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Zurich Herald, 1919-09-12, Page 2PMAN'S LETTER 33:y T. C. 'i3RIDGE'S, I Cartwright wasted no tune in carry.- Warder arry-Warder Cartwright stopped op-• 'ing out his 'threat. At nine that morn- polite Cell 77. The broom stie1d g oat ing Harrigan found himself carpeted under the bottom of the door was .a in the governors office. He stood shaking in his shoes while Cartwright, boiling with righteous in- dignation, preferred the charge ;against him. Colonel Peyton's keen, blue eyes seemed to Harrigan tb be boring holes in him. He stood, shifting miserably sign that the occupant wished to speak to the warder -in -charge As he opened the door, a small, beady -eyed man with a, queer little face that reminded one instinctively of a marmoset, looked up from his slate on which he was writing dila- from one foot to another, and made no gently, and Cartwright was distinct - attempt to Glen the accusation. ly surprised .at the expression of die-"HJe you been in the habit of may which crossed the prisoner's getting letters out of the prison un- -countenance. censored?" demanded the Colonel "Well, Harrigan," he said, "what do icily. you want?" "Sure. I've sent a few, sorr," ad - "It was Mister Conley I was want- matted Harrigan in a mumble. ing, sorr," faltered Harrigan nerv- "To whom have you been writing?" ously. "I—I can't say, sorr," was the "Mr. Conley has gone to Parkhurst. answer. Surely you knew that, Harrigan?" "You will make your offense worse Harrigan's look of dismay deep- by refusing to tell me," wrerned the ened. Colonel.. "I should advise you to own "Indade, I didn't know at all, sorr. up fully and freely." But this was just what Harrigan re- fused to' do. The Colonel warned, even threatened; but the little Irish- man was stubborn as a mule. There wright, not unkindly. "But what is was no getting a word out of him, it you want, Harrigan? What was and even the stern governor had at your broom out for? Is it the doctor last to acknowledge that it was hope - you want to see?" "No, sorr. I wasn't wanting the doctor. 'Twas Mr. Conley I was wanting" "As I tell you, he is ;one," explain - He never tould me he was leaving Moorlands." "Well, he went in a hurry, and per- haps he hadn't time," replied Cart - less. "Very well," he said at last. "I have warned you that your refusal to speak will make your punishment the heav- ier. You will take three days' cells ed Cartwright patiently. "Can I do and lose stage and three monthsre- anything for eou?" • mission. That means that instead of Harrigan looked at the warder. being released next July, a$ would "Faith, ye could, sorr; but it's ordinarily have been the case, you will afraid I'd be to ask you." serve till October."— Cartwright was a decent sort, and Harigan's queer little face went Harrigan had a good reputation in the ashy. An expression of the most prison as a inane who did his job and piteous dismay showed in his small gave no trouble. eyes. "No need to be afraid," said Cart- "Annything but that, sorr!" he weight. "I shall be glad to help you burst out. "Annything but that! in any way I can." Don't be kaping me hi here afther Harrigan paused. Again he stared July. Order me a bashing, sorr, and doubtfully at the other. Pll take it wiciout a cry; but don't be "Would ye post a letter for me, afther kaping me three months son?" he asked at last. longer. "Post a 'otter for you!" Cart- The misery in the little man's voice ivright's voice was suddenly sharp. "What do you mean, Harrigan?" Harrigan was all a -twitter with nervousness. "Just that, sorr. 'Tis a letter I want posted that I'd not like the t whom these smuggled letters were ad - governor to see." dressed, I will let you off with loss "What! Do you mean to say yonl of stage." have been getting letters smuggled! Harrigan twitted his fingers to - out of the prison? Don't you know, gether in a sort of agony. His face that's an offence against the rules?"++worked in the most extraordinary "Sure, I know that well enough," ! fashion. Harrigan answered in a shaky, fright- I "I can't be telling ye that, sorr, he ened tone. "But, indade, there's no harm in what I'm writing at all. "And it's not myself would be ask- ing you to.do it for nothing," he added hastily. "It's not a dale I can give ye, but I can make it worth your while." This put the finish on it. Cartwright, A FRENCH PATRIOT. The following poen!, " \rive' 'sty France," is one of the tenderest=}>i = tures of patriotism that has come out of the Great War; Vive la France; Franeeline rose in the dawning 'frdy, And her .heart wouid dunce though she knelt to pray, For her man :Michel had holiday, Fighting for France.:_ She offered her prayer by the: cradle fide, And with baby palms foldyd an hers she cried: "If I have but one