HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-01-23, Page 2NOTES 4SCIENCE
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Baby coaches can be made to
serve es eradles by the invention
of detachable rockers
Denmark has, between 7,000 sand
• '8,000 automobiles, or about one to
every 400 inhabitants.
To the close of 1913 Alaska has
pistetacee known mineral .w h to
t $9
it
• , 4 ,1t3i1 QO
value, u�
the1 '�
, ���
Holland and England,wl'
eetly .connected by • te,_
soon as ' new cables are Ta'iii
Castings and ,forgings of soft iron
can be ehanged into hard steel by a
newelectrical process, y
A. new German electrical heating
emit is made of fine re ieten a wires
woven across pure asbestos threads:
Of spring metal and wire is a, new
device to encircle a person's foot
and prevent the loss of au over-
shoe.
Deposits; of platinum sufficiently
rich to make their operation profit-
able have been discovered in Ger-
many.
Condemned as useless but a few
years ago, the Eiffel Tower has
made Paris the centre of the wife-
less world.
Mountings upon which any but-
tous can be fastened to form hat
pins or brooches have been patent-
ed in Great Britain.
Russian railroads protect ties and
telegraph poles against decay by
soaking them for several months
before use in strong brine.
Germany's newest -dirigible bal-
loon has been given a framework of
steel tubing that is expected to
snake it, proof against damage by
the most severe storms.
• A Frenoh phonograph for teach-
ing languages displays printed
words and phrases on one side as
their sounds are produced by _ its
disk.
Portable houses that .can be car-
ried in en automobile and set up
in .a short time in any' convenient
camping place are a French iiiven-
tian,
Without" the use of adittsting ley -
ere or back rods a new reclining
chair .aaitomatieally adjusts itself to
positions assumed by an occupant.
Europe's largest steam turbine is
being built for the central power
,station of a German city and is ex-
pected . to develop 40,000 horse-
power.
For scaling fish a new wire brush
has been invented, the Caire•s being
surmounted by a guard to prevent
the scales flying in all directions.
Toy locomotives and ears are eup-
plied by an English railroadto:
children passengers on long joaii
neys to relieve the tedium of their
riding.,
Chili will have the largest elec-
trical power plant in South Ameri-
ca, with a. capacity of about 40,000
horsepower, to supply mining oper-
ations.
A coating of equal parts of vase-
line and parafine wax, applied in a
melted state and allowed to dry,
will prevent exposed water pipes
freezing,.
Flowers are regularly grown for
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AFTER EFFECTS OF
DREADED LA GRIPPE
Overcome by the Use of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Dille
Throughout Canada la grippe (in-
fluenza) preetrates ' thousands of
busy men and women every winter,
wrecking their health and leaving
behind 'numerous serious ailments.
It is the after effects of la grippe
that causesuch widespread misery,
ere is the reason. La. grippe
leaves behind it weakened 'vital
powers, '• a, shattered nervous ses-
tem, impure ' • and impoverished
blood, ;and a low state of health
that re•nders the sufferer extremely
liable to rheumatism, indigestion,
neuralgia and nervous disorders.
You can avoid la grippe entirely by
keeping the blood rich and pure
through the occasional use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. Or if, be-
cause you have not recognized your
blood weakness, la grippe fastens
its fangs upon 'you, its disastrous
after effects' can be driven out by
the same medicine. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills increase and enrich the
blood supply, feed the starving
nerves, and thus impart new health
and new strength to enfeebled men
and women. Mr. G. St. Clair, con-
nected with the Sun Life Assurance
Go., Halifax, N.S., says: "I was
taken down -with a heavy. cold and
la grippe and was confined to the
house for some week's. I WO the
best of medical attention, and al-
though the doctor said I was cured
I was still far from well, and did
not, have the vim necessary for a
strenuous business life, and did not
attend to either office or field work.
Talking with a friend he said `Why
not try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.'
I decided to do so, and before I had
used a box felt an improvement,.
and before long the Pills made me
feel like a new man. I can''there-
fore say too much in favor of this
valuable medicine, and hope that
any who may read this and bo in
need of medical attention will be
persuaded to try this truly wonder-
ful medicine."
You can gePthese health-ret.E.Ase
ing Pills through any medicine,
dealer or by mail post paid at. -50
cents a box oil six boxes for $2.50
from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co:, Brockville, Ont.
