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CHAPTIIII XX,
Them is always something in the na-
turoof a mountain In a rllgllt tient is
interposed between us and eilher any
promised pleasure or any threttioned
pail. in the case of pleasure, \v0 are
nalurally in a hurry to settle it, In order
IA see holy full of sunshine and flowers
le the happy valley an the other side ;
and in the case of pain, we are all
scarcely less eager to ascertain how
deep is the abyss, how choking tho
.swamp, hot' angry the waves that wait
to beyond the dusky hill.
Burgoyne has no expectation of find-
ing anything agreeable co the further
slope of his mountain, and yet the time
:seems long to him, 1111 he has climbed its
•crest, and slidden down its other side.
Early and splendid os Is the new light
that Lakes possession of hhn and his
-shutterless bedroom, he upbraids it as a
laggard; and the Hours that pace by lilt
+into one appointed for the explanation of
,yesterday's mystery seem to him to
hobble on crutches, \\'hat can Amelia
have to say to him that needs such a
.pomp of preparation? What can have
turned Amelia into a Tragedy Queen?
What mlenele can have made her take
the imperative mood? Far ft was Lee
Imperative mood unquestionably which,
-contrary to all precedent, she had made
use of when she had commanded him,
nod gently 1t is true, since, being by her
nature gentle, she can do nothing un -
.gently, to leave her. iso nbsehdely
laughs at the tapsy-lurviness of the idea.
What can she have to say that requires
.eo carefully selected a spot to say It in?
-a spot where "It does not matter if
.she clow break dawn." \\'hat, In Hea-
ven's name, can she be going to say that
inplres her with such a cold-blooded in-
tention beforehand of breaking down ?
Jim's slate of mind is something that
of the Baron's in "On no badine pas avec
1'amour," on hearing that his daughters
governess had been turning somersaults
In a field of luzerne. "Non, en verite,
non, mon ami, je n'y conrprends abso-
lunent Hen. Tout cola me paean une
•,conduite desordonnee, 11 est vrai, mats
sans motif comate sons excuse:" 1f she
wero any other woman, he should as-
cribe her behavior to some Uresome but
passing tantrum, evoked by his delay in
.appearing? But in the past eight years
how many hundred times has ho kept
her walling? and has she ever failed to
meet him with the same meek good-
• humor that has not had even a tinge of
reproachful forgiveness in it. As site
herself had said, "In all Meso years how
often have -I been angry with you ?" He
has been angry with her times - out of
mind, angry with heron a thousand un-
just and unkind counts; angry with her
Mrs. Cora B. Muter
Makes a Fortune
Bladed n
Capital,
Ono
Few Years Ago with No
and Now Employs Nearly
Hundred Clerks and
Stenographers.
Until a low years ego Mrs. Cora B.
Miller lived in a manner similar to that
of thousands of other very poor women
of the average small town and village.
She now resides in her own palatial
brown -stone residence, and Is considered
Otto of the most successful business we•
mon in the United States.
Mrs.
Miller's Naw Residence, Earned In
Less Than One Year.
Several years ago Mrs. Miller learned
of a mild and simple preparation' that
cured herself and several feeuds of female
weakness end piles. Sho was besieged by
so many women needing treatment that
she decided to furnish it to thoeo who
might call for it. She started with only
a few dollars' capital, and tho remedy,
possessing true and wonderful merit, pro-
ducing many cures when doctors and
other remedies failed, tho demand grew so
rapidly she was several times 'compelled
to sock larger quarters. She now oc°u•
'bins ono of the city's largest oliioo build-
ings, which she owns. and almost one tun.
tired clerks and .stenographers aro.. re,
mitred to assist inthis groat business,
Million: Wanton Liao it,
More than a - million women have used
Mrs. Miller's remedy, and no matter whore
You live; she can refer you to ladies in
your own locality who can and will tell
any sufferer that this marvellousremedy
really elites women. Despite the fact that
Mrs. Miller's business is very ostensive,
Om is always willing to give aid and ad.
vied to ovary mitering woman who writes
to hoe. Aho is a generous, goon woman,
and has decided to give away to woman
olio have flavor used hoe medicine WA -
000,06 worth absolutely F03501.
llvory woman suffering' with painsin
the head, book and bowels, bearing -down
feelings, nervousness, creeping soneattons
up the spine, melancholy desire to ory,
hot aaehos, woarluese, or piles from any
001100 ohould sit right down and send
her name and addreoo to Mrs. Cora B.
