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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-11-02, Page 34; ETON TRAINING 600 BOYS FOR ARMY HAS PRODUCED MANY VALIANT SOLDIERS IN BRITAIN'S RANKS. England's Famous Boys' School Fits Students to Command at 18 Years of Age. • Almost under the walls of Windsor Castle one of England's oldest schools for boys is doing its share toward win- ning the war by turning out officers qualified to lead a company .of men by the time they reach the age of 18. Eton is an institution familiar to Can- adians mostly through the natty uni- formsworn by the boys who are lucky enough to study there. They still walk about the old buildings in their short black jackets and high silk bats just as others like them have for the past two centuries. The Eton officers' training corps is• the only one in England honored with a standard presented by the royal household, and under that standard some of Britain's most valiant sol- diers have been trained to lead men. There is something in the atmosphere of the school and its traditions that makes boys want to be good soldiers, and the record made by Etonians is a glorious one. On the wall of one of the oldest buildings facing on an an- cient courtyard is a memorial to those who have given their lives in the present war. It consists of a list of names of Etonians with their honors and the year of their graduation. It is the last and highest honor to be at- tained, but one that will carry the name down through the centuries. Training for 600 Boys. There are over 600 boys attending Eton this year, and every one of them down to the youngest goes through at least four hours of military training weekly. Regular army officers are in charge of this branch of their study, which consists mostly of drilling until the boy reaches the age of 17, when he receives all of the instruction giv- en to older men training to be officers. In the last few months before an Eton boy s sent out to France to get his final training, he spends ten hours each week in the hands of the military instructors. Thoughts of the days of peace and quiet inevitablycome to the mind as one watches these clear eyed youths drilling ou the old football and picket fields .of their school. It seems incre- dible that not one of those youngsters over the age of 17 will be graduated from the school and take up the or- dinary practices of his forefathers. They march about the grassy fields in their neat gray -brown uniforms as smartly as any body of men in the great camps further north. The only difference is that where . . the regular army men concentrate on study and drill these boys get out of their uniforms into short jackets and toppers and resume the life that hes been led at Eton ever since it was founded. They gambol about the same old buildings and recite their lessons in rooms whose walls are solid masses of carved names. They play "fives" itithe concrete courts built for that game and in their leisure moments wander through the shady streets of Eton and Windsor. Their life is as well ordered and wholesome as that of the average boy in a preparatory' school in Canada, with perhaps a more strenuous programme of work mapped out for them than applies in Canadtan schools. Prince Henry an. Etonian. Prince Henry, son of King George, is an Eton boy. He goesAhrough the various courses of study with as much vigor as the hardiest son of Britain and drills with as much snap as the best of bis unit. He is of slighter build than in.ost of the youngsters in his company, but his officers declare he makes up in determination wlinthe lacks in stature. The only marks on his uniform to distinguish him from his comrades are two ribbons which. he is entitled to wear through having been present at two coronations. An austere British army man who recent- ly inspected the Eton corps spotted those ribbons on the chest of the Prince. He didn't recognize the youngest of the royal household and asked in a voice of thunder: "How do you happen to be wearing those decorations, young man?" "They are the eoronation ribbons," answered the Prince, "Huh," grunted the officer, "you Must have been pretty young when you attended the first coronation," Ile recognized the boy when he started speaking, but didn't give evi- dence of that fact by the slightest change of face and turned away with a stern eountenance. The army plays to favorites in training men for ae- tive 'service. . Horses and mules are estimated usually to consume 27 per cent, of the American corn crOp. Watch Your Snee;-61 It may:be the forerunner of• bronchitis or a bad cold. It is nature's warning that your body is in a receptive con- dition for germs. The way to fortify yourself, against cold