The Seaforth News, 1930-11-06, Page 7Science Approves
Lightning Rods
• Extravagant elaims were formerly
made for lightningrods, and.selentiflc
methods` of installation have lessened
a their vogue, yet their use rests on
Sound principles.
In Caldwell and Curtis'a "Introduc-
tion to Science" (Ginn and Company,
Boston), the principle of the lightning -
rod is explained.
Lightning -rods are a valuable means
of protection from lightning, we are
assured, especially in the country, In
the city, the soil -pipes •from the drains
serve the purpose of lightning -rods.
We read further:
"To be effective, a lightning -rod
Must bo buried deeply enough so that
Its end is always surrounded by moist
.earth, because moist earth is a good
conductor of electricity, and dry earth
is ,not. This statement means that
electrons pass easily through moist
earth, but have difficulty in passing
through dry earth.,
"If lightning should strike a house
er barnhaving lightning -rods, the
lightning would probably run off on
the rods without harming the building.
"Lightning -rods are put " on build-
ings chiefly to protect them by pr'e-
venting the lightning from jumping,,
and they serve to conduct .the light-
ning into the ground if it should
strike. Thus, when a cloud charged
with electricity approaches a building
equipped with 'lightning -rods, the rode
become charged with the opposite
kind of 'electricity from that of the
Clouds.
"The reason is that if the cloud is
positively charged, it attracts extra
electrons to the top of the rod; if it
is .negative, it repels electrons from
the top of the 'rod, into the ground.
The molecules 'of air near the point
of the lightning -rod then take on ex-
tra electrons from ;the rod, 1E the rod
is negative, or give up electrons to
the rod if the rod is positive. The
molecules thus become charged. These
charged molecules are then attracted
to the cloud, which takes away from
them the extra electrons they 're-
eelved from the lightning -rod, or gives
them some of its extra electrons to
replace those which they gave to the
rod, as the case maybe. The result is Alberta's output of oil during the
that the cloud is quietly neutralized, ; month of May of .this year was slight-
er made neutral, so that the lightning ly higher than that for the correspond-
ing period last year, according to fig-
ures compiled in the Department of
the Interior from the reports of oper-
ators. The 85,463 barrels of naphtha
produced came from the lime forma-
tion in the Turner valley, thirty-nine
wells contributing the total. The light
crude came from higher .horizons
Turner valley and from the Red Cou-
lee field. The total production of
lightcrudewas from ten wells, three
of which also produced naptho. Four
thousand seven hundred and ninety-
seven barrels of light crude were pro-
duced in Turner valley in May, 1930.
The heavy crude total consists of the
output of five wells in the Wainwright
field, one In the Ribstone field, and one
in the Skiff area.
When Languid
And Anaemic
When a girl is languid, dull and ir-
ritable; when her color fades you may
be euro her blood is impoverished,
When a girl's blood Is poor her nerves'
are starved and therg'le serious dan
' ger of a decline. Rebuild the blood,
strengthen the nerves and good health
will follow.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are of un-
told value as a blood -builder. Concern-
ing them Mrs. John Finin, Howlan
Station, P.11I., says:—"My daughter
was badly run down; pale, nervous
and under weight. We decided tq give
her Dr -.Williams' Pink Pills. After a
few boxes aim gained in weight, her
appetite improved and color came to
her cheeks -in fact she fully regained
her former good health."
You can get these .Pills at all mettle
eine dealers or by mail at 60 cents a
box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont,
Payments by Postcard
One of the latest banking ideas is
the 'postcard' cheque. It comes from',
Germany,..and is 'designed to cut down
overhead expenses. A perforated
strip at one end gives details of the
account. This is torn off when the
postcard is received, .and 'the cheque
is then presented at the bank in the
usual way.
What are called postal cheques are
also in use in a number of countries,
'and it : is sometimes . suggested that
World-wide adoption would be advan-
tageous.
