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The Brussels Post, 1905-3-23, Page 76 fr LESSED BE DRUDGERY, The Man Who Lov es His Work Finds Rest, Food and Medicine. A despatch from Brooklyn, N. Y., says:—ltev, 1)r. Newell Dwight Millis preached from the following text: ply father workoth hitherto, and X work, The history of all achievement is the history of Juyoas work, Life is so short that to accomplish mush men must toil terr'tly and incessant- ly. Miley up and always at it, sum- marizes the successful career. Work- ing hard in the teens, the youth finds himself and develops the raw mater- ial of character. Working hard in the twenties, the man lays the foun- dations of the sord's house. Working hard in the thirties anis forties, he slowly rears the walls and super- structure, Working hard in the fif- ties and sixties, he stores the house With treasure. Still working at 87, Gladstone and Bistnarek were overtaken by death, in the hour of joyous and creative work. What toilers were all these men of achievement, not an idler among the statessmon or scholars or inventors. What the love of music and Beatrice were to Dente, that the love of work is to the youth who would achieve. Therefore the pro- verb: "Blessed be drudgery." There- fore, when mon pleaded with Christ to rest, Ile answered: "My Father Woi•keth hitherto, and I work," The man who has found his place and loves his daily task finds that his work is medicinal, and literally recuperative. His amusement oft tire him, but in his work he finds rest and food and medicine. We have all sews illustrations of this striking fact. Hero is a man called suddenly way from his work, and ho frets, worries, goes restlessly about, re- grets his enforced leisure, thinks of his toil, Ms desk, and no .bird ever turned toward the summer with ore Joy than he 1H!TUltNS TO HTS WORK. It was the love of his appointed task that stirred Jesus during 'His mar•veiotis career. How crowded were His thirty years! In contrast, other lives seem empty lives of leisure. During that short earthly career what revolutions He Wrought in re- form, in ethic's, and what achieve- ments lie wrought as teacher, think- er. prophet and savior. All His days clinked With worthy deeds. He 1it- orally. .vent about doing good. When the darkness fell He began work afresh. At night, while other men slept; Ho gave to Nicodemus the doctrine of the second chance, the Hope of the nevi heart for ruined Saul and Augustine and Xavier, for every drunkard and sinner. It was at night, while others slept, that He gave Ills disciples the fourteenth ehapl.er of John, His wisest, deepest, profoundest teachings of home and -$ heaven and immortality. It was at night, while others slept, that He passed through His Gethsemane and won His victory.. in tlg night Re broke the bonds of death of which He could not be holden. At night IIe crossed the sea and carie to His disciples, sleeping in their pain and exhaustion, on the further shore. And from his master Paul learned how to work. But besides all thin,—the care of all the churclies-173s days were as full of deeds as the sky is full .of stars. And what supported Him save the love of His work and the passion for His Master, for whom Ho toiled. LOVE LIGIITENED P8118 TASK, Love made labor a medicine. To every young man comes the reflec- tion that work helps the worker only when .tt le worth the doing, To hate arse's task Is to be injured by. it. Work blesses the worker when it is invested with charm anis fascination and holds nwcet allurement. Happy tho .boy who wakens and with leap- ing heart dreams that in an hour he .can ,agate tnulertake the Mauch - loved labor. A youth asks nae hos he is to know what occupation or profession he should undertake. The answer is near at hand. toes the proposed work pull' at your heart- strings and cause you to dream of it by day and night? And whoa in your vision you stand on the moun- tain peak of your enterprise. and look down on all your 'tasks, is that peak the acme of your love and hope? If so, these aro the heights that you aro called upon to climb. Many a youth has asked me wheth- er or not he WAS Called to the min- istry, and I have always answered; "No man is called to tho ministry Who can be happy outside of it. But God salla sono men to SOW and some to reap; some to work in wood and iron, some to sing and speak; but no man is nailed to any task who can be happy anywhere else, and when men go with leaden hearts into an