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5 avsioTn; Suneson, &o: figs aod Residence, Queen St., Port P five hours--8 to 10 ne in office and hoe; opel with the residence of Port Perry, Nov. 15, 1804. WM. H. HARRIS, B.A. LLB. BARRISTER; &e., * {From The Uthiia Pac y It is not withoat reason {Nat'the gpellelis British 'view with appréténsion'th: ne can teverish efforts of Gerinany to build ond up her naval power. They have the | lessons of history to remind them ol fahued and prepared |... first to wrest the German hege mony from. Austtia, and afterwards in Europe from | more reasonable | | than to interpret the present naval]. activity as evidencing a detérmina- | tion 10 oust England from her posi- ton as mistress of the seas, and as the centre of the greatest empire in the worid, Gernrany has no other apparent need for a hiige fleet. She does not need it for protection Her immense army affords that. ; she should deliberately plan to world into dn awful con: flict to gratify an aggressive ambi- tion for world power seems well nigh upb:licvable in these days; but after all it is only in keeping with the German tradition policy for the $past two generations. only safety [or the British Empire lies in being so well prepared as not to invite attack. "It is pitiable to see so much money and effort wasted on big armies and navies. in her [resent position, maintenance of an overwhelmingly |. strong navy is the price Britain has to pay for her world-wide power and influence. Fortunately Britain's naval supremacy is no menace to the independance nation, though it may sotfietiries form an annoying barner jo the ambitions of cther powtrs--cf Ger mary, fot iftance. ence and policy now steadily maki This "may be becaus shé has control of ail she wants ot {the earth's surface. But it is a fact through the books, a.m. Tte pan, enten, "Found a pig PORT PERRY BRAN pai ha 1d be, "what was the sat SHYEONE DAVID J. & DOUGLAS ADAMS, BANKERS AND BROKERS. MONEY TO LOAN (British Oapitdl) at 4, 4] and 5 per cent. Fire, Life and Acciderit Insurance. REAL ESTATE BOUGAT, SOLD OR EXCHANGED i any Of the Provinces, or principal Citiss in the Dominion of Canada. ge Licenses Issued. AGENT--Allan Line and C.P.R. i» sir* sald the bewil- be fospector grimly, "1 ave been wondering Four, and Loulse, aged £, were disputing over pt, Louise clulmed, MONEY TO LOAN. : e would not give up. Private Funds at 4 per cemt. sald, "will you be my Jit ee --] © Jno. W. Cre 52 Sovi0iToR, CONVEYANCER, Office at residence, each (one mile west of Port Perty,)-- me \Lo string," he eom- | ye it friibout a murmur.-- PONT 1 LAW | E. FAREWELL, K.G, LL.B., County itor, &c., Notary Public and Conv, Dihse Sout wing Court Hobe, t. "W. A SANCSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. Office Hours--9 to 12a.m., 2 to 6 pi. Also open Saturday evenioge. oF Gold Fillings, Bridge and Crown ork a Hpeoialty. Vitaliged Air. Dr. F. D. MoGrattan (DENTIST) L.D.S. of Royal College of Dental Surgeons, also D.D.3. of Toronto University. Office in the Allison Block over Allison's Steamship Com- 8 With Which Courts | Had to Wrestle. JOS. BATRD CENED AUCTIONEER "for the County of Ontario. the OBskrvikr Office Patrohage solicited. Manchester, Jan. 19, 1800, GEO. JACKSON, Licensed. Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. FOR THE COUXTY OF ONTARIO AND TOWNSHII Goop BREAD For ArL-- The demand for the Bre4d of Mr. Pearn's manufacture ig such that parties from the surrbunding vill- ages of Port Perry are constantly driving to town ilf order to obtain it, so in erder td meet the largely increased deniand Mr. Pearn has concluded to largely increase his bread roiite by taking in all the villages. and next week will com QUESTION OF TIME. ill Upen Which Hangs the Estate--Are Dusk 96, and 1s kiminlik Milk? One of! the strangest problems ever submitted to the decision of the law was that growing out of the disposi. | y 'of the property of su Ruglishman, father of twin sous, It appears ; ntric owned exteusive | , Her fathét had never boen strong in 'in -Austraily, the great | health or successful in business, but \ ttor b SHES at this the comm another Auction Sale turn thanks to his numerous the look out for the "Goop Brean" ree ete WH, McCaw, Port Perry, is now in a position to issue tickets to all parts of the world and to supply all necessary information to parties as to the cheapest and Ip dddition to his cket Agencies for Rail- A, ai e J. A. Murray, ce "His very extepeive