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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-9-23, Page 7ACQUISITION TO BRITISH EMPIRE SOMETHING ABOUT GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. "Bothaland" Is One -and -a -Half Times as Large as Germany Itself. We have not conquered Germany yet. Butwe have conquered Ger- Many's biggest . colony --German • South-West Africa—which is one -and - a -half times as large as Germany it- self, and which now adds 322,450 square miles to our Empire, says Lol)idon Answers, 'What kind of a country is this new acquisition? What' will you find if you go there? Picture, if you can, eight hundred miles of coast without a single good, natural harbor. It is a low coast, a sea -bound desert, stretching inland over parched sand for about 85 miles towards the south and 'rather less to- Wards the north," Beyond, if your eyes can pierce the dense fog which they are liable to encounter, you may dis- cern the dim outlines of lofty mdun- tains, rising as high as 9,000 feet above the sea. But before you reach those moun- tains, you wiil. have to cross in- numerable sand dunes, and you will find it very thirsty work. Rivers Without Water. dost of the riverswhich run sea- wards from the mountains are merely dry river -beds by the time they reach you. They are waiting thirstily for the rain which will set them flowing. When the rain comes they will swell out to a breadth of half a mile, per- haps, if the fall is heavy; ' but the arched land will absorb the water so rapidly that the bed lower down may never fill• properly at all. • But even in dry river -beds water may be found by digging down into the sand. Many a man has died of thirst with water but a few feet away, had he only known it. The sea -fogs which rise almost daily are the one regular source of moisture upon which the desert shore can rely. These fogs are not a bit' pleasant, however, and the disease is not much worse than the remedy. Despite all these drawbacks, "Botha- land" does possess one town which has possibilities as a sea -side •resort— namely, Swakopund. Here a port and a Harbor have been artificially engin- eered by man, since Nature treated the coast so sparingly in this respect. The artificial port of Swakopund is connected by rail with Walfish Bay. The Inland Mountains. Very likely, after the war, when the British emigrant seeks diamonds and other good things that lie beneath the surface of Bothaland, . he will make merry in Swakopund during the holi- day season, and try to convert it in- to an African Brighton or Blackpool. If you should visit the resort at any , time you'll find a harpoon more handy than a shrimping net. Whales are plentiful. - ' As you travel farther inland from the coast and reach the interior fringe of the barren belt, which even the ani- mals avoid, the dreary desert and sand dunes disappear, giving place to gor- geous mountains, wonderful trees and luxuriant mountain valleys. The Okavango valley is especially rich, with its dwarf palms and papyrus. One mountain rises above the rest. It is Mount Omatako, more than twice as lofty as Snowdon. ` The climate im- proves, too. It is warmer and more genial, and water is more plentiful. You may meet rock -rabbits, if you are lucky, or snakes,if you are not. Other living things you may encoun- ter are monkeys, hyenas, jackals, springbok, crocodiles, and turtles, and any of 728 different varieties of birds. From the emigrant's point of view the country offers the best prospects to the miner and the rancher. Fortunes In and On the Land. Seven years ago, in July of 1908, a great deal of excitement was caused by the recovery of diamonds in the district of Luderitzbucht. The stones were small butgood, of the.Braziliari type, 'and were discovered on the sur- face of the sandy soil. Big possibili- ties exist here, for the land has not yet , been properly prospected. The most prolific diamondiferous areas are still left for the enterprising Britisher to locate. The rancher should prosper with cattle, sheep, and ostriches. There are especially good prospects in os- trich farming. Angora goats do well also, as do camels, donkeys and mules. Horses, on the whole, do not thrive, owing to the great prevalence of horse -sickness. This, briefly, is the country which Germany has been forced to hand over to us. • Tit for Tat. ' -"i)ear Clara," wrote the young man; "pardon me, but I'rri getting so for- getful, I proposed to you last night but really forgot whether you said yes or no." "Dear Will," she replied by note; "so glad to hear from you. I know said yes to some one last nig:t, but I had forgotten just who it was." Men who take things for granted get many a hard jolt. C. W. Peters, of Victoria, died of pneumonia, while on a business trip to France; he was once accountant to the old territorial government,. 