The Herald, 1914-09-16, Page 6q100,411104W11411084,4W
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Mouth Infeetion.
For many years doctors have
known that rheumatism and other,
general diseases are sometimes
caused by chronic inflammation of.
. the gums; especially of the tooth
sockets, hut until recently only an
occasional Ial^iyeician put thaa'know-
ledge to practical use• -often to the
'great relief of his patient. Within
the past two or three years, how-
ever, ail physicians have come to
realize the evils that may follow
suppuration within. the 'mouth
oral sepsis, as it is called, Per-
haps they make a little too much
of the oondition now, but there can
be no doubt that it is responsible
for a great deal of .avoilable ill -
nese. The mouth disease that is
most often responsible for general
ill health is Rigg',s disease (Pyorr-
hea alveolaris), but other forms of
inflammation, such as an a'bscees ,at
the root of the tooth, can also do
mischief. The abscess may cause
no pain ox apparent inflammation,
yet it may do a good deal of harm
if •the pus it forms passes into the
blood ;stream. Among the "many
diseases which in certain cases ean
be traced to .inflammation of the
gums or tooth sockets ere dyspep-
sia, rheumatism, anaemia, high
blood pressure frith result-ing head-
ache, or even heart and kidney die -
'
ease, constipation, and asthma.
Possibly we may include ulcer of
the stomach or intestines, gall-
stones, and appendicitis.
Of course, all these conditions
are mare frequently owing to other
' causes, but it is well to remember
that they can originate in an ill -
kept mouth, Too often, unfortun-
ately. we see broken and decayed
teeth, loose, and covered with tar-
tar, in the mouths of persons who
are in other respects careful in
regard to' personal hygiene. When
the physician examines such- a
mouth, he usually finds the gums
swollen, with a blue line along the
edge of the teeth, .and a very slight
pressure will force out pus from be-
tween the teeth. As long as such
a condition is present, it is not
- - much use t . treatobscure general
• symptoms of iN Health. Thorough
aEreatment by ,a,competent dentist
•
is the first thing to insist on. —
; Youth's Companion.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet fever and scarlatina are
one and the same disease, the lat-
ter being merely the name for a
slight ease of the former. Unfor-
tunately it is possible for a patient
suffering from a mild form of :scar-
latina to infect another person
with a severe form of the disease,
or to cause an epidemic. Cases
may be so slight as to escape no-
tice .until "peeling" commences, or
they may be severe enough to
cause death in a few days. Unfor-
tunately the slightness of aease
may lead to its being unnoticed, al-
though the danger of oomplications
is as great as in a more serious
,form of the disease. Scarlet fever
usually appears within 24 hours of
infection, although the incubation
may last two or more days. The
patient shivers, complains of head-
ache and nausea. Frequently there
is sickness. A sore throat is near-
ty always present. On the isecend
day the oharacteristtnc rash ap-
pears, 'first on the front of the
ehe•st and around the armpits, and
;gradually spreads to the rest of the
body: At first it resembles tiny red
points, but on the fourth day the
whole of the skin is suffused with
a vivid red rash wIlltich gives the dis-
ease its name. It begins to fade
and after a few days disappears. In
favorable cases the gibber symptoms
subside, and usually on the tenth
day the skin begins to powder,
aming away in fine flakes from the
ce and body, and in larger •pieces
,hoan the hoards, and„ feet. ---A Phytsie
eian .
The English. Bank Act:
The Bank Acct, which was passed
.n 1844, limits the value of notes
that may be issued by the Bank of
England. So long as the Act is in
force the bank must have an equiva-.
• tent amount of gold for every nota
isstt;ed exeept as regards £18,450,000
• of notes against which securities
are deposited: When the Act, its
ouspended, which has only occurred
;,gree times since 1844, the •bank
Yftiay issue notes, if it deems it ex-
»pedient, beyond the amount of gold
.,that ib holds. ,
Silence, is the wisest argument of
an ignorant roan.
ed y,i*,.....
