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The Clinton News Record, 1930-08-07, Page 3Friday, August 22 to Saturday, , Sept. 6 A L'ovtA, ;'voice Frnmfl Across the Equator • Twenty days •of constant travel -.over land and sea are required :to journey from Wallaeetown, near London (On - eerie), to Buenos Aires. Is it rely won- der their that Mea, T. L. Pearce was pleasantly excited when word came from her, son, W. R. Pearce, Assistant South American Chief Engineer in Buenos Aires, whom elle had not'seen for two years, that at ane o'clock on her birthday he would speak to her over the long distance telephone. The eventful lnomeat arrived and Mrs. Pearce.heard her son's voice over the wire as easily.as;if he were a few miles 'away. When she, was able' also to speak to and receivegreetings froth her little granddaughter her cup of •happiness was full to overflowing. Just another incident of R family reunion by means of thetelephone, but oh, whatpleasure to all concern ed.! The practice of keeping UP the ties ot home and friendship by long distance telephoneis growing with re- markable rapidity because of the con- yellience, ease, and low cost of the ser- vice. ' ALL -CANADA YEAR Dirigible Development at the world's largest Mounting in Popularity . ANNUAL EXPOSITION "LES VOYAGGEURS"--Brilliant, historic grandstand pageant depicting rhe glorious romance of Canadian development, a super -production by 1500 performers on the world's largest stage. Seats 25c,$1.00, Boxes. $1.50. MUSIC—Thirty bands headed beethe All -Canada Permanent Force Band of seventy-six skilled instrumentalists specially recruited from Canada's per- manent nliiitaty establishments (by special permission Department of Militia and Defence). 2000 -VOICE EXHIBITXON CHORUS, trained and directed by, Dr. H. A. Pricker, M.A., P,R,C.O., in thing as a successful powered ah - four concerts, Saturday, August 23; j Thursday, August 28; Tuesday, Sept: t plane. The world had to wait for 2, and Saturday, Sept 6. Seats, 25c, three years then until the genius of 73c, and $l.00, the Wright brothers had created one. By T. J. C. MARTYN In the saga of aviation lighter -than- meets of materials, with improved and air craft have for long taken an active more economical power piante, etc„ part. The principles of the balloon that planes may be built to an enor- are more than two centuries old, if mous size and will beyond much doubt we take into account hot air as a be far swifter and safer. In the case. buoyant force, and it is about a cen- of the airship it is not so much a tiny and a half singe hydrogen was question of refinements of materials first used in a balloon ascension. but of refinements of structure. In When one considers that the modern other words it is of little avail if sub - dirigible is but a development of the stances lighter and more durable be free balloon, employing to a large ex- found, if ,improvements in the meth - tent the same principles, it is surpris- ,ods of Construction do not proceed at ing, at first glance, that the airship the sane time. has not made more headway. An airship, more even than an air - Thirty years ago there was 80 such Plane, must be large, reasonably swift, and exceptionally strong i4' it is to prove airworthy in all circumstances and commercially suceessfnl, The Graf Zeppelin, which is admittedly out of date, does not and cannot ftlI SPORT—Marathon Swims, (world's professional championships) Friday, August 22 (women), Wednesday August 27 (open). All -America out- board motorboat races. International sort competitions afloat and ashore. Canada'sgrearestathlecicmeet British Empire Games Athletes in interna- tional competitions. Trotting and Pac- ing races including $3,000. Futurities. CANADA PROM COAST-TO- COAST ON DRESS PARADE. This is your year. Arrange to come. Reervatioen now beiug accepted for Exhibition Chow concern and Graad- Jland Pageant performance,. Send cheque or many order. SAM HARRIS, President H. W. WATERS, . General Manager 72 Degrees Below Room Still Warm You wouldn't think it possible, would you, for a man wearing quite light clothing to be perfectly warm and comfortable in a room the tem- perature of which was 40 or 60 de- grees below freezing -point? - Some- thing of the kind is made possible to- day by means of a device known as the "fever tube," invented by Dr. 