HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-03-24, Page 2WAS INVENTIONS
ENRICH BRITONS
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IAN ENGINEER 'INVENTS A
WIRE CLIPPER
A Hand Grenade Brings its Creator
Three -Quarter Million Dollars
in Royalties
Fortunes are being made by the in-
ventors of war devices. It is a fact
that although the number of patents
filled in England during the war has
been far below the average in times
oaf peace the inventors who have
brought out new war devices are reap-
ing a wonderful harvest.
Hughes &- Young, one of the best
known firms of patent agents in Lon-
don, are authority for the statement
that one of the main inventions eon-
nected with hand grenades has already
brought to the fortunate inventor more
than $70,000 in royalties. A correspon-
dent met a young Russian engi-
neer who was the inventor of what
is said to be the most effective wire
clipper in existence, and who has al-
ready made a fortune through the
sale of his invention to the varioue
belligerent Governments on the Allies'
side.
Another instance is that of the inven-
tor of the Gardwell machine gun. who
is said to have made $325,000 and a
royalty of $15 per gun manufactured.
Again the deviser of the "Bors" peri-
scope trench rifle has received a large
sum for his patent rights. The in-
ventors of a life saving appliance re-
ceived orders to the value of over $15OO-
&H1F .
There are hundred~ of inventors who
have made money during the war by
producing devices for simplifying ex -
/stir?: machinery, thereby enabling
man :facttrrers to reduce their cost of
wet -Icing.
Inventors Show Shrewdness
It is worthy of note that the ma-
jority of the successful war inventors
are those who have put their inven-
tions to commercial use before sub-
niittleg them to the Government. For
instance, the man who invented a spe-
cial ilex for carrying hand grenades,
submitted samples and quoted prices.
with the result that he received a
large order which has laid the founda-
tion I. f an extensive business. This bus -
in will continue after the war, as
he will adapt the box for other pur-
pesee. Hundreds of similar instances
could be given in which the shrewd
inventor instead of submitting his in-
vention
nvention first to the Government made
the necessary contracts.
it has been asked which invention
produced during the war has proved of
the greatest financial value. This
Hughes & Young say, is a very
dillicult question to answer, as there
art many small intentions from
which fortunes are sande before the
public :enows much regarding them. It
is generally held that the best paving
inveetiens are those connected with
the utilization of waste products. The
Gorman inventor has made this special
study, and since the outbreak of the
scala many inventors in England have
turned their atteutiau to the subject
Ths- result will be that the fortunes
Will be made by these persons and
their financial backers
Three remunerative inventions are:
1. A non -inflammable substitute for
celluloid, pus: t ing all its advariages
iyhtnout ate}, of i = drawbacks. The
euescese of this invention -ntion is assured
and the company c untroliing the pat-
ent rights has seettred ori re for the
itiicL cf tl.r pcs lble output for eonie
.'. Al -stilakit?.zli. t i glass.
,, -k procese ter remission; 71,-
r and cheinicens nem,. -trap a .d
-ea:.:deed articees ... d fres rill -zine
tI:tlee mem!.
New British Industry
Tie irlva•htor t- n. } : c- . I .a
%yaks , -vv_ilsjil,.. 1. {et'd ;i±r. 1:2.4
aln d veetrents risen .rat',
menicipalithe far treetimo mein restise.
'fee aittrttil.i! w''t le- the manes o es-
tablishing. a 11C,W Ili r !t intles.ry that
iitealld give etttplOynnen. t111.17.1
-
S admin of I:Ian:ally diesi.led stealers,
Hitherto tiernisny has inn del oiiz d tht
industry IL eilt:-r. having rake -a
practically at the east e f the 1 ,rr: ge-
se•r ap metal from i gland to tee FS.-
net ef several tl:ilait rtt 1 t atede a.
twiny.
