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y fc=a«r THEGREAT WHITE PLAGUE C4N CONSl'MPTION BE STAMPTED OIT EVnRKLV? t Cralifyiiig Decline in Dcaihs In Great Britain During ttie Past Fifty Years. The prominence which has been given ti. coiusumptjon and Hs iPcaUneiit ol late vears Ubb erroneously led many people L think tiial liie diiicusc is spreading and iccounting tor an ini-i'eBsed number of deaths every day. As a matter of fact, T«cent statistics ehow ttiat in the last Ofly years consumption has declined so Ocii&jderably as to point to a possibility m the near future of its disappearance nxjin the country altogetlier, just as oilier maladioe, such as leprosy and typhus lever, have disappeared in the past. In 1838 the deaths from consumption were •ver 39 in ev«ry 10,000 pei-son*. In 1908 Iho deaths were 11 per 10.000â€" figures B'hich are distinctly encouraging to those h'hb are engaged In fighting the great ft'hito plague, say.s London Tit-Bits. At the same time consumption is still killing over 40,000 people In Great Britain alone every year, und it is with a view lo further combating Ihc disease that a Royal Lxinimissioii is now tutting to re- port with regard to tutterculosis, and na- tjcnal sanatoria are being erected. There are already many sanatoria, both in Great Britain and on the Continent, but the majority of them are private insti- tutions. There is no doubt, iiowever, that Ihe best means of curing a consumptive person is lo send him or her, in the EARLY STAGES OF THE DI.SEASE, lo a sanatorium, where those curative essicn I ia Isâ€" abundance of fresh air, sun- Ihine, prop«r diet, and e.xcnciseâ€" Can be property administei-ed. For, eo far as medical knowledge ex- twids meantime. Nature Is undoubleilly tlK best consumption cure, although pro- tective inoculation and intemal anti.septic treatment are undergoing investigation, and, like the Koch treatment by injection ol tul)ercultn. have cured many cases. But they have not, up to the present, proved qui'e so eflicacious ae could be d«sir«l. It may not be uninteresting to mention f.ere some of the remarkable consumption cures which have been advocated of late years. The latest maiTel of surgery is a wonderful operation recently performed m London, by which Ihe diseased porUon of a consuinplivp patient's lung was suc- cessfully cut away. A special instrument has been invented for staunching the How of blood which usually rushes o\it when tho hmg is cut, with such rapidity that Iho patient bleeds to death in a few min- utes, and the rrsult of Ihe opei-allon eeenis to point to the fact Ihat the sur- geon as well a.s the physician will be able I) cure phlhiisis in th* future. ANOTHIiR RECE.NT CURE is the -sea-water treatment, in which the puchess of Sutherland is keenly inlercst- ed llijecijont; of pure seu-wuter. it is claimed, will effectively cure the <li.sense, and the success with lids inetliod has been such that it lia.s been ndopt«>d by several Puiis hospitals. Several other consumption "cure" in- jections have been tried of Iiile years. Five years ago Dr. W. J. Kraik;U, one of the most eminent physicians of New Vork. gave a public demonstration in the Metrcpolitan Hospital of a new remedy (.-.r tut>creulosi.s with which he claims lo have successfully U-ealed many patients. Briefly, his method of ticatinent is as follows. Iiici.