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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-10-19, Page 7Taal uy, [retol7er 9, 1922, i � a N � J1y ,.111..(1011.Y.:INVENTIQNS WELSH GAS; FO L1 1I'g I . Bessemer, of Steel - Making Fame -----Automatic .Loch De- veloped .from, a Dream. 1r- these yit days is hard for us to realize tiia sensation made by the ells= coy ery of the • usefulness of gas -as an illuminant. That takes us back a long way, nearly to the beginning of the last century, but it serves to illustrate the incre'dulity with which people •r i generally are da�,,posed to view any departure that is wholly novel. Tlae originatorof that idea, William M'urdooli, was a poor mechanic. When, in'. 1796,' he lighted his little home at Redruth, in Wales, with- coal gas, his neighbors thought he was in, league -with the devil. Later on, ha managed to get capital interested,' and the mat- ter came up 'for consideration in Par- liament. One honorable member of a parlia inentary committee said to Murdoch,: "Do yeti tell methat'it'will actually be passible to have a light without a And, when the inventor made an affirmative reply,` he'shook • his head, saying, "Ah,- nay friend, you are trying to prove too much!" No end '•of fun was made of the idea. People 'imagined- that ahe gas went through the pipes on fire, and foresaw awful: results, In 1809 Lady Louis Mo'yneux, in a letter' to. a friend, wrote: "They, have tried a dangerous experiment In the House of Coanmanis, which was lighted so brilliantly that nen nm_ila rear" 4,h, emallaat print. with ease: A dazzling glare came. from f aerture gas -pipes. thousands o p s in ga �p Pas• Fire engines were in .attendance, and hose was raid along every pipe. But they will'not venture to try ft again." Achievement of ,Berliner, Speaking of talking :machines, . the disc. phonograph—known commercial- ly as the gramophone -was the inven- tion of a inan who, employed' in early life as a clerk, paid a mechanic' fifty centsa night to teach, him something about electricity. The teacher was - very ignorant, and that was one rea- son why the pupil, Ensile Berliner, was led off the beaten track. 'He be- gan to make discoveries for himself, and finally evolved ideas which ren- dered the longdistance telephone prac- ticable. The Bell Company's monopo- ly is now held under the Berliner pat ants. The disc phonograph ` came much later, and it was the privilege of the writer to prepare • the first article about it that ever was printed: He took it to Mr. Berliner _in the mania - script for correction, and the invent- or, delighted to find that it contained nota single error,gave it his indorse ment for publication. Mr. Berliner is still- living in Washington, and has re: cently.been interested in the develop- ment of a "helicopter", flying machine. Most -curious -in its origin was the invention of a young engineer named Springer, He got his idea from .a - dream, For some time he had been trying to devise an `automatic lock to brake ;.wagons going down hill, so that thedriverwould not have to. -get out. w a Ile dreamed that`he was driving down a steep hill, and had just such a lock on his wagon.- He -noticed exactly how it -was constructed. On waking, he. got up, sketched on a piece . of paper the details of the mechanism, and. Threedays later went back to lied. d y he applied fora,patent, which brought him $75,000• in the first year. The ."poor inventor" is a term pro- verbial::Neve]itheless, many poor Tanen have Become: rich through their iii •_ v9ntidfS, Invented Time, Clock. Sir I--Ienry Bessemer, who invented girealtlx Must - be Glxaraltral as She Comes to Womeoilhood. Every mother who call; to mind her awn girlhood knows flow urgently her daughter is likely to need health and strength during the years between1 early school days and womanhood. It is then thatggr rowin girls droop and g become bloodless and nervous. Na- ture is calling for more nourishment than the blond can supply, and signs of distress are plainly evident in dull eyes, pallid cheeks, weak and aching backs anda dislike for proper food. These 'signs moan that the blood 15 weak ar_d watery. The watchful mother takesgive the. prompt steps to new, rich blood her system calls for by giving her Dr, Williams'.Pink Pills. No .other medicine has ever•succeeded like them and thousands of mothers have proved their worth. Mrs. W. H. McIntyre, Gananoque, Out, tells what these pills have donefor both Herself and her daughter. She .says:—"I have used Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for many years, especially in times of weakness and general'. debility, and have found them a most satisfactory medicine.. Aftera severe ;attack of influenza I, found myself in a 'nervous condition and'sesorted to my old tonic—Pink Pills—and tlxey did not: fail me.'I also, gave them to my eldest daughter, who was ,in a serious condition due to ail- ments of girls of her age. She torr- plained' of ,headaches and backaches, and would often grow hysterical. She began taking the pills and was soon on the road to health again. She never complains now of headaches 'or back- aches, and I give the credit to Dr. Williams' Pir.k Pills. Whenevez I see any of my children ailing orin need of a..'hlnnd tnni_r T 'give them these pills and always :with the best results." You can get these pills though any dealer in medicine or by mail: at 50 boxesx.50 from m ' for . cents ;'box or six$ The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock ville, Ont. the steel -making process, was, a poor. boy who came _to .London from a conn - try town ,to seek his ,fortune. Cyrus McCorinick, • who created ,the reaper and 'self -binding; harvester, died worth $20,000,000. W. L. Buddy was•a.wateh-' maker. He 'invented, the time clock. which keeps tab on employees in Inc- to:des ,and' places of business, and it maide him` rich, • , Charles M. Hail'"was a student at•• Oberlin .College when he discovered a, means" ` whereby aluminum could be Cheaply separated from its ores.'The ricin ? re., -was' simple enough; but it brought him 'wealth and made the white metal available' for the house - Wile's pots and pans; Mergenthaler was an expert nxeehani'c: His zriecbani. • cal typesetter netted hila millions, W. W.' Jenne and C, L. Sholes who did. most . to develop the typewriter, (though their names are known to few), ~vera both'enricb.ed thereby.;'Pie. same is true of Charles J. Van. Depoele who' invented' the under-runnieg trot - ley which drives street cars .in our cities. He was a cabinet-maker• in Detroit, and took up;the stildyofelec- tricity for evening amusement. L, C. Crowell, inventor, of the news- paper folder, was a mechanic. His idea was wo11 `worth the fortune gained for hint. Lack: of a tickling de- vir.e had set a limit on the output of alae press, .Fiat the folder takes news- paper sheets°as they receive the Itn- eaa'aieres . n olds #h„n„- 1 tickay them i._ to st iccs them all ready fo a e d t d .t2 b tic n. y ,. J tt ) The Bold 'Heart. 'This time I cud, not win, And shall I,then Go with bowed bead S1.nd nev'ir try again? 'No, rather jet me.strive The harder still Until I:bead my fortune- To my will. Let me not .break nor bend But let me be Stronger than any fate That conies to me. Let me be bold' of heart And learn to read In every failure How I may succeed. Abigail Cresson. tti His Lucid Moment. A doctor had been called to see a man who was very ill. He examined him and said to the nurse: "You must watCli' the case very closely .through th'night, and tell me all the sylnp- toms when I" come back in the morn- ing." The man became worse during the night and talked a lot of nonsense in his fever. 'When the doctor 'returned in the morning, he said to the;Wnurse: `.'Tell me' exactly what happened after I eft " rj T I WI CHAM. AD i 1NCO .. Geography in Names,, Many things, we use every day fare named after the towns, from Which. they originally came,: For instance, probably you have a pair of worsted socks, which were once made et Worstead, - but which nowadays come principally from laud - ler fld , • or a Panama hat, which c s � conies from Ecuador instead of the place from 'which' it took Its nape. Cambric handkerchiefs ' are. eo-tailed . from the town of Cambrai, in France. Tweed s Inverness capes, clad uit, s Leghorn hats are examples of the. same thing. n.: Theconnection between dmsa ons and Damascus is not so,ob- vious, but damson ]s wally only a con- traction for Damascene , Phial. ala - rants get their name from :the fact that originally they were made from small grapes., which still grow near Corinth, in Greece; they were former- lycalled Corinthians: Cherries came from the city of Cera - ens, which once stood in Asia Minor, while; chestnuts preserve the name of Castana, another city of the past, whence the trees'first carie to Europe. The names of two cheeses, Cheddar and Stilton, come from two villages, one in Somerset-' and the other in Huntingdonshire. Worcester, Dres: den, and Sevres have all given names to different kinds of -china, and Delft, a small Dutch town, is remembered by Delft pottery. A GOOD MEDICINE ."You were hardly out of the room,"1 • she began, "when he said: 'When did that old fool say he was coming back?' Those were thelastsensible words he spoke." H uhrah l Young Alderman "Just . imagine, those rascally • street railway people had the nerve to offer me a Hundred. thousand to vote for their measure," 1 -lie , wife—''Oh, Henry! • I always knew you'd make good." You. get cheerfulness but Of life in proportion as you put cheerfulness in. You cannot invest counterfeit coin and. expect dividends in real money. Minimum :a e Legislation By Elizabeth P. MacCallum, M.A., Social Service Council of Canada - Alberta Is now the seventh province of the Dominion that has committed itself to a policy of governmental regu- lation of wages for women. In British, Columbia, Saskatchewan,` Manitoba, and Ontario government regulation is well under way; in Alberta, Quebec. and Nova Scotia the requisite legisla- tion has been enacted, but the acts are not. yet' in force. Alberta has not yet had time to take -action; but Nova; Scotia and Quebec have had the legis lation on their statute books for three years. ':Action will probably be all the more effective for the, delay, for these two provinces, will soon have a wealth of experience in other pants, of the Dominion to ;guide thorn, when they do s mUela potvet is r^ in. 