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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1905-03-23, Page 3SOLUTE SECURITY. Cenulne Carter's Little Liver Pills. N. Must Bear Signature of bis Pic -Saab Wrapper Oslsw. Wer small ante as Gary M Saha as sneer. FOR NEADACML FON DIMNESS._ FOR IIUOU$IE$$. FOR TORPID UVEL FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIM. FOR T1fECOMr1EAIOM 1itedb I lr •egetas:c.� rr.. ...G CURL SICK itse ra CHE. CA RS VIllllllllllllllltllllli1111111111111111111 Little Boy Had Eczema E For Six Months. IMI Salves and Ointments No Good. g al OM O M MO MO E E C 1 e. li 3 imp Weems is one of the most torturing of the many itching akin diseases, and also the most prevalent, especially in children. The cense is bad blood, aided by inacttve akin, inflammation, ete. IS manifests itself in small, round pimples or blisters, which later on break, and form cresta or Beales. The akin has an Itching, burning and .tinging sensation. To get rid of Resents, it Is necessary to have the blood pare, and for this pur- pose nothing can equal Burdock Blood Bitters, Mrs. Florence Henn, 1larlbank, Opt., write.:—" My little boy had eoserisa for adz months. I tried ointment, and salves, but they holed for only a abort time, when it would break out worse than ever. I then decided to give Bnrdoek Blood Bitters a trial. I only gave him two bottles, and 1t is now two months since, and there is no sign of a return. I feel sure that as a blood regulator, nothing can equal it. I can- not satoo much for what 1t has done for us." ▪ TIM T. Mtr.arne Co., Lr>trrzn, Toronto, Gift. yr I11111111111111111uIuI1111111111111111ifTi Obstinate Coughs and Colds. i a � I Y i S IN 3 5 3 OM O M OM eM MN MN 'The Kind That Stick. The Kind That Turn To Bronchitis. the Kind That End In Con- . sumption. Consumption is, in thousands of cases, nothing more or less than the final result of a neglected cold. Don't give this tceilto ible plague a chance get a foot -hold on your system. If you do, nothing will save you. Take hold of a cough or cold immediately by using DR. WOOD'S NORWAY PINE SYRUP. The first dose will convince yon that it will cure you. Miss Hannah P. Fleming New Germany, N.S., writes :—"I cots %meted a cold that took such a holt] on zee that my people thought I was going to die. Hearing how good Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup was, I procured two bottles and they effected a complete cure." Price 26 cents per bottle. Do not accept substitutes for Dr. Wood's Norway Pint Syrup. 13e sure and insist on having the genuine. THR T. MIL,BURN Co., I.IMITgD, ToaoisTo, ONT. ••••••••e••e•..IS..••s•••• CONSTIPATION.: • • Although geuer.tlly described as • n disease, can never exist unless •• some of the organs are deranged, • which is generally found to be the • liver. It consists of an inability •'o • regularly evacuate the bowels, and • as a regular action of the bowels is • absolutely esseutial to general • health the least irregularity should • never be neglected. • MILBURN'S • • LAXA-L1VBR PILLS equal for relieving �i,eve no eq o and • curing Constipation, Biliousness, • Water Brash, Heartburn, and all • biter Troubles. • Mr. A. 11. Belles, Vancouver, • writes :—Por some years past I was • troubled with chronic constipation • and bilious headaches. I tried • nearly everything, hut only got • tetnporaryre)ief. Afriendln4uced • me to try Latta -Liver Pills, and • they cured the completely. • Price 26 cents per box, or 6 boxes • for $1.00, all dealers, or mailed • direct on receipt of price. • TuR T. litt.nt tia Cn., LIMiTED • • Toronto, Ont. ••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • rd "BUSSED BE DRUDGERY" The Man Who toves, His Work Finds Rest, Food and Medicine. A despatch from Brooklyn. N. Y., says:—Re\'. Dr. Newell Dwight Iliilis preached from the following text:— My father worketh hitherto, and 1 work. The history of all achievement is the history of joyous work. Life Is so short that to accomplish touch men must toil terribly and incessant- ly. Early up and always at it, sum- marizes the successful career. Work- ing hard in the teens, the