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door of the dining room in the rocker with the patched cane seat. He was apparently very busy doing something with a plece of fish line and a pair of long legged rubber boots. Captain Perez, swinging back and forth in the wlorrockerwlththomuworkeuh-! lon, was puffing deliberately at a | wooden pipe, the bow! of which was carved inte the likeness of a very rakish damsel with a sallor‘s cap -etl upon the side of her once flaxen head. In response to his companion‘s remark he lazily turned his sunburned face toâ€" ward the cane seated rocker and jnâ€" . them boots?" Captain Ert tied a knot with his finâ€" gers and teeth and then held the boots out at arm‘s lengthb. . "Why, Perez," be said, "I‘m averâ€" agin‘ up, same â€"as I told you. Proviâ€" dence made me a two legged erittcr, and a two legged critter needs two boots, I‘ve always been able to find one of these boots right off whenever I wantâ€" ed it, but it‘s took me so plaguy long to ‘find the other one that whatever wet there was dried up afore I got out of the house. That‘s why I‘m splicin‘ *em together this way. I don‘t want to promise nothin‘ rasb, but I‘m in hopes that even Jerry can‘t lose ‘em â€"V“finmph!" grunted Captain Perez. "I don‘t think much of that plan. *Stead of losin‘ one you‘ll lose both of â€"‘"HMe went out to feed Loren heard bim calliu‘ a minute ago. cat min‘t been home sence 100 "Yes, but then I shan‘t care. If there ain‘t no boots in sight I‘ll go barefoot or stay at home. It‘s the kind of responsibleness that goes with havin‘ one boot that‘s wearin‘ me out. Where is Jerry ?" Jerry‘s worried:" A stentorian shout of "Puss! Puss! Come, â€" kitty, kitty, kitty!" came from somewbere outside. Captain Erl smiled. "I‘m ‘fraid Lorenzo‘s gittin‘ dissipatâ€" ed in his old age," he observed. ‘Then &s a fat gray cat shot past the door: "There be is! Reg‘lar prodigal son. Comes home when the fatted ca‘f‘s A moment later Captain Jerry apâ€" peared, milk pitcher in band. He enâ€" tered the dining room and, putting the pitcher down on the table, pulled forâ€" ward the armchair with the painted sunset on the back, produced his own pipe and proceeded to hunt through one pocket after the other with a trouâ€" bled expression of countenance. "Where in tunket is my terbacker?" be asked after finishing the round of pockets and preparing to begin all over again. -..;l, see #t on the top of the clock a spell ago," said Captain Perez. 7 I _ Ww e ols "What on airth are you doin‘ with "Was that yours, Jerry ?* exciarmed Captain Eri. "Well, that‘s too bad! 1 wee it there and thought ‘twas minc. Here ‘tis, or what‘s left of it." Captain Jerry took the remnant of a plug from his friend and said in an aggrieved tone: "That‘s jest like you, Eri!l Never have a place for nothin‘ and help yourâ€" self to anything you bhappen to want, don‘t make no odds whose ‘tis. Why don‘t you take care of your terbacker, same‘s I do of mine?" -“'â€"':\'-o;v: see here, Jerry, I ain‘t so sure that is yours. Let me see it. Humph! I thought so! ‘This is '§a!y _Plug,’ and yaeu always smoke ‘Sailor‘s Sweetâ€" heart.‘ Talk about bavin‘ a place for things!" "That‘s my terbacker, if you want to know," observed Captain Perez.‘ "I‘ve got yours, Eri. Here ‘tis." "Well, then, where is mine?" said Captain Jerry somewhat snappishly. _"Bet a dollar you‘ve got it in your pocket," said Captain Eri. "Bet $10 I ain‘t! I ain‘t quite a fool yit, Eri Hedge. I guess I know. Well, I snum! I forgot that upper vest pocket." And from the pocket menâ€" tioned Captain Jerry produced the missing tobacco. There was a general laugh, in which Captain Jprry was obliged to join, and Cream Sodas Mooney‘s Biscuits are an evenly food, equally good for young and old. Made from Cariada‘s finest wheat flour, rich cream and pure butter. Baked by the Mooney baker in the Mooney way. + Say * Mooney‘s ‘ to your grocer. Mooney‘s Perfection M s Ssn Rendeit se l e ; that yours, Jgrq?" exclaimed CHAPTER L REZ," observed Captain Eri everage up with the misâ€" takes of Providence." ‘ it light while we can! Here, Jerry, them matches is burnt ones! Try fllil.