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HEAD OFFICE. - TORONTO, ONT. Gapital (Paid Up) - - - $8,000,000 Rest va 2,000,000 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 also given to the collecting of Notes, ete. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT, Spécial Attention is Directed to (he Following Advaninges p offered By our Savings Bank: Deposits of One Dollar and upwards received and interest allowed at current rates. Interest is added to the deposit Twick in each year, at the end 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 on withdrawing or depositing money. Port Perry Branch Western | 4A Sted. Special - d Collurions. Dratts asus avalall " oF CANADA ort Perry Agency. GENERAL Bankiug Business trans. to nada, United s. Interest cal 1 anc depositor semi-annually. ~H. G. HUTCHESON, M Port Perry, June 26, 1897. ANAGES. £10000 STERLING (British Capital) To lend at 4 45 and B per cent on good Mortgage security. Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, Port Perry, Ont. MONEY TO LOAN. FPHE Subscriber is prepared to LEN T ANY AMOUNT er Seonrity po W. H. DUNSFORD, Manager R. D. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria University ; M.B. Toronto University, Membr or the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ount.; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg: Licentiate f the Royal College of Physicians, Edin- burg; Member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons . Glasgow ; Late Resident Pupil of the Rolunda Hospital, Dubiin, for 'Women. Office and Residence, second door west of Davis' Furniture Emporium, Queen Street. Office hours--@"to 11a. and 2 to 5 p.m; ind evenings. 1 have taken as partner, my brother, Dr R. Archer, M. D., C. M., Member of Col- ege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Port Perry, June 9. 1897. DR. E. L. PROCTER _ (SUCCESSOR TO DK, CLEMENS) M.D C.M. of Trinity College University, Toronto, with Honor Certificate. Fellow of Trinity Medical College, Toronto. Mens. 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 PERRY. NOTICE. D% J. H. SANGSTER, Physician, Sur geon and Accouchenr, and Dr. W, A. Sangster, Dentist, may on and after to-day, be found iu their new Surgical and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will be found us heretofore, prepared to attend to their respective oho ons in all their branches. Port Perry Dec, 8, 1897. DR. 8. J. MELLOW, Puysicias, SURGEON, &o. Office and Residence, Queen 8t., Port Peiry Uffice hours--S8 to 10 a.m.; 1to3 p.m. and RBvenings. Telephone in office and house, open night and day over the lines south, connected with the residence of G. L. Robson, V.8. Port Ferry, Nov. 15, 1894. WM. H. HARRIS, B.A. LL.B. BARRISTER, &c., Buccessor to and occupant of the offices of the Jate F. M. Yarnold. Ont. N. F. PATERSON, K.C., ter, Solicitor, Notary i y Nos. 310311, Temple Building, Cor. Ba, 0d Richmond A ig y ch 31, 1898. : J B. FAREWELL, XC. LLB, County or, &o., Notary Public and Con 4 SER, any quantity of Money | Security at 6 and 7 per ey neing executed with dispatons. yt A "door west of Town Hall, AT 5 PER CENT, #ar Also on Village Property. 43 MORTGAGES BOUGHT. WX HUBERT L. EBBELS, Bari Office next $0 Ontario Bank luton. | J A. MURRAY, DENTIST, [Rooms in the Leonard Block over Mr "J. H. Brown's Office.] PORT PERRY. All brancles of Dentistry, includin : Crown and Bridge Work successfully 5 practiced. Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Aluminum or Rublier Plates. Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: _ 4 Prices to suit the times® W. A SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. fice over the Post Office. Office Honrs--9 to 12a m., 2 to 6 p,m Also open Saturday evenings. #& Gold Fillings, Bridge and Crow Work a Specialty. Vitalised Air. To Dr FF D. McGrattan (DENTIST) L.D.S. of Royal College of Dental Surgeons, also D.D.S. of Toronto University. Office in the Allison Block over Allison's Drug Store. Office hours--8 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Port Perry, April 9, 1802, JOS. BATRD ICENSED AUCTIONEER for County of Ontario. Sale Register at the Ossrrver Office Patronage solicited. Manchester, Jan. 19, 1899. AUCTIONEER. pus undersigned takes this opportuaity of returning thanks for the very liberal patrcnage he has redeived as Auctioneer in the past, The increased experience and extensive practice which I have had will be turned to advantage of patrons, and parties favoring me with their sales may rely on their interests being fully protected. No effort will be spare to make it profitable for parties placing their sales in my hands. My Sale Register will be found at the 0 2 THOS. SWAIN. the Casares, Aug. 20, 1896. 'WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator &c. F% the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Mara, Rama, Mariposa and Eldon Partiesantrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmsot attention being given to their i : 'WM. GORDON, Sunderland, PROF. 8. J. COHN RACTIOAL OPTICIAN and Eye and Ear Sptchuis, 176 Wilton Ave, Toronto will visit Port Perry once in six month.-- All orders entrusted to him warranted t give satisfaction. RErerEnces--Mr, W. 'McGill, Mr. D. J Adams and Mr. Jobn | ott, Port Parry redited to | | | VALUES. | shown, every price named can be Abbott & McKitrick | Licensed Auctioneers and Valuators for the Township of Reach, Village | of Port Feriy and Township f o 0g. EG TO INTIMATE to the gene public that acy business under 1 above head intrusted to their care will receive their best attention in every respect [to secure the greatest possible success. With Sale Lists carefully made out and Blank Forms furnisned Free together with very Moderate for sales they j furor to satisy all that they harges General Carter Takes pleasure in returning thanks to the public for the esteemed pat ronage bestowed on him since com- mencing the business of Carting and would state that he is fully equipped to do CARTING AS IT SHOULD BE at the very shortest notice and at prices that cannot fail to please the public. Carting to and from the Railway Depot a Specialty. _Residence--Brick House, oppo- site the Methodist Parsonage. F. SMITH. Port Perry, Aug. 1901. OOUNTY OF ONTARIO. 19002. . WHITBY-- Clerk, D. 0. Macdonell, Whitby --Jaou- ary 8, February 4, March 4, April 2, May 6, June 3, Ju y 4, September 4, October 6, November 4, Dec- ember 4. Jan. 6, OSHAWA Clerk, D. 0. Macdonell, Whitby--Janu- ary 8, February 5, March 5, Ape, 3, May 7, June d, | July 5, September 5, October 7, November 5, Deec- | ember 5, Jan. 7, 1903. . BROUGHAM--Olerk, M. Gleeson, Greenwood --Jant - ary 10, March 6, May 9, July 8, September 9, Nov. ember 7, Jan. 8, 1903. . PORT PERRY Clerk, J. W. Burnham, Port Perry --Jamary 14, March 7, May 13, July §, September 12, November 11, Jan, §, 1903. . UXBRIDGE- Clerk, Jos. B January 17, March 21, May 30. 20, Novenber 31, Jan. 16, 19.3 Gould, Uxbridge-- July 11, Beptewbe: . CANNINGTON--Clerk, Geo. Smith, Cannington -- January 16, March 20, May 29, July 10, September 5, November 20, Jan. 15, 1903. . BEAVERTON Clerk, Geo. ¥. Bruce, Beaverton -- wousry 15, March 19, Ma, tember 34, Nov- ember 19, Jan. 14, 1903. " . UPTERGROVE--Clork, Thos. P. Hart, Uptergrov --Maurch 18, May 27, September 23, November 18. . 3 By order, Clerk of the Peace. Dated at Whitby, Nov. 23rd, 1901, ocated in Our New Premises §.T.CawkersSon ISH TO ANNOUNCE that that they are now comfort ably ensconsed in their new pre mises in the Purdy Block where the Public will always fin an ample supply of CHOICE, FRESH MEATS at prices that cannot fail to please. A full supply of Meats of the very best grades, and cut in dimensions to please the most fastidious. All orders will receive prompt attention. S. T. CAWKER & SON. March 5, 1902. MISS HARRISON Dress and Mantle Maker ISHES to inform the ladies that she has moved to her fine Rooms in the Allison Block where she is prepared to execute all orders in Dress ard Mantle Making in a manner unsurpassed for Correctness of Style and Charming Effect. We shape and mold every piece of material until the finished garment resembles a work of art. Remember our claims, and see how carefully we vindicate them. Our charges are consistent with the value given. Port Perry, March 27, 1902. TO CONSUMPTIVES. . The undersigned having been restored to health by simple menus, after suffering for several years with a very severe lung affection, and that dread disease Consump- tion, is anxious to make known to his fel- low sufferers the means of cure. To those who desire it, ho will send (free of charge) a copy of the prescription used. which they will find a sure cure for Consumption, thma, Catarrh, Bronohitis and all throat and lung es. He hopes all sufferers will try his remedy, as itis invala- able. Those desiring the prescription, which will cost them nothing, and may prove a Lessing, will please address, Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Brooklyn, New York. Goop SHOE Women's shoes, adapted for short skirts, new manish shape--hand sewed and welted in box enam.l-- pata: leather and vici kid lace or utton ; the new Louis XV. heels in all leathers for dress wear--high arch--hand turn flexible soles. See my window. It affords a view of found any place else. Every shoe A for a fair trial and no been of Charge, | ou bond whether he is called Bones Jones? 