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A PLUG
Latest' Findings ' . ..
Of Science
Earth's Diameter. • 'Expandin: g
According to One L
Theory .
It cannot be said that Air Arthur
• Eddington added' anything . to .. our'
knowledge of the expanding universe'
goineare. their equations the...w/o Owl ' Laiffs
UT that remote time, and so did Henri. •
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beheld the gaseous earth spooning so ,
fast Il;at at. assumed,-fxrst.the .ehaee - L,Qays.._atld.. .F14-4 1_ _ _
of a spheroid and then of an egg; As Ile mastered his work until it seemed
the egg-shapped mass cooled and be- , p him
came liquid it spun' still ore dizzily, A- game to be played, with pleasure
Darwin saw a tem'porar'y collapse, and Vim;
causing the egg tp become a pear; , He"mastered his thoughts 'till hie
The stalk of the pear• developed a every word
bulb, and the waist of the stalk be, Rang clear and uplifting to all who.
e nie thinner and thinner. The'length heard. . • • , .
of day was now only three hours. He governed bis likes;, and, desires
Tides •raise.d', by the sun aided con- until
trifugai force in distorting the earth. • He overcame bondage to personal
.The ,.ii -quid, pear, Coated 'by this tlthe.� • ' will;-
with a crust `thirty-five ' miles thick, He sought to live life with a highe,
.could •..nosWithstand the • combination -1 - aim: -. . ? ,
Five thousand cubic •. miles of mattes• 1 That man's approval and world fame.,
constitt.ting- the bulb was"-wrenerhed, He ,gave little heed to the loaves and
loose, in that- ettipendoue ''convulsion I ' fishes, •
the Moon' •was' 'born, Saint astron , Yet he always- received 'far more, than
amers. profess 'to see in the basin OW 1„ 'his wishes,' • 11,
Oki by ,the_Pacifie Acean the sear ..-,,--=--""",•
"he told the. British Association for the
Advancement of Science. Apparently
many of these atone:attacking
teria are . developed ' in rain . water.
Professor Paine finds that nitrifying
bacteria, which destroy buried rocks,,
are likewise present on decayed stone.'
Eyen cement may be disintegrated by
them.' , .What. usually' Passes for sul'•-
;phate incrustation onbuilding stones
mayy be due, in, Professor Paine's opin-
ion; not to •sulphur dioxide; in`'~.the
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in the address which he gave before atmaspheebut to a recently discover-
ed bacterium which is capable of liv-
the,:International Astronomical Union
in Canib i'd'ge, Mass At -last year's-
meeting'of the British Association for
the 'Advancement of;Science, _lie .re•
marked that "the, theory of the 'ex-
p: • .ding universe .is in some respects'
so preposterous -.-.-that I-feel.almost
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an indignation that'any one 'should:
believe in it—except myself ". But he'
believes in it so strongly that he has•
q expansion Because'of his Work We
now say glibly enough, as if it were,.
an indisputable fact, that'the -universe
ice..,: .o;Chas-Alciiiblertits-dial Iter ,in, -the -last.
1,300,000,•Od10_:yeaxs _
In these days space is as important
as ratter—perhaps more important.
The universe.is' curved; because ,drat-
- r--ramps-s-gaee•a-reii o dotes r
.mine the diameter of the unt erre at
wily time.' we must therefore An the
' amount of matter that it 'coitains:
Ilere the mathe'rnatician may dal' little
`but guess. Dr. H. P. Robertson' of
Princeton, on the'basis of some, facts
gathered by, Dr. Hubble of - Mount
Wilson; has reached the conclusion,
that' the universe has ,expanded 'to
thirteen times`. its original size.- '
:'The highly .problematical character
of all these estimates is stamp by
the •'difference in the results if the
:.,,. existence -.of_:dal.k matter is.,constdea ,
• ed. Thus Dr. Robertson has shown
that, if -enough- Matter of that. kind
be presupposed, the' universe may
have expanded to less' then' twice its
original . size. `
Eddiirgton has made the interesting
suggestion that the universe may be
i;ng- on • sulphur_-Sompolmth
DIA-MONI? -DIES FOR FTLA-
IMENTS.. '
In 'a sense the inhabitants' of . the
little town of Trevoux in•France are
responsible fpr the :glare, of: -Broad-,.
way and the hundreds of Main Streets'
that. imitate it For nearly all 'Tre-.
vo'ux is engaged in the inherited task
taken'the trouble' to figure the tate* of 'drilling, diamond , dies 'through
`which 'tuiieSteh"ts: drawn 'to -produce
the fitam.ents, of millions of .electric
lamps. - • .
