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How to Avoid Influenza.
We istalote as smallpox or a scar-
let fever patient, we are slowly (Nom-
ing to believe that epidemics may
be warded off in the same way, bat
so far we have :taken but little note
of iniltlenza, " Yet this is quite as
,Meshing as either of the diseases
named, and if we take into consider-
ation the fact that it is often follow-
ed by fatal results we must look on
influenza as a motet Serious disor-
der. There is no doubt that it is
caused by .a microbe, perhaps it
would be more correct to say by a
group of microbes ; though ib is on-
ly since 1892 that. we have known
anything about, the origin of influ-
ertz&, its effects had been familiar
enough long before. Even now
there seems.plenty of room for in-
vestigation, for influenza possesses
at power of appearing in many dif-
feee'nt forms. In the close foul air
of any overcrowded place the in-
fluenza germ flourishes, and ib is
here that a few whose vitality is nob
strong enough to resist are attack-
ed. From that, point the march of
infection goes steadily on through
the iionsehold, the school, or the
ui'Uee The only way to prevent the
spread of the disease is to isolate
the patient from the 'time when the
head becomes congested, or, as is
eometint s the case, when the ,symp-
tomr take the form of langor, head-
ache, or shivering and general pains
about the 'body.
Complete rest in bed in a well -
ventilated room, with or without a
&re as required, gives the patient
The beet chance of recovery in the
shortest time. He should be kept
warm, and when the attack is ac-
oozupanied by intense aching hot
fomentations will often afford. re-
lief. The diet must be light and
nourishing ; . cereals, eggs, fruit
jukes, baked apples, oranges, light
milk puddings are all suitable, and
the patient may drink freely of wa-
ter or weak homemade lemonade.
The groas test care is .necessary
a'aeid •e .posure to cold and damp
a,ft+er-an attack itf influenza., It is
often Said that thi :disease is more
feta' to suer than women: this is
*seat e, the former are bole rash
and more eager to get out and about
as:soon as inay be. In consequence
t3 oy are more prone to fall victims
to pneumonia and other diseases
which too often follow on the heels
of influenza. •
So long as proper precautions are
observed in the 'matter of clothing
and protection against cold and wet
the fresh air even in winter is the
best preventive of influenza. There
is little danger of taking the infec-
tion while out for a good tramp in
the country or anywhere where the
air' ciaoulates freely. The germ -
laden and dusty atmosphere of the
average concert hall, theatre or
similar place where people throng
daily is much more likely to be the
source. of trouble.—A. Physician.
RUSSIA"8 PAPER CUIIfENCY.
The most striking -looking paper
currency in the world is that of
Russia, its one -hundred -ruble note
being barred from top to bottoms
with all the, ooJor; of the rainbow.
In bold relief in t•}1e centre stands
out a finely executed vignette in
black. The remainder of the en-
graving is in dark and light brown
ink.
The Bank of England notes are
simply printed in black ink on
I l°i alt linen, water -lined paper,
plain white, with ragged edges. A
badly Scrolled or worn Bank of
,England note is rarely seen, for
Abe reason that notes which in any
kke
i as,ftnd their way back to the bank
are iramediautely cancelled and new
ones issued in their stead.
The notes of the Bank of France
are Made of white water -lined pa-
per, printed in black and white,
with numerous mythological and
aa,llegorieal pictures.
South American notes resemble
thoee of our own country excelit
that cinnamon brown and slats blue
are the prevailing colors.
German notes are printed in
green and black. The one-thousancl-
marktbills are printed on silk fibre
paper.
it has been averred that it takes
an eztpert or a. native to distinguish
a Chinesebill from a . Tannery
ticket if the hill be of low denoani-
natit n, or' from a firecracker label
if the hilt be of large detnonination,
the prin beang'in red on white, or
yellow oat .red,with muell gilt and
many gorgeous devices, •
Italian notes are all sizes, shapes
and oolora , The, smaller hills aro
printed op white paper in pink,
b,lea. ;and earinine '11tks.'
