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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-05-08, Page 3FINDING AlltPLANES NM''SKS` ONE OF THE STRANGEST iAiVEN- TIONS OF THE WAR. Device For Concentrating Waves, Leading to Dotectio Position of Enemy Pia Among the strangest inve the war is the "aircraft Pude 4y the Allies with most sa results for the discovery of planes at night, hears ears the drone oe a the sky. Whittier away? Av daytime the machine may notliar located offhand, It is so the direction from which a so ceecTs; and one looks above au for some moments perhaps be crying the flying plane. .At night it is hopeless. Th sion of a bomb :tear at hand m rust notice that the airplane <h ed overhead When such perils threaten a an army in the field, guard with searchlights at night beams wheeling hither and wart the heavens. Once "pic in this way, the flier is in though he tries his best to The search -Lights are immediat centrated upon him and he be target for anti-aircraft guns. Locates Foe by Sound. is To pick up an airplane with search- lights is w g al a ys difficult. But they are greatly helped by the above mention- ed invention, which locates the flying foe by sound atone. Sound - • of ne. ntions of r" --used. tisfactory IIun air - motor in en in the he easily d to tell and pro- d around tore des - e explo- aygive as pass city, or is kept , their yon ath- ked up" danger„ dodge. ely con - comes a The instrument employed for the purpose rooks like a huge concave mirror of circular form, but in reality is nothing of the kind, Its metal bowl is lined not with silvered glass, but with heavy paper board of the kind commonly used by builders. A wiile- mouthed horn, is fixed above with its mouth directed toward the center of the bowl's bottom, 5tpposo an airplane to be fly the neghborhood. The sound from its motor are gathered b bowl and so reflected as to e trete teem :inti throw them u the mouth of the born. From the horn proceed four to two to the right and two to the and each pair terminates In car -p attached to a sort of helmet wo a man. The men. are carefully s ed for exceptional keenness of ing. Tho mechanical (and .acoustic rangoment is such that the m'n. ing on one side catches the fleeted from up and down the while the man on the other catches those reflected horizontal This'eyiil be understood when oxplaned thn1. if the bowl (whfc pivoted at both sides and benea as to assume any single angle rea has its axis pointed below the th ening airplane, the man who att to the "up-and-down" part of the Hess will get all the sound in his ear and none of it in his left. If axis points too high the sound.wil his loft ear, Combats Air Raids at Night. It is the same wa with the o of her man except p that his ears give him notice whether the bowl's axis points too far to the loft or too far to the right. When there is a balance of sound foe both ears of• both men, the. axis must be pointing exactly at the airplane. Thus, even though the latter bo in- visible, it is located. Correction Is made for the speed of the flying ma- e chine; figures are telephoned to the seareblights, and the latter are con- centrated upon the liter, who is promptly assailed by a storm of shells from the "arehies," This apparatus has proved an im- portant development in combating air raids at night, It is very light Dud portable, and has a hearing range abort three and a half times that of the human Gat•, Another device for the same pur- pose employs four enormous kerns, re- sembling gigantic Megaphones, up- lifted high ie the air by a' frame of steel rods, It operates In snbetautially the same way, and is more accurate. Ilut it has the disadvantage' of not tee- ing very portable, owing to its great site and weight, and is, therefore, best. adapted for defending back areas, hos- pitals, ammunition dumps, etc. BRITISH DOCTORS RELEASED. Deaths Exceed Births - for First Time In England. Coincident with publication of the reports showing that daring the last quarter of 1918 the number of deaths exceeded the birthrate for the first tune in the history of civil registra- tion in this country, the War Office has announced the release in one week of 700 physicians from the army, says a London despatch. Influenza caused the great increase in the death rate, the number of vic- tims from the disease being 98,998, or 41 per cent. of the total deaths for the period. Lack of physicians is held re- sponsible for the failure to curb the epidemic. At the beginning of this month, although 1,750,000 men of the army had been demobilized, only 1,500. out of 11,000 physicians' had been re- leased. • . J.