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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 26 Mar 1908, p. 4

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~~ brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and pre- | ; vents coughs, colds and consumption. . Food in concentrated form for sick and well, young and old, rich and poor. And it contains no drugs and no alcohol: ALL DRUQGQGISTS) Fok nic gems the auth- "0, is rotten to the core. In- dividualism is rank. Belf-interest is swritten in every face and strangles woverything that would allow demo- cracy to assert itself. Were it not for the few British here nothing would "be accomplished at all." And further, 'he adds: "I never did, in all my life, {meet with such gross ignorance, com- bined with stupid bigotry and cast 'iron prejudice to all that is English." ! Englishman's Tactics. . The beauty of such letters was the frankness with which they expressed what nearly every emigrant thought Any man coming from an old settled d to a new country will miss very :many things to which he has been @iccustomed, and he must feel for a while as if he had lost the necessaries lof civilized life. The difference be- tween the Englishman and the others was that the others accept the situa- tion and proceed to take their revenge 2 rding to their "Thus the Scotchmen absorbed the fin- ances and the Irishman the ponities of ths country; while the Doukhobor led the way {n dress reform. But the Englishman knowing as he does that the ways of England are not only tier, but the absolute best, proceeds | run up in succession against our .gross ignorance, our stupid bigotry, and our cast-iron prejudice to all that 'is English. Superior or Inferior? . This would be sufficient to delay {the popularity of the Englishman abroad without any further and great ior handicap. This handicap was a mental process, to understand which iéne must have, like the speaker, a considerable dash of English blood in his veins. When a Canadian met man ip a business way he started {figuring how m ch coin Mr. Yan Wi worth op yhat usiness use he co 'make im. If he thought about 'him at all outside of the business aspect it was to form opinion se to whether the man 1s "de : "* 'or the reverse. The a ved Englishman's mental scales i [} rot st ority whether he should take the oan safely be insolent to the other "fellow, or, as he terms it, "put him in his place." As Canadians are not \|jedlous of their own superiority and mever admit their inferiority, it be- 00mes Hoe BY eradicate this pe- iA ity from t Spo ishman's mind. fs process of eradicaton takes three Fours and upwards; and those who joy this grinding process with most are er Englishmen who have been ten years in the country. "id Canadians' Limitations. When we added that the English- man wes not noticeably clever, was Jess scientifically educated than he should be, was not unreasonably in- dustrious, was seldom afflicted with the of oratory and regarded with pride and venerations Magna Charia jah] Fase' de, it was not sur- pris at unthinking persons fb I their haste believe it im- 'probable that the Englishman would make good in the Dominions beyond the seas. The speaker's conviction was that the prejudice was wrong * 'and due to our own mental limita tions. | Some men we took to at first sight, 'and a segond class improved on ac- tance, but men of the third type came out brightly only when ham- : on the anvil of circumstances. : real Englishman was very tough metal and only became malleable and Jutetul when Si ljeciad to Heavy pres- 'sure, ing. : nil oie obstinacy of dis- n was that, while he was a , he was a strong finish- collectively and nution- was the most formidable national talents. | ' menced a rollicking minstrel melody. HELD WOLF PATK AT BAY. Pedlar Saves His Life by Using Gramaphone as Charm. Lost in the pine forests in the wilds of the ior, 1 m._ sh th a pack of hungry wolv ¢ pursuit, night fast approaching, and nothing but impending death to look to, was the predicament in which a pedlar was placed while making a tour of the lumber camps. In some localities in the Northwest this winter the wolves have been driv- ea desperate by hunger, induced by their inability to kill the usual num- ber of deer because fhe open win- ter which has prevailed in that sec- tion of the country, enabling the fleet footed animals to escape the fangs of the wolves. When wolves are sup- plied with food they are rather par- ticular in its quality, but when fam- ished, a lean lumberjack, tenacious explorer, a cruiser or even a tough trapper is a luscious meal for them. The following startling story sent by a correspondent is dec: oy him to contain nothing but the truth and is devoid of tree-climbing and like de- tails, and indicates how modern in- ventions are superseding time worn methods. He Missed the Trail. Adam Jonas Bckah, who for the last eleven years has been doing an itin- erant business in the numerous lum- ber camps and among the homestead- ers north of here, selling watches, jewelry and trinkets, was the hero ol the adventure. In the afternoon of the day when he left a camp at which he had been plying his trade to walk to another camp several miles distant, he was told of the possible dangers