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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-03-29, Page 3BARBAROUS a -FASHIONED OOSTOMS Dressing Wounds With Boling Oil Contrast Between Past and Present The Wonderful Advance of Science f Few people have any real idea of the great advance in tate healing art, from the pain -saving standpoint. It is not many generations ago that surgeons used to arrest bleeding by searing a wound with the red-hot end of an instrument like a large solder, hog iron; and almost as recently the tourniquet was inflicting indescribable torture on those about to face the fur- ther terrors of amputation. Pitiful, indeed, must have been the sufferings of wounded soldiers before the day of Ambrose Pare, the great French surgeon, who saw the brutality of dressing wounds with boiling oil, and was the first to substitute the more Patient is nearly 78, and there is not humane idea of a mild emollient e.pplI. mach vitality to build up bralcon-down cation, tissue, etc. I may add that, after con - Just as Dr..Pare's emollient was a stant work in the profession for over huge advance upon the crude methods 30 years, and bolding responsible posts of the French hospitals, so to -day in hospitals, etc„ training at St. Thomas) Hospital, London, I have 'had a fair amount of experientce, and 1 think Zain.•Buk is an ideal balm. I shoal always keep some close at hand in my nuntsing work." A GIRL'S STRANGE EXPERIENCE. Miss Elizabeth Wood, of 3 Topefield street, Bolton, has detailed a strange yet instructive experience. She says: "I am a mill card tender. I showed signs of eczema in my youngest days. Directly I had been vaccinated, it broke out on my face, neck and, arms, and my head was literally covered w+th sores. My parents had an awful time with ane. The sores 'mattered,' and spread, until I was completely disfig- ured. "Wo were terribly upset," interposed her father, who was present. 'We called in several doetors, but in vain, for the blotches remeleed, and my child in Iter agony wand >:e*ateh, scratch, scratch. We were told that the disease would take tarn when she was seven years old, but no c: a loge came. We were then told we W( t.ld have to wait till she was fourtden. We began to look upon the ease as hope- less. In all, we tried at least nine doctors, and wasted a stivalt fortune. "As I grew up," resumed. Miss Wood, "I suffered more intensely. "On my bad days I was positively ashamed of my appearance, and very frequently I had to stay away from my work, Blotohed on the neck and face, and my hair coming out .in •handfuls, I could not mix even with my friends. "Doctors were useless in my ease, and we had to look out for some other source of Telief. Nine months ago we obtained a free sample of Zamel3uk, and almost front the first there were sies that Zam-Buk was something more than a auere ointment or salve. :'r caused by a simple scratch from the ronglt edge of an enameled utensil. The sequel is so remarkable that it had better be given in Sister Hannah's own words: "The eeratoh most likely had polaon- ed the tissue. 1'he sure varied in ap- pearance and size frcrin day to day, and I feared it might turn into eczema. This lastest three or four weeks, but in as many days your Zam Buk cured it completely. What I did was to wash the parts, then apply Zam-Buk, I am pretty sure had I not used your balm I should have had a nasty, ulcerating sore, very difficult to get rid of. My Zam-Buk, the new healing balm, is an equal advance upon all other methods. In Zam-Buk has been discovered Na- tu're's ideal balm for procuring new, healthy skin, and dispelling pain and disease. In recent years ointments, salves and embrocations have always had to face the objection either that they were too coarse to enter the pores of the skin, or that their ingredients, when sufficiently refined to be absorb- ed, were to harsh and irritating for general home use. The advent of Zam- Buk overcomes both difficulties. When you consider that the skin contains hundreds of thousands of pores, every one of them leading to the blood vessels underneath, you must at once see how injurious and dangerous it must bo to rub into the skin cint- ntents containing rancid animal fats and mineral substances - many of which are poisonous. You need use such no longer, for now in Zam-bule. you have a balm or ointment composed of pure- ly herbal essences; a balm so refined and purified that even the delicate skins of babies can absorb it and bene- fit by it.; a balm which, unlike the ointments of the past, owes no part of its composition to either the animal or