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eople; the Mechanics‘ Lien Act of 1873, and its various amendments. t the time of its adoption . meâ€" ies and laborers were subjeet to Ar injustice and hardships at . % nds of unscrupulous . or itreâ€" a sible employers. _ Aiter workâ€" ing for weeks or months on a conâ€" tract they would find themselves enâ€" %ire! dependent upon the honesty of the employer for their arrears of , often amounting to a considerâ€" gum.. The contractor having his money for the job might , or, in Case he owned nothâ€" ing in his own name, might â€" and not infrequently did â€" defy . his workmen to collect anything, or perâ€" haps, taking advantage of the whipâ€" ,ind he held, compromise with them jor a fraction of the amount rightly due. ‘The only remedy the workman ‘had was that of an ordinary suit at Jaw, which frequently meant "throwâ€" ing good money after bad,‘" and tin ‘any case involved unreasonable . exâ€" pense, delay and loss of time, which ‘to a man working by the day, is money. _A Measure That Has Saved Thousands of Toilers From Being Defrauded. 1t is difficult for any one living in these days, when the rights of labor have ‘been â€" so carefully safeguarded by a series of enactments, framed for the protection of the workers, to realize what was the frequent experiâ€" ence of the workingmen a quarter of a century ago. Then, as now, men often found themselves in the position of being compelled to take the first job that was offered. They: could not hesitate and delay until they had an opportunity to enquire into the financial standing or honesty of the man who offered them . emâ€" ployment. They _ were only too glad, as a rule, to take the chances and trust to luck, on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread; unscrupulous _ or unreliable men took advantage of the situaâ€" tion. They would obtain contracts by underbidding their rivals, pay something from time to time on acâ€" count of wage bills, and then when the work was completed, the men might collect the balance if they gould. _ This system put the honest emâ€"!%e D ployer, who meant to deal fairly the p with his men, at a disadvantage, | upon HOW WORKING MEN WERE ROBBED. and was an encouragement to . the | scamp, the adven_t.m;er contractor ( PROTECTING THE LUMBERMEN and the soulless exploiter of labor © In 1873 the Liberal Government of Ontario â€" initiated â€" the legislation which has proved so effective in supâ€" pressing this abuse and giving the workingman absolute security . for his wages, so far as law can do it, by the enactment of the Mechanics‘ Lien Act. The principle of this measure, at that time entirely new in Ontario legislation, is to give to mechanics, laborers, contractors and wll persons doing work or furnishing materials for the construction or reâ€" pair of any building, or placing maâ€" chinery of any â€" kind in position, a lien upon the building or land _ for the amount due. It provided a cheap and simple means for establishing and enforcing the claims arising unâ€" der its provisions. OPPOSED BY CONSERVATIVES The Conservative party at this time â€" were posing as the special friends of labor, but this did not prevent them _ from adopting their @sual tactics of belittling and carpâ€" ing at the legislation, which they were afraid to oppose openly. They ridiculed the measure, decried . its utility â€" and â€" prophesied its failure. ‘They urged that it was cortrary to principles of sound legislation. They triedâ€"to prejudice the minds of the people against it. Hon. M. C. Camâ€" @ron, ther leader of the Opposition, assailed it repeatedly. When . the measure came up in the House on Ahe 18th of February, 1873, the Mail _reported the Conservative leader as saying: HOW THINGS HAVE IMPROVED THE ABUSE SUPPRESSED Those workingmen ‘who are old m remember the hardships and lities under which their élass formerly suffered in regard to gecuring . payment for their labor, &h\ realize how far the predicâ€" of the Conservatives at