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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 • 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. 4 • 4 4 1