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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-07-12, Page 12see OO NOT REMOVE TONSILS DOCTOR SAY'S THEIR USE IS UNCERTAIN. But Just the Saute They Are Vain - able and Should Uot Be Sacrificed.. Removal of tonsils, whish has been a familiar practice among sur- geons for many years, is condemned by Dr. John N. Mackenzie in the .Maryland Medical Journal. Dr. Mackenzie is a professor in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He calls the wholesale destruction of tonsils "a, massacre of innocent or- gans," and does not hesitate to give a long list of evil, sometimes deadly, effects whioh are consequent upon the removal of or destruction of ton- sils, Dr. Mackenzie has this to say about the supposition that the ton- sils are responsible for rheumatism and certain kinds of heart disease. He says : Much wild and incoherent talk, for which their teachers are some- times largely to blame, has poison- ed the minds of the younger gener- ation of operators and thrown the public into hysteria. Tonsillectomy, for example, is held out to them. not .only as a sure cure for but as an 'absolute prophylactic against rheu- matism and heart disease. They are told that with the disappearance of the tonsil in man these diseases will cease to exist. Parents bring nowadays their perfectly sound chil- dren to the laryngolist for tonsil re- moval in order to head off these af- fections. Tonsillectomy is recom.- mended as a curative during the agony of acute articular rheuma- tism. But the origin of the latter dis- ease has recently been traced to an infection of the nasal mucosa FOLLOWING .OPERATION. To -morrow it will come from some- where else. Those of us who are old enough to remember will recall the story of chorea. Years ago we found the cause of this affection in the nasal passages. When this view, after the usual struggle, had to be •andoaed,suddenly .t was discov- erect- that the eye was the portal of entrance. To -day it has been caught in the..tonsil. • If we exsr rwl1aelt' atieet`e it ergi Altili-tiri - soon in some 'h 'r organ. What the functions of the tonsils. are, however,„ r. Mackenzie does n•ot know.; ana he believes' that in the present state of medical know- ledge no one can with certainty point out the precise functions of the organs. He insists, .however, and here he is in opposition to many doctors who cut out the tonsils as a general means of prophylaxis, that +the tonsils are not the means of en- trance of disease. "The tonsil is not built anatomically," he says, "as a gateway of infection:" RESULT OF CUTTING THEM. As to the results of the slaughter of tonsils he has this to say : Results? Here is a partial list from the Ftactice, not to the ignor- ant, but cif the most experienced and skilled. Death from hemorr- hage aid shock, development of lat- Znb tuiiercuiosisin lungs and adja- cent glands, laceration and other ala n oftheie and in -urian serious 1p pharyngeal muscles, great con- traction of the parts, removal of one barrier of infection, severe in- feotion of the wound, septicemia, troublesome cicatrices suppurative otitis media and. other ear affec- tions,troubles of visionand voice, ruin of the sinking voice, emphy- sema, septic (infaret) pneumonia, inereased susceptibility to throat disease at the seat of operation, pharyngeal quinsy, last • but not least. Let ea hope that :the day is not far distant when not only the profes- sion but the public shall demand 'that this senseless alaeghter be stopped. I,4 not this day of medical moral proaohing and uplifting a fit- ting one to lift the public out of the atmosphere in rvl ieh it has been dragged and kr the reckless tonsil- leetorriist a proper time to apply the remedy of the referendum and re- eali 1 AP EITHER WAY. The "Optimist—After all, marriage is the thing. If you marry the right ;woman. there is nothing like it. The Pessimist—And if you marry the wrong woman, there is nothing like ill Two dear friends were conversing —"Take ray adviee, old chap," sai one of them, "aud get married." "No, thanks, I have a horror of ptrpetuual slavery.';" '"Ah, but if you could find a wife like mine, do gentle, so affectionate, so devoted." "Theca I'rl. wait till she's a widow !" 1VIAKPLi SAFE IVVESTI WHAT THE SAO PAULO AND 'l IO SOAR: `: FOLDERS WILL. DICT Details of the Generous P1tiw.