that &m astray, and most accurâ€" "He did not believe it would be found workable or that it would be of any benefit whatâ€" ever to the workingmen. It was simply a sop to Cerberus. * /* He admitted that this was class legislation _ and _ that The principle was open to obâ€" jection, but if the House was to pass a bill of this kind at all it should be such a measure as would be workable and would confer a real and substantial, instead of an illusory, advantâ€" ukss . lt 1 es e en t . len c _2 thotk .4. oo oc a hifi Apoug s ie 14 1 B Sighe c Oe e un qun, ooo db t inip hoii ty Pm +4 +. "Avaiargh A GREAT BOON TO LABOR, NICS LIEN ACT. |># As was only legislation.=> The scope of the origâ€" inal Act has been greatly enlarged | ink and its operations perfected by meaâ€" | Bis pJ sures passed in 1893 and 1896. One 1 highly important section of the Act | / The of 1898 provides that ‘"every device m‘ by any owner or.contractor, which l shall be adopted to defeat the PRIâ€" tion ORITY, OR FIRST CLAIM, ol fier to Wegeâ€"earners for their wages undes fcords. the several . Acts â€" relating to Me. | stoul chanics‘ Liens, shall, as respects worki such wageâ€"earners, be null and void. | % ba That is, any contractor or employâ€" fior t er who, taking advantage of a workâ€" and /1 ingman‘s inexperience of necessity of | from obtaining work, may wheedle him |of th into an agreement to surrender his | Jher right to have his claim a first claim, | secur tbefore that of all other creditors), f or in will have that agreement declared level worthless unider the law, and in spite | .@we of any such agreement the workingâ€" | apit man‘s claim shall stand first. . Aw | to 1@ other clause gives police magistrates with jurisdiction in the case of wages due J ipon mechanics or laborets to the extent ment of thirty days‘ wages. The Act of 1896, which consolidalâ€" f10W MP ed previous legislation on the â€" sub fers. W ject by adding many new provisions, | :ountry was made applicable to railway comâ€" A big panies and corporations generally so | sthen ag that now almost every case of meâ€" ment is chanical labor is covered by its proâ€" writing visions. The Mechnics‘ Lien is given | y notic priority over all judgmerts, execuâ€" ing, w tions, assignments and other claims their be on the property. The owner of the fiust to property in respect of which a corâ€" flent mz tract is undertaken, is now required f ully it to retain from the contractor, . for ‘alo Hu thirty days after the completion â€" ol ‘usely the contract, twenty per cent. ioi Eastert the value of the work or materials | houn‘s furnished in _ order to satisly any | Rosebe lien that may be placed on the proâ€" tributic perty by mechnics or other workâ€" |‘eature men. Many other amendments were val. 4 adopted in the direction of simplifyâ€" ing the Act and reducing the cost of its operation; as it now stands, it has proved _ itself thoroughly efficiâ€" | The sh ent. The abuse it was designed to | As to remedy no longer exists. The workâ€" | A you! ingman who takes a job from an UDâ€" | A box, certain contractor is no longer in mo: doubt as to whether he will receive anything for his labor. He knows that the property can b? held under } They c lien until his claim is met in full. f From ‘There are no grievances or comâ€"| Then plaints as to the working of the net measure from any quarter, whichâ€"is f And soon the ball the racquet metâ€" the best evidence that it has served ‘"Pingâ€"pong."‘ the purpose for which it was placed upon the statute book. ‘‘Try mot the game!