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Vol. 21 No 3" BRUSSELS, O �..,.°•".,�,
, , 3 S NTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1897
.m,�,,.,�„�:�,.,��;o.;w.�,„A�.;.�....., W. H. KER.R, Prop,
pity and dist/huge ell death claims upon
UNITED WORKMEN.
Phe d;read 1Le11le• 50/4108 14) 803(5)1)1),
rinanelarly Eoiso, In thrum;
eurlxdiprlmt—leirento Celt 1114,
mem eiitee—'Pae ertterei
si ror_ wlh.
A1 the A. 0.
) 1J. W. Grand,ol ' ,,
I 1 1 heti
t
ill'' Toronto ot nth last week, it was decided to
remove the head office of tho Order•. from
St. Thomas to Toronto.
It was also decided, on an unanimous
vote, to soparate financially from the In-
ternational jurisdiction, retaining, how.
over, fraternal anal
toll '
Lltous aro
1 the old
1
17tllt ].
ILLLMMI> 1111/101101/11'S level)).
AI, D. Garden, Of St, Thomas, Grand
Recorder for the past eighteen yam's, pre-
sented a very complete and comprehen-
sive report of the operation of ]lie office
for the past year. 11 had been a very
prosperous year, closing with a record
nearly equal to that of any in the history
of the order, The membership at the
close of Ole year wise in mucin bettor con.
(Mimi, the suspensions nlauy loss and the
net increase veryh
much o lar=aor •
It had been domouetrnted during the
past year that the 81,000 bonef10i:try cor-
tllicete was au impertaut factor in in.
eras/King the membership. Out of 8,314
beneficiary certificates issued there were
1,349 for 31,000 and 50 changed from 3.2,-
000 to 81,000.
The total number of lodges up to De-
cember 81, 1803, were 414 ; total number
of oertilieates
issued
in Ontario, li
o
'
285 .
total number of deaths,1,088 total
claims Paid, 83,075,423 8death
into,
1890, 8,j per 1,000.
This dons not include 3,405 bouoliciary
certificates issued 40 monboro of Manitoba,
N. W. T., and Quebec, and L. P. Grand
Lodges.
The total cash received from all sources
during the year just ended is 8520,474,80.
The total cash received ou beneficiary
fund is $420,311.75, inolncting 544,734.50
relief received from Supreme Lodge.
This with balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1890,
010,210.17, hakes it total or 8439,531.92,
out of whioh had boon paid 0450,423.81,
keying 4a balance of 098.11 iu the Im-
perial J3aulc to 480 credit of the Grand
Receiver.
Theo wore fifteen lodges organized and
ono lodge resuscitated duriug the year,
with an average of fourteen members.
The total number of beneficiary ccrLifi.
catee issued in Ontario to date is 40,285,
an increase of 3,214 for the year. Tbere
have lapsed by aunnlmeut 505, by death
232, suspended 1,003, making en iuoreaoo
of 2,311 for the year In addition to the
above there were annulled 800 beneficiary
certificates that were temporarily sus.
pearled December 31, 181)5,
The total number of bonofioiary cerbi3
cates in good standing and in force De-
°enlbor 31, 1890, is 28,810 ; total number
of beneficiary certificates suspended, 1,-
003: The average (Mrntion of member
ship of members who have died during
the you, and claims paid, was eleven
years seven menthe and ton clays. The
average age of members who have died
duriug the year Was 50 years 7 months
and 1 day. The average age of moodier -
ship in jnriscliction at this date, 44 years
3 months and 10 days.
TnE 010.51)110 ASAEe0JIENT SYSTEM.
The diecuselon over the proposed plan
of graded assessments and torsi mutual
reserve feud occupied most of one day.
There were two reports before the meet-
ing, a majority and a minority report,
from the committee that had the matter
in lh41thd.
It was bbo majority report that was ad-
opted. and the important probtoms hay
nig a bearing upon the hatter that coo-
fronted the committee were :—
Tho probable separation of the jurisdic-
tion from the Supremo Lodge and assum-
ing alone the full liability of all death
olaims ; the idea that the Government
might in the near future 'establish is
minimum rate of yearly payments, based
on some of the mortality tables, mom.
pul0ory upon all benevolent societies ;
the present rates of the other sooietiee
with whom the A. 0. U. W. come in
coopetition ; the presontation of such a
grade as would onenro perpetuity to the
order.
The report goes on ne follows :—
The latter two of these were the most
difficult to meet. If we placed our rates
]fisher than the other societies it would
have the effect of sorionely crippling the
work of our organizers', thereby prevent-
ing that steady growth which is so es-
oontial to Our future permanency,
The most serious problem that coo•
feonted your committee was the old age
element now existing in our. order. Tho
e1Teb of this is to impose on us a liability
which is exooerlingly diillonlb to meet.
