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A bet made and won one day is al- ways paid the followingmorning. Ev- erything seems to be "on. the square,” and, indeed, there is little chance for cheating. The odds range as high_as 1 to 75 on some days. even in the rainy season. LIans have made a. fortune in a single day. One person recently won over £5,000 in the course of a few wgeks. But he worked the system on selentific melhlods. l FORGOTTEN “'EALTH. In one of the old London banks a box was recently found, containing money and valuables, which had not been opened or called for in 160 years, and which now remains without a claimant. Incidents of like sort are not infrequent in banking history. though there Is no other recorded in- stance of a packacge held in trust re- maining so long unemmined. Some years ago the Merchants’ National Bank. of Baltimore, discovered a. box containing $10,000 in bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad. the ownership of which could not be at first traced. The coupons for the preceding 15 years were still attached. It was finally discovered that the bonds belonged to the Hagerstown Maryland. Bank. and had been deposited as collateral. The Queer-est Gambllng Game In the J World Is Played at Calcutta. One of the most curious forms of gambling in the world is “rain gam- bling,“ which at this season of the year is at its height in Calcutta. The prin- cipal rain gambling den is in Cotton street. Burl-a. Bazaar. Physicians Failed Cure~Alls Failedâ€" But the Great South American Kid- ney Cure, 3 Specific Remedy for a Specific Trouble, Cured Mrs. A E. Young of Barnston, P.Q.. Quickly and Permanently. This is her tesitmony: “ I was taken sick in January, 1893. I cmgloyod several of the been 100 a) physlciuns an was treated by them for kidney mseasa until the autumn of theaame {ear without receiving much benefit. 1 then Egan using your South American Kidney Cure, end derived great. benefit almoa’c immediately. I feel now that. I am quite cured. Ihave taken no medicine for some leng‘h or time and have not had a mum of the slightâ€" est symptom of the di 'easc. ' The great majority are Mawaris, who are born speculators, but there are as well plenty of well to do Europeans. Eurasians, Jews, Armenians and Greeks, and women, too. All swarm into the small courtyard where this strange form of gambling is carried on. through a. narrow entrance hare- ly three feet wide. The courtyard is about two hundred feet square. The fer-famed tank with a spout falling in- to the courtyard is the one spot where all eyes are fixed. The tank stands at the edge of a second floor roof. It is. about six feet long by four feet Wlde and nine inches deep. with the spout opening inward, some three or four inches from the bottom. From this it will be seen that it requires a. pretty heavy downpour for at least ten minutes to cause the spout to flow. Intermittent drizzles, which partly fill thlS. tank, do not count, as the shower to fill it must pour down uninterrupt- fdlty, and then the bets are won or 05 . Chances are taken either for or against the spout running. A gray- haired. wizened old man is the owner of the den. and there is another similar place across the road, only smaller. 0n {she roof, over the fifth floor, thei‘e is a small. square watch tower, In which are stationed five or six men. whose duty is to scan the horizon closely and report on the formation of rain clouds. On these reports the odds rise or fall. street. Burl-a. Bazaar. No one who has not visited the place ca-nrhave any conception of the vast crowds which at every hour of the day and far into night pass in and out. A COJMIC AFFAIR. Did you get a. valentine this year. Miss Elderly? Yes I did! she snapped. and now I'm just dying low to see if I can't find out who sent it. Then she gave her hair an extra. twist that brought one oar nearly to the crown of her head. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills Are a Plea- sant and Safe. Liver Regulatorâ€"They Stimulate Digestion, and Counteract the too Co'mJJJon Error of Overâ€"Eat- ing. Take One After Dinnerâ€"No Inconveni- enceâ€"They Act Pleasanttlyâ€" 40 l Doses in a. Vial, 20 Cents. Never 'have that tired feeling it you keep yopr {liver active. end Dr. Agâ€" new's vaer P1115 are a hver specxfic. It is unquestionably true. Philip. said Mr. Gratebar. that it is better to be a live dog than a dead lion; but that doesn't_ mean. Philip: that you should be satisfied to remmn a. dog. IIILES' (Cam) VEGETABLE GOMPOUND and Miles’ Sanatlve Wash. “it” 1:12:23” . Immia‘ie: 1‘W5Iâ€"nfilml‘flmph." an m on wp In: on. “A. M. C." HBDIQINB 00.. .578 8!. Paul St” Mantra-l. Price: 750 and 250. Thu Imp". mam, Ind mom and nut. the uh (I the "Moth" Bei‘ m l . F l b Dru la midi Hug crane y Amz‘nwto.“ Ln _A.-__ N.-- hm @MPOUND MR. No.1 mm: Every ' (3“ Woman BETTING ON THE RAIN. OUT OF TIIE TOILS FOB. BIG EATERS. Should Enjoy Llfe. How Many do 7 Many are when!) weak and ficklx. up Quiz: Edie]? Binaries through mum-nu pecul- hu to thgjLn Muse of most all the” flu ll .33in reach and affectlvoly romov by tho are» roman”- medicines. 'xifisrmififigz 3m. The annual meeting of shareholders of The abogve company was held at its offices in this city on 'lihuirsday, the 25th inst. The Hon. Geo. A. Cox, Fresh dent, occupied the ChJELiIF, and Mr. C. 0. Foster, having been appointed to act! as Secretary to the meeting, read the followmg annual report“â€" In prasenting the annual report of the busmess of the company Mr the yaa/r ending 8151; December, 1896, the di'rgctors ha ve pleasure in stating that, while there has beena falling off in the premium receipts the revenue acâ€" count shows a profit on the year’s transactions of $119,708.43. Out of this two halfâ€"yearly diVideinds, at the rate of 10 per cent. per ainnrmm, have been declared; $5,752.38 has been written off for depreciation in securities. and the baflanoe added to resenve fund, which now ammonium to $1,086,908.21. 1 Owing to the reduction in the volume of business transacte¢ the amount necessary to provide for running off the liability on unaxpined policies is 3523,- 804.88 less than at the close of 1895. After making provision for this and all other liabilities, the net surplus has been increased to 1653162513}, The directors have pleasure in ao- knowledging the efficient services of the officers and agents of the company" during the past year. 1 Reserve fund Cash capital ........ Subscribed capital Security to policyholders. 3,086,908.21 The annual report oi the directors having been read. the President. in moving its adoption, stated that he was pleased to be able totsay that the year had not been marked by any serious individual losses such as he‘had had to refer to at the last annual meeting The business of the company had been carried om upon the same lines as had; been followed in the past.and the reâ€" sults, as shown in the statements sub-t mitted, rwere, he thought, upon the whole, as favorable as the most san- guine shareholder couldhave anticipatâ€" ed,.bearinginl mind the prevailing con- dition of general business throughout, the continent during the year 1898“ The comparatively small falling off in the premium income of the company was such as might naturally have been looked for under the circumstances. An amount of $5,752.38 had been written off for depreciation in securities, which was necessary tlo bring them to their market value at the chose oi the year, and whichmust‘ be regarded asavery moderate shrinkage on total assets of upwards (at two and a quarter millions. Briefly speaking: he said that the fig- ures in the report submitted showed that while the cbuntry had done a somewhat reduced volume of business, there had. been a fair margin of profit on the year's transactionsâ€"as shownis the ré‘venue accountâ€"and. after payâ€" lng the usual dividend of 10 per pent.