The Clinton News-Record, 1900-04-19, Page 6Women as Astronomers,
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,ofe Venerable lody Who dled at Pan, Through Storm and Sunshine
France, eight yeara eig'0, Provided
her Will ter a Prize of $20,000 to be *we - - -
giveste tO the person who win find a CHAPTER XV.
Menne Ot 001SIMUIlleating with atar,
Sir Arthur die. not feel ulte sure
ply to tbe coMeauntcation. The Prise ed, aim or not. Still he
Moieey Ls beld in, trust. lattt the quaint, to that efteet to her, but beut down
beid nothing
beoest ta reetheeexa moat eueetene, and kissed her !pretty young face, nod
muttered sot:teething about bappinees
Oat, of the intereet thet women ote. was vague enough, yet it pacified
the present day take in scientitio ad.. her. She was quite content.
vancement. Tee number ae womon Wes he Itleased V' If be should hese
Who coettribute out a their privatelaW`oe°°33141 nhsisisbneasurtlue hkeiltrosbsise scita lieges!
MOOTIS to the maintenance of observen. wood. She loula never till the post-
torice and wbo equip poor but eaaa tIon for width elm bad so well quail.
oua astronomera for individual heves-. terselk . Her life would be era.
tigation inereanea every year, and at gteociadYia:1), ainel Wrttgatr haear
net time since astronomy watt hav4 Ore to innerit Lancewoocl was not so
there heen as many women constant-, rakish f Or the wealth or the import-
, roe that would accrue to her, but
ly engaged in the mathematical paw
a the work, ecause sbe bed lotty ideas of
adding to tne luster of her name, of
The improved instruments now avalle. doing good to all in the estate -bee
able and the universal application 00 dame w°uld ea'rrY out needeul
photography to astronomy nes openee: teilleiggritme.tita erer ewalieleo ehaatde
the door wide for the women oomputota whet a noble inistress Vivien
and astronomer's assistant. At all the.; would make for Lancewood, and had
notable °beard:dories and those more! thonght himself ' most fortunatsessein
or less newly established in what wed I 1)31"1.11g Neor,hit itil:usgutelrd ataeveeaa Bond,
to be oonaidered reraote parts of thei all holies Vivienat euccession were
earth -India, Bessie°, at the Cape oi! of convict endect. He could give ter
Good Hope, in far Scandinavia and ue an ample fortune, but he knew tot
in the ,East Andes -there ere Women well. No fortune or money could
compensate her for the loss of Lance -
working in the laboratory depart- • wood. Ile knew that she would ra-
meats of astronomers. Some of tlies ther ne inistreas of LaneeWood than
whmen are able to make original In-, Queen of England. It woold he a ter -
Able blow to her. The bruaging home
reetigations, being in synapatby with. oe young wife had been bad enough,
1. the science and having studied its grin but that would seem trivial In cone -
doles. Others are purely oalculatore lwrirloo with the loes of lancewooe.
and accurate measurers, measuring the, Another tning-it Jae had a son, it
was almost improbable that be could
photographs and computing and r.educe live to see him reath raanhood, and.
, j I m
erne Herki Tut tirmorae Child hi Norman
lute still. He inuat hat% a black Suit
ea --for tin* et least. We bane to
tto to tbe library, Mr. Dorman my*,
to hear tbe will read."
Order lune:. he may bebave him*
Mem, tor exempla. and reteavina a re- wieethee hia wife's intelligequce please
hog the estimates obtained as dispas-. if he did not, wet° would, train liim--,
aionately as any .seboolgirl plods at wbo would teach hine all that Vivien
had eo aptly learned ? Yle did not say
her equations. so to his wife, but in the depths of
Both Blames of workers are veluable- his heart Sir Axthur boped that a
for astronomy as a science is absolute- • little daughter might be born to
ly dependent upon mathematics. No them, and not a. son. ' If that were
the case, the eva would be changed
matter what thrilling revelations the ante ' a blessing, A daughter could
astronomer may discover with his be' amply portioned out of the estate,
glass, his work is almost valueless to and would not interfere with Vieien's
claims.
science unless subjected to niathema- He did not tell 'Vivien the news, "It
tical proof. Now he photographs those- willabe time enough .for her to know
vievvs verbatim and preaerves the- it," he said to himself, evieten all the
platen to be examined at leesure. The world knOws it." ' •
authorities at several observatories. Vivien wrote to say that when the
, habitually exchamge the photographs eSrae,atons, left London they were. go -
taken of the same stars and planets: ing to Germany, and had asked her to
la order that comparisons may be- accompany them, which :she yery
made regarding their aspect frem din. much wished to do. Sir Arthur gave
ferent latitude,s. Thototands of such. his consent. .. 1 . I
photographs are measured - and coma "Who, knows, poor . cbild, to what
puted in any single observatory dur- • kind olf home ahe may return 1" he
Jug a year, and women do- the work., said; "It may have passed from her
laborious, patience -taking, but as ne, hands never to be entirely her own
oessary to the development of science. again." ' .• . • t t. •
as to growing a crop. So Vivien went to. Gentle*, little
The moat unique mathematieal cal- dreanung of the news that would. e -
°stator of the gentle aex in America low her thither. ,. • •
to -day Is Mrs. Elizabeth P. B. Davis,. ,
who works ne the government oba ••4/......•
.
• servatory at Washington. She has for Lady Nestle was expecting the hour
a number of years, calculated the ephe- Of her triumlall• Shee had never ad -
moles of the sun for the Nautical _ m'tt d t ' tt self that she might have
mama, a publication of first interest a' daughter instead of ,the son . ' she
to navigators and explorers. There aret longed and prayed far. And one hinid
volumes and volumes of the Almanac ing ever• so reniately at such an idea
bearing teetimony to this woman's 'incurred, her severest diepteasure.
calculations. The advance sheets hay° One day she summoned nirs, Speosee,
o e go rea y ree or our year 'the housekeeper to a consuitatione
aheael of time to forestall the needs Stile - wedged to know 'which of the
of those shops' captains who essay long rooms had been used ae Miss Nestle's
experimental voyages and who may be nursery' • Mrs. Spenser told her.
away for years and deprived of such "the large room, with the oval window
assistance. Tbe woman ' calculator Cei', the eirst floor." • •
shortens the formulas, makes explao- ' That w 40 0 or m ,
ili t d f e " said her
lad hi d id dl 'I grefer a room
atory notes and does an amount of ys p, ec e y. •
work involving much aetronomicat and on the ground floor. tars are al -
nautical deduction, besides much proof ....8 so .rd oh more majoareeo
ways dab/roils for Walken, isand tbhoayns
reading a mathematical text -books. "a , e
• girts.
