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NQUIN PARK NETAWAN RIVER H RIVER EORGIAN BAY LAKE COUCHICHING 'KAWARTHA LAKES, Etc. : ROUND TRIP To the West x At Low Rates 'Via SARNIA OR CHIOAGO. , Literature, tickets and full informa- m any Grand Trunk Agent, or na E. BOPP Disirie Passeuger y Of ri AS ore Br MEL AW TOWN AGENT. GRAND TRUNK R'Y SYSTEM. TIME TABLR.. a soar Sis pin 733pm Sete : fl MONEY, ie: i ' XL, 9,000, have with or Srmdiote n- Vestment at lowest rate, HUBERT, !.. EBBELS, Barrister, Port Perry. TER OBSERVER Has A Coop CIRCULATION, and is TY wing in favor. It is the BRST vation Medium in the County : is the champion of the Agriculturists and of the more con- servative and 'practical class of peo- le, is not a favorite of schemers, Poomes pagel ues ; it is the Oldest and Best Established--founded in 1857--the most original and best in its local and general news depart ment and is printed entirely in the place of publication--Port Perry. '. TERMS--$1 per annum in advance, if not paid in advance, $1.50 will be 1 cha + JOB PR. ING-- THE Most MODERN STYLES AND AT Low PRICES, 1 SE : * North Ontario Observer. "(The Ofte! Paper of the People.) FOUNDED IN 1857. Only Paper Printed na Published in PORT PERRY, FEB. 1. 25, 1912. The Ontarie Legislature will be con- wened on February 7th. By way of compensation for a cold winter, Hicks promises a hot summer. It took a strong man like Cochrane to knock out the Newmarket canal _. This jean age of conventions. Al-| ready Buffalo has twenty-eight booked | Hor the coming year. The fengthening days help one to! 'see rays of daylight breaking through | te far end of winter. " "By an unlucky accident,' as is ex- | plained, a man was killed in a French | | «duel a few days ago. "'An exchange' says the biggest 'trust on earth is the country newspaper. ! It trusts everybody. More than eleven thousand licenses to automobile owners were issued by the Ontario Government last year. The longer the Liberals at Ottawa cling to Reciproeity, the longer they . will eontinue to sit on the Opposition side of the House, A Gravenhurst man is selling a machine which is guaranteed to make butter at a cost of four cents a pound. Why will people continue to feed $18 hay to $70 cows? Bir Allen Aylesworth's tears ever the abandonment of the Newmarket canal would almost fill that ditch with water. But perhaps they were crocodile tears. Bir William Malock always generous $0 North York, is offering $8,000 towards { making Aurora's main street a model , toadway. To Newmarket, of course, 1 /he gave the canal. In an account of a wedding the Bow- manyilia Statesman gays *"The bride given away by ber father, who was attired in blue silk, trimmed with satin Oakville Council has appointed two om, 'men to assist the assessor in nalishig the assessment ot the town. ville is.ngt such an. old-fashioned {by Chiro | potket, trite "pu | impetus given to the cause. | and would not waste time in' feed- ing le dyed, double barrel: er of the worthless twin sheets--Whitby Gazette and Whit- c the only twins that but strange to say both profess to be indepetidént, one of the other, we presufiig, in his' alleged report of the first day's proceedings of] January. Session of our County Council, in an attempt to eulogise fhe new Rule for the election 'Warden, overreaches himself'to get a stab at Tie ObSER~ VER. isramp publisher is, a , ifiering from the deserv ing be tained in the lat race for the Mayorality of the town. He has also had his innings at tramp publishing in the best: acceptation of that term; not long since he. was "on the road" place publishing' , apd: in order ta "object went from oy, Hat in hand, begging € yopublic soon "got ontp" the racket and he desisted from further operations in that line. Our good old County Town of Whitby is. certaibly deserving of a better fate in the newspaper line than to have foisted upon it the remains ol two, once influential newspapers noted for their sharp pens, literary abilities, extensive scope of observation and a multi- tude of other commendable sources of important alope to the town but also to the County at large. Of late this (multi-millionaire) publisher of peri- odicals has had the audacity to dictate to some of our County Officials as to their duties, but, we understand, he got a worse drubbing than he received in his late race for mayorality of the town, when on that occasion, he was seen coming down the home stretch long after the popular and efficient winner had retired for the night. Last week these twin-sheets announced that their owner had been elected Presi- dent of the Bible Society. Of course it does not necessarily follow that in putting on the livery of heaven he may better serve the devil. i