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HEALTH EDUCATION
BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Provincial Board of Health, Ontario
Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer quokka:al on Public Health ass&
tars through this column. Addreea him at $gadima Homo, Spadini
Crescent, Toronto.
In Great Britain alone the indirect entire community, the wonder is that
waste attributable to disease amounts I municipalities do not exert more ef-
to $100,000,000 yearly, according to a: fort to have slum, areas eliminated
statement recently made by Viscount altogether. Of course there are diffl-
Astor in the House of Lords. This is' culties in the way of removing slums
no id]e talk made without due con-: and houses that are practically unfit
sideration, for Lord Astor has for a , for human habitation: there may be
long time been interested in Social : such congestion of population that
Reform and knows whereo.t he speaks.: apart from their slum dwellings there
Just fancy the conditions that prevail is absolutely no place to house_ them.
in some parts of the British Isles ±Again, the cost of removing the slum
where it has been found that there: areas may be so expensive as to pre -
are more than two million slum houses vent the municipality from undertak-
in which people were compelled to live ( ing the work, and so the disagreeable
in a state of "positive indecency." surroundings continue to exist.
' Protesting against present condi- In our Canadian cities there is un -
tions, Lord Astor declared that there doubtedly much overcrowding. Rents
are .few things more costly than slums, I are so high that apartments and flats
which breed immorality, discontent, I have to be divided and sub -divided to
and revolution. He added that the provide accommodationthat will con
British Isles had little to .fear in the I form to the needs of the pocketbook.
way of a revolution, but he would lose And oftentimes the space thus provid-
faith in the people if they became re- ed is hopelessly inadequate. Especial-
conciled to conditions under which ly objectionable is this state of affairs
they live at the present time, in the winter time, when the artifici-
The Archbishop of York, who sup- ally -heated air in houses becomes very
ported Viscount Astor in his protest, impure and unfit for•breathing, owing
thought that the average working- to the congestion of people, some of
Finan's home should contain three bed- whom are habitually indoors. Apart
rooms,' a bathroom, 87 -kitchen, and a from lung troubles, which often have
sitting -room or living -room. Bishop their origin in ill -ventilated, unsani-
Southwark, who lives in the East End tary dwellings, the common cold is
of London, declared that' bad housing very prevalent, and may result in
;was a fertile ground for agitators bronchitis, pneumonia, and other dis-
against the present system. eases. Added to the danger of con -
Though perhaps in a less degree, tracting illness of one kind or another
the same conditions prevail in our is the discomfort of living, which re -
Canadian cities. There is far too sults in dissatisfaction of social con -
much overcrowding, far too many ditions generally, and often is the
areas that are so congested as to merit match that lights the torch of revolu-
the name of "slums." When one real- tion and revolt.
izes how injurious slum areas are, not Proper and adequate housing of the
only to the health and moral.; of those people is one of the most important
who live there, but also to the general functions of civilized government at
appearance and general welfare of the the present time.
TO MAKE CARBON
BLACK IN CANADA
But for one of the non-metallic
minerals -carbon black—this paper
might have to be printed in some other
color, -and the automobile tire industry
would be severely handicapped. Car-
bon black, a product of the incomplete
-combustion of natural gas, has not
as yet been manufactured in Canada,
-but the Mines Branch of the Depart-
ment of Mines, .through Mr. R. T. Els-
worthy, of the chemical division, is
this season making a field study and
chemical investigation of natural gas
irp western Canada with particular re-
gardto determining the composition,
•
important the industry is in Louisiana
may be judged from the fact that one
company's plant consists of 130 burn-
ing houses, 114 by 12 feet.
Canada has many gas areas, some
of them situated at points distant
from possible domestic utilization, and
it is likely, as a result of the Mines
Branch's investigations, that some of
these may be found available for the
economical production of carbon black.
The Mining Lands Branch of the De-
partment of the Interior is at present
engaged in framing regulations for
the production of carbon black from
wells situated on Dominion lands.
The Ontario Government, it is re-
ported, has recently given permission
for the natural gas from a small ,yield
in the Sarnia district to be used fo
the production of carbon black. It is
understood that development will take
character and gasoline content of place at once. The initial plant will
these gases. At present natural gas be of but limited size, and will permit,
of enlargement as the opportunity
arises.