She Ls the wi fe of a seaf along man, „ ao a„ • .
taasesuttisusin. teaeupte4 the housekeeper,
who is of ten detailed on governmeet
missions, and the mother of two ""' ty, your ladyship .nught
.
charming children., who have no rea- haye a daughtee."
son to bewail their parents' devotion. I shall taave nothing of the: kind,"
to science. Mid 'Lade. Nestle, angrily; . "my son
Many women computers are emploe- wili be. heir of Lancewood-a daughter
ed at the Harvard observatory, A would 'he-" "'Useless to me," . she
among them four original workers sn-
arl" was about to add,. bet Prndence came
gaged in making inveatigations with 4. ber aid and checked the words. .
The housekeeper went, away with. a'
the Draper telescope under the dime seam. on aer • eaen•
tion of Mrs. Williamina Fleming, Mrs- "it is easy. to. see," she gait!, , "that
Fleming ia a native of Dundee, Scot-
land. Her responsibilities have steed- miladi wants a son, so that Mass Nes-
ily increased, and she cooducts much lie shall not have Lancewoode I pray.
Heaven she may be disappoihted." • .
important inveetigation, having dis- Lady .Weslie fieeself never .seemed eo
covered a .number of variable etare and have it doubt.' ' . "
confirmed the diacovery of severel new - "Arthur,O ahe Mid one.' day to her
stars to be accredited to her assistants, husband, "I have been loOklatie over the
the Misses Leland, Maury, Stevens and family annals, and I have found a
Wells Nearly all of the discussion of name f er myelittle eon." • - . . •
photographs taken at the Harvard ob- "Indeed I . What name have you.
serve tory and at its miner stations. .thosen I" he asked. • :
Marguerite Palmer has aone much ' rrOsweild.- It seems tes have •been a
computing in the Yale onservaterY tavotite name in the familY. e count -
bulletin of traneactions. She has corn- ed ten Oswalds, and they all eeem to
puted a definite orbit for the comet have been famous men."
discovered by Maria Michel. Up to a "Yes," observed' Sir Arthur, areaixi-
few mon•ths ago Hannah Maas was as- ily---"Oswald 'le a famous . name -with
instant at the 'United States Naval Ob- lin Mid we nave had same gifted men
servatory. A woman, formerly . chief called by it If 'I had a son, T could
computer at the Goodsell observatory, not. wash for a better name tor him.
Northfield, Mane ia one of the tweed- I often wonder, if I had another name,
ate editors of an astronomical month Whether it would have inspired me to
ly. Among the amateur astronomera be a greater Man." • ' ' '
who have private observatories.is Alias He spoke regretfully,. like . one Who
Rose O'Halloran, of San Franoisco, felt that be had missed someiroad in
who makes a study of whines, • me- life ; then, sudeenly looking , at his
teors, variable stars and general .asc Wife, he said-- k . r s
pmts. Miss Dorothea Klueapelr, of the "Valerie, you ma e , ve y . uret of
sante oity, is one American woman who this son of yours. What if,. a ter
plies her energies. to foieign :service. alleyou aa'iould find, yourself the moth -
She is now director of the bureau for er Od .a httle daughter as r•retty as
Astro -Photographic Catalogue of the yeaciaelf rt 'him excitedly
the measurement of the 'plates of the Yon ore .r
Parks observatory. Of the six women lethal ul et3Oult:materribly disapao.int-
computers in the departraent, she is easi' ire 'aid, 'that I !Mould almost
the only American, having. become laP3 er' V' 1 • 1 I" .he cried, [Mocked
identified with the observatory in 1887 ' HUAI a er e
when she entered It as a student. Hext ittatter evrseoridvse.a her imp-rudence.
observations of the minor planets and "It iteyour fault, Arthur -you raake
advancement has been rapid, and her t3
of the Temple -Swift comet have. beet me _say; what 1 ' do uot inee.n. My
published in the Freneh Mientific whole heart is bent upon adlittle son.
journals. It was her eemarkable the Why do 3,01.1 contradiet me I"
ais at the time of het examination in' Indeed it was useless, as latO well
1898 that first opened the way forth° knew' He Mid no more,. but he hoped
of women in the ele and Piayed with ell the fervor of his
oeresPelervYamtoarilyt: ;Isa-- soul that the, duetted child miglat
It 1EI a EIOUTDO of regret to till wonien
' . not be a Son and heir.
that the Johns Hopkins University There won great consternation one
continues to exclude women front ad- evening -a sweet dewy evening -for
mission to its graduate courses. the young mistress of Lancewood was
suddenly taken ill. The doctor was
Mrs. Ooreita lt, Davis is an independe auramoued ia 'heeled,
ant worker, at present ertgaged !mon and he sent a.t
very intricate 'computations and reduce once for anotber. There was distresa
Mona for the benefit of inveetigators. and dismay, for Lady Valerie was sick
She computes latitude investigotions uuto death, and it Maned a terrible.
at New York and Naples, arrives at thing that one so- young and beittifie
cone ftil thetild die.
" me,an epochs of observations"
eerning the different stets, and doee There were long hours of suspense,
work tending to facilitate the labora when the doctore eon:Suited witb grave
of her husband and contempOranenus fates, and the servante whispered in
writers. Slmilar credit is due Mrs. low voices. "It would be strange,"
Mary Anna Fellows, nee Hervey. Het the tatter said, "if this Lady Neslie
hushane being direotor of the royel too ehould, die;" and there were bun-
oheervatory of the Cape Of Good Hope, dreds of svishes elem.:eased that no son
Rather throtigh removel or death, one btifigtaktrtioderive Miss Neslie of her
by one. Prof. Fellows' assistants' left air Arthur, walking up and down
hien, until he was all albite, when ill the broaa corridetes, tried to Uncle.
and unfit for work. His wife came to stand his own heart, and failed. Then
the rescue, relieved him of entire re- 60' Came to hien those grave -faced
aponsibility and diel obeerva tory work doetore, and told him that he bad
without a flaw until assistateee oould great cause for tejoieing-a son and
he moored. Proper anistance at the heir was born to Jaira-a stroog, heat -
remote, obeervatories is very bard tO thy boy. But there was One draw -
maitre. There ia record of an enthusi. hack -Lady Neslie was io great dan-
natio woman astronomer who attete. ger. He asked if he eould see her;
lathed a private observatory In the and they told him "Not yet-ehe wan
far East, dying alone and deserted by too ill.'"
ber entire staff of servants, who, when A son was born to him!' When the
they realized her condition, appropri. aootors hsa gone away, leaving him
*toed wbatevee of renewal and house- alone, he went to tbe window that
hold postieesioses they wanted end left looked over the Hyde woods. The
her to fate. Travelere how after dim. moon was rising over the trees, the
eoverett the story in the relies found sky wee without a eloud. The fair
upon tile mountain top and the trot- domain of laneewood looked onwonte
nittotte as to the student and her de- edly fair. The undulating, well-
. voted hermitage. wooded park, 'the hills in the far dis-
tance, the dark, pietureeque Malniell Of
Lieutenant -General Preneh la the trees, the moonlight silvering all -it
fourteenth °Weer now on the active Wae a liteMe for a man to be proud of
and to love.
