HOW WE MAY THE CATCHING OF INFECTIOUS DIBEASES. Lecture hy Prof. A. P. Knight on In fections Diseases and the Public Health--Intgresting Descriptions of the Discases--Keep Healthy the Antidote, g ! The course of lectures on "The Con- servation of Life," which Prof. A. P. Knight is delivering to the Queen's University Theological Alumni, are of great public interest, and would have been the best possible subjects to have constituted the evening sessions of the alumni, so that the public could bave kad an opportunity of hearing them. This afternoon, Prof. Kaight's subject was, 'Infectious Diseases and How to Avoid Them," The lectdrer gave a detailed talk soneerning infectious diseases in rela tion to the public health: There are between thirty and thirty-five infee- tious diseases caused by microbes and germs, Five or six of these are due, perhaps, to animal (erms, and the rest to plants, Germs re parasites outside or inside x man's tody. Most of them are plant pars- sites, and because so, they live anc de according to the laws of plant life. hey must have a suitable soil and the soil varies with the kind of bac teria." Some bacteria grow on the skin, as ringworm; on the scalp, a barber's itch; inside infants' mouihs as thrush; in the throat, as diphther- is. The tubercular plant grows usial ly in the lungs, but may grow in an part of the body. Some grow salon like 'tetanus. Lockjaw grows up am down the covering of the spinal col MOST IMPORTANT § That your savimgs be placed where they can be quickly ob- "tained for any real necewsity, 'or ic seize an unity, but | where they will be safe Trom ~ your own extravagance. 1 A Savings Account st 3 Bank of Toronto . : As to animal parasites, the best ex i FRO ACTURERS simples Prof. Knight said, was one i : My MANYP malarial fever. This little animal live A Lot more of Lovely in the blood and is carried from on ' being to another by the mokquito dit Next is the animal parasite whith pro rass S duces vellow fever, and which is als carried by the mosquito. Smallpe 'BRASS FENDERS, 3 BRASS FIRE BETS, CANDLESTICKS, JARDINEERS, SMOKERS' SETS. Goods for the Home or for Children - VERY LARGE VARIE1Y IN ALL SIZES Ah AND COLORS. PRICES The very latest ideas for Ladies' Waists. NEW STRIPE EFFECTS. 25, 30, 35, 40, 50c. Yard 1 1 and scarlet fever are also believed to be animal parasites, but these as yet have mot been isclated. These para: sites must have suitable coil for their growth. They must have warmth, 'or also moisture and darkness. All dis- | ease produgers are killed by sunlight, which is a splendid disinfectant. These micro-organisms resemble plants in an- | other way. must be in the body ! for a certain time before ling abun-' dant enough to produce symptoms of disease. : The next point is, How do they produce disease? When these mic- robes grow on the outside of the ody they destroy flesh, and that des- rection of flesh produces pain or ith. In came of micro-organisms rowing on the innermost parts of the body, they alse destroy tissue or flesh or blood. In the case of eon sumption of the lungs the destroyed lung ie coughed wp and so little is left that the person dies. Diphtberis | and lockjaw act difierently. The' germs at the point at which row, manufacture ison, which is shsorbed by the blood and carried | aver the body, and affect the ner- ous system, causing pain and fever. fhe same is the cnse with typhoid ever, So that growths of these or: anisms destroys tissue, and that is what 1 meant by having diseases. g It sed to be the notion that some lidesses were due to filth or dirt, et that is all rubbish, seid Prof. snight. There must be germs in the litt to produce disease. Had nir or oul smells will not give disease but ower ihe vitality of the body, so hat if one is ex to disease he ney be more liable to catch it. When we have grasped the iden hat diseases are due to germs it 'an easily Ve seen how diseases pread. The spread of dandelions ix 2 good example from the plant pbint of view, See how they wpresa. iu hig conpeetion Prof. Knight mention d the fact that a glass tube, one