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3 Pill 4 vestored my y healthy g emphatic statensent is g 'Edna Morrill, of Sa woman 'who Ee lly been given up as Ehe further a) br red for over two years rheumatism seemed to be firmly nted in my system. At the putset I was able to attend to my "household duties, but at night 1 sul: fered. the greatest pain. I at once began to take medicine but my cun- dition actually grew worse. 1 was attended by e skillful doctor but was ultimately foiced to remain in bed, suffering untold agony with every movement. Finally the doc- tors told me the trouble was incur- able. One day I was advised to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills and 1 decided to do so. Preseutly the ns were not so a 3 and I be- thanks are are due to Dr. illiams Pink Pills." Dr. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs. Morrell by driving the rheu matic poison out of her blood: They don't act on the bowels. They don't bother with mere symptems. They go right to the root of the trouble in the blood. That is why they cure the worst cases of anaemia (bloodlessness) headaches and back- aches, kidney trouble, indigestion, neuralgia, nervousness and the special ailments of girls and women whose blood supply becomes weak, scanty or irregular. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at soc a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont 0 Several sums from MONE Y $300 to $10,000, have been placed with me for immediate in- vestment at lowest rate. HUBERT L. EBBELS, Barrister, Port Perry. THE OBSERVER. ...... Has A Goon CrmovLaTION. and ls con- { stantly growing In favor. It is the BEST | Advertising Medium in the County; is the champion of the Agriculturista and more | conservative and ycactiosl class of people is not a favorite of scheme:s, boomers aud cliques; it ia the Oldest snd Best Established --tounded In 1857--the most original and best In its looal and general news department and: a printed entirely in the pisce of pub- licatlon--Port Perry wr Tenus--§1 per annum Jn advance, if not paid ln advance, 81.50 will be bv chareed. JOB PRINTING THE MOST MODERR STYLES AND AT LOW PRICES | ons Onto nsenuet. ; FOUNDED | IN 1857. Only Paper Printed and Published tn Pert Perry. PORT PERRY, AN. 5 31 197] Grant to Rural Schools will be Much Angmented. Appro Halon Aggregatin Bon wi Erenng ith Amendment to Public | School A By an announcement made by | the Hon. J. P. Whitney, Minister of Ontario, the "policy of | SF the Government with regard to the | proposed amendment of the Pnblic School Act was eludicated for the |© benefit of the members of the Leg: islature yesterday afternoon. The statement delivered just prior to the adjournment indicated clearly that the Administration does not _ propose to recede from tho position it has taken with respect to adding 0 the efficiency of the rural schools f the province and the provision of ble salaries for their teachers. ther than retract the reforms in this direction inaugurated last ses- on the Government will ask an d grant to be distributed g the §300 tural schools of it can well afford to do t anu g late Government was $118,000, and 8 Poole.) | ul seguee soning rights. ger an: | Spelling in Division 5, Jan. 28 | Max. Willie Alexander g5, Nora McLean Prime | 9% Sollitt 79, Earl Woodley 78, Leon Lane & Allen 6a, Jordan Graham 56, Ran dolph Switzer 47, Russel 44, Robert Blong 42, Newton Sisson 37. Corrin, Gordon Spence, 9 Resch Max. o0--Loily Parish go, ib Wheeler 86, Effie Johns 84, Birdie Dewey 80, Willie er 78, Florence Bowles 43. hink it best to make cegtain changes in the law as'follows :-- " (a) The minimum grant of $300 per annum by the township to each school section for salary will be re- tained. " (b) An unconditional grant of $15 per annum wili be made to eaclr| section, " (c) A grant will be made for the purpose of equipment and accom- modation, and "{d) A grant of 40 per cent. will be made on all salaries above $300 and up to $600. 