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President Anderson, of the Southern (Mormon mission field, say sthat there are 1,310 Mormons in South Carolina, .nd 10,000 in 11 Southern States. \Ymilnl any great power interpose to prevent the absorption of Holland by Germany ‘3 France might not, for it is understood to be a feature of the German programme that she should be. invited to take the greater part. it nor the whole of Belgium by way of compensation. If her French ally were thus conciliated, Russia would scarcely attempt to thwart German a-ggrandizement in the northwest. England. it is true, has guaranteed the neutrality of both Holland and Belgium. but her land forces could of- ter no effecfive opposition to the execution of a project in which both German and France were interested. She mi-g t with her fleet take Batavia and proceed to annex the Dutch East Indian Empire. as she did in the early part of this century. but this she would do .at the risk of a war with 1 Continental coalition. The chances are that. in such circumstances, Eng- land would not try to make good her guarantee. The fact that Germany contemplates the acquisition of H01- land is one of the reasons why Eng- lishnmn deem it unsafe to leave the Boer republic independent. It is obvious that. it the dominant ele- gant in the population of the Trans- va'al and the prongs Free State had The total amount of mortgages on Nebraska farm was reduced by near- ly $3M.” last year, owing to the prosperity which the State enjoyed. been Ger-man insteéd at Dutch, Eng- land’s attmpt to conquer them would hav. involvod a fig‘ht with Germany. riage. The alternative is to starve her into intimate relations with the Ger- man Empire. By means of the Rhine and Ems canals, Germany could easily divert her Rhine traffic, tram Dutch waterways, and, by raising abarrier of duties, could destroy the chief source of Holland‘s wealth. In order to level such a tariff wall, and bring about a reversion of German trade to Dutch channels, Holland would be strongly tempted to form a Zollverein, of customs union, with the German Empire. The Berlin authorities would then try to e1. this first move toward unification ollowed by a Naval Convention, 'hich practically would destroy the dependence of Holland. _ 1f Holland .uld be thus brought within the here (hf German influence, Germany might look forward to annexing the Dutch empire in the Malay Archipel- ego and in Europe a country which in p1 opor ion to its population is, per- haps. the richest on the globe, and which possesses magnificent harbors and some of the finest seamen of the: world. What Holland would gain is} no: so obvious. for her inhabitants arel far less homily taxed than are the; Geimans 1nd possess much more per- sonal liberty. ‘ But, as we have said. it is settled that Hoiland cannop beAgained by mar- Let us note some of the signs that the absorption of Holland by Ger- many is occupyingthe German mind. The Vienna correspondent of the Lon- don Times, who is believed to have ac- cess to trustworthy sources of infor- mation, has recently pointed out that the relations between the two coun- tries named have, for a considerable time past, formed the subject of pri- vate conversation in diplomatic cir- ales on the Continent. Public opinion, in Germany is being steadily educated,1 on Pan- Germanic lines, and the same} correspondent says. that in the Pan-3 Germanic Atlas, which is being er; tensively sold in German-speaking Austria and Qermany, the whole of- Holland and also a portion of Belgium, including Antwerp and Brussels, arei colored in the same tint as the exist-i i ing German Empire. Most significant: is the reproduction in the official or-‘ gan of the German Foreign Office,' the North German Gazette, of an ar-i ti-cale published by Dr. Hartmann in the i Gegenwart, entitled, "The Earth in! the Twentieth Century.” In this ar-i l ticcle, Holland is warned that her over-; sea possessions are threatened with; the fate which has overtaken those of; Spain. The Dutch are told, on the; one hand, that they are quite unable: to defend their colonial empire, should? it be attacked by a great power, and,5 on the other hand, that they are un-3 equal to developing Java and the? neighbouring islands, as they might: be developed in richer and more enerâ€"l getic hands. Sir Rowland Blennerhas-’ sett in the March number of the Na-i tional Review attributes the en-cour-i agement of Anglophobia in the Ger-i man press to a desire to propitiate the 1 Dutch. He asserts that the idea of; obtaining a firm footing on the shores, of the North Sea and as near as pos-: sible to the English Channel, has been; fostered by political thinkers, in Ger-i many for generations. The settlement! effected by the (.