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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-08-05, Page 6. •y :•.age 6 LEGAL. FALLAOIES. THE WINGHAM TIMES Ug►1gt 51411 I'g15 Anecemt Superstitions T at Tonaeiouaiy Cling to Life. OA the subject of "Some Popular Legal Supttratttions" Case and Coin• tient says that there are many miscon+ eeptions .of legal doctrines. usually tenaciously held and sometimes rashly acted upon to the client's undoing. some of which are so grotesquely dis- torted that It is difficult to trace them to their origin, One of the most widely spread but fertunately harmless of these Is that in order that a will disin- limiting au heir may be valid he must be "eut off with a shilling." This no. tion is erroneous, but Blackstone ands a foundation for it In the civil lap and says: "The Romans were also wont to set aside testaments as being tuodilciosa, deficient in natural duty, if they dlsta- iterited< or totally passed by (without assigning a true, suf13eient reuse's) any of the children of the testator. But if the ehild•.had any legacy, though ever so small, it was proof that the testator 'had not lost his memory or reason, which otherwise the law presumed, but was then presumed to bave acted thus from substantial cause. Hence probably has arisen that groundless vulgar error of the necessity of leav- ing an heir a shilling. or some other ex- press legacy. in order to disinherit him effectually." Another erroneous idea, quite gener- ally entertained, is that a signature is not binding unless written in ink. Still another curious notion enter- tained in some localities is that an eye- witness may not testify to any occur- rence seen by him "through glass." This is probably attributable to the fact that the imperfections of ancient window glass might deceive the on- looker as to what actually took place. The writer recalls an instance adduced by his instructor In physics while lec- turing on the refraction of light of a windowpane in bis house through which passersby on the opposite side of the square appeared, on coming op- posite to u church, to leap over the steeple. A condition of this sort brought out on cross examination might affect the weight, though not the admissibility, of the evidence. PERIL OF RUST. A Constant Menace to Structures of iron and Steel. Among the many questions which the architect and builder are called upon to consider, none perhaps is more important than that relating to the corrosion of iron and steel. This tend- ency to decay is peculiar to these materials, since none of the ordinary metals exhibits it to any comparable degree, and it' is so strong that an un- protected piece is soon reduced to a shapeless mass oe rust. It is one thing to design and erect a mighty sky- scraper, but en entirely different mat- ter to protect it from those influences which, if allowed to do their work, would ruin the greatest structure in a short time. It seems strange, in a Way, that un- less iron is well protected it is far less resistant to natural agencies than wood or other building materials. It is being used more and more in the fabrication of large buildings and other structures of a permanent type, and the length of their life, to say nothing of the safety of the people employed in and around them, depends on the success with which corrosion can be prevented. Painters are constantly employed on such structures as the Brooklyn or Forth bridges scraping away rust spots and repainting. When serious rusting is once started it is very hard to check, and as it would inevitably lead to the destruction of the framework a col- lapse would be certain to occur sooner or later, probably with an appalling loss of Iife.—Engineering Magazine. Curious Bread. The bread that was served out dur- ing the siege of Genoa was a curious mixture. 14farbot, who had to eat it or go without it, says it was "a horrible compound of damaged flour, sawdust, starch, hair powder, oatmeal, linseed, rancid nuts and other *nasty sub- stances, to which a little solidity was given by the admixture of a small portion of cocoa. Each loaf, more- over, was held together by little bits of wood, without which it would have fallen to powder. General Thiebault in his journal of the siege compares this bread to peat mingled with Argonaut, Valley of Death. The Valley of Death is in the island of Java. It is a crater of an extinct volcano, half a mile wide, filled with carbonic acid gas, which continually emanates from fissures in the bottom of the valley. The gas being invisible and entirely irrespirable, every living thing that descends is instantly suffo- cated. The ground about the crater Is covered with bones, Canal Locks, Although the ancients knew the val- ue of canals, they failed to hit on the • simple deviee of the leek, which was not discovered till the fourteenth cen- tury, To this day the dispute has nets er been settled as to which country, . Italy or holland. Is entitled to tilo credit of the invention. A Polite Threat, "Why do you always ask that regular customer if the razor hurts him l" asked one barber. "Just as a gentle reminder," replied the other. "that if he forgets the tip liable to lbitlrt him next time."