STRENUOUS' WORK
SOON TELLS ON YOU
Business Men and Breadwin-
ners ,the Victims or Nervous
• Exhaustion •
When worry is added to overwork
men soon become the victims of
nervous exhaustdon—n•eurasbhenia-
the doctor eallh it. Sosne have no
reserve Istrength in their systems to
bear the strain; others overtax
what strength they have. If you
find that you are nervous and not
surd of yourself, that you sleep
badly, and wake up tired and ach-
ing, your nerves are out of order.
Other eigns are inability to take
proper interest in your work, your
appetite is fickle, your bads feels
weak, and you are greatly depress-
ed in spirits. One or more of these.
signs mean that you should take
prompt steps to stop mischief by
nourishing the nerves with the food
they thrive on, namely, the rich,
red blood made by Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. These Pills have cured
thousands -of eases of nervous dis-
orders, ' including nervous prostra-
tion, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance and
partial paralysis. Here is an ex-
ample. Mr. Jas. A. McDonald,
Springhill, N.S., says : "In the
Summer of 1912, as the result, I
think, of hard work, I was com-
pletely run down and found it ne-
cessary to quit work. I slept poor-
ly, and what sleep I did get did not
seem to rest me, as I was constantly
tired. My appetite was poor and
fickle, and my nerves unstrung. I
had treatment from a doctor for
some time, but it did not seem to
help me, and having heard a great
dead about Dr. Williaans' Pink Pills
I decided to try them. In the
oourse of a few weeks after begin-
ning the Pills I picked up wonder-
fully, and was able to return to
R-ork feeling like a new man. I
have not had a day's sickness since,
and naturally am now a firm be-
liever in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will work
the same beneficial results in any
other tired, worn-out worker if
given a fair trial. If you cannot
obtain the Pills from your dealer
they frill be sent post paid at 50
cents-.) box or six boxes for $2.50
by writing The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine. Co., Brockville, Ont.
•
Comment on Events
To Curb Statisticians.
An effort is to be made by the farmers
of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
to perfect a *rep report eystem that will
be somewhat ciceer to zeicuracy and the
real thing than a good many of the so.
called "estimates" that find their way by
one route or another into print during
the season. We do not blame the farmer.).
As The Farmers' Advocate sayer "Soma
steps should be taken to prevent bump-
tious individuals with little or no know.
'ledge of arolrs from retaking estimates
from the windows of a railway coach or
even from a rapid run through the coun-
try -with occaetonal gross -country drives,.
chiefly made with those whose sole mis.
siou in the district eeome to bo to boost
that 'district, and in attempting to boost.
they make the eetimate from ton' to one
hundred per cent- higher than it should
be-"
The Mexican Poon.
An English engineer. Mr. A. W. Warwick,
who, since 1897, has silent several months
of every year in Mexico and other Span -
isle -speaking eountriee, ,staters that while
in some parte of Mexico the labor is fair-
ly efficient, in other parts it is of very
low grade and cannot be keyed up to do-
ing economical wirk. Excessive nee of
intoxicants and en unbalanced and insuf-
ficient dietary may have much to do with
this efficiency, yet Mr. Warwick is inclin-
ed to aeeign the real cause of this inef-
ficiency to racial. temperament. He re.
minds us that, the well-born and educated
Spaniard never soils his ,hands with man-
uallabor, while the Indian is oharaoter-
thed by produeing only that which sup-
plies his own needs. He le not a producer
for the markets. The race formed by e
union Amon of tate Spaniard and the Indian.,
then, could hardly have any conception of
the innate dignity of labor. Mr. War-
wick calls attention to the fact that about
3,000 Mexicans are engaged in agriculture.