Anyone can "open a postal cheque ac-
count, but the .principal advantage
claimed for the system is that people
who have no account can yet make
payments, through the Post Office, to
any postal cheque account in any part
of the' country. This is said to facili-
tate mail-order business.
Similarly,'anyone can receive a pay-
ment from any postal cheque account,
Irrespective of whether he himself
has an account or not.
Oil Production in Alberta
flashes from it are smaller or, 18 there
are enough lightning -rods in the neigh-
borhood, and other objects to help in
neutralizing the charge, the lightning
1s prevented entirely.
"Although most people- fear the
lightning, there is really very little
danger of being struck by it.
"It has recently been estimated
that the chances that a person will be
struck by lightning in his • home are
only one in many millions. However,
it 1s prudent, during a thunder -storm,
to keep away from the walls through
which radiator and heating pipes run,
and not to stand between such good
conductors as the stove and the sink.
"Moreover, when you are out-of-
doors
utof-
doors during a thunder -storm, do not
stand under a tree that 1s not near
ether trees, and do not stand where
your head Is higher than other objects
about you."
Invisible Stars
Heat Mother Earth
As winter nears, it may cheer up
to know that we are receiving heat
from stars so far away that we can
not even see them. Measurement of
the heat from a star 631 times faint-
er than the faintest star visible' to the
unaided eye is announced by the
Carnegie Institution.
The tiny heat ray, one of unnum
bared thousands whose existence has
been suspected' but not hitherto so de-
finitely established, was caught by a
thermocouple or thermoelectric ele-
ment weighting one -thousandth as
much as a drop of water. As re-
ported by a correspondent of the
New York Times, the unnamed star is
of the thirteenth magnitude. The
temperature of its ray is described in
the announcement only indirectly by
a comparison, which states:
"This exploit becomes even more
dmpressive when it Is realized that a
ietar of the sixth magnitude, that is
one which can barely be seen with
the unaided eye, radiates upon the
North American Continent no more
heat than the sun radiates upon one
square yard ofsurfeee, Yet in the
wase of such a star, the thermo-sou-
p1e will show that the increase in
heat on account of it is one-half of
one millionth of a degree Fahrenheit,
and that the electric current generat-
ed thereby is about one twenty-bil-
llonth of ,an ampere.
"This Hail becomes intelligible in
consideration of the fact that the
light in an ordinary incandescent
Grouse light IS produced b'y a current
Of from one-fourth to one ampere,
"The extreme sensitiveness of the
iheromo-couple le again illustrated in
the case of stars as they wise above
the horizon. The higher they as-
cend, the brighter they appear, be
Cause the higher they rise the less of
earth's atmospheretheir rays are
obliged to penetrate, and consequent-
ly, the less their rays are absorbed.
"The sensitivity of the thersno-
oouple is so great that with bright.
stars near the horizon the change in
(brightness which takes place in one
minute of time can be detected,"
Our teat of greatness is the ability
to take criticism and profit by it.
Others' interest In your ailments is
always zero.
Dynamite Tears a Hole
In Bed of the Atlantic
New York. -A great column of
water, at least 400 feet wide, rose in-
to the air to a height of about 500 feet
recently off Sandy Hook, glistened in
thejrright ,sunlight for a moment or
two, and then, with a mighty roar,
splashed back into the ocean.
The water was blown into the air
by 25 tons of dynamite, set off within
ten miles of Manhattan's skyscraper
district.
The blast tore a deep hole into the
ocean bed, into which the sunken
Furness Bermuda liner Fort Victoria,
which went down a year ago, rolled.
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CANADIAN SWISS AGENTS Regd.
-.1252 Lander St. East, Montreal, Gawk
The Pipe of Peace
Chief' Thunderbird, full-blooded Sioux
Chief Yellow Snake in recent picturization
wild' west,
Indian, as he
of a Buffalo
ars in �le
BillappeIndian storry
At Fifty
I have stood still—a watcher by the
waysid
For a procession that has never come,
Tile day bas been fine enough, the
road quite pleasant,
And once I caught the far thrill of a
drum.
