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JAPAN'S PROBABLE
MILITARY POLICY.
, atthisfigh tenrpenses occur never eu bolgia, and to the .north are often
.frequently ne in way, it may scare's, lt is mei known that these
be aseunted. that the japonese. weefitr"tItY r°Lrtified' aud 16/
safe to esteem that at tbecutbrealt
n eilhnree waters; in superior to that of flee war the harbor entrance will
.01 1?steklia. The Ruled/of hrees lute no- be...ottani, Port Arthur it; one of the
qneutie commented on tl.e fact, and Eutzillorn terminal ot the shanchurian
(hen if awe numerical so/huh:shay itnailway, by welch communication
the .troove are suppliee told rein,
be motet:tired by partitions or Ans-
.: Mae the fpd
Not reinalles tite.t Ineve-4AL fiz'lleteer,ort of Daley le distant from
Pod anti 'intesiern impetteements tee Poet Arthur abeitt 'sisety• tittles b
euperlorite of the Jap•onese13Iji can water 41)11 thirty-five lake by land.
liarute be queelloaed, • It lean the,sentli sl'lo of
A:seam:mg 1:1.11C war hes been des • Bny...,1t hee about eighty -thousand
Oared between the two, powere, and inhabitante, and is eonneeted
that the itaseian th,o fla either Port Alleles, by mil, piers anti eooke
satfered MiTer0 reversee or has Wil- have been, built for 51;eatush1r.1 traf.
dra.Wo ,beloro eirperior numbers, what fic. It has been stated float the Ras -
will be the next &telt, In the game at elan Govetniecut intended to spend
tear ? 86.000,000 reeblee in tee developauent
Modern Arnie bavo given the de- o: Daley, anti neseeeeper despatches
feaslye sliteit•inotiened auvantage over as late as A ii,..,•,rust 3.st, 1.00:1, stated
rho offensive -the Beer war teeing triat $0,C00 000 hail been arPrePri-
still fresh in mind -that it may; tales tiled for The construction of a. con.
lei be assumed, that unless site feels tienous line ot fortileatIone between
heaself overwheimingle elyperior to. Delay and port Arthur.
Japan on lima, itnesis will permit, NewsChwang, of winch tile port is
tend even 'Invite., the land invasion Yiog-Tee, is the Chinese treaty port
of Corea and ehe Manchurian Irons neeti. ofellien-T810. Its vopuletion is
tier, With which will nee.eesarlih be estimated at sixty thoustinti, and it
ziesortiatedthe booking of pertain wee one of the starting points of
Russian: pmts. the Mar,ceurian Railway. Part of its
In the initial Operatiene, ttt feLi,at importaece Is derivefrom Its loess
tile question or Jan's entering, alle. ton at the month of the Liao Rivev,
13a.itic for o nitrate's Meese:AY of the Mit eh gives river communication for
inia,nd sea of japan notes eately roles. into tee interior. The Russ
neglected, aleo the immaterial aid slam; control tires toivn.
which japan will.receive from China e 4 ter taori At thILV..
tee an ally in the early stages of the 'Wiele it IP obviously mere conjeo-
wark It male Woo bo aessumed .that titre to attempt, to formulate a Van
EnglaluiwlU Oho Jetpan .no other of probable eampa:gis Softer from the
aesistemee than her stropg. moral scene of merationsf, surrounded -
earpport and dipleinatee ogees, they•havebeen with a veil of secrecy,
mancleuria use Plod. It seems extremely probable that
•Ruesia hits made known to all the' Port Arthur 11,111 be the ultimate obs
world her present intent's:in of hold- jcative or tile Japanese forces, with
ing hiaisceurlas Japan hats been equal- Daley as the initial objsctive. Daley .
ty emphatic in inelseing on the ful- is 0flL titirtysilve miles frees Port
'fitment of Ruesia!s pledges and has , Arthur, with wilioh. It is connected
not been- baeltward In ebewing her by a spur of the Manehuairn • Rale
predilection for Corea. it is there-' way, and unless the Russians have
fere, to be expected that, aside frone bete, extremely..., industrious '' during
tactical and strategical considers.. the last six months Dalny will not
tions, tbe issue will be fought out Isreeeet nearlyso mealy obstacles to
ii A
Man.churia., fOr spolitical reaeons, attack as Port rthur.