Mat Of the Army who has been premot.
ee from the rano of vreier„netierat A eon, was heti* to him! This Ant
for distinguished peseetea itl he Hem domain would, Meer be his daughter's
The others are Lord Virolseley, Lord --it would never belong to hoar; It be.
Roberts, Sit Itedyere Stiller, Sir Wil. longed now tO the little child whom he
liana Lashhart, sir Irene), ljr ttoken„ bed not ;Seen, and Vittien Wad disin-
herited. Ae he sthod there he
bury, Sir Norge White, Sir Fromm's
Grated!, Lord latelelier, Sir Arehl- thought of hie first wife - Thies'.
bald Hunter Sir Lssliti Rundle, Sir mother. --of hove during -her short life,
*Aden Blood, the Hon. N. G. Lyttle. "8 lad talkad.a the thee "" h"
ton and Sir Herbert Chermelde, daughter would inherit Lancewood.
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BOERS USING CHINESE TACT/CS. hail ;Vent her life. She had not eared
for romanoe or stentiment• the light,
Masked positions ao greatly adopted pretty etermations of other girls bed
by the Doers were Utilized by the Chle no therm for her. She had fitted here
mem iterating, Aritieh Meets, notably self to he mistress of Innomiwood, am
the Teku Vette, , . , . she woad Wore done to 1* enema et *
Ilo thought of Viniete taxa of hoiv she
great kIngdora. Ile could remember
her enthusiasm over the grand old
trees. How she had. loved than! /low
laacl gloried in the fact that, ale
though they might die of old age,
they could never be out down!. Ile re-
membered, ati he stood there watch-
ing the fair domain that was not to
be hers, how the had planned a picture
mine bridge to span the river, and a
boat house lower dawn. Now she
would never plan again, Team atta-
ined his eyes, partly in gratitude tor
the son bore, to him, and partly tn son.
row for the daughter who bad lost %II
through his birth.
Then he reproached himself. It
was too late, he said, for thoughts of
that kind - too late for regret; he
was married, and a son was born;
there was nothing to be done hut
make the best of it.
aoma afterward he aaw the little
babe -a 'strong, healthy boy, voth his
motber's eyes an4 bair-a bonny, beau-
tiful boy -and bis heart warmed to
the child.
er a , here wl I be alma sate
isfactioe in being succeeded by a Beni"
he thought; "this boy will be Sir Os-
wala Neslie et Lancewood."
He stet:Med down to kiss the tiny
rose -bud face, and then he 'went quiet-
ly to bis wife's room.
She looked so ill and weak, She had
feinted, they told him, two or three
tunes in succession; but she reeogniz-
ed aim now, and called him. by naras
"Artbur," she said, feintly, as he
bent over her„ "they wal not' let 'me
speak; they will not tell me."
111Eisesssakure hcarstace flush with triumph,
"A sons heir to Laztoewood-1 am so
glade' she wnispered. Then, looking
into bis earnest face, she mid - "I
shall not die, Arthur; I ehall live now
that I have a sote,"
Then he left her, and. she lay still,
saying to hermit over and over
again- ,
"Sie °mead Neslie, -heir of Lance -
wood, Thank !Heaven, I have a
son,"
They brought the boy into the room
for her to see. It was no sweet
motherly instinct that prompted her
questions, "Is he wellt" "Is he
strong?" "Is he healthyr-no mother-
ly instinct, but the longing that' he
alight live to inherit Lancewood. The
moment that the little child cried elm
waved i zmpatien ly awae, she did
not want that -she wanted nothing
but to know that he was living and
well. They wondered much - those
who were with her - that she so
seldorci desired to have the child with
lane if he was -well, she was content.
Str Arthur saw her smiling one day
as she looked at the child's face -she
was recovering rapidly then.
• "Why are you smiling, Valerie?" he
asked.
"I. was just thinking," she replied,
"that after all I mighe have my own
way, and see. Lady Valerie's Drive
made just where I *gated it.° .
Again, they Were looking over some
fine views of the bastle, and she .saw
=oust them one of the Dower House
She showed it to him with a ensile oi
t h
,n ave o ive in that
dreary old place now." she sAhl.
"How do you know that, Valerie?"
he asked. • •
"I ara quite sure of it. X need never
leave Laocewood, because -my own SOD
will be here, and there will be no
need." .
"Sut suppose •he ertarrieee Valerie-
wha t tbenf"
She laughed the merry, happy, light
laugh that had • so long been hush-
ed.
"Me cannot marry for twenty years
to come, at least," sbe said; "and whet,
he does, I. will choose his' wife - she
sball be one after ray own heart."
And as he listened Sir Arthur won-
dered which hive was the stronger 111
her heart -the love of Lancevvood, or
the love of her child.
CHAPTER XXII. •
, The encling of a human life is but as
tbe falling of a leaf from a tree.
Sir, Arthur Nealie was dead; and wben
those who had cared most for him
summed up his life, there was but lit-
tle to *record about it. He bad lived
and loved -had made mistakes, and
had despaired of rectifying them. The
noblest trait in his character bad been
his love for ehe fair, noble wife wbone
he had lost years before; his character
bad seemed to deteriorate • after her
death. Now, he too was placed in the
family vault where the Nestles et.'
LanceWood slept. The day of his
as one no soo org en
at the Abbey. There was no sun-
shine, but a cold, drizzling rain. The
world looked gray and disconsolate,
there was not even a gIeara of blue ixt
the sky.
sep"vSaunchts asadidar astothobeu buried on!" the
oould note the darknesghstohte dtehaed taskann
and the absence a the sun.