3 It may seem curious that no one ever became sufficiently interested in Bones to draw him out or that some day when he longed for human sympathy | he did not volunteer his story; but, as a matter of fact, he was only one of hundreds of vagabonds slouching along the streets of London. Why should any one of higher station care who he | = was or whence he came? And if he had related his history it might have been that of scores of others and would have brought neither sympathy nor slxpence. Bones was inoffensive. He was also passably honest, and when kicked out of the way he took it as a matter of course. He was content with the shab- blest raiment and had not too hearty an appetite, so it came about that he was allowed to hang about the mar- ket without complaint. His lodgings were in vacant buildings, coalyards or doorways, and the only time he got filtl meals and a decent bed was when the police pulled him in and he was sent to the workhouse. He had put in ten years in London, and there was no appreciable change in him. He was gray haired, stoop shoul dered, ragged and red nosed, but he had been that on his arrival. Nor had there been any change in his plans. He had come to London to live out the remainder of his days, and he was do ing it. If it ever occurred to him that gome day he must land in the alms- house, die and be buried as a pauper, he said nothing about it and was not worried. One day Bones was slouching along David street. Ile was not begging or sightseeing or looking after coal to 'fight lasting many long minutes. ing and letting his feet tak syhere they. would. If a po no curiosity. If the fire en come rattling up, he would halted and become a spectator. He witnessed dogfights, street rows, and arrests so often that they no ger held any interest. h One who saw him dragging along. with his eyes on the ground would ba! gald that nothing but a kick fro truck horse could have aroused him, and yet a mere trifle'did the business. Of a sudden a pet poodle pursued by gang of boys ran up to Bones as if ask for protection. He picked up dog and carried it along, and, thou threatened by the hoodlums, he clup to the canine. After walking blocks he came upon a carriage co taining a girl about ten years old. poodle had escaped from the ca as it was driving through Willow p! and the little one was crying piteo usl) over her loss. Bones walked directly to the veh and placed the dog in her arms, the overjoyed girl reached out for band and exclaimed: ; "Qh, you good, good man! You ragged, but 1 know you're not bad. give you some money, and if come and sce papa I know he'll place for you and help you along. name is Minnie, and it was s0 g you, and"-- But the driver shook his whip vagabond and started up his ho For the rest of that day Bone : only outwardly Bones. He ha kindly addressed by a human be He had been told that some one m help him upward. His band b shaken In gratitude, and he hi called a good man. There wi thing new here to hold 'his th and turn over in his mind, and | go preoccupied that he erept to | { heart the surviving 7) in a coalyard without having the usual crust. "It must be that 1 am ing after all. If 1 hadn't wouldn't have spoken as | have some one shake ban to call me a good man, to for a service--I can't make ft ¢ it's come too late. I'm too old | change. Nothing could lift me up now nothing give me back what 1 ba lost. There's only one thing 1 can d and that's to pray God 1 may die a man--Iike the man I once was. A week later, though Bones h nothing of it, all London thrilled excitement and indignation over o of kidnaping. A little girl, the daug ter of a banker, had been cough at her father's very gate In the of evening and carried off in a carriage Bones never read the newspapers, an it was seldom that he was In the com pany of one who did. Had he read of beard all about the case, however, would only have been of passing inf est--just another crime to lengthen t daily list. One day he slouched along Da street again. He had been driven of his lodgings in the coalyard, and winter was coming on he was looking for a vacant house to turn into nights. Between Great George Canterbury streets he discovered a "race of four houses which were ff rent. One ef them cornered on an stylish footwear that is not to bef 2 duplicated in your size inside, F. CARNEGIE. ny a opm 3 THAN RIGHT OUR ARIO, THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1 "It was not the first vacadt walking on the island, especially wl a hundred in which be had temporary quarters, and he 'trick of prying open cellar * Once in the cellar, the light showed him the way up- d as he reached the kitchen irprised to find a bit of fire and the remains of a meal d hugged the range until to shiver. Some one had him, It was not a vag ewhat mystified, but . With a lighted "set out to explore a little which room to sleep in. ra look into the three or fom downstairs he mounted to the 'story and had hardly reached landing when he heard men's 0 from one of the bedrooms, to- ther with what seemed the sobbing a child, Out went his candle, and got down on hands and knees and pt along to listen at the door. There e two men and a child in that room, d the child was