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EVERY T arm an, es Notes at reasoualile Careful and prompt attention is also given to the collecting of Notes, ete. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Special Atgéntion is Directed to the ¥ wing Advantages offcred By our Savings Bank: Deposits of One Dollar and upwards t+ rveceived and interest allowed at cervent rites. y Interest in added to the depokit Twick in wach year, at the end of Muy and November. The Depositor is subject to no delay whates erin the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit, is, mnde ou withdrawing or o Charge depositing money. Port Perry Branch G. M. GIBBS, Manager. R. D. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria University : M.B. Toronta University, Memb or othe Coliege of Physicians and Surgeons. Out.; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg; Licentiate of the Rogal College of Physictans, Edine barg; Member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, (lasgow; Late Resident Pupil of the Rolunda Hospital, Dublin, for Women. Office and Residence, second dsor west of Davis' Furniture Emporiom, Queen Street. Office hours--9 to fla. and 2 to 5 pom, and evenings, I have taken as partner, my hrother, Dr R. Archer, M. D., C. M., Member of Col tere of Physicians and Surgeons, Out. Port Perry, June 9. 1897. 'DR E. L. PROCTER (SUCCESSOR TO DR CLEMENS ) Trinity College U h rt of Cot tiate of U ity Offi 0 and residence on Dr. Clemens' old site. Opjo ite Town. Hail. PONT PERRY. NOTICE. # JH. SANGSTER, Physician, Sur geon and Accoucheur, and Or. W. A. D /Suvyster, Dentist, may on and after 10-day, be found iu their new Surgieal and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will ba found as heretofore, prepared to attend "to their respective professions iv all their branches, Pot Perry Dec 8, 1597, DR. 8. J. MELLOW, Puysician, SuraroN, &o, Office und Residence, Queen St., Port Perry Office houwrs--8 to 10 a.m.; 1to3 p.m, and Evenings. Telephone in office and hovse, open night and day over the lines south, connected with the residence of 6. L. Robson, V.S. Port Ferry, Nov. 15, 1894, J. A MURRAY, 2 DENTIST, - [Recs over Alicon's Drug Store) » * PORT PERRY. Al branches of Dentistry, 'inels ding Crown and Bridge Work successfully Yr practiced, Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Al or Rubler Plates Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: 47 Prices to suit the times® ort Perry, Feb. 1897. WA SANGSTER, * | DENTAL SURGEON. D. McCrattan (DENTIST) Dental Surgeons, | to University. . of Rayal Col igh Aig of Toron rgeon. completed his ne A om Ne io re ET fiyee' By ight rates, Intérest calculated ai each depositor semi-annually. DRG A rei URSDAY) 1 [HEY Deposits receiesd at the bi H. G. HUTCHESON, s Maxaaer, Port Perry, June 28, 1897. £100,000 STERLING (British Capital) To load 'at 4 4% and 6 per ct on good Mortgage security. Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, Port Perry, Ont. MONEY TO LOAN. FJVHE Subscriber is prepared to LEND ANY AMOUNT on Farm Security AT 5 PER CENT. #7 Also on Village Property. && MORTGAGES BOUGHT, WS) HUBERT L. EBBELS, Banister. Office next fo Ontario Bank, Port Perry, May 10, 1885 AUCTIONEER. Sr lad hia _appartunity I o veturning thanks for the very liberal patrcnuge he has received us Auctioneer in the past. The increased experience and extensive practice which I have bad will be to advantage of patrons, and parties 1g me with their sales may rely on terests being fully protected No effort will he spaved to make it profitable for parties placing their sales in my hands. My Sale Register will be fouud at the Leland House, Ciesarea. THOS. SWAIN. Cusarea, Ang. 26, 1896. 'WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Yaluvator &c. { R the Townshi Scott, Thorah, and Kldon Partiesentrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmasot attention being given to their intrests. ! of Brock, Uxbridge, ara, Rama, Mariposa WM. GORDON, Sunderland, N. F. PATERSON, 0Q.C., Bartister, Solicitor, Notary c, Noe. 310.311, Temple Building, Cor. Bay i Richmond Streets, Toronto. Toronto, March 31, 1898, J E. FAREWELL, L. L. B,, County +) , Crown Attorney, Barrister, County Sol- citor, &c., Notary Public and Conveyancer Dice Suatl wing Court House, Whitby, OHN BILLINGS, Solicitor, Notary ¢J Public, Conveyancer, &ec. Selicitor or the Ontario Bank. && Office over the Ontario Bank, Port Perry. Jun, 29, 1887. W. BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third oJ Division Court. Office in Psot Office Block, Port Perry. < H. McCAW, 1883, v, PROF. 8. J. COHN RACTICA "Rar 8; will visit Port All orders en! satisfaction. ist, 176\Vilton Ave, Torvnto, Rererexcea--Mr. W. WM. SPENCE, Township Cierk, Commissioner, &c- is prepared to Loan an taf on 4 ved Fa Sei os cent (Trust funds). 