youth finds himself and develops the raw mater- ial of character. Working hard in the twenties, the man lays the foun- dations of the soul's house. Working hard in the thirties and forties. ho slowly- rears the walls and super- structure. Working hard in the fif- ties and sixties, he stores the house with treasure. Still working at 87, Gladstone and Bismarck were overtaken by death, in the hour of jo''ous and creative work. What toilers were all these men of achievement, not an Idler among the statessmen or scholars or inventors. What the love of music and Beatrice were to Dante, that the love of work is to the youth who would achieve. Therefore tho pro- verb: "Blessed be drudgery." There- fore, !'hero-ford, when men pleaded with Christ to rest, He answered: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." The man who has found his place and loves his daily task finds that his work is medicinal, and literally recuperative. His amusement oft tire him. but in his work he finds rest and food and medicine. We have all seen illustrations of this striking fact. Here is a man called suddenly away from his work, and ho frets. worries, goes restlessly about, re- grets his enforced leisure. thinks of his toil, his desk, and no bird ever turned toward the summer with more joy than ho RETURNS TO HIS WORK. It was the love of his appointed task that stirred Jesus during His marvelous career. How crowded were His thirty years! In contrast, other lives seem etnpty lives of leisure. During that short earthly career what revolutions lie wrought in re- form, in ethic's, and what achieve- ments lie wrought as teacher•, think- er, prophet and savior. All His days et3ulged with worthy- deeds. Ile lit- erally went about doing good. When the darkness fell Ile began work afresh. At night, while other teen slept. lie gave to Nicodcn►tus the doctrine of the second chance, the hope of the new heart for ruined Saul and Augustine and Xavier, for every drunkard and sinner. It was at night, while others slept, that Ho gave ills (disciples the fourteenth chapter of John, His wisest, deepest, profoundest teachings of home and heaven and Immortality. it was at night, while others slept. that Ile passed through His Gethsemane and tvon (lis victory. In the night Ile broke the bonds of death of which Ito could not be holden. At night Ifo crossed the Sea and carte to Ills disciples, slurping in their pain and exhaustion, on the further shore. And from his master Paul learned how to work. But besides all this—the care of all the churches—ills days were as full of deeds as the sky is hill of stars. And what supported Stint Fate the love of Ills work and the passion for His Master, for whom lie toiled. LOVE LIUIl'I'ENi•:1) THE TASK. Love made labor it medicine. To every young man cones the reflec- tion that work helps the worker only when it is worth the doing. '1'o hate one's task is to be injured by it. Work blesses the worker when it is invested with charm and fascination and holds sweet allurement. 1IaPJ1y the hoy' who wakens and with leap- ing heart dreams that in an hour he can again undertake the much - loved labor. A youth asks me how he is to know what occupation or profession he should undertake. Tho answer is near at hand. Docs the proposed work pull at your heart- strings and cause you to dream of It by day and night? And when In your vision you stand on the moun- tain peak of your enterprise and look down on all your tusks, is t t• ' peak the acute of your love and i .e? 1f so, these aro the heights that you aro called upon to climb. Many a youth hes asked the wheth- er or not he wax called to the min- istry, and I have always answered: "No man is called to the ministry who can be happy outside of it." But God colla some men to sow and some to reap; some to work in wood and iron, some to sing and speak; but no ntan is called to any task who can be happy anywhere else, and when then go with leaden hearts into an occupation, influenced by parents or friends, or consideration of pride, then they go toward drudg- ery and failure. These are the great tragedies of life, because the work for them