HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-12-21, Page 7THE MESSAGE
Bank of Montreal
THE
Assets in
OF THE COWS 1 Excess of $400,000,000
'(JNIQU1S'.11ETRO.) I iiP1.OYEl) IN
CON VJOIN G SIGNALS.
Many ('lever liexpedients Used by
Shies to Import information to
Retreating Huns.
Prosaic activities of small farmers
mut take place, in northern France,
in the shadow of the great guns, Ac-
cordingly the F'r'ench artillery officers
did not think it at all remarkable when
a farmer with two red cows and one
white one drove them dgsvn the road
every clay to the pasture, while the
German and French shills shrieked
overhead. But after the three •cows,
strung out in single file, had gone by
the German artillery flamed forth in
renewed activity.
It seemed imbued with a startling
prescience regarding columns of
troops, files of supply trains and lo-
cations of new guns, A French ofi:'i- 3
COP became interested in that proces-
sion of cows. 'It never Seemed the
same 011 two successive occasions.
Sometimes the white cow would lead.
Sometimes the white 0110 . was be-
tween the two others: Sometimes the
farmer would whip one or the other
of the creatures ahead of the line.
Frequently the formation .altered
several times in the half -mile jour-
ney.
Every change in formation seemed
utterly needless to the purpose of
driving three cows to pasture. The
officer apprehended the man on the •
way back. "You will not see the sunt
o high in the heavens to -morrow,"
he remarked casually. "You have not
done well—for France!" The peas-
ant's face paled. He tried to pretend
astonishment, but his fear and con-
fusion were too obvious. He told his
story to the drumhead court that con-
vened to listen. The Germans, in
falling back, had airenged a ``three
cow" method of signalling. The three
animals were capable of half a dozen
different formations that spelled a
half dozen different truths concern-
ing troop movements and artillery
accuracy. He was paid well by the
Huns and coached for a couple of days
in the tactics to be pursued before
they fell back,
The French officer was right The
peasant saw only one more sunrise.
And for him there was no sunset.
"Shirt Signals." •
Another clever expedient for signal-
ing was that employed by the
"woman of the shirts." She seemed
always washing then. Up on a little
knoll whets her little house stood
they flapped and danced on the
clothesline in the fres morning sun-
light. Back of and beyond that knoll
the guns loomed sullenly, their smoke
plumes lifting lazily like blossoms
of white againet the green hills. The
shirts flapped—red and blue and
white and red again ---some very close
together, some widely spaced. After
a few days they arrested that woman.
Terror-stricken, she babbled her con-
fesion of the "shirt signals." She
had sold her country for silver and
followed the instructions of the re-
treating Huns.
Sheep have been used to signal.
Chimneys smoked on alternate morn-
ings; stopped suddenly and smoked
again. Peasants who would sell their
country for gain have stood against
stone walls. Signalling is an interest-
ing thing—Pizarro raised his hand
for the famous massacre of the Incas
—and history is replete with incidents
where things were indeed "not what
they seemed."
Stranger, weirder signalling than
that done by spies in the present war,
however, has never previously been
achieved.
BRITISH CAVALRY IN ARMOR.
Preparing for the Raid in Germany
When Hindenburg Line is Shattered.
The allies, waiting for the day when
the Ilindenburg line cracks and lets
them through onto the Belgian and
German plains, are daily practicing
their cavalry in the destructive work
of cutting infantry to pieces.
So valuable has horse flesh become
in the prospect of this raid and in the
loss of animals through shell fire
that the English and French are drill-
ing their steeds with armor upon them
so that bayonet and sabre resistance
of the Germans will work as little
harm as possible. The cavalry will
go through clad in metal helmets, with
a strong wire screen over the face,
and with the body incased in thick
leather -padded coats. The horsee
have the same padding over their
heads and the same screen over their
eyes.
These protections permit excellent
rehearsals in the fields 'behind the
lines, where thousands of mounted
temps are making ready for the weak..
eating( of the Getman line.
The flank of Mont fellotw
i11g Its 10et1t a11111Vprsa'y, 1s out
with las titrougest sult.ement and
establishes new. high rewords In
toll•i,rintiial a(eou(ile;,
The position shown by an nx-
emanation of the statonlent for
the fiscal year ending October
.3lol 1971, is as remarkable as It
3y reassuring.
