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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-11-12, Page 3RIO B3ITONS. ,AT liQNT IN FRANCE STOCK EXCHANGE BATTALION IN FLANDBRS. 7aily, of Them Are Well Known in The World of High Finance. "We are in sight of the trenches at last," said a private in what is known as the Stock Exchange Battalion of one of the regiments of the new Brie tish army. "It's been a long pull in hard market. But we never missed etting our shilling a day and our vives have got their separation allow - aces regularly." There are privates in the Stock Ex- hange Battalion who have names ell known in the world of finance. oine of them have subscribed for- unes to the latest war loan. "At- homne I have three bathrooms n my house' and 16' bedrooms," said ne. "Out here I am glad to stand up n line with a towel over my shoulder id take my turn with the washbasin. s for sleeping on straw in a barn, it s paradise after a hard march. I oppose we will get these other kings, too, as everybody else does in he trenches." "Bound to, though you have :910,000 year," remarked another. "Maybe ou have one in your shirt now." 'What interests us," said a division - 1 staff officer, "is not that they are stock Exchange men, but are they ood soldiers?" Clerk and Broker. Many speak German as a result of international financial relations. "It would be odd," said one, "if I hould be shooting at Kauffman, who is on the old Berlin Exchange. We went to school together in Germany." Not all in the Stock Exchange Bat- talion are affluent or members of the xchange, but all were recruited from the Stock Exchange district. As they march along a road in France, laden with dust the $25 -a -week clerk and the big broker are elbow to elbow and the observer cannot tell one from the other. There is another battalion composed of artists, architects, musicians and men of kindred callings. Many offi- cers have been promoted 'both from he ranks of the Artists' Rifles and he Stock Exchange Battalion. Then here are battalions of miners, sports= nen and companies from the same actory and groups of friends who en- isted in a body in order to be toge- her during the campaign. Officers who have been in the fight- ag since the retreat from Mons are eying that the new army is changing he whole face of life at the front. "We regulars all knew one an - her," one explained. "We were a ort of family. When an officer was filled, if he were not an old pal, at least you knew who he was. The names on the casualty lists of the new army will be strangers." Promotion Has Been Rapid. Boys of 19, who began as second lieutenants in the new army, are now scarcely of age. One officer meets an- other who was a major when he last saw him and finds that he is now a brigadier general, or "Brig. -Gen.," in army parlance. Seeing a sign of a corps headquar- ters painted so well that it looked as if it had been carved into the wood, a passerby knew at once that it was the work of a new army man, who was a professional sign painter. Be it a lawyer, a plumber; a bookkeeper, a carpenter, a tailor, or an engineer that is wanted, one is always forth- coming from the ranks of the new army. The British regular, as a rule, knew only the trade of soldiering. RED LEAVES. By Arthur L. Phelps. ittle red leaves with your baskets of wind, Hurrying down to your market town, Go hurrying on, for I fear me much Old Mother Autumn is dressing in brown. She is donning Like beechen limbs; Barry on, little leaves, laughing wares May woo her yet from her whiles. 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"His name's Brown, sir, and he is e native of Derbyshire," remarked the calm captain, prepared for any amount of fabrication, but in reality not knowing one single point upon which he was, likely to be questioned. "And this man—what is his name, and where was he born?" was the next inquiry. "Oh, his name's Smith, and he's a native of Devon," answered the plunging captain, as coolly as though he were telling the truth. "Of Devon," repeated the colonel." "Dear me!—my own native place. So, my man"—acldressing the grinning recruit -"you are actually from Devon?" "Faix, yis, yer honor; and troth it's a grand place intoirely, so it is!" was the repay. The colonel fell back, very much astonished, and Captain Dash had to see him later on in private. TURN OVER 'TIME ms PITZ�:LING TIIE SURGEONS. * � � ai Why They Thought the Whistling a awns e by ervi fine Was Onions. A Parisian journal tells of a young Parisian who had long worn a monocle in his left eye, and who had continued the habit as an afficer. He had been wounded, was cured, • :and had asked to be returned to the front, When he went to be examined, he con- cealed the monocle, thinking he might be charged with myopia in ono eye. When the chief surgeon examined him he said sharply, "Whistle!" "The soldier whistled like a black- bird. "That's curious," said the surgeon, and, calling a young assistant, he said again to the soldier, "Whistle!" He whistled again. "That's curious,"e said the young assistant. Another surgeon entered, and the patient was called upon for the third time to whistle. "Ah," said the surgeon, "that's curious." "But," expostulated the soldier, "I don't see why there is so much of this, I'm not to serve as a locomo- tive." "It is all right," said the chief sur- geon. "You may