Zurich Herald, 1916-05-12, Page 3iIr
EVE
Y POSSIBLE
THING SAVED
;.::CONOMY AS PRACTICED IN TIIE
WAR ZONE.
Worn Out, Shoes, as Well as Every-
thing Possible, Are
Patched Up.
The following is from a British
army base•in France:
A base is a peaceful spot, a place of
industry rather than war, with not
even far distant booming of guns, yet
a fascinating spot and an eye opener
to the magnitude of the great conflict.
At the base there is every form of in-
dustry, from the watchmaker, who
looks after the timepieces of the army,
to the baker who makes the bread
and the smith who repairs guns and
snakes new iron heel plates for march-
ing boots. Every form of equipment
for man or beast can be found at a
base; every repair that need be made
can be done there. If a field piece
comes in with a burst barrel it can be
replaced at the base and quickly made
ready for service at the front. The
same with shoes, uniforms, rifles, ma-
chine guns, bicycles and automobiles.
And nearby is a hospital where men
are repaired and made fit for further
service.
Shoes Mended.
There is one shop here where shoes
are mended. It is a marvelous place,
a great long building with hundreds of
workmen, all English cobblers from
home. A pair of work shoes is brought
in ab one end of the building, tattered
and torn; and with remarkable celerity
they are repaired and go out the other
end almost as good as new. First
they are thoroughly washed and disin-
fected. Then turned over to a master
cobbler who, by certain cabalistic
marks, indicates what must be done
to them. Then they are turned over
to the cobbler who does the work,
tearing them apart and putting them
together again. A machine drives
great hobnails in the soles, iron plates
are nailed to the heels, and finally,
the shoes are dipped in oil to make
then waterproof. When dry they are
shipped back to the front. The sav-
ing of money on shoes and other
articles which are repaired rather
than thrown away runs bo hundreds
of thousands of pounds a week.
Uniforms Repaired.
Nothing is wasted. Old uniforms
are brought in. If not too far gone
they are repaired. If repair is im-
possible they are turned over to the
women, who cut off all the buttons and
chevrons, rip out the linings and save
the khaki cloth, which sells for $400
a ton.
Worn and broken rifles come down
from the front. They are carefully
examined by an expert who, by glanc-
ing through the barrels, can tell if
further service is possible. If a rifle
is completely worn out in the barrel,
as sooner or later happens to all
rifles, the barrel is cast aside, but all
other undamaged parts are saved. In
this same place machine guns are re-
paired.
SOLDIERS CARRY OWN BATHS.
Many Ingenious Devices Displayed at
Red Cross Sale..
An active service exhibition is be-
ing held at Knightsbridge, London, at
which are displayed hundreds of in-
genious devices for the comfort, health
and safety of officers and men at the
front. The money raised by the sale
of these articles goes to funds of the
British Red Cross and the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem.
Among the devices on sale is a small
safety razor that will fit easily into a
waistcoat pocket, a compact hot bath
arrangement, together with patent
cubes of "condensed heat," which will
raise the temperature of water to the
proper degree, a shower bath outfit
and other toilet articles.
In order to enable the soldiers to
write in the dark a combination pencil
case and electric torch, to throw light
on the paper, has been invented. The
"nutshell canteen," as one little case
is called, contains thirty-three assort-
ed drink tablets, tea, coffee, beef tea
and cordial ginger, six shields for
corns, and a checker -board.
A steel body shield, light but effec-
tive, also, is for sale. Cases of bath
salts for disinfecting purposes are dis-
played. A trenching tool with num-
erous uses attracts much attention.
It is shorter than a man's arm, weighs
less than four pounds, and will cut
wire and dig up a macadamized road.
It in equipped with pliers, a hatchet
blade, pick and water tap key.
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Rich.
"Is this land rich?" asked the pros-
pective purchaser, cautiously.
"It certainly ought to be," :replied
the gentleman -farmer. "I have put
aljethe money I had into it." .
NEW STENT
IN THE SPRING
Nature Needs Aid in Making
New Health. -Giving Blood.
In the spring the system needs a
tonic. To be healthy you must have
new blood, just as the trees must have
new sap to renew their vitality. Na-
ture demand it, and without this new
blood you will feel weak and languid.
You may have twinges of rheumatism
or the sharp stabbing pains of. neur-
algia. Often there are disfiguring
pimples or eruptions on the skin. In
other cases there is merely a feeling
of tiredness and a variable appetite.