*ions are made In the veins at the bend of the elbow, and Into these arc introduced glass nozjiles connected t-y rubber tubes with glass funn^'ls, liilo which u liquid, having propertie.s similar fc. th<>se existing In qll normal blood, Is p<.i.r€d, and tliu.s carried into the blo<xi cuiivnts. every purl of the system being biv.iight inloconiarl with Uie'nsw ngency w illiiji three tiilnules. Si'Veral Infusions, Dr I'rnlick says, ar'p necesary lo obliter- ate the bacicria. Ten would be the ut- most required In any case, at the rate of ONE on TWO INFUSIONS A WEEK. Four months afler Dr. FiHliek's denjon- elralion Dr. Livet, the head of a hospital fn.' eonsumpdves founded al. Roubaix, gave an account before a weokly meet- ing of Ihe Acadcniy of Medicine In Paris of a year's light wllh phlhitis by means c! a somewhat similar method lo that Kdvocated by the New York physician. The experiment was trW of injecting a lii.'uid compo.scd of cxiraels fwm plaiiis found in Chili und Columbia, which have already been employed separately with fair success in Ceniiany, Belgiilm, and the Uniled Stales. Of 130 palienle Irealed v.ilh this process at Ihe Roubui.x home %K per cent, recovered, improvement behig noticeable wilhin a few days fiom the beginning of the Ireatjnent. What is known a.s the "light" treat- ment has plso met with decided success. Froie.ssor Kinsen has effected some re- markable cures by mean.* of a special electric lamp, combined with ooncentrat- ed rays of the sun. This was an advance- ttient on the idea of Dr. J. Mount-Bleyer, iho well-known specialist on lujig "and Uiroat diseases, who eight or nine yeai« ago assarled that by extracting the iiltra- VJOlct and other rays from Ihe sunshine BJid 6ho\^ering them upon tl>c human Ixdy n)lcrpb«j could be destroyed jn^ f**^ ^0NSU\1PTIW} CUiVeD. jTlt rays were oolleclod by niean.<! of |(t8«s hou«e.8, with various colored panes f glass in lh« roof, under which the alient sat. To % certain extent Dr. Mounl-Bleyer's loea was adopted Qve years ago in Eng- land at a certain hf^P'tal. The patient .was placed in a glass cubicle, but, in- Btead of relying on the ultra-vwlel and olfier rays lo effect a cure, the patient was ({iven a coiwlant supply of rallied air, speeially treated by osKine on an ex- tended scale. These and many other cures have l)een tried with more or less succPiss; but con- sumption is a disease to wtiich tho old saying, "Pi-eventkin is better than cui*," applies with particular force, and simple prevention wi! go far towards stamping It out. ILLS OF BABYHOOD AND OF GHILDHOOO The ills of babyhood and childhood api' many and may prove serious if not promptly cured. In homes where Baby s Own Tablets are kept theve is a prompt cure al hand for such troubles as indi- g<:3tion, sour stomach, colic, conslipa- licn, J arrhoea, wo:in=, teelhijig troubles and oilier minor ailments and Ihe Tai)- lets can be administered as .cutely lo a new born baby as to the well grown child. Mi-s. Octave Paulin, Caraquet, N. B.. .says: "I have used Baby's Own Tul>- Wts; for both my little boy and girl for tbt various ailmenls of childhood and have found them always a splendid me- dicine. No mother should te without the Tablets in the home." .Sold by iiiedi cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' .\kd.cine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE WIZARD OF THE EAST SIP nOBEIXT nAHT ABOUT TO SEE UIS FAMILY AGAIN. Some ot the Work He Has Done in China During llie Last Fony- live Years. There will shortly arrive in England, the land of his birth, a quiet, unassum- ing hllle gray-huircd man. who, more than any other indivaduul, has influ- e:i;c<d the d<?stiny of- the Chinese Elin- pire during ttie last 45 years, writes a Ixindon corespondent. Sir lloberl Hart. Ihc little while autocrat of Pekin. the Wizard of the East, Inspector general of the Chin«se customs, holder of the ancestral rank of Ihe first class of the first order f<jr three generations, und junior guardian of the heir apparent, has secured two years' leave of absence from his duties in China and has just k-fl Fekm to return (o England to