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rain Crop in Manitoba “A! roportioaate yield hr“ Assiaiboia and 518k“. Killions of ashes of m}- le on easy terms in the m Immense timber and mi“ urea in British 0011me Dpenings for Banchms Fa: Lirymen, Fruit Growers I :chanics Prospectors, Ming}, Mite your nearest Canadian c agent for free illustratnd 1... Sotice is hereby given, that $3 ;venth Annual Meeting of u meholders ol the Company '3‘ 3 held at the otfice of the 3 Lindsay on MONDAY, V RY 2nd, 1903, at four o'CIOek {5‘ p alter-noon, for receiving the A". lal Report and Financial sum the affairs 0! the Company 3. b past year, the election of ding. rs and the transaction of u her business as may he brow ptore the meeting. A full attend“ the shareholders is requwted. Da- Fture Holders and Depositors win Company are cordially invite: attend the -Annnal Eating. tough not entitled to vote. JAMES LOW. Hunger. 3i! Dealer 111 S I SI MAN lum 0W . 91c .Butt Boots sizes 3 to New Williams m Standard-Grand Domestic y Wheeler .9: Wilson lied to Order f. laced Boots, ex. sole, , 97c Dong. foxed 331 and 97: .laskas, °regular price he Victoria Loan and Savings Co; .indsay. Jan- 2151:. 1903. KEN T- ST UP ‘ey Alaskas. regular OBULED over $150,000 in on: n: C; Ends running over $2000) 5) thousanis of ions in bwc'gxad: 3:: and gold from $11 t) 545 pet buff Bais, extension 5, . 97c th eru p d Exploration Co. Overshoes, regular te your nearest CW5} gent for free illustrated Western Canada.” m “Pd“ n l HURSI A. H. NO’I'HAN. A.G.P.A. King-st. East, Tm T. C. HATCHBT'I' Agent C.P.R. ' n'Tâ€" ST - - '. B als- ex tension , Box 415. Office Coast 9 Sussex kPeeISts.Lindssy {tension soles, SEWlNG MACHINES [51001 3 1‘1? 33393 ' 7 dividends cf :1 the par value :hiraszry, inclui- and cleczricz! e and c gmpmy 3‘: if stock at a £109 mm!!! C0. ONTO "The com provinces of serious an beSt efforts 1 w big Mi} “pm; t-icai, of reform." “The progress of events in South Africa. has been saiisfactory. The visit of the Colonial Secretary al- ready has been productive of the happiest results and the opportpnity n has provided for‘pex'sonal confer- .nces with Lord Milner and the Min- uters of the self-governing colonies and the representatives of in inter- at! and opinions has greatly con- duced to a smooth adjustment of my difficult questions and to the removal of many occasions of mis- understanding." m nuutw- ' _ 7 otmg that Austria and After n Russia have been considering the 1-3â€" for”, which the signatories of the treaty of Berlin should recommend to the Sultan, the speech said: “I trust that the proposals win prove sufficient for the purpose, and that I shall find it possible to give than my hearty support." , South African Prospect. The King next mentioned the Adeli hinterland dispute and the Somali. and expedition, and then turned‘to South Africa, on which subject he The speech concluded with an inti- mation that the budget estimates of the expenditure inevitably will be large. and with promising the intro- auction of bills dealing with the Irish land nuestion, London educa- tion. sugar bounties and the London In regard to the Irish measure, the King said: It will, I trust, complete the series of measures which already have done so much to substitute sin- gle ownership for the costly and un- necessary conditions still attaching to the tenure of agricultural land over a large portion of Ireland. The King and Queen returned to Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock. The crowds everywhere greeted their Ma- belies with enthusiasm. Innis: Balfour Informs House Th: Ir. Chamberlain Speaks by Authority. When the House of Commons a9- ambled for the transaction of busiâ€" lms yesterday afternoon, Speaker Gully read the King's speech to a. mwhat slim gathering. Mr. Grat- lon. Conservative, moved the ad- m in reply to the speech. The Liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, said he desired intox‘mation of the subjects of Ven- male. and Macedonia, and on the mat Question of the settlement of “airs in South Africa. He com- Muted on the fact that Germany Its not mentioned in the King's “NP-Ch in. connection with Venezuela. 