The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-07-01, Page 6.A.TIONAL LESSON,
JULY 4.
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1.—Atott1eitt's !allure -.2 Sam.
1$, 1-5. Celdea Text --
Bob $.
the* Weer the
.1/010 ue ammo natisoali-
1110004bsetabela dosses
11111Pailimbh4 with differ-
eif bow hoes liaise proved
that purely nested Ita
ea the viral% eletegerler re -
los sf Pow*
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that they are
use fro* its
be The Causelian Country -
J. Brie 1t1t, B.S.A.., State in -
of Apiseiete Walusetne says:
Anew beekeepers who have kept
or Bleak berate Eurepeon
has proved to be the most
of all the bee diseases la
Arseriest. In the affected dise
ef Gabriel:G.4nd certain .of the
many thousands of dollars'
of damage hes already' been
Where Black bees were kept
the dn.*** cleaned out all
Whole apiazies of raore
eolonies lave been
ererthleas in one leiter and
ve Iseen entirely destroyed in 'nee
that two everts. Thom" beekeepees
ie heeded the warning* sent out by
Governraent authorities and requeened
purely nutted Italian queens are
keeping bees, while those Who-
sesioeted *tee warnings are no lenge
eter beekeepers.
eolony of Black bees suffering
Melee 'European, foul brood wilt dwin-
dle and die out very quickly. To the
to dispose of tho Mamie. Sloes that
tdete heekeepoili have fceend that hte.
wet y fob* ehe
mew a la pure Italian it deo
is e egajett Uto oal
brooti omittim*, A Holst.b cattle
breeder elatows that it is not every
pars-bsed calf that will turn out a
winner: the same holds true 'with
beers, and it is this fact that beekeep-
er often lose sight of. To fight Euro-
pean foul brood auccesiefully one must
be prepared to requeen each colony
more than once if thie i necesoary.
Whenever a colony shows the symp-
toms of the disease after having been
t•reeted, and is losing ground, that
fewer bees, are hatching than are dy-
ing, then it is Ingle time to kill the
queen and introduce another.
Many of the beekeepers 'who have
fought European foul brood most suc-
cessfully are those who. reqiieened
each colony *fleeted as gratin as was
needed. Only those colonies that are
headed by eigorous prolific queens
will resist European fent brood.
Some may not be able lit*determine
what •centlities,make up a good queen.
The appearance of the 'queen 'herself,
that is, her size,' shape and color will
not always guide us. We canetell a
good queen's qualities by results, and
these results show in the power to re-
sist the disease, the ability to store a
good surplus of honey, and the
etrength of'thecolony. When we ex -
'mine a hive •we can•judge the quality
of the queen by the compactness of
Th colour to the tett has been nearly destroyed by foul brood-. ;The
. _
Oedema on the right are strong and healthy.
uninitiated it ,does, net seem possible the brood and the absence of drone
eggs, until the • colony ie strong in
woelier bees, or near the point of
swarming.
that .the disease can work so rapidly,
but when We Understand its naturelt
is no longer a mystery. Ina normal,
' healthy colony of bees, from spring
till fall, the hatching- bees replace
those which ire constantly dying teem
sold age, to that the colony keeps up
inhumbers and with a vigorous queen
is most, thickly • Populated in early
surainer. When Eiropeari foul breed
• sttacimat coIonr,ytw fill that from 50
to '05 pee cent. "ref the young bees in
.the larval or worm, stage Ole. The
fully developed bees naturally live
but a short while duringe a ;heave'
honey fleet'', and fie these, are not "re-
placed by the younger generations,
except" in small numbers, the colony
•
neett dies out. .
Italian Bees Resistant.
There is AO race of honey bees on
this contifient that has been giver'the
same amount of attention that the
„Italian variety has received. For
.--, (many years queens have been import-
' ed from Italy, and with thee queens
as a nucleus the North American
Queen Breeders have practised selec-
• tive breeding. While it may not be
due'entirely to the efforts of thee men
• to improve the Italian stock, the gen-
• 'eta. opinion is that colony for colony
•...ethe,Italtan_surPtieees_anY other, Yar.-.
Apart from the ability of most
strains of Italians to resist European
foul brood, these bees have been found
to be excellent workers, gentle to
hetedle, and generally adapted to the
climate of thes,country. - •
During the early days ' of European
foul' brood in this country, 'when bee-
keepers were told to fight the disease
by requeening with pure Italian
queens, it was believed that this one
treatment was all that was necessary its terrors. '
The .Time to iteueen.
