HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-5-29, Page 7GER K CAN TRADERS
I UT AFRICA
EVIDENCE OF UNJUST DEALINGS
WITH NATIVE TRIBES. .,
aerran Police Aided the Traders and
Furnished No Redress to Dia -
,
tressed Colonists.
There are two opinions concerning
the right of any nation, however ad-
vanced, to subdue and to govern an
uncivilized or partly civilized people,
even when the government is just and
beneficent. There can be no two opin-
ions regarding a nation that usea its
power to oppress and rob its weaker
'•-neighbor. It was the Germans' own
deeds in their African colonies that
made it impossble to restore those
colonies after the war. In an article
on the German raffle in Southwest AM-
ea,
friea, printed in the Fortnighty Review,
the writer quotes the testimony of an
under chief, Daniel Forego, of Ornaru-
ru, concerning the reasons for the na-
tive rebellion of 1904s
Our people, he said, were being
robbed and deceived right and left by
German traders; our cattle were
driven by force; we were flogged and
Ill-treated and got no redress. In fact,
the German police assisted the traders
Instead of protecting us. Traders
would come along and oiler goods.
When we said that we had no cattle
to spare, as the rinderpest had killed
so many, they said they would give
as credit. Often, when we refused to
buy goods, the trader would simply
unload goods and leave there, saying
that we could pay when we liked; . but
In a few weeks he would come back
and demand hp money or cattle, He
would then pick out the very best
cows he could find,
Theft and Robbery.
'Very often one man's cattle were
taken to pay other people's debts. If
he objected and tried to resist, the
police would be sent for, and, what
with floggings and the threats of
shooting, it was useless for our poor
people to resist. If the traders had
been fair and reasonable, we should
never have complaitled; but this was
not trading at all-- It was theft and
robbery, They fixed their own prices
for the goods, but would never let us
place our own valuation on the cattle.
For a bag of meal they took eight
sows, which were equivalent to six-
teen oxen; for the Hereros would al-
ways give two oxen for the cow, She
Is a breeder, and we loved to increase
Aur herds. For a pair of boots they
took a cow, Most traders took only
cows, for they were fanners also and
wanted more cattle. •
Often, when credit had been given,
they carte back and claimed what they
called intereston the debt. Once I
got a bag of meal on credit, and later
the trader came and took eight cows
for the debt and two more cows for
what he called credit; thus it cost nae
ten cows altogether, Just before the
rebellion in 1903 things got worse than
aver. All the traders carie round and
began to collect debts. Often their
claims were quite false, and they were
leliberately stealing our cattle. We
complained to the German police, but
they told us that we were all liars, and
that the word of a German would al-
ways be taken, even if half a' dozen. of
as had the impudence to contradict
him, That made us feel as if it were
lust as well not to be alive. Our
people cried and lamented the loss of
their stock; our poorer people no
longer had enough milk to brink; all
our cows were going, and every month
law our property dwindle away. We
saw our chiefs, who complained and
somplained until they Zvere tired, No
deed was taken of them, and we had
so courts of law to which to appeal for
fustice.
Export trade_ is not a hidden art
like witchcraft or fortune-telling.
the Canadian Trade Commission be-
lieves dozens of firms in Canada could
more in the foreign field df they
termed "groups of industries."
Extremes meet in the types of
samples of goods for the Roumanian
Government sent, for the Canadian
'rade Commtisaion's inspection. A
few are perfect; many are, slovenly
Ind °unattractive.
Beginning to Rid Africa of Its Oppressors.
The work of cleaning the Cameroons of Teutons is in progress. A number of German families who
have been deported from there have arrived at Rotterdam en route for the Fatherland. The Cameroons
are no longer a German colony, and their room was preferred to their company. The picture shows Ger-
man wooed Carrying their luggage to the quay.
DON'T BE A BORE!
This May Not Apply to 'You—But
Read It All the Sams.
The art of conversation is worth
studying. There are many rules to
be observed, but they are all simple,
and easy to remember.
First, you must know what to talk
about, The following rules will help
yon:
1. Choose asubject which interests
you. If it interests you It will prob-
ably interest your audieuce.
2, Talk about things of which you
have same special knowledge, for then
you are sure to tell your audience
somethiug new and interesting.
Next you must know now to talk.
1. Talk modestly. Otherwise you
will annoy your hearers by your self -
assumed superiority.
2. Talk cheerfully and hopefully.
Otherwise you will depress your
friends, and they will wish to be rid
of you.
3. Speak charitably or you will be-
come a mere scandal-monger—a per-
son•to be avoided.
4. Show an interest in your subject
by your voice and planner. Interest is
infectious, and your audience witl soon
catch the infection.
