Daily British Whig (1850), 30 Oct 1915, p. 16

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£ . SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, TST my Hymes lo All Next Week Admission Free i --- For Every Woman in Kingston and vicinity, under the auspices of The British Whig. Good Cooks will be especially interested. = minions Doors Open 1.30. Musical Concert, 2 to 2.30. Lecture ~ Demonstration, 2.30 x Mrs. Mary Brown-Lewers,Famous Culinary Expert inCharge The Newest Notes of Science * A recent official estimate gave Venezuela a population of 2,812,668. fireproof paper candle or lamp shades. * : of practical gas turbine enginé' is ¢Mhimed in Switzerland. ed into a light socket and will oper- ale at any angle, South Africa is met by hatching cro- codiles in incubators. tle space has been invented to wash and scrub golf balls. knitting in bed is an excellent anti- dote for tired nerves, ters to tombstones has been patent- ed by an Yndiana inventor. "Dipping in a solution of alum will The development A new electric fan can be screw- The demand for their hides in A machine that takes up but lit- According to a Berlin specialist, A process for attaching glass let- Boiled sea water has been found excellent disinfectant for bullet' a Souls by a French surgeon. A new cap for automobilists in- cludes the goggles in a piece of the material from which it is made. An English, scientist has brought out a new electrical process for coat- \t¢ iron or steel with lead. . Phe top of a naw automobile windshield fs 4 mirror, which enabl- he DNEYS 'Why They're Sold Wiennirea, May oth, 1912 "In the autumn of 1911, | suffered with & continual pain in the back. As a druggist, 1 tried various remedies without any apparent results, Having sold GIN PILLS for a num. Ber of year] thungle there must be good in them, otherwise the sales would not ine srease 50 fit, I gave them a fair trial and the resulta] find to be good." " GEO. E. ROGERS. "Soc. 4 box or 6 boxes for $2.56, at all drug stores. Free sample sent if you write the National Drug & Chemical Ca. €s persons in a car to see the road behind them. The relative values of various kinds of coal are determined by X- rays with a method invented by French scientists, Statistics have shown that Ameri- can telephone operators answer calls two seconds quicker than their Eng- lish cousins. Experiments in rice cultivation in Porto Rico give promise of the is- land becoming an important produe- er of that grain. To avoid pressure on the nose or ears a Nebraska inventor has pat- ented eyeglasses that are suspended from a head band. Six per cent. of the line of a rail- road being built in Switzerland will be over bridges and 13.5 per cent. through tunnels. Either a solid stream at right an- gles or a cone of water towards the rear can be thrown by a new adjust- able hose nozzle Although it I[ooks from the out- side like any other shoe, one invent- ed in:England has a separate com- partment for the big toe, - A patent has been granted for a brush and comb mounted on a box into which they fold for carrying or to protect them from dust. With all the good qualitiea of plate glass, a German scientist has invented an elastic oa that is al- mogt impossible to break. A strap to hold a wet sponge on the back of the hand has been inven- ted for the use of persons who have to moisten money or papers. Japan will build at Tokio an as- tronomical observatory the equal in size and completeness of anything in the United States or Europe. An attachment has been invented to be snapped over skate runners to permit a person to walk over the ground without removing his skates. Electric locomotives have been built for a German railroad having heavy grades that draw loads of 230 tons at a speed of 42 miles an hour. A bed for a baby so- fastened. to a bedstead its parents that it can be swung to any convenient position is the invention of a Californian. ce has. then of Canada, Limited, Toronto, | Paricies o soot smokestack until they unite and be- come heavy enough te fall into-a ve ceptable. > After extensive tests French ex- perts decided that modern violins were equal in tone to, if not better than old ones of marvelous reputa- tion. A New Jersey inventor has paten- ted a safety valve that is intended to prevent the inflation of an auto- mobile tire beyond a, desired pres- sure, More than 100 miles | nortir of the Arctic Circle the Swedish Govern- ment has built a hydro-electric plant to provide power for a railroad in Lapland. For retail dealers there has been invented a machine that will take coal from a pile and pour it into bags for handling at a rate: of 25 tons an hour. A few minutes a day spent in an electric cag®' giving high frequency waves will enable a man to get along with less food, according to a French scient For tourists and traveling men there has been invented an electric light with stand and shade, all of which fold into the base for carry- ing when not in use. Motorcycle tire inner tubes are being made in England in which one end slips imto the other; obviating the danger of wear by friction when the ends overlap. Curved' bars of various lengths have been patented to sitspend pic- tures at any desired height in a room from & picture moulding without the use of wire or cord. "A fuel for internal combustion en- gines | is said to be as efficient as gasol but much cheaper is being made from gasoline, kerosene and bene] in England For photographers' use there has been MECH an electric lamp sur- jounted b y a glass globe which can ih liquids to produce any belied light desi ans desired. tad dha that an ine