pi in tHe past should be a suffiient recom mendaution an Fo his ability. All given into his char, p the ago of twenty: ounger of the sons had emi an old wagon and Pinto. This weuk's scare will it causes Canadians to pause for & moment to consider what it would mean to Canada country's naval -one years. | found himself pos to Australia, while his brother OHoe over the Post Office. ped in England, it 80 happering ¢ORT PERRY. made out and blank no supremacy were |= overthrown and the Empire crush: |} ed--nothing "left of its power and | ut the traditions of great fless and the sting of irredeemabl: fig defeat. What a cataclysm would res sult in the commercial, in the financi al, the moral and religious worid | And then C#nadians may ask them-| Wi selves whether they are carrying | their share of the burden, which obviotsly gtowing too much for the people of the hitle island to which we owe so fiiuch. Parties wiching to engage his services may consult his Saux RxaIsTER either at the Observer or Standard Offizes, Port Perry, for dates claimed for Sales, and make arrangements, or write to his address 4 Phone at Residence, No. 51. - CHERGES MUDERATE. ". Crown aud Bridge Dok euccesafully - "Artifical Teath on Gold, Silver, Aluminum f : runk Railway. Parties intending to travel will consult their own interests by consulting Mr. McCaw before embarking on a trip. For Sale. ads dl edd iv i, OUSE AND LOTSisitnated on. Cochrane St. Port kotwn as the W property. Appirt Killings of G61, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: . 47 Prices to suit the times ®d 'North Ontario Observer A Weekly Political, Agricultural and Family Newspaper - A Reliable Local Sulesman WANTED! for Port Perry -and adjoining Country to represent Cadada's Oldest and Greatest NURSERIES While business in some lines may be dull farmers were never more encouraged as regards fruft growing than at the present season. prices for all classes of fruit have been obtained the past season, an consequence, an in< creased demand for Nursery Stock:" Our stock is complete in every department including a new list of .;, nut for the lawyers ta nted by a case tried in | 8 some years ago. The question | jubstance, Are eggs eggs, Or Are * eggs eggs? Ludicrous as y seem, the point involved e shades of meaning in these suffictent indeed to carry the ngh several courts. p had ordered of his. grocer one He sent ducks' eggs. These turned as not being what the joer bad asked for, but the grocer pl to take them back. The cus- n turn, declined to receive the nd they were sent back and io frequently fer several days, f which they became bad, thdt grocer deemed himself just{- § entering suit against the cts- They may reflect. that iu case of Great Britain's de : feat we would have to fight our own battles, and could no longer afford. to be saucy, to such powers as Ger tates and Japam# --that is, unless we spent deal more on 'defence than we do] The tite to spend the: money is now, while it will be effec We should be ready enougi to do anything possible to aid the. mother country should war come: But ships cannot be improvise {ledx 'residemtal ! & EVERY THURSDAY MORNING H. PARSONS : { FEE containing money, when BL ona, snd ADVERTISEMENTS recetved for ngs or Poles oli NSES, Port Pefty Ott, ww, tsi, ALESMAN, whole or part 'time ; "liberal terms outfit free. We . have: something new: tq, offer. 'Write at'once. Established 1857. 0Q Acres in nursery stock. *hamay Wi Bowmen: & Son Go, Ltd. Ridgevillé, Ont. would ther be time for nothing bu And nothing would be more likely to bring German: asofi than a demonstration. 9 ict that she bas to reckon, # United Kingdom: aloo: but with a united émpite. The Kais, er's Government may thén be mare willing to consider the overtures for, disarmament which the British Pre fer ligs intimated a readiness 19 £ Lom Sr ple et oo TH 3 torts will fn oll cases be striolly adfibedlt ty JOB DEPARTMENT. ~ Hand Bills, Posters first tried ordered the cus: € AW teads in Wall Pap- nts and Varnish- Stain. es! renovating their houses and laring, that ducks' eggs were as as any others. The man n this, and the next court Recelp Books; Busluess On » Books Oirolars, Assembly Cufls, Yo of hid com ah do but sue the young man Ww Yeon se bountifully entertained ¢ the suppers on 'And, what is more, she | getting 0 judgment.