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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-03-08, Page 3I Quality Counts That's what has made 1.74,Wrirgax**52111.01 1111 1111.11.4a , !! oie Wei the Standard to -day. This is why you should buy Blue Ribbon Tea. Only one BEST—Blue Ribbon Tea. ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND EXPERIMENTAL FARM. Tho College WAS eatablished in 1874. Its objects were twofold: First, to train young men in the science and art of im- proved husbandry; and second, to con- duct experiments and publish tho Te- ma% In 1875, the President said in his first report: "It is evident to the most cursory observer that Canada, depends, and will be obliged for many years to depend, largely, if not exclusively, on her raw produce for her national wealth. And amongst the various forme of raw material, nous are so valuable as those included under the head of Agricultural Produce. Farmers visit the college in June and December to the number of nearly 40,- 000, and we had last year in attendance at the various College classes 1,004 stud- ents. In the beginning students were paid to attend the institution, and there was practically no revenue from the Col- lege or farm. In 1905, we tamed into the Provincial treasury as revenue from the College and farm $01,508,20. The work of the different departments is as follows: ' 1. Field Agriculture. Teaching of stu- dents and experimenting with field crops is the work af this department. In Mr. Zo.vitz' report of last year the following paragraph appears under the head of "Barley": "The results *Mow that the Mandscheuri gave decidedly the greatest yield per acre of the four vari- eties for the whole period of fifteen years, and also for the last five years. The Mandscheuri gave an average of 9.3 bushels per acre per annum over the common six -rowed barley in the aver- age results for fifteen years. The aver- age area devoted to barley in Ontario from 1882 to 1904 is given as 633,290 acres per annum. .An increase of nine bunehels of barley per acre throughout the Province would, therefore, amount to an increase of over five million bushels at barley in Ontario annually. This in- crease at fifty cents per bushel would amount to about two and a half mil- lion dollars. Two and a half million dol- lars annually would pay the running expenses of about thirty .Agricultural Colleges like the one located at Guelph. The Mandscheuri barley was iinported from Russia by the Ontario Agricultural College in the spring of 1889. Not only has it made a very excellent record at the College, but it has given thigh re- sults in the co-operative experiments throughout Ontario, and thee been grown in general cultivation very usecessfully during the past few years. In looking up the records of the Bureau of indus- tries, we find that the average yield of barley throughout the Province for the period of ten years from 1895 to 1904, in- clusive, is 29.3 bushels per acre; while that for the period of ten years from. 1885 to 1894, inclusive, was 24.85 bushels per acre. Thia shows an annual aver- age increase of about 4 1-2 bushels per acre, for the latter, as compared with the former period of ten years. 2, Animal Husbandry. Here students aro taught the comparative values of the different breeds of domestic animals and as it is said that 80 per cent. of all the crops grown on the farms of Ontar- io is fed to live stock, iL will be seen at it glance how important it is to be able to tell a good feeder when 0110 sees it. 3. Dairying. The making of better but.. ter and bettee cheese and the breeding and feeding of better dairy animals. The av- erage cow in Ontario gives less than 3,000 pounds of milk per year. The College, by careful selection and proper feeding, has built up a grade herd which, in 1904, contained sixten cows which gave more than 0,000 pounds each. 4. Horticulture. Here we are somewhat handicapped by severe climatic) condi- tions. Being 000 feet above Lake On- tario, we cannot grow the more delicate fruits. Students are given instruction in the growing of n11 kinds of fruit; vege- tables and flowers, and experiments are conducted with the small fruits and with clover crops for the orchard. 