The rules about when to talk are
all "Don'ts."
1. Don't talk to a person who 1a
tired and wishes to rest. Don't teak
to a person who is reading. Don't .
talk to anyone who has something bet-
ter to do than to listen to you.
2. Don't talk if you yourself are
tired or depressed; for thenn your con-
versation will be dull and depressing.
3. Don't be afraid that if you remain
silent your friends will think you dull.
In any case it is better to be passively
dull than actively boring.
4. Don't hold forth if there are more
interesting persons present. Try to
draw them out by asking then] ques-
tions, and showing an interest in
them,
You must- also know how to select
your audience; that is, to whom you
should talk. Therefore:
1. Talk to the parson who is Most
likely to be interested in your conver-
sation.
2: If you are a man you should pre-
ferably address your conversation to
a woman, and vice -versa. Men and
women have a different outlook. A
man's view of life will often be new
and interesting to a woman, when it
will seem obvious and commonplace
to a pian.
3. Avoid talking about your work to
a elan who is engaged in the same
business as yourself. Don't talk shop.
On the other hand, your work may be
supremely interesting to a man en-
gaged in some other business.
These rules may not make you a
brilliant conversationalist, for that re-
quires special gifts, but if you follow
them you will never bore your friends,
and they will 'always be glad to listen
to you.
The Way of Peace.
Saviour, in pity come to earth once
more.
Man cannot finds true peace without
Thine aid;
Thou art its Prince, take Thou Tbine
honored place,
And teach the rulers how Thy peace
is made.
The cleansing drops still ooze from
out Thy side,
Oh let them fall upon the hearts of
those
Who represent the nations; Saviour,
heal
Their leprosy, true source of all our
woes.
Lay Thy Sacred hands upon their
sightless eyes
That they may see, nor falter frons the
way;
The sparrows fall --and Thou hast
counted those—
The nations fall, more dear to Thee
than they.
Oh, loving Saviour, grant Thy people
grace,
Pour righteous truth into the minds of
men,
Teach them to know, and fear, and fol-
low Thee,
Bless Thou the world and give it
peace again.
Had ship's anchor fall on my knee
and leg, and knee swelled up and for
six days I could not move it or get
help. I then started to use MINARD'S
LINIMENT and two bottles cured me.
PROSPER FERGUSON.
What the Sun Does.
Letting the sun shine for a given
time upon the blackened cover of a
box filled with water or some other
liquid, and noting the rise in tempera-
ture, affords us a method of approxi-
mating the amount of heat given off
by the. sun.. By such a method it is
estimated that the earth receives
every second from the sun enough
heat .to raise 600,000,00,0 tons of ice
water tte the boiling point, or to melt
430,000,000 tons of ice without change
in temperature: If this is the amount
that the earth receives, think of the
amount that must be passing off into
space and other planets. This amount
has been computed to be 2,200,000,000
times as great as that which the earth
receives. .Scientists have shown that
the amount of heat received by us
from the sun may vary as much as
five per cent. in less thatna week,
d.ak for '1)2ittard's and take no other.
e.1+_
Queer Titles of Books.
Have you ever thought that writers
may some day run out of titles for
books? There is no need for alarm;
there will be titles almost as long as
there are stories—perhaps longer.
Here are a few titles of books ,'pub-
lished in Cromwell's time, and they
are almost as odd as they are long:
"Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul
for Sin; or, The Seven Penitential
Psalms of the Princely Prophet David,
whereunto are also added . William
Humius' Handful of Honeysuckles,
and Divers Godly and Pithy Ditties,
now newly Augmented."
";A Sigh of Sorrow for the Sinners
of Zion, breathed out of a Holo in the
Wall of an earthly Vessel, known.
among Men by the. Name of Samuel
Fish (a Quaker who had been im-
prisoned)."
"Eggs of Charity, layed by the
Chickens of the -Covenant,` and boiled
with the Water of Divine Love. Take
Ye and Eat."
"A Shot aimed at the Devil's Head-
quarters through theTube of the e Can -
T
non of the; Covenant."
"Hooks and Eyes for Believers'
Breeches."
Rome became the capital of 'United
Italy in 1870.
TRAVEL BY FLOWERY WAYS.
