{ The Newest Notes of Science | 500 { Sieily All tors do not attain full siz until they are nearly 100 years old. Italy exports from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 worth of human hair an- aually, Sediment carried Amazon river can be miles from the coast An attachment for has been patented to enable them to be used to sharpen ad pencils. Clothing made of pressed feathers as a substitute for woel has been in vented by an Italian priest, Squeezing the handle revolves stirring wires 'within a new flour sif- ter that can be used with one hand An implement resembling a small carpet sweeper has been invented for removing crumbs from dining tables. A leather covered metal tube to be slipped over an umbrella to roll it tight has been patented in Eng land. An electric elock has been invent ed in France that runs without at tention as long as its battery good condition. A holder has been patented for safely razor blades to enable them t be used by tailors or dressmaker ripping seaps. A parachfite for aviators that has been invented in England is compact enough to be worn in a helmel ready for instant use. To lessen the labor threading needles there has been invented a magnifying glase with a spring clip to hoid it on a needle Through all ¢f that country's many changes Japan has maintained intact a museum of decorative art that was established in 756 A rudder has been patented, nor- mally within the hull of a vessel, but here ar sulphur e to sea detached 100 geissors fa of whieh can be projected through the! bow 10 aid in steering Made of a flat steel spring, a quick, adjusted belt has been in vente take the place of strings on kitchen or laboratory aprons. Using a modified wireless receiv- ing instrument. a French scientist has been ' able to detect thunder storms more than 300 miles distant. An automobile jack has been in- vented that automatically lifts all four wheels of a car clear off the floor when they are run upom a track. The belting used on machinery in the Russian oil fields is made of ca- mel's hair resisting grease better than rubber, leather or cotton The owner of some limestone cav- es in Virginia has piped the air from them into his house to providé an even temperature the year round. A safety gas .meter invented in Holland is claimed to prevent the possibility of asphyxiating and to In- dicate the loss of unconsumed gas. When a new automobile fender strikes a pedestrian it gently trips him and then picks him up in a sort of scoop with a minimum of injury Policemen and street-car conduc- tors in Munich are provided with pro tectors which they may attach to the dangerous ends of women's hat pins, For copying drawings or writings a device has been patented that fol lows the lines to be copied and at the | same time guides a pem or pencil Europe. and Africa are the only continents which have more women than men and the reverse was the | case_in Africa until within recent years. . Ventilating apparatus that auto- méitically changes the air'in a tele phone booth each time it is uséd has been patented by an IMinois inventor The invention of a process for ri- pening peaches by high tension eleo- | tricity, discharged directly upon the | fruit, is claimed by an Englishman. A sgpring operated electrical at- tachment plug which its inventor can bo fastened how many dchieve it? to any size sorket with a single turn. Experiments with powdered peat for fuel having proved successful in Sweden; a factory for its production on a large scale will be established. An electric safety lamp for min- by the is ine has been patented{find or to improve your health. But: » standards has developed apparatus for determining the exact fineness of cement, A motion picture camera that uses | glass plates instead of films ahd also can be used to project pictures has been invented in Europe for amaie- urs, Using box kites to lift an aerial, experts of have increased the efficiency of field wireless equipment from six to six | tegn times An, jce breaking steamer built in Sweden for the Russian Government | has cut its way through ice fields 30 feet thick when using only half its power In a Pennsylvania inventor's in- ternal combustion engine the haust gases are blown out of the cy- Hinders by air compressed in base of the engine. The tower of'a tall church in! Switzerland, and has been equipped to receive the time signals sent out | by wireless telegraphy from the Eif- fel Tower in Paris, An extensive plant has been built | in Venezuela for the manufacture of | wrapping paper and strawhoard from an aquatic plant growing pro- fusely in that country. A burial casket has been invented that is made of two pieces of heavy glass, held together hy metal bands, that js proof against chemical action. of the earth. - Two English scientists who are experimenting expect to solve the problem of producing electricity dir- jectly from coal without using a steam engine and dynamo. Porto Rico is producing a wood that is only half as heavy as, cork and that can be used in life preserv- ers and life rafts and for insulation against heat and cold. It has been estimated by the Unit- ed States geological survey that North Dakota contains 697,000,000,- 000 short tons of lignite in beds more than three feet thick. A subterranean river in the Phil- ippines is navigable by small boats for 2% miles from its mouth, pass- ing through several large, stalactite- hung caverns. An electric sign which builds up