5. Bacteriology. Nitrogen is one of the principal needs of a plant. It is worth commercially, about 20 cents a pound. The air is 80 per cent, nitrogen, and yet plants cannot use it in the form in which it appears in the atmosphere. Certain bacteria, if introduced into the soil, will work on the roots of clover and other leguminous plants, take the nitrogen from the atmospher and convert it into plant food. Our Bacteriologist propagates in his laboratory and supplies in sinall bottles millions of these nitrogen form- ing bacteria, which may be spread upon the seed before it is sown, and thus introduce into the soil these nitrate - forming bacteria. A crop of clover wilt leave in the soil in the roots alone abont fifty pounds of nitrogen per acre. Thus the plant food supplied to the soil by a crop of clover is $l0 per acre in one year, and the farmer has the clover crop, tops and leaves to the good. This, if practised on every farm, would mean millions each year to this Province. C. Chemistry. It was said a few years ago that sugar beets could not be grown profitably in this Province. Our De - *witless* • ,• pertinent of Chemistry Sendueted ex periments in the different parte of On tario and analyzed the beets at differen stages of groweh. It is now known Uta we can grow as good beets as in any part of the world, and men are putting their money into the buildin„a of suga beet factories. Over 22,000,000 lbs. of good beet sugar were made in Western Anted last year. Chemistry did it. Our Chemistry Department last yea analyzed flour made from four diffen ent grades of wheat grown in the North west. There was a difference of many cents per bueliel in tbe market value o these wheats. and yet, after analysin the flour and having bread made from each of the different lots, it was found that the fourth grade made bread just as good, just as palatable, just its much bread per bushel of flour, and just as nutritious as the higher grade, but it was not so bright in color. The result of this analysis will enableepoor people, or peo pie in moderate eircurnstancee, to ge the best bread for their families at very much less than they have been paying. 7. Physics. In this department are taught the principles of soil cultivation and soil drainage. 8. Botany. in this department the subject of weeds and how to destroy them, the question of fungous growth, and when sold how to spray to extermin- ate them, the importance of growing grassee and clovers, and such things are taken up and discussed. Ct. Entomology. Again, millions of dollars are lost every year by insect de- predation. Only by studying the life history and habits of an insect can it be properly combated. 10. Poultry. Chickens used to sell anywhere .on the market from 20 to no cents a piece. To -day they bring three times that amount, where they helve been properly fed, killed and dressed. We have no trouble in disposing of our poul- try here at from 12 to 15 cents a pound dressed, aud our students are taught how to breed and feed so as to obtain these results, We have four different styles of poultry houses, to test the effects of heat, and cold on the egg -laying pro- clivities; hence we find that the cold- est and therefore the cheapest Lowe, is the best, and that fresh air, not warm air, is essential to good egg production. 11. Macdonald Institute. Tliree things are taught: Domestic Science, Manual Training, and Nature Study. In Domestic Science there were 300 girls in attendance last year, each one being obliged to learn cooking, sewing, and laundry work. In a Province where over 90 per cent. of the women do their own housework, what a blessing it would be if they were all properly trained for their daily duties. Manual Training makes boys and girls handy in the use of simple tools, and Nature Study, which is really elementary agriculture, helps teachers to the extent that they may return and give to their pupils an educa- tion that will more nearly fit them for the earning of their daily bread. The college is then doing three things: First, fitting boys and girls for their life work on the farm; second, by expe- rimenting along different lines it is sav- ing the farmers anillions of dollars each year by securing for them exact data in reference to the value of different farm mops, farm animals, ancl so forth; and Third, by the writing and publica- tion of bulletins and reports, the farm- er is supplied in his own home with re- liable information in reference to his business. • • impoyortsitog Soli r Impoverished soil, like irnpov- erisbed blood, needs a proper fertilizer. A. chemist by analyz- r. ing the soil can tell you what -1 fertilizer to use for different f I products, - When Male Vanity Shows Itself. (Atchison, Kan., Globe.) After a mran has been told that his hair is getting thin en Op for the first time in his life he finds out how to handle a hand glass. THE SETTING HEN—Her failures have discouraged many a poultry raiser. You can maks money 3. raisind chicks in the ridht way—lots of it. No one doubtathat per° is monody raistng chickens with a good =abater an Brooder. Veers of the Chatham Incubator and Brooder re all made money% If you still cling to the idea that you can sficoesefully run a poultry winos using the hen as a hatcher, we would like tom:ion with you. In the first