is not worth the doing. These are the many cases where. "Swords cleave to hands that seek the plow, And laurels miss the soldier's brow." ilest of alt, work is education. There is a culture that comes with- out college. Some scholars gain wisdom through the university 801110 become wise through their work. For wisdom can be found in shop and store and field and factory, in kitch- en and in office. Education itf not given by others, but GAINED BY ONES SI.:Lib'. One youth studies geology by linger- ing over the picture of a rock, but Hugh Stiller, the stone mason. mas- tered geology by lingering over the reit sandstone in which he wrought.. One boy studies botany by ponder- ing the picture of a field daisy, but Hobert Burns mastered the sweet blossom as he plowed the field and plucked the daisies. One boy studies astronomy by memorizing the chart of the sky, but the boy named Fer- guson, watching his sheep in the early evening, with 0110 large top for the sun and seven little ones held by strings for the planets, made a chart of the cosmic system, and each night he moved his tons to correspond with the flight of Venus and Mercury and Jupiter. What knowledge l:+ of most worth? asked Herbert. Spencer. Our answer is. 'That which is self -gained. What culture is finest in quality and sweet- est in perfume? That which grows in the garden of solitude where God's skies give rain and dew. God is not the (pod of a few—lie is the God of all. With disinterested love Ile has flung wide the gates of His greatest university—the university of hard work. The temple of fame and wisdom stands open by day and by night, but the angel that keeps the door whispers. "I.et no drudge, no idler, think to enter here." THE S. S. LESSON INTEFNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 26. Lesson xiii—First Quarterly Re- view. Golden Text, John 20.31. THE QU:\it'I'I':It1,Y LESSON S'I'A'TI:MI':N1'. - l. The Lessons Grouped in fairs. Taking the (:olden Text ns our key we unlock twelve statements "writ- ten that we ought beliete that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God." The first pair of lessons gives un the tes- timony of John the Baptist, the second pair shows Jesus gathering g his disciples and confirming thein in their faith: the third pair gives us his deep spiritual teachings to Niro - (lentils and tho woman of Samaria; the fourth pair manifests his power in healing the son of the nobleman nt Capeenaunt and the infirm man at the pool of Bethesda: the fifth Pair tlisploys Jesus as the Mead of God and the Water of God, n Source of strength and refreshment not. only, but a means also of snaking his fol- lowers fountains of blessing to help quench the thirst of others (the teachings of Lesson X correspond closely with those of Lesson \'I and the context there); the sixth pair shows thy n direct statement in Les won XI and by a most instructive miracle in Lesson XII) that ['sedum from the power and penalty of sin can only come thro igh the Son of Gott. 11. 'lite Signs of the Lessons. The miracles of this group of pas - ,ages are all mentioned ns "stgnv " Let its pick them out of the current of •the story and recall what they tench. The First Sign is In i,esson LV, the turning of the water into wine. 11ie Second Sign is in Lesson VII, the cure of the nohleman'S son, ihoth were wrought in Cana of Gal- ilee. The Third Sign In our group Is the miracle of the infirm man at the pool of Fithesda, Lesson VIII; the fourth la the miracle of the Ionves end fi'hes on the platin of 11 'team. Lesson IX: anti the 1•'If(h is the miracle of (ho man horn blind, I.esson X11. ()fie simple ntennfng of each sign is shown by coupling each with the Golden 'Text of the lete.on which records it: Prompt obedience Is taught by the First; confidence In Christ as the Son of God by the Second; the inadequacy of human means by lite 'Third; the truth ex- pressed in the two figures, "T nut the living Bread which C: ' down front heaven," and "1 am the Light of the world," by the fourth anti the Fifth. 111. 'lite Testimony of the Lessons. 