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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-10-26, Page 7PURSERS ''' AKING • PSGMONEY TRUS'1'l1D WITH IMPORTANT BUSINESS DOCUMENTS. For Services in Safeguarding Papers and Other Valuables the "Bonus Money Has Increased Tenfold. Many of the pursers who have sail- ed the ocean blue for years are accu- mulating what are small fortunes compared with their earnings of four years ago. The "outside bonus money" is ten .times what it ordinarily was in peaceful times. It often happens that a liner will carry important papers whose senders do not eare to trust to the usual means of communication. The mes- senger delivers them at the office of the purser and that individual places them in a secure corner of his specie locker. The papers are apt to be of a commercial character. Perhaps Mr. Export Correspondent thinks so high- ly of his confidential buying' sugges- tions for the firm's European people that rather than put them in the cus- tody of His Majesty's mail he turns them over to the purser. Likewise large sums of money are thus sent across the ocean. Before -the -War Remuneration. Previous to the war all steamship pursers were anxious to accommodate concerns which wanted to have vari- ous papers taken across the ocean. and delivered to the firm's representa- tive abroad. Often a representative from the firm met the ship on her ar- rival on the other side, and thus has- tened the delivery of the documents. If the purser received $10 for this job he was very grateful and showed every symptom of trusting that the firm would call again. Indeed it has even been recalled that some of the bitterest of steamship rows ensued' when it was discovered that one of the navigating officers was landing "bonus money" for being a transoceanic mes- senger boy. But everything is different nowa- ays. The sailing of mail steamships been seriously _,cut clown. If nts are important the regis- ail does not save them from edations of Hohenzollern sub- s. Several concerns thought the U-boats beaten by tripli- ortant correspondence, only comes when it lends money, to the e of it ever reach Europe,. amount of • $460, to any man going ;out are of the Purser." into civil life needing a lift, if he can give security, an reason' concerns wishing to oancdloper to date has been rcl every dollar tent business papers abroad This is a boon to the man who lived on a salary before . he enlisted and whose family used up his small sav- ings in his absence. In the Edmonton Fair the boys cleared $2,000 on a show they staged. Each man who worked was paid $2 a: day; and ten per cent. of the profits were turned over, as is their custom, to the widows and orphans fund of the Great War Veterans. Boys and Books. They will mix all right if the boys are kept mentally alert and siC l phy a ly active with nour- ishing, easily digested foods. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the ideal food for young- sters to study on or to play on because it contains the life of the whole wheat grain in a digestible form. The kiddies like it with milk or cream, with sliced bananas or other fruits. Made in Canada. INVALID SOLDIERS' LEAGUE. Convalescent Soldiers at Edmonton Form Model Organization The .Invalid Soldiers' Welfare League is a newly formed organiza- tion in the Edmonton Convalescent Home which promises to become a model for similar leagues in all the convalescent homes of the Military Hospitals Commission. There are many phases of life to be carried on in the homes, and thepa- tients here hit upon the idea of farm- ing an organization which would pro- vide machinery for promoting ath- letics, social life and maintaining a canteen, as well as a bond of interest common to all the men in the home. The membership is constantly changing, of course, as cases are dis- charged and new ones come in, but every man while he stays belongs to the league.' The aim is simple—"For the welfare of the men in the con- valescent home and hospital"—and the appeal is direct. The returned Tom- mies like the idea. There are three chief committees; one is in charge of athletics and ar- ranges 'games, field days, and all sports; the social committee has charge of all the picnics, concerts and movies; and the canteen committee of the smokes, refreshments, etc. The supreme proof of its usefulness to trust more and more to ers. The party of the first es his appeal on the ground simply must get certain im- tent business papers to London or aris via the party or the second part (the purser). The latter rejoins that to oblige the party of the first part means risking his job, violating the postal laws and running the allied blockade. Continuing, he says that if he were to be detected it might also mean imprisonment and death. But if the first party is willing to pay well he will oblige. Generally from fifty to seventy-five dollars closes the bargain. In advancing the prices the pursers guarantee delivery, for they assure the shipper or his agent that if the boat goes down the documents will go overboard with him, and if he is safe- ly landed the papers will be