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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-8-18, Page 31',D EQU(\1 HEAD HUES Pyramid Building. The Pyramid of Cleops is nearly 500 feet high, covers more than thirteen A Sure Sign That the weed. is acres, and contains 90,000,000 .cubic "Watery of stone. Its construction is said Watery and Impure. to have been a task of twenty years, employing Uie continuous labor of 100,000 men, Modern .engineers believe that they could reproduce it in twelve months, et alabor cost .of $1,200,000, using ooh- crete as the material in place .of lime- stone. The great pyramin was built Wholly by man powers. To erect one like it would be a relatively easy tach: lne- chauieally, inasmuch as electrical and other machinery would do the bulk of the work, A theory Anal -ally accepted has been that the ancient Egyptians vated the huge limestone blocks by building against the structure a long "ramp" of earth, up whieb the stones were dragged. Some of our foremost engineers now reject this idea, eau - tending that the shies at the pyramid, being filled in to a smooth slant as they rose, themselves formed planes sufficiently bowlines to enable gaaigs of men to pull up with ropes the stone required for the successive courses. ., ,, .vices rye comild build Royal Navy all its otter mine ships transmitting and receiving stations People with thin blood are mud), more subject to headaches than full- -blooded persons, and the form of anae- mia that afflicts growing girls is al- most always accompanied by head- aches, together with disturbance of the digestive organs. Whenever you leave constant .or re- curring headaches and pallor of the face, they show that the blood is thin and your efforts should be directed -toward building up your blood. A fair treatment with Dr, Williams' Pink, pills will do thiseffectively, altd the rich, red blood made by these pills will remove the headache. 'Bore disturbances to the health are caused by their blood than most peo- ple have any idea of.*When your blood is impoverished, the nerves suffer from lack of nourishment, and you may be troubled with insomnia, neuri- tis, neuralgia or sciatica. Muscles subject to strain are undernourished and you may have muscular rheuma- tism or lumbago. If your blood is thin and you begin to show symptoms of any of these disorder*, try building up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Piles, and as the blood is restored to its normal condition .every syreptoni of the trouble wilt disappear. There are more people who owe their pre- sent state of goal lieaith to Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills than to any other medicine, and most of them do eat hesitate to say so. You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Tillie through any- dealer in trredicine os• by awn at 50 Cents a box or six boxes for t!2 so from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Material Difference,• : ":flow that Estelle is engaged, I sup. peee you are going to give her a linen shower." "No; she said ehe preferred a lawn party. People are made more unhappy by the His they fear than by those they ;uft'er. The nen whose advice is worih while doesn't have to offer it. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere S 'ITAIN WILL -BI 'SECRET 7ALKS SWIFT .MINE LAE 1 THROUGH SPACE r I DURING THE C 0 NI 1 N G WORK OF WON AUTUMN SEASON. DERFUL L *- LITTLE VALVE. Tobe of Cruises Class, Abort Wireless Telephone Around I 6,000 Tons and of Large the Wold is a Marvel of the Munition Capacity. Not Distant lF'a:tire. Be s• eine the four superdreadnoughts. One of the biggest dreams of wire - armed with 1G -inch guise, for whieh lees, full of premise for the world, is Parliament is to vote honey this coining true. At last men of science nwnth, Great I3rttain as about to la? hive succeeded in the great task, to down' two other vessels, each of a i,ee whieb they have given their minds for and novel type, •says a London news- years—they have made wireless secret paper. The first is a cruiser imine ; and private. layer, while the second is a big ocenii-g This is the latest development in going submarine, which probably will the scientific wonder of the age, and be larger and much faster- than the the method by which it is brought German U•ernisers that made their ap-' about is ingeaseus. A certain type of pearance .toward the end of the war. , wave is 'user" that will go from point The mine layer is to'be put on the to pcint without cep: noting. and it stocks at Devonport during the coni- cannot, t'-:erefore, be picked up by any ing autumn. She will be the first ves- statlen unless that station happens to sel of tiii t i ver built for the b i tI di t 11 b t • th suck a pyramid in a year. Au enor- mous concrete -ming plant would be erected, capable of