it_has been allowed to mature. The elover erop is by far the best of the season, the timothy second. Corn is fair, potatoes possibly up to the aver According to the bulletin just issued by the Ontario Department of Agri. culture, pasture has _ been ruinâ€" ed in some counties by droughts and hot spells, which on the other hand, have prematurely ripened the growing crops. The great bulk of fall wheat was cut between July 15th and 25th, and the yield for the entire provâ€" ince is put at 19.6 bushels per acre, below that of last year but somewhat higher than that of the preceding ten years. The reports on the whole point to an average yield of fair quality. Spring wheat, however, is declared the poorest grain crop of the season, everyâ€" thing having been against it. Barley will be somewhat below the average in the yield per acre, and will be lighter in weight, but the color will be firstâ€" class. Oats have not verified the preâ€" dictions of July Ist, owing to the drouth. The acreage will be larger than usual, but the total yield will not be a good one.. Peas will be fair to good, beans will show a moderate yield on a largely increased acreage, and rye will turn out a fair crop where Confidence is returning in the States The feeling that Congress will deai with the currency question in a satis factory manuer is having a good efâ€" fect. The statement of the comptrolâ€" ler of the currency shows that the bank suspensions for the present month have been but 31, against 72 in July ; that there have been 3 in the pressnt week, against 13 in the first week of this month; and that 17 banks have resumed in August, against 9 in July. The meetings to be held by the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier in Ontario as far as arranged at present, are as follows : At Newmarket, on Tuesday, September 5th ; at Welland, on Thursday, Sepâ€" tember 7th ; at Aylmer, on Saturday, September 9th ; at St. Thomas, on Monday, September 1l1th ; at Leamâ€" ington, on Tuesday, September 12. Meetings in other parts of the Province are being avranged. \ Ttb is rumored that Sir Hector Langeâ€" vin will be appointed Lieutenantâ€"Goâ€" vernor of British Columbia. No doubt Sir Hector Langevin is ready for any position with a salary attached to it, and as Lieutenantâ€"Governor he could hardly engineer any more McGreevy schemes. _ But have the British Columâ€" bians no rights in the matter? What have they done that a%disgraced politiâ€" cian should be sent to rule over them ? Ernest Albert Macdonald, of Toronâ€" to, who on Friday completed his term of three months in gaol for debtâ€"techâ€" nically, for contempt of courtâ€"now threatens to impeach the judges. He also threatens to write letters to the press on his case. The House of Representatives at Washington has carried the repeal of the Sherman Silver Act by an over whelming majority. The senate maâ€" jority will not be so large. ture Prof.Shaw, late of the Ontario Agriâ€" cultural College, Guelph, has accsepted the chair of animal husbandry in the Minnesota State School of Agriculâ€" year is all humbus Hon. Edward Blake will sail for Canada next Saturday. _ He was dined by his colleagues on Wednesday. Lhe Hon J. M. Gibson says the talk of an Ontario general election this THURSDAY, ACGUST, 31st, 1893 The price of the WATERLOO CoUunty CHRONTICLE is $1 a year in Advance. Look at the date on your label this week, and see that your name is marked well in advance. § The Hon Examine Your Labal. EDITORIAL NOTES aterlos Ehronicle, Everybody is pleased with the fine work Huber of Berlin, the City Photographer, is turning out. If you are thinking of having some photo taken, first visit his studio. He‘s sure to please you. The importance of this decision to our Order can scarcely be estimated, as it at once lesves us as the only "Order of Chosen Friends" with a legal right to do business in Canada, and we are now in undisputed possession of that name. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the matter we would briefly state that our Order has always held that we were the ooly «"Chosen Friends" with a legal status in Canada, and we have opposed the registration or incorporation of the «"American Order of Chosen Friends‘ as we call them since they first made application on the 30th of June, 1892. Thus ends the fight and we are now in full possession of the field, and as statâ€" ed above the only "Order of Chosen Friends" in Canada duly registered and entitled to do business under the Inâ€" surance Corporations Act, 1892. We are greatly pleased to announce to the imembership that we Eave won the verdict in the contested application for incorporation of the "Provincial Council of the Order of ChosenFriends® and the Registrar of Friendly Societies has refused the incorporation of the above society, and has direct:d that Adam Purves and all other persons having in their charge, custody, posâ€" session or power, the accounts, account books and insurance funds of the said «"Provincial Council of the Order of Chosen Friends" shall forthwith comâ€" ply with section 58 of the Insurance Corporations Act, 1892. By referring to the said section of the Act, it will be seen that "Adam Purves and others" must at once proceed to wind up the affairs of the Above mentioned society which will thus cease to exist. The item in last week‘s issue with reference to the refusal of the appliâ€" cation for