Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Jun 1920, p. 12

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CONSTIPATION | IND HEADACHES a E+ f : gentle 'and mild, yet always most effective. 2 i i 1 1 PAGE TWELVE mg Ag Fee PIRST YEAR GRANT M. HYDE ' *Why did you exchange all our electric light bulbs for these new ones with the little glass sticks in them, Daddy?" : "Because they give more light and use less current. The new bulbs have a different filament, or wire. Both these new tungstens and the old 'carbon' bulbs, are called 'in- candescent lights' because their light is produced by electric heating a wire until it is white hot, or incan- | descent. The filament is of such a | nature that it offers 'resistance' to | electric current that trics to pass | through it and is | as a result. makes the light. Seemed to do me any good. Then, a friend advised me to try * Now I am free of i and Headaohes, the ' is cared, and I have gained considerable weight ; and my general health is fine. 1 is a grand medicine and cannot say enough in its favor." ALFRED DUBOISSEAU. Juices and valuable tonics --and are pleasant to take, their action being 800. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, Oc: The New Way Without Mug tc A heated white hot The white hot wird "The filament ] i | i : i; 8 Cammony Ligur, 2 TowosTen, i 388¢ Liomr' 'bulb to keep it from burning up. In ithe open air, the white hot wire !would burn up almost instantly. But jin an air-tight glass bulb from which 'all the air has been sucked--in ] ivacuum, as they say--it will glow al- imost indefinitely because there is = oxygen to make it burn, i "The first incandescent electrie light which can be called successful was invented by Thomas A. Edison wis PILLS Laniest Sula of Any Modiciae in the World Now is the Time fo Get Rid of These Spots There's no longer the' slightest need feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othine--double strength --is guaranteed to Temove these homely spots. n ounce of Othine any drug- gist and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see t even the worst freckles have » While the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom thmt more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin ind gain a bpautiful clear complex- on. : Be sure te ask for. the double strength Othiwe as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to Temove freckles. lin 1879; and his first lamps had {filament of bamboo fibre. The fires commercially successful ligh*s were ithose that we call 'carbon' balby-y {whose lament is a delicate strand of carbon. In 1906 a new tungstes, bulb wa¥ brought out with a fila. ment of tungsten metal. ii is bes ter because less current {incandescence and it does off so much carbon tn, smoke the bulb, but the filanient ie so delicate that it has to be hung over an arbos made of a glass stick and smal! wire hooks." "But arc lights seem to work aft without glass bulbs?" are based on a different principle. An arc light consists o¢ 'two sticks of carbon with electri current jumping from one to the 'other. A tremendous light is made by particles of carbon which th ;current tears from the sticks any! iheats white hot as they pass acrosu | the gan." ------------------ Being good is creditable, but still more creditable is being good for something. § One day as Tiny Ant was taking ker two baby sisters out for a ride, she heard some one sobbing in the grasses by the side of the road. Tiny Ant told the children to sit " FZ The Thing to bo 3 1e Pun That Old very still so they wouldn't fall, and ran over to the from. There, sitting on a blade of grass, Was a dear little baby grasshopper, sobbing bitterly, "Well, of all things!" Ant, "Are you hurt?" "Worse than that," sobbed Baby Grasshopper. "I've ripped my only coat right down the back and I don' know what to do," and he heats it +4 dramatically in the uot throw have got a job at $20 Spot where the noise |' cried Tiny THE DAILY BRIT SCHOOL B Letter From the New Uncle Si. Children, As you gee I have abandoned my useless and erratic ways in favor of A FQore highly dorelsped™domtyio™ oi grammar and literary effort. This Was necessary for the preservation of my very existence as a contributor to the School Page. You will notice that I omitted the "dear" in the salutation of the letter. This is for many rea- sons. In the first place it might be deemed silly by some people, and, se- condly, it is a superflous usurping of perfectly