‘oag-ress of Vienna,‘ so far as the north-east frontier of Holland is concerned, was a bitter dis-o appointment to the Prussian National 9 party of that day. 1 of the two countries such as existed between Prussia and the South Ger- man States from 15466 to 1870, and prov- ed to be a long‘step toward political wnsdidation. Not long ago it was reported that knperor William IIfhad endeavored to secure the hand of the young Queen of Holland for one of his sons. If overtures to that end were ever for- mally made, it is certain that they were fruitless, for it is now known that the young Sovereign has pledg- ed herself elsewhere. The desire, how- ever, to bring about the close associ- ation of Holland with Germany has been by no means lost sight of. There have been of late many indications of a Purpose to effect a commercial union EDITORIA L NOTES. a. cure which is doubtful at the best. The surest way for the dairyman to get a good herd is to raise them him- self; to breed for milk, to feed for milk, and to use every method that he knows of to develop the milk-pro- during power. ““hen this has been done after the cow is in milk we be- lieve it is possible to so feed as to bring up the percentage of buttre fat not perhaps beyond her natural capa- bility, but up to that, which is a pain that very few cows ever reach. We do not. think a good Jersey has reach- bring up the percentage of butter tat until she makes a pound. of butter from five quarts of milk six months after she drops gher calf, and as this may seem to be an extravagant state- ment to many people, we will say that we know of c case more than 3) years ago in which a man won a water of 850 by {our quarts of the cow’s milk, making“over one pound of butter, the milk being cared for and cream churn- ed by a perfectly disinterested party. It is hard work for the most experi- enced to select a good cow merely by her appearance, though one may think he knows all the marks to indi- cate a large milk production or a good butter cow. She may have them all, and yet by improper treatment when young she may have been so spoiled as to fall short of what she should have been. She may have been fed so that she acquired the habit of turn- ing her food into flesh or tallow in- stead of mill: or butter fat, before she ever came to milking, and if so, it is doubtful if hereditary influence can counteract the effects of evil training, any more than it always does with the human race, we nearly all know of in- stances where surroundings have been unfavorable, and have made those go wrong who were naturally good; and while there are cases of reform, it takes much time and trouble to effect. CROWDED SW'INE. Swine should not be crowded in their pens. A pen 10 feet square or eight by ten may do very well for a sleeping room and feeding room for three hogs, and .we never would put more than three in one pen it it were twice as lame. They will erowd one another in bed end at the trough. In addition to this reen, there should be a yard quite as lame, To which they can go to deposit their exoremnets, if this yard is not too muddy they will keep their beds clean. A cement floor is the best thing tor the pen and the yard outside also might well have a similiar floor a' few inches lower than that outside, in which shouldal- it is laid on a firm foundation and the space between the bricks is filled with cement. The cattle should be made as comfortable as posssible, and in my experience I have found that swinging sranchions are the most sat- isfactory. The managers should be open so that they can easily be cleaned. I would advise partitions be- tween the heads of cows, as this tends to prevent the transmission of con- tagious diseases, like tuberculosis. There should be no dark corners or dead spaces in the barn, where dust and trash can accumulate. Walls and ceilings should be as smooth as pos- sible, so that they can be kept white- washed and free from duet and dirt. Good barns are not necessarily very expensive. air. Cement floors with roughened surfaces are probably best, being in- expensive and durable. Brick uns- wers very well for flooring, provided A special arrangement should be made for ventilation. Remove the air from as near the bottom of the stable as possible. The carbon dioxide is heavy and settles to the floor of