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all-important events witch transpired in
that lonely Judean wilderness. l, 11 tou wilt fall down and
worship
me --All that the tempter asks of Jesus
is an acknowledgment of his authority
as king of this world. The Levin woe.
Those Who Are Content With Them= ship in the original does not necessarily
mean more, as it signifies simply an act
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of reverence, whether paid to a creature
selves Are to Be Pified• of to the Creator.
ry
"They go from strength to strength." --
Ps. lxxxlv., 7.
The difference between man and 1.]e
dust lies In his heaven -born passion for
progress, the desire to push on, to grow,
to improve, to enlarge his life, his know-
' ledge, and his power. All life Is growth
and any form of decay is death. In the
right life aspiration lasts as long as res-
piration, Ile is already dead who Is
satisfied, in whom there salts no passion
for better, ampler things, That which
yesterday seemed to the sou] a palace,
which is to -day its house, would to-
morrow prove its .prison.
Man was made to grow. All our past
story tells us that. Read in the rocks or
In the written page it is the same record
of toil, pain, battle, weariness, and sor-
row, victory, and brief joy -all but waves
in the great tide that moves humanity
on. Out of the depths have we core,
and no man any tenger blushes at our
lowly beginnings, rather do we rejoice
at the strides made thus fur. Neither
dares any reverent one to predict how
far we may go. All we know is that in
us burns the eternal cloud by day and
fire by night that leads on from Egypls
of dull content through deserts of glow-
ing promise.
The story of each life is like a minia-
ture of the story of all life. There Is the
same helpless beginning, the salve in-
creasing passion for larger life, the sante
growing discontent with things achieved.
TO LIVE IS TO STRIVE,
to achieve and be dissatisfied, to become
better and often seem to be worse. The
struggle to cast out old evil and to live
fairer, sweeter, stronger, and more
worth while lives goes on in all.
Of all the objects of our pity none de-
serves it more than those who are con-
tent with themselves. No matter what
growth a man may make 1n character,
what progress toward perfection, it will
never afford him satisfaction. The search
for the peace of perfection can end only
in disappointment. To the soul there is
no perfection. To find its goal would be
to die. When a men boasts of having
reached the height of his ambition you
will find he never contemplated any
eminence greater than a beer keg.
Either one gets better every day or Le
gels worse. Ile needs to feel the greatest
alarm who thinks he has come to the
place where he can stand 31411. Measure
your progress by your discontent with
sell. The fact that our ideals seem
farther off than ever before may but in-
dicate how greatly the horizon has
widened. True, there is a danger 11151
we shall be content with our discontent,
that we shall say, My apparent imperfec-
tion but proves my real progress. A
man must measure himself not alone by
his distance from the goal but by his
steady strivings to reach ft.
And, after all, the natural life has
little time for any self -measurements.
Some get no exercise save in climbing
on and off the scales and standing under
their spiritual measuring rods. They
wonder why they do not grow. Not by
inspection does the soul increase. Nor
by repeated reviews of footprints long
past.
OF YESTERDAY'S FAILURES
and mistakes. A man ought to move eo
fast that the old tracks are soon out of
sight. The things that are set before
and not the things left behind must de-
termine the things that are to be.
IL life is a race, it is not run before
spectators; there are no grand stands
lure. The course winds amongst the
commonplace duties of the day. Ile runs
best who thinks least of the running
and most of doing the work of that mo-
ment in the best and noblest way. In
each effort, in each tight against content
with sloth, with self, willlt mediocrity,
lies the strength -giving struggle. Soul
health comes through service. The do-
ing of good is the best defense against
the evil. Strength comes and evil is
overcome by the good that is undertaken.
Weary in the flght, and feeying naught
is gained, still press on. 1.•ife's value
lies not in its victories so much as in its
strife. It is this long, bitter, oft disap-
pointing battle that is making the man
of you. The worries reward is not in
some medal at the end -it is in muscle
gained, in keener vision, stronger arm,
larger heart, uplifted head, thoughts
that look beyond the stars and catch
glimpses of the glory to be, In burning
desire for yet harder toil, sterner con-
Oiets, nobler prizes.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
FEB. 4,
Lesson V. The Temptation of Jesus.
Golden Text: fhb. 4. 15.
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note. -These Word Studios are based
on the text of the Revised Version.
Verse 1. Then -Immediately after
having been baptized by Join in the
Jordan.
Led up of the Spirit -The Spirit 1,1
God, the Holy Spirit. Mark uses tile
still stronger expression, "tile Spirit
driveth hint forth" (Meme 1. 12).