good space. This letter may surprise you, but I should have surprised you anyway, 80 there is no harm done. I was about to tell you of some of my many form- ~£r occupations, when Interrupted, and, because of the harm I Wag caus- ing the most fundamental founda- tions of primary education, I must abandon my carefree literary style and tell'you all about it in Bostonese, with the assistance of the dictionary. This has been such an effort that you must pardon me if I appear to end rather abruptly. Yours very truly, UNCLE SI. ------ He Could. They were standing at the win- dow of their new cottage, gazing out over the attractive stretch of land- scape that presented itself to view. "Dearest," asked the young wife, "can you think of anything that might add to the attractiveness of our vista?" "I don't know," replied the brute, "unless you might wash the win- dows." ---- Minded. Broad Nixon: Shanks seems Very nar- * row-minded in an argument. Dixon: Not at all.- He's always ' ready to admit that there are two sides to every question; his side and the wrong side. Answers. They had found things a tight fit on his salary, and at last she de- termined to take the bull by the horns and get a job. She was a skilled typist, and soon found a berth where she would re- celve $20 a week. Then she went home to break the news to her hus- band. She 'could almost imagine the scene. She would tell hint, and then he would exclaim: "Mercenary girl, you must not go out to work! It is my duty and my pleasure to provide for you and shield you from work and worry. This little home is your realm! I will not hear of you doing this!" While she mentally rehearsed her reply, she sudenly heard his latch- ey in the lock. Now was her time! "George," she cried, facing him little hall, "I & week!" "Is it permanent?" agked George eagerly. A Bostonian was showing a Brit- ish visitor the sights of the Hub, They were driving past Bunker Hill monument. Not wishing to make any pointed reference to the fact that at one time we had been fighting with cousins, the Boston gentleman merely pointed to the monument and said: "Bunker Hill." The -Englishman looked at the hill intently and asked: "You don't understand," said the Bostonian. "This is where Warren fell." The Englishman screwed his monocle into his eye, leaned back Grasshopper sighed so heavily that Tiny Ant felt very sorry for the lit- tle fellow. "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do," she said. "I'll take you to Mr. Taylor Bird's shop and he'll sew it up for you 80 you can't even tell it has been ripped." . "And I suppose he'll eat me to pay for his trouble," cried Baby Grass- hopper. "No, I'd rather keep my old ripped coat than run that risk." By this time Tiny Ant and Baby Grasshopper had reached the baby OUCH! CORNS! LIFT CORNS OFF "vesn't hurt a bit to lift any corn right off with fingers SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920, I AE ISH WHIG RITISH WHI and, looking at the top of the tow- ering shaft, remarked inquiringly: "Killed him, of course?' -- ci a EA . Katie was evidently feeling em- barrassed about something and she blushed prettily as she told the sis- ter of her fiance that she would like to buy a birthday present for him. "You know him better than I do," she said, "30-1 came to you to ask your advice." "Yes?" said her future sister-in- law inquiringly, "What," went on the blushing Katie, 'would you advise me to get?' "Oh, I don't know," replied the other girl carelessly. "I would only advise you in general terms. From what I know of him, I should say he would appreciate something that he could pawn easily." Business had prospered with Mr. Cashtalks. So much so that his wife found herself established in a large house with grounds-- nothing so low as a garden! One morning Mrs. Cashtalks sent for the gardener, of whom she was very proud. I "I've had a letter this morning form Mr. Cashtalks,. John," she in- formed' the man. 