the stable. Four smells are Produced and fermentation takes place there, consequently the air should be removed from below. The best ar- rangement for ventilating shafts is difficult to determine, but we have found that iron ventilator tubes plac- ed on the inside of the buildings with openings near the floor are quite satisfactory. The top of the shaft should be covered with a cap, 80 in case of high winds the cold air will not be forced down into the stable, The iron pipes assume the temperature of the air of the stable and are more effective in drawing off the foul air3 from near the floor than any otheri kind. 1 l‘he character of the floor is very important in a cow stable. It should bu water-proof, 3.0 as to save all manure and to preven' fermentation and consequent contamination of the S ables are demanded nomr which can be disinfected and which are com- fortable and convenient. One of the most important points is an abund- ance of light. Light is conducive to cleanliness, it kills many germs, in- creases the animal’s power of resist- ance to disease and aids nutrition. Therefore, build a stable with plenty of windows. Let the sun shine in on the com' part of the day at least. fed mare and yield more. Conse- Quemly in order to do this additional work. they met be given better quarters. IMPROVING THE COW STABLES. In my travels I find that there has been but little improvement in cow stables, writes Dr. L. Pearson. They are not in much better condition than 20 or 30 years ago. The time has come when there must be a change. In my opinion the lungs of many dairy cat- tle are becoming smaller because of the confinement in poorly ventilated Stables. It isimpossible to keep the milk free from germs and not insist on modern ‘dairy practices. Cows are forced more than formerly. They are Agricultural g SELECTING GOOD COWS. Lord Robents is a striking- instance of what an active life in the. open air will do for a men. As a youth he was extremely delicate, and had to take far more than his share of gruel and physio Yet to-day, after “forty-one years in India,” he is as hale as pos- sible, and has few equals in the Army at lemon-cutting, tent-pegging. and other kindred sports. Someone point- ed out the other day that if present Army measurements had been enforc- ed in his early days, Lord Roberts, who is a very small man, would have b‘een debarred from entering the Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure by go- ing, to the roots of the disease. They renew and. build up the blood. and Strengthen the nerves, thus drivmg disease from the system. If your dealer does not keep them, they will besent postpaid at 50 centsa box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressmg the Dr. Williams' Medicine (30., Brook- VIIle, Ont. Poison 8:. Co., Kingston, Ont., will after the insertion of this notice with- draw the very liberal offers, they have been making to send a 25 cent trial size, FREE, of their marvellous guar- enteed Cstarrh and Bronchitis rem- edy, “Catsrrhozone.” If you are a sufferer from any form of Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Throat Irrita- tion, write at once; it is positively the last time this offer will be made. En- close 10 cents to pay postage, boxing, lle Sulfa-ed From am John Disease and Abscess“ 451.; Friends Feared lle Would [Be a Permanent Invalid. [From The Journal, St. Oatharines, ’ Ontq‘ A. reporter of the St. Catharine-s ‘Journal visiting Wellandport not long ;ago, heard of one of those remark- able cures that (have made Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills famous as life sav- ers the world over. The case is that of Perley Misner, son of Mr. Mathias Misner, who had suffered from hip _joint disease and abscesses, and who :had been under the care of four doc- 'tors without beneficial results. Mr. Misner gave the particulars of the case as follows:â€"“In the spring of “892 my son, Perley, who was then iin his thirteenth year, began to com- ip-lain of an aching in his hips, and ilater my attention was directed to a' Epec'uliar shamble in his gait. As the‘ trouble gradually grew upon him I ’took him to a physician in Dunville, :who examined him and said the thou- ,ble arose from a weakness of the! nerves of the hip. This doctor treat- ed Perley for weeks, during which time a large abscess formed on his leg, and he was obliged to get about on crutches. As he continued to de- cline, I resolved to try another doc- tor, who diagnosed the case as hip joint disease. He treated Perley for six months. The