PAGE . EIGHTEEN NEWEST NOTES | | & | OF SCIENCE Sweden has about 1,200,000 sheep, | the property of some 300 sons, in the top of a new toaster for gas stoves is a recess in which eggs oun be boiled. Seventy-eight per cent, of the babitants of one Swiss canton embroidery workers, The tongue which retains the pen in the mew holder is threaded easy removal. According to a British physician, cinnamon mixed in food is an excell- ent preventive against measles, Electrically operated, a combined brush and vacuum machine has heen invented for cleaning blackboard erasers. Uruguay is to have a permanent electrical exposition at Montevideo to teach and extend the uses of elec- tricity. The metal cap of a new fruit jar is slightly convex and by depressing the centre the edges are sprung away from the jar. Tubes made of glue have been in- vented in Europe for handling petrol- eum, gasoline and some gasses place of rubber tubing. For the use of persons who have | lost the use of their legs an easily operated motor driven wheeled chair has been invented, Artificial coloring of gold fish by keeping them. in water containing certain chemicals is extensively car- ried on in Sicily. Apparatus with which it is pos- gible to make motion pictures of liv- ing microb has been perfected California scientist The eity of Lyon has opened a fessinal traini 'pool for the - ié er technical 1d scientific develop- ment of French women. Stumps are converted into ings by a new rotary cutting mac ine and the ngs are drawn in- to bags for removal by a vacuum An automobile radiator has placed within a fly wheel by a manian inventor, thé water cooled as it is whirled around. A low truck and tractor for use about factories has a large caster wheel in front that permits it to be turned in its own length. Argentina is the chief consumer of tea among the nations of Latin America, importing more than 3,- 000,000 pounds from Asia last year. For the use of bow-legged men a light, flexible frame has been in- vented to be strapped to a leg by a garter to make trousers hang straight. A French electrotechnieal com- mittee has decided upon a number of standards for use in electrical appa- ratus, A ball thas: rolls around inside a new spark plug for automobiles is in- tended by the inventor of the device to prevent accumulation of carbon. Windshields have been invented that can 'be mounted on the back of the front seat of an automobile to prevent drafts caused by the usual shields inconveniencing persons on the back seat. For sending soiled clothing t laundries in hospitals or hotels 100 or n- ate for shav- shav been Ru- being a gether in removing the poisonous impurities unless it GOT WET FEET TOOK AWFUL COLD COULD NOT SLEEP FOR COVGH., A had cold ace tressing cough at night |i ompanied by a dis- t keeps you awake aggravating, and nded to at once may meéthing very serious. Norway Pine Syrup the remedy should take. It heals the ucous surfaces, relieves oppression and tightness of the chest, removes the accumulation of phlegm, quiets the most obstinate and dis- tressing coughs, and secures rest-gnd- sleep at night, not only to the suffer- er, but to others whosé rest would be otherwise broken, Mrs. Ezekiel Acker, Lake Pleas- ant, N.S., writes: "1 got wet feet and took an awful cold; could not sleep at night, and would do noth- ing but cough. My husband got me a bottle of medicine, but it was not worth bringing home, [I was going to call the doctor in when a friend saked me 10 try Dr, Wood's Nerway Pine Syrup. 1 told her 1 had little faith in it, but she urged me to get a bottle. 1 did, and I must say that of all the medicine I ever took, it is develop Dr. Wood's is you 'the best, and relieved me the quick- est of anything I ever saw." "Dr. Wood's" is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark; price 26¢ and 50c; manufac- tured only by The T. Milburn Co. Limited, Toronte, Ont. mn wn, chute thas built of steel with of glass, A plant Is to be established in Ha- vana to manufact automobile tires and other rubber from old rubber, said to be plentiful in Cuba French chemists ha way to make a gcum from beet tofore wasted, as carbonate of lime Because ¢ the air chamber parts of a new tire pump for a mobiles, oil is prevented from enter- ing tubey with the air : Meat inspectors in Europe have found the motion picture camera useful in their work, enlarged photo graphs showing micro-organisms in motion if meat is diseased An inventor has patented a mir- ror to be so mounted in clothing store windows as to enable men to gee just how they would look if they were wearing garments displayed: Sea water will be pumped by elec- tricity and evaporated by the sun at a new plant that is expected to sup- ply New Zealand with almost its en- tire requirements of salt. The barrel of a new concrete mix- er, which can be belted to an auto- mobile engine for power, can be tilted at various angles and continues to revolve while being dumped. British experts have estimated the world's production of copper last year in excess of 1,000,000 metric tons, for which credit is given the United States for 650,000 tons. To permit elegtricity to be sup- plied to diningltable appliances thro- ugh a floor without cutting a rug or carpet a plug has been invenied that AA ot mn A been nvented that n lining is 