re- intérests not Oounty Orange Lodge. On Friday last a meeting under the auspices of the Lay al'yrange [raternity of South Ontario was held at the Town ot Whitby, when a County Lodge for South Outario wag instituted. It was generally expected that the inaugura- tion proceedings of ro important an acquisition to the fraternity should be a grand affair, and the expectations have been realized in every particular; the oomber presefit, the general enthusi- asm, the amount of pleasure, the intel- lectual enjoyment, aud the additional The prin- cipal office of the new lodge was allotted to a veteran of veterans of the Order, our estimable townsman, Mr. Wm. Ken- nedy, who is an authority on Orange ism. That gentleman is to be congrat- ulated on his preferment, IMPORTANT AucTiON SALE OF CLypespaLe Horses, REGISTERED AND HiGH GRADE SHORTHORN CAT tLe, Pore BRED Swing, anp Up. TO-DATE IMPLEMENTS, &c.--Illustrat. ed mamwotly posters are in press announcing and important Auction Sale of the property of Mr. Walter Waanamaker fo take place on lot 11, con. 12, Scugog, on Saturday, 24th February, be being about to leave for the West has authorized Mr. Jackson to sell, without the slightest reserve ail his Farm Stock, Implements, &c. The list is an extensive and important one and inclodes nine splendid Clydesdale Horses, a large number of register-- ed and high grade Shorthorn Cattle pure bred Swide and up-to-date Implements. Also a choice match- led team drivers that are much 'admired. In factitis well known 'that Mr. Wanonamaker would not keep a poor or_inferior animal on the farm, he is a splendid judge and knows a choice animal at a glance, undesirable 'animals, the best | Tron Sats comniences to-day (Thursday) and:his large four-page 'Catalogue is be- ing mailed to the people of this entire section of country, It contains quota- tions of nearly every 'article in 'his im- 'mense stock, and in order to avail your- selves of a choice of the prizes offered it will be necessary for you to be on the spot at your earliest possible opportun- ity, The prices are such as cannot fail to absolutely deplete the entire stock on short notice. The Sale only lasts owe month and the rush for goods will doubtless be in keeping with the impor- tance of the opportunity, Don't fail to obtain a catalague. A correspondent complains of the general habit of vulgarising Pene- ii tanguishene's beautiful name by ji clipping it to Penetang. We en- tirely agree. But other abbrevia- tions are possible, If 'Baushene is good enough for Waubaushene, why not Penshene for Midland's suburb ? Bobcaygeon Independent: --The popular song of forty years ago, "Silver TLreads Amiong the Gold," is having a revival in ates, To i youthlul aye ie wil Ged et less associated with * buftef! ' butter at 30 cents a pound there certainly is a silver tinge to the article now. y Brock's ANNUAL STo0k REDUCTION SALE is now on, and the extensive and judicious distribution, by mail, of a crammed four-pageCircular of Bargains that are Bargains is having a beneficial result. The rush for the goods is daily rapidly increasiog, and it is a question whether at the close of the time limit of the Sale there will be any bat a small residue of his three, large, amalgamat- ed Stocks left. The Toronto Star prints a por- trait of our old friend Dr. Mary Walker in male attire, which she has worn ever since the civll war, and mentions that a special act of Congress was passed permitting her to wear trousers. There are a great many married women wear- ing the same garments who have not the license of an act of parlia- ment, Vancouver shingle manufacturers are petitioning the Federal Govern- men to impose an import duty on shingles from the United States. Shingles now come in duty free. Canadian shingles have practically been driven out of the United States because of the duty of fifty cents a thousand imposed by the Americans. Sir William Mulock has made an offer to Aurora which, as the New- market Express-Herald says, the town will undoubtedly be quick to appreciate and accept. Sir William has offered to: contribute-§3,0e0- to wards making Yonge-strest, within the town {imits, a * first clags toad- way, or as good as that planned by the "Good Roads Commission," The reforming zeal of Mr. Burn- ham, the new M.P. for West Peterborough, will no doubt gradu- ally loose its edge. Meanwhile it is fortunate that the House of Com. mons has well-balanced heads, such as that of the Minister of Finance, to oppose the illjudged proposal of old-age pension system. For many years to come, let us hope, Canada will have no need of such legisla- tion. Whitby, Jan. 28.