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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-12-05, Page 6..-,.13 .p Y.11f 4 19 N :L76 G�„La.',OUGWNG1tt,Y,�ON.'AYW>t'! The March of the White Guard By SIR GIILBERT PARKER. II. knife and went over to the box as if Jasper Hume. sat down, handed the • to break the red seal. He paused; how - Indian a pipe and tobacco,. and, with ever, sighed, and put the knife back arras folded, watched the fire. For again' As he did so he felt something touch his leg. It was the dog. Jasper hall an hour they sat so, white Ivan. Hume drew in a sharp breath and said nFe, said a quick good-bye to the rent, call. The Royal Read to .Success. ed out a friendly Howl to the In .. diens standing near, and to the sound What are the particular qualiftca- of K't hearty cheer, heartier perhaps tions of the business man who can because none hada confident liope'ihat coininandan income of $10,000 a year? the five would come back, the March The question is easily answered. No of the White Guard •began, matter what the business may be, you (To be continued.) will invariably find that the big man .0----_____ ``�� is"the ratan who knows it from A to Z. Keep ® Eating Vegetables. ,In other words, he started in the Climate,age and occupation are the, ranks, worked through every stage of & phis business, and so acquired that influencing factors which should con- thorough knowledge of detail which trial our drily= diet. During the sum is essential to the man. who has nier months green foods and fruits and de- termined to secure a big job. "Large salaries are paid because of ability to so systematiz'ti and -organize that the same effort will produce greater results," says Theodore N. Vail, President of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company', the largest concern of its kind in the world. "Mere drivers are, not valu- able,” he continues. . "It is orgauiza- tion and system • that are valuable. The big man must combine' ability and judgment with courage and enthusi- asm. He must take infinite pains in small things as well as large. He must demand of himself as Well as of carrots are all abundant throughout others nothing but the best." the fall and winter,.anri one•of the sue- Higher salares are being paid now culent green vegetables should appear than ever. before, and the young man an the table daily uncooked in the. who increases his earning .power to form of a salad': the highest point of which he is cap - Cheese, dried, salt and fr'es'h fish, able will soon he earning . a salary milk, eggs and :neat will furnish mil- which will satisfy his ambitions. fieient-protein. The dried •peas, beans That imagination -plays a great part and lentils will provide a reasonably in the- light -for success is the view priced protein and they should be used expressed Uy 1\Tr. 'Scall. three or four times a weee. "Imagination," he says, - "is neces- The average housewife is frequently Bary to grasp properly anything that inclined to feel that milk is expensive is new or - original, but it must be backed -13y powers of observation, con- centration, and reflection. Great suc- cess, except on routine or developed matters, is possible without imagina- tion. Imagination is like a very spirit- ed horse—most valuable where She horse is useful, bat it -niust- be• har- nessed, saddled, and bridled. With- out saddle, bridle, or harness, ar com- plete control, a splendid horse would, if you tried to use him; only destroy, not accomplish." Here are a' few 'points which Mr, Vail emphasizes as a result of his own experience:-. .. "Do not, undertake, anything beyond year limitations, natural or acquired. Do'iiot be over -confident. Have just enough lack of confidence CO recog- nize; that there may be some things, you do ,not know' and that you could not ,accomplish, and thus avoid reck- lessuessand failure; but do not lack confidence sufficiently to kill initiative +o,,, ,,;co - "In business, take es your'Slegam as good ventilation is essential. 40,00.41'a and Indian, and dog. Then Jas_ ac Ilume ,:It was all ready, �aeques; anti in ani light proteins are essential, rose, went to a cupboard, took ant other three months 'I sllotild have been As the fall and winter season ap some sealing wax and matches, and in is London with it. •But it will go proaches many people are apt to drop a mcmertt melted waia was droppingkis now' an I go or not, Jacques.' 