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“" .- n . .s; necessary I. ~ sugars-14.59:, - .. :-'e<fi.‘?‘¥§..,. .53. 1-: \. _ _._ “w _-.....__,.....__..._ s .s . 7 ' "i do SAFE REALLY BURGLAR PROOF. â€". lec Burglar: Time and They (‘nn Get Into .Lny Safe. Says a linker. A. newspaper reporter asked the manager of one of the biggest safe ouil-ling concerns in the world whether .1 sale il'lu ever been built that was nbsz‘ilutcly burglar proof. "There never was," he replied.”th big Safes are called burglar proof, but they are not. No man can build a thing that some other man cannot unbuild. Now, here's a safe," he said, leading the reporter to the back of the store. "that is as nearly burglar proof as any made." The safe he pointed to looked like a solid block. of steel, with two enormous hinges in front and a steel lever ran across the block diagonally. The door was round. "That safe," said the manager, is al- most what it appears to he, a solid block, but a properly equipped burgh" ~ get into it nevertheless. prov1_cled he had time. It is this question of time that makes it possible for us to be more or less truthful-when we speak of the safe as burglar proof. It. requires so much time to get one of them open that before the work can be done it is almost certain that somebody. will come around and then the jig is up. By the way, it is a mistake to talk about blowing a safe open. Most peoâ€" ple have an idea that a burglar comes along, punches a hole in the safe. and throws in a lot of dynamite, which he touches off. \Vhat the burglars do is to drill a hole in the door near the combination, and then, by explodipg a. small quantity of powder, or sometimes only a cartridge, smash the combiner tion. This enables them to work at it with their fingers, and the o ening of the safe is not so difficult a go . though explosions of this kind have can known to lock safes tighter than they were locked before; so tight, in fact, that they could not be opened without a second explosion and the use of a large- ly increased amount of powder. Burg- lars will not as a rule take chances on that, for, I don't care how nervy they are. the noise of the first exploston ‘(Illevsfi‘ fails to frighten them half to ea .0! could .â€"â€".â€".â€"â€"_ You Get Strong, if you're a tired out or "run-down" wo- man. with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro- scription. And. if you suffer from any “fcmale complaint" or disorder, you get well. For these two things â€" to build. up women's strength. and to cure Women's ailments â€" this is the only medicine which,once used,is always in favor. Therefore. nothing else can be “inst as good" for you go buy. The "Prescription" regulates“and promotes all the natural functions, never con- flicts with them, and is perfectly harm- less in any condition of he femalesys- tom. It improves digestion, enriches ‘thc. blood, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health and vigor. For ulcer- ations, displacements, bearing-down sensations, )eriodical pains, and every chronic weakness or irregularity it's a remedy. that safely, and permanently cures. Western ASSUIELHUB Gnmpam. ...â€"_..._____._â€" .WW- Tired Feeling Means danger. It is a serious condition and will lead to disas- trous results if it in not over- come at once. It is a sure sign that the blood is impoverished and impure. The best remedy is HOOD’S Sarsaparilla Which makes rich, red blood, and thus gives strength and elas- ticity to the muscles, vigor to the brain and health and vitality to every part of the body. Hood’s-«Sargaparilla positively Makes the Weak Strong “I have used six bottles of Hood’s Sar- sapsrilla as a general tonlo and have enjoyed the best of health. Although 1 Thaiâ€"*’ had a strain of work I have hsd‘no sick.l spells for many months and no lost time, present year, but it is. soIamdoublyrepaid.” Tnousa S.H1Ln gratifying to hp year’s experience of the company by saying that the profits on our fire busi- ness were practically absorbed by the losses of our marine branch, and that our interest earnings were sufficient to pay (after providing for the amount written off for depreciation insecuri- ties) about 7 per cent. upon our capital stack, the additional 3 per cent. requirâ€" ed to make up the usual dividend be- ing taken from the reserve fund accu- mulated from the surplus of previous years. On account of the larger vol- time of business on our books we have increased the amount estimated as ne- cessar to runoff