Daily British Whig (1850), 5 May 1923, p. 3

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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1928. THE BEST Film Finishing BETTER RESULTS QUICKER SERVICE LOWER PRICES We do our own finishing. We have our own equipment and know how to use it. For your satisfaction leave your next Film with L. T. Best PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST Open Sundays. Geo. A. Bateman Is Moving to 136. Wellington St. Opposite the Post Office, where he hopes to see all his old friends as well as new ones. Some bargains in REAL ESTATE ERT | Hotel Frontenac 1 Ras, Letting site) | id i water. One-half block from Railway | | Stations and Steamboat Landings. , J. A. HUGHES, Bruges and Ghent, the Belgian | citles, each have a carillon contain- lng 48 bells. ~ Selfishness is the greatest curse of HONEYMOON TRIP Almost everywhere will PEARLS be worn on the honeymoon trip this June. They have a won- derful daintiness and an adaptability to Af- ternoon or Evening Dress. Our stock is very varied, from $5.00--$100.00 SMITH BROS. Jewelers, Limited Established 1840. King Street, Kingston Chapter 25--Invention of the Lamp. Caves were dark and people of tha Stone Age must have had a mighty ihside. Some caverns were 500 to 1,000 feet in length, and you can imagine how unpleasant it was to go inside without light. Bonfires could be lighted in the caves, but that meant smoke, smoke, smoke! There were no windows or chimneys by which to let it out. you have ever stayed in a smoky room you will realize how unpleas- ant it must have been for Cave peo- ple to let bonfires burn within their homes. Only near the entrance could fires be built with comfort. Many paintings and engravings were made hundreds of feet from cave entrances. How could light have been supplied for the artists® There were two ways. First, the torch was invented. The earHest torches were burning sticks, which sputtered and smoked and gave little light. You may have noticed that fat meat will burn if you let it get started, This was found out by Cave people when they roasted the flesh of anim- als over open fires. ond of a stick and carrying it into the cave. Such fat torches gave fairly good ple were now able to get around in caves without stumbling so often as before, Yet there was a big drawback to this torch. The stick which held the fat was sure to catch fire sooner or the human race. 'Spring Is Here! Housecleaning begins. When desirous to dispose of your cast- away's do not forget to ring 2060}, where immediate attention will be y i given you. Standard Metal & Waste Company Office and Warehouse: 170-172 RIDEAU STREET Phone 2060J. later. Some thoughtful person got tired 1of having the stick burm up, ani "Let's put the fat on a piece ot stone." It was done and that was the be- ginning of the lamp. As time went on, the lamp stones CHINA SHOWS THE WAY munication Explained at New York Conference. Lawn Rakes Garden Hose Lawn Mowers Chicken Wire Screen Doors SPRINGTIME REQUIREMENTS A Can of Paint will cover up the worn places on the Verandah Steps. Every can has a guarantee on it. Window Screens Gas Water Heaters Electric Water Make your selection to-day. Heaters 'have come out of China, including hard time finding their way around | {4 Some one then got the idea of put- ting a piece of blazing fat on the light and did not smoke much. Peo- TO POLICE OF WORLD New Method of Secret Com- were shaped in a manner easy for a person to hold. They were made of handle. You see one of these lamps pictured. One side was slight- ly hollowed out, and in this hollow was found a small amount of burnt animal fat. The other side was de- corated with an engraving of a wild goat, : Other stone lamps have been THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG PROBS :--Sunday, fine and cooler. 1 i = flat and circular--except for a kind | found in caves. It'appears that suet and lard were sometimes separated from the animal flesh and placed in the lamp instead of the fat meat. In such cases, some sort «of wick was doubtless used. The picture shows a woman hold- ing a stone lamp while her hisband is cutting an engraving in the wall of a cave. At the lower left is a lamp found in a French Cave. Next: How Logs Became Drums. Copyright, John F. Dille Co. SUSIE WINS MARATHON WAGER FOR DISHWASHING Young Woman Continues For Thirty-one Hours Without New York, May §.--Many things | Stopping. Punxsutawney, Pa., May 5.--The {Marathon dishwashing record of the spectacles and the compass, but yes- 'world was claimed yesterday by Miss iterday the international police chiefs' convention learned a new method of communication from Wang Gu Pang, the chief incpector of Kiangsu, China. Commissioner Enright, of New York, liked it so much that ha asked Inspector Joseph Faurot, of tho new detective school to talk it over with Mr. Wang and adopt it for use in this city. The system consists of movements of the eyebrows, eyes, mouth and hands, which form a code that en- ables two detectives to communicate during the examination of a prison- er, in the midst of a mob, or at othe: times when secret police communi- cation may be valuable. Mr. Wang has proved to be one of the most up-to-date officials in the conference, for he uses moving pictures for in- structing detectives in a way which surpasses the western method. After be had explained his system of sig- nals it was suggested that the code he used be translated into English end foreign languages and sent to all police departments of the world for use in handling difficult situa- tions. A new system of fingerpring identi- fication was explained by Hakon Jorgensen, director of the Copen- hagen police, as a means of trapping international criminals. Mr. Jorgen- {sen has devised a code screen, which when placed over a fingerprint will enable an expert to translate a print into figures than can be cabled all {transmitted by means fiom a key chart of the print, and over the world. The prints are of numbers are so earefully worked out that it would be possible for.the police of any city to get the finger prints of a foreign criminal identified within a few sours of the time when they have been discovered at the scene of la orime. 'Susie Hetlock of the village of Co- vode, near here. Susie, aged 22 years, got a job in the kitchen of the Pantoll hotel sev- 'eral months ago. Some of her friends were discussing SAritbos dancing and the conve! tually cen tered on the subject of cleaning the family plate. A wager was laid and Susie started on her record-making dishwashing expedition. Using only the old-time methods --a dishcloth, pan, hot water and soap. Miss Hetlock continued her operations for 31 hours without a stop. She won the wager and the hotel management awarded her with a two days' vacation. RUHR SCISSORS CLUD. Hair of Girls Friendly With Poilus is Shorn. Dusseldorf, May b6.--Despite tire- les: Nationalist attempts to stir up trouble and cause friction, the poilus everywhere in the Ruhr man- age to remain on the best of terms with the majority of the population, and Gretchen does not always frown upon horizon blue uniforms. In Kastrop this fact has raised a fresh outbreak of fury on the part of mem- bers of the Scheerenklub, or Scissors Club. Several cases have been re- sported within the last few days of members having shorn the flaxen locks of girls considerod to have shown themselves insufficiently pat- riotic. 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