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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-09-27, Page 7Y BURIED TREASURE ERE THE SOIL HIDES GOL DEN SOVEREIGNS;. In Three Years $100,000.000 Worth of Coins Have Been Lost. Trace of. Statesmen and ,financiers are at the present time scouring the world for new supplies of gold, for there is .a serious shortage of bullion. All the same, there is an enormous 'amount of British coin remaining buried, altogether apart from that which has gone down with vessels, says London Answers. Passing from hand to, hand in the United Kingdom are sovereigns and half. sovereigns having a total value of £113,000,000. Th.Lt is to say, technically speaking, there is that amount of gold coin in circula- tion, although it includes the amount of gold held at the banks in their coffers. All the same, this is nothing like the value of the gold which has been turned out by the Mint and that received for remaking. In fact, it has been stated by a reoog- nized authority that in three recent years the Bank of England has lost trace of something like £20,000,000 worth of golden coins. ENGLISH PREFERRED. What, then, becomes of this mon- ey? Every year the Mint, through the medium of the Bank of England, sends out an enormous amount of gold ooin, and yet receives back only a portion of the whole. One reason for the disappearance is that throughout the world the English sovereign is held in the highest esteem of all coins. Thus on the Continent the writer has frequently met with refusals to cash German and other gold coins, but never in any country has he had the slightest difficulty in changing English gold. Not only is this the case, but the highest value is al- ways attached to our gold coins. Most of the British gold which is lost goes out to India. There the people hoard it up, and frequently it is the case that a man dies with- out giving any information as to where his treasure has been de- posited. In this way it is calculated that in the Presidency of Bombay alexia'' some £'1?;000,000 is hoarded- in the form of sovereigns and .half sovereigns.. From this fact it may be imagined what an enormous amount of Bri- tish gold there mast be in the whole of India. The natives of In- dia also use sovereigns and half - sovereigns as ornaments, partly for the good reason that in times of stress the ornaments may be turned to a more useful purpose without any lose. HOARDING IT UP. The ,inhabitants of China also show a striking partiality for our golden discs. The same tale comes even from the goldfields in East Af- rica. As a matter of fact, the na- tives are never paid in gold coins, for the reason that the money would be taken out of circulation at once, and it is a costly job convey- ing eoin into the backlands. Again, a certain amount of ooin is taken out ef circulation in this country by jewellers and similar craftsmen. When a. jeweller re- quires a piece of gold for making an ornament he takes a new gold coin. There is a good reason for this, as the coin, practically speaking, is xaetly the value ef a piece of un- orked gold, and so the jeweller oses nothing by taking a coin in reference to a, piece of bullion, nether reason is that he knows xaetly the' fineness of the gold, a nowledge which is not bound to be is when handling a piece of gold ther than a coin. Apart from this, there are hun- reds of places in the kingdom here gold coins have been buried d their whereabouts forgotten. ill, it is the East which swallows aur gold. SOMETHING ABOUT SALT. The chief thought about salt in midst of all holiday-makers will in connection with the sea; but has other uses and significance. st people .think that spilling salt unlucky. This superstition has n handed down from the an- t Romans. Two or three hue- d years ago all the servants of wealthy sat below the salt to their humble origin, and this m: was observed not so 'very ago in Scotland. Salting a n is' still prevalent among some 'ons, but the most curious use which salt is put to -day is in ssinia and Tibet, where cakes of are employed as money. location begins with the cradle ends only with the grave... HOUSE FLIES are hatched in manure and revel in filth. Scientists have discovered that they are largely responsible for the spread of -Tuberculosis, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Infantile Dfseaaes of the Bowels, etc. Every packet of 11 will kill more flies than 300 sheets of sticky paper. See How the Wringer is Attached VOTING INDUCEMENT Failure to Vote in Belghnn Misdemeanor.. In this country noting pulsory, and, therefore, sion to do so when the p comes round is not pueis law. But the same happy; st fairs does not obtain There the franchise las tremely strict, for fl?ti• lure counted a• misdemeanor,. penalty is severe. To pre appearance at the polling -et the . Belgian Government even so far as to defray the experts citizens who live seine :alis away, and who can show a quake reason for absence. In Many natives of