The recovery of carbon black varies
from one-quarter • to twopounds per
somewhat similar to the soot produced 1,000 cubic feet of gas, and+•the mar -
by a smoking kerosene lamp. It is, ket `price ranges' from 17 to •22 cents
however, a product of the burning of
natural gas. •The flame is.impinged
against a metal surface, whieh is kept
cool by running water, and as the soot
c mul s. it is • e
ac u ate m ehanicall remov-
ed. The chief production p i centres at
present are in West Virginia and
Louisiana, *here there are tremen-
dous supplies of natural gas. Each of ities and consistencies a wide range of
these States has stringent ,conservation ink may' be made, from that which is
legislation governing the use of the termed news -ink to a grade suitable
gas. In Louisiana, before the,gas,niay for the printing of the finest illus
be: used for the,�niantifacture of carbon trations.-
,black, the gasoline content mast be It is also used as a pigment in the
extracted, •and, b certain' sections but manufacture of ;paint, in which case a
20'per cent. of--t'ite daily outpnt of the loading material is generally added,
wells is perYiittedto be used for car- usually barytes. In the malting of
:Seri black. manufacture, ' All possible black polishes carbon black very gen
'efforts must be made to avoid waste erally enters, while for phonograph
th f h 1 records fotintain pen. carbon paper
containing ethane and other hydro-
- carbons is in great demand for the
manufacture of carbon black.
Carbon black is a soft, light soot,
n per pound, with as high as 50 cents
for special grades. The black is pack-,
ed in paper sacks for, shipment.
The uses of carbon black are almost
innumerable. Oneof the chief uses is.
in the preparation of prihtingSn
k,
such as this paper is printed with. B.y
admixture with oils of different qual-
black enamel leathers, ete., it finds
many uses.
In the preparation at the rubber
composition of automobile tires and"
other lubber "goods the greatest eon -1
sumption of carbon black has develop-
ed. It is estimated that fully 45 per
cent. of .the entire -production is used`
in this industry. Owing to its fineness
of subdivision it is a very valuable in-
gredient in automobile tire • eomposi-.
tions; it must, however, be used in
combination with other things. Alone
as a rubber pigment It is not par-
ticularly valuable.
Canada is a very large user of car-
bon black, and, while as yet, producing
none, for the year ending March 31;
last, imported, of lamp, bone, ivory
and carbon blacks, 8,743,409 pounds,
of a value of $446,812, and it enters
Canada duty free.
Should the Mines Branch be able
to demonstrate the commercial pos-1
sibilities' of the utilization of the Al-!
berta gas fields for the production of
carbon black it will add ,considerabte
to the industry of Canada and make �.
use of another of our great natural
resources. -.
EASY TRICKS
No. 54
Finding The Number
The magician counts the cards .in
a pack to show that There are only
the usual 52, A spectator takes out
of the centre of the pack any num-
ber of cards ho likes, withdrawing
them in a bunch so that the magic-
ian cannot know how many Dards
are' taken. The cards are placed
face down on the table and the spec-
tator places either on top of the
pack or beneath it a number of
cards known only to himself. The
cards are cut as many times as
desired. The performer counts the
cards and immediately tells how
many were added.
• When the magician counted the
cards it gave him an excuse for
dealing the cards face upward so
that he might remember the names
of the top card and the bottom
card. The fact that cards were
withdrawn trom the centre of the
pack left these cards undisturbed.
The spectator adds the number of
:ards he desires and the cards are
cut. The performer now deals the
cards face upward on the table,
mentally counting until he reaches
the first of the cards he remem-
bered. He continues dealing until
he reaches the other card he re-
membered. Then he counts the
cards, silently to the end of the
pack. The number of cards preced-
ing the first card, plus the number
following the second is the number
added. If this number is obviously
too large he gathers the cards up
and deals them again, this time
counting the cards between the
noted cards. This will give the cor-
rect number.
(01ip this out and paste it, with
other of the series, in a scrapbook.)