--Mr. Thomas Wray, known widely ns Father Wray, died here yesterday afternoon, having reach. od the very exceptional age of nearly 102. Up to about a year and a half ago, Father Wray almost daily exercis. himself in walking a considerable dis- tance and almost every Sanday he occupied his seat in the Methodist Tabernacle. He retained all his mental faculties over his 100th birthday, at which event he was given a public reception at the Tabernacle here, He polled his vote on Sept. 21, at the Domini lect He was a talented poet of ability and wrote up to his 100th birthday. He was a brother of the Rev. Jackson Wray, a talented English minister of literary fame. Public Library Meeting. The Annual meeting of the Port Perry] povesings February 6th at 8 o'clock. J. I. FORMAN, '> 'W. L. PARRISH, With]. | Public Library will be held in the} Reading Room om Tuesday Mz. EpiToRr: The members and Presbyferian Port Perry will nowt to vote for or agai on. The vote will important one, far influence upon the « in all coming time the churches that way to unite at the The spirit of union is: SE {all the cltucches, and well try to prev et fom blowing or the su ing as try ta prevent union from spreading ing. Men do not all in politics and religions suppose, it is t to expect a ununimou union question. Su bad in any union that. place among.the chu past, but most of the fallen into li id ma urches and th al labor in thisour e while so many milliongha churches or ministess, and are calling in vain for a supply. The persons opposing church union re- mind me of some paelry that came under my notice a shot time since, which is as follows : + I wonder why the womei don't rise, And beat out both the devil's eyes, Send him to hell with Biter cries, And then we would hate church union. I wonder why the wotsen don't moan, And break the devil » Jack and bone, Send him to hell with bitter gros: And themwe would live arch guion. I wonder why the women don't shaut, And drive the devils agents out, And Spread their principles about, And then we would have church union. I wonder why the women don't pray, And chase 'the darkness all away,' And usher in the gdspel day, And then we w have clLureh union. If the poet thinks that all the opponents of church union are under the evil one, { do not endorse "his views, as I believe that many of the opponents of church union are as good and sincere as those who favorit, butit is so with them. as with many athers--"As it was in the beginning is now and lever shall be, world withont end, Amen x For myself I. bélieve there should be one church on garth as there {is one in-heaven and the uniting" ligk should be, love to God and loye o men. $00 Ong Who Favors Cuurch Umi -- es Mrs.: Wm. Brown: fr Head, has gone to Chicagoig her relatives that live in ha Mr. John Jackson, who ig leaving for the North West, had his sie on Friday ol last. week, the day was bright and clear but exceedingly cold, the attendance was goadi= Mr. George Jackson with his acknow- ledged ability in selling did his part faithfully. Mr. and Mrs. son have been good citizens and. excel: lent neighbors and as a i Bre highly respected in the community, they will leave behind hein any friends who will wish the 'great happiness and blessing wherever their lot may be cast, Rev. J. W. Totten ann the Quarterly Meeting ta be | the Centre Church at 30.30.84 Sunday, Feb. 4th. The Board will meet the. week. now coming to our Boards apd to our 'adherents for their ap otherwise. Itis one of important questions in 3 churches interested ha called to vote. 'none tgo:gopd for him and 'he _ | ville, ? bad he would {but did' Burch topk plde on Jan. 17th. In spite of the' win" try conditions; the attendance was good. The reports on all hands were encouraging, showing that the 'members are fully 'aroused to the importance of this work. A new departure is the cantribu- tions was a beq "of $100 from the estate of Mrs. Bleakly, Bowman- The average givings 'were 83.50 per member, reaching the _| $1500 mark, besides contributions to the North West bale, whose val. ue, 8490, exceeded any preceeding year. The afternoon session whs 'de lighted with the address of Mrs. McGillivray, China, who assists her busband in the issuing of 'Christian ierature at Shanghai, China. s Ra Nv h, left 'an' 1m. «| pression that 'will be lasting on' the 'minds of her hearers. Her manner of address was quite pleasing and her very real earnestness and deep sympathy showed she was a well chosen worker. The address given by Dr. Mec- Gillivray in the evening was most interesting an reassuring. He sketched some of the late important '| changes going on in China, notably the establishment of a complete post office system and iliustrated how that could be used as an im portant factor in the spread of the new ideas throughout the Empire. His optimism was