'This will work out as follows :-- Appropriation for equipment and accommodation, $60,000; approp- riation of $15 to each section, $8o,- 000 3. appropriation of 40 per cent, ies over $300, $240,000; lp we increased this last by $60.000. The province thus give to each year Toronto, yesterday, ws Oosbaoee a pleasant and d they pave reliability surprisingly benef superiority of the goods and advan- tageous tariff. The foreign speci- mens of their Calendars--a delight to behold, and the prices are within the reach of all. EF Dr. McPhail's Big Auction Sale, on the old McPhail Home stead, lot 21, con. 1, Brock--one wile west of Sonya, promises to be a record breaker as regards im portance and superiority of animals to be disposed of. Pedigreed Shorthorns will come under the hammer, their distribu- tion will doubtless be the event of the sale. A long list of High Grade Cattle, and first class horses, pure bred sheep and swine and all th up-to-date implemen § i & further use for the animals and ar. ticles so all will go at auction prices. The opportunity to secure grand animals is a rare one and all should avail themselves of it. The sale school $15, which may be disposed of according to the pleasure of the] trustees which will be very accept able to all. An amount averaging! about $12 a school is applied to bring the accommodation and equipment of each institution up to the standard set by the Govern-| ment. This will greatly aid in car | rying into effect a. provision which, if enforced without considerable exercise of discretion on the part of | might have been con-| inspectors sidered onerous by trustees of | some localities. Finally, the Ad-| ministration offers encouragement | | to those employing the teacher to {offer him a fair and reasonable sti- pend, by paying 40 per cent. of the | amount by which the salary exceeds [the minimum of $300 set by law, | | until $600 is reached. | EE, strongly urged to secure connec: tion with Toronto for the Timiska- | ming and Northern Ontario Rail-| way, either by building an indepen- dent line to North Bay or by secur- | ing ranning rightsover the Nortkern | | Division of the Grand Trunk. | | Several deputations bave waited on be attended by as many of our] | the Government this week asking | that that better connections be se-| cured ia one of these ways. Nego- | tiations are said to be in progress [by which the Provincial railway North Bay. sult in a greatly improved train {ser- | vice, from which Orillia would ben- | year efit. Under the charter from the line | Gravenhurst and North Bay, the |i | Government is entitled to running |of Warrinér Lodge: [rights over that section of the road, I? any case.-- Orillia Packet. ---- Result of an Examination in 100.--Gertrude Cassidy gs, | Mildred Hortop 86, Nellie pence 84, Vera Cook 80, Charlie 77, George Bowerman Harold Archer 7 May Coultis Hazel McKinley 62,7 Harold Wilson Absent--Cora Brimble, §Nita Result of a Geography examina- ion in the Entrance class S. S. No. Mark g1, Cora Parish 93: heel owson 65, James | J. G. Vickery, Teacher. oO Grattan. W, Fh A Mother's Pride. . Dey R. MeKoght E H, urdy, elland, A mother's greate t pleasure is in| Trustees--]. H. Brown. J. 1 'little ones bright. play. | Doubt and E. H. Purdy, = hy. a well chil i Don't fail to make | Shorthorns may shortly be obtained of Dr. McPhail, Manilla. | Miss G. Gray, thes was held in their hall ou the Should they be carri- | evening of Monday, Jan 28th, when ed to a successful issue, it will re-|the following officers were installed into their respective offices for the old Provincial | James (Editor and Proprietor of between | The Statesman) Bowmaaviile, ass- 1S. Yelland, J. H. Doubt and James Steele. ceremony Bro. James gave a very interesting address on the aims and objects of the Order, illustsated by | the many acts of the care of the sick, helping the widow and orphan and general acts of love and mercy which characterizes and dominant feature of the I.0.O.F, . T..]