“ and making allowance for deprecration in securities, there was an increase in the reserve fund of $14,000. while the gain of 010% upon $38,000 was shown in the net surplus, after making full pro- wsion to cover the liability on _ out- standing risks. These results, he thought, might} be taken, without fur- ther comment from him. as satisfactory proof that the business was ona sound footing, _and. that the officers and ..Al:___ SUMMARY" OF THE FINANCIAIA STATEMENT. Dividends on shoe Tle assets .. WESTERN ASSURANCE EM FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. Total cash income ...... ($2,336,727fl thal expenditure, includ- mg appropriation {on losses under adjustmemt. 2,217,0195 {agents of the company were conducting xts affairs with due regard to the inter- e§ts of shareholders. and at the same tune Vmaiptainipg fox: the "‘Wgstern’j the The Vice-President, Mr. J. J. Kenny, seconded {the adoption of the report, which was carried unamimously. ’i‘h'e election‘ of directors for the enâ€" suing year was {then proceeded with, and resumed. in the unanimous re-eleoâ€" Lion of the following gentlemen. viz., Honu Geo. A. Cox, Hon. S. C. Wood, Messrs. Robert Beaty. G.R.R. Cock- burn, George MaMurrich. H‘. N. Baird. W. R. Brock, J. K, Osborne and J.J. Kenny. .. .. n ‘ r“: bf-éi'uai Mimi-103g held in the estima- uon of the inSuringl‘public.’ At a. meeting of the Board of Direc- tors. held subsequently, Hon. George A. Cox was reâ€"e‘leated President, and MI. J. Kenny Vice-.President for the ensumg year. Is Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. Rapid, painless. its action is a marvel to all who have triad it. Fancy getting rid of painful corns in twenLyâ€"four huurs. “Putnam’s” does it. Herr Zschille's mllectlon of armor, which was exhibited at the Chicago’s \Vorld's Fair, is to be sold by auction in London. Adds His Testimony to the Merits of D g; Agn ew’s Catarrhal Powder for Ca.- tarrh and Cold in the Headâ€"He says It is Peerless. Mr. John McEdwards. the genial parser of the C.1’.R llucr " Athabasca," says. "I used Dr. Agnew's Calarrhal 1 owder for-cod in the head. ltis verv elfective. easy to apply, mild and pleasant For catarrh it has no equal. I have tested nearly every cutu‘rh cure made. and found none to couvp tree with it. I recom- mend in first. last and mwa ys." I would not marry a woman who did not know how to cook. Oh, I might overlook a little thing like that, if she had money enough to pay my board. A POPULAR (7. P. R. OFFICER Do you know where the bad people who do not g9 to church go, Johnnie? My pop goes flslhing. WHAT DR. A. E. SALTER SAYS. Buffalo, N.Y.â€"Gents:â€"From my per- sonal knowledge, gained in observing the effect of your Shiloh's Cure in cases of advanced Consumption, I am pre- red to say it is the most remarkable emedy that has ever been brought to my attention. It has certainly saved many from Consumption. THE BEST REMEDY FOR CORNS Balance MUG HT BE OVERLOOKED I 100,000.00 2,324,427.12: 1,086,908.21r L,000,000.00' L,000,000.ocl 119,708.43 727.93 Mir, David Moore is 3. Well known and much esteemed farmer living in the county of Carleton, some six miles from the village of Richmond. Mr. Moore has been an invalid forflsome years, and physicians failed to agree as to his ail- ment. Not only this but their treat- ment failed to restore him: to health. Mr. Moore gives the following, account of his illness and eventual re- storation to health. He says :â€"“My first sickness came on me when I was 69 years of age. Prior to that I had always been a strong healthy man. I had a bad cough and was growing weak and in bad health generally. I went to North beer to consult a doctor, who after examining me said, MI. Moore I am very sorry to tell you that your case is very serious, so much so that I doubt if you can live two months. He said my trouble we. "a combination of asthma and bronchitis, and he gave me some medicine and some leaves to smoke which he said might relieve me. 1 took neither because I felt sure I had neither trouble he said, and that he did not understand my case. Two days lat- er I went to Ottawa and consulted one of the most prominent physwians there. He gave a thorough examination and pronounced my ailment heart trouble, and said I was liable in my present condition to drop dead. at any moment. I decided to- remain in the city for some time and undergo his treatment. -He wrote a. few lines on a