mineral world; a balm which viewed in every way is a natural her- bal balm. `Lam-Buk is nothing more nor less than a combination of healing herbal juices and essences, prepared in handy, useful, and concentrated form. It is suitable for use in the nursery, as well as in the kitchen. It is efficacious either for cuts, scratches, bruises, burns, scolds, sprains, and stiffness, or for cold sores, • raw, chapped Bands, chillblains, cold feet, bad legs, piles, in• flamed patches, scalp irritation, sore breasts, barbers' rash, eczema, and dis- eased conditions of skin, When the skin is not sore or broken, rub it in to rub Day after day I dressed• my sores, and out the pain of neuralgia, tic, sciatica, I was soon pleasantly surprised to no - lumbago and rheumatism. Inhaling tics how less troublesome they grew. the odors of Zam-Buk will cure a cold i my head has now been cleared of the in the head. An ordinary box may bo sores completely, and I 'have more hair had from any druggist for 50 cents, or than ever 1 could boast. As you see, postpaid upon receipt of price from the my face is also clear. Everywhere any Zam-Buk Co., Colborne street, Toronto. skin is as 'healthy as it ought of be. I The proprietors of this preparation am happier than ever I have been. I have decided to send out free sample `case attend any work regularly, and I oan boxes to all our readers, and particu- i go about as an ordinary mortal, instead lars of the offer will be found in the 1 of keeping apart front the rest of wont- next column. ankind." Medical men and nurses everywhere GOODS GIVEN AWAY. the unique excellence of Zam- Buk, and it may be fairly claimed for 'Ilia good business man knows that it that it is the ]realer which Nature has it his commodity has merit it is sound intended man to use ever since she be- policy to let tate public test it free of queathed to him the instinct to rub a cost. One of the most successful firing place that hurts. A NURSE AS WITNESS. Sister Hannah's Story. to practice thin straightforward method of introducing their goods to the pub - lie is the Zam-Buk C., of Toronto, London, England, Cape Town, ,4ydney, Some remarkable evidence has been Calcutta, etc. They send out thou - given by a professional nurse, throw- sands of dainty sample boxes of Zama ng an interesting sidelight on the re- Bala every day because they know its aourcefuhness of the members of this merits must be patent to every tester, noble calling. Readers luny obtain one of these dainty For thirty years Sister Hannah, of 2 ,boxes, ,gee coupon below, Bell View, Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent, has obtained a wide experience of nursing, training at St. Thomas' Hos- pital, London, England, and latterly de- voting herself to the care of private oases. Recently she took charge of the case of an aged lady, and what threatened ' to prove a serious complication appear- ed one day in the shape of an obstinate sore. It was about, the size of a. ten CUT TIiIS OUT This Coupon with One Cent Stamp and the name of this paper entitles you to a dainty Free Box of 'Lam-Buk, Send to the Zam- Buie Co., Colborne St., Toronto. cent piece,and is supposed to have been ' �. 144 week ending Mar. Si, W. pp .+•e-ty-o.s•a•,- - t _ - . •ere-ee-•-e-e-a++-a~a~ • Speaking of Ancestry. • 1tfr, Chase has such. an exaggerated re- spect for the blue blood of boston which runs in his veins that his manner is slightly patronizing. IIe was lately in- troduced to a Syrian of good birth and education, who Iives in this country. "And may I Inquire," he said, blandly, in the course of the conversation, "if yon are of the Christian religion?" "My family was converted to Christ's teaching at the time of John's second visit to Lebanon," quietly replied the Syrian, -Youth's Companion. Penurious. Stella -ds Mabel stingy" Bella -Awfully. 1 tttshted for twenty blocks tsiva hat a'haid. o allow ani to pay the cane fare, and The Best of People Make mistakes unintentionally. But nb one ever made a -mistake in buying Blue Rib Ceylon. The tea that is used as well as talked about. ONLY ONE BEST TEA --BLUE RIBBON. JO1IN B. CLEhiENTS, The Milton Young Man Drowned in the Valencia Wreck. The above is a picture of John Barr Clements, the only man from this part of Canada to perish on the ill-fated Valencia, off the British Columbia coast, The young man, who was 29 years of age, was the son of Mr. William Clem- ents, formerly of Milton, but now of Clarkson, Ont. HIe left home about eight years ago. and had been travelling up and down the coast on different ves- sels, acting in the capacity of steward. He was