wlf inch on the edge, or containing ne cubic centimetre, contained 2,000 articles 'of dust when filled with ountry air. Most of these germs are wot necessarily disease germs, © but nicrobes. © The same glass tube of ity air would "have between 20,000 od 30,000 particles of dust, and in wny dwelling houses, particularly hose of the poor, there would be vilions, So that we are breathing fection "all (he time. ' How may we avoid infection ? Prof. ai ht , and he gave the fol 'wing ways : L Cleasbness of homes, of person, f oad sid of water, 2. Killing germs-~isolating people ho have them, and by disinfecting A. Mbking ourselves free from infec- i'n by immunity. . The best form of nmunity is strong, vigorous and ro- i vet health, A man in that condi- ion does not very easily take dis- | ase. 4. By having disease in mild form. | vhis the foundation for the vac- ination prineiple' of treatment. The reventive © medicine of the future, | r. Kaight said, would work along yo'line of getting serums to. prevent sense, they IN MARINE CIRCLES. Urrivals and Departures of Vessels at This Port. | The stesmer Neepawah passed down, ednesday morning. passed up, | fhe wtemmer Arabian ednesday morn, Tha steamer Sowards cleared today, ur Uswego. The Sowards has had a ary busy season. : The steambar®e Mary Lolise is at ae. penitentiary wharf, with a' cargo | i tile, from Kideau canal ports. i Steamer Seguin, passed up, on Wed ssday morowng, and the ; Jorona and Nevatla, passed down, on! ay. The Yoroon Jv, Wo H. Comittotts) steamyacht, was brought to Kingston, | irom Brockville, and will be laid up at the foundry dock for the winter. At Swift's wharfa-Steanvr Seguin, waled at Swift's, on her way | last night, steamer Rideau King, due rom Westport this evening; steamer Aletha, from bay ports, to-day. M.T. Co's olevatori--Steamer Revina 'rom Fort William, lHghtered 3,000 oushels of wheat, and cleared for Montreal; steamer Frirmount, which cleared for Fort William yesterday, had in tow the barge Melrose, which will load coal, at Lake Erie; tug Thompson from Montreal, with two Hight vargesy 'cleared for Montreal, with me grain parge; the steamer Rose: mount, loaded with grain, from Fort William, is due to arrive, on Thurs Fie i i : ny they will not grow. They must have had he not been hauled up at tof the firm presented the league with | gees ¥, THEY SAW BALLOON IT WAS GOING IN ST. JOHN DIRECTION, i C-- ¥ It Was Flying High--Looked Yellow in Color, and Appeared to be the Size of an Ordinary Cabbage. Roberval, Que., Oct, 2.--It is re ported that several peonle in the north part of St. Felicim paris', La St. John district, saw a balloon passing, at three o'clock, in the af wrooon of October 19th. It was seen for ten minutes and it di odd from sight going off fu the Mistissini and North LaseSt, Jobs direction, It was very high up, looked yellow and appeared to be the site of an ordinary cabage. No further reports since. : A DIVER'S NARROW ESCAPE. Joh Quirt Unconscious at Bottom of Harbor. | John Quirt, diver, had a narrow es cape from death while at work at the' bottom 6f >the harbor, this morning He was engaged gt the waterworks in- take pipe, which is being tested for! leaks, and while down the second time, became vaconscious, apd was hauled to the surface in that condition, but soon revived. The water af tha »lans where the pipe was being examined isi sixty-two feet deep. » Diver Yuirt had gone down once and remained for over am hour, searching for a valve that had to be closed =o that a pressure test of a section of | the pipe could be made. He came up for a rope and some other article, and went down again. This time he was down nearly three-quarters of an hour, | Not! having had a signal from the diver for some time, Louis Thibadeau, | who was in charge of the divet's pump | apd ropes, ordered that Mr. Quirt be hauled up, which was done, and it was found that the diver was uncon- scious, as he was ly inert, and had to be hauled bodily to the boat, the place being about 400 yards out from the waterworks wharf. His uni form wes hurriedly reinoved, and