bandlfng thous- ands of togs or nmatertai a: flay. A great steel tower. or several of them, would be erected. Fresh concrete would be rushed to these by a multi- tude of bucket conveyers from the mixing plant. The concrete would be whisked to the tops of the towers anti thence would be distributed to the pointe where it was wanted. Up, up. up the mighty pile would go. It would be a proeess twenty times as rapid as the hest that slave labor could no un- der the lash for Old Man Cheops. Mount Ararat. Mount Ararat ss really two moun- tein:a separated by a valley. The high- er peak is 17,210 feet and the lesser is 13.000 feet above sea level British Produce Cotton., A British experiment farm at Beg - dad bas succeeded in producing Egyp• tian and long staple American cotton of excellent quality and heavy yield. There are $50 daily in Joan. F Surnames and Their Origin g ADAMS Variations—Adam, Adamson, Addison, Atkins, Atkinson, Adkins, Adkinson, Adie, EdIe, MacAdam, MacAdie, MacKeggte, Ayson, Essen, Racial Origin—English and Scottish. Source—A given name. The family name of Adams is, of course, a shortened farm of Adamson, or "Adum's son," This surname, ta.getltcr with the many variations which have been formed from the medieval diminu- tives of the given name, Is unusually widespread, because tile given mine 'tself was far more common in the Middle Ages than It is to -day. The medieval English. were a sturdy, shnple folk, comparatively few of w]lonc could read, and so they laeked the Modern facilities to search through the Scriptures for names for their children that the inodern ability to read, coupled with the development of printing, would have given them. There was little incentive to learn to read, since books could be produced only -by handwriting and were exces- sively expensive. Hence they got their knowledge of the Scriptures by word of mouth, and naturally the names which stuck in their memories were those connected • with the most dramatic passages. Naturally the story of the creation was among the most prominent, which explains why the name of Eve as well as Adam was So popular. "Adcock" was a diminutive of the given name. It became a family name as "Adcockson," and was finally short- ened again to Adcock. ""Ad" and "Ad - kin" or ":Atkin" were also farms of the given name, giving rise to Addison, Adkins, Adkinson, Atkins and Atkin- son. The Scottish or Celeic form of the given name was "Adhamh." A sept of the Clan Gordon bears this name, tracing it to Adam de Gordon, Anglo- Norman founder of the clan in the twelfth century: MacAdam is a sept name in the Clan MacGregor. The Clan Ahl, or 1Iac.\die, is a branch of Ferguscns. :Idanlson, Ayson, Esson and Mac- : Keg„ ie, all of wltich are said to be de - 1 e -l" rived from the given name of Adam. are sepis elf the Clan Mackintosh, 'THOMPSON Variations—Thompson, Thomas, Tom - son, Tomlinson, Thomlinson, Thom - lin, Tomlin, Taweson, .MecTavish, MacTause. Racial Origin—English and Scottish. Source—A given name, Thomas Is a given name which al- having been improvised, Her features The system can he applied to wire will be bleat speed, an extensive cruis- less telephone or telegraph, and it Is ing ralius and very large mine carry- expeeted that it wit: be in general use I ing capacity. The displacement may lsefore long. exceed 6,000 tans. War experience' Privacy by Wireless. demonstrated the value of big high Wireless can, in this way, be ren - speed ships fitted up as thine layers,' y and it is partly owing to the fine per= tiered as secret ;end private as a lued- formauce of Ina'leS Princess efargaret, • "age: uy vitro. t'']?snit you lime any Better than to a former C.P.R. liner, purchased ley Professor J. A. Fleming , of London . the Admiralty and I'niversity, tells us that same time ago point an empty gun at me?" ed for this work, Raw P,ecruit---'"flue it isn't empty. • , a ship in the Atlantic spas by wire- •, „ , • Verbal Barrage. -"Shall I go over the top?" asked the talkative barber, poising his shears. "`Yes, as soon as your gas -attack is over," answered the weary Customer. Nasty One.. -"`Yes, my dear," said the sarcastic husband. "y:cu may have made the cake all alone. as you say, but who helped you lift It out of the oven?" Wouldn't Repeat. Jack—"Say, Artie, this firecracker won't go off." Artie—"That's funny, it weat off all right a minute ago." They Might. "Papa," asked little Clementine, ""if they made stoekfngs out of Irish pop lin, would they call them Siren l'ein- cry . Unhealthy Not To. Tourist (in mininng tow:)—'1s this a a good Healthy place to settle in?" Hotel Keeper—""It Is. stranger. Fact fe, ye can't get away from here alive unless ye" do settle." LONDON WOMAN IS MUCH GRATIFIED GRATEFUL TO TANLAC FOR HELPING HER. Now Free From Troubles From Which She Had Suffer- ed For Three Long Years. "I