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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-07-04, Page 6Ai Of +#♦Q$f+o+Oho♦o+C+0+ 0+0+0+0+.040+0+1) ` AUGUSTA SAYS " ♦0+0+0+0+0+0♦0+0+01♦0iial0i0+0+)0E4♦ ♦ltd+0< ClIAPI'Ell t. It was a remarkably awkward thing t me, a quiet and sober old bachelor ►(•where about sixty. not lo be too seise), to find myself suddenly in barge—aliparently permanent ceiarge-- t two charming young ladies. both Lilies, one en hefre s.s, and the other t the modern and p iogres.s'ive variety. 1 first it was the thought of the up - of all my little habits that obtruded elf on my masculine, and therefore atural y selfish, mind. But \\'innifred ,on lo, truyed a truly feminine and vnble anil coaxing way of making a rt'et idol of each one of my little ha - its, considering them even more than the: head -waiter at the club ever does, and I yielded gracefully to her attitude. '/r. t3 wonicn of \Viuifred's type that make. inen selfish in little things; but n Vie long -run 1 fancy they have the es of it. Atter nay anxiety regarding y ways and hebits was allayed, it, was he 4iwful moral responsibility that grip- ed my imagination. But very moon I as made to feed that Augusta had al;en the awful moral r'ehponsibiely en - rely on herself. Augusta is the sort f \Yemen that makes a mean selfish in g things. She is rigidly critical of his ly conduct; but 1 suspect that In the g run that kind of wora311 hes the ret of it. These reflections, however, only incidental to the main gist o f at 1 am about to relate, which is story of the wild doings at Ard- ►nadti; for which wild doings, I ala y to say, every one of the actors holds that 1, and 1 alone, was and answerable. In vain do I plead I am a gentle bachelor of sixty— e or thereabouts, not to be too par - Oar; they say that 1 have a humorous , and was cut out for the comic ge. Young people have little or no erenee now -a -drys. Even that grace - scamp. my nephew, Toni M.Nab, gPs that he renieneters his father dropping a hint that I had been ery wild lad in my teens. Well, 1, what 1 did at Ardstrrnach 1 did the best, as it turned out. I know njnyed the whole play while the fun ted; but, as to my being enswerxnbte tt not been for these two young mein suddenly dropping down on from the skies, would I ever have t the calor routine of my club exist - to talo part In any mad doings atsoever? the latter was tied in a rather lube bow under my chin. "1 hope diet yon will be ha,ltpy with me, Winnie." 1 told her gravely; "but 1 had antircly for'getten that you Were grown-up, and I had thought of engag- ing a governess, and taking you to live in the depths of the country." "At Arcistr'onlnch!" she cited, and then she flung hrrselfon me again; ati:l this time 1 submitted. It is wondertui hew soon one becomes used to ways 4'f that kind. It appleared lhat she remeenfered Areistronaoh, where she hnd spent her holidays often; that, indeed, many a lime out In India, when the sun was hod and the step -mother was cold, she lead thought about it. It had been her mother's early home. Ah! my heart turned to her then—it endeared the lit- tle thing to me more even than did the likeness in her to my poor dead sister —to find my niece was a M'Nab at heart.. It Is no doubt a ridiculous sen- 'time'nt in an old bachelor. but I love lily family traditions, doubtful enough though some of them be; and especially (10 1 love that ofd barrack of a place Ard.stronaeh. I know every sweep of the moors—know them when they aro purple and honey-soented, and when they are green under .the clear spring sky, and when they are white with snort:._ and I know every bend of our burn that foams down the hillside, and every silver birch and Scotch fir and stunted oak in our glen; and at the 'opening of the glen •there stands Ard- sttvnach, the homestead for over four hundred years of our bran'h of the 'iteVNabs, its white-haired turrets reflect- ed in the silver loch. "I divide my time between Ardsteon- nch and my club in town, for it grows ,t one.som when f am all alone there. But as often as I can 1 have young Tom M Nab, my nephew and heir, to slay with rne. Tom feels about the place just as I do, and i look upon him es my son. And we nre gond friends, though he is a foot taller Iran I, and forty years younger—well, let us say thirty-five, to leave It more indefinite -- for are we not both M'Nahs? Most of the people for utiles round bear our name, and their forebears served our forebears; and as we trudge along with our gusts. and