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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-05-22, Page 4RI OF T! MCO, MEXICO JILT UP" THE lcll��l�rf.�.�a oils.. IND USTfy. aclalajula is Considered by Many the Beauty Spot of the Republic. Ainpiioo, the great centre of the xican oil industry, is on the nun River, setae miles from the nt and in late years lias be- e one of the principal ports of republic. The population, is 23,- . Jetties built at the mouth of Panuco enable ocean steamers discharge at the wharves, thus Iis'hing lighterage :charges and ilitatimg the careful handling of goods. Seven regular lines of tuners ply between Tampico and .w York, Mobile, New Orleans, veston, Texas City, Havana, ro'pean ports, Progreso, and the there seaboard cities of the xicaan Gulf. e Custom's House and fiscal rf were constructed at a. cost of ,000,000. The Customs House is 00 feet long by 105 feet wide, of s'ee'd brick, with out stone trim- gs, .and stands. on piles, of which thousand were used under a ndation. of cement concrete. The al wharf, 2,580 feet long, is con- ucted of. steel cylinders filled h cement concrete, sunk thirty t below the river bed, driven full piling sixty feet in length, the above the piling being filled cement ooncrete. The super - nature is of -steel, covered with a eat floor. Five Ocean -Going Steamers lie alongside the wharf at the e time, loading and unloading hipside to cars. ractically all the import and ex- t tonnage for more than half of deo, 'geographically, passes ugh the port of Tampico. Tam - has a good system of water- ks, sewerage, paving, electric ts. eaand street ears, pw iere else on the Atlantic st of America has there been tight, within the last few years, •ar ellouis. a change as et Tam - Wo one can .appreciate the roveme,nts there so thoroughly hese who go down to the sea in s, whey dobusiness on the great ,era,;: • . he fisheries:sat'a2'etmpico are re- .kably fine and present ads ra- opport.unities for the establish - t of canning•factories: to supply hoarse market, which depends on ops and the United States. As fish are 'abundant, this industry ld be carried on during the en - year. he best sport fishing on the Gulf and here. Tarpon, red -napper, fish, jackfish, sea bass, pompano, and shark all abound. The b season is from November 1 to r 1, •when the fisherman is cer- of catching as many of Clic Tarpon or "Silver King" its strength and skill will allow; like the partially fished -out bays estuaries of Florida and Texas, re patience to hook the fish, and the ability to land him, is the icipai requisite of the successful rman. Guides, tackle, boats, can all be procured, as more ale are coming every year to .advantage of the fine fishing. 'mediately tributary to Tampico e beautiful and fertile Huasteca 'n. This region has hardily be- te show what it can do. Not - tending its great natural • ad- .ges, only a small .fraeti'on of 6 b-een broughtunder eultiva- A few scattered villages., here there a ranc'h, an occasional ,patch, a few orange and le - groves and -small plots: pf corn, s, tobacco and fibre, and a sugar -cane may be seen there, hey m'e,rely show the possibili- £ this region, ,dda1'ajara is the aeeondi city in republic in population and the it -beauty. Population, 12,000; Lti'on, 5,053 feet. The capital is i burger, but there are people think Gua.dalajar.a is mare tiful than the City of Mexico. One Thing Is Certain, existence of such a magnificent as Gu'ad'alajara, in the far in - r of the country, is proof of icbness of the surrounding dis- Thhe fertility of the valleys ,1h•e mineral wealth of the moon - of Jalisco account for the pre- and prosperity of this city, (founded 1535) to -day by its astonish'es and by its beauty ns every visitor. It is the eapi- f J,alli'soo, oaie of the wealthiest of the Mexican union, and a which peahap's ie making snore progress in the development resources' than any other. It coed state for any foreigner' to SUFFERERS FROM PAINFUL RI EUMATIS Liniment of No A Y3.il�-Fitt be Cured through the Bloo Why are there so many fallen the ti'eatlnent of rhellnati Why are sc many sufferers res'i'g to a life'of pain, despairing of permanent cure? , .