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Tho Egyptians of earlier-1312:, as Well 3, those of the present time, were ' Always expert ponitry mixers, solving “1!! long hystery of hatching eggs by nrtificid mom There is something attractive yet. ungainly In the Indian game fowl; I: is: long, hazy bird, like all games, makin (.1161!) appear “wkmm and grotesque. ' hese character If the ice didn’t keei) “Zen last summer look to the drainage and ventilation of the ice honea before packing this year’s Iupply San: wxll cut-die new milk; in preparing porridge. gmvies, etc., salt uhould not be added until the dish is prepared. If is poor policy to grow feed “1153 for other people’s cattieâ€"ounleu they eat in on 5 our farm. It does not necessarfly follow tbs: a poor man should have a poor cow. A calf fed on nothing but skim-milk would be a. skim-milk on] . Every farm can grow a 300:! sugar bush along its roadside-s and luau. Lay we}! your plans during the winter for next. season’s work. A straw bed is better than nothing for a cow to sleep on. All kinds of animus do batter i! not. huddled together. The older the animtl the more costly a. pound of gain. When you .mprove your stock on your farm, you znjnre no one. Prepare to grow a. good crop of corn next nnmmer. feléfiows. Set hard maples along your lane: and the roadside: Grow what you want, than you no sure to have it. Feed imperfect food to nothing i! it can be avoided. The demand for good butter in never exhausted. Get the bean bred on earth @583 you know of. Every farmer needs a few hog: we! I. few sheep. Ru: and rot destroy more farm tools than use. In trying to do everything nothing _is well done. ixo: a: hand substitute comrhon salt. Very warm water alone mil often 3!" relief. For indigestion, made manifest by the symptoms commonly called "stretches,” give a tablespoonful of epsom ulna in a pint of warm water. If the cpsogn salt. is â€"_t ‘A I.-_ i Adk, '. ' Separate the pregnant. ewes from all othc's at. least a. month before yearning time and give sown bone-making feed and plenty of exercise. Corn and confinement will make large lambs bat with very little strength or vitality. Oats, wheat bran and cEm-sr hay make the ideal ration. The larger proportion of these that. can be got- ‘ ran into the feed the better. If your sheep have ticks upon them get some insect. powder and a small bellowsi made for the purpose and sift. a little; through the wool. It can be done in less 1 time man you could shear the sheep and without injury to either the slice orwool, and it, is quite cicczive in estroying oud... tzcks. out. well between the legs and about the udder. In Merino flocks there are fre- quently sheep that, have the wool so row over theirs es as to be A great hinonnce to them. So such the shear-mean be ap- piied to gocfi advantage. Winner of first fin in agar...“ class at >hrewaburv. .nzland. rad: yO‘-:J, n Townshend. (‘aldi cote HAIL neaton. A pair of sheep shears should also be kept. convenient. Many ewes, especially ewe lambs, need tagging by this time and it is_a. goo-:1 plan to tag all ewes that. are to raise rsnubs, before yeaning time. Clip the wool Keeping the feet closely trim-ed in a good preventive or the common toluene“. f you have not yet this winter given you: shee a thorough trimming, better do no. The 00!: of those that have been confined in sheds will be pretty hard. Immediately after the firs: rain let them out upon a ciean field for a few honn’ run end the Work of cutting the boots wiil be les;ened one half. Quscks grow fat on the cradulity of their ‘\-#, Dairy Batu Breed from mature animsll. Buying on credit. is a. costly way. Energies misdirech no ‘7qu. Prevcn :ion in all can: in honor shun cure. Honesty is the best policy to live and die Tné next time you visit the sheep qunr. urs observe when you first enter whether there is not an o 'enslva 0101', then lift. the hay near the racks to see whether it be warm. Keep a. bottle of blue .vitn'el either pulverized finely or dissolved in Vinegar m the shed and apply it. to every note foot. as soon as discovered. A little neglxgence in this regard, especially in wet weather, will result. in considerable lose. “'11:; may he only mud scald, it neglected, will often doxelop into serious lameness. _ \ . Anocher cause of impure air in the sheds ta be guarded against is heating manure. Sultry weather hastens this, but. in the sta- bles of highly fed sheep where much waste hay is allowed to accumulate around the racks fermentation will take place. This not. only polkuzes the air but the heat on- qendered will so “scaid” the shee when they lie down as to loosen the woo . The remedy is to clean the strbies, or ntleast- remove a.“ the loose accumulation close to the racks. Manure will not hear. when “amped soligfly. 1 A feed-lot. should not be planned with :the ides.“ furnishing room for exercise. but to furnish an outing for fresh air and sunlight. Xothing, uniess in is a hen, en- joys a. dry, sunny yard so much as sheep. it. gives a. man the “ blues” to wade about muddy yards and it given sheep the ' ‘ whites." In warm, rainy weather, when sheep are confined in the sheds, be sure that. the sheds are well ventilated. At such times the air circulates very sluggiahly and the air of the sheds is apt. to become very im are from the exhalation; of the sheep. eep windows or doors open. Great damage may be done 'a. flock in a. single night. by too ciose confinement. The present. winter has been so far a. most. fnvorable one for the flocks. The danger accompany ing such pleasant. weather is that the flockmnster will take advantage of is, thinking his sheep need little feed and no care, and allow them to become thin before he is aware of is. The winter: of 1879 and 1889 were much Wei-met than this, but there We: such a. heavy rainfall, eapecinlly during December and. January of the former the} sheep could not thrive. Thrown! mdeed be an exceptional win- ter if we do not yet have a period ofmud. It will be wise to prepare for it. No amount of feed will make sheep do well when they must wade through the mud to get it. Make the feed-lots so small that they may be covered with stalks or straw. A GRICULTURAL. About Sheepâ€"Things to Do- Poultry Hates. Tha Rector (1769)- cool There were burglars in the house beyond adoubc, and when Mrs. Snipkins roused her husband it. was no false alarm. He listened a. moment and then arose and quietly slipped out into the hall. In a. minute or two he returned to get. his gun. can}. ('1 ..... 