HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-11-21, Page 7MARSHALFOCj1 TAKES FORMAL
POSSESSION OF
In the Presence of President Poingare and premier Clenieneeau
the Supremte Commander Makes Solemn Entry
Into German Strorighold.
A despatch from Paris says: Ge -
mans troupe began to evacuate
France and Belgium on Tuesday. The
treops then moved forward, the
Aniericaus adVancing in the direction
of Metz and Strasburg.
Marshal Foch, corrimander-in-chief
of the allied aernies, will make solemn
entry into those German fortresses on
Sunday in the presence of President
Poineare and, Premier Clemenceau.
The Marshal will ride into the cities
on ,CtO08115.i, 111$ favorite charger.
. It is probable that the departments
in the re -wen territoey will resume
theirold names, namely, lilas Rhin,
prefecture. of • Strassburg; ET.aut Rhin,
prefecture of Colmar. and Moselle
'prefecture of. Metz. The Government
already is cells:We/di* the establishtnent of provisional administrative ar-:
rangementS.
The aecaPation of the territory en
the left 'bank - of the Rhine and the
bridgeheads will not 'be- undertaken
,by the allied forceuntil later.
The liberation of Belgium promises
to be rapidly accomplished. On the
'oecasien of tho re-entry di' the ;Bel-,
.gian' sovereigns 'into Brussele„ the
'French' do.‘•'Crennient leas decided to
preset to the Queen the Greed Cor-
don of the Legion of 'Honor, and to
-the heir am -meant tho Chevalier's
Cross and the Cross Of War. -
In confoeinity with the ageoomJnt
reached, between Marelial Foch and
tn which to hand over all the arma-
ment material stipulated in the amil-
atice. •
The French command asked, the
'Germane imoinformation ae • to where'
mines had been laid, ,thul waaintoen,-
ed that some .had been placed in „the
Ostend station and timed to explode
on Wednesday. The. German cumniand
accordingly -was "asked to send officers
to locate the exploaivcs.
An iielditional day. Making. 15 days
ijj all from the date of the armistice/
has been granted to the enemy to
e+acuate Belgium? Luxemburg, Al-
sace-Lorraine. ,
Marshal Foul Lae directed the Ger-
mane to send officers to the King of
tho Belgians at Bruges to give infor-
mation regarding the German and
Luxemburg' railroaff and canal tsYS-
tents and the navigation of the Rhine;
The Germans on Tlitursday sent an
offieer to Chimay to arrange with
French officers for the handing over
of the arms and material which Ger-
i:nal-1y has to surrender. '
The greatest enthusiasm. prevails in
Alsace-Loreaine. Thouands of Ger-
mane are leaving thaprovincoa. The
German authoritiee are being booted
bY the crowds. French and American
troops'are expected 'daily.
• Race-I:Akins- on'a huge Scale are be-
ing prepared for thetallted troops. nn- -41pC! jprtir
Aga. v • • ,.-
t
embled Civilians
Under . White 'Vlaf„r and
1 , A despatch f:n*r:ndi Fthiree.British-Ani-
I ericam Argue e in the Field eay: ,In-
stances of Gernuin ,inietreatment of
the civil population of vilh-tges in
France which were recently taken by
I the British=American armies are num-
, erous, but perhaps none 'showe the tion and develoinne'nt and delmroirent
cold and calealated heartlessnese of offiCials in confereen,ce -and by the
the erieiny than the following- atollr, IVIirliceiers Tel „council, , The problem
which was related to the correspond- which will 'In ::‘ the near 'tilt -urn eon-,
ent by one 'of the 'inhabitants of the front the Government involves, first,
little-towo of St, .Souplet,. near St. the military process of tra,neporting
Quentin, • , t " .' the, men., and: disc.:barging, them "from
An attaclt by the British and -tlie ,armye and, ei,e•acradly, their as-
American
efxGiraceettste'c'laist,irnallnedncliltinfgo'rniTISide 'tflimaileaotiiineitiryil.l' t'llina*:'1.ah,dell:ot-11...natlioililfo-ef tioief '
the yoPultition that if. they gathered problem three de,partmentsare eon -
in the loaal church and:. Put up a ceinuci: - the Departrnent of Militia,
white -sheet as a •flag, they Would be the DeP'antalent of Soldier' Oriq, 1 -/P -
spared by the advancing allied .troops. e,stabiliihmen.t, and the Soldier -s' Land
They did so. The Germans semi were Settlement' Beard, a bran:eh of the
driVen out by the British and A -Inca- interior Department., T-leat being so.
icans. When 'they:reached a Polut 0 the Gaveeninent le, 5t, is understood,
vantage, lioWneier, -the'lllined their appointing ei cow-MR:tee whose duty
guns on the church. Several Persons will be ,to co-orolinate the 'action of
were killed and many Wounded. theee var50-ds hodia,e.