`il, enterprising its r. et,t(ittre,r at
present is cr th 3 (•tent fat anything
new et commercial r a in rrde'r to
keep hie t R., it(l. tl seirhe neixY,t.," after
hee.ellities have: e. eeed. The war has
tx' Mit Inane= a !en iu Great Britain
n ie eon widen veil reenit in their
niecerdiegee their plant as
oie.e:ete and tr tening' r)t' latest auto -
meek ntaehint: t '. 1 e (oeseeneeee.
tine will be a griqtt tit:i,!, d for atat.:-
x .
mite -
matte labor -alcia,,, t aclllt a }. Also
for the:home thyre will be a cell for
Ittl e l seethe; tit ewes,a;;: wen as many
o1110t Itrt1C1(i alnch 11.1111 to effect •
:e.eoneeny- in the house.
1' ices in euillte'etiun t-itli p1ae4's
of t.museitient rubs likewise reward the
ingenuity: of the fertile inventor. 'i hceee
also a 7,ic11(1; denimid for Mechanical
toes., alud incidrntalle, it may- linnet
Hilts a;tice thee. voieadi1rre;i tit' tin' - wtar
new egarnet atnf tees l!ltye erev4 (I of
(,!'W derabic fin.tnr sal ;.dv;<ut;age to the
lel,. eel ors.
re is a considerable. 'demand for
il, a and labor saving, ni tt }linos for
!se ".1 olilee.`te A. fortune awaits the in-
v,-tla(.Ir tl eel:whine ine that -'t I1 automatic.
silly feene. is tiere frclli dictation.
SPRING IMPURITIES
IN THE BLOOD
A Tonic Medicine is a Necessity
at This Season.
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
people are an all year round tonic,
blood -builder and nerve -restorer. But
they are especially valuable in the
spring iihen the sy stem is loaded with
impurities as a result of the indoor
life of the winter months. There is
no other season when the blood is so
much in. need of purifying and enrich-
ing, and every dose of these Pills hell s
to make new, rich, red blood. In the
spring one feels weak and tired—Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills give strength. In
the spring the appetite if often poor
—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills develop the
appetite, tone the stomach and aid
weak digestion. It is in the spring
that poisons in the blood find an out-
let in disfiguring pimples, eruptions,
and boils—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
speedily clear the skin because they
go to the root of the trouble in the
blood. In the spring anaemia, rheu-
matism, indigestion, neuralgia, erysi-
pelas and many other troubles are
most persistent because of poor, weak
blood, and it is at this time when all
nature takes on new life that the blood
most seriously needs attention. Some
people does themselves with purga-
tives at this season, but these only
further weaken themselves. A pur-
gative merely gallops through the sys-
tem, emptying the bowels, but it does
nob cure anything. On the ether
hand Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually
make new blood, which reaches every
nerve and organ in the body, bringing
new strength, new health and vigor
to weak, easily tired men, women and
children. Try Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills
this spring—they will not disappoint
you.
You can get these health -renewing
Pills through any medicine dealer or
by mail post paid at 50 cents a box
or six boxes for 2.50 from The Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville ,
Ont.
LONG SLEEPS.
Remarkable Case of a Girl Who SIept
For 32 Years.
A. Swedish girl holds the record for
long sleeping. She came home from
her work soon after her fourteenth
birthday, complaining of toothache,
and went to bed. Soon afterward.,.
she faIT asleep, and slept without
waking from 1375 to 1907, a period
of thirty-two years.
Her only nourishment during this
period was two cupfuls of milk a day.
She fully awoke at the age of forty-
six, and immediately asked for her
mother, who was dead. She did not
recognize her brothers, whom she had
known as little boys. She remember-
ed nothing during her trance. Yet
recovery was absolute. She became
well and hearty in every way.
An old book tells of a man named
Bart, who made his living -by sleepb .
It says: "He is every year seized with
• a periodical fit of sleeping. On Aug-
• ust 1st he grows dull, on the 2nd
appears drowsy; on the Srd, falls a -
yawning; on the 4th, begins to nos;
on the 5th, drops asleep; on the tnth,
is heard to snore; en the 7th turns
himself in bed; on the -t2 a niers
former post=ure; on the nth. -a: a -
stretching; on the loth, about mid-
right, awakes; en the lith, in the
morning. calls for a little ..mail .,_e.."
