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Exeter Times, 1908-06-25, Page 2♦♦♦♦♦♦*e****♦1♦♦ii♦♦i444♦i♦♦-i*♦44H•*i♦1-i A Broken Vow ; -OR BETTER REVENGE. BETTER 'THAN REVENGE• CIIAPI'EIt XVI.--(Cont:nucd). in the room than he disappeared like a Victor Kelman shrugged his shoulders. flash: the next moment a resounding "Quito impossib'o W say, my dear Mrs. knock wa ts,'' heard dens, lhOli a rhad risen Phiir .s;' he sa'd. "suttee a teal obis boy s pN Leae Into extravagance, be-4ami ringfeet, w•hnt was going to quite lrappen, cu►iwo ht Lelieves Ubat mora money is Several things happened. In the first coining to him -from Aunt Phipps. Now pe o, Odley knoceed at the dour of the my dear lady, k1 me ae;urerri ycuyou that 1 rc^m nn her blundering fashion and an - 'some here only as a triubd--artd his. 1 flounced that kir. Kelman wished to lett entrely on the side of the angels, sploak to Mrs. Phipps. Scarcely had OM 1 a,ru fighting against fraud, and s Odky got those words out than alk wu.4 dhooting, fwd :n fact everything that is Lensed away fsvn the ucwr---lf Fuel► a strong. 1 Wye this young man; we aro phis a is allow•uble int the case of a por- planet catty es broth:•rs; and I cannot van so bulky -4111d was replaced by Vise stand sill aid bee him ruined and his lee spoilt. Yeti must declare yoiirsell; you must tell him the truth." 'You are a good man. sail poor Aunt Phipps, looking round about her 1%000081y, "and I'm sure 1 can't dos bet- ter than to guided by you. my cowardice at the first; but I've been so frightened since poor Phipps died; and he wou'd never let me rely .-n my- self, • ven when he was olive. D recey wo w.ro married he very kindly look charge of all my money and my secure tea' said he wouldn't havo his pet wor- ried with such things." She daboed her eyes again, and began to look about Ger her bonnet. 9'1 cone with you at once," she said. "You see, the diftcult Ls, my dear Mrs. Phipps," sad Vicar, smiling to think how easily he had gained 'his pent, and determined, if possible, to )(hake h s ease seeing• r` -"this rnfsgu ded boy has eotua'1y fallen in love -probably on the strength of h'.s expoclat1ons from you.,, Aunt Phipps stopped suddenly and booked at him; came a tittle nearer, and seemed, to his consternation, to hesi- tate in that first plan of searching for her benne. "Fallen in love," she re- peated, In a dull voice. "I remember new; ho wrote that to poor Phipps. 1 !lad forgottii." She looked about her In that dezd fashion ogaln, and laugh- ed a Jttt'.e bitterly. "And there's such n little love in the world -Vine there?" she want on, as it speaking to herself. "Tho boy in love -and the girl, !71 warrant, worthy of him -as sweet and good as he would wish her to be --eh?" "Yee --the most adorable of her sex!" exclaimed Victor, with a esrnile. "Come weekly," said Aunt Phipps, finding her bonnet at last, and putting it on all on ono side. "I have delayed loo long; there's not any more t leo to be Wet. Tell me," -Aunt Phipps beat het paters t-)gi tbor in her anxiety, and stared up Into 110 man's taco -"does also ca•e kar hien?' "There has been a temporary estrange- mene-ohle4ly owing to this affair of tho mony," sand Victor. "Aunt Phipps shall set that right, said trio old woman; and want at a ee told anyone your name?" great rate out. of the room, and .tow•n the seers, followed by the wondering Vice r Kcbnan. tc • Kelman h•nn'rpt. Victor ihiu9t his head tound the door tale of disaster; and this %mean had -blew a ki.s.s from the tsps of his fingers stepped in, and taken her place and her towarvis the stern -looking figure in the naive, and had been able actually to midd'o of the rcom, and smekd gleefully. help him. A great toad was lifted from "My sweetest -what a delightful aur the shoulders of this woman whoa toad prase! May 1 Dome in -and may I bring sways been totally unlit to bear any a vis 'or? Don't answer in a hurry, my burden at all. dear, because you might not exactly "Gert ups' exclaimed Olive, in n whis- w•nnt to see the visitor. 