prayer, dear: cruel- • fled Christi -save France! • "But if I have two, then, by Mary's grace, Carry me sate to the meeting place.. Let ane look once again.o1i my dear love's face.. Save him for France!" •She crooned to her boy, "Oh, how glad' he'll be, Little three -month-old, to set ey thee! For, 'Rather than gold would I gi wrote lie, 'A son to France.' ' "Come; now, be good, little stray sauterelle, For we're going by -by to thy 'papa Michel, But 1'1l not say where, for fear thou wilt tell, Little pigeon of France! "Six days' leave and a year between! But what would you have? In six days clean, Heaven was made," said Franceline, "Heaven and France," She came to the town of the nameless name, To the marching troops in the street she came, And she held high her boy like a taper flame Burning for France. Fresh from the trenches and grey with grime, Silent they march like a pantomime; 'But what need of music? My heart beats time -0 Vive la France!" His regiment comes. Oh, then where is he? made Cartwright absolutely . wince, "There is dust in my eyes, for I can while even ha' .i old Colonel Peyton not see— Is that my Michel to the right of thee, was Touched. "I warned you, Harrigan," he said Soldier of France?" gruffly. "Even now, if you tell me to Then out of the ranks a soldier fell— moaned. "I can't be telling ye that! The governor lost patience. "Take him away, Cartwright!" he said curtly. "Perhaps twenty-four hours' quiet reflection may induce him to change his mind." The punishmen-cells are below ground. They have double doors. who was young and zealous, was There is no bed—only a mattress on furious. "So you'd bribe me to 'traffic,' Har- rigan? Upon my word, this is the limit! I shall report you at once." He slammed cut of the cell, leaving Harrigan in a state of collapse. the floor; no books. The walls are padded, and the implements of rub- ber. Harrigan, consigned to one of these, lay face downwards on the mat- tress, and sobbed like a hurt child. (To be concluded.) 1 <6lle144EA,E&C•CME Itching can sometimes be traced to 'r the irritation cause by heavy under- elne ealth an clothing, made of flannel or wool, such ei as many persons wear in winter. The • Itching. This is a condition that is familiar to everyone, yet it defies description aged very frequently suffer from itch- ing, due to senile changes in the skin. Finally, there is the itching caused by the poison of larger insects—mosqui- toes, fleas and others even more abob- on oe definition. The dictionaries usually Oe It h n lefrom whatever cause is call it an irritation or indescribable usually worse when the sufferer is in sensation of the skin and mucous bed. The treatment depends largely membranae that impels a person to upon the cause. Removing the'offend- ing matter usually results in an im- mediate cure. But often the cause cannot'he entirely removed, and often again, if the trouble has lasted a long time, the patient has acquired the habit of itching, as it were, and some--tnrfes, while elephants rarely pass one thing further must be clone to relieve hundred years; but carp and crows him. There are many substances that sometimes live two centuries. help, but , there is no specific remedy. Speaking of birds we may recall The physician sometimes gives nerve that parrots and swans often be. come centenarians, and it is not tui - usual for a long -beaked heron to reach 60. Geese and pelican's live half a century; the humble sparrow frequent- ly sees 40, while pigeons, canaries, storks arid peacocks often reach 30. Partridge, pheasants, nightingales and larks live nominally from 15 to 18 years. Minard's Lhaiment Cures Dandruff. A Tasty Occupation. Ma, what is dad's Business? Why, son. he is a. tea sampler; be samples the different kinds of tea, Ma! 'Yes, my son. Do you know what "1 want to be when I grow up? No. What, any boy? A pie sampler. scratch. Itching is a symptom of very many diseases of the skin, and occurs also with internal conditions in which the blood is loaded with an excretion or a poison that does not belong there. Itching is a very common occurence in gout, in diabetes, in jaundice, and in many other conditions in which the nerve terminals •in the skin are irri- tated by the excessive quantities" of uric acid, sugar, coloring matter of sedajives internally and he frequently the bile or other substances in the recommends external remedies, such blood. It is also a common' symptom as solutions of Ilicarbonate of soda in persons who t re addicted to the use and equal parts of spirits of ammonia of opium or of other drugs. and water. If those do not give relief, There is also a form of itching for hee dmay ies resort to more potent which no cause has ever been found; remedies. "Yesterday—'twas a sniiuter of ahell And he whispered thy name, poor