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Exeter Times, 1905-07-13, Page 61+111114444440+++111444.44-144-4+444-1.114-1-1-1-1-14.1-11 'search of eh•gancten and novelties in tke way of drag. "nettle," elle said, one morning. "I cannot tell you much while wo His avoirltC iece • are here, amid the noise an:1 hustleofLondon. but %tfern the reach Brcnt- wood I Weill have eometbing to say -e to you. In tho meantime. they were Most happy together. Leah was far too noble for jealousy-. She delighted to see her uncle luvisli l:il►dnays, valu- able presents, and attentions on Ifettie. She was lar snore pleased then when the like were lavished on herself; and Sir Arthur was proud of her generosity. During these ten days she had beard repeatedly from Sir Vasil. Why she said nothing about, him she could s arcely have explained, except on the ground that she intended to tell llettie all the story of her love when they tverc at Brentwood. 'Ile general had said to her one day that it would be bet- ter for her to say nothing of nettle to Sir Basil at present; she could tell him, however. that he would find another inmate at Brentwood, one whom ho would he compelled to like very much, and that Sir Arthur had a couununicatoe to make to hitt when they met again. "Ile will think I am married," laughed the General. "flow surpris- ed he will be!" "Uncle," asked Leah nudllenly, "do you think that Basil will like net- tle?" Ile looked at her uneasily for n short time, and then he replied, - "I should think that he is sure to like her. 1 do not see how he can help it. The difference between you two sisters is this -you take one's heart by storm; 1lettin crct•ps into it unawares." "The real question," laughed Leah, "is, which is likely to remain the longer?" "You would. Loving you. Leah, would be a fever which no man could shake off. Make yourself quite easy about that. Basil is sura to like lfcttie." But for a few tninutes after he had spoken the words the General did not scent quite like himself. -OR A SECRET RE\CALEDe 4444-14-1-1444+14 44-144-144. 44+14441-v44 •l -I+4^1444444 CIIAI'TECt XL. -(Continued). It was ara»_e (I that they should • You must not forget, ninths" go first to London, where a lilt ire elle said, "all about 0111' mots", lIw trots: 011U and mourning could be inenit cr that Sir Arthur represents pruwidod: and floe two sisters left 1t:'rs if she were living . ti she could Soo hetes] w ith their hearts full of speak to us, 1 am quite sure that love for each other, but each keep - the would tell us both that he stood ing her secret. Leah had not told in her place. I can never leave hits. nettle of her passionate love, her Instead of asking; me to do that, approaching marriage, or the pain make up your mind to conte and livo which weigiutl at times so heavily wog' me, 1i0 le to kind; we 511011 upon her; nor did iletti,, tell Leah be very happy. 4:• Mettle, �Nettie, can you of that epletele in her life which was understand 110W A3:3'1] 1 have always ! to her like a fair sweet dream. w'ante'd von'?" "Yes. I este. egZ1 =1 :.9 s never halt- CIIAP'l'fat XI.I. py without yey;' And then Z,:;:, Neild her sister ,haw she had watched 1furbury'louse, anal how she had seen her onco at ,the theatre, and how she had pur- •chased trona the footman the ball - 4111A that site had held in her hands. Leah's face softened and brightened. "lid you really love me so much?" he asked. "I wish I had known 00 were so near to mo, Nettie; T 1011111 have risked a great deal to in honor to accept it on his condi- ea'a to you. flow strange wo tumid be parted as wo were! I tions. Again Ilettie would have 0uld not have stayed. 1 could held out, and have left hint;t it,Letth ever have been what lily father de- I prevailed. Ilettie could not resist red. Oh, nettle, do as Sir Ar- ne- wishes --come home with us! 09 must have suffered terribly. I 11 treke it all up to you." She ressed the golden head that lay 11) her breast; »}le kiseed the flow- ike face. "You are so fair, net- " she said, "so graceful, so e(t! I long to see you dressed in ('some silks and laces. You will a queen of beauty. I know few nen in London so fair as you. 