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The Wingham Times, 1908-07-09, Page 1Large or small sums, may be deposited or withdrawn as desired. SOLUTE FACTS ABOUT MONEY. The Sptrtana had an frau coinage. R English sovereigns were nest minted Three Processes Through Which 1849. In 15C$ the first 1tT,,ngliele thillirg was Minted. Many Remelt OR COWS are Still iR esistetace. A.bsolntely pure geld is tWenty•fa1Zr COMMIE fine. The first English gold oelu4 were minted ill 1257, From 1828 to 1846 platinum wina were minted in Reeele. In 1020 the first ]r.rge copper calm were minted in England. The gold coins of Great Bhltain oon- taro one-tweiftie alloy, The LIdiens were the filet to ooh money, about i6C0 B 0. The .firat colonial coinage was minted la Maesechasette in 1652. The first coinage =eoliths was ill* vented be Bruthner in 1112. The United States silver three•cent piece was coined in 1561. Julius Caesar was the firm man to e egrave his own image on a coin. Homer xtlentions brass money as 10 use 1184 I3. 0. emorg the Greeks. The American cents of 1787 born the motto "Mind Your Easiness." The meet ancient coins are the elect- rum, font parts of gold to one of sliver. HerodOtua asya that Clroesu9 was the first sovereign to make opine of gold. Silver was first coined in Rome in B. 0. 209, when Fabius Pinner set up a mint. UTNE ROUGH DIAMOND BOMINION BANK MEAD OFFIOE : TORONTO. Capital paid up, Reserve fund and Undivided petits Total Assets, Mr $3,848,000 $5,008,000 48,0001000 WINCHAllii BRANCH. T'armere' Notes discounted, the United npoints Canada, United StatesanEurope. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT -Interest !allowed on deposits of $1 and and added to principal qa of March, June, September and Decem- ber each year, D. T. HEPBURN, Manager R. Tenstono, Solicitor. OUTSIDE ADVERTING Orders for the insertion of advertisements such as teachers wanted, business chances, anechanics wanted, articles for sale, or in fact any kind of an advt. in abne left at a the Toronto he Tions other cite papers, vffios. This work will receive promptattention and will save people tthheetrouble o bl a of remitting for and forwarding p or send your next work oapplication. this kind to the TINES OFFICE, Win*hams FARMERS DEAR CANADA, TO THEE~ Come, let ns all unite To sing our country's praise, For God, and home and right, Our voices now we raise. Dear Canada, to thee, Home of the brave and free, With heart and voice We now rejoice To sing iu praise to thee. From s a to sea oar land Extends her vast domain, Mio' soenes sublime and grand We sing this gladlefreite. We'll welcome with a cheer Each hardy son of toil; Far happy home's are here With fruitful virgin colli Let prairie, wood and field Reecho this our song: Oar sone shall never yield What right to them belong' Then wave our flag on high, The Maple Leaf and Rote, For. Canada we'll die Or vanquish all her foes! SUMMERTIIl4E SONG. (a. W. Foley, in R'ew York Times.) The sun is so bright and the sky is bine, And the grass is so green -I am glad: aren't you? The leaves are 20 thick and the trees are so tall. There's hardly a thing that should fret us at all. The days are 5o long and the nights are so blest With moonlight and stars and with r,11. lows and rest. A boy should be glad when in bed he is curled. merry -day live in this airyday, world. The air is so fresh and the morning so fine, I would all your thoughts were as merry as mine. The clover's so sweet and so jeweled with dew, The ,moon is so bright -I am glad; aren't yon? The songs of the birds are so glad as they play, The woods are so cool; and so perfeot the day. Let's march on and on with a banner unfurled, "Hurrah for this airyday, merry -day world t" { The turf is so soft and the oroherd so Genuine Carter!3s Little Liver Pills, Wtuat Bear B(Snaturo of See Paa•Si nIie Wrapper Beim'''. Vo't7 small eta as easy to tulle as sopa, ty p(.p}+I)'�1,i1�{� TOR y,¢R1,,.��1.ISi. FOR DIMNESS. roR SILIOUSI1ESS. Fo i TonPrn FOR cwaiSlf AT1©tt RR SALLOW SKIN. FOR T ECOMPLEXION iilCNVIi7III 1AM3T I17741vnio G• egetaz,ie �LC,^�.�'c� CAR EFS ITTLIE VER The firet American coins were made in England in 1812 for the Virginia Company, la 1631 the invention of milling the edges of c ,ins, to prevent clipping, was introduced, The earliest Greek coins bore a lion or tortoise on one eine, and a punch mark on the other, During the reign of Numa Ponipilins, 700 B. 0. an experiment was made with wooden money. English coin was first made a legal tender In 1216, Before this rents were paid in produce. It is an interesting fact that the Jain panese coins in the matter of fineness are superior to all ethers. Over one thousand series of Greek coins, leaned by independent cities, are in existence to. day, The Romans issued private or con sular coins which bore