our dogs to heel, 1 re- member that Tom will have it after ale, and his children. All this pard tt my mind as Winnie spoke t�• ►rst carne my niece Winifred Mur- with What could 1 say' When her such right feeling about Ardstronach. hly ster-mottter married again there . then and there I evolved a great idea, and, like a fool, I must needs 'blurt it out. "if you are very good, Winnie. you shall tnarry Torn M'Nabl" Suddenly, with the swiftnerss that a squall conies over the head of Ben Stre'aoug(',h, there she erns in tears, as if her heart would break! "You won't force me to marry ascribe one i hate, against my will?" she sob- bed. "Bless me. child! what century do you suppose we are living in?' "1-1 don't know! i never knew any history; but she said you would make me. And 1 am sure—sure he will be -- 'horrid!" "Who told you 1 woukt make you? i only thought of the piing Chis very moment " And then it all carne out. It was that flighty baggage of a step -mother, with a tongue as long as my mm. And 1 tiad flatberedl myself that the very ob- vious idea had originated with mel Where it is a question of marriage, a woman is sure to have the first word as well as the last. Mrs. Murray had known all about Ardstronach, and that hail one nephew, a dM'Nab, who was heir, and that he hail no money of his own; and she 'had known loo, it seems, tidal a good deal of what 1 have dies ttith me, and that therefore it was de- .su•ntite for Tom to marry a wife with shekels 1f he was to keep ftp Ardstron- r.ch and its traditions. "You go Thome and marry the 111'Nrib ce;usin„" she had told Winnie. Fancy til(, trnpropriety of suggesting the idea se. abruptly to a sensitive girl! And she had tried to poison Winnie's mind against me by srigg,•sting—Winnie. witch her miler -at naivete and child -like trust, repeated it all to me --that 1 had welcomed her to my tome just kir the purpece, and that Tont and 1 were both calculating on her fortune. "And l meant to ask him to take the icrtune and you lo keep mei" Winnie sobbed. was at a lose lo know what to do, so 1 beat n sort of rhythmic tatoo en tier Moulder. as I have seen women do- ing to infants. end crooned—we were quite alone`—"fiidunts. wasums, then! wheree the puff -puff giving?" She raised her head and laughed at that. just as the stat breaks out over Ren Streaoiig-h. "Then ynu tton't force nhe to do any- thing 1 don't like?" she asked. "No—•but you will like Toni - every- "flow dial they look?" asked the hus- band. The ttif.' described them, when the hu -handl threw up both hands and yellctl :-- "Mnry, you have undone me com- pletely. You have been talking 10 lite assessors!" Certainly no home for the poor child India. 1 wets her uncle and her Bod- er and her guardian, and to whom should she be sent? I went myself meet her at Marseilles, remembering little less 1 had seen off four years fore—swollen eyelids, and a wisp o,f y fair hair tied wllh a black ribbon. n she stepped off the gangway I ived my first shock. "Why, bless my soul, you are grown- !" 1 exclalniied. She flung herself on me and kissed , and 1 was sit taken aback that 1 pped her shoulders with a hold like vice, end, holding her off from me, tched my neck to its utmost -1 am 1 a very tall man. All Ibis was in- nctive, and not actuated by repug- nce. She raised two tearful and appealing tie eyes to niy face. "Did you not expect me to kiss you, ncle Ben?" she cried. "Well. illy dear, you see." 1 began realhlessly. relaxing lily troll, "it is a ng time since any woman " "1 sttppose mmmiia was the last?" she marked etanurrly. • 1 etisrnis-ed the sehjeet with a nod. You are very lige lily poor sister," i cid her v -hen we were seated opposite ne nn. Ther in Uie Irene "Si father said when 1 first tto•n( out; act that, 1 think, ryas tt by my slept tether disliked me." • Through a cloud of diaphanous veil- ing she looked at me with eyes like trustful summer stars. and her baby - 'eolith was soft and pick as a rose, and the wisp of very fair hair had si►r•'nd out into a )halo of glory. She did rot look a en_d:ible; but site was mtin• eptly lovable. "You are prettier than your mother vier was," 1 reit bound to adet. '"Father said mother was the pret- tier." '-he answered simply. "Well. you were not even preposses- sing when ynu went out." 1 reminded tier. "Yell have ehnng d surprisingly e' "F•tur years ridded to saixteen makes twenty. Uncle Bee!" she laughed. "But you aro not in the least changed- 1 alw•ay z remembered you, and how your Iron -way bar stood up stubby