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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-07-03, Page 6NOTESAND COMMENTS When 'a physician or sympathetic layman.advises a; change of air, we do not tape tum too literally. But an investigator !for the Carnegie Institution at '<Wieehingtoai has made ea:perinhents .which seem to prove that the familiar prescrip- tion needs an even broader con- struction than we give it. We are assured tthaat.tlrea:e ie lit- . tie in the composition of air in various localities, and that the small difference there is has no curative value. Good air is open and fresh air; bad air is confined fix.. If we get out into the open, ;and. away from the dust .and, smoke and. fumes that pollute ,air in, crowded places, we obtain all the change of air that is necessary or possible. Yet it is desirable to go farther afield, for a change of air, snetapho- rioally speaking, because change of scene, of environment, of habits, of. :moral atmosphere, is beneficial at. certain times. Rest, freedom, the holiday spirit and recreation are among the elements which make the changed air so good for the .sys- tem. They are, as 0, rule, elements we cannot find in the air at home. Tines a physical paradox becomes a medical and moral truth. Teach your boy to swim. It-- is the best exercise in the world in the summer. It develops the chest, improves the wind, and strengthens the heart. A boy who does much swimming can't smoke many cigar- ettes, because swimming is .about the severest test of wind there is. Besides, if your boy knows how to swim it will likely save his life some time. .?teach your girl to swim. It will make her supple, lithe, and strong, and self-reliant. For when she is beyond her depth she has only her Awn ..e awn lele„s and nerve . - to depend on. And knowing hew to swim maysave her life. Practical-` ly every one that was saved from the Empress of Ireland could swim. Teach yourself to swim, if you do not know already, You cannot be too old nor too' young to enjoy it. It is the best fun in the world, and it may save your life some time. CHINESE TELEGRAMS. Difficulties of Sending Them •Have Been Overcome. It height well seem impossible to send atelegram in a written Ian- guage that has no alphabet but is made up of a vast number of char- acters, no twee of which are alike: Not •only . is the Chinese language composed- of several thousand dif- ferent chattacters; bat there are so many dialects spoken in China that there are more than a hundred ways of pronouncing •each charac- ter, although the written language is unifer.nm throughout the.country.- How is it possible to ;send a tele- gram in such a land and such a lan- guage? an- guage? The difficulties have been. 1, very ingeniously overcome, and it is now easier and :less expensive to send a telegram in Chinese than in French. . In every telegraph office in China there is a dictionary, or special aide, inwhich the written charac- ters are listed and numbered. There are places for 9,899 characters, but a number of spaces are at present blank; they can be filled with eller- otters when that becomes neces- sary. The sender of the telegram writes his message in the ordinary man- ner. The operator knows the nam- borw: of most of the •characters; If there are' any of which he is ignor- ent,;he finds them in the catalogue. Each member is .00mpose•cl of four' Morse nthinerals; tier example'5913,- Q013Jeti4 signifies. Yuan Shih-kai, the name. or .the `president of the Chinese ,rcpnblie. It folio crs, :then, that -the ten Morse nu)nerals Mufti r rvc to telegraph 9,999' different �.,'lrine,xti has asters'. .A. Sltept3:;. ±;a;cl-What kind of a fellow • is;I 'I9ie last portage was half a mile , .:ioirg at the Grand ltapids of toe ci�l' if ei.nr hould tell hire that' and it was done, by In-. 1, ,.tlaabasca, ing was beaevang, he Woui-1,r t ;diam employees of the ' 'Hudson s THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HIGH COURT CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS , FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Canadian' Order of Foree ers convened on Tuesday afternoon, June 16, in the Hall of the Knights of Columbus, in the city of Quebec, at 2.p.sn. As:ueual, delegates are in attendance from all parts of the Dominion, the order 'confining its business entirely to the Dominion of Canada. A representation was present fromevery ;province in Canada, and though this society's thirty-fifth year will be completed in November next, whsle annual meetings' have been held in the pro- vineenever previously has, such meeting convened in thecity of Quebec. The mayor and aldermen of the city welcomed the delegates in felicitous terms. Mr. Stewart, the high chief ranger, replying in. an eloquent manner on behalf of the order. The following officers were pre- sent at the opening session : J. :A. Stewart, high chief ranger, Perth (Onb.); J. A. A Brodeur, thigh vice - chief ranger, Montreal; Alf. F. van- Someren, high secretary, Brant- ford (Ont.) ; Herbert Elliott, high treasurer, Brantford (Ont.); W. G. Strong, superintendent of organza-' tion, Brantford (Ont.) ; W. L. Rob- erts, high auditor, Brantford (Ont.) ;, A,.. Shmtis, second high auditor, Brantford (Ont.); W. M. Couper, 'high registrar, Montreal (Que.); H. J. Stevenson, Toronto (Ont.); R. T. Kemp, Listowel (Ont.); : A. R. Galpin, London (Ont.);,. Y H. Davidson; Winnipeg (Man.), inembers of the executive committee. In addition to the above, A. K. Berry, district' high chief ranger, Holland (Man.) ; John Murray, past district high chief ranger, Hamiota (Man.); D. E. McKinnon, district high secretary, Winnipeg (Man.), were present as representatives of the