Nearly all the fraternal societies on the
0ontiuoub are face to face with this prob.
nom, and if is engaging their most careful
coheideration.
Tithing all the foregoing ci'oomstancee
and conditions into consideration we have
decided to offer the following plan for
your careful thought and action :—
Amend sea. 15, page 90, to road as fol-
)ows :--"Eaoh arid every pres0ut member
o.f this order from and after the tat day
of .April, A. D. 1807, incl each and every
new member of Olio oedor, without
uotiae, commencing with the month fol-
lowing his receiving the Workman dogrce,
shall pay to the finana]or of his lodge a
monthly ns0esernent of the amount tiosig.
mated opposite the age of the member at
t110 date of his admission to the valor,
according to the following graded plan :•—
Ages. Irate per 01,000 per $2,000
1.8 to 24 3 00 $1 20
26 to 20. , . , , 70 1 40
0 to 34.,,,..,..,,.., 75 1 50
36 to 89 80 1 60
40 to 44 00 1 80
441 and over 1 00 200
"To ho due and payable on or before 0
o'olock p. m. of the lasb day of the month,
except When such .last day fella on a Sim.
day or legal llolidey, when it shell b0
paid on the prsvieuo day, end in addition
to said rogalae monthly assessments such
extra as0000lnonte as may be 1egnired 10
the order11 h
, w 1 e ac ditional assnexlne04 or
asee0sn,Onte the Grand Recorder 10 bore.
by empowered to levy."
III/AE11Vll 008(5 140:1(10,
'l'ILe report in regard to the x100000
fund stated that "tile Grand Alaster
Woticumu, Grand Recorder alid Finance
and Audit Committee shall constitute the
Reserve 1 O VO Ifo 1•f
55 1,
The Grand i1 W
ucl Af,Ss'o
t 1.
Workman a shall ,the Clhairruau and the
Grand Recorder Soeretery. A majority
shall constitute it 911000111. 'phey 01)4511
have power to superintend the collet!.
bone, 1.111/0841110114 and disinter:manta of
the reserve thud, iu a00ordaime with the
00nxtitntien and genera]e'a
I laws of
the
order. The :shall a
,Y meet on
rile 00
001171
Wednesday in Tannery of each year, to
receive from the Grand Reorder a full
stotomolt of the °audition of the bone•
fieiary and reserve fends at the cloth of
the previous year ; to take charge of all
moneys that may properly belong to the
reserve feed, i o., balance relnlLining Cu
the beneficiary fund at the encs of the
year, after all death claims have been
paid. Aleo advice with the Grand Ro-
ootdlor as to the levying of an a0seesment
upon the membership for the reserve, in
ease the balance on head in the benefi•
Diary fund at the and of the year does not
equal that of 0110 monthly asse001nent
upon the membership. To invest all
moneys belonging to the reserve fund in
Government oocinritios 1)o directed by
Grand Lodge and in accordance with the
insurance corporation act. They shall
]reParo an
annual
report
for Grand
Lodge giving
full clef i
al
0 of. h
�g g the 1'eeT
e Vo
fund. A. special meeting of the board
may be called at any time by the G. M.
W. if he deme it in the interest of the
order."
This plan, the committee stated, was
not to bo understood es being sufficient
for all time to come. It would dolbtess
he found necessary in time to male
unman -lents, Tho plan was such as
would be favorable to the introduction of
youug mon Cute the order, and e,5 4110
same time net bo oppressive upon the
oldor members.
Tho report was carried by more than
the two thirds vote necessary. The
graded system of assessment will go into
effect ou July 1, 1897.
1w5LL 1ntee IN TORONTO.
Toronto will again be the meeting place
of the order next year. The following
places were oaudidatos for the Couven.-
tton :—Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Lou•
don, Woodstock, Kingston, Windsor, St.
Thomas, 13cookville, •Lambton Mills,
Coboerg, Goiterich, Simcoe. The vote
wee largoly in favor of Toronto.
1.1LP,C0ION OF OFF•ICEeO.
The election of officers took ❑p c0n0id-
ereble of the time of the meeting. F. W.
Unitt was re-elected Grand Master
Workman by acclamation, tend Ole an-
nouncement was repeatedly cheered, for
Dever has a oldef officer been elected with
more unanimous approbation.
G. P. Graham, editor of the Brockville
Recorder, was re-elected Grand Foreman
by acclamation,
T. M. Cornett, Gana00gne ; John Wil-
son, Hamilton, and J, le. Halliwell, Stir-
ling, were notninatod for the office of
Grand Overseer. Mr, Cornett was elooh-
ed oo the first ballot by 13,243 votes out
of a total of 25,885 cast.