Stiller, 13ox 4561, Tcokemo, Ind,, and receive
by moil- (free of charge in plain wrapper)
a
60 -cent bon of her marvollous medieinol
also her valuable book, whleb' ovory wo.
man should bare.
Remember this offer will not last long,
for thousands anti thousands of women
who aro snlrnriug will tako advent/4o of
this generous moans of getting cured. he
11 you are ailing, iso not suffer another
day, bid send your name and oddrese to
efts. Millar for the book and medicine bo -
foe her slowness, her bad complexion,
Mr want of a sense of humor; for a
hundred things which sho cannot help,
that she would have altered -oh, how
gladly --if she could S But how often has
she been angry with hint? In vain ho
searches his memory, hoping to overtake
some instsnce of Ill -humor, or .even pet-
tishness, that may make the balance be-
town
etwaen them hang a 'Mlle more equal,
But In vain. She has novae been.angry
with him. And even now neither her
face nor her planner -whatever also of
strange and unparalleled they may have
conveyed -stave conveyed the idea of
anger.
13ut if not anger, what then can be''h6
cause that has produced a change, so
startling in 01'16 so little given to impul-
sive action or eccentricities of emotion?
Can she have heard anything about him?
anything to his discredit? He searches
his conscience, but whether It be that
that organ is not a particula'ly sensitive
one, or that it really has no damaging
facts to give up, it is silent, or almost so.
He has perhaps been rather slack In ills
attendance upon her of late, but at her
own bidding: At his vises to the Le
Merchants no one could take exception,
dictated as they so obviously have been
by phitanlheepy; and his conversations
with Elizabeth -how few and scant ) his
heart heaves a rebellious sigh at their
Paucity -might be peoclniuted without
excision al, the market cross. Our
thoughts are our own, and are, more-
over, so safely pad -locked in our minds
that he does not think it worth while to
inquire whether, if his futurelvifo could
have looked in and seen the restive ren -
des capering snddleless and bridleless,
there, she Wright have been justified in
assuming a crouching altitude and a
sorrowfully commanding 1110)1ne1`.
lie is as far as ever from solving the
problem, when -for once in his life be-
fore his time at the rendezvous -he
presents himself at the familiar door.
it 0 opened to him by Amelia herself,
Sho has often done 0 before, seeming
to know by instinct his ring from that
of any, other person, but to -flay the fa-
miliar action disconcerts Dim, Ito had
expected to be received with a formal-
ity and pomp of woe such as yesterday
had seemed to threaten; and here is
Amelia looking exactly like her ordin-
ary self, except that she is perhaps ra-
tter more oarefully dressed than usual;
but that may he due to the fact of her'
having, for the fleet time, assumed the
fresh calico gown, which i110 thigh sum-
mer of the Rattan:April morning seems
to justify. Whether it be due to the ca-
lico gown or not, there is an indisput-
able air of gala about her, and she is
smiling. A revulsion of feeling comes
over the mat, to whole her tragic semi -
swooning atrs had given a wakeful
night. It was a tantrum after all, then,
a storm in a teacup. And now her 0001 -
mon sense has come to the rescue, and
site has seen the folly . of quarrelling
with her breed and butter. These re-
flections naturally do not translate
themselves into responsive smiles on his
face, but she does not seem to notice
his dour looks.
"I have a proposal to make to you,"
she says still smiling. "Father is so
well this morning, quite ensy, and he
has been wheeled into the sitting -room,
to see Sybitn. She has been very good
about him this time, and guile believes
that he has been really bad." •
"How good of her, continents Jim
grimly; "1t win be so easy and so amus-
ing to ploy at having a swollen toe,
would nyot it?"
"Anel so;''' continues Miss Wilson,
wisely ignoring his Ilecr at her sister,
"I ant perfectly free, and I want you to
tal(e me somewhere, some little drive
cr expedition; you see," with a concili-
atory glance at her own modest flncry,
'1 counted upon your saying `yes;' I
dressed so as not to keep you wailing."
