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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-02-24, Page 3Putting a Tape Line on the Stars The measuring of the great star Betelguese is justly rated as one of the most remarkable achievements of astronomical science up to date. For hitherto, although many stars have been weighed, no method has been known whereby their size could be as- certained. Thus, for instance, the size of Sir- ius, the dog star—so interesting to • us by reason of its extraordinary bril- liance, and also on account of histori- cal records concerning it, which date back to the days when the pyramids were built in Egypt—has never been definitely ascertained, though it is be- lieved to be at least forty times as big as our sun and more than 100 times as bright. Sirius, Phocyon and Betelguese, as viewed from the earth, form a triangle in the night sky. But the dog star is very near to us, as stellar distances go—so near that a ray of light, travel- ing 186,000 miles a second, would re- quire only twenty-two years to reach us thence. Betelgueses is about eigh- teen times as far away. Betelguese is a giant sun. If our own solar orb were equally big, the whole of the track which the earth pursues in its journeys around that heavenly body would be included within the central flaming mass. The earth has an average distance of 93; 000,000 miles from the sun. Thus one may form a notion of the emmensity of the great star which has been new- ly measured. It must not be supposed, however, • that Betelguese is a relatively solid mass like our sun. The giant star is an enormous ball of flaming gas, very light in proportion to its bulk. Once upon a time our sun, perhaps, was as big or bigger. But our sun is exceed- ingly old, and, as it has grown older, it has steadily shrunk, until now it is a dwarf in size and, one rnight• say, decrepit. One understands, of course, that all the stars are suns. Probably three- fourths of those we see with the naked eye are gaseous bodies. The gaseous stars are the powerful right -givers. Such. giants as Canopus, Aldebaran, Arcturus and Antares are conspicuous examples. Every star, it is believed, is in its youth a mass of burning gas. As it grows older it shrinks ancgrows steadily hotter, up to a certain point, when it begins to cool. Astrgnolxlers are accustomed to clas- sify the stars in a rough way as "giants" and "dwarfs." But this has reference to volume, and not to mass. In proportion to their bulk, the giants are light in weight anti the dwarfs heavy because more dense. The known approximate weights of many stars appear to indicate that, while one of them may have ten times the mass of another, the biggest of them does not exceed the smallest in this respect by more than that much. When we look out beyond the con- fines of our universe, which we call the milky way, and, with the aid of a powerful telescope, behold the "star clusters"—island universes they have been called --we ' ealize that all of the many thousands if suns which appear as if massed tog! ther in these clusters must be giants. No fewer than eighty-six of these clusters, globular in form, with a dense massing of stars toward their centres, have been observed and stud- ded. One of them, known as "Messier 13," has a. diameter of 850 light-years —meaning that a ray of light would require three and a half centuries to cross it— and many of its suns are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of tunes as big as our own orb of to -day. It takes 365 centuries for a light ray to come to us from Messier 13. How the New Cook Used Baking Powder. The old-time English deep-sea fisher- man was not an epicure; still 1 -ss was he a dyspeptic, but held his digestion as lightly as a lean may and survive. Yet we gather from Mr. Walter Wood's North Sea Fishers and Fight- ers that there were heights, or rather .depths, of gastronomy before which even his reckless spirit quailed. A certain cook on one of the sturdy sailing smacks of the past happened to be a boy who had run away from home. His maiden culinary effort turned out '"a pudding." The crew ate it, but requesta;l the cook to make the next one with bak- Ing. powder. The boy promised to do fill. He did not know much about as - hag baking powder, and there was no one on board competent to teach him; so he depended on his own resources And inventivefese. He boiled the pudding and, just before serving it, scattered a handful of "the .powder on toll. The criticisms of the diners were repeated. to me, concludes Mr. Wood, but they cannot be recorded here. New coal deposits are to be devel- oped on an Wand near Nanaiano, B.0, • Those Having Sick Animals r SHOULD USE Good for all throat and chest diseases, Distemper, (largo t, Sprains, Bruises, d?olio, Mange, Spavins, Running Sores, ate., etc. Should always be in the stable. SOLD 1.V E1:c•L'WHE1LT'. America's Pioneer Dog Remedies '.book on Beta DISEASES and How to Feed Mailed E'ree to any Ad- dress by the