{ "Twon‘t be so damagin‘ to the morals.". | _ CaptainJerry took the proffered match and lit the two bracket lamps fastened to the walls of the dining room. The room, seen by the lamplight, was shipâ€" like, but as decidedly not shipshape. ' The chronometer on the mantel was obscured by a thick layer of dust. The | three gorgeous oil paintingsâ€"from the the trio smogco i1 suence ror a ume, while the expanse of water to the eastâ€" ward darkened and the outer beach beâ€" came but a dusky streak separating the vcean from the inner bay. At length Captain Perez rose and, knocking the suhes from his pipe, announced that he was going to "show & â€" -:‘-it'l?h'rier in the grave," observed Captain Perez, with lugubrious philosâ€" o N N LW CApetrine "Yes, go abead, Jerry!" said Captain Eri. "It‘s gittin‘ dark." _Flying Duck, pulling spectively representing the coasting packet Hannah M., Eri Hedge master, and the fshing schooners Georgie Baâ€" ker, Jeremiah Burgess master, and the Flying Duck, Peres Ryder master, were shrouded in a very realistic fog of the same dust. Even the imposing gilt lettered set of "Lives of Great Naâ€" val; Commanders." ourchased y Ca» tain Perezs some Mforth8 béfore and beâ€" ing slowly paid for on an apparently â€"scrap of throat whisker and looking cloaked with it. The heap of newspaâ€" pers shoved under the couch to get them out of the way peeped forth in a telltale manner. ‘The windows were never sweeping. Incidentally the supper taâ€" ble had not been cleared. Each one of the three noted these things, and each sighed. Then Captain Eri said, as if to change the subject, though no one had spoken: "What started you talkin‘ about the grave, Perez? Was it them clam fritâ€" ters of Jerry‘s?" "No," answered the exâ€"skipper ot the "'I"hen, for the land‘s sake, ht’l_blvo rather shamefaced. "You see, M‘lissy Busteed dropped in a few minutes this mornin‘ while you fellers was out, and"â€" Both Captain Eri and Captain Jerry set up a hilarious shout. .. "Haw, haw!" roared the former, slapâ€" ping his knee. "I wouldn‘t be so fasciâ€" natin‘ as you be for no money, Perez. She‘ll have you yit; you can‘t git away! But, say, I don‘t wonder you got to thinkin‘ ‘bout the grave. Ten minutes of M‘lissy gits me thinkin‘ of things ‘way t‘other side of that!" "Aw, belay there, Eri!" protested Captain Peres testily. "‘Twan‘t my fault. I didn‘t see her comin‘ or I‘d have got out of sight." "What was it this time?‘ asked Capâ€" tain Jerry. "Ob, a little of everything. She beâ€" gun about the ‘beautiful‘ sermon that Mr. Perley preached at the last ‘Come Outers‘‘ meetin‘. That was what startâ€" ed me thinkin‘ about the grave, I guess. ‘Then she pitched into Seth Wingate‘s wife for havin‘ a new bunnit this seaâ€" son when the old one wan‘t ha‘f wore out. She talked for ten minutes or so on that, and then she begun about Parâ€" ker bein‘ let go over at the cable staâ€" tion and about the new feller that‘s been signed to take his place. She‘s all for Parker. Says he was a ‘perâ€" fectly lovely‘ man and that ‘twas outâ€" rageous the way he was treated, and all that sort of thing." "She ain‘t the only one that thinks so," observed Captain Jerry. ‘"There‘s a beap of folks in this town that think Parker was a mighty fine feller." "Yes," said Captain Erl, "and it‘s worth while noticin‘ who they be. Perez‘s friend M‘lissy thinks so, and Bquealer Wiron and his gang think so, and Web Saunders thinks so, and & lot more like ‘em. Parker was too good a feller, that‘s what was the matâ€" ter with him. His talk always remindâ€" ed me of wash day at the poorhouseâ€" lots of soft soap with plenty of lye in "Well, M‘lissy says that the men over to the stationâ€"all except Langley, of courseâ€"are mad as all gitâ€"out because Parker was let go, and she says someâ€" body told somebody else, and somebody else told somebody else, and somebody