Both eladivoutock and NeweChivang
with japaet on the pervasive end, Res-
ale oretho defeneive. eeem too far away -from ,Japan's line
In beth countries there has been of eommuoications with her home
timely Opportunity for preparation. bases and the latter, being a treaty
For sears the inevitable has kept it- Vert. tusgeet -by its oeeueatioa, bring
about foreign complications which it
'Self eoneta,ntly In view, and it es
Safe to assume that during tbe past N701'0 best to avoid. • .
depa.de, the great' general staff of Oar own expsrience at tee siege and
each country line worked out ela- final capture of Santiago, Cuba -
which, In its location witbin high
borate/ plane of attack mid defence.
'with Ma.nehrJa as, the •thesetre of hi1Is and harbor approtiebes, may in
tarl era:dons. • • many ways be compared to Port Jr -
Japan has had the advantage of tbur-would lead us to believe that
the experience gained in the Chinese tho subjugation of thesPort Arthur-
vanipalgn ;of 3894, and, again, by her Daley forts cannel; be aecoreplished
remarkable participation in the China by naval fire alone, and that a land
relief. 'expedi•tion of 1900. These two attack by a large , Japariese army
campleignssit they bave perhaps made will be absolutely necesnarv.
31.er oeerconfident, have itiso thor- It le known that In 3899 the lens-
ougley tested japan's plans of free elan Government proposed to spend
hilize,tion, her . bases of supply, her 11,000,000 roubles Oo the improve -
Vets teaszeport SerViCO, and her tibia meat of Port Arthur, but, except
ity to oondect re successful foreign 1.11 the matter of improved docking
campaign. On tbo ptber hand, Japan ritellitlea only it emallepart of this
num was expended until recent
boa hitherto met only an inferior
army, and altiveugle her professional -events; -made improved fortifications
excellence me been er a eery high necessary. But if reiterated reports
order, sne'insty find it quite another from the far East tire to be believ-
'slang to; meet a Eithopean.adversttry. Ie, Russia has during the last two
ere. !years greatly .strangtheiled the ap-
Russia, altliougit not .vecently
gaged In any large wars, las by the Preaches to Port Arthur, anti the
extent or her territory sands het CIL- , latter have even- been officially in-
mate, constautlY Muted her soldiers sPected by.the Minister of War from
winter campaigning,
mot bee , St. Petersburg. •
forces will, in aittlitioe, fig.heing I ' According; too, to. foreign de -
oyer ground with which they
are spatchos the garrison at Port irs
thoroughly famiher, with a railway time was recently increasal from
15,000 to 40 000 mons and the to-
tal Russian forces in Manchurias-in-
chiding rallwa,y 'guards end troops
to the maritime pro.lices-has been
tie their •oven. construction at ;their
hackie •
Wel Occupy Corea.
Again, It is to be eXpeeted that estimated at 185,030 men. Of course
Japan will lose no time in occupying this force has during tee past two
Corea. Tee Robe, japaneChrbeiele-of or three menthe eiben greatly in -
June 20, 1908, had tnis -to say , creaeal, for travellers out the Trans-
. "Corea, must not be lost under any • Siberian- Itativra,y havo reported
clircumetiences, and, if it Is necessary many train loads of troops on route
to: protect Corea, Manchuria, rausteiot °este:Para from S barite and even from
be auftered to 'fall into the hands of Russia in Europe -infantry, artil-
Rusela.", I • , lore. a& cavalry, So that it is pro -
But in addition to political reasons ' bably a sere estimate to. say that
for tele occupation, the establishment • in ease or war with japan Russia,
of an intermediate base- ifl corm,. ' will havo at least 800,000 troops
separating Reiesia's 11ue of water In and about Manchuria, with rein-
cm:erotism:talon joining thadivostook, foreements en route.
on tue east and Port Arthur, Dainy But it must be remembered that
and New-Chwasig on -the west,. vill !Russia .will be forced to diNide fund
be.a strategic move of great import- subdivide ' this vast "force so as to
ance. Tie city of Pusan, on the properly protect a large number of
!southeast extremity, of • the Corean strategic points, while Sapan-as-
peneteilia, mil answer the requ.re- earning, of course..that she has put
marts of such a, military and naval the Russian fleet out of actioe-
base. and Will be in direct eonameni- rally rapt/dist concentrate her entire
cation with the mainland of Japan. army of occur-x.41°h at one of many
Moroover, Fusin ib Miserly Japanese different points. With poor wagon
in its onaracter, and will readily lend roads, and if reports -be tree, pow.
itself ILo a, perpose.