a waiter on the Valencia, on which he was taking a trip merely to fill in time. In aletter received by his father from a chum of his, the following is told of•his death: "I came away from the wrecked ship about one hour before she went to pieces on Wednesday morning on a little raft. That was about 10.30 or 11 o'clock, Jack was within a few feet of me when I got aboard the raft. I cried to him to come and he said, 'No, I am going to stay.' Ho bade me good-bye as we got away from the ship. The ship was fast breaking up then. There was nothing left, only the rails which ran around the deck on which were standing about I0 people, So it is safe to say that Jack went down with the ship." 4444.444444,444444+444.444441.41# Experience With Farm Crops 4.44431ad"1 'etee tolef •i'dd-4'll` oohs eller The members of the Ontario Agricul- tural and Experimental Union are pleas- ed to state that for 1906 they are pre- pared to distribute into every Township of Ontario material tor experiments with fodder crops, roots, grains, grasses, Mo- vers, and fertilizers. Upwards of 1,600 varieties of farm crops have been test- ed in the Experimental Department of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, for at least five years in succession. Those consist of nearly all the Canad- ian sorts and several hundred now var- ieties, some of which have done exceed- ingly well in the carefully conducted ex- periments nt the College and are now Le- ung distributed free of charge for co- operative experiments throughout On- tario. The following is the list of co-op- erative experiments in agriculture for 1900: No. Experiments. Plots. 1. Three varieties of oats.. ., . 3 2. (a) Three varieties of six -rowed barley.. 3 3 (b) Two varieties of Hulless bar le4.Two varieties of spring wheat., 2 5. Two varieties of buckwheat.. 2 0. Two varieties of field peas .... 2 7. Emmer and Spelt.. . .. 2 8. Two varieties of Soy, Soja, or Japanese beans 2 9. Three varieties of husking corn 3 10 Two varieties of mangolds 3 11. Three varieties of sugar beets for feeding purposes -- 2 12. Three varieties of Swedish tur- nips8 13. Kitl llabi and two varieties of fall turnips 3 14. Parsnips and two varieties of carrots ...... .. . ,.. 3 15. Three varieties of fodder or sil- age corn.. ... ... .. 3 16. Three varieties of millet 8 17. Three varieties of sorghum3 18 Grass peas and two varieties of vetches 3 19. Two varieties of rape.. .. 2 20. Three varieties of Clover .. 3 21. Sainfoin, Lucerne, and Burnet 3 22. Seven varieties of grosses 7 23. Three varieties of field beans3 24. Three varieties of sweet corn3 25. Fertilizers with corn .. 6 26. Fertilizers with Swedish turnips 6 27. Sowiug ntangels on the level and in drills 2 28. Two varieties of early, medium, or late potatoes , , . . .. ... 2 29. Three grain mixtures for grain productiolt .. .. .. ... . 3 30. Three mixtures of grasses and Mover for hay . , . .. 3 The size of each plot in each of the first twenty-seven experiments and in Nos. 20 and 30 is to be two rods long by one rod wide; and in No. 28, one rod square. Each person in Ontario who wishes to join iu the work may choose any one of the experiments for 1906; and apply for the same. The material will be fur- nished in the order until the supply is cation are received until the supply is exhausted. It might be well for each applicant to make a second choice, for fear the first could not be granted. All material will be furnished entirely free • of charge to each applicant, and the pro - dace of the plots will, of course, become the property of the person who aon•luets the experiment. J. Buchanan, Director. Ontario Agrie, College, Guelph, March 5th, 1906. , SNAKE IN IN STOMACH. '` Coughed Up Milk Snake Measuring Four. teen Inches in Length. leer some nlotttlts a daughter of Mr. eiVm. Hleman, West ward, Inas not been tin good health, and imagined that there was something alive in her stomach, says the Mitchell Advocate.. At times she could feel it crawling up her throat and 'would have to take food to send it back. The sensation was anything but pleasant, but relief came one day last week, when the young Indy Vas visiting in the coun- try, and drinking a glass of cream, whiell diel riot agree with her, took a fit of coughing and up carnet a milk snake measuring fourteen inches in length and still alive. Judging from the size of the reptile it trust have been in the vietitn's stomach about two yeara, and no doubt was swallowed Witile drinking from a pool of water. Mdmibile In Winning the vi let Is the only lto'vei' that may With pmprlet: be wont. 2 I BIRD, BEAST OR HISU. I AN EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL, A. CREATURE WHICH WOt ru SURPRISI; THE AVERAGE CANA- DIAN IF HE SAW IT IN THE LARDER -0R ANYWHERE ELSE,' There is an animal in Australia which has the head and feet of a bird, the body and four legs of a quadruped, and the habits of a flab. .