The Abbey was cheerless withinand
Without. There was no sound outside
save that a the steady dodinfalling
rain beating on the 'ground. Inside
ail was gloom, The blinds were
drawn; the servants, dressed in deep -
eat mourning, moved about noiseless-
ly; there Was the muffled step of the
mourners; there were the depressing
-almost terrible - eiaraphernalia that
8001 r an: he.r ely to add. to the bitterness
netts were two who Mourned the
dead man; one was Vivien, the other
Gerald Dorman. Lady Nestle did ail
that deeeruin could expect; sbe shot
hermit into her own room, where she'
was supposed to be undergoing par-
oxyms of grief, but where, in reality,
she amused herself by reading a
French novel. She professed herself
too much overcome even to see any
one, But she was able to study the
effect of her Mourning. "It became
her"-ana she clasped her hands in
devout thankfulnees.
"I was so afraid, Marie," she said
to her maid, "that I shottld look here
rible in black."
Master Oswald, in his nursery,
pamied the morning in a, violent grog-
gle with his two nurses, stoutly tefua-
beg to put on the black dress provided
for him -"it was ugly, and he hated
it" --which mutiny, on being reported
"miladi," caused her to smile and
say -
'Ties dear child has so mttch' sense;
black is very unpleasant. But re-
member he is Sir Oswald now, and he
musrdo as he likes."
The long black procession moved
silently through the park the rain
faihng on the waving plumes. So the
late maater of Lancewned passed from
the Mime where his feet should. never
tread more while the daughter who
had loved him as she had loved one
else lay weeping in her darkened
chamber -weeping as though her
grief Could never grow lees She
thought a what Lord St. Just had
said about time. Would time ever
bring healing to hot Would her ten.
rible heartstehe ever cermet Would her
aWfill 64%86 of desolation ever departf
Lady &mile longed for the blur
when the blinde should be drawn up.
She had neVer left her room...no Otea.,
ture living had a greater dread of
death and everything belonging to
it than his gayehearted lady. She
paid 1M visits to the darkened room
where lay the man who had loved her;
the never saw WM after he Was dead;
mad the thne seethed long to her while
in her own room with her maid while
the hoes* \vas all he ggloom. She sat
Sir Arthur was burled and she Wag
Meanie with exeltement. veldow's
bap lay cart the toilet table -not the
somber headoiress that eorrowlug
wives usually Wear, Ina a pretty
rooquettish eap. "Wadi" took it hiller
hand".
"labali not mind this io mut*" ohs
laid. "Von have really mule it very
olteroarly, Maxim It Will not hide bly
httlihir.e" had it on the glow brown voile
of hairs and 'viewed herself with greet
Satiefiletion.
It is positively beeombig," she seia
"Marie, yom ere SI pieffent treitsnifee
self,. but do not think he will,*
observed the maid. She bad not much
Wart herself, but "railed's" total
want of it diegutited bor.
Lady Neale walked restlessly to the
window. She drew up the blind and
looked out on tne cold, oheerleee
emus
"What a day!" she said,. "'Pile very
earth and sky are full of fuxteral
gloom. Ale thia foggy, miserable
England, it bas nothing to recommend
it nut its money!"
"Rngland has been a good foster.
mother to you, 'anneal,'" remarked
Marie.
"1 do not deny tbat, but look at the
mist, the rain, the drizzle, tbe leaden
sky-suoh a day for a funeral! If ever
I am buried, I hope it may be wheo
the sun *Mines,"
"If everl" repeated the maid. "You
will have to die, cmiladie just as well
as the rest of the world."
"That will not be for Many years
yet," tate said, leugliingly. "Now,
Marie, I am going to enjoy my life, I
did not care much about Sir Axtbur,
you know; he was all very well as re-,
garding worldly advancement I
knew that I should never do better
thau in marrying him."
To be Continued,
After Doctors Failed.
HOW PERLEY MISNER, OF WEL-
LANDPORT, RECOVERED HEALTH.
De Sneered Frown me Joint Disease and
Aube iieteiTeert4;114injon:TI:iiityto174e1.71rell Ile W01011
From Tee mune', St, Catharinee,
Ont4
.A, reporter of the St. Ca,tharines
Journal visiting Wellandport not long
ago, 'heard of one of those remark-
able cures that !have made Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pilla gammas as life /sav-
ers the world over, The case is that of
Perley Manor, son oe Mr. Mathias
Mianer, who had suffered from hep
joint disease and abscesses. and wO°
had been ander the care of four dm -
tors without beneficial results. Mr.
=slier gave the atartioulars of the
case as follows:- 'In the spring of
1892 my son, Terley, wbo was then
in bis thirteenth year, began to com-
plain of an aching in his hips, and
later my attention was directed to a
peculiar shamble in his gait. As the
trouble gradually giew - upon him I
took hint to a physician in Dunville,
who examined hint and said the thou..
ble arose from a weakness of the
nerves of 'the hip. This doctor treat-
ed Perley for wcteks during which
time a large abscess 'formed on his
leg, toed he was obliged to get about
on crutches As h oontin d to d
cline, I resolved to try another doc-
tor, who diagnosed the ease are hip
jeint disease. He treated Perley for
six 'months. The lad 'slightly ira-
proved at 'first, but later was talien
worse again. He would stirtle in his
•sleep and was continually in distress
tte he coned neither sit nor deoline
vieth ease, and was weak,. faint and.
scess had' brokerniagand wises lelelischalagiang-
in three places, but would not heal.
A third doctor advised a surgical ore
eratioh, whielie• he objected to, 'end a
fourth medical -man then took the
case in hand. This doctor confined
Parley to the bed, and besides giving
medicine, he ordered a mechanical
appliance to which was attached a
15 pound weight, to be placed in a
position by a pulley systena so as to
constantly. drawi downwards on the
Web. Thia treatment was .continued
six weeks, Causing • Much pain, .but
nothing in the wiayi of benefit was
noticied. The, abscess was dressed
twice and. thrice a day, for months,
and frequently, despite the aid of
crutohert, it was necessary. for me to
carry hem. in neer arms from the helm
to the vehicle when taking hine out.
In Oetober of 1893, I decided, other
treatments having failed, to try Dr.
'Williams' Pink Tills. I told the doe -
tor of this deeision, and he said that
Dr. Williams' 'Pink Pills would quite
likely be of much benefit. After using
four boxes- I could see sonic, improve-
ment. After this Parley' continued
the use of the pills for peveral months
with constant improvement and new
vigor, and after taking about 18
boxes the abscess was nicely healed,
the crutches were dispensed with,
and be was able to work and could
walk for miles. I attribute the good
health which toy son enjeys to -day to
the use, oe Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
Tbis medicine achieved such a mar-
vellous success in my son's ease cie
to set the whole community talking
about it. I, consider no pen expres-
sive enough, to do Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills justice, as I believe ;sly sou
would stiil be a hopelese invalid but
for this naeclicine."