, construction work In • the Manchu swab
rims Rellway, it may be extremely
But before proceeding further, what.rimsR.iflway,
difficult for Russia to concentrate
Of Vats vast Manchuria, whin seems
even after Japan's real objeeetive
'likely td ht. the • scene of a titanic
struggle. for Oriental supremacy It I:becomes known.
contusing a�out 400,000 • equare raker It le also a feet which has not
of territory, and is thereiore about been concaled., that Russia, has.rautle
one -tided larger than the State of tremendous purchases of coal zu
'Tweutystive Moideed mit of • Nagaestki, Japan, and has laid In
its Orooketh boantlariese joie Bus1LU1 u largo eapidY or corned beef in Eng -
territory, and its population -be, lend and salted beef in Chicago. Al-•
tweeir 10.000,0J0 and 25,011C,000-ls together it Is to be concluded that
Russia has not neglected the oppor-
irre,gutarlydistributed.over its 'broad
Utilities afforded by the long period
extent., Mae northern part is quite
mottatainotts, as is als,o the centre. le Mitch the Manchurlan question
.. 'te„
Taro most enopuloase awl the, most Ihearbeen hang1n In the balance,
is and that the Impending war will
tintuohosrottiagerion ;•ronviiiinieteeryof azspetwO,Tat, her army in ,Mancloarda,. -.end
re especially the garrisons • nt
on the etstrefisity or...which, Jutting mora
Port Arthur and Dalny-alau d
; 'out botlit.0011, Che Yellow Sea. and time fy supplied with .all eecessatenesaio;
eitif of poetize, its that "kcy.•to the- „..,orie
door o; tire Orient," Port Arthur. This
What can japan oppose to this
seeovinco 'is level, well watered forraideble Russian force* Before
ssehley cultiveted, and,ba0 a d, Qnhh the invasion of Ohina be tho
.1 •- •000 141 18941 Japan had a war
From a. military standpoint tial atrertgth of only' 00,000 meta with
prelominating feature of licamlitir- .fib equal numbs& of reserve t
0. n
lai ost,ecially, the Lae-Turig during the last decade no nation
'PeiTInSilla, 16 tlitt•Mancilurl4a Itilit" has made mere wonderful strides is
Way, tiimetiment kitoWn as tire Chine militark niattere, and the Chine re..
ere Eastern. Wilieh runs freellarbin lief expedition found her ono ot the
on the north to Port Aitber ofI the•- meter efficient and wen prepa,red
Wale Twenty miles berth of Port eallong the allies.,
Ittiter le Daley jutictions Where a,
It lute been stated by theft Nebo
breiteh railroad runs to theeeert of have, Made a study of -her arinv
Dainy • On the cOast Farther zioetlit that Japan can noW, despatch • eu
3.00 ntilee from Port Aribue, theheells invading arrnytat 140,000 men And
:toad reaches the eity TasSiel_he hho guns, and son len,-re an mom
Ws the Jithaton Vasco :Japan foe home detehee. It
YP.I4
C.Q.$S4si
'Iv
H r
the destroyers for reconnolsance
work, and 'guarding the long line of
transport communication with Fu-
me and the home bases..
In ease the fleet could approach
near enough, it has been said that
high angle fire will be efficacious
in destroying any Russian warships
imprisoned in the narrow, contract-
ed harbor of Port Arther, as well
as contributing to the operations
of the land forces. •
Altogether, much would, of course,
depend upon the effective resistant*
made by the Roseate troops and the
location and condition of the forti-
fications, the probable point of •dis-
embarkation, of the Japanese forces
would seem to bo in the vicinity of
Taillen-Wan Bay, on the Southern
coast of the Port Arthur -Seeley pens
insula. This would probably not be
accomplished without severe fight-
ing, and previous reconnoissance
might -show tbe necessity of making
a landing futher to the east or west,
at a less exposed point. It may sere-
ly be assumed that the Japanese pos-
sess an accurate map of the coast
and Interior of this district.
