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remarkable lake may be time dutihg the year, fully g even at its best when shining directly upon it. ul body of water is one of of the salt lakes and is sit- 'ear Obdorsk, Ribera. The lake 'within the memory of man was 'entirely roofed over by the salt de- | . Originally evaporation played most prominent part in coating the re over with salt, but at the present time the salt springs which surround it are adding fast to the thickness of Th 3 the long ago rapid evaporation of the lake's waters left great salt crys- | tals floating on the surface. In course of time these caked together. Thus the waters were finally entirely rvovered. In 1878 the lake found an underground outlet into the river Obl, which low- ered its surface about three feet. The crust was so thick, however, that retained its old level and now pre- gents the curious spectacle of a salt roofed lake. The salt coat increases six inches in thickness every year. The thany islands with hich the lake i8 studded are said to act as braces and to help keep the arched salt crust in position. Unique Hotel Rules, 1] owin are the rules and regula- 1 > certain hotel in Illi 'Guests are requested not to speak to the dumb waiter; guests wishing to get up without being called can have self rising flour for lunch. The office is convenient to all connec- tions; horses to hire, 25 cents a day. Guests wishing to do a little driving will find bammer and nails in the | closet. if the room gets too warm, open the window and see the fire escape. If you aré fond of athletics and like good jumping, lift the mattress and see the bed spring. If the lights go out, take a soda-- that is light enough for any man. Any one troubled with nightmare will find a balter in the barn. Don't worry about paying your bill; the house is supported by its founda- tion. ------------------ Modifying It. Mra. O. was horrified to discover that ter little seven-year-old daughter was acquiring the babit of alluding very freely to the devil, and at last she told | her determinedly that a repetition of the obnoxious word would bring severe punishnient. The child knew that her mother was | in earnest, so she sct a seal on her lips. At last she seemed to have forgotten it, but one Sunday Mrs. O, who had been too ill to go to church, asked her if she could tell what the minister had preached about in his sermon. "Oh, yes'm," she answered. "He preached about our Lord going up loto the mountain and being tempted by-- by--by the gentleman who keeps hell!" She didn't intend to ant risks of being punished, . . f They Never Imbibe. fhe Ona Indian is deserving of a figher place than he has hitherto oc- éupied In men's esteem if but for one trait. He foros the almost solitary éxception among aboriginal tribes in refusing to touch alcohol in any form. This policy of total abstinence is rigid- 1y adhered to In the face of cold, hun- ger and illness and even during the excitement of ceremonial rites. What éver his faults may be, judged from the white man's standard, the Ona of South America has at least the saving virtue of manliness. His ideal Is one of bodily prowess hardihood and en- durance. i -------- Their Fates fhe Tate Pr. Talmage once called on his lawyer and found two of his pa- rishioners there on legal business of a private nature. "Ah, doctor," called the lawyer in greeting, "good morning! Here are two of your flock. May I ask without im- pertinence if you regard them as black sheep or white?" "1 don't know as yet" replied Tal mage dryly, "whether they're black or white, but I'm certain that if they re main here Jong they'll be fleeced." -------------- Very Sad. } A Aes, it's very sad." Jl ip ed "How is that." "Why, he always beld that to train a wife properly you sbould eateh her while she's young, So he did." "Well?" "Well, it seems that she had the same idea about a busband, and now there's a crisscross of training ideas that is simply home wrecking.™ Why He Objected. "But, papa," pleaded the million aire"s daughter in behalf of the poor man she wished to marry, *"'sure- gt is no disgrace to work for a liv- Sr as " ' Fis My wife threatens to go on the lecture platform. Henpeckke--My wife doesn't need a Imperial Oil, Cempany. / platform.--Philadelpbla Record. story on him.-- Atchison Globe. "A MONTANA BLUFF." five Filipinos Flee. Phiiopines ppines of western nerve. were outside pair of deuces."