� b• '•lee 'Sett ` eteeltieleleee' M urek; I lerile�ss Oil —keeps leather- streqni ''full• of life and strength. Sinks in and keeps water out. Prevents dry- ing and cracking. Makes' bar- ness` List longer. Sold in con- venient sizes. Imperial Eureka Mar/less Oiler makes the oiling, job quicker, iA h more thorough, more easily done. —gives the axle spindle and hub lining the smoothness of glass by filling the minufe metal pores with powdered' mica. Keeps the metal'surfaces separated with a coating of soft mica and grease that prevents wear and makes the load lighter for the orses. Sold in sizes -1 Ib. to barrels. SPINNING A lir N OUT FABRICS ORIGIN 05' SOME WEARING MA- TERIALS IN COMMON USE :'airy Tale of the Silk Indust y— Ilow "Lawn"Gat Its Name— Meaning of "Dimity!' If the ignorant shopper only knew i, the .dress pattern of lovely, shim- mering silk that she exults ober as a ofre itsb life :n thabuy could d read alike la fairy tale. This fairy tale of the silk industry goes back a little matter of more than fur thousand years for 4ts once -upon - a -time beginning. The Empres Sel- ingshe of China, wife of the Emper- ing ill or liwayte (2640 B.C.) was not only waves the royal patron' responsible for the y the initial caltivat�icif oT,�} the mulberry oaten- tree and the reasetrgi',4 the silkworm, p into. but is also said to be the inventor of thes— ameroom for threads weaving silken cl be h goss- left— For centuries China guarded the se - 1000s ergs of silkworm magic deep hidden rq by in the walled 4itadel- of her shut-in. elect- national life. But secrets crawl hoar- through thin cracks. Eventually it ar got out. Made its first appearance in stand- Japan. Then it tiptoed into India, ds rd- according to tradition, the eggs of the bowl, insect and thhe seed of the mulberry bawl, tree' it feeds open; in the latter tree- ]y• cherous case, sniuggied through in a it is Chinese princess's headdress. it is Sills Introduced Into Europe. th so The conquests of Alexander the dily) Great (356-323 B.C,) brought the Teat- knowledge of silk into Europe. But ends hundreds of years passed before the Imo_ importation of silk goods was follow- fgbt ed by its manufacture. Not until 552 the A.D. did two'Persian monks, who had 1 be b ti Japanese girt babies have their heads shaver' until they are three years 0416. sen on a religious embassy to India and learned the fairy secret of. sills In production, at a cost of great person- in al hardship and danger, er bring g r to Con- a t n I stantinople n o le res' p lou p S , silkworm I concealed in their hollow bamboo I da t staffs for the Emperor Juetunan, fl whose offered 'bribe or bonus was such as to retake human oyes fairly blink at the dazzle of promised gold. The claim that China also produc- ed the first satin is veiled in doubt, but wherever that genus of fig leaf with its rich, gle-sy texture origin- ated, it was known in England as early as the fourteenth century. Rare and costly, in the beginning it was always a gorgeous red. Henry Vila's wardrobe, however, blossomed gaud- ily -with satin doublets of purple and yellow, as well as red, and before the same Sixteenth century ended black satin, referred to by contetnperary writers as a curiosity, made its bow to the public. In the fourteenth century also comes the first historical mention of velvet, its earliest European source the fair Italian cities of Genoa, Flor- ence and, Venice. ee Not until the seventeenth century have we any reliable reference to broadcloth, which later figured with conspicuous importance among the first products of our colonial woolen righ t mills at the luxurious little price of elmr ;6.50 a yard. lege Cashmere From India. The wool of the Cashmere goat first imported into England from dia #n 1820, the original fabric imitation of the famous Cashm shawl from India. Although clothing made of from the alpaca of 'South America grotesque -looking animal of camel tribe, deer size—was worn that country from remote antiqu not until the .first half of the n