5 neatnese aud dispatch. Office--One door west Manchester. Manchester April 11, 1888 MONEY TO LOANS lend on good farm security at a rate of interest. Deeds, M of Sale and Wills drawn HLA prices. ; "JOHN BILLINGS. > Office over A. J. Davis® Port Perry, May 3, 1899. S08 BAIRD i Wubchester, , Jan, 19, 1800. at ewrreu] credited to L OPTICIAN and Eye and once in six month. -- to him warranted to ALJ foci Mr. D. J Adams and Mr. Joha Nott, Port Perry of Money and 7 per All kinds of Conveyancing executed with of Town Hall, LARGE amount of Private funda to low Rill Drug Store. the forthe ted. 1 tor quick enough. It's too dangerous to wait. Don't make such & mis- take again; it may cost a life. Always keep on hand a dollar bottle of Yrs er eclora It cures the croup at once. Then when any one in the family comes down with a hard cold or cough a few doses of the Pectoral will cut short the attack at once. A 25 cent bottle will cure amiserable cold; the S50c. size is better for a cold that has been hanging on. Keep the dollar size on hand. ] ng a and reco to all my friends." C.D, MATHEWSOX, Jan. 16, 1890. Bristol, Vt. _ If you have any complaint whatever and desire the Dest medical advice, write the doctor freely. Address Dr. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Maes. Provincial Fat Stock Show. The Sixteenth Annual Provincial Fat Stock, Dairy and Dressed Poultry Show which was held in the Live Stock and Machinery Build: ings of the Western Fair, London. Ontario, from December 11th to 15th was a memorable one in many re spects. The departments were all generably above the average, botl as regards numbers and quality, and the only we: k feature was the attendance which was very unsatis factory, and quite unwerthy of such a city as London and the excellent agricultural district around it. In attendance both Brantford and Guelph can put London to shame. SHEEP IN THE BLOCK TEST But while the attendance wa: poor, the Show itself contained so many interesting features that it proved a wonderfully educational medium .to- those thoughtlul, ad vanced breeders and feeders who were sufficiently interested toattend. The block test, that final court ol appeal, which settles the value ol an animal fromthe consumer's point of view, was this yearextended to the sheep classes with the result that some surprises were in store tor ex hibitors whose animals had won in the classes tor live stock, but were in some cases obliged to take a lower place in the block tests Some did uot take kindly to this in the sheep department, but the decisions ap- parently were well in line with the present requirements of the market. It was a revelation to many to sec on some carcasses a mass of fat, which lowered the price obtainable for such,even though the qualityand conformation of the carcasses were otherwiseunimpeachable. - Consum: ers call for lean interspersed with fat, and it is a simple waste of feed to use it for putting fat on a carcass aud thus spoiling it. The experts who judged the car- casses and who gave addresses, which they illustrated by some of the carcasses, were most explicit on this point. Of the four sheep hung up they preferred the Shropshire wether lamb which won 1st in its class in the block test. It wasown- ed by R. Gibson, Delaware. Next came an Oxford Down and a Suf f. Ik, while the Southdown carcass, which was of excellent quality, was set back fourth on accountof the ex- traordinary amount of fat on the back, tail and over the kidneys One of the judges stated that the legs of mutton of that aniwal would have to be sold at 25c a pound in order to make up for waste on fat, which would have to be stripped BACON CARCASSES. on the various carca their methods of feeding te such carcasses. In se pigs which had won 'take a lower plate whet ! Some carcasses d were overdon ! wi ' |the bacon was t | some were of a fine quality of meat, i in others the texture was coarse, It | did not follow that because'a pig was of a breed considered as an | ideal one for the packers' trade it i ranked as A 1 when dressed. Sone of therepresentativesofthese "bacon | pigs" ranked lowest as regards the | proper amount of fat on back thick- quality of flash and' thickness of flank. evident that the proper method of istened to the add niormation from the. eR TO Tank | with the result that oo soft when cured % ness of shoulder, width of back, Breed is not everything; feed is just as important, and it is feeding has yet to be acquired by many. Next year's Show will prob: ably see a great.improvement in the dressed hogs, as it is evident that this year'sShow has set feeders thinking. Among the carcasses exhibited were some capital York. shires, Tamworths, Berkshires, and Grades of the Tamworth Berkshire cross. To a pair of Yorkshires shown by J. E Brethour, Burford fell the Grand Championship for hogs. The average percentage of dressed carcass to live weight of the 73 hogs slaughtered was a trifle over 76%. The highest percentage of dressed carcass of any single pig was 85%.- This was attained bya Tamworth-Berkshire cross shown by Andrew Elliott, Galt, which wor second 1n the block test for grades. FAT CATTLR, The Shorthorn classes were mod- erately well filled with fair repre: sentative animals. Outstanding winnes here white 2 year old steer, Free Tra: which has been a first prize winner from a calf, having won first at Guelph the weck previous to Lon- don, and Capt. T. E. Robson's 4= year old cow Rosina znd. Grades were better than the Shorthorns, the exhibitions being more on a par and more numerous. Polled Angus were very good, Walter Hall's grand 2-year old steer being especially worthy of notice, while Galloways were above the average the mossy coats of the latter and their rotund attracting favorable comment. Devons were only few in number, and there were no H.re- fords entered. The -Sweepstake prize in the cattle classes was won by Harry Smith's Free Trade, with Hall's Angus a good second. J DAIRY CATTLE There were a good number of Holsteins entered in the sections for that breed. Prominent among these, as not only winning 1st in her class, and first in the milk test over ali breeds, but as establishing a new record for butter production n a fair ground, viz., 8.48 pounds butter in two days, was Aalt Posch 4th owned by Jas Rett Norwich. Ayrshires were C though not numerous. Jerseys hi only one representative, while the were some very creditable repre sentatives of Dairy Shorthorns, a Y a few Grades appearance SHEEP, The display of sheep was splen- did, and a most notable feature in sweepstake prizes won by ewe lambs of the various breeds. Cotswolds and Lincolns were good; the Lei- cester ewe lamb section was said by competent judges to be better than Shropshire ewe lambs and yearling wethers were also grand downs made an excellent display. Dorsets, Suffolks and and Hamp- i Oar eton Place, that were fed 'day by the cramming process and killed on the last day of the Show |} all bis might Into the coal scuttle. He this department was the number of | anything ever seen at the Royal. | South- | {WHOLE ough not large, this depart: t was faicly filled. Bronze tur- vere strong, Among the chick- ; fine pair of Barred Ply- th Rocks shown by Jos. Poole, h,deserve mention A great y ofthe birds on exhibition would shown tomuchbetteradvantage arge of 1 every and dressed in the manner required for ¢xport trade. The process was fully explained by Mr. and Mrs. Yuull. All these proceedings were watched with "interest by a large number of people. Another was a case of birds from Ontario Agricul tural College, Guelph, which show- a couple of chickens bought on the Guelph market in the condition that the average farmer markets his poul- try, and birds fattened for different periods and on different foods at the College, making a good object lesson. A crate of birds was also bought on the London market and killed and dressed by Mrs. Gilbert in the manner proper for home trade Lectures were delivered at different tines by Prof. Gilbert, Mrs. Gilbert, W., R. Graham, Poultry Lecturer at Guelph, and J. E. Myer, Koosuth, on subjects connected with poultry. lucubators were shown by J. E. Meyer and John S. Pearce & Ca. the latter also displaying a full line of poultry supplies. OTHER FEATURES. A cream separator run by a Gas oline Engine drew a large numbei every day. There was also a dis play of cream separators, tread powers, platform scales, feed cook ers, grain grinders, ploughs, ensilag: cutters; &c. During the week the Annual Meetings of the Dominion Cattle, tionswere held