:: A-•-li•tile-sic -watt-.•i ioandesee lamp..
-.has _a -filament_ four ten -thousandths
of • an . in -eh in diameter•, which is ten
times finer than ,the average 'hair ;i4
a man's head. Even after, it is coiled
X390 tux>s to�thP linea*-tnc1h_to form
a. spring-like• filament .through- which
_electric t-y_,flow_s to _Produc.e..,light_the
filament has an 'outside diameter less
than that of a human
Enough' filament. wire . for. '666,656
lamps is -drawn from a ba' of ting:
sten,' three -eights :of ' an -inch square
':by :twenty-four inches long, weighing
11-3 -ounds. The bar passes' through
ninety-five dies --off -progressively
smaller aperture: 'Nearly two-thitds
of these dies axe rough -gut diamonds'
in which the workers of Trevoux'have
j.i.ill4ed.'minute,'holes;,_ A six -watt fila-
ment wire in its final- drilling passes
'thrui,gli-a' drilled d-ianiend no -bigger.
thana mere speck. Often as 'many as
thirty attempts at• dt+iliing. must be
made before' a good die results. 'A
conical' hole is drilled exactly through
each •side'. The aperture formed by
shrinking—instead of expanding.• They the meeting apices of the , two cones
outer nebulae would then appear , to• .constitutesthe die.
rush away just as they. do mew. 'An HOWTHE M'OON WAS BORN:-.--
observer • outside of 'the universe Hundreds of inflating of years ago.
would see everything contracting-- the earth was undoubtedly a perfect
atoms, animals, planets, stellar sys- here -gas. The late 4tr ('perfect
,of that planetary catastrophe ' T.here was a time when a man had•
Dr:; Arthur', Neuberg ' of Meissen• ,to; read several •fashion.,inagazines to
steps forward' to destroy this theory find cut all that women were wearing,.
A ,simple e'alculaticn shows' that the instead • of just•sitting , in this seine
'basin of theI'ac ficy Ocean ,s only room with;ztlf'eni.
. ', i .
one -thirtieth is large . as. ;the Moon. W { `. ` "
Then there's the story anent the
actor who toured the country in "Ham Illustrated Drssttta ng Less022 :Ear-
nts a L very I'd/tern
'Throwing. in the material requ.rred,to
:1111.-dhe—A.-tlartir and Indtad Ocean•
Dr; Neuaerg' is still unable . to collect
enough to :snake up' a Mgon: He 'be-
lieves that the Moons was indeed split
of from the, earth but not thatit
came•out ofthe 'Pacific basin.
Healing Through' Repose:
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1�tI1ingIilLe ; R.ed
when u=crave
a read good yup ortea
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hat: NOW . York
Is -earir .rL
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, Ai,ns itE,t.LE 1vOi, fuNGTt9I+7.
let." . .,
Friend-" What -'-kind oY a .run' . did•
you have in Savannah?"
' Actor --".Weil, we beat theaudience
over the' county line. by three min-
utes."
It was apretty wise' man who said:
° Repose after'absolute rest
Struggle, ;"The' man who'isn't.a°fool half of the.
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following effort is aa indispensable time is usually"a fool .all of the time."
preliminary to healing Through psycho- • •
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therapy.
The condition i; s'technically' known
as "anapausle, " says Dr. BI.. l erillon.
'in the medical review' Guerir (Paris).
Anapausiti i'sreally,one•of the hyp-
Thio 'N That
The person who 'really likes to get
things done seldom attends a conimt-
tee .meeting. We may all eat hominy
before we .die; bnt -we'll never see wo- 7.
-notic. states.,:_ sellf-induced or otherwise. Men. "wearing cotton stockings -:again.
The mind then, tends' in•the 'most. na- To get;on a `inans friendly side, say,
° profound , "I've always admired your:'] gment:":
tural way to • sinlir into a prof nd , >�
slumber. Writes Dr.'Berillon: ' You can' be aline, upstandii g, .respect
"The state of hypnotic anapaests able. citizen,• but to a banana skin
ought to work out 'in a full, complete . you're just' a flop:
tont. .theearkli-iirb ld-Spiral -freer
•-' the sun with dizzily increasing speed.