see hi. wife and children from whom he has been parted for more than twenty years. Tti</se whj are in a position lo know slate that Sir Robert will ne^'e^ return lo Pekin, but will shortly an- nounce liis permanent retirement, ao prophesel in The Express. , Allhrmgh .Sir Rohert Marl's oITicial authority in Ihe O'leslial Kingdom ex- tend-^ over Ihe cusiotns .service only, hi.s iMil powers wcj-e much greater than that would imply. Koi- tnaiiy years he hat been the financial pilot of the em- pire, anj it is duo almost entirely to his wise management that China l» now ill a stale of financial solvency. In niat- lei>. of toceigu policy and Irade HIS WORD W;VS LAW. Fven Itie Dowager Empress bowed lo Ih' judgment of this lilllo man with tho obsequious manners and indnile tact. Without for u niomeiit relaxing his watchfulness of the customs services h â-  touk over and perfected Ihe govern- ment lystcin of lighthous<^s on ocean and rivers; he organized und ruled Hie arm*d lleet that patrolled tlm waterways c! Ihe einphv'. for protection against smugglers; he arranged the huge loans that linked China with the Western w^irld, and. Ilnaily, he osta.bhilied the national po.tal syslwn. of which li<> be- came insii)eclor genorul in 1896. Al llie lieiglil of h s power Groat Bri- tain offered to niuke the man who had left her shores a simple clerk 40 years before, her envoy extraordinary and Uilnisler plenipolentiary lo China, but Si.» Rolyrl declined wUh thanks bccaus* he preferred Ij rcnia n behind his desk a; Pikin. As inspector general of cuslom.s he ruled an army of more than 8.000 subor- dinales and a .system unsurpassed by- any machinery of governnienl the w-^rld over. More than 1.000 Europeans held .service under him, it L-eing an iiivuri- oble rule of the cVpurtinent that all p<Jsi- t;ons of responsibility tc held by while men. On Ihe olher hand, he handed a sop lo Ihe pride of the c:hinese in the shape of a rule that natives alone should be allowed to handle Iho money. THE FOItElGN DEVILS. c<iuld not be -trusted! English was Ihe Ihjiguage used in oflicial intercourse, but every doeuinenl was afterward Iranshited inlo Chinese, involving a stu- pendous amount of clerical labrir. * Although very few of his thousands of subordinates ever laid eyes upon lb* 1 Itle Englishmanâ€" simply knowing him as f. G., iiispcclor generalâ€" Sir Robert was the hardest worker in Ihe .service. He was lo t)e foujid at his desk at all htiurs ot the day. and often fur into the night. Although it is the custom of Ihe service to allow a two-year vacation to a'l Europeans who complete eight yeai's pf service. Sir Hubert ha.s never availed IJmi-cIf heretofore of that privilege. lie left Pekin only f-nur timi-s in more than 31. j'cars, H<j kepi truclj g| the smal- lest (Jclail ofhis jzreui urganiEalion, and insisted upoji personal reiKjrIs being made lo him by Ihc heads of all the de- psrlments. To the ordinary ol .s<»rv<T, familiar with the chnrnclcr of the Chinese, with Urie«ilal aloofness and antipathy to Wcslein ideals, it is little short of mi- raculous Ihat Sir Itobert Harl shou'd have teen able to exert the great in- fluence which he did. His wonderful rise is due, in a large measure, to uis lad. He is a born diplomat. .