also. Sev- eral pursers deceive some of the con- cerns by stating that they will only take care of the papers of one indi- vidual firm, whereas they are carry- ing maybe a dozen other envelopes marked "In care of the purser," The pursers are too shrewd to allow any alien enemy documents to go with them, because none will assume the risk unless he is pretty certain about the persons employing him. Most of them regularly receive lists of. con- cerns whose names are blacklisted. Attach Light to Your Razor. A woman, Katherine E. Allport of Chicago, is the inventor of a combin- ation flashlight and razor, says Popu- lar Mechanics, which will illuminate a man's face far better than the regu- lar wall light. By having the light attached directly to the razor the light follows the blade and the strong rays aro thrown just where they are need- ed, The small flashlight bulb is clip- ped with its socket on to the handle. end of the razor. The conducting wires from the socket lead to small dry cells which ocucpythe bottom half Of the razor box especially built for this attachment. From one to three Ory cells can be employed, depending upon how much light you consider ne- cessary. '. Weather reports are sent daily by wireless telegraphy from Gibraltar to London. A Vacuum clea▪ n• er that can be plac- ed upon and. operated in connection With an ordinary carpet stiveeper has been invented. Rubber Comforts Dangerous. The sale of rubber comforts is pro- hibited in France because they en- danger the lives of infants, Regular feeding, frequent drinks of boiled wa- ter, and clean, dry clothing make a pacifier unnecessary. Better allow a child to cry if you cannot discover and remove the cause than allow 'him to form this filthy habit. Upset diges- tion, adenoids and Brooked teeth are a few of the evils attributed to this one cause. A.< Wheat, a++ov, lax.,d T. ib,tun. 4ti!o.l cW FOOD eCQNOMY GOLD. In far Alaska's snow -girt hills The shining metal lies; And by the bright Peruvian rills Beneath her tropic skies. And yet, why search so far afield For that we find at home— The gold that our own acres yield, Fruit of the fertile loarn? The gold of shining yellow corn, The gold of ripened wheat, The butter of the clover -mead, The honey richand sweet, The, golden fruits pf tree and vine All these moreprecious are Than all the wealth of all the Rand, Nugget and bullion -bar. Then break the sod . that idle lies, And plow the furrow deep; A time of dew and rain and sun, And then a time to reap The harvest, ripenedx`ully-grown, To Autumn's winds unfurled; The rarest wealth that man has known— The gold that feeds the world! —Lydia O'Neil. NEW OEALTI FOR WOMEN The most fateful years in a woman's life are those between forty-five and fifty. Many of the sex,enter this period under depressing conditions through overwork or worry about the home, or through a condition in which the blood Is weak or watery and so they suffer heavily. Among the com- monest symptoms • are headaches, feverish flushes, palpitation of the heart, dizziness, backache, depression and other well recognized disturb- ances of the health which signalizes that the blood requires attention. Women urgently need rich, rect blood all their lives, but never more so than in middle -life, when the nerves are also weak and overwrought. Now every woman can prove the prompt help afforded to her health by. renewing and building up the blood. It is a test that any ailing woman can make by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for these pills make rich, red blood, which hi turn stimulates the appetite, strengthens the nerves and restores full robust health. Thou- sands housands of women have found in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills new health and strength and with these a new happi- ness and interest in life. So if you suffer, avail yourself at once •of the splendid home treatment tlhioh Dr. Williams' Pink Pills so easily afford, and you will be among those who rejoice in regained health. These pills are soldby all dealers in -medicine, - or may be had by mail rt - 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE FOOD CRISIS. Material. For Developing Man Power Must Come From Land. One can understand the attitude taken by people in resenting being told over and over again„ that we must have meatless days, that we must eat less andthat we must economize. We need not be surprised at the question, coming back from the people: Why not increase production? No amount of economy will atone for underproduction. This is being fully appreciated by the United States since their entry into the war, and should be appreciated by us. At the outbreak of the war Great Britain was farming 50 per cent. less land than she did one hundred years ago, and 45 per cent. of her popula- tion is in the cities. Germany, in the same time, had been stimulating her farming by a system of co-operation between the Government and the. farmer by which loans might be had and paid back in instalments.