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other  children  who  might  have  had  the 
disease. 
This  being  the  ease,  the  conclusion 
seems  inevitable  that  healthy  adults  may 
become  carriers  of  infantile  paralysis 
without  being  aware  of  it.  The  old  idea 
that  disease  germs  spread  through  the 
air  has  been  pretty  welt  discarded.  It 
is  probable  that  infection  is  always  by 
contact,  either  by  direct  contact  with 
the  sick  or  with  something  that  itself  has 
been  in  contact  with  the  sick.  This 
“something’'  may  be  a  human  being,  one 
of  the  lower  animals  or  an  inanimate 
object.  People  who  are  themselves  able 
to  resist  disease  may  carry  the  germs 
about  with  them  in  their  bodies,  and, 
when  conditions  are  favorable,  pass  them 
on  to  others  who  are  more  susceptible. 
It  has  long  been  known  that  typhoid 
and  diphtheria  are  carried  in  this  way 
and  it  is  not  difficult  to  detect  such  car¬ 
riers  when  an  examination  is  made  of 
the  secretions  from  their  bodies.  A  well- 
known  character  in  medical  literature  is 
“Typhoid  Mary,"  a  cook  who,  after  re¬ 
covering  from  typhoid  fever,  went  from 
place  to  place  and  from  community  to 
community,  always  to  be  followed  by  an 
outbreak  of  typhoid.  Innocently  enough, 
she  was  harboring  typhoid  germs  within 
her  person,  and,  by  reason  of  her  occu- 
ions 
The  Way  of  Life 
Very  often  I  see  some  article  or  state¬ 
ment  in  The  R.  N.-Y.  which  I  would  like 
to  answer,  and  now,  in  the  issue  of  De¬ 
cember  2,  there  are  some  questions  which 
should  be  given  earnest  consideration  by 
your  readers,  and  I  hope  some  instruc¬ 
tive  and  enlightening  answers  may  find 
their  way  to  you,  and  then  to  those  who 
receive  and  enjoy  your  paper  each  week. 
I  would  like  to  tell  you  what  I  think 
about  the  niau  who  “starts  out  poor  and 
friendless,  but  with  strong  ambition.”  He 
is  only  one  of  many  whom  the  centuries 
have  known,  and  he  is  young  and  has 
“all  the  world  before  him  where  to 
choose."  Doubtless  he  means  to  bo  true 
to  himself,  his  God,  and  his  fellow-men, 
but  very  soon  his  work  brings  him  into 
contact  with  men  who  have  already  made 
their  competence,  and  he  expects  to  see 
in  them  the  same  open-handed  generosity 
and  kindliness  which  he  intends  to  prac¬ 
tice  when  wealth  and  power  arc  his.  And 
here  he  receives  his  first  rude  shock.  Not 
violent  euough  to  change  his  own  good 
plans,  and  yet  some  way  his  visions  have 
lost  some  of  their  roseate  hues,  and  un¬ 
consciously  his  hands  close  a  little  tighter 
over  his  hard-earned  dollars.  He  wins 
his  way  slowly,  sometimes  swiftly,  and 
meets  more  men,  studying  their  methods, 
and  trying  to  avoid  their  errors,  and  he 
has  many  more  rude  awakenings,  as  he 
comes  to  see  what  value  is  put  upon  the 
dollar  for  the  dollar’s  sake  alone.  Grad¬ 
ually  he  loses  his  trustful  nature  and  a 
watchful  suspicion  takes  its  place.  In¬ 
stead  of  the  Golden  Rule  he  comes  to  see 
that  the  motto  of  many  so-called  success¬ 
ful  men  is  substantially  that  of  David 
Hamm’s  rule  in  horse  trading:  “Do 
unto  the  other  man  as  he  would  do  unto 
you,  and  do  it  fust” ! 
He  still  means  to  he  charitable,  and 
when  success  comes  he  remembers  the 
poor  at  Christmas,  gives  liberally  to  ben¬ 
evolent  societies,  and  tries  to  help  his 
less  fortunate  relatives.  The  relatives 
ask  for  more  and  more.  The  poor  take 
the  money  he  intended  for  food  and  fuel 
and  go  to  the  movies  and  buy  candy.  The 
benevolent  organizations  publish  his 
name  and  the  amount  of  his  gife,  and  in¬ 
stantly  he  becomes  the  target  of  a  thou¬ 
sand  begging  letters  from  other  people 
wanting  money.  Naturally  he  looks  for 
some  gratitude,  but  receives  criticism  be¬ 
cause  he  did  not  give  more.  Is  it  strange 
that  his  pursestrings  tighten  up,  and 
that  he  finally  decides  to  give  help  only  py 
buying  liberally  for  his  own,  so  as  to 
“keep  the  money  in  circulation?”  If  the 
visions  of  his  youth  are  stored  in  his 
subconscious  mind  and  sometimes  come 
back  to  make  him  regretful,  he  comforts  oil'  this  feelin 
himself  by  saying  he  did  the  best  he  could,  resent  a  sugg- 
and  we,  who  are  “lookers-on  in  Vienna,”  ’  to  <>! 