Every word of this sentence confirms
Burgoyne in the idea implanted by her
first address. 'This is her monde, and
she is quite right to make it. 13ut she
would have been more right still if her
conduct had not rendered It necessary.
Annelia is not the type of woman who
through life will ,gain much by pouts.
Perhaps, by -and -bye, very kindly and
delicately, ho may obliquely Melt this to
her. But all that he says aloud is the
rather stiff acquiescence conveyed in the
words e
"By all means. I ant quite at your
service;"
"And now where shall we go 1" eon -
them Amelia, shutting the door behind
her and beginning to cross the hotel
cotn•lyard tit, his side; "that is the next
thing -not to any gallery or church, I
thin, if you do not mind; I say such
stupid things about Art, end the more I
try, the stupider they arc; let Us go
Somewhere Into the country -I can
Understand the country, .I am not afraid
of saying stupid 011 gs'ablut It."
'Into llurgoyno'S mind costes the odious
thought, lhny he would not put it past
his betroth to say stupid (hinge even
about the Tuscan landscape, Mut he only
awaits her decision in a respectful silence
while helping her into a nacre.
"1t weal' ho a cin to be under any
roof to -day but tills ane," site says, look-
ing up to the inllneasucablo• azur0 bridge
above her head; "would you minis -could'
you spare ((Meto -go to FicsOle?"
His only answer is to retreat the word
Fiesole to the driver, who, with the in-
evitabie tiny poodle -shaven dog beside
hint, 15 nwnllbng 100 ordo' as to his des-
tination. It is but a little way to rissole,
es we all know, .but yet, as the slow
hired Vehicle crawls up the steep ascent,
with . tho driver walking., alongside, or
even lagging behind, there would be limo
and opportunity to say a good deal, But
Amelia says next to nothing. Perhaps
the torah mattes Me sleepy, for it Is so
hot, so hot between the garden Walls,
Wilde) the tose.11edges aro beginning to
Yore the $10,000,61 worth id all gono, show a pale flush of plenteous pink
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Ac dross, THE fAMiLTON iNCORATOR COMPANY, Limited,
oolong their multitude of green buck 1 "f d:h not know what yon call burry;'
Young, indeed, .lust born us the ruses 110 replies 11111y, 1 have !,ern awaiting
are, the highway dust has nlrently pow- this mysterious utterance fur sixteen or
- I seventeen hours.
dere' them with iia cell -toted white. Ile ,
does not know 1t tit the time, but those i tier sallow cheek lakes' on a pinky
dust-nhncd rosebuds Have found a home
i1 his memory from which no after -
sights, however nunter0us, will dislodge
them They have reuelthel the village,
tinge of utofllltcalion at his accent.
"Y011 aro quite right" sie answers
quickly; "1 have no Lushness to keep you
walling. I meant to till yolt as soon as
and )eft their carriage, end heguit, I the got here; 1 asked you to !:,ring uta
silently' still, to atcend the steep Ione up' hare at purpose, only-"
which the feel of most of Europe and '''fou told ole haft you must make the
America have in turn clbnli3Od to seo 1110 couunun'cntion nt 001(113 place where 11,
famous view that rewards the 111bbo' would not rotator if you diel break
effort. Past lhecottages, whose lnmales, down," say's he, rather luushly helping
tranquilly sitting in their doorways, or her memory; "you must allow trot that
leaning Idly against their doorposts,
have probably seen all Thal. is illustrious,
notorious, history -making of the day,
pass pattingly. bs there a prime minis-
ter, a princess, a poet, a prince donna,
of the time, that has not toiled up the
steep path to the welcome rest of the
bench on the high plateau, or the hill-
side? Jim and Amelia arc certainly not
likely Lo figure in the annals of their
time, but the peasants 1000 at them with
as much or as little interest as if they
were. An immortal, unless his Immor-
tality is printed on his back In letters as
large as those that announce Cohn•nn's
mustard to Lilo world, has, to the vul-
gar, very much the oir of one 01 them-
selves.