„Because rheumatism defies treatment that does not build and pilrify the blood.. The poise of. rheuraatinym are in the blbo and it is only through the blo that the disease can be fought' su cc.ssfully, TJnIe s the blood is we and impure rheumatism cannot a. foothold. When it does the th and impure blood is not etre enough to overcome the poi'so alone. It must be strengthene and purified. Dr.. Williams' Pin Pills for Pale People are the, be blood -building medicine you •can take. They make new bl'ood•,wt t every dose and promptly cheek fu ther progress of the disease. Tie make the blood so pure and stron that not the least trace of rheum tism remains. Mr. R. J. Sinolai Goshen, N.S., says : "About tw years ago I was laid up with rheu =time For two months I coul not walk and h.ad to stay in. a invalid's chair. My feet were„bad ly swollen and my arias seezi'ed t be paralyzed. I had been rain medicine for a long time me, it did not seem to help e, an the doctor finally told me that th only thing that would cure m would be a change of elim,ate. this time I decided to give 3 r.. Wil Hams' Pink Pills a trial and got supply. After I had taken the for a while I found they were help ing Mc, and I got a further supplY and they completely cured me, an I have not been sick one day since I strongly recommend Dr. Wil. liars' Pink Pills for this trouble." You can get these Pills from an dealer in medicines or by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. M st d fallen Sine ned a any up xis d, od c- ak get in ng ns st r - y a- 0 n' 0 g e A a m d • Y A FAMOUS CHEMIST. • David Hooper Had a Distinguished .Career in India. -, Mr. 'David Hooper, one of the most distinguished ohemists in the world, has' had a,.careerof great ish- terest. • In 1907 he was awarded the Hamburg Medal, the world's high- est honor in pharmacy. For thirty years ho =ideated .scientific work in India, but is now retired. Mr. Hooper was born in Redhill, Surrey, on May 1, 1858. In 1873 he was apprenticed in a pharmacy in London, On leaving London he went to Cambridge. and Clifton, and took up the study of botany by at- tending lectures, and with the use of Babington's "Manual" he made a collection of seven hundred Bri- tish plants, which was awarded the bronze Herbarium Medal of -th-e Pharmaceutical Society in 1878. Next year he entered the School of Pharmacy, and carried off the sil- ver medals in botany, materia medi- cal and practical chemistry, and in 1880 the Pereira Medal, the blue ribbon of pharmacy, was awarded to him. His first paper read before the Students' Association 'The Medici- nal Flora of Afghanistan," indi- cated the direction of his future Iite-work, and a subsequent paper on the "Coffee -leaf Disease of Cey- lon" showed a predilection for a life in the East. • He beeame chemist in Birmin.gham., and in 1884 her applied for the post of quinologist to: the Madras Governme'n't, advertised through the India Office, and the committee, consisting of Sir Joseph F,ayrer, Sir George Birdwood, and Dr. Macnamara, had little hesita- tion in selecting Mr. Hooper for the appointment out of about thirty cauididates, Built Quinine Factory. Mr. Hooper arrived in Ootaca- mund in the Nilgiri Hills that fall, and plunged into, the various prob- lems of th-e chemistry of cinchona cultivation, made. thousands of ana- lyses of the bark, and suggested methods for increasing and improv- ing the value of the produot. All the varieties of oin•chon.a grown in the estate of South India were ana- lyzed, and the •values of the trees grown under different coixditions of age, .soil, aspect, and elevation were investigated. One of the most prac- tical results of the work, and one which was calculated to bring the price of quinine -within the means of the natives of India, was the estab- lishment of a quinine factory. Mr. Hooper, after detern ini!ng the eomposition of cinchona bark giown under different conditions, turned his attention to the numer- ous vegetable products used by the inhabitants or so in in the bazahrs, and proceeded to exaniipt thele chemically. During his residence in ti . truthis .Ind he became consulting ltlna agricultural chemist in all the planting districts where 6n -ellen -la tea and toffee were cultivated, and for two years wan exanhiller in che- mistry to the Univoesity of Madras. In ` 1896 Mr, Hooper was appoint- ed to ,Vitiate for Dr. George Watt) in Calcutta, as repoi-ter on econo• mic products to the Government of India, and ill ,1897, when the post of Government Quilhologist °•was abolished in Madras, he begonia curator of the industrial section of the Indian Museum. The large number of samples constantly being received in the museum from all parts of India offered a vastfield for reseal -eh,' and: with the permis- sion of the trxistees, a ehendeal laboratory was estabished, and Mr. Mr. David Hooper, F.C.S., F.L.S., Hooper, single-handed; commenced the elucidation of their active con- stituents. It