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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-03-12, Page 6NOTES AND cOlViN ENS We are apt to indulge, too easily bed freely in the assumption that this is the most wasteful war the world ever knew and that the eiost of it will be •enough to keep nations at peace forever more. • This is to be the last war 'because it is the most destructive war. C,onsiilering 'the destruction of capital and the loses of life without relation to any other facts it is the most wasteful war, but theaworld is better able to stand it, bit ter organized for and against it, auri consequently. is likely to emerge from it less dis- turb pd than would` seem possible With comparisons and propor- tions. kept .in mined, the hope that this war will be preventive becomes illusory. The Thirty Years war was more wasteful, It was almost one of extermination. It went over Germany like. fire. It devastated like apestilence. Armies of Swedes and Saxons, Spanish and Dutch and Bohemians, of many na- • tionalities and great !brutality, had traversed the country, subsisting off it, getting their pay by tortur- ing folk to reveal hidden gold, by sacking cities and levying indemes. ities, by loot, highway robbery, and extortion. They pillaged until there was hardly an article of value remaining in the land. The suffer ing peasantry 'had no safety except in flight, and yet returned as the ,pressure was lifted to ruined farms - and tried to find a living in the ruins only to be swept over by a fresh horde of savages. Soldiers lost all restraints which govern humanity. With their wo- men, •children, and .with camp fol- lowers and brigands, they went across the land like a scourge and nothing laving or growing remain- ed. Armies were tattered rabbles suffering only a little less than the victims of their brutality. So dm poverished, did the [country, Ioecome kat eveu the military, wins barred Troia entering certain regions be- cause, life could not be supported. Humanity was sunk in'a pit of bar - balsam. Bohemia had apopulation of 2,- • 000,000. It was reduced to 700,000 ,and half the houses were vacant and falling in decay. Half the soil was untilled. In central Germany conditions were no better. The county of Henneiburg had kat 75 per cent. of its population, 65 per cent. of its dwellings, and 80 per cent. of its live stook. Germany as a whole lost half of its popula tion and tiwo•thirds of its anov,able • property. The waste and destruc- tion were such that a, day's ride might not find ahuman being or means of subsistence for one. For half a century after 1648 Germany struggled towards strength and repose. Compared with the destruction done by that war, the waste of this .wear is nothing. We are net justi- fied in thinking that this war will be the end of wars. More wisely, we shall read what Admiral Ma- han, just before his death, wrote to a friend: "I have no quarrel with any method that will minimize•the occurenae of war, but I have much quarrelwith the oharlaitanisnz that ignores facts and bases statements as confident as they are absurd upon rnisre.presentation..A t present and probably for several ve,ars — perhaps a generation --the suffer- ing • and social disturbance !attend- ing this war will disincline, people to a renewal. Bat the grasswill , grow over the graves, the troubles be .partly forgotten, and new causes of offense will cause new wars until the spirits of men undergo a change. The human heart, acting upon sentiments and interests, is the cause of war; no methods can avoid it except as they deal with . the inner mean. I agree with you ,, t'h'at a council of defense is an i n ` minent nece,ssity, correciiive of .the extremists on either nide." 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Several things must he borne in mind, however, to make a. suceess with garden crops, such as onions, potatoes, cabbage, etc. The soil must be suitable, cultivation must be thorough, varieties the best for the district and the market, and good salesmainship. The ,plot selected for the garden should be well drained, and must not be shaded to any extent. Drainage takes away surface wa- ter rapidly, and keeps the soil wa- ter away from the surfaee, there- by allowing the roots to grow deep and the air to enter 'the soil and and in decomposing it. Fertility is another most important feature. The need for fertilizer is shown by low growth and paale color in the plants. Stable mzranure, bone meal, or good commercial fertilizer should be used to renew the elements re- quired by the soil. Germination. ' Crops are often lost through the failure of the seeds to germinate. Don't blame your seedsman for this. It is usually because in planting the soil is left loose about the tiny seeds, and the dry atmosphere pene- trates to thein, shrivelling them up until all vitality is destroyed. Vegetable crops as arule are sown in rows, and in every case, as soon as the seed is sown, it should be pressed down in the drill with the foot, then covered up level by the back of a rake, drawn lengthwise of the drills, and again firmed by the roller or back of a spade. For want of this simple .precaution, perhaps one-quarter of all seeds sown fail