all over your homer. anal tem you were clean - shaved. and had such n merry itwinkto it your eyes, and cis h n hi rr.omue twist ti your mouth. and that you were h:er.ily faller than rne, and that you wore such big lie's, and said such wicked !hinge. end I was sure 1 should be hap- py with you. Uncles Ben!" Well, f can't say tt Was altogether a Ocinplitnenlary description. Stilt. that's rne-1 can't describe my. telt better. I felt my hair and tie as she spoke. Certainly the former dial •stand stubby" all over my head, and 1 "Then may 1 have the govern©ssr' "rite g(dwernesa?" "Yes. You said a govern s, said Augusta Is a uoveruess, and 1'd like ixr," "Bless my soul! Well, you Shall Dave her, then," 1 pror►heed tightly. It seemed innocent enough, but it is when a woman seems most inneeent in her desires that a man should be on his guard. And an that was how the other one tante—the one of the modern and pro- gressive variety. Augusta-- it transpired her other name ivas Artier ght--was a governess in as set od 1 where \Vinnie had received what she called her education. Being very traditional in my notions, 1 at once plc, turtd Mists Arkwr•Ight as a staid young woman wearing speclacle.3. a good deal Wlnnios senior, and with decided opinion.- on grammar end settled views en geography, and given to expressing them In precise tones. I was wrong in every particular, except, indeed, with regard to the decided opinions and the settled views; but they bore no refer- eliee to grammar Lind geography. fro be Cont.nued.) A PROGRESSIVE IN'4Ti'I'tT1ON. Elsewhere in this paper will be found the financial statement, which was sub- mitted to the shareholders of 'the Im- perial Bank at the metal meeting held en the 22nd of May. 'These statements were received with the greatest satis- faction, inasmuch as they reflected un- mistakeably the solidity attained and Ilse progrcts achieved. The Bank now stands very high among our Canadian Banks, but it has not yet achieved that point of increased usefulness to alt of which t11e directors aro evidently determined it shall attain. This was shown by the recommendation em- bodied in the report that the subscribed) capital of the Bunk be increased from $5,000,000 to 810.000.000, which will p ,'ace it on a par with the Canadian] Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Toronto dint the Royal Bank of Canada, all c 1 wid.ch follow the Bank of Montreal. The nrty capital stock will not be :s - sued at once, but only as the directors may hereafter determine. We heartily r,gree with the statement contained in the report., that "the rapid development of the country necessitates increased tanking facilities, which can be most economically and al Ure same time pro- fitably supplied by the banks which are now in existence." In this connection we may urge upon Parliament that there is no necessity for new batiks, and that all applications for incorpora- ton should be abeolutely refused. the provision to increase the Bank's capital from lime to time, as it may Lie needed, it will be in a position to meet all public requirements, and to keep pace with the general improvement and development which Is appnrent all over the Dornint•in. 1l is cause for regret that the experienced and able general manager did not give an extensive re- view of the country's trade wrospects, for these aro always received with the greatest attention. Such a review would have been highly appreciated, but those who were wont to rely upon it as a guide and finger post will have to trust for better things next year. !n the meantime, the Bank, which has n reserve fund equal to its total pnid-up capital of $1,771,91e, will continue to enjoy and grow In the confidence <1 the public to such an extent that its total authorized capital will be paid up to meet the increasing demands upon its usefulness. The extent to which it enjoys public eonfilenee is seen in the fact that its deposits amount to the terve, sunt of 531,928,099. 