Zurich Herald, 1919-08-29, Page 3MINING ULE
FIELDS OF FRANCE
GREAT -WAR AREA BEING MINED
FOR STEEL.
German Prisoners of War Do a Large
Amount of Salvage Work and Allied
Troops Sieve a Good Share,
'Since the armistice, .salvaging of
metal on a large :)tale :has been going
on in all of the war -areas of the West
Front. Thousands of ton's of scrap
steel have been salvaged from all the
battle -fields. A good stare of this sal-
vage work has been clone by the
troops of the Allied armies, but also
a large amount ofeit has been done
by the German prisoners of war.
At practically all the railroad sta-
tions in the neighborhood of Etain and
Bar -le -Due train -loads can be seen of
the crooked, rusted barbed-wire en-
tanglement rods, stacked up like cord-
wood, waiting for shipment. There
are small mountains of miscellaneous
scrap -iron., ,and piles of bevy corru-
gated steel,- sheets are a characteristic
sight in salvage dumps and railroad
yards throughout the battle regions.
In the centre and toward the eastern
end of the line this work has been cae-
ried nearer to completion than at the
northwestern end. In the northwest,
along the British front, the salvage
work,has proceeded a bit more slowly,
perhaps, but certainly not less
thoroughly.
Prisoners at Work.
In the past winter and spring Ger-
man prisoners of war were going over
the shell -shot battle -fields which had
been a part of the British front, tear-
ing down the corrugated iron shelters,
picking up 'duds' or unexploded shells,
clearing the thickets of barbed wire
and chevaux-de-frise, storing and pil-
ing rip all the salvaged onetal in the
dumps and loading it on the freight
cars and Canal or river barges. In
the salvage dumps you can see wrecks
of cautions, tanks of all descriptions,
great piles of metal helmets, rifles,
bayonets, knives, shells and shell -
cases, machine guns, and, in fact, all
the metal debris of warfare.
But the one lasting impression made
on most observers is that of acres of
corrugated steel sheets and barbed
wire and the twisted rods around
which the barbed-wire entanglements
had been made. •j:n a good many
areas, the artillery -fire had been so in-
tense that the soil has been ruined for
agricultural purposes. In such cases
the salvaging is simply to remove the
dangerous explosive agents and re-
cover the metal junk. In. the agricul-
tural districts, however, in cases
where the shelling was comparatively
light and the land had been dug up to
make trenches, the salvage work is
closely tied up with that of agricultur-
al reconstruction.
CRUSOE'S ISLAND.
Tobago, Near the Moutia%of the Orino-
co, Probable Scene of Great
Adventure.
The name of Robinson Crusoo is
forever linked in our memories with
a, desert island. No particular island
comes to my mind as we think of this
castaway hero, yet Causoe himself, or
rather Defoe, tells us exactly where
his island is, and all but names it,
writes Niltsa.h. ,
For many years Juan Fernandez, a
Chilean island off the eastern coast of
South America, was known as Cru-
soe's Island because another adven-
turer had spent five years there in
solitude, and it was thought for some
time that Defoe had recorded this her-
mit's experience.
But following Crusoe's directions
that he landed on an island in a lati-
tude of eleven degrees, near the
mouth of the Orinoco river, and in
sight of the island of Trinadad, we
cone upon the island of Tobago, the
only one answering the description.
An interesting discovery which gave
prominence to Tobago as the real
CruSoe's Island occurred some years
ago, when the skeleton of a goat was
unearthed in a cave on the island.
This coincided remarkably with Cru-
s'e's statement that he found a dying
goat in a hillside cave and later buried
It there. "Crusoe's goat" became for
a time an object of great popular In-
terest and figured as a prominent ex-
hibit at the Chicago World's Fair.
Tobago's failure to obtain greater
recognition of its importance as the
"only authentic Robinson Crusoo Is-
- land" is doubtless due to the fact that
it is a retiring little island, concerned
'chiefly with its plantations and trade.
Leaving Crusoe out altogether, Toba-
go has had an eventful history, from
the time it wes discovered by Chris-
topher Columbus, on his third, voyage,
until England took rt from France In
1.808, and started to turn it into a pro-
fitable colony. Its present estate after
a century of English rule is less that
of a desert island than of a partly
wooded, partly cultivated and built-up
isle of the trepiee,
1
tHE MAN WHO WINS
Is Always Full of 1;ife and
Energy----Faillures Are Weak
and B oodless.