occupation, ihttiuonced by pa'onts or friends, or consideration of pride, then they ge toward drudg» ery.and failure. These are the great tragedies of life, because the work for there is not Worth the doing. ''hese are the maty cases whore. "Swords cleave to hands that seek the plow, 'Alin laurels hiss the soldioi,'s brow." Bost of all, work is education, There is a culture that conies with- out college. Solna scholar's gain Wisdom through the university some become wise throngli their work; for wisdom can bo foetid Jn shop and store and field acid factory, in lcitelr n and in eke. Education fa not von by'othefs,'bet • GAIIVII,1) BY ONE'S SELIM", Oneyouth sLrodiee 'geology by lingers ing over thepicturo of a rook, but I1,ugh Miller, the stone mason, mas- tered `geology by lingering over 1143 rod sandstone In Which 110 wrought. One . boy studies botany by ltt>ider- ing 1,110 ItiatOro of a field 'daisy, but liobert Bum mae(arod the sweat friossnnt 8s be PLOWed the field incl piacicecI the daisies, One boy sltrdies astronomy by memorizing the chart of the sky, but the boy named Fer- guson, watching his sheep is the early evening, with ono large top for the sun and seven little ones held by strings for the planets, made a chart of the cosmic system, and each night he moved his tope to correspond with the flight of Venus and Mercury and Jupiter, What knowledge is of most worth? asked llorl>ert Spencer. Our answer is, That which is self -gained. What culture is finest in quality and sweet- est in perfume? That which grows in the garden of solitude whole God's skies give rain and dew. God is not the God of a few—He is the God of all. with disinterested leve He has flung wide the gates of His greatest university—the university of hard worts. The temple of fame and wisdom stands open by day and by night, but the angel that keeps the door whispers. "Let no 'drudge, no idler, think to ante here," THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 26. Lesson ziii-First Quarterly Re- view. Golden Text, John 20.31. Tido, QUARTERLY LESSON STATEMENT. I. The Lessons grouped in ''airs. Talking the ('olden Text as our key we unlock twelve statements "writ- ten that we might^believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son. of God." The first pair of lessons gives us the tes- timony, of John the Baptist, the second pair shows Jesus gathering Ms disciples and confirming them is their faith; the third pair gives us his deep spiritual teachings to Nico- damus and the woman of Samaria; the fourth pair manifests his power in healing the son 'of the nobleman at Capernaum and the infirm man at the pool of Bethesda; the fifth 'pair displays Jesus as the Bread of Gori and the Water of Gotl, a Source of strength and refreshment not only, but a means also of making his fol- lowers fountains of blessing to help quench the thirst of others (the teachings of Lesson X correspond closely with those of Lesson VI and the context there); the sixth Pair shows (by a direct statement in Les- son .XI anti 1>y a most insltPictive miracle in Lesson XII) that freedom from .She power and penalty of sin can only come thro;igh the Son of God. XI. The Signs of the Lessons. The miracles of this group of pas- sages are all mentioned as "signs." Let us pick them out of the current of the story and recall what they tench. The First Sign is in Lesson It•-, the turning of the water into wine, The Second Sign is in Lesson VII, the cure of the nobleman's son. Both wore wrought in Cana of Gal- ilee. The Third Sign in our group is the miracle of the Infirm man at the pool of Bethesda, Lesson VIII; the Fourth is the .miracle of the loaves and fishes oh the plain of lipitaiha, Lesson IX; curl the Fifth is the miracle of the mai born blind, Lesson XIX. One simple meaning of each sign is shown by coupling each with the Golden 'Text of the lesson which records it: Prompt obedience is taught by the first; conliden.ce in Christ as the Soto of God by tho Second; the inadequacy of human ,Weans by the Third; the truth es: - pressed in the two figures, "I am the living Bread which dame down from heaven," an "I am the Light of the world, by the Fourth and the Fifth, • III. Tha Testimony: of the Lessons. 