The Standard Lge off.
Canaria. Has man
imltaUUons'but no equ
tee,
.THE .BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LOUVAIN, DESTROYED BY THE GERMANS
A view of the Town Hall at Louvain, Belgium. This lovely city was utterly destroyed. by the Germans
in reprisal for the shooting of some German soldiers by civilians. Buildings centuries 6]d, filled with
. priceless relicsof antiquity, were levelled to the ground by these Modern Goths and vandals. Six hun-
dred years ago this city, with its population of 50,000, was•the ' nostehr joltant 'industrial centre in this
part of Europe. Enormous quantities of woollen and linen•cl'oth were woven here and exported to all
parts of Europe. In 1378 there was a. riot in this square and-thirt,eu magistrates of noble family were
killed. The building shown here was, when erected, practically a huge illustrated Bible and town his-
tory spread open to the eyes of all the people before there, were any printed books.
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Young Folks
Jack and the Lily
It was a lovely lily, everyone said
so. One tall slender stem crowned
by three of the most eerfeet blos-
soms.
Mrs. Elwin was very proud of it.
"I think that if it does not take a
prize at ithe flower show, Thames,
it will at least be highly commend-
ed," she said to her gardener one
day.
Jack ,stood by his another's side
listening. He readhoutt out -one
chubby hand and clasped it about
the lily's stem.
"Don't tough it, my boy," said
his m'ot'her quickly; "it is very ten-
der, ,and a rough pull would snap
it off."
Three days passed away. It was
the evening before ithe flower show,
and Sack was in the garden by him-
self. "I will just go andlook at
dile lily," he thought. It had now
come to perfection, never were
such huge snow-white ,petals seen
before. As the little boy looked a
great wish ,seized him 'to draw it
closer, He clasped his fingers
about the pale ,green :stalk, and
drew it towards him. Ah 1 it was
alanost an a level' with his face,
when crack went the slenderstem
and the ibeauttiful proud lily could
hold its head erect rio longer. Tlie
little boy's ,face went all erimeon,
and tears rushed into his great
honest blue eyes.
"Run away, . run *.away. . before
anyone sees you," something wins
pered, "Mother will think a dog
came into the garden and brushed
peat iit.D7
"No, no, no, ;` for it would not be
true I" cried tilttle Jack,: and he ran
indoors as fast as his Short, sturdy
legs would carry hien.
Mother looked up with : a smile as
he. entered 'the nun. Then she held:
anther amts and 0 -aid : "Come here
and tell me what is the matter,
sonny `i''
"Oh :motther, another," sobbed
the little boy with this curly head
on her ehoulde:r.. "I have been:
,raY:at nrnv3t..rih.ii•r4,f.y f +n„„l ed. the
please forgive me, but punish ane
first if you ,like."
Motlher smiled. It was such an
absurd ending to his ,speech, and
she never had whipped Jack in all
the five years of his life. "There,
there, darling," she ;said, patting
his curly head, "'let pus go and look
at the lily. Perhaps it is not so Ib.ad
after all." .
Nor was it. The stem had snap-
ped just in .the right place, mothersaid, :exactly where she 'had intend-
ed to cut it.
And,. 0 joy! the lily took the
prize at the flower ,show after all.
But mother said as she kissed
Jack's little sunshiny face the night
afiter the flower show there was
something she valued far more than
the prize, and that was a Iittle son
who was brave enough to 'speak the
truth'.
BATTLE AT SPITIIEAD.
Tlenry VIII. 'Watched Attaek of
French fleet in 1545.