9: ._-_-m_.v L:_ .. _ . If you want to build up a private trade for the butter at a fancy price, make a. special efl‘ort to secure for your first cus- tomer some person of good standing. Be sure that it is a family who know good thin s, and whose judgment as to quality wongd be accepted by others. Then after you find that they are thoroughly satisfied with your butter, get permisaion to use their name as a reference in soliciting other custom. Very often one good famiiy will bring you another. wit} out any ei‘i‘ort on your port, and in this way a good client- age is quickly established. The effort that is made to secure private trad: is alwafs compensated by the better prices obtaineJ. and by the fact that you are paid in cash instead of trade. Many families now make a point of contracting for their butter the year aroundat a. given price which, when the price is fair, is a satisfacto ~y arrange- xn cut for both parties: There is profit in the diary, even if you do not obtain striczly gilt edge rice: for your product. Butter as twancy- ve cents Ker pound throughout the year is not I. bad mines: if you have good com. This price 23 not at all difficult to obtain. But. the profit will not. be found if you keep cows that require twenty-eight pounds of milk to produce one pound of banter. The hog grower has been about the Inst man to experiment with varied rations for feeding his stock. But now the hog. when in goo hands. is not compelled tolive on corn alone, but has barley meal, oil cake. and just now even wheat, in addition to roots and silage. It is in this direction the: better pork and better profits lie. ‘ The point of ulna in a bee! breed in not wholly in the size and weight. which they ottnin, but in the fact than. they place the flesh where it is most desirable to havo it. A good beef onirml is one that will produce magnificent sirloin: and juicy joints. A rough animal, no matter how neuvy, in never a choice beef. You can have no animal upon 3 {mm that is more wholly Worthless than a poor sheep. It is of no value as a breeder, and more than likely will not repay you for the food reqmred to fatten it. It is true that the pelt. may be of a little value, but it. must be remembered the better the sheep the better the pelt also. Up on most. farms where stock is ker u it. is thought necessary to have the .am‘. cut up into many fields. This makes fencing and the repair? for same a large item of ex- pense. Look into the matter and see if you cannot do anything with some of the fences this year. I Like milk, an egg is complete food. 1:” ‘ fed on eggs :lone young animnll are furnish- ed all necessary elements for growmg ho muscle and all that goes to make a pugs animal of its kind. A hen may lay 200 eggs per year, but ought to produce 123 Eight eggs will weigh 11 pound and 1‘20 will weigh about 15 pounds,at the cost, of about one bushel of corn, worth. eoy,cn an average of 50 cents. At this rate the eggs cost so for as food 13 concerned, about three and one’ third cents per pound, or 4.16 cents per dozen. Bones contain phosphate of lime or phosphoric acid and lime. They therefore provide lime for the shell and phosphate for the system. Grind or crack them to a to 1' size and feed them daily to your oc . Fresh bullock’s blood put: in a woolen bag and boiled, then mixed with the soft food and {ed to fowls, is the best, egg producing food known, being exceedingly rich in albumen. In building a poultry house always en- (leave: to get as much room on the floor as possible. A sontheer ex oaure.o dry floor raised a few inches from t 0 ground. The windows should extend low down to per- mit. sunshine on the floor where it is most needed in cold weather, and not go no waste on the sides of the building. A box of lump lime and gionnd oyster shells find room in one corner of the building and kept, con- stantly supplied. not malted. See that the combs and wattle: are red and legs clean. The nostrils should be examined, and if by pressinga. discharge is noticed, do not. take them. Your sense of smell will also tell you of the prevalence of ronp. If you wish to purchase a number of old hens in the Fall, see if the plumage is new. If so, they have moltcd and will lay very soon. If the plumage is dirt colored or smoky, with struggling feathers that pull out easily, they have Always make the nest: for the laying hens wha- 9 they may walk in upon them, never in a barrel or deep box, where they will have to jump down upon the eggs. This Is to me a question easily solved and should be obsen ed by all who keep chick- ens. The safest and one of the beat remedies for roup and catarrh is to put a gill of liquid coal tar in a. uarb bottle : fill the bottle with water. se it as a wash, give a. teaspoonful to all birds having roup, cholera, or any orhcr violent disease. Damp quarters brings on map, as does too much soft. ioods. Eggs from pallets seldom hatch as well as those from adult fowle.aay, of 18 months or two