3' Opposed Co-opcration with Ger- m! in a. matter like the Venezue- Question. Germany was strong. but rough. Germany, also, was not fiIVornhle to the Monroe Doctrine. If “’0"? had ever been a case for arbi- tration, the Venezuelan affair was one. and, if this course had been Idopted in the first place, a great Precedent would have been establish- “! t”Wards the peaceful settlement of ational questions. ' 1.21: Dead Past Sleep. HReferring to South Africa, Sir . ““7 Said they might have differed In the past over the War, but, now nth: liar “'35 OVOI‘, he urged that at: "WM we War was over, he urged that they all work for the common pur- mm of laying the foundations for a- ‘3' life in that part of the World- 0 heartily concurred in the senti- meats and desires expressed by Col- °m§11 Secretary Chamberlain, for the mSlon of the two white races in §outh Africa, but Wanted to know If H? Pk.~.n.L-_1, - . . _ 1h: -u conclusion, Sir Henry. Who Effie for an hour, criticized the Wth of the national expenditures; M UP Chamberkin. , Er Balfour - ‘ Merl . in reply. sald Mr. am had nnncnlfnfl Eh: nn‘_ nuuuur balfour, in reply, said Mr. erlain had consulted his col‘ don es. _ He added: "We entirely en- ’56 and make ourselves responsible for the general pol' In South Ail-ma. ‘ ”Editions prevailing in Macedonia” 1" “dd may were a. constant meg % ”10 m of Fin-ope. Thom Man a: tin kw: my «cum speech next referred to the ; quwtion, saying: 3 condition of the European 1683 of Turkey gives cause for , anxiety. 1 have used my Horts to impress on the Sultan Ministers the urgent need t-icai, Well-considered measures secretary Chamberlain, for the of the two white races in Africa, but Wanted to know Chamberlain's acts were sub- . the approval of his 001- - If a. bargain were made, 3;? to Speak with authority for } AI!“ Legislation Promised. IN THE COMMONS. g v.vâ€"' one have taken place for at, of the questions which in negard to the bound- possessions in North that of the tfl‘ritory of treaty providing for the these questions to. an 447... .I Brilliantly 09-h! Parliament. ' i â€"WARDEB. FEBRUARY 1%, 1903. V: Inconfiifiéfli- h ddbh ddthe ao- tion of the Britta: Government to.- wards Venezuela. -Broa.aly speaking, he added. the negotigtiona were car. Cornwall, Feb. 18.â€"Tho ten-year- old son of Norton Yates, a. cheese- maker, of Cornwall Centre, was seri- ously shot Monday by his compano ion, another youngster,l ‘named Runa ions. It appears Bunions had a. gun loaded to shoot sparrows, and Yates told him he could not shoot the buttons of his (Yates') coat. The young lad playfully levelled the gun and pulled the trigger. The shot took- eflect in the side of the boy, and his condition at the present time '1. very serious. Last summer a man with a. knap- sack on his back walked over a. large part of Western Ontario, arousing a great deal of curiosity and‘fixmpiring some fear by his peculiar conduct. He passed through the counties front- Cyclone Struck the Steamer Olive and Sent no: to Bottom of Chom’ Rivas Norfolk. Va., Feb. 18.-â€"â€"'A cyclone struck the passenger steamer Olive, which plies between Franklin, Va... and Edenton, N.C., at 9.30 o'clock Monday night, and sent her to the bottom of the Chowan River, of! Woodley's Pier, Mount Pleasant and Olive's Wharf. Wu Told Ho Couldn’t Shoot Strdght. and. Ho Tried. see him pause, peer into a pasture field, eagerly scale the fence, pull a thistle, put it in his knapsack, and return to the highway. Those driv- How. Prof. John Mncaun Gathered Sub- ject. for Investigation Thfougllout Western Ontario Last Year. ; tux-a si- as loan. On the ‘ " of the House of Lords, the Duke of Roxburgho (Unionist) moved the address in re- ply to the King's speech and the Earl of Leitrixn seconded the mo- tion. ’ - The motion providing for the ad- dras in reply to the King's speech was then agreed to, and the House adjourned, Seventeen people are known to have been drowned, and others who were rescued are in a. serious condi- tion. At 6 o’clock yesterday morning the river steamer Petit hove in sight and rescued the aLm08t frozen surâ€" vivors. ing on Lakes Erie, St. Clair. Huron, and the Georgian Bay, When seen he was generally carrying a bundle- of weeds in his hands, and to these he appeared to