else told herâ€"she says it come reel straightâ€"that the men are goin‘ to make it hot for the new feller when he comes, She says his name‘s Hazeltine, or somethin‘ like that, and that he‘s goin‘ to get here tomorrer or next day." "Well," said Captain Eri, "it‘s a merâ€" cy M‘lissy found it out. If that man should git here and she not know it aforehband ‘twould kill her sure as fate, and think what a blow that would be to you, Perez!" He took his old fashloned watch from his pocket and glanced at the dial. There was a general laugh. at much longer," hbe added. "Jobn Haxâ€" ter‘s goin‘ to have that little patch of eranberry swamp of his picked toâ€" morrer and he‘s expectin‘ some barreis down on tonight‘s train. Jobhn asked me to git Zoeth Caboon to cart ‘em Ml&&..fil.h'tgw sepecial to do tonight, so 1 t Pa hitch up and go and git ‘em myself. You and Jerry can match cents to see who does the dishes 1 did ‘em last night, so it‘s my watch below." "Well, I shan‘t do ‘em," declared Captain Peres. "Blessed if I‘d do the durn things tonight if the president of the United States asked me to." "Humph!" sputtered Captain Jerry. "I s‘pose you fellers think I‘ll do ‘em all the time. If you do you‘re mistook, that‘s all. "Pwan‘t last night you done ‘em, Eri; ‘twas the night afore. 1 done ‘em last night and I‘m ready to take my chances ag‘in if we match, but I‘m jiggered if I let you shove the whole thing off on to me. I didn‘t ahip for cook no swer this declaration of independence and there was a pause in the conversaâ€" '.;., ‘Then Captain Jerry said moodâ€" "italn'tnoue. It don‘t work." "What don‘t work?" asked Captain "Why, this plan of ours. I thought when we fellers give up goin‘ to sea reg‘lar and settled down here to keep house ourselves and live economical and all that, that ‘twas goin‘ to be fine. I thought I wouldn‘t mind doin‘ my share of the work a bit, thought "*twould be kind of fun to swab decks and all that. Well, ‘twas for a spell, but ‘tain‘t now. I‘m so sick of it that I don‘t know what to do. And I‘m sick ‘of livin‘ in a pigpen too. Look at them deadlights! They‘re so dirty that when I turn out in the mornin‘ and go to look through ‘em I can‘t tell whether it‘s foul weather or fair." Captain Eri looked at the windows . toward which his friend peinted and signed assent. *There‘s no use talkin‘," he observed, "we‘ve got to bhave a steward aboard this craft." "Yes," said Captain Perez emphatâ€" fcally, "a steward of a woman. One of us ‘ll have to git married, that‘s all," t "Married!" roared the two in chorus. "That‘s what I said, married, and take the others to board in this house. Look here, now! When a shipwrecked crew‘s starvin‘ one of ‘em has to be sacrificed for the good of the rest, and that‘s what we‘ve got to do. One of us has got to git married for the benefit of the other two." Captain Eri shouted hilariously. "Good boy, Perez!" he cried. "Goin‘ to â€"*"Not unless it‘s my luck, Eri. We‘ll all three match for it, same as we do be the first offerin‘ "bout washin‘ the dishes." _ _ "Where are you goin‘ to find a wife?" asked Captain Jerry. _ _ _ "Now, that‘s jest what I‘m goin‘. to show you. I see how things was goin‘, and I‘ve been thinkin‘ this over for a considerable spell. Hold on a minute till I overhaul my kit." He went into the front bedroom, and through the open door they could see him turning over the contents of the chest with P. R. in brass nails on the lid. He scattered about him fish lines, hooks, lead for sinkers, oilcloth jackets, whales‘ teeth and various other artiâ€" cles, and at length came back bearing a much crumpled sheet of printed paâ€" "There! ‘There she is! ‘The Nupâ€"tiâ€"al Chime. A Journal of Matrimony.