Some men seem to have all the
luck, If there are any wed things
Wag tbeso men seem to get thein,
Thee' mike other people do their will
--they are leaders, If they are busi-
ness men they are successful; if they
are workmen they get the foreman's
job.. They have the power of influ-
encing people.
The same thing le true of .women.
Some have the charm that makes men
seek ahem out; others are always
neglected. But this is not luck. It is
due to a personal gift ---vitality, Men
and women of this sort are never
weak, puny invalids. Tliey may not
be big, but they are full of life laid
energy. The whole thing is a matter
of good blood, good nerves and good
health. Everyone would wish to be
like this and the qualities that make
for vitality and energy are purely a
matter of health. 13y building up the
blood and nerves sleeplessness, waut
of energy, weakness of the back,
stooping shoulders, headaches and the
ineffectual sort of presence which
really comes frons weakness can all
be got rid of. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
have made many weak, tired men,
vigorous aril healthy, and many pale,
dejected girls and women plump, rosy
and attractive, by improving their
blood and toning up their nerves. If
you are weak, ailing, lowspirited or
unl ealthy, begin to cure yourself to-
day by the uee of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills.
You can get these Pills through any
medicine denier or by mail at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock-
ville, Ont.
Books.
A book is an enchanted gate,
That leads to fairy lands,
But cross the threshold and your fate
Is shaped by witching hands.
For on strange journeys you are led,
Beyond your study. walls,
Where Fancy ever strides ahead
And onward sweetly calls.
Until you leave the world behind,
Lost in a verdant maze,
And wander where the far roads wind
In haunting woodland ways.
Or set adrift on castled streams,
Where mellow,. moonbeams dance,
Yon' sail, a voyager of dreams,
To regions of Romance.
So when I weary of the town,
Its ceaseless fret and din,
I seek my books that never frown
When solace I would win.
FIGHTING T.HEs HAILSTORM.
Hove European Countries Endeavor to
-Prevent Storms.
Hailstorms are just dreaded,, 1)y th'e
Canadian fernier, though he sti'.cee
from them only occasionally,
Europe, however, they seem, for 5011)0
mysterious reason, to be far .mora f1'e-'
Vent. and the damage they tlo is
enormous, especially in the grape
growing regions. France along stef-
fern from tills cause ctn annual loss
reckoned. at $10,('00,000.
For centuries, over there, efforts
have been made to prevent hailstorms
by various Ingenious means, the lat-
est of which is what is called the "elec-
tric Niagara." .
This contrivance is in effect a nitleb
elaborated lightning rod—an enorm-
cousiy tall and extremely . slender
tower of light steel rods, which is ex-
pected to carry off from the clouds
harmlessly a veritable cataract of
electricity. Robbed of their lightnings,
the clouds aro supposed to be render-
ea incapable of forming hailstones. •
Tall poles of steel, or wooden poles
carrying lightning rods, have long
been in use for the same purpose in
France and other European countries.
They have been set up literally by the
hundreds of thousands, whole land-
scapes being sprinkled with then.
Another idea persistently tried has
been the bombarding of clouds With
explosive missies or sometimes with
rockets. Yet another, more recent,
consists in discharging smoke -rings'
from mortars. The smoke is supposed
to mingle with the cloud vapor and
interfere with the formation of hail.
Scientific bodies here and abroad,
including our own weather bureau,
have made elabo_ate experimental
studies of these methods and have de-
clared them worthless. But the Euro-
pean agriculturist believes in their
effectiveness with a faith that is al-
most religious.
CUTTING CHEESE TO WEIGHT.
An Art Attained Only By Long Prac-
tice.
"One pound of old English, please."
Thus a customer at the cheese coun-
ter.
The salesman put a one pound
weight on one plate of a counter
scale, while upon the other he -laid a
tidy strip of white paper upon which
to lay the cheese.
Then he removed the wire screen
from over an English cheese . %a
stood near on the counter and picked
up a large, sharp knife. Without a
moment's hesitation or deliberation
lie set the edge of the knife down on
the cheese and then crowded the knife
clown through it, cutting off a wedge
shaped piece which now he laideon
that a ler on the scale and the
G L.iAR,) i, l > ; HE.Wi WillIN THE MAHER
The summer mouths are the most
dangerous to children. Thu cum -
plaints of tint season, wltlell are
cholera infantuni, colic, diarrhoea and
dyntentry, come on so quickly that Of-
ten a little one is beyond aid before
the Mother realizes he is ill. The
mother must be e1) her guard to pre-
vent the trouhlee, or it they do come
on suddenly to cure them. No other
medicine is of such aid to mother:
during liot weather as is Baby's Own
Tablets. They regulate the stomach
:• o
and bowels and are absolutely safe.