The wilderness -Any pertlo''•of un-
cultivated and uninhabited lanZ consti-
tuted a wilderness. The mem berg. rc-
lerred to was probably-theeeaete-in fron-
tier of Judah, which in theiime of Christ
was a wild, nearly treeless district.
To be tempted -Indicating definite pur-
pose. God willed that his Sun, so newly
equipped for his great life mission by the
descent of the Spirit upon lam at, the
time of his baptism, should now meet
his adversary, the tempter, face to face.
The devil -Literally, t e false accuser,
the slanderer. When used with the
arucle, as in this case, referring, in tihe
New Testament, only to Satan. the
prince of demons, who reveals himself
as the malignant enemy of God 011,1 of
the Messiah. When used without the
article the seine word is sometimes ap-
plied to men, for example, to Judas,
Zahn 6. 70. In 1 Tint. 3. 11 the same
word in the plural is translated Sian.
dents, and in 2 Tim. 3. 3 and Titus 2..1,
'false accusers.
2. When he had fnsied-Literally, hav-
ing fasted. The Greek verb hero used
signifies throughout the New Teslnment
an abstinence for religious pu•pnses.
The forty days seem thus to iinve been
spent by Jesus in devout meditutien and
prayer, possibly In prayerful contemplro-
tion of, and planning tor, his lifework
so soon to begin.
Ile afterward hungered- The whale
sentence, if token by itself, would seem
to indicate that the temptation camp
only at the end of the forty days and
nights of fasting. Murk, on the con-
trary, implies that the temptation rntt-
:tlnued during the forty Boys --"and he
was In the wilderness forty days, tempted
of Satan (Mark 1, 13). Luke else uses
the expression forty days being temp-
led" (Luke 4. 2), and thins supports the
Implication of Mark, which would Feem
a0 be more in harmony with the probe-
Lle facts in the ease. Humanly speak-
ing -and Jesus was ne truly human es
any of us in the hour of 111s temptation-.
11 would seen impossible for Jesus to
have reached the end df forty days of
tasting before the intense craving of
'hunger man! ested itself. 'The tempta-
tion to matte bread of stones may well
have been present and real during many
days.
3. 'rho tempter came -'There is nothing
In the entire narrative which compels us
'to think of an -appearance of the devil
'In bodily form.. Ile may have oppenrci1
thus, but his assuming human term
'could not meite the temptation any more
seal to Jesus than .would be the spirituel
Influent% which 11 was possible for Wm
to bring to_ bear in direct personal et.
'• tack.
Said tunlo him-Clticss we )told stricl.ly
• to a bodily Appearanee of Satan; we must
interpret these words .in mean "Sag.
Bested to 10110 the thought." \VS need
atnly to think of our awn past severest
temptations to realise in how very real
u Sense the tempter speaks to ns when
tiro presents the enticing stlggestloll 1n
,' 'star mind. No spoken weird from 1SUn1a11
lips could possibly appeal as strongly,
and would not appear at all if not ac-
companied and strengthened by that
subtle influence which is the most po-
tent factor in every temptation.
If thou art the Son of God -The voice
from heaven had so declared him, a
special equipment of power had accom-
panied the declaration; this power had
not yet been tested, the need was real
and great, the. temptation most subtle.
That these stones become breed --This
nest temptation is addressed to the phy-
sical appetite. The temptation lay not
in the suggestion to allay the cravings
of hunger but in the suggestion to make
use of divine power granted for another
and higher purpose in so doing.
4. It is written -In Dent. 8. 3. Israel
had been forty years in the wilderness.
but God had provided for all the needs
of the people, "that he might make them
know that man doth not live by bread
only, but by everything that pr0C0edeth
out of the mouth of Jehovah.'
5. Takelh-The verb in the original
signiflcs a taking along with, and plight
be rendered oohducleth. Il thus seems
at first sight to support the theory of a
bodily appearance of Satan. In that
case, however, we must think of both
Jesus and lir,:' devil actually leaving the
solitude of the wilderness, and together
going to Jerusalem, many miles distant,
and flan back to the high mountain
lop, or vice versa, if we follow Luke,
who places the second and third temp-
tations in the reverse order from Mat-
thew. This would occupy same time,
possibly a full day, unless we suppose
(esus to have lo:rrn b•.anspca'led instnn-
taneously in some miraculous wary' bo,
the city and the, temple's pinnacle. 1'o
imagine Jesus, fatigued and all but ex-
hausted, making that long Journey
slnwly and in company wills Satan, is to
recognize the improbability and incon-
gruity of the situation implied. The
other alternative of a literal interpreta-
tion, namely, that of an instantaneous
and wirer `ileus transportation, to alto-
gether impossible when we ask whose
miraculous puwer it web that was exef-
elsed, Certainly Jesus did not exerolsc
his divine power to accompany Satan:
nor 0111 WO imagine Satan a5 perform-
ing the miracle involved, and taking
Jcsus with him by force.