‘ 1 see a piece about it in theâ€" Heérald the other day and sent a dime for a samâ€" ple copy. It‘s chock full of advertiseâ€" ments from women that wants busâ€" bands." Captain Eri put on his spectacies and hitched his chair up to the table. After giving the pages of the Nuptial Chime a hurried inspection he remarked: ‘:.’1_1;;;-;;; to be a strong runnin‘ to ‘viâ€"vaâ€"ciâ€"ous brunettes‘ and ‘blonds with tender and romantic dispost want to write to any of ‘emâ€" in there. ‘The thing for us to do would be to write out a advertisement of our own, tell what sort of woman we want and then set back and wait for answers. Now, what ga.you say t‘ > ~C#ptam Erf MOked at the adgvocare of matrimony for a moment without "Then Eri‘s got to do it!" asserted Captain | Perez dogmatically. "We agreed to stick together, and two to one‘s a vote, Come on now, Erl, we‘ll match." Captain Eri besitated. "Come on, Eri!" ordered Captain Jerâ€" ry. "Ain‘t goin‘ to mutiny, are you?" "All right," said Captain Eri "Pll stick to the ship. Only," he added, with a quizzical glance at his comâ€" panions, "it‘s got to be settled that the feller that‘s stuck can pick his wife and don‘t have to marry unless he finds one that suits him." ‘The others agreed to this stipulation, and Captain Perez, drawing a long breath, took a coin from his pocket, filpped it in the air and covered it as it fell on the table with a big, hairy hand. Captain Eri did likewise; so did Capâ€" tain Jerry. Then Captain Eri lifted his hand and showed the coin beâ€" meath. It was a bead. Captain ierry'- "Ob, hush up, Eri!l ‘Tain‘t likely 1‘d was a tail Under Captain Perez‘s hand lurked the hidden fate. The capâ€" tain‘s lips closed in a grim line. With a desperate glance at the others, he jerked his hand away. ~ The penny lay head uppermost. Capâ€" tain Jerry was "stuck." . ‘-‘.C-C;J;i;l Eri rose, glanced at his watch, and, taking his hat from the shelf where the dishes ghon!d have been, opened the door. Before he went out, however, he turned and said: "Perez, you and Jerry can be fixin‘ up the advertisement while I‘m gone. You can let me see it when I come back. I say, Jorry," be added to the "sacrifice," who sat gazing at the penâ€" nies on the table in a sort of trance, "don‘t feel bad about it. Why, when you eome to think of it, it‘s a provk dence it turned ovt that way. Me and PFeres are bachelors, and we‘d be jont green hands. Butéyvn'n a able seaâ€" man. You know what it is to manage a wife." "Yes, 1 do," groaned Captain Jerry ,:.â€""ffien_ he said, "Do you really i y "Durn it, that‘s Jest It!" Eri was chuckling as, l&Be 7 teru in hand, be passed around the corner of the little white house on the through the harnessing of Daniel, the venerable white horse. He was still chuckling as, perched on the seat of the "truck wagon," he rattled and shook out of the yard and turned into the sandy road that led up to the village. receive no salary for their services. The sole compensation is the pleasure derived from the sense of duty done. first to sight Captain Eri as the latter strolled across the tracks into the cirâ€" cle of light from the station lamps. ‘The captain had moored Daniel to a picket in the fence over by the freight house. He had heard the clock in the 8 as he drove by that edifice, but he heard no whistle from the direction of the West Orham woods, so he knew that the down train would arrive at its usual timeâ€"that is, from fifteen to twenty minutes behind its schedule. * "Hey!* shouted Mr. Wiron, with enâ€" thusiasm. "Here‘s Cap‘n Eril Well, eap, how‘s she headin‘?" "*Bout no‘theast by no‘th," was the calm reply. "Runnin‘ fair, but with lookout for wind abead." "Hain‘t got a spare chaw nowheres about you, have you, cap‘n?"