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(PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY) "" IT E RIGHTS THAN RIGHT OUR MISTAKES." 45TH YEAR, NO. 24. 8 TORONTO, ONT. UOMMER HEAD OFFICE, rates. Interest calculated and credited to | each depositor semi-annually, Port Perry, June 26, 1897. } Western Bank OF CANADA Port Perry Agency. GENERAL Banking Business trans. > Special attention paid to issued avi all] United States y 2 8 ke Deposits receivad at the highest current posi H. G. HUTCHESON, MANAGER, $8,000,000 Capital (Paid Up; . 2,000,000 Rest ESTABLISHED 1867. BUSINESS WITH FARMERS In addition to handling Commercial Paper, this Bank makes a special business of Loans to Farmers, and the discount- ing of Farmers' Sales Notes at reasonable rates of interest. Careful and prompt attention is alo given to the collecting of Notes, ete. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Special Attenth s Directed te the Follow Advantages effored by onr Savings Bank: Deposits of One Dollar snd upwards received and interest allowed ut current rates, ¢ Interest is added to the deposit Twick To lend at 4 4% and B per cent Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS April 22, 1897. * £100,000 STERLING (British Capital) on good Mortgage security. Banker and Broker, Port Perry, Ont. in each year, at the eud of May and November. The Depositor is subject to no delay whatever in the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit, No Charge is made ou withdrawing or depositing money. Port Perry Branch G. M. GIBBS, Manager. R. D, ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria D University ; M.B. Toronto University, Member or the College of Physicians and T MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to LEND ANY AMOUNT on Farth Seeurity AT 5 PER CENT, & Also on Village Property. FF MORTGAGES BOUGHT. WY HUBERT L, EBBELS, Bariister, Office next $o Ontario Bank, Port Perry, May 10, 1885. Surgeons, Ont.; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eiinburg; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin- burg ; Member of tho Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons . Glasgow; Late Resident Pupil of the Rolunda Hospital, Dublin, for Women, Office and Residence, second door west of Davis' Furniture Emporiam, Queen Street, Office hours--9 to 11 a. and 2t0 5 p.m. and evenings, " I bave taken as partner, my brother, Dr R. Archer, M. D., C. M., Member of Col- Lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Port Perry, June 9, 1897. DR. E. L. PROCTER (SUCCESSOR TO DR, CLEMENS ) M.D C.M. of Trinity College University, Toronto, with Honor Certificate, Fellow of Trinity Medical College, Toronto, Mem. of Col. of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Licentiate of University of State of New York. Office and residence on Dr. Clemens' old site. Opposite Town all. PORT FERRY. NOTICE. R. J. H. SANGSTER, Physician, Sur 3 geon and Accouchear, and Dr. W. A. Sungster, Dentist, may on and after 10-day, be found iu their new Surgical and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will be found as heretofore, prepared to attend to thoir respective professions in all their branches. Port Perry, Dec, 8, 1897. DR. 8. J. MELLOW, PrysiotaN, SuroxoN, &c, Office and Residence, Queen St., Port Perry Office hours--8 to 10 a.m.; 1to 3 p.m, and Evenings. Telephone in office and house, open night and day over the lines south, connected with the residence of G. L. Robson, V.8. Port Perry, Nov. 15, 1894, WM. H. HARRIS, B.A. LLB. BARRISTER, &c., - Successor to and t of the Offices of the ate F, M. Yarnold. Vf Ren Rey, 5 03h 3 SAE Commer MONEY TO LOAN. Private Funds at 4 per cent. Feb. 7, 1901 N. F. PATERSON, K.C. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c., Nos. 310-311, Temple Building, Cor, Bay and Richmond Streets, Toronto. Toronto, March 31, 1898. All branches of Dentistry, irol«ding Crown and Bridge Work successfully practiced. Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Aluminum HAI PORT PERRY, ; ~ So many ART ah ersons y DY, Re hair sel that is stubborn and dull. o hair stops growing it Your hair grows, be- CIP comes thicker, and all dandruff is removed. And the original color of early life is restored to faded or gray hair. This is always the case. $1.00 a bottle, All druggists, oi t 4 | "1 have used Ayer's Hair Vigor, and am really astonished at the bod it has done fn keeping my air from coming out, It is the ® ] best tonle 1 have tried, and 4 shail continue to recommend it to bd p | my friends." 