1f you'd only per, "You don't understand what you're k. -, t. faith with me! -but then, you're, a s:ying; you havo been shut away, and woman -a sweet, inscrutable woman. have not known all that's been going Goma forward, dear lady,'' -he address- on. I am not dealing clone in this mate ed semoone behind him -"and let me ter, and 1 tell you that there is danger complete the happy scene, as they used in 1r this nephew of yours, as well to ray in the charming old romances." t fo ss for the girl. ! ought never to have With something of un air, he flung eemo hero at all; I ought le have let open the door, and revealed the tremb you be treught back here, to take your I.ng, smiling figure et old Aunt Phipps. propor place. The boy is living in a took that she hesitated, he her fool's loat\hdise; he is surrounded by ane by 143 hand and led her into the room. roles, of whom 1 am not Iho least. Shake closed the door, and then, glancing yeense:f together, Mrs. Phipps, and un- smilingly from ono to the other, waited derstand what I'm shying. fir the fun to commence. In the midst el understand 11 well enough," said of one of of his smiles he enoountered Aunt Phipps, who had risen to her foot, the stern, strong gaze of Olive Varney; and was putting away her black -border - end the smile faded from his face, and ed randkerchl.lf with an air of finality he began to look a little sheep's's. whish sunned to suggest that she would "Mrs. Phipps and I havo someth.ng to never want it again. "What use should say to each other," saki Olive icily. I be, corning back here as Aunt Phipps; "You havo performed your errand very hew could I stand against ha enemies? well, Victor Kelman, but even the best You aro strong and brave and fine; even you if it ca et nerseengor8 sometimea3 blunder, and dear Phipps wouktn'l have been labia to get aro so Oliver' over -zealous." ovcanto to a tule. You'ress "My Ohe protested feebly. the right Aunt Phipps for the boy; 1 "I repeat that you have done well, was never any good et all. Don't de - Mr Kelman; but you do not know when seri him now -don't give him up; it was y(.0 have done enough, and when you the finest thing you ever did in your life, oro in the way. 1 should like to see you presently -but not now." troy dear. 1 don't even know who you arc -and that's a funny thong whin you Feebly protooting that i1 was unfair,celne ok it -but lucki- and That she was not playing Iho game `si dayto oflomyat life wheitnwas 1 ntetthe you. proeorly and with a due regard tea the Aunt Phipps,' -with a conical littlo-gri- oomie side of the bus'ness, Mr. Victor mace this strange old w•anan teemed to Kelman grumbingly withdrew, and lett transfer the name she had borne wit. the two women alone. No sooner had tingly enough to the younger woman - the dear cloud, than Olive almost enough re the finest friend the boy could sprang et the hale old woman, and caught her by the shoulders. have; and i wouldn't havo been a bit of geed. Say yowl! keep the name, my "Quick!-havo you seen anyone? -in dear; it was never any good to mo real - this house, I mean?' ly, and has brought me a heap of trou- "Only awoman who opened the door," ble in my time. Even poor Phipps didn't said Aunt Phipps, looking with a start- lee it --but then he was born with ite "Deet anyone know wlao pou aro? Has face at the younger wonlun. Say you will, my dear!" 'There's something to bo put right,' said Olive slowly, half to herseU. "But 1 haven't your heart, Aunt ,Phip `A I've been trained In the wrong Y, yeti poor soult"-she Pok the old face between her hands for a moment, and looked down into the weak eyes -"what a brute that Phipps must have been! Are al men like that, I wonder? They wen to le, se far as I've met them." "Don't you believe it, my dear," said Aunt I'hepps br.ghtiy. "They're not a lead lot, but they've got !herr little ways, poor things. Phipps had a deal too many, perhaps, kr my comfort; but then they're not all like "Well, I'll keep up the masquerade for a time,' said Olive slowly. "I'll be Aunt Phippes; i suppose I must. I've beed driven Mei a corner, but that wasn't exactly my fault. Tho only thing is," she added whimsically, with a smile flit- ting acr:.ss Iver face, "Whet are you to be? There's a brute outs do the door there whos got to be silenord, end we've gra to account for you. Who ere you?" "I'm the friend,' said the old lady, gleefully clapping her hands. 