Our friends have reached the haven.
of the stone seat, and, thenlcs to the
earliness of the hour, have it all to
themselves, save for a trio of sunburnt
women of the people, with handkerchiefs
tied over thein' tanned Meads, who tease
theta to buy- straw hand -screens. And
when they have bought a couple, and
made it kindly but distinctly evident
that no amount of worrying will induce
theta to buy any more, even these leave
them in peace and descoticl the hill again
to search of never victims. They are
alone uncle', the sl.y's warm azure. Be-
neath their eyes spends ono of hos?
nobly lovely spectacles that Italy and
spring, hand in hand, alone earn offer.
To some, indeed, it may seem that the
prospeot from the Beilosgunrdo side of
the valley is even mere beautiful, since
Fiesole, sitting so high as she does,
dwarfs the opposite hills, and makes tho
looker lose their (011.17 line. They S0e111
flat in comparison, tho_,plain appca's
:wider, t110 beloved city move distant, and
does not show 1110 sante exquisite d.is-
tinolness of separate lower and spire and
Palace. But yet such a comparison Is
mere carping. Who eon (wish for a sight
more divinely shave and fair than this
None the bench above Fiesole? Not a
breath of smoke dares to hang about the
glorious old town, dimpling its lustre,
and between them and it what a spread
of manifest color, of more "Mingled hue"
than the rainbows "intellect scarf doth
show." Tho mossy tinted olives, twi-
light and ghostly, even in the dazzling
radiance of' this superb morning hour,
with the blinding green of the young corn
about their gray feet, Um cypress tepee -
flames, the gay while houses, lerraco-
gardened; and, above all, the vast smile
of the Tuscan heaven.
At first Amelia's muteness seems
natural and grateful to Jim, os the out-
come of the awe and hush Butt exceed-
ing beauty breathes on the human heart,
but by -and -Myo, as 11 is prolonged be-
yond the limits that seem to him Ill or
agreeable, it begins to get on his nerves.
After having so genuinely and wantonly
alarmed )line, has she brought him here,
without any expressions of regret or re-
morse, simply to steep herself in a
silent luxury of selfish enjoyment? Af-
ter brooding resentfully on his Idea for re
considerable time he translates it into
speech.
"I thought that you had something to
say to me?"
11 seems as if her soul had gone out
into the stun and April -painted cham-
pagne country, and that 11 is only with
an effort and a sigh that she fetches it
bate again :
"So I hove."
"And how much longer am I to wait
for it?"
llinere is no indic.ntion of any capacity
for patience in his 10110.
She brings her look back front the
shining morning city, and fixes it wist-
fully upon hhn. .
"Aro you in such a hurry to hear ?"
The pathetic shrenlc in her voice, in-
stead of conciliating, chafes hint. Whitt
10 the sense of this paraphetnlia of p00-
]ltninabes7 Why not conte to the point
at once? If indeed there is a pohnl--a
fact of which he begins to entertain
grave doubts,
was not an encouraging exordium. Ito
you look upon This's-glanehng ironically
round -"as a particularly suitable place
for breaking down'?"
Again that pain -evidencing wave of
color flows talc inc face. there is such
an unloving mockery in his displeased
('1,100,
"I shall not break clown," she replies,
forcing herself to speak with quid conl-
posurc; "foe need not be afraid that I
shall, I know that yesterday I was fool-
ish enough to say the very words you
quote, but 1 tuns not quite myself -then ;
I did not quite know what I was saying;
I had only just heard 11."
"It? Whet Lt? is this a now riddle?
For Heaven's sake Id us hear the ans-
wer to the nest before we embark on any
fresh one P.
"It is no riddle," replies she, her low
Patient tones contrasting with his exus-
pa'aled ours, "nothing could be 'nether;
it was only that I happened lo overhear
something ranter -rather painful -some-
thing that was mol intended for mo."
Elis angry ohne.k blanches as 00
thought flies orrowaquick to the one sub-
ject of his perrenial apprehension. Some
ono has been poisoning her ear with
cowardly libels, oe yet more dreadful
truths about Elizabeth Le Marchmil. For
a moment or L\vn his longue deem to
the roof of itis mouth, then he stye' in a
tone which he uselessly tries to make'
000 of calm contempt alone:
"If you had lived longer in .Florence
you would know how much importnriee
to attach to Its tittle-laLLle and cancans,"
She shakes her head with a sorrowful
obstinacy.