'lite teachings of the Quarter's les- sons hate barn too numerous for full recapitulation here. Inuring the Inst twelve Sundays very much of gospel truth has come under our reverent survey. '1'o recall it We may recount. the various people whotn Jesus im- pressed by his teachings and his miracles. Each of these in his own way gives what may be called per- sonal est imony—his reason for be - Holt that Jesus is the ('hr' , the God. John tt t ► Son ftf o oh the Rapt folly o al Spirit I nt d0 arndin f �e c0 of the 1 g r eaven like a dote, and the Voice from heaven announcing, "This is lie which baptizeth with them idol' Ghost." Andrew and .1olin, Peter and .lames, Philip and Nalhanacl, tell of the cons erSri 11on by which their hearts wcro opened to the truth from above. 'lite wonder - stricken gue'..Is nt the wedding feast in Cana; 7.icodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the woman at the well of Nainaria; the lcrateful nohletnnn, as- talented by the power that cures at n Ali -lance and I.y a word; tie man eel ., -e thirty-eight years of suffering tc, . • suddenly relieved: the hungry 1, , astonishingly fed, who w'antell t., 1 rows .!esus as king, but who un- •Ierst.njd so little of his spirit; those who (ra(ussed and debated at the Feast of Tabernacles as to whether this was the Prophet or lite Christ or one worthy of death; and the man born blind, but now by our i,ord's power made able to see— these all have given to us their tes- timony to the truth of the (!olden Text. • AN TNPR1rA5E OF 24 p.c. We aro publishing in this issue the Annual Statement of the ie:wel •ior Life Insurance Company, which shows a decided invitee ut er 'the business of former sensone. That the amount of insurance in force at the 011(1 of the year shows., an increase of 24 p.c. is an ndvanre of which the i.xrel'ier may u ell he proud, and we extend to theta our congrat- ulations. • Tiue Home 44.14 444-444.114.04444444 CHOICE 1(EC11'I:S. F.gg Toast—deat four eggs, yolks and whites together. thoroughly; put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a saueepun, and melt slowly; then po it in the eggs. and heat without boil- ing over a slow fire. stirring con- stantly; add a little sale, and when hot, spread on slices of nicely -brown- ed toast, anti serve at once. Scrambled l':ggs with Haut.—Put into a pan, bitter, a little pepper and salt, and a little milk; when hot drop in the eggs, and with a knife cut the eggs anti scrape them from the bottom; add some cold !tum chopped line, and when done serve in a hot lush, Chocolate Fudge.—Ono-third bar chocolate, two cups granulated su- gar, one cup milk. Boil until it will "thread," add butter site of an egg; beat until It begins to thicikeit. four out. Panocha.—Two cups brown sugar. one half -cup of milk; boil, and when nearly done add one tablespoon of butter. When it will forst a soft ball in cold water it is done. Add nuts and beat. Maple Creast,—One pound of brown sugar, one eighth teaspoon creast tartan', ono half cup mils or water, ane teaspoon vanilla. Boil to a soft ball, flavor, cool, anti beat creamy. Chocolate Ct'eauns.—Boit together for five minutes half a cup of cream and two cups of white sugar. Flavor with vanilla, and place the dish in a cold water bath until the cream is hard enough to make into balls. Nut Wafers.—Quartet' cup each but- ter, sugar, and flour, one egg, Cup of finely chopped nuts, creast butter and sugar together. Add egg well beaten, then flour, anti lastly nuts. Drop small spoonful on buttered tins and hake In 1(•10.0 oven. Griddle Cakes.—One and ono-haif pin' of flour, five beaten eggs, pinch of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.. Plain Custard.—The beaten yolk of eggs and five tablespoonfuls of sugar. Pour over this one quart of hot milk add flavoring and the whites of two eggs. (take In cups set in a pan of boiling water. Cover with meringue and eat cold. Do not leave too long in the oven. iloil instead, if pre- ferred. Ih'own Omani(I.