Zurich Herald, 1917-05-18, Page 3THE STORY OF
DEM CHURCHES
327 PLACES OF WORSHIP IN
FRANCE ARE RUINS.
German Frightfulness Responsible for
Destruction of Village of
Sanctuaries.
Quite excluding the many in Bel-
gium, in northern France alone three
hundred and twenty-seven village
churches have been entirely destroyed
by the Germans..T have not only seen
some personally, but have examined
official photographs of each and every
ruin, and oan affirm both the total
and the destruction as without an iota
of exaggeration, writes Henri Bazin
from Paris.
By "village church" I do not mean
in any instance, and therefore do not
include, places of worship in towns or
cities of even relative numerical im-
portance; but the simple, modest re-
ligious sanctuary of the "paysan," the
fanner, the tiller of the soil—the con-
secrated house of prayer where ga-
thered small congregations within 327
areas of from one to twenty kilo-
meters—about 327 centres.
Modest Village Churches.
These 327 village churches were mo-
dest and without renown. Yet they
were quaintly beautiful, in great part
of ancient pious usage, devoted in
many instances for three centuries to
the constant worship of God. They
were quiet sanctuaries, containing
family records, records of birth, bap-
tism, marriage and death, the ex-
votos of gratitude, commemorations
of festival and sorrow, the stories in
the life history of generation .after
generation of the same line; for all
over lovely France there are families
living where their ancestors settled
centuries before.
The Angelus Will Sound No More.
The bell in its tower had sounded
the Angelus, from a "great while
since," the Angelus heard afar in beet -
field and vineyard, waited for as a
daily part of many a simple, beauti-
ful, pious life, when the laborer, hoe
in hand, ceased toil for a moment,
made the sign of the cross, and bow-
ed head in prayer. He had been bap-
tized beneath the tower in which it
hung, it had rung his marriage peal,
it would toll at bis burial as it had
for' his father's before him, as it would
for 1 is children after him.
There is not a province in northern
France that has not been desecrated
and sacrileged.
No Church is Spared.
With ,. th these unnamed churches, as
all who read know, have been destroy-
ed more pretentious places of worship
in towns and minor cities; the mighty
cathedral of Arras, of which Victor
Hugo has written, "It is the most
beautiful and wonderful example of
the Flemish -Spanish architecture of
the thirteenth century"; the cathedral
of Senilis, the most lovely of smaller
Gothic specimens; the cathedral of
Soissons, a marvel of the i enaissance,
to choose but three of the many within
the line of barbarity's invasion and re-
treat.
No house of God is intact that
touched its paths of .evil. There re-
mains to it but the completion from
afar, of the destruction of the cathe-
dral of Rheims.
The Torture of Rheims.
If they choose, the Germans could
demolish Rheims cathedral to -morrow.
Thirty shells a minute for even a lit-
tle while would crumble all that is
left of this most noble of Gothic monu-
ments, But they choose instead the
systematic deliberate dropping now
and then of a shell upon the north and
south fronts and buttresses. They
never bombard any other portion of
the city of Rheims. And they never
allow a week to pass without shelling
the wounded cathedral; some weeks
many and some weeks few; one at a
'time always, one a day or one in seven
days, well placed and truly aimed.
As constant water will wear away
rock, so constant periodical shell will
eventually wear down the grievously
scarred but still standing towers and
trellised walls and buttresses. When
the final straw of strain comes the
cathedral of Rheims will fall. The
world will read of its falling, when, as
with a great sigh, a sigh reaching
into the heavens and across the ages,
this most glorious house of God
crumbles and crashes to the company
of ruin about it. "The evil that men
do lives after them."
Brighten The Corner
where you are by eating a
food that does not clog the
liver or develop poisons in
the colon. Cut out heavy
Meats and starchy potatoes
and eat Shredded Wheat
Biscuit with, berries or
other fruits. Try this diet
for a few days and see how
much better you feel. The
whole wheat grain made
digestible by steam -cooking,
shredding and baking.
Made in Canada
From Erin's Green We
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE-
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings in the Emerald
Interest to Irish-
men.
Isle of
Mrs. Pettit was elected to the poet -
tion of school attendance officer for
Wexford.
For the first time in years there
was no procession in Tipperary on St.
Patrick's Day.
The Coleraine
Guardians have
granted war bonuses to a number of
their officers,
The price of salt has been increased
to the consumer, owing to the scarcity
of potatoes.
