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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-05-06, Page 4E1 HE IS PUBLISHED ZV: BY T:tTBSDAY INC. BY E. ZELLER 'TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ;,--$1..00 per year paid strictly in advance. when the paper is not ordered to be discontinued it wilt be sent until such order is given and arrearages paid. $1.50 to be charged when not paid in advance. ADVERTISING RATES.—Trans s i e n t is dvertisements, 10 cents per Brewer line fmr first insertion and 5 cents per line for Goch subsequent insertion. Small Advs. each as"Lost" "Estrav" or "Stolen wid be charged 50 cents first insertion and '25 .cents for each subsequent insertion. Copy for change of ^uivertisement must be handed in not later `han Tuesday night -of each week to insure Change in follow- ing Issue. Local notices in ordinary reading type 5 cents per tine. Notices for Church en- tertainments or other benevolent institu- tion at special rates. Contracts for column, half -column and quarter -column rates for specified periods will be cheerfully given. Address all -communications to e Gala, E. ZELLER EDITOR, Zurticu, P.O wr FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1004. Forestry is to become an impor- tant feature at the Ontario Agri- cultural College at Guelph. Sotne thirty thousand. seedlings will be planted, principally Norway spruce white pine, basswood, and maple. These young trees will be ready for distribution among the farmers in the spring of 1905 and 1900. Mr. Zavitz will attend to the cultiva- tion and distribution of the plants. - In an autograph letter Senator Wark, whose centenary was mark- ed by a pleasing cereinony tho other ,day in the Senate chamber at Otta- wa assigns his longevity to plaits food and regular habits. He says he has been accustomed to eat oat- meal porridge and milk for break- fast, and still makes it the principal part of his morning meal, followed by a single cup of black tea and a slice of bread. A piece of fowl or fish with a. cup of tea forms his mid-day meal. In the evening he has a, cup of tea and a slice of bread He retires regularly at ten and rises at half -past seven. The War. Some stirring events have occur- -ed during the past week in the far East. Admiral Togo made another at- tempt to close Port Arthur on Tues - •day, and the Russian report says he failed. Eight fireships and two torpedo boats were sunk by the Russian fire. Gen. Kourpatkin has issued a hurry call for more troops to check the Japanese advance from the Yalu River. He is said to be now marching toward Feng-WangChenk -with 20.000 men. Details of Sunday's battle show • that the Russians fought bravely against superior numbers. The Russian loss is given as between 3,000 and 4,000 in killed alone. The Japanese had 793 killed and wound- ed. The valor shown by the Jape •hitherto in this war both on see and land is a fair augury of a suc- cessful issue of the war. But the conflict will be a long one. Russia has risen to a determination to see it to the end at whatever cost, and the manner of the reception at St. Petersburg of the heroes of the sunken warships at Port Arthur indicates an accession of national enthusiasm. Russia, refusing and defying all attempt at mediation, has entered upon a colossal task 'which will require all her immense .army and resources of money and credit. If the defeat of last Friday was of the magnitude reported the Russians will fall back to await reinforcements Which will take months to come forward, and meanwhile Japan will have secured and fortified the roads by which. they retreated. So far they have the reputation of out-generalling .and out -fighting their foes. By all .accounts, their strategy of the Yalu was masterly and effective. To Stamp Out Consumption. Many of the most thoughtful and public-spirited men of the Domin- ion are numbered among the officers -and members of the Canadian As- sociation for the Prevention. of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, which held its fourth annual meeting in Ottawa on Apr.. 20th and 21.st. Every thinking man and w oznan must be impressed with the necessity for united. action -.to check the ravages of a disease which ceases one death in every eight in this country, and gives rise to a vast amount of suf]'erin ; and per- manent ill -health. It is calculated that in Canada at the present mo - went between 30,000 and.40,000 per- sons are suffering from it, yet it is undoubtedly a preventable disease, and one that is curable in -itg earl- ier stages. AROUSING- THE Pueraio. The re.