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‘1'? 5‘, The Prohlbltlon Picbi'scnc. I The bill to provide for the prohibition plebiscite in Ontario is termed “an Act to Mable the electors of the province to pro- Lounce upon the desirability of prohibiting Ihe importation, manufacture and sale as a beverage of intoxicating liquors.” The fourth clause of the measure enfranchises unmarried women and widows having a property qualification for the purpose of the plebiscite. The machinery of the act is iimple. All municipal clerks are to provide returning officers at the elections next Jan- uary with ballot papers upon which the question, ‘_‘Are you in favor of the imme- diate prohibition by law of the importation, manufacture, andsale of intoxicating liquors .as a beverage?” is propounded. Those voters who are favourable will draw their close in front of the word “yes,” while those who are opposed will place their mark opposite the word “no.” There are to be two classes of ballots ; one on yellow paper for men, and the other on blue paper for women. At the summing up, the verdict of each colour will be counted separately. Thus we shall know what the opinion on the question, as entertained by each sex, happens to be." The vote is of course to be taken in every municipality, and where there are no municipal elections owing to the return of wardens, reeves, mayors and aldermen by acclamation, the polls must be opened for the purposes of the plebiscite only, the expenses of the con- test to be borne by the Municipal Councils. Nothing in the Act proper indicates what the result of a verdict in favor of prohibi- tion will be ; but in the directions for the guidance of voters, which form a separate schedule, there is a paragraph which says that electors in voting “yes” will be con- sidered as expressing an opinion in favor of prohibition to the extent to which the 3 Legislature of this province or the Parlia- _ment of Canada has jurisdiction, as may be determined by the court of final resort. If the directions to voters had, as regards the Legislature which perscribcs them, the :force of law, it would follow that a declara- tion by the courts assigning to the provinces 'the power to prohibit would, after a vote sustaining the change had been polled, re- sult in the introduction and' passage of a prohibitory measure. But advice to voters is not equivalent to an enactment ; it is not even a promise. Lapse of Insurance Policies. An interesting feature of the life insur- -ance returns of companies operating in Can- ada is the number of policies terminated annually by surrender or lapse. Taking the whole period covered by the official state- ments, it appears that the amount- ,of insur- ance effected from 1875 to 1892, inclusive, was $471,798,237 ; yet at the close of the latter year the amount in force was only $279,122,000, showing a difference of, in .round numbers, nearly two hundred million. Of course, the discrepancy is not to be ex- plained by the maturity of policies, because the death claims in the period have not ex- tceeded one-fifth of this amount, and besides the companies were carrying in 1875 a lia- bility of $85,C00,000. For the cause of the apparent anomaly we must look to the sur- render and lapse of policies. Taking, for illustration, the latest returns, we find that the amount of life insurance effected in 1892 was $44,628,000, while the net increase _in the amount in force at the close of the year was only $17,647,000. The difference is thus accounted for ; by surrender and lapse $22,867,000, by maturity and expiry $2,062,000, and by death $3,229,000. It appears, therefore, that of the insur- ances effected on the basis of last year’s returns, there is cancelled by surrender and lapse about 49 per cent., by maturity and expiry 5 per cent., by death 7 per cent., and there is carried forward as cur- rent business 30 per cent. It would be erroneous, however, to suppose that the profits derived by the companies from the lapsing of policies, through failure of the holders to pay their premiums, are in anything like as large a ratio as the preceding figures would imply, because the great percentage of lapses occur after the first few months’ currency of the policy and it is well known that the cost of effect- ing a policy usually absorbs the first year’s premium. The deduction to be drawn from the figures is rather thata great many per- sons are persuaded to effect an insurance without adequate means of carrying the liability to its maturity. The Curse of Wealth- The tramp, for some mysterious reason, had accepted an offer to work about the place for which he was to receive his meals, sundry old clothes, and twenty~five cents a day in cash. For the first two or three days he did very well, and he was paid fifty cents on account. He did not spend the money, but he began to grow listless and sad, and at the end of the week he inter- viewed his employer. “You’ve been very kind to me, sir,” he said, “and I want to thank you for what you have done.” “ That’s all right,” was the ‘reply, “ I’m glad to be able to help you.”‘ “ I know that, sir, and I appreciate it, but I shall have to give it all up, Sir.” “ What’s that for? Don’t I pay you enough '2” “ Oh, yes, sir; that isn’t it. I have seventy-five cents left, sir, but I find that money doesn’t bring happiness, sir, and I guess I’ll resign and go back to the old ways, sir. Wealth is a curse to some people, sir, and I fancy I belong to that class. Good- by, sir,” and he shambled 011 down the path and struck the highway. M“ It is a well known that heavenly bodies invisible to the human eye, even when as- risted by the moat powerful telescope, may be detected by the photographic plate. A practical illustration of the photography in this connecting in the experience of March, when no fewer than eighteen small planets were detected photo‘graphically. Twelve of these were discovered by M. Charlois, at Nice. AHungarian inventor claims to be able to spin ordinary wood pulp or cellulose into yarn, from which all sorts of textile tissues can be made in the ordinary way, equaling (lurability,appearance and fastness of color the best cotton goods. If his dcheme is practicable it will revolutionize the textile industry. It is claimed the method is applicable not only to cellulose, but to every