place, we oan prove to you that your actual cash loss in oggs, which tho 20 hons should lay during tho time you keep theta hatching and brooding, will be enough to pay fora Chatham Incubator and Brooder in live or siglatehes, to say nothing whateeor of tho larger and bettor results attained by the use of the Chatham. Inoubator and Brooder. If you allow a hon to set, you lose at least 0401 weeks of IdYing (three weeks hatching and five weeks taking care of the chickens), or ay1n the eight svcoks sho would lay at least throe dozen one. Let tho Chatham Incubator on the hatching, while the hen goes on laying ma. The Chatham Incubator and Brooder has created a New Era in Poultry Raising. The setting Hen as a Hatcher has been proven a Commercial Failure. The Chatham Incubator and Brooder has always proved a Money Maker. A Lidht, Pleasant and Profit. able Business for Women Many women aro toalay making an Inde. pendent living and putting by money every month raising poultry with a Chatham Incu- bator. Any woman with a little lehture time at her disposal can, without any previous etperience or evithout a cent of cash, begin the poultry businces and make money right from the start. Perhaps you have a friend who is doing so. If not, we can givo you the names of many who started with much misgiving only to be sur- prised by tho ease and rapidity with which the profits came to them. Of courso,_ success depends on getting a right start. You must begin right. You can novor Make any considerable money fie a poultry raiser with hens as hatchers. You must have a good Incubator and Brooder, but Our No, 3 Incubator will hatch as many eggs this naeans in tho ordinary way an investment M twenty setting hens, and do it bettor. Now, which, perhaps you aro not prepared to make berets a question in arithmetic :— just now, and this is just where our special If you keep 20 hens from laying, offer conies in. for ti• weeks, bow much cash do 3 If you are in earnest, we will set you up in 1 you loim if each hen would have the poultry business without a cent of cash laid 3 dozen eggs, and eggs aro down. If we were not sure that the Chatham worth lb cents por dozen? Ans.—$9.00. Incubator and Brooder is tho best and that Therefore, when the Chatham Inoubator ie with it and a reasonable amount of effort on hatching the number of ware that twenty hens your part you are Sure to make money, svo would hatch, 11 18 really cern mg in cash for you would not make the special offer below. ty9.00, the wholesale, and being ready to do tho besides producing' for your profit °hicks same thing over again the moment each hatch le oat • Don't you think, therefore, that it pays to keep the hens laying and let the Chatham Tneubstor do tho hatehinel There aro many other reason why the ; Chatham Incubator and Brooder outclasses ; tho setting hen. The hen sets stioon sho is ready. The Chat- hatn Ineuhfitor is always read'y. By planning to take etre h toh at the right time You rnaY have plenty oi broilers to soli when broilers . aro ammo and prices at tho top nott.h. If you A. CHATHAM . !fullers just whon every other hon's chicks aro , ' epend on tho bon, Your chicks will grow to . aloft marketed, and when the price is not so _ OW L I NCUBATOR ii Thelion is a careless mother, often leading her ' chicks amongst wet grass, bushes, and in piaoes t where rats can confiscate her young.___ a ohiok, Very rarely- o rmother and. y' Tho Chatham Brooder behavee itsolf„is a - an d OODER pefect and Is not infested with lice. • Altogether, there is absolutely no reasonable • as . B reason for continuing the use of a hen as a hatcher and every reason wiry you should . You Pay us no Cash have a Chatham Incubator And Brooder. We are makiug a very etiocial otter, which ' . Nth s r it will pay you to investigate. ! ..itiil After 1906 Harvest , • . 9 , Small Premises Sufficient . . n e For Poultry Raisind. . , ., .. P Of course, If you have Iota of realm, so much • oilAntlomen,—Your No. 1 Incubator is all t the better, but many 0. than and woman are right, 1 ana. perfectly eatisfied with it. Will 0 Ono, , earrying on a sumassful awl profitable pore e' et, a legtamoopger onLindsaym y e from one" n neat n year. . M. P abusiness in la Mall city Or tOivn lot. An ni reek): a fair Sized stable or •shed and a mail ' " ' ' i yard 0411 raise poultry prOiltably. . "Gm' ontleop —I think both Incubator and t P But to mire Mehtdalialekly, You Must sigob !Rader is ellright. X get 75 per cent. oat oc a - away frOra the Old idea of tryingto do busin sa Logo 6 hatches. ILK PLIIIIINO, Platteville, OW a 1, Witb !letting hone as hatom, You must get a . tion_tienten,--t bee never seen on inenbator Chitthain Inchbatorand Brooder. Wail I received yours. I WAS pleased and sin, c. , 11'd bnable