—Dangeror Bomb Carried Away by Good Fortune of Others -- How to Speculate if You are Bound to ' `:ale a Chance—Avoid Marginal Speculationd Buy Outright. The articles contributed. be "Investor" are for the sole purpose of guiding pros• peotive investors, and. if possible, of say lug them from losing money through pacing it in "-wild-oat" enterprises. The impartial and reliable character of the Information may be relied upon. The writer of these artioles and the publisher of this paper have no intereste to serve in connection with this matter other than those o: the reader. (By "Investor.") The one topic of conversation in the market during the past few weeks has been, "What will happen to Rio. and Sao Paulo." Now that this question has been answered and the excitement incidental thereto somewhat lessened, investors and speculators are asking themselves and everybody they meet just what the new order of things will bring about. A new company with a modest capital of $120,000,00D has been formed to be known as the Brazilian Tramways Company, or some similar name. This company is to take over the shares of the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company, giv- ing in exchange its stock in the ratio of four shares of Brazilian preference shares and four shares of common for each five etio shares. The preferred shares will bear dividends at the rate of six per cent., and the directors state that probably six per cent. will be paid on the common stook. That will mean that Rio share- holders will come out with a, nice substan- tial profit- For example, the new prefer- ence shares should sell at around 103 or 104. The common shares should also sell around par, for although not so high class a security as the preference, the common stock has a great chance to take advant- age of the future earnings of the company, which cannot fail to be great. So the holder of ten shares of Rio will get stock worth at least $1,625—that is eight shares of preferred worth 103, or $824, and eight shares of common worth 100, or $800. In point of dividends the present holder of ten shares gets $50 a year. In future he will get $96, and of course more when the dividends are-increa,ed• In the case of Sao Paulo the sharehold- ers, of course, get a larger proportionate slice of the new compapy. For each share of Sao Paulo a share and a half of the new preferred and au equal amount of common are to be given. 'thus, the holder of ten shares of Sao Paulo will oome out as follows, figuring on the probable mar- ket prices cited above: 15 Shares, preferred...$1,545 15 Shares, common .15'1,500 is ^ -"` Or an equivalent, of 304 for his stock in the, present: eonsliany. while hie. divid,euis wi11- be $120' a rear` instead of $10Q, a- y are aG protent. That; in brief, is the situation, re is no question of the very geed f e of the shareholders. Unfortun!y e is one great drawback. Many pe ho know little or nothing about 1 fid generatfinancial conditions will , into the stock market in the vain hope ,. alt-, Me a similar "killing." And in per. cent. of the oases they won't. Now, I have no civarrel with pe who invest in .stocks. Investing in sha ;., ay bo done wisely. so as to make a tid .fit, and at the same time take no m• , n au ordinary business risk, but the ho. do invest in this fashion Invest. do not speculate. No man who buys ar- gin can be said to invest; he sped es, and too often speculation is just term for gambling. A man may look around the ma 'at the present time, and after carefull ook- iug at all sides of the question,'; oide. that a pertain company is in good ape, its earnings showing regular in sen over a series of years and a -got; and growing market for its product—it -. ay be gas, electric light, or ploughs. • •m- panies, industrial, public service or an - del, should be considered along i' ,. osb identical lines, with the few 'vagi one pointed out at various times in ;thi: • col- umn. After deciding that the compang s future is bright the next step iss to de- cide' whether or not the company s'i,hares have not already discounted this future as far as the market is concerned: ;'11 the stook is returning about 61-2 or 7 per cent. on the market value, and earnings appear to justify an increase in digidends before long, it is a good buy. Pays foreit outright and put it away until your judg- ment has been justified- Then,. if you want to take a profit sell. At all events your income will show