tee nth century was alpaca brought to the knowledge of spinil in England. Titus Salt was the ther of the English industry " this by mere Lucky chance. For gentleman had a mania for suet# and at one in Liverpool stumb upon an old consignment of the pace variety dumped upon the vdh months before. Considered virtue. worthless, he 'bought it et a bases and started is experimenting. successful was •the manufacturer the results obtained that in 1854 opened an alpa,ca factory, which. its' top-notch days- gave empioyme to as many as 4,000 workers. Serge has been used in Eur since the twelfth century. — Mohair, the fine silken hair of t Angora goat, was brought to don by the Turkey Company in ` sixteenth century. Calico was -introduced into Engle from Calicut, India, by the East ` ida Company, 1681. A pieturesqu story lies hidden in the commonpla of its name For Calicut is a corru tion of Calicoda, a libidoo wor meaning the "cock crowing," th town so called because the first mot arch of Malabou, India, as a rewar to a war chief for distinguished ser vice rendered in battle presente him with "all the land within th limit of which a cock crowing at certain temple could be heard." The Origin of Gingham. Chintz (Iiindustanee ehitint, mean ing spotted( was originally the nazi under which all printed cotton cloth was exported from India. While the fabric first came from dia, the name in h am g g originated Hated the fact that its early European n ufact ue >, w at as Gu' •ance-the forebears of the prreslent- y aristocratic gingltants, with their le, "beautrful texture, their artistic, complicated plaid designs, being very plain plebeian weaves with two or more colors, in small checkered pat- terns. The word dimity tells its own story when its name is parted in the middle, di and mites the Greek for two treaded. Some assert that the word lawn is derived from Leon, Prance, but a much prettier explanation- for that dainty fabric that we instinctively associate with a summer day of sun- shine and soft, sweet air, is that the material was always spread out to bleach on smooth lawns, instead of upon coarse, ordinary grass, was In - an ere wool —a the ity, e- n wool ers fa- -and the ons, led al arf Ily sin So in he in nt Euro he Lon - the nd In- o ce p- d e r- d d e a e Freedom of the Seas. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs, Torkins, "are we going to have free- dom of the seas?" "Why are you so interested?". "I haven't forgotten the way we were treated at the beach last sum- mer. I dont believe anybody has a to rope off the ocean, and then, go you fifty cents for the privi of bathing in it." When you feel something' is wrong better look into your habits of livid Tea or coffee drinkingoftenupsets s fie ' P is one e11ngs,though unsuspected- If tea or coffee disagree, use STU A tern days trial of PoSTUM usually�does wonders in deter- miniing what's the matter.''- "Theres-a Reason" �'b"'O^-D-..O—•P•—USO O. O The "Weekly` J'alslions . It Works! Try It Q ]teams One :night call it a quaint frock which is ahodern'in the most detailed feature. McCaIl Pattern No, 8885, Ladies' slip -0n Waist. In 6 sizes, 84 to 44 Mist. No. 8870, Ladies' One - Piece Straight Skirt. In 6 sizes, 22 to 32 waist. Pries, 20 cents each. A combination of printed Geor- gette and plain Georgette is quite he smartest sort of frock for the young, especially when developed on these simple lines. McCall Pattern No. 8890, Misses' Dress. In 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall` 0o., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. is Two Treasures. Deedounr n in earth's ' s da• rk heart Gold, A treasure rare and beautiful; Man struggles bard, for its possession, He gains he holds without concession *This treasure rare—from Nature's heart that's cold. Deep -down in human hearts is Love, A trealivsureing— rich and beautiful;" Its mystic source makes life worth Self-sacrificing and forgiving— Love whispers soft from heart depths Like a dove. lank for Zlnard'a and take no other. 