weeping and plead- / t or planned to do, as the door 'suddenly opened by one of the and he was found crouching | One | Bere. He did not run away. look into the lighted room showed him an old table, two or three chairs, a bed of blankets and on the bed the little girl of the lost dog. He leaped into the room ag the man started back, and as the girl recognized him and cried out the two kidnapers cursed. There was half a minute when no one moved. Then one of the men rushed to the door and shut it, and both drew knives and advanced upon the vagabond. All her life the little girl will remember how his impassive face lighted up, how he suddenly grew straight and tall, how his eyes glis- tened as he scized one of the heavy chairs and began the battle. They were a pair of burly rufflans, and they had long, keen knives, but it was a As thes stabbed and thrust he beat them to their knees. They wounded him again and again, and he left a trail of blood as he shifted his position, but wne of them was dying and the other had a broken arm before the old vaga- bond tottered and fell, with the bro- ken chalr still clutched in his fingers. The child saw it all with bated breath and wide open eyes, and, though she did not know of his hope, she saw that aan--ave. like the brav- candle in MISTAKES." 902. -- 5 a dog, meant rats for them, and any one thus gofug forth was usually fol lowed by a hovering flock, ready and impatient for the sport they had learned to expect. A rat brought to hand by the dog was quickly tossed in alr, where the birds were ready to snatch it, sometimes with a contest on the wing for the disputed possession. One form of this sport, a sort of aerial polo, which seemed to be as good fun for the birds as for the observers, con- sisted In tossing two rats into the air nt the same moment, not singly and apart, but tied together with about beneath until snatched | ! by the second winner, when, after a quick, sharp struggle and a taut strain on the cord, the bird with the weaker th The chief clerk thought he recog- nized a chance of breaking the news gently and seized it. "The gacaucy, sir," he replied. "yacfney? What vacancy?" "Cashier, sir." "But we want no cashier, Jorkins." "Beg pardon, sir; but we've a vacan- cy for one!" "Jorkins, are you mad?' "No, sir, That Is, sir, I don't know, slr. Fact is, sir--all the cash ls gone Bridge Across the Niagara. "1 remember," sald a bridge con- hold was compelled to let go. This then went on as a continuous perform- ance, with somewhat Jonah-like but rapidly repeated disappearances and reappearances of the little rats, swal- lowed and reluctantly disgorged by the birds in quick succession until the flock, thoroughly exhausted by their impetuous flight and extraordinary exercise, alighted on the ground for a ghort truce, when the two temporary | stakéholders would be found sitting will ever know what Bones | face to face, keenly eying each other from opposite ends of the string still | connecting them, each anxiously on | | a great shout from the men, who were | the sharp lookout for sudden jerks and unpleasant surprises, while all the oth- er pursuers gathered around in a ring, walting for the two prize birds to fly. | | The general aspect of all participants seemed to verify the familiar ada | oy ° * hge | him, but he yas too high up to hear. | that the pleasure is not in the game, but in the chase. ete A My Hair) DIRS | "] had a very severe sickness & that took off all my hair. I pur- § | chased a bottle of Ayer's Hair § | Vigor and it brought all my hair § | : back again." | W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, Til. § | tractor some time ago while on the ll ae ians | Antics on an Unfinished | | subject of workmen's daredeviltries, | "when working at the big bridge | across the Niagara when the two can- | talever arms had approached within | fifty feet of each other a keen rivalry | as to who should be the first to cross sprang up among the men. A long plank connected the two arms, leaving about two and a half feet of support at each end, Strict orders were issued that no one should attempt to cross the plank upon penalty of Instant dis- | wmissal. "At the noon hour I suddenly heard | all starting up. Raising my eyes, I saw a man step on the end of that | plank, stop a minute and look down into the whirlpool below. I kuew he was going to cross, and I shouted to Deliberately he walked out until he reached the middle of the plank. sagged far down with his weight until I could see light between the two short supporting ends and the cantilevers on which they rested. He saw the end in front of him do this, hesitated and looked back to see how the other end was. It | "I thought he was going to turn. He | stopped, grasped both edges of the plank with his bands and, throwing his feet up, stood on his head, kicking his legs In the air, cracking