years. F or laying, the pallets ans- wer ; but for incubation, see that the eggs selected for hatching come from matured hens of good breeding. To secure strong chicks use a cockerel of medium size, at. least one year old, and mate him with six large, healthy two-year old hens. This course you will find advantag- ous in many ways and save you much trouble. Vigorous breeding stock means healthy, rapid maturing young chicks when they arrive. ietics do not deprive them of a beautiful coat of feathers, and at times a very digni- fied specimen of the biped tube. 12‘ you are looking for a little sport put a real, saucy, young cockerel in a pen where a set. of looking glass mirrors surruumla him. He will amaze and please you with his 'antics in trying to fight. and peek at the image of himself in the mirror, and work to get at. his antagonist with fruitless results. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK HEX. A Eurg'ar Alarm. General Matters- His motherâ€"Tonimy, if you fight. with little Wfllie Walters to-day I shall put. you to bed for two hours. Mrs. Nulyricho-Are you puttin’ “ P. RC." 0:: them caliin’ cmls Alishy‘.’ Aliciaâ€"Yes, mamma. Mrs. Nulyricheâ€"We’il thenfpnt. “RSV. P.” on 'em, ton. Blame ’i I'm goin’ to ict anyone get ahead of me far style." Merclmntâ€"“Firs*-class ; but three week: ago Mr. Jacquerie, who acts the fashions here, went to a. swell pink tea. or something or other. and actually forgot to comb her hair before leaving home.” “ Well ?" Merchantâ€"“ For three weeks combs have been a drag in the market. No woman who lays the least. claim to being a lady will lave anything to do with them.” Marchantâ€"“ Our business is full of risks. Look at. these combs, for instance. No sale for ’cm at an.” “The next gown I shall issue,” said the ladies’ tailor. “will be the triumph of the century." “indeed,” said his humble assis- tant. “Yes, indeed. It. will be impossible to tell from its shape that there is a woman in it. at, all.” " Why not? They seem to be 9. good at- tide." Maysie â€"“Ha.ve you become reconciled to Fido’s death ‘3" Dnyaieâ€"J‘Well, almost; but I am constantly reminded of the poor little fellow. You know, Archie haljust begun to raise whiskers, and the resem- blance is really painful.” “Wimmin,” said Mr. Grog-An. “is moighty similar in wan way.” “An’ {wat’s thot '2” mquired Mr. Hogan. “No matter how minny m thim you gin acquainted wid they're all alike in bein’ different. from wan another." ‘ Customerâ€" “Whn’a the matter with the lady you are watchin 1' In uh. suspected? Clerk â€"- " Shâ€"sh. '0:: she is insane." “What did the do?” “Asked to iook at shoes that were really large enough for her.” "I had to come back,msmmu,”nnid Bessie. who had made a most heroic effort to give her doll a. sleigh ride while the blizzard was on- “The wind blowed all the air Away 0 I couldn’t breathe!” Philoaopharâ€" ”And no you belong to a society calied the Progress Club? A‘n, this is a grand, a. glorious age! By the way, whut do you do at your Progress Club?" Swestgxrlâ€" “We play progressivcouchre.“ Mass Willing (meaningly)-â€"“Do you know they are talkin of putting a. tax on old bachelors?" Mr. )onder (more mean- ingly1â€"“They would misc more revenue if they’d tax :11 the old married men who wish they wore single.” Gi’aiigsnâ€"“Mebbe if ycz wore to send her an anonymous letther, ’r. would do.” O’ Runrkeâ€" “Teddy, me boy, Oi want to propose to Norah Shaughneasy, but, ()i’m that bashful Oi don’t. know how to do it!” He --“Thc conversational powers of Miss Chatter-ton are something wonderful.” Sheâ€"“Why, I didn't know you Were ac- quainted with her.” “I’m not. She sat behind me at the opers. the other night.” American youth~â€"“ Well Parking. do you think I will look presentable At, the recep- t-xon : this ,evening?” Imported Valet -â€"“Hevcry:’ning his hsll right, now, 311', hexcepb your ghastiy Hamcricm haccent.” Miss Bulletâ€"“ In this one of the machines that. take your age when you drop a nickel in the slot. 2” “ Yes, somatimes.” Miss Balletâ€"“Ia it out of order now?" “I\o, but it only register: up to unity.” TOmmyâ€"Put me to bed now, ma. W’ hen thmgs unpleasant, have occurral, Is not as bad3 as wives who sit Anr‘ simply look without a. word. Mrs. Dukaneâ€"“The newspaper has an article whi' ch any: that In Russia. a spinster is a. curiosity ” Mr. Dukanc--“ Well, there 5 a rear, deal of curioaity about spin- eters in t in country, too. “I am not aware that. I had joined any temperance society." said the editor. “What's up now?” Well. I wrote, ‘Let the galled jade squeak,’ and it reads ‘Let the gallon jug leak l” Ma.mmr.-â€"“ We are to have company at ten, and I want you to act liken. man.’ Johnnyâ€"â€"“' And must. I say, like pm, ‘What in thunder makes the pie-crust so confound- ed tough ?” The wife who alwayts says ‘_ I told you $0” cum \Vroto the p'oet in fervid fanéyifil'ight; And his wife fed him on rich mince pxo Before he went, to bed that night. Elderly maidenâ€"“ This is so unexpected Mr. Wellalon , thanâ€"that you must give me time." lderly Ioverâ€"“ Time, Miss Rebeccu? Do you think there is any to spare?" She--" He says Ins poems are widely read.” Hoâ€"“Well, that. proves one thing.” Sheâ€"“ What. ?" Htsâ€"“Than the editors read articles before rejecting them.” “Could I i_n my dream} but, see thee.” “ So you have named the baby ‘Obadiah T.’ What does the ‘1" stand for ?" “Oh, that means ‘Tempumrily’â€"-until he get: his Uncle Obadiah’l money, you know.” “ We!!,’ said the operator to the market, “ how do you feel?” “ Bully,” replied the market. "Alas," cried the operazor, “thin in-vmoro than I can bear.” Maud--â€"“ Why don't» you [give young Sewers some encouragement. if you love him 3" Nell -“ 021, he ought. to be able to press his own suit. He's a. tailor.” “How did Spacer get. along with his typewriter?” “ Not. at. all. The bell mum so much while he was writing a joke that. he got. mad and smashed the machine.” Fxggâ€"“ What does this paper mean when it speaks of the timbre of Solfa’s voice?’ Foggâ€"“ That's a olitc way of aéying that his singing IS woo en.” Maryâ€"“It‘s hard to believe that our great zmcestress was made of one of Adam’s ribs. Which ri‘o do you think it. was?” Eleanorâ€"“0h, the sparerib undoubtedly.” Aunt. Maryâ€"“I hope, Carrié, you never tell your husband his faults.” Carrieâ€" “Mercy ! no aunt. I shouldn’t) know where to begin.” Trnzmpâ€"“ You are very kind in givin’ me the dmncr, sir !" C.tizcnâ€"“ Never mind, my poor mam-I don’c want any return.” \Villie \Viltâ€"“ Do you know--n.uâ€"Miss Per-to, I have half a. mindâ€"â€"”Misz Parts â€"~”Oh, surely more than that, Mr. Wilt.” Heâ€"“Lsur»-.‘rliss Luna, 1' nnauâ€"ls there any hope for me '1" Shem“ Hope for you? I have baeu hoping for you for the last year.” “ Remedies foi- toothache, my boy,” said Uncle Allen Sparks, “will be found to afi'ord instant; relief in every case but. yours.” Chappieâ€"J‘ I cawn’t collect my thoughts, doneherknow.” Scrappy-“ No ; the days of miracles are over.” “ How does Miss Screaminhowl pro- nounce her name ?" “The actress, do you mean ‘2” “ Yes.” “ 0b, why, Smith." “ The hn‘d times make very little differ- ence to me,” remarked a lime dealer, “ my business is always slack.” Would Have tha Pun Aitérward- “ You look pale this morning.” “Shouldn’t. wonder; had a staving time last. night.” “Fred is in an awful fix. He proposed to me last. night. you know, andâ€"” “And you accepted him 1'" “ That changes the complexion of things,” mused Wigwam as he gazed on his wife ’3 dressing-case. 9! Doiag the Whole Thing- A Drug: on the Market: MERRY MOMENTS. - M»o4-.~ , «W menu mnmg xrorn simple and pure me insurance, and gave the public what they ’askedâ€"liie insurance gt costâ€"or at half (the price thex were paying the old 1i_no_ tomenigg. ;"""“‘" "‘ " ” It is not at all strange that the tirade oi the paid press against him and his revolutionary plnn assumed sharper and sharper tones us he earned a. foothold, then in standing. and later ndva/ueed to- ward the front in this great business of life insurance; for his new plan struck at the very foundation of their strength, it threatened their mast lucrative busi- ness, it was a standing nightmare. No money, no influence was withheld to strangle it at its birth, to check it in its early days, to crush. it in its youth, to destroy it in its growing strength and manhood. But President Harper could not be bought, nor would he move an inch from the course he had mapped out for himself and his association. He .won the battle, and he divorced invest- you pcuple s advocate more courageous in his fight against a. great wrong, and for cheap life insurance for the masses. Years ago President Harper demon- strfied begand question the soundness of H I system 0: li insurance, and the security and saving it offered to members. lie was the first life insurance official who had the courageâ€"and it took cour- age at the period we refer to to denounce the pernicious system of investment bank- ing with life insurance. He was assailed by the old line companies for the posi- tion he took up. The whole machinery of a. subsidized press was put in motion minat him. but opposition only, made Considering the comparative youth of the Mutual Reserve, it shows at the thir- teenth year of its growth a. strength un- equalled. by any other life insurance cor- poration in the world. The reports oi its officers read like the fancy of n Victor Hugo; they tell of pluck and p3rscver- ance, of opposition ovurcome, of peas:- verance of business sogacity and oi suc- cess. All previous life insurance records were put in the shade, while the healthy financial condition of the association was guaranteed by the certificate from Presi- dent Olcott, of the Central Trust Com- pany, showing to a. cent how the assets of the Mutuél Reserve are inves:ed, gilt- edgcd securitics, comprising principally first mortgagcs on first-class New York real estate. 951,855.23; insets, $5,188,516.36; “Abilities, $2,136,496.81 ; uut surplus over all liabilities. $3,002,019.55 ; total membership of the as- wciition. 82,716. With the work of theyear 1893uccomp1ish- ed. the result is that the Mutual Resene has now in iorco a. mum business of ov or $262, - 000, 000. 00; death claims paid in 1893 S2, - 951, 855. 23; insets, $5,188,516. 36; lisxbiiitics, “ Our aucts were never so large as to-j day ; om:- surplu. never so great; our new busimss larger than ever recorded in any? prevmus year; our net. increase of busi-l noun simply phenomenal ; our payments t0| the widows and orphans exceed that ever before disbuxssd in any previous twelve months; our future never 50 bright.” Ir is no? Ill-canary ,uu'n'fl shnuld assure you'. (ha-.11 huve every fmlh m the svszcm of the Mmpn} Ruswvu. espm-jz 11» whn-n its ufl'airs are ndunmsxcrcd by 11ml Punt-e uf Fin-mm: and In- summer, nu; l’rvsidrnl. Huzpvr. The fut-r. chm} l'flfl‘)’ 5L pnncy Dr 520 (100 is smficivm evidence of mvfiauih b:\Lh In the systum mud in Ih -munnvx'iu \yhxch our ud’uix': au‘c minmiswn-d. \‘nurs Suwercly. UHON H YA'J EK ”A. President Huron-'8 th‘rtvnnty 1):"!!!le Ti‘purt was a mace! and able documents; It vms a plain, unvarnished tale of re-\ lief to widows and orphans, showing that. during the year nearly three millions of; dollars had been disbursed, and after do~§ ing thia noble work President Harper’s' wport said in part: ; INDEPENDENT (mum: or Fomzs’nms. 'lonox'w. Cunadu. Jul). 3:. 