TomIent ot 3360.000,000 would be, much Brest sa Peres mraie do Dre Rane Mrs. Mary Brown-Lewers, of two Michigan inventors in mount- ing the third burner of a gas range above the other two instead of u.l three being on the same level. Work has been begun on a system of locks and weirs that will make the Murray river in Australia navig- able far inland and supply irrigation to about 1,600,000 acres of land. A patent has been granted a Seat- tle inventor for a car seat back con- taining a hinged panel that can be lowered to form a shelf for the con- venience of persons seated behind it. « "What is claimed to be the va'v vower plant in Nerth America pro- ducing electricity at the mouth of a coal mine and distributing it there- from has been established in Nova Scotia. To utilize some of the power. ex- erted by a person in a rocking chair a Minnesota man has inveated a spring motor that is wound by rat- chet mechanism to the back of a chair. A new electric flash light pistel of French invention for scaring crimi- nals not only displays a bright light when the trigger is pulled, but alzo A who will conduct the British Whig Better Foods--Better Homes School at the City Hall Next Week. pr thakes a noise like a real weapon as well. A tractor for farm machinery that is drivéh with reins is a novelty, two reins doing the steering and a third controlling the motor, while a fourth can be worked on the brake if desired. For resuscitating persons nearly drowned or asphyxiated a German doctor has invented a table to which they are strapped and put through the requisite motions by manipula'- ting the table. A new fire-escape resembles a gis- antic tape measure as it consists of a steel ribbon that unrolls from with- in a circular casting as a person des- cends while seated in a sling at its end. It is believed that large quantiti2: of an oil with many commercial uses can be obtained from the nuts of the in Central and tropical South Ame rica, A patent has been granted for a hose reel rotating on a vertical axis and with wire holders for support: ing the hose, the inventor's idea be of the hose. A Japanese company that has planted 200,000,000 pearl oysters in a bay in that country believes that it will harvest millions of pearls cess for impregnating the mullosks. Using electric power taken froma light socket a machine patented by an Ohio inventor will freeze ice cream, crush dice, cleanse silver, sharpen knives and do a host of oth- er useful things about a household. A windmill with five widely separ ated vanes has been adopted for ir- rigation purposes in Italy's new pos. sessions in Africa as the only kind that will withstand high winds and at the same time work in light bree- Experiments by the Japanese gov: efnment of producing camphor oy distilling the Jouves and Jranener of camphor trees e reac a stage at. which 317 gallons of distillate ape produced from each 400 pounds of Jeaves, With the idea of preventing snow royal palm, which grows prolifically] ing that all the water will run out through a recently discovered pru- Fight for the world's freedom, It may not be to-day, But your children will see it, If you win the day. Our boys, gone before you, Have a name for us won, That will live through a.l ages As Canada's Brave Sons. A Ten-Year-Old's Patriotic Song | | 1 Though the fight may be hard, boys, { And many may fall, - The march to Berlin 'Will account for it all. The Germans prepared For the last twenty years To destroy the world's freedom, Which we all love so dear. | Bw Though the foe may oppress you, Though miles and miles away, Your country is behind you, And you will win the day. For bravery and conduct, There is nothing, they say, Can compare with our Canadians, Who will win the day. Miss Lilian Long, High ®Park Boulevard, Toronto, aged ten years (sung to the air of "Mother Ma- chree.") Draperies. . Scrim and other sheer materials are not appropriate for door hang- ings, and rather than use them it would be better to keep doors plain. For a meditim-weight partiere, one that will break the severe line of the woodwork, but not seem to fill a room, raw silk and pong are charming materials. If you are ob- liged to get single width, two strips fagoted together with silk of "the same color are effective. © The portieres will look Best if they are a shade or so darker than the general tone of the room. For a recessed window curtains a triffe darker than the walls are best, and a valance should go next to the win- dow, not on the edge of the alcove. -------- Its Offspring. Luke, venturing into town for the first time, essayed to cross the street and was bowled over by an automo- bile. He lay in the roadway while 'the bystanders shouted to him 'to Tun. Presently a speeding motor- eyele also hit Ph Then he reach- fd the curb. "W'y ain't you run when Ah tole you?" demanded a bystander. "Go long, man,' responded luke indignantly. "'Huccome you reckon | Read what Mrs. Wright says : EVERY MONTH MANY WOMEN Take ZUTOO Tablets and are free of the Griping Pain and | Sick Headaches. | "I received your sample of Zutoo Tab- | ets, and took theur for severe pain | (monthly) and headache: At the end" of 30 minutes, I was entirely free of pain and experienced no more throughout the period. Isuffera t deal at these. times and feel grateful that 1 have aremedy which affords quick relief. Every woman in the land should know about Zutoo Tablets and what Shel willdo" Mrs. ALLEN WRIGHT, Fulford, Que, TAKE ZUTOO Balk Oysters Dominion Fish Co: ~~ PHONE 886. result from Nervous Exhaustion Take the néw remedy A ey.

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