to germinate. Again, for the same reason, when setting out plants of any kind, be certain that the soil is pressed close to the root. We have seen whole acres of cauli- flower, cabbage and strawberry plants lost solely through neglect of this precaution. Value, of Rotation. In order to secure maximum yields, aid to keep down weeds, the systematic rotation of farm crops is an acknowledged necessity. Why not, therefore, plan the varie- ties of vegetables and their planting time so as to secure a continuous and abundant supply of good, fresh green things? It is just as easy as any other method of garden man- agement, and it is much more satis- factory. For example a crop of radishes, turnips, spinach or lettuce sown in April, will have ripened so that the ground ean be cleared, dug up, and manured, and again used by the first of June, when such crops as cu- cumbers, peas, tomatoes, or sweet corn ean beplanted, and so on all through the list. The crops should be moved around from year to year, so as to 'give thesoil a chance to recuperate. Where a number of successive plantings are desirable, as with peas, it is an excellent plan to plant a third or fourth crop between the rows of the first crop, removing the vines of the first crop as soon as the peas have been picked. The observance of the foregoing suggestions, along with -instructions for planting, which most relivable seedsmen supply with purchases of seeds and plants, should enable any thoughtful and ambitious person to make a success of growing the com- monoand most popular summer vegetables. Extensive Potato, Cultivation. The potato is probably more in demand at all times, and will show a better proportionate profit, year in and year out, than any otter• farm crop. In next week's issuerof this paper will appear_. an article dealing thoroughly and interesting- ly with the methods of one success- ful farmer in Western Ontario, who has grown potatoes extensively for 43 years, and who last yea,,r sold $1,200 worth of potatoes from a twelve -acre patch of his 150 -acre farm. Don't• fail to read this article. Here are some interesting facts cited by the farmer about whom the article is written : "The first two crops after putting VQ'I1$TEI) PARA. GHAIMS. The lazier it. man is the more hope he eine generate. Words axe merelythe h'bossoms, but deeds are the Eremite. There are times *hen every mean is a deep-dyed villain in his thoughts. Our idea of "a salnart young :maim is one who succeeds itt taming, his wild oats, Nothing jolts a, liar more than to have another chap beat him at his own game. After a young mean rings a .girl's door -bell about so often it's up tri hiin to ring her finger. When a girl looks miserable even a wise mean can't tell whether it is because of it. broken heart or an aching corn. And sometimes after marrying a man she once considered a good catch a woman would like to take hien off the hook and throw him back. SICK HEADACHES PERMANENTLY CURED Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured the ,Cause of This Trouble There are few ailments that cause more 'genuine misery in the home than attacks. which are gen- erally termed sick headaches. The,• attacks are often periodical, and when the mother iof •a familyis pros- trated at intervals there is i ti only her own suffering to consider, but the discomfort caused the other members of the household. Sick headaches arise from. a variety of causes, and most of them can be re- lieved or cured through the tonic treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Tills. Mrs'. Hugh Dooherty, Roca-. ville, Sask., says : "I, suffered for years with what the doctors called nervous pzostration and sick head- ache. When these spells came on I could not work nor walk, and the pains in the head were almost un- bearable. At times the pain in my head was so dreadful that I feared it would drive me mad,. I tried four different doctors .at times, "and not only took bottles of medicine, but quarts of it, but to no avail. Then I quit taking medicine altogether and tried dieting, but it made no difference, I was still an agonizing sufferer. Finally my husbancl urged one to try Dr_ Williares" Pink Pi•ll.s ;and got ine a supply. After taking the Pills for sore weeks I felt a little better •and I gladly con- tinued their use. My nerves be- gan to feel stronger, take terrible headache ,came with less frequency, and after taking the Pills for some months disappeared altogether. From that day to this I have had no return of the^ trouble, and all who knew of my illness regarded my cure as marvellous. I cannot say too much in praise of the Pills, as they ,oertarnly saved me. from a life in twenty-one thousand tile paid of ,almost constant agony " for the underdraining in increased Itis by building up and enricliin,g the blood and strengthening the nerves that Dr. Williams' PinlePillis work seemingly marvellous cures, and what they have done for others they will do for all ailing people if given a fair trial. If you do not find these Pills at your medicine dealers you can get them by mail at 50 -cents a box or, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, O'nt.' - yield per acre. "When you take much food from the soil you must