'That's it; I'm the trend. No name inen'i•meet. my dear, and ns 111110 as pos•Ible sad about It. If Aunt Phipps can't havo a friend, that's nixed with the best and ridden In her carriage, 1 don't know who can. That's what it'll be, my dear --Im Aunt Phipps' friend." "I'll do this on one condit'on," said 01 ve. "There's something 1 have to put right here, though heaven only knows hew .it's to be duiie. Promise mo -swear k• me -that when the time oornos that I need you -when I want to turn my back on this business, and get away from it ell, and forget it-ew.'ar to ane that then yoi'll oome back, and say who you are. It won't bo long; but you must be ready when 1 want you." "1 can 1. my dear," said the old lady. "\tach b••t'er leave it es it is, and not drag me into it," she pleaded. "Very well, then; 1'I1 have nothing M to with it," said Olive quietly. "1 hoar enuonn coming; I shall say who you are, and end the business at once." "No -no -no, may dear -don't do thetl" whirs{ eri el the old woman. "II do It; ewer I'll be ready when you call upon me. "e. ' . nd; it's calmly. Mr. VGeier Kelman, after knocking meetly, put his head In at the door. ' 1'oultl and beauty has suddenly enter- o : the house."' he saki, with a grin, "and demands to know --though not in so many words --what the little gime is. l4 uth and beauty is behind n:e at the moment. Swint Aunt Phipps," -she k,oked towards the old Indy--"+nay we come in?" Ile came in. followed by Lucy Ewing. There must have been more in that queer, shrivelled old woman than any- one had suspected; for ebo seemed to know In a moment that this was the i ne girl the world held at that moment. She came forward with a smite, and held out her hand. Lucy, looking at Ler In perplexity, glanced past her al "Yost have waiting to see nue Mrs. Philips," she saki. "1111 /.eery for that; is anything the matter?' Oh -my dear -1 do un•.terstend; 1 can see now whet 11 alt moans!' She was dancing about in a feeble, jerky fashion, clepp ng her hands to- gether, and actu•illy laughing. That old suspicion that she Was rttue►a than a tittle niad enteral erten lulu the mind of Ol:vo Varney; she looked at the ell wo- man In trowneig ieri.lex•ty. " Vlty--what is the matte with youe' she demanded "1 see it all --I shall never bo able to thank you,'' excla:reed Aunt Phipps, be- ginning W cry again in the mtdst of her lought:r•. "You knew 1 was afraid to cone to soo the buy, and you know hew enx nus I was, and h .w 1 would have given hint his fortune if 1 could. So you carne --not only as my messen- ger, but pretending phut you were the real Aunt Phipps. Oh, It's leautiful -- b•autifutt And you gave hien money, too -and liflod all the burden off my shoulder,. Oh, what can I do -how can I thank you! If only Phipps were alivol" The weeping, hysterical old creature was actually down on her turves on the floor, fondling tho hand of Olive she eel manag:d le catch, and murmuring over and over again that she never should be able to thank her. In truth, the relief to Aunt 4'hlpes was greater than can readily he imag- ined. Sho hod feared to oome to the ,pluoe, and to fano the boy with that "My dear child," said Viler Kerman, bustling ferwad, "there has been a lib tie discrepancy -w hat I might call a itt- t i slip, as it were, in regard to flus qu•sttm of aunts. You (neg.ne at rha cement that you aro addressing Aunt Phipps- whereas, to be strictly ac - cu ra to ---" "And I would the to know, s•r, what °TIIE CANADIAN ORDER OF FORES PERS you eartdcu!arty have to say about the mutter?' exclaimed the old lady, with an energy which was surpre ng. "it this young lady knows who Aunt Phipps is. and likes to speak to her, 1 don't see what you have to do with it. And a lucky boy 1t is, my deer," added Aunt Phipps, turning to the g:rl--"a very lucky boy it is that finds such an aunt as that. She glanced quickly et Olive as she spoke. "But, my dear lady—" began Vic- tor. "You know nothing about )t," snap- ped the old lady. "You've got mixed; Phipps was like that sometines--at least so Aunt Phipps has told me," she stam- meroel nervously. "lin Aunt Phipps' friend -only that. Always a friend, my dear.' sho added, taking tie girls handl in hers. (To be Cent nueed.) CHAPTER XVIi. Olive Verney did not travel far on that journey into the Land of Forgetful - nem. For those who have travelled that r ail know that it Is a curiously straight ono, and that ono must perforce took lxbdk, again and again, to see the th:ngs Mat s!ould leo forgotten; and the wind en flint mai blows always from the things that have been eft behind. and harries clearly and distinctly the sounds of old voices -the notes of old muska- tvon the very scent of forgotten days. it Ls a long journey to the Land of For- getfulness. 