'I do not care for that; I want y to be near you, Leah, where I see you in the morning and at ht. where I can listen to your e and hear what people say of . I could never live away from lignite now that I have found Leh" n . here is no treed for it, !fettle, if will but listen to reason," said was touching to sic those two woolen, the lovely faces PO near There was a long animated discus- sion between the general and llettie. She was so firmly resolved not to relinquish her name, and Sir Arthur was as fully determined that, the name of Itay should never be heard in his house. It was Leah who de- cided tho matter. She represented to !fettle that, if she lived in her uncle's hoose, if she accepted a for- tune at his hands, rho was 1)01111(1 her "for my sake." She could re- fuse nothing to the beloved sister front whom she had been parted so long. '''here was nothing of obstinacy in the tender heart of Ilettie, but there was always a quick loving sense that she must do nothing that would seers disloyal to the dead. Tied she tnet the brave, simple old soldier elseu here, had he been any one except her uncle. she would have liked hitnl at once; but between her and Sir Arthur stood the memory of the fa- ther whom she had loved and ho had denounced. The more the general saw of net- tle the more he liked her. ITo thought she was possessed of an ex- traordinary combination of brilliant qualities. She was loving, gentle and tender of heart, without being weak and undecided; she was limn and self-reliant, without obstinacy. She'lackcd the touch of genius which thee, the slender arms entwined, had, but -she was the very dark head bonding over the fair •! of true womanhood. Every llettie looked up 1,t Leah. hour the general•erew• more charmed shu'dd not like," Rho said, "to I !with her. There was no restlessn ss, fere with your prospects, Lenh. no passion in her fair, calm face. are Sir Arthur's heiress, nail it ''Any one on seeing you would cite right. f would much sooner think, my dear," said the general to sheared my father's poverty her, "Hint. you had gone through a Inc uncle's wealth. I had nay great deal of trouble." e, and it dues not seem fair Why?" elle asked, with a snnile- u• to interfere with you." they were driving then from the sta- tion horse to Brentwood. "I should be puzelelI, Nettie, to say why; tut your eyes have a strangely calm expression." Leah's dark eyes were fixed nnxi- ously on her. nettle's thoughts want beck to the hour when under the twinkling stars, she had bidden her lover good -bye -back to that pain which had been so great that it had ✓ uncle is rich enong L, nettle • to adopt half a dozen her sister replied, tranquilly. re can be no question of in$er- e It it}i me. Even if there were, had to share alt fortune with believe n:e, 1 Should he only too y. You are more to Inc than money. nett le. I imagine that. Ise you saw me leave a poor ✓ and transfer my affections to stunned her. Now site would 'have time to realize it all. • The lovely fere great' a shade paler as she answereel: ''My life has been like all other lives, I suppose, uncle," she re- plied, evasively. "All the happiness has to come," interrupted Leah. And the General, looking atthe fair face, wondered whether, if 11et,- 11 of ever seeing each ot h 'r tie had come to hire first, he would : n nv we aro otter (1 the sane have loved her best, nt present he nettle, you, ettie, w111 but lower thought that ho should never in this world care for any one as he 'lid for his beautiful Leah. They had leen two days in Lon- don. and had been so incessantly oc- eupie(I that there had leen but few 0pport 'lies for conversation. 'lite (bairn! wits strictly Jnst. Leah was his heiresv: for her there were rare Jewels, indinn soils, all that was meet costly and magnificent. For nettle there was position, and 1her,• was luxury, but her fortune would iry no 111011 118 he s0 extensive. Sir Arthur hail soon made hip his mind It uncle, you argue I love •. You are wrong. 