The Wingham Times, 1894-04-20, Page 2THE W INGHAM TIMES, APEJL 2Q, 1894,
�•.f, . e • t r I Precautions ,Against Consumption. Cancer --Its Cause aai Tr eatt:nent.
k (to � i ll o i ii Wi ,,, 11U 4 s A medical exchange claims that it To the Editor of the Seie„t'tie Aut'•rh•a.,
k t : �:, i 4 -) u; well established that tuberculosisI noticed' your issue of February
nary
.tis an infective disease and if this is ' 111
> 10 tut article on saucer, .:1,110» me
true, it is largely preventable, We to say that I have made a special
F1tIDAY APRIL 20, 1894. believe that in this country there is .{ study of , the cause and treatment of
. _' •• not sufficient ,;tress laid upon the'that disease for twenty-five year,.
I
1 � tl
call o (hunt on.
olnlnun pity f c 1
EA�`rOftIAtc L.L.NQ;Sc l p The theory that inoculation by
I
cry-
IItlCis11Ittieft5IolSouO1ih(rt(1tisipel1s would prevent of talc cancer
THE Toronto Evening Eews, says : our streets and our dwellings. me has been exploded years ago.
`'M'owat has been premier for over ,inspissated spatulas retains, according The treatment of cancer by the
5 - ' its virulency tWO and a ( .
twenty-one years, Hardy has been in to ,. arc ixky , t y !knife is purely mechanical, and has
public life for twenty-one, and Fraser half months. Here, children die of been described by our best author -
has -just completed his twentieth year meningitis and youth of consumption, ' ities on surgery aaonly palliative,
as aMunster. And after all is said as the 1111fitth0111a1.k dispensation of I can say that i11 illy own exper
U proud of the Big Three who have should be chargIcl to the criminal ease of to cancer cured by it sttrL'•ical
This we are told b ' some to regard alld never a curl fOT the disease
c Ontario ha "est reason
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1
s£
and d 11 nt m 10 �
, ] a wise I for 1dclt0c, when it rather 1 leasee T have never „known a single
rendered her sueh eminent service. ltegligence of an easy-going public. operation. About pile -sixth of the
t-,
!Persistent and systematic precautions eases that conte under lay treatment
Salting Butter,
ought to be taken by both public aiellelc.ditarr. \`.c
idcred that butter absorbs s•tit,rvllf 1as a general' law imp regard to the
•
s
at does not.. In proof whereof I will partnuent should tt issue stringent
Mate th€t; some two months ago I orders, classifying this disease among
worked up a pound of butter into a those usually plac€>4.'ded.
solid ball without salt. This batter The room oecupi'ed by a consump-
has been kept iniq erred in strong tive should receik,•c as thorough a
brine until the preset time, when on disinfection as tl}e one used by 'a
cutting it open I find;;no trace of salt, diphtheritic htheritic . atiel t. If the phthisi-
except near the surface of the ball. p p
Salt properly exists' in butter only as
dissolved in the water remaining in
• butter ; if found in the butter in an
undissolved state, objection is made
by any good judge of butter. From
this reasoning it will be seen that the
amount of salt in butter depends
somewhat upon the; amount of water
in the butter When the salt is added.
Let us suppose we have a quantity of
drained granular butter with 'twenty-
six'per cent. of water in it—our
object is to salt only half the water,
51 1 Ltv rte 111uSt
„ ' ';' 1 may lay it clown
I assume that it is generally con- officials and the peeple in general to
c 1 stop this scourge; The
health dc- cause of cancer that anything that
has a tendency to v -eaken the vital-'
ity of a person may 1n•e(lispose to
the development of the. cancer germs'
in the system. We then only need a
local irritation to lase its appear-
ance upon' the surfafe. The success-
ful treatment of ttie disease must
cal patient died nt a week or two, then,`of necessity, ,be constitutional !
the quarantine should be demanded and local. Nothink but a complete
and carried out. If the public really, renovation of the. 14loed and the an -
but that is an innpoSs b'1' , ,
salt all the water! in the butter.
Hence if we are required to have
one ounce to the pound in the finished
product, twice as much salt must be
taken, for half of it will come ou't in
exuded brine. There is no danger
in getting in too nlucll • salt provided
• no more salt is put` in than will dis-
solve. Sonletinles twenty pounds of
. butter after salting in the granular
state • wilt exude three or four
0
r • 1 the cilium and
quarts on revolving � Lab
working it into €> - mass, and some-
times not more than one pint. The
difference is undoubtedly in the
euess or coals ess grana es
when the salt is II-Med.—F. 0. Curtis,
in the Stockman.
fin of the•
i
T he New York Examiner says :
Every mother and housekeeper must
often act as a family physician in the
many illnesses and accidents that
occur among children and servants.
