obtained tor Qairfornia white. On the same date a cargo of Canada oats brought 2s 6d per bushel when oats were nearly unsaleable. A few days before Canada white' wheat "sold in Liverpool at 10s; red spring at 9s 4d and red obtained for similar descriptions from Chili, 10s per stone. _ | stock and at a time when the arrivals of ou 3 showers, which has so long aud so deeply been de- | But drought unslacked had her lifes-gpring sired. By laying hold of Denmark or Hol dried Canadian productions are fast gaining fa- winter at 10s, or at the same price as was Bombay and California, and only 1d to 3d under the California. On the 1st of July at Mark Lane, London, Canadian peas were in greater request than any other kind, At Leeds on July 1st Canadian cattle were sold for 118 4d per stone, whilst native cattle sold at 11s and best Danish cattle at 9s to Ai the next day at York, a Bar | lurge batch of Canadian beeves was quickly sold and realized from 9s 6d to 10s per stone whilst English stock only fetched 8s 6d to 10s and met with slow sale. These cattle were all sold on their merits as Canadian cattle in England wero the heaviest. Be- ceat shipments of sheep and hogs from this port have likewise taken top prices in the The Two Roses. Two roses once in my garden grew ; The one was brilliant and rich of hue ; Proud of her beauty and perfume rare, She spread her sweets to each passing air; The other, timid and chaste of mind, Shrank from the kiss of the fickle wind ; Proud in the pride of her virtue meek, She veiled the blush on her modest 'cheek. Dazed with the glare of her gaudy bloom, Drunk with the breath of her rich perfume, I tended the one with ceaseless care ; I marked the growth of each beauty rare, And I dreamed that all on rome future day Would own the power of her peerless sway: At length my flower that I loved the best, 1 sought to take and wear on my breast, That won from her parent stem to part, She might rest a while on my loving heart. But flown was the lure of her witching spell, As fluttering to earth her petals fll, Her heart was rotten and dead at the core-- And I knew that my foolish dream was o'er And Isaw how far the full bloom blaze That had charmed my Senses and won my Ppruise And I thought at last of the timid flower Which had pined unheeded for cooling So, fading and faded, she drooped and died. I saw to now, with wakening eyes, How near I had been to my longed for prize One-half of the care I had spent in vain-- Care that had brought me bnt grief and pain, If spent on the rose that had pined away, Would have reared a flower so chastely gay, That the joy of its countless charms untold My care had repaid a thousand fold, Ah! how oft in the toil and strite, The chances and changes which we call life, By slight neglect in the time of need, We kill the flower and we rear the weed ; Then we see it, and know too late, We blame not ourselves, but curse our fate; | For no solace have we on which to lean, We know what we long for might have been, Women in China. Miss King, who has travelled much in| China, think the Chinese ladies are as much { slaves of fashon as western ladies, The | higher classes of Chinese ladies are taught to control their voices ; that it is not polite to speak above a certaln tone. They also | study attitude and effects before a glass for | hours at a time, just like ours,and they band- age their feet for the same reason. that our girls cramp theirs, and tighten their | waists in order to produce elegance and | gentility of form. Women no not live single | in China, There is hardly a single woman | to be found in China; all the efforts of the | parents are devoted to getting her married, and a female child is often, promised to ® son of a friend before she is born. Daughters are undesired all over ihe world, and in erica ; for the lot of a girl, if she is poor, is| | rather see them die than live to inherit it.