cannot  contradict  him.  The  trouble,  I  :(j  j'd°sn 
think,  is  that  the  world  has  wandered  so  not  the  doctc 
far  from  the  basic  truths  of  Christ’s  the  dentist  a 
teachings,  and  much  of  flic  social  struc-  *or  ^‘e  Public 
ture  of  to-day  stands  upon  false  founda-  than  another 
tions.  Life  has  become  so  hurried  and  lawyers  like  A 
complex,  and  we  are  all  drawn  into  the  ouieh  °f  free 
whirlpool,  tasting  its  froth  and  saying  it  TheTame^ : 
is  good,  only  later  to  realize  how  we  suggests.  Th 
have  been  whipped  about  and  how  tired  we  l  liml  ns  to  o 
are.  The  world  needs  again  to  hear  a  °ur  fellows, 
voice  say :  “Peace.  Be  still.”  e.  s.  w.  ”1' 
egg  which  may  not  even  exist,  or  if  there 
were  eggs,  your  •hickens  are  the  same 
breed  as  his  and  the  eggs  would  be  simi¬ 
lar.  If  your  neighbor  doesn’t  pen  his 
chickens  sell  ah  the  eggs  you  gather  at 
a  clear  profit.  h.  h.  b. 
FERTILIZERS 
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PHILADELPHIA 
SUBSIDIARY  OF  THE  AMERICAN  AGRI,  CHEM.  CO. 
Charity  of  “  Self-made”  Men 
On  page  1500  are  two  important  ques¬ 
tions.  Charity  of  “self-made”  men.  I 
will  answer  this  question  by  quoting 
Christ’s  saying  in  the  Bible,  “How  hardly 
shall  they  that  have  riches  enter  into  the 
Kingdom  of  Heaven.”  You  recall  the 
story  of  the  rich  young  man.  It  would 
have  been  the  same  with  an  old  man  as 
a  young  man.  The  Kingdom  of  Heaven 
does  not  refer  to  the  hereafter,  but  to 
now.  Itiehos  does  not  necessarily  menu 
money.  Position,  power,  fame,  all  are 
Potatoes  Paid  for 
Farm — $700  Profits  Too 
A  farmer  did  this  with  his  first  potato  crop  in 
Eastern  North  Carolina.  Land  selling  at  $15  to 
S ?  5  per  acre  product  s  Lice  $200  kind.  Big  yields 
early  truck —  50  to  V 5  bu.  corn  per  acre.  Live 
*t«St  needs  Hit  In  shelter — long  erasing — cheap 
— ,  feed  Abundant  ramUl! — nearby  mar- 
faORFOlff, 
/southern! 
IROi 
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will  prepare  purposely  for  yon  a  list  of  just 
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THE  SOUTH  FOR  FARM  PROFITS 
Why  not  look  for  a  farm  homo  in  the  South?  Farm 
lands,  for  time  ami  money  invested,  pay  larger 
profits  than  elsowhoro.  Two  to  four  crops  a  year; 
good  yiohlS;  heat  prices  for  products,  li ood  loca¬ 
tions  in  hoalthinst,  most  pleasant  district*.  S15  ail 
aero  and  up.  Write  for  our  litfiratm*'  ami  tlm  spe¬ 
cial  information  you  wish.  M  V.  RICHARDS,  Ittd.  and 
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SOUTHERN  FARMS  ARE  PROFITABLE 
Get  our  illustrated  lists  of  e»od  farms  in  Virginia. 
North  Carolina,  West  Virginia,  Alary  land  and  Ohio 
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and  up.  complete,  on  cnay  terms.  Kinu climate,  good  mar¬ 
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live  stock  country  on  rartn.  Wiito  fm-  full  ‘mftirm»(i,,ii  n,,w. 
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A  Bunch  of  Good  Young  Slu.it 
PROSPERITY  IN  CANADA—  $900,000,000  in 
new  wealth  added  in  l'Jlo.  Enormous  crops  and 
low  taxation  make  farmers  rich.  Wheat  aver¬ 
age,  36.16  bushels  per  acre  iu  Alberta,  28.75 
bushels  per  acre  In  Saskatchewan,  28.50  bushels 
per  acre  in  Manitoba.  Taxes  average  $2-1  and 
will  not  exceed  §35  per  Quarter  section,  in¬ 
cludes  all  taxes;  no  tuxes  on  improvements. 