Dr. Williarras' Pink Pills cure by go.
ing, to the roots of' the dtseaee. They
renew and, build up( ehe blood, and
strengthen the nerves, thus drwing
disease from! the system. If your
dealer does not 'keep them, they will
be sent postpaid at 50 cents a box,
or sfx boXes for $2.50, by addressing
the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brook -
wile, Ont. r ,
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ANIMAL LIFE.
The pretty little woodpecker of Califon
nia is an energetic) worker. It will carry
ati acorn a distance of 80 miles to store it
away front sight.
The guinea pig groWS more trickly that
ether quadruped. It is fully grown
when d weeks old and begins to hear
young at 9 months,
The eggs of a terrapin are hatched in
about 80 days. With her forepaws the fie
Male terrapin, in the, middle of them,
korai:thee hole le the sand, and in It
placesher egge, from 18 to 59. She then
Covers theta and relies upon the sun to do
the hatthing.
When a heron naps his wings, the up-
ward and downward nmeementa, it is
claimed, number nearly 800 beats a min-
ute. The bird conseqUently creates( a con-
siderable disterbance of the air tor some
distance itz Ws vicinity whenever he thee
exercises himeela
DAINTY TRIFLES.
All odd mirror tor the dreseing table ie
framed in silver anderapeorted on polished
stag horn*
Fresh Neater pearls figure largely and
Weeny I in belt el s Tlae ee tral On
segment of mewl is framed in various ways,
but perhaps rood strikingly in richly
go
An aigret to be commended and ad-
mired ()outdate of finely drawn silver wire
thickly set with rhodolito. Tbis being
Mounted lipint a gold whe spring Ohre"
tor sparkles with evety movenamt of the
body.
The new gold and silver alloy has a fine
manifestation in alcove linke set, ea are
the pins, with small rhodolites, olivines,
spinet* or pearls. With the white shirt
Waists of Ammer or any other dainty
toilet few things could be prettier.0-36*-
*lora' Oiroulat.
PEN AND BRUSH.
Itudyard favorite headgeer
a golf cap.
Hall Chine eve he la laying up for him.
'elf a stupid old ago, as ho playa no Armee
cards, chanter does anything beyond walk -
bag end riding.
Touloum-Leutroo, the pewter and, has
gone mad and is now in an imane attylum,
according to Tbe Pall Mali Oezette, He
ie * brother of the Itussien tultnesteree
Who has repeetedly got into trouble with
the Now 'Fork police.
..Dean Howell*, the novena,
yea te his dee% at S.0 o'eloolc every Wren
ing and *mks mainterruptedly until 1 in
the afternoon, He is not afraid of "gins
fag Out," but maintains that m One gtethil
ebbe ullfe widens and deepthe,"
.E.YLON OREIBN TEA
will displace all Japan Tea the same as
Salado, black is displecing all other
black teas.
ammonia a* Sa Flee netitegulsher.
Probe)* the best are extinguishing
liquid is aqua ammonia, withont any
atleition wbatever. We bave personally
had experience with the almost unm-
et:tom power of this substance in this
direction. In one instance, vebere ere
had originated probably from spon-
taneous combustion, in a pile contain-
ing eeveral tons of cotton seed, and the
interior of wbich was almost a solid
body of live coal, a half gallon of am.
monis vomit/00y anathema the fire.
In another, which occurred at Se.
vena/tri, FITOICO,' the Vapors of a tea
met ning!10 gallone of gasoline caught
fire in the !men room of a laundry. The
room was lestantly a mass of living
games but a allon nd n If f
mania water thrown into it completely
and almost immediately extinguished
the fire. The ammonia was in a glans
deteijolin in an apothecary ehop next
door to the laundry awl was thrown
into the room by the druggist as an ex-
periment. So completely was the fire
extinguished that workmen !were en-
abled to enter the room almost imme-
diately, where they found the iron tank
of gasoline intact, -National Druggist.
A Cheap Lunckeon.
A good story is told in connection
with the last Ascot meeting. An Amer-
ican, who was used to going into racing
booths ill bis own country, ordering
luncheon and paying Sl, found himself
hungry at the royal meeting, so he
walked into the first tent handy and
told the attendant to give him some-
thing to eat. The man put a eumptrious
luncheen before him, to which, as well
as the champagne, the visitor did ample
justice, He then handed the atten4ant
6 shillings, received his thanks and was
bowed out of the tent, inwardly con -
"Neither aro I." replied the Beate-
•nian.
he met outside said.
gratulating himself on the Moderatenese
of the charge. .An English friend whom
With Lord H."
"I did not know you were acquainted
"Oh, I beg your pardon," said the
Tit -Bits
interrogator. "I thou
you came out of his tent." --London
ght you were, as
POSITIVELY THE LAST CHANCE
Poison & Co., Kingston, Ont„ will
after,the insertion of this notice with-
draw the very liberal offers, they have
been making to mad a 25 -cent trial
size, FREE, of tbelr marvellons guar -
t dCt h dB in '
edy, " Catarthcizone." If you are a
sufferer from any form of Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Throat Irrita-,
tion, Waite at once ; it is positively the
last time this ofter will be made. pn-
1 10 t t t b
retie.
. 'a --
Brigadier -General Brabant, Who has
been doing sucb . brilliant work in the
Cape Colony at Dordreoht, bas seen
forty-five years' militery service, hav-
Ing entereed the 2n4 Derby Militia as
an ensign in '1855. He proceeded te
South Africa, the follovving year, and
joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, in
1873 he retired from the Rieke, and
was elected member of Parliament for
the Port of East London, a.nd appoint-
ed Field Commandant of the Colonial
Forces in 1878. The . gallant General
was made a C.X.G. in 1880. and has
been at Volunteer enthusiast during
his career at the Cape.
WESTERN. ASSURANCE COMPANY.
The ferty-ninth annual report of
the above company wile be found in
Another column of this issue. ^It will
be seen by the financial statement
that the cemnany has bad a meet
satisfactory year's business. After
payment of loseeS and expenses there
is a profit balante Of 4118,642.8D on
the year's transactions, a math. which
must he aigaly gratifying to, the
friends of the institutioxi. Two half-
yeerly dividends will be paid at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and
the reserve fund bas been increased
to $1,160,3,80.50. ". We notice in the
report of the directors that they have
don, England, uoder promising aus-
pices. We congratulate the direst -
dent, Geo. A. Cox, Esq., and the board
of directors on th,e continued preeper-
ity oe the Virestern A.ssurange Cora-
pany. ,
The estimated cost of the projected
memorial bridge across the Potomac
at Washington is from $1,000,000 to
82,100,000.