‘ anxâ€" fously inquired Bluey Batcheldor. Mr. Batcheldor is called "Bluey" for the same reason that Mr. Wixon is called "Squealer," and that reason has been forgotten for years. Captain Eri obligingly produeeq a the morsel so that it might interfere in the least degree with his vocal maâ€" chinery he drawled: "I cal‘late you ain‘t heard the news, Eri. Web Saunders has got his origâ€" inal package license. It come on the noon mail." ‘The captain turned sharply toward the speaker. "Is that a fact?" he asked. "Who told you?" "See it myself. So did Squealer and a whole lot more. Web was showin‘ it @malley, a member of the committee whose standing was somewhat impairâ€" ed, inasmuch as he went fishing occaâ€" sionally and was therefore obliged to miss some of the meetings, "what kind of a fit John Baxter would have now. He‘s been pretty nigh distracted ever sence Web started his billiard room, callin‘ it a ‘ha‘nt of sin‘ and a whole lot more names. ‘There ain‘t been a ‘Come Outers‘ meetin‘‘ sence I don‘t know when that he ain‘t pitched into that saloon. Now, when he hears that Web‘s goin‘ to sell rum he‘ll bust a b‘iler sure." ‘The committee received this prophâ€" ecy with a hilarious shout of approvâ€" al, and each member began to talk. Captain Eri took advantage of this siâ€" multaneous expression of opinion to walk away. . From the clupp of biackness that inâ€" arcatea ue Deginhifig of the West Orâ€" ham woods came a long drawn, dismal "toot," then two shorter ones. ‘Lhe committee sprang to its feet and lookâ€" ed interested. Sam Hardy came out of his ticket office. The stage driver, a sharp looking boy of . about fourteen, with a disagreeable air of cheap smartâ€" ness sticking out all over him, left his seat in the shadow of Mr. Batcheldor‘s manly form, tossed a cigarette stump away and loafed over to the vicinity of the depot wagon, which was backâ€" ed up against the platform. Captain Eri knocked the ashes from his pipe and put that service stained veteran in his pocket. The train was really "coming in" at last. If this had been an August evening instead of a September one, both train and platform would have been crowdâ€" ed. But the butterfly summer maiden had filtted, and, as is his wont, the summer man had fiitted after her, so the passengers who alighted from the two coaches that, with Treight car, made up the Orham bra train were few in number and homely in flavor. "We was wonderin‘," said Jabes There was a slim, not to say gawky, individual with a chin beard and rubâ€" ber boots, whom the committee hailed as Andy and welcomed to its bosom. ‘There were two young men, drummers evidently, who nodded to Hardy and scemed very much at ‘home. Also, there was another young man, smooth shaven and square shouldered, who deposited a suit case on the platform and looked about him with the air of being very far from home indeed. ick plug of smoking tobacco, and Mr. tcheldor bit off twoâ€"thirds and reâ€" The drummers got into the stage. The young man with the suit case picked up the latter and walked toâ€" ward the same vehicle. He accosted ‘the sharp boy, who had lighted anâ€" other cigarette. "Can you direct me to the cable staâ€" tion?" he asked. â€":‘_shre_itl{i{g!'" said the youth, and there was no Cape Cod twist to his accent. "Git aboard." en: "I didn‘t intend to ride," waid the stranger. "What was you goin‘ to do? Walk?" "Yes, If it‘s not far." ‘The boy grinned, and the members of the committee, who had been staring with all their might, grinned also. The young man‘s mention of the cable staâ€" won scemeu to nave caused considerâ€" able excitement. "Oh, it ain‘t too far!" said the stage driver. Then hbe added, "Say, you‘re the new electrician, ain‘t you?" _ The young man hesitated for a moâ€" ment. Then be said, "Yes," and sug gested, "I asked mp wgy_.'f o _*"Two blocks to the right. That‘s the main road. Keep on that for four blocks, then turn to the left, and if you keep on straight abead you‘ll get to the station." "Blocks?" The stranger smiled. "I think you must be from New York." "Do you?" inquired the youthful prodigy, climbing to the wagon seat. "Don‘t forget to keep straight abead after you turn off the main road. Git dap! So long, fellers!" The square shouldered young man looked after the equipage with an odd expression of countenance,. Then he shrugged his shoulders, picked up the suit case and walked off the platform into the darkness. HERE is in Orham a self apâ€" duty it is to see the train TO BE CONTINU church strike ONLY 1.50 OF A GRAN Fruit is good for you. Ripe figs are a splendid laxative to regulate