THE FALL WEATHER
HARD ON LITTLE ONES
Canadian fall weather is extremely
hard on little ones. One day it is
warm and bright and the next wet and
cold. These sudden changes bring on
colds, cramps and colic, and unless
baby's little stomach is kept right the
result may be serious. There is noth-
ing to equal Baby's Own Tablets in
keeping the little ones well. They
sweeten the stomach, regulatethe
bowels, break up colds and make baby
thrive. The Tablets are sold by medi-
cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a
box from. The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville,' Ont.
Working Up Tailings.
South Africa, home of the diamond
and with great gold mines; finally is
working up the "tailings" or dumps
from earlier and cruder operations.
In Kimberly, for instance, many small
diamonds are being recovered from
the town streets which for years were
filled and repairedewith dirt excavated
from the diamond mines. • One block
alone ..ie ' .said rsto, haveyielded more
than $40,000 in. gems.
In the Rand, ' where. gold is • mined••,
extensively, eioctrical' hoists• built in I:
America- are healing out 140,000 tons I:
of ore a month in'stead of the .best -pre- I
virus, amount of a bare 100,000 tens., I.
Automatic checks prevent • the driver
from running the hoist too fast ,and r
also check the elevator when it
reaches'the proper height. t. Ea
ch hoist
bran 'ti up10 000 pounds o
g fore from a
deiith of 6,000 feet at a speed of 4,000.
feet, a ;minute.
The trap-door spider constructs a
trap-door which closes ,by gi'avitatio:i,'
the edge being specially weighted to
close the door automatically,. when the
spider goes hi or out.
The end of colonization, it is" esti-
mated, will he reached in, about two -
hundred years time.
•
Ask for. Minard's and take no other.
Evolution of Musical Culture.
All music that affords a true medium
of expression is good magic, Even as
the evolution of mankind is repre-
sented by ;groups ofpeople at different
stages of development, yet all pro-
gressing, all grades of .nz11810 _ that
form the trite expression of any set, of
people, have their place in the evolte:
tion of inusi'cal culture, from the low-
liest ragtime• to the most . elevated
chamber music. •
As in the greater evolution, some
people more fortunately disposed than
others, move more quickly through the
lower grades, and are apt to be im-
patient with and lutolerant of the
more slowly moving individuals. Here,
as in all else, the trouble arises from
those in advance who, through lack of
sympathetic understanding, question
the sincerity of the others. This re-
sults in recrimination and rebellion by
the more advanced, and an aping by
those behind --the worst of all things,
since it stops progress and begets the
only bad music; that which is -.insin-
cere.
oRK.W ORN WOMEN
Care of Horne and Children Of-
ten Causes a Breakdown.
The woman at home, deep in house-
hold duties and the cares of mother-
hood, needs occasional help- to keep
her in good health. The demands upon
a mother's health are many and severe.
Her own health trials and her child-
ren's welfare exact neavy tolls, while
hurried meals, broken rest and much
indoor living tend to weaken her. No
wonder the woman at home is often
indisposed through weakness, head-
aches, backaches and nervousness.
Too many women accept these visita-
tions as a part of the lot of mother-
hood. But many and varied as her
health troubles are, the cause is sim-
ple and relief at hand. When well, it
is the woman's good blood that keeps
her well; when ill she must make her
blood rich to renew her health. The
nursing mother more than any other
woman needs rich blood and plenty of
it. There is one way to get this good
blood so necessary to health, and that
is through the use of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. These enrich the blood,
and through their use many weak, ail-
ing wives and mothers have been
benefitted. If you are ailing, easily
tired or depressed, it is a duty you owe
yourself and your family to give Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills a fair, trial.
You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
through any dealer in medicine or by
mail at 50c a box from The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Fast Codfish Dressing.
Out on the foggy Grand Banlcs the
most arduous task of the cod fisher-
man is "dressing down." Everyone
dreads it, for it means working re-
gardless of hours until the job is done.
If the catch has been heavy, mid-
night, or even the dawn following,
sees the entire crew hard at it by
the light of flares. No one, not even
the cook, commonly known while
afloat as "the doctor," may have any
respite. The deck is slippery with
parts of the thousands of cod that
have been slid from the knife of the
slitters into the hold. Cut fingers are
of no avail as an excuse for laying off.
Power has taken a lot of the mean-
ness out of life at sea and the same
little gasoline engine that hoists the
sails and weighs the anchor will now
have more to do—and the crew, less.