'as to start-.it�. 111 1 t "by the Wages Board to approximate to a fair standard of living. In Great Britain minimum wage legislation ap: plies;to men as well as women, but in Canada, whether wisely or not, little has been said about protecting that fluctuating, vague : and inarticulate body of men workers which is for tunately smaller here than in many other countries. In' all countries where.minimuin wage legislation has been enacted, the ultimate aim of the legislators is •to• create: decent stand- ards of living where they do not exist,. and thus give to all classes of workers a sense of self-respect which will, in g time engender enough independence' of spirit to enable them to look .after begin to enforce their Minimum Wage themselves.: That self-respecteis con - Acts. • spicuously lacking among those work - There is a general conviction ers whose standards are still of the throughout Canada that some govern- lowest -order. It is found that many mental action should, be taken to pro- such workers do not appear to care. tett: workingwomen from each other whether their wages are raised or p not._ and from ex •loitation by cheap em Their indifference is born of physical ployers. That is to 'say, • there is a under -nourishment, and applies to al - large percentage e of our'workingwonien most all phases of their ixistence. It who are entirely dependent upon their is to the advantage of the workers, of own earnings, n s> and it is felt that the the province, and of individual em - right of these women to a living wage ployers as well, that apathy of this should be upheld in the face of the kind be done away with. fact that many semi -dependent women are naturally willing to work for less than -a living wage. Minimum wage laws in Canada, then, have been pass- ed. e,d largely with the aim an view of making it illegal for an „employer;, to pay or a female worker to accept less' re uza>lon• than a .certain rate of wages, deemed empleyed. Wages for. adult workers . British Columbia has had the long- est experience of 'any Canadian pro- vince. in the field of minimum wage legisletio•n. Industries have been one byone, until wages i] c, dealt with have -been regulate” in almost every • i h -0 nen are lar el FOR TE BABY Nothing can equal Baby's Own Tablets as a medicine for little ones. Theyare a laxative, mild but,thorouglr in action, and never fail to relieve con- stipation, colic, colds and simple fevers. Once a motherhas used'thern she will use nothing else. Concerning them Mrs. Saluste Pelletier, St. Darras des iva,a.nea, Que., write •—"I always keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in the house. They are the "best mediciae 1.know of for little ones and I would not be without them." The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co,,, Brockville, Ont. 6 Awaiting Her Tricks. Bobby -"Are you the trained"nurse mamma said was coining?" The Nurse -"Yes, clear, I'm the trained nurse." , Bobby—"Let's see some of your tricks." "No one is living aright unless he so lives that whoever meets,him goes away more confident and joyous for the contact.” has Never Felt Betterin All Her Life Thousands of frail, nervous people and epnvalEescents evelywllere have teeti0ed to the remnrlcable power; 01 Tarllao in bringing back their health, strength, and working efficriency. Xt seems to quickly invigorate the con- stitutioe and .is a -powerful fee of weakness: Mrs. Emma Mllea, 125 Te- cumsehAve, London, Ont, says: " from stotrlacb I suffered terribly trouble, headaches and dizzy attacks, and was so 'weak, iiervous'.and run down It was all I could do to get about. Since I've'takex T anlac i stomach �' na le in s le ndid orde the headaches and n n r, other troubles have left me and I'm simply feeling fine," There is not a single portion of the body that is not benefited by the help- ful. ,action of 'Tanlac, It enables the stomach to turn the food, into healthy blood, bone and muscle, purifies the system and builds you back to normal 'weight- Get a bottle to -day at any i good druggist. Advt. vary from $12.75 to- $15.50: per week, representing,. often an increase of. about 35: -per cent. Hours