was a change from the salubrious heights of the Nilgiris to the steamy plains of Lower Bengal, and many another man might have grown disgusted and retired or have been invalided home, but he was too devoted to his subject to be. affected by climatic conditions. Mr. Iiooper's wife and family• lived for years in Switzerland, -not being able to stand the climate of India. When he 'retired,' ''111r. .Hooper was' Economic. Botanist of the Botanical Survey of India. LIVING ADVERTISEMENT Glow of Health Speaks for Postum.. It requires no scientific training to discover whether tea and coffee disagree. Simply stop both for a time and use Postum instead, then note the beneficial effects. The truth will appear. "Six, years ago I was in a, very bad condition," writes alady. "I suffered from indigestion, nervous- ness and insomnia, "I was then an inveterate coffee drinker, but it was long before I could be. persuaded that it was cof- fee that hurt me. Finally I decided to leave it off a few days and find out the truth." (Teais just as in- jurious because it contains the same drug, caffeine.) "The first morning 1 left off coffee I had a raging headache, so I de- cided I must have something to take the place of coffee." (The head- ache was caused by the reaction of the coffee drug—caffeine.) • "Having heard . of Postum' through a friend who used it, I bought a package and tried it. I. did not like ib at first, but after I learned how to make it right, ac- cording to directions, on p:kg.,,,1 would not change back to coffee foe anything. .. "When I began to use Post= I weighed only 117 lbs. Now I weigh 170, and as I have not taken any tonne in that time. I can' only attri- bute my present good health to -the use of Postum in place of coffee. "My husband says I am a living advertisement for .Postum:" Name given by • the Canadian Postum .Co., Windsor, Ont, ' Postum now comes' in two forms Regular Postum must be well b.oiiled. 15c and 250 packages. Instant Postum—is a soluble pow- der. A teaspoonful dissolves quick= ly in a cup of hot 'water and, with cream and sugar, make's a dilicious beverage instantly. 30c' and: 50e tins, The Bost per cup of both kinds is ab -out the tame. "There's a Reason" for .Postum. -sol•d by Grocers: Crimsonbeak—I see by the paper that automatic cafes are to be es- tablis}lecl at Sydney, Australia, What's an automatic•cafe ? Yeast-; Why, I guess it's one that ,throws a lean out when he's, had eno'ugh: Comment on Events 41. ifyrosoopio, Car. O -wheeled t1v '.1 le e d motor cal', kept in the upright pesition by the use of a gyro- scope, 1ias been constructed, and is now being experimented with to see if it can be made available in practice for 'orclin- ary use;, it is only necessary to com- pare the btcyole with the tricycle to realize the_ advantages of -two' wheels over three, or more. Everybody knows that the bioyc:le can be propelled with less flower and at greater speed. What, is true' of tho machines which depend on human muscles is equally .true for those which depend on an engine. The single truck machine offers all'sorte of .delightful possibilities to motorists, It could go beer paths and field paths al- together barred to the ordinary motor, and in, new countries,especially where many and beautifully construbted high, roads as yet are not, it would be simply: invaluable; It would-. have all the ad vantages in the way of speed and ex- pense of running which the motor cycle now possesses over the motor oar, and, so far as can be seen, none of the dis- ,advantages. It is claimed that it does away almost' entirely with the danger •of taking a curve at a high rate of speed, since the thing impossible with a gyroscope is to upset it' There may be practical objections discovered, but the experiment will - be watched with the greatest interest. Deans 'for the Dairy. • Now there is the reported discovery, that milk, butter and cheese can actual- ly be made fom the soya bean without the assistant of the :cow. This bean contains and gives up casein, the chief ingredient of milk; and it is the coagu- lation of casein by acidsor rennet which produces cheese, It is only necessary to add vegetable fats; a dash of sugar and mineral 'salts and.eiglhty per cent. of wa- ter to the casein of the soya bean, and possibly some whitening compound, to obtain something that greatly resembles Cow's milk. Now, if some one will only discover a bean or a nut that can be. transformed into a plausible imitation of an egg With out the aid of the-drlational and unde-' pendable hen the human race ought to be comparatively