1sed good rood Cf a phragm rom the mov separates A AAA A Pt a Sit "THE DAILY BRITISH Se ------------ makes its contacts with sharp points: | In a vani pox for women vented by New Yorker the | is carried under a perforated £0 that only limited amo tained when a powder puff ed against Stray currents railroad are supposed to cause on one side of a Brussels sireet bud again and sometimes after they shed ti pr the fall. An automobile brake has been in- vented to prevent 1g plows run- ning forward into horses when their shares are lifted from the ground or when they are being moved from field to field. i A metal ball moving a eurved glass tube filled with a liguid has been invented in England to enable an aviator to see at a glance the de- viation of his aeroplane from the horizontal. To make chickens take exercise necessary for growth an inventor has patented a feed box in front of which is a revolving platform over which they must scramble to get anything to eat. L According to a German rubber ex- pert the best way to preserve {tire tubes is to partly inflate them and hang them in a darkened room in which is a dish of unslaked lime and one of ammonia, To protect a motorist from the glare of approaching 'headlights a shield wound «on a spring roller, to be attached to a windshield and puli- ed down into when needed, has been invented To water trees on city streets, German forester has invented ¢ forated metal ring to be bu d in the ground above their ro an opening extending above the ground to receive water, i To be connected with a piano or organ keyboard, a Swedish musician © has invented ele rical appar transect is compose wax 1 copied, owder | plate a YH t in S is press-' electric from a trees have place a per 18 it from be , upon a which it can be ibbon, wn Investigation has that more linemen are injured than any er class of men employed in the trical industry, but that only a * percentage of accidents are due electric shock English scientists have found that heating the ground with steam pipes before planting seeds jncreases food value and that plants thus blossom earlier and 4) ele {o its sed produce more crops A new form letter printing chine cuts paper fed from rolls the proper size, uses three colors ink when desired and automatieally changes the names and addresses for ma- nio of "each letter produced. To make the sight gauge of a sta- tionary engine readable from a dis tance a German inventor has equip- ped a gauge with an arrow, the point of which follows the rise and fall of water in the glass tube. { A powerful electric submarine camera that ¢ New York man has in vented is expected to get much information about sunken vessels in a short time as it would take ex- perienced divers days to gather: To enable a motion picture photo- granher to devote his entire atten- tion to watching his objects, a hand or motor operated winding device, mounted on a separate stand and conveying its power by a [flexible AA AA SA as x " a Premiums not We've given better way to done co The new bigger bar--better value now ys a . : sf the Premiums--hooks, glassware, toys, jewelry, etc., used t Cy Many These 80 pootly I cannot be you all the v nade or WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918. good value now them up--until after the war anyway. There is a far give you real Comfort value for your money and we've it--we've made the Comfort Soap bar_myeh bigger. ORT SO. » come from Europe. shipped now on account of the war, and the premiums we can still that the va get are elie . : aly . 80 expenaive lue simply 1sn t there. 3 to give of the premium in the biggest-se lling soap mn Canad: I he Comfort bar is Ligger now shaft, been invented. To clean the air that automobiie carburetor &n has patented a device thatipisses it through curved, square sectioned tubes, the dirt being thrown to the; sides by centrifugal force. | Acetylene lighting is expected to! come into general use throughout; Denmark as the government has ap- pointed a commission to pass upiin! lamps offered for sale and carbide is easily obtainable from Norway, | An ancient water wheel is still do-| ing duty on a New (Jersey ate, | where. it pumps water for thive acres of + ground and furninshed| many electric fghts at expense of a' few cents a month for lubricating! oil | enters an inventor To enable hunters to accurately | aim at game at night an Englishman has invented a searchlight to be] mounted beneath the muzzle of a' rifle, supplied with current from al storage battery in the stock of the, | weapon. | -ithe foot admits cold water to a Pressing one end of a pedal with! new end | and! { washstand, pre ng the other end allows hot water to flow pressing the entire pedal mixes the ' {two so that moderately warm water, ATURE gives warning of approaching disaster, and backache tells you that the kidneys are deranged. As soon as the kidneys fail poisons are left in the blood, which cause aches and pains, rheumatism and lumbago. The digestive system is inter- fered with, and there is gradual i loss of flesh and harshness . and d ess of the skin. et. | There 13 often headache and dropsical swelling of 3K | the limbs. The most effective treat- ment is the action of "the liver and Xi { bowels, as well as the kidneys; 3 for these organs work to- ; ! from the system. y that which awakens i This is the reason why Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills are so successful in the treatment of diseases of the kidney cure when ordinary kidney medicines fail. ; Just put this medicine to the test when you have backache, headache and other indications that these filtering and eliminat in action, and see how quickly they will respond. the wiser course. For this reason it is well to keep - er Pills at hand, and by regulating these organs pie san: Dr. Li e's = aA WV all 'serious 8. This is why they frequently { ing organs are sluggish 'sKidney-Liv er One pill a dose, 25 cents a box, all dealers, or Bdmanson, Bates & Co. Ltd., To- route. Do tot be talked into sccepting a substitute. Imitations only dissppolat. 