-- That is the reason that female infanticide is | $0 common in China, They considerit a justifiable act to rid her of the evils to come, | Moreover, a daughter is hardly considered as | belonging to her parents or to her own fam- ily. As soon as she is betrothed--which is as quickly as a suitable husband can be found--she is adopted into bis family, is brought up and educated by them, and even | if he should dio, would be at their dis- posal to bestow in marriage, if they choose, upon someone else. She has the alternative, however, of dedicating herself to the memery of her affianced, and such an act is consider, ed very praiseworthy. If she should do so and live to te a hundred years old, faithfully fulfiling her vows,and worshiping the tablets of her ancestors; she wculd have a pegoda erected to her memory, There are several such in China, ee 4 --e em. Turkish Wives. First among the Turkish social topics is that of the harem. The Koran allows a Mussulman to have four wives ; and many persons have consequently imagived that polygamy is the rule in Turky, whereas it is the exception, A Mussulmau may only have as many wives as be can keep in com- fort, and it is only the very rich who can afford to keep four. The middle class of Turks have only one wife apiece; the men of the lowest class are often obliged to remain single for want of sufficient means to sup- port a consort in the style which the Mos- lem law enjoins. Nothing can be more un~ Turkish than the Mormon idea of accum- lating a number of women uuder one roof, quarrelling in the kitchen and parlor, and acting as household drudge for her husband The Turkish wifeis not a slave; the chief fault to find with ber is that she has too lofty a sensé of her own dignity. An advocate of female right would have some difficulty in pursuading her that her lot was pitiuble ; she has never envied the emancipation of Christian women, whose free ways shock her ; while she has noticed that they get much less respect from the men of their faith than that which is invariably vouch- safed to herself. She veils her face with no more regret than a Western lady unveils her shoulders. Turkish women are not shut up. They go out when they please, attended by their odalike if rich, or holding their children by the hand ; aud their magpies voices fill the bazaars, for they are noisy talkers, Whenever they pass,men of all creeds stand aside deferentially If a husband meets his wife on the street he makes no sign of recognition ; if he perceives her halting in front of a drapers' stall, and gazing signifi cently at silks dearer than he can afford, h. must possess his soul in resignation, mutter r | ing "Mashallah." The respect for womer prevails also in the home circle, and it come: naturally to the Mussulman, who has been taught from his boyhood to behave corteous: x Agent, Port Perry. Cannington, Sept. 26, 1876. Whitby, July 29 1874. 2| w. 5. BROWNE, General Agent: public, London and Liverpool markets, expression about "wearing the breeches" has its Turkish counterpart in the phrase, 'to live under the slipper ;" and it is feared that not afew Turks know the taste of this imple- ment of uxorial persuasion. A hamal (street porter) once came before a a cadi to complain that hin wife trounced him too frequently, 'See what mine does,' answered the magistrate, opening his gown and show- ing some wealts on his neck and shoulders. 'Go thy way, my son, and thank Allah thou art luckier than I.' ---- A cool proceeding--Driving an ice cart. Now small boys fall from cherry limbs, and thereby join the cherry-bims. Over at the exposition they are laying up something for a rainy day--not an umbrella but a Paris haul. A tumbler of ice water poured down a man's neck will make him feel cool all day. Try it on the first man you neet, A Hartford etomologist says there are at least a thousand kinds of bugs in that city. This will give one an idea of the number f boarding houses there, These broad, liberal minded men whom we hear so much talked of, generally turn out to be fellows who had as soon drink at a neighbors expense as their own, S------------------------------------ The Blake Act. % Monrrear, July 23. --The first two cons victions under the Blake Act were made this morning at .the Recorder's Court, Montreal, William End, clerk, was found on the 12th with two revolvers on his person, and was sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, = : End is the son ofa Protestant father and a Catholic mother, and the defence was that arms had been placed on him maliciously to get him into trouble, it not being likely, being connected with both parties, that he would harbor spite against either. Ths Recorder suggested jocularly that he had a revolver for each party, The other case was Michael Brennan, of Besancour, P.Q. arrested on the morning of