The are remanYbelievewho
that
all
big corporations and industrial con-
cerns only look to the material side
of things and' work machine-iike for
the production of wealth, regardless
of the winter's snow and unheeding of
the summer's bloom. This is often an
erroneous idea, for it is generally
realised that man does not altogether
live by offices and pens and papers
and engines and other accoutrements
of—he requires trees and shrubs
and flowers and the loveliness of
natureiabor. •
Tits Vanadiirn P^.elft Railway has
always paid considerable attention to
the development of garden plots along
its lines. It is just thirty years ago
sinea C.P.R. employee raised a few
varieties of flower seeds in his own
garden, and distributed them amongst
his friends in the service of the corn-;
pang, v:ith the object of promoting
flower gardening at the various sta-
tion plots of the railway. A vast ad-
vanee lute been made since then; and
now the company possesses a Floral
Department with headquarters at
Windsor Street Station, Montreal, and
a Floral Committee which embraces
members from the Eastern and We: -t-
ern linea.. It is under the guidance of
the: department that the various sta-;
tion plots and other properties of the
company are cleared up and beauti-
fied. Thousands of packages of flower
seeds, bulbs, trees, and shrubs, and 1
large quantities of grass seeds and
fertilizers have been distributed dur- I
ing the lastfew years to station
agents, sedation foremen, caretakers of
round houses, and all employees liv-e
ing on the property of tate company.
Travellers on the line observe the I
happy results achieved. The cultiva-
tion work is done in all cases by the
employees themselves, who in most I
cases acquired the art. of amateur gar-
dening by taking their lessons from
leaflets issued by the Floral Depart-
ment. The hest material is always
provided. Amongst the varieties of
trees supplied are: lfapie, birch,
beech, poplar and catalpa. Some of
the shrubs are: weigelia, berberries,
laurel leaf willow and sumac. Peren-
nials distributed are: Oriental pop-
pies, iris, phlox, veronica, gaillardia,
larkspur, columbine, sweet wiiliam,
and pinks. Bedding plants used in-
clude: geraniums, coleus. cannas, pan-
sies, asters, verbenas, petunias, and
castor oil plants. Standard seed pack-
ets sent out contain: Nasturtiums,
alyssum, mignonette, sweet peas,
phlox and lochia. � house
Ferns s an d
plants are given to the larger sta-
tions. The establishment and main-
tenance of the gardens and selection
of the seeds, bulbs, and plants are
supervised by Mr. B. M. Winnegar,
forester of the company.
The encouraging influence of flower
growing on the C.P.R. during the last
thirty years has in a large measure
assisted in the inauguration of floral
societies all over the country. There
are; hundreds of C.P.R. officials con-
nected with these societies, and most
of then. received their first lesson in
flower culture at the C.P.R. flower
beds. Flowers have improved the
railway stations, and inspired by the
beauty of the stations, residents of
the towns have planted flowers ands
improved the appearances of their
homes. - In every division of the C.P.R.
prizes are. given every year for the
best displays, and many of these ama-
teur railway gardeners have tried
their products with success against all
comers at the big Canadian and
American flower exhibitions.
Better a little risk of frost after
planting corn than a loot , of risk as
the. crop approaches maturity.
"Never fear to bring the sublimest
niotiv'e to the 'smallest duty, and the
most infinite comfort to the smallest
trouble."—Phillip . Brooks.
For the thoughtful, intelligent
dairyman who ,is not too stingy to
head his herd with a.pure-bred bull,
and raise well his heifer calves, there
never was a "'time when the future
promised him such prosperity.
=cep baiiaard'a Liniment In ti. a .house.
E &M RR
•
The Only E<e...y Way.
"Pa, what's the easy -payment plan?"
"Paying .cash, my boy, for whatever
ou buy."
There Was a Reason.
'Dariing, I cooked dinner for you all
myself, and you've never said a, word
about it."
"I would have, dearest, but some-
how I hate to be always complaining."
Obviously.
As illustrating the matter-of-fact
way in which the average Briti-h blue-
jacket looks at things, Admiral Ty-
whitt relates how be was one day
questioning a batch of them as to
their accomplishments.
"Which of you men can swim" Ile
asked.
"I can, sir," said one.
"Good?" answered Tywhitt. "Where
did you learn?"
"Why--er—in the water. sir," came
the nuexpeeted reply from the rather
mystified bluejacket.
T , a
No Need For Haste.
The minister of a parish in Scotland
was walking one misty night through
a street in thevlla
ge when he fell in-
to a deep hole. After vainly trying
to make his esoape front the uncom-
fortable position, be began to shout
for help. A laborer, passing, heard
his cries and, looking down, asked who
he was. The minister told him and at
the same ttme et meed much agitation,
The laborer, however. took the situa-
tion in a very pltilisiphical manner
anti reinarl.ed;
"Wee!, steel, ye neefina kick up ale
a noise. Yell no be needed afore
Saaabath, an' this is only Wednesday
nicht."
He Understood.
The aeroplane banked and looped
and volplaned, and then climbed till
almost beyond the gaze of the spec-
tators.