—Scald one quart of milk, but do not boil; beat five eggs light with three tablesj►ooufuls of sugar, and pour upon them the hot milk. Mix well, adding nutmeg and flavoring extract to taste; bake in a well buttered dish, 'Turn out when cold; strew very thickly- with white sugar. Set the plate contain - Ing the custard upon the upper grat- ing of a hot oven. The sugar will melt and run in brown streams all over the molded pudding. Slip caro- folly lo' a dish and eat cold. Cocoanut Custard—Boil a pint of milk with the mill: of a cocoanut and half a teacupful of the meat grated a pinch of stilt, and two tablespoon- fuls of sugar. Beat three eggs, leav- ing out two whites; stir the boiling milk very gradually to the eggs, then let the custard thicken in boiling water; stir until cool, then pour into caps. Boat the Iwo whites of eggs with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, pile this on the custards, sprinkle thickly will► grated cocoa- nut, dredge with sugar, and set in the oven to color. Cold Meat Puffs—.ire utncle by stak- ing a mina) of any cold meat, high- ly seasoned, and moistened with sauce or gravy. For each tablespoon- ful of the mince, roll out two rounds 4 • size(11 top i t ut. U •the the potato of slat I pastry of a large breakfast cup. On one put the mince, brush the Inner edges with beaten egg, and fold over the other round of pastry, pressing the two firmly together. Bake brown in a quick oven, or before the Tire. I)atnpfnndeln—Is the name given to an exceedingly nice variety of dump- lings, very popular in Germany. Re- quired: Fourteen ounces of line flour, two eggs, an ounce of castor sugar, a gill of new milk, 21 oz. of fresh butter, and loz. of German yeast. Mit together the yeast, milk, a little of the sugar, the eggs, and the creamed butter. Add this mixture to the flour (with which is a pinch of snit), and add sufficient extra flour (if necessary) to bring the whole to a light, spongy dough. ('over with a thick flannel, anti leave to rise until the hulk has doubled. Cut off places the else of aur egg, and mould on a board. in a broad steepen boil n teaspoonful of sugar. an ounce of butter. and milk to the depth of an inch. Into this put the dumplings, cover, rind cook in slow oven milli the milk is nearly dried tip, and the dumplings a pole brown color. Serve with sugar and jam. USEFUL IITN'l'S. Pick over the rugs in your store room once in a while and see what Cnn be dispensed with. if a tea kettle has become lime coated on the imide, try rubbing with a cloth dipper) in vinegar. if you have a iplace for everything and put it there, yotl will know where to find it when you want it. To cut hot bread plunge the knife In hot water and dry quickly—hold the loaf lightly and cut with a saw - in motion. It is a good plan to have a low shelf for the water pail., it is hard work to lift a gent's' pail many times during the day, When grease is spilled, pour cold water on, it at once to prevent fl from soaking in. It can then be lift- ed with a knife. Apple, potato and most otitisr stains can be rentove'd from the hands by tubbing thein with oat- meal mixed with lemon juice or vin- egar. When the stniu is quite remov- ed wnsh with warm tenter and soap Always keep u small hoard aprin- kleel with salt and water when ironing. if the iron be pnsetel two or three times over the salt on the Ths Excelsior Ws Insurance Co. The annual meeting of this company was held at the tend offices in the corn. parry's building on Thursday afternoon. The directors' report, which was unani- mously .ulol'ted, si+uws u must satisfac- tory increase an each item of the company's bu,intss. During, the year the balance of the authorized capital 01 the company was disposed of at 150, the issue being largely over -subscribed for. thu required amount being alluted and paid for within ten days. The amount of now insurance issued during the year was $2.238,157, an increase of 38 per cent. The amount of is-' surance in fore + at the end of the year was $7,046.798.35, an increase of $1,- 474.192.85. or 24 per cent. Ths in- come, excluding capital, was 1283.502.