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pent -- PORT PERRY, PROVIN HEAD OFFICE TORONTO, ONT. Capital (Paid Up) Rest - i 2 ESTABLISHED 1867. 2,500,000 BUSINESS WITH FARMERS In addition to handling Paper, this Bank makes a special business of Loans to Farmers, and the discount- | ing of Farmdrs' Sales Notes at reasonable | rates of iuterest v Careful and prompt attention is also given to the collecting of Notes, etc SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Specinl Attention Is Directed to tite Following Advantages offered by our Savings Bank: Deposits of One Dollar and upwards received and interest allowed at current rates Interest is added to the deposit Twice 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 No Charge is m depositing mone Port Perry Branch of the deposit le withdrawing or on W. H. DUNSFORD, Manager nD" D. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Vict University ; M.B. Toronto Uni Membr or the College of Physicians 1s, Ont.; Lideuti of Surgeons, Edin f the yal College barg ; Member of th and Surgeons Pupil of the . Glasgow ; Lolunda for Women, Office and Residence, second door west of Davis' Furniture Emporiom, Qneen Street, Office hours--09 to 11a and 2 to 5 p.m, and even I have taken as partoer, 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. 1 FROCTER (SUCCESSOR TO DR CLEMENS ) M.D CM. of Trinity College University, Toronto, with Honor Certificate. ¥F w of ity Medical College, Toronto. wn. of Col. of Pi Licentiate of Ur ys and Surgeons, Ont., of State of New York old site ysich sity Office and residence on Dr. Clemens' Opposite Town all PORT PERRY NOTICH. R. J. H. SANGSTER, Physician, Sur geon and Ac heur W. A and Dr Sangster, Dentist, may on and after ro-day, be found iu their new Surgical and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will be found as | re, prepared to attend to their respective professions in all their branches Port Perry Dec, 8, 1897 DR. 8. J Puvsiciax, Suraros, MELLOW, &o. Port Pe.ry 1to3 pm, Office and Residence, Queen St. i 8 to 10 a.m. ; and Telephone in office and house, open night and day over the lines south, connected with the residence of G. Li Port Perry, Nov. 15, 1594 WM. H. HARRIS, BA. LLB. re hours venings MONEY TO LOAN. Private Funds at 4 per cent. Feb. 1, 1901 N. F. PATERSON, K. C., Barrister, Solicitor, Notary P c, &c., . Nos. 310 311, Temple Building, Cor. Bay and Richmond Streets, Toronto. Toronto, March 81, 1808. E. FAREWELL, K C., LL.B., Count, +) . Crown Attorney, Barrister, County Sol- gitor, &e., Notary Public and Conveyancer Dftfice--South wing Court House, Whitby, Ont. H. McCAW, . ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Ont, Port Perry, Dec. 19, 1883. "WM. SPENCE, T>wnship Clerk, Commissioner, &c. 8 prepared to Loan any quantity of Money on improved Farm Security at 6 and 7 per cent (Trust funds). All kinds of Conveyancing executed with neatness and dispatch. Office--One door west of Town Hall, Manchester, Manchester April 11, 1688, The mails are despatched from the Post Office Port Perry as follows : Going North-- 0.30 a. m. Gping South--11.20 a. m. Going North 5.15 p. in.' $8,000,000 | Commercial Robson, V.8. | | their interests Western Bank OF CANADA Port P Savings Bank Department. Deposits received at the highest current rates, Interest calculated and credited to each depositor semi-annually, H. G. HUTCHESON, MANAGER. Port Perry, June 26; 1897. 00,000 ST SRLING (British Capital) To lend at 4, 45 and 6 per cent on good Mortgage security. Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, Port Perry, Ont. MONEY TO LOAN. riber is prepared to LEND OUNT on Farm Security AT 5 PER CENT, A on Village Property [= RTGAGES BOUGHT. WA HUBERT L. EBBELS, Barrister Office next $0 Ontario Bank J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, oms in the Leonard Block over Mr, J H. Brown's Office.) PORT PERRY branches of Crov Dentistry including and Bridge Work su cessfully practiced th on Gold ibher Artifical 1. Silver Plates Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Aluminum Painless extraction when required: AF Prices to suit the times® W. A. SANGSTER, DENTAL SURGEON. )ffice over the Post Office Office Hours--9 to 2 to 6 p,m Also open Saturday evenings a.m £7 Gold Fillings, Bridge and Crown | Work a Specialty, Vitalised Air. Dr F D. McGrattan (DENTIST) L.D.S. of Royal College of Dental Surgeons, also D.D.S. of Toronto University Block Drug Store Office hours--8 a.m. t08.30 p.m, tort Petry, April 9, 1002. JOS. BAIRD ICENSED AUCTIONEER for the 4 County of Ontario. Sale Register at thre Onsrrvir Office Patronage solicited. Manchester, Jan 1899. fice in the Allison over Allison's 19 AUOTIONEER. ITYHE undersigned tukes this opportuaity of returning thanks for the very liberal patrcnage he has received as Auctioneer in the past, The increased experience and extensive practice which I have had will be tarned to advantage of patrons, and parties favoring me with their sales may rely on sing fully protected. No ERSTE for parties placing their sales ih my hand My Sale Register will be found at the Leland House, Csarea. THOS. SWAIN. Cesarean, Aug. 26, 1896. 'WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Yaluator &c. YOR the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Mara, Rama, Mariposa and Eldon Partiesentrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmsot attention being given to their intrests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland. PROF. 8. J. COHN RACTICAL OPTICIAN and Eye and Ear Spgeialist, 176 Wilton Ave, Toronto will visit Port Perry once in six month.-- All orders entrusted to him warranted t ive satisfaction. ~REFERENCRs--Mr. W. cGill, Mr. D. J Adams and Mr, John Nott, Port Perry PATE Our fee returned if we fail. Any one sendin, sketch and description of any invention wi Jest ly receive our opinion free concerning he patentability of same. 'How to Obtain a Patent" sent upon request. Patents secured through us advertised for sale at our expense. Patents taken out thr us receive special notice, without charge, in THE PATENT RECORD, an illustrated and widely circulated journal, consulted by Manufactu: and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO. (Patent Attorneys,) , B. 6 W. BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third ») , Division Court, fice in Peet Office Block, Port Perry, oe Abbott & McKitrick Licensed Auctioneers and Valuators for the Township of Reach, Village Pp. of Port Pi and To : of Scugog. EG TO INTIMATE to the general public thet ary business tinder the above head intrustéd to their care will receive their best attention in every respoc to secure the greatest With Sale Lists caref Blank Fofms furnisned G j, and make it profitable | togeth for sa there, or apply personally or b; : etter to either Ton A BOTT, "Port juny or JAS. McKITRICK, Greenbank. F. SMITH, General Carter | Takes pleasute in returning thanks to the public for the esteethed pat ronage bestowed on him since com mehcing the business Carting and would state that he is fully equipped to do d [CARTING AS IT SHOULD BE f 0 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. Sittings of the Division Courts OOUNTY OF ONTARIO. 1902. WHITBY Clerk, D. C. Macdonell, Whitby ury 8, February 4, March 4, April 9, May6, J Ju y 4, September 4. October 6, ember 4. Jan. 6, 1003 Janu ne 3 November 4, De OSHAWA Clerk, D. ( | 9, February 5 | July, Septenibe BROUGHAM Clerk, M. Glee y 10, March 6, May 9, July | ember 7, Jan, 8, 1903. 3. PORT PERRY Clerk, J. W. Burnham, Port Perrs Janidars 14, March 7, May 13, July §, Seplember | 12, November 11, Jan. 8, 1603. 4 J G | 5. CANNINGTON Clerk, ( Smith, Cannington January 16, March 20, May 29, July 10, Seplembe 25, November 20, Jan. 15, 1403. y y 6. BEAVERTON - Clerk. (eo. ¥. Bruce, Beavorton | January 15, March 19, May 28, September 24, Nov ember 19, Jun. 14, 1903 7. UPTFRGROVE--( Thos. P. Hart, Uptergrove Murch 18, Muy 27, September 23, November 1 By order J. E. FAREWELL Clerk of the Pe Dated at Whitky; Not: 23rd, 1901 | Located in Our New Premises | S.T.Cawker&Son | | | | that they | comfort ably ensconsed in mises in | | new pre are now their the Purdy Block Public an ample supply of \CHOIGE, FRESH MEATS | at prices that cannot fail to please A full supply of Meats of the | best grades, and in dimension where the will always fin very cut to please the most fastidious All attention. orders will receive prompt S. T. CAWKER & SON March 5, )2 TICKETS TO ALL FARTS OF THI WorLp.