Any of these are signs that the blood
is out of order—that the indoor life
of winter has lessened your vitality,
What you need in spring is a tonic
medicine to put you right, and in all
the world of medicine there is no tonic
can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
These Pills actually make new rich,
red blood—your greatest need in
spring. This new blood drives out the
seeds of disease and makes easily
tired men, women and children bright,
active and strong. Mrs. Eugene
Cadaretbe, Amherstburg, Ont., says:
"I suffered for a long time from dizzi-
ness, pain in the back and sick head-
ache, and nothing I took did me any
good until I began Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills. These cured me after taking
six boxes and I now feel better than
ever I did in my life. I had fallen off
in weight to 82 pounds, and after tak-
ing the Pills I had increased to 100
pounds."
These Pills are sold by all medicine
dealers or can be had by mail at 50
cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
SAILORS' HYMN OF TRIUMPH.
Having Rammed German Destroyer,
Sang "Abide With Me."
When the Admiralty lifts the veil
of secrecy surrounding the latest dash
by the British Fleet to the German
coast one of the boldest and most ex-
hilarating feats yet executed by the
navy will be revealed, says the Lon-
don Sunday Observer. Never in
their history have our intrepid sea-
men essayed anything more audacious
and perilous than the coup which
has just been accomplished by them in
the teeth of the German fleet. A parti-
cipant in the engagement says:
"We set about them in a ding-dong
fashion, the Cleopatra being well
ahead of the other cruisers. The
most awful pounding resulted. I may
remark that the German gunnery was
an improvement on that of a year
ago, and the enemy certainly landed
us one or two disturbing shots.
"The Cleopatra made a desperate
dash, during which a German de-
stroyer was absolutely cut in two and
went to the bottom. When the
Cleopatra rammed the enemy de-
stroyer we all sang `Abide With Me.'
"We made the return journey in the
most abominable weather, and all our
boats excepting the Medusa returned
to port little the worse for the scrap.
The crew of the Medusa had a very
narrow escape. How they escaped
was miraculous, for when she collided
with the Laverock it was odds against
anybody being saved."
GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.
People who don't know about food
should never be allowed to, feed per-
sons with weak stomachs.
Sometime ago a young woman had
an attack of scarlet fever, and when
convalescing was permitted to eat
anything she wanted. Indiscriminate
feeding soon put her back in bed with
severe stomach arid kidney trouble.
"There I stayed," she says, "three
months, with my stomach in such con-
dition that I could take only a few
teaspoonfuls of milk or beef juice at
a time. Finally Grape -Nuts was
brought to my attention and I asked
my doctor if I might eat it. He said,
'yes,' and I commenced at once.
"The food did me good from the
start and I was `soon out of bed and
recovered from the stomach trouble.
I have gained ten pounds and am able
to do all household duties, some days
sitting down oily long enough to eat
my meals. I can eat anything that
one ought to eat, but I still continue
to eat Grape -Nuts at breakfast and
supper and like it better every day.
"Considering that I could stand only
a short time, and that a glass of water
seemed `so heavy,' I am fully satisfied
that Grape -Nuts has been everything
to me and that my return to health
is clue to it.
"I have told several friends having
nervous or .stomach trouble wha
Grape-Nuts did ;forte and in every
case they speak highly of the food."
"T'hetis's a 'Reason." Name given
by Canadian Posture Co., Windsor,
Ont.
SElaer Teat the above Lotter/ ,h, now
ono appears from time to tinte. They
aro genuine, fruo, and full of human
interest 1
PREMIER HUGHES.
His Speeches in Britain Have Caused
a Sensation.
The. Hon, William Hughes, Premier
of Australia, is causingthe "British
people to sit up and take notice. Says
the London Tatler, from, which we re-
produce the accompanying photo-
graph:
"His amazing career froni odd -job
man to Premier is £he wonder and.
admiration not only of Australia, the
scene of his labors, but of the Empire
he dreams and slaves for. It is said
that great crisis throw up the great
men necessary to deal with them, but
'up to the present, although England
as a whole has risen to the occas
sion, no outstanding personality has
Sir William Hughes.
arisen here throughout this great war.
Hughes is great in thought and execu-
tion, with an unerring faculty of sim-
ple and clear expression. He realizes
the necessities and opportunities not
only of the war, but, *hat is even as
important, of the period after the war.
He stands for a sound Imperialism,
and it may be given to him to realize
the dream of Joseph Chamberlain of
a united Empire, whose citizens will
nob in prosperity forget their first
duty, namely, the knowledge of how
to defend their homes."