--New York Tribune. 'miles wide ind seventeen long |. ! gwers sticks in the cap of woman is no wear it only in the town of Langum. ' villages he sometimes pretends to be, | are in no sense rivals of Langum Wo | trasting tastes of the tion. Their heterogeneity were impos- . jear--no. What I object worked for We have often wondered which _ comes first--the thought in the widow- er's mind of marrying again, or the Mow Four Troopers Made Sevemty- What Is regarded as one of the tallest Bluffs on record furnished Captain Bd- chief signal officer in the during the Insurrection, a story which he told as an exam- of Manila fn some 'serap," sald the captain, "and seventy-five natives were lying of 'their trenches and take to thelr heels in mad flight. The nerve of the | Montana troopers was too much for | them, When they had all fled, throw- Ing thelr rifies away as they ran, the troopers came back, their arms full of guns. That is what the army called 'a Jonas bluft It's the sort of nerve at lets a man open a jackpot on a | The Women of Langum. Woman supreme--without the ballot! 'And this feather which London An- | less brilliant because she is allowed to In that little Welsh neither is nor pretends to be. village man In other | but in this sequestered nook on the Pembrokeshire coast he 18 simply An- nie Willams man or Mary Jones' man and recognizes himself as such. In Langum woman is the dominating force in the market; she is the house The Hix Buying a w! . is of Range Range, --Quality onsus ; 1, is the least constantly adding to its price Range constructed. THE WM. BUCH 81 Rangez di There are three ess to consider when buying a and the Price. The price will last many years, and 1f, while a cheap Range is consumption of fuel. The t" Range and the most perfect nt. A go hen it saves in fuel it pays mpos 'Happy Thon the lightest fuel consumer Itis a Write the Manafacturers for hold financier, the family accountant, and in fact fills all the positions which %* R. J. Bruc PATENTS given. into his char, wi om| mado out RE on application. Parties Wishing may hie Bi the Observer or Standard Offizes, Perry, for dates claimed for Sales, and make arrangements, or write to his address Nov. 1, 1801, past should be a suff recom as to his ability. All Sale will be attended to 3 i wig ~ Sale list blank supplied free, 2 Wi Ee TN returning thanks to blio fort, Tafionage extended to me for o years, I would ret My afimateia : am, as usual, NOW fois for business, ; so a ve 5 |Large & Assorted Stock CHARGES MODERATE.' GEO. JACKSON, Port Perry P. in any other community, civilized or barbaric, are established by precedent given to man, Whether he of Langum has resigned or been divested of all re- gponsibilities of life is no part of this There is another important fact in Langum life--oysters, The place 1s fa- | mous for them. But Langum oysters mankind; thelr proverbial dumbness | precludes that. gible In a race of settled culture, In a race of common blood, in a country of | limited extent. But the United States fs a nation of nations. Its people are not Americans, but Englishmen and Scotsmen, Frenchmen and Germans, | Itallans and Spaniards of the third or | fourth or tenth generation, says the | Smart Set. Their taste in architec ! ture is a taste that was born on the sunny Mediterranean shore, in cozy Normandy orchards, in classic Spain and Italy, In baronial Scotland and England. It is revealed in the cha- teaus, the castles, the villas, the log | glas of Newport. Seville and Wel- beck, Florence and Falalse, here stand | side by side on the same strip of grass, separated only by a grille from Venice or Autwerp. mt ------ Noah Left the Ark on April 20. Saturday, April 20, is the day marked | fn all ancient calendars as being the | one upon which Noah and his family | quitted the ark after having withstood | the siege of the great deluge, The day | | 1s marked in all ancient calendars, es | pecially British, as egressus Nom de | arca, the 17th of March, the day upon which Noah, his family and their great flonting collection of natural history specimens set sall, being designated in the same c s of early printed litera- ture as Introitus Nog In arca, "the day of Noal's entrance into the ark." Why these days were chosen as the ones upon which the supposed embarkation and debarkation were made are enig- mas which tbe antiguarians have not yet solved. Instincts That Lead to