Then a gasp broke from the erowd.
It was falling: Down. down it carte,
over and over, twisting and swerving.
until it appeared about to strike the
earth. Then it suddenly righted, and
Clew away.
"Tia, ata!" laughed the aviator, "See
that? Ninety per cent. of those people
tbeught we were gtaiug to crash."
"Well." said his passenger faintly,
"fifty per cent. of the crew thought
the :•ams:"
Fate Was Against Him.
"I guess I'm about the unluckiest
fellow alive," asserted the lung, nar-
row, mournful looking individnal.
"What seems to be the trouble?" in-
quired his sympathetic companion, or-
dering something =soling for them
both.
"I'nm jest naturally unlucky—Fate's
got it in for me. 1'l1 leave it to you if
a guy deserves this kinder luck. A
year ago I gits tired o' livin' in board -
in' houses an' 1 ups an' gets married.
Now fer a hone an' goodly boarding
house vittles, say I. An' before six
mfnths was past my wife she opened
a boardin' house to support us, Ain't
that fierce? Why couldn't the woman
git some other kind of work to do?"
He brushed his hand across his eyes,
lest a briny drop might embitter his
beer.
id'inard's Liniment xnmberman's &Tiede.
Within the Wood.
You were so solemn and so dark, 0
wood!
I used to be afraid of you because
I could not see where your dim foot-
path hied.
The crooked shadows w of the crooked
haws
Were witches bent on luring me
inside.
Away in there it seemed to me I saw
A monstrous. cavern filled with grue-
some things,—
Black shapes that flitted weirdly
while they made
Their voices low in ghostly whisper-
ings.
My childish cry came running back
afraid.
But now your leaves are fallen, wood,
I laugh
To think how once I feared you. Now
my eye.
Can trace your footpath to the gold-
en lea.
Ah! will we find but dear familiar
things
In all we dread, dear God, when we
can see?
GIRLSI WHITEN YOUR SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE
Make a beauty lotion for a few centst
s
to remove tan, freckles, sallowness.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup-
ply 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 very the best1* lemon skin whitener'
V Y
and complexion beautifier known.
Massage this fraggrant creamy lotion
On
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands and just see how freckles, tan,
sallowness, redness and roughness dis-
appear and how smooth, soft and clear
the slew becomes. Yes! It is harm-
less, and the'beautitul results will sur-
prise you. ED.
TTI3SCItIPTfON AGENTS TO WO31K
direct for publishers. " highest coin -
mission. ' Apply Cir elation Manager.
Canadian Home ,Tournay Toronto.
Lin z o
zi.y 'WA M; 1F ,
J��". PAIlt Or Plral1O .$ AND Ukt.
Any fancy poultry to sell?
Write for Prices. T. Weinrauch & Seq.
15-18 St. Jean Baptiste 'market Mont
real. CJu'.
fetrz dna,.
XT "FSEs EARN $16 TO Sts A WElEic.
I.rarn without leaxine home. Seat
for free books.. . nova' College of
Selmer. Dept. 4C To -onto. C;,nr-in,.
raft
Y NI' FQi:II l l.PP Srw Vit'#T'"
and job Print np: plant in Tlaatern
Ontario. Inmurar.•!e carried e.L:,rr Will
go rot. $l.200 no a ,i �k sale. link 63.
Wilson Pulalishira Co , Ltd Tnrrroto,
1*tCF.It' Tt' 4iOIt?. I,I a:P ETC.,
internal and exierna.l, cured lith-
out nain by our horde tn°atznent. Writs
us before too late. Dr. Pelim .n Iauloal
Co..I.tmited. C.ol11n' wood. sant
ees.
224.r4Ca
or txo :Frets r.qq. nb,:.'..met
oust. t9 ycnt..^.f:'t y aur r.,,.y9 art A..�.
or 20 or For "Req na ol':a- i..
t td- east.. r,'Mi bq F r t ,if tate ;_'rtr..
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14 Fla yrolv..,ya• xc.e:t. IIIratn tAd*.
ntifm; as, Ltd'.. Anitarst 8 5
Where Science is Futile.
The quinine treatment never fails
To stop Sis when sage bites her nils.
The baby wears a cap all' night
So that his ears wilt grow up right.
Moselle rubs castor-oil, by quarts,
Upon her settlement of warts.
And uta says nearly every 111
Can be spanked out of brother 13111.
But there's one thing she bows be-
fore- -
She cnn't rid father of his snore:
?81nard's Liniment used by 7nrstclaas.
Can You Read it?
The following letters are inscribed
on a stone tablet placed immediately
over the Ten Commandments in a
church in England, and the inscrip-
tion is deciphered by supplying Cue
letter a number of times:
I'RSVRYPRFCTdIN
VRKI TIISPRCPTSTN.