the bowels. Prunes are good for stomach and liver. Orange juice is splendid for the nerves and the kidneys and increase the flow of urine. If apple juice be. evaporated to a gray (Toronto Star.) President Roosevelt and other citiâ€" zens of the United States are much concerned over the danger that the beauty of Niagara Falls will be deâ€" stroyed by the use of the Falls for electric power. The Scientific Ameriâ€" this powder has the same action on the kidneys as half a pint of fresh apple juice, Two "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" tablets contain more than 1â€"50 of the medicinal part of apple juice, virtues of oranges, figs and prunes. More than that, "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" are concenâ€" trated and combined with tonics and antiseptics by a secret process which increases their powers over disease people who see in the stored energies of the Falls a means of producing merchantable electric power more cheaply than it can be produced by (':;1; "s-a_y's’ that the question is very simple, that it. resolves itself into a eontest between the claims ‘ot a â€"few an + rdinary steam plant, and the inâ€" | terests of those: unnumbered . thouâ€" sands the world over who if they visâ€" it the Western Hemisphere set down a visit to Niagara Falls as one of | the indispensable features of their program of travel. "The widespread sympathy with the movement. to proâ€" tect th:s majestic and most beautiful speciacle of nature is a refreshing | sign that mercenary and utilitarian , considerations have not obtained the tbsolute sway, which the trend of reâ€" cent events has seemed to suggest." â€"We do not know that the question is quite as simple as that, or thatw the sightseers can be described as the many, and the power users as the: few. We in Ontario have been lookâ€" ing forviard to the extensive use of Niagara, power as a means of obtainâ€" ing cheap light, heat,. transportation, and power for driving machinery. If we are not to receive those benefits;. if the power is to be used merely to enrich a few individuals, we are heartâ€" ily in accord with the Scientific Amâ€" erican. As a spectacle of natural beauty the great calaract is certainly ‘to be preferred to a row of milâ€" lionaires. many times. 60c. a box. At all druggists. But there care persons cynical enough to say that the enthusiasm of our neighbors for natural beauty has not been aroused until they have obâ€" tained control of the lion‘s share of the power. _ An American exchange says: "State Senator L‘Hommedieu now has a bill to prevent the further waste of Niagara water for merely commercial purposes. He is the man who wanted to give the falls to a power company. _ Mr. L‘Hommedicu has seen a great light, and it is not an electric light burned by Niagara turbines, either." Then the Ameriâ€" cans have another advantage over us in the possession of other sources of light, heat and powerâ€"the great coal fields of Pennsylvania, for the. proâ€" duct of which we have to pay ©$6,50 a ton and sometimes more. They can dig out all the coal they desire without marring the natural beauties of Pennsylvania. â€" Therefore, if the concurrence of Canada is asked in reâ€" gard to ahy plan for preserving the beauty of the Falls,» there should be some equitable arrangement as to the use of power. _The Inland Revenue Department has embodied the results of an anaâ€" lysis . of 110 samples of commercial extract of lemon. It is shown that 63 per cent. of the samples contain alcohol, less than fifty per cent. strength. â€" Such samples, the anaâ€" lyst states, contain only traces of lemon oil. â€" Of the total samples two contain above six per cent., three from four to five per cent., five from three tofour per cent., four from two to three per cent., fifteen from one to two per cent., and sevenâ€" tyâ€"eight below one per cent: SAVING NIAGARA FALLS. POOR LEMON EXTRACTS Not the wealthiest, not the most learned, nor the idler=â€"but the man who has good health and works