Death. Professor Mivart proved that there are "instincts" that lead to death by failing to adapt themselves to a change of circumstance Migratory quail by thousands perish in the deserts of northern Africa, where their ancestors used to find a comfortable winter re- sort, abounding with forests and even with grainfields, if we shall credit Pliny's account of the Numidian coast lands. The forests are gone, but myri- ads of quail still follow in the same route at the risk of starvation. --e-------------- A Long Green One. "Bribem's interested in that bill you voted for," said the first councilman. "Sure," replied the other. "Don't you suppose 1 know that?" "Did he ask you personally to vote for it?" "Well--er--he note," just handed me 8 tan -- Repudlates It. "Where did that child get her man- ners?" "Not from my side of the house." "Why not?" "Because she hasn't any." In writing a letter the great genius is the one who remembers what should be left out.--Exchange, There i8 no crime. All crime Is igno- rance. Its remedy is education.--Free- dom. Rain and sweat have no effect on harness treated THE SNIPE. Much Lend Is Wasted on the Artfu Dodger at Migration Time. Gallinago delicata, but is a widely distributed species. its every state at some season. northward migration and the West Indies. in Outing. =i | horse warranted to be quiet to ride and story. | in harness and a good trotter to boot; bad lovited a friend to nccompany him for a trial drive. the horse bolted, ran fgalnst a heap of stones lying In the road and pitched both occupants violently into the lane. Newport's Architecture. | disappeared, leaving the buggy sbafh. ones of Nowpart Sord-8 | eps und » Heap of Wreckage Rylands "ron Been Jon und.» feap of wreckage. Rolands. American Da: | «wpat on earth are you laughing at?' dejectedly inquired the friend. | 600 gulneas for his "Chelsea Pension- | to spend G00 guineas for a picture." The snipe, properly Wilson's snipe, commonly known as English snipe and wrong: fully called half a dozen other names, It vis Its extends within the arctic circle, while it is known to go southward to northern South America Comparatively few of the birds which move north- ward from February until May breed south of the international line. It i8 quite true there are breeding grounds at various points of the northern states, but the great breeding range extends from latitude 42 degrees north to some undetermined point much nearer the pole than most sportsmen will venture. Some {ime in September the first | southbound birds pass below the Cana- dian grounds, and soon most of the suitable marshy bits of east and west have their share of long billed prizes. Then begins an astonishing attack which extends from ocean to ocean and.) 'generally sweeps southward from Can- ada to California. Probably tons df | lead, half of which is wasted, are fired | at the artful dodger.--Edwyn Sandys Why He Laughed. Rylands, who had purchased a new They had not gone very far when When they recovered, the horse had "Why, the fellow. who sold me that horse lent me the buggy! --m------ Wellington as an Art Connoisseur. In his "Reminiscences" Frederick Procrastin atio oveant Goodall tells a story of Wellington as an art connoisseur. He paid Wilkie ers" and laboriously counted out the amount in cash. When the artist sug- gested that it would be less trouble to write a clieck, the great duke retorted that would not let his bankers know hat a blank fool I have been he Jr SECA, Acquired Greatness. It is the saying of a great man that if we could e our descents we should find all s gs to come from princes and all princes from slaves. Give me blood acquired in preference to blood inherited--'"to be born of one- self," as Tiberius said of Curtius Ru- fus. Condensed. Sideshow Man -- See here, your pa- per said the biggest snake in my state fair show was twenty feet long when it's really thirty-one feet. Bditor--Sorry, but we were crowded for space erday and had to cut ev- erything down. AN ENGLISHMAN'S WIFE. She Is Really Her Husband's Business Partner and Acts It. "In England," says Ainslee's Maga- zine, "a man's wife is in reality his | partner, and whether or not the two | are in harmony with each other in af- { fection in all material things they rec. ognize that their fortunes are lrrevoca- bly bound together, that the interests of both are quite identical and. that each has just as strong a motive for making