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This loaf of cake or bread is dark brown in color. Inside are many large holes. Probably this part of the bread long since fell into dust, but much of the bread still remains in the shape of whole kernels and pieces of. grain. ExaminaLion proves that the bread was made of barley, and the 1A loaf of breat’. 4,500 years old was found in the tcmb of Mentuhotep, who died in Egypt 2,500 BC. It! is now in the Museum of Berlin. grains were only rudely crushed and not sifted. This proves that barley bread was one .of the earliest kinds made, and. it was baked and cov- ered with twigs and leaves of the syca- more tree. The process of preparing the grain for bread is to be gathered fromu wall inscription which has been discovered at Thebes. IL is a graphic. picture of the entire process. This picture shows that at that early period even the hand mill was not yet invented. The flour was, of course, far from fine, and the bread resulting! was of the kind found in ma tombs. . It was not- baked in ovens, but; after being kneaded into dough, by the addition of water was placed between two heat- ed stones, or was put on: a. plate and laid upon the redhut coals. ‘ THE It In 4,509 Years Old and Was Found In an The average woman would be born- tied. as a rule, if you made the asser- tion in her presence that her sex ever propounded the momentous question and proposed marriage to the man. But when you stop and quietly go over the question you will find that in many instances woman has taken the initiativeâ€"not in words, perhaps, but in cleverly devised plots and by just helping some bashful lover along. Is not the wooing of Priscilla a good example! Did she not propose when she said, “Why not speak for your- self, John ?" Experienced devotees of the fair sex say the widows are more expert at proposing marriage than the debutante or reasonably upâ€"to-daLe girl. But the widow is a hard proposition to cope with. She feels it imminently her privilege to "coo" over a man, say sweet things to him, tell him he is the sweetest thing in town and make him so absolutely comfortable that he dreads renewed acquaintance with his bachelor apartments. But the widow is dangerous. She knows how to mn- age a man with skilful tact. If she decides to marry him she will and he is helpless. More desirable bachelors have been made benedicts through the influence of an after dinner cigar. shaded lamps and a grate fire than books ever tell ofâ€"a caseVof cause and effect. One frank woman remarked :â€"â€""Well, look- ing seriously at it, I guess I did proâ€" pose to Jim. He had loved me long enough and deserved to be rewarded, only he was too busy with law to form the proper speech. I dressed up in his pet gown and my big hat and went and sat in the moonlight when I knew he-was coming, with a. sad, far away look in‘my eyes. He took my hand 1nd simply said: ‘The weather is so lovely I wish we might have a few days by the sea. before the summer closes,’ and in the most coy manner I said. “Let us go!" In three weeks we were married." Your grandfather used to saw wood for my grandfather. Yes; I've heard him tell how your grandfather beat him down on his me and half the time didn’t pay . ’ I la Toscana, 10c. £3 Binksâ€"Say, old man, do you know any cure for insomnia? Jinksâ€"Counting 1,000 is said to be remedy. BinEsâ€"Confound it; that's what ev- arybody tells me, but the baby's too young to count. Miss Peachblowâ€"Was your marriage to old Moneybags the result of love at first sighgf hairs?) VMoneybagsâ€"No; of second thought. ‘ and 14 the beat‘reihéai'for dml'rhméf‘ 25c. a bot- tle. Sold by all dru.gists throughout. the world. Be lure and ask for “ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup." RECORDS OF TWO OLD FAMILIES Jingsoâ€"What did the minister say when the plate came up? Hingsoâ€"He said he wofildn't mind so much if the buttons were all alike. “Pharaoh 100. For Over Fifty Years MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been and by mother: for their chilnren teething. It soothe: the child. softens the gums. Asllays all paiu‘ "urea find "I. “ Balmoral,” Free Bun And who says women never pro- \VOMEN PROPOSE? HORRORS! MUST TRY SOMETHING ELSE WHAT THE MINISTER SAID. STALEST BREAD