The best time to \ requeen a colony
Of kees is when there is a good flew of
nectar coming in. ' The bees are more
easily bandied at such a time, and
they will not be liable to kill the new
queen. If one follows, Mei directions
of the breeclee from whinir the queens
are purchased there will be no diffi-
Culty 4,1 'getting,. the queen, in. One
point should he remembered, however,
and that is, not to disturb the colony
at all for a week or ten days after
Putting in the, queen. If ,your bees
are, Blacks or dark hybrids you will
be sorely tempted to lake a peep -at"
the new queen to see how, she is do-
ing. This will often eauee the bees
to kill the queen: wait and all Will be.
Do not wait until European foul
brood visits your neighborhood before
you requeen every colony with Italian
stock.* A 'good' colony of vire Italians
are more profitable than the common
bees in any case, and by keeping ,only
the best, you will carry the safest Mild
of Insurance against 4. raid of Euro --
pearl foul brood. eettne ounce, of, pre-
vention is worth eepoutid- of -cure.m-
If youhave not received a bulletin
from the "Peovincial .A.plavist, Guelph,
Ontario, -on • "Bee/ Diseases," you
should write for on When you have
carefully studied 'the symptoms of
'European foul breed you should act
as your own inspector and keep your
apiary free froin this disease.
In conclusion: Keep your queens
young and your eoloeies strong, and
if your bees are pure Italians, Euro-
pean foul brood- will be. • robbed of all
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WOMEN. AND THE *r.,,Ait:
Wegfe-Af
Breaking
,
The SOOlety winneti are Active • in
benevolence and nursing up to the
very verge of breaking down, says a
• writer in the Liverpool Post. Doctors,
will tell you that they have 4 greater
number of genuine' nerve cases than
• OVor before, bue,thatethe. malade
im-
rtgthaire has ceased' to exist hi tele
time of "Arose. No Otte has leisure or
:patience to Eaten to the recital of
•.her .aiinterite„ and .so she has
-risen:tin andtaken to geed works as
an eiteeiiatiee recreation to teetering
iter 'etvn. symptoms.:
,,f our fuller' ettelieed nurses
whohave been on the Continent have
• returned for extolls of eSSentlel
'Tins% their-einOtion4 leave in soitte
egos boon'so overwrought that they
'will not trust themselves to allude to
the SeeneS' they have witnessed. Some
of the harem of the French typhoid
hospitals in the. early menthe of 'the,
War teed 4 BUSS140 .11OVeliet
scribe them ;adequately; it la good to
.
know that practically pll the' terefi
..)14415 hr now been rectifier •
Other women seem to vain*
,their bands to, andIrritAr
Atent th impotopee tie to theJr lack
prevlottO framing. One girl, at
• least, has made a vigorous 'effort to
has many friends, and is
• highly ionnected, 'Pipping her bro.,
"there clothed arid Cluttmg her, hair,'
Elia drilled regtiletelY With '0110 etttie
unrecornized volunteer , On*, ju
'which her effieleney - was pirtionleirly
note& She hoped' thence. to he trete!'
fared to the regular verviOex bUt.the
I tuedieal eitereleatioo ,„ trotted, *AVOW
Abieeetideeo the •ptitrietie intention of
this ardent. end -suffragette was frus-
In the Russian Army quite a mime;
ber of women dee eaid to be servieg
in e nale capiteity, it being riot un -
contemn for an officer ' to have his
wife or Sweetheart as his efficient
oedorly. No euch caae Lae ' yet be -
cone known in France, though the
noVelist of the, future is likely to•utile
fee the theme. - • -- -
- Where FiMh Clitub Trees.
Fish that climb trees are not an Un-
usual sight in India, ns. nind skipPete
oi jumping ' Mai are numerous in the
large 'titters and along the sea coast
of , that country, The fish literally
climb the trees' they do notjuinp into
them. At ebb tide these 'ttlo flsh
leave the trees to hunt for tiny
crabs, flieu, etc., and their strong pec-
toral. and ventral fins, aided by their
tall, enable them to move about nan4„
ily and to climb upon trees, 'Cressona
titemiing oft -the Barber roio,
. In former time' the harbor Soiled
etietemers 'in the eapttelte+ et,sure
geoli, and when the' operation of bleed.:
lug vas, extensively practiced he vtras
in the habit of performing in that
line, The spiral rot stripe Po free
quentlY Aeen ott the blifiber'3 pole la
said tA., symholize, the 'winding q a
ribbon •or bandage round the Ara
When tli'a blood-letting •oxieratieit
,re0Orted'Of
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IheeteteeeeeeetayelViiihsif 14).
Verso 1. Numbered the people-.
The word for "number" here is differ-
ent from the word "number" in 2 Sem,
24. 1. There the word means merely
"to count?" Here the primary mean-
ing. is "to murder," "to inspect," "to
revtew." David did not want numbers
only." Like Gideon, he wanted picked
men.
