Wei-Chen Sun is actually the Monkey King's eldest son, sent to earth in human form as an emissary for Tze-Yo-Tzuh. His test of virtue is to spend forty years in the mortal world while remaining free of human vice.
Sellner was a resident of Faribault, MN, who made a living designing things. Originally it was furniture, then it was childrenâs toys. What really made Sellner famous, though, was an invention he created in 1923: the Water-Toboggan Slide. Sellnerâs creation was the first water slide ever made. He built a large wooden slide that went out over the water. Children (or adults) would climb to the top with a sled and slide down. When they hit the water, the sleds didnât sink. Instead, they went shooting out over the water up to 100 feet.
by Hardly Waite. Authorâs Note: The piece below is adapted from an earlier version that appeared in the Pure Water Occasional for June, 2010. The water softener is the flagship product of the modern water treatment industry. Traditional water treatment âdealershipsâ have been built around the water softener for decades. The softener is commonly said to have been introduced in 1903, although the details of its origin are sketchy. Here is the Culligan version of the origin of the softener, from Culliganâs website: Emmett Joseph Culligan grew up in a farming background in the hard water areas of South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. He was well aware of the difference between hard well water and the soft rain water most families collected in cisterns.