IN THE WORLD MATURE CONSIDERATION Emu»: M3N‘I'REAL Lln Tomb. H Pune. niornnby. Que‘ ___gg_u_ ynnuneturer. RELIANCE CIGAR FACTOR! ,Monu‘eal you know of Johnsonâ€"What do you do when you have any stomach trouble? Thompsonâ€"I just keep still about it. In that way I escape advice from ev- erybody I meet. Widow Farrellyâ€"Do ye moind the beautiful bookay Mr. Googan presint- ed.me this mawnin’? Ah, the poor monl his Woife died jist tin days ago. Widow Murphyâ€"Begorra, they kipt Well, didn’t they? \ _ . Husbandâ€"after the performance didn’t enjoy the Show very much forgot my glasses. First Boarderâ€"Did you hear the re- port of the engagement of our landâ€" lady’s daughter? . 7 Second Boarderâ€"I should say I did. I was sitting in the! next room at the time, and it was a pretty loud re- port, let me tell you. WEE-:Ev'erjnaps you did, dear, but your breath doesn’t indicate it. First Amateur Gardnerâ€""Why do you buy your seeds of spade instead of Barrow? Are they of better quality? ’ Given now lilo to “8 Hair. 1‘ make: it. grey. and rosLoru the color. Sold by all druggists‘ 50¢. a bottle. GJ‘JL Station, Montreal. Ge-o. Cull-aka t Co. _VV,___, , ‘Second dittoâ€"Not that I know of; but the pictures in his catalogue are much finer than those in Barrowa book. , lea Ilavxnfiv'e Bromo Gunning Tgbrléu. All Dml' zllzu rolund ch. money i! it (ms to cum. I come to steel rat "Fleased to welcome you, replied the matterâ€"of-faot steel trap, as it sprang to embrace the newcomer. Hotel Garslake‘ O'KEEFE’ng‘; Carbollc Disinfectants. Soaps, Oh“- ment. Too“: Powders, ate" have how awarded 100 medal: and diplomas for superior excellence. Their regular uno prove“ infecti- ous diseasex. Ask your deaIer to obtain a supply. Lists mniled free on npp‘ication. FARMS Z" CUTTING Sfififlfli.» v- - â€"....â€" v-.-w-_ Kn...” "mun, . .. than c. l: 0. SCHOOL «.20.. Montrnl. ONE NEGHTJLZ ff Barlmoral," Free Bus gnamc FOR sALE. ~ BRUCE COUNTY McK. STEWART Levant-prions over quoted. Fine cabal ogue. 500 111m- trniona. mailed free. Write In {or anything in Music or Musical Instruments. WHALEY BOYCE 8L 00.L - Toronto, San. RAMBLER BICYCLES 860,00. Gormully a Jefl IDEAL BICYCLES, 825 T0 84 Every town ca_n_hav¢ a hand. Sh‘ If there is no Agent COIMBN SENSE KILLS ROICIOI. Bed Bust. Rn“ Ind Mics. Sold by :11 Druzllu. or 881 Queen W. Toronco. luvi area: and S W. LLOYD W OD. Toronto SERVED A DOUBLE PURPOSE Instruments, Drums, Unzforms, etc. HEARD THE BETROTHAL KISS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. are the best RAMBLERS evpr built; at any price, and the 1899 RAMBLER builders are confident, after 20 years' experience, that they can build and are building the and no wheel at a lower price can be of RAMBLER quality, none at a higher price worth more. “BEST BICYCLES IN THE WORLD” Bsnmmififlspur & 00., TO cuax A com m on: DA! F. G. CALVERT 8c 00., MANCHESTER. - - ENGLAND SPADE’S ADVANTAGE PRICE IS $ 50.00. 53 YONGE CALVERT’S WHAT HE DID l899 MODE LS REPARTEE cAN'AnIAN AGENTS Catalogue 1': fru. Great Bargains. Apply to JAME Drawer )6, Kincardine P.0., Onc‘ MONTREAL lly & Jefl'ery Mfg. Co‘. Chicago. 525 TO $40.00 y Cycle Mfg. 00.. Shelby. Ohio‘ your town for the Above Wheels. 135 for p ‘ H STREET, TORONTO. Europa-n Phn. Ranm' {IA-0:331» a fit}; “2. Op). W P C 976 “Pm MA n when; E'NERAL AGENT ‘ Corn (hare. Ask you drug“: forn..Prlce1( lrallors and Drou- makers, tend for p} the humorous Am. Plan. 31.50 a up ALT ‘rop‘l FORESEEIN G DISEASE. In a recent lecture on electricity Prof. Eth‘u Thomson related how‘ Bos- ton p'hysioians had been able, with an ton p'hysioians had been able, with an Xâ€"ray tube, to detect the presence of the microbes of pneumonia in the lungs before any symptoms of that disease were. felt by the patient, or were even perceptible by ordinary pathological examination. THE BEST IN THE GGMPANY’S HISTORY, STILL EPWARD AND ONWARD The Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of this popular Company Was held in the Town Hall, Waterloo, 0nt., on Thursday: May 25th, 1899, at 1 o’clock p.111. The attendance was both large and representative, and the greatest harmony prevailed. 29TH MWM REWRT Ontario Mutual Life Assurance 00. The President, Mr. Robert Melvin, Guelph, occupied the chair, and on the platform thh the Manager, Mr. George Wegenast, the following D1â€" rectors were seatedzâ€"Mesars. Hosk'm, Bruce, Britten, Fisken, Clement, Kidd, Sommerville and Garruw. 