The World in Re vie w
ed, the traders plains that tlit-ro ia� no .
peiceptible falling on as yet; that, in'
fact, more fur is beim brought to market
eaoli year. But in Russia, 'Giereiterie,
an and Australia .there js a genez'tt]• de:
crease in the supply, 7n the petit twenty
years the worlds catch of the twelve
most important furs has fallen off frena'
5 per cent. to loo per cent„ while the dee*:
mond for the more expensivevarieties
has innitiplied enormouely. ' shebeetle-
less effort to satisfy this demand e5n navel
but ono end, and it le only logical to ex•,
Peet that even the, great game tareserves,
of the Canadian North and Alae$u will le
time be hunited bare. k.
Weight of"the Brain and lit Tete1Oy.
•Another popular fallacy has been ex-'
ploded. We have long regarded tvf'th •envy.
and admiration the manwith 'the hefty'
brow' and massive head as the teebodi-
nient of intellectual greatness According
to a brain specialiet who delivered, lin ad.
dress before the American PhySicalogieal
Society the weight of the brain baa no-
thing to do with its poteaoy, and' ell pre-
vious theory regarding mental semi -pineal,
must go glimmering. The reeint of it
all is that the maxi with the bile,head, race
no longer claim mental sueerioriti alit]
all that we have been hearing le ,trding
the brains of great men seeiads• e tort of
scientific fairy tale. Your brant may
weigh a half tori end may be most intri-
cately marked, and yet, if the iuviyibla-
cells haven't the rmysterious • q elite the
speaker was unable to define. you may•
be as dull as some of themen one sees
at afternoon teas.
The Starving Albanlans,
As an aftermath of the Bashes .ever,
which ended many -menthe ago,e�ppznea
the report of. a lush wall) has just return-
ed from a four hundred mile triii {'though
the wildest part of the' interior'{ f Al.
bania. According to him, thirty{. uaand
persons are in danger of at
result of the Serviae *coup
territory and Que hundred
pie are horn-elem.
This is in sharp eoxtraa
tions.in that part 01 Turkey
to ,. the hands of the Gree
cording: to the latest in
situation i4 in peoving rap
habitants are not only 'recover n
the sufferings entailed the •
are enjoying tranquility'. esti•
alized ' by them.
As a race the Albanian
high in the scale of eivili
tbie may be due some o1
they are now undergoing,
bine in themselves some of
tiee of some of the brave
est races of that eection
with the right type of
with a government strong
press 1awlccsness or all
unreasonable to expect th
are now 'undergoing le bu
before, the dawn,
501.0*11$191 in M loo,
What ilourboniem does Be.
clearly shown in the case /of '
razae, the great, landed'
State of' Chihuahua, in
Bourbonism waseso s
ously retest( the
er President Mader
of the land monopo
ried his resistance
ing financial asei
that resulted in p
He is now reapin
estates have been e
a -captive held for raps
hue barely escaped with.
&tory ever again of the
Preach aristocrats woo
to the mild gropotale of
as the
of that
toted pee -
wi' •condi
ie fell in -
W re, ae
Amo," ii, the
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• The Beau Ideal Bandit.
No Mexican Zapata , of to -day deserves
to be rated with that indomitable Raisuli.
A man of remote Morocco, plying hie vo-
cation in a land for which civilization has
had small concern, Raisuli has made him-
self the meet important and distinguish-
ed exemplar of the highest things in
brigandage.
Tt win ne remembered that Raisuli took
possession of the person of Mr. Perdi-
e•a:ris, an American, -who had the ques-
tionable, taste to reside in Morocco. Raieuli
demanded . ransom. President Rooeevelt
demanded '"Perdicaris alive or Raienli
dead" from the Moroccan government.
Raieuli got what he demanded.
Re kidnapped. many others, including
a London Times correspondent, and made
money easily out of eaeli transaction. The
Moroccan government could do nothing
with him at all and no other govern-
ment could compel the Moroccan govern -
❑t to do the impassible.
do '•fit rank
tion. *end to
the offering
gut they com-
e bed, quail-
strong-
�.,ur• e. And
fer'saders.
ow' to sup -
ds; not
attire hey
the .news
Now Raisule appears in a new role. Ile
the dining tables and for sale in a has just declared himself Sultan of Me -
greenhouse carried on the topmost roeeo. The real Sultan is et sudsidized and
deck of one of the new trans -Atlas, pitiful thing, a mere tool of the French
and Spanish occupiers of his land. Raisuli
tic liners. promises to be a real sultan, a sultan af-
Glass that will not splinter when, ter the manner of the first great con-
querors of Islam. Re will n
broken is being made in France by
pressing together under .heat t�vo
sheets of glass with a sheet of cel-
luloid between .them.