6;till, tlilei:cotlecieurtaalnli:tetsi.t:ix;oifipsel' and,
ratiatnhye ili ilaile,esr.b:p;p1;.arviaoratt,--ei5n.bt,icitheellisit,silitleoe,,,,11:shtio.00filateahneseyr.ta,s(:>011rif_
village they 'found the church shatter-,
of their ntnikhex 1.Ying Pil2etrEtte. 011 et.hern have made to relenei bo theie
the floor, dead or wounded. • former empleyinent, :and the prefer-
nb net ,.Committee and Depart.
mental Officers Iftild
Conference.
A despatch fiefin Ottawa
Details of, the :plans Milli,- ewhielt
Canada's , troops ,,-at home ,and over;
seas will be' demobilized and return-
ed to civil life were ,discussed by :
the Cabinet' earninittoe on recon,strue.,
Saved From The Bun --These two little French chodien iejo,ce,
• •
' the doWirfall-eoil the, enemy. Had. they -lived next deer to where the
did -they would have • been blii-Wn to ..atonis; asait was they :lest both their
parents in thedostrifetion. of their home. ,
der the,noSes Of the German officials.
There is also jey in the Rhine, towns
000 0 PIE
9
F
OOPS
01 7
R
the C.-lerinted de:legatee, aperiod of five because Of the cessation of 'allied air
POI Ell A
":
days has been allowed to the eneiny raids. -
Live Stock: IVTarltets
filak,heis of the Wori
rs[7,31.onto N 19 c./ • Germa-ii Civil Governor Has Fled 111Possible. to Send Relief
, oa. acme: leavy ,
F't2Cr, $13 . 00 to •'13,5O; butchers."' -.For Protection. Central:Russia.
ca e, choice, $11.0to $11 . 75. do., -
1,1readstuffs
Toronto,. Nov, 19,-Marilboba wheat'
.1. I Northern $2 .24M.J., NO. '2
Igertitern • ; Nu. e Northern,
217 No. , wheat ': in
Store EOrt William. not including -bait.
'Manitoba cstee-No. 2 C.W.., 82"1,{Lc;
Nto:. 3 CeWt, 701,4c; extri. No. 1 feed,'
I 5'10 50 S 0 --'' d - e'd°
$8.50 'Ito $9:00; -1,-, aolamon„, e750, to iluli""iees saY I. a 0 ba S tC ' , 4 A.: - eogra.p ilea ev . .
$7.75;- batcheris' bulle; 'choice, $9',75 dec.apied the Royal Palace arid Bel: .Belshevi.k-eantroliqd, Central Russia mr, cainsell classifleS. them in three, he first disbanded. ,cif these thers
to 88,75; do. rough, bulls, $7.25- to ' ' "". and Ant:ea-dean ,GOVernments have as ce„Patia Tied in'tlie Laatlietitian: Plateau heeSpitals, and ,16,000 'Who have 'been
TwO thirds -of all unexplored are some 40,000, on .duty, -10,000 in
to $10 . 00; de. Jnedium bulls, $8 ..50 vi deer e at Wars -e, and also the mili-, I,furniehes a .prObleirn which the allied types,
ee ,, 0 ;, pi, teh e re, eot.t., choice, 9 . 50 tary commarider's quarters.