the mates of every leading Roman family. so The archaic Greek money was in the form of thick, round lamps of metal, stamped with the given value. Vermont and Connecticut coined cop pers in 1785. New Jersey and Masao• chueetts did the same in 1780. In 1237 the English coined gold pen' nies which Neighed 1 1201h of a pound, and passed for 20 pence. The small, hard shell known as the cowrie is still need in India, the Indian islands, and Africa as the purchasing power. In one thousand ounces of our gold coinage there are nine hutidred ounces of pure gold, ten cancels of silver, and ninety of copper. In the early colonial times in 1652 tobacco and tobacco receipts were legal tender; corn and beans and oodfidh were also employed. the Uncut Stone. Passes. SPLIT, CUT AND POLISH D� The f=laws In the Gera Decide the Number of Parts Into Which It Muat Be Split --The Difference Gotween the Rases and the Brilliants. The first of the three proeeeses through which the rough, uncut dia- motel has to pass is that of .splitting the stone. Men are eteplo}ed at this task, which is all done by baud with- out the aid of wacitlu.•ry, it Is not a lengthy process unless the stone con- ; 1 talus a great many flaws, for an or- denary clietnousl weighing about ten carats can generally be spilt lu fifteen nllutttes. The object is to divide the - rough, uncut diamond containing flaws sato several pure, flawless stones, and tin order to do this strong pressure is �exerted on the weal. spots caused by flaws by means of a diamond tipped tool, which is held iu the right band. IIt is an old and well recognized prin- t elide that "nothing but a diamond will icut a diamond." In the left heed is old a curiously shaped little frame into which the rougb diamond now to CORE SICK HE a split has bean firmly fiieil. Great arts 1 AIDACNc. b pressure is thou used on the Freak spot, thoroughly, for on the outside is where ` and in a few moments the diamoot, germs lurk. For cleaning tinware there is noth- ing bettor than dry flour applied with newspaper, To remove am •ke stains from icor: second process -that of cutting;. Thi" immerse it in betiziae and go over it process, like the first, is almost entirely with a brush. performed by hand, but by women and Boil six peach kercele in a gaart of girls instead of men. Only in the ease milk to be used for custard; it will of very bard, difficult stnues is ma - en are splits into two portions. Should there be any more flaws in either of these sections the process le repeated until several pure, flawless diamond,5lieon the rough woodeu tables of the workmen, ready now for the improve the flevor, Petroleum ointment stains are ve-5 obstinate ant the best thing for thein is to seek in kerosene. L To clean. eue3e gloves, put them n the bands, and rub them with flour and rxuats of dry broad. Keep all the kitchen utensils iLl one place and a small one at that; it will aave time and steps. -.--,.a.----- •A CITY OF TONGUES. Calcutta and Its Fifty -Seven Lan- guages, Past and Present. ehinery necessary, and then m employed to use it. The work of diamond cutting is a delicate and difficult task, very trying to the eyes, too, for some of the dia- monds are so minute that 400 of them or more may weight only half a carat. Each worker is responsible for abo packet of diamonds she receives at in- tervals from the forewoman, and if by accident she loses cue of the precious stones she has either to find it again or refund its value. The tools employ- ed mployed in diamond cutting are very similar in appearance to those used in diamond splitting. In both cases diamonds are used as knives, after having been firm- ly fixed iuto the tip of pear shaped tools. The women hold in the left hand the rough diamond they wish to cut, which bus also been firmly axed into a wooden frame. Little jets of gas are always kept burning on the various tables ready to be used at any moment when melted wax is neces• Not so many collection years ago Calcuttof buildings was an ugly in stucco and wattle flung anyhow be- side the Hoogh}y between Garden Reach and Cossipur. It ueed to be called the "City of Palaces," for the simple reason, probably, that there was no such things in or near it, ex- cept the stately Government House built by Marquis Wellesley, and the bijou residence of the Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal, at Alipore. For the rest it was made up, at its thorn end, of big. square houses white With blossoms and buds, and our hearts are so light, and Anyone having live Stook or other i Our joys are so real, and our troubles so dadv er- cal is osa of sh d articles they w,eh to tise the same for sale in the TIMIS. Our large oiroulation tells and it will be strange indeed • you do not get a oustomer. We can't guara]ee that you will soli beoeuAe you may ask more for the artiole or stook than it is worth. Send yonr,advertieement to the stook and try i s plan of disposing of 7 s articles. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES few, Our plans are so merry ---I'm glad; aren't you? A blessing on life, with its health and good cheer, There's so muoh that's good I am glad I am here. Sun -splashed and loon -mellowed, sweet -blossomed, dew-pearled, Three °beers for this airy -day, q- day world, Before the introduction of coined money into Greece, skewers And spikes of iron and Dopper were o.nrrency, six being a dram or handful, According to Prescott, the money of the Axtecs and the kindred nations consisted of quills filled with gold deist and bags of chocolate grains, In 1652, during the early colonial times of America, musket balls passed and for change at a farthing apiece, a were legal tender for enms under a- shilling. , • The Carthaginians had better money. Barbaressa, during his fight with Milan, 1108, issued leather tokens, and so did John Gocd of France in 1360, In the British West Indies, pins, a slice of bread, or a pinch of snuff have all a purchasing power, while on the African coast axes ale the accepted currency, Wampum WAS the strangest currency of all. It was the shell bead money' of the Indians, acid was eeon accepted by els capitals do to the countries whit. t them -- and perhaps a good vary. FLUE -CLEANING Y a cty, heart -brew. lag job. AILD FLUE -CLEANING cioazi,xe ord-breakitlz job. 'v# THE FLUE DOORS Situated " singly" over feed door -on same furnaces, Situated "doubly," same distance from each other, feed from door -an "SnheFurnace. "SUNSHINE" ADVANTAGE • • Operator can easily clean every bit of soot out of radiator. Fire Fire THE OPERATION put out, smoke -pipe pulled stays in, smoke -pipe stays up "Sunshine" Furnace. down ---on some furnaces. - on ! rtjv "SUNSHINE" ADVANTAGE : Furnace can be cleaned out any time in season without trouble, dirt, or " fear of chilling the house." 7 t_0N00N TORONTO MONTREAL ikINNIPEG WCIarY's VANCOUVER ST. JOHN. N.E. HAMILTON CALGARY LOCM. AG1;NT • WINtiIIAal, ALEX zocNG ------ 6ladai'.l0001011i1>dS690*. 6006143a *iT9dsseaiieQeitesa lsii+IDeeeee a 4 IOLUI.BING0 • aeI 411 S : er, T O 9 • a •FOR 1907 - 08. • • m9 SY 3 The TIMES will receive subscriptions at the rates l ek.w f `1 f lh,wirg ptiblicaticLs : a•. d• 4. •li• �� The only real difference in the two 'i' processes of diamond splitting and dia- 4. mond cutting lies in tbe fact that whereas the men who split the dia- M mends use pressure on one spot only ,e 4. 4- 4. M 4.. x 4. .' x sou (where the flaw occurs) the women de - built to accommodate merchant- vote themselves to rounding the whole princes with strong Scottish accents, stone and carefully cutting off all an - cheek by jowl with mud gluts, reeking gles to be seen on its surface by means of "ghee, ' swarming; with flies, and of the sharp diamonds they hold in rampant with the les of cholera, their rigbt hand. Occasionally they smallpox and plague. That was the have very large diamonds to cut which European quarter. To the north oriel - Indian population, on from ne iedths of th e Rajah le take a great deal in nary stone weighing tabout sten carats hispopul,z , his palace to the coolie who paid a would not tame so very long. rupee a month for the privilege of When the diamond bas been suffi- sleeping in a sort of trough outside ciently cut and rounded, it is then some more lucky householder's door. ready for the third and last process, Northern Calcutta, was, and is, a that of polishing. This work requires labyrinth, in which slum and plan- a great deal of time and skill and is sign jostle: with each other more reck- lessly than they used to in t} steam engine supplying the motive perm quarter, ane, threaded by lanes ower for all tete iron discs. The more narrowpand tortuous than those process consists in giving to the round - of Pompeii. Nowadays no one speaks or thinks cd diamonds what is termed in techni- of Calcutta as a City of Palaces, and cat ull c iuiou heir nnecessary cG S1•d "autos." yet, in comparison with its status a two decade and a half ago, it is growing classes, ""brilliants' and "roses," al- ta have quite a metropolitan dignity• thnngh the only real difference between The improvements which h:lv, been them lies in the number of sides tbey going 00 hitherto for the last ten years intlivitlt;all;, possess after having been havehitherto been mostly confined to its southern cid. Stately buildings polished in ono of the many diamond are rising along the whole length of factories. .1 brilliant must possess the noble boel+ward of Chowringlow. fifty-eight sides (a few years ago the Dalhousie square, with its ;hoot of lowest number was sixty-four, for there water, its splendid pe.imeter, anti its fashions us to diamond cutting), massive front t i', 1S certainly one of the finest square, in the world, hlec- tric tramrl:,ys intersect the rvl:,,i' totcu. Electric li_=ht is in ,tivers.il use. Ins^tiitary "bust •es" (tit•' c+,l- lcctions of anal huts referred til have been swept aw:.y. Broad the• n t.