'fad my been poor and my father rich, old have Ilona jat:t the .93me. I 01 want to girls It of it; but it he teaching. Inc life that I dis- 1 would have dune anything nee from R. 1t seeCia.to 1110, e, that Ileac' n 109 befriended last year we had no hope, 11 1. ride. 1 ala sure that, if you Sir Art hur. you would like Ile has the brnvesl, truest the I,nblest soul hated my father," int .rrupt- t t ie, "and he took you from 'Id of my new free will." said "I should have ruts away, , if 1 had not nccept`rl his of - 1 I. remember, it was not my het his teaching next him be - hat Sir Arthur halld. 0. net - how t hat we have found each do not let 119 part! 1 will 114 t0 Whitt he would be able to give the past: you do the same. We nettle for her (lower; and the inter- lope in the world,- let its live for est on it was to be her own, to ether. 'There is nothing but spend as she II':eel. All these ar- hetwerl) 119. NMtie, 11 ymI rangenu'nts were mode in detnil dur- I01', 011 will let that pride Ing their stay in London. It, was evident to all who know 1hen1 %hal is net (ride. T enh. 110 you (he general did not intend the two undervtneell Tt seems to 1110 9iteterm to be on an erten] foot Mg. if I go to Sir Arthur, i am Leah teas to be mistress and heiress; al to my father." Het tie. the newe 'r, tuna to be suborifinnte to her. it was evi(hnt to 1111 that. he lover] Leith (lest. Before they lett London for Brent • wood a 1n4'er understanding 'Vas ar- rived nt between net tie tine II,-:• uncle. They were alike in many re- 9pect9-in simple home»ty and sin- cerity, in it certain unworldliness of if fashion and rank: 1 11111 only character 1hnt w -ns beautiful in it - ✓ nee& tencher." self, in a certain serve of honor and at nnneenee, ltettio! We are loyalty 1 het bot 1 held 'Duet sacred. ! Can nnvthine undo that' if Ihh.n llet tie recovered her spirits, me 1(1 regard the matter in it e no I begun to talk more freely to the ieht, whlrh of 5)9 two sae feel )l ler life -yon or 1? if there unworthiness, it is on my of on yours. .fy pretty 1f(•t- 1nonths after 111nd left you, ud of thisie K:411100 rippler of How 51raw ( tivehw -oto• utile s, k so sedde'nit mg nutting, be- so terrible (1 (w4osi" to Mea' fV seine," sniff t is only a fancy -a morbid Toter path wens to me clear he' Leah" -and the blue 4yew slv solteht the dark ori s —"1 not had your n'ivnnlnges. 1 t see how 1 con. You and I lite different ►,nw. 1'o•+ are n trfa ? its 4jreln reel Lcah. w the time nos cone when Iwo happy together, if you are fettle " 'rued at length, hitt it env ong aft -toggle. 1Tettio prone - make her home with Sir rind her sister; and Leah General, he was charmed with her sweet, quaint w-tselom: she knew so much, she was so helpful, so melt -re - Rant, end she excused herself so simply when ho taxed her with touch learning or scholnrshie. She hail been odliv0e to read. e e said. in order to converse with her fnthcr. Such ens the love this girl had borne him, w) lender, so devoted, so true. that the Gement could not for- bid all mention of his name; nn(1. though 11.'11le evident referred to her father, when she did so she wan lie toned to in silene•e, if not with re - spec t e- spec% Leah seemed touch happier. 1ler love and her lover were to her htr ton sacred to be Ilehtly (hscl55I')(f nm t AID Would leap her word. they dro►e from shop to shop in They returned to Brentwood; but Sir Basil was not there to meet thein. lie had gone to Glasgow on some sudden and unforseen business, and was uncertain as to the precise day of his return. Ile had written to Leah and professed to be most curious about the "new inmate" and the communication that Sir Arthur had to make. It was a very kind, !Tec A f 1011 Ate lettos find i Leah read ad 1't with i h 1, flush on her face and tears in her eyes. She kissed it when she had mastered every word in it, and thought, with a glow of warmth in her heart, what a happy life lay be- fore thein. And Basil would be sure to like Ifettie. 