JOKES WITH DEATH
UP IA THE AIR
ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK OF THE
AVIATOR.
Mixtures of Tragedy and Comedy
Found in Life of the
War Flyers.
"Humors of War in the Air," is
the subject of an interesting article
in the London Daily Express by Mr.
C. M. Grey, editor of the Aeroplane,
in which he narrates an aviator's
version of the old farce "Box and
Cox" and some incidents of Turkish
"cheek."
"A story that appeared in a Turk-
ish communique the other day re-
lating how a Turkish aviator dropped
bombs near one of the allies' cruisers
and caused her to change her course,
after which he attacked a destroyer
with his machine gun," he writes,
"is probably something of an exag-
geration, but it would be quite a mis-
take to put it down as an absolute
fabrication, because people who have
quite a high opinion of the Turks as
fighting men and even respect their
aviators. The Turkish communique
refers to the aviator as a Turk, but
the pilots of the Turkish aeroplanes
have been Germans chiefly.
"There is one incident, however,
related to me by an officer who has
just returned from Gallipoli, of which
the hero was more likely to have
been a Turk than a German, for the
German, although he may on occa-
sion fight quite well, does not appa-
rently believe in taking chances pure-
ly as a sport.
The Diving Aeroplane.
"One night when things were fairly
calm both in the air and on the
ground the sound of an aeroplane en-
gine was heard approaching the Brit-
ish lines. It drew nearer and nearer,
and it was evident from the sound
that the aviator was flying very low.
Suddenly he appeared over a certain
part of the British camp so low that
he could have been hit with a revol-
ver if anybody had seen him in time.
As he went he dropped several bombs,
which did no particular harm. Half
a dozen .officers rushed out of their
tents and began firing at him, the
sound of his engine stopped, and his
machine was seen to throw tip its
tail, and dive down over the cliff at
the edge of the plateau on which the
camp stood.
"Everybody thought he had been
hit and had fallen into the sea or on
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the sand just over the cliff edge. Much
to their surprise, a few seconds after-
ward his engine was heard running
again, and a minute or so later there
was a burst of firing a mile or two
out at sea.
"Next morning a destroyer carne
in and said that, hearing the noise
'of bombs in the camp, some of the
officers had come on deck and were
looking up at the shore when sudden-
ly an aeroplane dived off the cliff,
flew straight at them almost level
with the water, and as it passed raked
them from end to end with a machine
gun.
"Dinner, I Think."
"Another incident which occurred
very early in the Gallipoli operations
also has its humorous side.
"On this occasion two British of-
ficers went up and discovered that
their machine refused to rise more
than about three thousand feet. Some-
where above the Turkish lines a shell
burst almost under the tail, and the
machine stood on its head. The pilot
pulled it out of its dive and had climb-
ed to the best height the machine
could reach when another shell burst
on one side of it and tipped it up so
that it did a terrific side slip and again
lost several hundred feet.
"Once more he pulled it up, and
had ciim.Iied to his maximum when an-
other shell burst right in front, and'
he and his passenger saw the shell
case drop past them within a foot or
two of the body of the machine. The f
pilot scribbled something on bhe writ-
ing block fixed in front of him, handed
the paper back to the passenger, and
turned the nose of the machine for
home. As the machine turned round
the passenger read the comforting
words, `Dinner, I think!' "
VALUE OF A CANE.
Imparts a Sense of Confidence and
Ease to the Carrier.
A cane imparts as sense of confi-
dence and ease to its carrier. Be-
fore the age of boomerangs bows and
arrows, firearms and steel, a cane
(or cudgel) in the hand was often a
matter of life and death when a cit-
izen of the canyons was attacked by
an enemy. He who could ply his
knotted stick with the best skill was
probably the political boss of those
days. A certain remnant of this pri-
mitive instinct exists to -day.
I Some biologists trace the origin of
the walking -stick back even farther
than cavedom. In the arborial stage
:certain animals were accustomed to
the feel of wood and dependend on
trees for sudden ascension from clan-
ger. The ape found it easier to walk
on his hind legs with a bowed stick
in his front paws. Whether there
is any connection between these facts!
and the present use of the cane is, of
course, highly theoretical.
5I
Sure Proof.
"Do you believe in luck?"
"Yes sir. How else could I account
for the success of my neighbors?"
REMEMBER ! The ointment
you put on your chiid's skin gets
into the system just as surely as
food the' child eats. Don't let
impure fats and mineral coloring
matter (such as many of the
cheap ointments contain) get
into your child's blood! Zarn-
Bulc is purely herbal. No pois-
onous.eoloring, Use it always.