'These are pro- tected l by assets nrruounting to $Vi.6t1,- i7. of the latter ndo less n stint than that of $18,878.04? are readily available. The linancdal statements will be read with renewed interest, in view of the f:,rwnrd steps which the Bank has under consideration. "Mary M\lf "S my dear," Faidi a gentleman tc his wife a few morning, ago, just before leaving for itis place of busi- ness --"Mary, 1 expect a couple of gen- tlemen will be down hero to -day to look at our place with a view of buying. Don't be careless with then] end neglect bo shew than n11 the good points about Ute premises. If you are a little discreet now we can get a good price for the property." "1 understand. idrvey; ('11 not neglect them," hearing twhinh "lovey" depat ted. In the course of the day two gentle - teen called, end Mary gave them all the ane possible in inspecting the place. No estate agent could ever have been more valuable in describing the property than Was this loyal little spouse. "\Vtuy, gentlemen,': said she. "we have actually received repeated offers of $5,- 000 for This properly, and have held t+ alt along to be orth $;.:,4►)'. 'That night, ns thwe husband entered his home. he said: "1 WAS sorry to•day, Mary. but those gentlemen had some tirngagemd.nt. so that They c ►ui{i not come ` \\'fia•ts that you say?' exclaimed the tt if te. "I Said those gentlemen couldn't come down." "But they did. though; and t tell ynu 1 cracked up the place to them. 1 verily believe 1 made them Think the old rook - cry was worth $5.000." tody does," i replied, with great dip- k:macy. "And you will let me do everything do 1i1."?" she tient on. "Certainly!" i assured her, thinking the request referred to the same thing !rem the opposite direction, so to speak. 044 The effect of Scott's Eva ulsfoln on thin, pale children is magical. It makes them plump, rosy, active, happy. It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone, and so put together that it is easily digested by little folk. ALL DRUOOISTS 1 600. AND 51.00. .00040.0.00414 +... r n:\\K-NoTEs Fon TIMI: BLIND. Under the will of John Stock, a mas- I(r painter in one of Queen l:lizaheth's o:oekyardts, 1152 blind persons, from all parts of the kine►•i•►m, have just vistaed the f'ainte'r Stainers' Company's hall in London, where they have each received a .£10 note. Stock tett 460.1100 to re- lieve such blind persona, over the age of satty. tvho had riot been In reee(pt et Poor i..aty relief, whi had 1►.'rn resi- dent in their present parish over three years. and had not nn assured income of more than 410 per annum. The nmorlenees .osh itiresian farm Lands amount to $7 per acre. 5 FEEDING CALVES 13Y LAND. Calves fattened for veal so,ntetimes re- ceive whole utak during the first mix,' eight or ten weeks of their life, and sell foe pleadable prices, but eight or ten t\4'Oles is a long time to keep them on such an expensive diet as milli ; very often the milk would yield a teeter re- turn if manufactured into cheese and butter, because we may take it that telt cents per gallon is they maxururni b.•rwc- (it. taking labor, etc., into consider'aliein. from milk when turned into veal, says, 1 writer Lir the journal of the Itoutd o: Agriculture for England. (:real c+ire ha.; to be exercised in lite feeding of young calves during the first few weeks of their lives, it they are to increase in weight at a maximum rate a mininlunt time. The writer has frequently nollis 1 that a calf drinks lou much during lite first day or two of its life, unless the quan- tity is regulated ; then about the third day it turns sickly, scours, and pracli- ••ally refuses more milk for a day or ttvo. This gorging of the calf's stomach with rnilk during the first day or two. ,),. even when the calf is older, seems t( bring on scouring. A carefully con- dlt.cted experiment show‘d that a grad( Shorthorn calf, fed new milk three tune .1 day for '28 days, consumed 632 pounds der milk in that time, increasing in weight 1.. bunds the first week, 13 pounds the second week, 24 pounds ills third week, and 21 the fourth week, weighing 159 pounds at that age, consuming 632 Found, of milk. n this case, 9 pounde of milk gave one pound of increase. Three gallons per day is as much as n calf can comfortably take at a month old, and in all cases the milk should be served to the calf freshly drawn from the mother, if at all possible. As soon as a calf begins to scour, or et en before, if it looks at alt sickly, it ;Mould receive a tablespoonful of easter oil in wenn nt1111. With this treatment. the calf will often take the next ureal heartily, but if allowed to run on un- checked complications may set in which will prove fatal. An (.icor in diet is probably the commonest cause of scour. The Important point is to check the dis- ease in its early stages. A newly born calf has only a small ste;rnnch, and requires small quantities of nmilk at her home, but often, if we ere going to follow nature's way. It is certainly not advisable to feed 1 a calf only ttvico a day during the first month or six weeks, as is sometimes