1 fad not her uncle said so? -and he tons clear of sight. and kern of judgment. She had no fear: the happy future for which she had longed and hoped was sure to be hers. What of that curse, the mem- ory which had Haunted her and frightened herr? it meant nothings; it could mean nothing; and after all, her father hail wished every word un- said. Why need the memory of it pain her now? '1 here came to her mind a width n resolution: she would try to atone to her father by double love and goodness to nettle. She determined that when they reached Brentwood she would tell llettie her love -story before she saw Basil, aisl aft encase! they world be such good friends, such dear frit :slit. The weather had changed on the day they left. London for Brentwood. There was something like a gleam of warmth and brightness in the winter sun; the air was clear. the sky blue. Leith was proud of Brentwood. She saw• Iletlie's fair face 1108)1 arid her ewes open wide as they (trove through the ',munificent nt(nue, a1N1 the. first. view of the grand old mansion Infest upon therm. "Is that. Brentwood?" she asked. "f), Leah! I never ihoeg;ht itw'ns like ghat. It is a palace!" "'There is ninny a pn]uce not half so beautiful," said the general. flat Italie was thinking that Leah world one day mit. distress of it, and her ;ader grew. She was honestly plea 4481 that Leah, and not herself waw to 1e s) fat oriel. "1 should not know what to (lo with such wealth," she Thought to herself, rind her (w('9 wandered front the grand old nmansion to be beauti- ful face of her stately Sister. What n perfect queen she would Irak.• for that perfect home! She liked the general more because of hie warm welcome to her. lie kissed her, and bade her welcome to lir( nt wood, him heart full of honest emotion. his eyes full of tears. Mere- ly, if the little mister whom he had 1 teeel and lost years le fore, knew how fully he had carried Out her wishes, she would be pleased with hint. '1'o 1.enh's eyes Brentwood had never looked so beautiful as it did in the gold and gravy of 'hie Novem- ber dry. Sh,, ens supremely happy. She had chosen her sister's rooms -- they were to be next to her own -- and thee hail been prettily nrrnnge(1 for her. Leah showed her all over the house -the . it -room, with it9 magnificent carvings; the grand pic- ture gnllery, with its fine collection 01 !Mint legs, the large. drawing -room, With its beautiful 41'eornlinns; aur! w-heneter 1leltie interrupted her sis- ter, it was to say how well suited iThe LI-1444444-14-14-44-1444 SIIElsl' IN SUMMER. There aro two kinds of parasites which are very conutun and which every sheepmeat must expect to con- tend with, namely, nodular disease or knotty guts, and stomach worms, writes .11r. Chas. 1'. Wing. The former atlects the intestines only. !lust 8)1001) have it a little and a gaud many die, although it is not / - -- always fatal. Sometimes it kills loss. Tho leaves of the clover will !killer can he made 114 follows: Ono Very slowly. No reIIIo ly we have dry much quicker !bets the steins; 'gallon kerosene, three pounds tallow•, ('11'1'003'extrle(t1 wtoill cre nodular discuso. and if the hay lies spread on the two ounces creolin, put in a 11181 of pechavuen 8nnc tall loss r'egu- ground until the stent is dry, the hot touter and they will all unite. lnrlyund have ceased treating it. The leaves will be lost. '110 hest plan is pens or spray once a week the parts thing to dd is to try and prevent it. to rake it up just as soon as it is of the house where the lice are or oro Like stomach wurnis it may le thoroughly wilted, 011(1 put it up llablo to be, and your poultry -houses transmitted from one sheep to an- In not too large piles, %there it will will be free from lice. 'lu other.ck Woarountryd to keep changing t.ho cure in good weather, in from 21 to Nature Untended that the cow of all of dilTerent pastures, 116 hours. It is not a good plan tobreeds should furnielt enough milkgraz plowiinngg uplou iushfectort•d pastures utd not let. it stand too lung before hauling 1 for the calf until it is old enough to t. Nodulate diseases it into the barn. It may be a little snake Its living off grass. All cows has no alarming symptoms. Ewes 1 ough, and apparently too wet to thet'eful•u aro mtilk0rm to that extent, just get thin and may die, coon on keep in the plow; but If there is no ;►fan bus mud10re1 NnturO's plan in good fecrl. I':xauii11ALlnn, however, ruin or dew on it, it will sutiur no order to meet his necessities, and the wi11 readily show the cause of death. hnrnl If packed closely in1 the hay- efl'ect of this modification is an in- 1`he knots vary in size, from that of meow. Do not throw open the barn creased amount of milk whenever 1e u bean to at marble along the Intes- doors to let in air. Keep the air persistently demands it by the act t(11iller.eintes Some ts�testimes they rot through away from it, and there will ho no of milking, Wherever human re - white mold or Musty hay when re- lluiretnents demand 0 lar ;o supply of 'l'he stomach worm is a very tiny moved. 