infectious, and made his audience feel that the future holds great things for China. I'he fact that in many cases native Christians have been chosen 10 fill important posts in the government of the country shows that public confidence is read to honor these servants of the Most High God. Let the Christian church through- out the world do her full duty at this time and China's successful future is assured. i On the following day the Presby- terial of the Women's Home Mis sionary Society was organized, and delegates returned home the earnest desire not to do less for foreign work, but seek to enlarge their sympathy and helpluiness in winning Canada far Christ, CORED OF EPILEPSY 4 Case That Should Bring Hope to Other Styffefers. Epilepsy is one al the most ceri- ons troubles that afflicts the human race. This trouble is also known as "falling sickness' or "fits." The patient suddenly looses conscious ness and falls.. The muscles be. cone rigid and there is a twitching of the face and limbs, sometime. accompanied by frothing at the mouth. The convulsion is followed by a deep sleep varying in durat on. In the early stages the attack may only occur at intervals of several months, but as the disease. progres- ses they become more' and more frequent, the palient becomes de. hilitated 'and the, mind weakened. Epilepsy is generally regarded as cnrable, but taken in its earliest stages has in many cases heen cured by Dr, Wilhams' Pink Pills, which enrich the blood, strengthen the system, thus enabling it to resist the progress of disease. The following case will be of interest to any who suffer from this terrible malady. Mrs. John Mather, Ban- croft, Ont , says : "My little son, Clive, at the age of five vas strick en with spasms or fits and despite all we did for him. fot tlie next five years was afflicted with them, ap- parently growing worse. He was under the care, at varions times, 'of five different doctors, but they did him no good. He was growing! wotseé all the time, until he got so sometimes have twelve of these spasms. in' twenty- four hours. _ I sent bigato the Sick Children's Hos 3 they pronolinced the trouble epilepsy, ot help Him, Later he with p him, {was treated by a specialist, but to poavail. Iasi 'almost in 'despair -mather advised me to give 'Wi ink Pills. 'F event, Mr. McTaggart is certainly a popular Rink Manager; he pos- eesses the happy faculty of making his rink a - pleasant "and healthful resort during the winter months and puts forth every effort to make it attractive for'all and. his liberality is as regard prizes is certainly commendable. - All should atten the Carnival tomorow (Friday). The following is the list .of . prizes : bon pig ve, PEE Ne There are 'lots of stories fold of how apples sell in big cities: for ro cents 'and 15 cents: each, and even 25 cent each, But most of us have waited to be shown. These prices sound impossible to the man who gets only 40 cents a bushel for his crop. : There's no doubt about it, though. If you goto any of the big cites, like New York, and go through the down-town streets, you pass a hun dred fruit stores where apples are oflered for such prices--with plenty of persons buying them, too. When you get real homesick and apple hungry we wouldn't be at all curpris. ed if you, too, would fork over your dime oc your quarter {ot one of the big red fellows On investigation it .is found tha! most of these high-priced apples come from _the Northwest--from Calilornia, Colorado," 1daho, Mor- tana, Oregon and Washington. They're mostly the same old varie- ties, however, that we grow here in this section. The only difference seems to be that they are larger and cleaner and better color than the average run of fruit produced aronnd Port Perry. We 'have received a sample of Nero apple from Harrison's Nur- series, of Berlin, Md., thatis just as fine outside as anv apples that ever came across the Rocky Mountains, while inside it has western apples beat "three thousand miles" 1h taste and color and texture. We wish that come of those fellows who have farms around here with gond soil and good apple locations would eat one hike i. Tt would shew them what 1s required to command the dimes and quarters of the city folks along after Christmas, and we be | lor: making the old farm a'wondear ful money-making "machine, Whije Nero is adapted particularly to sections soutly of New York, other will grow just as fine here. Yellow Transparent, Dutchess, Wealthy, Red Astrachan Snow,Hnbbardstan, Wolf River, Baldwin, Stark, Spitz enberg. the two Greenings, King, Spy, Rome Beautv and Winter Banana, are the kinds our most successful Apple - Growers now plant. When it is remembered that the average wholesale price received for fine fruit, such