‘" the housemaid The same principle, which has been found to work so well in connection with bui ding _ and machinery . conâ€" tracts, was in 1891 extended to a large class of employes, who had previously suffered considerably from. losing their earnings, the result of the hardest of labor, owing to the dishonesty or business misfortunes of their employers. Under the proâ€" vision of the Woodman‘s Lien | for Wages Act, passed in that year, any person performing labor or service in connection with logs or . timber in the Districts of Algoma, Thunde: Bay and T: ny Liver, were given a ’first lien or charge on the timber, which took precedence of every othâ€" er claim, except for money due the Crown. The Act was extended in 1895 so as to apply to other disâ€" tricts. Lumbermen as a class were particularly _ liable to be victimized by withholding their pay, as the scene of their labors is, for the most part, remote from settliement, i and from the usual machinery of the law, and the employer was often inâ€" accessible. It was, therefore, espeâ€" cially fitting that this large and imâ€" portant â€" class of industrial toilers should be rendered secure of receivâ€" ing their pay. In addition to providing means to secure to lumbermen the payment of their wages, provision has been made to protect what is more imâ€" portant than money, the health of the workmen employed in lumbering operations. In 1901 the Provincial Secretary introduced a bill which beâ€" came law, authorizing the Lt.â€"Gov.â€" inâ€"Council to make an enforced _reguâ€" lation to apply to lumber, and othâ€" er camps where large numbers of men are emplojed. These regulaâ€" tions require such camps to be kept n & cleanly and healthy condition, prevent . the polution of the water supply for such camps, and provide for their inspection, and also proâ€" vide for the employment of dualy qualified physicians, and for the erâ€" ection of permanent . or temporary Ahospitals for the employes in suich camps. The expense of carrying out these regulations for ‘the protection of the bealth of working men, and pm-% cheoking outbreaks of disease, be borne the emâ€" ploying firms or -;.3- conâ€" cerned. a . WHICH DESERVES THE WORK INGNMAN‘S vOTE. EXTENDING THE ACT FURTHER PROTECTION TO LUMBERMEN. Contrastirg the record of the iwo urties in this râ€"atter, bearing in 1896, which consolidat lact that while the Really noteworthy is the progress onsolidatâ€" f 10w being made by Canadian writâ€" the sub |ers. With the expansion of the rovisions, | :ountry, the old lo alism vanishes. way comâ€" | A big country groÂ¥s big people. nerally so|shen again, the brightness of treatâ€" e of meâ€"|ment is increasing and the style of y its proâ€"| writing improving. This is especialâ€" extent | ments and increasing employment erals, and predicting their failure. That was thm;ol Mr. Whit ney last session in to Mr. Preston‘s Concili which he said, was a *wasle of and ink," just as it was the mt of his ‘predecessor â€" when . the rnics‘ Lien measUre Was| Fought ic, The labor éléctors of Ontario, we :fln&. will show as.in the past, t they cannot be by elecâ€" tion campaign ; but preâ€" 'extol«xthnnhbyt\dtu- cords. Ontario _ Government skovld receive the support of, tht workirg classes not only for " wha‘ t has done in their interests. but {or the spirit in which it was dore, ind for the hope of future benefits irom the same source.. The . mottop of the Government is pj «wheâ€" Jher in the matter of legislation, for securing the workingman his rights, or in applying a vigorous policy iof levélopment of our resources in the .ewer regions, _ whichâ€"will ~enlist apital, and _ give large employment to labor, and also â€"stimulate. trade with older Ontario, making demands on â€" our manufacturing establish y noticeable ir the Canadian Magaâ€" ine, where our leading writers place their best work. The May number, iust to bhand, contains some excelâ€" lent material. _ John Innes‘ beautiâ€" ully illustrated article on the Bu{â€" ‘alo Hunting, L. S. Channell‘s proâ€" ‘usely pictured description of _ the Eastern Townships, and Mr. Colguâ€" houn‘s masterly delineation of Lord Rosebery, are three worthy . conâ€" tributions. The stories and lighter ‘eatures are as entertaining as usâ€" wal. All booksellers. The shades of night were falling fast As to the diningâ€"room there passed A youthful pair, who gayly bore A box, on which was this â€" no They cleared the table with a swish, From doily down to butter dish; Then through