'ITI0 theory of throwing open g thread-like worm, which attacks the barn doors, to admit air to the milk it will be found that oho cattle lambs more than older sheep. It of that sector nru good milkers,hay, has long since been exploded. wit hout oho slightest reference to lodges in the fourth stomach to do It is no longer practiced by modern its work. The bluegrassd pastures oro hay makers. Some fanners salt the the worst infectewith this pest, It hay in the mow. 11'0 d0 not. Wo —......4.slaw be very nearly avoided by using alfalfa pastures, or by pasturing prefer to salt the stock by hand as 57`AIYI'IN(1 TIili Ii IG IIT. clover that is not too short, or changing on permanent pastures, not often as desirable. using the scute one two years in sue - cession. The surest indication that a The best and heaviest grain (s in lamb has stomach worms is a white the long run more economical food or "paper" skin. Usually, also, ho for fowls than light refuse, so often will scour. served to them. Watch carefully as to his thrift, When feeds are high It sets tho and the first time you see him off, dairyman to thinking how ho can or not thriving, with skin gray or, anter than it should be, lake himcombine there in the best possible forst to get the largest results front and his mother, i[ still nursing, ' the feed used. '''his means that the pasture and give dry feed. Put the mon must not teed the cows more 111011) in a shed, where it can got n0 grazing whatever. Fast it 24 hours The Most for Your Money and WORK HARD FOR CLIENT the Best for Your Health Ceylon Tea. Positively the purest and most d licious toa In the world. Sold only la sesleJ I_ad packets. 400, Sec, (,oz. By allderocers. Highest Award, St. Louis, 4904. 0 - breed, size or color, I,IVE STOCK NOTES. high-priced feeds than the value of the products they will turn out. and then give two teaspoonfuls of! The season is at hand when the gasoline in a little more than a wine -1 red louse is liable to take possession of your poultry -houses. A good lice glass of sweet milk. Better buy a glass with a graduated scale on She side. Ito careful not to tip the Iamb's 11• lilll b acko t o far when drenching, bectu+sc they 1st rnnglo worse tl'••n and gasoline 011 the lungs kills tht,.I quickly. Feed stimulating food, such as plenty of grain and hay or cut green forage. Repeat treatment once or twice a week, according to strength of Iamb. A yearling %till stand twice the dose for lamb. Some- times one treatment will dislodge the worms. Other times it may lake a Month or two. When the worms are gone the skin should resume its proper color promptly. A now remedy appeared last year, and although we have not tried it we have lots of faith in it. 'Phis %Vas carbolic. acid. A cor- respondent 115011 it with great suc- cess and thinks ho could absolutely prevent stomach worms getting any start in the flock by use of the acid as n preventive. Ile fed his sheep and Willis (i to 12 drops on a table- spoonful of salt, fedieg it, we be- lieve, regularly all stftuner. We have lots of confidence in this treatment nn(1 would like to hear from other men when they have tried it. FAi1M NOTES. The manurial value of 4,000 pounds of skimp milk, about what should be produced by the average cow, is ac- cording to the chemist's figures, at least $4. (food seed is an important thing to look out for. It is poor policy to use poor seed of any kind, and we need not expect to raise first-class LiA1)1I.l'fil:N. crops upon poor seed of any kind, DelnesNihn circulation .... e 1111(1 we need not because you have hearing thein. Feed them up and procure tuterest better seed, as the best aro none too Includ good. tag in - g %crest As wo look over the lost year and acctued take note of its conditions 1)11(1 of Dl�pneitne)511,21.