7 ge i : ie obtained, The United States ranks fi ameng all nations in the production of soapstone and Vigipia produces twenty times as much as 'the four } other producing states, Maryland, North Carolina, Vermont and Rhgde | Island. In granting concessions for Je} velopment of its recently discoversl; potash) + deposits, Spain ig fequiriag! contesstonarjes to reserve for ticnal tonsumption such parts nf ti salts the Government deems ad visable. rat { } &3 A Sacred Lake. : In Central Ashanti there is a sac! red lake, Bosumtivi, which lies about, eighteen miles soutfi-east of Coom-y ascie, and is the only real lake in the) country. It 's roughly circular it shape, and with a diameter of four] miles, and liés in a deep depression, with sides rising to six hundred and; seven diundred foet above its surface. It has nover yel been fathomed. attempt was made to sound it by A. J. Philbrick, Acting Chief missioner of Ashanti, but the. line} broke after (#® hundred foet had heen lowered. The water Is fresh, though the Tike has mo outlet; and] only a few small streams flew ato] i | Ani Mr. Cot it. 'The Ashanti regard the lnke as a great fetish, believing that it is the abode of a powerful and ener getis spirit which manifests iteell) among other ways, by flashing Hzhts on the surface and waking noises Ike the discharge of artillery. There are pumérous villages round the jake, but no canoes, paddies, fish- hooks, or brass pans are allowed on or near it. The natives do however] permit. themselves to catoh the Pigh, which abound in the lake, and they! resort to the ingenims method of! overcoming the disidilities imposed; on them by fits Bacred chatacter! Plated. reed mats with gaping. mouths are taken out fram the shere by mon lying face downwards onl cigar-shaped logs of wood. They propel themselves by paddling with their hands, and, baving set. (he mats ae ix trap, they retire long enough to allow the fish to . enter: Of course all wrappers, coupons be. redeemed as heretofore . pre in stock 3 sent stock of good Premiums st, the old one justas ge Pugsley, Dingman & Co., Limited, Toronto Pt Ol A ON. 1 AA, " dn y NN NN NPN ppp Have Your Car Over hauled and Stored for the Winter AT TRAe Ask your "GROCER" For SUNKIST SEEDED and SEEDLESS RAISINS CENTRAL GARAGE The Best for Pie or Cake. ED WALSH - Proprietor. . a re. A Ahir, Ahir Anhui ahha dk A A At. A A at rH NA AAA A 0 Po Pl Nl Ol Si The Secours National Raising F nds to Rebuild Town of What is the / « Secours i National ? The parent organization is in France, headquarters Paris, and is under the distinguished patronage of the President of the French Republic. ES I'he organization gives immediate relief to those in Frauce renderad desti- tute by the war, aid furnishes hospital supplies where needed, The Canadian organization receives money, clothing and supplies for transmission to France, H Ile President is Sir Glenholme Falconbridge. Mr, W. R. Johnston is on. dreasurer ; Mr. John M. Lyle is Hou. Secretary ; Mrs. W. W. Beard- nore is Chairman of the Ladies' Executive; Mrs. Trumbull Wirren is Clair- man of the Town Adoption Committee. ! You and your. neighbors throughout Canada will rebuild - Viuv: The Secours Nationel, as the represéutative of Canada's war work among the French, carried on the negotiations to secure the nebessary anthorite at the Fr ich Gaverriment tocreate a new Vi The Secours National will receive contributions from all sources and will shperintend the actual operations at Vimy. 3 y : 7 , Is : Those that are left of thes inhabitant; of Canada' tically without resources of any kiad. Theos? of her men who have uot fizured al 8 iu the casualty lists ars total! iy Help ly without means for starting life afresh. Ti Necessary ho is to Rebuild Vimy 2 ar» Vimy od July ist, 1913, ar: pric. favd women and children are destitnte and dependent ou the wa: refief administered 2 Not one building in the town renisins uait dt Ohwioasly, the former *. dwellers ind Vinty cannot help themselves: France's Guaniedal birdess staggering. We in Canada are glad of the privilece to rebuild Vimy as enduring monument to oir brave hove, Though yo! ; stall to you, it will loom large to the homeless] © are an Ur contiibution may seem Contributions ~hould be sent witho ul deiay {0 WW. FR. Johnston, Esq, Hon. Treas., 14 King St, W. Toronte, Ont, So ne - 'Phey then retusnwery quiekly in (he sane fashigas pull together parts of the FT \ insignificant and yet they, Rave 4a Fars ent of thousanils : oil a the two! ately : : it ; rag cand retire with! bake. thelr Bead is