things go well as has the other, since they share equally the labor and the reward therefrom, They may have thelr private disagreements, but they front the world together, The wife takes the keenest interest in the most minute details of everything that af- fects her husband's welfare. She knows bis income to a penny. She manages ber household as a chancellor of the exchequer manages the nation's outlay, so that the annual budget shall not only avoid a deficit and shall acecu- rately balance, but so that it shall show a surplus. She will practice a rigid economy if necessary, and in do- ing so she will feel that she is merely carrying out her share of the marriage contract. It is the man's part to make money; it is her part to help him save it. She plans nothing for herself apart from him, She cannot think of him as fu anything apart from ber. If he is {n political life, she enters into his am- bitions with intelligence and zeal. She will write his letters for him and ep- tertain his constituents. She will study the bluebooks and teach herself to un- derstand the public questions with which he has to deal, so that she may discuss them with him and follow his career intelligently, She belongs to him, in fact, as he belongs to her. There is not much display of sentiment In an English household after the first year of married life bas ended, but there is the bond of a common interest which grows stronger every day and every year and which gives to man and wife a unity of purpose and of feeling that will beyond comparison outlast the cobweb tissues of emotion- allsm." PRA nt SE ISTHE THIEF OF TIME it is also the rob"er that steals from many a business man the opportunity to become wealthy. ..« IT ISN'T A BIT TOO EARLY to plan for something good in advertising for fall and winter business. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE:=- a large space in THE OBSERVER or a Circular, or something of the kind, and'it is always better to be early than late. 3 OF DOUBLE AND SINGLE 'HARNESS [PROMPTLY SECURED] METHODIST CHURCH, | which I amdotermined to sell very CHEAP. Wi for our interesting books ** Im 4 ---- As an Eto Casn p or's Help'® and *' How you are Wi REV. G. H. COPELAND, Pastor. E b Send us a rough r model of your in- Sabbath Services, 10.30 and 6.30. Week Evenin =A Disctunt [) 1 I o are Aaa Benen, Thun 100 porhit tentable. Rel ovenene | | Strangers welcome and conducted to seath will bo allowed on all Sales from now uni n successfully prosecuted by us. Wi conduct fully 4 d offices f A and Washin; 3 thisqualifies us to ly dispatch ok and quick} tente} broad asthe inven noes rnished. : Patents procured through Marion & Ma- rion receive special Botiee withou! hago» Ver 100 new: 8 b he Dominion. pe Sabbath Bervioes, 10.30 and 7.00. Week Evenin Jan. 1st next. All work being gr MADE BY HANDE€3 factory work k in stock, is of So oanir i at ak, 4 ; 2 ied nbn ad BPP ning purchasers will ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. (PRESBYTERIAN.) REV. W. COOPER, B.A, Pastor. Service, Thuraday 7.30. Patent 0} ot 1 giving me a call before | the yoan be suited it; ce | BAPTIST CHURCH. puta long ex! OHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, Bunday--Matins, 10.30 a.m. Evensong, 7 p.m. Sunday thing in oy Nao o constantly on hand and rep! promptly attended to. JOHN ROLPH. Port Perry, Dec. 1, 1892. REV. MR. LOCK, M. A., Incumbent. Sehool; 2.30 p.m. Weilnesdny--Evonsong, 7.30 p.m. Central Cd Livery PORT PERRY. | | BARTILY thanking the public for the liberal patronage received during the ! ve kept a Livery Establish mentin Port Perry, Ihave much pleasure in announcing that I have removed MY LIVERY ! to my former place of business Water Street which Tam about to largely extend in- croase facilities so that the public may be better accommodated with safe and desir. able RIGS AT MODERATE CHARGES R. VANSICELER. Port Perry, June 21, 1000, North Ontario Observer A Weekly Political, Agricultural and Family Newspaper IS PUBLISHED AT FORT PERRY, ONT. THURSDAY MORNING BY H. PARSONS £1 por annum, if paid in advance ; if not $1.50 No subscription twken for. les we: and no paper discontinned ii arrears are paid up. EVERY TERMS, will be charge than six wor containing money, when addressed to thi prepaid aud registered will be at our risk. (T§ measared by Nonparlel, and ding to the space they occupy § received for publication, wit] ill be inserted unti