A conempor'ary print a:sos
an-
nounces "Nieho'_as Hart.:vi'o aleYt la,
year in St. Bnrthoiome, Hospital,
e
y
London, intends to sleep is yens.
the Coek and Beattie, in Litt e Britab:.'
PUSH AND GO.
How Some Famous Men Starte.d in -
Life.
The late Prefe sc'r Herkvrner i iso
painted the portraits og half the a:is-
toeraey, started in life in a it.tnbe
capacity, in a nigger troupe,
Sir Thome Lipton began bu it - -
as an errand -buy in a grocer's shoe.
at half-a-crown a week.
Edison, whose inventions have re-
i olutionized thin_'.-, started life i_•
ing newepaper•s on the train, :,anti was
afterwards a telegraph lad.
Sir Hiram Maxim, who machine-gun
is the dominant factor in the present •
war, was a bare-fouted lad in the back-
woods of New England sixty years
ago; As a lad he worked a Iathe in •
machinery
'I `' shop, the
u coach -builder's s
of which was turned by a water -wheel..
Lord Reading, the Lord Chief Jus-
tiee of England, went to sea, as a boy,
before the mast. His maiden speech
was made to the captain when al -0
hands mutinied against the bad food. •
Ile won his case..
In feet, Lord Chancellors have often
been of humble origin. Lord Eldora j
and his brother, Lord Stowell, were,
the sons cf a coal -fitter in Newcastle.,
Lorre St. Leonards was the son of 1
a man who kept a small barber's shop
at Lincoln; and Lord Tcnterden used
ttrhelp his father to shave cttstoniers
i at it penny each.
The Fashions
"What Shall I Wear To -day?"
If all predictions prove true the
coining summer should be a most eco-
nomical one for the family With
daughters. Fashion says: "Sport
clothes from dawn till dusk, and after
dark, as simple or as elaborate an
evening frock as the fancy demands."
Besides being decidedly practical and
money -saving, this regime should be
comforting and comfortable to a de-
gree; just stop for a moment and con-
sider how many puzzled moments will
be saved, and how many times one
will be spared that eternal question,
"what shall I wear to -day?"
A good supply of smart linen blouses,
a sport skirt or two, with a chic sport
coat, and one's wardrobe troubles are
solved during the daylight hours; af-
ter, it is a simple matter to select a
dainty dance or dinner dress of net, or'.
, access.
A
note
Middy Suit of Linen.
one of the exquisite sunrmor fabrics
now in favor, and don it in perfect
peace.
Some Charming Effects.
We have been gradually aceestom.-
ing ourselves to the vivid reds, yel-
lows, greens, and the various start •
-
ling plaids and stripes which blend
so effectively and hnrrmetiousiy -R th
the blue skies, and green grass ofth.?
summer fields, the mountains and the'
shore, where some of us are fcitunate
enough to dream the sumner the=. unh,
and others are privileged to spend a
playtime iveek or two.
Among the sriertest !=r- the new:
sport suits are *r=ang of .,ilk
or. as it is perhaps more or maraliy
known, Italian silk. Thee suits acre
often ramie with coat ef .. x color. green, foes .. . ? , e., a with
yma:t,shrrt lack ani white
stripes.White r cream serge
is a -rind:.:. /met e
scarb _ en.eraid, or Trier 'sc°. Th
coat is usually uffed, -e'u'.area and
belted with the material. e silk
j'?resey coats and sport meetstar ether
materials erre_ Cie ivo-n ,;itzi ll tome!
v rack this summers fersaite
the pupuia. xte of the plain hleuse t
1 irt, there are any n rn ,e , fai-
tractive tub frseks being •eineisse iest
IN EVERY
EMERGENCY
You will find some u:e for
arae Mzrt
Pe&steam Jelly
It relieves rough, chapped
,tanalsy broken blisters burns,.
cuts, insect bites and skin it-ri-
tations of all kind.
Sold in handy glass bottles and
tin tribes, at chemists and gen
eral stores everywhere. Refuse
substitutes.