'Tuts was no tittle-tattle, no cancan."
Her answer seems but to confirm, thin
ht this horrible suspicion.
"1t is astonishing," he says, 1n a stran-
gled voice, "how ready even the best wo-
men arc to believe coil; what -what
evidence, have you of the truth of -of
these precious stories?"
"What evidence?" she repeats, fasten-
ing
astening her sad eyes upon hila -"the evi-
donee of my own heart. I realize 110W
that I have known 0 all along."
Read by the light of his fears, this re-
sreense is so cnlgmatie that it dawns
upon him with a flash of inexpressible
solace that perhaps he may be on the
wrong track after all. His Ideas aro pre-.
cipilated into such a slate of confusion
by this blessed possibility that leo can
only echo he a stupefied lone:
"Have known what all along?"
She has turned round upon the stone
bench upon which they have hitherto
been sitting side by side, end, as he in
the eagerness of his listening has done
the sane thing, they are now opposite
t i one another, and -he feels as well as
sees her hungry cyan devouring his
face.
That you are sick Of me," she
alswerO, in a henrb.-wrung whisper,
"side to death of me -that was what she
said,is"
it impossiore to deny that Bur-
goytne's first Impulse is one of relief. IIo
bus been mistaken then. Elizabeth's
secret is In the some stale of precarious
safety as ler enemy's departure from
Florence had left it M. Itis second On-
putso-our second impulses are Mostly
are best ones, equally free from the head-
tengness of our .first, and the cold
worldly wisdom of the third -is one of
genuine indignation, concern, anti
amazement.
"What? Who said?"
"airs, Byng."
His stupefaction deepens,
"Mrs, llyng-\les, Byng told you that
I was. sick of you? Sick to death of
y011 ?" ' •
"Oh, no" she cries, even her emotton
gbving way to her eagerness to Correct
this misapprehension, she did not til
me so 1 (bow could ,you imagine such a
thing? She is far, fee too kind-hearted,
she would not lira a fly intentionally,
std would be exceedingly pained if she
thought I her' overheard her."
(To be continued). -
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Proceedings of the Th rty-SiztRll Annual
fleeting of the Stockholders.
General
THE THIRTY-SIXT1i ANNUAL GENI;RAI, MEETING OF THE DOMINION
s tr d 1,t iho Banking
111, se of the Institution, Peron 0, 0n
day, Junuury 30th, 1'007,
Among those present were noticed:-
Licul.•C d. SIr lienr'y pellnlL, Dr. Andrew Smllh, Dr• C..O'Reiily, Messrs,
W. U, Matthews, ;antes Ca'rutners, Wm. Mass, V,', R, Brocl(, J. J. Foy, A.
Monro Grier, 3, J, utx. a, L. II. Baldwin, W. Glenney (Oshawa), Aomilius Bald-
win, F. J. Barris, \V, C. Harvey, W. J. Dixon, J. (1, Ramsey, W. Crocker, 14.
Atulhnllnitd, P. Leadiey, W. 0, Crowther, Jas. Mathews, David ltidd (Hamil-
ton), W. T. Ramsay, 0, M. Gray, J. T, Small, S. Samuel, J, A. proctor, W.
Cecil Lee, G. N. lieynofde, W. G. (lassos, Wm. Davies, F. J. Phillips, 10 Gor-
don Mackenzie, J. Gordan Jones, 10, J. Christie, 0. B. Ilodgins, S. Noson, Ira
Standish, David Smith, A, W. Austin, 11. W. A, Foster, Cawihra Mulock, F.
D. Benjamin, Jas, Scott, F. II. Gooch, A. R. Boswell, 3, F. Kavanagh, A.
Founds, h. L'. Burton, When Cawih, ra, W. Mulock, Jr., F. J. Stewart, A. 11.
Campbell, Ir., J. D. Trees, A. Betsilicllurd Bi'Own, . ond .
It was moved by Mr. L. Baldwin, seconded by MC.r, AF.. BDgert. 13e,njauminot,hthaerst
Mr. W. D• R:a'lhows do tithe the chair, and that M. C. A. Bogert do act as
Secretary. Messrs. A.R. ilosv.•l1 and W. CL Cassels were appointed Scrutineers.