Actual naval warfare has been
witnessed by a King of England • at
Bpithead. In July, 1545, Henry
Vil]IL watched from Southsea
Castle the attack by the French
fleet upon the English fleet which,
was to have gone against the French
shores. The two days of skirmish-
ing had no decisive result, but the
English fleet suffered one great
lose. The Mary Rose, the pride of
the navy, ai,four-castled 60 -gun ship
of 600 tons, overweighted byher
ordnance, suddenly •heeled over at
Spithear,d, in consequence, says
Raleigh of "a little ;sway' an cast-
ing the ship about, her ports being
within 16 inches of the water."
Some 600 men' went down with her
--about 100 fewer than ,
a n
those lost
with the Royal George 237 years
later.—London Chronicle.
Army Dogs Well: Trained.
In Germany the dog has his
place as a part of the nation's reg-
ular fighting teorce. There is a ree-
tiler dog force composed almost eair.
tirely of !Spitzes and Pomeraniane,-
for service in time of war. The
canines are trained to• distinguish'
bettween.;German and foreign sol
diers " to "'give warning of the ap-
proach' of enemy or friend, to
geek out wounded edict
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Brockville;:
Ont.
Ills Past Record.
Political Candidate --' Well, did
you discover"' anything in stump's'
past life that we can use against
De•teetive—Not a thing, All he
ever 'did before he came here
was
bo sell ;awnings.
Political Bosis--Why, 'Bat's .,jjust
wlbat we want.' We'll say;'thet he
has been mixed •ttp in some decided-
ly" ,Shady traneactions.,
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SHOCK OF EUROPEAN WAR
WILL BE FELT Il?T DISTANT
CORNERS 01? TILE EARTH.
Contending Powers (Lave" Interests
In All Parts. .oi -the ..�4
World.
When Europe goes to war the fate
of millions of square miles of terri-
tory and of tens of millions of men,
women and children outside of Eu
rope are involved in the conflict.
Not one of the five continents and
not one of the seven seas but has a
stake in the continental etruggle.
Vast armies are' massed in Europe,
but little dots of islands in the cen-
tre of the Pacific, great tracts of
territory •in what used to be called
the Dark Continent, and wedges of
concessions that have often been
driven into the enormous coast lines
of China are all to be disposed of
according to the outcome of the bat-
tles that are to be fought thousands
of miles away from them.
A bare enumeration of the terri-
tories whose destinies are now be-
ing settled by the war takes one all
over the globe, now under the flag
of one country and again under that
of another. Every : continental
country has been for years hustling
for colonies, and these colonies now
make one, of the chief prizes of the
present conflict:.
Bokhara and lihiva.
Russia, . in the two protectorates
over Bokhara, and K'hiva, controls
107,000 square miles of land and
1,896,000 people, not included with-
in the Russian . Empire. Finland,
for purposes of distribution, is held
to be a part of Russia.
Belgium controls the Belgian
Congo, containing 909,000 square
miles and 15,000,000 of Bentus.
Italy controlts Eritrea on the • Red
Sea, Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and
part of Somaliland. The first men-
tioned has an area of 45,806 square
miles, an eiglitth larger than Ohio,
with a. population of 450,000; So-
maliland has an area of 39,430 and
a population of 400;000 natives.
Tripoli and Cyrenaica have an area
of 406,000 square miles and a popu-
lation estimated at 523,176. In
addition, Italy has a small conces-
sion at Tientsin, China, with a, pop-
ulation of 17,000 not carried in the
grand totals of lands and peoples
subject to pareeliing by the, Peace
Congress.
Germany, which, according to re-
ports, has already lost Togoland on
West est Coast of Africa, to acom-
bined fdree of British and French
colonials,. in the Kamerun protec-
torate German Southwest Africa
and German East Africa,' has 981,-
460 square miles, with a white popu-
lation of 2a 2,405 and a nal" le popula-
tion of 11,406,024. German East Af-
rica, is the prize, containing as it
doles an area of 384,810 square miles
and a population of 7,645,770. ,Ger-
man Southwest Africa, has an area
of 2,245 square miles, and a popula-
tion o , whites of 14,833, and a na-
tive population of 79,556.