the 12th, on ar- rival at Bonaventure depot. He was sen- tenced to one months' imprisonment, -- Counsel gave notice of appeal and the prisoners were released on bail. Another Newspaper Disaster. A meeting of the creditors of James Beaty, publisher of the Toronto Leader is called for the 25th inst, The liabilitics are stated at $278,474; of which $218,731 are secured claims, §9,773 preferential, and $19,969 direct, Among the priucipal creditors ate the Imperial Bank $32,200, J. Barber $27,~ Danbury News: Peaches are in market, -- On the truiter's stand a fine peach is a shy, | modest, blushing object, but in the human | form divine it is a circus horse on twelve | hind legs. | A man may make ten dollars in a business | transaction without going crazy with joy, but | this can't be said of him, when he manageg to dodge a horse car conductor, and secure a ride gratis, Queen Mercedes of Spain left her husband | $5,000,000. Elopement, marriage, twins, and divorce have happened to an Indiana girl within a year, She was plump and beautifal, and he was wildly fond of her; she bated him, but womanlike, she strove to catch him, He was a flea, Tea raised in South Carolina and prepared in Ba'timor: was lately exhibited in Wash- ington to dealers, who were unable to distin. guish it from similar varieties of Chinese and Jupanese growth, A Yankee who had won a fat turkey ata rafile, aud whose pious wife was very in® | quisitive about his method of obtainiug the | | poultry, satisfied her scruples at last by the remark "the shakers gave it to me." Bars of pure gold, weighing twenty ounces each, have been ploughed up at or near Lex- ington, N. (., to the value of some $10,000, It is supposed to be the proceeds of a stage robbery committed some forty-five years ago, when the thieves hid the metal When little Thomas stoops to toy with berries, jam and jelly cake, no art can roothe the chastened boy--no nostrums ease his stomach ache. And if the griping pains dety the medicines prescribed to foil, the Chioa with reason, even more then in Am- | parents will do well to try the limpid, liquid | cup of sugar, the yolks of three eggs, one | 1 y castor oil. terrible, and mothers and fathers, too, would | young lady of our acquaintance recent. | fill the plate bake in a rich paste beat the ly dislocated her hipin reaching down to her pocket for her handkerchief. If she would only adopt the style of collars worn by our young men, they might have little pockets cut in them, and wear their hand- kerchiefs there, Edmund About describes the people of Italy as a lazy, sleepy set, without a shade of energy. Anybody who has ever seen one of them at the end of a hand organ crank in this country, will at once conclude that they have either been slandered or were very much aroused up by the ocean voyage. What to him was love or hope ? What to Lim was joy or care ? of Irish soap the girl had left on the topmost stair, and his feet flew out like wind, fierce things, and he struck each stair with a sound like a drum ; and the girl below with the scrubbing things, laughed like a fiend to see him come. Major Brooks, in an address delivered in Rochester before the American Associalion of Nursery, Florists and Scedsmen, said : "I never see a pink, a poppy or a sweet william without thinking ot my mother." 'To the majority of men, however a "lady slipper" is a much stronger reminder of their maternal parent, A poetically inclined cotemporary comes down on the fly nuisances in the following style : "Oh, the fly, the fly, the horrible fly, now on your nose, and now in your eye; robbing the sleeper out of his rest, and pinching your toes before you are dressed ; will murder the flies at one single slap 7" 'Edward" said a mother to her son, a boy of eight who was trundling a hoop in the front yard. 'Edward, you musn't go out of that gate into the street' 'No ma, 1 won't,' was the reply A few minutes afterwards his mother saw him in the street manufac- turing dirt pies. 'Didu't I tell you,' she said angrily, 'not tu go through the gate ?' 