ADVERTISE out Ep instructions, will forbid and charged sccordingly. No advertise ment will be taken out until paid for. A LIBERAL discount allowed to Merchants and other who advertise by the year or half year, THESE terms will in all cases be strictly adhered to JOB DEPARTMENT. mphlet Hund Bills, Posters, Programs, Dodgers, Bill Heads, Lotter Heads, Wedding Invitations, Blank Forms, Recelp Books, Busivers Card Books, Circulars, Assembly Onrds, Visiting Corde, &o of every style and color exccuted promptly sod us low rates us an; other establishment in the County... Parties from a distance gotting H, PARSONS. IN PORT PERRY FOR SATHI rVHE undersig bargain his fine property on He Was an Butcher. "Now, I rather pride myself on my ability to read character," sald the man who was given to buying detec- tive tales, "and yet why should I? It lly. a yery. | ng; reg 4 eas: pation. H cinl expression; bi tions, even his dress, are stamped by his daily work. You see that man sit- ting opposite us? Well, I am just as sure as though be Lad told me that he is a barber." "You are mistaken," replied his friend. "That man is a butcher." "Impossible!" exclaimed the amateur detective. "You never saw a butcher with slim white bands, like his." "Perhaps not," admitted the other, "but Lie Is a butcher just the same." "How do you know he 18?" "How do I know? Why, the scoun- drel shaved me once." -- Household Guest. g Burial Alive. Though it is possible that cases of burial of living persons may still oceur, fortunately they are more rare than in former times. Even the doctor's orders against Interment were not always obeyed, for the Gentleman's Magazine of 1751 relates the case of Richard Carson of Hay, Herefordshire, Eng- land, who was supposed to bave died, but a doctor declared that Carson still fived and ordered that be was pot to be buried. His relatives paid no heed to the injunction, and the body was com- mi to the grave next day. A per- clerk to open the grave, where the sup) Ww fuse sweat and bleeding at the nose. covery and soon died son pasing through the churchyard | heard a noise and prevailed on the posed corpse was found in a pro- Unfortunately the man was beyond re- ball and three closets ; there is a collar under the main part and under the kitchen repair, There : been converted into larg | premises a good bri kod and convenient Stable: Lots 108, 109, 110 on ready for crop. For particulars apply to Port Perry, Jan. 22, 1896. Check aos hand bills, &¢ printed can have then printed to take home with them, DESIRABLE PROPERTY 1 offers for sale at a Lorne Street, Port Perry, consisting of a commo- dious Dwelling House, containing six rooms, d stone ouadation all in a good etate of three lots which have a splendid Garden, in number of choice, thriv- Ella Stroct--all GEO. GARDNER, Agricultural Machines " R. 0. CHURCH. REV --. RICHARDSON, soaty ners IMPLEMENTS SUNDERLAND FIYHE undersigned keeps on hand and for sales the following Agricultural Mach ines and Implements manufactured by thé MR BML WEE C0 OI" PETERBORO: Binders, Reapers, Crown Mower, Daisy Seeder, Tiger Hay Rake, Two Furrow Plow, Three Furrow Gang, Combina- tion Plows, Champion Plows, S. T. Cultivator, 'I. Harrow, Land Roller, Steel Frame Spring Tooth Cultivator, Binder Trucks, &e. \& Magazine Furnishes Monthly to all lovers of Song and Music a vast volume of New, Choice Copyright Compositions by the most popular authors. 64 Pages of Plano Music Half Vocal, Half Instrumental 21 Complete Pieces for Plano Once a Month for 25 Cents. Yearly Subscription, $2.00. If bought in any music store at one-half off, would cost $5.25, a saving of $5.00 monthly. In one year you get nearly 800 Pages of Music, comprising 2562 Complete Pieces for the Plano. 1f you will send us the Name and Address of FIVE Piano and Organ Players, we will send you a copy of the Magazine Free. J. W. PEPPER, Publisher, Eighth & Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Jdso the following, tho munufacture of JOHN ABEL, Toronto. High class Threshing outfits, Tractiod Engines and Machines, Victor Clover Huller, Portable Triumph Engine. T am prepared to supply everything the farmer requires in way of Machines, Imple* ments, Repairs, &e #7 A call solicited, McDonald's Hotel One door West of R. K. BRYANT. Sunderland, April 8, 1593. pAINTING Sealed Tenders. Kalsomining, 8c |S: TENDERS will be received by the undersigned fof RE : 'he purchase of all or any of the FYI E undersigned would take this oppor | Parcels-- Farm Properties -- belong tunity of thanking his numerous pat ne advertise ye rnir Hinarat and still Increasing | 08 10 Mr. John Adams, advertised o be sold 'by auction on the 23rd patronage during the time he has carried ot i the business of November, and withdrawn at the sale. PAINTING in Port Perry, and would state that he i: better prepared than ever to execute al orders for Painting, Kalsomining and Paper Hanging Parties entrusting their work to me may rely on having it neatly and promptly exe cuted, My charges are moderate. 