7 At the requesL of the President, Mr. W. H. Ridden, Secretary of the Com- pany, read the Directoys' rcpqrt: ribfir’ Dfiecioks have pleasurâ€"o in sub- mitting for your consideration the reâ€" port {or the year ending Dec. Slat, 1898. Uur .Superiintendent of Agencies, Mr. Earl, since his appointment, has in- spected our Agencies in Ontario, Que- bec, Manitoba, British Columbia, the Maritime Provinces, and the Terri- tories. A number of New Agents has been appointed to our Staff, which is now thoroughly organized~ and efâ€" fective. This we believe will result in a still larger and. better class of busiâ€" ness. The amount of new insurance taken during the year was largely in excess of former years, and of a very satisfactory character. .[n the early part of the year, in con- sequence of ill health and advancing age, Mr. Hendry, who had so ably fill- ed the position of Manager of theaCom- pany since its organization, placed his resignation in the hands of the Direc- tors, which we accepted, and appoint- ed him Consulting Actuary, a position much less onerous than that of Man- The number of policies issued during the year was 2354, amounting to $3,- 750,354, the number of applications cle- clined 101, amounting to $113,200; the number of policies in force 16,982, amounting to $3,703,979.38, the Re- serve, Actuaries’ 4 per cent., on the amount of policies in force is 33,838,- 814.94; the net Premium Income $735,- 174.85; Interest on Investments $188,- 766.28; the Total Income $923,941.13; Total Assets $4,136,129.48 The amount paid to Policy holders for death claims was 35151895300; for Endowm ~nls $1663.00; Purchased Puliâ€" cies, $58,479.74; Surplus $75,0u0l70; An- nuities, $1,90912; Total, $35!!,$)75.86; Surplus earned $114,810.00: Surplus over all liabilities on Company‘s SLandard Actuaries' 4 per cent. $271,196.88; Sur- plus on Governm nt SLanJard $414“,0_0.- 00. ager Mr. George Wegenast was appointed Manager, and has discharged his duties to the satisfaction of the Board. Mr. Wegenast has been in the service of the Company for eighteen years as Assistant Actuary and Actuary, and is therefore thoroughly conversant with the business and policy of the Com- pany. During the year an Agency was opened, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and we are pleased to say that so far we have received a fair amount of business from that Colony, and hope to increase it in the future. The death rate was much below the expectation, and the losses by lapses and cash surrenders were considerably| less in proportion tn assurance taken] and in force, tnan in any preceding[ year. I We are glad to be able to inform you that the business of the year has been eminently satisfactory, and that notwichslanding the greatly lessened earning power of money, we have been enabled to continue a very liberal distribution of surplus to our Policy- holders. Th e Excellence is Unlform and the High Standard Always Maintained. Will keep your shoes soft as velvet MADE IN ALL COLORS. 1 SOLD EVERYWHERE. kind, gentle, unassuming manner, his ‘bonesiy of purpose and sound judg- fment. Hon. E. W. Borden was appoint- ed in his stead. Owing to Mr. Hendry’s retirement from the Managersnip, and his ap- poinimmt as Consulung Actuary, he resigned his position as a member of the Board of Directors, and the Hon. Ideal Leather Polish Hobbs Haidware Go. place. You will be called upon to elect four Directors in the place of Alfred Enskln, Q.C., E. P. Clement. b‘lr Wil- frid Laurier, and the Hun. J. Gar- row, whuse terms of office have expir- ed, but all of whom are eligible for re- election. i In moving the adoption of the Re- port the Ei‘eSident said that the busi- ness for 1895 was in all respects of the must gratifying character, both in the volume of new busmese transact- ed and. the mortality experienced. ’lhe amount of surplus earned and the amount paid to policy holders were in excess ct any former year, while with a much larger amount of insurance in force, the lapse rate was very little more than in 1897. Purchased Policies showed a. decrease of $202,915 as com- pared with 11597, when that item