Hand in hand with tremendous
gains in aascts--maleing it pos-
s)bde for ate Batik to report total
Itr•,'•ets in execs of four hundred
million dollars (the first thine
such a figure has been reached
11) eanadlltn b:tnlang) 1) has (le -
l -PION -Al u position of still greater
strength as represented by liquid
assets 'e 1' alelit to t1Ve1 71l'�n of
liabilities to nubile. Al the same
time the various accounts reflect
the large and Important under-
takings, its von0 eel ion wi all 311e
W31', which the hank is carrying
out on behalf of the Dominion
and British Governments. It has
also been possiille to meet the
larger requirements Of customers
us retieeletl by a suhslantlal gain
in 1'urrent loans.
33TE:\DY h.X3'ANSI ON Orr
1)Iy1'OSITti
The stn Ings at-fotutts of the
people of the country continue
to pile up steadily and new
amount to over $2160100,000, 1110,000, a.n
increase. (1f 311tnost $38,))))0,3)00 for
th0 year, or at the rate or 01nse
0 13,owi,ouu '1 1'1)1)0111.
1s the bankers of the Goyarn-
men 1. the Bank of Montreal hag
evidently assumed its full share
in Providing for the country's
needs, as indicated by 11(1 increase
oi' twenty-eight million dollars in
the value of Dominion and Pro-
villeia3 Go V 0)'1((1)01) t securities;
311 increase of seven million in
the Deposit in Central Gold 11e -
serves; hula nee (1110 to the Do-
nr3ninn.c',over1,mr;nt 1)e :$13,638,1)62,
the latter account appealing for
the first time in the Bank's
statement.
The Bank has perhaps rendered
a still greater service to the coun-
try by steeping itself in such
shape as to create conlpleU( (a11-
1ldence fn Canada's financial posi-
tion during a most to ing period,
Sl71:1S'T.tN'r1.\i GAIN IN
J'IAI:NINOS
The profit and loss ar'c.nunt
shims that earnings allow a com-
fortable margin over the dividend
and bonus requirements. They
are substantially above those of
the previous year. The net pro-
fits for the twelve months
amounted to $2,477,1169.00, equi-
valent to 16.49 on the paid-up
capi3al. Added to the balance o1'
profit and loss, they brought the
total amount available for distri-
bution up to $3,892,393.
PEAT 3T1tES 010 ai16NISRA1.
NTATE \i 1:N T •
The 3,111) )pal accounts and c'uupal'1- 1
sons With those or the previous year are
1(14
r
'Total assets .. $403,D80,236 $205,215,541
Lrqutd assets . 276,298,397 40,982,630
rotas deposits. 317,156,497 299,.06,099
Circulation ... 29,305,086 21,779,134
Gold and Silver
coin 20,592.891. 21,040,303
Doninion notes 30 760,233 20,273,216
Deposits in cen-
tral gold res, 14,500,000 7.500,000
Call and short
loans' . 100,610.214 113,002,097
Dom. and Prov.
C4ovt. sec ties 28,173,322 419,736
:lion, se-
eurlties and
13 i1. and Por.
and t'ol. secs.
other than
rr
Canadian 33,400,..o
54 21,796,159
Current loans. 97,607,404 93,729,065
Loans to cities.
lntullpls ... 11,415,383 11,269,571
(:elft. loads and
Dise'.elsewhere 10,0.11,811 6,478,263
Net profits 2,477,969 2.200,471
13111. cared ford1,664,8113 1,414,423
Two Petains in the Field.
I heard a rather good yarn about
the French Commander -in -Chief the
other day, says a London weekly. He
was driving in a motor with an
equerry past a town near Verdun
when he came upon four little boys
marching in single file, arrayed in sol-
diers' helmets and carrying real bay-
onets. The sight of the little faces,
almost lost in the real soldiers' hel-
mets, amused General Petain, and,
stopping the car, he said to the leader
of the file: "You are brave fellows!
What is your name?" "Oh, I am Gen-
eral Petain!" replied the boy, who had
no idea to whom he was speaking. This
reply greatly amused the general.
"Well, my name is General Petain,
also," he said: "and I am very pleas-
ed to have met you!" The two gener-
als then shook bands, gravely saluted,
and parted company.
I was cured of Rheumatic Gout by
MINARD'S LINDVIENT.
Halifax. ANDREW KING.
1 was cured of Acute Bronchitis by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
LT. -COL. C. CREWE READ.
Sussex,
I was cured of Acute Rheumatism by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
Markham, Ont, C. S. BILLING.