unexpired policies to $794,4 0. The actual liability under this reserve is, of course. dependent up- on the number and amount of the. poli- Cies.which may become claims before the expiry of the ,term for which the pre- miums‘have been paid. Similar esti- mates in previous years. however, have reServe for this purpose, I may say. is prayed to be more than ample, and our iuSiness than that set aside to provide conSiderably larger for our volume of of any of _the British companies which for unexpired risks in the statements have come under my notice. At the last annual meeting we re- ported that the company had re~insur- ed all the risks in Canada of the Unit- ed Fire Insurance Company of Manâ€" chester, England, which company ceas~ ed operations in this country on the 15th of January. 1895. ’The liabilit under this contract is nearly run of , leaving Urofit to the company. in ad- dition to some new connections which promise to be of permanent advantage. It would, of course, be remature at this date to attempt to cm an esti- mate of the probable outcome of the nevertheless, able to say that our 261Brussells St.,8t.John,NewBrunswick. 8X erience-thus far in 1896â€"both as to Hood’s Sarsaparillal Is the Only True Bleed Purifier Prominently in the public eye. vo ume of business and moderate loss ratioâ€"bias been very satisfactory. and taking into account the evidence which the report now before us presents of the ability of the company to meet out of the year's premium recei ts such ex- Icaptions] calls 11 on it: as t 8 losses of. the past year, think we. may say, w1thout.layin_g ourselves open to the charge of Optimism, that the prospects of the present yearâ€"in fact, of the fu- cure habitual loom-mp8; tul‘e 0f the comPaDYâ€"are very encour- HOOd’s P tion. Pricemper box. the year in this city, aggregate dollars, are, no doubt, minds of shareholders. The "Western" was called upon to pay to its policyâ€" holders in these disasters $102,500, about one-half of which, however, was covâ€" ered by reinsurance in other com- panies. Closely following these came other fires of exceptional magnitude, to which I need not refer in-detail, but; I maysay that, on the whole, the comâ€" involving an fresh pany never experienced a more unfavor- V able opening in any year than its fire records show for the first three months of 1895. The ultimate profit shown on our fire business at the end of the year was. therefore,‘as gratifying to us as it was reassuring to the theories we have . entertained based on the doctrine of, average. It will be of interest to shareholders to know that we regard the existing arrangement for the joint management and supervision of the ,United States branches of this com- pany and those of the British America Assurance Company as contributing in no small measure to this favorable re- sult. This arrangement, as will readily be understood. enables the companies to provide for a. more thorough in- spection of their risks,aiid a more effi- FOP‘Y'Flflh Annnal meetlng ijcmnt oversight of their agencies than Shareholders. The annual meeting of the sharehold- ers of the above company was held at ils offices in Toronto on Thursday. the 20th inst. Mr. Geo. A. Cox, President, occupied the chair, and Mr. C. C. ls‘os- tcr, having been appointed to act as Secretary to the meeting, read the an- nual report of the directors. " The report shownd that thch bad bout a considerable increase in the pro- mium income over th-it of the proced- ing your, and that in the fire branch a satisfactory profit had been realized, which result was due. mainly to the moderate loss ratio on the business of the company in the. Unitcd-Statcs. In the marine department it was shown that on account of the low water in the lakes and rivers during the past scuson and from other CflUSt'S the gen- eral cxpcricnco of companies engaged in that business had been particularâ€"l ly unfavorable. Under those circum- stances last. season's opt-rations on the hich had shown a loss which matur- izilly affected the total result of the business of the company for the ycar. The following is a. summary of the FINANCIAL STAT FMEN'I‘. -Prcmium income, lcss re- insumiices 2,382,239 31 Interest account ............... 75,6” 56 Total income ............... Si.l07.9l)l 87 Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,550,204 77 Expcnscs of mginglgcmcnlâ€" :ignnls' commissions, taxes tin-.1 all other charch ...... 