Captains of thousands and captains
of hundreds—The noel dispooltion of
the army (see Num. 81. 14; 1 Sane 9.
12; ,22. 7). This military division cor-
responded to the civil division insti-
tuted by Moen (Exod. 18. 26.)
2, A. thirj part—As noted in pre.
"Wells leavens' this is the way in which
the Hebrew commanders divided their
armies (Jude. 7. 16; 9 43; 1 Sam. 11.
2 Kings 11. 6, 6). The Philistinee,
at least on one occasion, Unwed the
practice of the Hebrews (1 Sem 18.
17). The Xing intended to take the
field as chief commander over: these
dtvieione. He realized what his in-
fluence would be down in the' fighting
line with his Men;
8. Thou art worth ten thousand of
us—The Hebrew literally reads,
"There are ten thousand like us," The
implication is, "Bet there is not one
like you." Doubtless David was quite
ready to stay in the camp, as ,he did
not Want to go personally against his
Succor us out of the city—Ter seed
reinforcements or to 'command there
treat if retreat Were necessary.
4. The king stood—To encourage
the soldiers by this personal interest
as .they moved out to battle.
II. The Field In the Forest of Ephe
rain' (Verges 5;8),
5, .-The king commanded—David did
not merely request hie generals not
•hurt Absalom he ""commanded"
them. "And all the people heard When
the king gave all the captains charge
cimeleing Absalom." •
6 he forest of. Ephraira-e-,As the
(
battle was. fought .east of the Jordan,
this forest could not have been in the
central part of Palestine where the
tribe of Ephraim settled. It must
have been in some part of the great
forest of • Gilead, east of the Jordan,
Which, in fact, is a continuation of the
great forest of -Ephraim in the west
side of the Jordan. ,
8. The forest devoured—The retreat
of Abselorn'd army through the for-
est was necessarily hampered by the
trees and undergrowth.", More Men
were slain in the retreat through the
forest, therefore, thatt in the ectual,
battle.
M.' The Fate of Absalom (Verses
9. Absalom chanced to ineetee-In
the rout Absalom found Inmeelf in
the midst of David's men. So he took
to the 'densest forest, hoping, of
course, to eseape. • •
His Mule—The mule was the' mark
of royalty (see 1 Kings 1. 38 , 38):
Doubtless it was David own mule.
Gyeae ,oake-The 'Hebrew reads,
"The great terebintli,” .. The definite'
article indicates ' that the 'tree Was well
known The terebintli is nturpentint
tree, something like the •oak. In the
forest on the east of Jordan there
were, far more oaks than terebinthsi
hence a terebintli would e be more
easily marked, especially if, as in this
case, it wet unusually large.
His head "caught ,hold -'--Doubtless in
the low forks of the tree. He • was
stunned by the iinliaet, tut his Mule
was galloping in wild fear. Although
Ithe heir else beeetee entangled, lie did
not hang by his' heir alone,_
--- lee:7A -certain 711 -art= -One of Gua's
unnamed and unsung noblerimp..,
• lee Silver in "my hand—Joab , was
well . known., This man would " not
have takena promise from him. • Had
he dealt with. hiin at all,. ieewoule•not
have been on the bests of actual cash.
13. Then thyeelf wouldest have see
thyeelf against me—In no „sense was
Joab to be trusted. He wee a great
general.On this account David used
him. 'As politics ,makes steange bed-
fellows, so does war break down per-
sonal ethical standards:
14. Took three darts=-Abialoin was
net, killed .outright. - Joeb "bretelly
struck at' hire With " "rods" or
"staves", (as the Hebrew word indi-
-eat-gei---r--t,harrdg,7iayn'gthirtg—tbut-
came to nand. His arnierliearers ac-
tually killed the, unfortunate youth
(vCrse 16)'
i.5.Slewhim -e Joule doubtless
thought the quickest way to end the,
rebellion was to kill the rebel.
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NO. DIE FOR.v!IpTottlACROSS.
Made Separately of Breeze From
• Gum; Captured itt Crimee.
• When ein• iirdhiery ettedal inliatte
steeI.,die is used, and, the article can
be turned nut.templite with one blow
of the prase. Thoeealideecen thuS be
inade in a ,veky-.short space of time. •
But for the Victoria Croge there is
uo die in eXiStettee; Each exosa i.
made separately, ..ana this is 48 it
Ahead be, for the geese tanks tar
higher than atty ether militittY; de-
coration which it is lathe' power of
the \country to bestow.