his heels together and yelling to the terrified on- lookers. This he did for about a min- One thing is certain,-- Avyer's Hair Vigor makes § | the hair grow. This is § | because it is a hair food. § | It feeds the hair and the § | hair grows, that's all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and al- ways _ restores - color to hiflan made his way out of the house, and 'the child was left the long night with the dead. When morning came, she beat upon a window until attention was attracted aud men broke In the door and rescued | her. It was not the police who found the kidnapers, but old Bones. It was not a public officer who had eagerly sought a battle with the ruffians and yielded up his life after a herole fight, but simply an old vagabond of Apple- gate market. And his eulogy and his epitaph were the words of the child who saw him do battle for her: "He was old and dirty and ragged, but he was a man!" eee The Politician as am Actor. There are multitudinous small things which, as a little man, one would sup- pose must press heavily upon an ewmli- pent politician. He must be civil to all men--civiler perhaps to the fools than to any. The fools he has always with bim--always. The eminent poli- ticlan must serve as the especial butt to a vast and wonderful a of bores. How he must despise the large major- ity of his so called followers! With what scorn he must regard them in his heart! And yet how he has to go out of his way to solicit the favor of their vote and interest! How he has some times to palter with a lie--he must have! How he must be all things to all men! He is an actor as much as any actor that ever trod the mimic stage, and be he sick or sad be has to give satisfac: tion to the audience in front if he would keep his situation. Ile has to struggle and strive to keep in his hands thie ends of fifty different strings which are being pulled in fifty different direc- | tions and preserve Lis balance and bis amid them all. d what is the end of it? What Is reward of. the eminent politician? when one considers this qnestion one is amazed to think that any hould think it worth his while the penalty of political great: --All the Year Round. ecient k An Epitaph. the 10th of February, 1736, died Basnett at the age of twenty who was buried In the church: 'of old St. Pancreas and upon tomb the following lines were eas honor and unsully'd truth; 'smiling innocence and blooming ale sweetness joined with manly sense; wit that never gave offense; , soft humanity that blessed the poor; saint eyed patience from affections 'modesty that never wore a frown; tue and recelys thy heavenly a stranger came this heartfelt nd Inscrib'd thy tomb whose tear hearse. AERIAL POLO. fic Ocean land on "Our Equatorigl Islands" tury, James [). Hague says: an amysing diversion to arge flat stones beneath rats were hiding in solid 'watch them as they scam- directions, pursued and « up by the man-o'-war crafty birds were apt to the appearance of 3 man $1.00 a bottle. All drugyists. If your druggist cannot supply you, send us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure and ive the name of your nearest express office. Address, J.C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. SCIENCE SIFTINGS. While volcanic eruptions are usually restricted in area, earthquakes are not. If all the mountains in the world | were leveled, the average height of the land would rise nearly 250 feet. The face of Jupiter presents a con- siderable number of markings, notably one great scarlet patch covering nearly 400,000 square miles. The amount of heat produced by an average man in a day's work would be suflicient to raise sixty-three pounds of water from freezing to boiling point. Cirrus clouds were once observed at | a height of 43,800 feet. This is by far the greatest height at which cloud vapor has ever been noted above the surface of the earth. Experiments made while in a balloon | show that when a height of 15,000 | feet has been reached the number of corpuscles in the human blood have in. creased by one-third, | The atmospheric pressure upon the surface of an ordinary man is 32,400 | pounds, or over fourteen and a half tons. The ordinary rise and fall of the barometer increases or decreases this pressure by 2,500 pounds. eee His Offhand Manner. "Dan," said a contractor to one of his trusted employees, "when you are seeing about that lime this morning, 1 ,wish you to mention to Dempsey that 1 would like to have that bill paid. You needn't press it, you know, but just mention it to him in an offhand mau ner." "Yes, sorr." "] got the money from Dempsey," said Dan on his return. "I'm very glad. You merely alluded to it in an offhand way, | suppaso?" "Yes, sorr. 1 handed him the bill and told him if he didn't pay it I would let off my hand and give him a black eye that be wouldn't forget for a month, and be paid it at wanst."