1891. \V. J. McMux‘srv. Esq. Guueml Munugchumal Item-We Fund Life Alsocfiaiixm. Toronto, Om, Dur Sir and Btuâ€"1 regret. that. owim: Lu! svwrnlimpm'wu' munch; coming u in comm-(‘1 lion with our Older in Illinois and fndinna. rc- quiriux ilumediam ulu-nlion. 1 mn again cum- yclhd to forego the plensurcof au-compnuying you to New York to mtrnd lbw annual mucting of the Max uaJ liusm've Fund Life Associminn. I; need nut any 'luu 1 am wry much dis-unpoinlc .. as 1 ma oxpchc-d w lcum my much from ugugduucc ul. sand Int-(tingu Exncunvm (‘ovxcm } _ U...- u; n: unu .nulum lies, . \V ilh kin'd mg uds to all. believe mv. var) sincerely yams. “'ARRING KENNEDY. Mayor of Toronto. WnoucsALn Impon'mns, 3 TORONTO. January 23. 1891. , E. B. Harper. Esq” President Mutual Reserve; {Jugd Dllo Assucmtion. Broadway. New York. . .A.: 3 My Dear . r. Hurpcr.-â€" I um profoundly awry“ than I onnnm do myself lhc pleasure of accoxu-; panylng the brethren from Toronto. who leuvu,‘ today In amend the annual mcuuug of the Mutual Resume. I havu so many things to m-l lend to tlns wuuk ln connecliou with mankind and other umucrs mm. 1 line! it impossible Lo get? tawny. 5 I must coutuu I nun um: disappointed in not: bun: able )0 see you 1 l at. the annual xnccrlm: of 159:. I hope that you wlil have n. lmrmbnions nmljnhllau: meeting. The success during l893‘ was gram. indeed, at which I rejoice. You can always rclv upop. my loyalty lo__1hc Mutual In“ SAMSON. KENNEDY a: 00.. } The meeting was attended by represen-t I tntive men from all our the world, and 1 among them the following Canadians were: t noticed: Messrs. D. E. Cameron, Deputy“ Provincial Treasurer for Ontario; David; ; Gillies, M.P.P., Carleton Place; W. E.‘ Wellington, nux-sorymnn, Toronto; 1". N4] Tennnnt, lumbe-rman, Toronto; W. P. Mc-j Mahon, barrister, Belleville; '1‘. w. Chap: I ple. barrilter, Uxbridge; E. P. Johnson. [ L'Orignal; W. J. Murray, Brooklin; {.(I W. Sutherland, Toronto; William Green,’ Toronto; D. Z. Bezette, Montreal; W. J.’ ' McMurtry, Toronto; Col. Domville, St.’ John, NB. The following letters of re-9 gret at unavoidable absence were read? from Warring Kennedy, Mayor of To-‘ ronto, and Dr. Oronhyatekhn, Supreme! Chief Ranger of the Independent Order 05 Fore-tars. - has travelled steadfastly, however, along the line of natural premium system, and each succeeding twelve months its reports of results have astonished, if they have. not turned grey, the heads of life insur? ance experts themselves all over the' world. ‘ . the community. Throughout at least) twelve years of the thirteen yea/rs of its‘ existence the Mutual Reserve Fund Liie' Amaciatiou hus had to wage a warfare forf the maintenance of its own life in ade- gree which at times suggested the abso- lute hopeleasnesn of tiie undertaking. It; The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve {Fund Life Association, which was held in New York recently; was an occasion of such world-wide inter-, est that the report of its proceedings is. attracting attention all over the Ameri-; can Continent, and in many parts of the Old Country, Eurorpe and the Colonies.’ These annual gatherings have 'always proved to be events of no small import-f ance in the financial and commercial world, but the last meeting surpassed in interest all its predecessors. To begin with, the record of the stupendous sue-j cess of the institution, as revealed in a general way by the report of President‘ Harper, was almost sensational ‘in its character. Marvellous as has been the progress of (this association in public, favor and its accomplishment of results,' the figures would seem almost incredible. without the authentic endorsation oi State officials, and the re‘presentations‘oi men holding high fiduciary relations to ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. MUTUAL mecmm. $17, 884:, 383. 86 Paid to Widows and Orphans. Mutual ReServe Fund? Life Association. s UCCEss;_!ggg§ ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Canadians Present. Joeâ€"“ Thou fountain-pen makers will never be mected by the income tax.” Bob â€"“ Why not '3" Joeâ€"“ Because they never make enough ink come to be taxed.” “You think,” stud \Viilie Wishinqton, “thaz in actually hurts a. man to be hit with one of Cupid's arrows ‘3” “No," re- lied Belle Pepperton ; “ as a. rule he mere- y becomes sensegess tor a time." Have youCntax-rh? This Remedy willreueve and Cure you. PrioeéOcm. This lnjeotorlor its successful treatment, free. Remember, 0L"- Ln- I)-__‘3 :__4, A Polaon’s Nerviline cures flqtulencemhifls, and apums. Nerviline cures ivomming, diarrhoea, choleral and dysentery. Nervilinc cures headache, see. aicknesa andsummer complaint. Egrifiline cures _n’eurulgia, toothache, luml’i'sr‘g'o, and sciaticafi... Nerviline cures sprains, bnfi’ées, cuts, c‘. Po1son’s Nervilme is the beat remedy in the work}, and only costs 10 and 25 cents to try it.. Sam 16 and large bottles at any drug store. Try Olson’s Nerviliue. Cur-es consuming: Coughs, Group Scrc 3111095 1291; by an D’tggfistg 9n arGunl'nntcc. Sfiiléfi'é'fiéiedsc‘ "GREEK 61-1? guEranmmcee: Doctors Have on urcuslon Deliberate” Placed Their own Lives In Jeapm-dy. There is no difl'erenoe of opinion among doctors as to the heroism displayed by Dr. \Villiam Moor, the specialist on therapeu- tics, who has discovered thst permanganate of potassium is an antidote for morphine poisoning, and proved it the other day when he counteracted the eifects of what ordinari- ly would be a fatal dose of morphine by swallowing his new found antidote. Some of the doctors who were present left the room. Those who remained had the oppor- tunity of congratulating him on his dis- covery sud self-confidence. Such cases are not uncommon. Almost all successful phy- sicians have, at some time, placed their lives in