The Wingham Advance, 1923-07-26, Page 4J in t•h•u'. 41,
"TSE WING SCAN A13V:ANCl
roup«",�,e
T
r'uisleshed; tit
vawn.
ing}ma, ?nta c.
Evrry Titttrsde,a, Mern.f,nl
A, G. SMITH, Publisher
Subscrijation rates — One yeas,
t2.90; - fix months, $1,40 in advaanc
Advertising rates on-alrpllcatioe-
Advertisements without speelflo dl•.
r•:eetione w%fl be inserted until forbid
and charged aceOrdingly., ..
Granges for contract advertiss-
:Tesatd be in the °dee by noon, /Joule
day.
B•V' S NESS CARDS
Wellington , Mut;1eaI Pike
jn&urance Co..
Established 1849
H=ead Office, Grieiph
Rieke taken on all 'classes of Insur-
able property on the cash or prenmium.
note system.
ABNER. COS] NS, Agent,
Wingham
DDLEY HOLMES
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
4!lctory and Other Bands Bought and
Sold.
Office—Mayor Block, Wingham
R. ONE
BARRISTERAND SOLICITi3t$
Money to Loan at Lowest Rates.
WINGHAM
Ra m
ROSS
Graduate Royal s•College of Dental
Surgeons
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
CFFICE DVER H. E.'I5'AR1YSsSTORE
W liAMBLY
isM.D.M.
.S�
c.. i?.,
Special attention paid to diseases ,of
Womanenand Children, baying
taken
postgraduate Work In Surgery, Bata
teleology and Scientifio Medicine..
G fine €s the iSerr-Resideti.ce, between
the ,Que'en's Hotel erd the Baptist,
Church.-"
All business given easeful attention.,
Phone Be. R.O. Box t'13
M.R.C.S. (Eng).
L.R,C.P. (Lund).
PHY5!C1AN. AND SURGEON•
(Dr. Chishoinfs old stand):
Graduate - -of university of Toronto.
Fadulty of Isi.ecadee; Licentiate'e the
Ontario College. of Physicians and'
Surgeons.
Office Entrance:
OFFICE IN CHISHOLM' BLOCK
JOSEPHtNE.S;T REE' PHONE 2a.
MargaretDr C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto.
Fatuity of: Medicine.
(Mesa -Josephine SL, two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telepho :es—Ofce 281, Residence 151
Osteophatic Physician
DR e A. PARKER
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Osteopathy, Electricity, Ali : diseases
treated.
Ofhee adjoining residence, Centre
Street, next :Anglican Church (former-
ly
former
ly Dr. MacDonald's). Phone 272.
Office classed on Monday and Wednes-
day afternoon.
DRUGLESS PHYSICIANS
Dr. FOX
J.
CHIROPRACTOR
Office Hours: 2 to 5 and 7 to •8 p.m.
Wednesday Afternoons by -appoint-
meta only.
Telepone 191.
DR. D. H. C
NNES
CHIROPRACTOR
uallfled Graduate
Adjustments given for diseases of
all hinds, specialize tri dealing with
ehticiren. Lady attendant, 'Night calls
responded to.
Offioe an Scott St., Wingharn, Ont.
(in house of 'the Sate Jas Walker).
Hours, 2 to •&:30 p.m. Evenings '1 to
8 p.m., and by appolntment..Phone :150,
Thursday,, July aati, 92as'
STEERING GEAR REQU IRE$ PATIENT STUDY.