�2o9.07 our own experience, we should be not bear- able to note wherein we might save ing In - luno better. He is certainly an ob- (crust ., 1.317.280 01 serving elan and one easily convinc- 12,:,0.109.11 e(rwho is able to discover hitt own mistakes, and he is a wise and prac- tical person who is willing to profit by then(' to the extent of changing his views and practices whenever and wherever he is fully satisfied that he can do much better by the change. It will surely tell on the fertility ofl1e soil to sell off the whole milk for a long series of y'eare, and trot have any of the skim milk fed out on the farm. The difference can plainly be seen by continuing the farms Deme which milk has been sold off to the city for a great many years, with the farms where the milk has been taken to the crcaileries, and the skim milk fed 011 the (00111s. The financial condition of these corn - 'ties appears to ho lel ler where the skint milk is kept on the farm, no doubt because they raise the valves to keep up the dairy herd, insuring bettor cows than are ostial- ly got by buying, as well as keeping the fertility of the farm better. They had Leen enge.ged all of ten slim* es. "1!orscless carriages and wireless tclegrai he may bo all right in their way," she said, "hut—" "But what?" he queried, anxiously. "1 don'tthin': much of kisslcss courts41(.8," she continued. Tbcn ho got. busy. "1 believe you'd stand before a mirror all day," said Mr. Closely snappishly, "doing nothing but changing your dresses." "Perhaps I would," replied Mrs. Clo' t1y dreamily, "i1 I had .the dresses." he Standard Bank OF CANADA. Report of the Directors Submitted to the Shareholders at the Thir- tieth Annual Meeting, Held at the Head Office of the Bank on Wednesday, 21st June, 1905, Tho Directors have pleasure In presenting oho statement of the affairs 01 the Bank for the year ending :31st May. 1905. The profits for the year have been satimlactory, and after providing 'for the usual dividend of 10 per cent. ($100,000), reducing (lank premises and office safes and furniture accounts $17,394.72, the balance, $39,600.- ;87, has been carried forward to 1'ro(it and Loss Account, which account .now amounts to $02,114.83. An Agency of the ]lank has been opened at Illenheim, Ont. The Bead Office and Agencies have been carefully inspected, and olio Officers of the !tank have discharged their duties with zeal and efficiency. All of which is respectfully submitted. W, F. COWAN, Toronto, 31st May, 1905. President. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 1111. Dalanro brought forward from 31st May, 1901 $ 22,518.90 Profits for year ending :list May, 1905, utter deduct - Ing expenses, interest nc- crued on deposits, and making ,roti for bad and doubtful debts 150,995.59 $179,509.55 OR. Dividend No. 58, paid 1st Dec. 1901 550,000.00 Dividend No. 59. payable 1,,t. June, 190.'. lll 50,000.00 Written off bank promises and ulllcu safes and furni- ture account 17,39.1.72 Carried forw•,u•d to credit of Profit and Loss Account 02,11.1.83 GENERAL STATEMENT 838,580.00 (1111 IND AND S'IY)I{TNG ('',OVER. In making clover hay some pains Dun to Agents In (treat Itrltain 703,818.34 Due to 011•:0 !tanks in Canada 1,407.18 Luo to All `nte in the llnited ',ta' s 258,082.50 Letters of Credal. issued 100,353.07 Total li,tbilillea to tllo public ...$14„500,n80.2o 1 .0(40.00(4.(40 1.000.000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 (Satinet mild up ltescrta Fund itebate of Interest on bills discounted totes:11d NO. 59, pay- able lst ,lune, 1905 Balance of Profit and Loss Account carried forward ... 62,114.83' 516 052 801 .03 ASSETS. Specie $ Dominion notes, legal lenders Notes nail cheques of other banks Deposit with Dominion (1uvernment for seeul`- Ity of note circulation I)ue from other banks - In Canada In United States Dominion (:ovornnlent and other first -clams bonds Loans on crib on (lov- eruunent. nua,lcean, and other first -clays bonds f 179.509 55 212,357.03 070.118-00 481,233.34 50,000.00 289,512.77 147,080.20 2,505,180.82 825,954.74 11111s discounted and ad_ 115,107,745.40vances current .... 11,285,452.27 Acceptances ►•n Letters of Credit 151:411 - ed secured ..$45,235.00 Letters of t're- dit outstand- ing .. .. 21.118.07 Notes and Ihlls oweruuo (estimate -I loss provid- ed for) .. Bonk premises Other Assets not Indio!. ed under tho foregoing 10(1,3 3.07 44,571 .52 100,000.00 8.078.77 $10,652.801.08 CFA), I'. RIND, Gcn'ral Manager. 