--Bdwin in New York Tribun An Exception. Little Joo--Biy, paps, In it true thal you the best I can With the Fest of ois' y cuestion often deked of eve your delivering." history repeats itwolf? Dapa--8o they say, my boy, Little Jee--Wel, mine don't when I'm trytng to learn i= gratitude. Bhe had never sesh the man fo ps before, but sha thotight she recomied Shon fo Whe QUT SN (oT BOR the tenn as one that occasionally oa: ou 0 0s thiy tact or How a degree of Men do less than they ought unlest roered at full speed through the West: | ionie neat fs maimwined during more streets, Khe helped him transfer Loi "winin such narrow Mmits that ber traps and got Pinto ln place. Then thelr bodies have An even temperas she climbed into his buggy and let him coldest or the tuck her up under his fur robe, ture the day in witter : 'Exchange. 'they de all that they can.--Oariys, Love and the Mails. By FRANKLIN TREMPER. 9 Copyrighted, 1000, by Associated Literary Press, Everybody said she would either | give out or give up before the end of the year. It Was bard work for an mid. "Now, Miss Madge if you are oo Wh op lower, while that of the willing, Il just take your wagon round to Tom Wick's shop and leave ternal rfoglons may extend up te it to be repaired, I don't think Tom elreulnt in organs like the liver, has gone home yet." a Kidnoys. For practical ablebodied man, and Madge was ouly a slim young girl, so frail that, mc- | cording to Miss Winter, sho looked ns , if a breath could blow hor away. Her father had no business to lot her do ft. | , Madge thought she know her father | and herself better than her nelghbors | aid or possibly could, | syben they ndvised, but sho sald noth. a certain way for her, and she must travel in it. 's long TITHENE 8 A moaked of only $100, Pinto was a mustang, clean limbed, - wiry and tough as a knot. Drive him ATE CARRIAGE. ¥y ley wefe in opposite quart of | fifteen miles a day and he wan trgeta. v it uot only res when they came of age. The | ble as a sheep; let hin stand {ln a week lev wagon, abe. found id A ST nt involved in the case was n time fs sme hours in | of Greenwich, and therefore | m was made that the young | Adstralia reached his toajority | "his brother at home bad done . Which of the two brothers pally entitled to the property? pation is yet unsettled and bids ford employment for the ex- of lawyers' wits for many years and walls and ropes were not able to "x0 ven," RB SAID, SEAXING Rif BBAD restrain him. He was not worth $100 to sell, but he was worth ten times that to Madge, who loved him, Bho and her father talked over thelr affairs seriously, Westmore did not offer a variety of paying employments. "There's the rural freo delivery routes," Madge said at last when she had thought of everything else. "Plo. 0 to. ! by 4. dandy for faaking, toe, 't you {ry A route?' ° "Why, 1 will* cried her fut - | brightening. "I'll put iff miy bid this , day." e bid Was accepted, The pay was good; and Pinto could do his share in earning it. All that summer Mr, Hill rode faithfully, Fis pale face grew brown, and he began to cough less hte that fall ething ha BOI! It was at the time of the ing, : to Have bébh snow, and bagi frab in mud wher or accis went.' s father came home one night wet and shiver ing Next morning he was sick, and a doctor bad to be called, se Again unth I tell Te mh ya on lighter, and it may trave n all right. I'll drive you there and help In Minding 0 her face. "Well, I'm going to get you ble fu warming or cooling thelr home ne quick as I can. the way, I Juss with the Rg up to -- hetb haven't introduced myself yet. My pame is Don Cary" Ing and refrigerating aparitua Nag fhe we glonlng to fool Sola M tt must be borne in few moments bis bays to a halt at Madge's own {nterfor, The Surface temperature i the head, hands or abdomen may SOMO gauge muat be Aceapts #0 much trouble," Madge breathed, het ¢ Jrvain ie , can't thank you enough whereby normal tempe may Bhe listened ontored the house, Ite had a good fire, tho table set and was frying meat and olf carefully under the tongue by a , Dut d sonsity had fald out potatoes for supper. 