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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-08-15, Page 3la FEW CANADIANS jtE CAUSE OF SICKNESS WEAR MONS STAR Almost Always Due to Weak, ISSUE FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT, NOV. 22.23, 1914. Original .No. 2 Can, Stat. Hospital Said to Be Only Canadians Entitled - 1914.15 Star For Others. Don't for a moment run away with the idea that every ribbon shaded red, white and blue worn by veterans of the C:E.F., represents the Mons Star for 1914 service at the front. There is very little difference in the ribbon of as Mous Star and the ribbon of a 1914-15 Star, just a reversal of the colorings, but there is considerable ' difference in what they stand for. There has beeu an erroneous im- pression abroad that the P,P,C.L.I. were entitled to wear the "Mons" Star Such is not the case. The ex- piration for the eligible period entit- led a soldier to wear' this ribbon is midnight, Nov. 22-23, 1914. The form- er regiment did not arrive in Franco until the closing days of December, the same year. They were, however, the first combatant unit of the Canadian force to cross the Channel, and saw considerable service before the com- ing of the 1st Division, in February, 1915. This decoration is awarded by the Imperial militia, while the 1914-15 Star is a Canadian issue. Very Few Are Entitled. Original members of No. 2 Cana- dian. Stationary Hospital, on the strength of the establishment and at- tached, who left with that unit for France in November, 1914; are said to be the only Canadians in the C,E.F. who are entitled to wear the. "1914" Star, familiarly known as the "Mons" s tar. This unit landed in France on Nov 8, 1914, under command of Lieut, -Col. e (Dr.) A. T. Shillington, of Ottawa, a well-known medical man in Dominion professional circles Serving with the hospital were two Toronto doctors, Lieut, -Col. Reginald. Pentecost and Lieut. -Col. Jas. H. Wood, both then capta ins, The subsequent Army Council Order No. XX., published in December, 1918, authorizes the wearing of what is known as the "1914-15" Star. By this order the period was extended•to Dec. 31, 1915. The star to be struck is Identical in design with the original "1914 Mons" Star, except tnat it bears the dual date. Both the 1st and 2nd Canadian Divisions are entitled to wear the "1914-1915" Star. The orig- inal Star (1914 only) is applicable alone to service in France. The 1914- 15 Star is given for service in any theatre of war, including Saloniki, Mesopotamia and the Far East. Both include all ranks on the strength of a unit or attached to au establishment, as well as voluntary aid detachments, voluntary Red Cross ambulance -drivers, or civilians serving with the army in any capacity and under the direction of,, the War Office, while en- gaged upon war duties. The original strength of No. 2 Cana- dian Stationary Hospital was 146 all ranks, including nine officers, 35 nurs- ing sisters attached, and 102 other ranks. Four of the original nursing sisters of the unit went down on the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, when torpedoed on June 27, 1918 They were Miss Margaret Fraser (acting matron), daughter of .the late Lieut, - Governor Fraser, of Nova Scotia; Miss Rena McLean, daughter of Sena- tor John McLean, of Prince Edward Island; Miss M. Sampson, of Hamil- ton, Duntroon, Oat.; and Miss Alexi- Int Dussualt, of Montreal. 0 Uses of Odd War Material. Odds and ends of war material, mountains high, which in other days would have been destroyed, are being turned to good account by the British Munitions Inventions Department. Here are instances of what is being done: Ladies' shoe heels, ear trumpets fou airplanes, and other articles are being made from sawdust. An 18 -pounder shell, minus nose and .copper band, after lathe manipulation, Makes an excellent shafting coupling. Containers from shrapnel shells are being turned into lamps. Ditscarded airplane engines aro used for commercial pallrposes. An altera- tion in the carburetter makes them available for coal gas, and with. coup- lings made from shells they have been connected with dynamos, with good ttresults. High Cost of Servants. Caller: "What a beautiful baby! And what is its name?" Young Mother: "Bridget Mary Anne De Vere» "Colter: "Mercy sakes! How did you happen to give it a !'lame like that?" ' Young Mother: "Why, tho cook threatened to leave when baby camp and we got her to stay by naming the baby after her." impoverished ,snood, Apart from accident • or illness due to infection, almost all ill -health arises from one or' two reasons, The great mistake that people slake Is in not realizing that both of these have the same cause at the root of them, name- ly poor and improper blood. Either bloodlessness or some trouble of the nerves will be found to be the reason, for almost every ailment. If you are pale, suffer from headaches, or breath- lessness, with palpitation of the heart, poor appetite and weak digestion, the cause is almost always bloodlessness. If you have nervous headaches, neur- algia, sciatica and other nerve pains, the cause is run down, exhausted nerves. But run down nerves are also a result of poor blood, so that the two chief causes of illness are one and the same, This accounts for the great