a very haiidsoie rate of interest on your investment ase On the other hand, a few years ago, a man decided just these points about Sao Paulo. He bought it at 156 and put tip a 20 point margin. Then the hard ti of 1907 came and Sao Paulo went do n- to 140. He had only four points of metegen left, so his brokers called him for score, He put up another 20 points. Still the stock declined, and at 120 in desperation he sold out. Later the stock sold at '9�c At that price another man who had also studied conditions, bought it and paid' or it in full. This year, only four year „. f- terwards, be Gold his stock at 4,, ud would have made more if he patience. These two menhad exactly' t idea. They were both right, but the wrong way of 'obtaining his took a chance and the against him. If he had bon ho wouldn't have made as ber 2, but he would have ma and got 10 per cent. divide tent..iin;his• inv.Ostmelat-.flu, years; But he was a 'spec There is a very- obv Ions• xt DUBIOUS. About What Her Husband Would Say. A Mich. woman tried Postum be- cause coffee disagreed with her and her husband. Tea is just as harm- ful as coffee because it contains caf- feine—the same drug found in cof- fee. She writes : "My husband was sick for three years with catarrh of the bladder, and palpitation of the heart, caus- ed by coffee. Was unable to work at all and in bed part of the time. "I had stomach trouble, was weak and fretful so I could not attend to my housework -both ,ef us using coffee all the time and not realiz- ing it was harmful, "One morning the grocer's wife said she believed coffee was the of our trouble and advised causez ed Postum. I took it home rather du- bious what my husband would say— he was fond' of coffee. -' • "But I took coffee right off the table and we haven't used a cup of it since. You should have seen the change in us, and now my husband never complains of heart palpita- tion any more. My stomach trou- ble went away in two weeks after I began Postum. My children love it and it does them good, which can't be said of coffee. t"A lady visited us who was use - ally hall sick, I told her I'd make her a cup of Postum. She said it was tasteless stuff, but she watched foe make it, boiling it thoroughly for 15 minutes, and when done she said it was splendid. Long boiling brings out the flavor and food qua- lity." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Look in pkga, for the famous lit- tle book, "The Road to Wellville." Ewer read the above fetter, .A new one appears from time to time They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest, .... The mitnium depth of the Atlan- tic; is over five miles, and of the Pa- cific jest under six miles,. 'The greatest abysses are all found to be notfax front the land,. DIanitoba;'s area under wheat is reported at 2,4110,000 acres, 'while Sasko,behewan's has iecrease•i from 13;250,000 to 7,0.13,500 acres, and A1- berte's feet MOO to 937,500 acres. eeseetellealieetelasiliveleitelteatele HEALTH IttelieseallesteWlieliterikellestle • PROFUSE PERSPIRATION. Profuse perspiration, or hyper'id rosin, often causes great annoyance, end when offensive, even Buffering. Offensiveness is most likely to occur. when the regions affected are ,those that come into close and continual pontact with the clothing, as, for example, the feet and the armpits; and moreover, the long -continued dampness due to lack of evapora- tion may cause a 'troublesome ec- zema • Many people, especially those in whom the excessive sweating is caused by nervous conditions, are annoyed, even in cold weather and although they discard gloves, by profuse and continual perspiring of the hands. In dealing with this ailment, it is necessary -to seek . the underlying cause, and if possible to remove it. Sometimes the iperspiring is only one among many symptoms of a serious physical condition—general paralysis, for example; at . other times, what it may be a symptom of remains obscure an spite of much searching. Very often it appears to be -simply one symptom of a lack of general tone, in which case it is often accompanied by poor circula- tion. Hyperidrosis is most trying when it occurs in the feet, for since peo- ple ale obliged to go shod, suffici- ent ventilation and absolute clean- liness are hard to attain. Some- times the trouble proves to be due to flatfoot, and then shoes that give proper support to theweakened arch will correct the excessive