4 Marie Hout, 3 Sept. 24, 1898. Burlington, N.C. f 4 1t you do not obtain all the benefits ou expected from the nse of (he Hair igor, write the Doctor about ik Dn. J. O. AYER, Lowell, Mass. | PRUNING PATNA NT NE ND WW MAROONING J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, [Rooms over Allison's Drug Store] PORT PERRY, or Rubber Plates. Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: 4 Prices to suit the times® ort Perry, Feb, 1897. W. A. SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. fice over the Post Office, Office: Hours--9 to 12a.m,, 2 to 6 p,m. Also open Saturday evenings. £2 Gold Fillings, Bridgé and Crown Work a Specialty. Vitalised Air. Dr F. D. McGrattan (DENTIST) L.D.S. of Royal College of Dental Surgeons, also D.D.S. of Toronto University, Office over McCaw's Jewelry Store, Office hours --8 a.m. 108.30 p.m. Port Perry, June 29, 18988. JOS. BATRD ICENSED AUCTIONEER for County of Onturio. Sule Register at the OBaxrver Office Patronage solicited. Mauchester, Jan, 19, 1899, AUOTIONEER. 4 bin undersigned tukes this opportunity of returning thanks for the very liberal patrcnage he has received as Aactioneer in the past. The increased experience aud extensive practice which I have had will be turned to advantage of patrol ud parties favoriog me with their sale their iuterests being fully p effort will be to make it profitable r.] lacing their sales in my hands. will bo found the aa THOS. SWAIN, Cemsares, Aug. 26, 1896. t : WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Yaluator &e. F% the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge, Soott, Thorah, Sars, Rama, Mariposa and Kldon~ Partiesentrusting their Sales to me may E. FAREWELL, K.C., LL.B. Coun! 3 rrister, ty oitor, &c., No Conveyancer Office--South wing Court House, Whitby, Ont. ' H. MoCAW, . ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Ont. Pert Parry, Dec. 19, 1883. 'WM. SPENCE, Township Clerk, Commissioner, &c. is red to Loan any en Farm Secul cent (Trust fund%), ty at All kinds of Conveyancing executed with neatness and dispatch. Office--Oue door west of Town Hall, Manchester. Manchester April 11, 1888, uantity of Money and 7 per | i Wem wire TRUSTWORTHY PER [¥ _sons manage pir y counties. Te pdeied at Salary stiaight rely on the utmsot attention being given to their i WM. GORDON, Sunderland. PROF. 8. J. COHN RACTICAL OPTICIAN and Eye and Ear Specialist 176 Wilton Ave, Toronto, will visit Port Perry once in six month.-- ve satisfaction. RererExces--Mr. W. AN orders entrusted to him warranted to oGill, Mr. D, J Adams and Mr. John Nott, Port Perry A BOY... By M. QUAD. Copyright, 1901, by C. D. Lewis. ts We were loading the Liverpool brig Nemo for London at Bombay and 1 had been shipped as second mate of her when one day a boy about 16 years of age came down to the craft and en. deavored to ship as cabin boy, assist ant to the cook or as an apprentice, He was an English lad who had run away from home and wanted to get back, He was frank spoken, had an honest, lunocent face, and [ was glad to help him to an interview with the captain. It did him no good, however. Captain Joyce was a selfish, bard hearts ed man, and he not only refused the Jad the place he could easily have made for him, but cursed him roundly for baving dared to come aboard. I felt sorry for the boy and slipped him a crown, and when he went'over the side I advised him to try other vessels and not get discouraged. 1 did not know that the boy returned and worked on the sympathies of some of our crew and was stowedaaway by them in the forebold, but that was what happened. Had I or any other officer of the ship got an In- kling of his presence the stowaway would have been hauled out of his hid- ing place very quickly, but he was smuggled aboard so adroltly that only two or three sallors knew of his pres- THERE WAS THE HULL OF THE SUNSHINE ence until we were three days at sea. Then by thelr advice he showed him- seit and offered to do abything be was sct at to pay bis way. Some shipmas- ters would bave put bim to work snd sald no more about it, as he could bave been made vefy useful, but Captain Joyce was pleased to look noon it as a heinons offense mot to be overlooked. After ing tbe lad for ten minutes by word of mouth be picked vp a° © VICTOR J. EVANS 450, Evans Building, ~ washinaTon, o. C. rope's end and Sogged bim till some