- 61. Thu disbursements were $1138,- 280 90, of which nearly $50.000 com- prise; payments to policyholders. The company's death rate for the year was 5 50. the average annual rate since the company commenced business being the unparalleled low one of 3.54. The net assets are $845,071.82, the in- crease being $172,645.80, or 20 per cent. Thu company's investments have proved extremely hatishtrtory from the standpoint of both security and pro- ductiveness. The gross assets for se- curity of policyholders, including un- called capital, are $1.252,418.20, be- ing an increase of $291,008.58. It Is • well-known fact that the security at - forded to policyholders by all regular Canadian companies is absolute, but taking the amount of the company's policy contracts into consideration, it will be soon that the extra security nt- forded ale policyholders is unusually large. 1'he reserve fund now totals 1738,048.81, an Increase of $134.'297.- 94, or 23 per cent. The net surplus on {policyholders' account is $88.801.89. The company's sphere of operations has been extended during the year. the com- pany now pushing for business and meeting with good success in every part of the Dominion. It is expected that the additional organization effected will result most advantageously to both shareholder and policyholders. The com- pany attributes it, continued succeo-ar to its attractive plans of insurance and liberal policy contracts. coupled with its prominence In respect to those fea- tures of its business in which policy- holders are most particularly interested. The directors' report was unaniotuus- ly adopted. The following gentlemen were re. elected director. of rho company for the ensuing year: David Faskcn. Esq.. II. A.. 'Toronto. President; S. 1. Parker, Esq.. Owen Sound, and iluliff Grass, Esq.. Toronto. Vice-Prosiden(s; George Goodorham, lesq., Toronto; Thomas Long. Esq., Toronto; John Ferguson, M.0, Toronto; J. F. W. Ross, Esq.. M.D., L.R.C.P., Toronto; W. .1. McFarland, Esq., 'Toronto; Alex- ander Fasken, II.A., Toronto; (leo. E. Weir, Esq.. Dresden: W. F. B. Colter, Esq., L•D.S , Sarnia: Win. Harvey, Esq., B.L.. Winnipeg; R. W. Cordon, Esq.. Pembroke; Jos. Wright, Esq., Tor- onto; .1. A. Kuechtei, Esq., Hanover. The company have desirable openings for good nun on their Agency staff. Those interested will do well to coni- ntunicato with 11r. William llarvey, Western Manager, Winnipeg, or the Hears ()Bice, 'Toronto. board the roughness often necessi- tated. when it has been used for a lengthened time, will be removed. Milk and butter should be mixed with potatoes when they are mashed. Silk Handkerchiefs should bo wash- out in water to which borax, not soap, has been aided. I.uatpwidks soaked in vinegar a short time before being used will give a much better light. To absorb the odor of greens when boiling, put a piece of bread, the size of an egg, in a piece of cloth, and drop into the pot. Mark your cookery -book so that at a glance you may, when necessary, Dim up dishes that can be prepared in from len to twenty utinutcs. Gi11 I'ratilt's, when new, should be covered with a coating of white var- nish. All specks can then be washed off with water withoutharm, if this is done. \'egetarian Irish Stew is an excel- lent dish, in which half a pound of haricot beans takes the place of the meat in the usual kind of stew. A little oil should also be added, and the dish prelim -el in the ordinary way. 1'o (.'lean Knives take an ordinary cork that has been used in a Wine - bottle, dip the end in water, then in knife-j)owder or powdered buthbrick. Now rub the knives well with the cork, and they will look beautifully bright and well cleaned. Scraps of cold meat and any Vege- tables tient have tt,en "left over" may be made into a tasty curry. To a pint of vegetables, add half a pint. of meat scraps and some stock. Stir over the fire 1i11 quite thick, and serve, pt nimbi -shape, on a dish with setae plainly boiled rice around it, and a herd -boiled egg or two sliced small. ♦'egetnhle Saute: is made by put- ting inceand halfof butte l ng nn o n a r, and the sante amount of finest flour, in a small saucepan; stir with a wooden spoon till both are well mix- ed; add salt and pepper. and. very gradually, a gill of cold water. When that is quite smooth, put in slowly half n pint of milk, mid boil the sauce three minutes. snows