- By such means she was able to keep ap- proximately one 'half of her popula- tion on the farms. She has conse- quently been almost self-sustaining. The accompanying table taken from the Yellow Book of the department of Agriculture shows at a glance the results obtained in Great Britain and Germany on , each one hundred acres of cultivated land, and demonstrates the increase in production of the latter country as against the former:. British German Farmer, Farmer.. Tons. Tons. Grows—Corn . ... 15 • 33 Grows—Potatoes ...... 11 555 Grows—Meat . , . 4 Grows—Milk . 173i 28 Canada is capable of supplying food. for every man, woman and child in Europe; . yet less than 10 per cent. of this land is under cultivation, while in some provinces and in the United States, the acreage under cultivation is becoming less every year with ,the exception of the present year, In a new, electric photograph print- ing machine an autoinatie switch shuts off the ,light at a set time, insuring even. prints. A. rye -buckwheat rotation may be used on the old pastures and meadows broken up this fall. This will produce a maximum amount of grain. CUJWD THE CHILDREN FROM AUTUMN COLDS The fall Is the moat severe season of the year for colds—one . day is warm; the next is wet and cold and unless the mother is on, her guard the little ones ars seized with colds that` may bang on all winter. Baby's Own Tablets aro mothers' best friend in preventing or banishing: colds, They act as a gentle laxative, keeping the bowels and stomach free and sweet. An occasional dose will prevent colds or if it does come on suddenly the prompt use of the Tablets will quickly cure It, The Tablets are sold by Medi- eine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Clow, Brockville, Ont. Little Prince John. Prince John, the youngest member of the Royal Family, has become an expert on the subject of national flags since the outbreak of war. They have the flags of practically every nation in the flag -room at Windsor Castle, and there is now scarcely a flag amongst the lot about which Prince John could not give some interesting fact. When recently the U.S.A. flag was hoisted for the first time at Windsor Castle, the Prince helped to pull the Stars and Stripes up to the top of the flagstaff, and then called for three cheers for President Wilson. Miard's Liniment Cures Burns, >±tc. Modern Wonders. A teacher was asking her young pupils what wonders to be seen to- day were nest in existent: sixty years ago., There were a score of answers, such as electric Beta motor cars, airships. At last one little fellow contributed: "Me and my little brother, miss." UR/ Granulated Eyelids, 1 Sore Eyes, Eyes' Inflamed by Sun, Dust and Wind quickly ros'.71� arelieved by Murine. Try tt in p 1 S your Eyes and in &by's Eyes. amm E+ NoSmarting,JoatEyeComfart Marine Eye liteMed At Yoer Drugsiat'a ar by y it 60 bottle Marino sin cp er Eye Salve, in Tubes 26,.47 For Boo1C"of the E+ie ^ Free. 6.61i &fnrixae Eye liemedy Oo•, Claieatiio a Guarding Baby. Never let a baby play with sharp - pointed toys or toys with sharp edges. Never let him have wool -covered toys or those covered with hair; they are germ collectors. Be careful about let- ting hin>r,jiave buttons or tiny things wY,lt he might swallow or get in his ears,, or up, lis nose. Don't let him chew old pocketbooks or painted toys. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents;—A customer of ours cured a very bad case of distemper In a valu- able horse by the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. If the farm labor situation is as acute another year as it is now, some more definite arrangement should be made to eliminate the weaker and less suitable men volunteering for help in the fields. The wages paid has varied from $40 per month, for men experienced, but who are strong, to $3 a day for experienced harvest hands. prinard'e Liniment for sale everywhere. Honey locust and cedars are gen- erally used for hedges in Ontario. When kept properly 'trimmed these make good hedges and stand the climate. Dwarf spruce, arbor vitae, Osage orange, Norway spruce and hemlock are also useful for hedges. Holly may be used where it will stand the winters. GIRL'S ! LEMON JUICE 1S SKIN WHITENER How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice, of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three Ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most re- markable lemon skin beautifier at ,about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care . should be taken to strain ,the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman; knows that lemon juice Is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier. Just try it .1 Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lenons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra- grant l lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and kande, SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION, S.,S. Workers of North America Will Meet in Buffalo. Next June. The hoard of Trustees of the In- ternational Sunday School Associa- tion at their Fall meeting in Chicago, fixed June 19th to 25th as the dates for the Fourteenth International Sun- day School Convention to be held at Buffalo, N.Y., in 1918. Ontario