jeopardy to experiment on them- selves. Drugs, poisons and narcotics are the favorite subjects of experiments, and physicians boast that many obscure heroes have laid down their lives in the interest of science because their calculations failed. A Brooklyn Ilysician, while travelling in France with is wife, was forced to go through the cholera. districts some years ago. He had a new theory of his owu for the cure of cholera, and his wife was in a. fever of dread over the chance of infection. This man inoculated himself with the germs of cholera, end then, with two psid atten- dants, isolated :himself from the rest of the world and put his theory into practice, haw ing lélt minute directions for his treatment before delirium set in In a. week he was. cured. Shortly after his wife was stricken, and he confidently applied his remedy. His wifedicd and he never again tried his discovery. To this day he does not know whether his experiment was a. success or not. But it was none the less heroic. l Treasurer J. W. Vrooman's report . showed that among the securities of tho geogmpnny there is over $100,000 worth 'of Dominion bond: deposited with the Insurance Department at Ottawa. as [security to the Canadian policyholders. i'l‘he reports of the other officers were {fully as satisfactory and oonclusive. in.-.“ -â€" .‘ nu.» unA 1m". .‘uUuLl‘UlLl. i‘ 01 Manitoba and the \orth- “est Ter- rircriesâ€"Mr. A. R. AIL-\ichol, McIntyre Black, “iunipcg. For the Prmince of \ew Brunswick- Cul. James Dmuille, St. John. N..B In speaking to the resolution Mr. Cam- eron made an address full of vigor and Spirit. He was sorry that Mayor Ken;- lleaiy. who generally was the spokesman for Caxmdians, was unable to be present. Canallans kne .v the solidity oi the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, and ap- preeinteal its management. The witty «:peech of Col. James Domville, of St. John, New Brunswick, closed the meet- ing. which \'113 then adjourned. The managers for Canada. are as fol- lows : . For the Pi-zn'inse of Ontarioâ€"Mr. .W. J. MeMurtry, Mtil building, Toronto. For the Province of Quebecâ€"Mr. D. Z. nezette, 12 Place d’Ax-ines‘, Montreal. “ That the thanks of the Canadian mem- bers of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association are due and are hereby ten- dered to President Harper and those associated with him, for the unexamplcd success of its operations during the past )ca1â€"the hanm 1' year of its exist- cuteâ€"notwithstanding the severe finan- cial depression that has existed thro ugh- out r:he world and we hereuy desire to express our 11111 served confidence in the Association and its management.” After 'the presentation of the reports Mr. D. 13. Cameron, Deputy Provincial Treasurer of Ontario, proposed, seconded by Mr. David Gillies, M.P.P., of Carleton Plate, the following resolution: and decreases. ; By reducing the premium rates charg- ed to members to harmonize with the payments to the widows nad orphans for death claims, more than thirty-five mil- lion dollars have already been saved to the members of the Mutual Reserve. President Harper may well be proud of the glorious success of the Mutual Reserve. His master mind, his indomi- ; table will, his untiring energy, his ma- ; ture judgment has overcome all obstacles, Land placed his, association 8. giant among giants in the insurance world. Yet he has so managed the business and organized , it that it is to-day a. great machine, de- 3 pendent upon no one, two or twenty men :‘to perpetuate its life and its activity. , This has been accomplished by bringing together in the management active, ener- ; getic, honest, reliable business men, whose judgment and work in their es- pecial fields is unexceiied. The report of J. Douglas Wells, third vice president, showed that $5, (542 ,600 of new business was received from Canada. alone. President Harper made reference to the splendid work done during the year by ‘the thousands of agents of the Association scattered throughout the world. Prizes have ‘been offered to the six men who would Ibring in the greatest volume of businfiss in the twelve month, and three out of ,‘the six were carried off by Cane.- dians, viz., “the third by A. R. McNichol, Winnipeg; the fourth by J. '1‘. Kirk, St. John, N.B., and the sixth by W. J. Mur- ray, Brooklin. aLame Not so the Mutual Reserve Fund. It offers its policy holders insurance at costs .,The only reserve i't accumulates in in- cidental, yet'it is large enough. to meet all necessities and cover all risks. The association is in every detail, in every conception, a mutual insurance associa- tion. The cost 'of management and the cost of death claims is equitably dis- tributed among its thousands of mem- bers. As its risks are most carefully drawn, its death claims fall far below. the figures of the mortality tables. As they are distributed all over the world they are brought to the general average, ,’ trimming people Werom ncrw WW .the honesty of Prgsiflent Harper's Iyr HBROIC TBS PS 0? ANTIDOTBS. ;tem. Theyowlanted insurance at cost. ;They objected to subjecting themselves 'to a. contract that forced them to be- :come investors and placed their invest- ;ments out of their control, and put re- {strictions upon their rights and owner- [ship in these investments, and this is :just what the level premium campanies 'do to their policy-holders. LM’SACATARRH Rerve Pain Cure- ---..