How's Thls 9
tetT eogreeiCe011Itithirlifiet D°114" e°warddI0g
r cannot e cure br
smile Cater/lee:re,
• F. J. CHERRY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Wo, the- undersigned.. have known F.' J.
Cheney for the last 1.5 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all businese tmtisact-
10119, and nominally 'able to carry out any. oble
geven m de by their firm,
Wear & TituaSc. Wholesale Dertegisto. Tolodei
0. WAT.DMT,G1 RigNAN 8t MAnvmt, Wheleaale
CoStarrh duo; is taken Internally, act.
leg directly upon the blood and mucous Mr -
f ices of the system.. Price, 70o. Pee bottle.
Sold br n11 drueg see Testimonials free.
Kell s Pantie Pills ate the best.
•
New Jersey has expended $2,037,000
neakitig 440 ranee of good roads.
Maesachusetts has spent $2.637,300 on
250 wiled. -
am
O'KEEFE'S IV& MALT
emorobairloVatrongent Anarr,
The subscription list of the Dewey
Arch Fund slime that tbe sum raised
so fee is less than $200,000.
011itit A -BOZO IN OMB DA?
Takt, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets .A.II
druggists rrifund. the money If it fails to onre•
Ea It W. Greven Manama is on eemit hoe
Seven counties in western New
York received nearly $5,000,000 for
thezt apple crop last year. 1
"Pharaoh 10o." ri4"."`*""
Cann Ifeateasenen.
Cardinal Gibbons will soon make Ida
fifth visit to Rome, where he will be
granted an audaa...lenee wath the Pope.
1110111. 1)11110/0ffee
Th. gi Bulmoration Eros Maoism....
AK-*"-vOitmeul learNosuisalk-ett titif.;$1;;I,1114;
BASIL Menne lieletese Cleo. Omelets a ewe rroser
pc day.
teismi6ststreerit°4„11027:4TEInivereei iti:scissese.:11,0111.1"(mo,m,,,
Commander Egerton, the yettlig
vat °Meer who haat his life at the
beginnleg ef the war watt an ardent
orieketer. "That puts an end to all
my erieket 1" are said to have been, his
last words.
BEE BUZZES.
011 eeotione require more honey to fill
them.
The avenge life of a queen bee ei about
years.
Feeding ehoula begin no soon warna
weather seta in.
014 quectui may be meaeretely protium
tive early In the spring.
Some queene aro better at 3 emirs. old
then others are at 2 years.
Your* queene aro the most prolifie god
ere less inclined to swami.
Bee feeding must be done regulerly in
order to secure the best results.
Stimulative feeding Is the woe by
Whit% colonlee are made strong.
Soo should be kept on every farm, if
for no other pOrpose than to fortiliee the
blossom of the fruit trees,
While in $0810 respeete thlek separators
are bettor than thin ones, a strong argu-
ment in favor Of thin separatora is thet
they are so thin that thentsan be thrown
away when used once.
Tbe body and flavor of the honey are
largely due to the method of handling it.
This is especially true of the bode, an
Important factor lu the make up of a See
, quality of extracted honey -St, Louie Re.
' public,.
• THE CYNIO, .
Itio onto to suspect a roan who talks too
much about hie frames&
' No man oan pay a vvoinan a compliment
that will sink as deep into her memoxy as
those paid by her milliner.
If a superstitious MOD is single, every-
thing is a sign eadnarriage, but after he
Marries everything Is a sign of death.
When a bere takes 1,11) a. good deal of a
man's time, the men who was bored takes
up the time of those around bint in com-
plaining about it,
About all the oonsolation a man hes Is
that when his widow reads on his tomb-
stone that he was a good husband oho
may be convinced at last.
An eligible widower is like an nnapty
house -every one wonders how soon it
will be for rent and if it would peeve a
desirable investinent to move In.
The eyes of all the women in town are
on the first clothes a man buys his wife
:11 see if they are °limper or mere expen-
ve than those her father bought her,---
tohison Globe. .
• POULTRY POINTERS,
Keep all young fowls dry.
Give the hens all the skimmilk you OM
A pair of geese should yield $2 worth
of feathers in a year, •
A little salt in the soft food given to the
fowls will be acceptable.
. Young poultry of no kind should be al.
lowed to wade around in the wet grass.
• Pigeons will thrive in small yards. They
'must be mated or an extra male will cause
them to quarrel.'
In eeleoting the breeding fewle, if the
helm are somewbat dark, lee the cooks be
lighter, and if the hem are heavy use a
lighter cook.
Geese may be picked every ten weeks.
Old geese should be kept for breeding and
the young ones for marketing as soon ae
they are large enough, -St. Louis Repub..
tic..
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS...
Some of the staramove with a velocity
of 50 miles a sepond.
Metal Mingo of any kind can be cam.
pressed IIITO bars which will stand as se-
vere tests as the original bar whioh sup.
plied the filings.
Corks are treated with beeswax par.
afaii ter other wax and then coated' with
gutta perolut to replace rubber stoppers
tor bottlets containing acids or fluids which
evaporate easily, the' cork being cheaper
than ?ubber.
.A. handy seam ripping device is formed
of a wire /aandle, with the ends of the
wire brought close together and rounded
off, a 'sharp blade being set a short dis-
tance back of the points to sever the stitch-
es as the tool 1/4 pushed along.
The errattery of Warts.
When a youngster of 10 years, / was
visite.d by a plague of warts. From ray
earliest recollection I had had on my
middle finger an old daddy wart, but at
the age stated this bad multiplied to 40
or mare, one being on my lip and one
on my chin. '1 was considerably worried
over ray Vowing family of excrescenced,
and one day a woodchopper in my fa-
ther's employ, who adted queerly, never
wearing a hat, for inetancit, add that
he could take the warts away with him.
I was quite Willing to have bit try,
and he took me off to a qttiet spot under
a willow tree, from vvhich he cut a
number of small branchea. and the,se he
cut again into little bits of an inch in
length, making a notch in each one,
and this notch be set down over each
Wart, having at last a collection of
or more of these little 'notched sticke,
These 119 put into his pocket, saying
tbat the warts would. go away.