The hely (lily -Jerusalem the capital,
the seat of Jehnwah's holy temple, end
11e11c0 in en esnncinl sense the dwelling
place of Jehovah himself.
Pinnacle --From the Latin "pinnacn-
turn." n diminutive of "pinna" or "Pen-
ile," n wing. The Greek word used
15(5118 exudly the same- thing. dare tin,
reference is to one of the wings of the
temple building overlooking the deep
Kklrnn unvine.
6. 11 is written ---A formula for appeal-
ing to the authority of the Scriptures.
The quotation is from Psn. 91 11, t2,
but Satan 101.11101W by omitting te very
Important elalae, "l0 keep thee in all
thy way's." Bind thereby dlstoills the
meaning of 1110 passage quoted,
7. Again it Is written -Thu "again" Is
enlphntlt. .frees points rut that one
Srrlplurc p,n+ng.l can be retiredly im.
rlerelixel only m the light of either pas-
sages. Our Seerel of defense against all
disLorbsl Scripture rpt Ilio s is a pro-
founder Icnnwl.+dg' of on seriplur„ to
the unity of Its interretatton5,
Thou shalt not note trial of the l o, 3
Illy find --.1 quotation from Doul. 0. 16,
"Ye shall not tempt J,hova your God, us
ye trmlltled him fn Massalh.•,
8. All thm kingdoms of the emit', anti
the glory of them -=1'11a nta11 wlu•th
Jesus 1,0,1 of 1,111 glory of the
earthly
ldn darns mrtN, of eras . luta e been
purely ue mint. and iters i, 111 el'gutneUl
118111111; 1,1'0110)1 farlvurd in the suppoet
nt the. 1 fee tint Iia whohr series of
templatione hulialdred in 111(1r ulhi ',1
111111(1 Or spirit only. Its eogeney 1., evt-
doni. Thr rrtalsln: of Ike neerafi:,•.
however, adds vividness to the w11t&a
and bpings us Into vital lamb with the
10. Get the hence, Satan -The climax
in the temptation has come. A point
has been reached where Joel's must
either surrender of rise In the power of
his manhood u11d drive the tempter
from him.
Thou shalt worship -Tree quntaUnn
is from Dent. 6. 13, which reads, "Thou
shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him
shalt thou Serve."
11. l.oaveth him -Luke adds "for a
season," indicating thereby plainly that
we arre not to imagine that throughout
the rest of his earthly life Jesus was ex-
empt from further temptations. Indeed,
the writer to the Iiebrew:o says definite-
ly that he "hath been in all points
tempted Like as we nee, yet without sin"
(Neb. 4. 15).
KING'S VELVET MAKER
•
MR. GEORGE 001.111, A IIANILOOM
'WEAVER.
Beautiful Fabric Turned Out by Old Pro-
cess -Craft Still Lives in
• London.
A correspondent of the London Daily
News thus describes a visit to the man
who wove King Edward's coronation
robe of crimson velvet: -
Until I knocked al the door there. had
been a curious "click, elide," in the up-
per part of the house, but this now
ceased and the door opened. There
stood In the gloom of the passage a
slender, little, bright-eyed, pleasant
looking man, with high, rounded fore-
head, wearing a coat of knitted brown
wool and a curious sort of chest protec-
tor of thick leather strapped across his
stomach. 1L was all worn and shiny.
and I saw afterwards that ft was to pro-
tect his clothes when he leaned forward
at the loom.
"Oh, yes," said Mr. George Doree, 'I
am a weaver; my parents were weavers,
and our family have been weavers for
generations. We are descended from
the IIuguenots. But there are not many
left now of the twenty -nee thousand
weavers that lived In London at the be-
ginning of the last century.
CUTTING THE PILE.
"Well, I learned velvet weaving when
I was eleven years old. I um now sixty,
and this work really needs a mal in the
prime of life.
"There are many little things in the
work that otic Learns nhnost with one's
mother's milk. Weaving 19 almost nn
hereditary instinct," went on Mr. Doree,.