that oounvtry,.;: cited fora time in England onb nese, enjoyed a free trip hone May in order to record their r at the Parliamentary polling, Nor is the Belgian content w one vote. He can, if he will, obta three. Besides that to which he entitled at the age of twenty- should he shave lived in the sa commune for a year, he is grant another if he reach a certain deer of educational efficiency. While the third isobtainable a the age of thirty-five—bbat'is, .if - .the citizen pays a house tax of five francs—$1.02 a year, and is either. married or a widower. taus—wholesome—no no bones—packed st Olive 011. OSCAR ARDINES rn from Your Croner `Trade supplied by hn W'. Sickle & Greening, Hamilton PLANTS HAVE EYES. Ilaber'landt Says He Has' land Them in Tree Leaves. er • long experimenting and Prof. Gottlieb Haberlandt of titanic Institute, of Gratz, in declares that . plants, the ken in its widest sense, 'and ng trees, can see. professor says that he -has ed through photography and e of the microscope on the organs of plants. The es included objects at different ances, and even persons and ses. Plants may, he says, be assed with the inferior animals in this respect. His observations have been ,confirmed by Dr. Nuttall and I)r. Harold Wagner. We . are still so ignorant of ani - Mal, plant and insect life (because we do not understand their lan- guage.) that we fancy the plant, like the insect, is not conscious of what it sees, but that is probably a dis- covery for the future. At present we are forced to accept the theory that they are not conscious. But that they do see, Prof. Haber- lwndt says, he has satisfactorily proved. He has found the same minute eye such as belongs to bees and other insects in sycamore • leaves, in the sugar maple and in the Peruvian acanthus. The eyes of plants appear different from the eyes of insects in that they have no coloring matter, though this is not yet determined. • The professor is continuing his experiments, and he expects to make further interesting and sur- prising announcements. He says that plants and trees have eyes its undoubtedly a proof that all natur- al life is linked in one long chain. tj+ The Wringer Board extends from the side, out of the way of the cover. This allows practically the whole top of the tub to open up— makes It easy to put So aad,take out clothes. No other washer has as tares au opening. No other washer can be worked with. crank handle at side as well as top sever. Do you use Maxwell's "pavorlte"..-the churn that makes quality butter? ' Write us for catalogues If your dealer does not handle them. 89 DAVID MAXWELL & SONS, ST, MARY'S, Ont. ELEORAPHY and Stattun Agents' work in an is details aro' included' in the course of training included in 'I he Central Telegraph School, 2 Ger- rard S. E.. Toerpto. Correspond- ence invited. T.V. Johnston, Prin. W. Ii, thaw, President. HER TERMS. "Can you sell this shawl cheap- er 4" "No madam. Fifty dollars is really the lowest possible price." Well, I'll take it. But make out two bills, ane at twenty dollars to show my husband, and one at two hundred to show to my friends!" I THE MASHER. A masher is a despicable creature who gets a good deal of encourage- ment. TIC Soap tuidOintfflent No other emollients do so much for pimples, blackheads, red, rough and oily skin, itching, scaly scalps, dry, thin and .failing hair, chapped hands and shapeless nails. They do even more for skin- tortured and disfigured infants. Although Concurs Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a liberal sample of °Koch, with O2=page booklet on treatment of akin and hair, Will be sent, poet -tree, on applies. Mon to ''Cutiouray" Dept. 8DA, Boston, ir.. s. A. QUITE Inspector `An something we can not touch, Can example V' Tommy—"Yes, poker !" 1UGJtT. abstract noun is think of, but rex- you give me an sir; a red-hot No child should be allowid- t°• suffer an hour from worms• vsrhell! prompt relief pan., be ,got_. in ,e„ ple but strong remedy-'Mo.e Graves' Worm Exterminator« , Too often it is the things we shouldn't do that seem to make life worth living. lwtnard's Liniment for sale everywhere. COULDN'T TAKE RISKS. Agnes—"This novel looks adful- ly interesting. Is it goad?" Gladys —"It's perfectly splendid. I'd lend it to you in a minute, but it be- longs to inc." To Men Who Live Inactive Lives. --Exercise in the open air is the best tonic for the stomach and sys- tem generally; but there are those who are compelled to follow seden- tary occupations and the inactivity tends to restrict the healthy aetion of the digestive organs and sickness follows. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills regulate the staomaeh and liver and restore healthy action. It is wise to have a packet of the pills always on hand. TOO BAD. "Too bad Mrs. Smartleigh always has such abominable weather for her afternoon teas." "Yes; .she never pours but it rains." Cholera and all summer com- plaints are so quick in their action that the cold hand of death is upon the victims before they are aware that danger is near. If attacked; do not delay in getting •the prep medicine. Try a dose of Dr J". D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial, and you will get immediate relief. It acts with wonderful rapidity ane never fails to effect a cure. It's all right to build castles the air if you're willing to work n to them, On Sale Everywhere.