Waiting in hope, I have not been un-
happy,
For there were birds, towers, trees
and the open aka; ..,
And, wb'en I heard it—the incredible
music.-
Of life at last, life to the full and
sweet!—
It seems for a minute to be coming'
toward me:
But it went down, after all, some one
else's street.
No doubt I ought to .have tackled life
—gone to meet it,
Seized on a banner, become Impor-
tunate;
But I just wasn't made so, didn't know
how to treat it,
And so aro lost, like all who hesitate.
There was to have come a place in the
procession
That I' should have recognized as be-
ing my own;
I was to have caught up in color and
movement
By one sure band—to have been no
more alone.
But nothing has happened, and the
day grows chilly;
A. cold bed waits for the going down
of the sun:
It seems a curious way to have spent
a lifetime -
of Strange to be nearing the end of what
un,
oft has never beg
—Seymour Poole.
Child Who Tilts His Head
Sideways May Have Bad Eyes
If a school child holds his head side-
ways while looking at the black-
board or supports his head n hand
PP e o a
as though he were tired, there is good
chance that his eyes' have the lens
defect called astigatiam. If the child,
also finds it difficult to write In
straight lines but produces written ex-
ercise, the lines of which stray up -hill
or down -hill across the paper, as the
wr sing of many children does when.
they first begin to learn, the diagnosis
of astigmatism is almost certain and
the -child's eyes should be examined
at once by an oculist who can pre-
scribe proper lasses. 5o Professor
11. Pistor. of the optical department
of. the University of Jena, in Ger-
many, told the recent Optical Con-
ference held •at Cambridge Univer-
sity, England. A large proportion of
school children need glasses, Profes-
sor. Pistor said, washout either teach-
ers or parents discovering this fact
until the child has been discouraged
by being blamed for poor school
work or has acquired actual bodily
deformities, like a more or less per-
manent side -wise tilt of the head in
children with astigmatism or a simi-
lar forward curvature of the spine in
those who are seriously near-sighted.
Eyes with astigmatism focus sharply
only things in a few directions across
the eye. The • horizontal lines of
priuted letters, for example, may be
in focus while vertical lines ,are out
of focus or vice versa, Sometimes
the wary lines precisely in focus are
those slanted at one definite angle
to .left or right. It is the unconscious
attempt of owners of such eyes to
get things into sharper focus that
makes them tilt their heads sidewise.
Indian Village
Found in Ashes
Settlements of Hundreds of
Years Ago Unearthed
Near Brantford
Brantford.—The unearthing of the
site of an Indian village, on the banks
of the Grand River, about a mile be-
low Chiefswood, the borne of the late
E. Pauline Johnson, and not far from
Middleport, has been reported to the
Brant Historical Society.
For some time W. J. Wintemberg of
the Archaeological Department, Otta-
wa, has been conducting researches
on the Six Nations Reserve, and this
find has been one of the results of his
efforts.
Indications are that the remains are
those of one of the Attimandaron or
neutral) Indian settlements of some
hundreds of years ago, as these people
were located throughout this district
when Father la Roche Dailton, a Re -
collet missionary, visited what is now
the Grand River Valley in 1626 and
in a diary left by him of his travels of
over three centuries ago he records
such villages in this neighborhood.
Ash Beds Found.
No fewer than four distinct ash beds
have been uncovered, while articles
unearthed included a large amount of
pottery, stone awls, flints, the bones
of deer, coons, wild dogs, bears, wild
turkeys, wild pigeons and wild ducks;
also crane and 'fish vertebrae and tur-
tle and clamshells, with numerous
pieces of burned limestone used in
WHEN FOOD
SOURS-
Sweeten the Stomach
instantly
About two hours after eating many
ppeople suffer, from sour stomachs.