is to increase warmth and vitality by eating Shredded Wheata food that builds healthy muscle and red blood. FOr break- fast with milk or cream, or any meal with fresh fruits. Made in Canada. Quite Candid. Teddy had been invited out to tea. He wanted to have the afternoon off from school, but his mother would not hear of it. As his bedtime was 7 o'clock he had rather a short visit, and as he was leaving his hostess said cordially: "I'm so sorry you've been able to stay such a little while, dear." Teddy remembered his mother's in- junctions to be polite on all occasions, and answered, sweetly: "Oh, it's quite long enough, thank you." Buy potato seed now for next spring planting or save the seed from this season's crop. Regardless of predic- tions of a large crop, it will be well to secure seed at present prices for next spring plantings Will reduce Inflamed, Strained, Swollen Tendons, Ligaments, or Muscles. Stops the lameness and pain from a Splint, Side Bone of Bone Spavin. No blister, no hair gone and horse can be used. $2 a bottle at druggists or delivered. De. scribe your case for special instruc. tions and interesting horse Book 2 M Free. ABS 0 RBIN Es, JR,, the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Stiamed, Torn Liga- ments, Swollen Glands, Veins or Muscles; Hears Cuts, Sores, tlicere. Allays pain. Price 51.00 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book 'tvidence" tree W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 616 Lymans Bldg, Montreal, Gan. Ahserbine and Absorbing Jr.. are made ID Canada., PAIN NOT A SIT 1 LIFT YOUR CORNS No humbug I Apply few drops then Just Ilft them away with fingers, OR CALLUSES OFF' This new drug is aix ether com pound discovered by a Cincinnati chemist. It is called! freezone, and can new be obtained in tiny hot; tles as here shown at very little cost from any drug- store. Just ask for freezone. Apply a drop or two direct!), upon a tender corn callus and instantly the soreness disappears. Shortly you will find the corn or cantos so loose that you can lift it off, root and all, with the lingere. Not a twinge of paha, soreness or irritation; not even the slight4st smarting, either when applying freezone or afterwards. This drug doesn't eat up the corn or callus, bolt shrivels them eo they loosen and 'some right out. It bo no humbug 1 It *OAS like a charm. For a few cents you can get rid of every hard cern, nett corn or torn be- tween the toes, as well as painful calluses on bottom of your feet. it never dieappoints and never burtui, bites or inflames. If your druggist Imen't any freezone yet, tell him to get a little bottle for you from his *wholesale house. ED. 7. ISSUE 44-17 SITED~GRAIN Al) POTATOES. 13y instructions of the Ilon, ster of Agriculture a free distribution of superior sorts of grain and potatoes will be made during the coming win- ter and spring to Canadian farmers, The samples of grain fordistribu- tion will consist of spring wheat (about 5 lbs,), white oats (about 4 lbs.), barley (about 5 lbs.), and field peas (about 5 lbs.). These will be sent out from the Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, by the Domin- ion Cerealist, who will furnish the ne- cessary application forms. A distribution of potatoes in sam- ples of about 3 lbs. NVill be carried on from most of the Experimental Farms, the Central Farm supplying only the province of Ontario. All samples will be sent free by mail. Only one sample of grain (and one of potatoes), can be sent to each applicant. As the supply of seed is limited, farmers are advised to apply very early. !Dominion Cerealist Will Distribute Samples From the Ottawa Ex- perimental Farin. THE FALL WEATHER HARD ON LITTLE ONES Canadian fall weather is extremely hard on little ones. One day it is warm and bright and the next wet and cold. These sudden changes bring on colds, cramps and colic, and unless baby's little stomach is kept right the result may be serious. There is nothing to equal Baby's Own Tablets in keeping the little ones well. They sweeten the stomach, regulate the bowels, break up colds and make baby thrive. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Will the Earth Stop? Old Mother Earth is evidently find- ing the pace too hot. Astronomers have discovered that it takes her three seconds longer to revolve once than it did a hundred years ago. And every hundred years will add three seconds more to the length of the day till the world stops spinning alto- gether. If this theory is correct some of our forbears must have been pressed for time. Shakespeare, through being born in the sixteenth century, was de- prived of almost ten seconds every twenty-four hours; while Junta Caesar was a whole minute t5 the bad. The earliest men, say, in the year 100,000 B.C., would be obliged to cram their work and recreation into a twenty-tluTe hour day, and would die of old age, fondly imagining they were ninety, when all the time they were only eighty-six. A druggist can obtain an imitation of MINARD'S LINIMENT from a Toronto house at a very low price, and have it labeled his own product. This greasy imitation is the poorest one we have yet seen of the many that every Tom, Dick and Harry has tried to introduce. Ask for MINARD'S and you will get it. The Future Wood Supply. James White, deputy head of the Conservation Commission, recently paid a visit to Victoria, B.C., and, after a tour of the Pacific Coast pro- vince, stated that he believed the pulp wood resources were in the neighbor- hood of 250,000,000 cords. He said that the situation was, however'seri-. ous throughout Canada, especially in the far east, where the extent of pulp wood had been grossly overestimated. Cruisers in Eastern Canada and the United States had, in some cases, re- ported that there was enough mater- ial to last fifty years. Later investi- gation had proved that about thirteen or fourteen years would be nearer the limit. Mr. White said that the result was that America .must now look to the west for its supply of pulp wood. With the east facing exhaustion, Brit- ish Columbia's pulp making -woods were destined- to meet h large part of continental requirements. Soon Can- ada would be the world's greatest source of pulp and paper. If regulat- ed, the forests of British Columbia could continue to give six million cords of pulpwood per annum for an almost indefinite period. Ontario's Timber. Ontario's timber production last year valued at $26,774,987 or 40 per cent. of Canada's total output. Pine produCtion, 905,442,000 ft. B.M.; pulpwood, 246,282 cords; railway ties, 5,704459. Ontario's woodworking in- dustries using 34 different kinds of 'wood, provide a ready market for the lumberman. Eighty-two per cent. of lumber used in Ontario's industries is purchased within the province. I4al114.03/4t Maeda DiphtliOria. Children's Belief in Fairies, , To the children fairies stand for oil the Wonderful and unpredictable pos- sibilities of life, for all the magic of it, its charm of unexpectedness, says the Atlantie Monthly. A. child is a bit puzzled by the inevitable; in the fairy world it does not exist. In that world he slips away from the world of grown-ups, witty its endless conse- quences remorselessly hounding the gay, irresponsible little child doings. He loves the grownups and it is not from' them that he wishes to escape, but frora their world, their difficult, unyielding world. IfiliNE Granulated Eyelids, Soren:yes, Eyes Inflamed by San, Dust and Wind quickly relieved by Murine. Try it in 1,t OUR 'LI NoSeitutilig,JustEyeeeratort YourEyesandinBaby'sgyes. ? Mur!' Eye Roasted Y ttil,Yeffper Eye sitte, in Tubes 25o. Pot. 5, 00e Oithi) Dp8.—'FrOele MIC Saurine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago That Held Him. "Dear Clara," wrote the young man, "pardon xne, but I'm getting so for- getful. I proposed to you last night, butt really forgot whether you said yes or. no." "Dear Will," she replied by note, "so glad to hear from you. I know I said `no' to some one last night, but I had forgotten just who it was." alineardia Xdalment Cures Ciarget in Cows Not Quite Certain. Six-year-old Phyllis was a lively youngster who brought a note from mamma to grandmother one day. "Will you come over this afternoon, dear?" asked grandma. The little one stopped to think a moment, then answered: "Weill don't you 'spect me and don't .you unspect me; I may turn up and 1 may not," And away she flew. MONEY ORDERS Dominion Express Money Orders aro on sale in five 'thousand offices throughout Canada. _Already in many regions timber shortage and high prices have follow- ed the exhaustion of the local timber supply. From the public standpoint there is a real need for growing forests vastly larger than are now planned for. LEMONS WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Make: this beauty lotion cheaply for yotir face, neck, arms and •hantl. At the, c st of a small jar of ordinary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the mast wonderful lemon skin softener and complexion beautifier, by squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle con- taining three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the 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! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag- rant lemon lotion. and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It is marvelous to smoothen rough, red hands. mn,,,..nearn•nveVnellt Magic Baking Powder costs no more than the ordinary kinds. For economy, buy the one pound tins. ...."1.w.GILLETY COMPANY LIMITED voton.co c'fa' me,irsem. reememsissaiseenessiengsw A recent report of the United States Department of Agriculture shows a decrease of 9,000,000 sheep in the United States from 1900 to 1910, and a further decrease of 7 per cent. from 1910 to 1914. =Marina Liniment Cures Colds, 660. KindnesS is not thrown away even though shown towards the members of one's own family. Ah! That's the Spot Sloan's Liniment goes right to it. Have you a rheumatic ache or a dull throbbing neuralgic pain? Y ou can find a quick and effective relief in Sloan's Liniment. Thousands of homes have this remedy handy for all external pains because time and time again it has proven the quickest relief. So clean and easy to apply, too. No ruls- bing, no stain, no inconvenience as is the case with plasters or ointments. If you once uan Sloan'sLiniment.you will never be with- out it. Generous sized bottles. at all druggists, 25co 500.. $1.00. Colored handkerchiefs require care in washing, and should first be soaked for ten minutes in a basin of tepid wa- ter to which a teaspoonful of turpen- tine has been added. This will in- sure them retaining their color. Minard'rs Dinisn.ent Cures Distemper. It is a good plan to get bulbs in the ground without further delay and in pots for window culture. Iffx sasLz arr zous T sharpen tools: also Granite 11,7 ANT ED — BLACKSMITH TO Polisher. Write George M. Paul. Sarnia, Ont. ADIES WANTED TO DO PLAIN AA and light sewing at home, whole or spare time, good pay, work sent any dis- tance, charges paid. Send stamp for particulars. National Manufacturing Company. Montreal. CANCER, TUISIORS, LUMPS. ETC.. internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write tle before too late, Dr. Bellman Medical Co.. Limited. Coiiingwood. Ont. When buying your Piano insist on having an "OTTO HIGEL" PIANO ACTION CUT1CURA HE BAD DISFIGUREMENT Very Itchy, Burned at Night. Could Scarcely Sleep. Healed in One Week. "My face became very red and swollen and broke out in watery blisters. Then it got very itchy and used to burn so that at night I could scairly sl cep. Later the blisters broke out forming hard scales and my face was badly disfig- ured. Then I used Cud- • cure Soap and Ointment and in about a week's time I was completely healed." (Signed) Lloyd Brady, Breckenridge, Que., May 25, 1917. Skin troubles are quickly relieved by Cuticura. The Soap cleanses and puri- fies, the Ointment soothes and heals. For Free Sample•Fach by Mail ad- dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. 8. A." Sold everywhere. IMMILM61411114. OMAN SICK TWO YEARS Could Do No Work. Now Si-rong as a Man. Chicago, Ill.— "For about two years 1E suffered from a female trouble so I was unable to walk or do any of my own work. I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound in the news- papers and deter- mined to try it. It brought almost im- mediate relief. My weakness has en- tirely disappeared and I never had bet- ter health. I weigh 165 pounds and am as strong as a man. I think money is well spent which pur- chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable -Compound. "—Mrs. Jos. O'BrvAsx, 1755 Newport Ave., Chicago, Ill. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, inflam- mation, ulceration, irregularities, peri- odic pains, backache, bearing -down feel- ing, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound is the stan- dard remedy for female ills. City %ye $eci lists- Tell How To &eine en iysight 50% In a Week's • itne in M Ind A Free Vreseription You Can 3ffave Filled and Use at Home. Boston, Mass.—Victims of eye strain and other eye weaknesses, and those who wear glasses, will be glad to know that Doctors and Eye Specialists now agree there is real hope and help for them. Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eyes restored and many Who once wore glasses' say they have thrown them away. One man Ears, after using* it: "I was al- most blind. Could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything with- out my glasset, and ray eyes do not hurt any mere. A.t night they would pain dreadfully: Now they feel fine all this tinte, It was like a miracle to me." A lady who used it says: "The atmos- phere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after tieing this prescrip- tion for fifteen days eVerything seems clear. I can read even fine print with- out glasses." Another who used it says: "I was bothered with eye strain caused by overworked, tired eyes which induced fierce headaches. I have worn glasses' for several years, both for dis- tance and work, and. without them I could not read my own name on an envelope, or the typewriting* on the inachine before me. 1 can do both now, and have disoarded my long distance glasses altogether. 