on theShow Ground and a large public meeting in the City Hall, at which addresses were [given by Hon. Sydney Fisher, Hon. John Dryden, Sir John Carling and other speakers. Mr. A. W. Camp bell, Instructor in Roadmaking, also addressed delegates to Farmers' Io titutes onthe vital subject of "Good Roads." BLYKINS THE HERO. HE TAKES THE LCADING PART IN A DOMESTIC DRAMA. Manages to Get Things Badly Mixed, Loses His Temper and Gets His Cues Mixed, but Is Well Satisfied | With Himself, Mrs. Blykins bas a certaid streak of romance in her disposition, although her domestic atmosphere is not favorable to its cultivation. It was Baturday evening. and she had just come home from the matinee where all is so different from this workaday world, where all is so coarse and commonplince. Her husband 'sat down at the table and. aw usual, pushed everything away except a cup of tea and a morsel of steak. Ax he turned to his newspaper he heard a faint sigh. He glanced at his wife and noted that her expression was one of patient resig- nation. He reread the same paragraph a number of times without in the least comprehending the sense of it, and then be crumpled the paper and threw it with folded bis arms across his "chest and, | dragging 'his toes, 'walked slowly across 'the room. He tripped at the hearth rug | and was obliged to do it all over again. ¢ passed his hand over his forehead nd stopped abruptly before his wife. i Valerie, my darling," he said. *To whom are you talking?" she asked er sharply. "You're getting me mix- "with some one else. My name isn't 2 erie, and you know ft." "Yes, it Is," he answered. "If you I'm going to call you Bally any , you're wrong. Don't you call me erry after this either. From this on 'm Etienne to you, and don't you lose 8 If it's pecessary, I'm to get the legislature to ratify this deal in names. Valerie, my dar- e looked at him in silent astonish- ie, my darling," he went on, tak- ber hand, "something has come be- to the average. stakes for sheep went to a yearling Jackson & Sons, Abingdon, and the the Prince of Wales' Prize for five pure bred sheep to John Campbell, 'Woodville. SWINE. All the swine breeds except Suf- exhibits were all well fitted, and as rule, typical pigs. There were more | Chester Whites out than any other The dressed hogs were also very rounded by a large crowd, which Brethour's pair of Yorkshires. = shires were fairly well represented. |} Grades were numerous and well up} The Grand Sweep-{ Southdown wether shown by John | folks were fully represented, and the | breed. The sweepstakes for 2 Best gig instructive and were constantly sur. Carcasses of any breed went to J. & us. A cloud has drifted into our " You bave some secret." , bere easily have saved it out of the Rouse keeping money without werimping the table a bit." demanded savagely. You began talking about a shadow com- ing over our liyes and terrible secrets un- t I'm sure I pr part, tell. think pry innocent child." wake him up he won't go to sleep again tonight." try to forget." that way. a bang nail" see the child, me 'papa' and let me kiss him--for his mother' Ad comes home from the matinee and real Joo What wasn't! nina? 1 know J eugbtnt to gone in debt for it, but 1 could very "Who sald anything about $4.73?" he "You did, Jerry. You kmow you did. il you got my conscience all stirred up. vex 'thought you'd make ly for the sake of our sweet, "Yes; and if you keep on yelling and "1 will go out into the world alone and | "1 wish you'd stop tugging at my hand : 1 told you this morning I had "You will let mé come sometimes and You will teach hip to call ake? | She began to cry in good earnest as she said: "That you were going to go stark stasy | ing erazy over four dollars and" -- "Not exactly." "I'm trying to make you forget the Lue miliation a woman must feel when she izes that she has been tied up for life to a | plain everyday proposition who wears pepper and salt clothes and eats 15 cent ' lunches and comes home dead tired at night after & hard day's seance with that vulgar thing known as work. 1 heard you sigh, and | know that was what you were thinking about." She couldn't deny it. "There's one thing I want to tell you | right bere and now." he went on fiercely. | "Don't you let the ideas get into your | head that because | have the dyspepsia | and talk short 1 don't think a heap of you. Don't you imagine for an instant that | don't appreciate,what you've stood all these years and that I ain't