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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1918-01-04, Page 7MEM UNDER • NIO ACK F. COMBINED CROSSES. FLY OVER THE SACRED PLACE. fi''or First Time in Nearly Seven Ce'n- 'tilrtes Bells Rang Out Under a \ Christian Flag. In 1917for the first time in nearly seven centuries the Christmas bells of .Bethlehem rang out under a Christian flag, The combined crosses that make the ''[inion Jack flew over the Judean hill town. where the spabe was born in a Bethlehem is tho home town of I The purchase of the Quebec Manger. 13anas Christmas. It is a very ,astern -look -;added something like 20 millions to itig town, hanging on the sides of its i the assets of the Royal. That, how - two hills -white and done -roofed and I ever, accounts folis a relatively email caewded. it is almost unique in Pal- I part of the expansion, for the increase ene for being well-nigh exclusively in total assets as compared with NAv- C 'stian. Only a handful of Mos- ember, 1916, amounts to more than S2 houses are difficult to.obtakia, and rii.. still cling to a corner, surround- millions. In the pasf°"three years the many other privileges are also al- •ec1 same 8,000 Christians. It lacks, t bank has practically doubted the re-1lowed. Section foremen, for instance, rw ve• one' characteristic that theat its command; they are ap- are permitted to use old` ties as fire- sources Christianrvillage .' Ramallah fur-eproximately seven times the total of wood, so that their'fuel costs them thea north, 1actst ild takes ago. nothing. Many of them become so at=y, Pride im °the fact that its children do only ten years g p "bak- Succeeding statements of the in- tacllecl to their six mile on rtnearh that not; pester the traveller.pfor not she>sAs one approaches Bethke- stitution continue to give every fedi- clout, but ihe mace ambitious may bE ` hinh. herr_, even the mother-of-pearl mer- cation that the progressive policy of come road -masters. cliaiats come out .to beg the traveller the management has also been charas- The section foreman has a busy life o come to their shops, oil Bring -to ter#zed by sound •juclgrnent, As the keeping the track in good repair, pro sej"s'e as guides, gratis, if promised a bank has gone forward, partly under perky spiked and jointed, with ditches tst the stimulus f successive absorptions Well preserved and drained. He m i visit. 1 e st mix us o Ancient Church of the Nativity. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ASS1t]TS NEAT LY 1)t)UBLI '1'O'1"AL 01F' THREE YEARS AGO. •fieenrities6©,686,246 36 500,066 Balances, oto .. 31,525,775. 30,750,330 call leaps Can., 13;040,687 11 070,005 1)a. abroad 14,574,130 21,372,020 Do, • total 20,014,823 32,44%033, rotal liquid. 105,810 7i 6 121127;0.3. Cur. loans 102,358,027 86,930,031' 1.o, abroad L)3,76i 037 37 928,027 Do. overdue 400,054 406;049 total • 156,012420 V25,321,20'0 321,200 71, assets 225,574485 253,201,431 The Children of the Road, Purchase of Quebec Bank Adds 20 i <.illions-notal Increase During 1917 is 82 Millions. The• Royal Bank of Canada's state^ anent shows a continuance of the ra- pid growth' that .has marked the 're- cent history of the institution, a growth accelerated in the past year by the absorption of the Quebec Bank on January Istlast. �, ...�._.,,.».. 0.:...0--.: 0 .....0-.-.0-^-0-o--o--•G 'PAIN ? NOT A .BIT I LIFT YOUR CORNS rlir OR °AL1 -USES OFF o No humbug : Apply few drops then just lift them away •with fingers. 7 a• a-,.0-,...p.....a..- j- 0 KAISER'S FAMILY TREE Blight of Topmost Twig Should Be. Out Out Well Below Diseased Area. Some people are of opinion. that the Kaiser's family tree Is now the gal- lows, but he, has another, and it hnxags -not grows -in the palace" at Pots- dam. This genealogical tree has at conductor may have his trans- its root the name of King David, and untie a Cincinnati as its topnxost twig the name of Wil - continental train and the sleeping cax,.11ound discovered by idem khe. Second, of Prussia and conductor his travelling hotel, but the chemist. It is called Barn Second,. king of ss t s saya d seetion foreman with his six miles of rxiD" freezone, and can now t track and sivitchias -�&' be obtained in tiny bot -is a .very big tree, and contains a lot has sod and steel ,0,1 of branches and leaves.. bas something that these others must n an branches g .. from Y envy as they rush past his laotise be- side the track =•he has a home to which tae can come back every evening to the ,,wife and kiddies. A trim two.. storey