1 am also prepared to supply Paints, &c,, when contracting, A continuance of public patronage soli cited. J. A. McGILLIVRAY, Temple Building, Toronto. Nov. 30, 1899. MONEY TO LOAN. We have funda from private parties for investment off mortguge at 4) PER CENT. and those who wih t8 renew old mortgages, buy more land or build, may obtain nioney from ue without auy delay, (and very luietly). We have customers who want to buy im. farms: ulto those who would exchange bust . Ifyou huve fins or other pro. pertica for sale, commercial, mechanical, or business of (ny kind, please send us price and description of same Fire and Life Insurance effooted, and a general nancial and brokerage business transacted. LUND & 28 Victoria Street, WM, TREMEER, Port Perry, Mar. 23, 1893, Soros The Portraits of our Presidents With Biographical Sketches BY General Charles H. Grosvenor, MEMBER oF CONGRESS FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS JOHN NOTT, UNDERTAKER, and Funeral Director, . PORT PERRY. Contains twenty four large Photo-grayure Etchings from the paintings indorsed by the families and neat relatives of the Presidents, Printed on heavy plate paper embossed. A very large book ; title page de: signed by Tiffany Biographical sketches printed int large, open type in two colors The greatest work of the 20th Century. So beautifulthat whon President SicKinley saw it hie subscribed immediately, One agent selling 600 copies in a émall -terttory in Pen asylvanin. A willion copies will be wold gick. Fors tunes will be made this Inaugural year, igh clase nan or woman of good social standing can make # fittle fortune in this territory. Territory is ony rapidly. Presses running day and night to orders, Wanted -- State Manager to look after corresponds ence and agents, Address to-day THE CONTINENTAL PRESS, CORCORAN BUILDING Washington, D, C. GEO. GARDNER ISHES to inform the public of Port Ww Perry and surrounding country, tha after four years experionce in prosecutin, his business in some of the largest cities o1 the - United States, he is better prepared than ever to execute any of the following branches of his trade :--Stone Masonry. Brieklaying in all its branches; Plain and Ornamental Plastering, Also Artificia' tone Walks, that will remain permanent and will endure any weather, Concrete Cisterns without any wood in their con struction to decay or give out. If you are in need of any of the above, come to me anc obtain prices, All materisl required in my line will be kept constantly oy hand, and ANTED -- TRUSTWORTHY ANC active gentlemen or ladivs to tarve | for reaponsble, established house in Ontario Monthly $65.00 and expenses. Tosition (t's a strong Statement the greatest help to the "The Canadian Grocer." : some valuable | sample copy and be convinced, | TORONTY, 'but a straight fact, when we say that live and general storekeeper in A You cannot read it without getting Ain 2 i cent for & post card and send for a | The MacLean Pub. Co., Limited} . teady. Reference. Enclosesclf-nddressed " for acceptable ideas. | tam ped onvelope. The Dominion Com R a: State If 7 2 |p by. Dept. Y Chicago, ie en dae THE PATENT RECORD, 5 ek a Baltimore, Md, 4 n price ATENT 3 per annum. Samples free. $900 , Vomantoroa CL -- ing business in thisand adjoining Cou to act as Manager and Col can be dono a your goroton tanped envelope for It Ai 6 fticuias J} ue ost 0 et si u, D.C. J bi ding, if ni Treasury, Washinigtor FINDING my Livery accomny 'dation onPerry St. curtailed, it being far too gall to 8 ihe quirements ol 3 Ba ly increasin business I have commodious Livery" Offices Stables On Queen Street The Light of the Word { | ~----OR: Our Saviour In Art nearly §100,000 to : ' cost en, YEARLY to Christian LOr woman L lookin an meet the re: for a term : years and taken possession of he: al "