Thereare few visions' more unpleas- with.. the ateering knuckle pin. There -
ant for the motorist to centernplate fore no leverage is exerted. This
undergatVr "would cause : excessive
wear on the tires if both wheels were
pointedstraight ahead, or, in other
words, were set parallel. To prevent
this wear the wheels are given what
is called foregather, which means that
Autoists, therefore, have great faith they are slightly closer together at the
in their cars' ability to take them front edge than at the rear. There is
where they want to go and justly so. only about three-eighths of an inch dif-
However, it is well to know something . Terence in the measurement, but it is
about the steering . apparatus and to important that the front wheels toe -in
than what might happen if the steer-
ing gear of his machine failed to func-
tion, . Consequently ; manufacturers
have taken great pains to build ears
that are pretty sure to go wherever.
the mart at the steering wheel directs.
check up on it often.,
To make steering easy and to give
the necessary strength coupled with
the required flexibility the front
wheels of an automobile are given cer-
taiuu peculiarities. At the lower end of
that much.
This does not apply to the rear
wheels which, in practically all cases;
are directly parallel:
ACTION Ui'ON WE5ELS.
In addition to foregather and under -
the shaft, on which the hand -steering gather, the steering knuckle pins are
wheel ie located, there is a gear. This given a slight rake so as to give a
is very often of the worm type, al- r c t t front heels This
canto effect o the fx n w
though other , types are sometimes em -
THE REPARATIONS DELIBERATIONS
"Myreal raudfather. occupied this seat when the Reparations Con-'
g' � p
ferenee commenced."=Froin London Opinion.
• :. 5teeplaag up nae LJOWan,
rake consists an placing ,the steering .
ployed. This gearing makes it pos- knitkle pins so that they
are further Every kind of animal, including
Bible to swing the front wheels with
toward the rear at the top than they man, seems to have adopted some par -
very little effort on the part . of thetitular posture in which to sleep.
this The resultof h
the'atom
are artbo Th
driver.: At the.same tithe it-` makes itwhen.. steering is that the centre of The ordinary man- sleeps, eitheron
necessary for great pressure to nae his right or his left side, with hie.
turning is a little ahead sof the point
exerted on the front wheels to moveof contact
where the tire touches the knees drawn up. Ween, however, he
"
the steering or hand wheel.. road. This is done so that the'drag has endured extu eine fatigue or tiro
1 A$Y CONTEOI FOB ttBIYEB, incident top g uehino' the wheel along.. longed pain a manmay sleep in all
This arrangement gives the driver, the rand is back of the centre of turn -
0 P •
served toen swi•
actionsamemanyshort
A Little House.
I'm glad our house is a little house,
Nat too tali nor too wide;
I'm glad the hovering butterflies
1 free tooam�e i
ustid•e.
Pee
Our littlebailieis• a'frieendely house,
It is not 'shy oe vain;
-It' 'ossipsewith the talking tseaes.,
And makes friend with the rain.
And q•mink leaves, cast a shiimmerr'of
green,
Againat our whhitedwalls
And in the phlox the oourteoiis• bees
Are paying duty' calls.
Christopher Morley.
a
a bed or piano and the same. svliich en- when old, may do so occasionally; a
An arm from this steeriu ear con- ables one to ride a bvce without
giclitht
g v li t 1
horse often does, whole an elephant
n
netts through a drag link.toa steering p=acing the hands on the handle bars. a er. es down o s cep.
L
knuckle upon whict. one of the. front For this reason if the tie bars between an gle ggodbirds,
,sirch,as.storl sand
wheels is mounted. The other front the two wheels • should become discon_ gulls, have been observed to sleep ba?-
wheel is made to move in unison with netted, .straight ahead steering and mimed on one leg. Most birds, how -
the first through means of a tie rod even slight turns can be made through ever, sleep with their heads turned.
round aver their backs. Often their
connected to its steering knuckle. one wheel attached to the steering beaks are hidden among thee feathers
These knuckle joints are necessarily'. gear, The other front wheel just
between the wing and the y hotlBut
paints of weakness as compared with trails along.
i there are some ca urious exceptions to
a solid 'axle. Therefore certain things One other peculiarity of the steering this rule. The owl, sleeps while sitting
are done to give them the : desired mechanism is worthy of consideration. on a 'branch; whfIe "$oma Indian par -
strength. The tiebar which connects the two rots and bats sleep only when sus-
If the front wheels were placed in front wheels is, attached at, either end
a per ec y . er endicular : position. o e •aline ra grin par. - Tial
leveragearms,pen
on steering knuckle pins. o ing parallel and during its slumbers •caddies
f tl t th ti. t f t of thepended from a tree.