'Aho teachings of the Quarter's les- sons have been too ninncroits for full recapitulation bora, Luring the last twelve Sundays very mucic of gospel truth has come under our reverent survey. To recall it we may recount the various people whom Jesus im- pressed by his teachings and his miracles. Each of these in his own way gives what may be called per- sonal testimony—his reason for be- lieving that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. John the Baptist tells of the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and the Voice from 'heaven -announcing, "This is He which Naptizeth with tiro Moly Ghost." Andrew and. John, Peter and James, Philip and Nathanael, toil of the conversation by which their hearts were opened to the truth from above. The condor- stricken guests at the wedding feast in Gann; N.t eClealus, a ruler .of the Jews; the woman et the well of Samaria; the ,grateful nobleman, as- tounded 11y the power that cures at a distance and by a word; the man n'isose chi, ly-eight years of suffering. we'o suddenly relieved; the hungry fold:, astonishingly fed, who wanted to ctbWio .'esus asking, but who un- derstood so little of his spirit; those who discussed anis debated at the Feast of Tabernacles as to wht•'lhor this wan the Prophet or the Christ or one worthy of dentist; and the Man born blind, but now by 0150 Lord's power made able to sec— ttt.eee all have given to its their tes- timony to the truth of the Golden Text, A woman's e,ycliro0's acro seldom as black as they are penciled, "1 ala truly sorry, 'Shiny," said the friencl of the family, mooting the little boy in the street, "to learn that your father's Boise was burnt down yesterday. Was nothing sav- ed?" "Don't yet waste no grief on me," replied Tommy, "All of pa's old clo Uhes.u115 burnt Sm ie that fire, i anti can t ri7ake any 'more 0l. , om us torr me Liths time, "l'ukn•tiddla-lura Lulu, whoop-dc-rlooile-cdool'1 1444-1-1141-14,11-104,444+14 �h4 Home 14441444414441844401444 CHOICE RECIPES, Egg Oberst— Tleat four eggs, yolks and whites together, thoroughly; put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a saudepan, anis melt slowly; then pair in the eggs, and heat without boll- hsg over a slow fire, sth'ring con- stantly; add a little salt, and when hot, spread on slices of nicely -brown- ed toast, and servo at once. Scramble's Eggs with Ham.—Put Into a pan, 'hitter, a little pepper and salt, and a little milk; when hot drop la the eggs, and with a knife cut the eggs and serape them from the bottom; add some cold ham chopped fine, and when clone serve in a hot dusk, Chocolate Fuclgc.—One-third bar choeolato, two cups granulated su- gar, one cup milk, Buil until it will "thread," add butter size of an egg; beat until it begins to thicken. Pour out. Panocha.—Two cups brown sugar, one half -cup of milky boil, and when nearlydone add one tablespoon of butter. When it will form a soft ball In cold water it Is done. Adis nuts anti boat^ Maple Crean,—pne pound of brown sugar, one eighth teaspoon cream tartar, one half cup mills or water, one teaspoon vanilla. 13oi1 to a soft bail, flavor, enol, and boat creamy, Chocolate Creams —Boil together for five minutes half a cup of cream and two cups of white sugar. Flavor witif vanilla, and place the dish in a colts water bath until the crease is hard enough, to make into balls. Nut Wafer's.—Quarter cup each but- ter, sugar, and dour, one egg, cup of finely chopped nuts, cream. butter and sugar together. Adis ogg well bewteu, thea flour, act lastly nuts. Drop small spoonful oa buttered tins and bake in moderate oven, Griddle .Caicos,—Ono and one-half pin of flour, five beaten eggs, pinch of Salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder', Plain Custard, -The beaten yolk of eggs and five tablespooufuls of sugar. Pour over this ono quart of hot milk add flavoring and the whites. of two eggs. :slake in cups set In a pan of boiling water. Covet' with meringue and eat cold. Do not leave too long in the oven. Boll instead, if pre- ferred. J3rown. Custard,—Sca.d roma quart of milk, bat do not boil; beat five eggs light with three tablespoonfdi of sugar, and pour upon them the hot nil's. Mix well, adding nitttneg and flavoring extract to taste; bake in a well buttered itis'h, Turni otit when cold; strew very thickly with white sugar. Set the plate contain- iag the custard upon the upper grat- ing of a hot oven. The sugar will melt and rim in brown streams all aver the molded pudding. Stip care- fully to a disk and eat cold.. Cocoanut Custard—Boil a pint of milk with the milk of a cocoanut and half a teacupful of the meat grated a pinch of salt, and two tablespoon- fuls of sugar. Boat three eggs, leav- ing' out two whites; stir the boiling