Lave been shortened, so that forty-eight is re- garded as a normal' week. British Co- lumbia's experience tends to refute the opinion held by many that a mini- mum wage is apt to become' the maxi- mum and go. defeat' its own purpose. In 1920 average wages in different In- dustries were found 'to exceed the. minimum by as much as $3.19, $1.58, $2.64, $2.53, and $4.43 per "week. Jo 'Saskatchewan almost' of the laun- dry workers are receiving more than the minimum, and about two-thirds of the workers in shops and stores are in a<similar position. The Wage Boards of Manitoba and Ontario have made a large number of awards, and are'experimenting xperimentin g in. dif- ferentialwages for various localities according to size. Their awards are not generally as ,high as those in Sas- katchewan and British Columbia, but by -the use of the informal conference with employers and employees, they are making a valuable able addition to the world's ,experience in minimum wage .-....�. ,r;=ry-�z�xa,3": ..":•�., `�.�41A.� :. •iris'- .. Itis•e •eu::e .it's ,' a fine thing to keep out of trouble but it's a.fii er thing to "know how ready assimilation by the :systst . to get out of trouble after you have when you make Grape -Nuts a oMany ften into it.. •people thougbtlessiy get into trouble, by loading up with heavy, indigestible foods vhkh fail to supply the essential elements for .repairing the daily wear on their nerves and body tissues. It is well to know that Grap e - Niis with cad rich milk is a highly nourishing food, providing all the necessary'"nutritive and mineral' elements in proper form for substantial part of your regular daily diet, Nature will quickly assert .herself and .build healthy nerve cells and sound body tissues. Crisp and crunchy Grape -Nuts, Made from wheat and malted barley, is a, satisfying, food for breakfast—a welcome answer to the call of appetite. The familiar Yellow package con- tains more nourishment in less bulk than any other cereal food. 66 'eoYt" "There ,s a or raPe: WES -Tht BODY,BU1LDER inadipn creel Co,, Ltcir, 45 p'roet St,, 17: Terouto: Factory. Windsor, Ontario Our Work is Born With Us. "No man is born into this world," says Lowell, "whose work is not born with him." Instil this idea into the very marrow of the child's being—Haat no one is born: into the world whose work is not bornwith him. Look out for your bay and girl. Their ,work is indicated in their blood,' in the very make-up of their ' constitution. Teach . them this from the 'start. Impress upon their young ,minds . the..faet that their ten- dencies, their aptitudes, are indica- tions of the thing that they are es- pecially fitted to do; that they were sent here on some definite missionby the Creator of the universe, and that they will never be realiy,happy or suc- cessful until they are doing that for which God planned them, ! Round pegs in square holes are never contented, never happy, never satisfied: A large: percentage of our criminal class" comes from these dis- contented, misplaced human beings. There xe no, greater service parents can do their children, or teachers their pupils than help them find their work =their true place in life, There isno more pitiable person in the world than the misfit, the one who has not found his work. -0 S. Marden., it 1a+�+r+w+pwcrsro a�roq wa�a�wa aei GIJT STOMACH IN.. # e's Tia: e sin,' for Gas, lndige'stion ani' Spur Stomach ...t.4444-1+++.4 s+a+M1ot-N+ay instantly! Stomach corrected, You never feel the slighte.s,t distress from indigestion or a sour, acid, gassy sten-1.- '04h, after you --eat a tablet' of "I"ape's Diape sin." The nic,nent it reaches p the stomach all sourness, fiatnleziee, heart -burn, gases, palpitation and pain disappear, Druggists guarantee each package to correct digestion at once. Encl.y our sitofnach trouble for few cents. • "Cascarets" lOc For Sluggish Liver or Constipated Bowels • Glean your bowels! Feel fine! When you feel sick, ' dizzy,_ upset, when your head is dull or aching, or your stomach is' sour or gassy, just take one or two Cascarets to relieve constipation. No griping—nicest laxa- tive -cathartic on earthfor grown-ups and children. 10c a box. • Tante like candy. Her Specialty. "Malachi," asked Mr. Casey, "can your woife cook as well as your moth- er did?" "She cannot," replied Malachi, "but m3 friend I -river n"inti n o it, for r she can throw oonsiderably bettber." 'MONEY ORDERS. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars' costs three cents. Avoid the pleasure that holds : the , penalty of future pain. Ask for Minard's and take no other, When Moonlight Falls When moonlight falls on the water, It is like fingers toucliing the chords of a harp On a mist day. Y Whenmoonlight strikes the water I cannot get it into my poem— I only hear the water's fingers and the moon's rays Intertwined,, I think of all the words I love to hear And try to find words white enough For such shining. —Hilda Conklieg.. St. Paul's Cathedral is the fifth largest church in the world. `c 4u s . e.otevee4ttoki: Ono mance.' drat -01400.1 cal,xnvlie l:and t})a ti edurae of�etlre5. ant, blest Ent! Iios,x Ave., Chicago Ill , Ie IDO17T 41 I+91+xY1,31'1 y h onge Street, ;',ltoi ont9{ xetepi A.ttot'ney •ofol i 1f# e p >< J"'f:Ei[RE'SX3Zrt I3Elaiiii5 AND C ml TION hose,new anti "mod, nhip ed rsu'hject to airprovr i st lower'at rrtor,w 10 Canada. 'York Belting Go,, 115 Yob St., 'Toronto, Ont, Cascara bark need,' for medicinal purposes is an important product; of the Oregon forests,, nard's Liniment for Distemper. ]Vtir. o p.. The weight f the Great Pyramid at Egypt has been estimated at 0000;000 � tains, MOTE ER! Your Child's Bowels Need. "California lifornia Fi a g Syrup" h YARMOUTH, N.S. Caxl!Campers, ap , Relief. Quick 1f�@l OUTFIT C,U R A-,130-r'TLE INY. PUT COARSE SALT LAND S Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. 'CLIFF, - TORONTO mefLWY MOSIDIE2 220g liaeonediles Book on DOG. DISEASES and How to Feed Hallett Free to any Ad- dress by the Author. s. clay Glover CO., arm 129 Went 24th Street New York U.S.A. Hurry mother! Even a sick child. loves the "fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup" and it never failsto open the bowels. A teaspoonful to -day may prevent a sick child tei-taorrow. If :cou- stipated, bilious, feverish, 'fretful, has. cold, colic, or if stomach is sour,, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good ••cleansing of the little bowels is often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for, genuine "Cali, forma Fig Syrup' which.'has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup. Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound—Nowa' Enjoys Good Health K e s s o c k, Saskatchewan. -"My mother has taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound and upon. learning of , my- troubles ytroubles advised. me to try it, as I seemed all run, down after the flu, and bad some trou- bles such as women are apt to have. I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table. Compound i F andLydia E. Pink - ham's F, Y andthe d .Medid Blood ire use c Sanative Wash. Also Dr. Brown's Capsules and Prescription and ani so much better in every way. I am wild- ing for you to use my letter as a testimonial as I recommend your medicines.' -Mas. Irnusn Nxasoar Kes- sock, Saskatchewan. When backaches and headachea. 'drive out all ambition when that bearing -down sensation attacks you. when you are nervous and blue, the one great help for such aihirentS 15 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound. A Vision of the Era of Love. Ward Howe, Julia VC 7.'who'devotedher' life to the .service Of humanity had a wonderful vision beforerslre passed to the ` beyond. The story of it is here given in her own words. One night recently I experienced a` sudden awakening. I had a vision o:fs a new era which is to dawn . for man- kind and in which men and women are battling equally, unitedly, for the up- lifting and, emancipation of the, race from evil, "I' saw men and womenof: every clime working like bees to unwrap the evils of society and to discover the whole web of vice and misery, and to apply the remedies' and also to find the infiliences that should best count- eract evil and its attendant suffering. "There seemed to be a new, a won- drous, ever -permeating light, the glory of which :I cannot attempt, to put in human words—the light of new-born hope and sympathy blazing. The source of this light was human en deavor•---iniinortal purpose of count- less thousands of men and women, 'who were equally doing their part in ,.the world. "I saw the na.eit and the woven,. standing side by side, shoulder :, to shoulder, in A common and indoilait- able purpose lighting every face' with a glory not 'of this earth,' A11 Were ad. vaneing •tvitla one end" in view, one foe to trample, one everlasting good to gain. "And then I saw the victory, All of evil was gone from the earth, Misery Was blotted out• Maniknd was ennanci pated anti ready to march forward in a new era of humali entiei'stancling, an. eneompassing sympathy and c er• re sen 1 t hala, e of erP,ect levo of l The era p peace 'passing all understanding." 1SSITE No, 41,-r-°] ! 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Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain,, Pain a' roest. ,1 0� ;Cyrtt � s ,Tal 0 is 54 a i ott c 'tablets —Also b el�g ] �. li ei.. of tp, ;C3aiid "Bayer" 1 y 1. eteis the c o.ltd n) o S Myer SXah ie Gt YYit ref' •Yet � ae,attrClttitLiO.4 Ilnlic3itlGsaRi..'WiiiCiC' qvetCYUahtXat 11pYitiT: #YII"pYle nava tllila tlll•o, to' : assist' tire valeta amerce i#0itatle0S, the tYI,blet 6 of PayePayerCorn tele will be r'tf#tailtieJ. with 'their g°eiiis)'ai Trude murk, Ow "lta,yrei#t 001140 4d•' • am