when he got lots of air, the diver revived He had a narrow escape, however, J time; he would possibly have mes , death. He did not seem to feel any after-effects. When asked how long he had been unconsciaus, Diver Quirt could not say. He did not know how long it was after going down for the second time to work that he felt ist self lapsing into unconsciousness. a may ve. em in that condition fot hatt an hour. The uniform and nix arrangements seemed to be all right. This afternoon, one of the Donnelly company's regular divers was secured to continug operations at the pipe. BASKETBALL LEAGUE. Ofticers Were Klected at Meeting on Tuesdny Evening. A meeting 'of the City Basketball | league was held on Tuesday evening for the purpose of re-organizio® for the coming senson. Representatives from different feams were present. Of ficers for the onsuir® year were wléct- ed gs lollows: Honorary-president, William McFedridge, donor of the basketball trophy; president, William J. Laird; 6 k. ing freien prosident, CW. MW. Foe tory, vay ilne; treas- urer, larry Filson. R. H. Higgins re: resenting + John Milne and rons, Montreal, was present and on behalf a Spaulding official basketball, The executive recommended that a letter be went to all business houses of the city asking them to enter a team. Alter the busioess of the eveminy, the retiring offieers entertained the newly appointed officers to an oyster supper. A mmeting will be held next Tuesday ovening for the purpose of entering the teams and drawing up a schedule for the season, i R.C.H.A. Enters Two Teams. | The Royal Canadign Horse Artillery is entering two teams in the Y.M.CA. Thanksgiving Day road race. "A" batiery has the following team ent ed: Privates Stinson, Carter, Gn Carhrie, Owen, MacDonsld, while "B" [sattery is emteriny Privates Skippen, Blue, Coulson, Olsen, Morrison amd Bilodeau. 'With teams from Queen's and YMCA, ami prosably the Maple Leals, a record-breaking entry is expected. No doubt the clah trophy has a Mot to do with the large entry list. The cups and medals are How on exhibition in the windows of Kinnear & R'Esterrve. The Late Mrs. Henry Huard. The rembins of the late Mrs, Henry Huard, Barriefield, were laid at rest thes afternoon in St, Mark's cemetery, The deceased had been ill only ! short time and har death cate as a! surprise to many friends. funeral left the house at two o'- for Bt. Mark's choreli, where : by Rev. A. nl is a member of the The Tuesday evening. . these at Gibson's Hed Cross INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up by Re- porters on Their Rounds. Opera cloaks dry cleaned, My Valet. "It pays 10 buy tooth brushes" at Gibson's. Hansard Hora will leave on Monday for a hunting trip. Witim Swaine, piano tuner. Cinders received at MecAuley's. Phone 778. The exact amount received from the Taz Day collections for the general bospital, was $1,103.67. H. Cussingham. pisno tuner, 21 King street. leave orders gt Me Auliy's bookstore, Miss leita Frink has returned to Brockville after visiting her pareots, | Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Frink, Odessa, Ont. CW, Finney was here, to-day, look- 2 after the arm ts for "The White Squaw," at Grand, next New velvet collars, My Valet The members of the theatrical com pany, "The Midnight Sons," arrived in the city; at noon, from Ottawa, | via a special train over the G.T.K. - "Infante foods." It pays to buy | drug store. Always fresh there { Hiram J. Sharman, Queen's student | in electricity, left Wednesday morning | for Cleveland, Ohio, 10 take the peac: | tical work pertaining to that branch. | yout cleaned and pressed, Valet. Just to think of it, the Brockville Recorder ealls the proprietor of our co-temporary, Bro, Gibbius. The vast- #n wiitor evidently had a cold in bis bend, "A B0c. beef, ivon mnd wine," for 39¢., on the bargain counter at Gib- son's Red Cross drug store. The ammual meeting of Bt. An- drew's soviety has poen called for FriCay evening in the city eguncil chamber. James Stewart is busy round: ing up the Scotclimen. Overconts cleaned and pressed, My