[t loves louder the water, yet breathes air. It lays eggs, yet it suckles its young. Scien- tists call it the duck-billed platypus It was in the wondetrful country het:deli claims this strange paradox, that Bileans for Biliousness, tho great household remedy, was first produced, Up to the discovery of Bileans, recta catty all liver and stomach disorl•ars contained mercury, bismuth and other mineral poisons. These harmful in- gredients, if taken for long, have such serious effects as loosening the teeth, causing the hair to fall out or become prematurely gray, ere. Biloans, on too contrary, aro purely vegetable They contain no trace of any mineral poison, and are thus not only more powerful as a cure, but are more safe in their use. They cure stomach and liver disorders without introducing 'f:7� t (The Duck-billed Platypus). other evils. So powerful are they in operation that they eradicate the causes of the ailments they are com- pounded to combat, and yet they are so mild that they are suitable to the most delicate constitution. Not only aro Bileans superior by virtue of their vegetable nature, but, being the product of modern scientific research, Bileans are thoroughly up- to-date. They do not merely purge, giving temporary relief only, and leav- ing the patient weakened, like the out-of-date so-called remedies of forty or fifty years ago, which, as already stated, contain probably aloes, mer- cury, and other harmful drugs. Bileans, without the slightest discomfort prompt the liver and digestive organs to act in nature's normal way, leaving those or- gans strengthened and stimulated to con- tinue the performance of their duties without further assistance. They pro- duce a gentle action of the bowels, cur- ing or preventing constipation, cleans- ing the stomach and ridding the system of all impurities. Bileans for Biliousness are also a pertain cure for headache, constipation, piles, liver trouble, indigestion and all digestive trouble, indigestion and all di- gestive disorders, female ailments, skin eruptions, biliousness, sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, foul breath, dizzi- ness, fainting, buzzing noises in the head, feeling of uncomfortable fulness even after a light meal, wind pains, anaemia, debility, etc. They also act :es a general tonic, and by improving the tone of the whole system enable it to thrown off colds, chills, rheumatism, ' eta. They improve the general circula- tion, and are a boon to pale -faced girls and weak women. For all purposese to which a household remedy is put Bileans will be found of excellent service. - Bileans are obtainable from all drug- gists and stores, at fifty cents per box, or direct front the Bilean Co., Colborne st., Toronto, upon receipt of price. Rightful Secret of a Woman. The thanks of her sex Is due Minnie Gail - lar, sobtoolma'am of Sortma•tta, R1ex.,for her resistance o4 an not of ca p:resolve to Re- corder Gotta court. Threatened with jail li she slid not divulge her ago, she stood up i for the unalienable right of womanhood to 1+ iteep utak secret Inviolable. The toss of her head .and the snap of her jaws as she defied the efforts of the district attorney to extract the incriminating evidence deserve to on re- card .tn the annuals of .freedom along with the ttring of thio shot heamd around the JAMES WATT. A ma:i' best monument, it is true, i4 his work; but we erect mernorials,nevere theless, mid 11 is rather Aston liing that so great a Scotehnan as James Watt i4 only coating to his own eighty-seven yeara after his death. Two years ago, through the public-spirited action of Mr. Carnegie, n Watt memorial fund was started. A sura of slightly over £I0,000 has since been gathered, and it has now been decided to wipe out the reproach by the erection of a handsome institute upon the site of Watt's birthplace in Greenock. The buildiug will be in the old Scotch style of architecture, and will, it is expected, cost about 1;0,500, which will leave a balance for endowment or for other necessary purposes, Mr. Car- negie, who has contributed practically half of the memorial fund, recently pub- lished a popular biography of James Watt. OPENING OF FLOWERS. Heat Saone to be the Controlling Influ- ence of Buds. An inve•etigation has been carried on at the University of Nebraska to