the centre stretched a net "And I must put it on the board." The young man turned and . fiercely roared: The cook strode to the open door, And cautioned them to cease once The maiden gasped: 1‘m bound to learn cried. ‘The dinner is ready now,‘"" she The family lurked in the hall, And moaned: ‘"‘Are we to eat at, allt" But still they heard the ping â€" and pong That made the cadence of a song â€" more. ‘The roast,‘" she urged, is sure to sphere, Until the dawn of morning clear, The father, mother, sisters, too, Wailed hungrily: ‘"Alas! We rue ‘‘Pingâ€"pong." One day the searchers, out of breath, 6 Found all these people starved to death; The cook, the housemaid, beau and And back and forth they smote the belle, The familyâ€"and, sad to tell, Above them _ pinged the pongful knell: ‘Tell a man it‘s a food and he doesn‘t want to pay for it. Tell him it‘s a medicine and he says it doesn‘t look like it. Then tell him it‘s both a food and a medicine and he . thinks you‘re playing some game on him. Yet these are the facts about Scott‘s Emulsion of pure codâ€" liver oil. It is the cream of codâ€"liver oil, the richest and most digestible of foods.. The food for weak stomachs. The food for thin bodies and ‘thin moreâ€" . But that‘s only half â€"the story. Scott‘s Emulsion is glsg|From room to a good medicine. Itgives new | And madly rips CANADIAN WRITERS IT‘S THE TRUTH PINGâ€"PONG. Pingâ€"pong." "Pingâ€"pong." "Pingâ€"pong." ‘‘Pingâ€"pong." â€"Baltimore "American." ‘"Pingâ€"pong." The Hamilton . Conference of . the Methodist Church will hold its Eighth Aunmal Session in the Cenâ€" tral Methodist Church, Woodstock, beginning â€" on Thursdgy, June 5, 1903, at 45 p. m. T * Sth m., in Ceatral Chureh," tock . The Statistical BTH ries of the Districts â€" will meet camt Statistical SOcnuYs : al burch on Tuesday, % p. m., ‘‘with all the Dis 'mly prepiared."‘ (See page 168 ol Minutes.) <â€" t e The Financial Seeretaries will #unds on . ~Jung 3, at 2 pâ€" m., in Central Cb +4 The Special uuuu‘:â€"su will meet: on Wednesday, . 4, at 3 p. m. o e ose | libeAt _ Thursday, June 5, 2 p. am., Open ing of Conhn-eo.â€"wlt ‘"Som! Reminiscences of Fifty Years," Rev John Wakefeld, D.: D: moon wwm MORNING â€" DEVOTIONAL . SERâ€" j VICES. .A devotional service wili.form a segilar part of each day‘s progeedâ€" ngs. The singing will be led > by the following quartet: Revs. H. G. Livingstone, J. Fred: Kaye, B. A., T. L. Kerruish and A. E. Lavell, B. Thursday, 9 a. m.â€"â€"Leader, The President. Address, ‘‘The Kind of Preaching Our Age Demands," Rev. W. H. Harvey, B. A. Friday, 9 a. m â€"Leader, Rev. Geo. Clark, Ph.D. Address, ‘"The Eleâ€" ments of a Successiul Church," Rev. Thos. Colling, B. A. -.Svu-t.ut'd';y:;s m.â€"Leader, Rev. J. Mooney. Address, ‘"Character . and Service,"‘ Rev. J. Magwood.. _ °2 0 000Y mBMMY NOC OCMWn CCC Monday, 9 a. m.â€"Leader, Rev. ©. Deacop, Ph.B. ~Address, ‘‘The Deity of Christ,"‘ Rev. Geo. E. Honey, B. :l"ues.dl.y, 9 a. m.â€"Leader, Rev. Joseph Archer. Address, "First Things First,"‘ Rev. J. R. Patterâ€" son. CONFERENCE ANNIVERSARIES ‘Thursday, 8 p. m.â€"Connexional officers, Rev. W. Briggs, D.D., (A. E. Ames, Esq.), Revs. John Potts, D.D., A. C. Crews, and W. S. Grifâ€" fin, D.D. Friday, 8 p. m.â€"Address to the Pew, Rev. George K. B. Adams; Address, Rev. Geo. Jackson, B. A., of Edinburg; Address to the Pulpit, Rev. James Awde, B. A. SnJr-&:y',‘ 8-7p. m.â€"Lecture before the Theological Union in Dundas St. Church, by Rev. G. F. Salton, Ph. Death of Robert Jackson.