sweating. In genial, sufferers from hyperidrosis of the feet must observe the most fastidious cleanli- ness. If possible, they should take a foot -bath several times a day, and always foliow,it with a complete change of . foot -wear. They should wear white socks or stockings, and as far as, possible,. canvas shoes. Much can be done by local treat- ment either with powders, which re prescribed for their, drying and sorbing effect, or with astringent 'antiseptic lotions. It is well: the the feet at; night with water lining an- a teiwg "i ting: on the shos a dstock-' f anyone objects"to the se: *der, he may' obtain the same;� ult by wearing . white 'stockings at have been soaked in a satin= ated solutioon' of boric acid.-- Youth's cid.—Youth's Companion. it GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR THIRTY YEARS Or MIND What Change in Comforts city Ilas Wrought. Few, indeed, ere left to r'eo41. l those distant days preceding :the ap- plication of steam engines to rail- road and steamboat work. Alit. there are. plenty who well remember when electricity was cons:4ored bet- a natural pllenomenon and a play thing of nature duringterrestiiial stormis. It seems almost incredible, yet it is' true, that but thirty years ago electricity was unheard of out- side of scientific laboratories. We had no telephones, no elec- tric railways, no ,electric fans, no electric elevators, no vacuum clean - era, no electric lights, no trolley cars, no electric ranges, few el trio motors. We could not call up anyone,` .n the telephone. The mails and• I, sanseiboys did the Work. Thea graph was in use, but the lines few. All the housework was don hand, without the handy e'i, stoves, the motor -driven appli now in use. In hot days we sweltered, f electric fan was undreamed We read by flickering can oil lamps, and there were: lamps to illuminate the stre ter dark. There were no electric doe no buzzer communication fr: fire to office, no electric li no elaectrie chafing dishes, grills, etc. Factories ran by steam power. Cities were covered pall of black sihoke.. R could not run through without the gravest danger. tris ventilating systems fo buildings were unheard et. signalsystems for railroads not used and the trains ran deal on luck, Such were the good old days; we hear so much about, The folk 'who lived and worked then did net.; miss these .things inasmuch as they had never enjoyed them, but one ot1,ho greatest hardships which might be inflicted upon us to -day woeld he to deprive us of •electricity, Without' it we would be put to the .greatest inconvenience, it is an excellent thing that a man's adieus 'should efteti bt 00 much better than his principles. St NEIGHBORS. • • If you are genteel in appearance and courteous in your manner, you will be welcomed in every home in your locality, when you are showing samples of our su- perior toilet goods, household necessities, and reliable remedies. The satisfaction which our goods give, places the users under an obligation to you, which wins for you the same respect, esteem, and in. timate friendship given the priest, physi- cian, or pastor, and you will make more money from your spare time than you dream of, besides- a host of friends. This is your opportunity for a pleasant, profitable and permanent business. Ad. dress, The Home Supply Co., Dept 20, Mer. rill. Building, Toronto, Ont^ WO1KAN TO. HARPOON WHALES Whaler's Daughter `Will Accompany Rim Oil Expedition. When the pioneers of women's freedom started`. out to win sex equality they did not reckon whale hunting among the pursuits suitable far feminine aspirants to indepen- dente. That is why' Miss Hjordis Jugebrigtsen, of Christiania, Nor- way, is ahead of the feminist game, She was born by the sea, and her father has been a whale hunter _since 1866. His record of capture ruas close on 15,000 whales and his name is known among hunting men from the North Cape to Portuguese South Africa. In -rhe latter section of the earth. his son has been domiciled for three years. Now Miss Jugebrigtsen is going with her father on a whaling expedition in that region as a regu- larmember of the hunting party. Slithas passed her apprentice- ship, :for several times she has ac- oompariied the boats and has be- oome an expert shot. Up to now she has inerely°assisted the men, but herr skill Inas now matured so that she herself will fire the deadly har- poon against the monsters of the deep. She is only a0 years old, and despite her daring .pursuits, she re- mains a. tender-hearted • and gentle girl. r . Most of the world'a peppertnilat is grown en peppermint farms , Michigan. Over 200,000• pounds' of peppermint eil, worth $5 a pound, is ,produced nnnitielly from the moist; and black soil of south-westera Michigan. OOK ro-AT 1'irl 1.