\s au uistaiu<« of this, (here is a good slury I lold by his colleagues at Pekin. Of late years it has been Ihe constant prac- tice of the officials of the Tsung-li-Ya- men (foreign ollice) lo ask for the ad- vice of Sir Robert on all important in- ternational questions. Almost without exception HIS DECISIONS WERE ADOPTED But in sipite of the fact that he wa.s vir- tually a deciding facto;' in these con- ferences ho always look care to pretend that he <lid not know it. When invited In be sealed in the presence of the Chi- nese officials. Sir Rolert invar ably sat en tlie Cilge of Iiisi chair, which, 'n China, is a sign of humility and sub- mission. I.ady Hart und her ( hldren returned to England 27 years uf,',-). and Sir R<ibcrl has not seen Ihem s nee. They have ben expecting him bom--' year by year during all that lime. He is 73 ycar,^ old. but st II Lelievt^a thai he- h.is a de cade of work led in his hltlc bo.ly. The life story of this man read-s like n veritable romance. He was torn in 18:i5 in Poit.idown, a littl' U.wn in the north of Ireland. He joined Ihe mer- chant service in an humble capac.ly al lh< age -of eighteen. Landing in Chino i'l 18.14 he deserted and >ecured a job us a student interpreter ;ji the li-cng Kong consulalf?. Nine years laU-r, when he was only 28 years of age, he Ijecnme inspector general af the imperial Chi- ne.se customs at a salary of .$40,000 n year, and thus began his gigantic task I ' creating a modern business organi- zal.on amid surroundings of supersti- tion, Ignorance, prejudice and aishon- esty such as e.xisled nowliere else in the woi'Id. A. I. PATTISON & CO. WeipUly Market Letter. A. J. Paltison k V.o. in their weekly news letter lo clients, repoi t us fol ows: The muiiiciral Bond market has been more active during the week than for some time past. Large blocks of muni- cipal Bonds have bee-n taken up for in- vestment to yield from 5to5>^ per cent. The Stock market, both In Toronto and .New York, has shown unusual ac- tivity und advances in prices fur the higher class of dividend payers was in a number of casts substantial. .Some of the changes were from 5 In 8 jxiinls. The evidence of rclurniiig conlideiice in gen- eral conditions and the unprect dented accumulation of raon^y at financial een- ttrs are factors in these results. We look for temporary refe'-si<ins, but feel that purchases of Ihe better cla.ss o! slocks can be profitably made. The inning slo:k market has experienced very marked acliv.ly in the developed proi}ertie.s. Trethcwey, Fosler, isilver leaf and Crown Reserve advanced from 5 to 8 points on incieasing shipments o' ore. Several of Ihe most prominent mines have, for some lime been making large and profitable shipments and il is ex- pected that .'ome of Ihess will be placed <'n a dividend basis within a short lime. Tielhewey and Fosler appear to tc woli manag-ed and are making an excellent showing. Following are the weekly shioments from Cobalt cump, und tliose front Janu- ary 1st lo da'e: Week ending May 'Jlli since January 1st. Buffalo 4«.29(l. 503.810. Coniagas 380.- Olfl, Cobalt Lake 180.C.IO. Crown Reserve 40.000. Cobalt Central 107.18O, City uf fiobttlt 338.600, Drummond 92.3-10. Fester fili.WO. 238.400. Kerr Luke 330.710. Kin- Edward 127,240. La Ro.se -W.OOO, \S*iC.- B52. McKinley (iU.OOO. 1,183.900. Nipissing 122.240. 1.230,870. Nova Scotia 120.7!)(t Nancy Il-.»len UO.120. O-Brien I27..5<10, 1 - 763,070, Right of Way (10,470. 120,'()»U. Provincial li;!.210, .Standawl 39,730, S 1- ver Queen ,^21,200. Silver Cliff 32.000, Sil- v«r Loaf 132,800, Townsile 8,5,100. Temis- kfining 237,250, remiskamins IL k B .'i?i),000, Tielhewey 679,910, Watts 114- 430. 4. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLIGE.M K The character and the destiny which ai" invtilved ai« too mnmenlous for parents t-o peiinil their children lo giow up in ignorance, to leave Ihem expo.-ed to Ihe corrupting li)llucnce> of iheslieil or tho school, or to leave their child- ren in Ihe developing years willKiut sympathy and wise couii.s*.'