The Secrelnry read the Report of the Directors to the Shareholders, and
submitted the Annual Statement of the affairs of 311e Bank, which is as fol-
hows:-
To the Shareholders;
The Directors beg to present the following Statement of the result of the
business of the Bank for 1110 year ending 31st December, 1900:
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 301' Deceml-.r, 1905 •. •,.S249,437 07
I}roRt for -the year ending 31st December, 1900, after deducting charg-
es of management, eta., and malting provision for bad and doubt-
ful delits 539,360 86
$738,708 33
Dividend 3 per cont., paid 2nd April, 1006. , 400,000 00
Dn•id nd 3 per cent., paid 3rd July, 1000 . . . 90,000 00
Dividend 3 per cent., paid Ise October, 1906 . 9;1,000 00
Dividend 3 per coal., payable 2nd January, 1007 93,060 00
3330,000 00
0
Transferred to Rrserva Fund .... ...... .. 400,000 00 'rG0,0 0 00
Balance of Profit and Less curried forward •,,, •••• .,... 328,708 33
RESERVE FUND. •
Balance at credit of adman, 30th December, 1003 .... ......33,500,000 00
Transferred from Ptolit and Loss Account .... ,... 400,000 00
$3,000,000 00
With great regret we have to'record the sudden. death In May last of Mr.
Thenlo.e G. Brough, the late General Manager, who had been in the service of
1111 Bank continuuusly since 1875. Ile was the Chief Executive Officer for seven
years, during which short time he accuntplishcd much for the development and
001111(0 of the Institution.
Ole. C. A. Bogert, Manager of the Montreal Branch for eight years, and
who entered the Bank more than twenty-five years ago, was appointed to suc-
ceed him.
On account of the continued expansion of the business of the Bank, your
Directors have decided' that it is an opportune lime to issue the remaining one
million (loiters of authorized Capital Stock; and, having In view future require-
ments which may reasonably Le expected, have approved et a by-law to bo
submitted fur your consideration at the Annual Meeting, which provides for a
further increase In the Capital Sleek to tho extent of ono million dollars. This
will make the total authorized Capital five milion dollars.
You will also be asked to consider a by-law increasing the number of Direc-
tors from seven Io nine which it is thought le be advisable awing to the diversity
of our interests throughout Canada, and the gradual extension of our operations.
During the twelve months just closed Branches of the Bank were established
at the'fulloving points, and, when expedient, desirable sites were purchased and
suitable offices erected: -In tho Province of Ontario, at Chatham, Dresden, Peter-
borough, Tilbury, Windsor, and in Toronto, at the corners of Avenue Road and
Davenport Road and Queen street and L'toadview avenue; In the Province of
Alberta, at Calgary and Edmonton, and at Regina, Sask.
In addition we have to inform you that in December last the private bank-
ing business of Messrs. John Curry k Company, et Windsor, was acquired un-
der terms advantageous to the Shareholders, which transaction included the pur-
chase of n commodious building, well situated- in Itis important centre.
It found necessary to provide larger premises for our North End Branch;
\Vinnipeg, and for this purpose a valuable properly has been secured.
The D'rectors, following their ustial custom, examined the Securities and
Cash Reeerves of the Bank as an December 31st, 1000, and found thorn to bo
correct; they alio veriled the and Office Balance Sheet, including all accounts
kept. with Foreign Agents.
Every Delve 0f the Bank has been carefully inspected during the past
twelve months, and cnelh Branch has been visited by the General Manager
since his appointment in May last.
The Report was adopted. G. 13. OSLPOR,
President.
By-laws were passed increasing tho number of Directors from seven to nine,
end providing for an fucree a of $1,000,000 in the Capital Stock, which will
malice the 11101 authorized Capital of the Bank 37,010,000.
The thanks of the Shareholders were tendered to the President, \'ice,Presl-
dent and Directors for their services during the year, and to the General Man-
ager and other Officers of the Bank for the efficient performance of their re-
spective dupes.