The "Iron Splitter" does the work of
60 to 75 men who now wield sharp
knives on the Grand Banks off New-
foundland, up along the. Labrador, as
well as in the localities frequented
by fishermen from France, England.
and Scandinavia. Every second the
new machine takes a fresh codfish
and as often it turns out a dressed
fish. :It performs all the usual opera-
tions of 'splitting, removing the baek-
bones, cleaning and washing. This
ingenious machine was perfected in
Seattle, Washington, by the company
which perfected, in 1905,. a somewhat
similar machine called by fishermen
"The Iron Chink," because it took the
place of thousands of Chinese who
were formerly employed to clean fish
in the salmon canneries of the North
Pacific.—Scientific American.
Seventy-five steps a minute is con-
sidered the average walking pace of
a man in good health.
COLD
IN THE HEAD?
Get quick relief, Rub
nose' in"sed and out' with
• nth t m
• -At-all ,Drug Stereo. Wrlte-ler Free Sample..
THE MENTHOLATUM _CO.
eridoeburu, Ont. Sex a8
Til,
CHILDREN'S
COUGH
REMEDY
Mrs. Dyer Fell of to 72
Lbs; Gains 33 an Tcinlac
'For nearly seven years," recent- Many timesI pould not even . retain
ly sant Mrs. ' Katie Dyer, of 27 Rail-
way♦;St„ Hamilton, Ont,; "I had ent.
fered' froen a complication of troubles
pecuilar to women, and finally my
strength all left me and I broke down
completely. -
"When I began taking Taniae T
only weighed seventy-two pounds, and
had been so weak and nervous for
nearly two months that I had to be
assisted from my bed to my chair.
ts,
A Mammoth Water Supply.
Engineers have on many occasions
bad to construct enormous water
works in order to provide us with the
most vital necessity of life, but few of
us have stopped to consider the cost
of bringing water to our homes.
To construct a lake 40 miles long,
25 feet deep, holding 13,633 million
gallons of water, seems a stupendous
task, but such are the facts relating
to the Vaal River Barrage of South
Africa, which has just been officially
opened.
The scheme, which has taken nearly
ten years to carry out, will supply
Johannesburg and the Rand with
twenty million gallons of water a day.
The Barrage, costing almost $2,500,-
000, is 1,400ft, long, and stands on 35
concrete piers. Each pier is 8ft, thick,
34ft. 61n. high, and 55ft. long. The 36
steel sluice gates closing the openings
are 25ft. high and 32ft. bin. wide. Each
gate weighs about 26 tons, A wagon
road and a railway track run along the
top.
All the water is passed through
mechanical filters, and carried along
43% miles of steel pipes varying in
diameter from 181n. to 24in„ and cost-
ing $2,275,000. The whole scheme cost
$7,500,000, of which $60,000 was spent
in providing quarters for the men en-
gaged on this huge and important
landmark in engineering progress.
MONEY ORDERS.
Pay your out-of-town accounts by
Dominion Express Money Order, Five
Dollars costs three cents.
During a recent voyage across the
Atlantic the commander of the Ma-
jestic was on the bridge for sixty-
nine consecutive hours, while the liner
was passing through the fog.
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house.
Number of men under arms in Eur-
ope in 1913, 3,745,179. In 1923, Ger-
many, Austria, Bulgaria disarmed,
4,354,965.
Y , Keeps EYES
Clear, Bright and Beautiful
Write Murine Co.,Chicago,forE eCarcBook
-dila'i+.cik4✓v"`..'n'�F!�.,33ud^a
Mother! Give Sick Baby
"California Fig Syrup"
Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and
Bowels of Baby or Child.
Even constipa-
ed, bilious, fever-
ish, or sick, colic
Babies and Child-
ren love to take
genuine "Califor-
nia Fig Syrap."
No other laxative
regulates the ten-
der little bowels„
so nicely. It i , -".- '
sweetens the stomach and starts the
liver and bowels acting without grip-
ing. Contains no narcotics or sooth-
ing drugs. Say "California" to your
druggist and avoid counterfeits! In-
sist upon genuine "California Fig
Syrup" which contains directions,
ASPIRIN
Say "Bayer" and Insist!