done. Of course, a3 a rule, calves are mast economically fattened for veal by al- lowing them a nurse cow, and a hard milker of kicker may be used for the purpose, and may fatten half a dozen calves in a season if she is agreeable, ye: the above statement gives useful pc•inters on feeding calves by hand. IiOG NOTES. Clover pasture and milk and swill feed slop can hardly be excelled for the suck- ing sows. So far as can be dons, in selecting sow pigs for breeding, those from early Id- lers should be selected. The profit does not Dome altogether from the weight, but the comparison of die size with the cost and labor. The sow can never reach the point as e mother would have attained if not bred until she was more frilly developed. Maintenance rations is a variable amount, determined by age of animals and surrounding conditions. and range alcove two per cent. of live weight daily. washing with warn, water rand car. belie acid soap and then greasing with lards to which a little kerosene hos been added will cure rnangem in hogs. Early !reeding can never bring such nuhrkedl improvement in the milking: qualities of sows- as may be secured ey careful selection and proper needing tt•I,en young. Young pigs are at any lime too young Id► escape liabilities to, which older ani- mals are liable and the tendencies are increased by nearness to the date of births. • The longer the pigs can he made to stretch out the deeper the sides, the more mtescutar the hares and the Ilnn.'r lh' legs the better the meat they will make. l'igs to return the most profit must make a quick growth rind an early ma- turity. 'This implies a steady growth frr:m the start, and this growth !Must to sc'oure'd nt 1110 lowest cost. At weaning lune, from eight to ten weeks old, the pigs should have learned 1;• depend so mach on artificial foods, That removing them from their damn will not check their growth. The biggest animal is not nlways the most profitable one. 'There Le a i'e►int in the feeling at which they food supports begin to bear an undue ration to the foal fo; gain. Ion can help the spring pigs along in Iwo ways- one by feeding the sows linernity upon milk -producing foods. and by beginning early to feed the pigs by Ihemselvee, giving good slope, soaked oats, etc. DAIRY NOTES. When starling a creamery, first be sure that you have cows enough to prove 3 saatllCIent quantile of milk so ns to enable you to manufacture a finished product econoinically, then give thought h' every- detail of the buildings you are about to constnict before laying n stone. Smith, grown and Jones event to dine h+ (bus Going ynu tvill start out better with Robinson the other night. On the way Sniith said to his a►mpaari ,ns, "Oh. 1 say, beware of our host's wine." As the result of this hint, Brown and knes took no wine, but they were sur- prised to see Smith inibibing it freely. On the way home they said to him, "What was the matter with Robinson's wine that you advised us not to take any?" "Nothing the matter with the wilily," Raid Smith, coolly; "but 1 knew from d'xperie'nce that the quantity would be rather ddeflcient—not-enough to go mind Its all, you understand." Imperial Bank of OanadalA PALACE ia PAUPERS Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders. i-tYPF.D O!\ A St:�IF. OF GREAT' day. the Banking house of the Institution in Toronto, ors W'edneo, day. L'ad Nay, 9907. klAGNIFICi;NCE. TI1E REPORT. The Directors have pleasure an submitting to the Shareholders their Thirty-second Annual Itepert and Balance Sheet of the affairs of the Bank for the year which ended on 3ath April, 1907. Tho net profits for the twelve men tis, atter making full provision for 1311 bad and doubtful debts, for interest on unmature'd Lifts under discount, for the usual contributions to the Pension and Guarantee Funds. and providing for Provincial and other taxutiean, amount to $719,029.01, which has been ap- plied as follewt :-- (e) Dividends have been paid at rho rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the first throe -quarters of the year, and at the rale of 11 per cent. per annum for the last quarter, StSt 217 .9 amo►utting 1n a!1 to . (b) Bank Premises and Furniture Account hes Leen credited with 116.391 47 (c) Profit and Loss Account has been increased by • • • • • • • • • • • • 119.420 29 The Premium. amounting to $546,206.91, received on an equal amount t -t New Capital Stack, has leen transferred to Best Account, which sow amounts to 54,773,948.4.1. There has barn a satisfactory increase in the