763,091 04 3357.3735571 Dividends on stock Total assets Total liabilities .................. l.2rl8.2~l8 Fifi ......sT.EI:E-_» 1â€"5. l,flllll.(l'.lll llfl 1.000.000 no Sci‘uril y to policy holdch '...s:x,o72,sm 16 Reserve funds Cash capital ............... . ..... Subscribed capital ’l‘hc President, in moving the adop- tiou of the report said:â€" ln considering tlic report. shun-hold- crs should bear in mind lint the your with which it deals has bccn. in nmnv rt-spccts. a remarkable one in our busi- ness. It will be rcmemlx-rcd by tlmsc (‘oiuicctcd with fire. and marine undcr~ writing in this country as a your which brought with i! disasters of on cxw itionzil clriractcrâ€"bcnvy losses up- on \‘ asses of business regarded as the most desirableâ€"and. therefore. as one which was generally dimppointiug in its results to insurance companies. l’n- dcr thcsn circumstances, 1 feel that we may claim that there is more matter for congratulation in the lnlancc- shoot. now before you than there has been in many of the annual statement: we have had the honor of presenting to shareholders. in which. under more f3:- vornlilc conditions, our revenue ac count cxhibitod a much more subsisn» linl lnlrmm of income over exiwnrlizurc than is shown us the uuli‘nnic- m‘ . ur transactions for 18:35. The serious fires in the early part of could be secured, without undue ex- pense, by either company independent- ly; and. as intimated in the report," it is to the profits from our fire agencies lin the United States that we have had to look in the past year to make up our losscs in other departments. In' some . previous years, it will be remembered, jour experience has been the reverse _of (this, and these varying: rcsults in dif- g forent fields go to confirm the Wisdom of the policy of extending, as widely local supervtsion. the operations of companies engaged in the business of fire insurance. and enabling them thus ‘ to distribute over a wide area the bur- den of couflagrutions, such as exper- ience has shown us may occur at any 1 time and at any place where large valâ€" , ucs are coxpcniruum. it is. i may say, ‘ the recognition of the vital importance ;Of this principleâ€"and the conduct of ' the business upon these linesâ€"that en- ables the British, American and Canâ€" adian companies, operating throughout this continent, to offer property-hold- crs a guarantee of indemnity from loss by such disasters: and 1 will say fur- thci‘. that it is the abs-once of facility for tho uppllt‘ullun of this essential principle of insurance. namely, a wide distribution of risks _of moderate am- ount, that must be fatal to any scheme [or iiiunicipzilities assuming the fire risks upon the property of their citiâ€" zens. as it"has been suggested they should do by some ardent social rc- if()l‘lll(‘l‘5, who appear to lose sight of the fact that: investors will look for larger returns in the way offinlerest on municipal. bonds, if they are called 'upon' to assume greater risks than are llllill‘l‘lillitlll by luc shareholders of an insurance compiuy. in making this rcl':_*rcncc. l Wish it to he understood that l speak as one more largely in- terested in the dclwnlui‘cs of the City of Toronto, and the general credit of, the. city than in the stocks of our fire insurance CUlllplnlL‘s. Although the lire business has always been our Chlt'f source of income, we havo, us you are, aware. almost since the organization of the company, been engaged to a limited extent. in marine underwriting. In this branch our op- erations during rccvnl years have men chiefly confined to the inland lakes and rivcrs. From this source we have, on the whole, over a series of years, do- rivcd a moderate margin of profit, but from various causes the record of the lakes for the past mason has been one of continual disasth to shipping. the casualties having lx-cn, as far as can be” judged from published records, more than double those of any preceding year in lhv amount of property lost.- As a coliscqucnco we have to rewrt a very considerable loss on_ the business of the your in this branch. the losses and ex- pcnscs having exceeded the premiums by upwards of $100,000. doubt that. as a result of the generally uupmfitnble nature of last season's bus- iiicss an improvement in rates, which is rr-cogiiizcd on all hands as necessary, =‘ will iv l rought clout before the opening navigation. hailing this thcrcwolild ippcar to be no course open to us but in (lls‘routimic this branch of our busi- W's." :iltogt-lli -r. 1 may lriefly summarize the past loss of -.some two million, in the' is possible, with proper provision; for‘ l have little’ \ aging. ~ In conclusion, .I wish‘ to bear testi- mony to the ability and zeal which the .officers and agents of the company 'have shoWn in furthering its interests during the past year. The Vice-President, Dir. J. J. Kenny, seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. 