Author. S. Clay -Glovor Co., Dno. 118 West 31st Street New York, U.S.A. DANDERINE Stops Hair Coming Out; Thickens, Beautifies. A. few cents buys "Danderine." Af- ter a few applications you cannot find a fallen hair or any dandruff, besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness, more color and abundance. To -Days This little strip of light, 'Swiss night and night Let me keep bright—To- day ! And let no shadow of to-. morrow Nor sorrow from. the dead • yesterday Gainsay my happiss to- day! And if To -morrow shall be sad Or never comes at all, I've hacl at least-To—day! STORMY MAT } R HARD ON BABY The stormy, blustery weather which we have during February and March is extremely hard on children. Con- ditions make it necessary for the mother to keep then in the house. They are often confined to overheated, badly ventilated rooms and catch colds which rack their whole system. To guard against this a box of Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the baby to keep his stomach and bowels working regularly. This • will not fail to break up colds and keep the health of the baby 1)3. good condi- tion till the brighter days come along. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. You are not capable of correct judgment, of using good sense, when there is fear or doubt or despondency in your mind. Sound judgment comes from a perfectly working brain. MONEY ORDERS. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three cents. The first national census of Japan was taken last month. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. Surnames and Their Origin SLOANE Variation—Sloan. Racial Origin—Irish. Source --A given name. Sloan is one of the most ancient family names in the world, dating, as it does, to a period shortly after the time of St. Patrick in Ireland, some six or seven centuries before there was any real tendency toward the for- mation of family names in England, and,indeed, some four or five centuries before many of the Irish clan names came into existence. It was, like virtually all Irish clan or family names, derived from a given name by the addition of a word desig- nating "descendants of" or followers of." Such names were commonly formed at any time when a chieftain achieved a sufficient following and re- spect to give him the proper power in that peculiar social organization of the ancient Celts in which blood -ties were the chief bonds. It was in this manner that the name of Sloane originated, on the rise to prominence of one "Stollen," son of "Meehan Caccia" The given name of "'Stollen" means in Irish "the skinny one" or "the thin one," and it was probably; given as a result of charac- teristics displayed in the new-born in- farct. The clan name was formed by the combination of this name, infect- ed in the possessive case, with the word "ua" or "ui," signifying des- cendants or followers. This word later came to be designated simply by "0." Thus, the Irish form of the clan or family name is "O'Siollan." Sloane, of course, is but the Augli- cized version of it, which in the course of transition from one tongue to the other, has lost one of the syllables and changed in. spelling considerably, though the difference in pronunciation AUTO REPAIR PARTS fel, meet d acres and modele of curs. 'lour oils, brokers or worn-out parts replaced. Write or wire us describ- ing what you want. We carry the' largest and most complete stook in 1'nna,ia o1' slightly used or new parts andautosnobile equipment. SVe ship (I-0.0. anywhere: in Canada. sails- iaetory or "".fund in full our "motto, Shaw's !into Salvage parr Supply, 925-931 Dufforin $t,, Toronto, put, Woman Pearl iver<s. The only women pearl divers in the world are Japanese, and are employed 111 a certain sort of pearl culture which was originated not many years ago by an enterprising subject of the mikado pained Aiikimoto, wlio is proprietor of extensive beds of pearl oysters near Toba, on the shores of the Japan sea. The process consists in introdilcing tiny metal pellets or other foreign ob- jects .into the oyster's economy when the latter is three years old. Then the bivalve is returned to its bed; and, when taken up again four years later, a true •pearl . has foorrned about each nucleus. Many odd shapes are the re- sult. Unfortunately, the foreign object of- ten adheres to the shell, and in that case the result is not the perfectly rounded jewel desired, but a pearly hemisphere. It is understood, how- ever, that, thanks to the adoption of an improved and more scientific meth- od, the output of round pearls is now much greater than formerly. The women divers do all the work of gathering and replanting the pearl oysters. They are extraordinarily husky and muscular, and think noth- ing of staying under water three minutes at a time. "Pape's Diapepsin" for Indi- gestion. "Pape's Diapepsin" is the quickest, surest relief for Indigestion, Gases, Flatulence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fer- mentation or Stomach Distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost immediate stomach relief and shortly the stomach is corrected so you can eat favorite foods without fear. Large case costs only 60 cents at drug store. Absolutely harmless and pleasant. Millions helped annually. Largest selling stomach corrector in world.