attach some value. Far- mers driving along the mad would ing past would whip up their horses, and keep looking back at. him until they passed over the next hill. Per- haps, on getting their last glimpse ,,L-____ of him he might. be entering a swamp or gathering mullcin leaves. No doubt stories are told all along his line of travel of this strange tied out“ with the greatest regard, not only for the feelings of tho Am- than ‘pgoplg and prmtr. but hit" the feelings of Venezuela}. nan I‘D-v ‘- man, occupiing himself in pursuits seemingly quite idle and nonsensical. Prof. John Macon“. This man was Prof. John Macoun. He was carrying on investigations into the flora of Westernpntario in connection with the regular work at the Geological Survey of Canada, and the annual summary report of the department has been published. Prof, Macoun was on the way Irom May 8th ‘until September 7th, and the economic aspect of his work was to look into the unit-producing ca- pabilities of the country through which he passed. Nothing better in- dicates the climatic conditions of a region than its wild plant life, and Prof. Macoun, after gathering 1,400 specimens between Niagara and Owen Sound, says he found nothing-to in- dicate a lack of warmth. and every- thing proved the assertion that the whole district was suitable for the , â€"~ -â€" .â€" ‘nnm temycmmr vvvvvv 1) not only found these but fouml natui'e e1 \Vuuxu “AQUA-VII n... _ cultivatiOn of fruit, ranging from small fruits to cherries, plums, ap- ples. pears, peaches, and grapes. He IIICJ, you-v, rvâ€"VV 7 , not only found these fruits growing, but found nature endorsing by ‘her own unguided efiorts the claim of this whole region to be regarded as a fruit country. The country bordering on LakeSt. Clair, Lake Huron, and part of the Georgian Bay will, he thinks, play a. large part in the production of ap- ples for export. On this point he says: “The soil in most places is of the right kind, being largely mixed with will keep better. . . . . Between 'Goderich and Southampton the forâ€" est eVerywhere proved the estimate I had formed of it on the lowar part mLA sumo The country bordering Clair, Lake Huron, and Georgian Bgy twill, be t] country ford could produce a. large apple crop, for when supplies tailed else- where the orchards of that district I came to the rescue. Persous severe- 1 during . violets of the mgion about OttaWa. several new speciesbeinz “hi to MAN WHO PICKED WEEDS. 17 PEOPLE DROWNED. SHOT BY HIS COMPANION. Violets of tho 08". What Woods Teach- “on. e to m that Prof. Ht “Wt 501]” time further study of the Suspended. theory might fall to the ground save :that it is supported by_ striking evi- dence. Official coats as seen in China at the present day are made with peculiar :sleeves, shaped like a horse's leg and ending in an unmistakable hoof, cov- 'erlng the hand, which are known as “‘horseshoe sleeves.” Incased therein a Chinaman’s arms look much like a horse’s fore legs. The tail completes ,tho picture. Itmunpooedhythemntchoom hmthepre-entmlenotChmfl. badge otconqueat. Mental“! me Chinese clothed themselves and 1111.. u 0 “beautiful native the. 0:1:- pan.”vAlammttex-ctfact,th01apan- be borrowed their dress a well as Oolee Chewing. “Coffee chewing,” says a doctor, “is a habit easily contracted, for the taste of the crisp roasted berries is not un- pleasant, and the exhilaration, the stim- ulus, that the berries give is quite as marked as that which would be obtain- edrroma glassor twoorbeerortrom a drink of whisky. "‘It is this exhilaration, I am convinc- ed. that causes the» habit to be formed and that makes it a hard habit to break away from. It should be broken away from. Its ettects are highly injurious. They arc more injurious than those of tobacco chewing. “The coflee chewing habit wrecks the nerves. it makes the skin sallow and it destroys the appetite. I have had oc- casion to treat a number, of men for it. I always advise such men to break at by imperceptible degrees; to give three or four months to the task. Some sue. ceed and some do not. Men who work in cedee plants find it almost impossi- ble to succeed.” ~ Wig-n Ice Covered Europe. V During the long tertiary epoch, when opossums dispel-ted