!, or in the opening years *if nianhocJ uiiU woman- hood lo leave them to learn by a .series •)f sad blunders and tx^rri'ble consequenc- es what Ihoy should have been taught m a Ihoiipbttul and serious way. Intelligence on Ihfse subjects Is of ut- most im;;oilnice. W tiout intelligence vice and eventual delliernenl are most certain. The young should by all means bi- made intelligent, but intelligence iilniie will nol always save them. 'I'o intelligence should be added niornl In- struction and religious charact. r. When there is only moral tifiining without in- telligence, ihei* is but little security against vicious habits-; and when llieie is intelligence upon these subjects willi- oul moral principle cr religious chai'- Hcler, the .secur.ty is^ rot fully .sullleienl. Hut vvlKn the young have proper know- ledge upon these sBcrcd suhjeot* and aic not only intelligent, but are guide<l ly right preccjils and religious princi- ples, they will be held lo right cour.s.'s (if conduct and a pur© life by an abiding I'loral characlei'. .-4. CANDOR .AND SAFETY. "Don't you consider it honorable to tell a man his faults to his fac;^?" queri- ed lh.> youth, "Yes,'' replied the wise guy, "but I con-ldcr it safer lo tell them lo his neighbor.' Clothes niny nol make Ihe man, but paying for his wifes clothes may break him. Antwerp and .Amsterdam arc two of the healthiest of Eujxipcan cities. bla, contracted while preparing a "V^ lure" fjxjm the spljial cord of a rabid rabbit. ThuUlier the Knench bacterio- logist, in or<Jer to study the precise ao- tion of the choleia geun on the humad system, inoculated hinnsolf and died. And these instances are but typic-ai 'if hundreds of others. Brave rnenl Mar- tyrs, all. FKAl'DS OF FASTING MEN. .Sensetess Extiibilioii.s Which Defraud (be Public. ,\ "fayting-inan," who did not fast, hojj b«»eij pounced upon by the poUce III Vienna, and sentenced to a term ef imprisonment, l^jgelher with a "watcli- ei ," wlio was Ills uccompiite in defraud- ing the public. 'i'lie plan adopted was simple, yet t YEAIIS BAD LEG HEALED BT very ingenious. The alleged lasting- ZAM-ULK. man wore many striking coals, which Mr. c. Johnson, of Poplar Hill Creek, h(- changed several limes daily. Before Athabasca Landing, Alia., says: "Alxiut thesr> were inlroduccd into the "hun- nine years ago a running sore com- ger hou.se, ' lliey were regularly offered nienc«d on my right leg caused by a to the spectators lor exarninati'ni, but I ruptured blood vewol. As Ume went •ri, » 1^. ^"J''*'""'"'- I eral who bad kaown such sores that I ihi« led to ck.ser investigation, when I ^,„,ij ^,,(.._ ,„i,-K n ,. ,-, ,»,u . It was diiscovcred Ihat chocel.le. and 1 3'^,,*'""?'^^ *'''»''. i«J'f«-^ W>fn ' n.il brown bone, as had been supposed, i ^^^ "''""*' '" "^'P'/ ' "•"â- 'I of Jam- ,'<.rmrd the malerini from which Ih* i *^"'' and c<,„,ma.iced uang it. Other biitt<-,ns in question were made. i ^"'''«^ I had use,! cau.>^.d me much suf- Smiilar frauds an; M<,t uncommuii all''*""*' ^ ^*^^^^ soothed the pain, l!i.-se senseless <.xlij)jilons. One favor- 1 ""<' *= '^°" ** '*•" wound became clean i;-- devce is to drink large draunh's of j i? ^"'^ •"'>' " matter of three or four water, in whicli a quantity of caiter su- j ""^^ '^'O''" ''â-  *"•« healed." gju- has )»een previously dis'*olvc-<l. n ! Zam-Buk cures cuts-, burns, pimples, this way a pound or more of nourishing i <i'<e'"''. ringwarm, and all skin dis- food is taken into Ihe system daily. I «as<»- AH utoics and druggi.sls. 5O0 Another plan was made p^ibiic <jwing ^^ <"" '""" Zam-Buk Co., Toronto. I • a county court case, which was heard s<ime lim- hack in East Lendon. The ".n^ing-man in Ihs instance, il lian- splred, Imd bfeu I,d fpam eiilt-ide the luilUin^', by m. uii- < f a concealed lube, with real luit.o soup, beef exirucl. chicken broth,' ou-stard, milk, creum. port w.ne jelly, and other biimlar liquid luxuries. MARTYRS FOR SI'.IENCE'S SAKE. Itrave Men Who SncriJice Their Lives for Humanity. Death has been very busy lately among-st the select band of scientists whose lives have been devoted lo ori- ginal research on behalf -of aulfcring luimunily. Kdson has just been operalid upon â€" for the second liniiâ€" for .X-i ay derma- lifis, the terrible and myst.'