They •also, have taken possession yet .been Unable' ito 0I've. In fadt; -a vast: al•ea Of „ancient rocks, th.at ex-, freed fi'eni milk:a-TY: ;service. I'lla:ve-
do, niediura,.$7.50 to $8.00; do. com- of 'the' German Inilitary' automobiles one official says; that :rioteeven a me- tends M a II -shaped conformation ment of ' Mvalieled---: soldiera in. hes:,
to -$10._00; do. geed, $8.25 'p $8.50;
-el munitions, Polish offi- -tiled of :solution had bean determined
UNKOWNCANAD teunreee!pi.:;:eY
may have as to rh'air fu -
portions et.f. the Dominion Which Are ".hs,,.:I'7,e,o`tyhere'thwe 111.coha"„tarL Gec"'ovaeign'eral".11.e.'n'c't'3
Not Fully Explored.
may belcept mforinecl of oPpertemitiee
It is seldom realized that. about a in different parts of the Lonnie:1.-y for
iourthof the continental part of Cana- the absorbtion of retorned soldiers
da, .or nearly 'a millibn square' into induatry. The effort then will
mast be reArded as unexplored. That be so to regulate the release al men
to is the estimate of Mr. Charles Cam- from the army itliat the labor market
sell of tho Cana.dian Geological Sur- may not become congest -ed.
vey, who describes the principal unex- In connection with thee Military pro-
filored areas in, a recent issue of the cess of demobilization, it is uncler-
d t 1 from I3e ne saYs:Vienna A clespatoh front 'Washington says:
to h t P olliers have -13:e.oief f•or the-sufferm eniallionis en 1 ' • 1 iew stood that the troops in 'Canada -well
,
and arms ai
81Ue.; No. 1 ieed,.78-Vie, in store Fort ,M-Orl, $6.50 to ,87.00; stockers. $7.50 ,
to $10.25; Seetl.ers, $1.0.00 to $11,00; eel's • are direntmg the German e uPnLe
'William.
' American cot ---No. 2 yelloy-, °antlers,' arid cutters, $4,50 to $5.00; mobilization. R. is now- regarded as practically
$1.53;‘ No 3 yellow ,$1.-50;, No. '4 millte.rs, good to choice,e$90.00 to Pol'es hold the post and telephone certain that it v. -ill be impossible to
Yellow, $ I-44; sarnole corn, 1°. ee.d, I 1.:60 . 00; do. •e..olnand med., $65.00 stations connecting with Vienna,get food -to.., the 40,000,000 people in
, $1.30 to $1.40; reach Toronto. I to $75..00; ispringers, $90.00 to $160; The German police have been dis- this territory this winter. With food
.
arnied. • ,... - r.owiseaxee and .ariarchy rampant, of-
- Count Lerchenfeld-Moefering, the ficials -here 4:ear that famine ,is inevi-
German, civiloaannmstrater, has flee table, and that the toll "of death ,may
to Brigadier -General ' .Toeeph Pil- -reachoaeouridin figures. ,
sudalti, of the Polish legion, for pro- Officials. said, that, conditions in
, -.Siberia 'and Na-ethern PArasia were
rapidly improving, -while in Bessara-
hi:a and Ukrainia, good order is being
. SIGNING Or TilE -4-1/14-1811cErmaintairkttl.- The UltraInians are
' • - -.ea.._ ' • • ' I .. ., , ... „ tae
„ . : i saiel to have vilitually cleared eir
$1.07. GCCOT.Cling` to freights outeido. A despatch from London says: A , _ min ,r,y. of oermene, while Beesee,a._
. el t ,. ,..
$8.00. to 89.00; goo d, 37-, 50; triedluin,
Rye -No, 2 $1.70, $5.00'; lambs. $42.00 to $14.00; slase,p, off the -------------------------------11Nrand become a pare eie Riuri,eneu.
Ontario an t new crop 2 light ,evres,, $1o.op to 51.1.00; yearl-
Nvhite, 76 to 73c; No. 3 white, 75 to ings $13,00 to $13..50; spring lambs,
77c, 'a.ccortling to lb eights outside. ,$1.3 .100 --to' ,$/.3 .75; calves, good to,
Ontario whe,at.--N o. 1. Winte,e, Ter , choice, 514.00 to $17 .5.0.; hogs, fed
car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; -No. 2, do., I and wate,red, $18.25 to 518.50; do.;
$2 .11 to $2.19; No: 3 do., 52.07 to wei ed off cans; $18 . on :to 5,1870.
$2.15; -No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to: $2.17; Montreal, NoV. 19.--Gheice 's-teenei tec.tion.