The Master Bakers' Association of
Dublin has decided to increase the
price' of the 2 -Ib. loaf to 51,6d.
Fire in the Thane Corn Mills did
damage to machinery and grain to the
estimated extent of £1,000.
A successful. flag day was held in
Wexford on behalf of the Irish regi-
ments and the Irish prisoners of war.
A street collection for the preser-
vation of the Irish language was made
in Dublin on 'a recent Saturday.
James Chambers, K.C., M.P. for
Belfast, -has been appointed Solicitor -
General for Ireland.
Mr. Duke says there is nothing in
the rumor that a German submarine is
at Sunday's Well, Cork.
The Clougher Guardians have de-
cided to reduce the rations of the of-
ficials of the county workhouse.
The Misses 'McNeil, of Edenbank,
Glasgow, have sent a donation of £60
towards the Londonderry Sailors'
Rest.
The appointment of James Cham-
bers, M.P., as Solicitor -General, will
necessitate a bye -election in South
Belfast.
The farmers of Antrim, Monaghan
and Armagh are putting every pos-
sible rood of their ground under till-
age this year.
Many of the fanners throughout
Ireland are being prosecuted for de-
manding outrageous prices for
potatoes.
Just Once!
"I should like the English to meet
the Bavarians just once," said the
Kaiser in a memorable Army Order.
Prince Rupprecht, their commander,
is, ;;and has been, one of our most
cruel and boastful enemies.
'The kaiser has had his wish—at
Vimy Ridge—with the result that a
very large proportion of the nine
thousand prisoners are Bavarians now
in British cages.
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NO SLEEP�
LAST i To
lite > or coffee
Was th cause
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here's a Reason"
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The challenge shield presented by
the Scout -Commissioner for Eastern
Ulster was won by St, Augetstirie's
parish troops.
Dungannon District Connell, has
suggested that seed potatoes and oats
be granted to laborers who are cul-
tivating plots,
J. 3. Ryan, teller of the National
Bank at Limerick, has been promoted
as sub -manager of the Dundalk
branch.
Fred A. Sims, ..of .Mount Errol,
Donnybrook, silk merchant, who : died
recently, left an estate valued at £31,-
000.
Mrs. Aiken has been appointed clerk
of the Irvinestown Union in the room
of her husband, who has resigned.
The Chief Secretary for Ireland has
arrived in Dublin, and has taken up
his residence at the Lodge in Phoenix
Park,
A scheme for the lighting of the
town of Monasterevan by electricity
was approved at a public meeting of
the citizens.
P. J. O'Neill, chairman. Dublin "My heads and feet were badly swol-
County Council, has been appointed. len end the doctor did not seem to be
Director -General of National Service doing me any good. My grandmother,
for Ireland. Mrs, G. .Grasser, advised me to take
The Lord Chancellor has appointed; Dodd's liidaey Pllls. I took one box
Jeremiah Bourke, of Lantoka, Dublin, of them and 1 haven't been bothered
toethe Commission of the Peaee for since, I and clear of the rheumatisxn,"
Proved Once More
biSouthampton, Ont.
That Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure
Rheumatism.
Harold 'D, 13ertram Had Inflammatory
RhoUenatlsm and One Box of Dodd's
Kidney Pills Cleared It Out of Hie
Systotm
Sou'thampto'n, One, May ,14th (Spe-
tial)—That rheumatism is caused by
disordered kidneys and that Dodd's
Kidney. Pills will cure it is again
proved by the case of Harold D. Bert-
ram, a ybung man well and favorably
known hero. lie had inflammatory
rheumatism for two months. Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured him.
"Tile doctor said any trouble started
with the grippe," Mr. Bertram status.
Dublin County.
Capt. W. A. Morris, M.C., Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Belfast
That Mr. Bertram's trouble carne
from his kidneys Is shown by his other
symptQnis. He. had stiffness in the
on. March 19th from illness contracted joints, was tired and nervous, and
on active service. there Were flashes of light before his
The East Down Division of the eles. }ie bad a dragging sensation
County Down Herb Growers' Associa- across the loins, was always thirsty
tion has appointed Lady Clanwilliam and felt heavy and sleepy after meals.
as its president. Rheumatism heuatism is caused by uric acid
The Poor Law Guardians of Clon- in the blood. Cured kidneys strain the
mel protested against the police inter- uric acid outof the blood. Dodd's Kid.
fering with men collecting on the uey Pills cure the kidneys.
streets for the Irish Language Fund. ,
The Coleraine Rural Council has ap
proved of the transfer of twenty
laborers' cottages to the charge of the
Portstewart and Portrush Urban
Councils.