'The the fresh fruits and vegetables from • upon, tllleohad of-the he4bfiinishedijth]s has dog sprang up and put his bead the menu. The body craves foods that coca H a ainst. his master's breast. =1l supply more ileal, and the foods and immediately nafter� a ent tered thehe gt°Goad clog! goad dog! it's all right' that do this are starches sugars' and Jacques; however 'it goes, its all g room, right!" fats. A diet that is made up of these "Gesse," said the sub -factor, "find Then the dog lay down and watched foods and a protein such as is found Jeff Ilyde, Gaspe Toujours, and Late the man until he dew the blankets in meat, fish and eggs will not only Ca t. illen, and bring them here', to his chin, sleep -drew oblivion oyer prove inefficient, but will provide Se ant immediately departed upon a fighting but masterly, soul,. • splendid opportunity for disease. hie errand. Jasper Hume then turned At ten o'clock next morning, Jasper ti It is vitally essential that we keep' to Clued -in -the -Sky, and said, "Cloud- Hume presented. himself at the Chief in our diet both fresh fruits and vege- in-the Sky, I want you to go a long Factor's off.ce. He bore with him the tables. Onions, celery, cabbage and journey hereaway to the Barren letters hehad written the night before. Grounds. Have twelve dogs ready by The Facti;r said, "Well, Hume, I am nine o'clock to -morrow morning." glad to see you. That woman's letter Cloud -in -tile -Sky shook his head was on my mind all night Have you tlioegbtfully, and then, after a pause, anything to propose? I suppose not; said, 'Strong back go too?" ("Strong- he added despairingly, as he looked back"- was his name for Jaepar Hume) . closely into the face of the ether. ;: Bat -the other did not or would not "Yes, Mr. Field, I -propose this: that hear. The Indian, however, appeared the expedition •.shall.start at• noon to - satisfied, for he smoked harder after- day." ward, and grunted to himself many "Shull--start—at--noon—to-day?" times. A few moments passed, and "In two hours." . then Sergeant Gosse entered, followed "But, who. are the party?" by Jeri Hyde, Gaspe Toujours, and "Jeff. Hyde;- reaspe Toujours, Late Lae Carscallen. Late Carscallen had Carscallen and Cloud -In -the -Sky. got his name "Late" from having been "And who leads them, Hume?" Who and that it can be eliminated• from the Balled "The Late Mr. Carscallen" by leads?" „menu. This is a, o eat mistake; milk, the Chief Factor because of his slow- ifWith your permission, sir, I do. eggs butter and fresh. vegetables are Hess. Slow as he was, however, the "You, Hama.( • But,lou. man, con- protective foods and as such are vit- ally Scotsman •had more than once sider the danger. And then there is— p x ' ally necessary for health and growth of the body. The active living elements of these foods the vitamines—act as a pre- ventive against 'sease. Every house- wife is response le for the health of basso from his pocket, and cutting it, for a solicitor in Montreal, which you . Much irritability and family. p Iter Warted for Sub -factor (fume to speak. will also forward as soon as possible; her far be traced to the food poor I1;is eyes were debating as they rested this last one is for yourself; but you Y my on the four. Then he took out Rose will not open it until the three months has been eaten. Lepage's letter and, with the• group have passed. -Have I your permission • _ti roe eng at him now, he read it alord. to lead these men? They would not Rope From Bark. When it was finished Cloud -in -the -Sky go without me." gave a •guttural assent and Gaspe Tou- "I know that, I know that,' Hume. 1 An Australian has discovered a :k7,1-,,..2 looking at Jeff Hyde, said, "It is hate to have you go, but I can't say' method' for using fibre obtained from calci in the Barren Grounds. We shall no. Go, and good luck go with you." the bark of a large variety of micelle)- need much tabac." These men could' Here the manly old Factor turned tus trees in the manufacture of twine, read without difficulty Jasper Hume's away his head.. He knew that Jasper rope and bagging. raison for summoning them. To Gaspe Hume • had done right. He knew the T: ujour's remark Jeff Hyde nodded possible sacrifice this man was making _'affirmatively and then all looked