Spring, $2,.06 to $2.14; No. 3,1$11.00 to $12.00; 'go.od ateetsi • $10.00
Spring,. $2.02 to $2 .10, f.o.b. ship- ' to $10 , 50; medium, $2,• 50 4 0.50; GRAND FLEIPVP CFI FB1.1-TES -
,ping peInba accorclitn, , freigiits. eornrelona- $7 .00 to 8 .00; choice. eows,
Peas -'---No. 2, $2 , 30. , §8 . 50 to- !;39 . 00; goad, 87.00 to 58.00;
B8.1':e.y..--11.1aLITg, new erop, $1.02 to medium, $6.50 to $7 .00; choice bulls,
/ButikAl.1-feat'--$1 • 65. • $6,.00 •ato S6,50; canuers eo to, marvellous night scene wasaw ..acssed bia, by a plebiscite,, has determined
Manitoba iltrur-Old Crop, veari$9.00 'to $10.00; hogs, of cars, selects, Fleet celebrated the armistice. On a
quality, $1/ .50, Toron $17.50e grass calves, $5.00 to $7.00e- 30 -mile. line warships of every ',des -
Ontario flour -War quality, old inilk-fed $15.00 to. 516.00. criptiOn 'We're. simultaneouslyeillumin:
Toronto, prompt shipment. BRITI,SII ELECTION DATF, • ated Myriads of sirens blew off ere -
crap, $10.75. in' bags, -Montreal and -------:*------•
lyfill.feedo-LiCgar -lots, delivered :gent- - lil.XED FOR DECEMBER 14 sting an awesome 001311(1. Hundreds'
real 'f.reights, baga included: • Bran, -. ..;.! .:
of - aearehlights played fantastically.
$37 .25 •per •ton; :shorts, $42 .25 per A de .0 Leh from ,oncion says: A. litreworics and stay shelles„-i,vere lig,..ht-
ton. proclamation W"dir-beLfssuecl on'tNo\--,... ed- The . celebrations, atter las Lmg
Mixed, $21.60 to $23.00 per 'bon, a new pat.th... an,..1,1our, ceased as‘, "so_ddenly as they
Ilay--No. 1, $23 to $24 jr ton.; ember 25 sufarnoning .
ment, Andrew Boner Law- annottneed '' .
trackToronto.
track Toronto. ' clay. Nominations ,a.1.11. be made on ', t
BRITISH CASU2s.LTIES
str,aw--nar lots, $10.50 to $11.00, in the House of Commons on Thurs-
----- December 4, and, Dolling will' take -'-' LANT . WEEK OF, IVAR
Coon:try- Preduce---1Wholcsale -place on December .7.14. The,counting
- Butter --.--Dairy, 'bulls and -rolls, 38 to of the 'ballots may.be postponed until
• . ,. .
'39c. prints: 49 to 41c. Ciearnery, fresh, Deeember 28'. Prorog,atimi. of Parlia-
rnatle: 51c; in-jot:se-52c. ment will take 4plaee on I- Wechiasday
'Elggs-a--New laid, 57 to 59e; store, 61. Thursday of et:thc
5.2'ito, 54C.
c'nickens,
26 tO '30e; root:tore,' 32c; fowl, 27 to
30c; duelelings 30c. turloeys 31 t
Live ponlitry-Roostere, 18 to 20c;
tdeel, 24 to 25ce ducklings, lb.; 22c; despatch teem, Londen
turkey, 27 '6 30e; Spring chickens, NorWa-,- 'oat during the -Wm.: '831 ves-
25 tc> 26c; geese, 20c.- 5015;,aggregatilipe 'clote on to 1,2p0,-
Wha1e8'a1e:rs- axe 'selling to e ret 000 tons ,aeceeding, to statis-
' tail ti'ade at the:1°114"1-ng PItlees:- tics."' In' adtlitiOn. 3,3vesselsChease:-New, large, -261k 27e;'r tel ' t0.,000.7 ton,s were dam -
twins, 26ee to -27,/..c; old, barge, 28 .1)teNi Am'
age citby. ,ceernra n ,./seihremein ea.
to 28 5/,c; twin, 9817fi to 29e,
Bieliter-Preell •dairy, choice, 46 to One :thou:sand- cilia,' hundred t and
48c; cream:ex-pi prints, 52 to 53e; twe.hyWere .-19t in 'these cli,s-
creamery 's,olides, 51 to 52e; prints, 52 esters, ' . -
to 53c.