house it is, with a garden on the right.of way alongside on :which he can raise his vegetables and keep a cow and chickens and pigs. The wife, as a rule, looks on the garden as her mvttw source of vegetables and small fruits,. �'a• •at �tl!:i but twice a month she may travel on a 117t� °ftfiii7 pass to the ,nearest city to make any purchases she requires. The house which may have cost $3,000 to build, is supplied by the rail- way at a nominal rent, in places eiliere ,This new drug is an ether 'corn - .ties as here shown at very little cost x drug store. Just ask for free5one. Apply' a drop or two directly C siderin the Kaiser's contempt ffor everything English, including the British army --if not the navy --it is surprising that he should stoop to the The church. -at Bethlehem -the Church of the Nativity -is a much more aneient and interesting struc- ture than the better-known Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. The latter is largely a new building. While some sections of the earlier structures survive. and•can be traced by archeo- logists, the present church is almost wholly the new edifice erected in 1810 ' after the great fire of two years pre- vious. But when we enter the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem we find ourselves. within. a venerable pile whose origins ave lost in the mists of the past. Its antiquity of design and simplicity in details lead some to ar- gue • al basilica ry• that this is the actual „ue erected by the Emperor Constantine ur . cent on this spot in the fourth y Certain it is that:it bears' few of the marks of the,later work of Justinian (sixth century). But it may have been larger,.„ -,x asteeetl liz res ei, ,, eeerverig''t11e style et Constantine. i What happened to it under the pe- riod of Moslem rule before the Cru- sades is not known. Some reports state that it was wliblly destroyed, but there is a general belief that it was preserved "by a miracle".and that the Crusaders found it intact. Through- out the middle ages we find frequent of writings descriptions of it in the �vriti g pilgrims, and they agree so perfectly that there can be little doubt that this identical church lasted intact through the stormy period. Compare this with the known facts that the group of churches built on and about the Holy Sepulchre were destroyed by the Per- sians in the seventh century; were rebuilt and added to from time to time and then destroyed again by fire hi the tenth century; were once more rebuilt by •the Crusaders; had fallen into ruin so as to compel a virtual re- building in 1719; were burned in 1808 and a neW church erected in 1810. The superior claims to antiquity for the Church of the Nativity are at once evident; British Guard Holy Place. • It has its historical interest, too, for here ' Baldwin was crowned King on Christmas Day, 1101. At times its ,sanctity seems to have been regarded as much greater. than at others. Cer- t:),in°rulers covered it with jeweled or- fralia ts, and gilded mosaics. Others ,;i1 �' "fit neglected it for the more pop- • ii1a buildings in Jerusalem. It is now ..:.a Most bleak and barren -looking struc- tare, outside of the, underground chapels which mark tl'ie nativity, the Manger and the scenes connected with the birth of Christ. One crawls into through a small doorway. 'omewhere in the rare fertile val- about this hill town must have n. the Field of the Shepherds - ewhere must have been heard the oria in Excelsis." This Christmas - it \was hristmas-it\was heard in an air vibrant to call of British bugles, and when worshippers went up to the rch of the Nativity to hail the ,li of the Christ -child they did not an insolent, sneering, cigarette- iking Turkish guard at the door - a British, picket who was thinking he Christmas bells as they rang e the ' ivied tower or over the ,eclral close that memory called up he symbol of the ,English Christ - at home. of smaller institutions, and partly as keep the right of way clear of weeds, a natural result of growth 'within its and look after farm crossings, test the, existing business, its position has crossing alarm `bells where such exist, been rapidly consolidated and and generally police the track, watch- strengthened before the next forward , mg watch - against possible danger from freshets or fires, replacing worn rails movement.. and ties. Evidence of public confidence is I ap- parent in its deposit accounts. These show a growth of 58 millions in the past year and of 116 millions in the past three years. Savings deposits, taken separately, are about nine times the total of ten years ago. The statement of profits continues •to show successful direction of the bait's affairs. A substantial gain in the past year carried the figures to the highest level yet reached, with a 18 per •'hen than ' �ltl better tt showing of slightly y s g g cent, earned on paid -'ftp capital against 17.8 per cent. the preceding ,year As the puebee Banksreco i as et. ve ,ar x�acrr)e+err'ihrerior`io that of the,:, institution in which it is now absorbed; the showing in that respect ' is highly satisfactory. figures for three inathe following 1936. 