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on '
package or on tablets you are not get-
ting the genuine Ba,, e • product proved
safe by milli ns and prescribed by,
physicians over twenty-three years for ;
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache Rheumatism
Neuralgia Pain, Pain.
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
only. Each ugtbroken package con-
tains proper directions. Randy boxes
of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug.
gists also sell bottles of. 24 and 100.
Aspirin iS the trade mark (registered
in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of
Mottoaceticacidester oe Salicylleaeld.
While it is well knowni that Aspirin
means Bayer Manufacture, to assist
the public against imitations, the Tab-
lets of Bayer Company will be stamp-
ed .withtheir general trade mark, ..the
Wes Agents: 8aro14 S. Itainde a Co., Limite4, TerorsQ "Bayer grout"- 'ti •
broth and toast on my stoii'iach and!
restful sleep would not come to me.
I
"Neither myself or any friersd#
thought I would ever .get well, but I`
am now feeling as fine as I ever did
in my life and 'ant weighing one hut_
died and five Bounds, which mask
me Heavier than 1 ever was before. 1 li
can never praise Tanlae .enough."
Tanlac Ls for sale by all good drug-
gists. Accept no substitute, I
It is probable that the Nile has a
greater variety of fish than any other
river in the world. An expedition
sent by the British Museum brought
back 9,000 specimens,
A man's greatest, height is reached
between the ages of twenty-eight and '
thirty.
WANTED.
t -a'+ TEAM ENGINE, 12x12 CYL.,
ender. Reid Bros., Bothwell, Ont
America's Pioneer Dog Remedies
Boot; ea
DOG DISEASES
ro" a
and lam to Peed
33aled Free to say Address
•tier} - br the Author.
�"''•�<-" *• I. CLAY GLOVER CO., Ina.
125 West 24th Street
New York, U.S.A.
Toothache
Bathe the face. If there is a cav-
ity in the tooth place in it a piece
of cotton saturated with Minard's
f How to Purify
a the iood
"Fifteen to thirty drops of Extract
of Root, commonly called Mother
Seigel's Curative Syrup, may be
et. taken in Water with meals and at
bedtime, for indigestion, const--
' pation and bad blood. Persist -
once in this treatment will give
permanent relief in nearly every
case." Get the genuine at
druggists, 50c. and $1.00 bottles.
4
eta+run�..eau.�n.o......to.—.~an.®.m aaiEt
Cuticura Quickly Clears
The Scalp of Dandruff
On retiring, gently rub spots of
dandruff and itching with Cuticura
Ointment. Next morning shampoo
with Cuticura Soap and hot water,
using plenty of Soap. Thia treatment
does much to keep the scalp clean
and healthy andpromotehairgrowth.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25 nod 50e. Talcum 25c. Sold
throughout theDominion. CanadianDepott
L sae, Limited, 344 St. Pani St., W. %dontreel.
Cuticura Soap shaves without mug.
MOTHER OF
TWIN BOYS
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-
etable Compound Relieved Her of
Inflammation and Great Weakness
West St. John, N. B.— "I was in a
general run-down condition following
the birth of my twin boys. I had a great
deal of inflammation, with pains and
weakness. Finally my doctor recom-
mended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. He said that your medicine
would be the only thingto build me up.
I am sure he is right, or I am feeling
much better and am gaining in weight,
having gone down to ninety-three
pounds. I was in bed for over amonth,
but am up again now. I have recom-
mended the Vegetable Compound to my
friends and give you permission to use
my letter. "—Mrs. ELMER A. RITCHIE,.
82 Rodney St., West St. John, N. B.
There are many women who find their
household duties almost unbearable
ow -
mg to some weakness or derangement.The trouble may be slight," yet cause
such annoying symptoms as dragging
pains, weakness and a run-down feeling..
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coma
'pound is a splendid medicine for such
conditions.it']ias in many cases relieved
those symptoms by removing the cause
of them. Mrs. Ritchie's experience id
but one of many.
You might be interested in reading
Mrs .Pinkham's Private Text -Rook upon
the Ailments of Wom,,, . ,, ou can
get a copy free by writing the Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Coboure,,
Ontario, ; 0
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