business of the Hank in all Departments. Branches of the Rink have been ol•ened during the year at Bran ford and Fort William, and a sub -branch on Rank street, Ottawa, all in the Province of Ontario, and at Athabasca Landing, in the Province of Alberta. The branch at 'Trout Lake, B. C., has been closed. Shortly after our last meeting the Rank suffered and we were much grieved through the death of our much -respected colleague, Mr. William Ilendrie of Hamilton, who was elected a Director on 19111 May, 1899, and died en 27th June, 1906. The vacancy on the Board occasioned by Mr. llendrie's death has been filled by the appointment of Wm. Hamilton Merritt of St. Catharines, nephew ei our late President, Mr. T. R. Merritt. A by-law will be .subinittest for your approval authorizing en increase in the Capital by the sum of 85,000.000, to he availed of in such amounts and a! such times es the Directors may determine. The rapid development of the country necessitates increased banking facilities which can be most economi- cally and at the sante time profitably supplied by the Banks which are !IOW in existence. It is intended to allot the new shares from time to time as t"o business of the Bank may call for additional capital, but no immediate allotment is in contemplation. authorizing an ad- ditional further by-law will be sum -flitted for your approvalg contribution by tite Bank to the Officers and Cntployecs' Pension Fund, with a view to placing that Fund on a more substantial basis. The Head Office and Branches of the Dank have all been carefully in- spected during the year, and your Directors have much pleasure in again bearing testimony to the zeal, efficiency and faithfulness of the Mall in the performance of their duties. D. R. WILKIE., President. PROFIT A110 L Dividend No. 64. for three months at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (paid 1st of Auguet, 1506) .... $ 98,'-67 30 Divideud No. 65. for three months. at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (paid 1st of November. 1906) . Dividend No. 65, for three menthe at the rate of 10 per cent. per aunum (paid lat of February. 1907) .. Dividend No. 67, for three mouths, at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum (paid let of May. 1907) 130,479 21 — $453,217 28 Transferred to Rest Account 846,266 94 Written off Bank Premises and Furniture Account ............ 116,391 47 Balance of Account carried forward ..... 426,316 31 109,846 42 114,325 35 OS% ACCOUNT. Balance credit unt 30th April, 1906,brought ofor- ward . Profit,* for the twelve months ended 10th April. 1907, after deducting charges of man- agement and interest duo de• poeltore, and after making full provision for all bad an doubtful debts and for rebate on bills under discount . Premium receive9 on new Capital Stock ................. . 4 276,8:6 02 11.842.132 00 REST it.842.132 00 Balance at Credit of Account. Seth April. 1906 .............. ...... ..... . 43.927.741 50 Premium received on new Capital Stock • •• •, .• • ........ .......... ....... 846,206 94 ^81.773,946 44 D. R. WILKIE. General Manager. LIABILITIES. Notes of the Bank in circula- tion ••-- -•-••- Deposits not bear- ing interest .....8 6,120,881 52 Deposita bearing interest (includ- ing interest 50' crued to date)..... 25,807,217 89 ~— - 31,928.099 41 Deposits by other Banks in Canada .......... ....... .. 43,211 504 Balance due to Agencies in the United Kingdom ......... 126,040 55 Total liabilities to the publlo..$36.442,848 46 Capital Stock (paid-up) 4.773,948 45 Rest, Account ......8 4,773,948 44 Dividend No. 67 (payable 1st May. 1907) for three months. at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum.. 130,478 21 Rebate on Bills discounted .. .... 93.717 49 Balance of Profit and Loss Account carried forward.. 426.316 31 5,4/4,460 4S ASSETS. Gold and Silver Coin ..... ... $1.104,686 49 Dominion Govern- ment Notes ....... 5,595.875 00 Deposit with Dominion Govern- ment for security of note circulation . Notes of and Cheques on other Banks Balance duo from other Banks in Canada . Balance duo from Agents in the United Kingdom .. Balance due from Agents in Foreign Countries ... 16,700,561 49 168,089 16 1,516.964 97 743,042 32 12,742 CI 2,023.297 25 811.641,697 19 Dominion and Pro- vincial (Govern- ment Securities.. $ 538.E 91 ('ancdisn Munich - pal Securities and British or For- eign, or Colonial Public Securities other than Cana- dian .... 