--Mr. W. H. McCaw, Port Perry, 1S 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 best routes, &c. In addition to his numerous Ticket Agencies for Rail- road and Steamship lines, he has been re appointed Ticket Agent for the Grand Trunk Railway. Parties | intending to travel will consult their own interests by consulting Mr. McCaw before embarking on a trip. TO CONSUMPTIVES. The dndersigned having been restored to health by a simple means, 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, he will send (free of charge) a copy of the prescription ased. which they will find a sure cure for Consumption. Asthma, Catarrh, Bronehitis avd all throat and lung Maladies. e hopes all sufferers will try his remedy, as itis invala- able. Those desiring the prescription, which will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing, will please address, Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, + Brooklyn, New York. -- Goop SHOE VALUES. Women's shoes, adapted for short skirts, new manish shape--hand sewed and welted in box enamel---- patent leather and vici kid lace or button ; the new Louis XV heels in all leathers for dress wear--high arch---band turn flexible soles. See my window. It affords a view of stylish footwear that is not to be found any place else. Every shoe shown, every price named can be duplicated in your size inside. A. F. CARNEGIE. Cook's ResTauranT.--Headquar- ters for Oysters. Fresh Fish, or a delightful F.uncheon. First door east of Thi OESERVER office, = Amid the Sighing Ping From Frost and OU Just now a number of 8g are plannig where { 1 the winter and no doubt § "of them will do as they in the past, buy round sion tickets, good fot' to hern Pines, N ntto make, si they desire STL At avorable rates and thus save necessary expenses. . Southe Pines ig the Head Quarters foi | Northern Tourist It 1s located in | the high sand hills among the Loug | Leaf Pines on the Seaboard Air { Line Railway, which is one of the most direct between New York, Washington, and Jackson- ville, Florida. We advise our readers expecting to take a to write to Mr. John T. Patrick, Pinebluff, N. C., and he will send them free of charge, printed matter that will be of much interest. routes who are EZ Klondyke, British Columbia North-West Territory and Man- itoba. Parties going to any of the above parts call on A / Davis, C.P.R ticket agent, for information rates, &c, - a For Over Sixty Years MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING BYRUP has Leen ns of mothers for their children while and broken of you crying with pain of once and got a bottle of "Mrs. for Children Teething. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Depend It cures and Bowels, Cures used by mil tecthing. If disturbed at night rest by a sick child suffering and Cutting Teeth, send nt Winslow's Soothing Syrup there is no mistake lout it. upon it, mothers, Dinrrhaes, Regulates the Stomach Win Colic, Softens the Gums, Reduces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole aystem. Mrs. Winslow's So thing Syrup for Children Teething is ' cription of one of the s and nurses in the Price tweuty ¢ cents a bottle. Bold sure and ask WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. X sts throughout the world. Be for *' MRS, Va TISH TO ANNOUNCE that | The Winter Layers are the Fowls that Pay. There is Big Money in BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS WHITE WYANDOTTES BUFF ORPINGTONS THE GREAT WINTER LAYERS nghten your Flock of Poultry with the addition of some pure beed young Cockerls. A choice lotfor Sale at reasonable prices. N. INGRAM, Cochrane St., Port Perry -- We have not advanced the price of our tobaccos. Amber smoking tobaeco, | Bobs, Currency and Fair Play chewing tobaccos are the same size and: to the consumer as formerly. Weliav: also extended the time for the vedemp- tion of Snowshoe tags to January det, 1903. (THE EMPIRE TOBACCO €O: Stre The undersigned having op business in the Shop aly engl ty Mn. Just west of Drs. Archer & Arc Office, 1s prepared to do all kind of General Blacksmithing at R onable Charges. HORSE-SHOEIN A Specialty and Satisfaction Guaranteed. ! Patronage Solicited. C. Port Perry, Sept, 16, 1go2. AGENTS WANTED. FOR "STORY OF £0 A AFRICA" by John Clark Ridpath, LL.D. BKilis, M.A.. J. A. Cooper, | "Canadian Magazine," Toronto, and J. H | London, (nt. who has returned this week | years' travelling in South Africa for us. adian Publishers who have South Africa for nineteen yesrs, giving us so Mdvantage in Jrocuring bhotoRrabis and mate press und eng are superio Canadian Contingents better illustrated than val wor«. So.sure are w- of this that will © for comparison our 0 rival prospe tus. Circulars World PuLlishing Company, Guelph, Ootario. Grand Trunk Railw : TIME TABLE. Port PERRY. GOING SOUTH. GOING 7-25 a.m. 9.51 a.m. 11.35 a.m. 5.40 p.m. 7:33 pan. 7.33pm Southern trip] li fp [Trrus : ~$1 Per Axyox x Anvascr] S8TMAS DECORATIONS. | mat