Mlche', Dying for France." The tread of the troops on the pave- ment throbbed Like a woman's heart of its last joy robbed, As she lifted her boy to the flag, and sobbed: " i,Tive la France!" IF ANIMALS COULD TALK. What Stories They Could Tell of Gen • tury-Old Events. If animals could talk, says Le Pele- alele, Paris, they would be able to tell us first-hand of events that happened a hundred years or more ago. The Russian eagle, for instance, that hovered over the freezing, fam- ishing soldiers of Napoleon while they were retreating from Moscow in 1812, still may be living, for eagles frequently pass the century mark. Crocodiles which were in the swamps of the West Indies when the first explorer set foot on the islands, are basking there yet, and in the ocean still are whales that frequented the coast of France when Joan of Are was a child, and when, in 1415, Henry V. of England, landed in Normandy with a great army and seized Hon - feeler. These whales, if they could talk and cared to, could tell us that hi those days there were large whale fisheries along the Basque coast, in fact pretty generally in the Gulf of Gascony. For whales live several ceil- dhysicians therefore regard it as a isease sui generis, and have given it The name of pruritus. Sometimes it is localized in one part of the body; 's`oinetinnes it ,is a general condition over the entire surface of the body the barber asked, •lo eruption exceppt the scratch merles, The captain, who was baldish, an. j3 swered, gruffer than ever: "Line up the hairs and number off from the right. Odd numbers each Military Haircut. The captain entered the hairdress- er's and seated himself. "Haircut!" he said in gruff tones. "How would you like it cut, sir?" excoriations and listens that result from the sufferers frantic efforts to get relief accompanies it. Sometimes, so fierce is the scratching, the skin want a half-inch off. Dress smartly actually becomes raw, but the patient with bay rum and brilliantine. Then nevertheless prefers the pain and the dismiss," soreness so produced to the intoler- ••---- " table itching of the disease. • rainarees x,Inianent t'or sale everywhere, • y rte, r 18, :4 s;t4' we a e.; elearetehet atoa1 Educatiollal Cou kllce Twelve.outstanding addre' ses by the best l:nuwn public men and women of Canada, the United States and ldngland., ' REPRESENTATION is being asked from every nubile organization in Canada, If any organization is being overlooked let us know, In additionainple provision is beim; made for individuals who will at- tend the conference in their own caiiaelty, Address Any Inquiries to • The Convening .Committee 505 ELECTRIC RAILWAY CHAMBERS. THE AIM Ti) . direct public at- tention to the funda- mental problems of educational systems 'in Canada, To consider educa- tion in its relation to Canadian citizenship, To'undertako the es- tablishment of a per- manent bureau to guide and assist the educational thought of the country, W E r i e , October 20-21-22 Nedi ealTeeMeiedeeaTSgeeeraeleeMeeeeleralleee The Great Pyramid. The greatest monument in the world is the Great Pyramid of Egypt; which was built nearly 6,000 years ago. It was built by Cheops, King of Egypt, who, following the example of pre- vious kings, wished to have a mag- nlificent tombstone, so that he would be remembered. He Is 'remembered, but not at all as he would have wished, for it is certain that .the thousands of men who were engaged in building it worked under the lash., The result. is Cheops is always put down as a tyrant. According to Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian, 100,000 men were at work on it for twenty years. It covers an area of thirteen and a half acres, and contains 7,000,000 tons of mason- ry. It was built in layers—over 200 in number—and then the edges were filled in to make the sides smooth. The stone used varied in weight from two tons to sixty tons. When it was built jt -was about 4S0 ft, high, and the sides were each 775 ft. long. Passages led to the centre of. the pyramid. A Simple Cure, The little country inn was pic- turesque, but leaky. Late and night a guest rang kis bell urgently, and the landlord answered. "I say, look here!" snorted the in- dignant traveler, who was still in bed. "That roof's letting in the rain, and I'm drenched." "Very good, sir!" remarked the landlord amiably, as he retired. A few minutes later he came with a large washtub. "Tbis will make things right, sir," he said, still amiably. "I'll just put this on your chest; then, when its full, ring the bell, o i shout out, and I'll have another empty one ready!" All grades. Write for prices. 