in store for him in venturing on a journey so close to nightfall. But being brave and having an eye for the brisk busi- ness before him at the next camp, he eallied forth intent upon reaching his destination in time for the evening meal and showing his wares after- wards. His effects he hauled upon a little oboggan. After an hour's travel he iscovered he had missed his trail. Night caught him hopelessly lost, al- though at this time he did not appre- ciate his position, believing that he BOc. AND 81.00. ORIENTAL RUGS. Why Those That Are Made by Hand Work Cost So Much, The simple apparatus is still in An ng : 3 saffron, mulberry, walnut husks, brass combs for carding and Qlstaffs whirled by band. Between two sticks held horizontally by supports at the ends are strung threads drawn taut, harp fashion. Then worsted yarn Is passed over and under the strings twice. Songs are sung--songs trans- mitted from old to young, so ancient, some of them, that they are in a lost langudge--and these songs tell the weaver what colors to tie in as she progresses with the pattern. Each district has its own patterns and songs. After each knot the ends of the yarn are scissored off to form the fle. In a close woven plece like a Kir man, measuring a mere 5 by 8 feet, there are 400 knots to the square inch. As the weaver's speed is about three knots a minute, four years of continuous labor would be required on such a rug. Within that time some fingers would stop weaving forever; others would go on with it. Was it any wonder, the rug hunter asked me, that no two old rugs, even from the same village and the same household, were ever just alike? A bereavement would induce a greater unconscious use of white; a bridal would turn the weaver's thoughts to scarlet and vie tories of war to yellow. Local environ- ment, family happenings, removals from town to desert and desert to mountain, would each have effect. Gos- sip of harems, the tinkle of silver anklets, the alarms of brigands, the elations of religions, all would go into Tug. "Then," I interrupted the hunter, "if they still dye and weave as of old, rugs are being made now that eventu« ally will be beautiful and valuable?" If the west were willing to say to the east, "We will give you five or ten years to make a rug," if it would say that, then age and gentle wear would do the rest. But the west won't. It has would soon reach his desti : About the time he was becomin anxipps he heard the ominous an: gla Jl ola mal, high, me nnd all sides pid be heard the cries of the chase. He quickened h ce, and, while debating whether to &ltmb a tree or attempt to build a fire, he came to a et cloarhs, with a set- | tler's shack in the centre. On reach- | ing it he found that the doors and windows wera gone. At the edge of the clearing he could see skulking forms, momentarily halt- ed by the caution with which wolves approach the open. He was certainly in a sorry plight. What should he do? An attempt to run away from them was out of the question. To climb on top of the building would be useless. To prepare for a fight would be of no avail, as he carried no guns Of Weapons. - 8oothing Charms of Music. On his toboggan he had a grama- phone, carried to amuse the camp in- mates at night and thus popularize himself. He recalled the charm with which music is said to influence the most savage biegst He quickly push- ed a dilapi table in the shack t» the door, grabbed the A got it in working order, slipped in a record, and just as the first of the pack reached the threshold it com- The effect was magical. With the first whirl of the machine the astonished | leader jumped in the air hs if shot ! and retreated to a safe distance, and | the rest of the pack dropped on their haunches in astonishment. Bekah run the record through a ! couple of times and then changed it | uickly to one of the Marine Band. pack grew uneasy, but were held as if fascinated. Others came creep- ing in from the shadows, and in & short time thers was an audience the | like of which no other musician ever entertained. He estimated that there in increasing numbers to fit ont at once. So it bas introduced ing and is otherwise bustling produc .tion.--Franklin Clarkin in Brerybody's Magazine. SUGAR AS FOOD. Used With Discrimination, It ls an Aid to Good Health. There is a prejudice against sugar which is not justified by physiological reasoning," says the London Lancet. "Sugar is one of the most powerful foods which we possess, as it is the cheapest or at any rate one of the | cheapest. In muscular labor no food appears to be able to give the same powers of endurance as sugar, and comparative practical experiments have shown without the least doubt that the hard physical worker, the i athlete or the soldier on the march is much more equal to the physical strain | placed upon him when he has bad fn- | cluded in his diet a liberal allowance | of sugar than when suger is denied to | him. "Trophies, prizes and cups have un- | doubtedly been won on a diet in which | sugar was intentionally a notable con- | stituent. It has even been said that sugar may decide a battle and that jam after all is something more than a mere sweetmeat to the soldier. The fact that sugar is a powerful 'muscle food' accounts probably for the disfa- vor into which it fails, for a compara- excess, and excess is always inimical to the easy working of the digestive processes, "Sugar satlates; it is a concentrated food. Where sugar does harm, there fore, it is invariably due to excess | tion as to be forced to surgical operation surely ck give one month's income. tain romghly what « mini % month and send in a blll" for amount. The man whose nto but $50 a month pays $50. The: who gets $5,000 is asked to pay be should know that his life is. Wi as much proportionately as that @ poorer fellow. 