Some miles north of Port Arthur
and iDalny the smaller peninsula on
which they stammd itojoined with thhe
main peninsula of Lao -Tung by a
narrow isthmus, well adapted for de-
fenceeby rugged blies. Its width is
only about one nmile, and on one sido
is the Yellow Sea and on the other
the Gulf of Pechill. Its possession by
a land force of Japanese will effect-
ually out off Datuy and Port Arthur
from the znalelancl of Manchuria,.
British officers have recently point.
otlyer bratch to tlie-impertant Man- the Rtiesian fleet be disposal of
eberineotretity tort Of NoW-Chwang, . the initial steeps of the War e mime -
garbize. .porele le an hupette greater nember et troops can ht.
net Military Ireadquitrttire, and:Melte spared tor foreign settice, and Iii
*xlen-not yet conneeted be railroad, s
estpan, perhaps initeli More stlialt (13
le nista tfecnitied hy rtil681113V 'e.rb°1"' ntISS14, tlio breaking out of War
Japroee -Objective Point. will be tho peel:felon ot a tremens
hoWeeere will be jetesteee Ole, dour; burst of patriotism, Which \via
jaitie chit f Tile porta Of Peet Ate lnittitO tea 1101110 41OrellOO Of the Jan -
the", Deter. NM -Chequer and Vieell- (mese arehipelegon, an easy prole
ostoeit suggeet tivenuielVere len).
Pert Arthur, on the LateTting Dens Clehns of the erode!,
Walla, Wens Ie mail knoien, ItuseliVe
Vrinelpal 'natal end naliltary base in -Aesurning, therefore, that tin' oh -
Par hetet, and it Wan frenn this jective of the' Japanese AMOY 13'at
toint two BunnItr, Pent troops Pes be the 'Lad -Tang Pethisultis what`
kin In 1000. Vith ctn tierteage cler.th wilt be the. relative eliamene of the
ni twebtysfetir het, the barber '' Opposing ttrIlliPff
tranao to nt 00 1.4relef in Width', It le to be preeupPoeed that Japan,
end time 'harbor itilelf le .Only qlsont by thee/detests several points; with
Iwo miles 111 intent from cant to her fleets 11414 d0OPIV041 the Itessiane
Wen nsel '0110 belle Item Seertie to an to ,her Teal ebjettiVe. It, ire t,
Nettie .1t le well erevidei with Tiro belineed to be the/ ease, the fortis
fietitione between latitty end Poet
PtereliturOn tied filar/elm
Mho harbor awl town are 001111iletes .Arthur contain gune of euffielent •
earromeled by nCircle of high hale, power to keep the japitraisfe fleet
the fittiarnits of Whitt tionainato tbe at a disttiltke, the tunetlerifi tet the .
arlitegentling laird mat soh. To the latter win bo resolved into the'
io,et, and we'd are 14.110 Of leader 13100katiles .11 Ut111,,ing
II icy fill' I itaiiiiilladiatialliglitialhallsimial ill
od out that even so small a force
as twenty-five thousand or thirty
thousand men, in co-operation with
a fleet, could maintain effectually the
siege of Port Arthur, leaving the re-
mainder of the Japanese army of oc-
cupation to inert Russian forces ad-
vancing from the , north along the
line of railway trona Harbin, Makden
anti erladlyostock.
Assuming that japan has maintain-
ed her supremacy at sea and has sue -
waded in landing an army of two
hundred thousand men on time Loa -
Tung Peninsula, a force of twenty-
five thousaod could hold the door to
Port Arthur, and the remainder take
position in support.
The position of the Japanese army
would be such that it could be eas-
ily supphed from the fleet, either on
the Pechill sido or the Yellow Sea
, side ot tire peninsula. The Japanese
army would require little cavalry in
such a plan of operations -an arm
in which she is notably weak -and
if able to utilize the roiling stock
of the ale/tellurian Railway the army
would require little wagon transpor-
tation. Except that the Japanee
would limit their aggressiveness the
position of the Japanese army on the
Lao -Tut -1g Peninsula would, would, in
some respects, bring to mind General
McClellan's Peninsular campaign,
Which Will Will.