eiterYbody te get a fair stub in tho eeatistel to got over 89 per cent., and the chickens a aVt •way in the poultry business, we ma 0 %aro all strong and healthy. A ehild could 't oey epoelaL pose 'which it Is worth your operate nutehine successfully. Sas. DAY,Rath. t well, Man. s while to investigate. t / 3Ve can imply yen ettokly from onr distributinn warehonses at Calgary, Prendon, Reginfti 1 ; Halifax, Chatham. Peet/Cos at CillenTAM, Ost, and Dcruoir, Mimi. WE WILL SHIP NOW TO YOUR STATION FREIGHT PREPAID No. 1— E0 Eggs No. 2-120 Eggs llo. 3-240 Eggs THE CHATHd4.111.INCUBA TOR—Ile success has encouraged many to tnahe more money than they ever thought possible oul of chicks. Every Farmer Should Raise Poultry Almost every farmer "keeps hens," but,while he knows that there is a certain amount of profit In the business, even when lotting it take care oettself, few farmers aro aware of how much they ale Ioaing every year by not get ng into the poultry business in such a way as to make real money out 02 11. The setting hen as a hateher will never be a commercial success. Her business is to lay eggs and she should be kept at it. The only way to raise chicks for profit is to begin right, 1:y1i:stalling a Chatham Incubator and 13rood.er. With such a machine you can begin hatching on a largo scale at any time. You can only get ono crop off your fields in a year, but with a Chatham Incubator and Brooder and ordinary attention, you can raise chickens from early Spring until Winter and have a crop every mouth. Think of it 1 Quite a few farmers have discovered that there is money in tho poultry business and have found this branch of farming so profitable that they have installed eoveral Chatham Ineeba- tors andBrooders after trying the first. tt- Perhaps you think that it requires a groat deal of time or a great deal of technical know- ledge to raise chickens with a Chatham Incu- bator and Brooder. If so, you are greatly mis- taken. , Your wife or daughter can attend to the machine and look after tho chickens with- out interfering with their regular household duties. The tnarket is always good and prices aro never low. The demand is always in excess of the supply and at certain times of the year you canpractically _get any price you care to ask for good broilers. With a Chatham Incubator and Brooder you can start hatching at the right time to bring the chickens to tnarketa lo broilers when the supply is very losv and the i prices accordingly high. This you could never do with hens as hatchere. Wo know that there is money in the poultry business for every farmer who will go about it ight. All you have to do Is to get a Chatham neuhator and Brooder and start it. But per. aps you aro not prepared jut now to spend he money. This is why we make the special ffer. IS THIS FAIR? We know there is money in raising chicken& We know the Chatham Inottbator and rooder has no equal, We know that with any reasonable effort an our part, you cannot but make money out of he Chatham Ineubator and Brooder. Wo know that wo xnado a similar offer last 00.1 0.11(1 that In every ease the payments wore let cheerfullyand promptly, and that In many ases money was aecorupanied by letters ex. ' laming satisfaction, 'Thereforewe have no hesitation In making hie proposition to every honest, earnest man r woman who may wish to told to their yearly rofits with a small expenditure of time and This really moans that eve will sot you up in he poultry business so that you eon make toner right from the start, without asking for single coot front you until after 1000 harveet. wo know of a fairer offer. Wewouldrnakeit. write es a post tiara with your nams and and we will itentlyou full partical.m.as yell as our beautifully Mistretta bre*, How o make money out of chicks.' Write to -day o Chathona. Vineipeg, New Westntinster,11.C., Montreal, 612 tro, The MANSON CAMPBELL I, lied, Dept. No. 33 CHATHAM, CANADA. Greea—"I think she's a poem; yes, sir, a perfect poem." If your blood is impoverished your doctor will tell you what you need to fertilize it and give it the rich, red corpuscles that are lacking in it. It may be you need a tonic, but more likely you need a concentrated fat food, and fat is the element lacking in your system. There is no fat food that is so easily digested and assimi- lated as Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil It will nourish and strengthen the body when milk and cream fail, to do it. Scott's Emulsion is always the same; always palatable and always beneficial where the body is wasting from any cause, either in children or adults. We will send you a sample free. Be sure that this pio- ture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emul- sion you buy. SCOTT & DOZE CHEMISTS TIIi000, Onto 50c. and $1.00. sill