The bronze, OA 14 known to Most'
ifl'Al,p,04,:et:sonott of the Bus.
elan guns etiptured in tho Otheett. It
ta eery "heed qeality, Old it is
wogIit to tho lyokwion as Otte-
fuliYhti if iftifere o Much gott
The first Oros was modelled lu
bara ww,e, and after the design had
been approved it , reed& pattern was.
cast. This is precerved v1041116 greo
est take, and forilit are made tt
leelihre'feeltf MAIO, *Wier :other .Croi.,
is cast. ' t
• The Mieilde; arflannual in all ri
ipg, are,. n'trtdo' tWo parte, -001,14.
surfarm 7,4,0sonved blaciitca4
as to flieet temotle. .
ripete "Williani letteldneham, or, the Ad l'teteeitteee, Who, Whit 'theteele;' •
%toile 'Coss fore'eonsplenoue. aote. or bravery ,and.devotlen to duty,"
was an orpb4,4, boyiAtter winning, the coveted decoration he efelteth
•'Itke-"erPhemege' where he Hyed as teeehlla and In the -picture he la
shown surrounded by theelttle- liereaweesitanie* ett the 00440010
'honie. at 004.ate4therPe, " • • • ,
FRANCOIS.
A Pretty Little Story of a Brave
Belgian Boer.
Mee -Alfred °Meant, the Antliot :of
"Bob, See of Battle," the juritly.poptte
lar tale of 4 'gallant dog, has recently
giVen to the press, a new tale•of a. gale
lent boy, But it is not fiction, nor is
Re hero of natgrally Treelike type. It•
is the simple story, •gathered from his
own lips, of the experiences a a Bel-
gian ladofnineteem .sensitive,
high-strung, gey, ainmet girlish, but
full of spirit, Are, and humor, Fran-
cois is in Englend' now—eent beck
wounded from ,theroet, after beieg
hit her the fragniente of a "shell; When
hiaeompeny hotted its monstrous and
portentotie, buzz approaching, they
ran or flungthemeelvee upon their
taces--all but Francon. " •
"He tells the. tale with rivulets of
laughter, delighting in it: 'Me, I could
not I stood erect—every nerve tense,
I knew that shell was for me—fer ,nue
—only for me—absolutely-I'
• "Poor",Francoist The, man of fina-'
MESS OF MODERN WAR
MEnn"--' rnESsiinn-- UPON
• , -ELECTRIC BUTTON.
AN
Rows of "Men Hurled Into Eternity
by the pun, Roar of
'France, gaveExt1:16e Bftovielling impres-
sions
, .
Mr. Percy A. Brown, the war
photographer, who has returned to
,Paris after a visit to - the east of
'dons of -.what he has seen and heard
on the battlefields of Northern
France:
"I have seen all the horrors of Bol-
giurn the north etrrance," Said.
Mr. Brown, "but I never •fully,„realiz.
ed the frightfulness of this war un-
til the other day. I Can only sum it
up by saying that it seems to be
resolving itself into the deaths at a
decided hour of hundreds of men
gmation suffered, where the men of methodically annihilated hYe,„, dyne -
earth won through.' He was the one 1-ni,se eart aennintiteei
than dent which- havp
an hit; in the head anarm
.The ar. The
rest fled like ants. ' ed outside a village near which I was,
eget since he has been in England eAC1whieh..was related to almost
Francois has had Itis ' little triumphs. eir offediciaSrte:1Y aft,e/74„rd5r
es 'il,-41 wound -
"Tho King and Queen came down to
see hint and his wounded compatriots. ":eh4ees6rwassty two
lineofilt,henoynr:tres
Francois tells the story, as always, tre
with gusto and wit.
from the village, where the French
,
'They were all formed up in the headquarters were stationed our
hospital:ea/idea, little sergeant, full of hilliness ''ef defence passing over the
himself, strutted into the weed with which -in- 'Places dominated- the
his chest out and shouted:
German earthworks. •The. French
4,'His majest.eet; . had been quite unable tedislodge
,,The Kine followed, .tvaiking, with the enemy from one neighboring'
gat reand very 40ee, and hill ftroozn.. swhichervh
etth6e 0C4r
1 ieghint ea sils t ' 0 pweerrae
spoke to Francois: opera -
"'You and keen up continuous fire
" 'You are wounded in the arm, 1
hear?' twoithreetuutrwthiaeinryoeeffeoencteinvtes answer. Made
'Yes, Sire.' ,
" 'Are you happy in England?' Tunneling Under Army:
4And, Francois answered with
little Speech tlfat surely was inspired: --"Time and thne again "efforts " had
am not happy in exile, your been made to take this height, only
Majesty. But when 1 leave England to end in failure, ,and as a last re -
I shell do so as ,sorrowfully as When :sort it was decided to use dynamite.