5 The Bloodstained Equator. *{ Human life, I have reason to kil is held cheap at Equatorville, a place is stained with many crim fact, the whole equator 18 thro its 25,000 miles a Hne of igno savagery and blood. It is a blac! which civilization ought to paint The man who is always on ti a big advantage In the struggl success.--Chicago Record-Herald. Eh SAA ed ouliry paper, tells us that paper his been greatly evlagged and 1s filied with all that pertai 3) poultry, both from a practical 1 fancy standpoint 7 Piol. A. G Gilbert, Manager Dominion Government Poultry Farm, Ottawa, 1s «till 10 charggl of the Practical Poultry Departiient, while Prof. \W. R Graham, M ger of the Poultry Departmen, he Oatario Agricultural Ci suelph, has charge of the Aru [n:ubition atd Brooding depar ment. Rev. J. No Williams, Englands must noted ex writes interestingly each m poultry doings i » : i 5 I., 1s another prominent breeder on this paper s regula Each phase of poultry exhibiting. etc., 1s ercd and (he pages of the view are replete with lalf tone re-produc rons frem life, of famous birds, plans of up-to-date houses, utensils, ic. . The subscripton rate i8 fifi, cents per year, but readers of lis paper can have it at three years, for 31.00, and sumnple will be sent free n application to Canadian Poultry Review, 184 Adelaide Street, West, Toronto, Ont ; fo mr | WA OOH, F YOU WOULD #4 VE G00 IN HATCHING CHICKENS, ANDTURKEYS, you should wi , tively small quantity amounts to an purchase '* The Ohatham'™. all Incubators. Let us lista few of the f + a The Chatham were thirty odd wolves in the pack. Mgken fn small quantities and @istrib- he most effective hatching He gave them everything from "Whistling Mike" to Italian opera, g: Jom a coon breazkdown to a bugle One record would produce a chomsl | of howls; at the next they would in- dicate their pleasure by playful tics and sawed off uted over the dally food intakes, sugar contribites most usefully fn health to the stipply of energy required by the "And it is a curious fact that the 'man_who practically abstains from uces his diet to one almost built, 1t has double walls, which ut packed with Mineral Woe absolutely fiveproofy nan-conductor that t has Aut . 8 Constantly g owing in Putlie Fav:r. It Is the BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in this District ; i the Champios of the Qgriculfurists and more to ser ative ils: sch ners Biomis « * of 18a e- Sr nw cigs ey EARTILY thanking the pubiic for the ~ liberal J iguuage received during the rs [> have kept a Livery Establish ment in Port Perry, Ihave much pleasure in announcing that I have removed MY LIVERY ! to my former pluce of business Water Street which Iam about to largely extend in- erense facilities so that the public may be better accommodated with safe and desir: x able 4 RIGS AT MODERATE CHARGES R. VANSICKLER Port Perry, June 21, 1900. PATENTS. GUARANTEED Our fee returned if fail. Any one. sketch and description of any nr ly receive our opinion an illustrated and widely circula consulted by Manufacturers and I Bend for sample copy FREE, Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO. (Patent Attorneys,) Evans # Sealed Tenders thes purchade Gf a ¢ Parcels-- Farm Property op "ing to Mr. John Adams, advertised to be sold by anction on the 23rd November, and withdrawn at t gai : J. A McGILLIVRAY Femple Boilling, Torout Nov. 30, 1899 @0 Vi ir niENoR ri Agricultural Machmes ON, D. C. | L WHITBY-Cletk, D. 0. Maodon Nereis Br AR ember & Jun 7. 1000 : pn | Clerk, EE EE te RFRA SRS REE TE apse on to . UPTERGROVE-Clerk, B. My plane. EECA EA RR November 11, Jun. 13, 1 By order, ng Jan} / J. By PAREWELL, Dated at Whitby, Nov. 18th, yo ew thes : y oid BU am, as nsusl. now ready fu E Lave ao yh 3 7 Large & Assorted Stock OF DOUBLE AND SINGLE HiRNES: which [aw determived to sel} very £ r As an inducement to Cann purohabiis 4 Tet dH pr the will Le allowed on all Sales front now univ Jam. Ist next. ~ All work being. = ar MADE BY HAND SE Spt and uc factory work kept in stock, th! sapet arity of my goods will at encelwenrn' appa ent, 3 atending parchasers will find, thai id giving ne a call before looking 'lsewhert the yen he suited in quality and price, my long experience in the trade being au indié putaule guarantee that perfect ant will be give by any article pyre pred Ecerthing in my line of businbdy | constantly on hand aud repairs nent? sv promptly attended to. JOHN ROL PH Port Perry, bee. ty . + The Gnd reigned having opengs 'business io the: © a Sh ky coi by Eh Just west ot Drs. Archer & Arche Office. is pr pared to do all kindso o! Geueral | Blaek-ni thing Mouable Chir es: HORSE -

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