For many of these cases I have used
Davis' PAia-KILIER, and consider it
an 'inclispensable article in the
medicine box. In diarrheea it has
been used and effected •nus.
e elms. For
cuts and bruises, it is invaluable.
lac. for the New Big Bottle.
Dr. T. E. Huxley, of Maidstone,
England, thinks he has hit on the
natural remedy for sleeplessness, says
the Medical Press and Courier. It is
in brief, to curl under the clothes
like a kitten, or put the • head under
:the wing like - a' hen. 'He says: In-
:lsomnia seems to he now a universal
affliction. We live wrongly, sit up
late and over work the brain and
then go to work in an excited condi-
tion. No one seelms to have hit upon
the natural r I remedy, I think I have.
People take chloral and they take it
. at their peril, and the fatal cense-
,gtcenee not seldom ensues. It is all
wrong, for you cannot control the
'close required for the exact eiretun-
stances. But try nature's own plan
instead. Lower the supply of oxy-
gen to the blood, produce a little Hew to Master Your Tem er,
asphyxia, limit tile., quantity of air to Starve it; give i�nothing to feed ell..
the lungs,a 1 1
ldtleheart and c` • -
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When gt In
is youto grow
i be something�P
anon .coming quicker, the, ,
]train loses its stimulant and sleep
angry do not yield/to the temptation.
thought consunlpf fon catching,
they would regard It ,Just as natural
to take precautions against its spread
as it is to stain 4 out leprosy. In It has been chimed that certain little boiling water
point of fact, there is no comparison kinds of food roil cause cancer, viz., the starch, stirring
between the contagiousness of these r fore usin it. If a
tomatoes, pork e c. rile first is in g
diseases --tuberculosis being much itself, a very pork,
blood purifier; of starch is require
.more communicable. A campaign of the latter I do not think ever caused Slits are increased
education is needed" All tuberculousce ting the tar
� cancer; but there is a very • Co111111rn1 Cepting. cn
p
patients should beicompe11ed for the cause of cancer, and that is the adul- two drops are add
public good to use ' pit cups. Public teration of the food. ailul drink that of water after the
spittoons filled with;sawdust or other is used by the mases at the; present ber that the bora
should be 1
matter e'1 i . lalb'stible )c. thoroughly.ells,
.sly co � day. I elaiut th£t this is one of the
placed at convenient intervals. The chief causes th£ab, account for
the starch is•used, or
old college saying, "Those who ex- ' Lapid increase'of Lacer. (good food its discoloring the
pectorate on the flobr cannot afford and healthy • dripks well die.ested ' s,
„ '- ' ' i tI Pring
to rate as gentlemen}, should be im- make good blood.- Herein is a good
pressed upon all. • rcvelltive of clan er. Ile regular in etas a good medicine.
Then again, the ust of the streets p cThe impurities whish have accumulated in
gyour hadits; be ;temperate in all the blood during the cold months must he
ought to be remove frequently, but thing's; don't rvolrF. I.olut;tltber that expelled, or when the mild days come, and
after a thorough sprinkling. Public ! rvoriy�rveakens the nervous system the effect of bracing air is lost, the body is
1 liable to be bvereome b11y debility or some
hospitals for the tuberculous poor .and predisposes to the dcvelopinellt serious disease. The I�'emarkabte success
ought to be established. In the of cancer or eollsliuiption. Int Eng- achieved by Hood's Sa saliwrilltt, and the
present state of affairs only a very land we find thai in 1888 .cancer
few of' the worst case's are treated— caused one death in 140 of the total
while thousands wo der about pollu- mortality; in 1S9Q 011e in _78 of the
ting the very air wit the germs of total mortality. In the United States
the greatest scour a that has ever
9
mfr out of 1,000 xleaths are due to
afflicted mankind. !Hygienic treat- cancer. • •
hent should be adv ed in all cases. The most successful physician in the
Preventive mecism is no longer the treatment of mincer is one who
medicine of the future, but the medi-
cine of to -clay. Let uy officially declare
tronsumption a contagious disease.
Another point of great importance is
the denying to consumptives the
privilege. of engaging in occupations
whereby they may endanger the life
nihilation of &veru cancer germ with-
in its current caul be counted as a.
cure..