incorporation of the provinâ€" cial council of the Order of Chosen Friends had no reference to the order of which there is a flourishing branch in this town and which is known as the â€""Caoadian Order of Chosen Friends." _ The following copied from the Septembernumber of The Rainbow, the official organ of the latter order will correct any misapprehension thac may have arisen : "The judgment of the Privy Counâ€" = | cil in the Williamsâ€"Raleigh case, pubâ€" lished in our last issue, has been very 3 | generally discussed and its full bearing seems to be well understood. The : |original verdict of $850 for the pltf. was for damages occasioned by the overflow from No. 1 Government and ; | the Bell drains, the damage from each [ not being determined. The Privy ‘|Council holds that the municipality was bound by statute to keep the Government drain in repair. _ The Bell ~] drain was constructed under the drainâ€" age clauses of the municipal act, and the privy council holds that the claim for damages avising from the construcâ€" tion or_ want of repair of the drain |must be determined by arbitration. The case i« referred back to Judge Bell to ~ascertain what proportion of the $850 awarded plaintiff is chargeable to the government drain, and when the amount is ascertained judgment will be entered for the plaintiff for the sum fixed. It is possible that the parties |may agree on the amount, and save. further litigation, or agree to abide by the finding of Judge Bell from the evidence already before him, so that little additional expense will be incurâ€" red. The case will be a very expensive one for the township. All the costs incurred in the hearing of the case and the various appeals in Canada are to be paid by the townshipâ€"amounting to several thousand dollarsâ€"and_ in addition the costs of t«king the case to England,)except the respondent‘s counâ€" sel fees. The effect of the judgement on other cases is also a matter of parâ€" ticular interest. It seems clear from the judgment that the township is liable for any damages that may arise from the want of repair from the Govâ€" ernment drains, and if any of the other cases now pending are in this class it will be useless for the municipaltity to fight, except as to the amount of the verdict. In cases of damages of nonâ€" repair of township drains, it seems reâ€" dress must be sought through the arbiâ€" tration clauses of the act, or, as will probably be enacted in the new act to be passed next session, by appeal to the drainage referee or the county judge." The following review of the celebratâ€" ed drainage case of Williams vs. Raâ€" leigh from the Chatham Planet will be read with interest by the many people interested in drainage matters in this county : age, and roots will yield over the averâ€" age. Apples are a complete failure, grapes exceptionally fine, and pears and berries alove the average in most sections. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS EXPENSIVE LITIGATION WE WIN THE VERDICT The report of the High Treasurer, Atwell Fleming, showed a balance in band from last year of $1754.34, and receipts of $15,670.57 during the year making a total of §$17,424.91. The The report of the High Secrotary, J. B. Halkett, surpassed all previous records. It showed 4424 initiations for the year ending July 1, 1893, and a loss of 1008 by deaths and lapses, This left the total membership for Ontario July 1, last 21,145. Fortyâ€"eight courts were instituted last year. Sarnia,. Aug. 29.â€"The annualsession of the High Court of Ontario Indepenâ€" dent Order of Foresters, was opened here toâ€"day with the largest attendance ever recorded at a High Court. With supreme officers, visitors from sister high courts and delegates to this meetâ€" ing there are over 500 present. fees, a n t ... eagh w 1,000°07 Managerâ€"Secy‘s Com............ 635 99 Directors‘ fees..................‘ 49500 However the members may fare in the winding up proceedings it cannot be said the officers and directors have suffered badly, if the above is a fair specimen of their annual personal reâ€" ceipts from the institution.â€"Stratford Beacon. These members have retained Messrs. Mabee & Gearing to look after their interests. They are, it is understood, anxious to know where all the money has gone that was paid in assessments. The total sum collected has been about $60,000. _ Not a dollar of this has as yet been paid to coupon holders, but $15,000 has been paid for surrenders. The surplus on hand is only $19,000, so that $34,000 must have been used up in salaries and running expenses. They think this a large sum for a small company to expend in four years. The coupons maturing during the next four months amount to about $18,000, so that if they were paid. the surplus would practically disappear without the slightest provision for the coupons maturing later on. _ As a specimen of the expense account the following seâ€" lections are made from the last annual statement of the Association : 1 Reinting . . caare l in ces ies 205 40 O. O Benson, entrance fee com.. 1,772 00 & Com.on management _ 6 The cancellation of the charter of the Dominion Provident Benevolent and Endowment Association, with headâ€" quarters in Stratford, has thrown into liquidation one of the shadiest of the many shady assurance schemes which i sprang iuto existence during the past ~| ten years of inflation. Organized in 1| 1889 by