HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-04-04, Page 3NOTHINC liFW UNDER THE SUN
INVENTIONS Ql! TO -DAY ARE
ANCIENT HISTORY.
Many N'ew.Ideas of This Ago Were
Ilk Use hundreds of Years
Ago.
'.A great discovery bas just 'been
made in Rome. Digging about in
the palace of the Caesars, la, famous
archaeologist found that. at least
' three largo lifts were once in use
there, one of the ,shaft being 120
feet long. So it 'seems that the Ro-
man Emperors used hoists.
They used taxis, too, or might
have. The old Roman historian,
Vitruvius, writing in '19 A.D., des-
cribes the taxi of that day. The
mechanism of the meter caused a
stone to drop into abox under the
carriage every thousand paces tra-
velled. At the end of the journey
the driver counted the stones in the
box, and so fixed the fare. And it
is said that Chinahad taxis thou-
sands of years ago, a thin stream
of water running arta a. bowl taking
the place of the Roman box and
stones.
Safety -pins were invented some
fifty years ago. The inventor made
thousands of dollars from his sim-
,ple device. It brought him fame
and a knighthood. People wonder-
ed how the world had got on with-
out this crowning necessity of civi-
lization.
First in the Field.
The answer is that it did not
'need to. Excavations in the buried
city of Pompeii some six years ago
brought to light thousands of per-
fectly -formed bronze safety -pins of
quite as good design as those made
nowadays. The English inventor,
in fact, was knighted for an. inven-
tion he did not invent,
The Teddy -bear sounds pretty
modern. It really isn't. In the
British Museum and elsewhere hun-
dreds of Greek and Roman toys are
to be seen, among them scores of
sorts of dolls, with dolls' houses
and 'furniture, as well as grotesque
images of animals for the amuse-
ment of babies. Among these ani-
mals, which have often movable
jointed legs, some are distinctly in-
' tended to represent baby bears.
As for articles of the toilet, we
could net teach the Romans.. much
there. They had manicure cases,
razors, powder -puffs, scent -bottles,
and hooks -and -eyes.
The art of heating houses is not
very fear advanced in Europe yet.
But among the ruins of many fash-
ionable Roman suburbs villas have
been found fitted, not only with hot
and cold taps, but with an excel-
lent system of central heating.
Shorthand in Rome.
Combination locks—locks which
can only be opened by a combina-
tion of certain number's or letters—
sound the last word of civilization
in mochanieal ingenuity. As a, mat-
ter of fact, they were well known
and in extensive use in China thou-
sands of years ago.
In. China, too, they illuminated
their houses a couple of thousand
years ago with natural gas, distri-
buted through long bamboo tubes.
As far as we know, the typist is
quite a product of our own days—
at any rate, as.far as typing gees,
But the shorthand clerk is older
than Christianity. In ancient Rome
shorthand clerks took down dates of
law cases, just as they do now.
Watt is usually credited with the
invention of the steam-engine, He
only re -invented it. Nero, of Alex-
andria, described steam-engines
two thousand years before Watt's
time. He also gives a careful ac-
count of the turbine system of ap-
plying power.
Lots of civilized countries are just
now making, or thinking of mak-
ing, laws against the dangerous
long hatpin. Even this problem is
. not new: In an old Latin comedy a
shopkeeper tells how he had his
cheek pricked when walking to the
theatre, and declares that it ought
to be put a stop to by the law.
"Votes for women," even, is as
old as the hills. One of the most
famous of Greek comedies tells of
women, tired of being ruled by
men, setting up a Parliament of
their own, and gives all the argu-
ments we hear to -day.
In fact, anyone who wants to
think of something really new will
have to think a being time. Proba-
bly' even this article was written
thousands of years ago.—London-
' Answers.
SNL TOOK HER
FRIEND'S ADVICE
AND DODD'S KIDNEY TILLS
CURED HER SON,
Straight anti Simple Statement
',Cells of Another Grand Cure By
the Old • Canadian Kidney item.
edy.
Springhaven, Yarmouth Co., N.
S., March 31 (Special),—Simple and
straight to the point is the state-
ment of Mrs, Erven 0, Trefry, of
this plaee, but it tells of another
grand cure by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"My fifteen -year-old son, Angus,"
Mrs. Trefry states, "suffered' from
pain in his back, headache, and a
pain over his eyes.
"He was so bad he could not
walk across the floor. My friends
advised me to give him Dodd's Kid-
ney Pills.