is third among the States and Provinces in the number of delegates allotted, New York State and Pennsylvania coming first. The number given to Ontario is 180. Provision for the se- lection and appointment ofthese will be made at the Conventions in Chat- ham and Peterborough, October 23-25, and October 30 to Nov.'1 respectively, these being the last Ontario Conven- tions until after the International. Special election ' of International re- presentatives, members of the Inter- national Nominating Committees, and detailed reports will receive special attention. Minard'e Liniment Cures Dandruff. Sowing Tares. During a Bible lesson a teacher was trying to explain the parable of the tares. "Can anyone tell me any person who is like the evil one who sowed the tares?" A hand instantly shot up from a small boy at the foot of the class. "Well, John, what • person do you say?" "Please, ma'am, my mother." "Why?" asked the teacher, in aston- ishment. "Well," answered he, eyeing his patched trousers, "she sews all my tears." MONEY ORDERS 'buy your out of town supplies with Dominion Express Money Orders. Five dollars costs three cents. Doesn't Need Them. The man who does things is seldom heralded by an advance agent and a brass band. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. A factory in which radium is being produced has been opened in Scotland by .a Scotch chemist, Burned but a few years ago as use- less rubbish, there now is a wide de- mand for the waste from Spain's cork factories. p—o—o—o—o—o--o—o—o—o—o—o—o YES! LIFT A CORN o OFF WITHOUT PAIN o Cincinnati man tells how to dry up a corn or callus so it Iifts off with fingers. o—o—o—o—o—o—o--o—o—o—o—o—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 on 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- tate the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn,t any freezone tell him to get a small bottle for you from his wholesale drug house. It is fine stuff and acts like a charm every time. The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HIGEL PIANO AOTION No Need to Rub Try Sloan's Liniment and see how quickly the swelling is reduced and the pain disappears. No need to rub; it pene- trates quickly and brings relief. Have a bottle handy for rheumatic pains; neuralgia, back ache and all mus- cle soreness. Generous sized bottles; at your druggist, 25c.. 50c., $1.00. GILLETTs Lyt ri IN CANADA For making soap, For voftanw Mg water. For removing paint. For disinfecting refrl feratore, sinks, cio$ets, drainsand for eco other purposes. MUM pycar,TUTE9. ,ietr;'r We are exhorted to use cord -meal in these war times. Here is a good johnny-cake, made without eggs: Mix and sift together a cupful each oi' corn -meal and flour, a third of a cup. ful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt and. a half teaspoonful each of soda and baking -powder. Add gradually a cupful and 'a half of sour milk. Beat well and bake in a well -greased, shal- low pan in a moderate oven. NEWSPAPERS PCB SALT: PaOFIT-MAKING NEWS AND JOH Offices for sale in good Ontario towns. The most useful and interesting liootso1bliiappcattinoWilsn Full information Com- pany. om pany. 73 Adelaide St.. Toronto. 27:12CFIY,LAiQE031781 W'� 'ANT�.D - 13LACIKSVIITH TO 1 m .sharpen tools: also Granite Polisher. Write George M. Paul, Sarnia, Ont. !'I ANCER. TUMORS, LUMPS. ETC.. kJ internal and external. cured witk out pain by our borne treatment. Wr1cc us before too late. Dr. Bellman Medical Co., Limited. Collingwood, Ont. IT'S VERY E SY TI) GET J t OF SN T 3, � aU LE 1, k a !� With CEJ ICU Bathe wi Cuticura Soap, dry and apply the Ointment Stops itching instantly, clears away pimples, redness and roughness, re- moves dandruff and scalp irritation, heals red, rough and sore hands as well as most baby humors. You need not buy them until you try thein. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book. (Soap to cleanse and Ointment to heal.) For samples address ppoat.card: 'Cuticura, Dept. N, Boston S. A." Sold throughout the world. CRS!$ OF OMAN'S LEAP Change Safely Passed by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Wagoner, Okla. --"1 never get tired of praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- ta b l e Compound because during Chance of Life I was In bed two years and had two operations, but all the doctors and op- erations did me no good, and 1 would have been in my grave today had it not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- etable Compound which brought me out of it all right, sq 1 am now well and do all my housework, besides working in my garden. Several of my neighbors have got well by tak- ing Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound.''— E. VIOLA FINICAL, Wagon. uers, Okla. warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hotflashes, headaches,back- aches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu- larities, constipation, variable' appetite weakness and dizziness should be heeded by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink- bana's Vegetable Compound has carried litany women safely through the crisis. ED. 7. ISSUE 43---'17.