Nerve- Racked Men and Women Will find Balm for their Terrible Sufferings In MILBURN'S HEART AND NERVE PILLS. • They tone up and strengthen the nerves, build up the muscles of the heart, sn'l purify and enrich the blood. They put tate nervous system in perfect working order, and restore health and vigor to both body and brain. Miss Edythe Lindsay, Strom- ness, Ont., writes :— "11 afford. mo groat pleasure to say nexperienced ellrefrn yen,. Hearand Nerve Pis.For over two years i stiffred front violent eateitetien .et the heart. wee very ner ole, ung east s!art!ed. 1' waif th ( An PiifeS` • weaM t1+3h before 1 Platted to take the pills, bat four boxes r fleeted a (simpler,. care. I cannot praise' them too itfp h:v to these suffer. ing from nervous Nesknees and heart troubles.,'' price 50 ('pate per boy. er 3 for Il.2& Ail d'•aters. or, Tna T. Mit netts Co., LiwilaD. TenotTo, OwT, 4sgreraeo**** j►*'tibii ors TI I F. OAK. Tho woodman swings. with steady stroke, His keen edged axe against the oak. The giant tree has ages stood, The lord, the monarch of the wood. His leafy limbs the slimmer long )lave yearly lodged the feathered throng. Tho squirrel h.•re h tti it r..1 i, brood And safe lets sture.1 t,is wittier', to"d. in icy blasts, the .utk's hare ails, flute braved the -ko, et'i!hstood its stories. When Spring tripped lightly through the glen. 1Ie gayly hung his boughs with gn•eo. Int vain hos isAns rho her►vcns invoke, His totals feel the fatal stroke'. At last the are has r,'u(1 -1 his heart,' His body v)takes, his gnarled amts start. The giant heaves a mighty sigh, As now his branches sweep the sky. With roar that shakes tho region round. Ifo rushes thundering to the ground. CHAitLI':S E. Milroy, SC HOOT. FOR SICK CIIILDIREN, A new kind of school is about to he started by the authorities of Charlottenburg for the benefit of the children who, though not exactly ill, aro so weakly that they aro very liable to be attacked by disease, more especially tuberculosis. The school is to be built ilk the depths of the ,Tunfernheide Woos, near Berlin, and the children will remain there the whole day, special arrangements being made to supply then with their meals. 'They are only to re- ceive from two to three hours' in- struction daily, and aro to spend the rest of the day in taking healthy exercise in the forest. _71 AS•A WORKING•TOOI1 for the student and the writer; as an authoritative reference boob for schools, teachers, families; business and professional men, there is one book which offers superior advantages in the solid value of its information, and the ease with which it is obtained ` One's admiration for Webster's International Dictionary increases daily as it comes to be better known. It never refuses the infor-' mation sought and it never over- whelms one with a mass of mis- information illogically arranged. The St. Janes Gazette of London, England, sayfl: For the teacher, the pu- pil, the student and the litterateur, there is nothing better ; it covers everything. 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"All of pa's old clothes was burnt up in that flee. and ma can't make any more of 'em up for me this time. hum-tiddlo-1uni tum, whoop-dt-noodle-Moot'= Federal Life Assurance Company OF CANADA. 23rd'Annual Report and Financial Statement. For the Year Ending December 31, I904. The twenty-third annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was mold at the head office of the company, in Hamilton, on 'fuesday. March 7th, a1905,ndfiaathe nclal Presidentstatem, ent lir. Dwereavid submiUoxttedter, :in the chair. The following reports DIRECTORS' REPORT. rectorsav merit of the company for the year ten Ich closed on the 31st December, 1904, duly Your vouchedid for tryhthee auditors.tbohonor to p resent the report and financial state. The new business of the year consisted of two thousand two hundred and fifty applicatimis for insurance, aggregating $3,146,500, of which two thou• ecscpud done hundred and seventy-seven applications for $3,010,499.50 were ac- es es in previous years, the income of the company shows a gratifying in- crease, and thu assets of the company