+`They cured him."
That young Trefry's kidneys were
wrong is evidenced by the cure.
Dodd's Kidney Pills only cure dis-
eased kidneys. They never fail to
do that.
The reason they cure rheumatism,
backache, gravel, dropsy, Bright's
disease, diabetes, and kindred dis-
eases, is that these all spring -from
disordered kidneys.
If you have any of these diseases
you haven't tried Dodd's Kidney
Pills. Ask your neighbors. They'll
tell you Dodd's Kidney Pills always
cure them.
Uncle Soh Says:
"I durino. Mebby th' 'world is
gittin' better all th' .while, Some
folks sez so. But say, ain't they a
Carnation lot o' fightin' an' snarlin'
agoin' on still, hey I"
A Lucky Dog.
"Brown's a luck dog."
"What's he been doing now I"
"You know that $1,000 he inher-
ited a year ago 7' "
"Yes."
"Well, he still has it."
To whom it may concern: This is to
certify that I have used MINARD'S LINI-
MENT myself as well as prescribed it in
my practice where a liniment was re-
quired and have never failed to get the
desired effect. 0. A. KING, M.D.
FRENCHMEN FEAR AIRSHIPS;
Think •They Are Tieing Outclassed
By the Qerinans.
French opinion is waking up to
the fact that Germany, in the
sphere of military aeronautics,
leaving France badly in the rear.
General Lacroix and a number of
ether eminent strategists unite. in
declaring that France has nothing
to shew against Germany's aerial
pruisers but . a fleet o'f "penny
steamers," and they strongly de-
precate the attitude taken general-
ly in France towards dirigibles,
They think the sudden development
of aeroplanes caused an entirely
unwarranted enthusiasm for those
machines, and a corresponding dis-
paragement of dirigibles, General
Lacroix holds that the opposition. to'
rigid dirigibles in. France is quite
wrong; the supple type of airship
favored by the French military au-
thorities is, from the military point
of view, axceedingly risky, a pin
prick sufficing to destroy them. Air
ships of the German rigid type,
with their several compartments,
are capable of withstanding consid-
erable damage before being put ab-
solutely out of action.
. Wasted Sarcasm.
Indignant Wife—"I wonder what
you would have done if you had
lived when men were first compelled
to earn their bread by the sweat of
their brows?"
Indolent Husband — "I should
have started a little notion store
and sold handkerchiefs."
Offensive Breath Cause.
Usually By Catarrh
Two Ways.
"Papa, what does being disap-
pointed in love mean?"
"Why, either marrying or being
jilted by the girl you are in love
with."
Low Colonist Rates to Paolflc Coast
Via Chicago and North Western Railway.
Ou sale daily. March 15th to April 15th in-
clusive, from all points in Canada to Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Salt
Lake City, Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver,
Nelson, Roseland, and many other points.
Through tourist sleepers and free reclin-
ing chair cars from Chicago. Variable
routes. Liberal atop overs. For full in-
formation as to rates, routes and litera-
ture, write or call on B. H. Bennett, Gen-
eral Agent, 46 Yonge Street, Toronto.
The Difference.
"They say my son is a credit to
me."
"Mine has never been anything
but a liability."
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
Unsteady.
"Has your husband a steady in-
come?" "No ; his friends bring
him home every night."
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROM.O QUININE.
Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE.
Cures a Cold in One Day. Cures Grip 'a
Two Days. Sic.
Congenital.
Benevolent Old Lardy (to Weary
Willie, whom she finds resting in.
the shade of a telegraph pole) —
"Alas, my poor wayfarer, travel-
ling through this vale of tears 1
What has caused you to become dis-
couraged and abandon the race so
early in life ?"
Weary Willie — "Tire trouble,
lady."
ED, 7. ISSUE 14-'1'3.
A Simple Remedy DleoQvnrsd That Cures
Without Drees,
The ,American people suffer more from
Catarrh than from any other disease. It
imiertnines more constitutions and ere -
ate* more sickness than all other diseases
oornbintd. It is, therefore,' very danger-
ous.
Yee can't successfully treat Catarrh by
internal dosing you must in some way
send .a purifying, healing agent through
the breathing organs, so that the germs
clan be reached. This you do every time
you inhale Catarrhozone, It's rich es-
sences and healing balsams are breathed
all through the nose, throat and lungs,
and effectively destroy every trace of Ca-
tarrh. This is a proven fact.