'Walter Witney, Research Director of the General Electric Company of Schenectady. Die Witney discovered some time ago that the radiattons,of a special high -frequency wireless valve could raise the temperature of .the human body to fever -point, though the tube itself emits no heat. Fever is Na- ture's own method of killing d ilease germs, and the tubes have already been used with marked success in treating certain illnesses. Now comes another development. Dr, Witney suggests that whole fam- ilies could be kept warm in the cold- est weather if they lived in rooms with metal plates enbedded in tile floors and ceilings. Such rooms world form condensers like those used in wireless sets, though, of course, on a much larger tale. Iii this way radiations . from the valve would leach the bodies of those living in the room and their temperature could be regulated to the most comfortable degree. Under the influence of the tube a Person can glow with a pleasant sum- mer warmth, though actually in an unheated room with all its windows 'wide open and the temperature a long way below freezing -point. No ill-effects are foreseen from the lee 04 this method of warming, and it may be of the utmost use en the.fu- ture not only to pose who live in cold climates but also to Arctic ex- plorers and aeroplane pilots, But before 1903—several decades be- fore, in fact—there had been success- commercial requirements. The longer ful, If clumsy, gliders—the earliest we build ate airship buil the more it is form of heavier-than-air craft. Cen- subiectetl while in tite air to the aa- turies before the work of Sir George Cayley, who may be regarded as the first semi -successful gliding expert, the 'ideal of imitating the birds in flight shimmered before tlie human mind; but successive centuries, dpwn to our own, were to prove the attain. ment of the ideal fugacious. It does not seem possible, however; to date the study of flight in lighter -than -air .craft mob before 1709—the date of the first ascension in a hot-air balloon. Thus, in point 'ot study and research, the airplano comes first. The point is indicative only,'for in reality most of the aerodynamical knowledge gleaned in the centuries before the Wright brothers was use- less, and some of it merely '?nYtheo- logical. Nevertheless it can be said with a fair amount of accuracy, that the airship has not had in this century the same amount of intensive research as has the airplane, It follows, then, that the potentialities of the airship are, perhaps, not as clearly defined es are those of 'toe airplane. Constant research is to -day steadily improving both types of aircraft and In truth no one can'saywhich of the two will eventually prove the more satisfac- tory and practical. But we may say that to -day the laurels go to the air- plane. Early Airship Odd Craft Starting from a gas -lilted spheroid, lighter -than -air craft have evolved in- to the aerial leviathans represented by the British R-100 and R-101, which are` within a comparatively short space of time to be superseded by the United States ZRs, It took the bet- ter part of a century before an even moderately successful dirigible airship was constructed. It was easy enough to conceive the idea of lumping a lot ot small balloons together and so forming a non -rigid airship, as the first ones were. But how to make them illegible? It 'was suggested that they might be rowed, with Iong light oars, and this method actually was tried out, 'with negligible success. Eventually an mine was found,' but you cannot push a non -rigid body through the air very fast because the forward pressure against the air de- forms it. So semi-rigids made their appearance. These were of various shapes and the reinforcement was generally madein the nose and stern of the envelope and sometimes there were longitudinal girders connecting them. The raid dirigible airship made its appearance through the genius of Count von Zeppelin, after whom the type has been generically named. The World 'War was ball for the -re- putations of the airplanes and the air- ship. They both came to be classed as engines of war rather than agents of civilization and transportation.. The airship, it is to he feared, suffer- ed most, for it proveil to be an ex- tremely vulnerable engine of war. Faith Held Fast Despite these tragedies the faith ot the .experts in aerostatics has re- mained unshaken. F'or'emost of these experts is *pr. itugo Eckener, himself see„ _! ,-' ` once a skeptic. As head of the Zep- pelin world, be was responsible for the conetruetion'of the:•Los Angeles, which has made itself 'known to mil- lions in the past decade, and the Graf "Were yon ever surrounded by Zeppelin, which successfully eireum- wolves?" aavigated the globe. ` Tbeset events leave done such id open the eyes of the public to the potentialities of the airship. • lir the caeg of the airship it le rath- 'be shere eller cult 4b vision th''e Futuro in teras vii technological progress Balled should be 'taken tee bb 'lye than it is In, the ease of the •airplane. brow."—Deas Inge, , , '',e -J� ;We •know. 