have been increased by $285,979.52, and have now reached 12,1.18,773.37, exclusive of guarantee capital. The security for policyholders, including guarantee capital, amounted at the close of the year to $3.018,773.87, and the liabilities fbr reserves and all outstanding claims, $1.962,035.50, showing a surplus of $1,055,837.81. Ex- clusive of uncalled guarantee capital, the surplus to policyholders was $185,- 837.81. Policies on eighty-two lives became claims through /teeth, to the amount of 1157,040.00, of which $s12,585 was reinsured in other companies. including cash dividends and dividends applied to the reduction of ppremi- ums. ith annuities, the total payment to policyholders atnounted to $198,- !11 I l� Careful attonlfon has , dis 1 con given to the Investment of the company's of fn first-class bonds, mortgage securities, and loans on the compapy's pelvics amply secured by reserves. Our intestments hates yielded a very, satisfactory rale of iuterest. cftort Es foxpenrses hnewave leen ess. confined tee it re asonablo limit, consistent with due busin The results 'of the your indicate a most gratifying progress. Compared with thu preceding year, the figures submitted 1'.v the directors for your ap- proval show an advance of thirteen and a half per cont. in assets. The assur,►nces carried by the company now amount to $16,017,806.23. upon which tho company hotels reserves to the full amount required by law, and. fu ndditimt therato, a considerable surplus. The field officers and agents of the company aro intelligent and loyal, and are entitled to much credit for their able representation o7 the company's in- terests. The members of the omco sten have also proved faithful to the com- pany s service. Your directors aro pleased to be able to state that the business of the company for thu past two months co the current year has been Netter than in the corresponding tnonths of Inst year, and that the outlook for the fu- ture Is very bright. DAVID DiXTF.lt. president and Managing I)Irector. ,tI'DiTOItS' REPORT. To the 1 sider.t and Dlreitors of the Federal Life Assursnee Company:— (icnllirl'ren,—Ste have carefully gull ted the books and records of your company for the year ending 31st December last, and have certified to their accuracy. The ca ani Journal vouchers have been closely examined. and egret) with the entrecorded. The entures. bonds, etc., In the possession of the company have been in- spected, whist those deposited with the llovernment or banks have Men veil - gulled by certificate. the total agreeing with the amount as sBt ',hewn in the AW - went of assets. The accompanying statements, viz.. revenue and assets and liabilities, show the result of the year's operations, and, also, the financial position of the CO to pan itespeelfully submitted, I1. S. s'1 1: I' I I I:NS, C 11 A 111.1:' .ti'1' Ertl.. Auditors. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1904. R E:1' Hamilton, 1st Starch, 1905. Premium and annuity Income $ Interest, rents, and profit on sales of securities bl9 $s + •:t 80,329 :, l s 1 -t-1 34 Paid to policytoliors $ 108,911 84 All other payments 191,020 70 Balance 238.180 BO S. 028,718 34 ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1904. Debentures. and bonds ......-.......,. $ 085,388 82 Alortgages 704,108 83 ., . t L nn. on policies, horids, stocks, etc. 41 1,015 33 All other assets 848.105 39$ 87 L14B11.17'IE;�i. Reserve fund.. 11.887.724 81 Death losses awaiting proofs"...... 51.140 Other Ilabibties e.1.070 , Surplus on !policyholders' account 185,837 8t 00 Assts (iuerantee capital ...... Total security •• •••• Pollciee wore issued asituring' ... Total insurance In force The fotegutngg reports aqd statemen rant ion o1 President David Dexter, seeo Kerns The retiring directors were ro-elect• directors the following 4Q(ers were ro- ped Managing Director, Lieut -Col. Kern $2.140,773 37 ':.:• .12. d: 870.000 0 3 018.773 87 $ 3,010.49 h0 • In oil,re0A 23 is wen receIyed and adopter nn (It• tided by ice -President Lieut -Colt. d and tit a tuhaa'quent meeting of meeting —Mr. David Dexter, re�aalden s and Itcv. Dr. Potts, Vice -Pre ldenti