M. D Career, St. Tbomas, wits re-
°leobed Grand Recorder for the 1011) 0011-
sooutivo year by acclamation.
James Rushton was re-elected Grand
Receiver also for rho 19th year.
W. W. Hodgson, Toronto ; Jas. Gibson,
Ingersoll ; Captain J, B. Donaldson, 01 -
teem ; John T. Wilson, Hamilton ; J. P.
Brown, Niagara Falls, were all nomin-
ated ea Grand Guides: The three first
named were voted on, and Mr. Gibson,
postmaster, of Ingersoll, wee sleeted by
10,040 votes out of a total of 27,708.
Grand reside Watchman, W. W. Hodg-
son, Toronto ; Greed Outside Watchman,
Charles Kelly, Chatham.
Grand Trustees—Thos. Sergeut, To.
ronto, re-elected by aeolemation •• T. D,
Pruyn, Neptune) ; F. G. McCready,
Brockville,
.Grand Lodge Solicitor, Warren Totten,
Q. 0., Woodstock, re-elected by acclama-
tion.
Executive Committee :—Elected—Goo.
Ross, Hamilton ; Jas. B. Nixon, Toron-
to. Appointed --J. M Pe'egee°, Hamfl-
bon ; Goo. 1?abtorson, Soafor•th,
Supreme Lodge Representatives—F.
W, Uuitt, Toronto ; Johu Milne, Lon.
don ; F, G. Inwood, Toronto.
.District Deputy Grand Masters have
boon eleoted as -follows :—St. Clair, las,
Duncan, Windsor ; Erie, Oliver Robert.
sou, 'Windham Goethe ; Brant, Jas• Gib-
son, Ingersoll ; 1Tta,uilton, Devitt R. Gib-
son, Hamilton ; Niagara, Ief, H. Lowe,
551. Catharines ; GRelplt,'J', G. Craig, B.
A., Fergus ; Kneel), Jae. Baxter, 81.
Paul Station ; Brnoc, E. Woodman,
Moorefield ; Dufforis, W. Vauclusen,
Shelburne ; Peel, W. 11, Appolbo, George.
town ; Toronto, le. Nndol, Toronto ;
York, W. P. dole, Snth)» West; Simcoo,
5, Allen, Alliston ; Ontario, Isaac Wise,
Pickering ; Durham, W. H. Ives, Cel -
bows ; Quinto, Randall Ceoult, Trenton ;
Megaton, Peter Johnston, 041u1den East ;
Sh, Lawrence, G. 0, Cumming, Lyn ;
Stormont, Geo. S. Se'ois, Outline] ; Ot.
tawa, W. 01. Sbronrl, Cbtawa 1 Lanark, 5.
T. Pear0oc, Smith's Valle ; Goorghun
Bay, (not reported)) ; Superior, W. A.
Barrows, ort Arthur.
The uewly.olectecl officers Nemo duly in.
stalled by F. G. Inwood, Past Graud Alas'
her Workman, aslisbod by Warren Tot.
tea, Q. 0„ P, G. ht. W.
A )Osolntion was passed on Motion of
D. 1e. MaoWilb1, Barrie, seconded by
Denial Spry, Loudon, that an address bo
prepared incl sent to the 300,300 authori-
ties for preselitetioh, congrabnletiug her
Gracious Majesty on the occasion of hot
sixtieth aunieorsary as Queen of the
Briti011 Empire and ito oolouios. The
adopbfou was by etancling veto end the
singing of "God Savo the Queen," whioh
tette (lode with great entlmeiesm.
A despatoh ton Montrone revives the
rumor that atm. Hugh John blaodonald
will take the Conoorvativo leadership in
the Mahltoba Legdelabnre,
Rev, Dr. iWacKay in Por111osa,
`'he following lo a letter fron] Rev. Dr.
Mackay, 14 1A' m:see a Missionary e—
xon Kan and I 400 baol< front a trip of
twontyfour clays. .During that ulna w0
)bade ouo flying visit at Tonsui, at the
urgent +
c
)H
of Mr. T, riI
a a II
,B, l
Y A.
Guest
d
The h hl'H'
L Lor'' given
to Khu•a', a hamlet SituattUcl t neat' the
table land, 111000 milos from Latn-kitam.
Before going to Cannula several believers
there ddsi'
te1l at '
s aEiuu in their mishit.
Last month they secured e building and
resented It t0 1
P t Ie•a.'
Aln nth.
y z preached.
to
aIaokc
[ Warm
and 1tm• singing se
v.
oral songsA of Zion, ]eft
reflecting on the
self propagating spirit of Gllristiemity.
The second Sabbath w0 spent at Kelnng.