1Lers!- a, 9 S roun»-» 'en PQCKEr SELF EILLER lOrthe/2Q4! eLetters • The Pen for 18 always ready to write on any kind of paper, Active Service. anywhere. Will last for years after the war h over. Regular, Safety and Self -Filling Types.. $2.50 and up Sold at the Best Local Stores E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal'. DOM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN ARE DOING. PEOPLE Progress of . the Great West Told In a Few Pointed Paragraphs. It is reported that platinum has been found at Dawson in the Yukon. A syndicate with $10,000 capital will operate a fruit cannery at Penticton. Property owners of South Vancou- ver must pay over a third more taxes this year. , Prince Rupert gave a great send- off to its last sixty recruits for the march on Berlin. Victoria had a Sailors' Sunday to advocate church work among the seamen of the port. Ships flying the American flag are gradually disappearing among the trades of the Pacific. John B. Lovell, one of the. eers of Victoria, is dead; he there for sixty years. Strawberry shipments from Cres- ton, B.C., exceed all estimates by 25 per cent. this year. There is still a good export trade from the coast of sashes, doors and shingles to New Zealand. Lumbermen of New Westminster will give a machine gun to the Can- adian forces for the war. A man posing as a Swiss reservist was arrested as a German spy in 'the ranks of the 54th regiment at Ver- non. • George McDougall, of Victoria, rescued R. Steele, of the city en- gineer's office, from drowning at the Gorge. Munroe and Premier Lakes, near Cranbrook, are to be stocked with salmon fry by the Dominion Gov- ernment. pion - lived U. S. scientists this fall will study the habits of the big game in the Peace River district and Chilcotin country. Moving pictures are being made of the mountain scenery,British Columbia to advertise the ailways and country. Wilfrid Miller, proprietor of the Goldstream Hotel, on the Malabat Drive, Victoria, was killed in an auto accident. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for British Columbia, says there has been shocking economic waste in the_west. The lumber trade from British Col- umbia to China has decreased fully 50 per cent., according to shipping men of the Pacific. It is not expected the salmon catch on the Fraser River will nearly equal last year's harvest, and canned fish is in demand. • FRESH AT NIGHT If One Uses the Right Kind of Food. If by proper selection of food one can feel strong and fresh at the end of a day's work, it is worth while to know the kind of food that will pro- duce this result. A school teacher in the West :says father was enjoying his English title in this connection: of Duke of Edinburgh.. She and Prince "At the time I commencedthe use of Grape -Nuts my health was so poor •that I thought I would have to give up my work altogether. I was rapid- ly losing in weight, had little appetite, was nervous and sleepless,and exper- ienced almost constantly a feeling of exhaustion. "I tried various remedies without good results; then I determined to give particular attention to my food, and have learned something of the properties of Grape -Nuts for rebuild- ing, body, brain and nerves. "Since using Grade -Nuts T have made a constant and rapid improve- ment in health, in spite of the fact that all this time I have been en- gaged in strenuous and exacting work. "I have gained • twelve pounds in weight and have a good appetite, my nerves are steady and 1 sleep sound. I have such strength and reserve force that I feel almost as strong and fresh at the close of a day's work as at the beginning. "Before using Grape -Nuts I was troubled much with weak eyes, but as my vitality increased the eyes became stronger. "I never heard of. another food as nutritious and economical as Grape- Nuts." ' "There's a Beason." ALFONSO ALONE GETS A HOLIDAY SPAIN'S KING SPENT SUMMER AS USUAL. The King and Queen of Spain Could Not Go to England this Year. The Spanish royal family is one of the few in Europe which takes its sum- mer holiday as usual, unvexed by the momentous issues of the war. There is in thein midst is by the violet flag't t} Prevented with the royal arms in Bald, the wen, Appendicitis A re x ented. don ile Castile," which is hoisted over the .commodious bathing machine, The moment he enters any building this flag is unfurled, and etiquet demands that he must