. / • "We walk the stage of life, -per-
formers of "a drama for the benefit
of the cosmic spectator," he said- at
. Cambridge as he did when he deliver-
ed his presidential• address before the'
• Royal Astronomical Soc'ie'ty.. "As the
scenes 'proceed he notices that ' the :
actors' are gt`oWirig smaller and the
, action growing quicker.. When the
last act opens, the curtain rises on
midget- actors rushing, through' their
parts at .frati'ttc speed: %•'Smaller • •and• •
smaller. Faster and faster. One last
microscopic 'blur of •intense agitation.
And then nothing," ' •
suspension of all - thought.
"Attainment of this state `does not
signify merely absolute inertia of the
mentality, 'a 'total' obliviousness' to all'
excitations or--stimuli--frein -without,_
it is ,attended' likewise- by --immobility_.
of the'bodily organism, - calm, peace,
trangttilickyr-of-,counteuan e•-- ._ _... .
"Ask the subject: 'What are :you
thinking of?! He ans'yers." Nothing•-'
This means' the certainty bf full hyo---.
nottc' anapausis. ' • . '
• "It is realized' When. the countenance'
of .the patient expresses complete
'difference ,to whatever might other-
wise excite excite of enervate him: Ile Is in
the antechamber ofl slumber. "
• "Under the influence of the slight-
est fatigue :due -to the eftort-ta heed -
•or. to attend, of the least, monotony or
of the •least encouragement In such • a
Lady' (admiring a' little' boyWho had
been left: in her care)-' Where�,did
you get those great •big:brown'eyes?"
LittleToddler' "Oh, they came with
nay., face."
Gladful cla'dys says _` If _kissing.
really does shorten life, a date with a
-few boys4.1 o --w would-:prose:absolate�
ly fatal.'
Missionary—"My.friend; are you tram
Fe. ing ire-and-narro-r'path-yr
• In silence the man handed over his
card,•'which read: "Signor'' Ballancio,
Tightrope Walker.": •
Jones -was; in- -nearby-;city--res-
taurant the other day:.=' He was study
ing' the menu' at the waitress an,
direction, he•wili pass into a state of broached to take his:order.
agreeable passivity. '.
"The ease with which hypnotic ana-
pausis can be attained by children •ex-•
• He—".Have yon frogs' legs?"
.-Waitress—',No, . sir.' Ws my ''rheu-.
matism that makes me walk thio way."
plains the remarkable effects of the
application 'of psychotherapy in ;the A. saxofrhone is manufactured -every,
• - ''. . erred •of --j wenide-4•i-€e - .forty • seconds in, America That is
School •p ] -
" - abit't nf lying, , of theft
ness,' of nail=biting, of ' cowardice and'
the like.have been quite'obliterated.
"In ' view of the perfect safety of the
good news; -because we thought there
'were more than that around. - -
Fishing .may be a pastime at which
treatment it is to be :deplored' ',th.at;th-ere- is a fish 'at one end of the line -
more.children of the 'neuropathic, im- and' a fool 'at the• other, but our ob-
pulsive, and 'difficult' types are • not servation has been that the fish does
gi thebenefit of it:' not,. always perform his part of the
aiveul
combination
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A simple and neat affair is this
darling sheer black 'woolen; now so
modish,
It is given new distinction by' •i.'s.
pin tucked neckline ant -sleeve
The slfirt is 'just slightly flared. It
is very slenderizing; cut with gores at
the -front. '
And to make it! You'll simply be
amazed' at the extremely easy manner
in which •it is put together.
_,. Style No. 2551 may be had; in -sizes.
Classified• Advertising•
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4'N OFFEtt. rtrQ •l VERY rNVEP TOl1j
,,I,lst of wanted iniCntiOrts and" full
infornaa.tiari sent tree• Tiae,'RamgaY :Coma'
.ny..Wont!-Patert,.At.tolne,ys 273 lienis •t
Street; Ottatwa Canai1a.
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16; 1.8 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches:
"Mummy,, that 'dentist wasn't pain-• .'`Agitated' Caher�-"I .should Like to ,bust.
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t .l ta_^Se „ • V yldreen 'wool jersey, and tweed-
Secretary—"Sorry, sir,'
he; at din -like 'woolen in brown, OR a are
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nt 1 Size 36 requit•es 3% yards 39 inch.
ess like he advertised. Why,. did he see the fudge It s a mat
of urt_ you?" No but' he yelled Just
Darwin, son of the great Charles, pro- 'like any other dentist when I bit his
jetted' himself back mathematically finger." ,
BACTERIA THAT ATTACK •�
STONE.