The question Of the ultimate suc-
cess ref tne opposing armies is purely
conjectural. 'While Japan's armed
strength would in the initial opera-
tions De comparatively large, Russia
would sooner or later be able to op-
poseto her an army of teem:, or three
the japnilese Itevay-whtell 10 001d to ton,toge,eto
excel toe recent guns Krupp and VoUraged
Canct. Taking tee lerupp fitid piece
Pa a Standard of cousrarlson, it Is Every prone
believed teat hi range and rapidity nes that bu
of floe ttmo Japanese artillery will *tailored at salt
have the Advantage, while the Buie the elosieet
Warts Iva' ultimately he able to ele the refrigerator
pose greater maeSes of ertillery 10 poeure eo the heat a
their alversar'es. But it may be, as /nee day Inean0 1lttlY1.
In the floor war, that tbe Japanese butter and ehorteas
Will bring pavel gene from their fleet woule be better to have
ter ea,rried to the static's.
tract. 00 tilat 001113 man woo
a properly equipped wagon, o
Cover, for p.rotection again/at
and reins It would be possible to A
Mat on having such a wagon alWaY,
elean. The manager would have am
titerity and control over a centraes
ter, but he iota ver.y little over the
independent patron, who takel the
load when it sults his convenience,
very often in an unsuitable Wagon,
dumpo it down lit the station without
any considerat'on except that of gets
flog rid of it ate quickie' as possible.
The coat of hauling the butter to the
station should he considered a part
QC 'the operating expenses is all
ereamerlea, . • : 4
EDWARD THE PEACEMAKER
Hall to thee, Xing of a thousand
lelee,
Lend of an Empire' valet, I
Prince of n, realm where the slue
ever smiles;
Older were the !atom donde roamed.
Father of people who love -thee
• ell
• and use t hem beth in the reduction
of Port Arthur !sad 1a opposing time
relief or that place. i • .
Both Flaelly Subsisted,
Roth tunnies will be easily sub,'
alsted--the Japanese perhaps the
esorer it a breakdown of the Mallebe-
rim) Beltway system under the cen-
gestion of seat' 19 to be anticipated.
A Japanese eoldier can live on a
quart ol rice a day, mixed With meat
and cenrbments. T..° well-known Una -
elan ration of soup and black bread
is also ensile prepared and is nutri-
tious'.
After all, ise noteb depends upon the
actual conditions existing in elapchu-
rist-wincti both Japan and Russia
114..va carefully kept secret for many
Months past -that it is
possible to figure out beforehand,
especially at title great distance, the
relative ohanees of victory and de-
feat. i •
DISTRESS AFTER EATING.
Can Only be Cured by Removing the
,
Cause of the Trouble. Nattane free and proud, i
Edward the Peacemaker, lthie WO
Peacetell,
And we acclaim thee louds
upon earth, goodwill to Men
This was the reagelse 09
t ,
(
When the great King came Iron*
Heaven, and then t
To eeek and to save and to die.
We are a people Meese and strong,
Peace we love, bite. we brook no
We English Christian still, •
wrong: 1
This is the nation's will., I 't ;
,
Now at this holy Christmas -tide, I
Whim all the glad bells ring.
Though we join with the' young, for
the dead halve sighed,
Yet 'vie lift up our hearts and stn.
Our Emperor King is no recreant
knight,
on nee etemeob. I suffered much from Therefore we honor bis efforts
Ilhe know him as brafve and truer
aright,
amine in tee stomach, and was fre-, And we pray, "Let peace ensult."- t
quentle seized with diz.lnese and
severe headaches. Nothing- I tried ...
shinge may ?dueler and littera rare,
,diel me a particle elf good vett! I be- Caesars fume and frotyri.
.gan else use or Dr. Williams Pink
Pills, and tbese, after taking them The war donde gather, the thews
are grafve,
for about two montbs, completelo But the Lord of Heaven looks downs
cured Inc. It is nearly. two years
since I discontinued the use of the Let the mighty monarchs wbo rule
the earth
pills, and 1 have nest 'line° bad the Try but to do Feet will ;.
slightest return /If the trouble." • Now, when we celebrate His birth,
Dr. Williams' Milk Pills cure uot Listen, "Peace he still"!
othrilely tinaditeasotrionb tvenvderysbattrtoeurbeide
From the Levant H reld, Conetan-
take any pink colored substitute- the Queen for the above verses. I ,
loobdut •Era Midmost.