Keep your eyes ellen and not far
old you will find the letter.
MONEY ORDERS.
A .Dominion E1lprees Money Order
for five dollars vests three eeuts,
Harrow before the corn plant: ap-
pear above ground. Alter the plants
are well a t:})I!shetl, if the stand is
too thick, harrow again.
Training for higher branches of
foreign trade will be discussed, at
the su gNeetion of the Canadian Trade
Conlluis.ion, at the Universities Con-
ference in Ottawa this month.
G--• o—O'—O 0 0
Hurrah!. How's This
Cincirnati authority says corns
dry up and lift out
with fingers.
0 —o--t►—o-_o—o._p
Hospital records show that every
time you cut a corn you invite lock-
jaw or blood poison, which is needless,
says a Cincinnati authority', who tells
you that a quarter ounce of a drug
galled freezone can be obtained at Lit-
tle cast from the drug store but is suf-
ficient to rid one's feet of every hard
or soft corn or callus.
You simply apply a few drops of
freezone on a tender, aching corn and,
soreness is instantly relieved. Short-
ly the entire corn can be lifted out,
root and all, without pain.
This drug is sticky but dries at once
and is claimed to just shrivel up any
corn without inflaming or even irri-
tating the surrounding tissue or skin.
If your wife wears high heels she
will be glad to know of this.
crane Paps
Are relieved in na
few days •s
by
taking 30 drops of Mother Seigel's
Syrup aftermeals and on retiring.
It dissolves the lime and acid
accumulation in the muscles and
joints so these deposits can be
expelled, thus relieving pain and
soreness. Seigel's Syrup, also
known as "Extract of Roots,"
contains no dope nor other strong
drugs to kill or mask the pain of
rheumatism or lumbagos it re-
moves the cause. 50c. a bottle
at druggists. 1+r
r
Miss Flora Boyko
Tells How Cuticura
Healed Her Pimples
"My face was very itchy at first,
and after that it was covered with
pimples that disfigured it
badly. The pimples were
hard and red and they were
small, and they were Scat-
tered all over my face and
were so itchy l hadto scratch
and I could not. sleep.
"These bothered me nearly a year
before 1 used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and wheal hadused fivecakes
of Cuticura Soap and five boxes of
Cuticura Ointment I was healed."
(Signed) 'Miss. Flora. M. Boyko,
Gardenton, Man., Dec. 26, 1918.
Having obtained a clear healthy
skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it
clear by using the Soap for all toilet
purposes, assisted by touches of
Oil tment as needed. Do not fail to
include the exquisitely scented Cuti-
cura Talcum in your toliet proapepare-
tions. Splendid after bathtng-
For free sample eagh of Cuticnra S.faint.
Dent and Talonm address poet -bard. "eotcars'
Dspt. A, Bo,toe, II. 8, A." Sold ever4'where.
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The Way of Peace.
Saviour, in pity come to earth once
more.
Man cannot finds true peace without
Thine aid;
Thou art its Prince, take Thou Tbine
honored place,
And teach the rulers how Thy peace
is made.
The cleansing drops still ooze from
out Thy side,
Oh let them fall upon the hearts of
those
Who represent the nations; Saviour,
heal
Their leprosy, true source of all our
woes.
Lay Thy Sacred hands upon their
sightless eyes
That they may see, nor falter frons the
way;
The sparrows fall --and Thou hast
counted those—
The nations fall, more dear to Thee
than they.
Oh, loving Saviour, grant Thy people
grace,
Pour righteous truth into the minds of
men,
Teach them to know, and fear, and fol-
low Thee,
Bless Thou the world and give it
peace again.
Had ship's anchor fall on my knee
and leg, and knee swelled up and for
six days I could not move it or get
help. I then started to use MINARD'S
LINIMENT and two bottles cured me.
PROSPER FERGUSON.
What the Sun Does.
Letting the sun shine for a given
time upon the blackened cover of a
box filled with water or some other
liquid, and noting the rise in tempera-
ture, affords us a method of approxi-
mating the amount of heat given off
by the. sun.. By such a method it is
estimated that the earth receives
every second from the sun enough
heat .to raise 600,000,00,0 tons of ice
water tte the boiling point, or to melt
430,000,000 tons of ice without change
in temperature: If this is the amount
that the earth receives, think of the
amount that must be passing off into
space and other planets. This amount
has been computed to be 2,200,000,000
times as great as that which the earth
receives. .Scientists have shown that
the amount of heat received by us
from the sun may vary as much as
five per cent. in less thatna week,
d.ak for '1)2ittard's and take no other.
e.1+_
Queer Titles of Books.