Free  schools  and  full  religious  liberty;  good 
climate.  Get  your  farm  home  from  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Paclflc  Railway;  20  years  to  pay.  Rood 
land  from  $11  to  $30  per  acre;  irrigated  lands 
from  $35,  and  the  government  guarantees  your 
laud  and  water  titles.  Balance,  after  first  pay¬ 
ment,  extended  over  nineteen  years,  with  in¬ 
terest  at  6%;  privileges  of  paying  iu  full  any 
time.  Before  filial  payment  becomes  due  your 
farm  should  have  paid  for  itself.  We  will  lend 
you  up  to  $2,000  in  improvements  in  certain  dis¬ 
tricts,  with  no  security  other  than  the  laud 
itself.  Particulars  on  request.  Heady-made 
farms  for  sale.  Special  easy  terms.  Loan  for 
livestock.  In  defined  districts,  after  one  year's 
occupation,  under  certain  conditions  we  advance 
cattle,  sheep  and  hogs  to  farmers  up  to  a  value 
of  $1,000.  We  want  you;  wtt  can  afford  to  help 
you.  We  own  the  lamT:  wc  want  the  land  cul¬ 
tivated.  Our  interest  are  mutual.  Buy  direct 
and  get  your  farm  home  from  the  CANADIAN 
PACIFIC  RAILWAY.  Send  for  free  book.  J.  S. 
Dennis,  Assistant  to  the  President.  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway,  303  Ninth  Ave.,  West,  Calgary, 
IF  you  want  books  on  farming  of 
any  kind  write  us  and  we 
will  quote  you  prices 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  West  Thirtieth  Street,  New  York 
I  I  Canada’s  Liberal  Offer  of 
Wheat  Land  to  Settlers 
is  open  to  you— to  every  farmer  or  farmer's 
son  who  13  anxious  to  establish  for  hircself  a 
happy  home  and  p  rosperity.  Canada's  hearty 
invitation  this  year  is  rnpre  attractive  than 
ever.  Wheat  13  much  higher  but  her  fertile 
fatrn  land  just  as  cheap,  and  in  the  provinces 
of  Manitoba,  Saskatchewan  anti  Alberta 
160  Acre  Homesteads  Are  Actually  Free  toSettters 
and  Other  Land  Sold  at  frwa  $15  to  $23  Per  Acre 
The  great  demand  for  Canadian  Wheat  will 
keep  up  tile  price.  Where  a  farmer  can  get 
near  §3  fer  wheat  and  raise  30  to  45  bushels  to 
the  acre  he  ts  bound  to  make  money — that's 
what  ycu  can  expect  in  Western  Canada.  Won¬ 
derful  yields  also  of  Oats,  Barley  and  Flax. 
Mixed  Farming  in  Western  Canada  is  fully  as 
profitable  an  industry  as  grain  raising. 
The  excellent  graaaca.  full  of  nutrition,  are  the  oniv  food 
required  either  1  cr  beef  or  dairy  purposes.  Good  schools, 
churches,  ruar/.i' U  convenient,  el.n-iU)  excellent.  MUl. 
tnry  aervtctt  is  r.-ut  compulsory  In  Canada  but  there  is  an 
unusual  demand  for  farm  labor  to  replace  the  many 
young  men  who  have  volunteered  for  the  war.  Write 
for  literature  and  particulars  as  to  reduced  railway  rates 
to  bupt.  of  Immigration,  Ottawa,  Can.,  or  to 
O.G.  RUTLEDGE,  30^e  .  Cenesee  St.,  Syracnse,  N.  Y. 
The  Cause  of  Infantile  Paralysis 
eus  the  The  ^rea^  infantile  paralysis  which 
’  so  unaccountably  made  its  appearance  iu 
>.  toa  many  country  homes  during  the  past. 
hens  to  Summer  was  greatly  increased  by  the 
ome  nice  mystery  attending  its  origin  and  spread. 
If.n  fruit  , e  o’^ase  is  by  no  means  new.  being 
nun,  always  present  m  some  part  of  the  coun- 
you  in-  try,  but  seldom  does  it  attain  the  pro- 
;o  gather  Portions  of  so  widespread  an  epidemic. 
»  gather-  <,  ,!e  focus  of  poliomyelitis,  or 
,  polio,  as  the  doctors  call  it  for  short, 
urse,  be-  was  in  and  about  New  York  City,  more 
ro  prac-  or  less  isolated  cases  were  to  be  found 
vou  have  Wel1  ottered  through  the  State.  In 
,  -  ,e  country  districts  it  seemed  to  attack  by 
r,  ana  ir  preference  children  in  families  rather  re- 
recovcry  mote  from  town  and  often  a  long  dis- 
iary,  the  tancc  from  neighbors.  In  many  of  these 
.  ,  cases  it  was  impossible  to  find  thnt  +lu» 
Canadian  Gov’t  Agt. 