Rout,
p •p pA duck is the mast unconventro
there would be considerable steering knuckle, These instead o
�,
mon
of all. This bird seeks on the
�v0•t � n
exerted
the t Ta ' kl f be arall 1 and thus malting she
This would not only make tor weak tie rod the same length as the distance
construction but would also cause a between the steering knuckle and pins,
great resistance to the turning move- are set at an angle which =Hakes the
ment incident to steering. To over- tie rods shorter than this distance.
come these faults the front wheels are The result is that when the car is
given' what istermedundergather,turned
turned,
to the >.
ight, the rih.
t -
that is, the distance between them at handrwheel is swung more to the left
the point where they touch the ground than the left-hand wheel_ Each wheel,
cat is typical of many other anima=s
itself with ane foot in circles to avoid
drifting to the shore.
Even. such a bulky animal as the
sloth sleeps upside down, hanging by
its four, feet and with its head tucked
between the forellegs.
The posture adopted by the domestic
is.less than at their tops. therefore, follows closely- its proper Foxes and wolves sleep curled up with
This' constru doThe reverse is true when turning$
e ut causes theweight arc. their noses and the soles of tlueirfeet
of. the car to bear directly on a line to the left.
ea, es-
Luggage increased
Fifa—. "Ridiculaus, this ruling that
everyone must wear a two-piece bath-
ing, suit! Simply increases one's lug-
gage, you know..
Stella—"How se?„
ria "I couldn't possibly get such
a anit in one envelope, my dear!"
A Question of Terms.
Isaac Blumstein had a toothache. A
friend recommended a dentist. So
Isaac went to his :offlde. But on the
door he read: First visit, $5. Subse-
quent visits, $2. This was pretty
tough for ism. He thought a minute
very hard and then lie opened the
door and: walked in with a chirrapy:
"Good morning, Doctor! Here I am.
again."
- Out of Luck.
An Irishman was one day looking in-
to the window of a drag store. He.
noticed that: all the drugs and meg-
abits were being sold at a reduced
price
"Sure," said he, as he turned away,
' it s just my luck. 1 am never ill when,
X• aught to be."
How Indeed/.
An Irish squire's sliver wedding was
approaching, ,His tenants set up a'
cerbmittee to arrange about a suitable
presentation.
"I snggeett," saki Sufi -=van, the chair -
Irma, "that we give him a solid silver
taypot,"
tile wife looked at him in surprise.
"Shure; Sttfivsn," she remarked,
"tire' ;lokiit' ye are. It ut Wie solid,
hoW would they make the tay?'a
Wises' Than the fudge.,
oetened Weittan brought, before a,
inagiatra'€e on a charge of being creel
linlalrtnest"t• of her hay, aaked:
suave you ever. been the
6C' zt tmou bitteetre nigger herr
jtxcige" Said that he bad nett.
ti: s sly dent klecre notfa' about
l.t,e shsh rel5liecl falunYpl ttletly:.
to ett'iell,r..m.i;;.,:were
e.4i.!4leul Oar. II l,.lr w: ;I e1 , Il.,,en,. tie
Don't Tease Swans.
Swans can fly at the rate of 100
miles an hsour.
No one knows how long they .can
keep -on the wing, but the trip from
Scandinavia to Britain seems, to be
merely a p=easant fintter. Theypass
from one side of Canada to the other
in huge flocks at eartain times of the
yeas, and at very high altitudes.