01.ve did but make a start; she came beck again. The battle she had thought had bon fought out was but halt corn - plated; the vow made te her father sill) called to her, although with a more un - Certain voice. She Lagan le unite rstanil that she could not days out of the busi- /lraa in a mem, nt in this fashion; she Lo- gan to dread what the roal Aw4t Phipps Might do -al -ova all, what that arch mlachlet-maker, Victor Kelman, might do, with the feed to himself. So it happened that, after one rest'ess attempt to s'o:p in n strange hotel, and after walking about in curious parts of L. ndon, and after mitch herd think'ng, ire turned her face again in the dire:- ten irectt:en of Greenways' Gardens. She was hsunted by the remembrance of Lucy Ewing 8s she had last seen her; there was something unfinished abut tial-- soineUting not properly rounded oft. She meet Stn leek. how. ver reluctantly ter feel might move, to ane the girl. Se she came to Greenways' Gardens, end to No. 3. ()l'ey received her curl!/ enough, but did not refuse to adroit her. Odley was in n nun-mmmlttal 11:0a1, hit elle was still a little frightened at the Sestet of h'r recent drastic proceedings. "M ss I.ury is out. Mrs. Phipps." said 0.') y. 'i don't suppose you'll deny that Fir':: got a right to go out, if it suits Mu•,' she adeed nggrissively. elle a pity Miss I.n. y and me haverit been left /Ilene more than we hnve--though 1 sup• PASO, when you conte to lel npartments, j0.op'e ere shoved under your n•oltee that roulln't be it you WAS mere pr.vate. 11 may bring love into your I:le, but it floret bring seeetaction. if you Ike to wait, Mrs. i'hippa," ridded O,1My. Mop- ping aside. and spanking more graclous- 1;r. 'Mfrs Lucj will bn In wry shortly." Olive was eeenduc'ed into the little Ment r in% and at down them to await the return of the girl. ch' wilted quite a ling time end was growing impatient. when &he tecime aware of n sudden efirtotis darkening of the wndow .,f the nom. which was on n level with the street. Examining ln'o this curtous phenemenen more closely. she saw that a human leo!. cro,t ned w•.th a hat. and hav not n ch n on n level w:Ui Uue win - dew -8111. was reeved d close ngalnst the pane evlslees; and that n t slr of very Sharp oyes es re preterit into the room. The very sharp even belonged to Mr. Vi Her K•'Iman. fee) sooner die the so'► elk, was sl:L ng "No, my dear; it W89 to bo a surprise for the girl -and for the boy," said Aunt Phipps, scenting trouble ahead, and beginning to grope for her hand- keeshief.. "Oh, my dear -I do hope I haven t done anything wrong," she whimpered. "Phipps always said that 1 blundered In where 1 wasn't wanted, and never knew when i was wanted - which sounded liko a bit out of the prayers 1n church. But 1 thought it best, after all, that i should come back; Id been such a coward before," "You vo conte at the wrong time now,". said Olive, in a low voice. "1 was go- ing to bo strong and so firm," she ad- ded iniserab'y, stamping her foot impa- tiently, "and 1 w•es never corning into the business at all again. But 1 want to se her -this child Lucy -and 1 want to see her for once, if I can, so that she steel think i carry clean hands. 1 don't th nk I could bear to meet the repnoach In h•'r eyes to -day; I'm not so strong as I was. Dont you understand;''- ehe turned almost savagely on the Ba- ll.' black ligure>--"can't you sec what i mean?' "Not exactly, my dear,' faltered Aunt Phipps. "Of course, it I'm in the way-=' "Be qii et; Darn to me; try to under- stand what I'm spying. I nun known in this house -to the girl -to the ix y -- to Them all -by your name. lin Aunt PhF'• iprjas.a" moment the o'd woman watched Ili. younger one with a dazed expres- s.on on her face. Once or twice she moved her tips slightly, as though say- ing something over to herself. and striv- ing Laid to and r+land what that some- th ng was. 14t last she sho k her head helplessly, and laughed a little feebly. "i don't understand it," she said. "You are known as Aunt Phipps. Then what' - cho tou'hed hewn on the bre est. and s'are,l at Olive -"what nm 1?" "Oh. yes -i know; of course, 1 under. stand all that. Try In think what it means; 1 came hem ns your nu a -ngcr -to tell the, boy what you sere afraid le tell trim. But 1 didn't tell Wm, after all.'' "You mean he doesn't know yet?" ask- ed Aunt Phipps. "Oh, dear -oh, dear, -- and 've got to begin at 1)1' very login- ning. And you toll me -yon lot w you d d -that you hod broken It to 11 In, and that he had taken it very nicely." She hail found the handkerchief, and was ciyng softly, in quit, the old foshion. "There, don't ory," said Olive gently. "1 can't explain my rnolivo to you; suf- flee it Ihet May believe nue to .tis Aunt Plepes- (you remcmh'r that roe n•' heel ever seen you, no Ihst thee fraud vas espy) -end 1 am afraid to let thein knew anything else. 1 haven't told the boy dull his fortune Ls gone -and yet 1 have net wholly lel to h m, When 1 cane here first. ! gave him your 11 e sag.'