nigat. America's Supply dof Mintle- ebration begins. All lights are then toe Comes From. er year Christmas comes and extinguished in the house; no fire, no light is visible. The children crowd to- joys and merrymaking 10sing gether in fear and remain perfectly si- of interest and sentiment for lent, as otherwise they know they will or old, and, while always new receive none of the presents brought on in their giving of pleasure, py the Chtist Child and lald at the en- With alterations in detail only. y would hardly seem lke without the hanging am "are the m holly, whose very names carry one to the days of ancient English 1 cheer and Yuletide, with wassail bowl, Yule log and joyous merrymaking. The most favored mistletoe comes from across seas, but some is sent from Canada and the south, where, particu arly in Texas, it grows fu large clumps 'on the live oak trees, always to the lat. ter's gradual destruction, for, being a parasite, it saps the oak's lifeblood, flourishing luxuriantly the while. It is not so artistic in appearance as its Eng lish cousin, the leaves more common- place and thie berries smaller and poorer in quality, though more id quantity Strange to say, the Texas mistletoe, like the prophet in country, is not greatly prized at home, and at few of the Chrigtmas festivities does it make part of the decoration in all other quarters a cluster of the oddly shaped green leaves and opaque white berries must almost of necessity be suspended in the doorway or from the chandelier when Christmas comes in, and it never f jesting and merriment, for a kiss stolen wunder the mistletoe is one and the pilferer cannot with justice receive rebuff.--Selected his own while to cause the same 8 right 8. CLAUS' MAIL HELD UP. Bushels of Letters That the Old Man Never Will Receive Sometimes the address on the envel ope starts "Deer which, of course, means "Dear," and again it is "Dere" or "Deir," But even these remarkable spellings are nothing compared with the two words that follow. They read "Santy Klaws" or Sant Clos" or "Saint Claus," and they are in hand writings compared to which Babylenle cuneiform is as a primer They are coming into the dead letter office in this city by the hundreds these days, and, although the clerks in that division are the most painstaking of thin dnd cad decipher fu actual ad dress from a mass of hierogyipls. they 4 never have been able to learn the exact 'Yl home of one 8 location of either the business office or Claus, Esq., manufat turer of toys fo these letters never reach their des | tination. They would be returned to the senders only for the sad fact that when they are opened the inclosures almost in ly look f a spider | had got drunk on a bottle of ink and | had tried to perform a mixture of highland fling and cakewalk or the pa per. The most that can be made out is | the invariable beginning ise bring me" | Last year in the dead letter division | there was a bushel basket of these mis ever to be seen by Santa ar letter boxes are gives, doomed I Claus. And this ye furnishing additions at tion.--New York Press. | | CHRISTMAS IN JAMAICA, | | \ Tropleal Celebration With Claus Left Out The white peoy fr J wate Christmas in spirit rather th I ery collec Santa { | | | | wetive | Jlaus is unk vn here, for w | ris Kringle « 1 his fur raime nd where what snow Qutdoor few | ith his reinde udeed of the ® and fewer st ple know ver saw It | 1estion, and even sport is out « 1e q lawn tennis cannot be substituted for the skating and tobogganing of the porth. The white people sit or swing in hammocks under the cool shade of the palm trees and look with curious interest over the holiday numbers of English and Ame their strange pictu and read the stories of Christmastide In the land of Kris Kringle and Jack Frost. After sundown there are social gatherings, at which the guests sit out Oh tlie verandas, eat ice cream, fan themselves and while away the even Ing with conversation and in that "gweet doing nothing" way that is such a feature of life in the tropics Very many of the white people of Ja- maica were born in the island and so know nothing of the Christmas cus toma of the north. 