It 'is not safe to tease or seek fa-
miliarity with swan=s in Summer time
when cygnets, an young evens are call-
ed, are about. The male swan is very
pugnacious three, as a bather in the
Thames found to his cost quite reticent-
ly
There is a :traditional impreosioii
that a blow front a swan's- wing wilt
break an average man's leg, and there.
is on record a case of the death of a ,
fox from such a blow,
The force of the swan'swing blow is
emphasized in a story 'from "Bucking-
hamshire, which records the attack of
a male swan on a boat being rowed
near the nest. The pinion struck the
gunwale of the craft, ansa as a result
was laid bare to the bone, being sleep
peed of bath feathers and skin.
all close together and often covered
by their tails•.
Some animals sleep with their eyes
open, others -with them closed. " Nearly
all fish belong to the latter class, as
Lilo also hares and snakes. Salmon aced
goldfish are said never to sleep at all.
Caught Both Ways.
Pat was standing in the road when
he noticed a motor -ear coming up the
street. He stepped back a little.
The car caught up with hitt, and,
just; as it was passing, the driver had
Occasion to curt off down a side street,
As he moved the steering wheel the
car sleirdded, causing the back end of
it to swing around, striking Pat and.
knocking hint down. a
Pat was seen to get up ,and look -a1{
ter the ear and say, "Now what do ye.
think o' tbat? Wliin ye stand in front
o' thin, they run over ye; and whin
ye git but of the way to let bim peas,
they 'tura around and kick ye." •
Perhaps no other things have such
power to lift the poor out of poverty,
the Wretched -out of misery, tomake
the burden bearer forget his burden,
the; sick his suffering, as books;
JO
'tke Y . 7ll,d'
Signs of Summer
"Confound this sticky fly -peeper!„
Saved by the Ship's Bei
A:lit4l•e hreets bell that was ceugltt =Were deeded; `then -tile rhea ponrod ing
among- some floating wreckage an . testate ' cabi,nss ansi the 'h'old eo that It
saved the life of e elePln5n who, true` to was impassible any longer to tow the
lids calling amid feeers'"helee in the face of ek'ip, .
death, w,onel not desert 145 Slaking` It was pitch dark, au4 the weather
ship. was veiny cold when the tug and tills
During the 'war, ea December8, dirilt'ee cast off the lines from the
1917, says a Wetter in the New York Vinovi,i, When the tU$ camp near
Times, the Cunard freighter Vinioviaenough Captniui Gronow ehout+'d
of seven thousand tone bound from., tbiroug'h a m'aiserpbone to l the skipper
New York to 7randoxl was about ten' that he would stand by the
theft to the•
mile=s off Lanhd'e. T: , Ocrnwall. For end. Tt came at lualI pastil eight. Thle
thr'e'e darya;it bald been tosrsng about in carptairr Was an the bridge, vary weak,
a heavy �ea witfh: a ethane northharly f'oe lie 'ha�i' lost nvuch lrliiod awd had
gale The tumblintg,seas had smashed
suffered trout `fatigue and o+xporeuhrie.
the lifteboatls and the rafts and had As the Vinovia sank under his feet lie:
carried the fragments overboard, and graaies'd tips canvas awvn!irngs'"wiltl'the
the steady pouentdisg oe the waves, had wooden stiunehians that:lite sho(rls oi.
broken the tidier; the . •oapt'1an--his the torpedo had east loose:•
name ins Gronorw-bled been wolrl ing i • At hai�f peat twelve on ,the moa=ning
with the crew Tom two. dales rigging a' ox Deoenlber 24 tkre loohkout mien on a
jury tiller in ihts plaice, drinte�r mai king far Penzauuae i pard
vnlvat lua' thought was a maaria alien's
At five o'clock in the afternoon a bell tinkling every now and then as if
German torpedo struck the Fshihp antir1"it were close by on the 'sntrface of the
killed seventeen of the crew. A 13- i hiea.: He calrUed the slcipirsr, wJao sstap-
'tilsk destroyer came up shortly after pest the small craft, and they l=oth lis=
ward=s: to take off the '.=nest, folr tees tenerd and heard the bell distitneetiy.