Sold by medicine dealers or by malt
at 25 cents a box from The Dr, \VfA-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, One.
• Cathedral as War Memorial.
,The Anglican Church Authorities in
the diocese of Wellington, New Zea-
land, propose to build a cathedritl as
a memot' tl to the Nese Zealanders
fallen in the war. It is proposed to
erect, in ennnection with the cathe-
dral, .a military chapel, dedicated to
St, George, which will contain the col-
ors of the Allies and regimental flags.
Its great windows will symbolize all
the Allied nations who have fought in
the war.
The walls of the chapel will be
panelled in white marble tablets, on
which the names of all New Zealand
soldiers, sailors, doctors and nurses
who have fallen in the war (irrespec-
tive of creed or denomination) will be
inscribed in letters of gold
• There are some 17,000 from New
Zealand who have lost their lives in
the war. .
Lachute, Que., 25th Sept., 1503.
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen., — Ever since coining
]tome from the Boer war I have been
bothered with running fever sores on
my legs. I tried many salves and
liniments; also doctored continuous-
ly for the blood, but got no perman-
ent relief, till last whiter when my
mother got me to try MIN A RD'S
LINIMENT. The effect of which was
almost magical. Two bottles coni-
pletely cured me and I have worked
every working day since.
Yours gratefully, JOHN WALSH.
An Orkney Surprise.
A large number of mines which have
become detached from the minefields
in the North Sea around the Orkney
t tastes have been seen floating quite in-
shore. One wont ashore at Deerness,
and a youth who had journeyed sever-
al )Hiles to see it amused himself -by
throwing stones at it from, as he
thought, a safe distance on the cliff
above.
A stone struck one of the horns, and
the mine e`xpiodecl with terrific force,
tearing hugh boulders and fragments
of rock from the cliff face, The 3'd`ttth
was flung skyward and was seriously
injured.
MONEY ORDERS.
It is always safe to send a Dominion
Express Money Order. Five Dollars
costs three cents.
A Famous Fountain,
There is a picturesque little spot in
the Temple Gardens, London, which,
although only a few hundred yards
from the roar and hustle of City trat-
fie, is really wonderful for the peace-
ful solitude of its surroundings.
The famous old fountain there,
which dates back as far as 1681, is
once again under repair.
It was dear to the heart of Charles
Lamb, who used to relate that many
a time he has made its jet of water
rise and fall, "to the astonishment of
the young urchins, my contemporaries,
who, not being able to guess at its re-
condite machinery, were almost tempt-
ed to hail the wonderous work as
magic."
Charles Dickens, too, loved the foun-
tain, making it, in "Martin Chuzzle-
wit," the rendezvous of John West -
lock and Ruth Pinch.
p P p ece
For they, good friends in tale and of cheese that he had thus cut off
rhyme, weighed exactly a pound, not close to
Have never failed to bring a pound, or anything of that sort, but
exactly a pound; the weight and the
cheese just balanced.
His customer had once before sees,
this salesman do precisely the same
thing, and now the customer ventured
to ask:
"Do you do that very often?"
"Almost always," the salesman
said.
It seems that experienced cheese
cutters come to "know" cheese. Of
course cheeses vary in size, in their
In troubled hours of autumn time,
The lilac days of spring.
Brainy Bees.
What a bee does not know is sup-
posed to be not worth knowing. That
may or may not be true, but two fol-
lowing incidents --one of which was
witnessed by the writer—testfy to the
remarkably sagacity and efficiency of
bees: -
On one occasion a hive was being( thickness and in their, • diameter, and
"spied upon" by a wasp. When a cheeses of like dimensions vary 111
wasp ascertains that a hive is worth weight, but by long experience the ex -
attacking, he carries the news to his pert cheese cutter comes- to know the
friends, and sometimes succeeds in I cheeses so well that he can cut from
ousting or seveply worrying the bees. P any cheese just the right sized slab
While the wasp -scout was nosing I to make the required weight. He cuts
around, the bees stayed in the hive,
but every time the wasp approached with astonishing accuracy.
the small entrance hole a tree came The only cheese that baffles him at
out and walked round in a circle, do -•all is the Swiss, this on account of the
Ing sentry -work till the wasp departed.