OT more than 75 per cent: of all males en-
gaged in gainful occupation. Yet, in
spite of the fact that Mexico is one of the
most fertile oountriee• in the world, it
has for many years failed to produce suf.
ficient food for its inhabitants. The Mexi-
can laborer ie known to suffer from mal-
nutrition, and yet 75 per cent. of the
males of .the country cannot maintain
even the low Mexicali standard of living.
Feed the Birds.
Now is the time of all other s:when the•`
thoughtful and compassionate, knd oven
those who have only their seen eeeesh in-
terests in view, should make some provi-
sion to eupply the birds with food. Tho
snow is diep upon the ground, and the
food eupply for many of our winter birds
le completely out off. Per eotne of these
a lump of suet or of any unsalted fat,
enspended in a tree, will be sufficient. Vox
others, the,sweepings of the barn floor .of
a forkful of cheap hay ecatberod 'about the
premdeee will mean the difference between
life and death. Birds can endure almost
any degree of cold. Nature has provided
thorn with •a warm covering, which they
render morn effective by raising the feath.
ere slightly on a cold day or night, .thud.
securing the added protection of a cover-
ing of so-called "dead -air," one of the meet
eine:hint non-conductors 'of heat itt the
world.' Ono may often gee theta on a cold
day, perched in esoene sheltered nook, and
looking .like a ball of feathers. With euch
preteltion they can evait'in'vi*asurable
confidence for the gold epe14 to pees: but
they •must have'food. .The normal temper.
future of the bird is erverai degrees higher
than that of matt, but Mood ie the fuel
.required to maintain this high tempera,.
lure, and without it the bird must porieh.
Every snow-storin of any considerable
magnitude muses the death of thousands
of -birds, malty of 'whom can be eared by
a"' little thoughtfulness, ,With thio farutr,r
and the . orchardist, thio is not merely a
matter of sympathy and cempagnion;. It
Is buaineee. The birds ;will more than re.
pay him in the, insects they will de troy
when there IS enee Mine a chearalae to get
at them.
Dabiln'e Troubles.
In meet respeote what was known aaa'the
Dublin strike has been a ghastly` "failure,
A large seoti'on of the men have returnee
to work on terms that were of Bred four
enmities . ago, 'l'he memories 01 the eon•
flirt will net be sweetened by the frnttglees
miseries 1that have been endured. Upon
Mr, James Larkin meet fall a /ergo share
of the blame. 08 grievances, destitution,
nuempicyment and bad housing.the' are
in Dublin enough to inepi're,any reformer,
and to gain .the ,aympathy, of even •-the
flintiest beast, There ie no —reason- to
doubt alai Larkin 'ivae sincerely : anxique
to effect so111e. 114PDC Petrie tt itt the cOndl-
tion of -diose he led, but. hie methods 'were
liopelceely'taetleee and bad. Ho al.teb .),ted
the support even of fellow -workers ine:ling-
land and so bullied the men from whom
he sought to forge conceesione that they
were compelled to fight to the end • New
that this trouble is over perhaps' it will be
somebody's business to .see that eomething
be done to make Dublin a better city, and
its inuabi•tonts more contented than has
been possible in the past. •
Wireless Telephony!
"1101o1 Ie that m
at the Olvpie? ''lt1y. to
the Aquitania." This will be the 'next
marvel of ocean voyaging. Audible he.
man epoech between steamshlns 200. nr
300 miles apart is now promised, •aii'cd' the
new Cuearder Aou.tani'a, which will drake
her maiden trip in Jure, may be equipned
with wireiees telephony. Will wirelese
telo„inphy, which we have. not yet doers
regarding es a miracle of -science, give
place to Chia newer wonder, and the h"•
man voice become the ordinary vehicle of
communication from ship to 'chip and
from score rr sbox•a?