e eigbter was. badly damaged anld to'aa , T:tle dinghy was lowered, and two of
sore to s=uit fn a short flu=te. 'rite corn• ttiee'crew pul%reed in Ube d 'hel=m orf lite
ma.isder `aebed Cral`atairi 'Gronsow to go ' sound. They found a quantity of
with then=, but the captain declined wrreckage amid which was a small
and said he thought the Vinovia could braes, boa. lashed to a wiooslen: feame—
be towed into's'lsafl'nw water near Pen- the bell had been fixed over the wheel
zan:ce, forty tit=les away; he aegl]es'ted man's nese on .t'he bridge of 'the inn -
the destroyer to. send out tugs..: Soon ovi'a. for small to aft .ole the hours, by
afterwards. a tug and a drifter' arrived the wheelhouse clock. By the light of
and Captain Gronow made the lines.a lantern the`s=ail=ors M. the dingy ea•er
'fast forward. Just ae. t'e was oonrplet- ! the unconscious captain half supported
ing his difficult 'task a big sea poured i by else .canvas aw,wings; hiss l=air was
over the bow" e aid da,5hed h'im on h e frozen, and. tbsere was blood an his face
back•aga'inst the sheep paint of a par- r altd neiok,
avane,ars instrument that le used for
T1:sey hanilllet".luim into
the,
boat and
cutting mines as'rft. The blood began
do flaw from the wound, bat in his e:C
,gitennea't he did not notice it. '
The gale was blowing harder than
ever Two b=oars •later=• the bow of the
'
Vinovia was three feet under water,
and the engine room anti. 'bating room he opened brie •eyes for the first time.
The earliest known surgical instru-
ments aye copper knives found in a
tomb 1500 B.C. -
"Wherefore, when we build, let us
think we build forever. Let it not be
for present delight, not for present
use alone. Let it be suchwork as ouu
descendants will thank us for,' and let
us thing as we lay stone on stone, that
a time is to come when those stones
will be held sacred because our hand
have tduched them, and that men oil
say as •they look' upon the labor, and
wrought substance of them, `see this
our fathers did for us,' "-Ruskin:
brought him to the drifter where they •
*mapp+ed him in blankets. Then the
grafi:.nadie all sepsed to Penzanc=e. Cap.. •
fain Gronow was uneamscfous for'
twente four hours, after leis rescue, : It
was. u tailiigsht on Chrlssttims Bove when
Origin of Familiar Phrases.
�, .a poke,'
,
i1pig1
hre�sia "a
The •�eJx.
p
originated in Northanapt-on Market,
when sohime wags. put a eat in a bag.
'or poke, and •- scold it as a pig to a coun-
tryman. When the, buyser opened tkia
bag, out jumped the oat. 7.`hioo .also
gave rise to the exprsesslou,• "letting
the cat -out of -kine bag'
"Kinking •the bucket" is a phrase
that owes its conception to the. days
of the great gold rush to California, and
Australia in 1849-51. Many unfortun-
ate . seekews- after `gold, losing their all'
in an unava.lding effort to find the pre-
cious "dust," committed suicide'. The
suicide tied a rope to a beam. in his
hint. Then, standing 'on an upturned
butleet, he would adju=st the other end
of the rope round hes neck. When all
was ready he simpy kicked the bucket
from under hes feet.
"Worth a Sews eye" probably cameo
from the fact that King John 'extorted
large sums of money from Jews under
threats of . mutilation. Ala the teeth
of one Jew in Bristol were extracted
td ssartissfy. the King's' rapacity.
From aoorruption of the Anglo-Sax-
on we get the phrase, "as. mad as a
'metes." It les nothing to do with a
s "hatter," renally. ' The word "mad" itt
Angulo-Saxon mean=t furious angry, ar
even venomouee •and "atter" meant an
"adder or viper." Tines the whole ex
pression reallyinsane "as venomous
as an adder." '
Marrying ages.