lad slightly imo moved at first, but later was taken worse again. lie would startle in his sleep and was continually in distress as he could neither sit nor recline with ease, and was weak, faint. and confused. During this time the ab- scess had broken and was discharging in three places, but would not heal. A third doctor advised asurgical op- eration, which, he objected to, and a fourth medical man then took the case in hand. This doctor confined Parley to the bed, and besides giving; medicine, he ordered a mechanical] appliance to which was attached a 15 pound weight, to be placed in a position by apu-lley system; so as to constantly, draw: downwards on the limb. This treatment was continued Six weeks: causing :much pain, but nothing in the way: of benefit was noticed. The. abscess was dressed tw1c-e and thrice a day for months, and frequently, despite the aid of crutches, it was necessary for me to carry h-imo in my arms from the house to the vehicle when taking him out â€"‘ In October of 1893, I decided, other treatments having failed, to try Dr. William's Pink ~Pills. I told the doc- tor of this decision, and he said that Dr. W'illiams’ Pink Pills would quite likely be'of much benefit. After using four boxes I could see some imfrove- ment. After this Perley con inued the use of the pills for several months with constant improvement and new vigor, and after taking about. 18 boxes the abscess was nicely healed” the crutches were oliSpensed with} and he was able to work and could! walk for miles. I attribute the good} health which my son enjoys to-day to the use of Dr. Williams Pink Pills.’ This medicine achieved such a mar-E vellaus success in my son’s case as} to set the whole community talking] about it. I, consider no pen expres-l save enough. to do Dr. Williaims’ Pink! Pills justice, as I believe my soul would still be a hopeless invalid but1 for this medicine." l unmma warn: mes. A flag- ot trace is usually heralded by a trumpet sounding to errest ene- my’s attention. 0n permission to pass being given the party is blindfolded and led to the commander of the out- poets. HOW PERLEY MISNER, OF WEL- LAN DPORT, RECOVERED HEALTH. pigs can be fattened about as profit- ably as the April pigs. liquid manures. In this way each hog will make a rich pile of fertilizer every season. We have heard a far- me:- say that the manure made in his hog pen would grow more grain than the hogs had eaten, and if he could not prove it by figures he was con- winced at! it. 11f one is to grow two crops of pork a year, killing his hogs at; six or seven months old, or at 200 or 150munds each his manure heap is an important item on the farm. With warm, comfortable houses the October After Doctors Failed. ways be kept some leaves, the straw taken from the beds when they are cleaned out, and any other material which will act as an absorbent for the POSITIVILY THE LAGT CHANGE. ,«m 3' Commander Egerton, the young na- val officer who lost his life at the beginning of the war was an ardent cricketer. “That puts an end to/ali my cricket!” are said to have been his Iaét words. KWWFTWE York received nearly $5,000,000 for their apple crop last year. i Wm? 'l'nxux. Wholonlo Drnxniats. Toledo. 0. WALDING Knuux MARVIN. Wholonlo Dru lets. Toledo. 0. Ho ’0 Cotarrh Gun is taken internally, act- ing directly upon the blood and mucous aur- facol of the systom. Price. 75¢. per bottle. Sold by all drug-g xts. Testimonials free. Hall's Famlly Pills or. the bent. The subscription list of the Dewey Arch Fund shows that the sum raised 80 far is less than $200,000. â€" V7 ‘ ‘ 7W Efl'm' “f. :lti‘hsmmmtfi A. “RESAY 80", Paint mkers. g -â€"â€"â€"+_.. MONTREAL lawns“. 9w m M‘ ‘ WWW! fifth visit to Rome, where he will be granted an audience with the Pope. New Jersey has expended $2,637,000 in making 440 miles at good roads. Massachusetts has spent 82.631300 on 250 miles. â€"- vâ€"' â€"m' J-vb'-- A" WEI-(ow {iii “av-01‘” if it full. to our. I. ? Grovo‘s lignstiro in on not he: I". J. CHENEY 00.. Toledo. 0. We, the undersigned. hnve known I". J Cheney for the Inst. 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transact- ions. and finencially eble to curry out nny obli- etien P3510 by thlir Sm. “ Phfl‘uh 100.