Lakefteld, Clue:, Oct. 9, 1907,
The choice of which form of litre to
arSe on soil should depend largely upon
relative costs, the one that can be laid
down at the farts cheapest being the
one to select if an equivalent amount
of calcium and >,nagnesium can be ob-
tained. Because of its convenience
and safety preference may be given
ground lime -stone, if other things are
equal.
8finard's Liniment Cures Garg'et in Cows
Top dressing for wheat will help
bring it through the winter. Wheat
will be needed next year more than
ever.
To the 'Women of England,
Oh, you glorious women of England!
Is there aught that you have not
Molle
To prove to the world the victory
Your nobility has won?
Is there one single pathway
Your footsteps have not known?
Or a work that your hands could mas-
ter
That they have not made their own.?
It is you that Dur boys all fight for,
You aped the babes you bear;
You, who have given them courage;
'You, who their burdens share,
You, who so bravely suffer,
You, who give naught but cheer,
Who weep ---when you do—in private,
But abroad show never a tear.
Oh, you wonderful women of England
Time your :fame can never dispel;
Tongue shall never be born .that fal-
ters
When your story it starts to tell.
Words of poets shall sing your praises
And your noble deeds relate,
When the world has long forgotten
The tale of German hate,
! O'er the winter fires of England,
"When she once more has her. own;
On the soft green lawns of England,
When peace reigns :(o'er cot and
throne
A memorial will be builded,
Undying to your fame
To the heroines of England
And their immortal name,
•--Arthur Meiners.
CANADA'S FOREST FIRES.•
--
Since Confederation the Loss Amounts
to Total of Billion Dollars.
Forest fires in Canada since Confed-
eration have destroyed vastly more of
the nation's wealth than all other
kinds of fires put together.
The fire losses paid by insurance
companies in Canada since 1867
amounted to $272,250,777, says the
Canadian Forestry Journal. The act-
ual pro
ct-ualpr1) erty loss is ascertainable able at
about 25 per cent. over the foregoing
figure. This refers to ordinary pro-
perty, houses, contents, factories, etc.,
and includes practically no standing
timber which only in rare instances is
insurable and that only during the
past few years.
It has been generally accepted as
a modest estimate that for every foot
of timber ever cut in Canada, seven
have been destroyed by fire.
Placing government stumpage dues
at the very low rate of 50 cents a
thousand feet -it is not unreasonable to
assume that the public. revenues have
suffered by scores of millions of doI-
lars. It may not be fair to accept
such a total as a thousand million
dollars, as does the Montreal "Finan-
cial Times," because Government dues
would not have been collected by any
means on all the timber that has gone
up in smoke, although every square
mile of public -owned forest must be
regarded as possessing potential pub-
lic revenues. If one considers th
actual and potential sources of gain
to the Government treasuries, prob-
ably a billion dollars is not extreme
as the total of the penalty visited upon
the Canadian people through forest
fires.
A GRAND MEDICINE
FOR LITTLE ONES
Baby's Own Tablets are a grand
medicine for little ones. They are a
mild but thorough laxative; are ab-
solutely safe; easy to give and never
fail to cure any of the minor ills of
little ones. Concerning them Mrs. Jas.
S. Hastey, Gleason Road, N.B., writes:
—"I have used Baby's Own Tablets
and have found them perfectly satis-
factory for my little one." The Tab-
lets are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
L•
Fruit Sandwiches.
Odd bits of canned fruit can be
minced, mixed with cream cheese, and
very good sandwiches can be made.
MONEY ORDERS
Dominion Express Foreign Cheques
are accepted by Field Cashiers and
Paymasters in Prance fir their full
face value. There is no better way
to send looney to the boys in the
trenches.
The Difference.
"Oh, I must live!" one said, and then
Left Freedom's call unheeded.
Who told him that 'mong living men
His little life was needed?
"Freedom must live!" another said,
As o'er the ridge he bounded;
On its red slopes they found him dead,
By his brave men surrounded.
One slaved himself; his soul became
Dead as a tree, dry -rotten;
One fell—but ah.l a country's false
Is by such deathsyeegotten.
.—Alexander' Louis Fraser.
ATiupra's Liniment Cures Colds, &e.
"Her Money Trou.
tiles"—They get more vex-
atious as the cost of foods
climbs skyward. Meat, eggs
and vegetables are almost
beyond the family purse.