�6"P CKACG- Jet e, ,CATACEOLTOI ti SEC "'HhAVIABEL-One ,. PACKA Z;IS ftLUI .r IVO OMER:COLOR EVER USED ON OVAL YEAST Ina4tMetiertiE COLOR 'CLU T .RONTO .- O N'P.' TOR�STO Chairman the GORRESPOBEC Dominion Railway Board—Poverty City—iii otzsing the Poor—Echoes of Bygone Days. Hon. W. T. Hanna, Provincial Secretary, is again in the lime light in connection with the Chairmanship of the Dominion Railway Board. It is curious to note how many positions Mr. Hanna's name has been associated with during the past Ave years. Ror a long time there was a ru- mor recurring about once a month that he was going into Dominion politics. Then September, 1911, came and passed, and sit was Mr. Cochrane who went. In connec- tion with this incident sthere is an inter- esting story, that Mr. Hanna could have been the campaign organizer for Ontario just as he wag in 1908, and probably sub- sequently a Dominion Cabinet Minister, but that he guessed wrong as to the pro- bable result. But that may be just a yarn. Then. there have been persistent rumors that Mr. Foy would resign and that Mr. Hanna would be the next Attor- ney -General. And it has been generally understood that as matters stood he was the logical successor of .Sir James Whit- ney. •At one time he was offered the po- sition of Corporation Counsel of Toronto at a fat salary, a position whioh after- wards went to Mr. Drayton, and in this connection it was interesting to see the other day an interview with Mr. Drayton, in whioh he told of having declined. the Railway Board Chairmanship. But mean- time, Mr. Hanna has stayed on year after year as Provincial Secretary. PLAYED WITH THE WAIFS. Mr. Hanna's heartiness and good haimor e hit en: One v, o areinfectious. He loves. u 8 y,a group of littlewaifs were waiting 'the Paritinftont k tfla';a 1: M. Hanna.na, them into his luau which .million.e,iros Veit • , a rblt : "- t Ate Id;.i•0erasenfAl.• .a Dal if his present positio real evorth,,tp the pnlilj linking up hills' poiitien, has- 9t►' C0tlen that he r position of Prov.ii tir,.se.,aik; POVERTY IN TORONTO. In the midst of bounding prosperity, and of increasing luxury for the classes there is probably more acute poverty in To- ronto than ever before. This is merely the history of large cities everywhere, but it is discouraging to those who hoped that we in Canada might avoid some of the evils which have grown up in the old world. A Fresh Air Fund," collecting money to give picnics to children "who would not otherwise be able to have a single half -day's outing on the beach or in the country during the summer; announces that last summer it was necessary to ac- commodate not less than 5,000 Toronto Children. The testimony of other funds and charities is to the same effect. From which it may be deduced that there are upwards of 2,000 families in the city whose condition is one approaching, if not al- ready arrived at, abject poverty. There is no lack of work for both men and women who will work. The trouble in most cases is a result' of sheer shift. lessness and vice, chiefly drunkenness. Wo ate developing. our proportion of "unem- ployables," the same as old-world cities. Despite immigration laws, which are sup- posed t0 exclude all such, they sometimes get in. But the saddest feet is that many of them are Canadian born and bred. The lure of the city attracts the dross as well as the gold. NEW FAD FOR "HOUSING." In connection with charitable work, the latest fad is schemes for housing the poor, the `housing problem" it is called. Perhaps "fad" is a too derogatory word to apply to an enterprise that is alto. gether commendable. In England hous- ing schemes are no new scheme, and,while they have no doubt done good in their. way, it is doubtful if they have accom- plished the end they have been aimed at. Instead of abolishing slums they have simnly shifted their location. nearly always accompanied by sooik vices; for example, in cue small house on woman was found living with twent men. In nearly all these and similar ease the men are foreigners, who left con