. Free booklet mailed on regttes t.
CHESEBaoUGH MPG. CO.
(Comatlerr4)
1550 Chahot Ave. Montreal
now, and 1 ani quite sure that they
will be Worn quite as much as in:
seasons past, more perhaps, as they
tire more fascinating than for many
year. This is another practical and
economical notion.
Charming Sport Blouses.
Simplicity of cut, combined with the
daintiest possible of linen, voile, or-
gandy, oietub silk is the recipe for the
most popular of the summer blouses,
to wear with tailored suit, sport coat,
or separate skirt. One of the pret-
tiest seen this season was fashioned
of a pale pink figured batiste having
deep cuffs and sailor colar of white. It
was made with open throat and was
closed down the front with a white
silk cord slipped under a tab on either
side of the blouse. The colored lawn
and organdy blouse is growing in fa-
vor, in fact the colored waist seems
to be taking preference over the plain
white waist to a marked degree. There
is something particularly pleasing
about a softly tinted blouse of crepe
de Chine, Georgette, or of the new
wash fabrics, combined with a tailored
suit, that makes its appeal to all.
i Strictly tailored linen waists of white
for morning or sports wear are us-
ually smart and much in vogue, but
for the tailored suit and more dressy
wear, the tinted blouse is the favor-
ite. There are any number of at-
tractive middy blouses for all sorts
of summer daytime wear. Often-
times these are made of the same ma-
terial and color as the skirt, thereby ee
forming a complete costume and again
they are of a contrasting color and
material to wear with various skirts.. i T ' Ne
Attractive Hats. iit'.aii t� 1 Ls
It's the season for Bitter Oranges and Grape Fruit.
Make your Marmalade with
St. Lawrence Granulated Pure Cane Sugar.
Being absolutely pure it assures best possible results
and removes all risk of fermentation.
FREEUpon request we send excellent orange}
and grape fruit marmalade recipes and •
so marmalade labels for home use—Address
ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES LIMITED,
MONTREAL.
In compliance with Fashion's de-
cree, that sport clothing be supremely
favored, the hat shops are putting
nseinerni
Plain Coat and Striped Shirt.
FORTIFIED PLACE
ON BRITAIN'S ROUTE TO THE FAR
EAST
Description of the Fortress Which the
Turks Threaten to
Attack
Aden, the gateway into happy Ara-
bia, is one of the foremost strategic
points on England's trade route
through the Red Sea to India and
the Far East. It was the first strong-
hold on the London -India route to
withstand a severe attack by the
Turks. One Arabian author says of
the country behind Aden, that country
known as Arabia Felix:
Its inhabitants are all hale and
strong, sickness is unknown, nor arc
there poisonous plants or animals;
no fool nor blind 'people, and the wo-
men are ever young; the climate is
like paradise and one wears the
same garments summer and winter.
Aden, however, where the British
and Turkish forces met enjoys none
of these advantages catalogued as
inherent in Arabia Felix. Spread over
its ragged hills of sun made ash anti
cinder, sweltering, gloomy and un-
relieved by vegetation, Aden invites
little attention in peace times. "Aden
is a valley surrounded by the sea; he
climate is so bad that it turns wine
into vincgarin the space of ten clays,"
complained one disappointed Arab
traveller in the middle ages.
Is Healthful Place
forth madly t;tt:at:' e, severe little
hats which may be a; :ropriately worn
with either to ichet1 or sport suit.
, .,no of these ato hand -made fabric.
=
.a._ with just a bit of hen-
ce-
a ribbon, a - ..
c�-ernarnert, by way of trimmLiz .
Some ohne.. nsa,:els*.f ei'e: ane i.r.d
e hors of ratino firiesfa. eo'orin,g are
es:see 6:p- =port hr`. ,, hut the p'..x_.
hem*,-I.-_rs -n I hand -sewn hat,'
of
traiti may . 47.71:131
gone Enidene ' f theri Jet ntf
ef the mewasoi fs. st,nits ri:. a .tt
cent:oh-Ad le- tee ae
The Ta,r r lite no, le
it ea t:
tr'ir'ini,^i's-
'ser:. Pateen. hen h� $
foliage is me ` G,
these gtaziei ha
These pattere. nen.
your local Mere::
MaCal CI: n s a+';, , Dome
Bond St., Tt'irontr:, +);x l•,.