• faros aid 11:i11g "i)eaed UI) er•.O year. Hanals"tar rF sid.�n^es, th.• Italian architecture of which is carefully adapted to Indian conditiotlsA. , are transffever,orming ther.hich. kills nearly suborl)as manyt"In- dians in a Flay as plaque does itt a year, is being stamp- l out; auel, lint for the heat dining eight mntitlw in the year, which we counter very sue - 1 cessfully indoors by means of electric fans. Calcutta nowadays does as much • dot to India as most European World's Telegraph Systems A000rding to a detailed report on the ,world's telegraph systems just issued by the Berlin International Bureau of Foetal Statistics the United States is easily first as regards length of lines, the total being 1,160,965 miles, or about three times as muoh ds Great Britain, or France, which have 380,853 and 391,- 275 miles of wird respectively. Ger- many has the largest telegraph system in Europe, 401,036 miles. 1Zussia, with Siberia included, has only 402,371 miles of wire. As regards the number of teleg'ams handled for the yea, Groat Britain beads the lila With nearly 94,000,- 000 messages, the 'United States coming next with 05,000,000. ligature stands third with nearly 58,000,000, and Ger. many fourth with 52,500,000 messages, The 'United States is again first with regard° to revenue derived from the telegraphs, $29,000,000,While the Russian Treasury 'benefited by $20,000,000, Great Britain drawing drawing $15,500,000, Germany Sr8,000,000, and k"ranee $7,000,• 000 for the ;leaf', q4. the New England colonists Asa eon_ are is do bu a rose need only possess twenty-four i shies. `F' :�uotbcr, though slight. difference be- '1; tween them is that a brilliant is point- ; .1• eel at both ends, while a rove diamond x'11 bus •one end fiatlened and the other ! 4. poiutctl. When the diamond is ready i to be polished it has first to be oldered I .� lute a pear shaped frame tuaue of zinc 1+ and thou dipped into a prepatatioe.. of oil and diamond duet before being fastened, with three others, into a strung frame placed in close proximity 1 4. to an iron wheel. 1 �' Tliie little dish is then set in motion 4' toy connecting it with the great engine, And the. wheel immediately turns at .g the rate of 2,000 revolutions to the 1 1 minute. 1 As it revolves the four diamonds set '. the adjacent frame are a actually' • • far any' o the C , i 4.f:0 Times and Daily Globe . • . 4 d0 Tinges and Daily Mail and Empire 3 10 4.Times and Dail World ..... ...... Times and Toronto Daily News..230Times and Toronto Daily Star 285 Times .and Daily Advertiser 2 .3,6 0 Times and Toronto Saturday Night . 111...(7i.055 10 Tithes and Weekly Globe . 1.( 5 + Times and Weekly Mail and Empire..-. 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I Of di ni their surface b5 the gato the '1' to a and toeere American e,ubAnittatiene arc to be sant to AOIL FOR [14t1AES7tC, blot many of these, of co , rr ad cents far ,los fi , '" bread h- . spoken to y , • 50 cents f addressee a rndnctFe t will ee it0 a in price, large sections of its mil- ole into which they had been previous,. 1 an out lion L rdn, talus, but 1 n v alt it the 1 Oulyl one portion of a diamond can We could extend title feet, Ifthe dplAOi tie rill zite5 u print s ou went is not the A crust of bread helps to o e gale, .Urdu, Hindi and. its `trade acid a Sticky breed pan. ` media. through w be polished at once, and consequ tly ; the list, ca11 nt tliie t ff1ee, or drag a d it 'tiff thtl want We club with a cthear er.n {t netill gi ers or d nccee me t 1 'Whoa knitting stockings, knit silk { rvlulei as xelaarerce ds the scn ion iloolsTlSa All- 4. into the heels. This trebles their teat. , Persian, ani, Arabic fill a rho uore than some. m Alum or soda dissolved in water will help to revive the colors of a faded carpet. Silver brushes are best cleaned by immersing them in ammonia or borax Water, i Don't wear spotted reels, or read i h dim light, if you. would avoid wrinkled, Wash all vegetables and fruit portant place than Green and of friction takes p1aCn French, German, ns Italianmetlnum subjeeted to The process Incf f solder 0 rouslyti. ken le is the meet,about tweuty True fly spoken of the vernaculars. ft every in the eaeo Of brilliant before it can be tumid - has a mellow, pleasant cadence, not , m polished. -Bs. Unlike Italian; and, although it is tt CTed to bo thorou„bty p comparatively modelle language, it , c]lauge. hS1 a great wealth of literature, jour} and realistic and other. 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