Five Thousand Trade DfsnUtes,
l3urire the last ten years nearly 5.000
trade dieputos occurred in Great 'Priya: n,
involving nearly 2,000.000 of work/motile
and wasting nearly 36,000 000 of worsting
eleye. It is noteworthy that tho number
of workpeople involved in trede d'spul'ee
in 1909.was the highest recorded of eo the
year 1804. The duration of these dianuies
in working devil reach a vast total, '1'S+eoi
milliors of 'days, taken .et 300 -working
days to the year. are equivalent to nein-
ly 120.000 years of -wo•king time threern
away. This ie for the ten years 19"0-lecie,
and so the average yeerly weeto "of work-
ing time is nearly 12,000 years. .Aesumin,:
aII s.verage wego of 8750 per year,, tlii•e
m.ea.n,s an annual loss in wages equal. to
53,000,000. It is true that thee') trade die-
putes play an important part in our in-
dr•strial life, even during a period not
notably marked by a virulent outlx-er.k of
this induetrial de -lease. remarks the Winri-
eor Magazine. Bearing in mind `the ec-
vero a.rd inerereing - foreign competition
to which British Industries are exFosed.
not orly in the-Britieh home erar'kete,-but
also in foreign and in British Colonial
markets, it is abundantly clear that there
is urgent necessity for employers and
workpeople, to null together. Dissension
at the source of production—at the:mine.
the factory. or et.the mill—le not o lyt- in-
iurious to' those concerned in the. dieptite,
but it is also injurious to national in-
terests.
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The Teacher Thoiight.
In a. town of such size that every
one knows every one else it is often
customary to speak of people' by
their first names, even when one
would not do so to their faces: The.
butcher is known as "Joe" Smith,
the grocer as "Frank" Jones, the
lawyer as "Will" Andrew:a'=-anal-n
offence is meant or taken, Otte
day a, friend was helping ateaeher
of the industrial school to pat ha,ts
and coats on 40 little members of
the kindergarten class. Two little
tow headed girls attracted 'her at-
tention, and as she tied their hoods
she asked :—"Are you Charlie P-or-
ter's little girl4" Two serious blue
eyes looked up as the elder replied :
—"His name was Charlie when he
was a little boy ; he's Mr. Porter
now."
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NO GUSHER
•
But Tells Fads About Postum.
This lady found an easy and safe
way out of the ills caused by coffee.
She says:
"We quit coffee and aiave used
Postum for the past eight years,
and drink it nearly every meal. We
never tire of, it.
"For savaged years previous to
quitting coffee I could scarcely eat
anything on aocount of dyspepsia,
bloating after meals, palpitation,
sick headache—in fact was in such
misery and distress I tried living
on hot water and toast." (Tea is
equally injurious because it con --
tains oafffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.)
"Hearing of Poet= I began
drinking it and. found it delicious.
My 'ailments disappeared, and 'now
I can' eat anything I want without
trouble.
"My parents and husband bad
about the same experience. Mother
would often suffer after eating
while yet drinking coffee. My hus-
band wan a great coffee drinker and
suffered- from indigestion and head -
stab e.
ead-agile,
"After he stopped coffee and be-
gan Poatam both ailanents left him.
He will not drink anything else
now, and we have it three times a
day. 1 could write more,. but aan
`no gusher—only stelae paean facts'."
Nairne given by Canadian Postuui
Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for a
copy of the famous little book, "The
Road to Wellville."
Postum.new Gomes in two foi-'nss:
Regular Postum — must be well
boiled. 150 and 25c paiokage;t•,
Instant Postum—ie .s. soluble pow-
del. `A:teaspoonful •dissolves ' quick-
ly in a cup of hot 'water and,"With
creaiii and 'sugar, Makes ea dtrli•Ci,�'owi
beverage instantly. ' god and'50e
tins,
The cost per ',mile of both Binds,
about the sanle.
"There's a Reason" for 1?ostuln'
--Sold by Geocere, •
.A. Curious Disease.
The Jamai'ean negroes"have,7n.any
odd, and interesting forms, of
speech, which are often due to a
misunderstanding, of the English
words. That was the ease in a story
that Winnifreel L. James Celle in
"The Mulberry Tree," A woman
took her baby to doctor,' and the
physician asked her what ailed the
little sufferer.