Have you ever thought that writers
may some day run out of titles for
books? There is no need for alarm;
there will be titles almost as long as
there are stories—perhaps longer.
Here are a few titles of books ,'pub-
lished in Cromwell's time, and they
are almost as odd as they are long:
"Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul
for Sin; or, The Seven Penitential
Psalms of the Princely Prophet David,
whereunto are also added . William
Humius' Handful of Honeysuckles,
and Divers Godly and Pithy Ditties,
now newly Augmented."
";A Sigh of Sorrow for the Sinners
of Zion, breathed out of a Holo in the
Wall of an earthly Vessel, known.
among Men by the. Name of Samuel
Fish (a Quaker who had been im-
prisoned)."
"Eggs of Charity, layed by the
Chickens of the -Covenant,` and boiled
with the Water of Divine Love. Take
Ye and Eat."
"A Shot aimed at the Devil's Head-
quarters through theTube of the e Can -
T
non of the; Covenant."
"Hooks and Eyes for Believers'
Breeches."
Rome became the capital of 'United
Italy in 1870.
TRAVEL BY FLOWERY WAYS.
The are remanYbelievewho
that
all
big corporations and industrial con-
cerns only look to the material side
of things and' work machine-iike for
the production of wealth, regardless
of the winter's snow and unheeding of
the summer's bloom. This is often an
erroneous idea, for it is generally
realised that man does not altogether
live by offices and pens and papers
and engines and other accoutrements
of—he requires trees and shrubs
and flowers and the loveliness of
natureiabor. •
Tits Vanadiirn P^.elft Railway has
always paid considerable attention to
the development of garden plots along
its lines. It is just thirty years ago
sinea C.P.R. employee raised a few
varieties of flower seeds in his own
garden, and distributed them amongst
his friends in the service of the corn-;
pang, v:ith the object of promoting
flower gardening at the various sta-
tion plots of the railway. A vast ad-
vanee lute been made since then; and
now the company possesses a Floral
Department with headquarters at
Windsor Street Station, Montreal, and
a Floral Committee which embraces
members from the Eastern and We: -t-
ern linea.. It is under the guidance of
the: department that the various sta-;
tion plots and other properties of the
company are cleared up and beauti-
fied. Thousands of packages of flower
seeds, bulbs, trees, and shrubs, and 1
large quantities of grass seeds and
fertilizers have been distributed dur- I
ing the lastfew years to station
agents, sedation foremen, caretakers of
round houses, and all employees liv-e
ing on the property of tate company.
Travellers on the line observe the I
happy results achieved. The cultiva-
tion work is done in all cases by the
employees themselves, who in most I
cases acquired the art. of amateur gar-
dening by taking their lessons from
leaflets issued by the Floral Depart-
ment. The hest material is always
provided. Amongst the varieties of
trees supplied are: lfapie, birch,
beech, poplar and catalpa. Some of
the shrubs are: weigelia, berberries,
laurel leaf willow and sumac. Peren-
nials distributed are: Oriental pop-
pies, iris, phlox, veronica, gaillardia,
larkspur, columbine, sweet wiiliam,
and pinks. Bedding plants used in-
clude: geraniums, coleus. cannas, pan-
sies, asters, verbenas, petunias, and
castor oil plants. Standard seed pack-
ets sent out contain: Nasturtiums,
alyssum, mignonette, sweet peas,
phlox and lochia. � house
Ferns s an d
plants are given to the larger sta-
tions. The establishment and main-
tenance of the gardens and selection
of the seeds, bulbs, and plants are
supervised by Mr. B. M. Winnegar,
forester of the company.
The encouraging influence of flower
growing on the C.P.R. during the last
thirty years has in a large measure
assisted in the inauguration of floral
societies all over the country. There
are; hundreds of C.P.R. officials con-
nected with these societies, and most
of then. received their first lesson in
flower culture at the C.P.R. flower
beds. Flowers have improved the
railway stations, and inspired by the
beauty of the stations, residents of
the towns have planted flowers ands
improved the appearances of their
homes. - In every division of the C.P.R.
prizes are. given every year for the
best displays, and many of these ama-
teur railway gardeners have tried
their products with success against all
comers at the big Canadian and
American flower exhibitions.
Better a little risk of frost after
planting corn than a loot , of risk as
the. crop approaches maturity.
"Never fear to bring the sublimest
niotiv'e to the 'smallest duty, and the
most infinite comfort to the smallest
trouble."—Phillip . Brooks.
For the thoughtful, intelligent
dairyman who ,is not too stingy to
head his herd with a.pure-bred bull,
and raise well his heifer calves, there
never was a "'time when the future
promised him such prosperity.