1 magazines, with es of Snow scenes, quite a number of Americans and Brit- ishers here, and these try various ways #11 to get up a semblance of Christmas, but It is like the crew of a polar expedition tf bound in the Arctic circle, and their '| Christmas is | cence. mostly one of reminis Still wintering in the tropics is not without its compensating advan- | tages, and although Christmas here Is apt to be a pretty lonesome time to Americans, they are very apt to find cause for congratulation after the fes- tive season is over in the fact tbat they are safe from the cold, the snow, the slush and the blizzards of the north. YULETIDE IN AUSTRIA. Customs and Legénds of the Non- German Population. Yuletide as kept by the non-German {4 | Population of Austria is very pictur "esque. On Christmas day the Poles in Galicia first attend mass and then sit own to family supper. The chief dish on the table contains consecrated eggs, I'which the father distributes. After eat- Ing, all eyes are closed and all heads 'bowed down to the table in the belief hat Jacob's ladder is then descending heaven to earth and down the ladder Is are coming to bless the Worship and to carry away their earthly troubles to heaven. Among the che the legend runs that he Who strictly fasts on Christmas eve But there are also | old customs continue to pre- trance of the house. 'will gee the holy Christ in bis dreaws | The older fe- males amuse themselves by throwing heated lead into water and gathering ; of from the forms it assumes some hint greens, and, though a greater ag to the appearance of their future bands.--Pittsburg patch letoe Year's day is safely over. Fidella--Yes; it is a saddening anni versary. Clarissa--Oh, I don't mean that Clarence and I always have a horrid quarrel suggesting improvements In each other's conduct. To 'Naughty-twao. Come in, New Year, come In, come in; Don't stand out there in the cold and grin Put on some clothes; your legs are bare; You haven't half enough to wear The old man's gone; the coast is clear The world's your oyster, kid New Year! Chicago Tribune Stock on Hand. Going to make any new res Spikes? 1 should say not I've never Bradds olutions this year Spikes--~New ones? I've got a lot of old ones used, by Jove! Wreckage. break Break break waves of the sea-- Only t That the fool h made, ah, me! 8. E. Kiser, Ax Good as New "How about you made the first of the year? "Oh, they are still good Smart Set those good resolutions Foolish Resolutions. The New Year's vows that Perkind made To keep will prove a strain He vowed to shave himself this year And use not words profane. Lair Falls ER CH AARC Tey TAKS Ayer's Hair Vigo certainly the most eco- nomical preparation of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. It deesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray hair. $1.00 & bottle. All druggists. annot supply you, Wd we will express and giv 6 the name press office. Address, AYER CO., Lowell, Mass Year's Calls New of strangely New York was early New purely Year's calli the outg Dutch etstom, yet many of the descenda Dutch sett] tinuance 12 in wth an enough ts of the early 1st t cof ch they de ht ag of beyond clared had 1 mit the bou the fathers ind had beer the ed it excuse for grea ought of good res In the land the I New Ye ter of du their friends. The m were which forming excesses on a to be given over to the utions days of A h Dutch settlers e Is early very day started out as & 1 y to visit thie houses of all good wives who re arrayed in thelr Bun ceived t finest and had bow best room s of steaming table. descendants de day bot punch upon the The latter day D nied the pt and said it was coffee, The irrevere ¢hampions of New Year's calling the puncl/ alse and told thelr opponents that their forefathers would not know a punch it they saw it and that they nothing but ill smelling hot gin. Whatever it was that the good burgh er fay denied ers drank, they succeeded In calling | within the compass of the day upon every family of any note on Manhattan | Island. A New Year's Cyclone. Is that a cyclone ragin'? Is the roof a-tumblin' down? Is that a earthquake shakin' All the winders in town? ! Is that the river roarin' Above its banks of green? Has Gabriel blowed his trumpet To make the dead serene? They stood and heard in terror 'While loud the nolse arose, Like the warwhoops of the Indians, The shouts of foreign foes, But a voice brought better comfort (Let not the sainted scoff): "Thar ain't & bit of trouble; That's daddy swearin' off!" iy --Atlanta Constitutiom FILIPINO FUNERALS. For the Rich and Fa- For the "oor. Picturesque thetle One of the most striking things to be geen on the streets of Manila is a Fill pino funeral. If the deceased was wealthy and had hosts of friends, the funeral will be headed by a band play- ing selections from comic