For seven • years Professor S. G.
:Paine of 'London, England, liar been"
studying the decay of stone.. "Corin --
mon air and water organisms are
nearly always 'present' in 'decayed
stone in surprisingly large numbers,"
BACKACHE NOT DUE
TO AGE
' Many people think that bacltache is,
's- trouble that gomes ,naturally with
• advancing•years,hut this woman of 71.
proves that it 4s not.
"I suffered for a %ttg tinge front
:backache'," she: writes, "but put, it
dowii 10 my age (71). Beading your
announcement, I thought 'I would try
Kruschen. Salts. 1 have 'been taking It
' for, Norm) time and have 'found great
(relief., I thought you would like to
(know it has done me a -world of good."
- (Mrs.) E. R.
' • Pains in the back are the Denali./,
Paid for inacti'v'e kidneys; Krusohea
$alts •can be Safely trusted, to set tt
atter right: • Becaus® Kruseheu ne 't
Gins jtitit 'What Nature needs to d >t*'
1t
uuade:amour kidneys back into a heal , �,,
;I�norroirl condition. After that, yo '
)blood throve ort all impurities; theses
g•o more trouble'; no more pains; batk.
+ ° lkesom§a merely_ a 'bad i temorz.
D You Know?
• That dire. heautiful mountain has been get Saida $y the Canadian
Government as x perpetual niolinnietit to 1ldith Cavell, •lsritish dura- -
ing sister who was 'executed by the (Iermans during the .'P 'olrld 'War.
Bltoc gear o , theta n eesst31:1 d, to with. et August, rdemorial
'services are hobo, the base of " 1, a mountain.' It has an elevation of
• 11008 f�e tand to alt lat to Yilper. Natiofl$. Part, Alberta. It is.
c' ere their tinct and bears, ono of the Most striking
gla tiers In the Ttooky
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�ay1k, Canadian National Railways. A,
of vital
new right now."- .
'Agitated Caller—"But, look here, I
must see .him' at'. once. My life de-
pends on it." '
Secretary—"Perhaps, sir, hut -after
all His Hot or is at steak." •
wife
hard
• :MOTOR BOAT' Eon BALE •
i-(4-1] AIR U '=LLv I )i 111' "Air CA -Br.
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cruiser. about thirty feet, in us.
al tug•ether on' .folir. ;.or ,five ,nionI,he ,i ,�
two, soagons: complete eyuipineutt Inelotkr
ing carpets, .bed .and •table •Ilnea. chinaA,,'
glassware and siiver as' well 'as ell.maM„,
1 e.,uipment and many extras. ,Thi
•crutsei with Itl•two cabins and its .ve'1�,
eyul•pped•galley is an enu uaily coma•ar-try
able boat ' for week -ends or ;IongPT
cruises' fbr four to Sia people. At.to ex-
ceptionally
ceptionaliy: seaworthy' and has crulsedl
all ov^er•the Great Lakes. . It has a :gig
'class and very economical 5e' hor•sepweri
yix,eylinder power•,piant with cainpleto.
electric lighting'
throughou't are speed_,
of .12 to amiles per hour. It Is a •i pe=
ea) paint lob and ,eery atiraelive.In Sp -1
penance. Games. will sacrifice for ern a1fl.
Its 'original. cost., 13.' Var•k'ins.' 73 pir:
Adelaide St... Toronto.,
1Viee#.,the Day y_• _ _•
We' must rise 'and • meet •the•. clay' '
As the day.meets all mankind. '
Morning puts the night away,
Leaves the darkness all behind. - '
Yet in,human hearts we find
Shadows lurking gaunt and grew.
Shutting out the :morning's ray
Fro mtht3' chambers of themind.
We must rise, the !Tay to meet, • ' '
As the••td'hings of earth arise:
,Birds., thou -face the east'sard skies, '
By the.dew of night made sweet.
F'rom'rthe=hills°-the shades-=retrea •� ;;
With the dawn the darkness dies,
Only--go1{1.e.nu-sunshinA__lies-.- - _. __,�
On :the valley, on the street.,
Let us put the past away,'
e-f-itturc, far and 4 r -i& ,
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.What--men-do., or, •what ' mem aaY,.. • •. .
this alone can make'them.right ',-
Looking eastward to the,ligb•t,
Trying some untaavelled way.