words, letter by letter, at the right end and moves them across until | they disappear at the left has been invented by a Michigan man. A new French three-handed Wwateh tells both twelve-hour and 24- hour time one hour liand being ueed | for each kind on separate dials, ! while a single minute hand does to both. A new picture molding, stamped from sheet metal, is intended to be nailed to a 'wall before the plaster is applied, the latter helping to sup- port the weight it carries. A- method has been invented by a Russian artist for painting several theatrical scenes on the same canvas, the pictures changing as the light | thrown on them is changed. An Italian scientist has figured that a square mile of the surface of the earth in six hours of sunshine receives heat equivalent to the com- bustion of more than 2,600 tons of coal. Tests have shown that gs little as | one quarter. of one pér cent. of su- gar will' prevent cement seitling, while from one to two -per tent. will make it set quickly, but later disin- tegrate. the | | VACATION, FOR MOST pF US ONLY RESPITE FROM TOIL, | Few Achieve Health, Which They Seek When Away From Their Business, Philadelphia Evening Ledger. | Ostensibly you go ona vacation to To most of (us a vacation is a respite from toil, | with a license to, overeat, oversleep and overdo nearly everything that we | take in normal doses during the per- {lod of hard labor. Who is there | | who hasn't returned from a vacation | | | | he United States army | Co., declared a first and partial dis- ex- | | change for $72,000 was announced to-day. ers has a case so tight that it will | SDoiled-by indigestfon, excessive play, | burn under water, while the current {OF a lazy indulgence in doing noth- | will be shut off if the globe be brok- |108, with the conviction that the pled: en. {sures and increased health he ex-. Japanese remove the pucker from |Pected to find Were a delusion? persiminons by enclosing ripe fruit| The best vacation is not so much for several days in air tight casks | freedom from the necessity of work- | that have contained sake, the na- { Ing as it 1s 4 change, new scenes, How lonal WB. | Beople. new was. wil taken in ot th for three | eratiem, 8 suc ey are a; tonic, cotter eXPOMIOULING o bureau of | When you start forth, just to! avoid yea | the necessity of calling in a physi- EN -- cian to, diagnose your ailment, take LAME BACK {the advice of Jonathgn Swift and | consult "the three best doctors in the s Kid ; Y lo | op id----Doptos Diet, Doctor Quiet polls ne roub {an octor Merryman." They will y | seht ou to ¢at moderately of digest- There's ni use on liniments and | Pie foods, to let alcoholic Mquors plasters to cave that ache in. your hips oc back. | alone, and then to remémber, 'as Solo. the trouble is inside. Your kidneys areout | mon said, that "a merry heart doeth of order. GIN PILLS go right to the cause' | good like & medicine," 5 Bi She backache and heal und While your sims must be atoned lief, . { re a, Set ! whe hak | pay for your follies also in this one. doubled up with shootin, ns in the back | aving to stop work and to get a little | hon 3 relief, hay foam ne and: comfort 1a |.- ; Selling Signatures, . | The national crusade in favor of ® | thrift recalls an amusing story apout' | Mr. Rudyard Kipling. At 'one time {the famous author always used to "KIDNEYS. | pay his bls, no matter how" small : | they, happened to be, by cheque. Af- Two boxes completely cured Arnold MeAskell, | ter a while he discovered to his ame ot Lower Selma N.S siniave ever had any | agement that his banking account aa oT sign ol 'showed a much bigger balance than Kidat ae lame GIN PILLS todas and | the counterfoils of his cheque-book start the.cure working, © Soc, 1S eu es | Warranted, in fact, although he was for $2.50 and every box nteed to give | drawing cheques forsmall amounts satisfaction or your money back. Trial treat- | almost daily, his money at the bank ment {Fee if you write ae not seem to dwindle in the least. . | For a long time he was at a loss to National Drug & Chemical | weconnt for this astonishing fact un- Co. of Canada, Limited til one day, happening to visit the T Om 0 where the principal was an KE AAAI a E TOR { enthusiastic autograph collector, he ° {saw one of his own cheques framed (and hanging on the wall. Then it | was that the mystery was solved. It (appeared that the local shopkeepers | found that they could get more for Kirling's cheques by selling them to | autograph hunters than they could {by cashing them at the bank, and | thus it was that, although the author | kept on drawing money, his capital : {*emained almost statédnary: When a woman does suffer in si- {lence she feels that she is entitled to a life-long pension. : bake .| hut operating outsidd THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FINANCIAL MATTERS, Huge Borrowings Have Occurred In United' States, New York, Oct. 22. -- Loans made to foreign countries by the United States since the war started amount- ed to. more than $835,000,000, over $800,000,000 of which is outstand- ing. Less fhan one-fourth of the money represented by these loans, however, has gone out of the coun- try. Over $650,000,000 remained here to cover the cost of purchases in this country. S. Express Bonus. ¥ New York, Oct. 22.--U. 8S. Express U. tribution of $25 payable November 15th, books close October 30th and re- open November 16th, Seat Brought $72,000, New York, Oct, 22.