reach- ed the sum of $l70,l88, indicating the growing confidence of the assured and the enhanced value placed upon the policies they hold in the Company. For Some time after this Company commenced business, many thought that a Mutual Life Assurance Com- pany was at best but an experiment, and in our case doomed to failure; but as the public came to understand more fully the scientific principles underr lying the purely Mutual System, it be- came evident that time which reveals the defects of less perfect systems, left untouched the giant strength and robust vigor of Mutuals. Their suc- cese has been so pronounced that some 01' the oldest Stock Companies are now seeking to give their policy hold- ers a voice, however small, in the elec- tion of Directorsâ€"a right which the members of this Company have enjoy- ed since its establishment in 1869. Dur- ing the past year we have added large- ly to our Assurance, largely to our Income, largely to ourAssets. large“ ly to our Surplus, that our Lapses are few, that our Cash Surrender Values are little more than half they were in 1897, that up to the 1st of May our in- crease in business is greater than in 1898, and our death rate much below the average. May we not hope, there- fore, that the progress of 1838 will be even greater in 1599? » Vl CE-PRESIDEN T’S ADDRESS. Mr. Alfred Hoskin, Q.C., in second- ing the adoption of the Report, held that the remunerative investment of its funds was one of the essentials to the permanent welfare of a Life Com- pany. This will be conceded‘when it is remembered that there is to-day on deposit in our Banks the enormous sum of $250,000,000 of which about $88,- 001,000 bear no interest. The difficulty of finding desirable investments at fair rates of interest, is becoming greater every year. A decade ago the average rate was 7, but new investors are well satisfied at a much less figure. The Ontario has been more fortunate than its competitors, the rate of interest on its investments having in 1898 averaged 5.11' while [but of most of the other Companies ranged from 4.43 to 4.59. This Company's percentage of foreclo- sures to its total investments was only 3 per cent, while its competitors rangâ€" ed all the way up to 21 per cent. In the rush there appears to be at the present time in life insur- ance circles, he hoped that this Company " will adhere 6mm: 4‘ (in... 170 MY smear, Lowns‘r PRICES. On behalf of the Board; R. Melvin, President. THE PRESIDENI'S ADDRESS. Lead packages. T. Garrow was appointed in his is A wumm MEDICINE Denlen. Ali For Quotation. Company THE VALUE or LONDON. :.I“’\01HERK“OWs A BOON FOR THE LAME! TWINE. THE IVEY PATENT EXTENSION SHOE 00., s to secure tho nrldrexs of every lame man Ind womun in Cmd. who“ la 5 in one I mb being :lmrbur than the othor. Ind are oflcrlng nod poqu ) every lame p rson who will take the trouth In mice for 01 ulul and 0. sun. Gal one at the Extensiom (or mutual! and you will. aner “ulna l o no trouble to ennvluu other: of it: vulue. Lenslcn is by fur the but of in nature ever p‘aced on the market, and cnlble to walk umwm. to walk with awe and content to war any on] u] no! we: then) the same appearance as that: are {or nnau friends. ewriphivo to all. «k for terms to agents- Ad real HIGHEST GRADES. CEYLON TEA. became a policy holder, he heard many pleasant things said about the Com» pany, which. even among its rivals in .business, enjoys a reputation for hon- _orable treatment of its members see- ond certainly to none, and equal to ‘an, other in any part of the worldâ€" I this best capital that any Company can possess. Mr. B. M. Britton, Q.C., M.P., King- iston, said that the business of life in- ! sumnne in volume and importance was enormous, the amount in force in the world toâ€"day exceeding $15,UUO,L00,000 and of this immense sum Canadian! carried on their lives nearly $370,000,- 000, or about $75 for every man, we- man and chiid in the Dominion, if equally distributed among them. In; this truly beneficent work The Ontario was entitled to a fair share of credit, having in force in round numbers tho sum of $24.00*U,000, and having written in 1898, within a few thousand, the larg- est amount of new business secured in Canada by any other company in that year. . . The proud position the