THANKFUL MOTHERS
Mothers who have once used. Baby's
Own Tablets for their little ones are
always strong in their praise of this
medicine. Among then is Mrs. Mar-
celle Boudreau, Mizonette, N.B., who
writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are the
best medicine I know of for little ones.
I am very thankful for what they have
clone for my children." The Tablets
regulate the bowels and stomach; cure
i indigestion; b k
colds and simple fevers;. in fact they
cure all the minor ills of little ones.
`They are sold by medicine dealers or
by mail at 25 .cents a box from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
TOO YOUNG FOR HIS
Duties of Earl Marshal of
Are Onerous.
OFFICE.
England
The little Duke of Norfolk, new
hereditah Earl Marshal of England,
does noir come of age till 1929 so he
would obviously be unable to carry out
the duties of his office in the event of
a great State function, such as, say,
the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
Those: duties are anything but nom-
inal. At the last coronation, for ex-
areple, the late Duke dealt with about
two million letters, in addition to
stage-managing the entire ceremonial.
Tf, as expected, Lord Edmund Tal -
constipation enc red u bot is appointed.Deputy Earl Marshal
y until the coming of age of the young
Duke, .general satisfaction will be giv-
en_. ,'bCiie;' 'tlmund is unlike the late
Duke in appearance, but the younger
brother has much of the late Duke's
personal charm of manner, and is rich-
ly gifted with tact and wisdom.
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT !
CUTE HUNS BUY HEATHER.
Extraordinary Variety of Material
Used in Modern Warfare.
Wherever opportunity has offered,
Germany has been importing vast
quantities of heather from Scandin-
avia, and the English people, who
heard of this from Danish agents,
were at first a good deal puzzled.
Now the mystery is explained. The
heather is laid in thick layers in front
of their trenches, and when a cloud of
poison -gas begins to drift across is at
once fired. The heat of the ' fierce
blaze naturally creates an upward cur-
rent, and the gas is thus carried up
and dissipated harmlessly.
The variety of material used in
modern warfare is simply extraordin-
ary-. $6.50 a hundredweight was paid
last summer by the French for dried
walnut leaves. It is said that these
are used for staining the faces and
hands of sharpshooters so as to dark-
en their complexions.
We know that white inice used to
be kept in submarines to give timely
notice of the escape of injurious gases.
It appears that there is now a de-
mand for snails for the French air-
craft service. These apparently use-
less creatures have, it seems, a most
amazing sense of balance. They know
instantly when one side or the other of
an aeroplane is higher or lower than
the opposite side, and immediately be-
gin climbing up the incline so caused.
A pilot, therefore, has only to place
a few snails on the fuselage of his ma-
chine, in front of him, and can then
get an indication of his balance with
a minimum of trouble, It should be
added that, when in cloud, it is next to
impossible to judge of the tilt of a
plane without some special tell-tale.
THE NEW-BORN SOLDIER.
With Apologies to the .Author of
"Our Baby"
Where did you come from, soldier
dear?
Out of a business house into here.
Where did you get your aim so true?
From a school of musketry I came
through.
Where did you get your athlete's
chest?
Ask the drill -sergeant; ho knows best.
How do you carry that hefty pack?
Expanding my chest, I broadened niy
back.
Why did you join the infantry?
I'm little more than a kid, you see.
And how did you get your cheerful
air?
British,
there?
° No foolishness!. Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
—It's like magic!
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Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of .a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out With the fingers if you
I apply upon the corn a few drops of
freezone, says' a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid one's feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many of our readers. If your drug-
gist hasn't any freezone tell him to
surely get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house. -
Finish For Spruce.
A finish used on spruce by Japanese
craftsmen is produced by the applica-
tion of dilute sulphuric acid, after
which the surface is charred slightly.
The acid is permitted to dry and the
wood is then held over a hot stove,
blackened.
wellb
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doe
until the s ur•
f is lacke
The charcoal surface is brushed off
thoroughly, and the surface oiled
with linseed oil and beeswax, The
harder 'grain appears black and the
rest has a: rich brown tone.
Chinese Flower.
A certain flower growing in China
is white at night or in the shade but.
displays a red color in the sunlight.