themselveson tho site or Paris and mastodons trumped along the valley of the Thames the Hiking. The Alps, thy Hlpalgsfgfi. the‘AIleghanies, the Andes. attest the power of her activity in those days. At their termination our continent: stood greatly higher than they do now, and this aided their glaciation, although it does not fully account for it. sank. This was inevitable. Owing to the extreme heat and pressure prevail- ing in its Interior the earth is an em- inently elastic body. It: surface ac- tually bulges in or out with a. very slight increase or decrease of the load But aâ€"sit’he'y became loaded with ice Europe and America gradually, and we may venture to say contemporaneously, A_l_ ._ b- vcsg tually bulges in or out wuu as load slight increase or decrease of the upon it. ______â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Not In m- Sent. A certain congressman was very busy at his desk in the house one morning whm a page announced, “A gentleman in the lobby to see you, sir.’f ‘Tell him I I’m not in my seat.” said the congress- man after looking at the card. The boy. a sturdy looking chap. did not move. “But you are in your seat, sir.” he answered in matter of tact tones, “and I can’t say you are not." The looked at the lad angrily. congressman but. seeing that he was in earned. moved into the vacant chair of his neighbor. “Now tell him I'm not in my seat." “Yes. sir." said the boy briskly and went to deliver the message. 5 35m; as is Sroved births radiometer. He gave a lengthy and lucid descripâ€" tion of the Aurora Bomlis, and ex- plained it according to the theory of primordial matter. with which Dr. iOsborne Reynolds of Owen's College, ,Manchater lately startled the scien- : tific world. ‘ Next Mr. Stupart touched on the superheated steam theory of seismic :and volcanic disturbance“ rolerring, 0! course, to Pelee. ! The red spot on Jupiter, the Nova. Peracii and the desirability of in- creased membership of the society each had a place in the professor's remarks. He passes under its influence more slowly and rarely shows the excitement often characteristic of the initial stage of anaesthesia. Still more rarely does he sufler from sickness on his return to consciousness. This greater apathy of , ‘_ -_ M19“ niture helps to recovery accidents and de‘ 7 A very handsomeâ€"species of snake is the rhinoceros viper, which bears, as its name suggests, horns on its nose. its form in by no means elegant, being very thick in body. with a buudoguke head. It may attain a length of more thansixteetandisnvery deadlyan!‘ ungau lowed to flakyâ€"Ho 387' M ‘0'“ “‘9' THE TARTAR CUE. unple- y from severe .â€"London Hoa- mountain 400 pairsz’sfincstqm Rubbermnewcst shapes, all sizes 2} to 7; regular price 60c palm,monukfltk ’ ”Nonpupir ............................................................... R. A. Stupu-t, 1.8.3.0., Observatory Chief. on flatten hardest”! and Astrono- micalâ€"Trolley Sync- Trout]... At the Canadian Institute rooms in Toronto on a recent Saturday night, an address was read by R. A. Stu- part, I«‘.R.S.O.. on astronomical mat- ters. Mr. Stupart said the World Was awaking to the importance of 305 lat physics. meteorology. seismoâ€" mphy and terrestrial magnetism. Much good work had been done by the Toronto Observatory, and he was glad to say that Canadians gen- :rally were beginning to appreciate t fished, and in 1838 an expedition, partly subsidized by Queen Victoria. wu orgunlzed nadir Sh John Ross and sailed (or the Antarctic on a voyage of discovery and magnetic in- Vestigation. » Tho lecturer hood briefly the rise and growth of meteorological and magnetic science, and stated that the British Amettion. h 1834 ordered umag'notlc survey to be made of the principal land. of the two hemis- phorea.1n 1887 . report was pub- '-Cumda. and, Vm memen's Land were selected as being nearest the magnetic polw, and St. Helena, be- cause it was in the sphere of least magnetic disturbance, and in these three _places observatories were or- dered to be erected. Toronto Was chosen as the most suitable point in Canada, and King's College sated a site. In Septem- ber. :84 , the first magneto were suspended in a wooden structure. and from then until 1892 