Li the forouool7 100 were 130000nt, includ-
ing a dozen Japanese soldiers. In the
evening service was disturbed by several
-Japanese civilians, who had iudnlged too
freely in Saki, (Heiler). 1 sent word to
au offioial, and police promptly took rho
offenders In charge. Wo renovated the
ohuroli mud meetly with native contri-
butions. All the "graining" was clone by
Koa•Kan, and the painting by himself
and another young preacher. We work-
ed several nights after worship till 10 p.
ln. An aged Christian woman. tiled the
week before fold now a son wJho resigned
his position as uvangoliet, on acoonut of
ill -health, wee called Thome. IIis remains
Were carried by mournore to the Hide of a
tea•plaatation, and there laid "duet to
dust„
war his in ]01
of •'
t
saver
. There
'h
g h
Mending
Un o lovely morning,
viv
green
clad hills around, all sang with fervor I
to the Mlle will lift mine eyes." When
at Malang I got word of the death of
Lim Giet, who was one of the first five
baptised in North Formosa, Feb, 9th,
18711. For bwonty long yeare he labored
faithfully in the Gospel of Jesus and is
COW with his Master. He was a car.
pouter in Tamsni when I lauded here first.
IIe passed away in Jiap.teu lam. On the
third Sabbath wo ware in Saka1K Hug,
which had been burned by Japanese
soldiers. Grass and weeds were growing
where eighteen months ago villagers had
flourishing business shops. The chapel
site was baro ground, for some one dug
and parried away earth and refnso. A
small table was placed in the centre, and
followers of Christ stood around us whilst
the heathen pressed near them. I pro-
claimed life, eternal life through a 001001•
fiod Redeemer. The little company of
Wed disciples seemed overcome with joy.
One 11013 it hynin•boe]; in a Maud deform-
ed by shot from a Japanese gun. Mar-
vellous the escape! Throughout all the
troubles not ono man deserted the Christ-
ian melts One of them is giving his
houee, in the meautimo, to the brethren
for divine service, At Kam -ling, a ham-
let several miles away, a Christian family
of many years standing made exertions
and secured a building for Mission work.
I addressed a crowd ander a spreading
banyan near by, end the hearers looped
pleased. The 27bli alt. was our fourth
Sabbath away. I preached in Pang Icio
and Sing -thug, then proceeded to Baug.
kah to administer 111e rite of baptism.
K. Mawai, Japaoone evangelist, brought
two converts, one called Akiyama Keishi,
officer in the postaffloo, and the other a
soldier named Shibnta Banjiro, and at
the close of our religious exercises 1
baptised them in the name of the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost. These are the first
Japanese ever baptised in North Formosa.
May they bo the first fruits of a glorious
harvest. I do not state all one travelling
and laboring during week days ; bot
motive that we cannot remain long iu the
country at a time, Converts and letters
come from all pointe of bhe Mission in a
continuous traiu and Dau neither bo pub
aside nor delayed. God is with us and
we go forward iu His neuro.
A L.russelite in Central
America.
Tho following interesting letter was re.
calved by a relative from a former Bees.
eelite, now residing so Guatemala, Coubral
Amerioa :=
I hope you all enjoyed your Obrisunas
and New Years. They are National hell,
days here also, bet little fuss seems to be
made over them and they aro not what
they are in the ' North, Botwceu the
sixth and the fifteenth of December there
was a big feanb in Lsonintla and I think
they must have played themselves oub at
it, They certainly had a big time and
kept 11 going day and night for the biggest
part of two weeks. Those feasts alae all
church affairs and seem to bo well patron-
izod. Tho church p)awa ]heel a big
whieley go -round located on one corner it
reel a ride, and a whole little town of
sheds for the vending of pia -nit nsoessi.
tios, whioh seemed to consist largely of
something bo drink, and there teas 110
necessity of any toper going dry unless he
was broke, no matter what he wanted to
drink. Some oe the next mese plentiful
things seemed to be wheels Of fortune end
card games. It looked nicest at night,
when the shops were lib up with colored
ligilte and the women wore cooking over
Damp fires. Still if you could have soon
them 1 think it would have spoiled ,your.
appetite for a week. To one side, from
the main attractions, the numerous 01)(5(53
fires lit up the sone and showed the
sprawling foans of inauy sleeping druult-
aeels, both ashen and women, wretched out
ou the grass. Every night they hod It
baro -headed torchlight procession, ivilh a
suint, and shot off fire-eraokors enoeg1 to
bnru up the totvu if it had been built of
wood. Foe a saint they had se beautiful
wax figure of a young woman, robed .in
silk and mounted on a platform along
with s0h1)0 angels. The people curried
the piatfoem through oho streets on thole
ehouldees, 1 hevo been melting my
headgneeto's at Santa Lucia now for
nearly a month and on working ere a
branch of the train line. This brenoh is
on the Pan..Ahnorieen survey and is in.