Happy is the housewife who
knows Shredded Wheat, its
low 4cost and its high food
value. A better balanced
ration than meat or eggs and
costs much less. Two Shred-
ded Wheat Biscuits with
milk or cream make a com-
plete, perfect meal, supply-
ing all the nutriment needed
for a half day ,a work at a
cost of a few cents. Delicious
for any meal with milk or
cream, or with fresh or stew-
ed fruits. Made in Canada.
WHEN THE SUN LOOKS OVAL.
Sunset Phenomenon is in Reality Just
An Optical Illus:on.
Why the setting sun as it drops
close to the horizon appears larger
than usual and oval instead of round
is explained by W. F. Badgley in Pop-
ular Astronomy. The enlargement,
he says, is generally an optical illusion
clue to the disc of the sun appearing
close to the horizon, which we know
to be very far distant. When the at-
mosphere is dusty and hot, however,
it acts as a magnifying glass.
The oval appearance can best be
understood by drawing a small circle
on a sheet of white paper and placing
a reading glass over it. When the
circle is under the centre of the lens
it appears a circle, but as the glass is
moved till the circle is near its edge
the circle gradually becomes an oval.
"The sun as it nears the horizon and
appears enlarged usually becomes an
oval longer in breadth than in height,
because it is seen through the edge of
an aerial lens," writes Mr. Badgley.
"The air, to a small height, is in a
condition to magnify objects and has
been so all day, but looking upward
its thin layer would have little effect,
whereas looking through it toward the
horizon, the effect would be increased
about sixteen times by the increased
depth of air looked through."
FRIINE Granulated Eyelids,
Sore Eves, Eyes Inflamed by
Sun, Dust and Wind quickly
f1) , v relieved by Murine. Try it in
'i� r your Eyes and In Baby's Eyes.
!i,. 17l0Ssaartiag, Just Eye Comfort
Markle 1CyeRei 3edytta F0 irrbode'R;nrtn®
`1e Salvo, in Tubes 25o. Fur JJooO',f the Eve —Froo.
Ask slid ariiste Eye 1x5e;1iee17 Co., Chicago a
Calls You As Coffee Boils.
A gas stove which arises at dawn,
boils the coffee and wakes you up
when it is ready has been invented by
Gemaro Rosa of Brooklyn, N.Y. The
gas burner has a pilot light to which is
attached a clock mechanism. A dial
over the clockworks serves to tell the
time. A smaller dial is used to set •
the alarm, igniting and extinguishing '
devices. Whets set the burner under
the coffee pot will automatically ig-
nite at a predetermined hour and boil
the coffee for four or five .minutes,
The flame will then lower of its own
accord to slow boiling for another
five minutes, after which it will shut
itself off entirely. The coffee is now
ready for you and an alarm is sound-
ed.
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria,
Making Tears.
Tears are not made only when we
cry. They seem to come only when
you cry, because it is then that they
spill over, A little part of you is mak-
ing tears all the time, and your eyes
are constantly washing themselves in
them. You have often noticed how you
wink every few seconds, says the Book
of Wonders. You have often *led to
keep from winking—to see how long
yet could keep from winking, Your
eyes always feel very dry just before
you have to let them wink. That
shows they needed washing in tears.
IED. 7.
ISSUE 51—'17,
GERMANY'S CONFLICTS.
Has Waged Several Wars During Past
Fifty Years.
Pacifirty, t8.nd other people with
Gerrrnan sympathies, are fond of tell-
ing us that from 1.871 to 1:114 (101' -
ninny was at peace with the world;
and that, therefore, She cannot be by l
nature 140 very fond of fighting.
For four years, :from 1903 to 1907,
the Huns in German Southwest Africa
waged a war of extermination against
the Ilerreros, in the eou•ese of which
some 30,000 natives and over 0,000
Germans lost their.' lives.
It was the seizure c o]' Iiiao-Chau...--a
warlike act of aggression against a
friendly pourer—which led up to the
anti -foreign outbreak of the Chinese
Boxers three years later. In the war
for their suppression German troops
pleyed a leading part; and, in obedi-
01100 to the kaiser's 01(1018 to "take
no prisoners," they Were the only'
ones among the allies who consistent-
ly refused quarter to a beaten enemy.I
Finally, Germany was almost ince:;-
santly at war le German East Afri',:t
between 1888 and 10011, (luring which
period more than 100,000 natives are
estimated to have been killed; and
she also waged other "little wars" in
Togoland and the Camet•oons.