— Adv. The Bad Boy Proposition. There are no bad boys. We make this statement confidently, knowing that it will be endorsed by educators and all who have spent their lives in is not so great as might be imagined _y rking on the boy problem. We will fenrd it -in spite of a]1• the broken COO PER " • windows, stolen apples and canned dogs in Christendom. . There are weak boys, boys who lack resourcefulness, boys whose ideas of right and wrong are distorted, but there never was a boy who did not na- turally—consciously or unconsciously —do things that he believed to be right. The trouble comes when parents, teachers and others who are respons- ible for the youngster's development fail to fill his time with useful activity. The forces of nature must operate. We cannot stop them while we take aur afternoon nap. The wind must blow, the water must flow, and the boy's brain and muscles must work. We put a wind -mill in the path of the wind and it draws water as joy- ously as it upsets the chairs on the verandah and whisks the family wash from the line. We put a water -wheel in the stream and it grinds the grain with the energy which it could other- wise dissipate in washing out its banks and rooting out the trees. These things we know; yet we too often permit youthful energy, our most valuable asset, to run riot. We even attempt to dam it and then complain because it slops over and does dam- age. The Boy Scout programme is the mill in the stream of boyhood. It pro- vides something useful for every boy to do every minute. Knot tying, first aid and bandaging, signalling, trailing and tracking, fire -building and ex- tinguishing, camp cooking, swimming, earning and saving money, hiking, map making and map reading, practi- cal study of flowers, plants and trees, earth And sky, are included in the Scout's programme for the year, Af- ter these a much /broader field is open- ed, including foundation work in all the principal trades and.professions, A boy's first idle moment is the starting point of whatever trouble he makes in the world. It is also the big opportunity of the man who is wise enough and patriotic enough to turn natural energy into constructive chan- nels; Already over 250 Scoutmasters are directing the activities of some 9,000 boys In the province of Ontario, and the movement is only a little more 1than ten years old. Men interested in devoting part of their leisure Mite to this "nation building" work should write to Boy Scout Headquarters, Bioor and Sherbourne Sts., Toronto, for further Information. The laege farms in South Lincoln- shire, England, are so perfect that they are more like factories than farms. Mtnard'e Liniment Rell Variations—Cowper, Copper, Turner. Racial Origin—English. SOURCE—An occupation, The family name of Cooper is really the same as our modern word cooper, used to designate a barrel maker, and the family names of Cowper and Cop- per are but variations of it. It does not follow that the original Coopers, Campers and Coppers, how- ever; were all barrel -makers. In fact, the original coopers did not ply their trade at all in the same manner as the modern cooper. They did not make their products from staves and hoops. On the contrary, they worked mostly with the medieval ancestor of the modern turning -lathe, thus narrowly escaping bestowing the name of Turner upon their particular posterities, as did others of their co-workers. Our modern word "cup" is, ' so to speak, the first cousin of the modern word "cooper," and really is a more direct descendant of the medieval word. They made them for all pur- poses and in all sizes, and out of a great many different materials, though for the most part out oi;,wood, though sometimes out of metal. Chau- cer has a passage which explains that wood was a material they often work- ed in because it was easily turned. Entries of such names as "Adam le Kuppere" and "Richard le Cuppere," as well as the forms "le Cuppere" and "le Cowper" end "le Coopere, are to be found in the tax and census records which have cone down to us from medieval tinier in England. ThSaving in Health along with the saving in cost, attracts many a tea or coffee drinker to * Tr �ry a tin i�iSTA▪ H''r I ; OSTUM Asr',, aan ,' +^d. ,mitt »r(i n of N.MHe i'ea(U' terra) CametW . 