-- that he was pannik s-.; afterwards I was for- tunate enough to get sane money into my hands --ane 1 gave him that. 1 bpd h'm that 1 had cane that to try h m. So that you sec I did mere for hint than you could have done." "I with 1 understood why yeti did it," said Aunt Phipps, with a feeble shako . f the head. "I wish 1 knew why BITS OF INFORMATION. Little Chucks of Knowledge About Most Eters thing. Some of the iceflelds of Greenland are believed to be a mile and a half in thick- ness. A cheque for $10, written on a atrlp of leaner, has been presented and cashed at a Pittsburg bank. In Persia the man who laughs is con- sidered effeminate, but free licence is given to female merriment. Criminals in Buenos Ayres who are sentenced to long terms of penal servi- tude are frequently released on parole per certain hours each day, so that their private business will not suffer. When the telephone wires are overland the speed of transmission is at the rate of 16,000 miles a second; where the wires are through cables under the sea the speed Ls only 0,020 miles a second. Robert P. Peters, of Sioux, Iowa, who hae just celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday, has been In the city police for seventy-five years, and claims the record as the oldest municipal officer in the Un- ited States. Miss Innes Schaeffer, a well-known leader of New York society, has joust paid $.1,000 for the famous English bulldog Mehemet. This lady is building kennels et her residence in Maryland which will coat $25,000. The Prinoe of Monaco possesses one of the most valuable collections of auto- graphs in the world. An entire wing of IILs Highness's palace at Monaco is re- served for the display of documents writ- ten by celebrltes. Navel experts put down the active life of a modern battleship at about fifteen years. A hundred years ego battleships lasted almost six times es long, and were on active service nearly the whole time of their commission. Whenever an Intoxicated man is con- veyed to the Denver Pollee Station his photograph is taken, and the next morn- ing; he is shown how he looked the night before. The photograph cure, the police say, Is ncoomplising wonders. Cyclists will be Interested to hear that a doctor has been investigating the pro- per nourishment for a longdislance ride, end has concluded that no inept or other nitrogenous food should be taken while doing the dny's work, but that the ideal refreshment is fruit and milk- csscd Exeter, England, hes long po.s the heaviest ringing peal of bells in the world. The tenor Grandison, so named after o former Bishop of the diocese, has been recast and its weight increased, so that It is now about 3 (ons 13 cwt., or, roughly, half a ton heavier than the ten- or of St. Paul's. A noted tem of fire-extinguisher man- ulaclurers in Finsbury Square, London, have decided that all their clerks, from doing extensive btstness In Germany, the office -boy upwards, must acquire a knowledge of German. Tuition is given in flint language during business hems. Half the staff collect to a room apart for an hour's instruction, at the end of which they resume their ordlnnry dtille_,, and the rest lake their turn in "going to school.' The railway stations of Berlin are shortly to be provlded wilt automatic machines which, on the insertion of two shillings and a penny, will deliver an umbrella. A ticket will also drop one, and, on presenting it within two days lo oi. entre of the automatic society, Is. 8,1, will be paid back in ret irn for the urn- brelln. A man eighty yenrs of age and n wo- man of seventy-two eloped fmm a hone for old people at Dornhirn, a little town near Bregenz, Germany, because They were refused permission to marry. A week after they relented to the es1nhlieli- ment, stating that they had been married and had spent all their money in having a good time. GOLD TURNEi1 TO LEW. How a Credulous French Peasant 'Was 