-y$t. Lapis kolft-DISP s Otte • One ungrateful ratan does or Wort* sit !alio are auffaringr-a7! M STIRT ADVERTISING NOW 1 STAGNATION in one's business is greatly to be feared and greatly to be avoided. Action --an effort to get ahead—keeps a business healthy, wealthy and wise, Visible action is advertising in the. Weekly Tires --a fresh advertisement each week, The preparation and publication of a new advertisement is a sure in- dication of business energy. "Start Something" is the slo- gan of today.. Start advertising NOW. Keep up the advertising all through the year, and your business will feel the tonic'effect of your action, To the Merchants of Wingham Make business brisk for you and town of Wingham by a big arid rightly-. directed effort—by a series of adeq uate advertisements in 'the Weekly Times. Get and Keep Ahead by Planning Ahead GROOMING THE HORSE Several men awaited their turns in the barber shop of a small town. Three barbers were at work. A neat- ly dressed, clean -faced glossy -haired young man stepped spryly to his place in one of the chairs and asked for a hair -cut. His hair was already quite short. The barber went carefully over his head with the clippers and scissors, then dampened his hair slight- ly and went over it again, taking off just a little here and a little there. During the time he worked en that one pa- tron his companions had each finished with two, but with his next man he made as short work as they. Noticing the extrethe care given to the work on this one man, a waiting patron asked about it when his turn came. In reply he was assured that the favored one never paid more than the regular fee, nor complained about the quality of work, but he always came in for a hair -cut with his hair looking so fine that it took good work to im- prove it, and his general appearance required a first-class hair-eut to match it. It was not for pay, but for the fit- ness of things, that the barber bestowed his extra efforts. The men who came in with long tangled hair and dressed as though that were good enough were greatly improved in ap- pearance by a rough and hasty hair- cut. The work was suited to the man. Grooms their work that a very inferior horse is seen likewise unconciously suit to the horse. It is seldom with a shining coat, mane and tail combed out and harness polished. A man nat- urally I feels that such a horse is scarcely worth so much effort. It will not make a good appearance anyway; on the other hand, most men will gladly put forth extra effort and time cleaning up a good horse and shining his harness. So good horses are usual- ly well groomed whether their owners demal1dait or not. Herein lies a substantial reason for keeping high-class mares for farm work. It is easier to get thein cared for properly, and it is also easier to se- cure hired hands who appreciate good horses. And the man who takes .pride in a horse is usually a better general farm hand that the one who does not. This is why faithful horsemen and well teams are usually found on farms where well-bred horses are kept. The grooming is suited to the horse.— Prairie Farm and home. • REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been sled for ever SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WAILS TEETHING with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS ALLAYS all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRHOIA. It is tb. sblutety harmless. Be sore and ask for "Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take a4 other kind. Twentr•five cents a bottle. THE USEFUL LEMON. For a Clore throat gargle with pure, undiluted, unsweetened lemon juice. For a cough or cold mix equal parts of lemon juice and strained honey, and take a tablespoonful every hour, For a sick headache mix one part lemon juice and two parts boilingwater, and sip a teacupful as hot as possible every two hours. For malaria mix the juice of half a lemon with two teaspoonfuls of water and a little sugar, and drink three times a day. For a felon cut off the end of a lemon, stick the finger into the hole e and bind it on, let it stay for a day or two, when it will be ready to iance. For the complexion mix equal parts of rosewatet and iglgtxl'irle, and dip a cut letnott into this and rub the face with it. After this dries rub with cold cream. FARE $2 3§. TO CLEVELAND • EVERY _ TUESDAY THURSDAY ss � `=IA { �... AND SATURDAY +So3 .14.1.1111.1,Eu4•,`�1a.-ice.. • THE STEAMER "STATE OF OHIO" (June 22nd to September 4th) Loaves Port Stanley every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11:00 1'. M. Arrives Cleveland following morning 6:80 A. M. Leaves Cleveland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday"•• , ' • 11:00 P. M. Arrives Port Stanley following morning 6:80 A. M. (Ari Eastern Time) Fare $2.26 one way $4.00 round.trip. Connections at Cleveland for Buf- falo, Cedar Point, Put -in -Bay, Akron, Columbus. Cincinnati, Pittnburgb W heoling and all points Douth of Cleveland. Ask your ticket agent for tickets via h. & B. Late. EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND—EVERY SATURDAY Steamer leaves Port Stanley, Saturday. 