'`Him i11,a1i," elle explained, in
here cift,:,nlusical• voice. : "slim ill;
soh; 'hiani blowing, bones'." '
•Inquiry brought' ;only' repetition :.
"Hila ill, sah; him blowing bones."
For several moments the puzzled
,doctor contemplated the diminutive
blrack.creatur'e and its strange dis-
ease ; then the solution flashed upon
him. Blowing sounds not unlike
growing. What bones could a child
of two be growing'? He was cutting
his teeth.
.tea •
IS YOUR BABY' A'GOOD BABY?
Mothers, ask yourself the ques-
tion : Is your baby a good baby'?
If not he is nob well, for it is the
nature of all babies to be good—
only the sickly baby is cross and
hard to mind. If baby is cross and
cries continually give him Baby's
Own Tablets .and he will soon be
happy again. The Tablets .act as a
gentle laxative, regulate the bow-
els, sweeten tho stomach and cure
all the minor ills of little ones.
Conoerning -them Mrs. J. P. Rich-
ard, St. Norbert, N.S., writes: "I
have found Baby's Own Tablets all
than is claimed for them. My baby
suffered from his stomach and bow-
els and the Tablets eured him."
They are sold by all medicine deal-
ers or by mail ab 25 cents a box
from The Dr. Williams' M'edieine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
Some people :always prefer to live
on the top floor 'So they can look
down on their neighbors.
Copper may be easily cleansed
with a cut lemon, dipped in salt.
The Standard Luc of
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A clergyman famous for his .beg-
ging abilities was once catechising
a Sunday School. When comparing
himself as pastor of the church to
a shepherd, and his congregation to
the sheep, he pub the f
question to the. children:
does the shepherd 'do i
sheep $" To the confusion
minister a small boy in tl:
row piped out, "Shears the
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(Consolidated)
1880 Chabot Avenue Montreal
SUS LICE cokaME OF CANADA
LEADING FEATURES OF THE DIRECTORS' REPORT FOR 1913..
ASSETS as at 31st December, 1913 $55,726,347.32
Increase over 1912 b .. 6,120,730.83
CASH INCOME from Premiums, Interest, Rents, etc:, in 1913 13,996,401.64
Increase over 1912 1,663,320.04
PROFITS DISTRIBUTED to policyholders during 1913 706,42419 '
ADDED TO SURPLUS during 1913 .... , . .- 421,904.26
TOTAL SURPLUS 31st December, 1913, over all liabilities and
capital . _ .• 5,752,986.08
DEATH CLAIMS, Matured Endowments, Profits, etc.,
1913
during
• 4,982,553.25
PAYMENTS to policyholders since organization • 39,385487.91
PREMIUMS RECEIVED since organization 94,012,632.86
PAYMENTS to policyholders since organization and assets now s .
held for their benefit - 95,111,635.23
NEW BUSINESS (paid for in cash) during 1913 34,290,916.79
Increase over 1912 3,476,507.15
ASSURANCES IN FORCE 31st December, 1913 _ , . 202,363,996.00
Increase over 1912 19,631,576.00
The SUN LIFE OF CANADA holds the premier position among Canadian Life
Assurance Companies.
The Company's Growth.
'Year. .. Income.
Assets.
Life Assurances
In Force
6872 , 5 48,210.93
1883 274,865,50
1893 .... 1,240,483,12
1903. , 3........ , 3,986,139.60 '
1913 13,996,401.64
$ 96,461.95
736,940.10
4,001,776.90
16,606,776.48
55,726,347.32
$ 1,064,350,00
6,779,566,00
27,799,767.00
76,681,189 00
202,363,996.00
ROBERTSON MACAULAY,, Head Office;
President. l0NiR.EAL.
T. B, MACAULAY, •
Managing Director • and Secretary.