return to the front." When the soldier arrived at his regiment, he gave to the regimental surgeon the note that had been given him by the examiner. ' This surgeon said in his turn, "Will you please whistle?" He whistled. "That's curious," said the surgeon. It seems that when a man wears a monocle it gives to his face the ap- pearance of facial paralysis. The whistling is a test. The facial para- lytic cannot whistle. When Nature Hints About the food. When there's no relish to food and all that one eats doesn't seem to do any good is the time to make a turn- over in the diet, for that's Nature's way of dropping a hint that the food isn'tq the kind required. For a number of years I followed railroad work, much of it being office work'of a trying nature. Meal times were our busiest; and eating too much and too ' quickly of food such as is commonly served in hotels and res- taurants, together with the sedentary habits, were not long in giving me dyspepsia and stomach trouble, which reduced my weight from 205 to 160 pounds. "There was little relish in any food and none of it seemed to do me any good. It seemed the more I ate the poorer I -got and was always hungry before another meal, no matter how much I had eaten. "Then I commenced; a trial of Grape -Nuts food, and was surprised how a small saucer of it would carry me along, strong and with satisfied appetite, until the next meal, with no sensations of hunger, weakness or dis- tress as before. "I have been following this diet now for several months and my im- provement has been so great all the others in my family have taken up the use of Grape -Nuts with complete satisfaction and much improvement in health. • "Most people eat .hurriedly, have lots of worry, thus hindering diges- tion, and therefore need a food that is predigested and concentrated in nour- ishment." "There's a Reason." Name given by Canadian Poston Co., Windsor, Ont. ' Eder read the above letter ? A new one appears from tinte to bine, They are genuine, true, and fu11 of human interest. rj• BE CURED TO -SAY OF BACKACHE Your persistent back -ache can have but one cause—Diseased Kidneys— and they must be strengthened be- fore the back -ache can be cured. Your best remedy, and the quickest to act, is Dr. Hamilton's Pills; they cure kidney back -ache in a hurry. Simply wonderful is the action of this grand old medicine which for liver, kidney and stomach disorders has no equal. Dr. Hamilton's • Pills will surely cure your back weariness,. they will bring you appetite, color, strength and good spirits. Being purely vegetable they are mild, not drastic. Get a . 25c. bottle of Dr. Hamilton's Pills to -day. GERMAN FIRE BALLS. London Police Prepare for Gas Bombs. In recent raids by German airships on London most of the bombs were incendiary, carrying but a rsmall ex- plosive charge. From this fact it is now assumed that the Germans be- lieve greater harm can be done to London by a fireat fire than by drop- ping bombs which mere explode. "The "fire balls," as they are call- ed, burst upon hitting their mark and scatter a hot fire in a wide radius. It is feared that in future attacks these bombs may be followed by the so- called "gas -bombs," which in break- ing would prevent firemen and police from approaching any building set afire by the "fire balls." All the police in the outskirts of London and in all coast towns are now supplied with a new type re- spirator which though simple in con- struction will permit them to safely enter a region filled with poisonous 'gas. The new respirator consists of a heavybandage, a e saturated with a g chemical compound which neutralizes the poisonous fumes. Although Lon- don is inclined to laugh at reports of a wholesale gas bombardment, it is said that many of the more timid householders have secretly purchased these respirators and always keep then near at hand. d• BRITAIN'S GREAT RESOURCES. Can Continue Fighting For a Long Time. mutilated before exposure to the cop - The British were not bankrupted by per solution, The mutilation alone the Napoleonic wars, although the average income per head was only $75 and the taxes took $15 of it. The average income last year was $255 and the average per capita tax was only $17.50. The population has in- creased not quite two and a half times in the past hundred years and the national' income has increased nine times, says the Philadelphia Ledger. It is evident that the nation has re- sources enough to continue fighting a long time. 1t is evident, also, that the British citizen is willing to pay what- ever taxes the Government may levy. He is reading the budget estimates with calmness and preparing to pay the new taxes as the price of success. While the Germans are talking of vic- tory the British are preparing to spend their last shilling before they will surrender. Their ability to pay their share of the new loan floated in America is �.p undoubted. On the average married women live two years loner than single ones. IT CURES RHE JMATISIVY. Thousands of people, chuck full of the joy of living --happy, glad, bright people, that Nerviline has .cured of their pains, an tell the same wonder- ful • story of its power to drive out the aches' and tortures of rheumatism and kindred ills. "My goodness, but Nerviline is a miracle -worker," writes Mrs. Char- lotte Chipman, mother of a well- known family residing at Mount