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
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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.
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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.
The dust and decayed mortar are
blown out of the cracks betw
the stones with a jet of compres
air; clean water is then blown
to damp the masonry just eno
to make the•eement adhere. Me
while the cement is pub into
churn or grouting pan and is be
en up till it is about the cons
enoy of cr,e.am. The preparing
it needs some nicety lest the cern
should grow hard in the churn.a
the hose. The wall being rea
the nozzle is inserted into a era
the cracks above and below it
covered with clay to prevent t
cement from leaking out, the co
pressed air is turned on and pa
ing through the grouting pan dri'
the cement deep in between i
stones.'
Starting at the base of a bui
ing and working upward the gro
ing machine will fill the whole
its walls with a new cement t]
reaches every crack and hole,
that when it has grown hard t
building is as firm as if it were e
out of one stone. And it does t
without disturbing a single featu
of the building or breaking the we
ther.crumbled surface of its masa
ry or even rubbing off the mos
and lichens that have grown then
The kicking horse injures hi
self most.
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Municipal Debentures
The quietness in commercial b,esiness is, as evidenced by recent an statements
firoducing imfiortant accumulations of moneys by large financial institutions, whirls
in turn must tend to lower ?leo est rates, and likewise decrease the interest yield on
the Letter class of investment scurities.
Our advice to clients is to take early advantage of all merit' municif+al offer-
ings at current firices
Yield
TORONTO, ONT. 4.66%
PROV. ONT. (AN.) 4.50%
PROV. ALBERTA 480%
WITTEN SOUND, ONT. 4.80%
$BO CxvILLE, ONT. 5.00%
BRANDON, MAN. 510%
TP. BRUCE, ONT. 5.12%a
HESPELER, ONT. • 5 12%
BURLINGTON, ONT. 5.20%
SYDNEY, N.S. 5 20%
LINDSAY, ONT. 5 20%
ELMIRA, ONT. 5 25%
NORTB BAY, ONT. 5.25 %
SUDBURY, ONT.' 5 38%
WESTON, ONT. 5.33%
MEDICINE RAT, ALTA 5.38%
Yield
ST. LAURENT,
TP. RICHMOND, B.C...5.40%
STREETSVILLE, ONT. 5.50%
DIST.NORTE VANCOU-
VER, B.O 5 50%
SUDBURY (SEP.
SOLS) . 5 75%
ESTEVAN, SASE. 600%~
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE,
MAN. (Guaranteed) ..5.400
ESQUIMALT, B.C.....5.65%
SIMCOE, ONT. . ..5.25%
WATROT s, SASE. .... 6.50%
ALBERTA SONOOL
DISTRICTS ... .......6.75 %
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