117AIi I -UP OF OUR PLANET What Composes Outer Crust to a Depth of Ten Miles. Science can only guess what goes to make up the main body of the planet on which we dwell But it knows what the outer crust is made of to a depth, say, of ten miles— because the materials have been "coughed up" by volcanoes and are easily studied, This crust is composed of about eighty primary substances, or "ele- ments," among 'which are numbered the various metals. Gold, for exam - e, is an element; iron is another, nd aluminum is another. Nearly 8 per cent. of the earth's crust is aluminum, which is the most lentiful of all the metals. ' It oc- rs in nearly all rocks, every clay- ank is a mine of it. But to Separate from its ores is so difficult that un recently it was'a mere.curiosity the laboratory. Four and a half per cent. of the rth's crust is iron. Aside from at metal, the Useful elements cam- ercially available before electricity oIt a hand in' the game; such as pper, lead, zine, silver, nickel and , together comprised less than 1 th r cent. of the earth's ,•rnht, ' Electricity has made available er valuable: elements (abrminurn th ong them), which' conebituto nearly 8 half of the crust of the planet, Then They Canned, Him. ustomer�-."Where will I find the `n delabra ? "- ew Floorman "All canned goods in the grocery department on the la floor." 1 PI a P cu b it u of CA dib m to co tin P0 Tells how to loosen" a sore, tender corn so It lifts out without pain. a Cin shaver' h th corn n y the w#th- ance 0-0-0 0 0 • 0 0 Good news spreads rapidly and drug gists here are kept busy dispensing teeezbnc,the ether' discovery of Manual man, which ie' said to loosen any corn so it lifts :out wit fingers. Ask' at any pharmacy; for a quarter ounce of freezone, which will cost 9e li'ttl'e; but is said: to be'sumcient to rid one's -feet of every hard or soft or callus. You apply Just a few drops o tendbr, aching corn and instantl soreness is relieved, and soon the corn is so shriveled that_it lifts out out pain: It is a sticky subst which dries when applied and never nliamee or even irritates the adjoin- lig tissue. This discovery will prevent thou - ands of deaths annually from lock- aw and infection heretofore resulting ram the suicidal habit of cutting oras. 0 I'y the 1 a WILL TAKE FRANCE 70 YEARS. Greet Britain Will Make Good Her Human Loss le Ten Years. With the - return of peace, France has to face problems of great danger to, her immediate future, says a Paris despatch. Foremost among these is the' question of repopulation. How shall France make good her losses by war and sickness when the birth rate continues to drop every week that goes by? A French statistician has reckoned that at the present rate it will take seventy years to make up her losses during the war. From Aug, 2, 1914, to Jan. 1, 1918, the deaths in the seventy- seven departments not invaded by the enemy totalled 883,160, In 1918 there were 800,000 deaths, while it is reck- oned that 1919, if the present sanitary arrangements are not improved, will nee the passing away of another 250,, 000 mon and women. Cruel treatment inflicted by Ger- mans in the invaded districts is said to have been the cause of 130,000 deaths, and if one adds to this the al- ready heavy list of 1,335,000 soldiers killed in battle the total of deaths is very close to 3,000,000. If the French birth rate continues as it was in the ten years from 1900 to 1910, France, forty years hence, will have become a secondary power. ,According to the statistics published In other countries, Great Britain will make good her deficit of 806,000 deaths in the war in ten years; Germany will replace her 1,950,000 killed in I twelve years and Italy her 200,000 in thirty-eight years. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Strs,—Your biINARD'S LINI- MENT is our remedy for sore throat, colds and all ordinary ailments. It never fails to relieve and cure promptly. CHAS. WHOOTEN. Port Mulgrave, May -Song. This -early morn, high in a tree, A Robin sang full long, And for a chorus all his tribe Took up his lovely song. Now has young April fled away, The buds, free from restraint, Have b\rrst their sides with laughter, Where tender green doth paint. The shoulder of yon rounded hill, I spied a Bluebird's wing, And dew upon Hepaticas— So, sing, brethren, sing. 