1915. Prizes ranging from $10.00 to $1.00.00 are given each year to the foremen who show the greatest . inx- provement on their sections, and these are eagerly competed for, the men taking extraordinary interest in their work. Many of.them began work upon the road as casual laborers, hut now with their comfortable houses and their $80.00 to $90.00 a month (and - ten dollars a. month more in,''`_ e: cities),: with a pension who ' they reach the age of.sixty, with,'! �ee Inc fanny pass ato 1 and ,garden, ;.and 4 ith 1 �' p ov it . art irlie line, on. e a ��Y"I?� ,,g ie +hemse'ives ` $'he,. Chii-.I l,ir� Addy. and 31,7 nova a , nave Ili tw a `Ay good reasori:`,ta . ( tiafiecl as `'tli c� ?y has, been re, : in axbi-: ie=adjusted ire their'favoi by, tratioh board to an. extent which - is costing the G.P.R,, for instance, over a million dollars a year, How Englishwoman Serves. Ila a London. district recently, short - Profit and loss years are compared table: 1917. 6 Prev,tbe). ..$2 552,346 79 2'076,472 i 614,062 Total . 3,180,325 2,787,779 2,519,638 Less - Dividends . 1,549,404 1,417,207 1,387,200 Pension 111`. . 100,000 100,000 100,000 Premises 250,000 250,000 250,000 IVar tax .. 128,357 118,226 105,066 Patriot. . , 60,000 60,000 Reserve lr. . 528,300 Total ... . 2,616,061, 1,935,433 1,843,166 Balance.... 664,264 852,346 676,472 It will be noted from the foregoing that a substantial addition has been 0 h For ,Salto song, For soften. j' Irog wator. For removing; paint. For dlsinteetlor, rofrlges atora, cInks, closets, drains and for 500 other purpose,, nRruaa aunor,rurse. War Marriages, The war resulted in 200,000 :English indignity of tracing this Biblical des- people being married between August, upon a tender corn of , cent through his mother, and there- 1914, and June, 1917, who in the callus and instantly ths.e fore through the Engroyalr- l family, dinary course would not have married. sorezxess disappearThe marriage rate for 1915 was th6;-• but the very existence et such a tree not only shows the Kaiser's belief in highest recorded -19.4. his "divine mission" and divine right, These figures are given out by Sit but also his conviction that he is the Bernard Mallet, registrar general sof right king of England, seeing that he births, deaths and marriages in Eng tis the eldest Ran of Queen Victoria's land. " Not a twinge of pain, • f xeness or irritation; { Shortly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it off, root and all, with the lingers. b first orn, sa According to this precious and pre- ' eeleara•e T,i)iimeat Cures Diste pee. not even the: slightest pabtelou, tree a g Hyacinths and crocus p now will flower late this winter. Set ethe reigning house f smarting; either when i descended from King Davzd applying freezone or t afterwards. This drug doesn't eat 1 f up the corn or callus, but• shrivels them; so asloosen and came right out. 'It is i. humbug! It works :like a charm. r a few cents you calx get rid of E -.cry hard corn, soft corn or corn be- sen the toes, as .well as painful iluses on bottoni of your feet. It never disappoints and never burns, bits� or inflames. If your druggist'- gazing on this "proof" of his ancient fol the chart to ' •abl e lineage, him � nor telld ho • ezon . et all fie 0 gg t anyyet, hae�' # his gat"a little bottle 'for you from his 1 occupies a prom#Hent place n tivitol�7S 1 house: •study. o e cus planted in po s Britain 's n , :he Sweet Singer of Israel thxluugh the eldest daughter of Zedekialx, who fed to Ireland in charge of the Prophet Jeremiah and eventually married I-ieremon, King of Ulster. So the Kaiser is a bit of an Irish- man in his own estimation, and he is certainly a ""broth of a bhc-y." He has turned the world into a Donnybrook fair, but there are few who will not be glad to attend his wake! Apparently the Kaiser is fond of Britain in 'Palestine. oxxg the'hosts of ancient eters ?That. o'el'Judea shine i'g,ain the Star of Bethlehein oveals `its light divine, rlo! klohanlmed's crescent sets his Christmastide in gloom, shed its evil rays no more exon the -holy tomb. long Jerusalem's narrow streets Once more a. -cross is borne. he .crimson cross of England's flag , Salutes the Christmas morn, 'nd while the bells of Christendom Arnetince the Saviour's birth brings' the piomise in i s .folds ^ 'ng peace en,ear"•' ' 'g seen light was a x •midnight, • tel. 1 Y of etto moving from one side of the. sti e t the other. It was carried by a post - woman, who was delivering letters after delay caused by an air raid. 