11 ,hbrd. A clairvoyant nnmel Mme. Salmon, who swindled a credulous peasant living near Ilourges, France, of the whole of h's savings, was sentenced to flue years' Imprisonment, besides being condemned to pay a fine of £120. The victim had been affected by gout. Despairing of obtaining n cure, he was Ird to consult Salmon, who enjoyed told local ropulatien as a "holler:"h him that he would bo able to dance a polka In a week pmvlded he followed Ler instructions. Tho peasant agreed. "All you have to do," she said, "Ls to rut a Winifred louts under the mattress of your hal, and sleep nn them for eight day's." it an happened that the man did not possess the needful sum. ile, how• ever, converted all hes savings Into gold and handed the amount to the ban. In h g presence she apparently pet go into a box which she afterwards placed under the mnllreas. The pca.sent's stele of health did not improve, and at the end of the epeclfled time, growing dim salhfled with the method of Irenrmenl, he open04 the box. All it contained was a quantity of white lead wrapped in paper. 111E TWENTY-NINTII ANNUAL SEe- SION OF HUGH COURT. The Most Prosperous fear for the Order in Its History --- A large Detre gallop Ir► Attendance. The twenty-ninth annual seasion of the High Court of the Canadian Order of Foresters opened in the city 01 with Falls on June 9, largo number in attendance, including lbgh (burl ofile.ers and delegates repre- senting sul.utdinate courts of every Pit -wince of the Dominion. After the usual opening ceremonies and the appointment of the several Mending committees, the High ('curt of- flcers submitted their reports, which stowed the order to be in a most flour- ishing condition. The progress made le the order during the past year far surpassed that of any previous year of its history. The High Chief Ranger, J. A. Slew - a bargnin," saki Olive ort of Perth, Ont., after extending a hearty welcome to the representatives present, submitted his report, which was replete with facts and fgures relat- ing to the growth and extension of the order during the past year. • On the 1st of January, 1907, the order had a membership of 64,055, and 7 ere wyear were initiated during the 12 new members, being an increase of 771 over the previous year. During Perk 3.134 members lapsed and 409 died, leav- ing a net membership al the close of the year of 68,424. Tho increase in the insurance reserve of the order during the year amounted to $251,818.42. On January lst, (907, the amount on hand in this branch was 82,- 174,872.45, and at the close of the year $:,426,690.87. The amount paid in death c!attns was $413,326.2.4. The Sick and Funeral I3eneflt Depart- ment is also In a flourishing condition. During the year no less a sum than $134,418.44, covering 5,903 claims, was paid in this branch. The amount to the credit of this fund at the close of the year was $112.864.48. The iligh Chief Ranger, in concluding his address, expressed the hope (het the meeting would be a pleasant one for th members and a profitable ono for tete order, and felt that if ever there was a time in the lnstory of the order when the members should all feel inspired with hope and confidence in the future of Canadian Forestry, that time was the present. In an inspiring address tie urged upon the representatives to do alt that in them lay to shako 1908 the ban- ner year of the order. LAUNCHES Canopied or Cabined. Ourfmake and equipped with our owe enginee. adin all ekes 21 to 48 feet. Spacial bar - label uth z makes. Sizes 18 tons 1n 30 teat. Vile invite inspection. Purchasers' expenses paid. CANOEStare�oa Agents for the well-known "Chestnut " Canoe. Best quality. Send for particulars of the Choatnut " uncapaieable, unsinkable model. Gas and Gasoline. Marino --2 to 70-h.p. Stationary --3 to 100-h.p. Large discount for cash. Write for catalogues and prices. Canadian Gas Power & Launches, Limited, Toronto ENGINES The report of Goo. Faulkner, High Secretary, covering the general work of Among those in attendance aro the the society, was next in order, and following: J. A. Stewart, High Chief showed in detail rho large volume of Ranger Perth; D. Allan, High Vice business transacted through the head office at Brantford. The amount of insurance premiums received during the year was $575.910.20, which with the interest on insuronoo account made the total receipts in this branch $665,149.96. Thera were 409 death claims paid, amounting le $413,- 381.54, leaving the sum of $251,818.42 to carry to the reserve fu'►d, which at the close of the year was $2.126,690.87. Tho Sick and Funeral Benefit Branch at the order also showed a sparked ad- vance. The amount of fees received Ca lain, nluevale; W. G. strong, during the year was $151,6.50.01, and in• chap keresl 82,199.81. The total receipts Shuperintendent of Organization, Brant- nmotmted to $153,849.82. fliers were fend; Lyman Lee, High Court Solicitor, Hamilton; Hon. Colin H. Campbell, 11 gh Cort Solicitor, Winnipeg; D. E. McKinnon, District Ifigh Secretary, Winnipeg; iI. G. Affleck, 1'.D.I1.