"But I had not done any velvet weaving
for thirty years. There is no velvet
weaving at a11 in London now. Besides,
this was to be such velvet as had never
been seen before it had to he of the
finest and richest silk, of such close pile
that thirty-three thousand threads, each
formed of 29 'tieuures; or original silk-
worm threads, were to stand up in each
square inch. And the cutting of 1.he
threads must be so even that you must
not be able to see Lhe slightest roughness
or unevenness. So I just had a loom put
up down here, where 1 would not be ells -
limbed, and did the weaving all alone."
HAND LOOMS SURVIVE.
Then Mr. Doree took me to the first
floor, entirely up to the looms and ogler
curious appliances of the weever. On
one side the whole length of 111e building
was a continuous window, and 1 was
very soon to see the reason for this
abundance of light, and also for the re-
mark float a mem in the "prime of life"
was needed for One silk velvet weaving.
For when he handed me a crimson
thread finer than a human hair, and
said: "Yoh ser, those five fibres," 1 had
to confess that I saw nothing of the kind,
and marvelled at his courage in under-
taking after thirty years to take up the
old craft and make the King's corona-
tion robe.
"How is it that the power loons at the
great caddies have not killed the hand -
looms of London altogether, Mr. Doree?"
I asked.
"IL Is the emelt orders that come to the
handlomns," he went on. "A complicated
pattern can be done far more cheaply
by the power loom If you want a large
'Awe. But there is the costly prepara-
tion of the lonm to make tho pattern,
just like the setting up of the typo 10
print a newspaper. So, if you only
want a small piece made, the-handloonl
is often cheaper. And then a small
piece of 11 particular pattern can be clone
In a day on the handloom, when a big
factory could not begin for a week."
FINF.ST EVER MADE.
Then Mrs. Doree, a delicate little
Waliemtllko figure curiously matching
her husband with his look of intelligence
and interest in his craft., suddenly ap-
peared from nowhere with a 0500 0011 -
Wining three rich pieces of silk velvet.
(Inc was the rich crimson velvet of the
1Cieg's robe, another a magnificent
purple uln,la for the Queen, and a third
n rivee of r''In eon trade for the Rajah
of Jhnlnwer, who, when ho visited Bing
Elwarri Inst year, ordered a piece ex -
1 11;,1 the Coronation robe.
Ni.:taii velvet was ever made be -
tore," proudly suld Mrs. Doree,
And her husband allowed how two
lease 1 fres ere woven into the silk, old
111011 with a knife he rule 1101'085 along.
Ilrr 1(111,s, and colds of the silk rise up
like in'e00 and form n pile.. The wires
10'0 lift •d unl., WOPeu in at the next
threw of 118' slildtic, and 1110 culling is
tweeted.
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RU.1s1A ' I'IlIES'I'S.
In. R11ss01 every priest is obliged. 10
merry, bol only nice. should hie wife
die he is bei nd by the lnws of his
Clitte111 I.) retire into 0 monastery for
the rr.+f r.1 115 atistonae. l:rildl quite
:went lino,: the :eine of Kiosks could
not l'rkulty undertake any lay oocnpe-
I,on, aid are therefore compelled in
,aha' the, priesthood in their 1ulnt. A11
eltis, privileges earl dielinotnns
?UN( h,•oi, swept away. hut, as 0 hatter
et Mel. 1110 priesthood 18 Mill 'r ltl'tl)ted
(1110(1.1 feelueively among the sons of
Trlr, r6. 10001111' us before,
�I1g Horne
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SELECTED RECIPES.
Apple Bread, -Roll out some dough to
the thickness of half an inept Peel, core,
and slew some apples, spread on the
dough, cover with anolhe'layer 11
crust, and bake in a sharp oven. Eat
cold for lea.
Pickled Cabbage. -In making this
pickle, to every gallon of vinegar add as
much saltpetre as will Covei• a shilling.
If this is done, and the pickle kept In a
dry place, the cabbage keeps its color
and ]retains its crispness to the end.
']'here is no more nourishing vegctahTo
than the parsnip, which oan be made
very tasty cooked like this: Boll some
parsnips, mit each into four lengthwise,
and fry in dripping till a dark brown
color. Season with pepper and salt
whilst frying.
Slat, Cake Pudding. -Place a layer of
calce in the bottom of a pte-dish, then u
thin layer of raspberry Jam. Continue
pulling thus in alternate layers 1111 the
dish Is almost full; Then pour over it
Iwo eggs beaten up In milk, soak for an
hour, and bake in a steady oven. To
serve, turn out the pudding, and pour
a nice plain custard sauce around.