. Ash --Rec. Secy. Kilpatrick finan 2 takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 13. a note of time present at the Catalogues of the pedigreed and place and be sale Mr. Jack- son will be auctioneer. ES. In reporting the proceedings of a meeting of the Port Perry, and Scugog Agricultural Society, in our last issue, we inad- vertently omitted the name of J. W. Meharry from the list of Directors. the and careful mem- Reach This 1s scant justice to one of most energetic bers, one who for years has always been at the post of duty. Save. --It will Auction be seen ial, both for the Nineteen choice |. fore -- ous of knowing horse's mark; that that the exa the track be fy assured that it distance. He % more definite and is now-in, t ra ces of Ja 11th," 1909 were out from the bus! held at the tewn of W. last and was attended Government. The | by the bills that the personal pro- perty of the estate of the late John | | Pearce, Seagrave, is to be sold by | the premises, Auction "an Mr. Baird will be auctioneer | Mr J. W, Clark, Caingville, Ont, | Toronto, will nounced in another column. These wili be valuable meetings and should farmers as possible, Installation of Officers. The regular meeting of Warriner 1907, by D.DG.M. M. A. isted by the following brethren of E. H, Purdy, At the conclusion of the is the Dr. F, D. McGrattan--N.G, Geo. Kilpatrick--V.G. k . Brown--Fin. Secy. McKnight--Treas. W. H. Letcher-- Warden, H. Doubt--Conductor . B. Cam bel 2 0.8. Wm. McGill--1.G. 2 E. H. Purdy--R SN.G. + RadmiRe em as. Steele-- Y F . Carmichael --L.S.V.G. High School--Go R. McKnight--R.SS. H. Stone--L 8.8, D. McBride--Chaplain. Physician--Dr. Arche, Visiting or Sick Committes--Geo, Di M = «Bros, R Point, G. Evaps; son; Forwards," H. Evans, W. 1 most unanimous sup] party proclivities. | the people, of Brooklin, There waa still in store for. the: | bly a further rare feast--elogy dresses were delivered by Mr for Scuth Simeoe, Me; M.:P. M P. P. for West Alg re p the appreciation of tj and clinching enun continued rapturous ap W. J. Hanna's explanati proposed amendments Act were interesting worth going a long di Government's wisdom .§ dealiug with the intes sections is certainly © cannot fail to meet the trustees, teachers and the Resolutions of con ario Government sud position were Hockey on MoD citing, last game of hockey wasp Lake, Myrtle, on the Saturday last the coat being Pojt Perry High Myrtle. helf gave Myrtle a. 1 goals, but in the High School rep up six, Myrtle failin, the laurels were car and Brilliant p Myrtle--~Goal, W. E. Yarnold, O. South Ontario Liberal vative Annual Meeil Liberal Conservative B. Sheppard of of cated with Port § was one mile in length thi 1 line, sociat hitby on} by repre from nearly all parts of the riding President, Mr. Wm. Re: occupied the chair, nearly all officers were re-elected ever were removed from o the fact that since last they had become servants of {hie President! comgratu- lated the Association on the 'position it |: occupies and the Biting « on being so ably 11 of Mice anni by the Ontario Gov caseat pt a port that" one or thing H wah, LS i govern | ment is receiving at the hands 'of: the | people of this Province irrespective. of He was prond lot 24, | Whitney Government, and the end The Ontscio Government is being | con. 12, Reach, on Monday, Feb 4. | ment of its acts by the people asia whole was the best evidence possible that Government was of the peopl At the close of . the * Mr. J. W. Widdifield, Uxbridge and | of officers rousing preliminary ad- | were made by the MP. and dress the series of meetings an |the Riding, the Warden of | Dr. Kaiser, Oshawa, aud Dr2 lorse- | 'that for HT a ; Le efforts almost er j tional ive, and fr. The! lity in| Bactioa nm of publie | Pearson ; Cover; & -| Hood, Reeve. _|es, which he did. : The | no Reeve had been elected for the | what the, practice in Council in i tificates at times adjourned until {h&Tollowing morning without elec- ag | County Council before it might be - | tions be now read the communica: asylums without _ frst being. I owe of Plokering---James| i | Toad, Reeve, Sa Yi s Potic hip: 1 Bright, Reeve, uty Reevewr.. mn Re pt Townshi of Reach -- Wright Crosier Reeve. Township of Scugog -- Peter Cad Fete Township of Uxbridge -- jobs Wesley Widdifield, Reeve, "Township of Seed: 0. Uamph Montgoniery, Reeve. Township