I left, Belgium." • , a • For more than a month tunnelling
After the Xing cEtine Queen Mary. operations were carried one by the
Francois confessed that he Was afraid engineers under the Gerfnan trenches
of her, although lie had not been and two thousand kilos of explosives
afraid of King George:" he'thought her were placed in position ready to blow
'face "severe"—very severe." But she the enemy and his defence works' sky -
was kind, and asked him about his
people, and they became friends at
When the i young convalescentwas
:questioned,about.the.Xing., and Seneett
of 'his Mil'
wards.
"The Anal preparations," continu-
ed the officer -who told the story,
"were completed yesterday, and t
was not surprised when 4 alarm
seiihde&eilfich, hi the tiviiihliiieer an
vrw(mnntadetiear
wonderfulKingiiEthel:ern:, 00 es tam and heroines
ug,rhueeesrecionui,ne ley -so iiitoti etnhybeeoy,u tuwneti eeed ion taht the e6.1 nr ea :in: ifvtooelloil Inv "viencilea MtbeyPs
romance,—he had rttuch,to say. First the mitrai1lells6s oii the heats of
he told how, a few 'years ago, 'thel muleisattebrYithesquadronomthu11i 09 fn Taugs sgeentes,
Queen was ill. Everyone loved her, and
all the ambulance and the stretcher
"I knew ...that the explosion was to
occur at three O'clock, and it was
terrible to think that at a, certain mo -
arid was very sorry; $0 he and his
siSter,:lulte sat down together and
wrote to her to tell her so: 'a charm-
ing 'letter, if you 'Agee, monsieur, al-
together charnting!"' •
• To this.efferty proud as they were of"niensn'tasts.cai:httuilotebtieee;fr6,t,ettomdesucli;
it, the two youngsters did not 'ekpeet tisswas that
a reelye but they received \one, eretteen lwainthinaew. beseceoZter-iaed.s7einettiowe
e/;l_oenie
ftht
Elizabeth teretaheeself to- thank them dwould
for then 'syeatathyi' ea letter. equally tell', and that in consequence eount-
ehareiingeelf---you-pleeserenensieurre less eamilies would be plunged into
Francois had heldno personal cop.
respondence with Xing , Albert;. he
could Say only thatall& comes out of
hiS• palace and Walks About' the 'mar-
ket place, buying his own dineca; and
you meet line and tubeshoulders with
him, arid say, 'Bonjour, vOtre Majes-
te!' and he answers, 'Bonjour, mon-
eeembd almost redtmdant to aSif
0 etteh a king was beleYed," eornments
¥r- �1thaii iebut.1., did, so, _ And the
, and -4 little meq cliq•$.0* 4.-t4q=1-i..41.0d0.Y40.4he
shake of the heideteWttrded if iteur- baYonet:: .
prised Mei-,
"Ilo,;Triongeni, he isnotbeloved.
• Before the war be was beloved.
To -day he is culored.'"'
mourning., ,
,
•
.Three Meffled /tippets.
"Never before had the War seemed
SO barliaroui.li-vilien I waited for the
sound which Woithl tell me that the
German defences were no, more. With
deet tinidetY 1 awaited the shock. I
head no lard" On:40km' Mem were
three muffled •reports, followed by
the roar .of guns—ane then, through
tho field,gbiapes I Sate out ,Iefanteee
Neiet Ile the Santa Again:
Nei/et. had "Weary 'Willie experienced
such hard times. Two Whole days
Without a getup of fend. At length,
in despair, he presented himself at old
Mrs. Babcock's honed. O. W,48 irkleed
despair, for only the previous week
he haa successful y- begged a mince
pie,
ftittall° .ac.1 04011 a it,
o iver m regret ' fi,
'nfronted hint at th9 4461". "VaafrO,
tTi6 Shiite nitth w.
of reeog.
tyi '10Woittlmi eo,
,„.
•
r...aecided; sm.
40°0144
to 1
0,0 obt-Aloele in -the evening • 0
dispatch rider, galloping through' the
villegt stayed to tell Me that the hill
had heee taker' without Any great
lOse on out side, but WieltheiteY losses
for the Getnuths. _ ' , .
"It was -victory for u3—therefore I
'rejoiced; but I could not help eltink-
ing of the hundreds of German dead
lying ,. under . tbe . blow-up • earth,
stricken down without warning by
the *ere pressure upon an electric
biliterl., 'Tlitit night I returned to 'my
lines, end as I id sePassed a proces.
os of 200 wounded bow
lug )ior-ii6 , to fleld• hospital. Agora
morning I myself Wed 'WOInitleti ,by a
piece of bursting shell."!