I could never say just when the
prophecy was fulfilled, but within six
weeks there wasn't a wart on my face
or hands, and thoe has not been one
since that time. What I want to know
now, eel did then -and the conjurer
would not tell me -is what did it 1
have spoken to many doctors about it,
but they merely laugh, as though I was
giving them a "pipe talk," abd yet the
Warts Went away, and an the medicine
had ever tried on them had no effect
whatever
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Winning We rs.
"Money," said tbe philosopher, "may
often do more harm than good. Sotnei•
times the mighty dollar is a man's
worst enekny."
• alYes," 11.11SWell Senator Sorghuna,
"and I often feel that it number of peo-
ple love me foe the enemies I have
made."--WasnIngtou Star.
WPC 1019
OALVEFiT'S
coarbotio otetneeetante, somas, °Int
mord, Tooth Powtferm eta., hare been
avvarded 100 medals and diplomas for superior
excellent:ie. Their regular MO prevent infecti-
one diseases. Ask your deaier to obtain
supply. rests mailed. free on application.
F. C. CALVERT & CO.0
MANOileaTIER
nOMNON SENSE KILLS Reales, Bed
v Bugs, Usti end Mies. Bold by oat
Dratreiata, or en queen W. Terento.
• BY Step the
r:SlocumT. WM:cut:es
step „
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Dr. Slocum, the &moue scientist, whose lecturee and demonstrations
in New York and London this winter have astounded medical circles, haa
et last perfected. his new system of treatment for the absolute One of
tuberculosis and ail pulmonary diseases.
This triumphant 'victory over the deadly bacilli is far teething in ils
effects, for their is no longer mom for doubt thatthe gifted specialiet has
given to the world a boon that will awe millions of precioue lives.
Dr. Sloentres System of Treatment is both acientific and progressive
going as it does to the very source of the disease aud performingthe cute
step by step.
PirefStem-Xiliingthe life -destroying germa which invest thelungs.
Second Step. -Toning the entire system and, etrengthening the
nerves -filling the veins with tingling new life. '
Third Step. -Building healthy flesh and fortifying against future
attacks.
The Slocum Treatraent le revolutionary because it provides a new
application for every stage of the disease. The failures of inoculation by
Pans scientists are overcome by Slocum through progressive drug force.
The diseases leading to consumption are also mastered so that once the
bacilli are remand from the lungs there remains no other gem -breeding
tnenace„
The Slocum System cures grlp and Its painful atteneffects, dangerouscoughs,
bronchitis, and every known form of pulmonary disease. •
It makes weak lungs sound, strengthens them against any ordeal,
and gives endurance to those who have inherited hollow chests, with
their long train of attending clangers.
To enable despairing sufferers everywhere to obtain speedy* help
before too late, Dr. Slocum offers.
FULL FREE TREATMENT
to every reader of this paper.
Simply write ve Ten T. A.. 67,0CtrAt CalelLicAL Limited, 779 ICIng St. 'Welts
Toror4t0, giving eost office and express office addrese, and the free inedicine (The
mecum Cure) win. be promptly sent. •
sufferers should take instant advantege of this generous proposition, and When
writing for Diens always mention this paper,
Persons in Canada, seeing slocunes free offer In American papers will please
send for samples to.the Toronto la,boratories.
Let no previous sligeouragaments prevent your taking edvantage of this spiendid
free offer before too late, . •
. IVOR SALE. -I40 ACRES OF' LAND -frame ban*
• barn and frame house, with yo mg milord: land I
ewe state of onithettion: price 4400.° Apply Box 82,
Paisley, Oat., if takon at once, •
40
instruments, Drums, Uniforms. Etc.
Every Town can have a Band
Lowest prices ever quoted. Vine catalogue 500 iitoo
trainee wailed free. Write ua for Onything .111 • , .
, Musio or Musioa Instruments.
I .
Whaley Royce & Co , Torontd, Ont, and
, •P 'Winnipeg, Man.
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Mlohiga,n Land for Sale.
• so AMISS 0000 FASMaus LANDS-ARENAO
wag Ogemaw and Crawford Counties. Title per.
boll. On Mb:Miami Central, Detroit * Maoklime and
Lows Lake Rallroada, prices ranging from 02 to 59
Thew Ueda ars Close to Enterprising New
Churehon, SohoOls; eta, and will be golden oat
Minna storms. pp y
*. M. FIERCE, Agent, West Bay CIW, MLA.
Or J.W. CURTIS, Whittemore. Mloh.
A Fresh Toych.
At Easter time you see the need of a fresh
touch of paint on nearly all of your
buildings; •
Ramsay s
.
give a fimehness a beauty, a tone,
to everything they touch. Guaran-
, eteceod for strength, durability, and
n°rnAYsk. your dealer.. '
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a • RAMMONSATLaALSON' Pattintalliceee,rs.
•
e,ine&enetelleilessassa snlewninve' olh411,111/ftitA1-4141/11011,11011,4"6,416,6•111Aalailani
estern Assurance Company
ttem *mutt meeting ot shareholders was
held at the ceinpanyn offices. In this city
Wednetiday, lierch 7, 1000. The Presi-
dent, Ron, G. A. Cox, occupied the Ogee .
The following annual report of the di,
Veto** With accompanying eminent/a:inlet&
meat, was read by the secretary:
WORTT-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT.
The directors beg to submit hergemith the
Summit statement oft the company's accounts
'for the year, ending Stet December lattn
. The revenue account ahowe a satiefactory
growth in premium income, and after pay.
;neat of loseee and expenses there is a pro-
fit balance of n18,042.00 as a result of the
year's transactkone. Two Ma -yearly divi-
dends have been provided' for at the rate
of. 10 per cent., per annum, as well as au
ankilInT to (over deprenatton securines,
and the reserve Ruud has been increased.
to $1,100,880.60.
Taking into account the 'fact that durieg
the year 1809 the fire losses in the United,
Statee were exceptionally heavy, the direc-
garded as eminently setisedetory.
tons feel that these results must bei:eve-
For some time past your directors
- had nuder copsideration the question of
extending the agencies of the company lee
:fond the limits of the North American ceet-
tinent, and sitortly before the close of ihe
Yeier arrangements were completed for the
establishment of a bratteh.ofnee in Loudon,
England, • undet what appeal, to be favor.
able filleplegel.
Talent*, 28th Web., 1000„.
Geo. A. Cox, President.
Sureneary of financial statement:
Total cash inconie .e2.532.741 50
Total expenditure. McMinn%
appropriation foe tomes un-
der adjustment 2 414,008 90
Divident .$ 118'642 60
Total liabilities Oncluding"crip. • -
Balance
..• loo,o00 oo
Total comets •• .$2,321,702 135
ital) ....... . ....... ..... 1,221,382 36
ceaapplittail aptiabidscriwe.d.