nerves: They will not fall If the tznople, December 81, 1903. The au -
treatment is even a fair trial. Don't thee has received the thanks or
There ie only; one way to cure
indigestion; the medicine Must net
upon the digestive organs - not
upore their mutants. Medicine should
not do the stomach's work, but
should make the stemma do the work
nature intended it should do. Dr,
Williams' Pink Pilldo this an leo
other medicine can. They toue up
the stomach, restore the weakened
'Mostly° organs and promote nat-
ural digestion. There is no doubt
about tilis-it has been proved in
thousands of cases that Dr, Williams'
,PInk. Pills euro indigestion when all
other medicines fell. Sir. Elcear
Robidoux, St. Jerome, Que., offers
his testimony: to substantiate this.
He says : "Far some yeare I 'was a
great sufferer front indigestion.
appetite became irregular, and ev-
erytlang I ate felt like a weight
• — don't take anything but Dr. Williams':
.......
times her strength. The Russian bud-
get or military purposes for 190e
was :120,02S.806 roubles, an excess
of 7,000,000 roubles above the ap-
propriation of the preceding yeer.
and nearly all et this excess was ex-
pentled In rearmament, In 1802 time
Russian army cenested of only Wee.
COO men. Te -day it numbers 1,013.000
soldiers,
Of the relative qualities of the Rus-
sian and Japanese infantry there is
not much to be said. Both are ad-
mirably trained and disciplined. From
what was seen of the two soldiers in
the China relief expedition, one might
be inclined to favor time type repre-
sented by the smabl. compact, tire-
less, Japanese foot soldier.
In cavalry Russia is numerically
and professionally the super,or, She
will be able to draw upon her vast
Cossack army until Manchuria is
overridden with these riders of the
Like our own cavalry, the
Cossack :has been trained to fight on
foot as well all on berseback, and
the rapidity of his movements, as
well as capabilities for rapid concen-
tration, will, as in the Boer war, (be
a powerful factor in opposing the
Japaneee. But cavalry requires for-
e:ea sod forage requires transporta-
inn, so that the quest on of whether
the limited resources of the Ma.nchu-
ria.n Railway will be able to supply
this vast host, infantry as well as
cavalry, will be a problena for the
Russian teriefsport se.rvice.
Tee Japanese artillery forces have
only recently been rearmed with
very Powerful, quick -fire field gun -
the invention of Colonel Arisaka, of I
• The Manufacturers Life
• Insurance Company.
SEVENTZEAITH ANNUAL. REPORT.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the shareholders and policyholders of the Manufaeturers Life Insurance
• Company was held in the Company's offices, Toronto, on Thursday, February 4th, at 2,30 p.m. The report
submitted was eminently satisfactory to alt interested,
A detailed report of the proceedings will be' mailed to all policyholders, but we believe that the average
busy reader will get a clearer conception of the progress the Company IS nuking by having, as it were, a bird's-
eye view of its affairs.
Below will be found the figures pertaining to the main features of the business for 1002 and 1903 and the
increases ; also a comparative statement of the Company's growth since its organization.
. The growth made in 1903 is well shown by the following table :-
19O. 1903.
Net Premium Income... .. , ....... ..•.. $ 1,054,816.72 , $ 1,219,435.91 $
Interest, Rents, etc • 186,074.11 215,852.67
Total Cash Income 1,240,880.83 1,435,288.58
Payments to Policyholders 316,550.63 366,533.04
Policy Reserves , 3,753,892.00 4,461,800.00
Total Assets... "4,406,829.19 5,136,668.52
Applications for New Insurance , 0,642,336.00 7,764,542.00
New Policies Issued 6,082,336.00 7,294,050.00
30,152,883.00 34,392,303.00
The Manufacturers Life began business in 087, and the following figures for four
year periods taken from its returns to the Dominion Government will illustrate its
remarkable growth and steady progress :.--
Insureace in Force ..... .Y•ttetif tif #14110
'noun&
164,620.19
29,778.56
194,398.75
49,976.41
707,908.00
730,339.33
1,222,206.00
1,211,714.00
4,239,420.00
•
Year. • Ittom Interest Premium and Interest Assets. Policiee A:tsp.::
Income Net Total Premium New
Rents,etc. Income.
- - Issued. December 31st.