11300 P. M. and brings you back home 6:30 Tuesday morning. affording two days in The Sixth Largest Ca to the United State:. Fare 52.25 for the Round Trip. For further information address G. W. Pleasance, Canadian Agt.. Port Stanley, Out, w 2.1414.4 LN THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO sof AS OTHERS SEE VS. The Chicago Tribune, one of the lead- ing papers of the United States, makes the following reference to the share Canada is taking in this world's war. It says: Canada has not dealt in billions' of dollars and millions of men, but Canada has nevertheless made commensurate war sacrifices in money, suffering, and blood. All the world has stood ready with ambitious imaginations for any suggestion from the European chan- celleries and applauded unstintedly when the complete success of the billion dollar loans have been announced, but Canada andits patriotic offerings, under the most peculiar circumstances, have had scant notice. Even her American neighbors seem to have forgotten that bigness of spirit is asmoving as bigness of numbers. The temper of the Canadian soldier has already been proyen and approved in the theatre of war, but the same bravery of the home people in facing a rapidly rising public debt has had a much Less spectacular setting. During June alone there was an increase of no less than $117,970,090, and the increase in the past twelve months has been $130,906,036 making the total net debt $150,287,721, or nearly $60 per head for a young government. These sacrifices made at a critical period of Canada's life for a war across the seas, calling for stamp taxes and increased tariffs, in addition to exposing for slaughter the flower of the manhood of the country, are highly idealistic. France, England, and even Belgium are fight- ing and making sacrifices—but no greater sacrifices in proportion —in the midst of a struggle that actually threatens their existence, but Canada is giving iavishly of her best blood and money without any thought that physi- cally, at least, she is in danger from the Teuton. Both life and money are more precious, too, to a country just enter- ing upon a period of national develop- ment. Canada is giving humanity one of the real returns of a frightful war. It is the triumph of the purest patriotism and unselfish devotion to the mother country. A Weak .$earl. "For thirteen months I was so bad with chronic indigestion that I could not go out of doors. Nerves were un- strung, the heart bad and smothering feelings came on till 1 thought I would choke. Doltor's treatment failed me, so 1 began the use of Dr. Chase's Kid. ne -Elver Pillswhich I thank fr present good Pills, ealth. I am now doing my housework and have a family of ten." Good flour adheres to the hands and retains the imprint of their lines when pressed tightly. A STUDY IN SOIL CULTIVATION An exceptionally valuable bulletin to those interested in soil culture is No. 83 "Field Husbandry: Summary of Re. sults," issued by the: Division of Field Husbandry of the Experimental Farms, and that can be had by application to the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Reports are given of work carried on at the central and branch farms and stations. The result§ of experiments cover a period of eleven years and the results with advice founded thereupon are set forth in the bulletin in according to years, ]following are a few of the benefits giving as derived from adopting a judi- cious system of rotation: 1. The appearance of the farm is improved. 2. Every field receiving at regular intervals its fair share of manure and cultural treatment, the entire farm is in a condition to ensure a maximum yield. 3. Cost is lowered by the saving of time due to all the work of a kind being confined to one field. 4. Fewer fences are required. 5. Machinery can b more economically utilized, 6. More live stock can be kept, thus increasing the quantity of / available manure. 7. Profits and yields are increased. 8. The farmer is not dependent upon a single crop. 9. Permits a more even distribution of the season's labor. Following details of the rotations that are outlined is a summary of the characteristics common to all: 1. Grain fields are always seeded down with clover, even though it be used only as a fertilizer. 2. Grass and clover seedings are heavy Increased crops of hay and rare failures of a catch have justified them. 3. Hoed crops form a large propor- tion of every rotation. An attempt to farm a small area without a hoed crop was not successful. Weeds could not readily be kept in check. 