milk very gradually to the eggs, then let the custard thicken in boiling water; stir until cool, then pour into cups. Beat the tivo whites of eggs with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, pile ' this on the custards, sprinkle thickly with grated cocoa- nut, th'edgo with sugar, and set in the oven to color. Cold1Meat Puffs—Are 'nada by mak. ing a minae of ally cold meat, high- ly seasoned, and moistened with saute or gravy. For each tablespoon- ful of the mince, roll out two rounds of potato pastry the size of the top of, a large breakfast cup. On one put the mince, brush the inner edges wit's. beaten ogg, and fold over the other round of pastry, Pressing the two firmly together. Dake brown 'in a quick oven, or before the,iire, Dampfnudeln—Is the name given to an exceedingly nice variety of Mania - tinge, very popular in (iet'many,. Re- quired: Fourteen ounces of fine flour, two eggs, an ounce of castor sugar, a gill of new milk, 24- oz. of fresh. butter, and loz• of German yeast. Mix together the yeast, mills, a little of the sugar, the eggs, and the creamed Nutter. Add this mixture to rho flour (with which is a pinch of salt), and add sutnoiest extra flour fit necessary) to bring the whole to a light, spongy clough. (lover with a thick flannel, and leave to rise until the bulk has double's. Cut off pieces the size of an egg, and mould on a board. In a inroad stowpan, boll a teaspoonful of sugar, an ounce of Nutter, and mills to the depth of an inch. Into this put the ilttrnpliugs, en0er, and cook in a slow oven trti.il the mill is nearly dried up, anis the dumpling's a pale brown color. Servo with sugar and Jain. USEFUL HINTS, Pick over the rags is your store f•Oom once in a while and see what. Mb be dispeeseii with, If a tea kettle has become luno coated on the inside, try r.'trbbieg with, a cloth dipped in vinegar. 1't you have a place for everything alit put iL there, y'ou twill know where to find it when you Want it, To cttt 'tot bread plunge the knife lin hot watery and dry quickly—hold the loaf lightly and cut with a saw- ing motion, St is a good plan to have a low shelf for the Water pail, It is hard worieto lift a heavy pail many tunes during the day, Whoa 'row is spilled, poser cold water on it at ettCe to prevent it from soaking in. 1L• can then be lift- ed with a knife. Apple, potato and most other stains can be 'removed from the bards by rubbing them with oat- meal mixed with lemon, jute° of vin- cgar, When the stain is quite remov- ed wash With warm water and soap, Always keep a shall board sprin- kled with stilt and wate • 'Mse Reusing, If the: free' lid passed two or theca times Over the salt on the board the roughness often faeces taloa, when 1t has been used for lengthened time, will be removed. Mills and butter should be mixed with potatoes When they are mashed. Silk ITan.dkerchlefs should be wash- ed in water to which borax, not soap, has been added.' Lampwlelcs waked In vinegar a short time 'hefoi•e being used will give a much bettor light. To absorb the odor of greens when boiling, put a piece of brevis, the some of en egg, in a piece of sloth, and drop into the put, Marls your cookery -boots so that at is gianee you may, when necessary, turn up dishes that can be prepared in from ten to twenty minutes. Gilt Frames, svhen new, should be covered with a coating of white var- nish, All specks can then be washed off with water without harm, it this Is 'done, Vegetarian Trish Stew. is an excel- lent dish, in which half a pound of haricot 'beans' takes the place of the meat In the usual kind of stew. A little oil should also be added, and the dish prepared in the ordinary way.. To Clean Knives take aa ordinary cork that has been used in a wine - bottle, dip the end in water, then in knife -powder or powdered batlsbrick, Now rub the knives well with the cork, and they will look beautifully bright and Well cleaned. Scraps of cold meat and any vege- tables that have been "left over" may be made into a tasty curry, TO - pint of vegetables, add half a pint of cheat scraps and some stock. Stir over the fire till quite thick, and serve, pyramid -shape, on a dish with sante plainly boiled rice around it, and a hard boiled egg or two sliced small. Vegetable Saudi is made by'Put- Ling an Clare and a half of butter, and the some amount of finest flour, in cr small saucepan; stir with a wooden spoon till both are well mix- ed; add salt and pepper, and, very gradually, a gill of cold