°..v -v .uu evuwnwl Iuvclusu , not liable to sudden increases REMEDY: They give perfect satisfaction in fit, style and finish word that Fibroid, ovarian and other Tumors cured without lesorb to surgery. Book. wilh numerous references, sent on receipt of in cents in stamps. \‘v orld' s Dispensary Medi- cal Association, Buiinlo, N. Y. "If all Lhcgoid in nfint or bank. All earthly things Lhat men call wealth \Vere mine, with every tilled rank. I‘d gin,- them all for precious health." Thus in angush wrote a lady teacher to a near friend, telling of pitiless headache. of smarting pain, of pain in back and lions, of dejection, weakness and nervous, feverish unrest. The friend knew both causes and cure and flashed back the answer, "Take Dr. l’icrce’s Favorite Prescription.” The disbresaed teacher obeyed, was restored to perfect. health, and her daily duties onCe more became a daily pleasure. For lady teachers, salesladies and others kept long standing, or broken down by exhausting work, the “Prescription” is a most, potent restorative tonic, and a certain cure for all female weakness. Guarantee! to cure in every case or money returned. Sec printed guarantee around each bottle. ()ne of the surgeons sent abroad by the United States to inspect iubending emigrants at European ports says that, the knowledge of such inspection by the United States made the steamship companies extremely careful as to the sort, of steerage passengers they accepted. He inspected 15,000 pas- engexs and demiued but. two, while on this side not. a single one of those who passed his inspection was excluded from the coun- try. The su1 throws vertical rays on the earth’ 8 surface only upon an area equai to about thirty- five square miles ut one time. During the last. year the poscmasters of the United States handled nearly 4,C00,- 000,g)0 stamped pieces of paper, ‘Tfie Kansas university is excavating tunnel under izs various buildmgs throug which all of them will be heated. NOR‘H'Q -WEST Potltoes are most. greedily devour-(fa '4‘! Germany, where the people eat $280,0C0,0 worth every year. v The crow:n_priucesa oi Denmarkixm‘rayul~ “highness ” by nature as well amlrllfm being 6 feet, 3 inches tall. _ The skéleton of the leathery. winggd 11;“- is bone for bone and joint, for 1011117 81ml.” to that of mm. American locomotive builders turned out. 1958 locomotives last year, a decrease over previous years. A horre for invalid servants, thygift of Mrs. C. Davis English, is to be built near Berwyn, Pu. A notable increase in the practice of carrying firearms is reported from western cities this winter. Then; are eight edible and gwelve oigon- ous varieties of mushrooms m the mted States. A vest pocket. telescope has been 1n- veu1ed. Hindoos believe the moon is the food of the gods._ An Engli h bishop preaches regularly in his sleep. GRANBY RUBBERS. T7": M95? fiiflfih GATE; 5%EEL 1% nmwn; A2735. been MANHOIA BRIEF AND INTERESTING. IDAVID MORTON 8: SONS 3AMILTON,ONT.m See your Ewes! Ranrond A8613. and get neupy of “Free Facts, Farms and }Sleepers” A USE WIDEAWAKE AND THE [flay-factured 0mg; H( V IRANBY RUBBERS wear like iron." , , \u .. uululnnl. almwrmg u": question. “WHY suorw USE AS AIZRJIHTOR I" For condnwm (If companion and umounta and numlwrs «f rmn send form:- hcuhnw the Arrmotor (31.. Clixcuxn. ur to m lnrnuclws, at Sum FMCIFCO. Kansas Cm', Lmvulu. Na-l... Smux (my, Iowa. Mm- netpohs. Buflflo, or (.5 Park Pinto. New York (My. Aormotuns. Pumping And Geared sanu- prlk‘t. All wal. all Galvanized-After- Compleuon. dam-cred free on cars at (‘lncngo And shipped to my one, anywhere, It the {allnwms pnces‘ 8-“. $25. l2-ft. $50. l6-1t. $l25. The Auméfior Co. memes to (immune 8500 IN CASH IN PRIZES {or the best equ “-nlzon I y the \nfv, sou or daughter of a farmer or mar of .1 mmhunl. ansuonng the quesuon. “WHY Sllul'Ln I rm: m .nnmrm. ... .. . muxnwu “5 the 1mm? [-81:02 um- (um. .«mi GALVAMZEDJFTER- C(MH'LIITIUN, TH! S I'EIU‘ECTLY leTill‘l i.\(i EVERY 1‘0!”th OF THE MET“- .! 1‘ In;,~~.l:lc lu .mwnfew ccnh on . :v‘. these in“ cents on {hocnvvrm- ‘ hr-r uf mums me “1;tu sathfavhuy In! .\« .w'u (‘0. “Inch hnn!“ a): derived lulu-.4140» 1?! mm lhc M‘ruce it has run- dereda um: numlwr ux‘ mm. le and (rum (hex-nde x: Into :2: mm; \wH \" cwr 2! puts :25 hands to, than from the mum-y 1: ma}. x hum i1: cnterxrnse. Thm year. because 1t Ir ,5 xx~ nmtvrml mom (Land) and 9x- pects an cnurmau; Ant-«mu» :n u~ m0; gruumg Luampv, I! ul’en lu [nu-um u rim incrl‘Au‘ in [he quanllly and qnnfll) 0! ”term employ-«I h- lhr mmlruellun of“. an Towers. 'J‘ho accompanying (ha-nun. 2 I“: x .‘ 1-: nh-m.‘ 1hr unalicst angle that wall be u-ed by I! m 1hr mrnrr luau (.f mex .eu-n 1n: the Mg. wheel. PM the hm u» nu- 4x4 'X'hnunnd. of to... ofAngln for Town‘s culd-rnllnl null wry “night and perfect no now being don"t-red a: uur “urL~. when “ho havea few mm, and “11"?{0194 31ml Handy. nf 2:: 2 angle “Inch :heyare usmg for #41,. Inf: . .mvl ru-n Inr 1:4: “heels“:il read thxs paragraph \vuh \mgmw and N)! n w. smcr “9 1mm nu: prcwously civl‘n lhrm an} :qurnmlnn romumu: \dmlue wzlluse for 91. JOHN l5.- BRUCE 3; CO- L"; fi ‘J. 1'0 xumu‘y half a ‘ ‘ (" :gt‘ \Tc have becn . mm; yin: the Farm- ers. lhc Gardeners. ”11‘ Florists and this Horticultural Speciausts in all pm'z imh n.“ ' hi~ :n‘cu! Dominion. with 0111' H'h‘t'f Ni and )tLiuhh‘ EtOCk 0" Seeds for :hc Ficlzi. U0 Garden and the Greenhouse: :uui ' '.“.'Lz;i'1'_\l‘.'ll‘lh(il orders come tummy-,1! .1 3 Pu 120 S:u~on<. so that the m-oxllaw 1:11»! ~ ' - n“ u ”10% valuable pos- session. Uzu' rim-(x -':y.zloy.'uo {01-1598 is now ready :1!) 