'hey call it indigestion. It means
that the stomach nerves have been
over -stimulated. There is excess
acid. The way to correct it is with
en alkali, which neutralizes many
Braes its volume in acid. '
The right way is Phillips' Milk of,
Magnesia—gust a tasteless
pleasant efficient and harmless..
But it kills excess acids. It has
remained the standard with phy-
sicians for more than 50 years.
It is the quick method: Results
come almost` instantly. It is the
approved method. You will never
use another when you know
Be sure to getgenuine. Phillips'
Milk of Magnesia prescribed by
physicians for over fifty years in
correcting excess acids. 50c bottles
—any drugstore. The genuine is
fireplaces. One of the .ash .beds
measures some 40 feet or . more in
width by about 75 feet in length.
These beds, on the river side, were
frequently palisaded with stakes or
saplings driven into the ground, two
or more feet apart, and interwoven
with willows, thus forming a wicker-
work and constituting a species of re-
taining walla "The site shows plainly
where numerous upright posts stood
in a straight line,
Different Encampments
Mr. Wintemberg explains •that, as
four ash beds have been discovered,
one above the other, this indicates no
fewer than four different encamp-
ments. with possibly a period of some
80 or 90 years between each.
Three men are now helping in ex-
cavation, and Mr. Winterberg thinks
that markers should be placed to in-
dicate the Attiwandaron villages.
which it is known existed throughout
this area, and whose identity would
probably be quite capable of estab-
lishment.
England Buying Habits
Becoming Canadianized
Halifax, N.S.--England is becoming
Canadianized in its buying habits to
an amazing extent, declared Douglas
S. Sole, Canadian trade commissioner
to the west of Engind, Wales and the
bfidlands, following his arrivals here
for the purpose of interesting export-
ers in trade possibilities with the
British Isles.
The modern Englishman could rise
in the morning from a Canadian
made bed onto a Canadian carpet,
lather himself with a Canadian shav-
ing
haveing brush and Canadian shaving
cream, shave with a Canadian razor,
breakfast on Canadian cereals. Came
dian bacon, Canadian flour, all cook-
ed on a Canadian gas or electric range
and kept wholesome in a Canadian
refrigerator, while he read a news-
paper printed on Canadian paper. He
could drive in a Canadian car to an
office equipped with Canadian steel
furniture, dictate letters on Cana-
dian paper and signed with a Cana-
dian fountain pen, to a stenographer
who uses Canadian cosmetics. Ile
buys his wife Canadian furs and In-
forms her he is being kept late at
the office, using a telephone invent-
ed by a Canadian- He reduces his
weight by a Canadian masegeroller,
plays racquets in Canadian rubber
shoes, tries to look graceful on Cana-
dian skates, and: drives hie doctorto
starvation with Canadian apples. Fin-
ally, he can be put in a coffin made
from Canadian lumber and decorated'
with Canadian .handles, start for the
cemetery in a hearse with a Cana-
dian chassis, wearing—If he bas led
that kind of. life -a Canadian asbestos
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Fossil Deposits
Found in Wy'. ming
Expedition Discovers Oligo-
cene Fauna Said to be
Millions Years Old
Cambridge, Mass.—Discovery near
Torrington, Wyo., of one of the most
important oligocene fossil deposits
known to date in this country—one
believed to have been guarded by na-
ture for millions of years—was an-
nounced by Harvard -University here
recently.
The deposit was discovered and de-
veloped by an expedition from the
Harvard Museum of Comparative
Zoology under the leadership of Erich
M. Sehlaikjer.
The find lies four miles south and
west of Torrington, and presents au
outcrop of bones over a half -mile in
length. The layers of bones vary
from tett inches to three feet in
thickness.
The bones are mainly of the little
three -toed horse mesohippus and the
rhinoceros caenopus, but almost
every member of the oligoeene fauna
is represented, it was said.