6 The election of Directors for the en. . _ proceeded with, ~-and resulted in the unanimous revelec- Messrs. George A. Cox. Hon. S.C. \Vood, Robt. Beat', G. R. R. Cockburn, M.P., Geo. suing year was then tion of the 01d board, viz.: MclV urrich, H. N. Baird, 'W. R. Brook, J. K. Osborne, and J. J. Kenny. At a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors lield subsequently Mr. George A. Cox was elected Presidentand Mr. J. J ._Kenny Vice-President for the en- suing year. ; A FATEFUL TITLE. Theatrical Manager (to applicant for. position)â€"Do_you think you would make a good walking gentleman? Actor ~(suspiciously)â€"- Umâ€"â€"er â€"-how far \Vest are you going? . ,â€".â€".â€"_â€"â€" GDES m wan m TREATMENI Suffering for Years from Insom- . nia. and Nervous Debility. PilllSTll-l’l‘li‘l), Eli-lblb’lfll). to ill- lLlTY, N0 use Until “ Natures's Sweet Restorer," South American Nervlne Tonic Built up the Nervous Organism and Gave Back to the' Weari'ed and Exhausted Nerve Centres Their Wankel Vigor. For four generations the remarkable fam- (15' of LaBod io h'u'c been prominently identifi- ed with the legal and professional life of Montreal. A long lino of ac'ivc,iutc‘.lcctual n-cn, whose ambition to rise to prominence meant a constant drain noon the nerve forces, and a tremendous demand for nerve power. Adolphe LaBodio, 15. C. L.. J. P. LiCr, has fol seventeen years been actively cngnged in the legal profession, living a; the du ic- of intel- lectual men of this fast age demand, beyond = -~.lllel't‘s'et‘\r'e limit of natural neive iorco. ro quiring more of the nerve CCnll‘iB at bow of brain than they can pmsildy fulfill. which al- WM'S results in nervous prouratiun. dysp- mm. hot flashes. insomnia. constipation a d tit-- tendont evils. _ Mr. blink)le spared noitb 1‘ time nor money to obtain relief. went to Europe f. r DBC'llll t"'lifllmcnr. all to no purpose. llis attention [Wing directed to South" American Nerviue TOMC. be concmdcd to try it. ltesultâ€" ni- mediatc relief from insomnia, and n. perfect and D‘Ermanent cure rom :all other disorders, with out llvo bottles of the Nervine. _ Mr. Adolphe LaBtdie, under date of Avril ml). writes from Montreal: “ I was suffering from insomnia and uel'vou= dcbility, pl'O‘ill'fl- ‘ tion and exhaustion rather than rest followed 34 night's crpericncc. ’l“ol: rive .hutilcs of South American Nervinc.niid am wholy re- EOVCrod. azid,now enjoy restful nights. 1 bays tried many remedies. have been treatcdin E"Tobe; atd can say with truthful cmpbosm ltat~the South American Ncrvlne has cured me. There is reason in. all things; business tea-sons in business. truthful reasons in truth. . Mr. Lnllodie's statement herewith is‘ tho truthful reason why. if South American Nei‘vino cured him, i will cure you. It is the nerve buildcr for brain w rkeis. Brain and stomach cannot. botu work at the same time with healthful and happy issues. Ore must cut or. Inton-m lutel cctual activity produces indigestion,bcc.\u~e tne brain is coniu'ning all the uurve power. South American 30:13.: 'l‘onlc hauls nature to a hop 3y pox-3e. and his and its duties swim: to fruitful success. A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. Mrs. \Vinks you were a tempted. New Girlâ€"Maybe Mrs. Stuckup don't know nothing about cookin'. )lrs. Winks (mullKiethâ€"Probably that is the case. Well. I'll teach you my- self. “:4 T HOW A HOME WAS LOST. ‘ The Bitter Experience of Mr. Elwood. Sr., of Slmcoe. attacked with Sounds“ of the lehs he Became Helpless and Suffered Intense Agonyâ€"Spent “[5 Home in Declaring with Specialists Without Availâ€"Dr. Wuuams’ Pink Plus iComc to the Rescue \vhcu ollicr Means and Pulled From the Simcoe Reformer; The many virtues of Dr; W‘illiams’ Pink Pills for Pale People have so oft- en_ been published in the columns of this paper, that they are widely known to the residents of Norfolk County, and it is as Widely conceded that they have brought by into morathan one houseâ€" hold, an their merits are spoken of only in words of praise. In this in- stance the facts are brought directly home to the residents of Simcoe,a gan- tleman who is glad to testify