And in the centuries since his visit
the climate has not improved. In
:pita of the terrible heat that gath-
ers over Aden's valley and clings to
its how hills, and its lack of a good
water supply, the place maintains a
reputation of being a healthlful place.
Rock cisterns cut in a deep gorge
hold the town's water supply.
br• t(W-u to I'titlt or. dlisolare "hl
canic rocks that constitute a penin-'
Fula near the entrance to the Red'
S; -a. The Strait of Babel -Mandeb
lies one hundred miles away, and.
Aden is the British Gibraltar toward
the Indian Ocean that keeps eter-
nal vigilance aver the safety of the
rich English commerce that goes
this way. The British captured and
t annexed the place on January 16,
1 1839, since which time they have
1 made the place a most emphatic fort-
ress, one of the strongest anywhere
lin Southern Asia.
A Great Fortress
Money and labor without stint have
'.been expended there to make the
city absolutely- impregnable from land
1 and sea. Massive lines of defense,
:strengthened by a broad moat, guard
the neck of the isthmus, and these
defenses conceal powerful batteries.
Turrets, hidden forts, mined - ap-
proaches, bastions. towers, batteries,
magazines, mole batteries toward the
sea, mined harbors. great naval
guns, obstruction piers; barracks, re-
doubts in solid rock—all are elements
in the British plan to guard this
southern end of their important trade
route beyond all possible chance of
failure against superior and sustain-
ed attack. Aden may be last in mat-
ters of climate, but it is among the
first in matters of fortification.
The narrow peninsula on which
this queen of southern fortresses
rears itself is only about fifteen miles
in circumference. It Is the bowl of
au extinct volcano. The lofty- hills
around are the remains of the cratee
sides, and these, Shorn Shem has
an altitude of nearly 1,800 feet. All
food and water for use in the penin-
sula has to be brought in from the
outside.
Much of the water is supplied from
the Government condensers, which
were designed to make the fortress
independent in case of war' necessi.
ties. The population of 44,000 is a
mixture of all the elements of the
Orien, with an interspriukling of
Western drummers, British adminis-
trators and military mien. Arabs,
Chinese, Persians, Turks, Hindus,
Parsees, Egyptians. Sudanese and
Jews compose the stolid, stable popu-
lation that endures the climate year
in and out, and carries on' the labors
of the great fortress camp.
Tommy—"Pa what is a Free-
thinker ?" Pa—"A Freethinker, my
son, is any titan who isn't married!"
asa
t1
A Blooming Kangaroo.
Although the bi:every .r,f refs atm-
1
trailer troops t ,;:y ,r.�l all question, ,
their ideas on,
di=ciptine vary ern-
siderably from tho:;e held by i-oldiers
t home. An Australian general, ac-
companied by his staff:', was malting '
an inspection in the trenches "some
where in Gallipoli," when they came
'across a wounded private, who was
calrny hopping his way to the dress-
ing -station, with a bullet in his foot. ,
When the private :naw the general,
:he promptly hailed hitn. "Ili, gen-
nerals" he shouted. The officers look -
i ed round in amazement to see who
calls rl, whereupon the private added, i
ase ha hoppers on: "Ili, general I'nr
a blootriiit' kangaroo tow all right,
ain't I?D°
YSx !T ,^�ri'
en"'
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here is a remedy
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hnent
u
.:end this unsolicited s+tatefe:l
testimony—
Not long ago my left knee. be -
tame lame and sore, .It pained
ntc many restless nights. So se -
ricers did it become that 1 WAS
forerel to consider giving up my
work ttltc:n 1 chanced to thinly: of
`loan's Liniment, Let mo tare --
less than.otto bottle, fixed Ino tip.
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