water. When that is quite smooth, put in slowly half a ,pint of mitis, anis boil the sauce three minutes. A 1i'O1tD 011 EXPOSTULATION. While bedding should be thoroughly aired, the place for it is not out tho front windows. It is as offence against the canons of good taste to intrude bedding in the face of the general public. In many of the large German cities a householder on a fine residential street who dared.to fling sheets and blankets broadcast from the windows world 1>e called down. In this country, even in aristocratic neighborhoods, it is no uncommon sight to discern sheets and blankets waving dohance to the artistic sensi- bilities of the whole •community., There is a place for all things but the front window Is not the place for :bedding. i NOT OLD AGE.. John, show are you to -clay?" asked a Scottish minister, on meet- ing one of psis parishioners. "Gley wool, sir; guy weed," replied John cautiously; gin it wasna for rheum:ails:1i in the richt log." "Ali, John, lie thi ul.ful for there is no mistake you are -getting old like the rest of, us, . and old age doesn't cone alone." "Auld age, sir," returned Jolin, "I wonder to hear ye: Auld age has nnething tae rice wi't. Here's my ither leg jilt as auld, an' it's sound. and steeple yet." The Excelsior Life Itl14b Cd ralNNr_`v C®e The annual meeting of this company was held at the head offices In the com- pany's building on Thursday afternoon, The directors' report, which was unani- mously adopted, shows a utostsatisfac- tory increase itt each 'tam of the company's business. During the year tho balance of the authorized capital 0l the company Sao disposed of at 150, the issue being largely over -subscribed for, the required amount being alloted and paid for within ten bays. • The amount 01 now insurance issued during the year was 52,288,157, an increase- of . 8 per cent. The amount of in- surauco itt COM) at rho end oftheyear was $7,846,798.35, an increase of $1,= 474,192.85, or 24 per cent. Tho in- come, excluding capital, was 0288,502,- 01.. The disbursements were $108,- 280.90, of which nearly $50,000 coin- prises slonass death lr,ateY ford tiro The wee G.00, the average annual rate eine° the company. -commenced business'being the unptn'alleled, low ono of 8.54, The tiot assets are $815,,071.82, the in-. crease acing $1.72,645.80, •oi• -20 per cont. The company's investments have proved. extremely satisfactory from the stantipoirst el both security and pro-. dualivaness. The gross assets for so - corny of policyholders, Inaluding un- eallad capital, are $1,252,4:68.20, ibe- ing an Increase of 0201,008.88. It s a well-known foot that the soaurlty af- forded to policyholders by all regular Canadian COn,i>attics is absolute, but taking the amount of the coaspany's. policy contracts into consideration, It will be soon that the extra security af- forded its pollayboidera is unusually !new:. I'he reserve fund now totals $ 33,O.t•0,81, au fnoroaso of $184,297.- 91, or 28 per Cent. The not surplus on policyholders' 'Moonlit Is 888 801.89,. The company's sphere of operations has beenextended during the year, rho corm pony51010 pushing for business and meeting with goodsuccess in every part of the Pomininn, It is expected that the 'additional organisation effected will result most advantageously to boot shareholder cad iloilcyhelders..The com- pany attributes ,ls eont.nusd success i,o its attractive plans of Insurance and liberal policy contracts, coupledwith its prominence in respect to those fea- tures of its business in w h!ch policy holders are most particelarly Interested. 'ilia directors' report was intanbuous- fy atiantet6. The following gentlemen wore re- elected dhreelei, efthe company for the. ensuing year: --David Tr'aeken ;r'oi`l„ D, A., ?amnio, Presidents:3.1. Parker. l;sq,, Owen Soenti, and RutirrOrass, r sit:, Toronto Vice -Presidents; George Goodatham, iisq„ Toronto; Thomas Loug, Pisa., Toronto; John Ferguson, ria<i , 51,A„ M.D. Toronto; J, P. W. Ross, 1150., Torenia; W. J. 16tcI ariand Use..oronto; Alex - aider 1''aston, 11.A.,Tqronto;1 (loo, E. Weir, loses ,Preseee: 1V, T, 11, Colter,q 14st ,.' 