--London An- swWers. eg? Filial Sympathy. "When 1 was your age," said Mr. Goldbags sternly, "1 earned my own living." His son looked uneasy, but was sl lent. "Well, bave you nothing to say for yourself in that connection? "N-nothing, sir, escept that I 'sym- pathize with you, and congrifulate you on the faet that it's all over."--London Tit-Bits. Softening the Blow. The cashier of a certain firm bad ab- sconded, and the staff of clerks were deciding on a fit and proper person tv gequaint the head pf the frm of the tact on his arrival. Ultimately the matter was left in the hands of the head clerk, possibly because none of the others cared to un- dertake the responsibility. There had been & dogfight In the | street, and a small crowd was just dis- persing as the chief's carriage dashed up. : Rwbats that crowd after, Jorkins?" demanded the head of the firm. oy ik. (rb ute. It s he let his feet drop down, stood up, | waved his hat and trotted along the d to me like forty. Then | plank to the other side and regained the ground. "We discharged him, of course, but what did he care? Ile got all the glo- ry, his fellows envied him, and he could command work anywhere." FRUITS AND FLOWERS. u | room. A layer of charcoal in the bottom of a flower bed is very beneficial In keep- | ing the soll fresh. In plowing in the orchard always turn the furrow toward the tree, and be careful not to injure the fine, fibrous roots. The life of an apple tree is often shortened because It grows in a poor, exhausted soil or one not properly drained. When ill or alling, handle the flowers little or wear gloves. Delicate plants are sensitive to human magnetism, good or bad. The roots of the strawberry often reach out five feet from the main stem; hence the plants should not be set too thickly. An apple or cherry tree Is much more valuable if it shoots out low. Trim from the top, as this will cause tho lower branches to grow out. Land that has been too rough for plowing may yet be sufficiently fertile to grow fruit trees and Is better than land that has been exhausted by crop- ping. Too Gorgeous Books. The author of "Elizabeth and Her German Garden," writing on the "Giv- ing of Books" in the Century, says: Gifts of books unddressed solely to the spirit should never be editions de luxe. Of what use is a book to me, however much 1 may want to read It, if it is so gorgeous that it must not be taken anywhere where rain might fall oun it, or where it might get muddy, or where a heedless gnat, caught by the quick turning of a leaf, might leave its legs in the pages, angering the owner of the defiled book, who does not want its legs, almost as much as it is itself angered by having to go on being a goat without them? 1 can no more take an overgorgeous book to my heart than 1 can fold my child in my arms when it is dressed for a party. A Light Sentence! A gentleman now living In New York tells the following story of a ne gro In Tennessee whose son bad been convicted of kiling a fellow workman. A few days after the trial the father was asked what disposition had been made of the case. ~Ol" he answered, "dey done send Johnson to jall for a mont." "That's a light sentence for killing a man. don't you think?' | "Yes answered the darky, "put at | de end of de monf dey done goin' to | hang "tm." een Diverse Appetites. "I wonder why donkeys eat thistles?" | gald tlie man who is always finding something peculiar in life. "Oh," answered the person who likes ' plain food, "there Is no accounting for taste. If a donkey were to give the matter a thought. I suppose he would wonder why human beings eat olives," 6 An Enviablg Position. Biggs--] met a man yesterday who makes his living by buying millinery. Boggs--Well, what of it? Biggs--Oh, votbing; only I've been buying millinery ever gince 1 was mar- ried, and 1 mever made any wmouey td hy mi wm | | | | The Veatllated llluminated Oven. Leave your culinary troubles, worries and expense behind you; enjoy the economy, the convenience, the absolute reliability of The " appv Thought." 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The exhilaration and good temper of the mountain elimber are coutrury feelings trem an opposite cause. A diver be- comes so angry at some imaginary wrongdoing on the part of those in the boat above that he giyes the signal to be pulled up, "with the intention of knocking the heads off the entire crew," only to forget what he came Wp for when the surface Is reached, Taking Out the Sting. One day at a rehearsal W. 8. Gilbert observed a girl crying and asked ber the cause of it. Between her sobs the girl declared sha bad been insulted by one of the CORs tumers, who had sald to her, "You are no better than you ought to be." Gilbert immediately looked very sym-& pathetic and sald, "Well, you are not, are you, my dear?" 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