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pl..Ifl fll �i i..i 111 �" •e1y.J'� ,
Secret .of Ironing Shirts,
A great secret in ironing shirts is
to let them be perfectly dry before
they are Witched. When they are
quite dry, rub them well into stiff'
Cold water starch,being particular as
to it getting well into every fold of
x
tlunlnlcll, then wring them tightly by
hand (the 11111ehhle wringer would
get out too luuell of the starch) then
either iron them at once or leave
theism for a couple of hours or so
wrapped upi damp rr 1€1 p l 11 a (..1111 cloth. Do
not dry them after the starch is put
in before you iron them. If you
wish an extra gloss, after they have
been ironed once, rub the front, col-
lars and cuff's lightly liver with just
moistened Castile seal# and iron them
all over again with tine glossing iron,
it' you have one, or itith an ordinary
rather heavy iron,ppressing it well o11
the material. It is 'this that gives
the china like polish '. observable on
perfectly ,got up slurs.
For cold water stash mix a table-
spoonful of white stated with a little
cold water, working it with the fin-
gers to get it perfectly smooth and
being very careful to remove any--x-
even the.siightest—grit. When this
is quite smooth, stir into it enough
cold water to make tip altogether a
teacupful -of water 1114 four drops of
turpentine. Then • issolve a small
half teaspoonful of -borax in a very
aid stir hall into
t also well be -
larger quantity
, all the ingredi-
n proportion, ex-
ne, of which only
d to each cupful
rst. But rernem-
mast 111 any 'case
rived before the
sere is a• shapes of
linen.
n io
Nearly, everybody n
treats each easel according to the
diseased conditidn that exists. In no
other way can %his •fearful disease
be intelligently and successfully treat-
ed. The time for experiments and
theories is past, What the people
want now is a &tire for this malady.
or health of others. ELI G. JONES, M. D,
The sanitary inspection of eattle Dartmouth Mddical College, N. H.,
and thedel •thetuber-
•
con enation of tub I i
culous cows should be rigidly enfotc- Having suffer' d over two years with
ed. Indeed, (lid our government
take half the. interest in preventing
disease among humanibeings that it
does in looking after ;the health of
hogs and cattle there would be thous-
ands of lives saved annually.
A. Great Good Fortune.
Mr. C. Leonarcl,'j South Boston,
Mass., writes: "I inave suffered a
great deal from dyspepsia the last
five years ; have tined about every-
thing but with little benefit. Having
the good fortune to Hear of K. D. C.
I thought I would try it ; it worked
wonders in lay ease, and I am now
as well as ever. I earnestly recom-
mend it to all those suffering from
nyspepsia or indigestion. Try it and
you will be convinced."
follows. When you find yourself in It may for a mina-
for a sleepless night, cover your head cult to control yoil
with the bedclothes and breathe and Force yourself to
re -breathe only the respired air, nothing, and the
e or two be diffi-
rself, but try it.
do nothing, to say
rising temper will
be obli ed to go e1bwl again because
g
tyou iliar�
Titusti reduce the e stimulat-
ing oxygen and fall asleep. There is it has nothing to bold it up What 18
no danger. When you are asleep gained by yielding to temper ? For
you are sure to disturb the coverings a moment there is a feeling of relief,
fres
and get as but soon cornea a ense of sorrow and
much as yea agnate., with a rvi.•,1 that the temper ! T,ypllus�);'ever-- Four weeks ftom
require, or, when OI100 (ll'OWSineSB had been Contr01ltd. Friends are 1 the commencement Of the (li.,ea3e, if -
od dit•,� ,
has been pr tl&(. , is easy to gotl I strc•nbtll is rc;-esta�,Tlshcd,
constipation, and t e doctors not having
helped me, I conclhded to try Bdrdook
Blood Bitters, and 1 afore I used one bottle,
I was cures. I can also recomtnend it for
sick headache.
ETIIEL D. Else, Lakeview, Cnt. -
Infectious Diseases.
How long ntustjrny children stay
out of' school after they have been
sick ? is a question often beard. For
the information o£ the parents; -we
publish the following list showing
how long the children who have been
suffering from an infectious disease
are debarred fiojli attending the
school:
Small-Pox—Six l weeks from the
commencement of the disease, if every
scab has fallen off. l
Chicken Pox--Ttlree weeks from
the colnmenceillentyof the disease, if
every scab has Mtn off.