to the benefit he has received from the use of these pills being a resident of this town. Mr. \Vm. Elwood. sr., a resi~ dent of Simcoe for about two years, and for years a residentrof Fort Erie, a carpenter by trade, is .loud in his raise of the benefits be derived from he use of Pink Pills. In an interview with Mr. Elwood. that gentleman told thé Reformer that about eight years ago he was attacked with ulcerated ca- tarrh of the head and throat, and was obliged to quit work. and since that time has not been able to resume his calling. The disease, shortly after he was taken ill. developed into neuralgia of the lovrer limbs. from which he suf- fered terrible agony. During his long illness the services of s ecialists in both Toronto and Buf alo, as well as those of local physicians both in his former home and Simcoe, were called into requisition, but all to no purpose. . "‘lVas Unable to \Valk Around." So bad did he become, and so great. were the pains that shot through his limbs, that at times Mr. Elwood had to be held ldown on his couch. His stomach and bowels were seriously affected andhe was indeed in a deplorable condition. About a year ago he lost the use of lllS left foot and ankle and was unable to ’walk around his home without great difficulty. At one time Mr. Elwood .was possessed of a cod home, but; so ilong was he ill the. he spent .all his lproperty in the be e of re aining his .health. Last fall .L‘ r. Elwoo commencs Zed taking Pink Pills and sliortlyhfter he began to feel an improvement in his condition. He continued the use. of the fpills until he had taken thirteen. boxes when he regained the use of his foot and ankle and thought‘ he was about cured and discontinued their use. So long had he been a sufferer, however, ,that it was impossible for him ,to. be- come convalescent in so short a time. iAn attack of the grip again brought on ithe disease, but not by any means so 3 terrible as formerly. Mr. Elwood again commenced taking the pills and is last ,regaining his former health and ff‘l‘lS icertain that the Pink Pills will exter- =minate all traces of disease from his lsystem. He feels so gratified at what the pills have done for him that he gladly gave. the information to the Re- o former for publication in the hope thatl his experience. may be a benefit to some other sufferer, . ; Dr."\Villianis'.Pink Pills strike ; the root of the disease, driving it. from the system and restoring the patient to health and strength. In cases of par- alysis. spinal troubles, locomotor atax- ia. sciatica. rheumatism, erysipolas, scrofulous troubles, etc., these are su- perior toall other treatment... They are also a spccz‘iic for the troubles which make ,the lives of so many women a - .burden. and speedin restore themich broken down by overwork. worry or excess, will find in Pink Pills a certain cure. I Sold by all dealers or sent. by mail. ‘ )OSt paid, at 50 cents a box. or six boch for $2.50, by addressmg the Dr. \Villiams' Medicine Company. Brock- ville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y. Beâ€" glow of health to sallow cheeks. Men. Hm: vou rasrso ‘ cEnosg TA. - IT IS DELICIOUS. ADIESlvâ€"flvcrfifim Draw Makers are now' Sold only to Lead: Packets. tisln McDowell's New York Gui-mac! Drafting . schino with marvellous success. I ‘ [its every form: follows every. fashion: t: loatriv. and raplllgmig. “{riiafor aritléulfi caswnntei. ' U ."‘ O 1 3611001.. 113 Yonge St... monto. m NURSERY STOGK. PEACH, cans, PLUM, coossssanv, CHERRY, cunmmr. VERY LARQI STOCK 0F NATIVE “Ell. __.________ aunuuurou, our.“ OWWOWW ‘ With government Inspectors CERTIFIOA'I‘E 0! QUAL- " ' 11“! attached to Railway 39- celpt, delivered at any station. Write for prices and particular: to ' ‘ s. (traumas-loin“... OcPQSirs.Qunsx's Hersh TORONTO- Roferencc: DOMlh‘lON BANK. 'EVERY W a w DISHONEST THOUGHT Has Its Everlasting Reward. 'If you are Constipstod. Dyspe tie a: crip- plod with rheumatism, be ones wltl yourself and [lye St. Loon Water a trial. wit-never has yet tallest to cure thou fitroublel. Dcctors prescribe it. Th6 tarproprletora guarantee it. . St Lson Mineral Water lb." Head office, King 81'. Wolf TORONTO. forsfluv r M‘All Druggists, Guests and Hotels. ‘ ‘ . FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. DUNS " AKNG .1933" -. ‘ THECOOK’S BEST FRIEND . LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. .-_____._.____â€".â€".â€"â€"_._._..._____.... Illyckmtn’s Knntenay Gure.