will always feel grateful to tae lady in Toronto who advised me to take Tanlae," said Mrs. Gertrude Pugs, ley. 74 Colborne St., London, Ott. ""For three years I sufferezl from e general run-down condition, fol]owi.g a severe operation. I was in the has- pital for a nioath anti, after coming home, it was fully ten weeks before could get around very much and then only with difficulty.' ""I could neither eat nor sleep with any satisfaction and had very little strength, I was not satisfied with the way I was mewling and decided to get something to build me ale "I read a statement from a lady In Toronto about Tarlac and I wrote to her and site advised ae to try it by all means. It certainly hes been a godsend to nee and l am gird I follow, ed her advice, fsr I am a weir woman to -day. I began to pick up from the very start and my strength graduals; All Explained. : came beck, I have a flee appetite. Officer in charge of 44e -range— -•;; sleep soundly all night long ate l m that tris ttecisien tsi build a specs,' ranine cruiser has been taken. American coast; then, by paeans of a Driven by Diesel Engines. `special apparatus 'called st thermionic As regards the new submarine, the valve, the message was transferred to f he-ne line, and on to L...5 Angeles. designed to work with the fleet at sea.: p There it was transferred to the wire - But the new boat will be .driven by less telephone and transmitted to the Diesel engines and will have better island of Santa Catalina In the Pa- diving qualities, than the la -boats, The Brazilian Government, It is un- derstood, intends to augment its nany by purchasing foreign watsalps, A mission headed by Admiral JJ. l itter- ro da (`csta and Commandant C. Pal - metre is no win Europe for this pur- pose. It °.s said that they are negoti- ating for tate purchase of one or two British battleships, the Agincourt and Erin being mentioned in this connec•- less telephone to r station one the sir; its ]bided. few details k 1' th of her indicate aa the New York --San F anciseo tele - t; tieveloperent cf the famous "K" class eine, thirty miles from the mainland, so that a pian on a ship in the Atlarr-' tie spulre across that ocean, acme the American =Mere. and over part of the Pacific. a: distance of four thous- and miles. Trans wonder, and indeed the whole remarkable development of wirele; s over tong distances, has been render- ed possible by the thermionic valve. time a current. The Agincourt was originally built mucha England for Brazil, but before cone Even on an ordinary telephone nlch thinner and less expensive caul© pietion was sold to the Turks, who can be used if thermionic valves are were prevented from taking delivery inserted, How great the saving is can liltlQ instrutuent that magnitfe,9 the of her by the war, She was then be entitled by the fact that the wire _ seized by the British and commission- the ordinary trunk line between Lott- ed for service with the Grand Fleet, titin and Glasgow weighs three hurl - taking part in the Jutland battle. jr,ed tons, and by means of Ute valve American naval men, who served in Blore than halt tail~ weifi1 t can b the North Sea will remember having saved, The General Peet Mee is now heard this ship called the Presi.tlent using the valve on all its long trunk Wilson, a nickname bestowed an lien lines. by reason of icer battery of fourteen Cabinet of the Empire. 14 -inch guns, known as the Fourteen :ilncost every week there are std - Points. The Agincourt has been in re- serve since the war. vanees in wireless. Sense years ago Professor Fleming foretold that It might be passible one day for the Pre- SUln ER C®i11PLAIj TS miers of the British Commonwealth. without leaving their offices, to cone municate by wireless telephone and most deserves to be ranked with Sohn KILL LITTLE ONES 111 the number of fancily names which are traceable to It; but not quite. It was, of course, a biblical name of great popularity throughout Europe in medieval times, and especially in Eng- land. The given name is Hebrew, and it means "a twin." About the only puzzle in connection with the rise of the family name Thompson is the insertion of the "p." This is entirely euphonic. The "P" was not there in the original descrip- tive form of the family name, which was simply "Thorn's -son." But the quick opening of the lips after the pronunciation of the "`m" to make way for the "s" gives a faint explosive sound. Try saying the name over to yourself rapidly several times, and you'll see how easily the "p" sound creeps in. And at a period when the people spelled more by ear than by book rule, it was natural that the "p" should slip into the records as well. The other variations of the name, aside from those which include -the "lin" syllable and the Scottish forms, need no explanation. The "lin" was' a diminutive added