sort of short fibrous material rag-s, scraps of cotton and linen goods and the like, and the fibre can be dyed, before bti-ug' mm into yarn. All ANUAS’I‘ER lilBAIlLE. Restored To Health-After Being: Given Up By Your Doctors- ’ The Remarkable Case of a Capetown Lady -â€"Aflllczcd with Paralys ls. Sull‘crlng Intense Agony and Pronounced liicur~ ableâ€"She ls Again Restored to Health and Vigorâ€"She Tells ller Story For the Benefit of Other Sufferers. ' Dundas Star. During the past two years many of our most reputable exchanges have given ac- counts of wonderful cures occurring in the localities in which they were published. These cures were all effected by a remedy that has made for itself the most remark- able reputation of any medicine ever brought before the notice of the public ; so remarkable indeed that it is a constant theme of conversation, and the name among the most familiar household words. We refer to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Many of the cases published told the story of people given up by the doctors, and who were on the very threshold of the other world when Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills were brought to their notice. The cases reported were in most instances distant from Dundas and for this reason might not be considered of more than passing interest. For the past month, however, the report was current in town of a wonderful cure ac- complished by these same pills in the town- ship of Ancaster. It was stated that Mrs. D. S. Homing, wife of a prominent farmer, residing about a mile west of the village of Copetown and seven miles from Dundas, had been given up by the doctors and that she had been cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. So reat was the interest taken in the case that The Star decided to investigate it and a few days ago a representative went up to the I-Iornmg homestead for that purpose. In passing through Copetown he learned that very little else was talked of but the remarkable recovery of Mrs. Homing. Pos- sibly the fact that both Mrs. Homing and her husband were born in the immediate neighborhood, and are presumably known to everybody in the country around, in- creases the interest in the case. The Star man on arriving at the Homing residence was admitted by Mrs. Homing herself.~ She looked the picture of health, and it was hard to believe that she was the same wom- an who was at death’s door four months ago. In answer to the question as to whether she had any objection to giving a history of her case for publication, Mrs. Homing replied that she had not. “I con- sider that my recovery was simply miracu- lous ; I give Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills all the credit, and I am willing that everybody should know about it.” Mrs. Horning then gave the following history of her remark- able recovery :â€" “A year ago I was taken ill with :r'hat the doctor called spinal affection, which finally resulted in partial paralysis, my legs from the knees down being completely dead. My tongue was also paralyzed. On the first of July last I took to my bed, where I laid for four months. No tongue can tell what I suffered. I was sensible all the time and knew everything that was going on, but 1 could not sleep for the in- tense pain in my head. Our family doctor said I could not live and three other doctors called in consultation agreed with him. I felt myself that it would be only a short time until death would re- lieve me of my sufferings. Neighbors came in; 25 or 30 every day, and every time they went away expecting that it was the last time they would see me alive. I quit taking doctor’s medicine and gave up all hope. About four months ago a friend came in and read an account in the Toron- to Weekly News of the miraculous re- covery of an old soldier named E. P. Haw- le'y, an inmate of the Michigan Soldier‘s Home, at Grand Rapids. The story he told exactly tallied with my condition, and it was on that account that I decided to give Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills a trial. When I began taking Pink Pills I was so ill“ that I could only take half a pill at a time for the first few days. Then I was able to take a whole one after each meal, and have continued taking them. After I had taken over a box I began to experiences. strange tingling sensation all over my body, and from that out I began to improve. In a month I could walk with a cane or by using a chair, from one room to another. My general health also improved. In fact my experience was like that of the old soldier, whose case had induced me to give the pills a trial. 4 I set I hrn my legs bathed with vinegar and salt ma rubbed briskly. It is now four mtn‘ths since I began taking the Pink Pills, and from a living skeleton, racked incess- antly with pain, I have as you see been transformed intoa comparatively well wom- an. I am doing my own housework this week and am free from all pain anl sleep well. TVhen my neighbors come to see me they are amazed, and I tell you there is great faith in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills in this section, and many are using them. when I began taking Pink Pills I made up my mind that if I got better I would have the case published for the benefit of others and I am glad you called as I am sure I would now be dead, if it had not been for Pink Pills.” - Mrs. Homing stated that she purchased the Pink Pills at Mr. Comport’s drug store in Dundas, and Mr. Comport informed us that his sales of Pink Pills are large and constantly increasing. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing such diseases as rheu- matism, neuralgia, partial paralysis loco~ moter ataxia, St. Vitus’ Dance, nervous prostration and the tired feeling therefrom, the after effects of la grippe, diseases de- pending on humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale sallow complex- ions and are a specific for the troubles pe- culiar to the female system and in the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature. These Pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams’ Medcine Company, of Brockville, Out. ,and Schenectady, N. Y. and are sold only in boxes bearing the firni’s trade mark ( printed in red ink) and wrapper, at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are never sold in bulk, or by the dozen or hun- dred, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and should be avoided. 