'He is travelling in Italy, and says that while in Venice he bought two gondolas for the lake, which should arrive this week. So you must £80 to the store at once and get some food for them and build them a nest or something. I'm sure the poor things will be tired aud Dungry by the time they get ere!" A shriek! A splash! People ran frantically along the pler toward where a lady waved her hands to the skies and wailed that her sister had fallen into the sea. But the occasion usually produces the man. A gallant hero threw of bis coat and kicked his feet clear of shoes; then he dived bodily into the waves, Swimming toward the spot where the victim of the accident had sunk, he caught her as she rose, grasping, to the surface. Don't struggle, madame," he said calmly; "we are quite safe. The sea ™ CHARGE THis Ba INTO A JESTER 7 oy buggy. Shere they found Cheery Cri- cket playing with the Ant babies, Tiny Ant told him Baby Grasshop- per's trouble, and when Cheery Cric- ket saw the ripped coat he laughed merrily and patted Baby Grasshopper on the head. "Why, you silly little fellow!" he laughed, "Don't you know that you'll never be a "fuli-fledged 'grasshopper until you've changed your suit six times?" ' "What's that?" eried Tiny Ant. "Just what I sald!" replied Cheery ticket, 'Il notice closely, The thing to do is te pull that old suit off. It's too tight and it ripped on purpose. If you had had a mama she could have tears. But your mother did il she could for yon, - "Last fall she dug a little hole in the ground with her egg-layer, put in * sn ve At wy LOVISE GUNTON Quite a little mone may be made by managing a small but up-to-date djrcylating library. In this your. First and most important consi era-; fon is the location of your library. | f you live in a small City or town, pave your stand near a hotel, Thus' pou will reach the transient patrons of the hotel as well as the residengs pt or town, 3 ic next step is to get out an at-' Rractive circular and mail it to a Selected list of persons. Cultivate. the acquaintance of the me: all clubs for men and attend social functions. clubs, which can exchan, =x SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920, TT -------- EO Beaver Board Red or White Cedar Shingles. It will pay you to see our stock of Shingles before buying elsewhere. Always a good stock of Rough IRA and Dressed Lumber Allan Lumber Co. ' » TTT THT | : , 97 CLARENCE STREET : Phone 703. Drink Charm Black Tea Sold in Packages Only fL GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, Limited may be org d, the said book come from your library. Buy your books and magazines through a reliable agency, and insist that they give you the maximum dis- count, which should amount to 20 or: 80 per cent. In this way, if you ever have occasion to to sell a book, you can do so at the regular retail price, and make your percentage. Invest most of your capital in the! latest fiction, but also add a fow' books of history, biography, descrip-! tive travels, narratives, and so on. Feel out your public gradually, If you include magazines rent them: out at the same rates that you do; books. For a yearly membership, charge This will entitle the subscriber io as many books and i as he or she can read, only one at a time, however. For six monthd charge $3, for three months $2, for one moneh 75 cents, and for one week 25 cents. Always charge a des posit of $1, which will be refunded when the subscription axvires. ! AAA A A Is quite calm and as clear as a mir- ror." "Well, Bt go my arm for a min. | ute," said the lady faintly. 'I want to see if my hair is coming down." ------ The prisoher had been given seven days without option of paying a fine. The clerk had read out a long list of previous convictions. "Well," asked the magistrate, "have you anything to say?" "All I've got to say," remarked the prisoner, in a hurt voice, '""is that it's A pretty mean way to treat a regular customer." : standing alongside a freight car, when an engine backed into the car and frightened the team. The driver, Russell Lee, § tinued on their mad career until they were stopped by the wagon crashing into a telephone post. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Trousdale, of Syracuse, N.Y., passed a week visit- ing relatives here. Mrs. Harold Boyce underwent an ks. The track on the north side of the building is now com- Pleted. A driller is on the scene drill« ing for a well on the opposite side. JUTE BAGS WANTED We will pay highest prices for all kinds of Jute touch with us. A. SPEIZMAN 60 QUEEN ST, KINGSTON Bags. Got 1a 4 With your mext grocery order ask your Grocer for a Glaks Jar wl) fe ¢ KINNEY AND COLLIVER PURE Strawberry Jam Made From Pure Fruit and Granulated Sugar, A GREAT BARGAIN "CRYSTAL" ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINE ..... + $150.00 Worth $175.00. One only at this price. HALLIDAY ELECTRIC (0. Phone 94 thosscciiesesiiu.. 117 Brock Street eT -------- W. P. PETERS |

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