for his living. This truth is trite, but not trivial. ] 3t 4 Who Gets the Most Out of Life? Every man should guard his health as his most valuable possesâ€" sion. The more so because health is easier to retain than regain. Keep your grip on health b* regular exercise, reasonable care in eating and requisite sleep. Take Beecham‘s Pills occasionally, to tone the stomach and keep the liver and bowels in good working order. And don‘t worry. ;e;ot::eggs::hl;;;“l':l‘: '; rules and you will agree that the one who The Man Who Uses Prepared only by the Proprictor, Thomas Descham, St. Helons, Lanceshire, Bag» Seld everywhere in Canada and U. 8. America. |a bores 25 conts. BEECHAM‘S PILLS Apples heal WOODMEN DUES GO UP ONE â€"CENT Guelph, March 2i.â€"Delegates uon‘ all over Canada are in the city atâ€" tending the biennial meeting of the Head Camp Woodmen of the World. Almost every Camp is represented. Head Consul Commander, C. C. Hodâ€" gins, P.P.P., of Lucan, called the convention‘ to order. Speeches of welcome were made by Alderman Newstead, on behailf of the city council, and by Mr. H. C. Schoâ€" field on behalf of the local Camp. Mr. J. B. Hoover, of Clinton, and Ald. Dr. Harrison, of Toronto, reâ€" plied to the civic welcome, and Soveâ€" reign W. Jackson, Victoria, B.C., to that of the local Camp. A H. C. C. Hodgins, in his reply, laid stress upon the importance of cultiâ€" vating the fraternal, as distinguished from the commercial principle. After ing uj the allâ€"important quesâ€" tion of rates, he urged that the inâ€" creasing number of suicides receive consideration, and if necessary legisâ€" lation, so as to refuse to pay or place the onus on the beneficiary to prove insanity, or leave the settleâ€" ment in the power of the executive, trusting to their fairness in a case of hardship rather than leaving no opâ€" tion in the matter. He said that all observant readers of the daily press must be painfully aware of the very great number . of suicides in recent years. He did not pretend to fathom the cause, but he could not believe that all were inâ€" sane, or even temporarily insane. Within a month they had received three claims for suicides. ‘ About $2,500 less was spent in orâ€" ganization in 1905 than in 1904. The num!er of policiées issued was 1,705, as against 2,115 for 1904, a reduction of 410. The number of lapses was 973, as against 838, an increase of 135. There were 1,345 policies issued in Ontario, and 579 lapses, and 360 policies issued for tne west, with 391 lapses. ; There were 27 new Camps or Cirâ€" cles organized during the yearâ€"14 in Ontario and 13 in the west. _ There were 12 Camps disbanded during the year, all in the west. ‘The number of lady members was increased by . 45, and now number 359; the number in the sick and funeral benefit by 107, and now number 611. â€" Head Clerk . Fitzgerald‘s . report showed that the society had 10,318 members, carrying an average insurâ€" ance of $1,114, at the inception _ of the order. The average amount carâ€"< ried. was $1,800. The death claims were 59, of which 57 were approved. The death rate was 5.5%, as comâ€" pared with 6.03 in the preceding year. ‘There was $38,954.85 collected in asâ€" sessments over the actual death losâ€" ses. The sick benefit branch was imâ€" creasing in~membership. > Toronto, March 23.â€"The report of the Municipal Commission on the clâ€" ectric power question, which is to be handed out next week, is one of the most interesting documents that the commission desire to shroud in secâ€" recy. No member ofit will say what it will recommend, but it is gencerally understood that municipalities will be recommended to press the Ontario Government for some measute of reâ€" licf from the burden under which . the people now stagger in the matter ol rates for heating, lighting an@ â€" for power. It is understood that the report will give tmuch . detail and figuzes about the eost of power production, and in aldermanic circles it is said the report will show that power can be brought to Toronto f r $17 vet h.p., and that lights row costing $69 can be made a zold mine for profits at $36 to $42. * That municipalities are being held up by the electric companies there is abundant evidence in the report. 