Ontario occupies to-day has been at- tained in spite of the ignorance that still exists, among men otherwise well informed, as to Mutual Life Com- panies. Many even in Parliament think a Mutual Life Company may levy "Assessments" or make “Calls” on their members. No one should. however contound a Mutual Com- pany like ours with any kind of As- isessment or Society Insurance, for they are as different in their methods v as any two radically dissmilar systems Y can possibly be. The Ontario is a level premium Life Company; it- takes no premium note as some Mutual Fire Companies do, and it holds at all times the full Government reserve. the same as Stock Companies. 1 Mr. E. P. Clement. acting Sheriff and County Crown Attorney, Berlin. in proposing votes of thanks to the Head Office Staff and Agents, paid a glowing tribute to the Manager. Secre- tary. Medical Director, officers, and field workers, for the very efficenlt manner in which the business of the Company. in their respective depart- ments. had been looked after. and for the marked success that attended their labors during the past year. Queéficifi'fi Fifi '60."; 2 tiniest disordered Stomaoh, Lungs, Nerves, Bladder. Kidneys. Brain and Breath by which Suns Invalids and Children. and also Benn mo oeufuliy Inlnnli whose Ailments and Debilihy have re- siacrd all othel treatments. It digests when a.“ othe’ Food is rejected. save: 50 nimea m (305', in modiolno. I Invnriable Success. 100.000 Annual Cures of Coming)» tiou. Flatulency. Dyspepsia Indigestion Consumption Diubeisea. Bronchhia. 1mm. can, 0w 1 a Asthma. dazarrh. Phlegm. Diarrhea. Nervous ability. Sleeplulness. Despondency. steadily to those traditions of insur- ance, which experience has shown to be essential to the true prosperity of a Company, viz., 1. Moderate expend- iture; 2. High class investments pro- ducing a higher rate of interest than that assumed in the valuations. and 3, careful selection of lives." The Rea port was carried unanimously, An Efiervencing Phosphate, axoecht cleanser for liver, kidney and stomuh, taken the place of oozllmr pro any tionn in case M houdaclu 'ta e eat is imme ate. 80 db! allilruwstg, Lu Me, 5 o and SLOQplckgon. HEALTH RESTORE!) Du Barry’s London. W‘. 3150 in Pa: st all Grocers. Chemists. 28.. 3., 6d.. 65.. 5ib.. 14a. Barry's Renhnh Biscu Arenta for Canada: The uBarry 8; $0., v VOTES OF THANKS. in response to a hearty vote of thanks to the Directors tendered b, the meeting on behalf of the Policy- holders, for their great care of and vigilant attention to the Company's at- fairs during the past year, the Hun. J. T. Garrow said it afforded him much pleasure to state that in his opini The Ontario was one o! the bestffi not the very best, Life Company in Canada toâ€"day. LBefore and since he Mr. Geo. Wegenast, Manager, reâ€" turned thanks on behalf of himself and the Head Office and Agency Staff, assuring the meeting that it was a most pleasant thing to him and those who served the Company so loyally and well under him, to hear the wel- come salutation of “\Vell done good and faithful servant." He wished to warmly thank the Board and the Agents for the generous support no- corded him In the discharge of the onerous duties of Mnngership. but especially the President, to whom he was greatly indebted for much valu- able assistance and advice. On motion Messrs J. M. Soully an George Davidson, were rs-appointe auditors for the present year. auditors for the present year. The Directors mat subsequently and reâ€"elected Mr. Robert Melvin. Presb- dent; Mr. C. M. Taylor, First Vice- President. and Mr. Alfred Honk! (3.0., Second Vice-Proficient o! t Company for the owning yeti. ‘1, , The Scrutineers, Dr. Webb and Mr. Geo. Moore, reported the reâ€"election of the Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. P. C., G. C. M. G., Ottawa, Mr. Alfred Hoskin, Q.C.. Toronto, Mr. E. P. Clo- mant Berlin. and the Hon. J. T. Garb row, Goderich. WflITE’S PHOSPHO SODA & (United). 77 Regent 'y " Street. n Parip.14 Rue dc Cantillion, and :mians. and Smres evuyuwe in ling, . 14s. Sent carriage free. K150 Du Biscuits, in Line 35‘ 6d. and 63. ‘: The T Eaton (70” Limited. Toronto 25» 30, 40, 50 816m: TORONTO, CANADA, Revalenta Arabloa Food. without medic! or expense to t. rvea. Liver, 31004.