‘ We «or One Hundred Dollars Band to: 1 cu. of Cgtarrh that can“ be cured by 311': Can") Cure. The estimated cost of the projected memorial bridge across the Potomac at Washington is from $1,000,000 to 82,100,000. pipes. “78 congratulate the Presi- dent, Geo. A. Cox, Esq, and the board of directors on the continued prosper- ity o: the Western Assurance Com- O'KEEFEA’SfflR; MALT The forty-ninth annual report of the above company ,will be found in another column of this issue. It will be seen by the financial statement that the company has had a most satisfactory year’s business. After payment of losses and expenses there is a profit balance of $118,642.60 on the year’s transactions, a result which must be highly gratifying to the friends of the institution. Two halt- yearly dividends will be paid at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and the reserve fund has been increased to 81,100,..38050 W'e notice in the report of the directors that they have established a branch office in Lon- don, England, under promising aus- General French is known as. "Sil- ent French.” The now famous cavalry leader started his career on the deck of a man-o’-war, abandoned it for the infantry, and on leaving this entered the cavalry branch of our service. For about twelve days he was an 8th Hussar, from which be transferred to the 19th, at that time one of the slackest and worst disciplined regi- ments in the service. However, under that splendid horse-soldier Barrow, well backed by French, the regiment was rapidly licked into shape, and be- came famous for its scouting and the skill and cleverness of its non-com- m-issioned officers. 'WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. will displace all Ja adpan Tea the‘ same as Salads black :5 splacing all other black teas. I'll. lasttivo Irony 0-way qulob. All _‘.â€".’_b_ __L__ 1 L‘, A _,A Seven counties in western New Cardinal Gibbons will Ioon make his A Fresh Touch ll “YEW 333. cu sad it; Toronto. 0 1'. CUII A COL- IN ON. '1' INTI!“ IOTII. HMO“. “ Inlmornl,” Fm In; BERT»: GREEN “TEA How’s This ? um ““tn ’1‘th mm... ”Q‘smfiv-h‘ Angng At Easter time you ace the need of a froth touch of paint on nearly all of your buildings. Ramsay’s Paints - mm. or lualoui Inflflhfiifi. 'h‘KOy "0’0. co" Toronto, Ont, and Winnipeg. Hut. Lowest prim over u.oted fine catalo (quillur bottom noilod (roe; rih us for anything in FOR SAUL-440 ACRES 0F LANDu-Mme hank barn 3nd fume house, with your: orchzrd: 13nd i'x od stat. of cultithion ; price 33, ‘ . Apply Box 81‘. aisley. Ont... if taken at once. Si “6 Mia‘s. u pitu- mu at Thu. huh m 01.00 .0 Ohm Io‘hoogs. gt... “A I Every Town can have a Band â€"â€"v -â€".v V." ' ou’diséi'iu. Ask your doaior' 'to obtain a supply. Lisa mdlcd tree on application. Oarbollc Disinfootantc. can... Olnt mont, Tooth deon. etc.. have bum awarded 100 medals and diploma.- tor superior oxcollenoo. Thglx; regnlu- yseyronn _i_lf99fl- -_- ‘!-__ A good story oi the Duke of Devon- shire is going the round of society at this very moment. Some inquisitive and indiscreet friend calmly asked the Lord President of the Council what had been done at the Cabinet Coun- cil that day. The Duke kept both his countenance and his temper and re- plied, “ Well the truth is, Lord Sal- isbury is getting old and so am I, and as he. speaks in rather a low tone of voice, and as I am rather hard of hearing, I can’t tell you. my dear fol-- low, anything about it I” Brass Ham Mr. Thomas Whittaker, the well- known temperance advocate, who re- cently died, was born two years before W'aterloo, and had a terribly hard time in his boyhood. Before he was seven, he was obliged to get up at five winter and summer, to go to acotton mi-ll near his home, and he did not reâ€" turn from work until eight o‘clock at night. For this he received half a crown aweek, and lived with his fam- ily “ in a cellar six feet below the level of the street, where the sun never shone and the birds never sang.” cal-u um mu: m... m - up: Ml!!! film-.111! by w Lieutenant-General French is the fourteenth officer now on the active list of the Army who has been promot- ed from the rank of Major-General for distinguished service in the field. The others are Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts, Sir Redvers Butler, Sir Wil- liam Lockhart, Sir Henry Bracken- bury, Sir George \Vhite, Sir Francis Grenfell, Lord Kitchener, Sir Archi- bald Hunfer, Sir Leslie Rundle, Sir Binden Blood. the Hon. N. G. Lyttle- ton and Sir Herbert Chermside. Intel-eating Items About Some of the Pro- minent People of the World. . Dr. Gatling, the inventor of the " Gatling- gun,” which is estimated to have kilied a quarter of a million men, is alive and well at the age of eighty-one. He is hard at work in Chi- cago arranging for the manufacture of one of his iatest inventions, an automobile plough, which, he says, will do the work of eight men and a dozen horses. up any: «on ”gum: guanngle give a freshness, a beauty, a tone, to everything they touch. Guaran- teed for strength, durability, ud economy, Ilohlnn Land for Salt. Indra-eats, Drums. 