Margarine -31- to 85c. WILL MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE
,,eito°"Cagle,&56°311oge:5%4(5.:1; iietV°a fa.l&d!, NAY's-r. s 4-N7S GOVEP.'NMENT
cartone. 70 to leo.
latest.
'NORWEGIAN' LOSSES'
' AS RESULT OF "-THE WAR
34c. squabs. doze $4..50; geese, 25e.
" ,D,rossed poultey---Sprieg chiels,ents, A..:dc,..s,r,tat.cl: from Copnliagen says:
.24 to -28c; -roczters, 22c.; 21 to Governinent i8,S110C1
28c;' turkeys,. 33c; -clucllings, Iti. 20', orders, in which 51 says it Will snp-
hgz„.-'17-ep'ic2k5e(Cl',port tiic °lice's- In maintainingts-
i3eau-C-trnadrcii,
$6.00 to $(.i..50; imported, hand-picleo e.11)1flin in .t11,9 navy.- :The, order calls
Bureea eatin,diee,e, $5,00 to $5.50; 0, CO -4341 Itl, ray -
17 to eleee. ing oub ,E150 1;0211IS of the arraiStice,
floney-Ektrarbsa o10v•ev; 5-1b. tins,
21e. 1.0-11aetins,, 30,c lb. WELL ADMINISTER
Provieiens-LWIraleslale
',Smoked nreLats---Hams, medium, 37 A despatch from Paris says: Loon
to -39g; do.,,beavy, 20 ho 3201, co.olte,c1, Siben, Ativocabre-General. to, the Perla
51 to 52e; rolls, a2 •bo. gao; beceakkatt Court of Appeals,, has haen appoioted,
bacon, 41 to 45c: leacks, 13.4rine',46 to Director of Justice,. tor the provinces
o,' 47c; boneless, 61 to 53c. , , - ele Alsace and ,Lorraine. , ,
' Cured, ineata-Long,T
eicar bacon, 30
„- to/°:31c; clear beS
elli, el) AO 30e,' ,,, ------------,-.5-....-........
ile An e ac' Di Strilm tie:a of Iron :Tee
-Lard-E'etrer. tierces, .31 to 3.1.1he;
tubs ,. 31,°,17; to,. 32e PallS, 21% °to 3'244 c ; ' Cresses.
..
prints, , 33 to 331/2o, Compound, One Of the inest gallant officers -tells
'Pie:Tr....CS: ,2514:: to, 251.'4. to 2617le; pails-, blqi says a .writer, hi the London
26' to 261/ac; printe, 27let to '..271(0. Evening News; than , an Australian
platoen hada gay in'terbide during
-„,-
Montreal lliaritefs. the, recent. operations in which they
''illoatreal, Nov. 1D.--LOats, es:Liu-No. so .sovo,oly ,trii,ohed. ..,..01.1,y.a . They
1"da 98o-- - Fl°111.,. TieW ‘t'Alldal.'41 rushed a German General's ,liead-
'; oagrade30 't86o .$11to .40$4, ,Rolled, oats;
. kga ,00lbs,o, Bran, I,qualters, 'incl .i.°'Llm.1 tl'icre, ' "--tinw:Ig"
25",,,,,',., egiorest •„54..2.25.' 5t6tiiiiie; other soarer/as, a box Of brand new
$8 to $70. Hay No. 2e-rier tan, ear iron crosses ready ter leSue to ' the
„
" eta,- $24 to $2.4). -Chceee, fine.et Ilinia. 'The, Anzac :4 .rose to the oc-
stermi, 241/4, : to 25e, 131,1'bt^Ori('‘asi and'aS soon as they got a few
hoicest tk4miron,Y, 49 :tCt, 50e. Eirgs/ rafin;itle's ',..)reather" they held •an -in-
"se49c cted, 50 'to 54e; No, ,:l Stock, .",,,,
el
:.
i yobatoes 'iier be ,,, :.1, e ,dd1, t. sa2,l 6e' veStiture of their own ;.tecord, Tbo ,,...„.,...
s r ki..6. mon lined tiP) and,, eAch of them hadT
' , he Feta Lotter 'Which Started The
/.1.0kgabaitoillied,
tete e00. lard, ,peaei wood ludas an ,iroti. C0'45solonarily pinnetl to his i the pieibei 0.11hn
' 4 n ase,esein d th, 1,;.„,,i,,,,,
,..,(,) qi:Is., :,0.0t, 31 to 33c. 1 lirciv4 by iiN,C.0, bee:,-, written.