happy. ` • The New Governor-General. It is officially announced that Prinee Alexander of Teck is to succeed the Duke of Connaught as governor -generale of Canada.The brother of the late Xing Edward is to be followed by the brother of Queen Mary. Prince Alexan der is to prove that to beroyal one must also be efficient. The Dulce has set an example as well as a precedent and it will be no easy task for thePrince to follow in the footsteps of such a popu- lar governor-general. The Duke comes to Canada not unknown. But the Prince is a stranger and Canada is apt to be very critical of strangers, especially if they be of royal blood. That is natural, for we expect much of our royal family and are apt to forget that being royal does not prevent one being human. In the Princess Alexander of Teak Canada will have one of the most lovable of all princesses. Her popularity in Great Britain is very great. She is the sister of the reigning duke of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha and first cousin of the Queen of the Netherlands. Her father was the youngest son of the late Queen victoria and his early death cast a gloom over the people of Great Britain with whom he was extremely' popular. Prince Alexander is a soldier and was A,D.C. to Colopel Mahon in South Africa. 'As such he was at - the relief of Mafe- 'king and won his D.S.O. He is just 40, tali snot good-Iobking. He has shown corisi.lcxa'ble •.organizing- ability. in 'the. varioustt[ties which' have fallen to him since ming George's accession made him. brother-1n-Ia'wv to the Xing. He has been married ;nine years and has two children. `,Chun Canada gets a royal young couple as representative of the Icing, They will be very welcome. Mexican. Weather. In 'Mei-leo a mean average tempera- ture of 85 degrees is usual, and there- fore the residents of the North, who have been accustomed to a variable cli- mate, will find themselves hard pressed if forced to remain in Mexico for any length of time. Along the coast of Mexico, especially at Vera Cruz, the hu- midity is terribly oppressive. Inland the humidity deereases, but the heat in- creases. Trained soldiers of the regular army, accustomed to camp life, would be able to withstand the barometric con- ditions Of the coast and the heat of the sun, but member's of the National Guard of the various states would undoubtedly be hard pressed if ordered on long in- land marches in Mexico. Rooky Road Per Nim. The .name of the Dominion senator who has introduced a bill making tip- ping a misdemeanor will be anathema to the large and flourishing order of Hnights of the Itching Palm. Pullman porters wilt leave his berth to the last and.look the other way when he desires a whisk,Shoe shines will gaze at his unpolished footwear withcontempt and the waiters Will serve him with cold soup, Many times shall he press . the button before the bell hop responds, and the Pilgrims Progress was a pleas- ure trip compared to the discomforts and annoyances he will be called, upon to suffer, ;A. Despicable Cur. • There .is nothing meaner, nothing More tttterlly despicable than to • batten on the .chance-discovered.weakness of a human being. .:S'ew -igen or Women have the moral. ebtu•age to face public ex- posure of sonic' seerbt slip,. especially when that exposure must involve others. The blackmailer is one of the most ter- rible scourges. He will bleed his victim and make life an absolute hell upon earth 1f once he has success. 0.'he only protection a man or woman has under such: circumstances' is to at once take the matter to the police and trust to thein. But the blaelunailer must be ar- rested and tried and it is the publicity of -the trial which' the prosecutor may well shun, Once the •blackhnaller is cor- nered he will fight like a rat and make his 'knowledge as public- as possible. The victim may be quite•lnnocent of all harm, but the old saying that there is no smoke without some dire 15 •usually. quoted against him. In any case he has to face the cross-examination of acounsel.