--The sale of a seat on the New York Stock Ex- The price is $2,000 higher than the last sale#a few days ago, and is several thousand dollars high- er than a number of sales between four and six months ago. Company In Receiver's Hands, Toronto, Oct. 22.--A receiver and manager of the Inverness " Railway and Coal Company has, on the appli- cation of the National Trust Com- panyi, Limited, trustees for the bond holders of the Inverness Railway and Coal Company, been appointed by the court of Nova Scotia. Orucible Will Renew Dividends. New York, Oct. 22.--When the di- rectors of the Crucible Steel®' Co. next meet for dividend action, which, it is understood, will be in Decem- ber, they will resume the dividend on the preferred, according to pree- ent plans of certain directors. Westinghouse Electric. "New York, Oct. ~Business amounting to about $12,000,000 is expected to be added within a few days to the war orders on Westing- house Electric's books. This will bring' the total to approximately $90,000,000. 29 22. Steel Co's Big Business. Hamilton, Oct. 22.--[t is stated here that Steel Company of Canada is earning at the rate of $500,000 a month, and even higher figures are heard. Earnings after operating expenses in July were spoken of at) $400,000, sinee then there has been a steady improvement. The com~ pany is now enjoying easily the most | prosperous period of its history, but whethef these large earnings will continue for any considerable pericd is a question. | Commercial Notes Chicago Board of Trade member- ship sold for $2,950 net. This is an increase of $50 over former sale, Mutual Tobacco Company will be formed with $20,000,000 capital, ! par $10, to take over several old to-. bacco concerns in the East. | Negotiations for the passing of the, Canibria Steel Company to the Don- her interests and of the Pennsylvania! Steel Company to the Schwab or Bethlehem Steel interests have been concluded. The marvellous earning capacity of Cedars Rapids Power is exempli- filed in the September statement just issued which shows total receipts of $100,728 and a surplus of $31,510 after reductions of $31.699 for cred- its, $3,623 for operating expenses and $33,996 for fixed charges. This surplus compared with $122,126 shown In the June statement. + The rumors that the Consolidated | Mining and Smelting Company is about to declare a bonus appears to be without foundation. | The National Surety Comipany -of New York, according to the balance] sheet of June 30th last showed a surplus of 1,741,197. Total assets of the company now stand at $7.- 074,882, of which approximately ten! per cqnt., of $738.060 is in cash, and' over 70 per cent. in high grade Gov- ernment and municipal sureties. The International Steel Company is| the name selected for the christening of a new steel company. According 40' reports circulated this organiza: tion is to be financed by British. Canadian and United States capital- ists, and has for its object the com- bination of all the large steel units in the Dominion, as well as same o the plants in the United States. : Principal -among the: bonds and! otHar securities maturing in 1916 are' $600,000 Halifax Tramway first, mortgage , fives, Winnipeg Blec $750,000 6 per cent. notes, Western Canada Power $3,200,000 6 per cent. notes, Toronto Electric $1,000,009 4 3-2 per cent. bonds, Toronto Rafl- way $750,000 of 2-year 6. per cent. notes. These are the principal pub- lie utilities maturing. Maturitie8 of companias with Canadian charters being the total of $8,378,000. ™ Bi KEEPING WARMY NOT A DIFFICULT hae 1 Fol t Double Lined Gap With: Four Gal. vanized dion. @ylinders Are Used. New York Sumy = * 5 Keeping warm with ice sounds like a paradox, but the process is simple enough. * on It consists in the furnishing of a double-lined car with four galvanizes fron cylinders kept filled with eg salt in order that the car may be maintained at a cool tempardtute: in winter they are filled ice to keep ihe contents of the car from freez- Ice is normally at a temperature of 32 degrees heit, ind it is & nce that changes its tempera- | ture reluctantly, : ductor of heat or or Hence, when sero vails without the cylinders tively warm ice heat other . they maintain the tempera within the car. ature another dev ereby i emploved "tor ptr Bre salt Sousiua. | throwing Zero point a let "coat over ¢ 'thie Dominion |! Lo ER PROCESS, | words, so it is asserts | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915. =] | The A,B,C of Banking 58 ® | oney Saved is Money Maan ed. : Never Defer Saving, but 1» or" a Savings Account to- day. i : We solicit your sccount in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT NGSTON BRANCH, H: E. Richard ~ The highest awards possible for Columbia Graphophones and Records at the Panama World's Fair. This is our guarantee, backed by the World's | Judges. These long evenings will be brighter and hap- pier for you with a Columbia Grafonola or a few new Records. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co. "88 Princess Street, Kingston. AV VST di] ) PAGE FIFTEEN | Porritt Garage Co, . limited 210-214 WELLINGTON ST. Phone 454. | For All Kinds of Accessories Such as Pumps, Jacks, board Mats, Bulbs, Tire Holders, Shock Absorbers Dry Cells, All kinds of tires and tire repair material. Call in and see them. | wewew LADIES' CLOTH TOP BOOTS Plain Toe, 'in Black, Brown and Tan. Also Gun Metal, with H. 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