take hie sea bath with it floating over his head. .I. QUAINT INN NAMES. Germany Holds the Record for Fan- tastic Names. Scattered throughout England<• are some curious inn names, but Germany Life Lengthened Health Maintained Doctors say if people kept: their bowels in proper order there would be no such disease on record as appendi- , citis. It is due solely to neglect, and is there'fore preventable. If you have constipation, bad breath or headache you need medicine right away. The moment yon suspect your bowels are probably holds the record for out- ot- clogged, you .should' take Dr. Ham'sl- the-way signs and fantastic names, ton's Pills, the smoothest regulator of The most absurd results are usually them .all. They move the bowels arid obtained by the name of some animal cleanse the liver so smoothly you scarcely notice the effect. But you with a more or less unsuitable object, get the action just the' same. Taken The Comfortable Chicken and the Cold at night you wake up next 'morning, clear headed, hungry, rested, ener- getic, feeling like a different man. Why don't you spend a quarter to -day and try Dr, Hamiltons Pills. They work so easy, just as nature would order, never gripe or cause headache. Finest thing for folks that are out of sorts, depressed lacking in color and spirits. Folks that use Dr. Hamil- ton's Pills are never sick, never have an ache or a pain,—feel good all the time simply because the system is clean, regulated and healthy. This you can easily prove yourself. 3+— TRUE PATRIO'1'ISIYI. Frog, both of them in Berlin, are cer- tainly left in the shade by, the Angry Ant (Ort, in Westphalia), and the Stiff Dog (Berlin). The Lame Louse is an inn 'in a suburb of Berlin, and not far from it is the thirsty Pelican, The Dirty Parlor,. the Bloody Bones, the Musical Cats, the Four Hundred- weight Man, and the Boxers' Den are all in Berlin or the neighborhood, and the Old Straw Bag• in Leipzig. The Open Bunghole is in Stadtohen, in the Palatine, and the Shoulderblade in Jerichow. The Last Tear is a land- lord's notion for the name of his inn, situated near a graveyard, visited by returning mourners, and is of fre- quent' occurrence throughout the Fa- therland. * - NOTHING TO EQUAL BABY'S OWN TABLETS There is nothing to equal Baby's seems to be no doubt that Spain will Own Tablets for little ones. They are remain neutral as long as the war con (absolutely safe and are guaranteed tinues, this being possible through her free from opiates and never fail in giving relief from the minor ills of babyhood and childhood. Concerning them Mrs. Albert Bergeron, St. Aga - pit, Que., writes: "My baby was suf- fering from constipation and teething troubles and Baby's Own Tablets quickly cured him. Now I always keep them in the house." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. geographical position away from the theatre of war. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria did not go to England for. their annual summer visit because, of course, that would indicate their sympathy with Great Britain in the war, and would be considered unneu• tral. The Queen has been accustomed to go to the Isle of Wight to visit her mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, while the King enjoyed the' Cowes re. rata. The summer air of the Spanish capi- tal is said to be far from healthy, and the death rate is double that of Lon- don, consequently Queen Victoria and her children have took up their resi- dence at La Granja, near the city of Segovia, only an hour's trip by motor. car to the capital. The King goes back and forth nearly every day, act- ting ctting as hi's own chauffeur, to meet his Ministers and keep in close touch with official affairs. Royal Summer Home. He has loaned an apartment at the Prado Palace, not far from Madrid, to his cousin, Prince AIfonso, and his -young wife, Princess Beatrice of Saxe- Cobourg-Gotha. She is a younger sis- ter of the Queen of Rumania, and was educated in Englaaldt when her King Alphonso Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont, Ever react the above letter 4 A now one app4Ari from tints to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human 111, re'11ti Alfonso made a runaway match a few years ago, and King Alfonso showed his' displeasure by depriving his cousin of his military honors The Prince went to France and ob- tained' a commission in the French army, and wanted to fight with the French soldiers in this war. His mo- ther, the Infanta Eulalie, lives In Paris, and is ardently sympathetic with the allies. King Alfonso persuaded his cousin to give up such an idea, and he has