operas. The body of the deceased follows in a hearse covered with black cloth ar- ranged in a grewsome design and drawn by six black ponies, each be decked with headgear of long black feathers. The hearse will be followed by men on foot wearing knickerbock- ers and cocked hats, and after them follow innumerable vebicles of every description. If the body is to be in- terred, the gravediggers will precede the band, with their tools over their shanlders in the evening the real cel- | opening of the niche contains a drank | the | couldn't bauk on that." Most Filipino funerals, hotvever, are ' more pathetic. The father of a few weeks old baby will trot out to the cemetery cutirely alone, with the little white coffin balanced well on his head, and if a man had not the price of a vehicle his remains will be carried out on bamboo poles by four Chinamen, and the coffin will be one that has seen | service before. . | The natives have different ways of burial. Some bodies are put into the ground, while the larger majority are placed in niches in the wall of the cemetery. A slab cemented into the ; brief | cine $% at fe Man is unquestionably a highly ra- tional being. Still, if you travel and | observe, froin the mouth of the Danube to the Golden Gate you will find most men wearing a coat with a {iseless col- lar marked with a useless V shaped slash and decorated with two useless | buttons at the small of the back and one or two more useless btittons at the cuffs. The collar, the slash and the buttons are there in no rational need. It is not n common cli mate nor a common racial need of pro answer to tection against climate that they repre- sent, but a common civilization whose form and ritual they mutely Over this entire area those who aspire to be of the Brahman caste deck their heads for wedding, funeral and feast confess. v 1 black cylindrical cdvet sult ed, so far ns we can discern, 1 er to avert the weapon of the advers: or the dart of the rain nor to provide a seat whereon man may sit rest himself. And as for the wo on tained within this same area ld that the amplitude of the the digposition of the belt outline of the skirt all obey 8 nd fall of one resistless tide w neither moon nor seasons ntrol.--1I amin Ide Wheeler in Atlantic The Certainty of Fate The Mohamtriedtns have a fable which they repeat to {llustrate the cer tainty of fate. The Philadelphia Times quotes it as having been told Mr Robert Barr A sultan was once the celebrate aske to Si rn. a brilliant court fete was ther ress. Upon being asked his reas guch haste t vizier plie Because I just s the ang f a 1 yonder in the crow ( d at C¢ 80 eart ts I s come for me. Iv to ¢ Go! Go at once sald the sultar who then beckcned to the angel and why the latter had looked go | at the vizier. replied the angel why he was here, for I have orders to kill him in Smyrn Nelson's Only Defeat Nels like 11 the gr om manders r land mis takes lures, but there is only one instan record of his having been tually defeated in a dircct at tack I'his ed at Santa Cr n the ( islands, on J The pl was very strong and Nels the face of & guns f t teries, att stor y 3. was f t 1 by the mole and t \ppeart force v h should e A hundred and fifty 1 wer and a hundred wounded on the Britisls side, and Nelson lost his right arm Two flags were also captured, and these are still kept in the cathedral of Banta Cruz The Scotch Sunday As ar s e of I 8 e of the Sal 8 land 1 paper tells of a post Y 1 € between Stirling ru 1 He was observed to r his six miles on wee y nd t |! the same distan Sund whe asked why he 1 t vas not allowed to use Sun day An invest 1 d the postman's explanation proved to be correct. The Poet Turned Office Boy--I told dat poet wot called dat you wuz out own Editor--Good! What did he say? Office Boy--He said he t ut Me noticed an Improvement in de Uncertain, "He's a queer chap." "Yes, Just now he was saying that nothing was certain in this world but | uncertainty of things, and you Justifinble. "Johnson writes that he's just killed the hero in his new novel." "Well, he needn't worry over that; any jury will acquit Llm!"