Of German invention is tar new
thief .alarm, small enough to be car-
rie in a vest-pocket, which 'explod-
ed a noisy cap if any object under
which it is placed be moved..
In the bottom of a new dinner
pail is a lamp which not only keeps
the contents warm but will light
its owner's way Mine at night
through a bull's-eye in one side.
Crude oil in its tanks limited ;'lie
amount of water which could enter
• e> steamship when it struck rocks
near 'Ceylon and punctured large
holes in its hull and enabled it to
reach poet five days later.
Changed His 17Gintl.
"Alphonse," said the heiress, "1
have been thinking." "Thinking
of me, precious'" asked Alphonse.
"Indirectly, yes. " I have been
thinking that, .were you to marry
me;� everybody "would say you only
did so in order to get my money."
"What care I for ;the, unthinking
world?" "But, oh, Alphonse, I
will marry you." "My own dor--"
"And I will not have people aay`
unkind things about you, so 'I have
,arranged to give all my fortune to
the missionaries.- Why, Alphonse,
where, are you going?" Alphonse
paused: -bong enough on his way to
sass 4.10 Or to nook back and mutter,
of cease
fight till every Frank is expelled from
Morocco or .until every Moroccan fighting
man is slain by Frank machine guns.
judging solely from ltaisuli's paet per.
formances, he means pretty much. what
he says. A bandit sultan may cause
much trouble before his case is finally
settled.
going to be a missionary."
erre "than ,o watcli aogt iso .need-
. kef? ) the waif from the door,;
The Mines Have Made Good.
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ale strenw.
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•4to tine evil
oaisa. rte car-
at -et,. of giv-
e 1Aovement
erta in power.
hirlwiiid. His
d'' his son le
he 'himself
e. It is the
volutionary
not listen
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To keep the baby healthy and
strong little storxiach must he
kept sw {.and his bowels' :working
regular] that ie the secret of
health inlittle ones., The mother
who keeps a' supply of Baby's Own
Tablets the house can feel rea-
sonably sure that her little ones
are tc escape the results of
ehildho ailments, for the Tablets
instantlyrelieve and cure ' such
troublesas. constipation, indiges-
tion,. colds, colic and worms by reg-
ulating he .stomach and bowels.
Concerning them Mrs. Jas. 'De-
roohe, ache Bay, Ont., writes
"I haveused Baby's Own Tablets
for three years and have always
found them the best remedy for lit-
tle ones," They aro sold by medi-
eine dealers or by mail' at 25 cents
a box'fi m The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co Brockville, Ont.
Sought to Coo 1. e.
Seated comfortabl in the rail-
way earrifige a rouse: ler found found beside him a rather se-
date looking gentleman with whom
he sought to converse, and began
by explaining what pods he sold,
and in what large quantities; he sold
them. {`And you, my 'friend," he
added, "what is seine line V'
"Brains," answered his; companion
gruffly. "Ah 1 brains- you say?
That must be nice. Yoe carry no
samples, I see." •
The "steadying and revivifying influence
of Ontario's mines upon business during
the past. year has been meet marked.
There was much money wasted upon wild-
cat projects in the Rainy River .and in
the Cobalt and Porcupine regione. Many
who "took a flier" in mining stocks have
nothing to remind them of their ventures
except extremely ornate but, worthless
stook certificates.
But out of the heap of failures there
have emerged some splendid sueceeses.
Cobalt's silver mines paid over ten mil-
lion dollars in dividends last year. Por-
oupine's- gold minesbegan to show their
possibilitred. Prom both sources there
sent art
troy thou,ssands ofring
oc7 ]Molders
ecattered aril over the, ceuntry. The dis-
bursements of mining dividends will con-
tinue for many yeare, and new mines as
yet undiscovered- or developed, will add
greatly to their volume.As an anchor to
windware against financial storms the
mines of this Province have boon a, pro'
nounced success.
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Germans Good Citizens. ,
PRODUCT 011 GOLD 11ST 1913.
Will Probably Reach Neighborhood
of $490,000,9e0„...