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Purity guaranteed by the Cavern - meta Legend on every can, Tomato, Chili or Plain Sauce. Sold Evergw1 ere, ty; 11, UllaK, limited, Mooireal• a ,k• Yi e4Prvi 539 WIRELESS PHONE IN TIMES F PEACE: THE MOVEMENTS OF ZEPPELINS, WERE EASILY FOLLOWED. • tem ProvedWar Success of Sys Under Conditions Holds Great Promise For Future. The utility of the wirele* telephone' and of the system of direction finding by wireless instruments (recently de monstratecl at the Marconi works at. Chelmsford, England, has been proved. to be very great in war. It is hoped and confidently anticipated that their uses, in peace will be equally great. Therefore the widest publicity for their systems is desired by the Mar- coni Company, who have been unable• to speak publicly during the period of hostilities concerning the progress of their investigations. It is now come mon knowledge that by means of' stations, placed in convenient parts of the French and British coasts, the movements of Zeppelins were follow-, ed without difficulty. A Zeppelin cross- ing to England during the night would speak to a German station by wire- less, perhaps asking for its position. As soon as the wireless came into, operation all the British shore stations. could get the bearing of the hostile. craft with respect to their own in- strument; these bearings were im- mediately passed on to the Admiralty; where the bearings were plotted on a. map, and in an incredibly short space, of time the position of the Zeppelin was'accurately located. By'that means also his course and probable inten- tions could. be estimated. Located Enemy Submarines. Nor was this the sole use of wire- less direction finding in this area. A. submarine coming from its lair on the,. Belgian and German roasts could be located by the same means, and given a sufficient number of "positions," and the open passages through the Ger- man mine fields could be found—for where the Hun submarine was there the nines were not. For artillery work in the field the portable vdriety of wireless telephone was extremely useful, even on the western front, while in open warfare where vast distances have to be cover- ed, as in the Near East and onethe northwest frontier of India, its poten- tialities satisfy the most exacting of military. requirements. The smallest guaranteed range of the telephone station over normal fiat country is,. sixty Miles, but it is capable of Barryo ing much greater distances in favor-, able circumstances. It can be trans- ported either on four pack -horses or on a vehicle, and requires at most six men to work it. Steel masts thirty feet long are carried. supporting a single horizontal aerial, while the transmitting and receiving apparatus can be eiermanently set up inside the vehicle. The generating set consists.' of a two -cylinder petrol engine driv- ing a high frequency half -kilowatt alternator. Now that the inventions of war time are being utilized to further peaceful ends, a long vista of useful, Purposes to which wireless telephonic and direction finding instruments can be put is opened up. Already ex- perts have said that directional: wire- less is the key to successful commer- cial laying through its capacity for overcoming obstacles to navigation provided by unfavorable weather. Useful In Sparsely Settled Countries. In the same way shipping will re- ceive external assistance in finding the whereabouts when necessary, and in the wireless telephone will find a cheaper 'method of communication with the shore and with passing ves- sels than the permanent maintenance on board of a skilled wifeless opera- tor. Again, for work in countries of long distances and vast areas thinly populated, as for instance China, South America, and Africa, the alar. cent Company anticipates a great de• gland will be made on their resources, as tied possibilities of wireless tele- phony are more fully realized. At their works at Chelmsford be. tween 600 and 700 workpeople ase em- ployed on the making of instruments. Many of the larger parts are procured from other firms, as in the case of ere gines, but in the series of workshops it is possible to see transmitting and receiving sets in the process of mann,' facture from start to finish, In one shop—the carpenters' ---the heavy solid cases in which the delicate instrue ments are afterward to be fixed are put together, In another, screws of various types are made. In still a other, the parts are classified ate stored, to be issued out laterland tee- sembled as a complete instruineix , either by one skilled man, or by sever al girls who have been trained undo' the supervision of foremen to do eaeb. • a special part of the work. Finally the instruments are fixed into their cabinets, either for use in aircraft, of on ships, or in the field. All'the time the shops gege being kept free from dust by a, cries of vacuum cleansers which are In constant operation. , A eteenare+, ,, "'5 ;,•"