2.689.728 (5 Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks 945,876 77 4,173,872 ('a11 and Short Loans on Stocks and Boucle in Canada_ 3,569,472 818.898,042 Other Current t,nans, Dis- counts and Advances ... .. Overdue debtu (loss provided for) . Reel I state (other than Bank Premises) . Mortgages on Real Estate sold by the Thank Bank Premises, including Safes, Vaults and Office Fur- niture. at Head Office and Branches . Other Apaets, net included un- der foregoing beads .......... 14.066 145.641.257 445,641,257 41 There Are Broughams for Iwnates, one Butter and Tea of a Superior Quality. 1-o gross aro 11' extravagances lard bare by the inquiry into the ronstrucllott of ttte 11111 Intersnritti 'tnrkhe►irseo at \\'orrriwuodl Scr111)113, ut,bs, l.oruditan, that they threaten to surpuss even the scarutateue revelations last ntiturnn of the leaf • 1 pular Poorhouse. 'lite m pec ole (a iitrrrates of a house of pt.Liad' ch gas ►►� the \Vormwood Scrucbks institution u largely a matter of conjecture. Palatial is the only word that would do justice to the big pile of red buildings on the outskirts of Wormwood Sc'rubbs. to ninny respects it bears comparison to elegance with the finest nobleman's castle in England. Indeed, in some re- spects it puts Buckingham Palace, the home of the ruler of the British Empire, to the blush. It vies in magnificence with the best hotels in London, such as the new Ritz and the Cecil. A VISIT 'I'O 7'IIE INSTITUTION leaves one wholely and bewilderingly in (lcubt as to its character and its pur- pc,.se. Visitors enter through a porter's lodge at the west end of the grounds, the keeper of which make►, his appear- ance only when st►nintoned by an assis- tant who keeps guard at the outer door. One enters the administration building_ by far the largest of the several build- ings which go to make up the institu- tion, through a handsome screen, fitted with fumed oak end heavy plate glass. Four attendants stand Enrni•d in the lobby of the building, a lobby which demands attention, for it is covered with mosaki wcrk ani surrounded by a dodo of the most expensive type of encaustic art tiles. In the anterooms and commttteerooms lir t joinery work is of pitch pine --not ordinary pine, but selected wood of the very finest and most expensive kind. Nor is that n11; there are architraves and overdooi - and frescoed frieze° and rich green double curtains of silk to make ono forget the manner of place he i.3 in. There are separate committer -rooms I far the'wornen, it large general commit- tee -room, a master's house, a master's room, an assistant mnster.s room, clerks' room, matron's room, doctor's room, anterooms, waiting rooms and rooms for clergymen of all denominations. All these rooms are furnished in manner approaching the princely in their sump- tuousness. It is, hotirever, to the dining-rootn that we must turn for the acme of splendor. This room is ahnost baronial in its fits tings and general grandeur. It reminds one more of A CATIIEDRAL, OB CHAPEL. Thero is a soft light diffused through stained glass windows of expensive character, with heavily moulded stone sills. Sixty electric lamps suspended from twelve handsome and elaborate brass electrollers, provide artificial light. An examination of the scheme of elec- Inc wiring and lighting alone is sufil- cient to condemn the institution in the eyes of on economist. Four thousand lamps are (lung in needless profusion throughout the buildings, averaging more than five to every inmate. There is duplicate electric wiring throughout -- the most expensive seethed in existence. The unhampered linnel with which the guardians pinnncdl the buildings will perhaps be best understood when it is sae! that the same system of wiring was recommended for Buch:ngham Palmic some three years ego, hut it was rejected h; the King as being too elstxorate and expensive. The cost of the installation alone worie5 out at $50 for every pauper housed, the machinery at 51.0, the (look- ing apparatus at $15, and the power necessary to keep all this elaborate sys- tem going, at $13..