tended some day to form a part of a tail.
road system that 1s to extent from Oau.
acla clear on down over the iwhmlrs of
Panama Intl into South Anterior/. A low
days ago we laid the traok through an
Ttelhtn town where I pregnant; the nest of
them had never 8015 n bl0on0tivo, lntlny
of them Roomed quite cm:icus as well as a
little frightened, JIalf•dresserl Inoblters
will rush out and hold up their liaised
babies to see the train pass by. Many of
the mon wear only overalls and o hat and
Hoare of the woln00 only le short blanket
tied around diem and extending (rein
5.801) waist to their anklet. The h0u8014
are mostly all just a framework of polos
covered with pelue leaves. Judging front
the long rows of tall coeoamnt trete ioad.
eel with nutx, I premium the town ds
much older than I am. It is the head.
u
attars of.
mvc
q 0 1 r'
a Dandy L 1
Y d al u1) lieb t 1
t
neglected E0fa
un
1411[
1 those
workpeople
foe•h
L c owner and receive about twenty
-
eve conte per day for the days they work,
mud board themeolvee. A usual emitter
is for the employer to got those people in-
debted to hitt, then they can't quit until
tete debt is pear, If they attempt it he
can handoufl:' Slid bring them back, In
this way many of those people pees
through life praetieelly as slaves, In One
11114 I saw them weaving oloth by hand.
One old uvonnan had Soule cotton spread
over a bnll Iritic drum and was beating it
with sticks, two in caoh band. A young
woman sat in the doorway woaviug. 'The
warp was tial to a stick at each end and
had some ex100, fixtures in the coutre.
The otiols at one and of the warp was tied
to 41 post, while the one at the other end
was fastened to a strap which she had
passed around hoe naked back. Sho Dat
ou tiro ground and
a•
o d
6 would leen back
c
against the e Sut'Ea
s
6 oast hold old
P the warp
tightly.
She had several different color-
ed, coarse thrones for filling, 1VIli013 site
passel through the warp with a needle or
with her lingoes, forming flowers in the
cloth, which were very hoarse but rather
pretty. I have a blanket which I suppose
wee made the same way and it is the best
ono I have. Au old man in auothor 11111
was grinding barley. His grist mill was
a piece of a log about three feet long,
stood on end and hollowed out about two
feet deep in the centre, where he had his
barley, which be pounded with the end of
a hugs club. I wont over and tried to
talk with him, but he didn't seem as if
ho cared to be bothered with mo. At the
present time I am both conductor and
engiueer anri the only white man working
on the traiu, still I see and ant with a
good many white men every day working
in other capacities. The fireman and
brakemen are American niggers and
speak both English and Spanish, I wish
I had some of those fine apples here that
yon tell about. A person eau only buy
two and sometimes three small ones here
for 25 cents. We are having warm but
otherwise pleasant and beautiful weather
here now. Every day is mach like a hot
Summer day in Ontario. I saw a big
snake in the jungle a few days ago that
MA about bon fent loug. We tried to
capture him but he got away.
Ent0.5ED STEFI••INs.
O>7:tario Legislature.
01111 )ass QUESTION.
The Liberals held a canons and ap-
pointed a committee on Wednesday of
last week to investigate the meteor. The
Canadian Pacific, evidently heard of this,
and sent on their passes on Friday morn-
ing. The passes aro directed to every
member of the House, Patron, Liberal
and Conservative alike, and good till Tune
30111. The Patrons have decided to keep
the passes until the negotiations between
the Govornmeut and the railways have
Dome to a head,
a i5UNIOIrte cream e,
The Government is considering the
idea of appointing an official who will bo
balled a speoial auditor of mnuioipal 00 -
°mints. This official will have a position
in rho Parliament Buildings and will
have the same duties as inspectors -and
superintendents already appointed in
other departments. The action has
been encouraged by various petitions
from a number of counties, townships
and towns. He will have the privilege
of dropping in upon a municipality et
any time and examiuiug the books.;
7'1110 00UST1 COUNCILS ACT.
Tho Government will nob likely make
any change iu the County Coeoef(s Act of
3.800 daring the present session, The
reform i0 a new ono, and has not boon
well tried as yet, and further trial will be
given it. The general opi0ion is th,ti it
is all right,
TUE ASYLUMS,
The report of Iuspoctor Christie, sub-
mitted to the Legislature, shows that
thew wore on Sept. 8081), 1890, 4,723 in-
sane persons in the Ontario asylums, in-
oludiug 005 idiots. The expenditure
during the year was as follows :—Toron-
to, asylum, 006,910 07 ; yearly cost per
patient, 8186.11 ; London, $124,748.31) ;
cost per patient, 8132,42 ; Kingston, 377,-
130.48 ; per patient, 9130,11-; Hamilton,
0115,1150,07 ; per patient, 8118,40 ; Mimi -
co, 082,390,04 ; per patient, 5141.78 ;
Brockville, 849,479.23 ; nor Patient,
87.18 85 ; Orillia, 348,007.18 ; per patient,
898.00. Total expenditure, 3004,388,09 ;
per patient, 8134 63, 1'rohn•1867 to 1895
the total amount expoldod was 09,854:,-
479.98, A gratifying feature is the veey
large increase in the paying patients, In
1890 the number was 004 as cgitinst 743
in 1805 and 118 in 1871. Since 1871 the
asylum population increased 213 per emit.
the revere from patients 590 per cent.,
and the number of paying patients 000
per cont. In 1857 there were 921 patioubs
in the four asylums thou maintained. In
1896 the number was 4,014, and in 1804,
4,400. Tho admissioue in 1890 numbered
850, as 01/30003 to 1,048 in 1805, aid 781
in 1894, and 820 in 1833 ; this sloe: mese is
looked upon es grebifying. The asylums
show up wail in point et recoveries. In
1806 the pereentago wits 87 97, a rate
which ihae been nntietaiuod for tot y0000,
and 10111011 compares favorably with
Britian end American institutions, This
fact, oouplod with the iu e:ease in work.
lug patients and the leer doetll 01110, the
rep0e8 states, shows a satisfactory ad-
>nhnsttation of the institutions.
0030015 L00ENslto.
at
int 1405'111000 won) o ing: mote a 101or 8flioous5 oeg08ila 1
]Wade legume as compared with 13.205 in
18;)0 and 3,317 in 1801. The report gives
the 3lgeroo for each year 01115155 1874. LI
that 140750 there were 11,185 I1'enxee boouod,
so that bctnoe:tt 187.1 anri 18041, slider the
operation of the Hoene° act, there Inas
been 15 i'edurtion of no loos than `2,994
licenses, a decline of nearly ouo•ilalf.
The statistics sties
relatingto
n drunkenness
i
nhe
show coutinn0d improvement. The
co, h '
nrutlnmutsfor J801i were 1,.107, 330
less than last year, and the lilwe$t 111 the
history of the Province. Ju 18741 the
commitments; were 3,8118, from width
rho cos
e n
t ! 9
r1 8
Y ? 10 8 J. Since 1)n, then
en
the d 1
decline hryN been COl N '
1 tARt and rapid,
1 and
I
andi
5155 1105 quite ut s „ .
o afe to sn
if
1 Alte
count for snytlung, that Ontario otauds
pre eminent for sobriety over all other
countries, including prohibition States
and countries from wleioh statistics are
obtainable. Last year the total collect-
ions on account of licenses and fines
amounted to $1115, 290, of which tho Prov-
ince received 3273,212 and the mun101•
palities 9207,072. The stun of 902,897
wee paid for inspectors' salaries and coin.
Iniosioners' expenses, and 812,108 for of-
fice rant, stationery, printing, law fees,
etc. The total revenue froth fees cud
fines show a decline of 38,527 from the
previous year. The whole report is
worth perusal and study by those inter-
ested in temperance relurm,
LIVE O'rOCx ASSOCIATIONS.
The annual reports of the live stock
a0sociatioof
ns Ontario fill
a volume um
e of
over 1110 pages, report's )OTLA
heal in I
P S code
1 d
g
from rho Dominion Cattle 13reeders' As-
sociation, Dominion Swine Breeders' As-
sociation, Dominion Sheep Brooders' As-
sociation, Dominion Shorthorn Breeders'
Association, Dominion Ayrshire Breed
ors' As000iatiov, Hackney horse Society,
Shiro horse Association, and the Can-
adian Horse Breeders' Association. In
the 04100 of each a0secietion, in addition
to the list of members and its constitu-
tion and statements, there is iucludod
a report of the annual meeting of the as-
0ocietiou, many valuable papers and ad -
drosses thus being preserved. Amongst
them, for instance, are papers on the
"Transportation of Live Stock," the
present quarantine regulations, Canadian
°MO° in British markets, oto. The
volames will form valuable repositories of
information on these bopiee. The re-
ports are sent gratis to all members of
Farrn0r0' Institutes in the Province.
TILE MIND INSTITUTE.