.... ,
Meant 'All night,
,
Mk Iat bra:IV:WO—plat got 4
bad head this morning.
Wife—I'M sorry, dear. / do hope
you'll be able.' to shake it'off. -
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odic) 0.out r-Abotit ii) per cent, of the Pantile.
• ' tion of Itussikcannot read or Write,
361II ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HIGH COURT. ft)
CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS
Over Five Llimdred Delegetee le meets bekg of a aimilax nature tci
those made of the Ineu.ranee Funds)
amounted to $18,728.10, and after
payment of 7,819 sickend fun
.Wnent claims, amounting te 188i
480.85, the amount standing_ at ther
credit of this fund was 401,284,17g
the same fund at the presont tires%
standing at $409,668.63.
The General 'Fund is also in
eetiefactorg condition. MOW lege
charges, incident to the war, includin
donations to National' and Patriot
Funds, and the arrangement IQ
carrying members on oversew, service
hereafter referred to, have beefll
arranged as anticipated without au
inconvenience, to this fund.
In respect to membership also sub.'
stantial progress was made, the menk
beral0 ut the end of the year 19/.4
etandrat at 91,667.
Besides the ordinary tomtits fro
its Life . Insurance and "Sick' an
Funeral Benefit Depertnteete, specie
provision is ,inade, under th' constitu
• Attends**.
The 36th Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Order of Foresters convened
on Tueeday afternoon, the 16th of
June, in the City of St. Catharines, at.
2 p.m. Delegates, were,in attenattnce
from all parts of the Dominion, evpry
province being represented. The High
Court meets in this city for the lint
Otte once its inception. •
The following Officers of High Court
were present at the opening 'moment
J. A. Stewart, High Chief Ranger,
Perth, Ont.; J. A. A. Brodeur, High
Vice -Chief Ranger, Montreal, Que.;
Alf. P. van Someren, High Secretary,
Brantford, Ont.; Robert Elliott, Ujilk
Treasurer, Brantford, -Ont.; Dr. U. M.
Stanley, Chairman of the Medical
Board, Brantford, Ont.; W. G. Strong,
Superintendent of Organisation,
Brantford, Ont.; W. L. Roberts, Fit*
High Auditor, Brantford, Out., and A.
Sheltie, Second. Eigh Auditor, Brant-
ford, and I. J. Stevenson, thin Al the Order, for aim taneq tO
Termite, •Ont.: R. T. Kemp, Listowel, those of its members euffeeing froip
Ont.; A. R. daliin, London, Ont.; F.
H. Davidson, Winnipeg; Man.; A. R.
Cathie Truro, N.S., members of the
Executive Committee.
In addition to the above; A. L.
4oues, Dist. II. Celt, Brandon, 1V14114
'A. K. Berry, Past Diet, H. O. R.
land, Man., Man., one D. re ideleinnon,
Dist. nigh Secretary,:Winnipog,Vanq
representatives from the District High,
•• The Annual Reports of the various usal 01 1110 reports of all the officers,t.
Point for Manitoba, were present..
tubeecular trouble of any kind. -
'special grant is made extending, over;
a period of months, with a vieW4.
to assisting to defray the cost of• •
treatment in any of a number of sal&
taria in Cenada, making a specialtY,
of such eases, and the membership
urged to take ,advantage of such'
treatment 14 the incipient stages ofi
00110'144y. ,
is to uoteafter a pere-
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officere of -this Order,eire needle of a
yetereatietactory nature, showing that
the steady progress which has been
its experience Once its inception in
1870 WAS centintied in 41010,1' 1014,
roves.
whicb, is the period covere by, these
This Order "confines its business en-
tirely to the Dominion of Caoada. In
all its departments, he spite of the ad-
verse general- conditions- 'which -have -
been experienced in Canada, uniform
progress 18 demonstrated.r • e• e, •
The increase in the insurance funds
during the Year amounted to 376,-
206,94, this inereaseebeing the second
largest in the Order's experienee„ and
only some e5;e00.00 less than, the
largest increase in any one year,
which occurred in 1912. The Standing
of this fundatthe end of the year,
after the payment of • 599 death
amounting - to *6e8,800.1e,
showed funds on band of $4,740,368.01e
the amount at the, present time being -
$4,884,441.13. -The yearly eevenue-deerived from the investments of the
Order now constitute a very substan-
LiatIreontstoeeanitmeodf otnbeinveensntmeaelat: sinvefem
in-
surance funds during 1914 amounted
to $223,761.64, and paid 86.44 per
eent, of the total death claims on, the
Order. " . •
In respect ,,to the matter of invest-
ments, it is interesting to •kneetr that
the Order confines the 'investment of
its. fends to, the purchasing of muni-
cipal- Andschool. debentures ;of the
Dominion of Canada. During the last
two years, with an exceptional Market'
in such direction, from the investor's
point of view, the Executive Commit-
tee has been able totake very exten-
sive advantage of the situation.