=cep baiiaard'a Liniment In ti. a .house.
E &M RR
•
The Only E<e...y Way.
"Pa, what's the easy -payment plan?"
"Paying .cash, my boy, for whatever
ou buy."
There Was a Reason.
'Dariing, I cooked dinner for you all
myself, and you've never said a, word
about it."
"I would have, dearest, but some-
how I hate to be always complaining."
Obviously.
As illustrating the matter-of-fact
way in which the average Briti-h blue-
jacket looks at things, Admiral Ty-
whitt relates how be was one day
questioning a batch of them as to
their accomplishments.
"Which of you men can swim" Ile
asked.
"I can, sir," said one.
"Good?" answered Tywhitt. "Where
did you learn?"
"Why--er—in the water. sir," came
the nuexpeeted reply from the rather
mystified bluejacket.
T , a
No Need For Haste.
The minister of a parish in Scotland
was walking one misty night through
a street in thevlla
ge when he fell in-
to a deep hole. After vainly trying
to make his esoape front the uncom-
fortable position, be began to shout
for help. A laborer, passing, heard
his cries and, looking down, asked who
he was. The minister told him and at
the same ttme et meed much agitation,
The laborer, however. took the situa-
tion in a very pltilisiphical manner
anti reinarl.ed;
"Wee!, steel, ye neefina kick up ale
a noise. Yell no be needed afore
Saaabath, an' this is only Wednesday
nicht."
He Understood.
The aeroplane banked and looped
and volplaned, and then climbed till
almost beyond the gaze of the spec-
tators.
Then a gasp broke from the erowd.
It was falling: Down. down it carte,
over and over, twisting and swerving.
until it appeared about to strike the
earth. Then it suddenly righted, and
Clew away.
"Tia, ata!" laughed the aviator, "See
that? Ninety per cent. of those people
tbeught we were gtaiug to crash."
"Well." said his passenger faintly,
"fifty per cent. of the crew thought
the :•ams:"
Fate Was Against Him.
"I guess I'm about the unluckiest
fellow alive," asserted the lung, nar-
row, mournful looking individnal.
"What seems to be the trouble?" in-
quired his sympathetic companion, or-
dering something =soling for them
both.
"I'nm jest naturally unlucky—Fate's
got it in for me. 1'l1 leave it to you if
a guy deserves this kinder luck. A
year ago I gits tired o' livin' in board -
in' houses an' 1 ups an' gets married.
Now fer a hone an' goodly boarding
house vittles, say I. An' before six
mfnths was past my wife she opened
a boardin' house to support us, Ain't
that fierce? Why couldn't the woman
git some other kind of work to do?"
He brushed his hand across his eyes,
lest a briny drop might embitter his
beer.
id'inard's Liniment xnmberman's &Tiede.
Within the Wood.
You were so solemn and so dark, 0
wood!
I used to be afraid of you because
I could not see where your dim foot-
path hied.
The crooked shadows w of the crooked
haws
Were witches bent on luring me
inside.
Away in there it seemed to me I saw
A monstrous. cavern filled with grue-
some things,—
Black shapes that flitted weirdly
while they made
Their voices low in ghostly whisper-
ings.
My childish cry came running back
afraid.
But now your leaves are fallen, wood,
I laugh
To think how once I feared you. Now
my eye.
Can trace your footpath to the gold-
en lea.
Ah! will we find but dear familiar
things
In all we dread, dear God, when we
can see?
GIRLSI WHITEN YOUR SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE
Make a beauty lotion for a few centst
s
to remove tan, freckles, sallowness.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup-
ply 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 very the best1* lemon skin whitener'
V Y
and complexion beautifier known.
Massage this fraggrant creamy lotion
On
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands and just see how freckles, tan,
sallowness, redness and roughness dis-
appear and how smooth, soft and clear
the slew becomes. Yes! It is harm-
less, and the'beautitul results will sur-
prise you. ED.
TTI3SCItIPTfON AGENTS TO WO31K
direct for publishers. " highest coin -
mission. ' Apply Cir elation Manager.
Canadian Home ,Tournay Toronto.
Lin z o
zi.y 'WA M; 1F ,
J��". PAIlt Or Plral1O .$ AND Ukt.
Any fancy poultry to sell?
Write for Prices. T. Weinrauch & Seq.
15-18 St. Jean Baptiste 'market Mont
real. CJu'.
fetrz dna,.
XT "FSEs EARN $16 TO Sts A WElEic.