1 ease count the nuttering leaven on the trees across the street now, which for Several years have looked like a dim greeii blur to ane. 1 cannot expresis my joy at what it has done for me." It is believed that thousands who Wear glasses can now discard them in [t reasonable time, and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their oyes so as to be Oared the trouble and. ex- pense of ever getting glasses. Dr. Beek, an eye specialist of nearly twenty years practice, says: "A patient came to me who was suffering from Blepharitis Marginalis with all too concomitant ormptorna, as morning iunctivitis tind ephiphora. Her eyes when not congested had the dull, suf- fused expression common to such oases. Having run out of her medicine a friend suggested Bon-Opto. She used this treatment and not only overcame her distressing' condition, but strange and amazing as it may seem, so strengthened her eyesight that she was able to dispense with her distance glasses and her headache and neuralgia left her. In this instance I should say hor eyesight was improved 100%. I have since verified the efficacy of this treatment in a number of eases and have seen the eyesight improve from 25 to 75 per cent in a remarkably short time. 1 can say it works more quiokly than any other remedy I have pre- scribed for the eyes." Dr. Smith, an oculist of wide experi- ence, says: "/ have treated M private practice a number of Serious opthalinio diseases with Bon-Opto and am able to report ultimate recovery in both acute and chronic oases. Mr. B. came to my office suffering with an infected eye. The condition was so serious that an operation for enucleation seemed im- perative, Before resorting to the operative treatment I prescribed Bon- Opto and in 114 hours the secretion had lessened; inflammatory symptoms be- gan to subside, said in seven days the dye was cured and retained its nor - Man vision. Another case of extreme convergent strabismus (cress eyes) escaped the surgeon's knife by the timely use of your ocalyrium, The tightened external musoles yielded to the soothing and anodyne effects of Bon-Opto. I always instil Bon-Opto after removal of foreign bodies and apply it locally to ail burns, ulcers and, spots on the eyeball 01* the lids for its therapeutic effect. By cleans- ing the lids of secretions and noting as a tonic for the eyeball itself the vision in rendered more acute, hence the number of cases of discarded gle.sses." agglutitzati0a the Ude, ehraulo Gaul. bad. condition owing to the severe flees strain arising from protracted micro-, scopical research work. Bon-Opto used according to directions rendered a sur- prising service. I found my eyes re- markably strengthened, so much so have put aside my glasses without dis- comfort. Several of my colleagues have also used it and we are agreed as to its results. /n a few days, under mY observation, the eyes of an astigmatic case were so improved that glasses have been discarded by the patient!' Nye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by the use of Bon-Opto and if you want to strengthen your eyes, go to any drug' store and get a bottle of Bon -Opt* tablets. Drop ono Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass of water and let it dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four Ulnas daily. Yon should notice your eyes clear up per- ceptibly right from the start, and in- flammation and redness will quickly disappear. If your eyes bother yott even a little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it 'is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they had cared. for their eyes in time. Note: A city physielan to whom the above artiehe was submitted, said: "Yes, Bon-Optc is a remarkable eye remedy. Its conatttnont in - gradients are well 'known to eminent eye ape- ciallate and widely prescribed by them. 1 have used it very successfully in my own practice on. patients *whose eyes were strained through over- work or misfit glasses. I eau bighty recommend. it in ease of weak, watery, aching, smarting', itching, burning eyes, red lids, blurred vision et for eyes inflamed from exposure to smoke, sun, dust or wind, It is one of the very few prepesal tione I Seel sbould be kept on hand for replay use in almost every family." Bou-Opto is not al patent medicine or secret remedy, It is ea ethical prepnratlon, the formula boles printed on the package. The inanufacturere guarautee it ta, strengthen eyesight 50 per cent in one week's time in =my inetanees, or refund thennoney. /its dia. permed be all good druggists, including general stores; also bY (4. Tarnblyn and T. 119a.ton & Co.. Toronto.