of the men cried out against it. That adivh islands and owing t gale had been set in much B our course lay when one d brig was becalmed under tbe to take a crew and row the and leave him. | was at first fe ing point blank, as it wan a m thing to do, but | saw that th was lo ligoor and would ba fair carried out at apy cost. fusal to obey orders would 'being disruted and giapped matches, & knife, son A other things and upon rerurnin deck found that the captain b vided the lad with about ten pounds of bad been marooned on one of the most white men, by two broad, with a ridge running its and between them was a creek run. ning to the north. creek widened imto a The boy had been on the island for a week before he climbed the ridges and found which fed the creek, He followed the creek down to its made the years previously, while on a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool, the bark Sunshine had been dismasted at sea and deserted by her crew for a wreck, She was laden with wool, hides, dye. woods and was appraised at nearly a million dol lars. gen, the vessel listed as lost and the Ins surance paid, and yet as Joey reached the little harbor there was the bull of 'We bad run as far south as t f the smaller islands, | wa® 4 \| 5 the} d pro- ailed away reads like a romance. He asternmost of the gwoup, and perhaps he island had never been explored by It was three miles long ength. Indeed, there were two: ridges, At its mouth this little harbor, them full of living springs mouth and there strangest of finds. Three minerals, and her cargo Her crew had been picked up at the Sunshine with ber nose on the beach. Wind, wave and current had drifted her all of 700 miles and finally! whirled ber into was sound and lier cargo had not been damaged to the amount of a hundred dollars. } Three weeks later the boy's signal smoke on the beach brought a vessel to his rescue, and he said not a word | of his find till he reached Bombay and found men in whom be could trust Then an expedition was fitted out, the bull and cargo were got to Bombay In safety, and the courts allowed the boy salvage enough to make him rich to the end of his days. In marooding & poor stowaway lad whose only "erime | was wanting to return to his native | land Captaln Joyce had as good ms thrown $300,000 at him and ralsed him up a thousand friends, Why Albinos Do Net See Well, Mccording to Dr. A. D. Williams, the whilite, flaxen hair of albinos "shows that there is a deficlency of coloring materials in their bodies. Further proof of this fact is found in the ab- gence of the necessary amount of pig ment In their eyes. Such persons have pink eyes because there is mot pig ment enough in the Irls and upon its posterior surface to prevent the red re flex of the fundus from shining through the iris. Albinos are always greatly annoyed by strong Yight because there is not sufficient coloring to prevent the ingress of a flood of It, the bright glare entering mot only through the pupil but through the substance of the iris as well The choroid being likewise deficient in pigment, the excessive amount of light dazzles and greatly confuses the vision. Furthermore, the deficiency of pigments in the choroid prevents the light after it has acted on the retina from. being absorbed, that being the main function of the choroidal pigment Albinism is an unfortunate condition, as there 1s no way to supply the defi~ cient pigment to the iris and chareid. &E A Lively Camp. In 1851 Mokelumne Hill was the worst camps lo v was % question msked by the miners they came in from the river or rounding diggings on Baturday nl or Sundays to gamble or get sup) Jt was very seldom that the was, "No one." pe Men would race up and down the thoroughfares In single file, as boys play the game of "follow my or each Imitating the actions of the fo most. Selecting some particular letter in a sign they would fire in turn. re- gardless of everything but the accu racy of the alm. Then they would qu rel over it as though they were playing a game of marbles, while every shot was likely to kill or wound unfortunate person.