proud to bustle and pay bonse rent and buy coal for the sake of such a woman as you are. I'm willing to do anything 1 can, Bally. too, that'll please you. [I've been study- ing these matinee dramas, and If you like that sort of thing the fact that it makes me tired doesn't make the slightest differs Didn't | do purty good for & start- | She gazed at him in gentle astonish- ment aud began to smile faintly. "That's the way they always talk, you know--golng out into the world, for the sake of the child, terrible secret and all that sort ef tommyrot." "But it wasn't tommyrot." | | "The terr secret--the srr He regarded ber with mute despair and took a handful of change from his pocket. "Here," he sald. "Take this 27 cents. Make it an even five, I'm tired of try- ing to remember odd figures. And for heaven's bring me a tablespoon and that new bottle of dyspepsia compound."-- Waskington Star. COULD BEAR A SHOCK. He Was Short om Lungs, but Decld- edly Long on Nerve. The young man was either an op- timist or the possessor of a harveyized steel armor plated nerve. Perhaps he was a little of both. A short time ago he came to the con- clusion that be would like to insure his life. With this object in view be made application to a prominent company. After filling up the necessary form he received an Invitation to call upon the medienl officer of the company and undergo the usual medical examina- tion. In due course he presented him- self at the office of the examining phy- sician. Requesting the young man to remove his coat and vest, the doctor produced a stethoscope and began bis examina- tion. All at once he stopped and re- garded the candidate with an expres sion of alarm. "Young man," he said, "do you think you can bear a shock?" "Oh, 1 think so!" was the cheerful re- sponse. "Fire away and let me hear the worst." "You have only one lung," announc- ed the doctor solemnly. "Well, what of that?' retorted the candidate; with the utmost composure. "] pever told you I had any wore, did 17 "What," exclaimed the doctor, "do you mean to say you were aware of your condition?" "Of course | was. Do you suppose & man could have only ove lung with- out being aware of the fact?" "And yet." said the doctor, "you ap- ply to a respectable company for a poli- ey of life insurance. Do you expect to get It?" "| certainly do. Not only that, but 1 think 1 ought to get It at a substantial reduction in the premium." "Upon what ground. may I ask?" "Upon the ground that, having only one lung, 1 am 50 per cent less liable to contract consumption than If I had two lungs." --Rival. WOMEN OPPOSE WOMEN. The State of Affairs Said to Exist In the Gevermment Service. "Why is It that women are practical ly debarred from recelving promotions to the higher places in the government "haven't anything of the kind." les, you have," he insisted as he an attempt to sit on the arm of her and slid off. He finally succeeded ptting a more or less secure perch and 'to draw her head over so that it | rest on his bosom. way!" she squealed. "You are ; my frizzes." ou all about it," wasn't any need » carry on this way. Scott!" he shouted. 'Do you there is anything serious the "going to tell yi med. "There - LE dn't suppose you would go guess this way and have suspi- she apswered chokingly. "1 know | bave wade it all up. It was only how. lu wus such a beautiful x ' service?' asked a government clerk of a quarter of a century's experience. The question was put to several ladles in the treasury department. Before any one of them bad time to reply the | questioner proceeded to answer his own interrogatory. "It is because they are held back by members of thelr own sex," he said. "Some time ago a lady in ome division 1 know of was so favorably regarded that she would have been made chief of that division, but as soon as her s became known her fellow clerks of the same sex became indig- nant and united in a protest. They de- clared that they could never work un- der ber; that they would a thousand times rather have a man than a woman to 'boss' them. They wouldn't allow ber to 'lord it over them.' to in once addressing a Sunday school con- vention. minded the children. that it was Wash- is. only a sample of many . Women can be depended upon antagon!, ze women under such cir- sta Not only did they do so the ease I have cited, but they ac- tually gave the marble heart and the fey hand to this 'woman after they de- feated her prospects of a promotion. 1 am satisfied that one of the most In- Muential obstacles to. wom: effort 1p secure equal en lo thelr with Send 1. on B. Fisk was The late G Clint One of the speakers had re- fngton's birthday. "Children," said General Fisk, "you all know that Washington was a gen eral. Perhaps you know that I am also a general. Now, can any one tell what was the difference between Gen- eral Washington and myself 7" "I know, sir," replied a small boy In the back part of the room. "Well, what was the difference?" sald General Fisk, smiling at the lad's "Cyt the four seventy-three!" he Inter- eagerness, 0 seventy-threed "(. », rupted vehemently. "Dea't you try to |, George Washington couldn't tell a impute false motives to me, Don't yoy , sir!" cried the boy in exultant know what I'm doing?" tones. Shouts of langhter followed, In which the general joined beartily.--De- troit News. « A Candle Trick, Let a candle burn until it has a good long snuff; then blow it out with a sud- den puff. A bright wreath of white smoke will eurl up from the bot wick. Now, if a flamé be applied to this smoke, even at a distance of two or three inches from the candle, the flame will run down the smoke and rekin- dle the wick In a very fantastic man- | per. To perform this ceremony nicely there must be no draft or "banging" | doors while the mystic spell Is rising. Two Towers. Students of architecture may have often wondered why the two towers of Notre Dame at Paris were not of the same size. It appears that when the cathedral was built it was the cathedral of a suffragan bishop, who was not entitled to two towers of equal height, and for centuries the bishop of Paris was suffragan to the bishop of Sens. A Rude Suggestion, Great Actress--That's an atrocious portrait! Is that the best you can do? Is there no way you cas improve upon It? Suggest something. Phatogeapher--Madam, you might permit your understudy to sit for you. ~Cleveland Plain Desler. Fresh Fish, Fish--1 weep some other place. stand salt water.--New York Journal sad maid would I never could wish that Was It a Hint? "You mustn't play with Mr. Borum's hat, Bobby," said a young lady who was entertaining a caller to her small brother. "Why mustn't 17" asked the young: ster. "Because you might break it," replied bis sister, "and besides he will want it shortly."--Chicago News, hat?" genuine wings. They are only clever lm itations.""--Chicago Tribune. Subtle Flattery. with you, 1 will have a chaperon, necessary. "Mamma says ft man."-- Brooklyn Life. Tumbled to It. pavement. Jimsy--Did de cop gi onter it? Riggs--Yep.--New York Press. Matrimonial BHes. Young Mother--I can't imagine wha makes the baby cry so. ~Chicago News, Cycling Com Callow curate, cycling, calling, Courting coy Clarissa, comes. Qonsternation! Carriage crawling, Captain Qorket! . Crikey! Crumbst Coachmen calling, crying, chiding; Coasting cleric cannot cleat; Crash colossal, clean, colliding, Checking cleric's crazed career. Caleb Corler, coinleas captain, Carelessly Clarissa calla, Coarsely cursing charging chaplain, Called contemptuously "Chawles," Calm Clarissa comes condoning, Censures Caleb's contumely; Curate's crimson cuts consoling. Comforts **Chawles™ Captain Corker circumvented. Creeps crestfalien, can't competes; Qlaris cheatful. ""Chawles' contested, Oossummation, cure complete. --Lyedas Truth y w | instructor was Charles M¢Donald, say newheres" and "a long ways." A Malicious Young Thing. 1 have little doubt that this "s" bas & Miss Millon tof uncertain age)~The | grammatical history of its own. I'rob- only thing that worries me is the wed- | ably it Is an old case ending, Just as ding tour. It will be perfectly horrible "he goes out nights," on which Mr to have people know-- Andrew Lang is so severe, is a sur Miss Uosebud (viciously)--Oh, don't vival of the "o'nights" which Shakes worry. They'll think you're bis mother. | peare puts in the mouth of Julius Ca ~Tit-Bits. sar ("Sleek headed men and such as Most Imitations Are Not Clever, sleep o'nights"). W "Doesn't it hurt your conscience to At the same time, as "somewheres wear those pretty bird wings on your "If does A Mie, Becanse they ure not Bhe--Of course, if | go to the theater He-- Why, 1 didn't suppose that was depends upon the Jimsy--Wot did youse git arrested fer? Riggs--T'rowed a banana skin on de Young Father--1I'll bet he heard me say I managed to get a little sleep last night. LEARNING TO SMILE, One of the Ma t Things Tow Gymnast to D¥. "The thing I found hardest in my business was to smile," sald professional gymnast who did a clever specialty recently at one "1 started out " 4 old as one of a 'family' of ve. My order, LM SRR "No matter bow hard I t forget myself, and when | was doin an extra hard 'turn' I was certain to make horrible faces, screw up ay eyes and grit my teeth. It took all the ef= * fect out of my act and must have seemed very funny to the people in the audience. Often, after performing some difficult feat, 1 have been worti- fied to hear a roar of laughter, and at last 1 determined to either learn how to' smile or quit the business. 1 gout the knack at last, and now it has be come a sort of second nature. "The point 18 a great deal more lms portant than one would suppose, i know an equilibrist, for instance, who is very popular on the vaudeville eirs cuit, not so much on account of the difficulty of his act as the smiling ease | with which It is apparently done. You would never suppose from his face that he was making any special exer tion, and that of itself gives remarks ble grace and finish to his work. "1 am not the only oue in the busi ness, however, who has found it hard to smile at the right time. Almost ev- ery ballet dancer, eccentric character dancer and skirt dapcer bas bad trou: ble on the same score. Most of them finally acquire a horrible fised grimace that is supposed to be a smile, but has no more suggestion of merriment than a brick wall. It is produced by culth vating a certain set of muscles and made to appear and disappear on the principle of pulling a string." --New Or leans Times-Democrat. MANAGING SMALL BOYS! How Some Mothers Take All the Spirit Out of Them. «f am always made sorry when I ride In the cars, through the shopping districts particularly," said the wWoO- man to & newspaper man, "to see tha, mothers ill treat small boys. It Id ethical cruelty, but quite as disastrous as physical ill treatment might be, Is seems to me. #1 gee poor the fellows of 7 and 8 fice little men who would be manly if he they were allowed to be, pushed Tot that seat and out of it into another ad oo If they were so many Hittle dummies. They usually are very nearly that, for | seven or eight years of such pushing and pulling is enough to take all the spirit out of a small boy unless he has unusual vigor of character. "A boy of that age ought to be be- ginning to look out for his mother and finding seats for her. Occasionally a sensible mother, who treats her boy like a human being, is to be found, and it 1s a pleasure to see the two together. "The boy who Is dra d around like a little muff during the early part of his life is apt to come to himself after a time If he Is not entirely ruined, and then he gous to an opposite extreme, is rude and self asserting, while he is try- ing to establish an equilibrium, and the mother can't imagine what the trouble is.' "Yep" or "Yup." A curious American colloquialism, of which I certainly cannot see thesuds vantage, writes William Archer in Pall Mall Gazette, Is the substitution of "yep" or "yup" for "yes" and of "nope" for "no." No doubt we have in England the coster"s "yuss," but one hears even educated Americans Dow and then using "yep" or spme other corruption of "yes," scarcely to be In- dicated by the ordinary alphabetical symbols. It secms lo me & pity. Educated Americans, too, will often | | | has become frremediably a vulgurism in England, dt w uk. gracerul concersion on the par ucated Americans to drop the After all, "somewhere" does not jar in America, and "somewheres" very distinetly jars in England. The Limit, "Put your tongue out," sald the doc- tor to 4-year-old Gilbert. Little Gilbert protruded the tip of his tongue. "No. no; put it right out," said the | doctor. The little fellow shook his head weakly, and the tears gathered In his eyes. "1 can't, doctor," he ventured at last. "It's fastened on to me." t Ren ng. Read not much at a time, but medi tate as much as your time and capack ty and disposition will give you leave, ever remembering that little reading and much thinking, little speaking aod much hearing, is the best way to be- come wise. . Golden. Judge--Was the stolen jewelry gold or silver? Well, why don't you an- swer? 4 Prisoner--Don't you know, judges what silence is?--Fliegende Blatter. ae &&r Why is onr Trine Roast al- ways "in condition 2" It is fornish | =d by selected beasts; it is eu elu "hung" and rot offered for sale fit for an cjicure to eat WHEELER. --