rewarded him by reinstating him in the Spanish army. The King is spending the latter part of the summer at San Sebastian, where he is particularly happy, be- cause he spent most of his babyhood these, growing strong in the sea breezes. He likes to go down to Mira. mar, the private palace of his mother, the Dowager Queen Nfaiie Christina, which is close to the sea -in the Bay of Biscay. He has only to cross the road from the garden to get into the sea. The King's Bath. The royal children take possession of Miramar, to the complete satisfac- tion of their grandmother. The children are' dressed simply in sailor suits with sl'h rt soaks, and they stay out of doors most of the day, play- ing in the sand or going in bathing, When the King takes his dip in the sea he begins by seating himself in his mother's garden in .a little summer# house built like a railroad car. It is run down into tho water, and the only way the curious spectators on the, beach: have of knowing that the King RECOVERS HIS SPEECH. Wounded British Soldier Also Able to Hear Now. Robert Beck, of Chicago, who was made deaf and dumb by an injury sus- tained while fighting with the British Army,, suddenly recovered his speech and hearing in a Liverpool hospital. Beck, who was a motor cycle police- man on the Chicago force when the wa1'r began, became a despatch bearer with the British troops, and was struck down by a sniper's bullet in Flanders. He was taken to Liverpool. From the day of his injury he had been unable to hear or speak until he. was taken with other convalescents to a moving picture entertainment in Liverpool. While watching a comic picture he suddenly burst out laughter. The next moment he found that he was able to talk and hear normally. •F Tea on the Battlefield. Tea suddenly becomes one of the items of war material, and the price has gone up in the primary market about thirty per cent., with prospects of a real shortage. and still further advances in price. When warring armies start buying tea for rations on the field with its attendant great waste, and the entire Russian people are suddenly deprived of vodka and turned to tea, then it can scarcely be surprising that such a fluctuation should occur in the price of tea. Messrs. Henderson & Co.'s latest monthly circular issued from Ceylon and just to hand states: "A feature of the market was the record prices paid' for flavory teas. The oldest members of the tea trade in Ceylon could not remember such high prices being realized before." OLD AND NEW IN WAR. Battles Are Won By Poisoning the Air By Chemicals. One of the curious features of this war is the reversion to methods of fighting counted obsolete. The gren- ades, bayonet -sparring, airmen's darts, and many others,- remind us of ancient days. And there is talk of rigging out the soldier in steel helmet, cuirass, and shield. In truth it would not take long for the Roman legionary to get his hand in this new Gallic war. The "Black Marias" and "Jack John- sons" he would hardly take kindly to. But once. "blooded" to the artillery the rest would come to him as all in the day's work. For the Roman man- at-arms was ever a great man with the spade and the short "gladius" it was that won Rome's battles. How he would smile to hear that the French are » abbreviating their bayonets. Macaulay says somewhere that the nation that shortens its weapons lengthens its borders. May it be so in this case! All the brave superfluities of war -the waving banners, noding plumes, sabretaches, busbies, feather bonnets, epaulettes, sashes, and rib- bons—all that clinks and shines and flames have been taken away. The calling of the soldier has no more part' in the lust of the eyes, the pride of the flesh. Battles are won by poison- i5i!g the air by chemical prescription. •1 About the only good thing men have is a reputation for bad. some being The excellent patriotic work of the. File Indians at, Balcarros, Sask., con- tinues, and the Canadian Pacific through Mr. W. R. Baker, the Secre- tary of the Company, has received another encouraging report. It was in October last year that thirty-three of these colonists subscribed $502.10 to the Patriotic Fund, each farmer giving a certain number of bushels of grain, which when sold amounted to the above sum. During the winter that followed, the now famous File Indian Bhss Band gave concerts, thereby raising another $212.00, which went to the Belgian Relief Fund, and since March last, the Red Cross Branch of this Colony has raised $500.00 and endowed. a ,bed in Clive - den Hospital. The young. Indian wo- men have done a great deal of knit- ting and sewing. The