piece, of paper giving my name and place of resid- ence and trouble, to} carry in my Hook: The Remarkable Experience at One .Who Was an Invalid Forn'Yearsâ€"Six Doctors Treated Him Without Bene- Fitâ€"JHe Owes His Renewed Health to Following a. Friend's Advice. From the Ottawa Journal. et inc notsee the tr determined to consult a, doctor nearer home. [ was again examined and the idea that I had heart disease was scout~ ed, the doctor saying there was many a man following the plow whose heart was in a worse shape than mine. I re~ maimed under the treatment of this doctor for a long time, but got no bet~ ten Then my case was made worse by an attack of la grippe. which left behind it a terrible pain in my neck and shoulders. This became so severe that 1 could not raise my head from my pillow without putting my hand to it and lifting it up. 1 docâ€" tored on until 1 was trying my sixth doctor. and instead of getting better was getting worse. The last doctor I had advised me to wait until the heat of summer was over when he would blister me for the pains in my neck and shoulders, which he felt sure would relieve it. I was on my way to Rich- mond to undergo this blistering when I met Mir. Geo. Argue, of North Grower, who told me of the wonderful cure Dr. Williams'. Pink Pills had wrought in him, and advised me strongly to try them. I went on to Richmond. but in- stead of going to the doctor's I bought began using them. Before I had fin- ished my second box there was and room to doubt that they were helping me. I kept on taking the Pink Pills, and my malady. which the doctors had fail- ed to successfully diagnose, was rap- idly leaving me. The pain also left my neck and shoulders, and after a. cou- ple of months treatment I became strong and healthy. I am now in my 77th year and thank God that I am able to go about with a feeling of good health. I still continue taking the pills occasionally, feeling sure that for a person of my age they are an excellent tonic. After the failure of so much medical treatmentI feel sure that nothing else than Pink Pills could have restored me tormy present condition." THAT ‘VAS WHAT A DOCTOR TOLD MR. DAVID MOORE.- .I wonder why Slimsorn had so kmds of c‘heese at his \Velsh r pagty? 7 H6 probably believes that in Uhere is strength Dr. \Villiams‘ Pi-nk Pills create new blood. build up the nerves, and thus drive disease from the system. In brun- dreds of cases they have cured after all other medicines had failed, thus es- tablishing the claim that they are a. marvel among the triumphs of modern medical science. The genuine Pink Pills are sold only in boxes, hearing the full trade mark. “ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.” Protect your- self from imposition by refusing any pill that does not bear the registered trade mark around the box. IAAA Its re Manonâ€"“Twenty years 0 success." In four continents. Warnor’l Safe Cure 00.. London. Roches- ter. Frnnkfort. Melbourne. Toronto. rrrrnrmrrmr‘ 11111“ S HERE In only one way by which K any disease can be cured, and that Is by removin the cause. what- l ever it may be. he great medical k authorities 0! the day declare that mean t Iy every disease is caused by t deranged Kidneys or Liver. \ X To restore these, therefore, Is the only way by which health can be secured. Herels where \O/ TWO MDNTHS T0 LIVE. has achieved Its great repu- tation. It and by plnclng them In a healthy condltlon, drlveu disease and pain Iron: the system. ACTS DIRECTLY UPON THE KIDNEYS AND LIVER The GM Reliable. and trouble, 1,01 carry in my pock- a.se I should die suddenly. I did In to be getting any beLter under atment and finally left. the city lined Lo consult a. doctor nearer I was anain examined and the A COMBINATION III‘Q j 414111.41? For the Kidneys, liver and Urinary Organs. many nrehlt 1111101) Has but one source of relief. ’Nerviline -â€"vnerve pain cureâ€"penetrates to the ir- ritated nerves, soothes them into re- pose, and affords relief almost instantâ€" ly. The whole range of medicine afâ€" fords no parallel to Nerviline as apain reliever. NEURIALGIA '3 PE RSISTENT AGONY Two