- port e-port of the excutive council pointed out that the operations of the as- sociation have combined with other infiuences to concentrate public at- tention in some degree upon con- sumption and to awake a desire for infer mation regarding • the meas- ures which should be taken to stag its ravages. The Secretary, Rev. Dr. Moore, of Ottawa, during the year distributed by mail and other- wise oval" 100,000 leaflets on "How to Prevent Consumption," ''Rules for Consi nptive.s," etc. Many lectures were also given, with the hearty co-operation and sympathy of medical health officers and other members of the medical profession ; the mayors and members of muni - t cipal councils, the clergy of all de- nominations, and the proprietors of newspapers. As the president, Hon, Senator Edwards, pointed out, lit- erature such as the association dis- tributes should be in every home, so that the people night be taught the simple means by which the e cnm•ge may avoided. While sanatoria were helpful in case of those who had the disease, he believed that the great means of its prevention was in education. INFECTION FROM ANIMALS. A phase of the question in which far- mers are particularly interested was discussed by Dr. Ravenal, an emi- nent United States authority, who is assistant medical director of the Henry Phipps Institute at Phila- delphia, in an able address on "Ani- mal Tuberculoses in their Relation to Human Health." Dr, Ravenal detailed with exactness the ad- vancement made in the study of consumption since Koch of Berlin made his famous discovery of the tuberculo bacillus, and said that in the course of many years experi- menting he had not found any ani- mals that were immune from tuber- culosis. The lecturer vigorously combatted the opinion of Koch and others that there is an essential difference between human and bo- vine tuberculosis, and cited a large number of experiments in support of his view that these were practi- cally identical. While admitting that the majority of cases of con- sumption were due to infection by inha]atian, he claimed that a con- siderable percentage could be defi- nitely traced to infection through the digestive tract by food, partic- ularly milk and meat. The few figures available seem.ecl to indicate that about 25 per cent of children's cases were due to the latter cause. He had no knowledge of any case of an adult becoming consumptive in this way. In conclusion Dr. Ra - venal urged that while it is impor- tant to educate the public, to build sanatoria, and to establish large institutes for the treatment of ad- vanced cases the whole duty of prevention was not being done if the possibility of infecttion from animal sources were neglected. The speaker was most favorably receiv- ed, and at the close of the lecture was accorded an unanimous vote of thanks on the motion of His E. cellenoy, the Govenor General, who has always taken a great interest in the work of the association. FRESH AIR. LIGHIT and SUNSHINE. The keynote of the convention was :—"Live as much as possible in the open air." Fresh air, light and sunshine are most important pre- ventives of consumption, and all rooms occupied by consumptives should be as well lighted and ven- tilated as possible. Living in over crowded, ill -ventilated, dark, dirty rooms ; insufficent or had food ; clissispatio ; or anything which en- feebles the constitution and thus impairs its power of resistance, is likely to facilitate the invasion of the system by the germs. These are found in vast numbers in the dust particles of the dried spit of the consumptive, and in the drop- lets sprayed into the atmosphere by the consumptive in coughing, consequently spitting about the streets or in buildings (churches, schools, theatres, railway stations, eta.) is a dangerous as . well as a filthy habit. W. O. T. it, The regular meeting of the Wom- an's Christian Temperance Union was held Monday evening, May 2nd at the home of Mrs. S. Rannie. The County president, Mrs. E. P. Paulin, of Dashwood, presided over the meeting, which opened with Devotional exercises. Rev. Yaeger and Rev. Geiger led in prayer, after. which a duett was sung, "Drifting The Zurich Herald. away from Jesus," by Mrs. Paulin and Mrs: Ideyrock. Next followed the Business half hour, and it was decided to aid the Goderich union in supplying com- fort bags, containing bibles, books, latest papers and other good litera- ture, for the sailors going to and from Goderich. The Educational part of the meet- ing proved very interesting. Rev. Yaeger gave a short address, speak- ing on the zareat amount of work there. is to be done, both. at home and :abroad ; the many lines of work and the many societies there are to work in, but