at of all.leis Hopes, of his very life; and To keep well, onions must be ma - Late Carscallen. He opened his heavy 'his sound. Scotch heart appreciated the jaws once or twice with an animal- act to the- full. But he did not know tuxe and thoroughly dry. Store in I,'ke sound, and then he said, in a all. He did not know that Jasper general kind of way: Hunte was startihl'g to look for the "To the Baireu Grounds. But who ' man who had robbed him of youth and leads?" hope and genius and home. Jaspar Hume was writing en a slip • "Here is a letter that the wife has of paper, and did not reply. The faces written to• her husband in ' the hope of three of them showed just a shade that be is alive. You will take it with of anxiety. They had their opinions, you, Huine. And the other she wrote bet they were not sure. Cloud -in -the- to vie, shall I keep it?" He held out Sky, however, grunted at them, and his hand. "The great fortune:, of modern times raised the bowl of his pipe toward the, "No, sir, I will keep it, if you will Miaardis.S:inimeut cures colas, sea Sub -factor. The anxiety then seemed; allow nue. ' It is my commision, you -- _. _ _._-....-_......,, .. . know." And the shadow ef a taFo dten minutes nutes more they sat so, � hovered about Jasper Hume's lips. Ile b . .�',` be in" it, tn)iatei "i. all silent. Then Jasper- Hume rose,: The Factor smiled kindly as he re - heeded the slip of paper to Sargeant ; plied, "Ah, yes, your commission--- Cns e, and said, "Attend to that at Captain Jaspar Hume of —of what:, once, Geese. Exam.:ne the food and; Hume?" a, blankets closely" ! Jest then the door opened and there The five 'were left alone, eiacxed the four mels whom we .saw Then Jasper Hume spoke: "Jeff around the Sub -factor's fire the night Hyde, Gaspe Toujours, Late Carscal- before. They were dressed m white len. and Cloud -in -the -Sky, this man,: blanket costumes from head to foot, alive or dead, is between here and the white woolen capotes covering the Barren Grounds. He must be found— gray fur caps they were. Jasper Hume for his wife's sake." He handed Jeff ran his eye over them and then Hyde her letter. Jeri Hyde rubbed his answered the Factor's question: "Of fingers before he touched the delicate the White Guard, sir." and perfumed missive. Its delicacy, "Good," was the reply. "Me;i, you seemed to bewl'ilcler him. He said in are going on a relief expedition—one a rough but kindly way, "Hope to die in which there is danger. You need if I don't," and passed it on to Gaspe a good leader, You have one in Cap- Toujours, who aid not find it necessary tain Jasper Hume." to. spea•' • alis comrade had answered Jeff Hyde. shook his head at the fur him.. Late Carscallen held it in- others with a pleased I -told -you -so- ciuieitively for a moment, and then his expression; Cloud -in -the -Sky grunted jaws opened end -ht::; as if he were his deep approval; and Late Carseal- about to speak. But before he did so len smacked his lips in a satisfied the Sib -f t for said, "It is a long jour- ney and a hard one. Those who go may never come back, But this man was, working, for Ws country, and he has got a wife—a good wife!" He held .. r the letter. "T t:e Carscallen wants t•n knew who ell lead you. Can't you trust me? i will give you a leader that yore will folitar to the Earn (;round-, To-moirow you will know 'vino he is. Men. ear yea .atis- fie l? Ve ill yon do it? The "our Bose, and C,lo id -in -the -Sky nodded apprvingly-maixti times. The Sub factor he -1d out his hand. Each man shook it, Jeff Hyde first, an'l he said. "Cleae up ranks for the H.13. C.1' (1T. B. C. ,ening, of course, Hudson Bay Centrally.) With a good man to lead them they would have stormed, alone, the Heights of Halaklava. Once inure. Jasper Hume spoke: "Go to Gosse and get your outfits at nine to -morrow morning. ('lord -in- the -sky, have you=. -sleds at tie, -te•'c at eight o'clock, to he loaded. Then all meet (neat 1.0.1.5 at the cffi c, c' the thief proved himself sound and true ac- there is, your invention! co_•,ln,' to Jasper Hume's ideas. He "I have considered all. I'iere are was. of course, the last to enter. three letters. If we do not come back The men grouped themselves about in three months, you will please send the fire, Late Carscallen getting the this one, with the box in my room, to coldest corner.. Each