District High Court for Mani- toba. The annual reports of all the High Court officers of this order are, again, very satisfactory. They demonstrate that the year 1913, which is the period covered by the reports referred to, wasi no excep- tion to tho;series of satisfactory ,.re- ports that have occurred from year to year in the order's experience: An interesting feature, in conneg- tion with the business of the order is, that since its inception in 1879, it has confined its business entirely to the Dominion of Canada, and the excellent result which the chair- man hairman of the medical board has been able to report as to the death rate, which was 6.12 per thousand in 1913, and 5,28 over the society's ex- perience, is, no doubt, every largely clue to the original decision of the founders of the order to operate only within this Dominion.. In all departments, material betterment is shown in the financial position of the order. In the year, the increase in the insurance funds amounted to $375,.- 095.86, this fund standing at the end of the year under review, after the payment of 554 death claims, amounting -to $562,361.19, at $4,- 365,072.07. In this connection, it is interesting to note that the revenue accruing from investments, realized last year $188,416.28, which was a sufficient income from this source.to look after the 33.34 per cent. of the death hisses. In further referenoe to the Matter of investments, it will be of interest to, our readers; to know..that the order Confines its investments, en- tirely, to municipal and school de- bentures of e-bentures;.ofthe Dominion of Can- ada. It is a matter of general knowledge among, inyestors, that; over and above the admittedlygilt edged natureof these seeurrties, the market for the ; last two, years., has been a very advantageous one, from the investor's point of view, and the reports . indicate thatthe order has been in .a position to take full advantage of these desirable conditions. - Besides the insurance department, the order operates a sick and. fdiaeral benefit department, and the increase in the funds in this regard; during the year 1913,. amounted to $59,746.32 after the payment ,of 7,271 sick .and funeral benefit claims, &mounting ito $180,- 979.10. Funds in this department are also invested in the same olass of securities as the insuranra fund, and the amount collected in interest during 1913 amounted to °$14,095.02, the total amount at credit of this fund at the end of the year being $348,213.19. The general fund of the .order, which is the expense account fund, it being maintained by alevy of ten cents per month on each member, is also in satisfactory shape, leaving the order in a substantial position in respect to the prosecution of its work. Regarding membership also, sub- stantial progress is indicated, the net result of the year's operations showing a gain for 1913 of 3,019, making the.total membership of the. order on the 31st of December, 1913, 90,555. Besides the ordinary benefits ac- cruing to the members of the or- der, from life insurance and sick and funeral benefits, this society provides for special grants in .addi- tional directions; one in respect to amputations, and a_ further special grant over and above sick benefits, which enables tubercular patients to have special treatment, for six months, at any one of a number of sanitaria,' making a specialtyof. this disease. A perusal of the reports of the various officers brings to attention the large amount of benefits that have, been derived by the member: ship, as, since 1879, a sum of, 000,000 has been paid in mortuary and ,other benefits. , This .society would appear to have been carefully guided since its inception. Even in ,spite of recent stringent monetary conditions, and other factors that have militated against the general progress of fraternal insurance oonoerns, the year 1913, which might well have reflected in the reports of the offi- cers such. conditions, on the con- trary, demonstrate a substantial and satisfactory progress. The superintendent of organiza- tion has been able to report the institution of forty-four new courts, scattered over the Dominion gen- erally. This indicates that the or- der is alive to the desirability of establishing its agencies, in locali- ties both in the older and in the newer parts of the Dominion, as the circumstances of the district give reason to believe such courts may become permanent and useful centres for the acquisition of new business. The officers' reports were submit- ted to,. the .usual committees for their consideration. A considerable amount of business, as usual, is de- manding the attention of .the dele- gates, and the session of the high court will extend over several days, probably taking up the attention of the representatives from the 16th to 19th inst. INDIAN INGENUITY'. Tell 'With Pride How They Saved Much Labor. In his preface to . "Antarctic Days," Sir Ernest Shackleton tells an amusing little story of northern Canada. " A government geologist, with in- finite labor, had collected some very interesting geological speci- mens in a region far beyond civiliz- ation. Most of the collecting' was done on the barren ground two hundred and eighty miles northeast of the Great Bear Lake. The scien- tific man and the porters ofthe party carried the rocks on their backs to the Great Bear Lake, pad- dled three hundred miles across the lake, and alternatelypaddled' and pr5rtaged;"fifteen hundred miles up the Mackenzie Slave. and Athabas- ca Rivers. ingenious men, and they still tell with pride how they saved much la- bor by emptying all the heavy bags and boxes .at, the lower end of the rapids, and filling them again ,at the upper