50C. Box' at Al! Druggists and Stores.
THE 'IIIILLS OF DEAT
Hardships and Perils of Italian
Troops in Carso.
The London Morning Post's corre-
spondent on the Italian front writes:
The hills of Carao might well be call-
ed hills of death. The main charac-
teristics of this army, whose
achievement is sometimes 'wrongly
ccliaidered slow ol• too earefIll, is that
it has never given up an inch of
ground conquered on a front of more
than 400 kilometres, Each shell as it
bursts scatters the rocks in a thous-
and splinters, deadly as bullets. This
is one rearon why the Italian losses
are so heavy. Many corps have been
living for months under these terrible ;
conditions. It made me shudder to
see many soldiers, exhausted by
fatigue, asleep leaning against a
trench parapet, with mangled remains
unspeakably horrible sticking out in
many places.
The Atetrians have concentrabcd
about a million men in. front of they
sector of Gorizia and on the Carso.
The next offensive will be one of the •
greatest battles of the war.
•
MOTHER AND BABY.
The fond mother always has the i
welfare of her little ones at heart. s
She is continually on the watch for
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tea com arceel,
Ancient.
"Are you going to the fancy-dress
ball?"
"Oh, yes."
"In what garb?"
"I shall wear one of the quaint old
comtum'is of 1905."
Keele littinard's Liniment in the house
Not Much.
"Pa, a man's wife is his better belf,
isn't she?"
"We are told so, my son."
"Then if. a man marries. `-.vice
there isn't anything• left of bens is
there?"
Ask for Z.elnara's and take no o`har
As to Method.
any appearance of the maladies which i Landlady (symeetho',ieallya- -•`Why
I threaten her little ones. Thousands 'i how did youfall do\\nstairs •'.ir
of mothers have learned by experience
that nothing will equal Baby's Own.
Tablets in keeping the children well.
Concerning them Mrs. R. Morehouse,
Blissfield, N.B., writes: "Baby's Own
Tablets are the best medicine I have
ever used for my baby. He was very
cross but the Tablets soon put him
right again." The Tablets are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Reversing it.
"I'll take this hat at $6."
"But the madam is trying it on
upside down."
! Lan"
Boardks?er (with dignity)—.'"Un ?X-
;
pettedly, ma'am!"
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biers, • iieleY;are. Cartnan. ttr-
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Superior Needles 25e, f h.ttttles ;u••
Bobbins 5e, 13e1ts lac, for any 'ti aehiu•r.
Superior Supplies Co.. Iaantiltc' t. .Tat
BEEF WA.BITEII
"And the price tag, to, eh? Um!i\NTu1) 1'Plit:rLSTE ti RS,
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Brothers & co.. Berlin, ltnt.
SVlinard's Liniment Lttmliet.•xuan's X'riend e o , Et. ac ..
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Wireless in Ireland. ! Hi• fiery company, care Wilson PnUlisit-
An Irishman and a Scot were argu-
ing as to the merits of their respec-
tive countries. "Ah, weel," said
Sandy, "they took doon an auld cas-
tle in Scotland and foond wires under
it which showed that the telegraph
was there hundreds of years ago."
"Well," said Pat, "they took down an
ould castle in Oireland, and begorra
there was no wires found undher it,
which shows that they knew ail
about wireless telegraphy in Oireland
hundreds av years ago."
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I cured a horse, badly torn by a
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Her Reward.
Mrs. A.—I met Mrs. Swellton, the
prenident for the Home for the Aged,
to -day and gave her $10 for it, which,
I couldn't well afford.
Mrs. B.—Heaven will reward you.
Mrs. A..—It has already. She in-
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Poor Boob.
Pusher—Gusher is not very happy
in his choice of adjectives,
Usher—Why so ?
"Miss Gumms' fished for a conapli-,
ment by asking him what he thought
of her slippers."
"And what did he say ?"
"He said they were immense."
Advice to Mabel.
A. London man 'just back from the
States says that a little girl on the
train to Pittsburg was chewing gum.
Not only that, but she insisted on
pulling it out in long strings and let-
ting it fall back into her mouth again.
"Mabel!" said iter mother, in a hor-
rified whisper. • "Mabel, don't do that.
Chew your guru like a little lady."
SUtinartt'd Li>finte».t lanae 'by Bh3cSi titrfAW.
Seems So.
"Pa, what axe the fortunes of war?"
"Stock dividends,.my boy." ED. 7.
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