--Exchange. i ---- Best Way to Take Peeples One of the greatest lessons Ii is to learn to take people at thelr. not thelr worst; to look for the dis not the human, In them; the beaut not the ugly:'the bright, not the & the straight, not the crooked sid& A habit of looking for the b everybody and of saying kind) sketch vention stopped the flogging for the time be- promi our CATES | stored the doping for the tie be the patentability of sme. "How lo OBES | of work, given only food ¢nongh to us for sale at our expense, keep soul and body together and was Salen oul thiough ue IES Spool cureed at and struck whenever the an a and Sreaied journal, captain could reach him. The ii nufacturers nvestors. Send for sample copy FREE. Address, mate joined bis superior in this; wbl . 1 stood as neutral as | could. openly sympathized with the lad 1 should bave bad a row with the cap- tain, bot | could and did show bim de-' cent treatment and encourage the men to do likawise rit ee mr Sn ie stead of unkiddly things about | strengthens the character, elev. ideals and tends to produce ba y { i "side. This Is the office of a true | to belp --~fuccess. Port Perry Proof More Home Evidence of the Drbg B ---- m | anchors ca the balloon 1d | said he meant what he said. Still Forthcoming. 1 Value ot Dr. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tablets. The testimony of friends and neighbors riully given by them aod told in positive ouce it £8 eki dK pey | xposute, I got a bottle of Dr. Pitoher's kache Kidney Tablets from A. J. Davis, ist, aud I um pleased to say they me perfect satisfuction, the pain and ey trouble disuppearing quickly. I loses hard bread, the same of por and an! thidk them very good indeed. 4 Df. Pitcher's Backache Kidney Tablets its lus- sure Backuche, lame or weak back, swelling p ter. It old kettle. He refused him matches, |of the feet aud legs, puffiness under the b 4 Yoo k s however, and it was a lucky thing that |c¥ee, Gravel, Stone in the Bladder, brick I had brought three or four dozen dust deposits in the Urine, scalding, irrl- | g p J dead. ' along. The lad made no fuss about go= tation, frequent rising at night, puinin the | A g joluts and hips, drowsiness, bad taste in the 4 ; Ing. although he kuew that'he was t0 {nouth,| Constipation, and Kidney and h Ed) be set ashore on a lonely island, I|Bladder weakness of children and old |® 4 s know he was in deadly fear of the cap- people. Price 50 cts u box at all druggists, d 3 tain and mate and to escape them in |The Dr, Zina Pitcher Co., Toronto, Ont. © S acts almost instantly ? any manner was a relief. On the way + t to shore I advised him as best I could, KA, © S on suc h hai I. It P 4 and the men at the oars were not back- ng OLD OHURLK HELL, 4 awakens new life in > ward In expressing thelr sympathy, Ring out 7. 4 the hair bulbs. The 4! and when we left Joey on the beach ina Loutly, cheerlly,' : be was feeling quite stout hearted. the ol ls from the steeple tower; 4 effect is astonishing. 4 What happened to that lad after we Hopetslly, tasttully, Joytully, texrfully, Moveth the bride from the maiden bower, Cloud there is none in the fair summer sky) Sunshine flings benison down from om high; Children sing loud as the train moves along, "Happy the bride the sun shines om' t Knell out drearily, Measured and wearlly, Sad 01d Bells from the steeple gray; Priests chanting lowly, Bolemnly, slowly, Passath the corpse from the portal today, Drops from the leaden clouds heavily fall, Dripping over the plume and the pall; Murmur old folks as the train moves along, "Happy the dead that the rain raineth on™ Toll at the hour of prime, Matin and vesper chime, Loving old bells from the steeple high; Rolling like holy waves Over the lowly graves, Floating up, prayer fraught, into the sky. Boleran the lesson your lightest notes teach; Btern is the preaching your irom tongues prensh. Ringing in life. trom the bud te the bloom, Ringing the dead to their rest in the tomb, Peal out evermore, Peal 28 ye pealed Sabbath day, Brave old bells, on each Sabbath day; Ja sunshine and gladness, Through clouds and through sadness, Bridal and burial have passed away. Tell us lite's pleasures with death ave otilt rife; Tell us that death ever leadest to life. Life is our labor, and death 1 our rest; 1 happy the living, the dead are the blest. ~Dublin University Magazine. A Card. We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle af Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold, We also guarantey a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactore or money refunded.