'Unvitorus. Etc. F. 0. CALVERT 00., IANOHEOTIR - ~ ENGLAND. " ‘5'}Wéafifii‘v7ufi‘ufifiaf‘ mu I.“ Drum“ 00“ rm. an». Oontnl._ M‘p thinning W CALVERT’S A'sk your dealer. h or In Que“ W. Tore-IQ: PERSONAL MENTION. A’ili to \V P C 1019 The President, in moving the :dopdon or the report, ”tar-«It cannot fa.“ to he mmltying to the shareholders, as it £4 to .ue directors and officers of the company. to note the vvldence of the apprecisa'n by the Insuring public of the mom-ft] (~1- rored by um Western to its policyholder! which is nfiorded by fie growth in tho vomme of busilcm Ll'anaactedwhe total income for the year having elect-4:4, {a' the first. time h the history qt the com- pany, two and one-bur aim“ dollan. It is sum more “Garment-y to no“ that not- withstanding the exceptsonnlly heavy are losses which have won-armed u some or the‘ chief cm" in the wand Stateswwherm the budnm proved unruly upmitablc' to the companies engaged in itâ€"wre an abh- to thaw u : result of _th_¢ gear) gamf The annual meeting of sharehoiden was held at the company's offices in this city on Wednesday, March 7, 1000. The Presi- dent, Hon. G. A. Cox. occupied the chair. Elle following annual report of the di rectors. with acconnanv as Panama: nam- ment, was read by the secretary: FORM-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. The directors be; to submit herewith the annual statement of the company's accounts for the year ending 31st December last. The revenue acaount shows a sari-tutor: growth Ln premium income, end after pay- ment or losses and expenses there is a pm tit balance of $118,642.60 es 1 result of the year's tranmcvtom. Two halt-yearly did. dends have been provided for at the rate or 10 per cent. per aunun, es well an en amount to cover Wodefiu in necuritim. and the reserve fund has been “created “31.400.380.50. A ,4 A‘,AA .I___'__ Reserve Fund ..... ...... l‘apilul paid ............ Capital subscribed Security to policyholders Taking into account the flnct the: during the year 159.! the in houses in he United State-o were exceptionally heavy, the direc- tors tool that these results man be m- :qdod u eminently nustactory. L__.- F0: some time pant you directeu five had under consideration the quut‘on at extending the agencies of the company he- yond the limits or the North Annem'can con- tinent, and shortly before the clone of the year arrangements were com leted for the establishment or 1 branch 0 Ct in London. England, under what appear to be tam:- ab_l_.o auspices. Western Assurance Company Summary of financial statement: Total cash Income .. ........ $2.5 Total expenditure, including appropriation for tosses un- der adjustment ..... 2,4 Total assets Balance . Divident declared ......... hfimnflonltmmkagdi romnt'o, 2m. Feb., 1900, to every reader of this paper. Simply write to Tan T. A. 8mm CnmCAL Co.. LII-"cl. 279 King u. Wed. Toronto. swing fest office and expreu ofice address, end the free nedxdu (The Slocum Cure) wil be promgtly sent. Sufferers shouhi take mstant adnntege of this generous proposition, and when writing {or the: that I mention this paper. Persons in Can: seeing Sloan’s free ofi'er in America. papers will pIeue send for sample. to the create laboratories. . Let no review. discouragement: prevent your toting dventage of this aplendxd L.-- _-_..L- A Cm oflcr be‘fiote to. In“. It makes week lungs sound, strengthens then ageinat any ordeal, and gives endurance to those who have inherited hollow cheats, with their long tail: of utters-ding (lingers. To {ankle despairing vsuflchrs anywhere to obtain speedy help before too late, Dr. Slocum ofers. FULL FREE TREATMENT TheSlocum Trettment is revolution because it rovidea 1 new app}icat}on for every stage of the disease. 311m failures 0 inocnletion by Pans setentlsts ere overcome by Slocum through progreuive drug force. The diseases leading to consumption ere also mastmd so that once the bacilli ere removed from the lungs there remains no other germ-breeding 01.4mm“ menace. The Slocum System cures grip and It: painful din-chats, dangerous coughs, bronchitis, and «cry known form of pulmnuy disease. .__ _ â€"â€"J V.