The Sick and Funeral Benefit Fund
shows 4 iarger net ineeease than that
experienced in any previous year in
the Order's history, the increase for
the year being $50,071.58. Interest
earned on investments of ' Sick and
Funeral". -Benefit ' Funds 7 Oh-0ga -iiiiieSt; stark
theefer-reeclupg benefits that grebe-.
'lig 'derived her the Membeeshipti`thele --
various 'direetione in 'which this Seek.' "
etyendeavors to be of assistance to
the individuals ' composing twee t
Since 1879, sheet ten and a half mil;
lions. of dollars have been paid out MI
benefits by title Society, and, in fact,:
the whole record of the Order, no sub.
netted" in these reports, is well worth
the perusal of thoile.mho perhaps 'have.,
been skeptical 'regarding the perma-
nency-apd•stability of fraternal: inser-e --.•
mice...concerns. These reports -furnish -.
evidonee of careful management in the
condilet Of the Society's . affairs,and
reflect credit on its administration, "
rate.nloe:Ifoso teorinti: itheoiera:pso..:4,1faththeo esu;:
i
A, pont of general interest, 44 121(11041- '
Ing proper selection of risks, ia the death
the Inception of the;Mirdet-OVer. -a. pert
sand, and the average (hate rate el
of nearly 36' yeara alfr 5,31 per thousan .
intendent of Organisation. Fenno he nee
been,' able to report -the institution Q;
forty-two.'(.1.) new Courts, demonatra .
Ing_that the rder continues to ...eatablie
, 13f:3g:en: ,00lfre apitesArlUnaan'ei:litel ef41:04P10.ii:u,r, V!: e,P'' a,P,r,r.Os ue ?Tr: ,
tabltsbnient Of euboreinate Courts onie '
at tentIon is 'evidently' . beim; .nald to. 1
in such plages'as offer a reasonablepros-,
The Order has •pursued a, very II er
,Policy tn.restiect to those of Its member -
hip
s. who have Volunteered; or enitste4,, .
for overseas serviee. Not only iii_the in,,,'
the 'ordinary rates, 'ef those who were .
surance in such ,cases kept to 'force t
1
Membership- at the date of • •
war by •Ptigland, but the Insurance MI
Sick and Funeral Benefit 'Aiiseesmests
Tor all such members are being paid bY
Eigh. Court out Of the.. General 'et .PIX- -
pense Fund of the Order. New busineed„„,
inet
volving.war Dis ,,has of peeesaliy tb
be declined, .m0; Is the only safe course
,:6tarn'-othin.eg°rir.d'oemr'k,tbauotntehe:s:tTrogrennitiern:efisla . •
made 'relieves the . memberS.,_of older .
and yet provides for the' proper pretax!
1?y them Of their ordinary assessmentii ,
being collected and credited to the Ineur ,
come, and, Sick and Funeral Tienefit Fundx. ,
of the order, nem" 'twine. way. . t• ' - ''""
As usual on sueli occasions,a very'', ,
considerable amount of taisineagl,ftWalt0,
the attention of the delegates, And it la
exPeeted that the sessions will.probablY1
.o_eeniiyAO! .a....tte,n„tien, till. the 1:8th, " in-^,
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• SNAKES IN
•CRIN4.--
spirit Of DragonKing Said to Reside
• • In Reptile's Body.
It is not always safe to kill a snake
in China.- It doesn't matter much
whether the snake is of the Water spe-
cies er of the lane variety; for within
this reptile's body is eupposed toS-re:,
eide the :Spirit' Of what the yellow
roan worships ,as the dragon king.
This latter is believed.bii the average
superstitious John to have • the power
of ruling ever the Aped% Tide 'dragon
king • represents orie symbol in the
ritual of.:worship of the Chinese reli-
gion callcd Taoism.
practically, Possessed three
different forms , of religion zeta the
advent' of the Christian ,missionaries.
The first of these .religions was idthe
forin .of a philosophy. , This stilt. ex -
late teeeeentreextente-An.deiseknoverae
Confucianism. The- "second .ferm has
been .recognized as Buddhism, -which
Ain. exists throughout China as synt-
bolized; in. the Worship Of idols. As
You travel -throughout the country,
here and there you will,frequeetly run
across idols of Buddha located on thc.
hillsides orother quiet and sequester-
ed spots conducive to reverential
re-
ilection.- Plenty of Weeshipees yet
pay ,their homage to these Buddhieli
idols, and you can See them eonecien-
tionely observing the :formal tereinini-
ioazi their Wardhik.--Bfit-thiS fain Of
"religion is steadily dying A. natnial_
death since•the advent of ChrietianitY.