—There may he, country merchants who do not keep. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, ugh -they- are few and far be-. tw:.ien, and these may suggest that some other oil is just as good. There is nothing so good as a liniment or as an internal medicine in certain oases. Take no other. The de- mand for it shows that it is the only popular oil. Poverty has helped many a young man out after he has fallen in love. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. SHE KNEW. "What is conscience?" asked the Sunday school teacher. This was followed by dead silence. "What do we call the thing that hhscks us when we do wrong?" asked the teacher. "Grandma," promptly replied the little girl in the class. Low Colonist Rates to Pacific Coast via Chicago and North Western Ry, Sept. 25th to Oat. 10th from all points in Canada to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Melena, Butte, Missoula, Kalispell, Pocatello, Nampa, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Grand Jet.,; ete, Through Tourist sleepers and fres reclining Chair cars from Chicago. Variable routes. Liberal atop -overs. For information writ., or call on B. H. Ben- nett, General Agent, 46 Yonge St., Toronto. It is sometimes a good plan to be sore the other fellow is right—then fellow in his footsteps. r., .. ard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. 't A HAY FEVER OPTIMIST. Re sure is, an optimist." :So :t o question of it." tit I heard him growling yes- ay because he has hay fever." is just the point. He's had n years, but always he is t he won't get it next Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. HINTS FOR r HOUSEKEEP Try to win the friend your butcher, so that you. to his icebox and pick etra own steak., It is easy to screw a Iawn-nt up so tight that your nes can't use it -after he has bor it. It is no longer fashionable." a boy's hair by putting a large on his head and trimming ` up the edge of it,, Take him to a bit' tier and pay for the hair -but out''' the boy's savings bank: IOW TO AVOID SEA SICKNESS. There are a few homely remedies for seasickness, such as stuffing the ears with •cotton wool, taking a strong cup of very hot coffee or a teaspoonful of newt Worcestershire sauce just before embarking, which may tide the poor sailor safely over a, short journey. Chronic victims of sea sickness, however, should give the liver a rest for 24 hours before going on a -voyage, eating only food of a simple and readily digestible nature. Rest, with the head low- ered in a eonlfartable position -with the hands and feet kept warm,, lis• the first rule in all cases. ►a+ A. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. An - eminent ,scientist, the other day, grave his opinion that the most wonderful disoovery of recent years was the discovery of Zam-Buk. Just .think'i As soon as a single thin layer of Zam-Buk is applied to a wound or sore, each injury is in- sured against bilood poison! Net one species of microbe has been found that Zam-Buk does not kill! Then again. As scan as Zam-Buk is applied to a sore, or a cut, or to akin disease, it stop's the smarting. That is why children are such friends of Zam-Buk. Again, As soon as Zain-Buk is applied to a wound or to a diseased part, the Dells beneath the skin's surface are so stimulated that new healthy tissue is quickly formed. This forming of fresh healthy tissue from below is Zam-Buk's secret o€ healing. This is why Zam-Buk cures are permanent. Only the other day Mr. Marsh, of 101 Delormier Ave., Montreal, called upon the Zam-Buk Co. and told them that for over twenty-five years he had been a martyr to ec- zema. His hands were at one time so covered with sores that he- had to sleep in gloves. Four years ago Zam-Buk was introduced to him, and in a few months it cured him. To-day—over three years after his cure of a disease he had for twenty- five years—he is still cured. All druggists sell Zara-Buk at 50c. box, or we will send free trial box if you send this advertisement and a. lc. stamp (to pay ,return. postage). Address Zam-Buk Co., Toronto. OLD-FASHIONED. "How old-fashioned they are." "So I" "Yes, they still keep their fa- thers' pictures hanging in the liv- ing iving room." A Remedy for Bilious Headache. —To those subject to bilious head- ache, Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are recommended as the way to speedy relief. Taken according to directions they will subdue irregu- larities of the stomach and so act upon the nerves and blood vessels that the pains in the head will cease. There are few who are not at sometime subject to biliousness and familiar with its attendant evils. Yet none need suffer with these pills at hand. HIS TIME LIMITED. "Your beau," remarked the first summer girl, "doesn't seem to care to spoon in secluded nooks!' "No," responded the second sum- mer girl, "the poor gink only has four days in which to acquire a coat of tan." Caterliall, Nfl d. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs,—While in the country last summer I was badly bitten by mosquitoes, so badly that I thought I would be die - figured for a couple of weeks. I was .ad- vised to ti. your Linkilnent to allay the irritation, and did so. The effect was more than I expected, a few applications completely curing the irritation, and pre- venting the bites from becoming sore. MINARD'S LINIMENT is also a good ar- tiele to keep off the mosquitoes. Yours truly, W. A. V. R. It doesn't take very long for the worst to happen. Corns cannot exist when Hollo- way's Corn Cure is applied to them, because it goes to the root and kills the growth. FORCE OF HABIT. One of the French marshals who had been defeated by the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula tried to insult the duke, when the latter was visiting Paris. But in the ball - acorn as on the battle -field, the victory was Wellington's. Louis Philippe of Frince had just introduced the marshal to the duke. Smarting under the memory of his defeats, the marshal thought to slight Wellington by ostentatiously turning his back�t to him. Louis Philippe was greatly displeased, and apologized for his generaI's rudeness, "Forgive him, sir," said the duke, t'I taught him. to do that in the Peninsula." , . tr FRAGRANT AND DELICIOUS millions who drink it recom. mend LIPS Goes farthest for the money •x.ar. N,t a. FARMS FOR SALE. H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne St., Toronto. ® VER FIFTY GOOD IMPROVED bras in gibsaasersand Alberta at right prices on m RIIIT FARMS IN THE BEST FRUIT district of Ontario. AU sizes at right prices. Tr YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL A stook, grain df dairy farm consult me. H. W. DAWSON, Toronto. MALE HELP WANTED. EARN THE RAILWAY STATION .4 work and earn more money than in any other trade. We qualify for all Canadian Railways. Positions secured. Write for Free Book 18. Dominion School Railroading, Toronto. MISCELLANEOUS. "TAY AND FARM SCALES. 'Wilson's Seale Works, 9 Esplanade, Toronto. (`f ANQER, TUMORS, LUMPS, ete. Ia. lJ ternal and external, cured without vain by our home treatment. Write ne before too late. Dr. Bellman Medical. Co„ Limited. Collinawo,d. Ont. �e TON SCALE GUARANTEED. Wilson's , Scale Works, 9 Esplanade, Toronto. GALL STONES, KIDNEY AND BLAD- der Stones, Kidney trouble, Gravel, Lumbago and kindred ailments positively cured with the new German Remedy, "Sanol," price $1.50. Another new remedy for Diabetes -Mellitus; and sure eure, is "Sanol's Anti -Diabetes." Price 52.09 from druggists or direct. The Sanol Manufac- turing Company of Canada, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. DYEING! CLEANING! For the very best, send your work to the "BRITISH AMERICAN DYEING CO.". Look for agent in your town, or send direct. Montreal. Toronto. Ottawa. Quebec. ..41116. - 1 `il:T 13IEt. 'EDI CREOSOTE Protect-- Preserve— Beautify _ Samples and Booklets on Application JAMES LANGMUIR & CO., ? imlted 18741: Bathurst Street S ORONTC Maypole Soap CLEANS • AND DYES Gives rich glowing colors, fadeless in sun or suds. Dyes cotton, silk, wool or mixtures. Use it yourself at home. No trouble— no muss. 24 colors— will give any shade. Colors 1 0c,black 15c, at your dealer's or postpaid with booklet How to Dye" from F. L. BENEDICT & CO. Montreal 106 disinfectant sweeping powder, is a Iife-pre- server because it kills all disease germs. Floors clean; ear - pets bright; home fresh and sweet. No dust while sweeping. Ask your Dealer for it. MaoLaren Imperial Cheese Co, Limited Sole distributors for Ontario THE SAPHO MFG. CO., Limited Montreal MAN'S REAL DIGNITY. Every young man when starting in the race of life should stamp into his being the fundamental principle of all moral philosophy -that the real dignity of a man lies not in what he has, but in what be is. Be- ware of being infected by the moral contagion which more or less taints the atmosphere of every rich trad- ing and • manufacturing community —the contagion which breeds a ha- bit of estimating the value of men by the external apparatus of life rather than by its internal nobility. Dae. Morse's Indian R.00t Pills are made according to a formula in use nearly a century ago among the. Indians, and learned front them by Dr. Morse. Though repeated at- tempts have been made, by physi- cians and chemists, it has been found impossible to improve the formula or the pills. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills area household remedy through- out the world for Constipation and all !Kidney and Liver troubles. They act promptly and effectively, and0 Cleanse the + 7atet: