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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-07-20, Page 7HE aSAPPERS AND THEIR K FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE ARMY STRUCTURE RESTS. The Royal Engineers of Britain Ar Trained Bombers and All - Round Men. Their official name is "Royal En gineere." They claim to date fro William the Conqueror and to be ver dignified, but whenever a job has t be done at the front and no one els can handle it, the word is alway "Leave it to the sappers.",sappers.",And al ways the sappers do the job: Next time you see a war -film, or series of war pictures, pay particula attention to the machinery, the trans part columns, the wagons, trend awls, barbed wire, telephones, water tanks, huts, plumbing (if you get • chance to see any plumbing), signal ing—everything connected with phy sics and manual training and elec tricity and chemistry. Stop to thinl of the men who are doing this work They are the sappers. Dull jobs, you think? Not in th same class with the work clone by tie men who make midnight attacks bayonet in hand, or 'who fight f their lives 10,000 feet above th ground? ' Some Noted Sappers. Perhaps you are right. But Cap- tain Timmy Wright probably did not think so. He won the Victoria Cross for connecting up the lead which de- niolished a bridge at Mons and for getting a pontoon bridge in shape for the Fifth Cavalry Brigade . at Veiny. He did both these things under fire, and so had the V.C. before the war was four, months old. Lance -Corporal C. A. Jarvis, Fifty- seventh Field Company, Royal .En- gineers, is another sapper who justi- fiably 'thinks his work is not dull. In mthe great retreat Jarvis was at Je- appes when the Germans tried to cross the canal under cover of their heaviest fire. For an hour and a half Lance Corporal Jarvis worked in the open, exposed to a hurricane of ma- . chine -gun and snipers' bullets, until he had fired every charge and demol- ished the only bridge the -Germans could have used. That was not spe- •ci`tcally inglorious. ,For the most part the work of the Rey 1. Engllieet <3oesr niatf _A'th 1t ell :1,4,41.04 e m 0 e s, a r eh a ;. e e or e 4� whole' army structure is based; School of Engineering. The first five weeks of the engin- eer's trebling are devoted to soldier- ing.The sapper is usually near the front; he goes over the top with the first or second wave of an attack; he is always in close touch with a raid. As result he must be able to do soldier's work, not merely in self-de- fense, but as part of the offensive. He is therefore trained in handling the rifle, in the proper use of the bayonet, in throwing bombs and in preparation for gas attacks. He learns the essen- tial of drill and of discipline. He learns the elementary tricks of trench warfare. He is, therefore, an all- round man, and a very well -finished product. The main portion of the sapper's four months' training is in field work. For the last two years this has meant trench work, and it will continue to include trench work for some time to conte. To the civilian and to the casual soldier the trench is only a very un- comfortable .ditch, zigzagging from point to point. To the sapper a trench system is a wile of art. The Treneh in Warfare. The sapper designs a trench for two purposes, fighting and living. The trouble is that he never knows where the living leaves off and the fighting begins. He may build a dugout thirty- five feet deep for the company com- mander's office and that dugout may be smashed to bits in a boinbing raid. the' next night. Or he may build a lintrench,with front-line fire -step and concealed gas tanks and all the para- phernalia of defense, and that section Of trench may remain unscathed for '. three months. He has to build for safety and he tries to build for com- fort. He knows, and every one who has been there knows, that, at best, the trench is a rotten, dirty, inhuman place; lie knows that it is a bitter ne- cessity just now and he tries to make it livable. The result is so intricate that any soldier may get lost in his own trenches and needs signs at every cornea to tell him where they are. Those famous posts, "Piccadilly," "Hyde Park Corner," "Leicester Square," are not merely the signs of • British playfulness. They are abso- lutely essential. If these names were tot used others would be necessary. In China there is an oil well that has been drilled to a depth of 3,600 feet with the most primitive native , tools. '110W IS YOUR APPETITE' Loss of appetite during the sum - reel. months is a common trouble, and indicates that the 'digestive sys- tem is out of order, Lacking a healthy appetite many people—es- pecially women—go too long with- out food, or eat sparingly because food seems to distress them, and it is no wonder that they complain that they are constantly tired and unable to stand the hot weather This sim- ply imply means that the digestive system is not doing its proper work, and that the nutriment that should come from the food is not being distributed to the various organs of the body. In other words the bleed is growing thin and watery. You need a summer tonic, and in all the realm of medicine there is no tonic can equal Dr: Williams'. Pink Pills. Take a short treatment with these pills now,and notice how promptly your apetite returns and your power to digest food improves. Your food will then do you good, your strength will return. and you will no longer complain that the hot weather tires you out, The best time to begin taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the moment you feel the least bit out of sorts.! The sooner you do so the sooner you will regain your old time energy. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or sixboxes for $2.50 from. The Dr. Williams' ]Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. BRITISH PEERAGES. Noble Houses Suffer Because of Their Contribution to the War. Eight peerages of the United King- dom are in peril of extinguishment, writes the London correspondent of the New York Sun. No fewer than 120 sons of peers have been killed in the war, sixty-two of them heirs to titles. Not all, of course, were only sons, so that not all the titles are in menace. Before the war's end, with- out doubt, there will be other casual. ties in noble families, other threats of the extinction of titles. So a weekly newspaper declares, "measures must be taken to con- tinue" the peerage whose extinction is threatened. Probably there will be; the Englishman's love of a lord is getting -'to be more than a tradition and a sarcasm; for the noble house's have contributed magnificently of their sons in,.the fight for the nation's life. The ,Upper Chamber is an array of mourning these days, and it ape not dissipated merely boceetie the title ceases. The estates may be disposed of by the usual processes of law. THE COSTLIEST OF WARS Previous Expensive Conflicts Do Not Compare With Present War. It Is certain that the present con- flict of nations will place all other wars in the shade as regards expenses. The costliest war on record hitherto, that between Italy and Austria in 1866, only cost $50,000,000. It was a record, however, because the war only lasted twenty days, or at a rate of half a million sterling per day. England's last war in South Africa cost her approximately $975,- 000 per day, and, excluding the pres- ent war, Great Britain has spent a trifle of $1,185,000,000 on war in the short interval since 1895. Russia, however, in the fifty years that began with the Crimean war and ended with the war against Japan, spent $1,6'75,- 000,000 sterling on fighting, and lost 664,000 soldiers' and sailors' lives in the process. In recent times the most expensive war, excluding that in South Africa, was the comparatively small affair for the stamping . out of the Boxer rebel- lion in China in 1900-1, for the public purse to be drawn on to the tune of $29,189,000; and in contrast to this it is interesting to note that England's campaign against the Zakk Khels ten years ago, only cost the Indian. Government $285,000. This appears the merest trifle compared with the total cost of the great American civil war, whicl. has been estimated at $10,- 000,000,000 sterling. • .�1 SAVE THE G.HILDREN Mothers who keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in the !louse may feel that the lives of their little ones are reasonably safe during the hot weath- er. Stomach troubles, cholera in- fantum and diarrhoea carry off thou- sands of little ones every summer, in most cases because the mother does. not have a safe medicine at hand to give promptly. Baby's Own Tablets cure these troubles, or is given oc- casionally to the well child will pre- vent their coming on. The Tablets are guaranteed by a government an- alyst to be absolutely harmless even to the newborn babe. They are 'es- pecially good in summer .because th'ey regulate the bowels and keep tl-.' stomach sweet and pure. They sold by medicine :f ealers,,; 0,4- titoxom " !The31 r. lianis' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Til ',Summer wines to tha roar or woman Whos+s dairy `diet consists of cereals and fruits.' Meat and potatoes are a heavy load on the digestive organs. Cho ideal Summer diet is Shred- ded Wheat Based*, a food that is 100 per cent. whole wheat and prepared in a digestible forzn. Por break- fast with sliced bananas or berries, with milk or cream. Made in Canada. fired. The shot struck fair in the breast and the animal fairly reeled, But he charged again with extraordin- ary swiftness. The hunter stepped aside, and the beast lunged at him with his horns as he passed. As the bull floundered by, another shot struck point-blank behind his ear. Be went down with a tremendous thud, turned over, kicked once or twice and was dead. That evening there were great re- joicings in the village, no end of chat- tering round the big fir tree, and a great amount of drum beating and gsrland weaving. Describing Him. The squad marched so poorly and went through their drill se badly that the captain shouted indignantly: "You knock-kneed, big -footed idiots, you are not worthy of being drilled by a eap- tain! What you want is a rhinocer- ols to drill you, you wretched lot of, ddnkeys!" Then, turning aside: "Now, lieutenant, you take charge of them!" minaret's remanent Cures (;arrest in Cows A neer gasoline -driven plow has ben invented in. France to which are attacked steel hooks which, carried Pill a revolving drum, pulverize the to a. considerable.. depth. MONEY ORDERS. i'.�. Dominion Express Money Order fnr Five dollars costs three cents. and .sympathies of the country than in many decades. When a hereditary ,.peerage con- fronts extinction by reason of the failure of male issue it comes within the prerogative of the Crown to de- termine whether it may be continued through the female line. The royal assent has been granted in many cases; it is customary, in fact, when the title is sufficiently old and rev- ered to -Make it an institution, like London Bridge or the Tower, or after- noon tea. But there is the possibility also of titles becoming extinct through failure of both the male and female lines, and comparatively par- venu titles are by no means certain of maintenance through the royal pre- rogative. Of course, the family estates are I st tit st A table drink that has taken the place of tea and coffee in thousands of Canadian homes. "There's a Reason" tfssrmaz PCItue Delightful flavor 'eh aroma Healthful Economical Sold by grocers everywhere A ROGUE BISON. Exciting Adventure With the Dread- ed Savage Beast of India. ' Next to a man-eating tiger there is nothing that the natives - of India dread more than a rogue bison. One of these beasts frequented a hillside in the Western Ghats near which Mr. Edwin L. Arnold, who tells his ex- periences in the Cornhill Magazine, had camped. The bison ,slept in the woods during the hot e hours, and came out to feed only at morning and at night. One day it chased and near- ly killed the wife of a native. "Unless the sahib helps us we shall all be killed," the people complained, and Mr. Arnold, determined to kill the bull, set out at dawn the next morning. He followed the jungle path up the hill for a mile, and there climbed a lookout point and sat down to wait for daylight. Half an hour had gone by when he looked to the north, and there, not a quarter of a mile away, standing on a rocky bluff, a huge form was silhouetted against the sky. Just below where the hunt- er was sitting ran a shallow stream, and two hundred yards down its course grew a clump of bushes. Sliding into the watercourse, the hunter crawled on hands and knees until the bushes were between him and the bison. Then, scrambling^ up the bank, he 'ran to the clump and peeped through the bushes. The bison had gone. Thinking that his quarry. must be on the other side of the bluff, Mr. Arnold ran to the summit; but the bull was not in sight. For. several minutes the hunter lay breathless looking this way and that. Then he turned round and saw the huge bison glaring at him only thirty yards distant. The hunter fired hastily. The but- et struck high between neck and shoulder, and the next minute, with a remendous bellow, the bull charged ull tilt. He came down in a storm of lust' and rattling stones; as there was no possibility of cover, the man waited until he was nearly within rni's reach and then jumped .aside. Unfortunately his ,foot slipped, and, s the animal went blundering by, he ell heels over head. The beast shot est fifteen yards or more before it