return a like amount or your soil will soon play out. This spring we used about five tons of fertilizer, as well as several hundred loads of manure." "In the last two years I have sold fifteen thousand bushels of potatoes from this farm, and have not had one single complaint as to,quality.". "Up to the year 1900 the total value of stuff sold off my farm amounted to $41,724.28. The ten years following 1900 would add easi- ly .another $40,000 to that sum." "This last year I had lit Ieast 6,000 bushels of potatoes. Put these at the low price of fifty cents pee bushel and you get $3,000. I can raise one acre of potatoes for twen- ty dollars, easily. So, you see, I have be,ein making pretty good pro- fit on my thirty acres." "For the last seven years I have each year been unable to fill my orders." "In taking up six thousand bush- els of potatoes this year we have: not run across a quart measureful of potatoes'unfit for market." "When every potato means t•no rsr three cents, one must be careful that there is an eye on each piece planted." "1 •started forty-three Pears ago with. fiver acres in potatoes, and in not a single year since have I failed to grow them." "I. believe in repaying the soil for what you take from it. 7 have made it 'a, rule never to sell off the farm hay, straw or oats." "I have been decent with. my men, giving re,speetabl•e wages and their room and board, but never wash- ing. When I hired my' first man, many years ago, I simply told him that I hadn't married my wife to do washing., T Occasionally ;a 'bad boy ' makes good, •' _Many ,a fellow is. so isbingy that he won't ever: •tell a 'story, at 'his own expense. ' KAISER WILLIAM II. By Chas. M. Bice, Denver, Col. That we are engaged in a Titanic struggle, greater in its conse- quences than the Napoleonic wars of our ancestors. and -one which will try our national fortitude and temper to the uttermost, every thoughtful person will readily con- cede. It may be some satisfaction to know that this world -wide -drama in which we -are to play our role is not of our seeking, but whoever or whatever the cause, can normo cut but little figure. Th;e great Areo- pagus of the neutral nations, those trustees` of the world's conscience, have already pronounced in noun- certain tones in our favor. Indeed, it is doubtful if there is a nation 00 the face of the globe, great or small, excepting subsidized Turkey, that does not hate the Kaiser and his war methods. This war is the inevitable out- come of ,a policy which bears the title of Realpolitick, and which first Prussia and then Germanyhas been carrying on for over 100. year -s. ' This so-called policy is based on the principle that .as far as all out- side nations are concerned, "Might is right," the end justifies the means, and ,this lias merged by easy gradations into the German be- lief that tl eyare a 'chosen people, and their .sovereign is the Lord's Anointed. .Arid even this policy would: have accomplished but little if it. head not been backed up at home with .a policy of strengthening .NL mxvituv+:l'. RECTION — a7T41N9 I` %aIturo ,PmAIn Pri rpin5 n0 AO° EMILLITT MUD WINNIPEG ',MONTREAL a' ,C;'�-� We unhesitatingly recommend Magic Baking Powder as being the best, purest and most healthful baking gsoWo. der that at its possible to produce. CONTAINS NO ALUM .All af-gseclnexats are plainly' printed on the label. A14, r1 the nation. If we go back to the reign of the Prussian 11/1oniaroh Frederick the Great (1740-1786), we find this dual policy of land -grab- bing abroad, and /and improve- ment ,at home in full operation. In 1772 he participated with Aus- tria and Russia in carving up Po- land, his share being West Prussia. As his own Chancellor he had a finger in every pie, an example the p3;esent William has faithfully. copied. Prussia shared in asecond and thiird partition of Poland in 1793 and 1795, and eertaiti changes and xe-arrangements took place in 1807, by which,Prussia gobbled up Posen, 'so that to -day he population of Germany is 10 'per cunt. of Poles, and whoni she has never suc- ceeded in assimilating. Then in 1815, Prussia acquired Saxony, and the Rhine Provinces and Westphalia, which greatly in- creased the unification of. Germany. In 1834 she started the famous Zsoll- verein, the result of which was to cover the whole country with a net- work of toll -bars. In 1866 she an- nexed the duchies of Schleswig-Hol- stein. It is through Holstein `the Kiel Canal runs. Meanwhile, Austria had been or- dered %ut of Germany, after the battle of Sadiowa, and told to push east-ieard, and seek compenisation by conquering what Slav countries she could, while Prussia annexed a lot of small north German states that had taken Austria's side. In 1870 a quarrel was picked with France, the King of Prussia, pre- tending to have been insulted by the Fresi h, Ambassador. The re- sults of this war are well known; Germany annexed 'Alsace and the largest part of Lorraine, although the inhabitants were mostly French. The Franco-German war led to the definite consolidation of Germany under the King of Prussia, who took the title of Kaiser William I., and the dream of Bismarck to weld together the country by blood and iron was effected. Thereafter