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shipment appears beater
made, better finished, a
little more TONE to them
than ever before.
Then there are new lasts,
new colors to show you in
single or double soles-for
instance:
Chocolate Dongola
Boots-Pmgon lege.
nickel hooks and eyelits
Tan Russian Calf
Bqqtg- Double sole
with wide English edge ‘
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= Black Calf Boots-
Natural last. leather lined,
double sole, English edge,
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Enamel Le ather
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double sole, English edge,
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Roast Beef in 2 lb tins 3'2.c tin
Compressed Ham in 2 lb tins 32c tin .
Ceylon Tea in l lb fancy tins 350 tin
Pineapple Chunksin 2 lb tins 30c tin,
Quaker Rolled Oats l6c package‘
Dessiecatcd Rolled Wheat l6c “
Brown & Webb’s pure Fruit- _ 0 1
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AAN AGE 0F INVENTION.
' By Ansley Irvine.
Glancing over the pages of contempor-
ary literature, one's attention is often ar-
restered by the introduction of some new*
invention or novel idea. The aerial steam-
ship which Count Zappelin has construct-
ed at a. cost of about £100,000 has so far
proved nsuccess. If the few remaining
ditliculties, preventing the navigation of
the air being attained, free from danger,
are obviated, this flying machine will be
the means of opening npa new era of
locomotion. The count is a lieutenant-
general in the German Army, and has
achieved many successful ascents with
balloons in his military capacity. For a
number of years he has devoted his time
and money to the study of aerial navi-
gation, having spent a considerable for-
tune in his endeavours to discover the
lsecret laws governing the navigation of
the air.
The history of inventions show that
great undertakings like this are general-
lyrewarded with but small remuneration
incomparison with the labor entailed; in
fact, the majority of fortunes have been
made by very simple ideas, brought for-
ward when there wasa public demand.
Their success is always ephemeral when
theyare only novelties. They need not
be of actual utility as long as they meet
J
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1, the passing whim of the public.In illustra-
l tion of this, take the threepenny money
'box which was on the market four years
lags, and enjoyed ix sale far exceeding the
lhighest expectations of the inventor. It
g may be classed as an article that took the
pzpulat fancy, and of no practical use as an
-invention. Articles that save labour or
supply the wants or convenience of
man enjoy a longer existence, as the
screw, which upon its introduction im-
mediately realised an_ enormous for-
tune, and continued to advance in
.valueas the years went on, leaving the
inventor a wealthy man. The war in
South Africa has amused the inventive
faculties of many individuals, includ-
ing the celebrated novelist Dr. Conan
Doyle, who invented a means for en-
suring at least approximate accuracy in
high angle or dropping ride fire, the
need of which is continually being felt
when the enemy are hidden behind
trenches. Mr. J. Longridge,the engineer,
invented the famous wire-wound gun in
18-M. He did all in his power to place it
before the War Office, but they would
have nothing to do with it until 188'2.nenr-
ly thirty years afterwards, when the Or-
dinance Department at Woolwich began to
experiment with it. It took them five
years to discover that it was of use, and
in 1887 they declared that nothing could
equal it for heavy ordinance. Unfortun-
ately the inventor had died in the mean-
time. In me David Bushnell invented
the first submarine explosive machine,
calling it atorpedo, after the scientific
name of t-he electric ray or skate-torpedo
vulgis. It was commonly believed in
,those days that killed its prey by electri-
city. But submarine; explosive machines
were in use long before David Bushnell
invented his torpedo, for we find that they
were known and used over 1,500 years
ago, and in 1585, when the Dutch besieg-
ed Antwerp, they were employed with
deadly effect. Twenty years after David
Bushneh’s torpedo had been invented,
Fulton, an American, :improved upon it,
turning it intoadiving torpedo. He of-
fered it to France, but she would have
nothing to do with it, so he came over to
England, and Pitt, then Prime Minister,
took it up and organized an extensive
torpedo attack. In 1804 Admiral Lord
Keith used them in destroying the
French ships off Boulogue. Fulton
returned to America ani made
estudy of the art of torpedo warfare.
He moored torpedoes under the writer to
protect the entrance of the harbours
when Great Britain was engaged in war
with America., and armed the boats with
explosives, which were carried at the end
of long poles and rammed against the
British ships.