The third variety of religious
ob-
5i.ii
Taoiem. ,This was started by an old
patriarch maenad •Lao-tgue. who had
surrounding him &veep of eight im-
mortals as his disciples. One of these
latter was gleen the responsibility of.
representing the God of Barbers. The-
Taoirit eeorshipers have Unities' erect, -
ed lettheeetem-
ples are pictures portraying •the ,hor-
rors of the future life: When the
etude of the dead are buried. tweet's
the "three :Steele the- artist has panted
are depleted as_ climbing towering
MOtintittrie of "ice, only •toi fall back in-
to: 4 gaping abysu no they ' nearly
reach the top. As they fall their bode •
les are reevaled, as being caught upon
spears. and tossed backward And for-
ward 'by defte exeeutneere," • These
gruesome picturea show the ttufferers
to be htially ground up between mill-
stones. Some of thein show sharp
swords slashing to, pieces the , bodies
which have eseeped ,thoinillstone
pr�-
ces';, and little doge are pictured- as.
TO STOP suirtitARINE WAIL
British Writer Belifiees Germany Will
See End -800n.
,The London Times' naval correspon-
dent discussing the German submar-
ine blockade, Sayg that despite the
raiders' - recently increased -activity,
Admiral von Tirpitee threat to cut off ,
England's food - supply remain -
and makes the following suggestion,'
which is of special interest in view of;
the American -German relations: • '
"That it is due to -the measures for,
dealing with the submarine Menace
ma doerPet est ihpYs thhaeyBerintoisthAuffdmeti4rdalteYanthnoattil
be denied, and since those' measures I
must increase in effectiveness' with,
more time and experience, it may well
ibye that e daieernrat a libyu tw ilnl efieneds siatrnyo ttorm earne:i
nounce a snspension of her policy,
this -direction.
eAlreadyethere would seem to be an^
indication' of this in the remarkablte
statement of Count Reventlow.
arch -advocate of ruthlessness on elite
part of • submarines now eays that it,
is an utter mistake for Gerinaey toe
-stake her hopes- upon these vesselee
which, while . they may dispute the
enemy's command of the seas, cannot
exercise control. If Germany trebled
the number of her submarines • ehe
could not protect her colonies with
thern and -the Count therefore holds
that, Germany's real need is, A, dozen
more battleships." -••
runningafter the sufferers, lapping ,
up the blood, On Certain occasimisnf-
ter a death the family will tfiroeeed itt
Queen Mary prefere China tea; and
nearly alwVa-drilikrit-v-
obtain it -
There are three million officials in
Germany—one-twentieth- of the total
population.
•
.1tuy Safe --Secutitice 'While '
the Market la tow.
Our-PApProVed
.•"'PLAN
ehables yoe to hue aide eiviesee.
- paying lasues in tow eettetitieee-
,. one,.. eve, ten, • tWelVe. 'sixteen,:
thirty, by making a nntall first
payment azut balance In ntozithly ..
znstaintonin 'al' you. tan. affora-r-
•$6, ;id,' $20, Chi, 140, 'You. re.
,, Oelve all•divldetIdd While Making '
.,payineiltei, and MaY•Sell Seettri.
tiete at any .tious. Many .0tlettriA
titia. tire Selling' at below their
ildrnial level And at Preistalt
pricoS yield 4 Meta attettetiVe Ift.,
.061110.
COPY Of 'ME BOOKLET MAILIEt!
' 011 REQUEST* - ;
Iit Centeirre. velditele leformatene '
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a =body to those -temples an w1,11 hold . . ri4 Vai,114trianj,iatmtg:
ItiltitA.1111V, DtTISTiNT* C
04 -nt., iyanottizz gatO ift$0,,t;
'. • filtiAtillitg ' - :
(JON FerittiOgil STOM IXOBA11011 •
. Or 112V1, YOlt ' .
,publin wail. , •
On the thine Weer ,o1 the. Taoist
temple at Tientsin it luia been coin-
mcu
to SOO ridgy dressed native flier -
chants kneeling to. 1111 iron pot eon-
faileing ineenere betted ht belief 'of Ids.
ofeellency 'the rat. Other di;-'
gusting procednica could be observed.
Pen hard to eonceive that human be -
can be no supentitions
b rately :einInte such empty Pree.j
• venter"' omelettes.
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