A Tasty Pie. -Cut some cold roast or
boiled mutton into small pieces, add
some -gravy, fol sauce, and a 1111-10 onion
clopped finely. Put into a pie -dish and
add more gravy to it. Cover with a layer
of tomatoes cut in half, hiciclen in bread -
crumbs, and bake half an hour.
For Anchovy Butter. -Clean and hone
three anchovies, pound them with three
Minces of butter, color with carmine,
add cayenne pepper and lemon juice.
Pees all through a el_.,', make into pals,
and serve.
Plain Calces for Tara. -Mix half a pound
of caster sugar with one ounce of cara-
way seeds. Have ready half a pint, of
new milk with a small piece of butter
melted in it, pour this over Ihree-qual'-
tors of nn ounce of yeast, end work to-
gether till dissolved. Make a hole in the
centre of the flour, pour in the yeast,
ere., and make all into a light dough.
Put it before the fire to rise. Bake fn a
quick oven for one and a half hours.
To Make Browning. -Heat an old iron
saucepan on the fire, tub it with a little
dripping. Put the sugar Into IL, idL it
melt, stir with an iron spoon till It is a
darts brown. Draw the pan to the side
of the Ore, add the water gradually,
stirring all the time. Placa the pan on
the fire again, and stir till all is smooth.
Let 11 cool, and pour it into a bottle.
Cork it well, and i1. will keep for some
time.
A Simple Soup Wilhoue Stock. -Pick
over and wash three ounces of rice and
put it in n saucepan with one quart of
water. When the water has reduced to
one pint, add one quart of milk, a little
chopped onion, celery, a pinch of salt,
and a blade of mace. Put the saucepan
on one side, and simmer gently t111 the
vegetables are cooked. Before serving,
add a lump of butter rubbed into half
an ounce of flour and a teaspoonful of
chopped parsley.
Luncheon Rolls.-ITcat two cups of
milk and add while lot a level teaspoon
of salt, and a rounding teaspoon of
butter. When the milk is lukewarm add
Iwo whole yeast cokes dissolved in one
quarter cup of lukewarm water. Mix In
two and one-quarter cups of flour, cover
and let rise very light. Now add enough
flour to make a soft dough that can be
handled, and knead thoroughly. Be sure
to keep the dough a little softer that for
bread. Break off pieces and forme into
finger rolls. Place these rolls in a pan
and let rise light. and bake in a quick
oven. Fifteen minutes will be lung
enough to butte them well.
Musical Soda. -Success or failure In
tnal<dng corn bread, soda biscuit, or calce
in which soda Is used depends on the
way the soda is treated. First, of all.
remember that most recipes cell for two.
much. With ono pint, of sour milk or
the same amount of bullelmlilk-the lat-
ter is best when about a week old -use
one-half egg, Spoonful level of soda.
PuL the soda into a bowl, pour on it a
half cup boiling water, ion it dissolve,
then add the sour mills, bent gently and
quickly with at upward stroke while
adding the sour milk. Any person with
a musical ear cannot fail to notice a sug-
gestion of the one lined octavo of the
pianoforte in the "clock, omni" of the
liquid as the spoon 1s gently brought
upwards from the bottom of the howl.,
When the Lop nolo is reached the liquid
is ready to be added to the other ingre-
dients, as by that time the milk is light
and
Potatoesloamy. in Doughnuts.-Douglmuls
can be made so that they will keep soft
for days by adding fresh hot mashed
potato to the batter. To one, dm o1
ma8110(1 1)01(110 use two eggs, two table-
spoonfuls of shortening, one and one-
half cups of sugar, one and ale -half chips
milk, flour to roll oul, salt, nutmeg, and
three tablespoonfuls of baking powder.
Crean the potatoes, sugar, shortening,
and eggs. Add milk, salt and ualnieg.
Slit the baking powder with the flour,
Mix and fry in belling lard. Tito pota-
toes will not only mance them keep fresh
longer, but will make them suit and more
delicate. -
USEFUL TO KNOW.
A half lemon rubbed on the hands will
remove all stains.
Dried orange peal allowed to burn to
a room will leave a pleasant 1re511 odor,
Mud stains on black cloth will disap-
pear when rubbed with a raw potato.
Candles should be stared for six or
eight weeks before being used, they will
then burn more brightly and more slow-
ly than when lighted at once.
Keep a large brick ht the oven in ease
of sudden illness when heat is required,
or for 1110 sufferer from cold feet; wrap-
ped in newspapers int will retain its
warmth much longer than the hot water
bottle.