We must leave behind the night
C'; a must rise and meet the.day.. ,
-Douglas Malloch:'
Noise=Abatement Society •• -
. Is Formed, iii Budapest -
Budapest; .— .Prominent citizens 'of
the .11nngarian.capital have organized
Into sue.'
themsel'ares. in. an anti•p:oise'lea >
They complain that tlW5ticstuds frtira'.
loudspeakers, traffi,c'• on the, streets*
and particularly sounding of aulomo-
bile' horns • on all .occasons, • are Mak-
ing
mak
ing things.unpleasant.for the ordinary `
inhabitant. '
A committee of experts has been ap-
pointed- to .suggest .how an •anti -noise,
campaign can best he inaugurated and
put through, and .an appeal is made to .
all inhabitants to co-operate An',-rediacr - •
Eng noi'se'tti a minimum: ' - , .•
smart.. .
• To wear, 'neath your fur 'wrap for
matinee, - it's, stunning, in Persian
green crepe :silk. .
HOW TO ORDER .PATTERNS.
iWrite your ,same and address plain-.
y, • giving; number and size -.of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c'in
-stamps or coin' (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number', 'and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, i3 West Ade)aideSt., Toronto..
Schools As 'Consumers
.under the heading "Schools Can
, 13ring Better Times" Dr.'.John R..Nor•
ton, writing in "School Management"
(New York), compiled some interest;
ing -figures We rarely give thought
to the equipment" used in the .."little
red schoolhouse" but. the following
table of supplies used. by a 'Los An -
W niidn't•'excltange my Attie •
for any ten women I know:'
know — one's enough these '
times," .
Hold 50,000 -Year -Old Tusks
- -Tusks at nraminoths-'which lived-
nearly
ivednearly 50,000 ;years ago are it , stor-
age at the London docks awaiting an
owner: , ' '
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In warm t ionients make your reso-
Iiitinus,• and in cold Moments. Make
that resolution good.=.Tyndall.
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For Baby's Bath
gore than that of any other
member of the family, baby's
tender, delicate Skip needs the
.greatest care and attention. The
soft soothing oils in Baby's Owli
Soap make it specially suitable
for babies, and its clinging .fra.
grance reminds One of the . Genuine work alone, what thou
rosesof France ' whic hen
p w0 keit faithfully, that is Eternal, as
to inspire it. the Almighty" Pounder ' and World-
"iit's best ter, KO t ;dl Gi•b ! builder himself.—Carlyle:
genes school is quite an eye-opener:
6,0,000 gallons hoar polsh, '
5,000 baseball bats, '
10,000 playground bails, .
24,000 packages washingpowder,
22,000: cans of cleanser,
400,000, cakes laundry soap, '
300;000-'ebiniso'sit ion-br off. ,
360,000 • boxe s 'crayons,
40,000 pints library paste..
51,000 .rulers, -
4'0,000 blackboard ' erasers,.
20,000 gallons liquid soap,
20 car -loads 3jupils! desks,
15 car -loads paper tostels,
6 .ctr•lttadb teachers'' chairs,
10 .car:loadn steel lockers.
Austria. to Open Glider 'School
Vienna.—A • training' school for
glider pilote, the first of- its, kind in
Austria, Is to be established by the
Austrian .Mr League on the "Schnee -
berg," near bere, at an altitude"•of
6,00:0 feet.
. M
I refuse the rule of woman, lint 1I
accept her influence.—Jules Simuii.
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Acidity Oyerc9rne •
Wonderful Results' From.
Famous . egeiable. , ills .
Instead of having an acid stornadi .ind
being constipated Mr. Frank t':' is
well. "I can eat anything since tn'i4g
-Carter's Little Liver Pills,",ho
'Because they are PURELY 1'Et r! .
_.TABLE,aeontla-ef ec,•tive-tota-itztt-hack•
liver and • );towels, Dr. Carters little •.
Liver Pills are without equal for rot
rectingConstipation,Biliodsuess, -
Headaches, Poor Comple;.ian and In-' '
digestion. 25r. & 75c. red pk+,.-, (-very-
where. Ail: (o ('•tr:cr'•ti h•. I..
I. �T
ri,RHEUMATISM
o
yeull�gef relief!
tour Min ird's into a warm
dila. Rub lininsent gegtly rn;
then apply it aec+rdintt to
dire�tiors,, . . and span
you'll get relief!
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