1t will show that Hamilton paid $85 per year for arc lights, and will also show that the Western Electric Co., which is controlled by the Cataract Electric Company, is negotiating with the city of Brantford, 25 miles further. away, to. supply arc lights identically the same as those in Ham ilton, at a rate of $55. Another inâ€" tercsting fact is the statement that the electrical companies are endeavor ing to tie Hamilton up with a $65 rate for a 20â€"year contract. Rates Doubled. ‘ In Hamilton the price per kilowatt hour for incandescent lighting is 15 cents; in St. Thomas, where the enâ€" ergy is made from steam, it is 8c. Some striking illustrations are given, it is said, and Ottawa is quoted to show the effect of competition. Before the installation of Ottawa city‘s own plant arc lights were costing the city $52, and now they are costing $36 while the company is meeting the city prices, The price per kilowâ€" att hour was 15 cents and at present it is 74c per hour, BURDEN TO THE PEOPLE. 3 Bm s ons e n ooaee P o un C C LLB 12.A W P yantoithh ht Offlice over Whyte Packing Co. s store, cornei Ne L ocA . m K. P. CLEMENT, K C. E. W. CLEMEXT M E ‘Q FLINTOFT. Nitathes (iirake. meed We t n.mz% w ie emmpamage YÂ¥ * _ Barrister solicitor, conveyancer, eto %..mqunmmh. W * READE ®. 1. Barristor, Helleitor ancer, eto. Office, 14 Queen SU Rerth Lrcdhe a ADSPRUORD TE C uicentiate of the College mfiz_?!_ém_c_ Albert Btroet Waterioo, a of the late Dr. Waiden‘s re F. G. HUGBES. Dentist. Oddfellow‘s Block. Waterloo. 1 CWIDT Gowe. s 7b l iss and A of On Pn giooe o orthg more avaanrvet attentiun given to the use of the **", X . Ray end Electric C rrents n the dh‘no;. and treatment o »uit ble casee, Office on Albert St Fa building." F4 Mn‘reet. near Public Library Store.. Eutrance between Fobronpaok fuston‘es bloos. borlls W. R.Wilkinson, L D.$., D.D. $ For mutual convenience patients from a distance are r.rl,itularly re quested to make appointments. Waterloo. Will visi} Klmire %‘mmmm 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p. m. OD offe will be closed every Friday afternoon Uffice: Over Bank of Hamilton, Berlin. w _ Chicago College of Dental l?.‘"'""".u' Royal Coll ‘l.;of Den:a! Surgeons 'l'l,n!lll has opened a dental office abor ¢â€"Mr. J. Uffel mann‘s store. ;Dentistry pra tided in all ite erand Sruebirgs grocery. ECk . D. 8. D. & ECkEL L. D. 8. D. D. S. Graduateo W *4 w wou _ Eye, Kar, Nose and Throat only. hours 9.30 till 12a,.m., 2to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m Office on Queen Strect, opposite the Opera DR. J. E. HETT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, CM‘O?IIB WOLFKL, Jn Painter and Paper Ha \ Painter and Paper Hanging. Will un dertake contracts for painting and paver_hang Ing in Town and Country Firstâ€"nlass wot STRATFORD, ONT. Why should you content yourself in the ordinary walks of life when you can better your condition by taking a course in this school? We give a thorougb, practical education and assist our graduates to good positions Commence your course now, Waterlco Spring Term Opens on April 2nd A. HILLIARD WATERLOO® onmY HONEST HARNESA AT HONEST PRIO# G@et one of my uplendid new sete of Harc, now. 1t will improve the appearancs of , R. W. L. HIL/IARD, J. H. ] 4 > â€"~. Dent . E.E!M:-P% i ecoule L ones Specialty, Nose, Throat and Ear. R. W. T. WALLACE, M.B., M.RO. ~ We 2 2OE‘ Honor gra«uate of Toronto Universi tinte of *he College of Pnpeciss uU Write for particolars, KLLIOTT & McLA JOHN STREBEL. HARNESS SHOP te the Alesander House, King St 208. All calls by day or nigas Repairing at moderats rates, Post Office. 8t. Jacobs. Onk. MISCELLANEOUS Engel, te of the Ontarie 7 "Coliets."" "Uiles and Temigener DENTIST. Office Open Daiy. MEDICAL. Strebeol‘s t 7 otaries Public, Con