Ger- many became a world -power. In 1876, Germany, without any pause save the, prosperous condition of France, of which she was jealous, proposed to attack France, but France was sa.ved by the interven- tion of Britain's Queen, with the aid of the Emperor of Russia, and finally Emperor William told Von Moltke that he felt too old to have another war on his conscience. Bismarck strongly, encouraged the country to embark on a vigor- ous colonial policy, though it might have the effect of weakening Germany in Europe. Thus after years of carefully sending colonists to a Brazilian Province, where they formed veritable German communi- ties, the Brazilians took fright, and informed the United States, who became greatly alarmed, as this act seemed to infringe the "Monroe Doctrine," •andthis was assigned as the principal reason for the great increase in the American Navy, which occurred from 1890 to 1895. William II. The accession of the present Em- peror marks a new era in the bis - tory of Realpolitik, especially in re- lation to foreign affairs. Bismarck, while in control, confined German activity mainly to Europe, but the present Emperor has extended Ger- man influence far beyond, and one of his earliest acts was to drop the old Stage Pilot Bismarck, and as- sume the whole role of stage vil- lain. At first the German people ' looked with much doubt and appre- hension on, their new ruler. No one could. guess what he would do next ! Ile was an unknown quan- tity and capable of springing any number of uncomfortable surprises on the people. They nicknamed liim. the Roving Kaiser,. (Der Reise Kaiser). But to -day he is in Germany the supreme authority on polities and all naval and military matters. and owing to his great versatility, there is nothing on which be does not as- , sumo to lay down the law. -•- He is a Nero in vanity if not in cruelty, and his egotism soars be- yond all limits, and yet this man is permitted to deal with the desti- nies of millions of people not •alone in 'Germany but throughout the world. True, he may be the vic- tim of a system, but he is also its executioner. Brought up in the Mediaeval doctrine of the "divine' fright of kings," no other ruler has ever placed himself so nearly on ta! level with the Divinity. Americans have not forgotten his attempt to rally the countries of Europe against the United States in the recentewar with Spain; nor have they condoned the meddle - sameness of the Kaiser's fleet in Manilla Bay when Dewey captured that city. He next turned his at- tention to the East, and his cry of the "yellow peril" is still ringiug in 'eur'ears to:the great annoyance of China "and Japan. Re next made tSieassassination of a couple of German missionariesthe pretext of extorting front the Chinese the lease of 200 square miles of Chinese ter• ritory, known as Kiau-ehau, which Japanese and British fleets as re- cently wrested from him, to re- store to China. He was the undoubted cause of the war between Russia and Japan, for the sordid selfish motive of re. lieving temporarily the pressure of the hordes along the Austro -Ger- man frontier. He fought .all disarmament pro- posals .at the Hague conferences, and thus for the last 25 years there has been a gradual revelation of his Mailed Fist policy throughout the world. But this has had one good effect, for it has resulted in recon- ciling all differences between ,na- tions, as well as obliterating ,all party j,arr:ings in our own 0ountry, while there has been forged be- tween the Mother Country and her colonies new links of Empire. Like ancient Sparta, Germany's hegemony has been exercised for ill to all except Germany,' and like the ancient republic her fall will be rapid. Denver, February 25, 1915.. Sudden Action. "Wham is your most valued pos- session, Miss Sharpe 7 "My self -pops -session, of courser" "Then I suppose ' there'e nn. °Nalco of giving yourself away V' "Oh, George.; this is so sudden t" This is a splendid world of splen- did people, Be kind end beery to every one you meet, and then see if you do not prove it so, ATHRI SPOIE,ED . YOUR 'HEARING GET CURED TO --DAY BY "CATARRHOiO ['` Don't Stay Deaf Any Longer Follow ,the Procession—Use Catarrhozone. Nine cases in ten of hard hearing. are curable. By cureable we don't mean relieve• able—we mean that the sense of hear- ing can be permanently brought back. Catarrh, usually causes the deafness. Cure the catarrhal condition and you remove the causes of your poor hear- ing. ' 1f you were sure you,ha catarrhal deafness gout would use a real cure,ai once ---of course you would, There is a cure for you—one that is inexpensive—pleasant to ase = arr.d sure to do its work thoroughly. Catarrhozone is no experiment, for deafness. Thous -ands befois you have cleared Catarrh out of their• Beads by the aid of Catarrhozone and have thereby been cured of deafness, No batteries of miniature telephones to bother you—no internal medicine to talte—you have simply to ,follow special directions for the Catarrhozone inhaler 'bo this and you'll find a wonderful improvement in short order Any druggist can supply;„you Cater- rhozone, or you can for $1 • secure it post paid under plain wrapper 'from .the Catarrhozone Co., Kingston, 0- nada.