thotig'h the Harvest is great the Laborers are few. Tho Temperance question is ono of the most stirring and exciting questions of the day on account of the ruin it brings to humanity; but the im- portant. question is being laid aside while the drink habit is becoming too popular. Rev. Geiger, of Parry Sound dis- trict next spoke taking for his subject, "Giving." How many think the only way of giving is financial giving, but Oh how much would it help every one, if you gave your sympathy, aid, talent, love and time, and what a blessing it would be if through your influence and firm stand for the right; you helped some one who was almost degraded by the liquor traffic, Mr. Geiger also spoke of his work in northern Ontario and related some of the sad sights he meets in that nes:* country, Mrs. Paulin made a few remarks thanking them for their instructive addresses and the pleasure it afford- ed the members to have them and the other visitors present. A male quartette was rendered by Messrs. Shetler, Stolck, Gelman and Ran- nie, "Onward and Upward." A delightful surprise was then given to all: by Mrs. S. Ronnie. The president of the union, Mrs. Hey - rock, speaking on behalf of her mother, in honor of the County president, all wore invited to re- main for a supper, which had been prepared. The table was arranged to form the letter T, and tastefully decorated, and everyone did ample justige to the Funny "goodies" pro- vided. The remainder of the even - mg was spent in social conversation and all departed, highly delighted with the kind entertainment, for which we thank Mr. and Mrs. Ran- nie and family, and hope in future we may have many more pleasant evenine,s. The next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Magel, on May 10th. Press. Supt. JUNK IN IIIS STOMACH. Knives, Keys and Wire Nails Taken From Chain Swallower. New York, May 4.—For more than three hours yesterday doctors in the German Hospital, Williams- burg, assisted in the delicate, oper- ation of removing from the stomach of John Fassel, who has called himself the "Hunan Chain Swal- lower," a variety of metal articles which the man had swallowed dur- ing the last two months. The following is a correct list of the junk taken from Fassel's stom- ach: Six knives of different varie- ties, one golds watch chain, ono key ring chain, one brass hall key, one roll top desk key, four yale lock keys, one button -hook, fourteen wire nails, each three inches in length ; two iron nails,four horse- shoe nails, two pins. . The operation left the man in such a weakened condition that it was said last night at the hospital that he might not recover. April of this year was in many respects a peculiar month from a weather standpoint. The rainfall for the month was 3.54 inches, as against 2 inches in the same month last year. The comparison of the snowfall is quite startling, almost fortr tithes as much of the snow having fallen in the month just ended as in April of 1903. The total fall of snow last month was in fact 12.09 inches, as against 3.09 last year during the same period. The warmest day last month saw the mercury in the thermometer touch 65, while in April 1903 it reached 80. On the coldest day last month the thermometer registered 18 de- grees, while the most frigid April day of 1903 saw it mark S% degrees. Changed His Mind. It is said that a small Oklahoma church was sadly in need of re- pairs and a meeting was held with a view of raising funds for that purpose. 'The minister having said. that $500 was needed, a very wealthy and stingy member arose and said ho would give $1. Just as he sat down a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling and struck him upon the head whereupon he hastily arose and said that he made a mistake—that he would give $50. This was too muoh for an enthusi- astic deacon present, who, forget- ful of everything, called out fer- vently : "Oh Lord, hit him again! Hit him again! Hit him again !" —Ex. The time is here when you want a new Side -Board, parlor Suite, Bed -room Suite. OR anything in the line of furniture, designs, new %lllishes. new r _ s and !an s, 1 . and R, hoer r" igs, Trunks and Valises Single and Double Harness. HE best judge of a collar ,or other piece of harness is the horse. As he is not com.- potent, the owner must exercise great care in its selection. No possibility of a mistake if a PNEUMATIC COLLAR is used. v 3 * 'xt''* .*** °k*: F ° -********3'Q,-�***•* - ,4.4Sy�P •C.- * * ht' * x�0 To Clear Out 0 0 0 0 Hs of Regular Price i5 to 35 cts. a roll, 11 e e 5 cts. a roll Don't miss this chance m 0 J. D. M riser, Zurich. 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