Samuel Montagu Coy., of Lon-
don, inrhis 'Bullion.Lettsr for 1913,
says that "The British sovereign
resembles a bird in its migration
and nesting propensities, for its
stay in a. country is very short and
perhaps only during the period
when the crops .are being financed."
"'He proceeds to say that the sove-
reigns continue
overeignscontinue to be coined in
great numbers, of which only a
small proportion remains in Great
Britain, the great bulk being ex-
ported to India and elsewhere in
the British Empire or in foreign
countries.
"British gold," he says, "has be-
come the handiest form of inter-
national remittance. So much is
this recognized that the Bank ,of
France makes special efforts to
maintain a •substantial .stock' of
sovereigns,in its vaults."
The report indicates a doubt as to
whether the world's product of gold
this year will exceed that of 1913,
which will probably prove to be in
the neighborhood of $490,000,000.
A capacious appetite for gold was
manifested by India during the
'year just ended, and it has been
Wowed by indica+kions a£ efiety.
Flowers, Fruit and Sunshine in panuary
and always, are to be found in California,
fotldcelteaogabyawintering reached
Union Pacific and North Western Line,
via the fastest and most direct routes.
amidst the luxurious surroundi!tge of the
compartment, club and observation par-
lor, or more moderate -priced and home-
like Tourist car. Three splendid trains
dally -The ' Overland Limited, fastest train
to San Francisco; The Los Angeles Lim-
ited, three days to the Magic City of the
Land of Sunshine, via Salt Lake City; and
the San Francisco Limited. The Overland
Route offers: Safety -Speed -Scenery and
unexcelled dining car service -test it.
Rates, illustrated matter and full partic-
ulars en application. 13. 31. Bennett, Gen-
eral Agent, 46 Tonge Street, Toronto,.
Ontario.
bottom of the ;:lake, but the other
self seethed to float away from my
body and soar above the water, I
looked down and could see my body.
1, saw the rescuers' find it, and place
it on the bank,. I then seethed to
return to the fleshy prison and
again become .a part of it, but was
incapable bf 'giving 'it volition. 1
exerted all my strength, hut could
cause no naovenient of the musole.s.
Finally, I seemed to secure a firmer
grasp on things, and almost instant-
ly regained consciousness. In that
fleeting moment between the con:
scions and the 'unconscious state
the thought of returning to 'life was
repugnant. It seemed like a re-
turn to prison after a tour of the
outside,
"Prior to that experience I had
been an agnostic, disbelieving in a
hereafter or a spiritual,state of ex-
istence, but now my whole point o£
view of life changed. I have never
since doubted the spiritual ,exist
ence. A man is double, and the
body is not a part of him. I don't
want to be classed as a Spiritualist;
in fact,. don't care to be labeled at
all, although theosophy comes near-
est to my belief. I believe in a re-
incarnation, and that death simply
turns a man inside oui."
WONDERED'r'i1Y
And Found the :;swer.
Many pale, sickly rersons won-
der for years why they have to suf-
fer so, and eventually discover
that the drug -caffeine --in tea and
coffee is the main aaause of the
trouble.
"I was always vera fond of cof-
fee and drank it every day. I never
had Mitch flesh and often wondered
why I was always so pale, thin and
weak.
"About five years ago my health
completely broke down and x *as
confined to my 'bed. . My stomach
was in such condition: that I could
hardly take sufCici.ent'nourishmient
to sustain life.
"During this time I was drink-
ing coffee, didn't think I.. could do
without it. (Tea is just as harmful
because it contains Caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.)
";After awhile I eame to the con-
clusion that coffee was hurting me,
and decided to give it up and try
Postum. 'When it was made right
-dark and rich -I soon became
very fond of it.
"In one week I began to feel bet-
ter. I could eat more and sleep
better. My sick headaches were
less frequent, and -within five
months I looked and felt like a new
being, headache spells entirely
gone. -
"My health continued to improve
and today'I am' well aid strong,
weigh 148 lbs. I•attribute nay pre-
sent ;health' to the life-giving quali-
ties of Postum." ` -
Name given by Canadian Postum
Go., Windsor, Ott, Read "The
B,oad to Wellville,'.'' in pkga.
Postum now eon in two fo ons :
Regular rostitm-Must be well
boiled.
Iasi an Postull-Is a soluble
powder. ` .A teaspoonful dissolves
quickly in a. cup of hot water and,
with cream and sugar, quakes et de-
licious. i era:g'e iststaetl +., Groc-
ers sell both , kraal.
y, YJ
c t ef' i .,..fer Postum.