constant and careful observations of diurnal changes in magnetic declination and dip were made, but in 1892 the mag- nets were ruined. u were those oi other observatories in Potsdam. Greenwich, Kew and Washington b the advent of the trolley car, the e - euro-magnetic force utilized being so strong as to net up local attractions which destroyed the influence oi earth magnetism. Proi. Stupart then deelt with light, noting that light exerts pree- The red spot. on J upiter. the Nova Pencil and the desirability of in- cronsod mom-flip of the society each had a. place in tho professor's THE. N. HBCKIN SHOE STORE Prevented and cured. PUBGHASE ! ISOLAR PHYSICS. ‘l'his Wgndeful Main the is here today, and is now on saleâ€"17 cases of them :- FREE. c HABGâ€"ES MODERATE Pedlar G: Emmerson William-st, North . We beg to czll the attent'on of the get erai public to cur iacilsties for seâ€" muting. Our Paint Shop is in (barge of a FirstClass Pain‘er, and we use only the best stock. We do all kinds of Rerain’ng, and put your carriage in good shape before painting. It is a g ood time now to bxing them in. All kinds of Vehicles built to order as usual. Law Costs ............................ Roads and Bridges ............. Charity ............... County Rate ........................ Legislative School Grants . Board of Health ................... Dabentures ............................ lamest on Debentures ......... Drainage .......................... . Lows and Notes Paid Election Expenses .................. Statute Labor ..................... School Section Rates .......... Miscellaneous ......... ‘......... 3. Salaries ........................... Stabiohery and Printing Anditors’_ Abstract Statement and Report of the. Ac= counts of the Township of lariposa for 1902. Pedlar Cash in Ontario Bank Cash in Treasury ........ Cash in Ontario Bank Cash in Treasury .............. Town Hall Property .. ....... S. S. No. 1 Union ............. Debenturc School Section No Debenture. Short’s Drain ...... School Section Rates County rates, 1902 ............... S‘ort's Drain 9, .. Hchthur Drain 13 School Section No. School Section U 5 School Section U REPORT. To the Municipal Council of the Township of Maripqsa : Gentlemenâ€"We have completed the audit of your Treasurer's Lboks {or the your A. D. 1902. and submit the {oli’owing statements : DiuiledSmu-mcnt o! Receipts and Expenditures, Ab’stmet Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, Statement, of Assets and liabilities, State- ment. of Drama and School Debentures. The books are neatly kept, showing receipts and payments properly Med, Vouchers for all payment. and authority for their payment taping produced. We beg to thank bath the Clerk and the Treasurer for their kind assistance in our work. am, DOUGLAS] . ngwood. J an Balance Cash on hand, lst J an. Taxes Collected, North Roll ..... Taxes ColleCted, South Roll Loan for Oakwood Drain ........... Statute Lat/hr Commutation .....‘ Legislative School Grant ......... Treasurer Brock .......................... Interest, allowed by the bank ..... Miscellaneous ......... A ..., ................ Debenturc Debt of Municipality due for Futgre Years. Total Expenditures . Balance ...... Total for 1902 Advextise in the Watchman-We.r BUCKSII'IBS 1nd (NH/(I “HIS The attention of our not: men is sreciany directed to one purchase of M400 pairs of Women’ s Rubbers secured 1t 1 mavellons redec‘ion to dent an the factory held. THE GREATEST SNAP OF THE SEASON Our Mr. Hockin, dm'mg his rmn bariumâ€"bargain hunting last week. picked up some of the biggest money sav- ers in the shoe line ever offered the good reople of Linsday. Statement of Assets and Liabilities. ASSETS. No. 18-1 U 21-12 U 14-9 27th. . 1903 ‘EXPENDITURES LIABILITIES 18 ............... REC EIPT'S . Debtntures Debentures Debentures Debentures Debentures _°”"' Emmerson $2,187 39 Co‘upous 2,205 00 CoupOns 140 00 Coupons 1,824 10 Coupons 995 44 Coupons $6,851 93 CoupOns u-uouo-v . $22,874 92 322.874 GEO. DOUGLAS G. B. RENNIE }A“d 8 1,079 194 450 153 131 8,739 329 8M1 2824 630 3,567 463 PAGE ELEVEN 39 on 34 00 00 43 21 (NI $31 .151 96 3 8,01 $13,081 Lindsay 9'.- .319 5.’ 294 418 459 665 ditcrs 9-1 94 IN) (N) 90 ()0 Mi m1: xiii