The 25th annual report upon the
Brantford Institution for the education
of the blind shows that the total attend-
anoe for the year 1890 was 141, this be-
ing less than any previous year since
1884 and less than may other time since
the first four years of the Institution's
existouco. The inspector attributes Ibis
change partly to the natural decrease in
the blind population of the Province,
but also in part to the regrettable disin-
clination of parents of blind children to
allow them to go to thio sobool at an early
age. The cost per pupil for 1890 was
8207.49, being a slight lucresse, but the
total expenditure for maiutenaoce was
considerably less than for the previous
year. The reports show that steady pro-
gress has been made in both literary
work and in the musical dopartmeut,
where a number of the pupils have been
instructed iu piano tuning; whilst the
]tiuclergarten course has been of groat
benefit to the younger pupils. The
general health of the attendants was, on
tbo wholo, excellent, the average of sick-
ness being lose than in former years.
,U'en0F)500010N FOE irns, nommen,
Iu the estimates brought clown in 1110
House on Wednesday, was an appropri•
Mien of 33,000 for t110 widow and family
of the late Hon. W. D. Balfour, late
Provincial Secretary. Tho estimates
were laid on the table to be considered
litter on.
SEM/CM 0010N COUNCILS,
Mr. Hardy has introduced his bill for
roduaing the membership of Town Conn
oils. The bill provides that in towns of
over 4,000 the Council shall consist of a
Mayor and two couueillors to bo elected
by general vote, and two councillors for
each ward. The Counoil of towns of
4,000 and under is to consist of a Mayor
who shall be the head thereof, nail of six
councillors, to be elected by general vote ;
the Counoil of every incorporated village
of a Reeve and four councillors, to be
elected by general vote, rho sumo num-
ber where the township is not divided in.
to wards, and where tllo township is di-
vided into mule, of a reeve, who shall bo
elected by general vote, and ono council.
for to bo eleoted from each ward.
It is probable that a oonolesion will he
arrived at this session relative to Gov.
eminent House, as the now committee
will immediately tanto up the subject tut
the point where its predecessor left off,
Ilio. Hardy's notice states the composi.
tion of the committee and the duties to
bo assigned it i0 these words :—
"That a select committee of this house
be appointed teaconsider all Questions re.
luting to Governmont house and Gov-
ernment
House property, and 1110 further
question of the future mainbenence or
the discontinuance of the maintenance of
Govornunohb House by the Province or
otherwise, end to report thereon, and
dint such committee ooneist of the Ab•
Corney General and Messrs. Bronson;
Dryden, Ferguson, Stratton, Haycock,
Howland, Maonish, lfoPhoroon, Martha'
and Whitney."
3700119,
A elopnbsttioln of '08.01110 undertakers
Wailed on Dr. Bryce and asked for
amendments' to rho registration Ooneern.
ing deaths.
Speaker Evantnrol has been congratne
Wed by Hon. Wilfrid Laurier end the
other members of the Dominion Govern.
went, Ite hes been ill with la grippe.
Several important petitions have been
presented to the Tlog�+islature, A edition
was presented by Mr. Moors from rho
Councils of 'Waterloo and Hemet' counties
for an amendment to the Mnnioipal Act,
permitting County Coltnoils to offer a re-
ward to any p0rson who slhall pursue a
horse thief,
l
deputation
ut
NabiounCouncil of W000nWaitedupon
the Government ou Tuesday to ask that
the regulations under the Factory Act
relating to luncheon hours, be extended
to 011030, and that legielatiun be adopted
to shorten the hones of work for women,
An important bill was introduced by
110u. DIr, hardy providing for the audit-
ing r
of the o nrwm >
b its r f nlu ] li ',.
niCl L tl( S.
l
'1'1#0 hill is its present x81)30 will memo a
thorough supervision of the operations
of nsunioipal Treasurers.
Mr. Oilmen (Huron) introduced a bill
wheal) wee read a first time, to amend
the Altuicipal Act, to enable County
()outwits n tis to pass u laws fo
1 v r s0laratin =
f
farm lands within 41m h 1' '
the 1m11tA of
tome/
1 Y A
and '
Yllla'•eA '
„ from the town and village,
and annexing the 315505 to the adljoiniug
Irlunmipelity, and to define by bylaw the
new limits of the town or village.
CHHMerl! (IIIEMS').
The ranula0 monthly sorvioe we) held
in the 11. C. ehuroli, Brussels, 15511 S,sb-
bath.
Bev.I)r. WVild
o[ Toronto. is new wfn
Southern California for the benefit of hie
health;
Rev. Dr, Jacisson, of Gait, has received
a 05511 to the pastorate of the Madison
avenue Presbyterian tamale of Cleveland,
Chia
Rev. D. A. Hamilton, of Harriston,
was iuduoted into the pastorate of the
Presbyterian ohnr015, Havelock, of Pled•
nesda Feb.F 3rd.