man drew his to- the address on the envelope; this is • crates if possible or ventilated barrells, The mileh :goat, is used in 'Switzer- -land more generally than in any other' country, probably because goats are so sure footed and safe on hillsides. "Increase in quantity, increase in quality, and decrease in cost'peiunit of measure or weight' increase in cost increases .price, decreases con- sumption, decreases profits. Decrease in (test increases consumption and ag- gregate : profits. manner and rubbed his leg with a schoolboy sense of enjoyment. The Factor -continued: "In the name of the Hudson Fur Company I will say that if you carne back, having done your duty faithfully you shall be well re- warded. And riaelieve you 'will come bank; if it is in human power to do so." Here Jeff Hyde said, "It isn't Yee weed We're de'n' it, Mr. Field, but be- cause Captain Hume wished it, because we believed he'd lead us; and for the lost fellow's wife. We wouldn't have said wed. do it, if it wasn't for him that', ju:•;b called us the White Guard." Under the bronze of the Sub -factor's face titer spread a glow more red than brown, and he said simply, "Thank you, men"• --for they had all nodded assent to Jeff Hyde's words --- "Come with me to :the store. We will start at nocri." And at moon the White Guard stood in front of the store on which the British flag eels hoisted with another beneath ,t nearing the magic letters, YI B. C,: magic, Lee:rase they have o eeal to the world r ;lens ,,haa etler11- Factor. Good -night,' a i destined never to know the touch of As they P1'. -ed e:,it , tn" F.e1;11- civilization. The few, inliabitan:.9 of arctic night Late Carr tl n ;v1111 an the Part had gathered: the dogs and unreal ohati, 'ir." C•a d, itersh to traded slid v re ae.. the doer. The %r tile. Herren t"*� 1° s -.1',1.1t. ww l.,i ' . ' 'White Guard 1Fe?'t there t'. r'r-all but Left ,flats the `3u1) -fa tet F down tutu' leader. Ti; wanted but two min - to the pine. table at onr sod talc u,,C6 ` ., twelve when jasper Hume moat and after a :bolt ] eeits' ee t'.;l;xe creel - is house, cl a ee -.iso in gan to write. For hmIts he sat flies e,' the l i h t c i.,.' n;e , c e: to me, and follow - rising only to put coo on tine fire., ed !1 • his dog. Jacque.; 111 a -moment The result was three lett i s: the lar.; tome,. he had placed Aaceres ;tt the , - est addeessed to a '':.Pleats society in heal of the cleat team of saga. They London, 011e to a scil,:,tot iti !Aer i ell, were to hit:'' their lender, too; end olid one to INIT. the Chief Fac-- they testified to the feat by a hark of tor. They were all sealed carefully. niprovai. I xnwt.:ally cit noon, Jespar. Then Jaepin Hume rare, took out his iiume sheen :)ands vita the factor,' have been accumulated by increase in i. consumption and consequent increase in aggregate profits,"b =nerd's Liniiuent cares Diphtheria. In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up that makes us rich. ---Henry Ward Beecher. Automobiles laid up for the entire winter should have their tires rein:air ed from the rims 'and stored separate- ly in a dark room, kept .at a medium temperature. If a dark room is not available the tires can be covered with burlap or canvas. ATLAWIC'FLIGHT! Wonderful example of the vasduge of OXO. Captain Sir J. 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Imperial Royalite gives you the highest fuel satisfaction and costs na' more than ordinary coal ad. • Imperial Royalite Coal Oil meets every test of a perfect oil, allows you full power from tractor or stationary engine. Used in oil heaters and stoves, it burns clean—no smoke or soot—and it's best for oil lamps, too. You can get Royalite i verywhere when you wantfl Ourrunlimited means of distribution assures that. ,No coal oil is better than Imperial Royalite, so why pay higher prices? - PE MAL R. ON BILE COALr� 69 t.1�.Z �" IMl• nil t ' COAL OIL EVERYWHERE Three Billion Gjoi,es Of Go . • Three billion globes of gold the Waft e of our earth --that indeed is a vision} of wealth "beyond tike aheatns of avar- ice." Yet that is less than five sen- tunes would have amounted to at coin- l pound interest during the Christian Era. Innpesslble? It' is M. Camile Flammarion, the, mathematician and astronomer, who, makes the mind -staggering proposi,+i tion. Somebody in the press Hasty credited