I endorse Catarrhozone because I know
of air bad cases of Catarrh, Including my
own, that it has cured. It is a sensible
remedy because it is capable of going
where the disease is. I believe it cures
quicker than other remedy because It gets
sooner to the source of the disease than
anything else I know of. I bad headaches,
bad breath, and much stomach trouble as-
sociated with my Catarrh, but they have
disappeared since using Catarrhozone,
which keeps me free from colds, head-
aches, catarrh and all winter ills." OTTO
E. IS.RATMMER, Belleville, Ont.
Catarrhozone is needed in every home.
Large size lasts 2 months, price $1,00;
small size, 50c.; trial size, 25c. At all
storekeepers and druggists or The Catarrh -
ozone Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and Kingston,
Canada,
HAD SORE 4 YEARS.
Mr. Oliver Sims, of Purvis (Man.),
writes :—"I had an old irritating
sore on my forehead that had trou-
bled me for four years. Zam-Buk
was recommended to me and in a
marvellously short time it healed
the obstinate sore perfectly, You
may depend upon it that after this
proof of its power we will never be
without a box of it."
As a rapid and certain healer of
ulcers, abscesses, piles, inflamed
places, cuts, burns, bruises, scalp
sores, eczema, eruptions, etc., von
can get nothing to equal Zam-Buk.
All druggists and stores at 50c. box
or. post free for price from Zam- .
Bak Co., ,Toronto. Try Zam Buk's
-Soap for tender skins and baby's
bath. 25c. tablet.
He—"I am going to ask your fa-
ther for your' hand." She—"Ob,
that will be lovely I" He—"You
are glad?" She- -"Delighted ! I
will call and bring you flowers every
day until you are able to be out
again. I have never seen the in-
side of a hospital."
Minaret's Liniment Cures Cargo! In Cows.
The small boy was being reproved
by his mother. "Why can't you be
good?" she asked. "I'll be good
for a cent," lie said. "Ah 1" re-
sponded the mother, "you want to
be bribed. You should copy your
father and be good for nothing."
When Four Eves Need Care
Try Mm
Murine Eye Mee y. No Smarting—Feels
Flue—Acts Quinitly. Try it for Re, Weak,
Watery Eyes anu Granulated Eyelids. Illus-
trated Book in each Package. Murine to
compounded by our Oculists—not a "Patent Med.
Seine'—but used. In successful Physicians' Prac•
Sloe for many years. Now dedicated to tho Pub-
lic and suld by Druggists at 25o and 50c per Bottle.
Merino Bye halve In Aseptic Tubes, 2fic and 50a
hfiurine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Brotherly A.rraugement.
"Eaa'lie, why don't you let your
little brother have your sled part
of the time?"
"I do, ma. I take it going down
the hill, and he has it going back."
tllinard's Liniment C es Diphtheria.
"Have you noticed any change in
your husband with the passing al
years?" "Yes ; he used to tell me
of his throbbing heart. Now he
talks exclusively about his liver."
' PiLES CURED IN B TO 14 DAYS
Your druggist will refund money if PAZ()
OINTbMENI fails to cure any case of Itch.
lug, Blind, Bleeding or +rounding Piles to
, to 14 days. 500.
Silence of Chinese Bride.
Would you like it if you could talk
to no one for three days? Yet that
is the fate of the Chinese girl who
is married. For three nights after
the marriage the Chinese bride
veiled, must stay awake and listen
to the b,anteeing,s, the teasings and
jokes of some girl friend who is
there just on purpose to make her
laugh, cry, or anything else that
will. cause a sound. But the Chi-
nese bride must not allow her voice
to escape her. She must show, by
staying silent those three nights,
that she will be a quiet wife.
The man who flatters himself that
he leaves little to be desired .should
remember that a burglar does the
same thing.
CLIMATE OF NOVA SCOTIA.
3lany Advantages of Living in Pro.
vireo by the Sea.
A gen wl eman who has spent some
years in Nova. Scotia writes ,tis fol..
lows :—"We have 328 days in the
year out of 365 in which the ther-
mometer goes above 32 degrees.