Druggists - SOME CHICAGO DON'TS. As the city police do not provide suf- ficient protection, residents of Chicago have been compelled to establish private police forces, each of which guards a small neighborhood. As an outgrowth of this need of self-protection the Chi- cago resident has enforced upon him a list of don'ts of which the following is a sample: Don't let mail accumulate in vestibule mail boxes. Have the janitor remove it when you are away or it will serve as a notice to flat workers that you are out and the coast is clear. Don't leave directions to your grocer on the hack door. This is another tip to the burglar that you are out. ' Don't open the door to any one after dark without knowing who it is. Call through the tube or aek behind the locked door. Don't trust a straoger because he is well dressed. The immaculate thief is dangerous; the ragged one is generally luermless. Don't trust the locks'. Most apartment locks are toys; a burglar can jimmy them in half a minute without noise, Get special bolts. Don't leave the house without making sure that all windows are fastened. Leave all curtains up, with possible exception of bedroom. This often fools a burglar. Don't be impolite to a burglar if you find one in the house. Invite him to take it all, and the first chance you get run to a neighbor and call the police. Don't scream in the presence of a burg- lar or a hold-up man. If he is an ama- teur he may lose his presence of mind and hurt you. Don't walk close to a building after dark; give an alley a good margin. These are all very well as far as they go, but we can suggest just one which would make all the others unnecessary It is this: Don't live in Chicago.H [E - ROSY-CKED BABIES. Nothing in the world is such a comfort and joy as a healthy, hearty, rosy -cheek - ed, happy baby. But the price of baby's health and happiness is constant vigi- lance on the mother's part. The little • ills of babyhood come suddenly, and the wise mother will always be in a position to treat them at onee. In promptly re- lieving and curing the ills of babyhood and childhood, no other medicine can equal Baby's Own Tablets, and they are guaranteed absolutely free from opiates and harmful drugs. Mrs. Win. Sinclair, Hebron, N. B., says: "Baby's Own Tab- lets are the best medicine I know of for curing the ills of young children. I al- ways keep the Tablets in the house, and do not know how I couldget along with- out them." Sold by all dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box, from The Dr, Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. - - WESTERN ASSURANCE REPORT. Annual Statement Shows Company to be Enjoying Prosperity. The annual statement of the West- ern Assurance Company will be found In another part of to -day's issue, and will be soon to be one that does much credit to this progressive company. The year's traneactions resulted in $80,340.12 being devoted to dividends, and $133,254.09 added to the reserve Lund, which now amounts to $1,742,- 020.42. The liability for unearned. pre- miums on unexpired risks is estimat- ed at $1,322,183.46. By deducting this sum from the reserve it is wen that pets) is a surplus over capital and all abilitsea amounting to $419,836.00. The fire premiums during the year amounted, to $2,888,500.34, and the ma- rine premiums to $705,764. The fire losses wera $1,547,900.20, mid the mas rine lasses $665,157.57. The excellent list of assets which is published in the minuet statement shown that almost on -third of them consist of munici- pal bonds and debentures. And Perhaps Wordy, ' I3rown—"What do you think of my 'if " 1. 4o.inhoon•momp IA/NI s quote You pr oes op a good Fanning Mill * Or good Farm Scala,A I Browri—"Huniphl More like an article by Henry James. I'm blotved if I Can Una derstand her." t An Exhaordinary Prize Competition. In the usual run of prize competitions only two or three lucky persons get Af any- thing for their efforts, ter days and days, it may be, of hard work, the great mass of competitors wake up to find that their efforts have heon fruitless. To all such it is a disappointment and to many a heartbreak. The best feature about the prize com- petition which the MacLean Publishing Company have inaugtn•ated in connec- tion with The Busy Alan's Magaziro, is that everybody gets a reward for his or her work. To him or her will be offered one of three unique prizes —a four years' course at any Canadian University or educational institution with all ex_pcxis- es paid, a free trip around the world, or one thousand dollars in gold. In addition there will be a great malty more prizes, which can easily be won by any competitor, These are over and above O reward, in the shape of a money pay - Ment, to everybody who enters the cosa- PeTtiltiieonilacLean