Scarlet Fever—Six weeks front the
commencement of the disease, if the
swelling 1111s Cease and there is no
soreness about the lose.
Diphtheria—Sixweeksfrom the
commencement of e disease, if sore
throat and other signs of the disease
have disappeared..1
Measles—•Three Weeks •from the
commencement Of title disease, if all
rash and cough hail ceased.
Mumps—Three rweeks from the
coinmencement of dt1ic disease, if all
swelling has subsided.
many words of praise i ' has received, make
it worthy your confide ice, We ask you
toiu ive this medicine Hal." d o e a .1 1 We are sure
it wilt do you good. head the testimonials
wort the removal 01< < l (, ^{ * ,
o a o cd kinds / t
w rm f .l It
from children or adultss
, V
DZENCEB.
R. SMIT
LOAlwayH'S
use
GERMAN WORM
prompt, reliable, safe and pleasant, requiring no
after medicine. Never failing. Leave no bad after
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We to -day reduce our
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Money Advanced to Farmers and
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On long or short tim,, on endorsed notes
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published in .behalf of ood's Sarsaparilla,
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When a - plan egins to show
marked attention to la young lady, the
other young ladiesrvho would like to
be in het place speak of the fondness
as "infatuation:" r t fs only these
who have no inteict in the platter
who are willing to 4 dmit that it is a
ease of "Iove."
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—The Greatest
Wonder of Moder Times.,, --They
correct the bile, pr vent , fltitulency,
cleanse theliver, nd purify h
es se . ,� pt f, the
system, renovate the debilitated,
strengthen the stolaaeh, increase the
appetite, invigorate the nerves, pro-•
mote health, and r:'iustate the weak
to an ardour of feeling nevei before
expected. 'The sale of these Pills
throughout the globe astonishes
everybody, convincing the most
sceptical that there is no medicine
equal to Holloway's Pills for remov-
ing the complaints which are inci-
dental to the human race. 'They are
indeed a blessing to the afflicted, and
a boon to those who suffer. front dis-
orders,
c
orders, interpal or external. Thous-
ands of persons have; testified that by
their use alone they have been restor-
ed.to- health after of ier remedies had
proved unsuccessful. • .
On sleeping, though the air be fresh. .epatated by a hal
What do the cat and clog do when is caused by it, aI
they repair to sleep? They turn others as well a
round, generally three times, and outburst of tempe
r
turn sin p eisgiven trouble +
rto . Typhoid I' eve, ---Six weeks from
t the COnlntel•LCd111d1$ of the disc a=.c if 1
to yourself. An l strength is re-established.
5 is like) t11( Gilt- i Whooping (sough ---Six weeks from
burst of a stoaht �1 boiler; it is ilnlxs-
htaatily bury their noses in some hot- commencement of disease, ifalleougll
low in their flair and Y 10fr they go.
the e result. to tell The erelvind a E done may rill never • has ceased, y
They are illtlf tllf danger,
1 frau ll� it 1)e X emedied. Sta r r e your t neper. Vote•—•These fnstr actions Must b&
, Alight lex k asy weren t le It kee 1 under tcxxl to be applied from the!
is not worth7
r
In alive. `t
,,.a I Let
nt�sts wv:*lt which titc,y imbed theirg uI • date at which the last one of the'
•
die :-..tT'nited Preslilsrtc ri
C. Pale wrlien, a lana- Tao R. D. C.
wed. if yen wort
1• ' family was attacked by the disease..
er late steppers, t R. D. 0. Piltz aura chrome ttoix.
sleep will. stt/ At a.
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DAVO'°
A!
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M EDY FOR
RUSES,
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SU�R�N S
ISTHE BEST R
PRAINS,
CALDS
t
a cu
• POWO RS
Cure SICK.NEADAC @ stud Neuratgi
in see MINUretsr also Co ed Tongue Hirai
r1ePain Biliousness,ainin tb Side, Constipatio
Torpid Liver Bed Breath. To stay cured an
replete the {,owns. Vrrt�NlON rt) rAKsr
PatiOet 116 Oirtrra AT ierir *rotas,
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CLERIC rJTx Div. Gol)nT, Co. HIIBON,
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COMMISSIONER IN {I. C. J., ETC.
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ZETLAND NSW MILL
GEORGE rHON, Proprietor.
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' delivered i our yard.