(.R., Winnieog, and II. I1. Shanks, I'.D.hI.C. 11., Winnipeg. NATURAL SEQUENCE. R49.82; general fund, 891.669.93; total receipts. $910,669.71. The tette expendi- ture in these funds amounted to 86142,- 667.69. The suriolus income over ex- px-ndilero amounted to $267,802.02. The surplus insurance funds aro in - sestet as follows: Municipal and school deben- tures . .82,187,339 59 Dominion of Canada stock . 150,000 00 Deposits in chartered banks 20,000 00 Current acootrlts to char- tered banks ..., .... ,... • HEN FRUIT FOR ENGLAND 111E DEMAND IS Fell IN EXCEye oY f11E SUPPLY. lenuland (11onsus/a 1,i00,000,000Fous a Year, Rest I, Itaint'i in France. liaising eggs for lite Englishhrarket offers a greal future to Fienoh farmers, according to an article by G. Labadie- engrave published In a recent number of the Paris Figaro. England consumes i 400,t$)0,000 eggs a year, to says, and the demand fur real new laid eggs Is far .11 excess of the supply. This is where the opportunity fur France wince in, he thinks. The hens of England itself, after re- serves have been set aside for new crops of chickens, send 2,270,000,000 eggs to market every year. The Lalancoof 2,130,- Ovu,0i)0 con's from abroad. It is a fiction of London dealers That they come front Belgium and Holland. They don't, La - grave says, they come from almost an other c uuntry, even Egypt. Morocco aid Siberia. They are called Belgian because Belgium Ls so near they can pretend to be fresh. $2,426,690 87 The total assets of the order aaolunb e.1 to $2,587,037.70, and its liabilities $20,976.06. Assets over liabilities, 2.566,061.62. The report of Dr. U. M. Stanley, who hos beat Chairman of the Medica' Beard since the inception of the order, shows that the death rale during the past year was only 5.98 per lheusand. This is a remarkably low death rate for Gn order now doing business for up- wards of 28 years, and still more re- markable is the fact that, comparing the last half of the 28 years with the first half, the death rate is in proportion of 5.17 to 5.07 per thousand. '!'hero were submitted to the Medical Board during the year 9,874 applications, of which 9,084 were accepted and the re- maining 790 rejected: The report of \V. G. Strong, Superin- tendent of Organization, showed that during the year there were 7,912 initia- tions, the largest in the history of the order. There were 31 new courts insti- tuted, with a membership of 560. At the close of the year there were 1,026 courts in the order, representing a membership of 68,424. There were 497 ocurts in the Province of Ontario, 175 In Quebec, 59 in Nova Scotia, 70 in New Brunswick, 15 in Prince Edward Island, 107 in Manitoba, 56 in Saskatchewan, 30 in Alberta and 17 in British Columbia. USED Oti LEATiIER. As a matter of fact, the African eggs are not Imported to be eaten, "even by the poor." They are chiefly sold to book- binders, who use them, Lagrave, says, to make the leather they use more supple, But eggs from Italy and Hungary and vast quantities frern Russia, even from Siberia, are sold for consumption as Ge man or Swedish, and are bought at prices by hakers and confectioners aro not particular. The fine West End bakeries in Lon advertise that they use only English e and they generally live up to (heir clarations. But for sorno classes of co fectionery the Spanish egg is in specie demand. It has a yolk of deep orange hue and when used In cakes gives them a richness of color and flavor that can- not be attained in any other way. They are the product of the black Andalusian hen and expeditious methods of ship- ment aro used to get thein to London. There are several retail purveyors in London whose trade calls at least 40,000 FRESH EGGS A W .EIC. Chief Banger, Grimsby; Gan. Faulk- ner, High Secretary, Brantford; Robt. Elliott, High 'Treasurer, 11rantfor.; Dr. U. M. Stanley, Chairmen Medical Board, Brantford; M. D. Carroll, Mentreal; C. E. Britton, P.ILC.R., Gan- anoque; L. P. I). 'Tilley, St. John; J. A. A. Brodeur, Montreal; Mark Mundy, Galt, members of the Executive Com- mittee. W. L. Roberts, High Auditor, 13rantfor'i; J. P. Hoag, Ihgh Auditor, Monitore; \V. Walker, High Registrar, Montreal; Rev. \V. J. \Vest, )high 5 903 clnlms paid, amounting to $134,- 416.44, leaving $19.431.38 to carry to the reserve fund, which at the close of rho year amounted to $112,864.48. There were 68,484 meteors in good standing at Ilio close of the year, carry - ---se A single orange -tree pmdnces 'Wring 114 Ilfe 211.0(10 oranges; and a lemon -tree, ICAO leptons. mg $69,053,500.00 Insurance. 'there were Issued from the !Ugh Secretary's office 8,064 insurance certifi- cet s and 7,965 membership certificates. or a total of 16,029, and in addition (hero wore endorsements made on 1,455 insur- ance certificates. The report of Robert Elliott, iligh Treasurer, show•af the funds of the or- der to bo in a nicest satisfactory con- dition. The receipts in fire several funds were:-- 1usuranre, $66.049.96, sick and funeral benefit fund, 8153,- Ing the other 11311.s leg. 11s WiG'--"From the appearance of Ih ,'Muds it looks us Ih u;it rain were e 111 ng tip." H•;r husband -"Well, don't let that worry you. Sooner or later it will Dome down." RIGII'T. All men may be born equal, but It isn't kng before one-half of the world is pull - The surplus from the British henneries when the rest of the country is provided to is totally unequal to supplying the demand. Sweden, being oold, is not. a fest rate egg producing country, and the steamer service to England is inadequate. Germany is a great eating country and practically uses up all sho produces. America can send inferior grades, but of course not newly laid eggs. Holland and Belgium produce only a few millions toe neatly above their own needs. Danish eggs are not popular in England be- cause of their peculiarly pale color. Thus the consumption of fresh eggs i• actually restricted in England by the present impossibility of supplying the market. Lagrave therefore urges the small French fanners within a couple of hundred miles of the Channel ports to go heavily into chicken raising wake, view to the production of eggs. 11' urges them further to raise hens ot; black or brilliant plumage so as to get. eggs with dark yellow shells and yolks, as these sell in London at from eight to lel: cents a dozen at wholesale in advance of the pale varieties. HUSKY VEGETARIANS. Can Crook Thr• Fingers Me* Moro Times Than Meal Eaters. Two Belgian physicians who have been experimenting with the results.Qf vege- tarianism report In favor of Mal, practice. They have published a pamphlet tracing the personal history of forty-three vege- tarians of Brussels. "For the rnest part," say the authors, "the vegetarians appear younger than their age; notably the ladies are dislin- guished by their clear and fresh com- plexion." According to Science s-ery little differ- ence was discovered between vegetarians and meal eaters so far as strength was concerned. in endurance, on the other hand, a very remarkable difference was fcund, the vegetarians surpassing the meat eaters from 50 to 200 per cent., ac- cording to the method of measurement. The method of measuring endurance used by the Belgian Investigators was by means of the Moe<so ergograph. Ono el the flngers is used to raise a weight as far as possible. As the experiment pro- ceeds and fatigue sets in the height to which the weight can be raised is grad- ually reduced until no further contrac- tions are possible. if a curve be constructed representing the height of the shccessive contractions it Ls callad n curve of fatigue, and it is f•.und that this curve is different for dif• ((rent individuals, but is construe Gtr the same indivi.lunt from one day to another, rind even atter an interval of several years, if the conditions of the experi- ment remain the sable. The authors compared the endurnnee o! seventeen vegela►•inns, six men nod eleven woolen, with Mill of twenty -leve meat enters, students of the University of Brussels. Comparing the two Fels of sub- jects on the basis of mechanical wogibit is found that the vegetarians mimeses' UK meat caters on the average by 53 per cent. 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