4. No field is left in hay for more than two SUCCessive years. The re- cords show that the second crop almost always costs more per ton 'than the first. and that succeeding crops are liable to be grown at a loss. 6. Barnyard manure is preferably applied frequently in Comparatively small quantities. Expenditure required and derivable profits are fully liy explained lamed ai on g with the values of commercial fertilizers and the relative virtues of deep and shallow ploughing. Due regard to weather conditions and to the different varieties of soil make the bulletin of national importanee and one worthy of dose study and wide inquiry. HAUGHTY SEMINOLES, They Don't Like Whitq Men and Wish Only to Bs Let Alone, Many people in the northern states are unaware that there dwells iu the fahtaess of the Florida ;Ever thIlies ince of the most interesting awl plcturesliue bands of American aboriglaes in the United States, known, as the 5oluiuole Indians, who are now as separate .Mid distinct from the white race Its when Columbus first held mass on the shores of Cuba. These are the remnants • of the one time mighty nation of the Seminoles, who defied the, United States government for more tbau half u century and persistently refused col- onization. While the numerous wars and forced emigration have reduced their nutubers to a few hundred, their mode Of living, dispositions and customs are in many respects the same its when the haughty De Soto sailedtitto Tampa' bay in 1581. The Seminoles live to themselves, avoiding contact with the white race as much as possible and seldom if ever taking whites into their confi• dence, and on account of the almost inaccessible nature of the country iu which they live little is, known of their intimate .home life. Unlike the 'Indians of the west, they persistently decline any assistance from the government, saying in response to offers for their support. "We only wish to be let alone."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ELECTRIC SPARKS. Simple Homemade Apparatus by Which They May Be Produced. The ordinary person either does not understand or is afraid of electricity and ceuld scarcely be persuaded to manufacture it himself. and yet after all a little electrical experiment at home is both amusing and instructive. All that you have to do is to take a. glass, expose it to the lire so that it shall be perfectly dry and place it up- side down upon the table. Afterward take a tray, also perfectly dry, and place it upon the glass in such a way that it shall preserve its equilibrium. finally take a sheet of paper slightly smaller than the tray, heat it and rub it rapidly with a brush, and it will become quickly electrified. Then place it upon the tray. An electrical machine will thus have been constructed without any expense. If the linger be brought near the tray a spark will appear. This spark will be so much the brighter and the series of sparks will be so much the longer in proportion as the glass and tray are drier. If, when the sparks are being drawn from the tray. the room in which the experiment is performed be darkened these sparks will appear extremely brilliant—Pennon's Weekly. THE STATE OF FRANKLIN. it Had a Short Life In What Is Now Eastern Tennessee. In 1784 North Carolina, growing im- patient of the burden that her western settlements bad imposed upon hes treasury and irritated by the cam - plaints of the people of those sections, passed an act conveying to the federal government all the lands that now con• stitute the state of Tennessee. The people of the country that is now eastern Tennessee, feeling them. selves left without a government, made haste to organize themselves Into an independent commonwealth. which they called, as a tribute to the illus• trious philosopher, the state of Frank. lin. These people applied for admis- sion into the Union; but, the federal government being stow and unwilling to act and North Carolina having re pealed the act of cession of her west- ern province to the Union, the state of Franklin came into very troubled wa• ters for some years. Some efforts were made to person& the Kentuckians to Join themselves in the State of Franklin. a provision hay, ing been made for such co-operation in the constitution of the experiment, bol they came to nothing. The new stats gradually fell to pieces, and in 1787 brilliant and able governor, John Se vier, was put on trial for high treason. He was released by a daring rescue and subsequently pardoned and restor- ed in name to the leadership, which he never lost in the affeetions of bis pea ple. In 1787 the last legislature of thi state of Franklin held its session al Greenville.—PiliiacIelphia Press. Could Not Bend Down On Account of Backache. Mr. 3..A. 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You are not getting tide utmost value for your money or the best out of your machi —no mat- ter of what make. -unless you use C. mbia;records Of Course, Columbia Records ar ade in Canada If you have ever tried olu ' is records, ask to hear the following se - ions. We will gladly play them and any others for you. Superb 'Cello Solo by Pablo Casals A jTraumerei (Schumann) 5679 1 Salut D'Amour (Elgar)} t+50 Two well known Ballads by the famous`. - Taylor, Heckel, Berge Trio, A ( Because (D'Hardelot) 1735 •i Mother Machree (Olcott & Ball) Two Novelty (Marimba) Recordinak A ( Italian Echoes. Two Step 1728 Senorita, Two Step Two Patriotic Songs P S Three Cheers for Little Belgium 39 1 Come on, You Boys of London Town }'85c. },85c There are over a thousand double disc records at 85e. HILTON HUNTER Agent WINGHAM ONTARIO PRINTING Alt 1 STATIONERY We have put in our office Stationery and can WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES, We a complete stock of? 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