'You dear, brave Sug Duty AN Nusowty he little girl," he sald remorsefully, "If I was only half a man" n \ da § "ion, he must bong 4 of the Cafya differs slightly from the up and paired, but paid fer, often found somethi "tho large box at the junction of the Pusaled the Orientals Wostmore and Northfield roads--a box When, tu 1708, Bir George Mscart of candy, 8 new book of A pretty LAR pey headed the firet RNritish embassy két of gn or dates. There Was No to Olina, he brought with him numer mlgn to toll whence they camo, but oug presents for the emperor, Among Madge know, and the knowledge made (nese wus a magnificent tate oarriage, her heart wondrous light, an article which delighted, but at the | felt the Influence of a strong FEM hap uny other gift. Nothing lke tt upon her and, turning, looked straight pad over been ween at the capital, nto Don Oary's eyes. After church (omionl diapates lmmediately arvee ag he walked home with her, to the seat lutended for the emperor, Kindnows, but he protended not to UD: pox of the carviage bad a smart edging derstand, After that he came weveral of paatoous of roses. It made a splens tines to the church and each timo A: 414 yppearance, and that, with its ele. companied her home, Miss Winter yqied position, immediately determined | noticed him, the offiolal mind that it was without sho thought, And Ako veut stralghtway question arose of what the fnside of. to interrogate Madge, the coach was luteuded for, The blindag day," whe sald, "Io's the biggest ypiopior was the place for the ladies enteh up Northfield way, Ils fathor's only, ly silent ono Bunday Afternoon WheR (ng png glovated box was the meat the doorbell rang, Madge went to An. hman and that the emperor's swor the ef ad Sud the conchae Miss Winter sald a month later, drop: Roving "Our First Ambassudor to " s 0) derfully, and I pever thought you "A bad cold," he sald. "You musi' nN eh on 5086] a Sv --. WHOLD lo) be quite & tuecess d hirowelt to mized audiences only that kind?" use he i 4 mixed reasonen™ y eltugeceespesapg § Heaven sends us good weat, but the Gevil sends cook, Garrick. "YOUR TEMPERATURE. Sm------ The Resissn 6 Bublingva! Test le Used What 1s a permm's normal temnpera- Madge could soarcely-thank him for "HEMTMIRD 0 dogrom P18 people "Protty cold?" ho sald, peepiug Into opp ogy of adjustment that 1a not ob» 1 \ting the statement "And mine is Madge WIN" sald Mag in » 080 de rela In spite of the delay fb was only A Iai bo oe Seta tie a Ne 0 when Dob drow ol" oy markedly from that othe fat 72 "Wo've made eoxcollemt time" he for tron 90 dogrees IY, down to 03 102.9 degrees I', the average of "Oh, you're so good! You've taken bo measured and compared, fore on ccount of convenience snd practicability the temperature taken Her futher sighed with relief an she fon) thermometer has been selected as common standard throughout med- foul circles. It is sometines fn the axilla or groin inated of the mouth 'hen for any reason & teat lu not "Now, dad, you shan't say thatt Madge cried. Then she laughed softly. "I've had stich an Y And Northfield way," her father sald 5 degrees IF, loss, ~Teohnioal 3 could tell her nothing raors, Mngasine, Next, duy, when Madge went to get Aftor that she for hotwelf In Present to a Chinese Emperor That On Bunday morning in church Madge gauie time pusaled, the Ohinese more Kho tried to thank him for all his mhe hamwercloth which covered the "Madge has got A beau mire enough," Qoubt the emporer's seat. Then the "I saw that young Caty Walklug ,oreons and wo forth were all carefully bome with you from church vester: yumined, and it was decided that the worth $40,000, they say, aud Don's bis "gd retainer wout to a member ot only ehlld." the embassy to ask If the conclu Bho waa at hoMe sitting rather end: gong doprect, When ho learned tba on Cary wml: was insfdo the coach he wad ing aud powdered white with snow. Bortlace™ mo waked, with & wneer, 18 flakes, it was posed that the sen of heav. "WII you let me come fn, know and 3 ee any one to sit higher * all?" he usked, than himeelt and turn bis back on him, Madge was only too glad. he had typop he found that the driver was! forgotten everything at the might of gy1000 to use the seat In question be Mm, , Poquested that the box be remaved aud "Well, your year will soon be wp placed somewhere bohind.--Helen plug to to chat with Madge, who was busily wew "You've held out won. could. QGolng to take it another year? "No," Madge answered gently! ™ " 1 thought as much" Miss n #0 Pe Tl mareled FUR Ce sho announced thut SAMS | oon to 8000 thing? You do aa you a group of her cronleny Mihe's going to marey Dan Oar, and s mking Stee ww ia #0 or wedding clothen But, an, ou GORE SSIES for Madge. But one Thom trad Mow in the world [1 Alize the Recomsity for he qualnted with him™ ; 1 bu not one of the group could am iy savor her that, : ) I ------------, Very Helpful : A provincial clergyman during sermon caught sight of & member his congregation a rled look, Budde