`,0 per head. The immense inundry is in keeping with the rest of the scheme of excessive grandeur. There aro three separate methods of performing every operation, tthereas the finest lintels in the land aro nlent with one. In the kitchen an ex- pert collect in to etnrnine the electrical fittings found 21 l,anups foratvhicti leo -seed assign no other use than to enable lee cook to gamine the progress of the pies in the owene. Tire machinery in the boiler -rota cost 8135.000, and expert.: have express- ed their opinion that all that teas times - eery could hove been obtained for $30,. (*10. in nine months 10,570,000 GALLONS OF \V.V1'Eit 04 25, 25.715,495 12 22.617 04 65,483 70 25,533 19 900,000 00 es 1;. HAY, 1). R. WII.KIE, Asst. General Manager. Cenral Manager. in addition to the customary motions, which were unanimously carried, a by -taw was pas.5edt authorizing an increase in the Capital Stock of the Rank by the surn of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), to be issued as the ihr+ec- to,rs may hereafter determine, and also a by-law authorizing the Dirr•ctc,rs to make a special contribution of $25,000 to the Pension Fund of the Bank. The Scrutineers appointed at the reeeloig reported the following gentle- men duly elected Directors for the ensuing year: --Messrs. D. 11. Wilkie, lion. Robert Jaffray, Wm. Ramsay of Bowland. EIlas Rogers, 1. Kerr t►sborne, Charles Gnckshutt, Peleg 4lowland, Wm Whyte (Winnipeg), Cawthra Mulock, Hon. Richard Turner (Quebec), Wm. Ilamilton Merritt, IN.D. (St. Catharines). At a sulzsegtient meeting of the Directors Mr. i). 'II. Wilkie was elected President and the lion. Hobert 'affray Vioc•I'resident for the ensuing 1•ear. yield of milk and fat than those at pas- ture. Some herds give more than one pound of dry matter in the food. The cost of milk production Is said to be greater in tiro -year-olds, decreasing gradually up to four years. euilipped and so better able to do good work. Poorws are quite frequently made s o by fooer feeding and f11 treatment, and while it is queile true they may be so ty nature, yet their rare has much to de with the results at the pail. Moral.—Use kndlnegc and good feed and note the rcaults that follow. 'rhe only cnrrect way to n.-d,ertain the work of a cow or herd is by the use of the scales and rho ilataock feet, which mull be continuously used for eine year. 1t is not so much the amount of but- ter fat a cow produces ns what it (•,Q1.1 to produce that determines the mitt. Stall fed cows average higher in total THE VALUE OF A S\tlt.E. It ie wonderful what an effect a bright look or simile may have on one we meet ' 1f we only knew just how much good it may do, we should nlways try to carry seniles about with tis, The little woman who goes about the street with such a bright, happy ince and cheery word for all she knows. seems o have the effect of sunshine. She does her marketing early in the moreig. end everyone seems to brighten anal respond to her happy greet- ing; as naturally es a flower opens t0 the sunlight. A warm srnulo, a look o1 sympathy. are thinge that cast nothing. and we know from our own experience how just nae may brighten a whole day. I.ife is hard at beat, so let us do all we can to brighten tite lives of others, and thus brighten our own lives. 'I he wiser a mars is thie mnrd' certain it is tint he prefers fishing to polities \• rnnn wow(' ever get into, heaven rev eenlarn(ra(1irtNlns If a man quits werk, he ha3 0•d w•,► ee.I'cte r ,1� rnn►a,l,sl 10 get up excuses tut not working. from Ira, neighbors. were used a1 n cost of $2.5(J0, whorl rl it well might hawe been suint: for VW which would hrive furnished all the water needled. Expc•naive encaustic art Wing seems to tome been n hobby with the guardians: the rage for it has ex. tended) even to the scullery of the poi ter's lodge. Up to the present lime this 1 niece of poverty bee Inst the parish of ilranttn('r• sn►ith $1.300.000. Nor is the end ye( itt sight. The institution in its present fora] will necommieln(e but 7tH), and it will thug he seen that the cost per bed is atxnrt $1,700. \Vhen It is considered that the cost of living among the pone of London whence these paupers aro drawn, Is very mtr^h lower Ihan among the same class in this country, it a itl he fully realized how excessive this const is Many whole families of father and mother and five or six children are well and romfnrtnbly !versed at much less than has been herr expended upon one 1 wiper. in order to raise the money for this e ipendlitarre. 111 has been necessary In in• d'rease the born sting potter of the parish from one-fourth to one -hall of the rot - able value. To what extremes the guardians would have proceeded had they not been called to a hall it ie hard to say. There may have come a lime 'urian the whole of Hammersmith might have been glad to be horned beneath the spacious arched roofs of i►s pan• pees lettere. a. The ancient Egyptians ucol n ferin cf hlaat furnace In 2000 R. C. We Lave Online. of these Irettiuomke'rs on the tombs 111 Thobs* • eft