‘ Positive Cure ~for Rheumatism and l’a-aiysis. (SXVORN TESTIMONY.) County of Wentworth. To \Vit: ‘ Z I. Patrick Curran, of the Cit of Ham- ilton, in the County of \ eutworth, land Provuice of Ontario, laborer, do solemnly declare: l _1. That I live at 41 wood St., in said 2 City of Hamilton. 2 . ‘ 2. That in the fall of 1893 I was at- tacked wtth Rheumatism iii the legs and shoulders. and suffered very sever- !bottles of doctor's medicine therefor 'which'did not do his a particle of good. ; .On thefllth. April, 1895, [started ~‘tlelllg the medicine which Mr. S. S. at 3 Ryckuiun, M. P., gave me, and after I‘ had used the second battle the Rheuma- itism completely left my shoulders and ,one leg, and there is now only a very islight feeling of pain occasionally in tone leg, and most. of the time 1 do not feel it in such leg and I am satisfied ' that shortly l Will be completely cured, from such Rheumatism. , 4. I, cannot commend too highly the medicine which Air, ltyckmzin gave me. ' And 1 make this solemn declaration [conscientiously believing it to be true, ‘ etc. PATRICK CURRAN. Declared bcfore me at the City of 3 Hamilton, in the County of \Vcntworth, ithis 11th day of May, 1821.5. 3 _ _1"raucis | A Notary Public in and for the Provâ€" ware of imitations and substitutes al- I ince of Ontario. leged to be "just as good." ‘ THEORY AND PRACTICE. Doctor (to brother physician)â€"-ch. ‘sir. the sovereign remedy for all ills is frvsh air and ph-nty of it. don't let. enough air into their houses. \Vcll, I must hurry off; I'm on an er- rand. Brothcr Physicianâ€"Going far? 3 No, only down to the hard ware store ‘ to get half a mile of weather-strip “'3 PA). 803. l Science is “knowing how." The onlyr secret about Scott’s Emulsion is years ] of science. \Vlien made in (cnraged)â€"-I~Iow is this’f; ' '1 v - Mis. Stuckup's lettcr of reference said large, quantltles and by 1m“ good cook, and yet you have utterly spoiled the first meal you at- “ provmg methods, an emul- lsion must be more perfect {than when made in the old- time way with mdrtar and pestle a few Ounces at a "~‘ time. This is why Scott’s Recipeâ€"For Makings 8.“ 2811510115 Emulsmn of cod-liver oil Health Drink at ma os __, , g ‘ Adani~' Rmtficei Extract.... £311; £233: :rf separates. llCC‘epa it???.‘?.ii‘.‘ff‘f?f;:::::::::::1:1...Wm... “‘29 01‘ WedIS» am Why Lime“ urn; Water. . . . . add the extract. and bottle: p ace in n wirm place for m onty-four hours un=zl it tcrm‘c‘nts. then Mice c n ice. wnen it “Ill opcn warming and delrciou‘. the root hear can be obtained in all dru-z l‘JLVl grocery stores in Want 2..) cent bottles to make two and five gallons. ............t\vogal cns Dissolve the sugar and yeast in the water, pvery spoonful is equal to every other spoonful.- An 'evcu product throughout. in other cuiulslo a you are liable to get in uneven bentllfâ€"ellhfl’ an over or under one. (in :cott's. decision ha a salmon-colored wrapper. .__...___ A Health Resort. The healthfulness of Lyntou, u. sum- vertised by this story: Recently a visitor lxegan to talk to. an old man at Lynton, and asked him" 1 his age '. whereupon he said, “IL-uni just I over seventy." ' ' "Well." said the visitor, “you look as if you had a good uniny years to live yet. At whit age did your father die ?" "Father dead?" slid the man, looking surprised. "Father isn't dead; he's up stairs putting grandfather to bed!" ’l‘lll-J BUSY Punimait. Lord Salisbury is a very busy man. and although he is 00 years old. he is apparently unaffected by the strain through which he is now passing. Ile- cently he told a visitor tlirit his whole official day, smmlimcs of twelve hours. had becn ocnupicd, since foreign affairs, assumed a critical character”, with im- rcinittlng works that oftn-n when he. had Cmnplutcd an Important dispatch he was dissatisfied with it and tore it to. pieces and wrote the entire thing over again. and that evi-n win-n his dis: p1tches had been complcieul they had in I»; sulnnittml to her Majesty, whose . suggestions had in turn ll) be “insider- ed. . The Hudson risen 16 (4-H, and the southern portion of'tlie city is flooded. Romantic Missâ€"“Have there not been moments in your cxpcricnm: when life seems“! full of unsutwficd Wants?" Mr. llardlu-adâ€""Yâ€"e-s, that's.so." "At such ." times I always fly to music for relief. What do you do Mr. llardhcad?” "I advertise.” ely therefrom, and was unable to work: .all lash winter, and took some twelve. Fitzgerald. ‘mer resort in Devon, England. is ad? People? ' River at Albany. has ' ‘ l O l l l t w