Publishing Company, through whose enterprise The Busy Man's Magazine is being pushed to the front among prosent day periodicals, are papersperhap.w s better known to the public as I the publishers of Canadian trade news. All interested in this competition should write for partreuTars to the near- est office of the MacLean Publishing Co. Limited. I ; OIL ALWAYS SCENTED, Kind Used to Lubricate the Dentist's Tools is Perfumed. (New York Sun.) we don't perfume axle grease, nor do we scent the oil used on the journals of freight cars," said the dealer, "but there is one lubricating oil that we do scent, and that is the fine oil used on dentists' drills. "Such drills, tiny little drills of beautiful workmanship, are made nowa- days for use in every possible position. There are drills that project from the shaft at a right angle, this being male possible by the daintiest little bevel gear- ing you ever saw within the drill head. Others are set at an obtuse angle and others, again, are set at an acute angle. _ Society Scandal. (Baltimore American.) "Did. you hear that young Charlie Blank Ls paying devoted atte.ntion to a handsome young married woman?" "Dear mo, no. Who is "ILis wife," GROWING BOYS Need an Cocas ionol Tonic tolifain tabs Strength and Keep the Skin Clear. On every side one vas young men and growing boys with pale, pasty complex- ions, their faces covered with pimples and their gait aluembling and listless.- Such a condition is •extreinely dangerous —the blood is out of order—n. complete breakdown may result. To put matters right; to give that spring to the etep; that clearness to the skin and that glow of active .health to the face, a tonic is needed—Dr. 'Williams' Pink Elle are needed. As proof of thits, Mr. Charles Diefenthal, 12 St. Ureule street, Quebec, says: "Frequently my studies necessi- tated my remaining up until a, late haw. The result was that my system gradually weakened, and in, December, 1903, I seemed to collapse. I was oompletely run down and went under the rare of a doctor, but instead of gaining strength, I seemed to grow weaker. I could not take solid .food, did not sleep' well, and weakening night swiertas gave me further cause for alarm. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were brought to my naive and I began their use. Almost from. the outset they aeemed to help me, but it was some weeks before there was a ma- terial change for the better. Frem that on, however, recovery was rapid, and in a couple of months I was as well as ever I had been, and able to restage my stiEdvieersc dose of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills makes new, rich, red, blood; every drop of ,piire blood gives strength and vitality to the whole system, and tivi.9 strength brings health. That is why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure such eases as anaemia, all etoentich and kidney trou- bles, St. Vitus' dance, heart palpitation, the afifictions known only to growing girls end womend. , ana host of other ailments from which both young and old i suffer through bred blood. Sold, by deal- ers in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes. for $2.50, from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 4 ; Mackintosh of 11/fackintosh. The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, who succeeds the late Lochiel as Lord Lieu- tenant of Inverness-shire, is the head of the Clan Chattan, one of the most fam- ous Scottish clans, which has existed for about five hundred years. Moy Hall, the beautiful Inverness-shire home of the Mackintosh, is a fine place, with a splen- did shooting, which the Prince of Wales greatly enjoyed this autumn when he was the guest of this famous Scottish chieftain. The Mackintosh keeps up the customs of his country; he always wears akilt when in the north, and every morn- ing at Meg. Hall the piper marches round the house playing Scottish airs, whilst in the evening after dinner the piper plays in the dining mom. In the library stands the table at, which Prince Charlie dined the night before the battle of Culloden. About Monuments. (Chicago Chronicle.) 'Mier meImweei, clerk et the home in Washington, was chatting with some other rennreyeantan on the proposal to ereot a statue to Senator Quay in Harrisburg. I an oPPostel," sedd the major, "to Ole business of building unsightly things omitted monument to the inomory of other mortals. The groat - eat mistake of al/ Is for the friends of the man wao has g011.0 to eay whether be shall not have a memorial of that kind. When a 1 man Is dead the proper thing to de is to • place a beavy Mal: over him, ornamented ' with a hand, over an. !Inscription, 'Cone home.' Let the floors be well turned In every direetion, and then let every man make a is own Inferenee es to the direction taken by tho departed." Many an elopement is really planned by the girl's parents. WEg' 7..1-1RN ASSUR7k71.t;CE CO. FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL STATEMENT 31st Docember, 1905 ASSMS, United, States and &Mta BO:a2s..3 167412 00 Dominion of Canada !Stook .... 