A kitchen table covered with zino is a
great labor saver. It is easily cleaned,
and is not injured by culling meat or
vegetables, but it w111 last a lifetime, and,
considering the labor it saves, the cost
is an insignificant matter.
When the oven smells badly take a
vessel of hot water and o handhll 11
washing soda. Take the shelves out and
wash well In 1101 water, Lhen finish therm
In cold. Next wash the oven Well out
with the soda wafer, and brush it over
with the whitening. IL will then bo Olean
and sweet and bake beautifully.
When it. is necessary to keep a heel
warm for a late -comer do not set the
dish in a trot oven, thus discoloring the
china as well as drying the food. In-
stead, place the plate or dish over a pan
of boiling water, covering with a cover
that will Just fit over the edge. The food
will keep hot, and there will be enough
steam from the boiling water in the
lower pan to prevent the food getting
dry.
Valuable brushes, such as those with
ivory or tortoise shell backs, may be
thoroughly cleansed by using bran in-
stead of soap and water. Tho brush is
dipped into bran, which must be rubbed
into the bristles as one would soap, and
the particles may afterward be removed
by tapping the brush, bristles downward,
on the table. When all the bran is re-
moved the bristles should be wiped with
a sills handkerchief. -
IIOW TO BRIGiITEN T1IE HOME.
Every home, however simple, can be
made attractive by the tasteful arrange-
ment of a few plants. They cost very
little, and repay one for all the care that
is wisely bestowed upon them. Every
dining -room should have a few green
things growing there in the winter, and
a few small, thriving ferns always ready
for a centrepiece on the dining -table. A.
drink of water dally, and an occasional
bath in a sink or bucket of water, keeps
filen clean, and is all the care they need
after being potted in good rich earth.
Like human beings, plapls must have
pure, fresh air to breathe, or they, too,
will become sickly, and lose all their
brightness. If in every modestly fur-
nished house there could be plants 'n
place of cheap bric-a-brac and mantles
full of useless, cheap ornaments, great
would bo the improvement in rho homes
and In the mental condition of the in-
mates.
SHOPPING HINTS.
Know what you want before you shell
out to the shops, and what is the most
you can afford to pay for it.
IL is better to pay less than you had
planned, rather than more.
Never buy a bargain unless it is some-
thing you really need. Do 1101 buy nuy-
thing in a great hurry. 'You oan always
find. something to take its place that will
serve the purpose quite as well.
It is poor policy to buy one expensive
article and force yourself to go without
niany 11111e accessories. Have whatever
you wear in keeping with every other
part of your costume and you will never
appear shabby,
rMINiSTJI1I OF MEDICINE.
British Medical Journal Says ile Should
be in Cabinet.
The British Medical Journal contains
the following expression of dissatisfac-
tion with the new Government:-
"Although
overnment:"Although the whole fabric of modern
civilization rests upon the application of
science to life, it contains no represen•
Latin subject which so nearly touches
the welfare of the people as public
health, it contains no representative of
medicine.
"This will bo a very great, disappoint-
ment to many who entertained some lin-
gering hope that new men would mean
new methods; the medical profession
must flus bright over again lis task of
endeavoring to convince politicians <'1
t e necessity for legislation in' respect
of matters to which they have i ltherto
given little attention"
--4-
• AL the close of an nddress during an
electioneering campaign in Ireland quos
lions were invited. A man was ninking
for Ilio platform when he received n
whack over the head with a stick. Ile
was stunned, end had to be carried 0121
amid un uproar. When order was re-
stored Lha chairman rose and blandly
uskod:-"is there any outer gentleman
W110 would like to ask a question?"
Needless to say, there was not.
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ANNUAL IVIEriTINCh
11111.1) 15110 JAiiUARY, 1006
Report of the Directors.
The Directors beg to sultnil their ennual Report to the
year ended 80t1 November, 1505.
The Balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account, 30th
1904, was
The profits for the year ended 30th November, 19e5, after
charges of management al(d lucking provisions for
doubtful debts, are ..
Premiums 1'10511'4 011 now• Stock
From which have been declared:
Dividend 5 per cent., payable 1st June, 1005.
Dividend 5 per cant., payable 1st Dec. 1005. ,
Carried to Reserve Fund from Prollts..,,
Carried to Reserve Fund from Prelnimnnn new
stock as above
Allowance to ex -President authorized by the
Shareholders .... .... ,.