Peopfe are usually misled by the idea
that inventors are gifted with mechanical
powers, but in glancing over the foremost
inventors' lives we find a. direct contradic-
tion, for many of the sucoessfulcannot
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 & Gnfflsjollowed by clergymen, actors, business
possibly be said to have had a knowledge
of mechanics. Certainly those with such
kr-osvledge head the list, but are closely
men-the latter forming a large bulk of
patentees. Women seem to be facile in
inventive ideas, mostly with designs for
saving labor in the household work where
there must be plenty of scope for new
ideas, as there are hundreds oflittle things
waiting to be superseded by simple ap-
pliances which will reduce hand work to
a minimum and obviate the necessity of
so much toil being daily expended in
household duties. The lady who invent-
ed the improved baby carriage enriched
herself to the extent of £10,000, while a
lady living in PortElizabeth,South Africa
devised a. simple toilet requisite, known
as the “Mary Anderson" curling iron, and
from this idea she derives an income of
£100 a year. It was the wife of a clergy.
man who invented the improved corset,
and madea large fortune from it. Num-
erous instances of ladies bringing forward
inventions that added to personal com-
fort and general utility could be given.
They occupy all ranks of life, from the
struggling dressmaker to the Empress of
France, who, by the way, invented the
dress-improver, which, years ago, devel-
oped into the then fashionable crinoline.
Women do not show any lack of the im-
aginative or inventive power, as will be
seen by the -paper bag-making .machine,_
which was invented by a lady in New
York; or by the wonderful device for
deadening the sound of car wheels onthe
Overhead Railway, which has been used
for a long time in America with great
success, and might be introduced in cer-
tain towns in England with advantage.
It will be seen that women do not co ntlne
themselves to the invention of domestic
improvement. _
Doctors are continually bringing for-
ward original ideas, relating principally
to the improvement of surgical instru-
ments, which, happily, tend--to alleviate
our sufferings. The following excerpt is
taken from a recent issue of a London
paper, showing the latest achievement in
surgical science: -“One of the most novel
inventions in modern surgery is atongne
made of india-rubber and mating on a
pivot set between the teeth. There Us a
man in New York who can show his
wonderful mechanism, and whofeels very
happy because he has it. He is now .able
to talk as distinctly and freely as he ever
did, and eat with ease and freedom.”
Surgical inventions and improvements
may be termed scieritidc, and out of the
province of a newspaper article. The
common inventions made to simplify the
work of everyday life afford better illus-
tration ofthe fortunes that are 'made
from simple things. They are |more_ re-
munerative as a sphere of operation for
the inventor. When Harvey Kennedy
introduced the mohair shoelace he made
quite half a million of money out of it.
Several have made fortunes out of _boot-
protectors, etc., while the ordinary um-
brella has been the means of benefiting
some six persons to the extent of £2,000,
W0. A gentleman, residing in Hereford-
shire, introduced last year an improved
gate-fastener, which will probably bring
him a fortune, .for it is becoming _exten-
sively used by farmers in all countries,
and is a v.-ist im I rovernent on all prior ex-
isting things of its kind.
It has often been said that everything
worthy of being invented has been used,
but this is no so, for many things are
waiting improvement, and nearly every-
one has, more or less, the inventive facul-
ty. An interesting fleld has been shown
to be open by Professor T. G. Menden-
L (Continued on Fifth page.
“To Eff is Human."
"Butte errallt/ietbn¢r'scrimr'na!or
idioiic. Don’t continue the mistake of
neglecting your blood. When impurities
manifest themselves in eruptions or when
disordered conditions of stomach, kidneys,
liver or bowels appear, take Hood' s Sar-
sapanila. R 11:11! make pare, live blood,
and pat you in good health
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Children’s Muslin Head Gear,
Blouses,
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All Straw Hats,-
Skirts that were- $2.00 for $1.00,
Skirts that were $1.50 for 75c,
Hats that were $5°00 for 2.50,
Hats th it were $4.'00 for 2.00
Trimmed Hats that were 3.50 for 1.75
_Corsets from 85c to 1 . 75 for 500,
Blouses that were _2.C0 for 1.00, __ _
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