dis- cover the physical causes which produce the opening and closing of flowers which take place at certain hours of the day, as for in•ttance the dandelion, the four o'clock, the morning glory, the evening primrose. the flax and many others of similar character. In the study light, humidity and water content of the soil were eliminated as possible physical factors, and it was positively determined that beat is the important factor in causing the opening and closing of petals of all flowers which bloom for more than one day. While tight exhibited no influence on such flowers, cold when properly ap- plied could be made to check the open- ing, or wizen opened heat could be applied to maintain the flower in that condition for an abnormal length of time. Flowers which bloom for one day only'. appear to be controlled by a swelling or inflation of the flower petals, the result of growth and not of stimulation. The Red Man Coming to the Front. The Indian is coming bo the front in these day. On March 4, 1',108, the tribal organization of the Cherokees, Ohieka- sanvs, Chootaws, Creeks, and Semitneice is to be dissolved, and those Indians, numbering about 90,000, will diffuse t]vemselve.3 among the mass of the citi- zenship of the country. Their commun- ity, the Indian Temtitory, w,i11 form part of the coating State of Oklahoma, and the red man will take up a little of the white man's burden, and assist an mak- ing and obeying the laws of his State and oouutry. There are 270,000 Indians in the coun- try. Of the 170,000 who are outside of the Five Civilized Tribes of :the Indian Territory and outside of the State of New York, 30,000 are attending school. Civilized clothes aro worn wholly by 120,000 of them 170,000 Indians, and aro worn portly by 30,000 more; four-fifths of these reside in dwelling houses of civilized style; 70,000 talk English enough Pet ordinary purposes, and most of these can read .it; and 40,000 are members of churches. Practically all the members of the Five Tribes' talk Eng- lish, all wear civilized clothes, all hare good schools, and all live in dwelling- house.s The same is true of the few thousand Indians in New York. Since 1577, when the Government be- lts work of educating and preparing gan worm. them for citizenship, the Indians have . made far more progress than thte whites ever did in any equal time. The Chero- kees, Choctaws, Chiekasaers, Ca'eeks and Seminoles. have been governing them- selves for two-thirds of a century. They will do the same thing on a larger fiend and under somewhat different conditions in the coming State of Oklahoma. Citi- renzensbip i,3 near at hand for all the Indians, end with the tnlition which they are receiving, and under the incentives strengthen every organ of the body. SOLI which are 'offered• to totem, they will 1 by medicine dealers or by mail at 50 probably make ns good um o8 it as the cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, from average white men have done, -Leslie's the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock. Weekly, viiia, Ont. for ill: above picture of the men and fish is the trade- mark of Scott's Emulsion, and is the synonym for strength and purity. It is sold in almost all the civilized coun- tries of the globe. If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world-wide calam- ity, because the oil that comes from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and life-giving properties. Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scott's 1 mu1- sioii found a way of preparing cod liver oil so that everyone call take it and get the full value of the oil without the objectionable taste. Scott's emulsion is the best thing in the world for weak, backward children, thin, delicate people, and all conditions of wasting and lost strength. Send tot Ekes sample. SCOTT' as 13OIVI'My Cul ITs'rsl 1TOsiotf'0* seatnV:lr at $1.04. x11 areggiete. The only nourishment that bread afford* is that which the flour contains. Bread baking is merely putting fiour in appetising form. Flour making is merely putting the nu- tritiaus part of wheat in shape for bread making. Good milling is the kind that takesfroxn the wheat all that is nutritious, nothing else, Royal Household Flour is made from carefully selected Manitoba Hard spring wheat. Every pound is almost a pound of food; clean, white, pure and nutritious. it goes farther, does better baking and is more satisfactory in every way than any other flour, Your grocer knows he cannot keep store so well without Ogilvie's Royal Household. Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Limited. MONTREAL, "Ogilvie's Book for a Cook," contains r eo pages of excellent recipes, some never before published. Your grocer can tell you how to get it FREE. 3 A SPRING TONIC. Dr. Williams Pink Pills Make Rich Red, Health -giving Blood. Cold winter months, enforcing close confinement in over -heated, badly ven- tilated rooms - in the home, in the shop, and in the school - sap the vitality of even the strongest. The blood becomes clogged with impurities, the Iiver sluggish, the kidneys weakened, sleep is not restful -you awake just as tired as when you went to bed; you are low spirited, perhaps have headache and blotchy skin -that is the condition of thousands sof people every spring. it comes to all unless the blood is forfeited by a good tonic -by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. These pills not only banish this feeling but they guard against tho more serious ailments which usually follow -rheumatism, nervous debility, anaemia, indigestion and kidney trouble. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills aro an ideal spring me- dicine. Every dose makes new, rich, red blood. Every drop of new blood helps to strengthen the overworked nerves. Overcomes weakness and drives the germs of disease from the body. A thorough treatment gives you vim end energy to resist the torrid heat of the coming summer. Mr. Mack A. Meuse, Sluice Point, N. S., says: "I was so com- pletely run down that I could hardly work. 1 decided to try Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, as I had beard them highly spoken of, and a, few boxes worked a great change in my condition. I ant again feeling as well and strong as ever I did and con recommend the pills to all weak people." It is a mistake to take purgatives in the spring. Nature calls for a medi- eine to build up the wasted force -pur- gatives only weaken. It is a medicine to act on the blood!, not one to act not the bowels, which is necessary. Dr. Wil- ifams' fink Pills are a blood medicine - they snake pure rich, red blood, and A Shaking Up. • A method of preventing sea -sickness by means of a chair electrically vibrat- ing is being tried by the Hamburgh-Am- eriean Lino on board the steamer Pat- ricia. The met is made to perform vi- bratory movements by electric power, the chair being connected with the elee- trio supply of the vessel. The patient sits' in the clink with his feet placed on a footboard and his arm resting on suitable supports and a rheostat is pro- vided by means of which he is able to regulate the electric current. The gen- eral state of the patients improved nb. viously under the treatment, but only so long as they remained in the chairs. There is, however, no objection agaieet leaving patients in the chairs for slay% provided that they do not suffer from any form of heart disease. • Quite Proricient, Sammy broke suddenly into the parlor one day, and c:,,ne upon hie Aunt tier- garet, sitting on Mr. Brown's knee. The satrprised couple thastencs to pull wool over tate youngsters eyes. "Wo are rehearsing for a little play, Sammy," exe1aim t1 Aunt Margaret. "Yee, Samuel," sodded Mr. Brown, with a touch of sentiment in his voice; "I am now holding the queen:' "Yost moat be good at it," answered Sammy, as ha backed out of the room; "I heard Thiele Jack say that you held four queens last night "•-•Lippineott-s Magazine. Rigorous Etiquette in 'Washington. seneneepcts Journal.) Seedy to Wt t 'hint tam has be"n accused o•I feacti g t •t ninelt toward n. i meat and form. We have boon enured recently by the whiinsloal ect.t,^•tt tbetwa+n the jetIlers et the suproti.e court end ,t lora iactctunt:t nt .• the t o a a o�.h • u r.t ea to who a pulci (ttrtern t pp v •U�. tt i * president Virgok p ltl� a eSYi t rn(:ronte aaurt, ttrtwttb san.S•tug its Wasrning in other tilreut'arai, 'hos rawsscdi on the Met at etiquette mood the pkntpoteattinrirt of fore ;tit hods salnnn. to the prealdent e betere t):e uuombers of the, count. !1' hec-e and ether eentests have elven an 3:mpretato:a that soetehy tot stub a tNal •lusts Wombs a rather 'treat on sorra Or a reentikie. ir_ CRIME IN LONDON. London is paying the penalty paid by all large cities. Crime is inside her gates. In round numbers she has to pay nearly $8,000,000 to keep criminals in check, for that is the sum paid out oto her police, courts, prisons and pro- secuting officers. It fails to include sto- len property, losses due to the idleness of criminals, losses to injured parties, ate. Serious crimes, such as burglary, hoose -breaking, counterfeiting, etc., are increasin Arrestsg. aro more frequent than form- erly, and each