'On of the recipients". remarked to t' young woman: "You ought to have medal for doing this at this late hour.. The postwoman replied: "1 am a sol- dier's wife, madam, and I know the veto e of these letters I am carrying:" Such ideals of service are becoming made to reserve account. There was i common enough in England and in also added to reserve the premium on manv other countries. And every stock issued to the Quebec .sharehold time they "carry further than the next ers, and total reserve ,rose from street." $12,560,000 a year ago to $14,000,000 against a present paid-up capital of $12,911,700. .The cash and the "liquid" position of the bank. are virtually on a parity with a year ago. The proportion of cash assets, including with cash on hand the cover in the Central Gold Reserve for excess note issue, equals about 16.4 per cent. of liabilities to the public, against 16.2 per cent. a year ago, and the proportion of liquid assets about 53.9 per cent. against 53.2 per cent. A notable feature of the balance sheet is an increase of upwards of 21 millions in holdings` of Dominion and Provincial .Government securities and an aggregate increase of about 26 millions in all security holdings. The figures are a measure of the direct assistance which the bank has been giving to war financing, in addition to the assistance given less directly through the financing of the business of corporations engaged in manufae= turing war supplies. The circulation and current loan items both reflect the large demands of business in the bank's territory both at home and abroad 1RLa$ 'ied cow peas make a delicious vetallow; a mirtor to hang,in the ‘ht, or its backing will become ileal. Leading features of the balance sheets for two years follow: LIABILITIES 191.1. 1916 Deposits deal•• •$ 70,498,661 $ 59 305,396 Do, notice, , 182,485,715 340 862,199 Do, total , , 262,087,832 200,227,505 Circulation 28,159,351 13,178,228 Pub. flab •. . 307,703,705 227,484,460 Total bah. ..-' 836,574,186 263,261,421 ASSl7'r5 Specie • . 16,079,830 36,073,703 Coolt, gold res.. 18,284,444 16,500,000 Total cash .. " , . 50,864,215 86,821;87.3 PRifiV43 Gram1ated t yeti€ '"ua ' '"'l Dug Sore Eves, );yes Inflamed by A. f Sun, Duand Windquickly E6R �= .�relievedby Marine Tr ifiIn ®q,„ yoSina sandinBaby's tees tisSmarilag, Just CyeComfort Marine EYe Remedell Yaur Drugrist'e or by ywa7 moo: itfJo0 Ego -Free. Eye save, in Tubers 260. For rttaokk o./CheGpe- Ask Bertin Eye liersedy Co., Chicago a The traine Melee hole ]i ft cx ik • E SKIN -WHITENER creamy beauty' lotion .a few cents. j..e ' of twee, fresh lemons do a bottle' containing three orchard white makes a ter pint of the most re - lemon skin beautifier at cast one must pay for a the. ordinary. gold creams. be taken to strain the through a fine cloth so ip gets in, then this lotion keep 'esh far months. Every tau1'.lsnows that lemon juice is ed lig, ,bleach and remove such blem- i hes`- aa freckles, sallowness and tan a,iri is the ideal skin softener , whiten- •lend•• beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of rchard white at any drug store and o lemons from the grocer and make i p a quarter pint of this sweetly frag- innt lemon lotion and massage it daily °oto the lace, neck, arms and hands, 1, : Bread and Bacon Prices. TAKE NOTICE We publish simple, straight testi- nionials, not press agents' interviews, from well-known people. From all over America they testify to the merits of MINARD'S _ LINI- MENT, the best of Household Reme- dies.. LTD, MINARD'S LINIMENT CO., them away in a dark cool place for a . 'bile until the roots are properly ' • 'formed. P,xSsi3 3i`aA11TmP,'$ifS- g y:\ T<r fi -Ti-MORS LT.7Ai,1 S. :t T int. -,nal and external, pared wits out pain by our home treatment. 'Writ: 17,-, b,efore tno late. Dr. 1)oIiinan=,1ediea .<„ ,'o., ..