number of people, once in indifferent health, pale, nervous and dyspeptic, who have been made well and hearty by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; for no other medicine ever discovered is so valu- able for increasing'the supply of rich red blood and giving strength to worn out nerves. Men and women alike, greatly beuAfit from a course of the splendid blood builder and nerve tonic. If your dealer does not keep these pills you can get then by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. COMMON HERBS IN MEDICINES. Disguised Under Latin Names They Work Many Cures. Many of the secrets hidden under the thatch of the wattle and daub cot- tages can be found in the pharmaco- peia of either the allopathist or the homeopathist, observes the London Daily Express. . Willow tea is but a crude form of the salycilates which have long been recognized as the orthodox anti -uric acid and anti -pyretic remedies. Common mallow, called "pick - cheeses" by children, provides a taste- less mucilaginous liquid, which is worked up in various shapes and given for coughs. The leaves of the colt's foot, horehound and balm are all used in liquid form mostly, for coughs and chest affections. - Foxglove cordial is given to old peo- ple suffering from palpitation of .the heart, and does as much 'good as when it is called "tine. digitalis." Camomile and dandelion broths or teas are sold as tonics by the wise women who would be at a loss to say what was meant by Anthemis nobilis or Taraxacum. Beautiful comfrew is used, both plant and root, as a poultice for can- cerous and other growths, and a broth is made from it for kidney affections. This has obtained official recognition under the name of Symphitum ofifcin- ale. The "cure" for measles is saffron tea. This is prepared by pouring. boil- ing water on the dried stigmas of the purple autumn crocus. An infusion of flaxseed cleanses and heals wounds. Self heal has cured quinsy; sage has many valuable qualities. Late Hours For Children Retard De- velopment. One wonders what on earth the small children who are practically al- lowed to stay up half the . night will be like when they grow up. The up- to-date child stands no nonsense from his parents, and goes to bed when he likes. The fact that friends are ex- pected seems to be a special reason why he must bo present to entertain them, A brain specialist who was din- ing at the home of a friend recently said to his hostess: "Those'"children's brains will never develop unless you send them to bed at a proper hour. And, worse still, your little girls will lose their looks." 11 A FORESTRY WATCHHOUSE, Dominion forestry lookout cabin on Green Mountain, Kamloops, B.C., from which constant watch is kept for forest fires and much damage there- by prevented. HELPING NATURE. Occasionally Dame Nature Takes Re- Venge For Man's Interference. As a rule, Nature can and does take good care of herself, but she can be helped, as agriculture shows. Left to themselves, the thousands of varieties of pigeon will all go back to the common blue kind, all apples to the crab, all plums to the sloe, and so; ou. She can also be helped to good effect by importation. The apple le" a stranger in Tasmania, yet there it flourishes best; the fuchsia is a stranger in the British Isles, yet in Manxland they make hedges of it. But these things need to be done with care. Occasionally Nature hits back hard, as in the case of the rabbit plague in Australia, which has cost the Island Continent millions just to keep it in limits; or, as in the case of the spar- row in America, which has ousted, by its pugnacity, many birds far more desirable. But perhaps the funniest case of this kind occurred in Bermuda. The island was free from reptiles of all kinds,. but its insects were, and still are, many, and various and ferocious. Some kind- ly individual, having heard that the toad was a champion insect -destroyer, introduced toads on his estate. The climate suited Mister Toad to perfection, old he speedily spread everywhere, until he became a nuis- ance and plague like unto a plague of,AseO'nder of Serbia, was once within Egypt! Then the islanders' bethougSirs,see of going to England. town, near Artane Co„ Dublin, mencing : "You're welcome Robin Adair." Robin, in spite of his convival habits, lived to a green old age, and ultimately died in Dublin in 1737. In addition to his harp, two of his glasses, which held a quart of each, are still preserved. I(EEP CHILDREN WELL com- to Puckstown, wine wine DURING HOT I'VEI'I'lE1t Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small child- ren. Cholera infantum, diarrhoea, dysentry, colic and stomach troubles are rife at this time and often a pre- cious little life is lost after only. a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. The occasional use of the Tab- lets prevents stomach and bowel troubles, or if trouble comes suddenly —as it generally does—the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. 'Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. c A Wandering Crown, The crown of Hungary, which is said to have been offered to Prince themselves of the importer, and pre sented hint with a testimonial for Iris zeal, in the form of a pie. When open- ed, this "dainty dish" was not full of blackbirds, but chock full of