The following gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing year :-
Messrs. A. W. Austin. W. R. Brock, James Carruthers, R. J. Christie, T. Eaton,
J. J. Coy, ICC., M.L.A., Wilmot D. Matthews, A. M. Nanton and C. B. Osler, MLP.
At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, Mr. E. B. Oster, M.P.,vwas elected
President, and Stir. Wilmot D. Matthews, Vice -President, for the ensuing term.
GENERAL STATENIEN'i.
LIABILITI'L''S.
Notes in Circulation ...• .... .07,191,080 10
Deposlls not bearing interest ..55,364,013 53
Deposits bearing interest (Including Interest accrued to r °
dale) ............ .... .......... . .. • .. .. .. .. ..3.t,512,137 04
30,376,156 47
Deposits by other Banks in Canada ................ .... 103,340 76
Balance due to London Agents .... ,.•. 2,720,862 93
Total Liabilities to lha Public .... ••$42,401,345 8l
Capital Stock paid up .... ...... .••• ...... .... ........ 3,000,000 00
Reserve Fund • •$3,000,000 00
Balance of Profits carried forward .. .. 28,798 83
D,vidend No. 97,
Not 2nd Jenuary, 1007 .. .. .• •, .,0,00 00
Former Dividends unclaimed ......................107 25
Reserved for Exchange, ete. .. .-.' .•., .., 61,144 74
Reserved for rebate 00 Bills Discounted.. ..., ... 122,983 15
4,203,033 47
349,60 4, 379 23
ASSETS.
Specie •,., .. •, •. . .• $1,110,131 11
Dominion Government Demand Notes .. . 3,4465,530 00
Deposit with Dominion 'Government :or Security of
Note Circulation ..... •. ,. 150,000 00
oNles of and Cheques on other Banks., .. .. 2,113,531 30
Balances duo from other Banks in Canada .. , .. 1,052,744 48
Balances due from other Banlcs elsewhere than In Can-
ada and tho Untied Kingdom ., .. „ 1,121,300 Gil
$0,013,827 07
Provincial Government Securitie9 ...„230,302 85
Canadian Municipal Securities and Bribl8h, or Foreign
or Colonial Puflile Securities other than Canadian. 696,180 70
Railway and outer Bonds, Debentures and Stocks . 2,140,265 67
Loans on Call secured by Stocks and Debentures „ 3,703,134 50
,t5
$15 801161 48
Adv Hees Current„ ., „ ,. ,•$91)15,267 110
Ruts Dlscaunlad and n
Overdue Debts (estimated loss provided for) .. ... 20 10 40
Bank Premises .,.,., .. .. ,. .. 090,000 00
Other Assets not included funder foregoing heads . e 7,433 70 93,303,217 80
Toronto, flet Deeettbcr, 1400.
$40,804878 X48
C, A. DOPl.n'r,
General Meting
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GW\'F, TiHE SEPAIIA1OII GOOD CARE.
The prediction nude a few years ago
Mai 111e final separator would .3001) bo OA
common and as necessary on the feral as
the mowing machine, is being rapidly,
!u!fiilh;(l, wrbles 1'1'0?. C, I'I. Eciiles. Pre.
Imlay no nlaeltino used on the form does
what it is made to do any more effective-
ly than the 'separator, and considering
the feet that It Is used twice every day;
fn the year it is surprising flow seldom
it is out of order. Four cows with A
separator are equal to flue with the old
shallow,' pan, or with awater or the can
separeboi,
A c0nunon mistake made when buying
a cream separator is getting one too
small. In hundreds of cases small mit
chines have !leen pureil0sed • at first o11
arniiunt of lite lower price, only to be ex.
changed in a short time for a larger
size. It is shout ns hard work to oper-
ate one handling 350 pounds per lour as
one separating 700, and the added timq
required for the snaailer size amouniigg
every year to more than the extra cost o1
a larger lnnehlne. As a rule the farmer,
fetishes to separate in at least 20 mine
uses. '11110 means at least a 7011•peundi
machine for 20 cows, and: for a ten -cow
dairy it does not Pay to buy one with
less than 450 pounds per bout' capacity.
'rho majority of separators are oper-
ated by stand, but power is very con-
venient and should be used In 'ani large
dairies. A small steam boiler with a;
steam turbine machine is one of the most
satisfactory outfits for a dairy of 20
cows or more. This mals it. possible
tit. have a small milk room where oho
mills is separated, and the trot water used:
for cleaning the utensils.