branch has a membership of 86, while there are only one hundred and sixty souls— thirty-eight men, twenty-six women and ninety-six cliildren—in the colony. The patriotism of these Indians does not stop here. Two young men went to the front with the second contin- gent, and six more are going with the next. The File Indians lay claim to having the oldest Red Cross Society member in the British Empire in the person of Pointed Cap. This cele- brated character says that he is the ripe old age of 107, and on November 12th next will attain his 108th year. He is now an "associate member" of the Red Cross, and proudly wears on his heart the little red cross, the em- blem of the society. It is quite pos- sible that in addition to the six latest recruits for the front, older members of the colony will go, as one man who is the father of nine children has ex- pressed his intention of so doing, and his wife says "I will not stop him.', Despite the fact that a hailstorm last month destroyed all the crops in the colony, the File Indians are not down- hearted, and have made arrangements to continue their good work during the coming winter months to aid the boys across the sea, thus showing a patriotism worthy of a king. The Diplomatic Way. "My neighbor, in the most urbane way, has notified me to keep my chick- ens out of his garden." "And you." "With the utmost courtesy I have informed him that my chickens may go where they please." "You must have been on diplomatic matters." "Yes, it all illustrates current pro- gress. A year ago, over the same 'episode, we would have been scrap- ping." Minard's Liniment Cares Burns, Etc. The Power of Cheerfulness. Go forth to -day with cheer in your heart! And so, go forth on every day. Surprising will be the power of it. You will soon redeem the errors of the past; you will do better work and more work. And your ' cheerfulness and work will cheer, inspire and up- lift everyone around you. Oh, wonder- ful is the power of c e rfulness! Oh, wonderful is the good it does. reading up For Appearance Sake. One day Pat appeared on the street with a huge tear in his coat sleeve. "Look here, Pat," protested a friend, "why don't you get that hole mended?" "Not Oi, sir," said Pat, "a hole may be the result of an accident, but a patch is a sure sign of poverty." ED. 7: ISSUE 111$ MWAMEaTY THE KING. The Ilae% the Thistle, the Shamrock. Dear emblems over the sea, Are all of them loving: tokens Of the homage we ,offer thee-. The central king of the nations Is throned on the hub of the wheel, And all the spokes are British oaks, And the felloes are bound with steel, The God of Light sustain thy might! And nzay'st thou never forget The weal of those mighty dominions On which the sign doth not set, The pulse of thy Sovereign power Vibrateth in every land. We pray for peaee, but if It cease We're all at the King's oommand. From this fair land of the Maple, This granary of golden wheat, We bring our tribute and fealty And lay them at thy feet. This the prayer of Canadian hearts, May thy Majesty never lack The men or the might to defend the light, A.nd the fame of the Union Jack. Three cheers for the King of England! With three for the Rod, White and Blue! May the King have peace and plenty, And the love of his subjects, too. —F, Falling, Vancouver, B.C. . C o r n s Applied in i 5 Seconds Sore, blistering feet from cora-pinched toes can be ouned ckby Putnam's Ex- tractor In 24 b, "Putnam's" soothes r1 way that drawing pain;, ems lesotant- y, makes 'the feat fetal good at once. a 250. bottle. of 'Ptxfnilam e• today. In a Bad Fix. The well -beloved bishop of a cer tain Southern State is so absent- minded that his family is always ap- prehensive for his welfare when he is away from home. Not long ago, while making a jour- ney by rail, the bishop was unable to find his ticket when the conductor asked for it. "Never mind, bishop," said the con- ductor, who knew him well, "I'll get i it on my second round." However, when the conductor pass- ed through the car again the ticket was still missing. "Oh, well, bishop, it will be all right if you never` find it!" the conductor I assured him. • "No, it won't, my friend," contra- dicted the bishop. "I've got to find that. ticket. I want to know where I'm going." Horrible Dream. "I dreamed last night that I owned the earth." "That was a pleasant dream." "Quite the contrary. When the first of the month came around 3,000,000 people threatened to move." Minard's Liniment Cares Dandruff. Impelled by Duty. "I must say these are fine biscuits!" exclaimed the young husband. 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