,
At'SA c,E-1.410.1ZAIN 11.1
A despatch. .from London says: ---
Casualties in the British i'atiltIs re-
ported in the welt ending on Thurs-
day total 30,535' officers and Inen,
divided .as follows: Officers -Milled
or died of wohnd.s, 887; vv-ouncled ar
tnci,ting, 1,049; total, -1,436. Men. -
Killed Or, died of wounds,- 61237;
wcded reissind" 22,862. , total,
-ALLipro FLEET HAS PASSED
THROUGH THE DARDANPLLES
A despatch -from London says: The
allied fleet has arrived off Constan-
etinople, having passed through the
Dardanelles Tuesday, the Admiralty
-announces. British and Indian troops
occupying the forts paraded as the
ships passed.
a
LIBERATED ITALIAN CIVILIANS
BEING_FED FROM THE SKY
A. despatch front Washington says:
Caproni airplanes are being, used by
the Italian Supreme Command to
transport emergency rations to the
famished citizens of the liberated
cities of: Italy, and also Pohl and
Fitulie, said an official despatch from
Rome
•tte.
1it..:e54trt0tiv
70 .saaaeloi
P-Acsf,a
Al-••••,‘,aus-rIA-
e.,+NGeav
-11-iyi 444 1/iti:
'41
round Hudson Bay from the Atlantic
Coast of Labrador to the line ot great
lakes consisting of Winnip,egeAthahas-
k.a, Great Slave and' Great Bear. Ite
Vital's:bins from, Eragleind to Canado
will continue as during the years of
war. .50nre. other troops tram
overs.ea.s; moreover, may' :be trans -
rocky lake -studded surface makes it ported to this ,aouretry many
unsuited to agriculture 'even in .tb.e inpn-ths have passed.
south, where the climiate is sufficient -
ly mild. '.1ilinerals form the -resources
of the region. The secend type of
country is represented by. tlic great
central.plainseet: the continent. About
one hundred and ten thousand square
'KILLING GERMS IN 1300KS
Simple ,Apparatus Used in Conduct,
ing the Gas Attack.
miles of the unexplored regions on
Almost
both sides of the /rIackethe -fir,st, thing- to meet the
nzie River are oyes of French hygienists in their
the 'youngpr. generation was their
of that type, much of it nrebablYInft; war -time campaig-n ;for protecting
ed to agriculture. The third type is- '
that of the Cordillera, whieb. ineludes
old enemy, the 'circulating book.wefl
known as a carrier of disease. The
many obvious solutions of the • pro-
blem' showed One. disadvantage: while
killing the geniis they destroyed the
book also. L,
„ For the method perfected by Dr.
Marsoulan, aridl now--firactieetr in the
Institute for Wounded and I11:51111
Imptirtant• Battles Have. Nada Small Workmen at Montreuil, it is- claimed
'Magas Famons. that for • one-fourt1i. of a cerfiKtor
,
War :brings into' prominence many ea.acthorZobkolokasndoalNivibteh otsearfueti;zTeatowlotri:
selves. The
places siriail and insignificant in them-
ezout the slightest initrey. Two pieces
territory west of the Iviaeltenzie River
4 -about -one hundredand thirty. irty.thous-
and square Miles. The chief value of.
that area is probably its mineral
re-
sources.
,
WA.13, MAK THEM BIG
mimeo of tiny villages
and Aies,,,ines, for ill_ of very simple apparo.i,us are used:
Givetichv
IIKC stance, will live dor all time in the fs' 'beateransi adishifeeter•
history books of. .the future. Tire. .beater is a long 'box open at
one end and communicating at the
Similarly-, :Blenheim, the scene of
Marlborough's most famous victory,
is but a hamlet of some half-dozen
Noises straggling along the Bavarian
bank,d19the Danube.