Pleasant. "Last month T was so crip- pled up with sciatica and muscular rheumatism as to be almost unable to do a bit of housework. My joints were so stiff and the muscles so frightfully sore that I even cried at times with the pain. For years we have used Nerviline in our family and i' lust got busy with this wonder- ful, good old liniment. Lots of rub- bing with Nerviline soon relieved my misery and I was in a real short time about my work as usual." No matter where the ache is, no matter how distressing the pain you can rub it away with Nerviline. For forty years it has been curing lum- bago, selatica, backache, colds, chest trouble and all sorts of winter ills. Keep a large 50c. family size bottle handy and you'll be saved lots' of trouble and have smaller doctor bills. Small `trial size 25c. at dealers every- where. es— CHICKENS SIX CENTS EACH. Eggs Offered at Three Cents a Dozen Near Hankow. Prices of eggs, chickens and other poultry are so low in the Yang-tse- kiang Valley, China, that an English company has developed a large busi- ness in shipping such products. to Great Britain. Virtually every Chinese family in the remote country districts, as well as in the towns and cities, keeps chickens. The price of eggs in the villages accessible to river transpor- tation is now about 3 cents gold a dozen. Spring chickens sell for about 6 cents gold each. In remote interior points, where copper coins are still largely in use, the prices are much lower. Many of the eggs purchased along the Yang-tse-kiang are dried for the use" of bakers in Europe and other parts of the world. The whites and yolks are dried separately. 4. 1)On'tAgr, It Plense Don't Stir It. For' Goodness' Sake Don't Stir Dr. Jackson's Roman Meal Porridge. If you do it's spoiled. Read and follow directions on package. For early breakfast, make while getting evening meal, in a double boiler or set boiler in basin of boiling water. When you get up, light gas under boiler, allow inner boiler to set in boiling water without stirring while dressing. • Your breakfast is ready. It's delicious, very nutritious, pre- vents indigestion and relieves con- stipation or "money back." All grocers, 10 and 25 cents. Her Reply. A benevolent citizen, while walking along the road, spied a little tot weep- ing. So he walked up to the child and said: "Now be a good boy and stop your crying." The child replied, "I can't." "But why can't you?" "I can't." `Well, here's a penny. Tell me why you can't be a good boy and stop crying." "'Cause I'm a girl." WOMEN'S NATIONAL ANTIS M. Dear Editor,—While in London re cently I came in tough with a little incident, which 1 think will interest you. I attended, one day, at noon, a re- cruiting meeting in front of the Man- sion House. A great crowd of men and women listened to the recruiting sergeants, all of whom had "clone their bit" at the front, A lady, with a magnificent voice, sang patriotic songs, which perhaps were more effective than the speeches of the recruiting sergeants. At the close of the meeting, it was announcd that after singing "The King," the lady would sing "The Woman's Na- tional Anthem." Then, in splendid voice, she sang: "God save our splendid men, Send them safe home again; God save our men. Keep them victorious, Patient and chivalrous, They are so dear to us; God save our men." Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows Poisoned Seeds. Observations on plant variation from poisoning of seeds have been reported in France by Professor A. Jungelson. After being placed for one to twenty-four hours in a dilute solution of sulphate of copper seeds of maize were planted, and a con- siderable proportion yielded abnormal spikes, the percentage of the abnor- mal plants being greatest among those from seeds that had been de- prived of their seed coat or otherwise produced no change in the character of the plants. The more intimate the contact of the poison the greater was the tendency of the plant to take on new forms. As she sang, every man 'stood, un- covered, and with bowed head, and there were not many dry eyes. I think it would be a good thing if the women of Canada would learn this as "The British Women's National Anthem," for surely it is the prayer of every loyal British woman. After the meeting, I went up to the singer, handed her my card, and asked her for the words she had just sung. When she saw that I was from Montreal, she said, "Oh, I sang in Montreal, and I will be glad to send the words to the women of Canada." She wrote them, on the back of the blue envelope which contained my passport. Very truly yours, A CANADIAN. ED. 7. ISSUE 46—'15. c r Cure Guaranteed Never . known to fall; acts Wit -no -al pain In 24 hours. Is soothing, healing; takes the sting right out. No remedy so !Quick, safe and sure as Putnam's Pain- less Corn Extractor. Sold every - Where -25c. per bottle. Novel Atomizer Size of Watch. A recent.novelty is as pocket atom- izer in the shape of a watch. The head or top ha's a small orifice, and the spray is produced by pressing on the flexible metal sides. A miniature funnel is provided for the filling, which is done by unscrewing the head. Another atomizer consists of a small cylindrical pump mounted on a cork so as to fit into any bottle and thus avoid handling of the perfume from one bottle to another. 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