An hour later a wasp—presumably
the scout—was found dead on its
back on the top of the hive, and the
bees were busy again.
Of all the kindly things God made
One of the kindliest is shade.
His glorious company of trees
Throw out their mantles, and in these
The dust -stained traveler finds ease.
holes in it, or rather on account of the
peculiarity of Swiss cheese holes.
Lucky.
Restaurant Proprietor—"Yus, I was
through it; two years, officers' cook;
wounded twice."
Tommy (tasting the soup)—"Y'
were lucky, mate. They might a
killed you."
m
afii Aga. see+f4I!Y
Ig -
1
iew
is a notorious knocker
of illhealth! TRY IT.
It contains the vital
rr lneral elements and
all the nett irn-nent of
wheat, an. barley.
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httinarcl's Liniment Cures Colds, Eta
Central Ypres As War Memorial.
The Anglo -Belgian commission, ap-
pointed to consider the question of the
reconstruction of Ypres, has recom-
mended that the central portion of the
town be not rebuilt, but remain as a
historic monument, says an Ypres
despatch. That area includes the
ruins of the Cloth Hall, the cathedral,
the Church of St. Martin, the Palais
de Justice and the adjoining cloisters.
It is bounded on the north by the
Marche de Bois, on the east by the
Rue de Dlxmude, and on the south by
the Grand Place, with, however, in-
cluding any ruins on the opposite side
of the square, and ou the west by the
Rue des Hailes.
Nearly 1,000 civilians already have
returned to dwell amid the ruins,
Scum fifty-ftear auherges and estami-
nets are open, nearly all temporary
wt;o:icu structures, which do a thriv-
ing business with British soldiers.
A French inventor has modeled a
monoplane from a winged maple seed.
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ED. 7. ISSUE 35-49,
g{ d�,t Ti*�i;�:,c�oii � lit tl Trail)
Now that the era of reconstruction
is here, the 1)115ilif es stall, who Sae
been taxed to t'i!e limit, bou<sht b'nale
to hie C•tl, testy and given until it
]sluts ie to he cunsir1r01 t•l'lf, .Pe.
is to be permitted to get tical i,lace
to place quickly, lt!s freight is to be
handled Ploutitl,' and Iia is to be
given every asibitaoee to revit 1 ,cu
the bu:lines; of Ani"iica, i'l'r, salt-
ways 010 the ',teas toll arteries upon
)n
which a healthy b1i tees body must
depend, therefore nc rm'iily much of
his help must colas Tan them.
The Canadian Pacific, a privately I
run road, is the firet of the .raiiroads
to help the business elan.
Po .tune 1st, the first "T,ans-;
Canada"-- the new tram'.:} ',titlental
express of the C.P.Ii.—pulled out of
the Windsor St. Station in Montresl
filled to capacity an etc 1111110 thou-
sand mile run to 'Variecuser.
'This is the fastest trai scout:'coital
train in the world, making the trip
front Montreal to Va1,cauver in lea's
than four days, s, to be exact, 03 llcuri
and 30 )ninrtes, and from Vancouver
to Montreal in 92 hours 15 minutes,
the run being made without change
of ears.
A whole business day is thus saved
for the Business -Man -in -a -Flurry.
An interesting point in connection
with this train is the fact that more
than half of the passengers are gen-
erally registered from New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and other Ameri-
can cities, a considerable number be-
ing booked for Banff, Lake Louise
and points west.
One thinks of a transcontinental
train as a single unit, but in reality
it is made up of a number of com-
plete units, A daily service, the trip
being four days, requires four trains
running each way simultaneously. The
equipment of the new de luxe train
has an estimated value of $6,000,000,
using for the daily run eastbound and
westbound, .59 sleeping cars, 5 com-
partment cars, 15 diners and 21 loco-
motives.
Kinard's Liniment Cares Distemper.
LEMON JUICE iS
FRECKLE REMOVER
Girls! Make this cheap beauty lotion
to clear and whiten your skin.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake .well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beauti-
fier at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup-
ply three ounces of orchard white for
a few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin
becomes. Yes! It is harmless,
ocr—
Laugh When People
Step On Your Feet
Try this yourself then pass
It along to others.
It works!
Ouch t . t ° ' t This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town if
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
to a tender, aching corn stops soreness
at once, and soon the corn dries up
and lifts right out without pain.