'that with continued refine. "Nei -but 1 used to open the dining- room doors at a summer hotel." Minard'a Liniment fee Neuhalgla, • "Those who tell us s ChristitenitY hits tural stresses born of the movements '04 the ship anti the tortuouell swirlings of the air currents. If we abandon the cigar -shaped hull and increase its girth without increasing its length,, we stili have a larger ship and at the same time ono that IS better able. to withstand the strains and stresses of flight. This has been one at thee -most valuable lessons of airship construe tion and the lesson 'learned 15 to be incorporated in the new. American air- ships and doubtless In .the many others which are to, follow, 'unfit a new and better theory supplants it. Refinements of Power plants 1n the matter of power plants it would appear that the airship should be in a much more favorable•position than the airplane, in that it is able to carry a proportionately greater weight. But such is not 'the case. Even the airship has to economize in the matter of engine weight And fuel, and since it also requires an extra motor for reverse speed, the airship has, in some instances, beep forced to carry one power plant as dead- weight. This difficulty is rapidly be- ing overcome. The oil engine would seen* to be ideally adaptable for use in airships and the experiments with •the two British ships will in all probability 'bring one some Interest'lllg facts, 011 is a great deal more economical than gas and is safer to carry owing to the fact that it is not so highly in- fiammable as gasoline. The Germans, however, have gene a 'step beyond this in the introduction of Blau gas which is used to supply motive power and while not in use adds to the lift of the ship. Another advantage of a fuel gas is that it makes the problem of ballasting less complicated. ' Landing Problem Difficult If, then, airships have their ,prob- lems In power plants, they cannot be said to be any more severe than those which the airplanle' has to contend with. In fact the balance may incline to favor the airship and it is distinct- ly probable that in the next few years 'we shall witness decided improve- ments in the plants whicb are to drive the liners of the skies. One problem which is peculiar to, the airship ie that o4 landing. There are two main difficulties: one econ-. omic—the number of men it requires to trundle a large ship in and out of its hangar to launch 'It and to land 1t; the other physical—the forces oper- ating against tate ground nranoeuvura- biIity'0f an airship. It takes approxi- mately 400 men to launch and land the Graf Zeppelin and there is no gain- saying the fact that it is utterly im- possible to Justify tire employment of such a number of men on eeonbnrlc grounds. The mere financial burden operates heavily again'st.the economic efficiency of,tlie ship,.especially when it is remembered That similar forces are necessary at every port of call, and often. even though the ship is only mooted. • The causes of this' economic waste are the results ot tee, •tremendous size and weight of the .airship. In dead calm et is comparatively easy to trun- dle an airship out'and. moor it, even though 11 takes a large number of men to perforin the 6peratioe. In cher light -breezes the task is rendered in - inanely more difficult and a larger number of men ib required• In model% ate winds above a certain velocity it is impossible to launch an airship: and equally ; impossible to land it.. In mitigation, however, there Jeno neves. sity to launch and land an an airship every time it sets off on an aerial voy- For Blister* -- Minard'e Liniment. age. It can, in all ordinary Mecum - stances, be left tether ' to a mooring Mast, Mechanical means of landing and launching airships have beeu under consideration for some time and the number of men which has to be em- ployed was cut down to sixty on the occasion of the Graf Zeppelin's last visit to the United States, with a con- sequent saving in overhead. This number may not be in excess of that necessary to the care and mainten- ance of 'the airship. The United States is in a fortunate position in regard to the development of airships. Not only has it been prompt in securing the benefit 01 ad- vice, and cooperation from the Ger- man Zeppelin company, but It is for- tunate in the possession of the world's supply of helium. This precious gas, whieh,'thongh it is less buoyant than hydrogen, is non inflammable, adds a tremendous eafety factor to the air- ship. If for no other reason, it would seem that America may come to be in the air what Britain has been on the seven seas—with helium and the air. ship. Cuba to Have Rural Schools in Farming Havana, Cuba—Cuba will establish a system of rural schools throughout ape Republic which will make a fea- ture of farming courses in varying types to meet the needs particularly ot the sections in .which they are to be- built- Thus in those sections where sugar cane constitutes a great- er pint of agr1Cultural production, particular effort will be made to give the students a broad course in that field. The new system w411 open up new avenues of opportunity for the Cuban ruralist