Reserve inind 41,100,880 56
.. 1,000,000 oa
1 000,000 00
-----
Security to policyholders ....$3,100,380 50
The President, in meting the adoption
o e p ,s
gratifying to the sitareholdere, AS lb 12 TO
the dlreetore and officers of the eampney,
I I : to note the etidence of the appreciatiois
by the insuring public ,ot the secuiety en
feted by the Western to Int policyholders
which la afforded by the grovvfli In the
volume of bueinees tranSacted--the total
income for the year having exceeded, rot
the first time In the lestory of the cam-
pany, two lied one:1141f million donate, It
is still more SfittSfitefory to note that not.
Withstanding the exceptionally heavy tire
lessee whieh have eccurred in mese of the
eltief cities 111 the United Statee-where
the busimete proved generally unprofitable
to the companlea engagea in it -we are ahne
to thew as a tesult of the yearei tvinsae-
none ft prat haift1100 Of $118.612. The et -
pretence of the yenr 18119 In Venetia wee ex-
eeptIonally favorable, and the diminished
tiro west° hi tide eviller, is eertainly 4
matter for congratulation, oside from our
intereste in the !teething of tire instireuse.
It is to he hoped that the inttodustion of
Wert:emit tire protection In out settee and
townie and the" adoption of more substan-
Hal methods lit the conetruction of build-
ings, will tend to n further reduetion of
the burden which Old payment Of some
live Wilton dollare per annum by instralee
eompanies for fire Mese!, In Oneida Int-
posea upon the eorantunIty. for / tieeil
meercele eay that tlas has to lie provItied
front the pretulame eollecteel from the in -
saline publle. I Moire to emptier -12e wh tt,
e believe to be a fact -flint it ig only by.
adopting mottaures filet WM reline(' title
eerlotte entinal waists, thst mitt nuiteriat re -1
fluetion It the Ti WWI; tit put tie tiny it
re Iiiitir nee r riltlimititts. ea b b tite trt,
f th ort aldient cannot fail to be'
L.JOKES LNG. '\(.?
'14.10..AbELAWEYV'IOR.Qpio,
LADIES AND c °F?
Ac c'11.
SHOE.
kAlillehL:s11:0
ALL clIAP,s
roR At t
1
P
Ibou It I Ir
the o nment epo ts, al lel g be In -
ennui and expenditure of romps Mee them.
eft to do le:Aimee; in the Minh lomto pe.sve:
thst there hem betel, dulling the whole re"
teed etaimeeed In these reteme, hut a 'we'd
I I. rant n cif prorlt to the eaten
nice nt the rates mei nmbe, the eimeolops
whin have prevailed in tels rountrr IDE
plat.
In this eoilseetton It foest 6. Vult
. •
place to. miet to the fact that duties es,
past year a number of new Companies hove
oome into the field, °Menne tire insurames
at lower rates than those current with' the
old establiehed office& It will be interest.
Ing to observe whether these experiments,
will prove more successful than ptevioise
attempts 'ceilidh have been made to afford
indemnity against lose by ere .on more fa-
vorable terms ' than companies which have
been long engaged In ehe beeinees feet safe
In offering. While as insurets we may hope
these new companies may have discovered
the secret of combining cheapness with
security, we caithot overlook the feet that
the record of the fire :Insurance busineee in
Commie during tee past twenty years shows
.tte4nadriciptasi,01wtileicwharwdaa5°tintwveostinedilliin°12 cod°Milapargniletes
'eonsiderable share of the =my minions
, are scarcely in a position to aseume any , •
of liabilite which fire Insurance companies
erganIzed to transact business. at what
are carrying for the protection of merchants
nre termed "cut wee." We may at least
limited to 'fifty ex testy thousand dollar*,
feel tweeted that companlee working lima
these nince, • whose entire eash assets ' aro
ropoty-boiders in Canada,and until ie
hes been shown that, with due regard ton
the safety of stockholder* and the severity
of policyholders, any material reduction;
ean be made in fire insurance rates in thie
eountry, your direetors do ea •feei war-
ranted lia advocating any' departure from
the •polley we have been following for many,
YeDnurst Ptoaleturn to the consIderation of mit
business during the year under review,
it will, no doubt, be interesting to shete-
*holders to learn that the mitrIne brans*,
Welch has been responeible In &erne former
yeare for rather serious loissees, ham shown
a profit upon the business of 1809. and that
the generai outleok in this branch appear*
to be more proinlaing than for sone tithe
°Tn. our Camino from interest there has
been a ealling off, such as might statue/My
be looked for owing to the reduced. rates
obtainabla particularly upon the eines of
securitiee which am held by Dile company.
There ie otie matter lb which I wish per.
Ocularly to refer at this time. /t Is note
within a year of half a century Nance the
company commeneed .busIness In Canada.
Some twenty-five yeets ago it tempieted
its system ot agencies throughout the Dalt-
ed Stateg, and I think I AM warranted la
saying that It le how eetalieshed over the
whole of the North American continent on
ti favorable footing, with an efficient force
'of branch neinagerempeeial agents and lentil
agents working in its loterests. tender
these elteunistantes Cour diteetor* have
turned their attention to the mnelderation
of the question of tbe deelrabillty of fol-
lowing the *rumple of the maiority of this
enceensial itietlish fire ofnees and emeranng
a larger fleld of operations than we at ere -
sent recopy. rn leen, of the efforts width •
are being melte-happily* With tiO email
ineasnre of siteeess-to enlarge the trade
rein tieing between the mother reentry And
her ;telt-governing colonies, and to cult'.
vete Intercolonial butinese connection's, we
hare felt nett the preeent le oil oppoInne
time for maklite a similar effott to meare
some meneure of reelpeocite In the late Mem
of tire lesurence. At: a practleal step in this
direetion It W02 decided to einablisa a
Itranelt office of the tompany In tendon.
leigetiel. This W119 Opened on tee 1st tit
December lame mei Mooed muter the maw
agement of Mr. W. B. Molkie-a gentleman
who. we believe, peaamma ali the qualities
nt a eneepoeful insurtinee tenniteete A
Bofird of Tlirectore has been Appolated le
temente UTAH Wittel1 we have been torten -
lite in maiming the folleivine gentlemen TO
POPTO, namely: The Meta Iron. the... Nati of
Aberdeen, teeett.fle the Mein iton, ler
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