GIRLS! WHITEN SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE
Make a beauty lotion for a few cents
to remove tan, freckles, sallowness.
--
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
you with three ounces of orchard
white for a few cents. Squeeze the
juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle,
then put in the orchard white and
shake well. This makes a quarter
pint of the very best lemon skin
whitener and complexion beautifier
known. Massage this fragrant,
creamy lotion daily into the face. neck,
arms and hands and just see how
freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and
roughness disappear and how smooth,
soft and clear the slain becomes. Yes!
It is harmless, and the beautiful re-
sults will surprise Son.
Tough Luck.
"So you've been rejected by your
girl as well as the army doctors."
"Yes, after I got back she decided
that if I wasn't good enough for the
army there must be something the
matter with me and she refused to
take any chances.."
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
The hen that l:',vs is the hen that
pays. Eat the slackers.
idney Remedy
Kidney troubles are frequently
cau::e',' ".y badly diteated food
which overtakes these organs to
eliminate the irritant acids
formed. Help your stomach to
properly digest the food by
taking 15:to 30 drops of Extract
of Roots, sold as nether Seige1s
Curative Syrup, and your kidney
disorder will promptly dis-
appear. Get the genuine. 7 0
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The Soul of a Piano is the
Action. insist on the
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PIANO ACTION
The Jordan Valley
In Southeastern Oregon is a beautiful.
fertile dletrint that you ought to In-
vestigato. Many shrewd fanners aro
buying there, because their keen busi-
ness foresight tells them that invest.
meet will pay big returns from the
natural Increase to the value of the
land alone, to say nothing of the big
crops that thay can produce. Prices
low; terms ensy.
Ask mo for authentic Information,
absolutely free.
You aro cordially invited to sail at
Ilam 112, Union Pacific 140061ng, to
(10 cur excellent and extaneive exhibit
of nreaacts grown in the Union P:lollto
Country,
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'i'he Press in Canada.
There are 1,381 ir.±!1lirations of all
kinds now bc: iii „' issued in Canada, in-
cluding 138 dairies, -4 11.1-Wcekies, 40
semi-weeklies, ts'21 wesl-lii s, 222
monthlies, 1. bi-monthly, and 143 quar-
terlies.
8 i 1-T1 to 1'1.1.V $l i 1 .\'1 1 D i'lTE IN
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0ANCER. TUMORS. LUMPS
JJ internal and external, cured with -
cut pain by our home treatment. Writs
es before tr.o late. Ur. Betlmaa medical
Co.. Limited, Collingwood. Ont
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That itch, burn, crack, chap, and
bleed, in a wonderfully short time in
most cases. Soak the hands on re-
tiring in a hot
suds of Cuticu-
ra. Soap, using
plenty of the
Soap. Dry and
rub Cuticura
Ointment gently but freely into the
hands for some time. Wear old
gloves or softer bandages during
night or remove surplus Ointment
with soft tissue paper as preferred.
Free Sample Each by Mall
For free sample each address post -card:
"Cutic,.ra, Dept. N, )Boston, U. S. A." Sold
by dealers throughout the world
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Neuralgia Headaches
AEter shopping or after a hard day
are quickly relieved with Sloan's
Liniment So easy to apply, no rub-
bing, and so promptly effective.
Cleaner and more convenient than
mussy plasters and ointments. It
does not stain the skin, or clog the
pores. Every home should have a
bottle handy for sprains, strains,
lame back, rheumatic pains and
stiff, sore muscles and joints.
Generous sized bottles at all drug-
gists, 25c., 50c., $1.00.
1 WHEELOCK ENGINE, 18x42.
New Automatic Varve Type. Complete with supply and exhaust plptnee
flywheel, etc. Will accept $1,200 cash for immediate sale,
1 ELECTRIC GENERATOR.. 30 K.W., 110-120 Volts D,d;.
WIII accept $426 cash for immediate sale.
1 LARGE LEATHER BELT. Double, Endless. 244uch x 70 ft.
Will accept $300 for Immediate sale, although belt Is in excellent colas
dition and new one would cost about $600.
PULLEYS, Large size.
26x66--$30 ; 12x60—$20 ; 12!:4x48—$12 ; 12x36'•--,$8,
2 BLOWERS OR FANS, Buffalo make.
One 10 inch, other 14 inch discharge—$30 each.
REAL ESTATES CORPORATION, LTD.
00 Front St. West, Toront1