It was pointed out that one of the
most important features of the de-
posit was in the fact that fossil bird
material occurred in abundance, The
only other known deposit in the
world where fossil bird bones occur
in such abundance as those found in
Wyoming is in pleisocene aeds at
Raneho le Brae in California.
Schlaikjer, in an account of the ex-
pedition, said that nature had guard-
ed the thousands of mesohippus skele-
tons for millions of years.
The expedition leader also reported
that a dinosaur deposit, hitherto un-
known was discovered during a side 1NDQ
trip to Colorado and New Mexico. I®I®��GEsTi
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Ont., says:—"We have three fine,
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medicine is needed, we have given
only Baby's Own Tablets. The Tab-
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keep in any home where there are
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Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but
thorough laxative which regulate the
stomach and bowels; banish constipa-
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and simple fever and make teething.
easy. They are sold by medicine deal-
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from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
Passing Thirty
By Monroe Heath
I used to think it mattered if I made
Some sort of tower for the world
to see
Remaining briefly towards eternity
Beyond' the hour- when my bones are
laid
Beneath the turf, and recollections
said,
To -night, with earth and ocean
circling me,
Immense and silvered spaces set
me freer
The difference dies, and young ambi-
tions fade.
It will suffice if, ceasing not too soon
And not forgetful, I may linger for
A little while, return, still under-
stand
The mute antiphony of earth and
always a liquid—never made in tab- s�-w
let•form. Look for the name Phillips' -�.
on wrapper and bottle. M'nerd's Liniment gives quick relief.
croon;
Hearing waves rustle, creeping up
the shore;
Watch!hg the white birds skim
across the sand.
Athletesrecommend MInard's Liniment
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DU YOU
SUFFER MATH
HEADACHE?
So easy to get quick relief and pre-
vent an attack in the. future. Avoid
bromides and dope. They relieve quick-
ly but affect the heart and are very
dangerous. They are depressing and
only give temporary relief, the cause
of the headache still remains within.
1 The sane and harmless way. First
correct the cause, sweeten the sour
and acid stomach, relieve the intes-
tines of the decayed and poisonous
food matter, gently stimulate the liver,
start the bile flowing and the bowels
pass off the waste' matter which causes
your headache. Try Carter's Little
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Conquers Pain!
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B A B 1 >!CA' S
are Upset
ABY ills and ailments seem twice
JLP as serious at night. A sudden cry
may mean colic. Or a sudden attack
of diarrhea. How would you meet
this emergency—tonight? Have you a
bottle of Castoria ready?
For the protection of your wee
one—for your own peace of mind--
keep
ind—keep this old, reliable preparation
always on hand. But don't keep it
just for emergencies; let it be an
everyday aid. Its gentle influence.
will ease and soothe the infant who
cannot sleep. Its mild regulation will
help an older child whose tongue is
coated because of sluggish bowels.
All druggists have Castoria.
Relished by Krvseiien
m
"I suffered for some years fa' ow
a bad stonmelr. 'I used to feel very
miserable after meals. The doctor
advised me to take Epsom Salts, but
it did me no good. I decided to try
ICrusehen and are now taking it and
have done for the past 10 months,
and I am very glad to tell you that my
stomach is now in perfect order -
I feel as young in spirit as 1 was 21)
years ago, thanks to ICr•uschen. '
You know bow badly an engine:
runs when it gets clogged up. It's
the same with your body when your
gastric—or digestive—juices fail to
Slow. What you need is a tonic --
Nature's own tonic—Nature-s sic
mineral salts.
You get all these six salts in
Hrusehen. The first effect of theses
salts is to promote the flow of the
saliva and so awaken the appetite.
The next action occurs in the stomach,
where the digestive juices are en-
couraged to pour out and act upon they
food. Again, in the intestinal tract,
certain of these salts promote a further
flow of these vital juices which deal
with partly digested 1'nod and prepare
it finally for ab,urption into the
system,
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