--C. H. Allison, TIRED OF THE TRIE And Then When He Told the Ew lishmen He Met What He Had Done They Considerately Carried Him Off to an Insane Asylum. "I went up in a balloon once, and I never want to make such a trip again," said Colonel A. Noel Blakeman. "My experience as an aeronaut was in Lon- don," he continued, "and it would never have occurred but for a friend I chanced to meet there. He was going to make an ascent, and he persuaded me to accompany him. "The balloon was a feature of some big exhibition, and every day it was {nflated and made an ascent, with four or five passengess, in charge of an ex- perlenced aeronaut. There were about five in the party the day I took the trip. We got Into the basket, which was boxed In quite high, then let the rope go. and we shot up about 8,000 feet. It was Interésting to look down on the world and hear the nolses of London streets coming from so far below. The balloon sailed along smoothly, and we drifted for about eight miles. "It was when we tried to descend {hat the trouble began, The method was to throw out anchors as the bal Joon settled toward the earth. The aeronaut said that when ene of these ught firmly he would haul down to the tree in which the amchor was expected to become fastened. This would be done by wind- ing in the rope on a winch in the car. We would be expected to climb out of the balloon into the tree, he sald, and he would then take hold of the valve rope and, standing a safe distance away, open the valve, let the gas es- cape, and the big affalr would collapse and sink. He Informed us that we must get clear of the sinking folds, as they would come down fast, and if they caught and covered vs we would be In an at of most p gas. "All this was very interesting, but we did pot seem to be making very much progress toward the point where we would have to look out for the de- scending folds of the collapsing bal- loon. The anchors caught in a whole lot of trees, but they did not bold. One would get tangled in a tree, and thea the balloon would sway far ever, tilt- ing the basket in which we were until 1t seemed that we would be spilled out. Then the anchor would break loose, and we would shoot up again. "I became very tired of this and told the neronaut that I thought it was time "| to bring the voyage to & He told me it 1 did not like it 1 could Jump out. At first I thought be was | simply resentful of my remark, but he "When the car tilts over agaln, you go. It wik : underneath us, and you won't get hurt. the anchor caught again, I climbed out and hung to the edge of the car. When likely to get, I let go. 1 dropped about 12 feet, and, as he expected, & plowed field was below us. loon, relieved of my weight, shot up in the air agaln and soared off. 1 walked to the nearest road and continued along from. fashion, and after 1 had returned to the him what be meant, that I wanted to go straight to London, but he paid no attention and slowly cifcled the court. When he stopped on the other side, a man wearing glasses stuck his bead In pulled back, sald something to the | coachman, and we drove on to London. and when we did so the coachman jumped off the box, ran up the steps | and as soon as his knock was answered asked If Mr. The mald was just answering that I | did when 1 reached the top of the steps | and collared the fellow, 3 AWONDERFUL SHRUB This Ph 1 Plant In SO HE GOT OUT OF THE BALLOON France Im Midwinter In Tribute, BY THE JUMP ROUTE, Se the History of It Relates, te Ireln: Patren Saimt. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1901. fleld ner {WHOLE NO. 1 tered Irom oe Rortn wind. 1s | De a pl "Well, I did as be suggested. When saw that the car was as low as it was "As soon as I dropped out the bal until 1 came to an inn. er' T hut con "The man looked at me in alarmed Itting room 1 noticed that several peo- fe peered through the window at me. "Finally my four wheeler was ready, nd 1 set off for London. After we had | riven along for half an bour or so the oachman suddenly turned the horse in hrough a gate, and we drove Into a big ourtyard. 1 yelled to him and asked he carriage, scrutinizing me closely, "Finally we reached my lodgings, Blakeman lived there. " 'What was that place you drove me | into on our way to London? I asked | him, "It was a hinsane hasylum, sir," he replied. 'When you sald you had jump- ed out o' that balloon, we thought you was crazy and maybe you was a es caped patient from the hasylum.'"