The Governmont'e schema for the estab-
lishment of colonies of Germans in Mani-
toba and Alberta will Five rise to no role.
givings. There is no ,menace^ here, but
only „promisee of the country's goad. lior,
barring restrictions of the Fatherland,
should,there .be any great dinoulty in in-
ducing immigration from- Germany. Can-
ada has already. a generous intsrmine.
ling of German' nopultetion. There is ne.
finer olees of citizen. ' Wherever he has
planted himself the country has profite&.
by that, thrift and thoroughness, that
enterprise and sterling honeety that are
hie marked eharaetexietiet.
The llofnafd for Furs.
The Inc trade in the far no'tth le 'still
on very much the same basis as 'ratan,
Cartier and Cbamplain' fleet, traded beads.
and kiilek,tnaoks with the wondering
chiefs at Quebec, says the Argonaut: Jl
miklien and a half dollars 'worth of z nter-
oHantire goes north from Edmonton, Cli•i'1-
ade, every epring to be exchanged for the
two and a half millions el fur. ' that, envie
bash In midel mmer and autumn. So fat;
tie the fur trade itt Araiereet is etineern-
DIED AND LIVED AGAIN.
Iris Other Self Detached Trout the
Earthly Body.
John C. Wheeler, now in his 72nd
year, and living in Ivanrest, Mich.,
has a notable history. He experi-
enced the sensation of dying and
says it was delightful; he has spent
40 years of his life walking from
place to place delivering lectures,.
accepting only food and clothing as
recompense; he gives all the money
he receives to charity and lives on
the charity of his friends ; he looks
like Alexander Dowie and John
Burroughs, and has often been mis-
taken for one or the other of them;
he walks fourteen miles daily to get
reading matter in the public li-
brary; he believes in reincarnation
and says he is not a fanatic.
"1 believe I have had the most
wonderful experienee,of any human
being living," he said. "1 have
practically died and lived.. again.
Not long after graduation I was
swimming with a number • of c ne-
panions when I suddenly went
down. It was several minutes be-
fore my friends missed me, and
when they finally located my body
was unconscious. A doctor was
summoned from -half a utile away,
and when he arrived he pronounced
vie dead.. I was taken to my board-
ing-house and another doctor who
lived a mile away was sent for. He,
too, pronounced me dead.
"While the fact that I regained
consciousness after so many hours
is not so remarkable, it is remark-
able that while apparently dead I
was never more fully alive in my
life. Buts was a part .distinct "from
MY body. I could tell the persons
about me everything that happened
while I lay unable to. move. During
those hours I discovered ,many
things. Much, was revealed to me
that would sound preposterous to
relate. But the -one thing 1 do re
member is the queer sensation of
dying: r
"Dying is delightful .of blest sin
Satre. After losln'i eon 8a
my body, I am told, seek to the
The Cook's Retort.
"Mary, when I hired you you
said you were a competent ocwols. I
wish you'd cook something we can
eat."
"And I wish you'd eat something
I can cook," was her reply.
A. Question of height.
Michael -Come quick! Patrick
is stuck in a bog up to his ankles.
James-Don't•worry, then, if he's
only up to his ankles he can soon
get out again!
Mike --Yes, but he went in
first! "
Had Heard of Burbank.
Brown (to his neighbor Jones)
He says he'e experimenting with a
vegetable which will bring him in
thousands,of dollars.
Jones -What is it 1
Brown -He's trying to
onion with a violet scent.
head
rear an
LINtt5Fbn4oetmno- MO. mucno,011401 '
That's What They Do.
"Have you ever noticed one
thing about blunt people a"'
"What is that i"
"They are the ones who gene
ly come to the point."
Not as Billed.
"Then you were disappointe<
London Z"
"Yes ; spent three weeks
and never saw a fog or a chin
sweep.
A man who had been absen
ionsiderebl.etime, and who
ing his travels had cultivate
great crop of whiskers and
taches, visited a relative w31to
tle girl had been his special f
ite. The little girl made no
to salute hien with theusual
"Why, child," said the m4
"don't you give your old tri
kiss 3" "Mother," answerer
child, "I don't see any place
Fond of Children.
Angry Customer : "See here, sir!
That dog you sold me yesterday
has 'bitten a pied out of my little
boy's leg."
Dog Fancier; "'Well, sir, didn't 1:
say he was specially fond of chil-
dren./"
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