|. chronicle the death of Mr. Robert Tackson, which _ sad event came â€" not unexpectedâ€"about 2 o‘clock on Wednesday â€" morning. . About two weeksâ€"ago while driving home from Winterbourne he bad a paralytic stroke. For the first few days hopes of his â€" recovery were entertained, but after that he gradually became weaker until the end came. The subâ€" Pecc of this sketch was born in the Township of Tecumseh, . Simcoe _So., Bm t C C on the 15th of October, 1843. When he was about 24 years old his parâ€" ents moved to Peel Towrship â€" to the then _ soâ€"called Queen‘s Bush. When a grownâ€"up lad he took . a fancy to mercantile life and _ went clerking â€" for Mr. Thompson of Halâ€" ler., in the days when merchants in that part of the country hadt to team their goods from Berlin and Guelph.. He afterwards took charge of Mr. Thompson‘s branch store at Hewsonville, not far from Moorefeld, where he â€" remained until the busiâ€" ness was sold. Then he clerked ~ in a bardware store at Listowel for a time but found the work too heavy and gave it up. He bought a farm S regen i uie C e wowt 0 £. on the 4th of Peel, not far from the old homestead, where he lived sevâ€" eral . years. He then‘ sold the farm and moved to Elmira where he carâ€" tied on a shoe store, first in Weber & Erb‘s block â€" and afterwards in Hornberger‘s . block: About ten years ago he retired from business It is with sincere regret that Beaneth the burnished chandelier ‘The weary house wife stands, With scrubbing brushes, ‘damp cloths, And such things in her hands, And in a rasping tone she gives ‘The hired girl commands. _ ‘To keep her hair in place, Bowlby, K. C., prosecuted, and Mr. She has the bed clothes wildly piled J.A.”mn.«o-uu-um Upon the dressing caseâ€" 8 9 Her nose is akinned and therte AT® | us eyidence of several witnesses ‘Brown streake across her faces ’:o.:ntwn:mm:n:mu' ; N Cotévict. From room to room she imakes her | His Honor in jndgment Prom_roam o wee | We thaps is dovaglos Bathront Bs c io c P ede x (Gueres 5. en c elact" smm cmd ar: A rag is wound around her head PROGRAMME FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING 1( _ AJdStLG CAT WOODSTOCK. PROMINENT ELMIRA CITIZEN PASSES AWAY. (Elmira Advertisor.) CLEANING TIME ard tears, uon throughout the lun s cusaug m .â€"Connexional B. Subject, ‘Canzanitic Civiliza~ tiom hdon.th Conquest.* ad Monday, 8 p. m.« MWoral Reform. â€" "A m ~lor â€" the Kettiewell; ‘"The Trafic, the Chusch Other Assets. and the Government," John George, _ n on in on Te our Â¥a . &A. J. It= win, B.A.. B.D.; ~‘The Liberty . of m‘fl ;.ho B-i‘h:t." Joseph Gibson, Esqâ€", = vtrntay, a 5. m â€"thel mpvers| | Pb ague, . B , M. A., B.D.; The Sabbath School,‘ Rev. Robt. “n'- Chas. W. Cosens; Missions, Revs. J. G. Foote and V. C. Hart, D.D. semmmnemnnscame es Collkge Avenueâ€"11 a. m., Kev. Sanford E. Marshall, B.A., B.D.; 2.45 p. m., Sabbath School, addresâ€" { ses by Revs. W. B. Caswell, B.A.; 7 ip. m., Evangelistic service, Rev. C. L. Bowlby, J. H. McBain, B.A., and !S. A. Laidman. | Chalmers Presbyterian Church â€" Central Church=9.80 to 10.45 a. m., . Conference Loveâ€"least, led ‘by Rey. A. E. Russ, M.A; 11 a m. Rev, A. Carman, D.D.; 245 p. m Sabbath School. Addresses by Revs. a OF Davell B.A.. and Wray R. A. E. Lavell, B.A., and Wray R. Smith; 7 p. m.,. The &Pngfl_.}_. Rev. Wm. P. Wilsen,. followed by Sactament, of the Lord‘s Supper, conducted by the President. Dundas Streetâ€"11 a. m., Rev. W. E. Pescot, B.A.; 445 p. m., Sabâ€" bath School, addresses by Rev. H. B. Christie and W. E. Treleaven; 7 p. m., Evargelistic service, Revs. E. L. Flagg, B.D., F. W. Hollinâ€" rake, B.A., D.D., and J. M Wright. 11 a. m., Rev. Chas. R. Morrow; 7 p. m., Rev. J. S. Ross, D.D. Congregational Churchâ€"11 a. m., Rev. A. Hamilton, B.A., B.D.; 1 p. M., MOY. 0. M MEABENR TD Knox Presbyterian â€" Churchâ€"11 m., Rev. J. H. Huplvqod.u First Baptist Churchâ€"1l1 a. m., Rev. A. L. Gee, Ph.D.; 71 p. m., Rev. S. Sellery, M.A., B.D. Oxford Street Baptist Church â€"11 a. m., Rev. W. A. Tonage; 7 p. m., Rev. C. E. Stafford. British M. E. Churchâ€"lla. m., Rev. H. E. Hill; 7 p. m., Rev. C. M. Marshail ~ Ingersoll,King streetâ€"11 Rev. A. D. Robb,; 7 p. m., W. Barker. â€" _ .ln.;;s_o'lâ€"l; Charles street â€" 11 a m., Rev. G. W. Barker; 7 p. m., Rev Church. Chas. R. Morrow, Secretary and lived privately. His first wile was Rebecea Amy, who died about 15 years ago, leaving three sons. About five months ago he was marâ€" ried a second time, namely to Mrs A. Mitchell _ of