™ Realized His Own Madness, "Now you are tired of me and abuse me," sobbed the young wife whose bus- band refused to hire another maid to take care of her pet dog. "Yet" she continued, "not two years ago you were just crazy to marry me." "Yes," answered the complacent man brute; "my friends told me so at the time, but I didn't realize it until after we were married." It is sald that some early Chinese coins were made In the form of keys. probably because money unlocks the heart of the high official «-- Atlanta News, ON IT GROW THE MYSTERIOUS FLOW- ERS OF ST. PATRICK. In Ireland many local traditions about St. Patrick are identifipgd with rivers and mountains -- those natural monuments which time cannot efface; but Ireland is not the enly country where these monu- ments of mature give evidence of the saint's passage. France also bears testi- mony to St. Patrick in the mysterious Fleurs de St. Patrice and the venerable Eglise de St. Patrice, situated in the dio- cese of Tours, on the banks of the Loire, a few leagues distant from the city of St, Martin. St. Patrick was a disciple of St. Martin of Tours, with whom he spent four years after his escape from Ireland and from whom he received the tonsure and was thus made a cleric, Men have doubted of Bt. Patrick's presence at Tours, but the fact of that presence is proved by the traditions and monuments which are bound up with the beautiful legend of Les Fleurs de St. Patrice and their blossoming every year in midwinter for the past 1,500 years, But what are the Fleurs de Bt Patrice? The most reliable account of these mys- terious flowers is the one given by Mgr. Chevallier, president of the Archmolog- ical Society of Tours, in 1850. He writes as follows: "On the banks of the Loire, a few leagues from Tours, & very remarkable phenomenon is repeated year by year, one concerning which science as yet bas given mo satisfactory explanation. This phenomenon, too little known, consists in the blossoming, in the midst of the rigors of winter, of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), commonly called the i This remarkable shrub is to be found at St. Patrice, upon the slope of a hill not far from the Chateau de Rochette, The circulation of the sap, which should be suspended In winter, ls plainly revealed by the moist state of the bark, which easily separates from the wood which It covers. The buds swell, the flowers ex- pand as in the month of April and cover the boughs with odorous and snowlike Sowers, while a few leaves timidly ven- ture to expose their delicate verdure to the icy morth wind. To the flowers suc- ceeds the fruit, and at the beginning of January a small berry appears, attached to a long peduncle in the midst of the withered and discolored petals, which soon shrivels and dries up. This singular growth of Sowers is al- most unknown, although it has been re- ted every year from time immemorial. The oldest Inbabitant of 8t. Patrice has always seen it take place at a fixed period of the year, mo matter how severe the season may be, and such bas also been dition of their b rayed itself In flowers whi ftselt. St. Patrick erossed "1 took him to the door of the lum, | his cloak, and on reaching the opposite and, pointing to the balloon, which was | bank another blackthorn under which he then sailing along about a quarter of a mile above the ground, I sald, 'I jump- ed out of that." rested at once burst out Into flowers. | Since that time, says the chroaicler, the two shrubs have never ceased to blossom at Christmas in honor of St. Patrick. Chevallier In 1851, ris visited it 80 years later, in 1881, and writes that be was struck by the extraor- | dinary beauty and Juxuriance of the foll- age on the trees--""it was so dense from | the ground upward that it was impossible | to distiuguish the stem"---and he could understand how, Christmas, it supplies the country round with trophles of St. Patrick. The winter of 1870-80 was remarkable for its sever ity, and during the month of December, | 1879, the ground was covered with snow, yot "epine de St. Patrice," as it is called at Tours--flowered as usual, though the | branches were laden with snow and the blossoms came out under the snow. The Fun He Had With His Engine, hes are incrusted with hoar frosty the icy mortheast wind blows violently among them, and it often happens that the shrub is loaded at one and the same | time with the snow of winter and the snow of its own flowers. sald, being join 8% Ma fame of the saint's --and having arrived at the here the 8" the SDOY the Loire on Who con define love! Kot the little iid Charles street who for years cherished 8 | hope that some day she might be fortus 1 1 UNDEFINED. Who lifts kis soft eyes from bis mother's kus, Fulfilled with innocent tranquillity, There is a dear old lady on North Such is the account given hy Mgr. | nate enough to discover the mate to & Father William Mor when It flowers at the blackthorn of St Patrick | On the 20th of December of 1900, a tew weeks before the flowering, a French | journal directed attention to this wonder- ful | this wo excited the attention of those liv- Ing near Tours that the shrub was strip- ped of its flowers and left completely bare at Christmas. the ground on which the shrub grows then surrounded it with a fence in order | to preserve the blossoms from being plucked. | blossoming of the blackthorn, and The proprietor of | An 044 Error. Lucius M. Sargent in his "Dealings With the Dead" says (volume 1, page 31) that "in the graveyard at Norfolk, Va. | to "see something." is = handsome marble monument sacred to the:memory of Mrs. Margaret, etc, wife of, ete., who dled, ete, and that fol- lowing the Inscription is this: 'Erratum For Margaret read Martha.' ¥ Net a Lawyer's Witness, Client--Well, did | make a good wit- ness? Lawyer--Yes; between you and that stupid jury you took some pounds out of my pocket. Client--Why, I won the ease, didn't 17 Lawyer--That's just the point 1 want- ed a chance to appeal--Tit-Bita, MARK TWAIN AS A PILOT. Which Was a Kieke In 1856, when Captain Thomas Bixby of New Orleans was captain on the Bwal- low, which plied up and down the Mis sinsippl, he had x remarkable pilot, whe was no other than Mark Twain, or Sam- uel L. Clemens, the famous humorist. While in a reminiscent mood one day Captain Bixby said to a Kansas City Journal reporter: "Sam wasn't much more than a young- ster when he came down to Bt. Louis from Florida, Mo., where he had been in a printing office, and wanted to be a pi- lot. 1 reckon he was about the quaintest looking specimen I ever saw. He was about 24 then, and I hired him. We had another pilot om board who took the wheel in strange waters, for the river bed was as uncertain as the hind leg of a mule. And, speaking of a mule, the Bwallow had the gueerest sort of engine that was ever seen. The craft itself was u little shaky--it enly plied between Bt. Louis and Cairo--being about 80 feet long, with a stern wheel, a large place for freight and passengers, & pilothouse and a place on what may be called the pilot deck for the engine. That engine went aboard whem it was needed, and only then. It burned mo wooed or coal, but ate a powerful sight of grass. It was a large gray mule named Jerry, which worked a treadmill that propelled the boat. Sam Clemens--you knew his oa ot Mark Twain came later--was chief en- gineer and pilot. He had a system of signals, and they were ingenious. By pulling a cord he could raise a head of cabbage just out of reach of the mule. The engine would start for it and begin to walk after it, and the boat floated ma- jestically on down the river or up, as the splendid old andiron that had been In hee Pp for many di It was am' exquisite plece of brass, and hs Jue and carvings were so unique that ine dividuality was firmly established. ! Every one of the old lady's kith and kim bad searched diligently for the old sade iron's fellow, but without success. The owner herself had ransacked every J shop and secondhand store im half the cities of the east. Finally shé reluctants i ly eame to the conclusion that the twim andiron must be lost to her forever. 3 Recently, on belng lnvitéd to contribu to a "rummage sale" she sent the pi brass, mot without a tear of regret at itd departure. That same day the old lady's daughter; acting as ome of the patronesses to the "rummage," bubeld ao old andiron which caused her heart to leap into her throat. "It is--it Is the very twin of mam ma's!" she cried. "Won't the dear old girl be pleased 1" f The young matron dug down ia bes purse, brought up $13.65 and fairly bubs' | bled with joy to think that at last, afte all these years, she was the one to find the missing and long sought for andiron. * Do you think she told them to "send I8 up?' Not she. A cab was ordered, am foto It went the old brass and Its fi purchaser, At last the andiron was In the hallway, and the maid was bringing mamma downs "There, you dear old love, there's the mate to your old brass!" "(Goodness gracious, Susan, where did you ever get it? Aad to think I've parts ed with mine!" "l found It at the 'rummage,' dean Wasn't It lucky that I was there? " . . LJ LJ . LJ A little water and smelling salts werd 90 effective that the old Iady was able sit up within an hour. What's Your Pet Phrase? pression; tions if you haven't. Very very words with which this article be~ gins--*of course" --are used by you at av ery turm, but you don't kmow it. ave a particular ejaculation which does duty In all circumstances. Ig may be a variation of "Great Scott such as "Great Beotland Yard!" er Hf may be "Good Grace church street!