1887 $ 778 $ 27,184 $1;6711113 $ 105,73W-** $2,564,500 $ 27:344123:0401
39,245 184,106
363,694 1,012,560
431,010 2,111,100
1017,760 10,645,021
1889951 13,236 197,349
1809 324,449
510,560 580,h7e
1,435,288 1,809,505 . 3,579,109 1068,236
1003 . . 2725,085128 1,210,435
seetter-___ • 5,136,1308 7,294,050 34,39e,208
OP mriReer TO TOTAL AOSTAINERS*
The death ratio in the Manufacturers Life has always been favorable in both
sections, but exceedingly so in the Abstainers' Section, The past year shows a
continuance of this favorable experience. The death losses in, the General Section
were 75.7% of the expectancy, and in the Abstainers' Section only 41.3% of the
expectancy, The saving this year from low mortality i11 this section is therefore
S84% a against a saving of 24.3°/, in the General Section, which means much
larger dividends for Abstainers. Correspondence is invited.
HONir O. WA !WS*, President. 11, in iltiNKINA Mateagleg Director.
Pink Pitts f...w Palo People. You mill
find the full name printed on the Tebruary Number Four -Track
wrapper around every box. eield by I News
all medicine dealers .er sent by:mail ' .
at 50 cents a box or six boxes forAn interesting magazine.
$2.50 by writings The Dr. Williams Any news dealer.
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ' . •
In
FRUIT GROWING.
British Columbia Markets
- and Drawback.
Some interesting facts regarding
the fruit industry In the Prairie
Province were brought out at the
recent meeting of the leritish Col-
umbia Fruit Growers' Misr/elation.
The growing commercial importance
of the industry is evidenced by the
Inerea,Sed shipments by freight and
express, as the following. figures
show: There syere carried by the
C. P. R. during 1902, 1,469 toes of
fruit, while in 1903, 1,987e tone
were carried; an 'Increase of 85 ver
cont. The Dominion Express Com-
pany Carried in 1891, 70 tonsof fruit ;
in 1001, 378 tons; in 1902, 483 tone;
in 1003, over 676 tons. The eeta.tie-
lishment of a fruit cannery in New
Westminster is assured, which will
employ forty to 'fifty hands during
the Reason. This will give growers
a mnarket for their surplus fruit.
Markets -At the present time Drit-
ish Columbia fruit practically rules
the markets as far east as Calgary.
The marketer of the Northwest,
-Omagh vast and valuable, are very
scattered; Winnipeg le the great
wholesale centre, and le of such im-
portance that it enters into the cal-
culatione of fruit growere all over
the continent, consequently the cone
petition there is keen. Orders are
being receleed from Australia, Ha -
wail, China, and Japan, and efforts
were made lest fall to get a foot-
hold in Dritein. On October 161!m,
last, Messrs. Stirling and Pitcairn,
of Kelowna, ishipped the first car-
load of British Columbia, apples, con.
eieting of Spies, DaldwIns, Ootttries
and Canada Reds to the teseLlisb
market. They arrived In Clinogow, on
Nor. 9, In first-class condition, and
,'old at an v.em-ago price of about
its per box, while Eaetern Canada
arples were sender in the same place
at about one dollar per barrel lege,
figuring three and one -halt boxes to
the barrel. However, when the extra.
freight charges to Montreal Were de-
; ducted, the net returns were hardly
aatiefaceory. Enquiries aro now be-
ing received from other firms, who
saw the British Colombia fruit, and
learned that it gave firat-elass Batts-
! faction, so that it is thought that it
more and larger shipments were sent
I forward, bettor prices would be real,
Concessions in the way ot
freight rates; will evidently have to'be
obtathed, if this cepert 'trade is to
' be devIdoped. ,
Drawhacks-eThat the British Co'
Jumble growers labor melee ditialeis
Kies similar to those of the eastern
fruit men 15 shown by the following
list mentionea by President eleteelte
in Ms opening address.:
eprae mg. mateleals, and eedress ER'S
thirato-Tee leek of co -Operation en "Wm teeekly.,
the part of our growers in shipping,'
marketing and maintenenee of prlees,
• PRAISE,
the hurelinse of paltages. Nand', AOTH
M.
grievalices.
hocobtl-We auffer, ns fruit grow. "ream the time my baby Woe
• ors, from the general lack of bore," rates Mre ltebt. Prieto of Conks
knoesledge or went of confident's, tis bt.'llnerP, t)nt., "he was•• alevoye elekly
to the benefits nt eprayine. eiel restive! until 1 began giving hint
Third -We neat calming anti, rrnp- l'esby'a Own Tittlete, Ile is 1341V Well.