'rhe choir %Vnm taken by the President, Mr. W. 1'. Cowan, and Mr. George 1'. Scholfield, General Menager, acted 118 :Secretary to the meet- ing. On notion of Frederick Weld. Esq., se•eendeed h'.' T. It. Wood. l:vl., the minces of the previous meeting were taken ns read. 'ihe ''resident them rend the Report. anri StuteDlent:►, and niter mak-' in; a few remarks thereon, moved, secoaeded by I11 Nice -President: hat the 'Report and Statements now real be adapted and printed for circulation n g the Shareholder9.” Carried. Moved by G. B. South, Esc(., and see(,mled by Wal. Spry, V.9.1, '''I'hnt. the thanks of the `•hareholders be ]:leen to t110 I'►oe►relent, Yicc-l'regid •nt she %cry to the home over which she must be taken to prevent a serious awl the other Directors for their at to nlion to 1).a.Tvirs of the Ilan'(' wos to reltn as mistress. daring; the year." Carried. "We aIII go throb gin the g;rnund,e I and gardens to -morrow," said Leah "I nm tired Clow." .. 1 1 hn would '.-, t c Ind Intt a l l a %,• t l r have thought of all this splendor, Leah '" remarked lief tie, wonderingly. "11e would have 0n'mvd it," wile 111" quiet reply; 311:+1 nettle said no more. 1t '.11,44 'Ate that night hcfote ei- ther sister slept -the herr (nese of Nene Iovelhet• one so 1111.11+'. "11 iv Iik1• renrhine n enfe harbor not 0't' 4a►it int; on a sitornw men." tl t;ht Leah. But ,•h • dad not hear "the trimnang of the harbor bar." ('1'o be C'untfneed.) Some Hump Back SCOTT'S EMI:; SION won't make e hump back straight, neither well it make a short les Iong, but i1 feeds soft hone and heals diseased bone end it em in f the few genuine means et recovery in rickets and bone (en:umpt+on. • Sired to, n(( IM��'e '')T1' R 11,1W NE, (:v n au Toronto, sf1c sad (t.c. 1:i dn,;ivu. — game '1!4)14)1 by 11. l.nnggle,is, Ise(., and seconded by W,,i. Glenne., Fyq.: "'That the thanks of the meeting be triter' to the General M,'nager, Air sistanf General Manager, and in'(pector. and the other ofmicers of the Ink for their services during n• the t nCarried. Mov(',l by 11. C. itickerst ntT, 1•:w(., seconded by lint id Smith, Ise(.: "That 111' hafol now open for the election of Itis• -tors be kept open until 2 o'clock, 1IIde99 five lnhwtos daps, withenit a vote being enst, when it shall be cluse•.1; and that Messrs. .1, le. Niven and 1'. Langlois r 401.111 • 1e v " l 4 11 ('r a fl Carried. '111., scrutineers declared the following gentlemen unaninluuvly elected •Dlreefors for Ihe• ensuing year, viz.- W. F. Cowan, Frederick Wyld. W. F. Allen, A. .1. Somerville, T. It. aloud, W. 11, Johnston, and Welling{ - ton i'ranris. At n nubm•quent 11, "ling of Ih.• l'irectore W. 1'. Cowan. 1:91., was re-elected President, and Frederick Weld, I•"si., YIe-1•re;id nt. (7E01((71': P. $ 'IIOI,1'lrLn, Toronto, 21st 311ne, 1005. ((rte ral Manager. THE INSURANCE )USIML SS IN CHINA How the Agent ,s a Chinese Lady for a Policy- holdet. LI a lively letter to hitt frien(l at home, t110 English repr'eent.t'I%4 of nn tnsura11cu eoulpany !n a thin• cso purl lull., of the duviuus 1(135 ley which fol insurance proposal is el,- (trundled, bays the London Daily Moi1, "Ono of my agents," )to wri'..i, •'('011108 iu and says, 'Please, master, w'antehee you cone city side ta1ce•. one woman. it'an talked insure. i' d - gin.' 'l'o whi:lt 1 reply. 'Mora het. ter you talkee ntiseisseo conte my side, ca;telteo chow (take dinner)'• This being arranged, the lady arri'0* in her chair, accompanied by two maid -servants and her burly servant. 1 have to go out and riblike handl violently with myself, then walk backwards over the gang -plank while her maids help her along. Her fent are perhaps 24 inches long, so pro• gross 1C8 slu'I'Les. COS1" JEWELLERY. "Chinese ladies love t , be asked how much everything costs, which is really a nice fashion, as they wear lovely stuff. She had gold brace- lets up the middle of the forearm, valued nt 1:1,200, and pearls, all over her hair worth £3,000. Iler coat of lovely light cherry-colo,ed silk took lite months to weave, ons cost a trifle of £80. She tells me she is No. 2 wife, her husband hav- ing four altogether. "We have dinner of 14 courses. 