I.rarn without leaxine home. Seat
for free books.. . nova' College of
Selmer. Dept. 4C To -onto. C;,nr-in,.
raft
Y NI' FQi:II l l.PP Srw Vit'#T'"
and job Print np: plant in Tlaatern
Ontario. Inmurar.•!e carried e.L:,rr Will
go rot. $l.200 no a ,i �k sale. link 63.
Wilson Pulalishira Co , Ltd Tnrrroto,
1*tCF.It' Tt' 4iOIt?. I,I a:P ETC.,
internal and exierna.l, cured lith-
out nain by our horde tn°atznent. Writs
us before too late. Dr. Pelim .n Iauloal
Co..I.tmited. C.ol11n' wood. sant
ees.
224.r4Ca
or txo :Frets r.qq. nb,:.'..met
oust. t9 ycnt..^.f:'t y aur r.,,.y9 art A..�.
or 20 or For "Req na ol':a- i..
t td- east.. r,'Mi bq F r t ,if tate ;_'rtr..
:e.ar.. 7a 11+524;ae;F fa - 6,14•,1 y'ax f*''
14 Fla yrolv..,ya• xc.e:t. IIIratn tAd*.
ntifm; as, Ltd'.. Anitarst 8 5
Where Science is Futile.
The quinine treatment never fails
To stop Sis when sage bites her nils.
The baby wears a cap all' night
So that his ears wilt grow up right.
Moselle rubs castor-oil, by quarts,
Upon her settlement of warts.
And uta says nearly every 111
Can be spanked out of brother 13111.
But there's one thing she bows be-
fore- -
She cnn't rid father of his snore:
?81nard's Liniment used by 7nrstclaas.
Can You Read it?
The following letters are inscribed
on a stone tablet placed immediately
over the Ten Commandments in a
church in England, and the inscrip-
tion is deciphered by supplying Cue
letter a number of times:
I'RSVRYPRFCTdIN
VRKI TIISPRCPTSTN.
Keep your eyes ellen and not far
old you will find the letter.
MONEY ORDERS.
A .Dominion E1lprees Money Order
for five dollars vests three eeuts,
Harrow before the corn plant: ap-
pear above ground. Alter the plants
are well a t:})I!shetl, if the stand is
too thick, harrow again.
Training for higher branches of
foreign trade will be discussed, at
the su gNeetion of the Canadian Trade
Conlluis.ion, at the Universities Con-
ference in Ottawa this month.
G--• o—O'—O 0 0
Hurrah!. How's This
Cincirnati authority says corns
dry up and lift out
with fingers.
0 —o--t►—o-_o—o._p
Hospital records show that every
time you cut a corn you invite lock-
jaw or blood poison, which is needless,
says a Cincinnati authority', who tells
you that a quarter ounce of a drug
galled freezone can be obtained at Lit-
tle cast from the drug store but is suf-
ficient to rid one's feet of every hard
or soft corn or callus.
You simply apply a few drops of
freezone on a tender, aching corn and,
soreness is instantly relieved. Short-
ly the entire corn can be lifted out,
root and all, without pain.
This drug is sticky but dries at once
and is claimed to just shrivel up any
corn without inflaming or even irri-
tating the surrounding tissue or skin.
If your wife wears high heels she
will be glad to know of this.
crane Paps
Are relieved in na
few days •s
by
taking 30 drops of Mother Seigel's
Syrup aftermeals and on retiring.
It dissolves the lime and acid
accumulation in the muscles and
joints so these deposits can be
expelled, thus relieving pain and
soreness. Seigel's Syrup, also
known as "Extract of Roots,"
contains no dope nor other strong
drugs to kill or mask the pain of
rheumatism or lumbagos it re-
moves the cause. 50c. a bottle
at druggists. 1+r
r
Miss Flora Boyko
Tells How Cuticura
Healed Her Pimples
"My face was very itchy at first,
and after that it was covered with
pimples that disfigured it
badly. The pimples were
hard and red and they were
small, and they were Scat-
tered all over my face and
were so itchy l hadto scratch
and I could not. sleep.
"These bothered me nearly a year
before 1 used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and wheal hadused fivecakes
of Cuticura Soap and five boxes of
Cuticura Ointment I was healed."
(Signed) 'Miss. Flora. M. Boyko,
Gardenton, Man., Dec. 26, 1918.
Having obtained a clear healthy
skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it
clear by using the Soap for all toilet
purposes, assisted by touches of
Oil tment as needed. Do not fail to
include the exquisitely scented Cuti-
cura Talcum in your toliet proapepare-
tions. Splendid after bathtng-
For free sample eagh of Cuticnra S.faint.
Dent and Talonm address poet -bard. "eotcars'
Dspt. A, Bo,toe, II. 8, A." Sold ever4'where.