1;.1)„i , ;'3.nr•nla• Win. TTa>•vay, Vtnnip;cg;, 13,. VV, Gordon, P)sq., , Pembroke; Jos. Wright, Ilse., Tor, ado; I. :1. ifneehtel,�. Esq, i'nnever, The company he.va desirable openings for geed 'nen on their Agency stmt. Those interested will do well to e0nu- etunientowith 'sir, William Ttarvoy, Western in rn S nt r. Winnipeg, be the Bean 0 e, ederal Life Assurance Company OF CANADA. R 23rd Annual Report and ]financial � 1” Statement. For the Year Ending December 3!, 1904. The twenty-third annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the head office of the company, in Hamilton, on Tuesday, March 7th, a1905nd8, theaancluP l 88 lei ntm, eut 810, were sDavidubDexter, itted:— in the chair. The following reports IDIREC'Ji OIRS'AtEPORT. Your a!rectors nava -the honor to present the 'report and financial state - Tuella, the company for the year which closed on the slot Lacombe, 1900, duly vouched fpr. by the auditors. cenThe new business of theyearconsisted of two thousand two hundred and fi[tYted, tlpphleatious far insurance, $5,140,500, of which two thou- sand one hundred and seventy-seven applications for 52,010,499.50 were Rt. As in previous years, the income of the company shows a goalifyin in- crease, and the assets of the company have boon increased by$285,079.62, and have now retched 32,148,773,37, exclusive 01 guarantee capital. The security for policyholders, including guarantee capital, amounted at the close of the year to $3,018,778.87, and the liabilities for reserves and all outstanding 0�tof uacatled guarantee Jcapitalothe sur surplus of policyholders was 85,- 887.81. g P p policyholders was $186,- X alleles on elghty-two lives became claims through death, tc the "amount of $107,040,00, of wlilch $13,58.1 was relusw'ed' in other eompanlas, Including cash dividends and dividends applied to the reduction of premi- ums, with annuities, the total. payment to policyholders amounted to $198,- 911.34, Careful attention has boongiven to the Investment of the company's funds, to first-classbonds, mortgage securities, and loanson the company'spolicies rat ameplyof seeure interciest. by reserves. Our investments have yielded a very satisfactory ef1✓fortsxpernsesfor hnowavebusinebeenss. confined. to a reasonable limit, consistent with due The results of the year indicate a most gratifying progress. Compared with the precedingear, the figures submitted by . the directors for your ap- proval show.. du advance of thirteen and a half per cent. In assets. The assurances carried by tiro company now amount to 510047 800.23, upoand,n hwhichaaddition the com thereto, pany a holdsconsiderabreservesle suto rplus.ilio full amount required by law, The field officers and agents of the company are intelligent and loyal, and are entitled to much credit for their able representation of the company's' in- terests. The members of the Milos staff have also proved faithful to the com- pnnv's, service. Your directors are pleased to he able to :state that the business of the company for the past two months of the current year has been better than in the corresponding months of last year, and that the outlook for the fu- ture is very bright. DAVID DJ;XTIIE, President and Managing Director. AUDITORS, 1tEPORT. To rho ]'resident and Directors of the il'ederai Life Assurance Company: Gentlemen,—Wo have carefully audited the books and records of your company for the years ending 81st December last, and - have certified to their attorney, The cash anis journal vouchers have been closely examined, and agree with the entries recorded. The debentures, bonds, etc., in the possession of the com7many have been in- spected, whilst those deposited with the Government or banks have been vori- tied by certiticain, the total agreeing with the amount as shown in the state meat of assets. The accompanying statements, viz., revenue and assets and liabilities, show the result of the year's operations, and,also, rho ilnanelal position of the company. ltespeettts et Idly submitted, H. S. STPPIII;NSo, CIIARLI,'.1 ST77'P. Auditrs, FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1804. RECEIPTS. ilamilton, lot March, 1905, Premium and annuity income $ 542,$88 n33 lhterest, rents, and profit on sales of securities , 86,529 51 DISBURSEMENTS, Paid to policyholders ,.... $ .598,911 84- All other payments 119915,12101 0 70 Balance ..... .,.... 388.188 30 $ 628,718 3 $ 028,718 84 ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1904. Debentures and bonds.. $ 685,383 82 Mortgages . . •. 704,158 83 Loans on politics, bonds, stocks, etc, .... 410,615 33 All ether assets , .., 818,005 09 $2,118,073 37 LIAIbILITIES. Reserve mita - ,.'.,:$1,837,724 81 Death Lealosses awaiting proofs ..,- 51,140"00 Other liabilities : 21,070 .75 Surplus on policyholders' account 185,837 81 $2,148,773 37 Assets .............52,148 773 87 Guarantee capital 870,000 00 Total security .50,018,773 37 Policies were issued assuring ,,, ,..5 0,010,499 50 Total insurance la force .. 