'The public are also cautioned against all other so-called blood builders and nerve tonics, no matter what name may be given them. They are all While val-f: {the pills at the out- ' ‘ imitations whose makers hope to reap al. $10 Worth for 30 Centsâ€"Is pecuniary advantage from the wonderful! reputation achieved by Dr. Williams’ Pink l Pills for Pale People and refuse all imita- l tions and substitutes. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills may be had of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr. \Villiams’ Medicine Company from either address. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatement com- I putatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. Down on Monopollcs. The‘Ontario legislature is evrdently in a mood to check the formation of monopolies andlcombines. Ithas thrown outbills promot- ed by city milkmen and provincial under- takers proposing such legislation as would give a governing body of each trade the right to say who should or should not enjoy the privilege to peddle milk or sell coffins or embalm corpses. Of course the means by which these trades were to be controlled was by the inevitable license. The legisla- ture has also refused certain legislation sought for by the doctors and the druggists who wished to make ita crime for a general storekeeper to sell a bottle of castor oil and any and every patent medicine. We sin-j cerely trust the legislature will remain for I all time in its present humor and will resist every attempt to restrict trade. Presently legislation will be sought for suppres- sion of the right to eat, drink or sleep except at stated times. Even now, the police in Toronto have been given an order to arrest people on the streets after certain hours unless they can give a good account of themselves. A more unwarrant- able interference with liberty, and one more likely to lead to outrage and scandal- ous abuse was never decreed. Thank God there are judges in the land who are not afraid to inflict penalties upon officials who exceed their authority ; but in the mean- time men and women who have the right to use the streets unmolested at all times are. liable to be subject to gross indignities at the mere whim of perhaps a raw, illiterate and over-zealous or possibly evil-minded policeman. It is about time somebody in Canada learnt the British princi- ple that infringement upon the lib- erty of the subject is the grossest crime of which those in authority can be guilty. If poor people who were unwar- rantably molested had the means to prose- cute the official so acting it would not be so bad, as a few wholesome examples would bring the ofiicious breed to their senses, but unfortunately going to law is a luxury and they must, therefore, submit to suffer in silence. A sample of the illiherality of some people is afforded in a bill now before the legislature introduced by Mr. Balfour, who proposes to compel every employer of labor to pay by the week unless the em- ploye requests him to do otherwise. It is . probably quite as frequently a benefit tol the employe {shave his wages paid monthly , as in any other way, for he having: larger ! amount in his possession at the one timei has a greater inducement to save than . he would have under the weekly system of ' payment. But such things must be left to the option of employer and employe. It would be just as reasonable to enact that all bills and house rent must be paid week- ly as to pass a law that salaries must be paid in that and in no other way. ._____ ._.___ It’s sometimes said patent medicines are for the ignorant. The doctors foster this idea. “ The people,” we’re told, “ are mostly ignorant when it comes to medical science.” Suppose they are ! \Vhat a sick man needs is not knowledge, but a cure, and medicine that cures is the medicine for the sick. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- covery cures the “ do believes” and the “don’tbelicves.” There’s no hesitance about it, no “if” nor “possibly.” It saysâ€"“I can cure you, only do as I direct.” Per- haps it fails occasionally. The makers hear of it when it does, because they never keep i the money when the medicine fails to do good. Suppose the doctors went on that principle. (We beg the doctors’pardon. It wouldn’t do ') Choking, sneezing and every other form of catarrh in the head, is radically cured by Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Fifty cents. Sold by druggists everywhere. A scheme is now being developed in Scot- land by which a high grade of bricks is be- ing made from chipped granite and clay. The experiments have been successful. -r‘VI-4. v -â€" ‘ of Edmceton, N. Y. Colorless, Emamatecl, Helpless HOOD’S A. Complete Cure by SARSAPARILLA. This is from Mr. D. M. tired farmer, and one of the most re- spected citizens of Otsego Co., N. Y. “Fourteen years ago I had an attackof tbs gravel, and have since been troubled With mg Liver and Kidneys gradually growing worse. Three years ago 1 got down so low that I could scarcely walk. T. looked more like a corpse than a living being. had no appetite and for five weeks 1‘ me nothing but gruel. I was badly emaCiatec and had no more color than a marble statue; Hood’s Sarsaparilla was recommended and . thou ht I would try it. Before I had finished the rst bottle I noticed that I felt better. suf- fered less, the inflummnuon or the hind. der had subsided, the color began to return to In face, and I began to feel hungry. After 21' find taken three bottles I could eat anything without hurting me. Why, I got so hungry that I had to eat 5 times a day. I have now Inlly recovered, thanks to Hood’s Sarsaparilla I feel well and am well. All who know me marvel to see me so well.” D. M. JORDAN. . HOOD'S PILLS are the best after-dinner Pills Insist lllvantinll nnrn headache and biliousnufi "and can be Jordan, a re- 1 ' something unusual, but it seems that is what every one gets, who purchases Mrs. E. M. Jones’ famous book, "Dairying for Profit, or the Poor Man’s Cow.” A leading farmer writes, “I have â€"’s book on Dairying, price $10; practically, Mrs. Jones’ book is worth more!” Mrs. Jones is known all over the U.S. and Canada. 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