Y,
Dr. 5
B11C Yaeh Chancellor el
c lo] of i t '
Voor
is
University, leaves next Tuesday for New
ilJaxtoo, wbere he will spend a month for
the benefit of his health.
Rev, Mr. Rloe, of Alma Ladies' Col.
lege, SI, Themes, has been called to the
pulpit of the Annette Street Methodist
aburab, Toronto Junotiau.
Rev. D. 31. Ramsay, Ph. D., of Mount
Forest, bas received a unanimous Ball
from the congregation of Kum: chnroh,
Ottawa, in succession to Prof. Ballan•
byne.
The Mormons have entered upon the
task of converting Manitoba to their
faith. Three Mormon missionaries have
located in Winnipeg, and three have been
sent to proviooiel points.
The fund at the office of the 'Montreal
Sear for famine sufferers in India has
burned thirty five thousand dollars, en
average of 91,700 a day for twenty days,
the largest food feed in the history of
Canada.
Rev B. Paul will preach at Dungan-
non next Sabbath for Rev. F. Swam),
who is to be at the Nile circuit on mis-
sionary delegation. Mr, Paul is kept on
the move, but work appears to agree
with him.
Rev. Mr. Higley, of Blyth, will take
the service in St. John's Ouch, Bons.
eels, next Sabbath, also in St. George's
oharoh, Walton, in the afternoon. The
new incumbent, Bev. Mr. Anderson, is
expected for the following Sunday.
Last Sabbath morning Rev. R. Paul
preached in the Methodist ohurch, sup.
plying Rev. S. J. Allin's place. His text
was eelm 38 find let verse. In the
evening Bev. 5. P. Westmmu, of Walton,
occupied the pulpit, giving an earnest
address on the words "For the love of
Christ oonetraineth us."
Rev, Bobt. Johnston, B. A., pastor of
01. Andrew's 0805th, London, on a recent
Sabbath asked hie congregation for 81000
for the relief of 'offerers in India, and
the congregation responded the next Sab•
bath by contributing 91,400. At a col.
100110,) token up in Knox church, Gait,
on Jan. 31st, 890 was reeeivod for the
same fund.
Rev. Jno, Rose preaohed the second of
a series of the seven sayings of Christ ou
the cross last Sabbath morning. His
text was "reeds.), shalt thou be with nth
in Paradise," and the two leading 91,1.
Mous of the subject were :—(1) The per.
son addressee( ; (2) The promise. In the
evening "Paradise" was the thecae.
Where it is and what; itis were the ques-
tions answered.
Ab the Epworth Leagne last Monday
evening "The life of St. Paul" was the
subjeot, upon which Miss Minnie Moore
prepared an excellent and insbrsotive
paper. Will. Dawtinheimer lead the first
part of the setvioe. Miss Maggie Beattie
sang "Paul at Damaeoue" ; Fred. Gilpin
rendered "Dare to be a Paul" ; Lila
Funato), Pearl Lowry and Eva Mc-
Cracken gave a bolo ; and Misses Thurso
Gerry and Florence Hunter sang the
duets "Ashamed of Jesus," the League
joining in the chorus.
In the oily of Genova, S vitserinnd, a
writer tells us, posters are displayed in
publio planes ooltaining a list of benefits
of resting on Sundays such as : It renews
physioal strength, promotes in1sllootuel
life, attendance on public worship, ede-
oalion of families, elevates the soul, in.
ureases morality and spiritual content-
ment, protects work against selfish in•
terms, industrial pectination is not owe
tailed and work is better done, fewer
stoppages on working days, increases
national prosperity, greets quiet and
freedom to employers and employed,
advanoes public good, social peace and
order.
CI1Al tont.
11 the two ohneeheo, Rettenbury and
Ontario street, amalgamitte, many people
ere of the opinion that the Ontario street
ehnrob might bo converted into an hos-
pital and the 810,000 Stavely money in•
vested in this way.
A peouliar freak of nature °antlered of
the stook farm of D. A. Forrester the
other day, He has a number of fat
steers being prepared for the llay British
market, Under one of the animals the
attendant ttotiibd a pool of blood and
made march to esearbain the Banat. Be•
hind the forearm of the beast, near the
heart, the blood gushed out at 000ry
Wert beet, His hand was placed tlpolo
the oavity, brit the blood atilt spurted oat.
Veterinary Blaalsall was tenured. He
foetid that a watt had grown over one of
the main etteriee. The steer lied tubbed
against the still until the warb 05510° off
with the above result. The artery was
tied. For several slays the beast wee very
tve1L1< from lose of blood, hub 10 now dolmc
well. We do not know of another 00/a0 of
the kiwi on mord,