He says freezone )s an ether coma
pound which dries immediately and
never inflames or even irritates the
surrounding tissue or skin. A quarter
of au ounce of freezone will cost very
little at any drug store, but is suffi-
cient to remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from one's feet. Millions
of American women will welcome this
announcement since the inauguration
of the high heels.
von 0ex,1,
L� aounrv. Splendid opportunl yi^ `Nina*
L'R' + r':ni' lrildi'4ilseftnn 11W't)Gllsla
..'l'inu Co.. Ltmnitect,
.+. oronto.
IV ELL PAZ Vil'l'l i.) i'Aitnt s1',t AR
1))Id lob ),Tinting 010,11 In Eastern
:d ul'rlu. Ir.Ourance carried 1,500. Win
Ro f'n 81.200 on puick sale. Box IIB.
itsoo Pub liWiling Co., I*td.. TocontO,;
E0t/IiiritY WAN Tipp
r HAT HAVP; ICJ() 1 ole SAi,11) IN
'l i' 14ta J'oultre. Fanny 1l anti. Pigeons.
Lug* etc.?W rite J. NV eh,r:tu+h L Son.
!t 18 St. Jean liuutisirid",ISSalket. Wont•
r,al Quo.
NOME 23CJI7wDLISS
u•'J: Flt1.i lae)'.)K U1?'
Xiuuse )''lar,N. un.t lnturmaii"n. tell•
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drerl I?nit rs on •%0) nev Jiintnr.' a,d•
crrsa ltt :' I0t' ComuunY, ;8 3.aoksoll
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MISCELLANEOUS.
(1 ..ASSY I1AI3III 1' 1,r GAZ1l\ H:, 100.
'L) copy; SOe. yar
e. Fur iind Food
nt ill z•, Iirantiord.
Gf 1..-z' lCit, [,)R11, LUSH"s. V i h
' .J +ntrr.,at
r?. -t1134 , ater nal, cura3
•. t p+5111 t,v car item:e treatrrlhnt Wrlta
cs LeZnrrr too lets. Dr. neilun,e a diued
Go.. Y.irs,ttsu. (;oll1nawuud. Oat
Dahlias ecruing into flower require
plenty of water, They have been wa-
tered naturally lately, but now be
careful that they do not dry out.
GENUINE U �' aSE�,rP IR N
HAS 6YER CROSS"
TABLETS WITHOUT "BAYER
CROSS" NOT ASPIRIN AT ALL.
Get Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspir-
in" in a "Bayer" Package, Plainly
Marked With the Safety
"Bayer Cross."
There is not a penny of German
money invested in "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin," nor will a German citizen
profit by its sale or ever be allowed to
acquire interest.
The original world-famous Aspirin
marked with the "Bayer Cross" is now
made in Canada and can be had at
your druggist's in handy tin boxes of
12 tablets and, larger, "Bayer" pack-
ages.
Genuine Aspirin has been proved
safe by millions for Pain, Headache,
Toothache, Earache, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Colds, Grippe, Neuritis.
Aspirin is the trade mark, register-
ed in Canada, of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoacetieeeidester of Salicylicacid.
FACE DISF!GURED
�rIIH MMPLES
Itched and 3u rned. Scarce-
ly Siept, Cuticura Heats.
"Pimples affected my face. They
were large and always festered, and
they were scattered all over
my face^ • They afterwards
turned into scales and
when they fell off they
left big marks until my
face was disfigured. They
itched and burned so that
I scarcely slept at all.
"I had been bothered for nearly
two months before I started using
Cuticura, and after I had used three
boxes of Cuticura Ointmentwith the
Cuticura Soap I was completely
healed." (Signed) Miss L. Burns,
St. Bazile, Que., June 6, 1918.
Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Talcum for all toilet purposes.
For free sample each of Cuticura Soap, Oint.
ment and Talcum address poet -card: Cnticnre,
Dept, A, Boetoe, 0. B. A." Sold everywhere.
ave
0
,.o~ • s wi':g Fail
c per bushel makes good.
- profit certain,
-ai ERTILIZERS insure a slir')fg etand and pay',
Ing yield.
Four Experiment Stations show an average
gain of 18.2 bus. per acre from using f rtgizedt
Order Fertilizer and gold gee&
Soil and Crop Improvement Brom
t t
of "tine Canadian Vatilizet Asootiotigni.
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