1 WM ~'r- mam-d {I'm- 10 all who apply 10 4" Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very well known to the citizens of Apple- ton, Me., and neighborhood. He says: “ Eight years ago I was taken “ sick, and suffered as no one but a “ dyspeptic can. I then began tak- “ ing August Flower. At that time “ I was a great sufferer. Every- “ thing I ate disxessed me so that I “ had to throw it up. Then in a “ few moments that horrid distress “ would come on and I would have “ to eat and suffer Forthat “again. Itooka “little of your med- Horrld “ icine. and felt much Stomach “better, and a fter . “ takings little more Feelmg- “ Au gust Flower my “ Dyspepsia disap- “peared, and since that time I “ have never had the first sign of it. “I can eat anything Without the “least fear of distress. I wish all “ that are afflicted with that terrible “ disease or the troubles caused by “it would try August Flu-«ends I “ am satisfied there is no medicine "equal to it.” 0 A young girl can stand up straight .2116 still be bent on marriage. Eave’long plied their vocation on the suf- fering pedals of the people. The knife has pared to the quick; caustic applications have tormented the victim of come until the conviction shaped itselfâ€"there's no c.1re. Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor p 'oves on what a. blender basis public opin- iln often ream. If you eufl'er-from come get the Extractor and yo_u will be satisfied. Sold everywhere. ‘iAugust Flawer” HAMILTON. ONTARIO- SE Charlatans; and Quack: , and it has become ED _ IERCHANTS InlrlleUOl ofll- Shel Towers. The 2 x 2 1-2 allows the smallest Angle 0 corner [mm of Towersevou for x m» use 4 x4. ‘flaomfl- 01’ tom ullul and wry “night and polite! n our works. (Milena who have: «'3 supply. of 2x 2 angle «inch and men fur 12-1: wheels, “I” ‘pflso and ml rnu', NBC? we have not r mformauun concerning “but we For continuous of brim send for par- ‘ ns band-n3, at Sun "’5 Ski. lawn. Im- Mn “Ind Couldshc iv, in men lun- horror Ins Lhe l‘noubleeo date? 01' pus this 30m Frenchmen]? he was cap; nee. The two clerks wer way: a the brawny man in} sued in open-mouthed sdm unfit-ea, he felt, some day'1 {item-n ; the longing was i Oped by u. lightning speed ; I deed of hyawry how ne how high their posnionsffi seeing things and driving q cipally small boys. Amy ! 1 A week later Uhvér'a 06 ed and red-headed young: of Sun, changed in Shun l4 clerk-.- knocted end mm “Lady lo we yer.” He L!‘ ingin the words, his bean were» 3:111 of dark myaw expected Mu. de liesuudi Hannah. No letter had con My of the Troub‘.esome : I may showed she might, a! connection] condemnation ly frivolous to neglect. s- v.1 vet of her safety. The :i apodully unpleaum am .4 he woul i any. “I told gm Bid“ to every story : all-3% my inn-e becn a much emit ofii :a-bo y dragged a e‘aau 1.4‘ end gizh a significant. imk‘ Couldshc i “ Sony to trouble you} :3 swkwnrdly, “ but the old was to b: sent for, as you the bui duh-cur uf the m u What 01d imiy “" “had much wuoged at the mat, “ Name Pane“. I think, consider-Me whim She efliee. Ihc and, an! had no black-{00mm mu. t-follow sees him Waidug fur her i Ch. Iu'ollt, csmleSn-like. THE - TR “ You done x Vix’. Mr. she should comc .J} u again heving no senic oz; rapt-my me to Neww " . Maine, strdght home :9 me. I'm a. bit nfore I 2‘ maze. ()n a cue of pa and ma in their‘ seen mach of use world. I amp awhile in New York, Blinn there that married a board with her ‘(ow rcmem she as I um: \ouz-g thing. enough, I take it, to be be! world in a censorious place. buck to him. resolvm being a d \irce‘ woman i: the world. u must giving l Sun aim ; discreet km music; ma “ Perlice to and Ines: 'nlrsslv. ‘ Hall, sir: rith rear she Inc!- her, nnd snr turns md rum him In herseif, a net force oould ’a" dune.” “ You don’t. know the nu “ His {was lin'l in the g. in 39430333 “'ltut if: I; * â€"A_ 0L- “ It's either brew}: er feller wot}: cheered be: -m laid to the Clerks :5 in: s;.- fully. “I guess there‘s. :ne boas grinned when he see. u “ If no news is goad. X‘ i fiend, with a sigh. “I’ve Perkms Lint. keeps the tie she sin’t been thero '4'. :1; come. There ws‘n‘x m 1:." er. I seen that worms:- azu she aye Minny got there 51 bought her 3 plaid abut, w other things, had M 1255' an} by tnin the next day. and I to write to her, but fruit ; the: knowed wyzhing don: ticketrseller, who rememw he a'old her I. ticket [at (1:4 haie-been afraid her 5135541 He said lots of thn- wad-“c chuged about that Li'ne. an; most like, all I inter mewci on her." "Still, it is almost impou to be lost travelling now-d- tbly nook ehborate preauw De Renaud would follow In dog wgqp dong she will I “ 1' am Is you folks su Miss Pawn, grimh , ‘goil and shall watch om most in I know she’ll drag around I doubt but. I shall Ound 1 money’ a one, Mv she woul not, spy»: an .; I think it‘s my do: 13' v; pi.) “ Don't you 1119.: i: nr~1 let her settle her o- .s:. agwu ha tmght the va': ._. o: !-;:.1 and when you fini her. xx" all not to go back to her hush: inflame; suit ' , who 1: her proper. . '1' ~_x‘ :fd mountains he Wm griztng ly.1’ “Yowcar :r.t=t me," he 3nd nfLer we was gone thought. H0 “’énwd the tint grim, honest old mai nnbendin; gs her own gun and bled: to a worid of imtgined «imy ruled her a} thought crep: in themâ€"h ind rewu'ded her ! menuli again- And hard, ruled wi conscience. Yet the 50?: H curves sud balmy like her knew” nothing of conscience wot-id loved them nnd gave “ Thank you. she is safe : i»: have done wr night.” being a disk, the world, u for $11k." “ Yo'u ire a I: hughed ; ” but Is you in any way.“ lawyer I know he: you. Of course a: myselt could do 1): “ 1 understa npologizg again. the Springs IL. ‘ where Minn} u your being a c.‘ me :g' :1: yet. friendshxp, an Minny.“ ' “ I hain’t in gene-33." ei‘ ten. “ much liking‘ .or *nwi: jestunuin a. t- a' .42.: 1 of 3 property iei' rim; '2: ing your psrdon‘ .ur‘ :in v v I ulgaya sped: nu ma. 6. ' 011ng w or. u; u, ., tumbled me man down ch the C:- -»!’s room. and he wand LL: man art-and f channel“. 80 the Chief tactic or? " “ f tmpe you hwe Puma." Ohver uni. e .u;‘{ ‘0 down at. pl‘mg up uh I! 3'. ‘0 "h‘ «3m. immy m: Oliver went. hastily w VOL 1- NO. CHAPTER ad v “8 ve‘ mes 1'80 nu: M!