In ,.Ausia her Jewels ":oonsist of
Kiauchau, ,acquired: in 1897, with an
area of only 200 sqs are miles, ,but
a population ,f 168,000. ,That isthe
seat of the'. Eastern Empire • the
Kaiser hoped 'to": establish on the
ruins of China.
In the Pacific Ocean
Germany has as large to paollection
of islands, numerically speaking;
as the United States, including
the new Guinea, Marsh 11, Solo-
mon and Caroline Islands and. part
of Samoa, : iii which ' the` United
States also has an interest.
France oversees has
putting tmg her laway ahead -9f all those
engaged in ,the war other ' " than
Great Britain. She regards Algeria 4i
and Tunis, in North Africa, par- •
titularly the former, as pant of
,nnn.p '�`uri/is ..is .Ft,tt,ar'hni1'•1n
err •h.nA +a t,ar_ _11
other colonies, created as a dopa
rnen•t of the government in 1894.
French eoloniets.have a. large .nie
sure of self-government: •" The old
ones,• s"uoch as Reunione-Martinigt
nand Guadeloupe, have represent
tion in the French Parliament. re
of those mentioned has. a *mat
and two deputies. • French Indi n
Pondicher lie
( ry), for many years tl tr.
football between the Dutch, th
Fren and the Eree,lish from th
middle of the 37th to theginnin Qic
r
of the 19th centuries, has a. sena, - p
and one deputy in the P,arlianser a
te
while Senegal, Guiana and Cbchi. Qf
China have each e. deputy.
. Are Represented by Senators.
The other colonies are represent
ed in the Conseil Superieur des Col
onies, consisting of senators ani
deputies from colonies, delegate
from those not represented in Par
'lament and persons especially ap
pointed to that assembly ' for consid
ering colonial affairs.
The possessions in Asia have a to
tal area of 310;176 miles and pope
lation of 10,773,300. In Africa tit
area. is 4,184,401, with a populatid
of 25,681,263, In America the are
is 35,162 and a population of 446.
720,.ehief of which is French Guian
with an area of 34,000.
St. Pierre and Miquelon on t can
Newfoundland coast, have an ar hel
of only 96 square miles; aim the
equal to the original District $80
Columbia, with a. population ser
423. The island of Martinique cam few
into notice in 1902 on account of the T
eruption of Mb. Melee, the volcani Bei
constituting the northern point oat
the island, which resulted in the,de ties
struotion of the city of St. Piers( sill •
and the loss of about 25,000 lives. trot
In the Pacifie ocean the Frenc4,a b
republic controls. New Caleloniaitbe
,i
and Tahiti, with an area of 7,20 T
and a population of 50,500. . , , andBritish Possessions Huge. ..'bei
The British colonial possessioxss pre
are the whole of the Australia Conti- stoic
neat, Canada, the former Boer Re- ed
public, Somaliland, Beuohunaland, the,
India, Victoria islands off the coasecro;
of China, Harbor of Weihaiwei, the dols
Federated Mayay States 'in the Ma- D
lay Peninsula, and part of Borneo this
and New Zealand.. rive
In the West Indies hair p.osseesions up
are the islandi, of St. Vincent, St. `l7ni
Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad, consti- tion
tuting the eastern boundary of the the
Caribbean Sea. North of that chain yea
of islands is Nassau and Bermuda, and
off the coast of Florida. Then there TI
is British Honduras and British to e
Guiana. pire
In the,' Pacific she has more than The
an equal division in the email is- on
lands in what is generally known it. mos
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Oceania. Her protectorates ove,
Egypt and her ownersthip of the ie
land of Malta, and the "nbrongh•olc
of Gibraltar, ,together with the Sues
Canal and defences to its entrancej
constitute the most valuable part o
her possessions between th•e hoop
island and the empire of India.
Reason Enough.
And one good action is wort/
more than a hundred good inten
tions.'
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