ould pull up.' The man came to a tand first, and opening the breech of is rife, slipped in another cartridge. Again they stood facing each other. Keep an Cultivating. Constant tilage feeds growing crops, releasing the plant food which is taken up by the growing plants. All things being equal, crops that are frequently and properly cultivated will yield very much heavier than the same crops that are cultivated only occa- sionally. This :is to certify that fourteen years ago I got the cords of my left wrist nearly severed, and was for about nine months that I had no use of my hand, and tried other Liniments, also doctors, and was receiving ne benefit. By a persuasion from a friend I got MINARD'S LINIMENT and used one bottle which completely cured me, and :.ave been using MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT in my family ever since and find it the same as when I first used it, and would never be with- out it, ISAAC E. MANN. Aug. 31st, 1908. Metapedia, P. Q, The Jordan. Religion, history and nature coin - spire to make the Jordan the most famous river of the earth. Across it the hosts of Israel were led into the Promised Land; in its waters the Christian rite of baptism had its birth; up and down its valleys many civilizations in the morning of history e11. Perhaps e•. rose and f p the stfanacot thing about this famous river is that none of the ancients ever guessed that its mouth was below the level of the sea. It was not until 1874 that accurate measurements were made and the mouth of the river was found 1292 feet below the Mediterranean less than 60 miles away. Then, catching his breath, the man 1D.]4 A GOOD SET OF RULES. Boys and Girls Would Do Well . to Follow Them Out, Here is a set of rules which every boy and girl would do well to follow: Be brave. Courage is the noblest of all gifts. Be silent while your elders aro speaking, and otherwise show them deference. Obey. Obedience is the first duty of every boy and girl. Be clean. Both yourself and the place you live in, Understand and respect your body. It is the temple of the spirit. Be the friend of all harmless wild life. Conserve the woods and flow- ers, and especially be ready to fight wild fire in forest or in town. Wordof honor is sacred, Play fair. Foul play Is treachery, Be reverent. ,Be kind. Do at least one act of unbargaining service every day. Be helpful, Do your share of the work. 13e joyful. Seek the joy of being alive. Have you running water in your home, or is your wife always running to the well or spring for it? Painard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. l,fany Millions in Sorrow. The War Study Society, of Copen- hagen, estimates the total loss of belligerents in dead, wounded and sick at 19,228,800, and counts about 5,000,000 missing. Each soldier re- presents on the average a family of five persons, so' that the _ war has brought personal distress to a popu- lation greater than that of the United States. And this does not in- clude the death and injury of non- combatants themselves. ii - Two Eyes. for a Lifetime r ��VA merino is for Ti rod. gyos. I.?R, d 74yes —'Sore ares — (dranvtatedialyolld3, .nests IVA Vki ep� iefrosbes—Rooteros• k- C P n:lno ii a 'asorlteTroat• meut for epos that feel dry and smart. Giro your rives as much of your toying care as your Tooth and with the same reE.uiaa,r. Care for Teem. You Cannot Buy New Eyes; Sold at Drag and Optical Stores or by Mabe. A..._ Ilurine Eye RernedyCo., Chicago, ,or Free moos If a healthy child has a quart of milk a day, besides an egg, and butter on his bread, he probably gets enough fat. Itrinard's Liniment dues Colds, i1to. Rape is not only a land cleaner, but an excellent feed for dry stock. Aphids, commonly called plant lice, are small, delicate, winged or wing- less insects which feed upon plant juices, draining them from the foliage; fruit, twigs or roots through a beak pushed through the plant tissue. Con- tact sprays, such as keroeeno emul- sion, soap washes, nicotine solutions, etc., must be used to kill aphids. --o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o— i YES ! LIFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT PAIN I Cincinnati man tells how to dry 7 up a corn ol; callus so it lifts o off with fingers. =o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—o—opo—o— You corn -pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freezone applied directly an a tender, aching corn or callus, stops soreness at once and soon the corn or hardened callus loosens so it can be lifted off, root and all, without pain. A small bottle of freezone costs very little at any drug store, but will posi- tively take off every hard or soft corn or callus. This should be tried, as it is inexpensive and is said not to irri- tt te the surrounding skin. If you druggist hasn't any freezone tell him to get a small bottle for you l from his wholesale drug house. It is fine stuff and acts like a charm every time. Obi Vs MIMS' With Ringworm Which Turned to Eczema. Jost One Mass. Cuti- curs Completely Heated. "My little son, three years old, took ringworm on his left arm, and he scratched it so that it turned to eczema. It then spread to his back, chest, arms legs and head, It was just one mass of corruption and it made my heart ache to see him scratch; he would just tear himself. He was a pitiful sight. "1 read about Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment. By the time I had used the second box of Cuticura Ointment with the Guti- curs Soap he was completely healed." (Sighed) Mrs. R. R. Peaches R. R. 1, Waldemar, Ont., December 30, 1916. Cuticula Soap daily for the toilet and Cuticuraintmcnt as needed prevent pimples blackheads or other eruptions. Por Otte Sample Each by Mall ad- dress post -card: "Cutiieura, Dept. A, Boston, TJ. 5. A." SSold. everywhere. teaemesessseeeeeseeeasseeeemeeseaeaaasemater The Late Dinner. Young Wife --I'm afraid that din- ner will be late, dear. Young Hubby---Ho,•r's that, dee- ling ? Young Wife—Why, I ordered some macaroni, but when it came this morning I had to send it back, for every stem, was empty. lSlaarcl's Liniment Cures Distempc As soon as the corn is harvested sow rye or sow the rye in the standing; corn.. Rye can be sovm later than winter wheat and the same fertilizer can be used. , Rye can also be snwn after buckwheat is harvested, Use three bushels of reed to the acre. Rye ' mv.kes good chicken feed. 49lZSCELL NEOL75 'IA *ICER. TUB1O11S. LUMPS. PTC., internal anti external, • cured with- out pain lay our I, ulna trentrrent, tL.rite us befero too late pr. Bell man 11eai1ea1 Co., Limit..rl, ('rllrnx- and Ont, The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "arro H101'°Lr PIANO ACTION itti j u> t:a3 Hallett free to any address b _ Amat e's the Author • Flor,rsr H. CIetY GI 0' v2 CO,, Inc. Beg Remsu h 118 Wert 31st Street, New Yuri; Dr. Ferdinand King, New York Physician and Medical Author Saysl Booze oN DOG DISEASES And Ilow to Feed EVERY Fv7, EVER m Ta EVERYDilEg7125,TZEI Kit EDS IRON AT TIMES To put strength Intel= nary :-,: and color into her cheeks. There e a n be no beauti- f u), healthy, rnsi -en e eekedwlth wom- eut iron. The trouble in the Past has been that when wo- men needed n o n they gen- erally took F King,ordinary me- 14i.i? faille. iron, which of t e n eorrocicd the stomach and did far more harm than good. To -dal doctors pre- scribe organic iron — Nuxated Iron. This particular form of iron is easily assimilated, does not blacken nor in- jure the teeth nor upset the stomach. It will increase the strength and en- durance of weak, nervous, irritable, careworn, haggard looking women 100 per cent. in two weeks' time in many instances. I have used it in my own practice with most surprising results.— Ferdinand King, M. T), ZWTn: NYTZATED 113,ON recommend- ed above by Dr. rerdinand Fling can be obtained from any good druggist with an absolute guarantee of success or money refunded. St is dispensed by all good druggists. BROKEN ERIN HEALTH Woman Tells How $5 Worth of Pinkhaz,: Compound Made Her Well. .r 'ma hie.— Ywas all f lb Lima, O token down in health from a displacement. One of my lady friends came to see me and she ad- vised me to com- mence taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- etable Compound and to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash. I began take ing your remedies and took al; and in twomonths was a well woman after three doctors said I never would: stand up straight again. I was a mid- wife for seven years and (recommended the Vegetable Compound to every wo- man to take before birth and after- wards, and they all got along so noels✓ that it surely is a godsend to suffering women. If women wish to write to me I will be delighted to answer thein." —Mrs.Jarlrun MOYER., 842 E.North St.. Lima, Ohio. Women who suffer from displace- tnents, weakness, irregularities, ner- vousness, backache, or bearing -down pains, need the tonic properties :of the roots and herbs contained in Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ilt«l 4 i'