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No more to be said, is
OrensIs&ed Eyelids,
Eyes inflamed by expo-
, sure to San, Dust and Wind
quickly relieved by !Urine
tee Remedy. No Smarting.
just Eye Comfort. s At
Your Druggist's 50c per Bottle. Merin Eye
SalveinTubes2Sc. Fori:ook of theEyefreeask
Druggists or Murine EyeRemedy Co., Chicago
Those Foolish Questions.
Old Lady—Conductor, why did the
train stop before we came to the sta-
tion?
Conductor—Ran over a pig, ma'am.
Old Lady—What! Was it •on the
track?
Conductor—no—oh, no; we chased it
up the embankment.
I Wonder.
Do fishes use the liquid tones
The world so highly praises?
Could they: speak dryly? And do bees
Converse in honeyed phrases?
Thin contemporary history of the
t nadiaf Expeditionary Force
issued by the Canadian Government, is
oiYiote1,
Ask for Minard's and take no other.
Pawnbrokers' Terms.
The incontrovertible absolute fact
of the matter is that England and
France are protecting us to -day
against an enemy whose will to in-
jure us is undoubted; who would be
as remorseless here as in Noyon,
where every dollar, every ounce of
food and all the young women were i
carried off; and who could in all I
human probability give our stately
metropolis the option of paying a
ransom of five billion dollars or hav-
ing ten billion dollars' worth of pro-
perty destroyed, says the Rochester
Post -Express. Aside, therefore, from
all humanitarian considerations, do
we not as a matter of justice—a mat-
ter of business, if you will—owe.,
.France, and England also, something
more than a loan on pawnbrokers"
terms?
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Hfs Furrow,
Mr. W. Beach Thomas, in the Lon-
don Daily Mail, whites: "I watched a
single French farmer, who even at
this hour was leading out bis grey
horse to plough a fallow well in front
of our heavy guns and in sight of the
enemy. The headland of hie furrow
was a barbed-wire barrier."
hdinard's Liniment used by rays:clans.
Freddy Is Right.
The teacher's last question was
meant to be a scientific power.
"What is that which pervades all
space?" she said, "which no wall or
door,or other substance can shut out?"
No one had an answer ready but
Freddy Sharpe.
"The smell of onions, miss," he said
promptly.
Teacher—What is the feminine of
Bull? Pupil—The feminine of Bull is
Mrs. Bull.
'1o1)45s. otalroatn was
,S'roosmon VOLtelc.t
mono sow is liarle r e!t PST
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lif inard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend.
Newspaper Legs.
In Belgium old newspapers are be-
ing worked up into a papier mache
composition, from which artificial
limbs are moulded.
Purely Herbal—No poisonous coloring
Antiseptic—Stops blood -poison
Scuttling—Ess Bain and smarting, eta.
Pure --hest ler baby's rashes.
Heals all sores.
50c. box. 411 Druggists and Sores
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internal and external, cured with -
MONEY ORDERS cut pain by our home treatment. Write
us before too late, Dr. Deilman medical
THE safe way to send money by co,, Limited, Collin wood. Ont.
mail is by Dominion Express Money
Order. When buying your Piano
insist on having an
He Always Had.
The "sporting" son of wealthy par-
ents was offered a job by an old friend
of his father,
"How much will you pay me?" he
asked.
"All you are worth," said the friend.
To which he replied with business-
like brevity:
"No, thank you. I can do better
than that."
I cured a horse of the Mange with
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS.
Dalhousie.
I cured a horse, badly torn by a
pitch fork, with MINARD'S LIN-
IMENT.
St, Peter's, C. B. EDW. LINLIEF.
I cured a horse of a bad swelling by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
Bathurst, N. B. THOS. W. PAYNE.
Knew His Business.
Mrs. Smith hired a Chinese servant,
and tried to teach him how to receive
calling cards. She let herself out the
front door, and when the new ser-
vant answered her ring she gave him
her card.
The next day two ladies came to
visit Mrs. Smith. When they pre-
sented their cards, the alert China-
man hastily compared them with Mrs.
Smith's card, and remarked as he
closed the door:
'Tickets no good; you can't come
in.".
Have all garden paths with some
plants of fragrance growing along-
side. In some gardens of larger size
special fragrant pathways are built
where they appear to pass through
thickets redolent with pleasant odors.
But every path may have enough fra-
grance to keep the mind unconscious-
ly in the garden spirit.
Seep Minatd'5 Liel'ment in the itouae.
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