Years of Bfladder Torment-Had Attacks of Inflammationâ€"Cured byr a. Few Boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Owen Sound, March 1(SpeciaJ)â€"The people of this town are talking again of another cure credited to Dodd's Kid- ney Pills. This is the cage of ‘Mr. W. Cruse, caretaker of (town buildings, who when seen: had this to say of the matter:â€" . lieâ€"Holding a. girl's hand is like a. preface to the book of flirtation. Sheâ€"I never read prefaces. Jose Echegaray, Spain’s great play- wright, is 64 years old. He is 8.11 en- gineer and a mathematician. He was once a. minister of state. He has writ- ten fifty-two plays. "Was under doctor's treabmenrt and have been compelled to resort to in- strumental relief many times. "I have taken eighteen boxes of Dodd’s Kidney P'i‘lls and am satisfied with‘ results being perfectly relieved of all suffering." . “For over two years I have been an intense sufferer from kidney disease with occasional acute attacks of in- flammation of the bladder." ‘ Stop that Cough! Take waning. It may lead to Consumption. A 25c.b_ot- tle 0t Shilohfs Cure may save your hie. With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Ceturh is a. blood or constitutional disease. and in order to note it you must, take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and not: di- rectly on the bleed ond mucous surfaces. Hall's Catnrrh Cure is not aqunck medicine. It. was prescribed by one of the best. physicians in this country for years, and il a. regular gre- scription. It is oumpoaed of the eel: tonips known, combined with the best blood unflers, actin directly on lhe mucous sur- acee. The per act combinntion of the two in- grx-dients is what produces such wonderful nlasnlum in curing Catarrh. Send for bestimoni- a roe. , _ _...n One of the steamship companies of England has ordered a. steamship to be built! for the “sole use of invalids." ‘ WILL RUN SENLEHS’ TRAINS FHUM TUHDNTU (Should sufficient. business offer) IO AANIIDBA AND THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST EVERY TUESDAY During- March and April ' B‘i'J. CHENEY a; 00., Props-. Toledo, 0. Sold by drugsiata. price 75c. A Colonist file?" will be attached to Pnoiflc Ex- iretss due to lens oronto at 12:30 p.111. (noon) on thus 1 u '8 to O1 Adolulda St. W" TORONTO Gunvwnuno. (5; of Coddiver 5 Oil, with ‘ c Hypophosa‘ 2 phites éfiWJ CATARRI CANNOT BE (SURE!) Ask or wrlto for “SETTLERO' GUIDE." 'I‘FEIEY WORKED W'ONDERSM STEAMSHIP FOR IN VALIDS. TO BE PASSED OVER. For Weak and Inflamed Eyes, or Chronic Granulation of the Lids, Ulceration of the Glands. r“â€" “9.19 by all Drug-3151'... A NEVER FAILING REMEDY ives immediate aid by soothing a sttfiabom cough and so lying tonic remedies to the weakene system. It prevents consumption by promptly curing colds and su p1 in the pre- ventive power by foicK tie system can withstand disease. 5°C.. 3:; an dmggists' Equll In every respect to any wheel In the market. It is as good as can be made. ONLY on: GRADE-«Th8 Best For Constipation take Kuflfs Clover Root Tea, the great Bhood Purifier. Cures Headache. Nervousness Erup- tions on the Face, and makes the bead clear as a l. Shilo’h's Consumptlon Cure cures Where others fai-L. It is the lea.le Cough Cure, and no home should be without it. PLeamt to take and 8098 right to the spot. There is no foundation for the re- port that the Duke of Connaught, will on an early date. be raised to the ran 9! field {119.13.116.13 IHIis rqyal highnes International Patent Bureau. 12 MelindnE Toronto. Lonuon experience. Lowest nu Information tree. G. 0. FREEMAN. Mann” R. A. KILLOND. Export and Exunlnor. T0 INVENTORS. men, learn to cut “fl better trade. wri for circular Evin“ In] information, .1 agents for Mo owell's Ladies Gal-menu Dru! lng Machine. 113 Youge St. 7 ORONTO CUTTING SCHOOL. You” 51! 9 Watson’s Dough Drops ILLS. MILLS & HALE§. Barristers, Split tor: &c., Aboudeep $ apa'a rs, 33 Ade 44 S teat. Eaut. Toronto. one ho Loan. G. G. Mills. libâ€"A. Minaâ€"Jae. Halos. Sheet Metal Ceilings, Terra. CoLta Tile. 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