1X 1,M r• BITS t:. FROM !ERE i � �� t After the Storm. One of the soldiers of the Rainbow Division, United States, had been boasting to a British Tommy about its glories. '°I.umme!" said the Tommy, "I know why yer calla it that. Rainbows is things that comes out after the storm's over, ain't they?" -'y Had An Inkling. "Agnes, dost thou love me?" asked a Quaker youth oe one at whose shrine his heart's holiest feelings had been offered up. "Why, Jack," she answered, with a downcast look of her eyes, we are com- manded to love one another, are we not?" "Ay, Agnes, but dost thee regard me with the feeling the world calls love?" "I hardly know what to tell thee, Jack. I have greatly feared that my heart was an erring one. I have tried to bestow my love on all, but I have sometimes thought, perhaps, that thee was getting rather more than thy share." "Cascarets" To -night For Constipation Just think! A pleasant, harmless Casearet works while you sleep and has your liver active, head clear, stom- ach sweet and bowels moving as re- gular as a clock by morning. No grip- ing or inconvenience. 10, 25 or 50 cent boxes. Children love this candy cathartic too. The teak, whichsupplies one of the strongest timbers known, grows slow- ly, attaining a height of only 150 feet in over a century. For cold in the Head and Chest use E BENGUE has immediate effect. BEWARE DE SUBSTITUTES $1.00 a tube. THE LEEMING MILES CO., LTD, MONTREAL Agents for Dr. Jule, Berme& RELIEVES PAIN ASPIRIN Only "Sayer" is Genuine Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" oe package or on tablets you are not getting Aspirin at all. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack- age for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Then you will be following the directions and dosage worked out by physicians during twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger pack- ages. Made in Canada. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered In Canada), of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic- acidester of Salicylicacid. USE sLaAN°s TO WARD OFF PAIN :You can just tell by its healthy,; stimulating odor, that it is going to do you good I only bad some Sloan's Linf= meat!'! How often you've said thatl And then when the rheu- matic twinge subsided—after hours of suffering—you forgot it! Don't.do it again—get a bottle to• day, and keep it handy for possible use tonight! A sudden attack may conic oil—sciatica, lumbago, sore muscles, backache stiff joints,, neuralgia, the pains and aches resulting from expos- ure. You'll soon find warmth and re- lief in Sloan's, the liniment that Pene- trates without rubbing, Clean econom- ical. Three sizes -35c, i0c, $1.40 Liniment vas Distemper Qidtnt.9Qd+ l +. a Pain's ellel)). Classified Advertisements. .eaeleaV l ilirANSmD, OENTS--WHO ARID 000o) X71$0- • Dt :341iS--wanted to 'represent old line life insurance eoinpany whose policy contracts are up-to-date in every par- ticular and pays large annual dividends. Apply PoSi-011ioe 14ox 432,. Toronto. A'NTS WANTBD BLISS N ATIVSi herbs is a remedy for the r e 1ef of Constipat ton, Indigestion, 13111uu .nl:ss. Rheurn.atisrn, Kidney Troubles It is well-known, having been extensiv..ly ad- verciserJ, since it was first mane -rased in 1588, by distribution of large .•.nti- ties of ,A.lnanaes, Cook Books. 11•, ,ith Books, etc., which are furniei t J to agents free of charge. The rem , are sold at a price that allows agents to double their rnnney. Write Alrin'.o 0. Bliss Medical t.'o, 124 St. Paul SI blast, Mon tree). Mention this paper. 8 oorz.L.e.rroorte. IB'I ran TORONTO F'11.EB 1I014 I'1'AL, $ . near Weston. Ontario, in afrillation with Bellevue and Allied I3ospitnl New York, offers to young women desirous of becoming qualified nurses a hree- year course of general training, attrac- tive residence; single rooms, For salary and other information apply Lally Sup- erintendent, Toronto Free hospital, Weaten. ('tntario. Wise Men Say: The inner side of every eloud Is bright and shining. I therefore turn my clouds about, And always wear them inside out To show the lining. CORNS Lift Right Off without Pain Drop a little "Freezone" en anach- ing corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. It doesn't hurt a bit. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the cal- luses, without a particle of pain. LEONARD EA OIL RELIEVES DEAFNESS and STOPS HEAD NOISES. Simply Rub it Back of the Ears and Insert in Nostrils. Proof of suc- cess will be given by the drureglert. MADE IN CANADA ARTHUR SALES CO., Sales Agents, Taranto A. 5. Leonard, Inc., Pdfra., 70 51h An., fi. 1'. 05; i Mage Shaving a Pleasure With Cutieura Talcum After shavingwith Cuticura Soap the i Cuticura way, uticura Talcum is an in- dispensable adjunct. Antiseptic and pre- phylactic, it is soothing and refreshing to the most tender skin. Sosp25c. Oistoent25ud5Oc. Talcenoz5r. Sol throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepott F�mn�es. Undid, 344 5t. Paul St., W. Muteal Cuticura Soap ehavos without snug, MOTHER! "California Syrup of Figsn3 Child's Best Laxative Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only --look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child i s having the best and most harmless physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Chilbleen love its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle. You must say "California," ISSUE No. 8—'21.