'Twill not be long before the stars Which bloom throughout night's hours Will drop upon the apple trees, To blossom there as flowers. The Song -sparrow and Bobolink Have seen the lilies pray, Around the temple they have built To throne the month of May. The Blackbird, with his purple throat, Has found his little mate— " And, past yon trunk, red as my breast, T know where mine doth wait. The Resurrection mouth is past; Artistry' now holds sway— So paint your eggs, build well your nests, And bless this month of May. Stinard's Llulmeat used b9 Pitrateians. Making Amends. Mrs, Squiggs used to take a great interest in various asylums. During a visit to one a certain old man roused her special compassion: "How long have you been here?" she asked him. "Twelve years," was the reply. After asking him a few more ques- tions. she passed on. Turning to her guide, she noticed a smile on his' face. On asking him o reason, she heard, to her coaster' - nation, that the old man was no less an the medical superintendent. In reat haste she rushed back to make hor apologies. T am so sorry, doctor!'' she said; This has taught me a lesson, I'll ever judge by appearances again!" LRinard's Liniment LLantberanaa'e-Friend. oth • am one can are four One pound of sheep's wool is cap - Able oe producing one yard of cloth. • FROM ilfitE, &TEO Worse Effects, First Pater --"My boy's letters from college always. send me to the diction- ary" Second pater—"That's nothing. My boy's aiwayssend.me to the bank. Read This to Him. Mrs. A,—"Does. your husband con- sider you a n0eessity or a luxury?" Mrs. 13.—'It depends, my dear,. en whether 1 am cooking his dinner or asking fora new dress," A Sit Behind. The strike was.on, and walking home was "the only way." When Joynson arrived 'at his suburb in the far, north in the. small hours of: the morning, he sent a were to the office;. "Will not be at the office to -day. Am not home yesterday yet," "Nobody Home" With Him. "Why don't you send your man to mend my electric doorbell, as you promised?" t "Ile did go, madame; but as he rang three times' and got no answer he concluded that there -was nobody at home." Clever. Johnson and Timson were discussing Jackson. "He's an ideal clerk," :Is iia?" "Knows more about the. business than the boss." „'Yes? "And without letting the boss sus- pectit, too." Didn't Know Sheep. "Now, Harold," said the "teacher, "if there were eleven sheep in a field and six jumped the fence, how many sheep would there be left?" "None," replied Harold, "Nonsense! There would be five!" "No, ma'am, there wouldn't," per sisted he. You may knew arithmetic but you don't know s]ieep." An Explanation. Mrs, Newlywed: "Our cook says those eggs you seat yesterday were quite old." Grocer: "Very sorry, ma'am! Yon see, all the young chickens were car- ried off for the holiday trade, so the old hens are the only ones lett to do the laying." Mrs. Newlywed: "Oh. to be sure! I du't thought of that!" The Best Yarn. A group of soldiers were telling ries round the table of a Y.M.C,A. t. The turn of a Canadian came nd. 'I have at home," he said, "a pet lesnake. I saved its life once, and it acorns to realize it. One night I was awakened by my wise, wbo had heard a noise downstairs, I gripped myrevolver suet ver and stole dawn. Ili a struggling eng- gg •trg going on in the dining - room. Imagine my surprise when, in the dim light from the street, I saw m rattlesnake, Y t esna ke with , its hotly Y ti htl round a burglar and its tail I A Lal T32t7 MOr qu oN ..Ti ut/tat, IXae%rite to -day for our "1,5:11-llireet re, 85tlsfaetl ns before ordariny, Hey b era; ,'Shipped anYWhoi�a of4'ed,or moray bock, 7ii1'40 CgU8t1'Uatlep 'Compsn •, angoiivar, •Lav1i ; P0li IrTrP - vcdr¢tien. OC• l'AIFi dab" - i,fr $ D til? A,iy,, f5. ' po l ltry to s li r R`rtte for Pi•leGs. • T.�:VG'oinraucti Rc bo,,. It -19 St. -Sean llaPtigte 750'liof, hionb 'e•,Q1�R• .. �$area3. '1�T iSRSPg'EATtN §1G TO y2G A WEEz .L Learn without leaving hotrie, Send for free , booklet. Ro;•a] Cplleso o! iScienee, T?ept...46, '1'erogto, C apada, F.LL EQUIPPED NIaWSPAS 3013. Ontario d JobInsurance icarried 51.8 '.0, Win ate ror 01,200. on s4e„ 'GP11, Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd, Toronto. To onto. rri Atc'4k PfIMQg,5, I'U1YlPS, ioTC., �!• internal and e'rt,rnai cured With- entbe or by time/unto treatment. Wille. e too .liltg. Iir,, Hellinr•4 n $1,016 0 Co., Limited, • Co171rigwooOl, Ont The Last Kaiser. Carol and Richard were . wildly de. lighted over the armistice :news. They seemed to'take it for granted that their father, an engineer in France, would now return home the next day. Later in the day their mother over- heard Riphard, four and a half, corn - men Ing to Carol, about six years' old: "I don't see why," said Richard "God ever made the Kaiser." To which Carol replied confidently: 'Well, I'll tell you one thing. 