Valet. Rev. Dr. MacTavish went out to Harrowsmith, at pocn, today, and! to-night he will address the annual Thanksgiving meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society at Wil. ton. Repairs and pressing, My Valet. After an exceptionally stormy day, the rain cleared away late Tuesday afternoon, aml about five o'clock : the sun shone, lending a cheery aspect to the olose of a gloomy day, "Horlick's malted milk," fresh at Gibson's Red Cross drug store. Phone 230, My A Page could easily be written of Good News from our Gloves, Hosiery *d Underwear ro FR Our Leader in French NID GLOVES Go where you will you will not find a better glove for $1.26 than those we are now selling, : They are produced from first cholce skins, and are superior in many details from the ordinary $1.25 Kid Glove. Colors for fall we have Tans, Browns, Pawns, Modes, Greys, White, Navy, and Greens. Famous English Walking Glove, slightly makes. at Dents a capital Glove for Fall wear, being heavier than the spring Colors, Tans, Browns, vies §] 00 . The funeral of the late Mee. William Kelly took nlace this morning from her late resiilence, Joseph street, to! Cataraqui cemetery. Rev. T. E. Bourke, | pastor of Brock street Methodist | church, comducted the service. LOCATED AT INVERARY. Horse Supposed to Have Heen Stolen, Reports was received in the city Wednesday that a horse supposed to bave been stolen from a man named Churchill had been recovered near In- verary. It is believed to be the same horse which a man endeavored to sell to u local liveryman a few days ago, r to which was 'made mm the Whig on Tuesday. The man could not get any person to identify him, so tiie liveryman did not buy the horse a8 he was rather afraid that the horse | did not belong to the man. i The fellow offered to sell the horse very cheap, in fact several dollars less than it was really worth. Inter: ested parties 'are making inquiries in- to the case. Redskins at the Dijon, A powerful Indian drama "Irom Hotn, the Medicine Man," or An In. dian's Gratitude" is the top-liner at The Bijou for to-day and Thursday. It tells the story of a couple of | white fod vockers, who discover a! rich gold mine, but are detected by | the red men. The camp is raided and | the whites caotured. They are about | to be tortured when the chief's son | is taken ill. The medicine wan is | powetless to cure him, and this is ac complished hy one of the white pris oners. The medicine man is imprison | ed, but esrapes reaches the gold camp, | and finds the hidded gold. The Tn | disns pursue, and there is a wild chase on land and in canoes. The pl has lots of excitement. To-day it will be accompanied by - "The Aviation Crave" and "Making and Seiling Aeroplanes." Tomorrow there will be a fine comedy with it, entitled "The Count of Montebello." C. B. 5. Harvey sings in tie afternoons and H. Mad. son evenings. Received a Call. Rev. J. A. McConnell, of Roslin, Ont., in the Kingston preshytery, has revived a call to Vernon, in the pres bytery of Ottawa, The call will come belore presbytery at its next session. "New brushes" al Gibson's Redl Cross stove. A Belleville iness man guilty to bigamy at Rochester Jonged | At pays to buy tooth brushes" at HOSIERY DEPARTMENT We sell Cashmere Hosiery for women and children that are s:lected fiom 3 of the makers of Good Flosiery in Nottingham, Engiand, Womens Cashmere Stockings, seamless feet, full sives ...... 2% Women's Cashmere Stockings, our Special at ... ... . 38 Women's Cashmere Stockings, fine abe, 48¢, 49c, G5c Children's Mew's Sox Fall weights in Cashmere Stock- ings, both broad and fine ribb, 4 makes to select from. 20c, 238¢, 25¢, 30c, Bec, B5c, 400, 45¢c, 40c, Special makes with spliced toe and heel that give excellent wear, 23¢ and 35¢, And many fine makes in Scotch Kalt | UMBRELLAS RECOVERED UNDERWEAR GOMFORTS Combination Suits and fine Yarn Sox, 39¢ and 40¢.. Warm and Serviceably, added to the money saving feature of this Underwear if bought from us, the fact this Underwear is the kind you need right now. 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