Shareholders for 111a
November,
.$ 40,110.21'
deducting
bad and
357,873.12
205,401.00,
5602,870,40•
.$111,770.20
. 119,040.28
$231,719.57
.$135,31040
. 205,421.00
340,740,00
5,000.00
577,459.57'
Balance of Profit and Loss carded forward .... .. ,. ......$ 25,410.88-
The Directors have pleasure in pointing out, 11151, after paying Idle cus-
tomary 10 per cent. dividend, they have been able lo place to Reserve Fund, out
of profits, the substantial sura of 8135.000. The year's earnings are, in the anin-
lon of the Directors, very satisfactory Indeed, considering that out of the year's•
profits, the maximum estimated loss (800,010), which the Bank has sustained by
the embezzlement and forgeries of 'T. Hillhouse drown, has been provided for.
The Directors beg to report that the progress of the Bank still continues In
a marked degree, and that, while they had thought 1t prudent to open during'
the year a few new branches in Ontario 1111,1 Manitoba, In recognition 01 1.110
rapid development of the country, they have mostly confined themselves to the
strengthening and building up of the business at the various points 111 which
offices had already been established. iii.: proposed, however. to ask of the'
Shareholders, at the Annual Meeting, power to increase the Capita) of the Bank
by 5500,000, in, order that the Directors, in case it become advisable. may be
in a position thus to provide for the future growth of the Bank's business.
The Directors have noted the growing tendency, on the part of Ranks and
other Corporations, to pay dividends quarterly, and, believing that such a
practice may become more or less general, have decided to adopt it, and pro-
pose hereafter to declare dividends every three months.
Hamilton, 1811) December, 1905. WM. GIDSON, President.
GENERAL S. TATEMWEMN.
TO THE PUBLIC:LIAIOU.1T nits.
Notes of the Bank in circulation
.74 $ 2,279,755.00
Dels arin..... .. .. .. ..818,093,604
Deposfposfls nob booginginterest interest... ...... 3,301,115.72
Amount reserved for Interest due depositors •• ... 09,397.04
21,464,121.50
Balance due to other Banks in Canada.. .. .. 50,202.09
Dividend No. GG, payable 1st December, 1905. 119,949.28
Former Dividends unpaid .... .. 79.00
120,019.28
TO TiIC SIIAREIIOLDE OS:
Capital Stock (average for the year, 82,317,190) . .
Reserve Fund .. . . .... . . .... . .. .. . .
Amount reserved for Rebate of Interest on Current
Bills Discounted .. .•
Balance of Profits carried forward ,. .. ..
$23,914,157.87
.8 2.440,740.00
2,440,740.02
.. 05,000.00
25,410.83
4,971,890.53
ASSETS.
Gold and Silver' 0013) .. .... .... ....... .. .. .. .. .$ 470,022.42528,880,048.7(1
Dominion Government Notes .... . 2,150,114.00
Deposit with the Dominion Government as security for
Note Circulation 195,001.00
Notes of and Cheques on other Banks .... .. 805,511.16
Balances due from other Banks in Canada and the
United Stales 1,402,043.80
Balances due from Agents of theBank in Great Britain 5,308.51
Canadian and British Government, Municipal, Railway
and other Securities . 3,072.942.67
Loans at Call, or Short Cull, on negotiable Securities . , 2,161,093.01
Notes Discounted and Advances current.. .. 81(1,702.n37.5717,151,131,51
Notes Discounted, etc., overdue (estimntcd loss provid-
ed tor) .. .. .. . 54.351.119)
Bonlc Premises, OOlee Furniture, Snfes,eta .. 770 034.33
Real Estate other than Bank Premises), Mortgages, etc. 43 430.72
Other Assets not included under foregoing heads . . , 68,465.18
Bank of Hamilton,
Hamilton, November, 30th, 1905
In moving the adoption of the annual
report Hon. Mr. Gibson said :---
Gentlemen,-Your Board of Direelers
beg to express the pleasure they time to
being able to present the report In ih,
shareholders. During the whole histor•v
of the bank, covering a period of thirly-
ifour years, this year would have been
;the best and the most successful that we
:have ever enjoyed but for the unfortu-
nate incident in connection with our
,east end branch in this atty. Had that
not occurred our net earnings would
have been 19.80 per cent. on the capital,
and notwithstanding that we had to
'peke provision for that loss the net
earnings of the year are 15.42. Attar
;deducting the loss of $90,000 al-
ready referred to, our earnings
'for the year are considerably great-
er than the average for the past ten
ears. 'In the period born 1875 to 1885
the rate of earnings was 10.1; 1885 to
1805, 11.08; 1895 to 1905, 13.98. I invite
the attention of the sharoTtolders to the
fact that every dollar earned by the bank,
except what has been carried to rest,
has been paid to the shareholders, and
that the misfortune of the past year in
the east end branch is likely to fail on
the employes more heavily than upon
ithe shareholders, for, as you know,
though the bank has had under consider-
ation, and It is still its intention, to es-
tablish a pension system, such has not
yet been begun.