--Atlanta Constitution, NESTING WOOD DUCKS. Ihe Courtsldp Period Followed by a Yery Prosate Married Life. When a pair of wood ducks find water and a hollow free to sult, littl time ia lost In prepa¥ing the nest. This tusk and the covering of the eggs are performed by the female, for, to the best of my knowledge, the male does little more than sit around on handy limbs and look pretty. During the period of mest building and Ww bile the duck is Iaying be is the beau ideal of a handsome ang loving cavalier, ever at- tentive and seemingly most anxious as to her whereabouts should she happen to get out of kis sight. But with the waning of the honeymoon he seems to feel rather bored with the whole busi- ness, and gradually he gets clubby--i. e., wanders from Lis own fireside and hunts up another drake or two to help him loaf away the summer. The busy little duck keeps her own counsel and "gits tight" on the dozen or more highly polished ivorylike eggs crowded to- gether in a bed of soft decayed Wi and down from her breast. . {Quite frequently the hest is at the bottom of a hollow several feet deep; and no doubt the strong, hooked claws of the wood duck are a special pro- vision for the oft repeated ibis gut' of the hollow.--Edwyn Sandys in Out~ ing. Faithful to the Last. a In many Scotch families the old mau servant is a permanent instituticn. He enters the service of a family when he is a boy, sticks to his place and #1gns only when the infirmities of are upon him, Naturally he gro time to claim as rights what were tells a story illustrative of {his ; A lady's coachman, a Prifsty bid fete low, who had been in the service of the family in her father's time, gave ber great trouble and annoyance on feveral occaslons by not carrying out her instructions. At lenzth his conduct became unbearable, and she determiu- ed to dismiss him. 1lling him into Her présence, she d with as much dsperity as she could command "I cannot stahd this any longer You must look out tion. You will leave my service at the end of the mc : John, another situp- The old servant looked at her In amusement for a minute, and then the characteristic oyalty" came to the surface. Na I he said. "I drove yout to the kirk plize I drove you to your n ge, and I'll slay to drive you to yo A School of Polsoners. A mer Ss 1 I ners ened flourished i 1 1 gt fif teenth tefitary v nt of the st d | d guis vy \ ' cou Loft 8 1 dt 1 mine 8 2 | od tt lealt t is still t 8 t Raguba d sel f poisor a scal f tha impo e of For pe M t ed 10 f 8 du f t sultax The Other Side An author w tr s his own novels has submitte terview. "You fipd that it p on't yours "You et--in Tot vey stance, 1 get paid for the st . "Yes 1 tl fa e « fod Ww ( fi 1 sany r tl s and w at) 1 1 u to 1 El [ ly f ¢ ¢ s a great 1 hors e fools e t st of The Cholce of a Hushand Ww t 1 10 i dy, to e a ¢ tw handson C 2 ¢ me Have p your r | wl i 18 dad? Io t the t 8 1 bit 1 xX f es creany red di I Ul \ " ples I o Fierce Indeed "Now, then, id the teaches er, who had mm upon polar expedit vh toll mé what fierce a habit the re- gions of the north | Polecat sh the at the foot of the class In New Eng b pills are supposed to cure d in the south a certain kn 1 'S foot is a sure cure sm if it bé carried in the pocket or worn sus- pended from a string around the neck. Tracing the spider web pill, it pated in China, where all species of in- sects have certain positive or negative values in medicine. customary to give two or three scor- origi- plons or spiders to a watient ill of fever.' In Ireland the peasantry swaHdw small spiders alive to effect cure these the cobweb pill of the land native was easy. In Flande live spider is fastened into the empty shell of a walnut and worn around the neck of the patient. As the er dies the fever decreases until it is gone entirely. Scotland's Reund Towers. Scotland boasts of twe round tow said fo be stragglers from the typical group found in Ireland. The one is attached to the handsome cathe hin and the other stands iw of Abernethy, near the eu- trance gate to the eburchyard. Frechin tower, Luilt in six frrezular courses and rising over 100 feet, is the more perfect of the two. It dates from Ketineth's reign, 071-05, and has a most graceful appearance. history speaks of having, in 1772, found handsome bells within its walls. These were afterward removed and now hang in a neighboring steeple. The origin of these towers is now somewhat doubts ful, but archxologists are generally agreed that they were built in connec= tion with churches "for defense au taithfulness of watch" during the Norseman raids. They were afterward used as belfries, the Brechin tower ng done duty as such for generatic The tower is now one of the sights the anclent town and is regarded & memorial of its early conection Ireland. --Scottish-American. « © 3 Tan y : : PEE In Peking it is . The - Pennant in his hi ag