him with saying that the five milliards of francs—rano dot: lars--•-extorted fpm Franoe by Gez•, many in 1871, was equal to the produc of five centimes placed at five per cent centil . compound interest at the birth of Christ. M-. Flammarlon corrects .thea quotation. What he did was to recall• • the remark of General Foy on the votll ing of a milliard francs in 1825 for the, relief of the French emigres, that not yet had a milliard of minutes elapsed since the birth of Christ; which was, quite true, that number of minutes not being attained until April 28, 1902. ; But the statement about what five, centimes would have amounted to a. . conxpound interest is marked with er-, ror. ` it is a large error, says M. Flan: marion. It is bigger than the whole earth, bigger than the sun, bigger than - the whole solar system. Not one in, got of gold the size of the earth, nor two, nor three, nor a hundred, nor a thousand such ingots, would equal that product. The calculation is simple, though it might prove tedious to carry it out fix full. An amount placed at interest at .five per cent,• coinpouaded annually, doubles in fourteen years and seventy- seven days. Very well. Five centimes placed at compound interest in the year 1 would have become ten cen- times in the year 14; 20 centimes in the year 28; 40 centimes in the year, 42; 80 centimes in the year 56; 1 franc 60 centimes in the year 71;. 3 francs 20 centimes in the year 85; and so on..; Thus far the sum has seeined to grow slowly. Bet the rate accele- rates, or seems so to do. At the end of the first century the sum is only 6 francs 40. But at the end ' of -the second century it is 819 francs 20, at the end of the third ' it is 104,857 francs 60, and at the end of the fourth century it. is -13,421,772 francs. Al, ready we have reached millions. There soon follow milliards; or billions, as they are commonly called in Canada; then follow trillions, quadrillions, quite tillious, sextillions, septillions, octil- lions, nonillions, decillions--nttnibers which no mind can grasp. At the beginning of the nineteenth. century, in 1803, the sum of the orig- inal five centimes is 7,610 dociilions, and this sum, doubling evere• fourteen years, in 1873, the year ,of M. Flam- merlon's first computation, amounts to more than 243 undecillions of francs. What means 243 undecillions? Or 243,516,800 nonillions? That is 243,• 516,800 followed by thirty ciphers. No human mind' can grasp it. What would,that sum of money mean, in gold? • ' As one kilogramme of gold is wcirth 3,400 francs, our capital weald weigh 71.decillions 622 nonillions 588 octil- lions of -kilogrammes. Now, this earl.Il weighs only 5,875 sextillions of kilo- grammes. If it were ot.soiid gold it would have to be multiplied by 3.486,- 100,000 to equal the tremendous quan- tity in question. In brief, five centimes, oe ani) rent, placed at five per cent. compound in- terest at the birth of Christ, would now equal 3,486,000,000 globes of solid gold, each the size of the earth. fie=' Bebt Ages, • Women themselve•a probable are under the delusion that their beast age . is something under twee ty -fir e and • something over eighteen. At any rate, they are supposed to resent all birth- days after thirty, and are occai,ionai- ly charged with working backwards and growing older in mmol,;; and young. er in years, • I ttt no woman who. knows how to put on her clothes, w4lto roads i turd thinks, - who develops all her best qualit'es, need worry et pasoug into the thirties, for at fort; a woman is at her very beat, physio lay and men- tally. She is at' the zezl.'th of her beauty, awl if she has cultivated her intelligence, she is at the zenith of leer mentality a, - cry few=, oral.a1-of e:n w r.otc, find the same pleaserc in the ,roe eiy 'of a- young, undevelol:n:1 ;;irl ohleh, they find in a mate ci women ea forty. At that age such. a. woman is an ideal companion, and her pro. c . en; e for the society of a )Han is 11 real tx.:i'l;;illlr;lt to his mental and moral coedit No, there is n0 l'CtS l W 1' t esenn, unless she be merely a cages:i.e. rind has ntiththg to recommend her hat a pre'ttsa face, shot ld dread cul vane'ng y car's. '1'llere Is 0 charm 1. bee! nil . ese, in- deed, mei )fumy n. w.1,1e 0 , 1:1 ire be cutiftil aad attract is Geon 1l• hair is Streaked with grey ran: t', 110 was hefele.