Orating factorien to tnke outs eine etrong. and igroWing nicely, and I mot
One fruit, the r:pe nava tower grade Willy say heir timnIctal I am for ine
enriches* that w:11 not ship long dies leave oureek In 'every 1101120
tencee, varieties that are subeet to
the Mean IA fungus iliseasee, there. there are eating thildren thiss medicine
ebould alwees Ire kept on• band, The
If reltevieg the inerkets of those troubles of hlttle Oft0g, ,cottet when
quatitles of fruits, and leaving 'the
Maher grittiest end better that to Imetest expected, and a &see of the
-Labiate pampas,. given. May leave le
'POtt,t'llittr%ersutfer t0in tbte ack of r'reel0110 ltttic lif°'°*"
proper Athtr
the different intiritoto we are ighips Tablets cure all the Minor ot 1. unition et our in
trims
• pieg to., i ib ones, Mid an oecattiroutl dose *It
trevent eteknees. They aro Varan.
esirthestee, oleo require better tun- tted to eontnin no opiate or harms.
itieR In tratiepertatiOn, anti lower ful drug. The Tnhiets are *old by
rette.s.; Tito express rates are Cones* nil Mediellle deillere, *eta Pohl: -
sive, and tile tare end atteritket •reeiti, at n eentel a bee by Writing;
givetieto the lAung Of frit on and Tho Dr. Williatniff.litAielne Cot., Artheks
Man- RI Ont.
•
ert recoresekt
, • •
Only 5 cents.
Pond of Hops.
Buffalo Express., •
"Why Is it you Germano are so
fond or hoer?"
'For the tame reason you French-
men are so fond of frogs' legs."
"How ie that ?" • • •
"They're both full of hops."
Limn SUFFERING from Backache and
Neuralgia will find the greatest possible re.
Ilef from the troubles by tight./ the wonderful
pain relieving "1.) & 1. "Menthol Plasters.
They euro when others fail.
No Enthusiasm.
"Here's a story about a. man who
pretencleti he was insane and lived
as a patient in an asylum tor toe
ytleiatirtsi" What do you think Dr
"I think it Was kind of a crazy
thing to do."-Cineinnati Commer-
elate
1 Indigestion. that menace to
parits.aan
ndhanoPPreisnpeeet oPfiti
persons,les shas t s t
its conqueror In South American Nervine.
This groat stomach and nerve remedy stlinu-
lates digestion, tonetthe nerves, aide circu-
lation, drives out impurities, dispels emacia-
tion and brings back the glow of perfect
health. Cures hundreds of " thronies " that
have battled physician. -68
• Hoole Sam's Penny Crop.'
Accordieg to the ads/lees treat the
Treasury Department, the Govern -
meet mill at Philadelphia will cease?,
to grind out peonies for a tante
Ithere being now a eurpluessge .of
this kind of currency in the courts
try. During the past five year?
3,000,000,893 penules have beeti
shipped from the Philadelphia mint,
is the only one that coins
the one -cent - pieces, to various
parts of the country. Illetw,een July,
1st, 1902, and Suite 3.st, 1903, 89,-
600,000 cents were coined. If Ude
five-year output were collected in
a lumap it would make a Bitable,
stage -mountain at least. Placed side
by side in a. straight line, 44000.-
000,000 pennies would make a rib-
bon 23.000 miles long, and would
come pretty near 'girdling the
earth. Plied On top of One an- -
other they would reach up toteard
the stairs for a dIstence that would
take a good niane Eiffel tOivietll ta,
equal, for it would be not lefts than
i,400 Milee-fer out beyond the
point where ate force c,f gravita-
tion le supposed to be very active.
Siete, on the ordinary. beets el tome
putation, there are supposed tole
about 200,000,000 children in tho
tvrid under ten years et age. Uncle
Salm Would be able from his preecnt
stock of pennies to give eaclt eliiid
on the earth ten copper keelleakee
and have enough left over te• fill
a good-sized savings bank 'belittles.
So much for the penny erOp..-4,66-