Call and get prices before disposing of
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)
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and SHINGL4 CUTTING
done oheap as the the I est and satisfaction
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AV 1 kins of
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Shingles &o.,
a d:
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W. B: TOWLE11. M,D.C.M.,
Member College Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario
—Coroner for County of Iluron—
Olfide Upstairs, next to Mr Morton's office, Wing -
ham, Ont. '
Orme II ovie.—D to 12 a, m., 1 to p. m., or nt
Residence, Diagonal Street.
T'P. KENNEDY, M. D., M. C. P,S 0. '
eJ• (Successor to Dr. J. A. Moldruu.)
,
Gold Medalist of Western University: Late Bouse
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tion paid to diseases of women and children.
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A CUIJNT$Y STORY.
_NO. swan !" Squire Fi'eshwate,l
•elapjled his hand to lass wa'mnus pocks
and. jtunped'ftp s0 soddenly that tlic
little family of Plymouth .hocks gatll
01'e(1 about his feet Pied shrieking tl
their mother who was prospecting
contentedly in Black Prince's mange,
" I eleala forgot that letter ; now that'
the naked truth, Dee -clave ! I elide'
mean to forgit the gal that maty. No:
likely site's out in the spring Mouse
it's eIlur11iu' day. So I'll take it or,
there ; she'll want to read it riga
' pis minute later he tiptoed awn
from.
the
spring l
g
house,
'
�
,
sik1t and
to
seen. "Good Lord,,lc said, t GI1
great strides down the orcllar
" Good Lord ! I never'd a believe
it."
Something seemed to all the squi
that day. His wife noticed it. MI
tis, too, caught hint looking, hard
]ler at the dinner table: " We
father," sho asked good-naturccll
" ismy hair done wrong ?"
1
Your hair ? No, 'taint your ha
nay girl, 'taint your hair."
Hattie startled a little at this, 1
forgot it a moment later.
That night, after the rest had gc
up to bed, he went over and shit
Mair door carefully.'
• ".1 say, Marthy," he began, r)
Hing his brown fingers through
hurricane of white hair, " diel 3
'evler think—did you ever notice a;
thing wrong about our Mattie ?"
It was out now, and he wllee
around and faced her desperate
She. looked up at him through
silver -bowed glasses with a gel
• stare of amazement. .
" Mattis !" site said, "anything
natter with her ! . What do
'mean ?"
"I mean this, I ---there's sometl
the matter with her—soul.
afraid she's an--infidel—heaths
that's it." ,-
A shade of alarm _crept over
wife's face.
" You see," he went on, " I g
letter for her last night and c
forgot to give it to her till the mi
of the afternoon, and then kno-
she'd' be in the spring house, I to
out •to her, that is, I went to the
and—now I'm a-tellin' the n
truth—our_ gal were a -standing
by,the table. She'd mads an
mother, a little idol out'n the b)
and she were t -standing there 1;
it a-washupin' it. It just inincic
of the Israelites and their g
calf. But, good Lord ! is it a
t0 laugh at, woman ? Are you
ed heathen, tog?" •
She choked down her laugh
a minute, and sat - up in her
" I do declare, Nate, I never •
aflyt1)ing so. funny in all m3
clays." -
".Funny.!". he began, with s
sternness in his tone.
• ' "But 'twant an- idol," she
. posed ; " that's what's funny.
your mistake. You see, Nate
Nettie was down to Elmwood
Thigh school, she -took a great ft
wood carving and sculpture ar
things, and • so once • in a wh
tries her hand at it while she
over the butter." •
• The squire put forth bo
squarely on the floor and 1:
hands earefully on his knees,
lag them attentively to see th
was to 1 )•
erg
v placed, to •
p
and sq.
the middle.. y • Squire Freshwr
horred anything • crooked et,
• " 1Slarthy," Tie said, present
• a big fool. Let us go to bed
Out in the fragrance and
of the spring house, Mattis s
worked in the fresh spring n
The spring bubbled up cryi
in Its dark slate -steric) bast
corner, and then slipped taw;
the wall, and with a happy
being free again, it ran o
and sparkling through hitt
orchard and ale allow. Ot
door, the apple blossoms aryl
their pink andwhite lit( level`
among them
them Robin l-tid hit
sent out drifts of song thl
fragrant air,
Rouud and round went t
of the yellow churn, "0he4
clurg," ,
atand,b
and'
b of
satisfie,, d peeps
and d€aasllc
water, the golden lumps N.
out into a big wooden bowl
Down in the south I
father caught now and the:
ofto her listensinging. , and leaned
.
" Dee-elare 1" he said wi!
• Red smile, - " It makes 11
powerful sight better, no•a