arrest adds to the ex - i penso and loss account of the city. Es- ; titnates put the bill of the city's ex- penses as high as $10,000,000. In other words, each taxpayer or head of a household of five persons pays $0.8,1 a year for London's crime. Nor do these millions make up the total loss. There are the hundreds of thousands taken, , consumed by the criminals, bidden away, lost or destroyed. Add then to these the 1 antotiuts paid by private parties to pre- ; vent burglary, cte„ watchmen, caretak- , era, burglar alarms, door and window fastenings, safes, revolvers, life protee- tors, dogs, eta, and one begins to get a fairly good idea of what are the losses due to crime in a large city. A table prepared its London puts the pollee and courts down for $914,900,000, the prisons for $583,980, lost. property for $1,216,625, loss by injuries, assaults, etc., $973,300; loss in labor of' criminals, etc., $1,187,960, or a total of $13,090,885. These appalling figures cover often only the well known items. INFECTION FROM CATS. The Glasgow correspondent of The London Lancet writes as follows to his paper: "The bacteriologist for •the Burgh of Govan, has issued an interesting report on his investigations into the question of diphtheria infection from cats. The cafe were taken to the laboratory where their throats were examined. Micro-organisms from the throat were found to corre- spond en every respect to those of the human subject. In one ease the animal bad been in the habit of sleeping in the samo bed as the patient; in the other the child had been carrying it in her arms and kissing it as children frequently do with domestic pets. Both cats bad been ailing previously to the children becom- ing affected. Of five eases of diphtheria recently reported in Govan three patients canoe from two families living in ad- joining properties and two from a house in a tenement directly opposite. In the circumscribed area inclosing the back courts of these buildings there had been a stray cat which had eventually ob- tained a home in one of the families af- focted. The animal, when examined, was found to be suffering from post- diphtheritic paralysis of the legs." -r A N. Y. Reporter. • (N. Y. Sun.) His day's asignment was .the squalid slum, Isis 'copy" lay in Ghetto and to dire; T:h.e court„ the pushcart -alt the swarming hive. The refugee,, the "copper" and the "bum." Yet to him lite was not a vale of gloom, His kindly penal sweetened sordidness. His jester's bauble put to ®light distress, Like emissive souring 2brough a wretched room. And now he's gone. We hardly knew his wamo-- ,Airttet reporter, doomed to 3esbg type. Yet, haply, when the round of work to done; And pals swap Aeries over glass and pipe, Some one may mention "Nosy" of The Sun, Or smiling, speak of Gotstein. Such is tame. Mt CARL Of CIIILDRfN. Nowadays wise mothers do not dose their children with harsh, griping cas- tor oil or purgatives, nor do they give then poisonous opiates in the form of so-called soothing medicines. Baby's Own Tablets take the place of these harsh anti dangerous nuedioines, and the moth- er has the word of a Government analyst that the Tablets aro absolutely safe, I3aby'e Own Tablets cure indigestion, con. stipation ,colic, 'teething troubles, diar- rhoea, simple fevers) and other little ills of childhood,. An occasional dose will keep children well. Mrs. R. E. tong, I'eachland, B. C,, says: "I have found Baby's Own Tablets unsurpassed for teething troubles, breaking .up colds, t educing fevers, and other ills, and they snake a child sleep naturally. I now always keep them in the house." Ask t for the 'Tablets nt your drugaist's or your can get them by mail from The Dr. Wil. i thuds' 1•ledieine Company, Brockville, Ont., at 25 cents a box. The Absent.Minded Profeetibre '+ (I)etrOlt Pre() . trees.) "Boor troubled with slhseoR-mktiedsewit" asked the visiting alumnus. "Well, rather," sekt the profeeaer. +"1 tried 40 think of the nestle tot one of Mg tnwst inertia(' friends just now, and bouida•1 to save my lite. 1 wanted to inirOdute hini to a voids." "T east you," bald the aludnnns. "T4s lady Was hie ey wife." t''roing Back I#orne. (N. Y. Sccttteh Amorkxn.) A htgjtlard emigrant, asrlvine in Ono of the Canadian townships where almost ore. thine but Gaelic is tipoleen, was met at tits station by a negro, who entered Seto cote. versatte•n +doth hien in lila Iowa languaike (no uncantmon thing In these parts). Tb4 "new ohm" sate aumtdsed, and salad the coloreds p ent19ni0.tt -"1i4W long hem Pen hiss brre?" "8lx years." "Get piens MC If fort belie 'aster Yue too coin x Patti Wt