and agriculturalist and 'is re- garded here as a forerunner 'ot in- creased development in the farming industry generally, and particularly in the Government's crop diversification campaign now under way. In commenting on the situation which brought about the signing of the decree, Dr, Octavio Averhoff, Sec- retary of Pttblio Instruction, pointed out that the rural schools at present are patterned strictly after those in the cities, with the result that rural school students have been left some- what ill-equipped for the peculiar prob- lems which confronted them on tak- ing up life nn farms, Pale People Are In Peril Some Form of Nervous Break- down Always Threatens Them - Pale people ,are almost always ner- vous. Paleness denotes lack of blood and too little blood usually results. In Jaded nerves, sleeplessness, head- aches or neuralgia. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are differ- ent from most other medicines—it Is impossible to take them and not feel better. Their whole mission is to make rich, red blood, This new: blood strengthens the nerves and gives vi- tality to the whole body, Concerning them Mrs. G. Cook,:Bloor Street, To- ronto,•says: "Two years ago I used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for a nervous breakdown with the result that I have been well and strong ever since.' You eau get these Pills from any dealer in medicine or by mail at 60 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. "Hot Dog" Marks 125th Anniversary 1n Vienna Vienna.—The sausage known on this continent as "bot dog" and in the rest of the civilized world as a frank- furter, celebrates its 125th birthday this year. ' Despite its given name, the popular titbit is not a native of Frankfort. It first saw the light c4 day here in 1806 when Johann Georg Lehner evolved it. 'Lehner, however, had learned the but- ,Cher trade in Frankfort and named his'sausage after that town. The firm of Lehner •stillexists here anti it was on the 126th anniversary of its foundation that the history of the frankfurter was compiled. The firm still possesses an order from Mil- an, dated 1842, ca11105 for supplies: Mlnard's Liniment removes Warts. "These nigh people make me sick.' What's the use of having: money if you don't'know how tie enjoy it?' . ' Well, what's the use of knowing how to on - joy it if you haven't, got It?'' Science Masters Queerest Met.41S How often a man who can give you, ,a learned explanationof how a wire - leis set functions is flabbergasted when you ask him ,:how such, a corn - 711031 thing ;as . a barometer, a :thereto meter or a speedometer does, its lobi Why should the barometer fall when a storm is approaching, or riser during fine weather? We know that air has weight, for an inflated the is heavier than a flat one. Since air has weight it exert's pressure. Normally' the pressure of the air is euch that it will suPport a column of mercury thirty inches in'height, Over a ;storm ..'centre .pressure is alwaye low, so that less mercilry'can be sup- ported by the the air. In fine wea'• ther air pressure is high 'and the'' colunili of 'mercury increases in height. Ina mercury barbmeter.a float rests on the mercury in a long tube. The Stoat is connected to a counterweight by a length of gut which passes over a pulley -wheel, The pulley dairies a pointer, which .ravels wound the familiar face of the instrument. When pressure is low the float sinks, "taking the gut with it and moving the pulley - wheel with its pointer anti -clockwise. The reverse happens when pressure Is rising. The aneroid barometer consists of a thin metal. box from which part of the air bas 'been moved. The sides ot the box are thus normally press- ed slightly inwards. Any increase in the pressure forces them further inwards, whilst If the pressure of the outside air- is reduced their own springiness moves thein outwards. Movements of the box actuate a sys- tem of levers, which prove the pointer over its scale, Adventures of a Sixpense Now the themometer. This also makes use of mercury. There is a closed tube with a bulb at the end containing this queer metal. A ris- ing temperature causes the mercur'Y to expand and occupy more space. It is thus squeezed out of the bulb into the tube. A lower temperature makes the mercury contract. It now occupies less room and can fall back towards the bulb. The speedometer will puzzle nine people out of ten. If you have ever watched a threshing machine at work you may have noticed two heavy metal balls flying round above the boiler. These form what is known as a governor. 