as this, is raore than 81.50 a bushel, and. that from 400 to 800 bushels will grow on an acre of ten year-old trees, we lean toward the conclusion that few other businesses have epual possibilities. - Distribution ot Seed Grain and Potatoes trom the Dominion Experimental Farms | 1911-12. By iostructions the Hon. Min- ister of Agriculture a distribution will be made doting the coming winter and spring of superior sorts of grain and potatoes to Canadian farmers. The samples for general distribution will consist of spring wheat (5 1bs.), white oats (4 1bs.), barley (5 Ibs,), and field peas (3lbs.). A distribution of potatoes (in tsamples) will be carried on several of the e: ! Ceotral Farm at Ottawa supplying only the. provinces of Ontario an Quebec. "All samples will be sent free, (by mail. : Applicants should give particol- ars tn regard to the soil on their farms ; and should also state what lieve it would arouse new ambitions | , varieties suitable to 'our "conditions | These will be sent out from Ottawa. | 2 Ib. |: irom rimental farms, [- RAGLAN. ER SUPPER. Annual Oyster Supper and 4 OYST | served, atter #2 MyrTLE STATION MINSTRELS AS THEY I Station Minstrels wi their famous and ur ments, Full particula carrying on Port Perry, Jan. 24, 1912. CARD OF THANKS "In returning thanks for the liberal patronage received so far since commencing the Confectionery and Bakery Business, we beg to anuounce that in future we purpose 4 Sly Cash Dusimass Our Goods are the BEST possible, and our Prices are Riglit. INGRAMS' BUY FLORIDA LAND-¥hj? 1. Itis very productive. 2. It is not hot 10 summer and their winter is June woncher, 8. Your buildings do' not cost ona- quarter of Northern farm build- mgs, . Yon gave your large winter fun bill. . You do not work all summer to wiiter your live stock . It grows crops tha year round ; Three CROPS in the vesr . Your crops mre ready to market when the rest of tha coatiuent is indhe dead of winter. . Splendid markets. Roeeular hud plentiful rainfall, . Pure'®itgr axafly ahafied. 11. HeghRiL cHipate--caces rhuamat~ « ismyznd taborculisis, Wa hapés32400 Acres For' @nla--All Withig T3053 Miles of Raiiway Station. Pa Write foFull Particulars and Ilust- 5 J shiiternturo, coos. TERN EASY, Address y 'Florida pc Ihizatlo Head OfEs~2F "Quen Strawt, 'North, > Berlin, Ont, RADICALS IN POWER. Allied Liseral Forces Control German Reichstag. Berlin, Jan. 26.--The complexion of the new Reichstag as detertained b: the final results of the thee re-bal- lots taken yesterday, is shown by the general party groupings as tollgws The subotdinate or allied factions ars included for convenience with the par- ties with which they generally vote: Socialists, 110; Progressive man-So- cialist groups, 95, including 46 Nation- al Liberals, 42 Radical people's party and 7 Progressive Peasants' parties, Clericals with Polish, Alsatian Hanoverian Parti i 3 Count . von Posado ur, The results completely overthrow the working majority of the Conser. vative-Centre, or "blue black bloc," in the last Reichstag, which ia now able to muster only 191, counting every possible vote, and places control in the hands of thé National noha dil AE jority - ng r with i ta or pe . (This makes National leader, Ernst Bassermann, a figure in the next Rei . He be able to & _ avowed National n Co: Limited and | servatives, allied par 3 n- dent, yes, allied Jasiies vi Tterior waky-Wednper. MALICIOUS FRUIT. The Btings That Come With Careless Handling of Priekly Pears. My first sad experience of the Affl- can prickly pear was gained on a visit to the market place of Algiers. The fruit was banded to us, politely peeled by the Arab dealer, and thus as we made acq with its delightrel coolness no suspicien of its evil qual tes entered our minds. A few days later, adding the excite. went of a little trexpassing to the mora, legitimate pleasures of a country ram- ble, we came wpon a well laden group of prickly pear bushes and eounld not resist the temptation to help ourselves to some of the fruit. The result wa woeful. in He Coucentrated essence of stinging net- tle scemed all at onc" be assniling hands, fips and tongne, and our skin' wherever it hud come {n contact wit the ik notured fruit was covered with a thick erop of minute, bristly hain, apparently growing from it and veno= y. perfectly nn able, aud the 'inadvertent use of our many a day did the retribution of that theft haunt us in the form of myriads of tiny stings.--"Home Life on an Os- trich Farm." Ra FIRST AERIAL POST. It Was Used In China, and a Wild es Godse Was the Carriers . The anciént records of China reveas fhe 205s Shik GUS SAFIN JOIN WIN fore sifigel §3iiads : pocket handkerchiefs before we had'. } nose as well as lips participated. "Fof