The bread power is used with sails.
foetion in many cases. It is easily ad-
justed to furnish a very good power, and
the herd bull or a calf can do Lite sepa-
rating as fast as the milli is ready.
The ordinary gasoline engine is not
entirely satisfactory on account of Its
unsteady motion and manner of start.
Ing. It may be used by putting in, a line
shaft and belting to the engine and tp
the separator with long, rather loose
hells. Recently some companies aro put-
ting gasoline engines on the market de-
signed especially for running separators,
in which these objectionable features
have been mostly eliminated,
Tho bowl should ahvnys .be handled
carefully and not allowed to drop into its
place fn the frame or onto the floor. In
starling the machine, the operator should
keep in mind haat the high gear gives
him a tremendous leverage, and speed
should be reached gradually and slowly.
The power should 00 applied throughout
the turn of the Randle and not alone on
the down silence, ,as is oltcn done. It is
always well to follow the direction cook
cat'cr1u11y.
About once a month the oil cups should
hs flilod with kerosene to clean out the
hearings. Once in two months or
oftener, the lower bearings of't o ma-
chines having two bearings should be
taken out and thoroughly cleaned. At-
tention to these details is what makes an
easy -running machine. Bearings are cut
out rapidly in many cases by dust blow-
ing in them when the bowl is out. If
exposed at all t0 dot, it is always well
to have a canvas covering to slip over
11101, machine as soon as the workis done.
A standard make of separator, 1f pro-
perly handled, should run from three to
rice years, with little or no repairs out.
side of new points or balls for the bear-
ings. At the end of this time a new
bushing or bearing will probably be
needed, and at 1110 end of four or five
years It Is customary to send the bowl to
the manufacturers to be rctinned and
balanced. 'The mochino should be taken'
apart and cleaned each tittle it is used.
To taciltate washing it is important to
have the proper brushes and tools for
lite purpose that cone meth the machine.
The water should be used warm but not
hob, and should contain a small amount
of daily washing powder, After this
washing to loosen and remove all the
particles of millc, the parts are rinsed
with ciente warm water and spread apart
to dry to prevent rusting. The dish cloth
le not needed and should not he used' in
cleaning a separator or any other dairy,'
utensil. If n. steam boiler is et hand,
steaming may lake the place of scalding.
The bowl is net put together until ready,
1) beusoci cannot.
If Iho cream is sold by the lest, soma
variation in per cent. of fat must he ex -
peeled, as it ahvnys occurs even under
the best coltitions and is not a elgn of
iunccu'ato testing. If it is desired la
keep the ermine or milk sweet some time,
11 will be necessary to observe two gen-
eral principles. These are cleanliness
and coldness. To comply with the first
11100115 tine stable, cows, mills utensils
and separator must he sept clean. To
meat ilne requirements of the second
means' Cooling al once to a low tem-
perature. 1L is not sufficient to set a can
01 cream or milk in ordinary water and
say it is cooled. It must actually .be
pooled, and a thermometer ought to be
used often enough to indicate if it really,
is being cooled. Cream cooled to 90 de.
grecs at once after separation and held
there will keep sweet several days, If
°role(' to 60 degrees at once, it will keep
two days as a. rale, wlll1001 souring.
Where Iwo or more lots of cream are to
be nixed, that added to the first should
first be cooled in a smolt ten by itself,
then added to. Me first lot,. If the warm
bo added do the °oiled, the entire lot
sours very rapidly.
RISS CAUSES SUICIDE.
1' the
t s regulated
Courtship In Span 1by
strictest c tiquette. As is well 0nown, a
young man is never 1413 alone evittl 1115
fiancee, Near Malaga a beautiful young
girl of twenty has just committed suicide
by drinking a cup of coffee in whbeh
phosphorus had been dissolved. It ap.
pears that the girl had been driven to
the decd by the adverse cemeteries of
neighbors wino •becano aware that she
had given her sweetheart a kiss,
It's far better to have your neight
bars dW6 yell an apology than money,.
5010e men delight ,In lalling the trutl►t
ter that sa04 of 311rring up; trouble