Mr. S. R. Hesson it of course y | had to represent in its executive the ; | fundamental principle upon which it was foundedâ€"that of inflation, with big returns to the few at the expense â€"| of the many. _ The bait held out was a â€"| return at the end of every four years y | of $94 60 for every $54 paid in assessâ€" : | ments of 90c. per $1,000, 15 of which : | were called for cvery year, during that . | period. The scheme was in brief as : | follows:â€"To members who paid a $5 1 | entrance fee, 40 year certificates were | issued for sums of $1,000 and upwards, ‘ |ten coupons being attached which ‘ | called for the payment of ten per cent : | of the face value of the certificate every | four years. There was no medical exâ€" | amination required and the death | claim only amounted to $25 to cover | funeral expenses. _ Indeed the success _| of the undertaking was founded on the expectation that a large percentage of the members would be what assurance men called bad risksâ€"persons (they: | were eligible from ten years upwards) who would live long enough to pay a considerable number of their assessâ€" ments but would die before the first coupon came due, when $25 would be their only portion. The cholera or an insurrection not having supervened and the risks proving fairly healthy this phase of the calculation did not pan out according to expectations. Nor indeed did any of the other calcuâ€" lations materialize, save a 1d except the expense account, which must have met the highest expectations of the benefiâ€" ciaries thereof. On the first Septemâ€" ber the first batch of coupons fall due and the members as early as last fall realizing that theprofits were not going to pan out made a vigorous kick. They saw that payment of the first batch of coupons, which were largely held by the officers and founders of the instituâ€" tion, would wipe out the whole of the surplus and nothing would be left for those whose coupons fell due in 1894 or later. _A meeting was accordingly held this spring and these kickers were partially appeased by a settlement which enabled them to withdraw the amount of money they had put in. It took $15,000 in round figures to get| rid of these anxious people, which made quite a hole in the surplus, but business went along smoothly until |4 about three weeks ago when another | batch of kickers were about entering|, proceedings to restrain the association | from paying the first lot of coupons. |, They were saved the trouble by the|j interposition of the Provincial Inspecâ€" 3 tor of Assurance, which resulted in the | [ cancellation of the charter and the| ; winding up proceedings. _ The grievanâ€"| ; ces of these members will now be venâ€"| ; tilated in the liquidation proceedings |¢ before the Master in Chancery on |, Monday next. & a A Review of Mr. Hesson‘s Assurance schone. Indcpendendent Foresters THE D. P. B. B /aterico County Chron‘cle. The Cartos filled with Cholera Sufferers, Valparaiso, Chili, Aug. 29.â€"A de spatch from the Herald‘s correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, shows that the steamer Carlos is on the Atlantic Ocean, bound for no port, filled with persons infected with cholera and hayâ€" 13,128 14,101 24 997 Net majority against, 978. Says the Mail: _ The evidences of wholesale personation are accumulating so rapidly that it is said that over 500 are now ascertained beyond a doubt. The police officers in charge of the varâ€" ious stations assert that it was the worst contest ever held in Toronto since the introduction of the ballot. It is now alleged that certain alderman had an unlimited supply of car tickets for use on the day of the voting, and that two aldermen and an exâ€"alderman made themselves most obnoxious dur ing the contest in the eastern section of. the city. | The Majority Against Sunday Street Cars tn Toronto 1s Less Than 1000, â€" Toroxto, Aug. 29.â€"Out of a total of 27,229 polled on the Sunday car question there was a majority of but 973 against the cars. ‘City Clerk Blevâ€" ins made his official returns yesterday. They reduce the majority by 34, a misâ€" take having been made in the returns furnished the press at polling station No 34, in the Third Ward. Mr. Blevâ€" ins‘ ficures. Ward NO SUNDAY STREET CARS Washington, D. C., Aug. 29.â€"The President‘s private secretary, when askâ€" ed concerning the report that Mr. Cleveland was a very sick man followâ€" ing an operation performed on his face, stated that so far as he knew there was absolutely no truth in the report. Contradictory Reports Regarding the Prosiâ€" dent‘s Mealth, Chicago, Ill., Aug. 29.â€"A special from Philadeldhia says: The Press this morning publishes a fourâ€"column article confirming the Evening Post‘s dispatch from Boston about a month ago, which stated that President Cleveâ€" land underwent an operation on the }yacht Oneida tor the removal of a canâ€" cer. The operation required the cutâ€" ting away of a considerable part of the upper jaw. bone, and so far there has been no serious effect. The Press says that Mr. Cleveland is a very sick man, and that his physician fears that morâ€" tal disease is stiil lurking in his system notwithstanding the heroue efforts of surgery to remove it in July. Ottawa, Aug. 29.