“ This triumphant victory over the deadly bacilli in far ' in its effects. {or their is no longer room for doubt thatthe gifted ' . bee given to the world a boon that will save millions of precious ivee. Dr. Slocnm’l S ystem of Treatment is both scientific and prone-die going as it does to the very source of the disease andpezformmgthealre step by st e . First Etonâ€"Killing the life-destroying germawhich invest thehug Second Step.â€"Toning the entire system and strengthening nervesâ€"filling the veins with tingling new life. Third Stemâ€"Building healthy flesh and fortifying against future attacks. Dr. Slocum, the famous scientist, when lectures and natu- in New York and London this winter have astounded med atom at last perfected his new system of team for the aboolm d tuberculosis end all pulmonary diseases. This triumphant victory over the deadly bacilli is far fetches in its effects. {or their in not longer 1:00:31 for dou§§_thatthe gifted apeddbt be M-“. ‘A LL‘ â€"â€"â€"1 3 â€" ............. $2,32L72 85 UncludJng cap- _ _\_\J 4‘.“ l.- Geo. A. Cox. President. losses ud- ..........2,41¢.oae 90 . . .3 118.842 60 . . 100.000 00 . V1.U.'n_o.0w no ..1,ooo,ooo oo . $3. 100.300 50 51,100.38) 50 . 1,221,333 35 $2,532,741 so gleam a! cum to cm the tn“ relation MN“- a. nutty country am! he:- ”Havana; m and to Odd, into inc-rabid indu- mwcflona. we have fan M m M a cppo‘tnno the for mun. a 0‘“ out to seem ”Mormmyhth huhâ€"n .dtnhsm. unwind-upbri- II... 0.. A. Cox. Ron. 8. CWood Mm”. . . . I. Cockbnm. Goo. ucum, . Ni gm, 1'. 2. Brock. J. . . ‘ . ny. man, was with be mummmmnamuw serve. III-ob: The l‘ht In. the Bar: of Abe-Moan. G.(‘.I.¢.: be 3km Hm. €11: Jah- K"9I.‘“'. III-t. 15.1, and Mr. Jane. Stevenson at locus. Grahams C... Ruth and In: In“: mutants. and I a. Wood to my fin we in! that we bar. every n...- u be ”stated at the m which n have nude in the chief gmqmynptyesndathoaxm out 30cm. 1. in! d the 93mg witch are Mu ‘mdrâ€"hpfu y“! go my I, In our coming: from infarct there has 2[won 1 1:12;: off. ouch as might naturally I goo looked for owing to the reduced rates cobtainablo. porfieuzuly upon the can of [secnrmeo which are um by this company. i There Lo one matte:- m with I wish por- gtk‘niariy to refer at tbb time. It h now ’vdth-ln a year of half a century m‘aco tho coupe-r come-red Ian-Incas I: (‘onud 90-9 twentv-lve yeora ago It oomph? Its system of aunties throughout the um- ed States, and I min I an wamnted In sang; thot R b m mobvshod over the whole of the North Ame-Hon: continent on u favorablo looting, with on offivIcnt tom. of branch .aoqommdol own and taco; axe-u working In In iota-ecu. Fade: the-o drama-coo your Choc-ton have turned their attention to the maiden-trio: d the m of tie dodnbmty of fob lowing cu no.9“ of tho majority of tho smooth-I Had he often ond cum]; 1 lax-cor sea of operattogojhal we at pro.- place to refer to the fact an daring the past year a number of new companlm have come into the field, oteréng he. insurance at iower rates than those current Wxth mo old established (Knees. It vm be interest- ing to obtenre whether than; 01966an mu prove more moccasin! than previous attempts which have been made to nflord indemnity aga‘not loss by fire on more as. vorable term: then commutes which haw been Wu: en [ed 1:: the but-dues- feel an” In offering. mm as insure-rs we may hope these new companies may have discovered the secret of combining cheap-u. with security, we cannot overlook tug fact that the record of the In insurance busineq in Canada during the past twenty years shot; I loss of upwards of two nmwn d'vllars capital. which was haunted in companies orgal‘zed to transact business at what are termed "cut rates." We 33' at lead feel assured that tong-names we in: upon these line-I, whose cabin cash assets arc limited to Ifty or dirty thou-and donut, are scarcely In a pomion :o "name my considerable share at the many mum of Liability which kc Shaun-co oompaalel urc cum-yin; for the prom.- tin or Ina-chant: and pmerty-boMmin('znuh,and until 3 has been shown that. with due ro‘ufl M the aatet of Stockholm and the s~curtty of policy “as. any material reductioms can be made in In lnamnnc'e rates in thin country. you directors do not feel war ranted 'v- advocatm; any departure ”on the penny we have been tonowin; for my ytars past. But to return to the consideration of our business during the yen unda- revkv it n: 1‘. no doubt. be mutating to stun: holders xo learn on: the marine bunch WM has been rmponaibk in some former years to: rather serious Iowa. has shown a pram upon the buunaaa of 1899.11” 'hat the general outtook in this branch appear: to be more promjslng than for tone um. m ”1‘“ ii o! Dix-M108.