-iiaus malady which k led his prineijial labirutiry us- s.*tant. .Mr. Cluiencc Daliy, in Ocloter, 1 0115. Dr. Hall-Edwards, of Ihe B rmiiigham ntneriil Hospital, has losl his lift arm from llie .same cau-e, und «-xpe Is very shortly lo l«.se his right. f-'rofessor Coelr. was killed by the di.seuse ,q 1003; IJr. Blacker, of St. Thoma- s Hospital, fell u victim in Ihe year following; and almost on the very lust day of Ih-* year 1905. Ihe distinguislied Dr. M. Ra.l gtiel passed away, afler enduring indesciih- .ibie agony. Only a few months prior In Ihs lat- l«;r- sad occuiToiice, theru occurred the leiTible tragedy at the Government taboratoiy at KronsluHt, in wh cM a pro- .'essor and two of his assistants losl llxir lives through accidentally inocu- lat ng thmLSolves with plague b.icteria. with wtiich they had been e.\p4rlment- ing. All< r a similar fashion, loo. per- i*hed in the prime of his l.fc, at Opoito. in 1890. Profcs.M'r Caninra f-'r-eslimii, of 1. shon. most disUngui'-hfd among mod- < rn tactei'iologisls. The eminent Dr. V'irltw. PisU'ur's friend and colleague, died of liyilimpho- NEW CL'RF FOR MEN1NG1!,S. riio alarming iiidemi.' of cerebro- s; inal moningilis of iy04-1907 was pr.> lllic ol one good lesull^ll proved thai Ih baeiltu.s, Dipl<cc.cui intracCiluana disccvi rod by \\e;ch-clb«um m 1887, was the so.irce of Ihe di*.«s«. A coui- mli<6i:on wus appointdl by (iie board of lualtli nf lh» ciiy of New York to s4udy Ihe dib+H.-e with a view of discovering pr<ventlve and curative remftdiea. The Apecial < Iforl of thi.s comniisxio'n idnder Dr .Simon I"ie.\ner <if the Ro kfellel" In- stitute f<ir .Vled.cal lU-search. was to 3«- cur« wiiiie unli-4iplocoicus i-.erum for in- ie. lion inio humuii victims of the di»- ci.*-*'. Expermifntnl mferlican w.frc in- duced III cerin n mimils for ihe purpose ol prepaiing su.h a "curative serum once it wa.-; .shown It c ;Uld b? etiective 1:1 experimenUI infect ons. Oiebio-.spinal meningitis is an in- llamiiiut. ry disease of the cerebral mem- branes and. spinal toid. It .'<eiir.s jnost gtn»'iiiliy in winter and hpriiig. U is ep'diinic, but nol diced ly contagious from man lo man. II appears oftenest in subjejts of low vitality und among I'le sraiitily iioiiri,.-lied (iwellcrs of tt-ne- nients and slums. II may prove fatal in its liilminiiiil term w t-iin a few hours and \% lhei-ef<-ir,? 11 drended soourg". ihe projKrtu n <A. iec<ivei ie-i by Iho old me- thnds of lieutnieni was about twenty p,r cent. In llie several cities where Ihe cases i.ndi r the nivv Ir'atmwit were mudi-, tlm results indicale tliut ,n forly- •ev'ii ca^es Ih.rty-four recovered and ihiile<>ii died. F<;ur of Ihe- latter were of tile (ulminant type and theie.'ore past cujilrol. Elin;inaling lues from Ihc cal- cuiuli: n, Ihi.f chaiiys the percentage o; leenverics t.i 7!),',l und <'f ihaths lo 2(1,1â€" ji]>l reveising the former ligures. Ttie .iiic es>rul eases report-.'d. leo, niad^ CJinplele and rupd recoveries.â€" Jun« T<chnicul World. Light pa.sses from Ihe mton to the eurth in cue und one-f-iiirth seCDiid". MANUFACTURERS INTENDINU TO LOCATE IN TORONTO WILL FIND Ideal Manufacturing Pjremises IN TRUTH BUILDINQ Flats 2,000 to 10,000 Square Feet Each LOWEST RfENTALS, INJLUUINCJ Steam Power, Heat, Electric Light Fire Sprinkler System, Lowest Insurance. Most Central Location, Four Larse Freight Elevators. S. 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