10,047,806 23 The foregoing reports and statements were received and adopted, on the motion of President David Dexter, seconded by Vice -President Lieut, -Cot. Kerns, The retiring directors were re-elected, and at a subsequent meeting of the directors the following officers wore re-eleetotl:—Mr, 'tilavid Dexter, President and Managing Director: Lieut. -Col. Kerns and Rev. Dr; Potts, Vice -Presidents. STUDY OF THE OCEAN. A new science, that of oceangraphy is at last on the point of taking a permanent place ,in the scientific world, where at one of the universi- ties of the world it hashitherto had no recognized place beyond the per- iodical lectures given by the Prince of Monaco. A few laboratories exist for the study of tho biology of the littoral, and tits only ratan in Prance skilled in oceangraphy fn all its phases 14, curiously enough in the acme way that the poet J3urns Was an ale -gauge', installed in a provin- cial chair of mineralogy. Tills year there Is to be a regular course of deep sea oceangraphy it Paris— biological, physiological and chemi- cal. Tim Prince of Monaca is the heart and soul of the movement, and has gathered aroundhies a staff of able iectun'ers. ;UNHAPPINESS A 11AlilT, Most unhappy people have become so by gradually foaming a habit of unhappiness, complaining about the weather, finding fault with their food, with crowded cars, and with disagreeable companions or work, A habit of complaining, or fault-A�id- big, or grtinsblhig over trifles, n habit of looking for shadows is a Most 'unfortunate habit to coutraet, especially incttely life, for, after a While, tho victim beeornes a slave. All of the impulses btrconie.pei'vetrtecd until the tetnclency to pessimism, to cynicism, is 'chronio,e SCHOOL F011. STOIC CHILDREN. A new kind of selsao( is about to be atartod by the authorities of Oiin.rlotteuburg for the benefit of the chiltircrt• who, though not exactly ill, aro so weakly titt they are very liable to lin attacked by disease, more especially tlsbercnlosis, The school is to he built in the depths of the Junfornhefido Woods, near Merlin, and the Children will remain : there the taki)lc day, special arrangements being made to supply themwith their ^ meals. They are only to . re• ceivo front two to throe 501115' lis struction daily, and, aro to spend the rest of the clay in taking healthy exercise its the forest. THS 0Alt. The woodman swings, with stec;dy stroke, IIis keen edged axe against the oak. The 'giant tree has ages stood, Tho lord, the monarch of the wood. His leafy limbs the summer long Have yearly lodged the feathered • throng. The squirrel here has reared his brood And safe has stored his W'ater's food. Itt icy blasts, the oak's baro wrens, Have braved the sky, withstood its storms. When Spring trippers lightly through the glen, Ile gayly hung his houghs with green, Tel vain his arms- the heavens invoke, IIis vitals Cali the fatal stroke, At last the axe has rettcheci his heart, a, His body shakes, his gnarled arms start, The 830111 heaves a mighty sigh, Ae new his branches sweep tha sky. With roar that shale , the a region rooms. Ito rushes thslnrdenieg to the };'round, C1iATIL1' S L. Milroy, AN INCRh:ASH OF 24 P.C. We aro pibl!shing in this Nano the Annual Statement of the laseelrior Life Insurance Company, which ahows a decided increase ower ,the business of forme' seasons.: !L'if't the amount of Insurance in forte at :the end of the ycat• showed all inex'ease of 24 p.C. is an advance of which the l xaolsior may well bo proud, and We extend to thein our cabaret. mations,, IN IVIEgRY OLD ENGLAND tr4WS BY 1IA L ,ABO'U'T J'OFTN BULL Alm ars 121OPX.E. Occurrences in the. Land That Reigns Sulsratno in the .CoM- anercial World, Over thirty, new hotels have bean built. in Loudon during the past ton years, More than 500 cases . of typhoid have now .been notified to the auth- orities et Lincoln. It is expected that Icing 0dwaz'd will publicly visit Manchester about the second week in May. The Duke of Manchester has 001d Ms Tanleragee estate at Arma h, under the Irish Land Act,. for $1,- 100,000. 