• for the defendant' which will: probably ruin his reputation and blast, his character. He can make no appeal for mercy; he is, it is tree, a vie - ten ofa despicable our, but he has com- mitted the greatest of all crimes in be- ing found out, He should have been more careful or less human. In the 'English criminal courts several so-called journalists have just been con- victed, pf blaekmail, and been severely plinishett. These -men went to persons concerned in the hews items and at- tenipted to obtain money by offering to leave out of the press or threatening to publish if they were not paid a certain Zuni, matter which . vitally affoeted the standing' of their "game" in the coni- munity. There is a certain class ' of newspaper which uses this form of blackmail. • lli i Rating. "Didn't ;yen tell Me the either evening that Owen's. is rated Al in Dun's 2" "Heavens, rio 1 What I said was that he is rated. N. G. by duns." O GUARD RD AGAINST sT ALUM L IN BAKING POWDER SEE THAT ALL INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL,AND THAT ALUM 'OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC' S'UL- PHArc IS NC1"T ONE :o'F THEM.T'H{E' WORDS "NO. ALUM" WITHOUT THE 1N. GREDIENTS IS NOT;,SUFFI: CIENT• MAGIC 'BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE THAN THE O R,DIN'il';R. Y KINDS, FOR ECONOMY, BUY- THE ONE POUND TINS. E. W. GILLETT. . COMPANY LIMITED, WIN NiREG TORONTO, O.NT. MONTREAL 44 WI iT IFyLBl5W11,rN4t chic; eciao Y rrnl,' [4":.i orn�n lYf41 'HI41Yif �47'� Hn, ux aa•LL�i� f 1M�.•„ efilIO e Fief#EI I BStE11�aP€EWi;' 61 TILE F i ailg,'fsly IIf: R'$Y11 . ENFS'WDN0ttif iitEER FilesresaTE ©PIA$E W Sfl01.91I P STAl4Ci9 Ile c?i4., N$ NO A41.6#L �;,G'.>! .����'�[j"i,[SIX[I'�lliiAlr•�Ir/�1'�,`1��1��� IS CANCER INFECTIOUS? Medical . Men Giving Study to New Phase'' of Problem. Medical men amid. sanitation ex- p.erts are taking a great interest in the problem .as to whether a person can become infected with cancer through living in a. house in which a cancer victim has lived. For years the question has' been a ain't - ter of debate and medical literature abounds in references to "cancer hotlsee:" . investigation in England has fol- lowed the report of Dr. Armande, 'who found that in a village of 400 inhabitants in France eleven deaths from cancer occurred in seven years, all being located in the same block. • 'Three years later there were se- -:entee:n cancer. patients in these houses. In other parts of France, including Paris, asimilar condition was found. - • In Great Britain there are nu- merous "cancer houses." There is a vicarage in the north of England where two successive incumbents have died of 'cancer. `' • . • Ina large house in Somerset where a. man died of cancer many years ago his wife, his wife's second husband, a member of his family by his first wife, and • a housekeeper. have Sieve fallen victims. In another 11ousae in Scotland the "cancer history extends back- three generations. An experiment was made there by 'confining mice in a trap. ,Sever a of therm oontrac'ted ' the disease.- se. y As Susie Saw It. Sir 'Plhoinhs O1iver, the distin Caller—Willyou +see if youri - ss guislhed physician slid writer' en ter is in;'I , a-;•-- medical subjects, declares that the Susie—Yes, .sir, but I don't •thinly germ thea y of canoes is only doubt- she will be. She saw you coming , fully accepted, still it is known that up the steps. dancer can be conveyed from man ----- to Lower animals, Moreover, it is Every man is above the average regarded as probable that, just els —according some persons aseparticularly sus- ceptible to infectious disease's, so "some persons might' inherit a. peat/ - liar vullierabilatyof the tissues whereby at a, particular ague they become liable to cancer.. In his annual report to the in- surance institute at Newoaetleean- Tyne Sir Phblmas said: "My attention has been drawn to aseries of cases in a street not one - twelfth of a smile long in a small town. The houses are entire']y resi- dential. In the fifteen years from 1883 to 1908' there died from canoer'. in this street nineteen persons 'and one dog. In Some af:the houses there had occurred two or three oases. As in all the sa'l'es ;bbere was no hereditary history of ea disease, the large number of deaths among successive occupants of .the ' houses has suggested that the matter is more than a coincidence." C. E. Green, another scientist who has ,studied the subject of can- cer, .believes that it is largely due to coal fires. Nairnshire lits the highest can ger death rate in Sootland. Mr, Green reported in 1912 that the dis- tricts of Nairnshire which were free from cancer were 'those where peat. is burned, not coal. ,5o frequently . has he observed this fact that he is disposed to. attri- bute the prevalence- of calmer iho the combustion ;of coal rich in sulphur, especially :where the houses of the peopleare on slopes or in hollows. 'I to his own belief. Swollen Hands and ' Feet mean Kidney Trouble. Liniments and blood purifiers are useless. What you must do is to cure the kidueys. 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