1 bet you he'll never make another." MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money bymail is b Dominion o nhti Y o n 79s r' css Money p e r' Y O dor. "Words are the notes of thought, and nothing more. Words are like sea -shells -on the shore; they show where the mind ends, and not bow far it has been." -.T. P. Bally. Seep Minard'a Bin mment in the horse. There are few things that help more in the development of sound, straightforward character than a love for nature and its beauties. "The groves were God's first temples," r -land many of us have Iearned to knew , that He still loves them. ha sto hu sou ratt sticking out of the window rattling tor a policeman." The Came o1 Heart Trouble Faulty digestion canes she I generation of gases its the stomach which inflate and press down on the heart and interfere with its regular action, causing faintness and pair, 15 to 30 1 drop.' of Mather ScipeP$ Cnraiire 1 Syrup after meals acts digestion right,which allows tiuv heart to beat full and regulate y Efeeifeeereeigeeeitseedelatetiteli GIRLS! NAY: WAVY, THICK, GLOSSY FRE FROM D OR iFF Save your hair I Double its beauty in a few moments -- try this! If you care for heavy hair, that glistens with beauty and is radiant with life; has an incomparable soft - nese and . is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine. Just one . application eiouliles the beauty of your hair, besides It Im- mediately dissolves every particle of dandruff; you cannot have nice, heavy, healthy hair if you have dand: ruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre', its strength and its very life, and if not overcome it pro- duces a feverishness and itching of the scalp: the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast: If your lutir has been neglected and is thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily, get a small bottle of Knowlton'! Dan - delete at any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents; apply a little as directad and ten minutes`atter you will say this was the best investment you ever made. We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised, that 11: you desire soft, lustrous, 'beautiful hair and lots of it' ---no dandruff—no itching scalp and no more falling hair—yore' must use Knowlton's Danderine. If eventually—wiry not now? LEMONS WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Make this beauty lotion; cheaply for your face, neck, arms and hands. At the cost of a small jar of ordin- ary cold cream ono can prepare a full quarter putt of the most wonderful llemon skin softener T and complexion beautifier, by squeezing the juice of 1 two fresh lemons into a bottle On., ttd:tfng three ounces ol! orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the Mice through a line cloth, so no lamon. pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. .Avery woman knows that lemon juice is used - to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two tenons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly Ira - grant lemon lotion and massage daily into the face, neck, arms and hand s. It i 9 marvelous atvelou e t0 r s naoth en rough, rod hand;+, KNOCKS OU PA THE S'T ROUND Com1artirl5' relief from twin makes Sino« %3 tete World's Liniment This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, soleness, • siirrne.'i5,- painful sprains, neuralgic pa as, and molt other external twinges that Humanity suffers from, enjoys its great sales because it practically never fails to bring speedy, comforting relief. Always ready for use, it little to penetrate eriifiout rubbing and pro- duce results. Clean, refreshing, :fade in Canada. At all drug stores. A large bottle means economy, 80a, Rica 20 PIMPLES ON FACE CUTECIJRA H CausedDisfrgurement, !thy and. Burning. Had Restless Nights. "My face came- out in little pim- ples that were Bore, and I scratched them conetcntly and then ir' they turned leo scales,; causing !much dis6gtae_- mentThee/Mesas so itchy thatl irrlmtedet by.scratch- r ing Thr, buxoing was it freree ass' irhsttmnatiyrest- less nights. 1 "This tamablee-lasted about a year