peenopenedat College agenciesear new Ossington
istreels, 'Toronto; Toronto Junction, Car-
bberry, Kenton and Killarney, Man.;
jBattlefod, Sask.; and nt Fernie, B. C.
iWilIlo we have been somewhat conserv-
;alive in opening new branches we have,
;been - endeavoring to strengthen thoso
evbere we already have agencies. 11. may
:be said that some of the places where
leve have opened- branches aro small In
!the matter of population, but It must be
jremembe'ed that they are in growing
;centres, surrounded by rich country,
and that the prospect for increased busi-
ness in the future is very bright. The
Erectors have great faith in the court -
fry. I tut very glad to notes that the
bank is popular with the investigating
public. 'Last year there were 645 share-
holders on ottr books and this year the
.umber is 713, showing that the stock is
going into the hands of investors.
At the same lime we have made (8
pew friends for Lha bank. -
13y the. report 1 have, just rend you
will sec that it is proposed to increase
lbo capful stock by $506,000. During
the last six months a (uorter ata mli-
jton dollars woe taken up at n promlmn
of 100 per cent. The same care will he
$28,1186.045.70
3, TURNRUL.L,
General Manager.
exercised In Issuing the new stock only
118 the business of the bank'requires II.
Now in regard to the incident In the
oast end. Much comment and criticism
have been indulged in. I had been away
from the country at the time, but f
want to say for the members of the
board that they acted like men in the
best interests of the public and of the
bank. The hoard determined to give
the public the result as soon as the re-
sult could be ascertained. Our Inspec-
tion is as rigid as that of other banks.
You can do something with the staff 1f
the bank when the agent is honest, but
when the agent is not honest, and adds
forgery to his stealing, the bank Is.
largely at his mercy. You have to trust
the people employed by you, and wee
have to depend on the fidelity of our
agents, and while one mien has proven
false, the 399 other employes of the bank
have not, and we have confidence 'n
them. You may say that the inspection
is not .rigid enough. I believe that you
may have too 1011011 inspection. If you
Id an agent think that lie is being spied
upon he will probably sit and do no-
thing and your business Is bound to
suffer. Now, in regard to quarterly
dividends I need not say much -they
cannot come too often.
Mr. John Proctor seconded the motion,
which was 0111110d unanimously.
On motion of Mr. Samuel Barker, M,P.,
seconded by John A. Bruce, the follow-
ing motion was unalinously carried :
That the thanks of this meeting be
given to the President and Directors for
their services during the past halt year."
Curried and replied to by Hon. Mr, Gib -
Son.
Mr. W. A. Robinson moved, seconded
by Dr. Russell:
"That the (hanks of the meeting be
given to the General Manager, Assistant
General Manager, inspectors, Agents
and other olfcers of the bank for the
efllctent performance of their 1*espoctivo
duties."
]'his was carried, and responded to Ly
Mr, 'Turnbull.
Tion, Mr. Gibson moved the adoption
of the by-law to Increase the capital
stock from 52,500,000 to 83,000,000. Mr.
John Proctor seconded the resolution,
and it was carried unanimously.
The scrutineers reported the following
gentlemen unanimously elected Directors.
for 1906: Hon, William Gibson, John
Proctor, Hon. J. S. Ilendrlo, George
Rutherford, Cyrus A, Bhrge, C. C. Daltop
and J. Turnbull.
At a subsequent meeting of the Direc-
tors iion, Wm. Gibson was re-elected
President and Mr, J. Turnbull. Vice.
President.
Patient to Pretty Nurse --"Will you ne
My wife when I recover?" le, N. ---"Cale
tafnly.1 P. --'Then you love mel'
P, N, -"Oh, no; noire merely a part of
the treatment.' I most iconp my patlents
cheerful; I promised lids morning to run
away with a married man who. had lost
both 1118 togs,'"
Customer: "I3ut that umbrella lookol.
so awfully cheap and common; the prtee
you ask for 1L Is preposterous:" Dealer:
"My dear sir, that's Lho, beauty of Met
umbrella. IL's really 11it.eery haat qu0)-
Ity,. but It's merle to appear cheap (1111
common so that no one would £:1]hk cI.
worth stealing,71