end with rocks of similar weight. By this means they .saved half a mile of difficult:earrying. The substitution was found out a year later in Ottawa. . The Lucky Thirteenth Man. "Frederick, I'm sure . you will forgive me," said the beautiful girl, bowingher head, "when you know .the true reason of my break- ing our engagement so soon, But when; I became engaged to you I forgot" "What is it, Gladys i" he mur- mured sadly. "Be not afraid. Is it that you love another ?" "eNTo, indeed," respondedthe girl indignantly, her eyes fl.ashi.ng. at him through a'veil of tears, `• 3ut ,you know bow:auperstitiotis 1 am -.1 forgot that you would, be e.acts-ly the thirteenth roan I'veeboon eri- airy Company, The Indians were Raged to. tg CLEVER YOUNG N.AN. Hon. Wilfred Gariepy, Memberof the'Alberta Cabinet. "Biography should treat of the lives of 'those whose worth,socially, morally, and intellectually, com- mands the unequivocal respect of the public, which is a discriminat- ing factor an& invariably . distin- guishes the ring of the true from the dissonance of the brass. In the possession of admiable qualities of mind and heart, :inholding marked precedence as a• distinguished, mem ber of the ':'• legal profession, and in being a than of ligh attainments and ,distinguished execrative ability, Mr. Gariepy challenges attention as one distinctly eligible for represen- tationin^this compilation, while his earnest and upright career and his position as a man of affairs but served to render the' more conson- ant an epitome of his life history in this connection." So wrote Dr. A. O. MacRae, of the Honorable Wilfred Gariepy, in his history of Alberta. Since the above *a;s written Mr. Gariepy has more than ever won for himself a place on the merit roll Of distin- guished men in the Province of Al- berta,. In 1913 he was. the success- ful candidate for the Legislature as representative for Beaver River, one of the northern` constituencies of the Province. In November of last year the subject of this brief sketch' was sworn in as Minister of Municipal Affairs for Alberta, and re-elected by :acclamation as mem- ber foe Beaver River in . December of the same year. Born at Montreal on March 14, 1877, the son of Jos. H. Gariepy, Hon. Wilfred Gariepy. the young man was educated at St. Laurent College, Montreal Semi- nary, Laval University; and finally 'graduated in law from McGill Uni- versity. Going to Alberta in 1892, young Gariepy was associated with his father in . business in Edmonton. Ill 'health prevented him from tak- ing up his chosen profession till 1903, when he began the practice of law under the firm name of Tay- lor, Boyle, and Gariepy, afterward Gariepy and Landry, and finally as at present, Gariepy, Giroux, and Dunlop, of Edmonton. Mr. Gariepy was an alderman of his city from 1907 to 1910. He is •a director of the .Edmonton Chil- dren's Aid ,.Society,- president of the Alberta Union of Municipalities; secretary of Edmonton Canadian Club, and president of the French- Canadian renchCanadian Congress of Alberta. In 1904 :he was a school trustee, and has been elected every year since. In 1907 he was president of St. Jean Baptiste Society, and in 1911 a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of three clubs, Edmonton, Northern and Canadian, and a Roman Catholic in religion. The new Minister has a pleasing manner, and on a recent tour of the Province with other Ministers of the. Legislature he made many, friends. He is brimful of humor, has a good command ,of Englistr and as a platform and .after-dinner speaker is very popular. Mr. Gariepy is married and has three sons and one •daughter. His home is at 537 Hardis,ty Avenue, Edmonton. --Max. McD. in Star Weekly. His Reason. "So," said the visitor, "you in- tend to become a physician when you grow up.". "Yes, sir" said the youth., "And why have you decided up- on the medical profession ?" "Well, a that seems to be the only man that keeps on getting paid whether bis .work is satisfac tory or not." Some girls have trouble in getting:, husbands—and nothing but trou- le. ' 'ger •the _et them. EMMETT CO.LTD TORONTO , ONT. WINKIPEG41ON1REAL We unhesitatingly recommend ' Magic ;Baking;' -Powder as being the best, purest and ,most healthful' batting pow- der that it is possible to' produce. CONTAINS NO •AWU111 le" plainly l Aft i ngred ntsy' prated on. thearc plaulabel. soma 1 the the whit ion i ks h idst t b •to m qr time tient. fdr then VE., of ance is rel disco radu ts, is dc is th cca, s to aboi er, ves Coli make a me of cent ate, itte may ht a lent ren, ay e pi have the er, to sip , sip f int mo wel. ifihl t ged. stuffs THE GROUTING MACHINE. How Old Buildings Are Apparently Turned Into New. Not everyone has heard of grout- ing, the mysterious and almost mir- aculous process by which old build- ings are restored. It is in fact a very simple process and as easy to understand was the laying on of bricks. In its original sense .grout means no more than gruel. In its build- ing sense it is a mixture of sand, cement and water sufficiently thin to be poured. It is not a new thing. It probably was used by the Ro- mans and has been used very much since in engineering work. The new thing is the grouting machine, which enables the grout to be driv- entnto places where it cannot be poured. It is an extraordinary simple ma- chine, consisting of two parts, a cylinder of compressed air, the pressure being a hundred pounds to the square inch and a churn. A flexible hose connects 'them and another flexible hose with a nozzle leads out of the churn. That is all. Yet when it is at. work the machine is as mysterious as vacuum cleaner. 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