tions in Europe probablyworse than tho in which they are now. PASSINGOF GOVERNMENT HOUSE. The beautiful old grounds. of Gover went House at the corner of Simeoe an Ring streets are no more, and the la vestige of the house itself will soon hav disappeared. A building -wrecker pal $2,800 for the privilege of tearing tb place down. The grounds have bee ploughed up and levelled; a beautiful r vine, where a creek rippled in the old d before all Toronto's creeks were turn into sewers, has disappeared. Thebee tiful old elms have been turned into oor wood, and the whole scene varies not all from that which may be seen an where that a railway is putting in ne sidings. The building dated only fro 1874; before that its site was a favori picnicking ground "out in the country for the city of that date Iay to the oa When it was constructed the adjoint, streets, Bay. Simcoo ands -Wellington, eame the fashionable district, just having i Park, five miles away, ie MORE ECHOES OF BYGONE DAYS Nearby was the residence ot'adi sMe mer Clark, one of, the finest . of Its .4 which now akin makes wajr for the O. R. freight yards. For the last two years Sir Mortimerrefused to ,FoiloSv'° etirocessien teethe outskirts but heave Melte and.- noise .ffctee es. Vies' regi er.the Now a company of public-spirited citi- zens has been Organized to lay out a few acres of moderate -priced Toronto land in small homes of model design and con- struction for poor people. It Is to be hoped they will achieve their purpose. • Certainly there is need of some relief for overcrowding. Within the last few daps almost indiscrlbable conditions have been discovered in several seetions of the city. In ono house of ten rooms ten fem- ilies were found to be living. In another house et moderate sire Y7 lodgers were found- And, of course, overorowding is rata used t0 taloa sine deposi;:r�-in the bank sin' axWl beerow, hew rned into .a bank. It stands at north-east';eorner of Bay and King. The late t oldwiu S'.iith's' orange" h beau turned into an Art (taller,. house built in 1822 by Sir William Can bell, -then Chief ,iustico, at the corner Frederick and Duke, survives as part a horse -nail factory. TOUCHING THE THIMBLE. There was a time when that' u ful protective covering for inch trious fingers, the thimble—whi dates from 1684—was very cost Indeed, only well-to-do wont could afford to wear one. Aft wards. however, they were made lead and othercommon metals, a to -day you can get quite a cervi able article for one cent. T Dutch finger -hat (finger -hood) came in England the "thumb bell from its bell -like shape. It w originally worn on the thumb parry the .'thrust of the ne pointing through the stuff, and n as at present, a impelit.1 s tAll t world over the thimle is a symb of industry. The gift of ene to little girl is taken as a' hint that s should learn to sew, orthat h clothing needs mending. Fashion thimbles is very luxurious ill t East. Wealthy Chinese ladies ha thimbles carved out of mother -o pearl, and sometimes the top is single precious stone. Paris, as all the world. know .leads in fashions, and it is estima ed that in France 940,000 worn and 75,000 men earn their living supplying the latest modes. The largest railway station in th world, so far as acreage goes, is t Southern Railway Station, Vienn which covers close upon•-100"acres BONDS PAYING 67 INTEREST q The l+irst Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company at their present price' pay 6 per cent interest. The security they offer is first mortgage on 6,000 square' tniles of pulp and timber lands scattered throughout the province of Quebec.. The timber is insured with Lloyds of England against loss -from fire.' The earn. ings at present are sufficient to pay bond interest twice over, and when the mill now in course of construction is in operation; earnings will be .enormously increased. These bonds can be quickly converted into cash, as there is a ready:. market for them, . 9I From standpoints of interest return and security, these bonds constitute an' investment o1 cxcep- tionaily high 'order. There is every reason to believe these bonds will considerably increase us value. We will be glad to send youditerature furthetdesctibiitg diet* bonds, I SECURITIES l r! ifANK Or MONTREAL 13Ulf,DING ,. . YONiii; AND OtMEN STREETS r,,:,. TORONTO s 11 � tw moretnem.d. lusodo-iiAt.'t1:Al,O'f'taw edaAgeiras , '' 1+'enot NQsno.)