1f tile load is moment- arily light and the engine tries to race too fast the balls fly farther apart owing to the action of centri- fugal force. Their movement oper- ates a valve, which reduces the sup- ply of steam to theenylinder. The speedometer works on the same principle. By means ot cogwheels and a flexible cable the propeller shaft or one o4 the road wheels causes a pair of weights mounted on springs within the instrument to spin. Their movement is communicated by ley - 'ere to a pointer which passes to and fro over a graduated dial to indicate the speed,—Tit-Bits (London). +—S Cholera lufaoton Cholera infantum is One of the fatal ailments of childhood. It is a trouble that comes on suddenly, especially during the summer months, and um less prompt action is taken the little ono may soon be beyond' ale. Baby's Own Tablets are an ideal medicine in warding off this trouble. They regu- late the bowels and sweeten the stoni- sell and thus prevent the dreaded sum- mer complaints. They are an, abso- lute safe medicine, being guaranteed to contain neither opiates not' nar- catics or other harmful drugs. They cannot possibly do harm -•they always do good. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box•from The Dr. Williams'. Metlicine Co., Brockville, Ont, Thoughts on Friendship ! Above our life we love a steadfast friend—Marlowe. A friend should beth a friend's in- flrmities.-Sh altespeare. Angels from friendship gather° half their joys.--Yonng. A friend ought to shit no paid to stand his friend in stead: --R. led - wards, A man, sir, should keep itis friend- ship in constant repair;.—Dr, Jolmeen. Full of this maxim, often 'heard in trade, Friendship with none but equate should be made. —Chatterton. He ought not to pretend to friend- ship's name, Who reckons not himself and friend the same. —Take, Have Minard's Liniment on your shelf. Wife—"I got two maids at the re- gistry office to -day and engaged both." Husband—"But we only keep one maid.' "Yes; one comes on the first and the other on the fifteenth," r dimmiaimaimmisam. Will 1930 Vacations Be Laughed At in 2030? In 1730 Ebenezer Colonizer yoked his team of oxen, primed his flint- lock anti, piling his family aboard a on a vacation trip to this sister, Priscilla, who lived forty miles away over the hills. It was a long and adventurous trip and furnished a fund of,renllniscence for years to come. In 1830 Ebenezer Homesteader spent his vacation by taking the fancily to Boston on the stage -coach. It was an epochal journey; 100 miles were jolted over the ruts, and Grand- mother Homesteader, years after, en tertained the children by recounting its incidents. In 1930 Ebenezer Flatdweller step- ped on the self-starter of his auto- mobile and, with a tent on the run- ning board and his family in the rear seat, started on his annual vacation tour, He covered 1,000 chiles cagily, and returned home entirely uncon- scious o4 having Clone anything extra- ordinary. That the Ebenezer of 2030 may look back on to -day's vacationists as a romantic and primitive folk may seem a conjecture too ludicrous tor consid- eration. Nevertheless, predictions of aeronautical experts indicate that within ten years the circle of the vacation - tour of even the mall of modest means may be expanded fir beyond its present horizon, Who, then, shall declare that the Ebenezer of a century hence may not embark In a device not yet imagined and soar' forth to apentl hs l'eel'ea- tional periost disporting in the canals of .liars? Surely the transition from ox cart to airplane furnishes gru'uucts for supposing that even such a feat may yet be made easily praeti.ab'.e. Edunnt cn l duration 1t education --• develop- ment; not so mlit'h what is pet in as trillst 10 tot opt, though <:f course, there meet he the platin; ie.. Edura• ti011 is cultivation. i! cundet•t of two parts. ln"truction--putting in; dis- <'ipline-•forming. drawing out—mak- ing the child we the hest ha hue—Dr. leairbairn. Teacher—"Joimny, where the dif- ference betw'eon a battle and a nias- :mere?" Johnny—"A Rattle is where a whole lot of whites irIl1 • few Indians, and a ntnasacre is where a whole lot of Indians kill a iety whites." Athletic People are subjuet to strains and liga- ment eilsfllecenlent, Rub in a little Millard's for prompt relief. Classified Advertising FOR SALE A 14, withLnew 21 15.P ilviDnrudeDmo tui, all in perfect condition, very fast, absolutely safe splendid fishing boat, has special sedan top: owner getting larger model. Now lo, ed on Georgian Bay Wilson Publishing Co. 75 Adelaide W.. T .rento, Box 27 SITUATIONS VACANT EARN MONEY NOW TAKING OR- DERS RDERS for Personal Christmas Greeting Cards. Finest line ever Shown. Easy to sell. Write for parti- culars. Regal Art Co., 312 Spadina Ave., Toronto. 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When I was taking the Vege• table Compound I 'tried ]the sample Liver Pills -I found in the package: I have taken then every night since and 1 can feel myself improving, 1 am So thankful for the good they do me that I have told several women about it,''— Mrs. G. W. Posliff, 263 Huron St., Stratford, Ontario.. •T �e ad4,rY it: e