to the given name before the forma- tion of the surname. In Scotland there are branches of the Campbells of Argyle who bear the names MacTavish, MacTause and Tawesson, deriving it from "Taus - Corr," a chieftain of the time of Alex- ander IT. No hot cooking No trouble to serve For breakfast or lunch, no Food is Quite so convenient or satisfying as Grape:Nuts Served. From the pack.a.4c. with creani or milk—full a spiendid body-building nutri- tion. Its flavor and crispness charm the taste—a splendid. summer food. "There's a Reason," For Grape'Nuts Sold by grocers b na w,• �'a w,w •'i -Made or W eat And Harley nets ede see seie l: At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own. Tablets or in a few hours he may be beyond aid. These Tablets will prevent summer complaints if given occasionally to the well child and will promptly relieve these troubles if they conte on suddenly. Baby's Own Tablets should always be kept in every home where there are growing children. There is no otter medicine as good and the mother ha"s the guar- antee of a government analyst that they are absolutely safe. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealer's or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. An Electric Coat. An electrically heated garment, de- signed especially for use by aviators, has been developed by the genius of an Italian, Antonangelo Negromanto, of Milan. It has certain very novel features, In the higher reaches of the atmos- phere, into which aviators ascend, there is even in the summer time cold so severe that the thickest garments of padded and fur -trimmed leather do not afford adequate protection. The Negromanti coat is woven of threads which, both warp and weft, are electrically resistant wires coated with a fireproof insulating material— asbestos or silk. The wires are connected with a source of electric currant (which may be a battery of accumulators, and also with an apparatus which contains an aneroid barometer. The latter instru- ment is associated with a thermos- tatic tube in such a way as to vary the electrical resistance of the wires com- posing the coat. Th barometric Thus, because of the baro cc control of the electric current, the coat gives increasing warmth as the flying machine attains higher and high- er latitudes. The higher the aviator goes the more the heat furnished for his comfort by the garment he wears. I know what pleasure is, for I have done good work.—R. L. Stevenson, kt a crossroad it is better to sound your horn and , put your foot on - the brakethan to step on the accelerator and try to beat the other—fellow across attend an Empire Cabinet meeting in Downing Street. It seems that we may be on the eve of such a marvel. It might be quite possible, Professor Fleming says, for a I3ritish Minister to say to a secre- tary: "I want the opinion of General Smuts on a matter. Ask him what he thinks," and for the secretary to come back presently and say that the Pre- mier of South Africa approves of the decision. Wireless telephony has one great • advantage over the ordinary tele- phone. It does not distort the form of the sound waves. In the ordinary telephone the waves are much dis- torted, with the result that the sounds heard at the receiving end are far from perfect. With wireless there is no distortion, and the sound is clear, Fiction Provided For. The husband was seeing his beloved wife off for a holiday. "Maggie, dear," he said, "hadn't you better take some fiction with you to while away the time?" "Oh, no, George," she said, "you'll be sending me some letters." His Alibi. Awkward Friend (who has been per- mitted to hold the baby, with disas- trous results)—"Terrible, terrible! I can't imagine how it happened. Real- ly, I assure you, I—I hardly ever drop a baby." MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are an sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. .Sunemer vacation drecreation: "To -morrow to fresh woods and pas- tures new." A league up the road soanewhere, then a bypath, and a little lodge by a rushing mountain •stream, or perhaps where the sea tumbles in. salt. • and . Let the and sweet a —coal aot of going—leaving your place un- occupied—be noccupied be the vacation part of it. The precious days of fiieedem are for recreation: new tasks, new thoughts, a regeneration of mind ands body. 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Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound, a remedy `that has been wonderfully* successful in restoring health to suffering women. If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound will .help you, write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co•: (confidential), 1 Lynn, Mass., for advice. Your letter 1 will be opened, read and answered by a woman,. and held in strict confidence. ISSUE No. 33-'21,