Waterloo is a small place, with few-
er :than 4,000 inhabitants. Austerlitz,
other with an ordinea..17 stove. Ina .
side the beater are wooden roes so
arranged that the turning of a handle
will cause them to strike on the books
placed en "a sliding frame. As the
rods beat the•books,„ the heavier par-
ticles of dust fall out into a' tray of
where NaPoleon defeated thefcombin-
ed'oestaes of Austria and Russia fella eisuffectent below, and tne lighter are
into.the same categ'orY. Agineourt-L carried by an exhanSt fan to a stave,
or Azineour, to give eit the modern
spelling --i0 a ale.re :hamlet of a ley(
hundred 'souls: So are Pentenoy and
Malplaqaet.'
Abu Klea,,'Avbere, in 1885, 1")500
tish treops defeated 15,000 -of the
Mahdi'S picked we,rriOrs, i8 ti „ram-
shackle colleaion of Arab hut'S
tweesi around a group cd W411s,
,Mafeking, Coleus, :Steinberg, Mag.;
ersfentein : and Paardaberge places
:famous in the Senth 'African:War, are
quilie unimportant villages apart from
'51 Id to ical events esseciated with
!them.
GIANT WAVES
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In Mid -Ocean and in Cold Regioes
the Wave; -0 Are. Highest.
'115 is not only in winter weather that
gals are experienced at sea. Somt
of'Ihre mdst terrible !storms Occur dz.-.
hie:- the heat ofsummer, aad the high
seas .that rim ashore ,after the event
are the delight of lioli4Y-Sightseers.
Wavee at the seaside ,are, hoevver,
totally „different and very puny: COM.
paled with, thoSo, in . mid-ocean-
QueeestoVvii steaMerreports waves
of 100 feet in height during- a ,recent
Atlantic gale. 'Waves of' 50 boot to
15 feat high are tbimmon to the At-
lantic; but i44u to the Indian OC,ca.4
that we Ma:. ,for trese of really
gi-
gaflt11 Stature. Cold regions also ex--
tterienee immensb seas. Wasborg,
Norwaf, can claim a wave.of 400 feet
in height. Even hi tegland a mon-
ster of aopr0711higtel;y. o00 let one
boiilbarciecl .the Cornieli, coast.
Clic:beet(); Navt.V.,,eetia, has an itt,=-
genions ;device, y whieh .the velocity,
Irngth :tval het ght of waves aro feSt'ocl.'
This ,a)roaratos exteltd8 spine distance,
r---N-ow Tisza is 'dead from ;:jono. tho,soft-bed, '00 eaithouakes isa
01 t1i.:11 111i:3 11ar-o117 3.:egiorts can be ;judged by this
whet .they are burnt.
Thc books, are hung. open, hy
spring elips from a sktleton- frame-
work, and wheeled into the clisiufect-
ing cluimber, 'which is equipped with
a tank containine, a solution of for-
maldehyde. Trio temperature is
raised to 120 deg. F., the torinalde-
bycle kills the germs. tinel the fumes;
ere carried oft by a funnel.
POTATOES ,!teND GOLD
Variety Ktiesi. as Igih Rersi1y WaS
Pound in Peru.
The geld of the Indies 'vraa the at-•
traction that led Colninbus to sail
wes.twarci,:. that carried ClirteZ to
Mexico ,and Pizarro to, Peru. The
' Incas' had large stores: of the prec-
ious metal, representing, no doubt,
the aecaniulations of many vnituries
The captere of such a booty resound,
ed thiough ParopeSpain he,amo.
fir time the 'wealthiest., as well as
tho most powerful, ,nation of Europe,'
:5i,(3.‘ this ,was aseri!Jedto the gold oS
But Peru had ' allot:het treagurci.
much more valuable for the nations
of Europe than the golden booty
Pizarro. Carrying the pebata to
Europe was an event ofe -much more
PrCtiOMICI significance in.' Telattoit
the stt'sStrttlent bistory''of the w,orIci
thom sgnding thp Inca gold* .t:d the
code's of Spain. But noboCIY under,
stcod the 'value of the potato, ane'
its Peruvian origin \:..-as getierallY
forgotten before. 11to -plant, became
Well known. Instead of 1,)-eruian pok
i'.atOes we call them Irish pOtaboets, !
'irstIle potato was the 1.)11;.55 of the
, ,anplept Peruvian nation., and na0.
at:ta:me:(.1 almost the Santa iraport,
Like in other parts of the
the last 100 years.
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