1;100,000. The Conference on school hygiene at tho London University decided that school children have too little. sleep. The navy will in future take its doctors from the ranks of oiviliaa Practitioners,, who will be engaged for slfort periods of service. Birmingham washerwomen are greatly agitated by the report that a laundry entirely worked by Chinese is to be established in the city. Ustas Maclinow, the tallest. Iman in the world, who was born in Inas- sic, is in London. He is 9 feet 8¢ inches in height, and weighs 468 Pounds. The roof .of Great Gaddesdan-place,. the Hertfordshire seat of Mr. Thomas F. Halsey, fell In as the result of a fire recently, and buried five men in its ruins. Two Have since died. "Softening of the .brain, brought about by lack of mental exercise,. causes the deaths of one-third of the agricultural laborers of this coup- try," declares Dr, Duke in the Law Courts. Butter, both. fresh and salt, is now being brought to England from the River Plate. The first steamer to reach Soutliampton landed over 170 tons of butter is excellent condition, The average of births in London is 11,000 a month. 1t is computed that a single month's births of male babies would nearly suffice to replace the men lost by England on the Boor battlefield. In the Wandsworth district. byway of experiment,' household refuse is bo- iag collected every day, and. house- holders are required to place their dust-receptaeles upon the curbstone by seven a.m, William Metford Taylor, 55, a Somerset House clerk, who lived at Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, died suddenly alter e, cold bates. Coati was duo to syncope from fatty degeneration of the heart. Coal sinkers at Warstone Fields, West Bromwich, have struck an .18 foot scam of coal of excellent dual- ity, at a depth of 600 yards. The pit,, from which drawing will short- ly commence, will be ono of the • largest in the district. I4ILLED BY OVERWOR1. Sours Man Put in at Some Lon- don Bakeshops, Excessive work -hours are not un- usual in London, England, industries as revealed at au inquest recently. Henry Frederick Salines, of Step- ney, died from overwork at the age of forty-one. On five days a weeds he baked bread for fifteen hour's a day, and on Saturdays he slaved for twenty-three hours, and sometimes longer. Not 0100 his Sundays were free, for there wore dinners to bo cooked, says the London Daily Mail. "At midnight I found him lying dead in the bakeshop," his wife said. "He had complained of being over- worked for sometime. Sometimes he got 28 more than his 32s salary, but than his master wanted to stop his allowance of a loaf." George ,titcbcler, the . -foreman at the bakehouse, said that the bakors usually started at nine in the even- ing and workccl until Boon the next day, but on Saturdays the • hours were longer still. "We get our meals as best we can while the bread is in • the oven," he added, arousing a cry . of of "Shane" from the dory, "Ten hours a clay is the trade union time, A fellow -baker, named William ' Brick, said that he had been work- ing fifteen hours a day, twenty-three on Saturdays, and six hours on Sun- day. Then sometimes they had So wait three Hours for their money. Joseph Boger, who trades at Rose- mont toad, Hampstead, as the Ger- man Laundry Company, was fined' A8 Os. 3d., including costs, al.; Marry- lebono for employing three young women; ,aged seventeen, nineteen, and twenty, for twenty-eight conse- cutive Hours, including meal times, or 24:1 hours without, Another6 'irl was employed for 27t hour's, and another all night, 4 SIIIIALL TOWNS DYING OUT. London and Other Great Centres Draw People Away, Mr. Arthur H. ;Anderson gave an address on the 'decline of the coon - try town before, tlto British Society of 'Arts recently. "It is hardly conceivable," he said, "that as many as 155' English tacos with populations varying from 2,000 to 20,000, are on tho down -grade. "The question hriseS whether it is not desirable to set on foot some national enquiry for the aOnsidera- tion of this important matter, It is no obscure or trivial circumstance.", As a remedy, Mt'.. Atulersnn, sig- gcsted the t•emovel'of tlrauufat:turing business • from great cities to tho eo1n tri'. "Tho smaller towns," he added, "aro now fooling, withthe villages and hamlets, (110 terrible suction of the great cittot. Railways and road trafito in some measnrres have Contra bitted to bring about this result; anis lit the future floe motor -ear nest ob- t'iously have a greet effect 01t the distribution of population. • the tidoof -tOPiiI ti0 t „ll. It t a Ott n t a Again be tuned 10Wnriis ilia Mallet towns and villages, fife housing 4vlees bola will, 1 rear, 'form an insupovable barrier,".