This is 28 days greaten, than for any
other part of Canada, We have
276 days in the year in which the
thermometer rises above 40 degrees
of temperature, This is better by
26 days than any other part of Can-
ada save the Pacific Slope. We
have 200 days in which the thermo-
meter goes above 50 degrees of tem-
perature during the year, This re-
cord is the same as enjoyed by the
southern section of Ontario and by
the southern strip of the Western
Provinces. When we get into the
higher degrees of temperature we
find we do not have.the same excess
of heat as in Ontario or other por-
tions of Canada. 141 days above 60
degrees as compared with 150 and
160 in Ontario 1 50 to 72 days above
70 degrees during the year, while
parts of the west of Canada, as well
as Ontario, have as many as 75, 100
and 112 days in which the thermo-
meter reaches a higher degree of
temperature than 70 degrees Fah-
renheit. This is evidence for our
statements that we share neither
the excessive heat nor the extreme
cold of the Western part of Canada
or the Northern United States. A
splendid environment of fresh air,
-clear water, green fields, and leafy
woods, added to other advantages,
gives us in abundance what is ne-
cessary for ideal home life."
THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH,
Who is writing a. series of 'letters
on the Government land policy. He
states that lie will place Blenheim
Park under the plow to produce
food for the national food supply.
Still Hope.
Mr. Young—My little girl is near-
ly 2 years old and hasn't learned to
talk yet.
Mr. ' Peck—Don't let that worry
you. My wife says she didn't learn
to talk until she was nearly 3, and
now—
But Mr. Peck's voice at this point
was checked with sobs.
Quickly stope coughs, cures colds, and heals
the throat and lunge. •. 2S cents.
M.P.'s Rave Big Thirst.
To. the refreshment department
of the British House of Commons
legislators pay over $40,000 a year
for wives. The kitchen committee
has an exceedingly low tariff for
alcoholic beverages. Champagne is
many shillings a bottle lower than
in. good restaurants outside the
House. An excellent half bottle of
white, o•r red wine can be bought for
32 cents, while. 8 cents only is
charged for a small cup of black
coffee and a liqueur of brandy. The
teetotallers in the House number
about a hundred.
The World's Best Ilioimelit
Needed Ili Eery Family
From Iofallcy To Old Age
Paper Money Began in China.
Paper money is said to have had
its origin in China in the year 808,
when the government, issued it to
relieve a financial stringency, re-
ceiving coin in return, which en-
abled it to pay off outstanding ob-
ligations. In the museum of St.
/elm's College in Shanghai is a
paper bill worth 1,000 cash, the
equivalent of 50 Dents American
money, , which was issued by the
first Ming emperor (Hung-wu, A.D.
1368.1899). It is nearly two feet
long aild one foot wide, printed on
mulberry ` bark paper, and is a
dark slate color,
THOUGHT IT WAS SUICIDE,
,i prominent merchant was discovered a
few data ago brandishing a razor at Mid-
night,
hors nubby smiled for
foonlyassistance,
paring but
corns. Par better Piot to 'risk blood pais'
aning^-uao ,Putestnee porn Extractor, 25o.
At all dealers.
If 'Your Rome is Without "Nervi -
line" Read the Following Closely.
The high cost of living today demands
economy on every side. Sickness is ex-
pensive. Far better to treat little ills
before they grow serious. For this reason
every home should have handy on the
shelf a good remedy like Nerviline, which
cures the minor ailments that occur in
every family.
For example, when the boy comes its
with wet feet and a slight cough, Nervi.
line will cure him. If a cold has settled
on hie chest, rub on Nerviline and the
cold will go.
If something has been eaten that causes
cramps, natmea, or diarrhoea, just twenty
drops of Nerviline--that's all and cure is
effected.
Ae a liniment for outward appiicatieu
in case of Neuralgia, Lame Back, Sciati-
ca, g 11
OLS SORE HEALEO
IN SIN DAYS
Nearly Impossible to Heal Skin:
Badly Hurt. Sore, Red and .In-
flamed. Could Not Sleep. Cut°yi.t
tura Soap and Ointment Healed..
Iiowsman River,, Zsia_ nitoba.--'" When g
was thirteen years of age I got my shin
badly hurt and when healed the Akin was
attached to the bone. The
least bruise would injure
It and it was nearly im-
possible to heal. The sore
would be very red and
Inflamed round the edges
and had a burning sensa-
tion. When extra gore t
could not sleep at night on
account of the pain. I al-
ways wore a cotton bandage on it from the
ankle to the knee. For a number of years
I used sticking plasters, then got a salve.