--,-tart, e''ollin �• ,I Ont._ _ The Soul of a Piano is the .A.ctien. Insist on the Duty. is Y Food Controller's ut Speaking recently in Ottawa, Von. Archdeacon Cody of Toronto, said that + _appeared.. to _ be ..as widasearaad misunderstanding with regard to the functions of the Food Controller, p(rhoseprimary duty was not to de- termine the price of foodstuffs but to see to it that there was a sufficient supply for export. When you Spill Ink on Carpet. If you are ever careless enough to spill a bottle of ink on the carpet or the rug at your feet, go to the kitchen just as quickly as possible and get the salt bag. Throw a generous handful -or more, if the ink had spread much -upon the ink while it is still wet, Cover the stain well and then place a chair over it, or arrange in some way so that no one will walk over that portion of the floor. Let the salt remain for several hours; then take a clean cloth and a basin of wa- ter and wash the spot. One house- keeper says that she tried this scheme and it was very satisfactory, not a trace of the ink remaining upon the carpet. a• Pi gip@ q UAOTION ,�,. g O6 til C i itl When a post- card will bring free samples CITIONA SOAP ,ziol Ointment 3v lvixh'Zi c. and poin1i tr) speedy bc:11- ment. Then. witynatma'.ce these sweet, pure, stiller - creamy c:n- 3ylinard:s Liniment Cures ;poses, Eto. 1 ollients your every-dav toilet greeara- tions and prevent little skin troubles there is to be found a large block of Not tar from Lake Victoria. Nyanza becoming serious. For free sample each address post -e -rd: almost chemically pure sesquicarbon" "Cnticura, Dept.I , Boston, tl. S. t" r u d. ate of soda covering 50 square miles. SoldGlu• o sliouG th0 wv1 h#ch is so valuable that it will prob- ,„. Persistent statements are made that the prices of bacon and bread are higher in Canada than they are in Great Britain. The allegation in re- gard t;.o bacon has been emphatically cienied sand figures have been cited which prove conclusively that it is cheaper here than in Great Britain. The bread of England eGovernment iwar bread, subsidized by d eoritaining other ingredients than White flour. A uniform- price of a one -pound loaf at five cents was fixed. Already $200,000,000 has been appro- priated to apply as a subsidy to sus- tain these prices. ably come in for some consideration in the adjustment of the war. MONEY ORDERS A Dominion ExpressMoney Order for five dollars costs three eents. A casual glance at some orchards by 1 passersby would lead them to conclude , y that the owners had contracted a case of colic from eating green apples, and' therefore, put the blame on the or- chard. The trees are scraggy and scrawny in appearance, while some on their of them look Itsisfitshawere e that these' last legs. big profit -makers are allowed to go to ruin, when just a little care each year would save them. Minard's iniiuent Gores 33aphtlieria. A little pipeclay dissolved in water! used for washing saves a great deal', of labor and soap. Planes and Kerchiefs. The principal of eet of the recent announcement that the British govern- ment had placed orders for 36,000,000 yards of linen for airplane sails has been to indicate a scarcity of hand- kerchief linens for some time to come, Inasmuch as the fabric weighs about eight ounces to the square yard, the order will cause the consumption of upward of 18,000,000 pounds of linen yarn,,or much more than the total of the annual yield of Irish flax. - .t Washing eggs destroys the protect- ing film with which they are covered and hastens their spoiling, Keeping the nests clean •is the way to get clean eggs. -rerareeeereasses. der-. No Need to Rt Try Sloan's Liniment and see how quickly the swelling is reduced and the pain disappears. No arced to rub; it pene- trates quickly and bringsrelief.Have a bottle handy for rheumatic pains, neuralgia, back ache and all mus- cle soreness. Generous sized '- bottles, at your druggist, 25c.. 50c., $1.00. r 1 WHEELOCK ENGINE, 18x42. New Automatic Valve Type. Complete with supply and exhaust piping, flywheel, etc. Will accept $1,200 cash for'immediate sale. 1 ELECTRIC GENERATOR, 30 I ..W., 110-120 Volts O.C. Will accept $425 cash for0immedlate sale. 1 LARGE LEATHER BELT. Double, Enalle': s . 24 inch x 70 Will accept $300 for immediate sale, although belt le In excellent co ditlon and new one would cost about $600. PULLEYS, Large size. 26x66--$30 ; 12x60-$20 ; 12!/ix48--$12 ; 12x96-•-$8. BLOWERS OR FANS, Buffalo make. One 10 Inch, other 14 Inch dlsoharge-$30 each, REAL ESTATES CORPORATION, LTD. 60 Front St. West, To MMLinaties 7uiuimsaat Cures t sutfet in dowse 01. 7°