05,050 00 Bank Loan Company anti otber Stoelcs 425,60$ 05 OomPany Building.% 110,000 00 :Municipal 1:10,1141A, and Deaeaturee L126,140 33 Itallrawl Borate 403,543 04 Cash on Band and ea Dopeait.. 2,875 , Wile Ile:dyable .. 28,450 tO Mortgagee 20,100 00 1)uo front Other Companies (nee odsurancea) .. .... 160,54S 36 Tulare:a Duo end Ace/rued 21,783 05 Orflee Furniture, map*, loans!, 34,126 47 Agents' Balanees and f;tutilrY Ac- counts .. • . .. • . • .. 515,714 CC I 13,451,077 28 ; Caldtal 0.d 6.0 SOO Odod 41041 Reserve Fund • • • • • • • • • • • • Cepttal Stock .. 4. Leases under Adithament 175,15584 Dividend paratile Jan- Ms 1904 0,0711 Iteeerve ruact .. et • te 1.742,cs0 IS OOOOO "OS did Oome et ee eo Security to Policyholders .......... Losses paid from the organization of the Company to date ... ...... .• DIRECTORATE: Hon. Om A. Cox, President; J. J. Kenny, Vice-Presideet and Managing Director; lion. S. C. Wood, H. N. Bair, 434;0. R. R. Cockburn, W. R. Brock, Geo. Alelfurrich, J. K. Osborne, E. It. Wood. A481,07713 , *1,500,000 00 , 1,742,020 42 ,.,.*3,242%020 42 . 443,012,087 45 Grand Prize Competition A choice of which wo offer to the Indi— a FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY COURSE ssludbusictilipstrounrsindgurtilnIge 1170g6estto number of A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD o r $1,000_ IN CI 0 t. n THE BUSY MAN'S 1116AZINE In addition to these prizes there are many others. Every competitor can win one. A cash commission will be giveu on every subscription taken, every one being paid for his or her work. THE BUSY MAN'S MAGAZINE is unlike any other, its contents are a careful selection frein the Lest that appears in the leading publicationof the world. It is published by the proprietors of The Canadian Grocer, Hardware and Metal, Canadian Afaekinery, The Dry Goods Review and other suecoseful papers—and who are Canade's leading publishers. Subsciptions are not difficult to secure—a bank clerk be Ontario took 25 in one week by writing to his fricmds. "THE 131.7SY 'MAWS ItAGAZINZ Is the hest 1 Inv,' ewe bed ter pewee* of readlaz" 3. W. Wynn, Bator Yorkton Zutorpriatt Send postal for particulars of competition to our nearest office. DO IT NOW. It may mean a glorious change in your career. THE MacLEAN PUBLISHING CO., Limited, I/iontreal Toronto Winnipeg or London Eng. BRITISH AMERICAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT. 31st December, 1905 ASSETS. Malted States Govarnmeat end. .ktate Bonds .. .... • • .. • • $ Muntetpal 1.1ounh, Lown & .Savings Company Bonds Reldavay Bonds .. Other stogie awe Bones Real Etitabe— Ocerspan.y's Building °Mee Furniture Agents' Balances Cash en Hand and en Deposit .. mks Receivable ,. hat:artist duo and accruodi CaoStal Stock Subsorib- 140,303 00 ed 3250,000 00 71.1.0.19 11 Lem Calls tamemo of payndeut .... 1,773 43 848,213 64 LOnsui under addustment 144,=6 65 Dividend No. 124, payable Joaett- ary 6th, 25,274 68 140,000 00 rterserve Pend 1,101,307 811 24,732 F.1 248,102 13 176,752 87 .6.4n2 52 18,000 27 201,2.91 20 151,,000 20 141,201 00 KI12,347 89 Capital ... ............. .............. • • • • • • • • • • .$ Reserve Feed. ......... . . ............ .1:2,119,347 69 850,000 00 1,101,607 80 Security to Policyholders .......... ....... .$ 1,951,607 SO Losses paid from the organinatimi of' the Company to date... .... $27,383,008 04 DIRECTORATE: lion. Geo. A. Cox, President, J. J. Kenny, Vice -President and Managing Director. Augustus Myers, Hon. S. C. Wood. Thomas Long, Robert Jaffrey, John Hoe - kin, K. C., LL. D., Sir U. M. Pellett, E. W. Cox. P. 11. SIMS, Secretary. Offices: Con Front and Scott streets, Toronto, Ont. ME BUCKING BRONG-10 -- HOW THE MASTER RIDER MOUNTS . THE WICKED BRUTE, (N. 0. Wyetsh In March Scribner's.) By now we had all "saddled up" and mounted, cave "The Swede." He was very short, with a long body and bowed legs; his hair and eyebrows light against the burned red of the face. His belt hung very low on the hips, and the blue jeans were turned up nearly to the knee. The ribbon of his high -crowned felt hat was bordered by the red ends of inany matches and he wore a new white silk handkerchief that hung like a bib over We watched him as the led his mount into "open country." for the horse was known to be "bad." His name was "Billy Hell," and he looked -every bit of that. Ile was white, of poor breed, and prob- ably from the north. 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