'She smokes cigarettes all the time, and I have to hand ltci' every dish myself, and she has to rise and bow. She drinks port, sherry, beer, cham- pagne, and then smokes a cigar. After dinner her maid gives :ter a silver basin and her powder box and combs, and she clots her hair. `''hen 1 take her to the theatre, and wo eat nuts, oranges and biscuits. CHINESE' FEASTING. '"Phe next+► stage is that I nccmu- n her toChinesefestival pn y c a tt a temple up the river. After seeing a procession of two thousand hoists, we eat and drink from solid sitter dishes and cups, and with gold chop- sticks. There are 8(i courses t!le- lieve it if you can) and they include shark's tin, birds' nests, doves' eggs and other luxuries. WO drink native w•i,1e and ten. :Another house-f,oat arrives alongside, containing her husband and three singing girls, ono of whom ho will probably buy as No. 5. "1 ask No. 2 if she is jealous, end she say's "No, not a bit,' and asks me if No. 5 is really pretty in my judgment. It is all the qu, errs( mix- ture of morals and manners. Up to now we have not even' mentioned business, but after about three weeks' palavering she will eventually insure. It is n queer business, and ono requires the patience of Job and a cast-iron digest ion.'• MAN OF THE FUTURE. He Will Be An Earless, Noseless, Hairless Creature. In the prehistoric period, even, man's mouth had ceased to be an in- strument for grasping food: it is still growing less preheneile, his front teeth are smaller, his lips aro thinner and less muscldar; he has it new organ, a mandible not of irre- parable tissue, het of ':one anti steel -a knife and fork,. There is no rea- son why things should stop at the partial artificial division thus af- forded; there is every reason, on tho contrary, to believe any statement that some cunning exterior mechan- ism will presently masticate and in - salivate his dinner, relieve his di- minishing 8alivary glend8 and teeth, and at last altogether abolish thecal. '''hen, w lust Is not needed disap- pears. What use is there for exter- nal ears, nose, and brow ridges now? The two latter once protected the eau front inlury in conflict and ir. falls, but in these days we keep on our leg9 rind are at peace. Directing Ihis thoughts inn this way, the reader may presently re•njuro alp a dim. strange 1.151011 0f th • latter day face: "1•:y(.9 large, 1081rolia, Ileatatiful, soul- ful; above therm, no lunger tx'pnranted by rugged brow ridges, is the top of the herd. n glistening,-hnirless dome, lerete and beautiful; no craggy' meet rises to &slur)) by its unmeaning shadows the symmetry of that calm face, no vestigial ears project; the mouth is a small, perfectly • round aperture, toothless and window), Jaw - less, 'matinee!. no futile emotion!. (listurl ing; ite reimillesy ns it lies, like the har'est moon or th.• evening star, in the nide firmament face." Mulch is the face the professor be- holds in the future. Of course paraliel nlodifcatlone will nlso age( 1 the hotly and licnbs. "leery day so many hone; awl s0 much enol gy nee required 'for hetet- tion: a grass torpidity, n ca'•Hall ldthargy, seines on mortal men after dinner. 'Phis may and cnn be avoid- ed. blur's 1 no wledge of organic eheedetry widens daily. Already he can supplement the gastric Rhode l.v • nrt 'tidal devices. Every doctor who administers physic Inlpliee that the horsily funetions may be artifici- ally soperwe,kd. We have peprrin, pancrratine, n'rti0e'1al gastric ne141- T lanow not what like mixtures. Why, then, should not the stomach 1... nl- ntrnlely siis'in 1104)111 e4 all fleet hers "A men who could not only leave► his din►ser t 1 be cooked, but also leave it to be maid betted rind dgrea4- e1 would have'.nwt!►nint nd % n ft ages over him food -digesting fellow. ?hie I. let me remind poi) hero. the calmest, mostpnesionleS1, nod Fr'i, fl - Me working (eft of th` future forms of thing(' from lhu data a of the prew ee'n(. ... -,-- S'e'w Stout Old 'Lady ften!chin/ the lions fed) -"'''earn to one. ►meter, that nlr't n very hitt Ore 0' meat for such an animal." Attendnnt-e it may stem !Ike • small (eieee nl Ment to you. 10.1 ours but it's i:ig enough for the Bos.