In Britain the age at which parties
may legally bind themselves • in mar-
riage is fourteenin tine case of boys
anti twelve in that of girls.
In Germany a man must bps' at least
eighteen years of age before 'he can
marry. In Portugal a boy of fou}sleet
ins considered marriageable, and a girl
of twelve.
In Greece a youth must have seen
et least fourteen summersand the girl
twelve. In,Frartce the man must be
•eigklteen- and the woman sixteen, and
in. Belgium the e=arns ages.
In Spain the Intendecehu'sband meet
have passed his fourteenth year and
the wif=e her twelfth, ' ,In Switzerland
bays from the age of fourteen and
girls from the ,asge of twelve are allow-
eui to marry.
In Turkey any youth .and "ni clen who
can walk properly rand can understand
the necee+siarry religious service are al-
lowed to be united for life.
THE FAULTFiNDERS
As I do my daily walking, to .reduce n'iy ample size, I hear
people •knocking, knocking, finding fault with other giuyse Jasper
Junks a heauee is building, and intends to paint it green, with a
stripe Of ornate gtding 'tonna_ about etch •win;diew screen. And
the knoeekers stand and view it, watch each timber: put in place,
anted they cry, "Ohl, ciseel Beehrew iti Such a ;house is a dins
grace!. For the droors are out of kilter and the chimney is too
low, and the winter rains will filter through those shingles, don't
you know; and l .+e'e gone and put the cellar 'where the attic
ought to be, and it sore. wo=uld jar a feller, suoh a crazy hathee to
epee. Jasper hears the Idle jeering of his neighbors, at the fence,
and ha heart le doubting, fearing, he has fantods. most intense.
And his ploaonro is departed, ail the pride he lately' knew, when
his building job was started, with a cozy home in viheve. And, hie
jaded Qui grows. etcher as he tollsenday by dear, ter the knock
ing" of the kicker drives the woaker'a joy aw=ay. There _should
be a law imposing fifty years in yonder pen on the gent whose
dreary prosbng:,ciiidlts• tbee hearts of feltOw mean.
1 DON'T' T,L1l<E THE
Wi `l YoU VC. SE.Z:r4
Yk215ACiN NiE LATEL`"1'
'FANr4Y. FLAPPER
The earliest known physician lived
in the third Egyptian dynasty, 4500
B.C.
The Latirentide Co., Ltd., of Grand
Mere, P.Q,, have about 20,000,000
white spruce seedlings and trans-
plants in their nursery.
RABBITBOR.O
f4013Ot3y
F6OL,ol r
It does not require much
imagination
to visualizeh
the
things which would- reducethe.
fatigue of the housewife and
improve the family life; a stool
or high .chair. and 'a rocking-
chair in the kitchen, With com-
fortable, restful chairs. else-
where in the hone; running
water, in ordez' to eliminate the
carrying of water from a well
or outside pu==mp; a mid-day' rest
period; the services of a coni-'
munity nurse; prenatal care
for mothers; proper and.• suffi
tient clothing to meet all ,em er-':
gencies and opportunities, for
recreation, are . not luxuries,
they are necessities.
Part of the. Loot. .
It was his first morning at the coal -
yard and bee,was instructed to -deliver
a load. As be failed to return a search "
was instituted, and he was discovered
at the house where he had delivered
the" coal.
After putting it in the cellar he had.
taken tip, his quar=ters in the leitchen,
from which the cook could not get him
to leave, ;
"What do you mean by such eon -
duct?" Nils employer,aslctd him,
"Why,,,, he replied simply, "l; thought
I.was said with the coal—I was weigh-
ed with it.'
Tell -Tale Time
"Wouldn't you say -she',s older than
site says?"
"I won't say—but time will tell "
Faith is something and, enthusiasm
for something make life worth living.
rat~C ? 3. DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WERE AN.
ORP -4/\P1 ,
h •°, nwhq!:w+1
IW'•i a •1 ,�,.,
+J.
2
r I•