I saw the advertisement offering a free same
pie of Outicura Soap and Ointment and sent
for a sample and purchased some more and
in six days the sore was healed completely.'.S
(Signed) James Edwards. June 21, 1912,
FOR PiMPLES AND BLACKHEADS
Treatment: Gently smear the affected
parts with Cuticura Ointment, on the end
of the linger, but do not rub. Wash off the
Cuticura Ointment in Ave minutes with
Outicura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treatment
is best on rising and retiring. At other times
use Cuticura Soap freely for the toilet and
bath, to assist in preventing inflammation.
irritation and clogging of the pores. Sold
Throughout the world. Liberal sample of
cacti. free, with 32-p. 51cin Book. Address
post card Potter Drug ds Chem. Corp„
Dept. 47D, Boston, Ii. S. A.
FARMS FOR SALE.
H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne Street.
Toronto.
OOD STOCK FARTS OF 500 ACRES
7f with Three muses: large Bank Barn. ,
Must be Fold quirk. Price is very low.
EVEBAL DESIRABLE FARTMS IN
t.. Manitoba. Alberta and Saskatchewan,
that can be bought. Worth the money for
quick vale.
T FIAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED GOOD
JC farms in different sections of Ontario
an my list. If you want a farm consali
me.
N W DAWSON. Toronto.
VIFTY ACRES IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
-L —Soil clay loam; good outbuildings:
close to market, railway station and post
office. Would exchange for forty to one
hundred acres within five miles of Catholic
Healchush and Estate Exchange,eese �London,The
Ont.
lG1 ARM IN SASKATCHEWAN-EQUIP-
PPeercy Love. 2lawardettetSask. terms easy.
STAMPS AND COINS
-i.e.! TAMP COLLt:OTOSfk1—RUNDRED BLS- •
e.
bumponlyent FSevenn Cents. Marks eta o
Company, Toronto.
MISCEi.t ANFOt1S
,ik T ONCE --MEN WANTED; LEARN
.' Barber Trade; great demand; good
Lumbago or Rheumatism, it's really wages; twenty to thirty advertised for
hard to imagine how Nerviline relieves, daily in Toronto papers alone. Can teach
and how Soon it euros. you in six to eight weeks. end for Cate. -
Used
is sand beg new. No, it's one logne. Molar College, 7.21 Queen East, To-
ot 'the oldest and beat known remedies. route.
LTaed in thousands of homes by the pea- ANCE1i. TUMORS, LUb1Y:i, ETC..
pie of many nations, pimply because it ke internal and external, cured with.
stops pain, cures sickness, and ride the out nein by our borne trestaient. Writ+.'
feanily of ills before they become trou• os before too late. Dr. Rehman Medical
blesome. (•let the family size bottle, en_ Limited. Collinewnnd flet
price 50e.; trial size 25c., at all storokeep• �, ALL ti'1'ONIa, iiiUhrY AWU IiLAD•
era and drug Tete or The Catarrhozoneder Stones. Kidney tronhle, Gravel.
Lumbago and kindred ailments pnsativelt
Cured with the new German Remade.
Sancti." price $1.50. Another new remedy,
for Diabetes-Meilitue. and sure sure, is
Sanol's Anti -Diabetes." Price $2.00 from
druggists or direct. The Sancti Manufao
tering pR. Company y of Canada, Limited.W'
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
g —
Baker—I was out in Blakely's
motor last week. He has every-
thing in it, even a pedometer.
Barker—You mean speedometer,
old plan. A pedometer is an in-
strument for measuring how far
you walk. Baker—All right; I'll
stick to pedometer.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
Qualifit'afion Ineoinplete.
"De you know how to run a mo-
tor car?"
"Well," replied Mr. L "huggins.
"I know all about the mechanism
of the thing. But I haven't yet
mastered the police regulations."
If we had our lives to live over,
it would enable us to make our mis-
takes easier.
Sample free If you write National Drug
& Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited.
pronto.
BOILERS New and Seemed -
band, for heating
and power purposes. TANKS AND
SMOKE STACKS. A.gents tot Sturte-
vant Ventilating and floating Systeme
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Engines end Shipbuilders
The Heart of a Piano is the
Action. Insist on the
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Piano Action
Maypole Soap
DYES SO
EASILY
With Maypole
Soap there is no ''
ttoubleand no muse fit "1` II
in home dyeing.
Dyes cotton, wool,
silk or mixtures, 24
colors -will give any
shade. Colors 10e.
Black I5e--at your
dealer's or postpaid
with booklet "How
to Dye" from
ti
zo3
F. L. BRUNT & CO. Montreal
Stewart ,hashes Upping Machine
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