'Well, I didn't mother," was the reply. I climbed over the fence,' A Ruthland farmer finding a potato bug on his dinner. table the other day, ejaculated Good heavens | Have you got to have your potatoes cooked this year?' . Hard on the Wilderness City. It appears that prisoners get eaten up in the City of Ottawa. Listen to the jury's opinion of the matter :-- «The jury empanelled in the case of Napoleon Duval, who died in the cells, in their verdict considered that his death wus hastened by being confined in aa ill-venti- lated and vermin-covered cell, which they considered a disgrace to the city, as it not oply-aftected the health of the prisoners con= tine | in it, but alsu the officials whose duties compel them to breathe the poisonous stench that emanates from if, and recome mended that a uew police station be at once built. New police quarters are much He stepped on a ph g ! will no one invent a poison or trap, that 000,; C. 8. Gzowski $21,200, North of Scot= land Canadian Morigage Company $24,987, Puople's Loan Company $22,091, L. and 0. Investmeut Company $17,000, Trust and Loan Association $10,201, Building and Loan Association $10,059, North British Mortgage Company $10,400, L. O. Invest. ment Company $11,200, E. W. Armstrong $9,656, William Beaty $7,000, Catharine Beaty $8,800, Mary Ann Mullaney §8,48C, aud Sir N. W. Hoyles $10,800, --. A Good Bill. Mr, Dyke, the Canadian Government agent at Liverpool, reports that 5,211 head | of cattle, 4,491 horses, 3,318 sheep and 838 pigs have been brought to Great Britain by the Canadian steamship lines during the six months ending June 30, In consequence of the available space of these steamships being 'secured until September, 2,761 head of Canad:an cattle, 963 sheep and 386 horses have been conveyed by steamers sailing from | Boston and New York ;also 33 head of cattle and 203 pigs by sailing vessels from Moot= real, The above shows the rapid increase of a most important trade and well worth culti= i vation, Taxed to Death. | The rate of taxation in Toronto this year will be $2 26 on every $100, assessed value | an increase of 60 cts over last year, ----- Recipes. LEMON PIB. Take the juce and rind of one leamon, one | teasponful of butter and sufficient milk to whites of the three eggs to a stiff froth, with two tablespoonfulls of powdered sugar and spread over the top, return to the oven and brown sliglitly. RASPBERRY VINEGER. Red raspberries, any quantity, or sufficient |to fill a stone jar nearly full, then pour upon | them anough vinegar to cover them, cover | the jar closely and set it aside for eight of | ten days, then strain through flannel or mus. { lin, and add to the clear liquor one and a | half pounds of sugar to each pint; place over the fire and boil gently for a few minutes; then allow it to cool and bottle for use. This makes, when mixed with ice water a delightful summer drink, CUSTARD FRITTERS, Boil half a pint ot milk with cinnamon lemon and bay leaves ;add two ounces of sugar one ounce of flour, a little salt and three eggs ; beat together, abd steam this custard ina plain mould or basin, previ- ously spread inside with butter ; when dove firm and quite cold, cut into square pieces and dip in frying butter; drop seperately in boiling fat, fry a light brown color, anc dish them up on a napkin. EVE PUDDING, Six ouncesof finely grated bread, six ounces of currants, six ounces of sugar, six egys, six apples, some lemon peel and nut- meg; let it boil three hours. LEMON PUDDING. Weight of two eggs in butter, which beat to a cream, same weight of flonzy same of pounded white sugar, the grat. «d rind and juice of two lemons ; bake al an hour in a small flat pie-dish, with a rim of paste around the edge serve with shifted sugar on the top, and send up very hot, © AUNT NELLIE'S PUDDING. Ti Half a pound best beef suit, half a pound grated bread crumbs, balt a pound of whi @ sugar, three eggs well beaten and strained ; the grated rind and juice of a large lemon, stick a mould with raisens, pour in the mixture, boil two hours. dil CORN CAKE. = Sift two cups of corn meal, one cup wheat flour, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, tesspoonfuls cream tartar ; dissolve one spoonful of soda ; wet it up with two eggs ; make it thin enough ¢ well greased tin--not too thin. say it is delicious for breakfast - with sweet butter. I have had it could vot tell it from sponge eake, the bottom of the oven pretty hot. Gramax Mors. --One flour, two teaspoonfuls of piece of butter the size of one ;tablespoonful of sugar, spoonful of salt, milk enough ly to the softer sex. The Western conjugall needed." 3k

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