toads! THE STORY OF ROBIN ADAIR. A Dublin Wine Merchant of Scottish Ancestry. Is the. famous old song, "Robin Adair," which we have sung from childhood, Scotch or Irish? Scottish, undoubtedly, will be the general reply. Yet authentic history seems to point otherwise. Hanging in the great hallway of the present mansion of Sir Robert Hod- son, at Hollybrook, Kilbride Co., Wick- low, where Robin lived, played, and sang verses, is his harp, while, attach- ed to a small building nearby, is a brass plate bearing the inscription: Here Robin sat and sang, and quaffed the bowl. Degenerate days! how fallen the ancient line! How science bids roll, And fountains gush, where flowed genial wine. Robin, according to the latest re- searches, was a successful wine mer- chant in Dublin, with, however, Scot- tish ancestral connections. Hence the confusion, He it was who built Holly - brook, where he entertained lavishly, 1 songof "Robin original the Adair," g which goes back to the year 1730, be- ing written to commemorate a visit he paid to some sporting friends at Pucks ascending waters once 17nrian-size"food —build , r of blain and iiira*no Mi !!'hty sem: E� ood iso f r men and chili rend sif Made of wheat and barley tatrAfr In, 1849, when Kossuth struck a blow for Iiberty, he caused the ancient crown of Hungary to be given into his custody, and, when compelled to flee, tried to carry it with him. His inten- tion was to take it to London, but when in danger of capture he buried it near Orsova. There it remained until 1854, )vhen her made an attempt to have it un- earthed and sent to him, Unfortun- ately the secret leaked out, and the Austrian government was beforehand in excavation. Aginard?s Liniment Cures Colds, Eta The "Beef Eaters." The warders, known as "beef eaters,' probably because they once were fed on rations of meat, form one of the curiosities of the Tower of London for visitors. They wear Tudor costumes, and, like the Swiss bodyguard of the Pope, they keep their ancient cos- tumes, undisturbed by currents of modern -fashion. Just before midnight the head war- der and the porter, carrying a bunch of huge keys, go to the guard -room, summon "the escort of the keys," blade up of "beef eaters," and then proceed ceremoniously to lock the great outer gate. The password is given formally to sentries as the pro- cession passes, and in conclusion the detail salutes the keys as the porter cries, "God preserve the King." Every three months the reigning king or r queen sends the password ofthetower to the constable, signed and sealed, and the mayor of London is the only Other outeide person supposed to know it. This custom is a relic of the time when the tower was primarily a fort - rens, Motor Traffic in Trinidad. It is stated that, for the last four years, the importation of motor ve- hicles into Trinidad has averaged 165 , per annum and this rate Is likely to increase, as not only are stocks of now cars practically non-existent in the Country, but their popularity is grow- ing rapidly, Estate owners in Trini- dad aro beginning to realize the ad- vantages of motor transport for con- veying their produce to tho railway or coast, and are eager to obtain com- mercial trucks for this purpose. At Present about 600 miles of roads snit - able 'for motor traffic exist ire Trinidad, and lately there has been a pro- nounced ,Movement towards the im- provement of highways. o> Roller Skates were used in Franco as long ago as 1$10. Tho first Eng- lish skate had five narrow wheels in a single row. arm fI jam' O rEtl FROM HERE TIM M He Didn't. Part of the Peace celebrations at Little Mucilcombe was a shooting - match for lads under seventeen. Al- though the judge had his doubts about some of the competitors, he held his peace. The prize filially lay between two marksmen, and the excitement be- came intense. A small boy Oaten or so, who had crowded close up to the barrier, sud- denly called out • to ono of the com- petitors: "Good. shot, dad! A few more of those, and you'll get the prize!" Blinks at the Blimp. Augustus Tolliver, the Yankee soap king, strode wrathfully out of his state- room aboard the blimp and seized the arm of the porter. "Idiot!" he roared, "why didn't you give me a call this morning? I told you I had to be in London for a direc- tors' meeting at 9 a.m. sharp, and now London is Lord knows how many miles in our rear." "Ah pounded on yo' door, boss, but yo' refuses to waken," replied the por- ter. The soap king pulled out a watch. "Eleven -thirty," he grunted disgust- edly. "Where are we now?" "Jest passed over St. Louis, boss; we'll be back in N'Yawk at 12.05." "Oh, well," said Tolliver, "I can at- tend that 12.30 meeting of the soap powder people and catch the 1.30 blimp for London." Gems of Knowledge. A nature -study and biology teacher somewhere in' America sends the fol- lowing casket of jewels culled from her pupils regarding their observa- tions and conclusions in the domain of nature: "Organic matter is when you have something the matter with your or- gans." "Five devices by which seeds are scattered are wind, water, explosion, torn up, taken out, and thrown away." "The peculiars of an insect are some of them bring diseases, others destroy food, suck the blood, spoil the flowers, lay eggs and kill babies." The grasshopper, when he walks, he either jumps or hops?' "The jaws of a grasshopper move east and west." "A larva is an unfinished animal." "The flower is to show what a plant can do." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. For the commemoration of Peace the Oxford University Press have is- sued several handsome now editions of the Bible. These include a pulpit volume, a family Bible, and several other smaller styles. The Press have also issued commemoration Testa- ments and Prayer Books. SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug is a sticky ether com- pound, but dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue, ua ter of an claimed that a quarter la It is c q ounce of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but is suffi- cient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. Cut this out, especially if ,you are a woman reader who wears high heels. GIRLS! LEMON JUICE IS A SKIN WHITENER How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most re- markabip lemon skin beautifier at about the cost One must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should bo taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then tins lotion will keop fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove suet blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal satin softener, whitener and beautifier. Just try it! . Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag- rant lesion lotion and massage it dolly into the face, neck, a.rins and .;ands. o 19w^SI'.aP15Tt WREKf.Y, IN 13itU t I Ceunty. splendid onportunity. Writs box T. Wilson Publishing Co.. Limited, 13. Adeleide St, W.. Toronto. gLL imur '1'178D Nf.:WSPAI'IOIt 6'f and lob printing plant in X9astsrn Ontario, Insurance carried $1,500. 1,Y111 so for 51,200 on uuick sale, Bolt 99. ✓>; illson PubllshinZ Co., Ttd.. Toronto. FOx1'LTSti,Y WAISTED 1-1 T HAVE 'r OU 1' 01t SALE IN v Live Poultry, !''spay X1ons. P!Sr geons. Eggs etc.? Write X, \veinrauch A Son. 10-18 St. Jean Baptiste Market. real, Que. MIDAS SUILDEIISI Ili,3'rlu'3'k) FUit OU1t Ii'ium 13oOK o9' .W dC ITouse Plans, and information tell - Ing bow to save from Two to I'uur Hun- dred Dollars on your new Rome. Ad- dress Halliday Company, 23 Jacitsoe W. Hamilton, Ont. MISCELLANEOUS1. R i ANC1R- TUMORS. LUMPS. 10;TC.. Y..// internal and external. cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Writs es before too late. Dr. 13ellman Medics/ Co.. Limited, Collingwood, Ont A Reuter telegram from Kingston (Jamaica) states that statistics fur- nished by frait companies show that an extraordinary crop of bananas is expected. It is believed the crop will amount to 10,000,000 stems this year, which is four times as much as last year. Montreal, May 29th, '09. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S. Gentlemen, --I beg to let you know that I have used MINARD'S LINI- MENT for some time, and I find it the best 'T have ever used for the joints and muscles. Yours very truly, • THOMAS J. HOGAN. The Champion Clog and Pedestal Dancer of Canada. Australian sheep -breeders, who at one time would shoot a stray dog on sight, are now scouring the country for any kind of an animal that is able to hunt down rabbits. MONEY ORDERS. Remit by Dominion Express Money Order. If lost or stolen you get your money back, To give a slight stiffness to fine lace rinse in milk and iron while damp. OTHER TABLETS NOT ASPIRIN AT ALL ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH "BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPERIN. If You Don't See the "Bayer Cross" on the Tablets, You Are Not Getting Asperin—Only Acid Imitation! Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Asperin" are now made in Canada by a Cana- dian Company—No German interest whatever, all rights being purchased front the United States Government, During the war, acid imitations were sold as Aspirin in pill boxes and vara• ous other containers. The "Bayer Cross" is your only way of knowing that you are getting genuine Asperin, proved safe by millions for Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheumatism, Luna. bago, Neuritis and for Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets --also larger sized "Bayer" packages can be had at drug stores. Asperin is the trade mark, register- ed in Canada, of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic-acidester of Salicylic - acid. uNiH OLS BARY HADSK1N Roof On Face and Hands. Itched and Burned, Cuticura Heals. "My baby was only a month old when her face and hands started to get red and scaly. The /Pala:\\ eczema started in the form ', of water blisters and itched a; '2 \t) and burned, She was so cross and fretful she could a ,.! not sleep. t'''''1-4—'=' "This lasted nine months when I tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and I used three cakes of Soap with two boxes of Ointment when she was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Oscar Pillon, Amherstburg, Ontario, May 7, 1918. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tale cum are all you need for all toilet uses. Bathe with Soap, soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. Ice free oemple each of Catioern Son, Oint- ment and 'rnlcum wid,esa Dim -card: "llultoura, Dept. A, Mutton, U. 8. a t," Sold everywhere, ED. 7. 1S?LSE ds - 15