™ which is a variation of "Good gracious! You probably emd most of your sems tences with "you know" or "you see.™ Then you have a pet word which you bring In wherever you can. Perhaps It if "logical," and the mumber of times that word sad its opposite--"illogical™--ap~ pest In your cosversation Is simply alarming. Rat you don't ses it, you know, Bis Betroth Enraged Mamma--The very ides of my @aughbter marryiig an actor? Betrothed Danghter--Yes: but, ma, he'd such a very bad actor you would neved know he was ons A mn Ave the French Latins or Colts? ! Jt may be of some Interest to inquired fn what sense the term "Latin" can be correctly applied to the Freach, w almost in the same breath many people pt to describe as a "Celtic" peopl One thing surely Is certajp--that iu bl the Freach cannot be at the same time both "Latin" and "Celtic." Yet the in consistency does mot seem to strike peo- 1 think that, although outside Proveace the French have little or mo Latl [= Italian--blood in their velas, the explana: tion of their being described as a "Latin race is to be found in the fact that thele language and civilization are both Latin, case might be. When Bam wanted to stop, he would pull a rope attached to the feed box of the engine, "Without intending te be personal, I will say that Jerry was one of the most intelligent animals I ever met. His volce was more on the order of a fog horn than a whistle. It was too much of a baritone for the latter. "When Sani wanted te whistle for a landing, he would hit Jerry with a stick, It he wanted, in the profane language of the river plot, to go ahead like hades, he gave Jerry a touch of the whip. "But piloting on the Mississippl was not & job that a man would take for amusement unless he had a queer idea of amusement. "The pllothouse was a mighty lone- some place at night, especially se when the folks below were in bed. Every other lNving creature on the boat was down below but the pilot, and he had to stand there in the dark and everlastingly twist that wheel to keep the boat from jabbing her mose into the bank or from climbing over sand banks. Boats didn't from the opposite direction. Indian on board--a cigar sign. dian and placing him mear the | «limb eut en the edge.' be seid. nd let is limited fo the shrub in question. Cuttings trans. | TT = S------------------ TRE planted elsewhere have only blossomed in x A Pound of Cure. the spring, and the hawtborns which | "ify on" said the family man, "Is grow mid the sions do ses any to a pugilist. do- best to him." In the year 1 the flowers were 1a | TE 0 Dot 0 sald the friend bloom from Christmas until the Ist of | op op 0 ou mply "and have some one January--that is, at a time when the Youll find a pound of thermometer was almost slways below pound him. py the point. ~ Although growing eu ; CUFe WGrth Dore than an 6Unce of pre: the slope ofa bil Bis shrub lo ta wp wey | WeBGORS a. LY mee earry any headlight. That would have bothered a pilot in those days coming "Our engine was a terrible kicker, and on one trip we had an irom figure of an Clemens was on watch one aight, and things must have been pretty slow In the pilothouse to suggest the idea of dressing up the i It seems no longer permissible to hold that the French are mainly "Celtic" ia blood, the view being now gemerally ge cepted that the bulk of the population is France is of a pre-Celtle and probably ef Iberian or Ligurian stock. And this view seems to hold goo! also of Ireland and Wales.--London Spectator. on a Fee. "Doctor," said the Pi man, was trying to a of this? Very frequently 1 pats in my feet. What's that of?" "1 shonld say that vas a sign of replied the doctor. The Ingrate. This Is an ungrateful world. Tt not im frequently happens that the mas wht 3 lsughs the loudest at the mother-in-law jokes at the vaudeville show is the whe lives at the expense of his mother and depends upon her to " vise the cooking, perhaps to do it.--B ton Transcript. No Oldest Residents. Turning to the picturesque py