â€"A program has already been prepared for Sir John Thompson‘s approval in regard to a short campaign of speechâ€"making in Ontario. _ During theâ€"first week, probâ€" ably after the Industrial Fair, meetâ€" ings will be held in West Huron (Godâ€" erich), East Huron (Wingham), East Bruce (Walkerton), North $Bruce (Tara). In the next week Elgin (St. _ ‘Thomas), _ Essex (Kingsvi]le)‘ Kent (Chatham), Middlesex (Glencoe). In the third week in the Lindsay and Peterboro districts. And some time time in November a week of big meetâ€" ings in the cities of Ontario. A FLOATING CHARNEL HOUSE. Wil Hold a Series of Mcetings in Ontario The growth of the order in Ontario is shown by the fact that there were only 369 members and 15 courts in 1881 while now there are 21,500 members and 521 courts. The totai membership of the whole order, all over the world, is 52,000 and the surplus $750,000. disbursements were only $15.17 less the latter amount. which we will sell you, regardless of cost price. By the you ought to come and take a look through, for we hav store in town. EXCELLENT BARGAINS CLEVELANDS CONDITION For. Against. _ Maj for. Maj Agnst 1,410 â€"1,386 24 se 2,353 2,769 3 416 3,187 3,236 is 58 2,149 2,876 i 127 2,071 2,200 ds 219 1,367 1,544 o 177 SIR JOHN THOMPSON Before talking Fall Goods BR IT C E. p ( 3 t (2 So N i Mo o m i " a 5 6 oo UA © 2o Re 21 § = B i 5 o 6 15 B o 65 ts 6 o) n § B s 416 58 127 219 177 _ Byrup of Figs is for sale in T5¢ bottles by all leading druggists, Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand «vill procure i\ promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by the BAN FRANGISCQ JAL. LOUISVILLE, EY. NEW YORE.N.% Both the method and res ‘Its when Syrupof Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sysâ€" tem effectually, dispels colds, headâ€" aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is th«. on.y remedy of its kind ever pro« duced, pleasing to the taste an(f ac= ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly benef‘E:ial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its manyexcellentqualitiescommend it to ail and have made it the most, popular remedy known. _ & Heavy taxation upon all legacies exceeding a certain sum. 10. Control of the economic monster known as "trust," "syndicate," etc. Sharp limitation of the amount of land which any individval is allowed to control. 9. State control, as of the postoffice, of telegraphs, railroads, street railways, gas, electric light and all virtual monopolies ; for their exactions come properly under the head, not of trade, but of taxation, and there should be no "taxation without representation." 8. Peacemakingâ€"(1) in all indusâ€" trial disputes, by models and suggesâ€" tions, permissive legislation, appointâ€" ment of district tribunals ; by compelâ€" ling all quasiâ€"public corporations to submit their disputes to such tribunals; and (2) arbitration treaties with every other nation. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CC., 6. Limitation of hours of labor in some callings if not for all ; protection of the liberty of most against the tyranny of a few. _7. Efficient sanitary inspection of factories, workshops and mines. 5. Prohibition of Sux;da.y labor: "The liberty of rest for each requires the law of rest for all." 2. Sanitary supervision, securing pure air and water for all the people. 3. Discouragement, if not extirpaâ€" tion, of . parasites on industry, viz., criminals, paupers, gamblers aad gambâ€" ling speculators., 4. Suppression of the saloon and the liquor interest generally. That some things in the body politic are not exactly right, and ought to be changed, is pretty generally admitted. A recent programme by Dr. Washingâ€" ton Gladden has excited a good deal of attention. Here it is in brief synopâ€" sis : ing a record of 103 deaths on her voyâ€" age across the ocean. The despatch says the steamer Carâ€" los arrived at Rio Janeiro toâ€"day from Grand Island, Canales, and that 103 persons on board of her died from cholâ€" era on the way over. ; ESCORTED our or THE HARBOR. When the ship got into the harbor and made her report she was refused permission to land or even put her crew and passengers in quarantine. She was escorted out of the harbor by the warship Republican and _ ordered not to land at any Brazilian port. YRW@“’*‘E o# ,@w/g ONB ERNJOYS Free education in state schools to you we would remind you that we still have Teft *"And a New Earth," GREAT CORNER STORE In fact we have all the Scholars need for school Climax Scribblers and Noiseless Slates. : W. H. Becker & Co.‘s School Re â€" Opening. We lead them all in quality and prices, having bought a large stock that was lying at Berlin station after the actual buying season was over and consequently bought them at a reduction. In Sugars our prices are always right. GEO. HASENPFLUG, School books, School Books, Slates, Slates, Slates, Slates, Scribbling and Exercise Books Y The Finest Line at Every one of our customers knows that our stock and pt right on the early peaches and a good business was done and try our best to give satisfaction with the Crawfords. Peaches, CRAWFORDS. the way have you been in to see us lately. First have now nearly double the selling space of any Early Peaches are IN SUMMER GOODS, F"} :- i ‘. h D) A i a & is tiod â€" B M s D City Grocery & China Hall. 12 King St., East, Berlin. Telephone 150 will be the best time to buy the BERLIN BOOK STORE. S CE In Fruit Jars Renowned Jars and this and $ EI C Cu B § : o and a great many Sugars. now done stock and prices were we will 4 | 1 l I