of Mara-- John Mec- Nabb, Reeve. Township of Rama--John Car- rick; Reeye. Village of Beaverton-- Arthur W Talbot, Reeve. Town of Uxbridge --Wm Foster, Reeve." ~~ Messrs. Barton Mophersill, Reeve of East Whitby; William Lewis | Parrish; Reeve of Port Perry ; and | Thomas Lambe, Deputy Reeve of Reach, were present and through inadverfance or accident the cer- tificates of their election "has not been received by the County Clerk. Tre Rev. W. B. Tighe, B.A. be ing present he was, pursuant to a 'rule of Countil, requested to open the session with devetignal exercis- TheClerk stated that he had been informed that up to the present time, {Town of Wintby. | Inanswer to an inquiry made by | Mr. Lavery, reeve of Brock, as to og Such cases had been, the Clerk stat of od that the Cotyicil 'had owing to e | (hie "abserice of members through delay of trains and the want of cer- ting: a Warden, he suggested as there'were a large mumber of com- Thunications, the reading of which two or three hours cordance with the suggestions made by some members he could explain tlie nature of the same and the prac- tice the Council in dealing with | thew and; owing to the fact that with one exception none of the | members had occupied seats in' the [of assistance to them in considering | the communications when fovmaily placed before the Coungil The" members being. unanimots in the desive that he communica- | tions, twenty-six in number, were [read by the Clock, explanations were given as to the, Prisgiples up- on.which grants made by the Council to the: te Lastitutes and High - Schpols within, the County and upon 'which 'appli ion from the Board of Education of Orillia, Lindsay and Markham would be dealt with.' The pring}: pals provided by recent legislation for the admission of the insane to com mitted to gaol and also as the ld ters referred to in" the Pre y had been gmade to the Prisoners! Aid Rr Farmers EE d was lation: Townibip of Thorah -_ Jains | ment.--John oe 'Mothersill, Todd, asbe, "Carre, Par- no furthet me Bright. elaoted Warden. for the present year, - The Warden elect vas condircted to his-chai onder and declarat which has a Provincial, Dominion and even a National reputation for its leading position in agricul- ture. - He would endeavor to serve the Council faithfuily, and asked the considcration and assistance of the Council in the discharge of his duties. Gary Mr. James seconded -by Mr. Parrish, moved that Messrs. B Mothersill, J. W. Widdifiald, J, F. | Lavery, A. W. Talbott, 7. QG, | Umphrey, and ,the mover and seconder constitute a special com- mittee for 'striking the Standing | &n Committees of the Council for 1907. --Carried. | £8 Finance and Assessment -- Wiliam Lewis Parrish, Port Perry, Chair: an. Messrs Widdifield, Lavery, James; Bick, Talbot and McNabb Roads and Bridges--John Austift "mx phrey, Udora, Cheirman, Messrs. Crosicr, McNabb, Mothersill, Montgoni.ry, Poucher, Carrick and Rundle, * Rducation--Robert Henry James, Ao - awa, Chairman. Messrs. Todd, Widdifiel , Ormiston, Parrish, Rundle and Foster County Property and Gaol Manage- F. Lavery, Sunderland, Chairman, Messrs. Ormfliston, Bick, Lambe, Talbot, Poucher, Samells, Foster, Legislation and Memorials.--Thomas Poucher, Brougham, Chairman. Messrs Ormiston, Carrick, Umphrey, Hood, Samells, Lambe and Foster. : Printing-- Frederick Bick, Cannington, Chairman. Messrs. Talbot Lavery, Cros- ier, Foster, Mothersill, Ormiston and Hood. : Mileage and Per Diem--Sardinia Run- (ie, Sonya, Chairman. Messrs. Carrick, Umphrey, Jemes, Todd, Hood and ne Te Al rish, and Rundle, Cl gh Help Near at Hand Ia what you want when sickness happens at night, Cam you pos. sibly find the equal of Nerviline? No, for it stands unequalled in cur- ing pain, internal or local. Ear. ache, toothache and Neuralgia dis- appear in a jiffy. Rub it on ard away flies the pain. For cramps, vomiting = or indigestion, is ten d ops in sweetened water. Sick or sll you'l flad Posr's Nervilive dinvalusbie in your house. Get a large 25¢ bottle to-day. - Pittsburg, Jan. 28: - Albert Houck found the body. of his wife lying on a fable of her peom, burned to a crisp 'when he returned home from work late last night. The first po- lice theory of accidental death was abandoned when it was discovered that ndthing slag in the room was burn, not .eved the table on which the woman was found: When and | 10 shillings more than HE your half sovereign." 