Winterbourne, . who survives him. He was one of a famâ€" ily of nine brothers, six of whon now remain. ‘Two of the sons 0: the deceased, Bert ard Russel, have teen in British Columbia for the last couple of years. They were teleâ€" graphed for last Thursday but had rot arrived on Wednesday noon. Ir the death of Mr. Jackson Elmira lost a valuable citizen, a man who always took great interest in everyâ€" thing that was for the welfare . of the village. He was for some years chairman of the School Board â€" and took especial interest in the beautiâ€" fying of the school grounds. He alâ€" ways supporting the Public Library, being a member of the Board _ for some years. In politics he was â€" a firm adberent of the Liberal party and took considerable interest in party work. He was also for some years a Justice of the Peace. LORD‘S DAY SERVICES, Parisâ€"11 a. m., and 7 p. m., . L. Kerruish. . Wim. F. Wilson, Pruidegt. the village. He was for some YCATS ) In the meantime the skin covers chairman of the School Board @NC |jor the pgtis have been seasoned and took especial interest in the beautiâ€" | jressod on the floor below, and, as a fying of the school grounds. He @!)â€"||a«; stage in the process, rubbed ways supporting the Public LibrAIY, |pack and forth against an upright being a member of the Board T0f | prage, to take out all kinks in the some years. In politics he wAS â€" 4| sking, and also whiten them. The firm adberent of the Liberal PATtY | oyers are cut from the skins by and took considerable interest i" |pang and sewn around the balls by party work. He was also for s0M6 | women. Each woman is expected to years a Justice of the Peace. fnish fifteen dozen balls daily. From The death of Mr. Jackson is bU+ |eyery skin from fifteen to thirty another instance showing on WBAt P pairg of covers are obtained. slender threads human life hangsâ€" | a11 in all it takes about six weeks Hcre was a man apparently in the];o turn out a baseball, and the best of. health and, humanly SPCAKâ€" | cries of the product will vary from ing, good for twentyâ€"five years I0N&â€"| ; cents to $1.25. The largest saics er, when along comes the GTim |are of the 5¢ bails. Reaper, ome stroke of the scyth@.] apout 28 varieties of balls are and the victim . lies prostrate, t0 | now turned out. wilt away like a flower severed from Sebientuisttaice trtrns team tw its stem, until in a few days the| gar; Courcil, by 5 to 1, approved final dissolution comes. of the Carnegie library gift of $17,â€" The trial of young Louis Suter of Waterloo Township, who was chargâ€" ed with havirg committed an indeâ€" cent offence upon a little eightâ€"yearâ€" old girl named Louisa Haus, was held _ this morning in the Judge‘s Chambers before His Honor Judge Chisholm. Crown Attorney W. H. Bowlby, K. C., prosecuted, and Mr. J. A. Mowat of Guelph defended the ‘I.Ii:‘ F:::: h“um_: ‘)::p-t F-'-’fl-.u'-dngi stat f CÂ¥iâ€" | â€" gwors dense was -:u-l,n would ml-::‘l'hm FOUXD GUILTY OF COMÂ¥MCN ASSAULT L. Rutledge, â€" Pastor of ‘The Gueiph Herald, which is ownâ€" 1 a. m., |e@ and controlled by _ that wellâ€" m., Rev.|kmown and popular newspaper man, Mr. H. Gummer, celebrateg . May irch â€"11] Jay by â€" appearing in an enhrged‘ 1 p. m., | orm and eatire new dress. The May Day edition contained sixteen pages, l1a. m., |six columns wide, set up in the newâ€". v. C. M. fest and latest type, and printed from a new Goss Clipper _ Rotary press, a. m.,| which has just been installed, and Rev. G.|which prints and folds 10,000 eightâ€" rage papers per hour. The edition â€" 11 a.| ontains an interesting history . of m., Rev.|she Herald newspaper which was » counded in 1840, as well as illustraâ€" m., Rev.|tions of the processes now used . in an upâ€"toâ€"date newspaper office in . printing the news of the day. The istor of | felegraph joins with its contemporâ€" aries in congratulating the Herald iry. and its proprietor upon this new eviâ€" lence of prosperity. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL + +0 =â€" . _. §$250,000.00 DEPOSIT WITH DOMINION GOV‘T e 117,140.41 All Policies Guaranteed by the LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE 1INS. CO. with Assets of $16,306,638. The total cost of the late smallâ€" pox outbreak in Acton to the village was $1,680.12. The town is also ‘eft in the possession ol two tents, bads and bed furnishings, and other furnishings. e Abstract of Accounts for 1901 TMNOOME: [HE GUELPH HERALD‘S MAY DAY. The Mercantile Fire The process of making baseballs on a wholesale plan is a rather interâ€" »ting one, consumirg in a single eason _ something like 8,000 skins. I‘le scrappings from the shoe . facâ€" tories, of which the "raw" balls are noulded, are stored in cellars of about one acre area, and from this waterial the balls are shaped by rand. According to quality, the ball s bound by few _ or several dozen ounds of â€" cord. The "raw" balls ire placed in automatic moulds, sbaping the ball and at the same time pressing out all moisture, to the tune of 300 gross a day. One â€"mploye will shape as many as 4,â€" 00 of the .raw balls in a single working day. THE MAKING OF BASEBALLS Tte newly pressed balls are then orted and allowed to dry out for a period of from three to four weeks, when their weight is reduced to perâ€" hars five ounces. Something like 200 of these twineâ€"bound leather bal‘s can be found in the bins at all times. . Galt Courcil, by 5 to 1, approved of the Carnegie library gift of $17,â€" 500. and will recommend a site. The town authorities of Barrie find themselves unwillingly in charge of a pair of twin boy babies about two weeks old, who were left on the door step of a prominent resident. ‘The Departments of Agriculture of the Dominion and Provimcial . Govâ€" ernments will coâ€"operate in a series of ffty orchard meetings, to be held in the fruit growing sections of Onâ€" tario during this month, under . the anuspices of the Fruit Growers‘ Asâ€" sociation. Demonstrations of sprayâ€" ing will be given. ®ate or Omo, Crty or Tor®n0,\ ,, On the Company‘s Alfred Wright, Secretary, . _ T. U. Hail, Inspector. COSTLYâ€" EPIDEMIC INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated 1t75. j NEAD OFFICE =â€" â€" â€" WATERLOD, ONTARIS. AUTUAL LIPE, Ppsaady i¢. and § ¢, LIABILITIE®. BUEPLUB COMPAMNY. HEAD OFFICE, _ WATERLOO, ONT. Dominion Life Assurance p-ll‘:xnh a splendid position. Security, so| y, progress and equity are our 1 1 equity We have increased our Subscribed Capital from $257,600 to $400,000. We have increased our Paidâ€"up Capâ€" ital from $64,000 to noo,a;b\ We have placed all our old\business on at 4 munt. Reserve Standardâ€" higher Governmentrequirements. We have increased our Surplus over all Liabilities from $21,210 to $35,852. We have increased our Assets from $416,897 to $539,206. Bee any of our agents or wirte Head Office for particulars, WATERLOO MUTVAL Total Assets 3ist December ‘99 Economical Mutual Fire ins.Co. Net Assots ist Jan. 1900 Joun Frmwui1 â€" â€" â€"â€" â€" President Gromer Laxg â€" â€" _ â€" _ Viceâ€"Pres, Huso Kraxz â€" â€" â€"â€" â€" _ Manager. W. H. Scumars â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" Secretary, Jomm A. Roos‘ â€" â€" â€" â€"â€" â€" Inspector BOARD OF DIRECTORS. All forms of regular sound life and Jos, £.Seagram M.P............. .. Waterios COyele and Motor Co. for BRANTFORD GENDRON Wheels both chain and chainless from $40 We also reprasent the Berlin Bnqnl:Oal. BERLIN and RACYCLES from $35 to $65. > fith;:o&np We also handle d-,-‘g..-l Geo. Randall, Eeq., Waterioo, 8. Snyder, Eeq., = Geo. Disbel, Ksq., _ » J. 1. Wideman, Keq., St. Jacobe. P. E. Shanta, Preston, â€" Thomas Gowdy, Keq., Gueiph. James Livingstone, Esq., Haden, OFFICERS ; George Randall, President, BUCOKBHRROUGH & OO‘Y, Agents Frank Haight, Manager, R, T. Orr, Inspector. Meesrs. Bowlby & Clement, Bolicitors, Ber Progress in 1900. Mutual and Cash Systems. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1901 Models New and Second Hand wheels We orF BEHRLIN. Organized 1871. $6,301,100.41