'As the merchant left the "office," vowing he would nev et give to the rogue again, the sweeper 4 called after him, "You've forgotten 'your usual sixpence, sirl"--Dundee ilk HP "Vertis er, "Typhoon" is by no means the only sword for.a storm that bas come fo the East uguage Portuguese Others are "tornndo" id a, which Shak re could still write "hurricane," Old time Englishmen, at auy ente, spelled the last word In at least as many ways as Shakespeare and otlier people spelled his' name, dod 'some of the ollings indicate frantic attempts to make the suggest a derivation 'Imtelligible to the English mind. Of such are "furi- cane," 'hurlecan," "Herocane" and ; "Harry-Cain.". Even "hurricane" was finally adopted no doubt as suggesting i "hurry" The original was the Carib "huoracan," or "furacan," the navigators of Portugal and Spain having been In- strumental only in bringing it to Eng- land from the west, as they brought ! "typhoon" from the east. The Hippopotamus, At times the 'hippopotamus exudes what has been described as -a 'bloody sweat." Microscopically examined, the exudation is found to consist'of a great number of minute eoloriess bodies, re- sembling the colorless corpuscles of the | blood, and' a smaller number of pink colored bodies, made up of some crys- talline substance forming clusters of rpdlike and triradiate form. These, bes coming dissolved, give the surrounding fluid medium a deeper pink observable "pores inthe skin which ho ty only lmmediately after the creature bas left the water. Ants as Germ Carriers, A German bacterlologist wis con- ducting an experiment in the course of which he male use of typhoid infected mice. In another cage he had some mice which were in good health, Short- y after the uhinfected mice also devel: ped typbold. Investigation ehowed Te ants were paasing from oue cage to thé other. Some of these ants were examined, apd thelr bodies were found to be covered with the typhold germs, ie thoy wesw aferice Sons fe AIK to tha Sail tele Mr. Jackson's Auction Sale ister. The following are Mr Jack:on's engagements. for the balance of Janey, and the month of Feb- ruagy Pacis, Fup, --Dicafeld Batatey st Sete Of Port Perry, incss. x on he a nd the woman's husband"arrived home the doors were all locked, the Tights in the house were out and he was vind to climb through a gellar a_i Jane Watson, lot 14, LE ve ecutors, Jolin Rolph, and , James ed, ds ith i tion, 4 frame Bank bara, hen ne ne and stone pig pen. re ARRMS {10 percent, of the money to be paid down oh 8 Terchage sale: for ance, terms will be made known at the sale. For farther: particular§apply to, ¢ - ~JONES & LEO! rN Solicitors, 18 Toronto St. orto Toronds, Py. Ana ESQ., : ? _ Port Perry Be oi Executors' Sale. Christena Barbara Diesfeld Estate Public Auction On Friday, Feby 1, 1907, lat 2 pm, at the Sebert House, Port Perry There will be offered for cole: The Brick Bibek contiiging Th Stores and a Dwelling House, 1a: ol lot 4 on the North sideof Ques Street, Port Perry; together with the Furniture and Jeweilry.Stock, in-Trade of, the Barbara Diesfeld. { The praperty, re " real and persona | wilt be offered en block and * will be subject to a reserve bid. The conditions and terms of salé will be read'at the sale or may: 'be learned from Ww. H./Harris, Port Perry, Ont., Solicitor for the Ex. Farm For Sale or 'Rent, IRST CLASS FARM FOR SALE OR { TO RENT--111 acres--Rast half of lot 5, con 1, Reach. Immediate posses- sion. For further articulars apply to, BROWNELL PORT PERRY, Jan. 3, 1907. - NEW Telephone Directory TEL HLL LPR SODANY 1 LIU Li Is about to publish a new issue of the for the District of fBeial Telephone: Directory for the District of EASTERN ONTARIO : ducindings ent mk Orders for new son SE late Christena | s,changes: firm name, re bh street < if